STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
East China braces for fierce typhoon SEPT 18,07
SHANGHAI, China - China's commercial center of Shanghai was evacuating 200,000 people on Tuesday ahead of the expected arrival of Typhoon Wipha, potentially the most destructive storm to hit the city in a decade, local media reported. Whipping up waves up to 36 feet high, Wipha was moving northwest across the sea north of Taiwan and was forecast to make landfall south of Shanghai early Wednesday, weather reports said.The typhoon is very likely to develop into the worst one in recent years. We are still observing it. It's hard to say at this moment, said a man who answered the phone at the city's meteorological bureau. As is common with Chinese officials, the man identified himself only by his surname, Fu.At 9 a.m. (9 p.m. EDT) Tuesday, Wipha's center was located about 137 miles east of Taiwan's capital, Taipei, according to the Hong Kong Observatory's Web site.Shanghai and the coastal provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian to the south issued typhoon warnings requiring all vessels to return to shore or change course to avoid the storm, the official Xinhua News Agency said.State-run newspapers reported that some 200,000 people living in coastal or low-lying rural areas of Shanghai were being evacuated as a precaution, although the city was only experiencing intermittent showers early Tuesday.A worker was killed and another seriously injured Tuesday when scaffolding collapsed at a highway construction site in Taipei, Taiwan's Disaster Relief Center reported.
Schools, offices and the stock market in northern Taiwan were ordered closed as a precaution and flights from Taiwan to Japan, South Korea and a few other Asian countries were canceled, officials said.The storm was upgraded from a tropical storm on Monday afternoon. Wipha is a woman's name in Thai.The deadliest storm to hit the China coast in recent years was Typhoon Winnie in 1997, which killed 236 people. Typhoon Rananim, with winds of more than 100 mph, was the strongest typhoon to hit the Chinese mainland since 1956, killing nearly 200 people.
Fears mount over more Africa rain, floods By Jeremy Clarke
Mon Sep 17, 3:51 PM ET
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Fears mounted on Monday that downpours which have killed dozens in Africa, uprooted hundreds of thousands and devastated crops could continue past the end of the rainy season and hit areas that have so far escaped floods. Our estimates show the floods are likely to worsen or remain at the same level up to October or early November, said U.N. World Food Programme Uganda representative Tasema Negash.Experts say the rising waters may hit as yet unaffected areas in the coming days, such as Uganda's central regions.We are calling on the international community to come to their rescue before it is too late," said Musa Ecweru, minister for disaster preparedness in Uganda, where 300,000 people have already been affected and at least nine killed.Scores have died in more than a dozen countries often ravaged by droughts, but now inundated by torrential downpours destroying settlements and sweeping away crops and livestock -- cornerstones of Africa's developing economies.Across the continent, uprooted communities shelter in abandoned schools, churches and under plastic sheeting.Schoolboys carrying books above their heads wade through flooded fields, while villagers stand on the muddy wreckage of homes searching for missing family.Across east Africa, more than 90 people have now died from floods and the waterborne diseases that have followed -- at least 63 in Ethiopia alone.In west Africa, the U.N. humanitarian agency OCHA says floods have affected half a million people. The International Federation of the Red Cross says 87 people have been killed in the past two months, mostly in Nigeria.But those figures are rough estimates as hailstorms, mudslides and collapsed bridges wreak havoc with relief efforts.
HUGE IMPACT
In Kenya, 20,000 people driven from their homes in the largely agricultural southwest left behind a wilderness of wasted crops and drowned livestock.These people affected depend their lives on agriculture ... the floods will have a huge economical impact in Kenya, said Elena Velilla, Medecins Sans Frontieres' head of mission.The U.N. World Food Programme says it needs $29 million in Uganda to fight the crisis in a country already burdened by thousands of refugees from neighboring Congo and more than a million people living in war displacement camps in the north.
With camps for the displaced fast swelling in countries across the centre of the world's poorest continent, experts say the threat of disease is mounting quickly.
We need medicines because we expect outbreaks of diarrhea and cholera, Ben Brown, regional co-coordinator of Ghana's National Disaster Management Organization, told Reuters.Northern Ghana has been particularly badly hit, and the authorities there have appealed for international help to feed, clothe and house tens of thousands uprooted by rising waters that have killed at least 18.Malaria may be expected because we have stagnant waters and mosquitoes will breed, Brown said. Last week in neighboring Togo, where at least 20 people have died since last month, the authorities delayed the start of the new academic year for a month after 46 schools were damaged.And in already impoverished Mali and Niger, swarms of crop-eating locusts are now feared, OCHA said. (Additional reporting by Francis Kwera in Kampala, Orla Ryan in Accra and John Zodzi in Lome)
Florida tornado damages dozens of homes Mon Sep 17, 1:07 PM ET
CAPE CORAL, Fla. - As many as 150 homes were damaged by a powerful tornado that swept off the Gulf of Mexico and plowed into this southwest Florida city, officials said Monday. One person suffered minor injuries from flying debris. Thunderstorms that spawned the tornado hit Cape Coral around 6:30 p.m. Sunday.Water was pouring in through the windows, it soaked everything, said Jessica Gibson, whose apartment building roof was partly torn off.Daniel Noah at the National Weather Service said the tornado started as a water spout over Fort Myers Beach and moved north into Cape Coral. He estimated the winds speeds were between 90 and 110 mph.One minor injury from flying debris was reported after the tornado, which damaged dozens of houses, apartments and other buildings, city spokeswoman Connie Barron said. Cape Coral's chief inspector, Bill Selvia, told the News-Press of Fort Myers on Monday that the final damage estimate could be in the millions of dollars.At the Silver Sands Resort, the tornado toppled a tiki bar and tore the roof off two units, owner Tom Groves said.It threw all the chairs into the pool — just made a general mess, Groves said.
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Cooler weather aids fight against SoCal wildfires
SEPT 17,07
FAWNSKIN, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters kept an eye on the winds Monday as they made progress in surrounding two wildfires that have chewed through more than 16,000 acres of dry brush in San Bernardino and San Diego counties.Cooler temperatures and light winds overnight helped prevent the spread of the Butler 2 fire, which has charred 15,433 acres — or more than 24 square miles — in the San Bernardino National Forest.About 340 residents of the Fawnskin area remained evacuated but another 1,200 who voluntarily left their homes in Green Valley Lake had returned, officials said.
Actress Shirley Jones and her husband, producer Marty Ingels, evacuated their 17-acre hilltop estate in the town of Fawnskin.Jones said flames could be seen just a few hundred yards from their property.It's all up to God and the shifting winds, she said in a prepared statement. This is a real nailbiter.Extra firefighters were on duty to protect structures and prevent flames from pushing into Fawnskin. The fire, which burned several outbuildings at a campground, was 12% contained.Despite the progress, crews were concerned about the winds, which were expected to blow from the west at up to 15 mph.The weather is a concern today because if we get any winds from the west, it could push the fire into Fawnskin, said Robin Prince, fire information officer with the U.S. Forest Service.Stretches of highways 18 and 38 remained closed. Six schools in the Bear Valley Unified School District canceled classes as a precaution, affecting 3,200 students.In eastern San Diego County, a wildfire northeast of Julian had burned 850 acres and was 70% surrounded. The Angel Fire, which authorities said was started by an illegal campfire, was expected to be fully contained by Wednesday.The blaze led to the evacuation of about 400 people from the nearby subdivision of Whispering Pines. Residents in the southern part of the subdivision were allowed back in their homes.One vacation home was destroyed and five outbuildings were damaged.
SCOFFERS MOCKING CHRISTS LITERAL 2ND COMING TO EARTH BODILY.
2 PETER 3:3-7
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
JUDE 14-16
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.(JESUS)(GOD)
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
LETS SEE WHO WINS IN THE FUTURE WHEN THIS GUY MEETS GOD (JESUS) AT THE JUDGEMENT, WE WILL SEE WHAT THE KING (JESUS)(GOD) HAS TO SAY ABIUT THIS LAWSUIT.
Nebraska state senator sues God By NATE JENKINS, Associated Press Writer
SEPT 18,07
LINCOLN, Neb. - The defendant in a state senator's lawsuit is accused of causing untold death and horror and threatening to cause more still. He can be sued in Douglas County, the legislator claims, because He's everywhere. State Sen. Ernie Chambers sued God last week. Angered by another lawsuit he considers frivolous, Chambers says he's trying to make the point that anybody can file a lawsuit against anybody.Chambers says in his lawsuit that God has made terroristic threats against the senator and his constituents, inspired fear and caused widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth's inhabitants.
The Omaha senator, who skips morning prayers during the legislative session and often criticizes Christians, also says God has caused fearsome floods ... horrendous hurricanes, terrifying tornadoes.He's seeking a permanent injunction against the Almighty.Chambers said the lawsuit was triggered by a federal suit filed against a judge who recently barred words such as rape and victim from a sexual assault trial.
The accuser in the criminal case, Tory Bowen, sued Lancaster District Judge Jeffre Cheuvront, claiming that he violated her free speech rights.Chambers said Bowen's lawsuit is inappropriate because the Nebraska Supreme Court has already considered the case and federal courts follow the decisions of state supreme courts on state matters.This lawsuit having been filed and being of such questionable merit creates a circumstance where my lawsuit is appropriately filed, Chambers said. People might call it frivolous but if they read it they'll see there are very serious issues I have raised.U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf, in an order last week, expressed doubts about whether Bowen's lawsuit has any legal basis whatsoever and said sanctions may be imposed against Bowen and her attorneys if they fail to show cause for the lawsuit.The Associated Press usually does not identify accusers in sex-assault cases, but Bowen has allowed her name to be used publicly because of the issue over the judge's language restrictions.Cheuvront declared a mistrial in the sexual assault trial in July, saying pretrial publicity made it impossible to gather enough impartial jurors.
HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER
DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
Stocks fall as Fed decision looms By MADLEN READ, AP Business Writer
Mon Sep 17, 6:30 PM ET
NEW YORK - Wall Street fell moderately Monday as investors anxiously awaited the Federal Reserve's impending decision on interest rates. The market is betting on a rate cut from the Fed when the central bank meets Tuesday, but investors are not completely sure what it will do and what it will say in its accompanying economic statement. Furthermore, with the major brokerages' third-quarter results yet to be released, investors are uncertain about how badly the summer's stock downturn, souring home loans, and credit squeeze hit the banking industry.Adding to the uneasiness, Northern Rock PLC, Britain's fifth-largest mortgage lender, saw its stock plunge and customers withdraw billions of dollars after it issued a profit warning Friday and requested emergency funds from the Bank of England. That gave U.S. investors an added impetus to pare their stock holdings, particularly in the financial sector.Talk from former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan of the possibility of a recession amid high inflationary pressures also elevated Wall Street's jitters, as did job cuts at Merrill Lynch & Co.'s First Franklin Financial Corp.It's possible the Fed won't go through with a rate cut at all if it believes the economy is still growing moderately and that inflation remains a threat, but most investors expect the Fed to cut the bench mark federal funds rate, now at 5.25 percent, by at least a quarter-point. And because negative economic data have trickled in over the last couple weeks — such as a decrease of 4,000 jobs in August and weaker-than-expected retail sales — some anticipate a half-point rate cut.
A quarter-point is going to be disappointing. It's already priced in, said Ryan Detrick, senior technical strategist at Schaeffer's Investment Research. But the Fed probably won't want to lower rates by more than that, he said, and the central bank may not indicate in its statement that more reductions are in the offing.The big issue is gold and oil have been spiking higher, which people could argue is inflationary, but economic data has been weak. The Fed's in a tough place. Higher interest rates prevent costs from rising; lower rates fuel growth but also tend to accelerate inflation.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 39.10, or 0.29 percent, to 13,403.42.
Broader stock indicators showed somewhat steeper losses. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 7.60, or 0.51 percent, to 1,476.65, and the Nasdaq composite index lost 20.52, or 0.79 percent, to 2,581.66. The Russell 2000 index, which tracks small company stocks, fell 7.68, or 0.98 percent, to 775.81.Bonds rose modestly, pushing the yield on the 10-year Treasury note down to 4.47 percent from 4.48 percent late Friday.Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was among the lightest of any day this year, indicating that many market participants were staying on the sidelines ahead of the Fed's decision. Consolidated volume totaled 2.47 billion shares compared with 2.65 billion traded Friday.
Declining issues outnumbered advancers by more than 2 to 1 on the NYSE.
Last week, stocks saw sizable gains, due largely to high expectations of a rate cut. The Dow ended up 2.51 percent, the Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 2.11 percent, and the Nasdaq composite index rose 1.42 percent. The Dow is just 4 percent below its all-time high of 14,000.41, reached in July before fears escalated about bad home loans and excessive leveraged debt.
The prospect of a recession has been keeping the markets volatile.
Greenspan said in an interview with NBC before the markets opened Monday that the risk of a recession is higher than it was at the beginning of the year, but not by much.Meanwhile, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said in Paris that regulators should not rush to impose new rules on the market because of the recent tightening in credit.There's tremendous growth going on in many parts of our world economy, and that's driving a lot of business here in the U.S., said Rob Lutts, chief investment officer of Cabot Money Management, noting that the markets are focused on the U.S. housing market right now. I'm not going to say let's not worry, but let's put it in perspective.
The dollar was mixed against other major currencies while gold jumped.
Crude oil prices rose $1.47 to settle at a record $80.57 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Crude closed over $80 for the first time last week; oil futures also set a trading record Monday, moving as high as $80.70. In Europe, Britain's FTSE 100 fell 1.69 percent, Germany's DAX index fell 0.24 percent, and France's CAC-40 fell 1.80 percent. Japanese markets were closed Monday for a holiday. China's volatile Shanghai Composite Index rose 2.1 percent to a record, but most Asian stocks fell. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index declined 1.20 percent. Later in the week the major investment banks — Bear Stearns Cos., Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. — release their fiscal third-quarter results. On Monday, Bear Stearns fell $1.81 to $115.38; Lehman fell 88 cents to $58.62; Morgan Stanley fell $1.20 to $64.91; and Goldman fell $2.98 to $187.61. Merrill fell $1.80, or 2.4 percent, to $72.85, after saying it was eliminating an undisclosed number of jobs.
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LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
Rice heads to Mideast as peace process shows signs of life by Sylvie Lanteaume SEPT 18,07
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads to Jerusalem on Wednesday planning to capitalize on signs of life in Israeli-Palestinian dialogue to accelerate a Middle East peace conference. US President George W. Bush has called for the international conference, expected to be held in November, to jump-start Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.Although November is fast-approaching, the chief US diplomat has remained reticent on her goals for her sixth visit to the Middle East of this year.The previous trips raised expectations of a breakthrough that were never realized, and this time the State Department is being coy about whether Rice will hold a three-way meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and embattled Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.This time around, I think we will focus on having parallel meetings, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch said Monday, while not ruling out a broader meeting with the main players.Israeli and Palestinian sources said Rice was due to meet Olmert on Wednesday, and Abbas on Thursday.Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat told AFP: We are attaching great importance to this visit.
President Abbas stresses that the roadmap and the Arab peace initiative are the framework (for the peace summit), and wants all the parties concerned to take part, he added.Olmert and Abbas have both reaffirmed their commitment to a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict, on the lines of the roadmap to peace envisaged by a quartet of diplomatic players including the United States.Washington is keen on getting Saudi Arabia -- its most influential ally in the Arab world -- to participate in the planning international gathering.Saudi Arabia does not recognize Israel, so having representatives of both sides in the same room would be a diplomatic coup for Rice.Riyadh has revived a plan first floated in 2002 for Arab states to recognize Israel, in return for the Jewish state returning all territories seized in the 1967 Six-Day War.Ahead of the Rice trip, a senior Israeli government official said that both sides would work very intensely in the coming weeks to try to reach an understanding, preferably before the summit.
But Abbas last week denied media reports that he and Olmert had been drafting an accord of principles ahead of the US-sponsored peace conference.According to an alleged copy of the Hebrew-language document, published on the Palestinian Maan news agency's website, a demilitarized Palestinian state would be created within 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as capital.In Washington, Welch said the US government had been encouraged by the appointment last week by Abbas and Olmert of negotiating teams ahead of the planned peace conference.This is a very important moment and we think we can make some progress here, he said, previewing Rice's visit to the region.
I think for the first time here for quite some time, I do feel there is an opportunity, with a little hard work... we can get in a way that looks a little bit better, the State Department official said. The peace process appears to have perked up since the Western-shunned Hamas movement took control of Gaza, leaving Abbas's fractured government based in the West Bank. The glue for a revived partnership is the understanding that the alternative is Hamas, which threatens Israelis and Palestinians alike, commented David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. But writing in Newsday, he warned that unrealistically high expectations for the November meeting could tragically trample whatever moves the parties do make.
Palestinian government seen needing $1.6 bln a year By Adam Entous
SEPT 18,07
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Western-backed government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas estimates that it will need at least $1.62 billion in donor assistance per year to close its soaring budget gap, the World Bank said. In a bleak report to donors obtained by Reuters on Tuesday, the international lending agency said local revenues were not enough to sustain the government's wage bill and that there was little chance of improvement as long as Israel refused to lift restrictions on Palestinian travel and trade.The World Bank said 94 percent of the foreign aid needed by the Palestinian Authority would be used to cover recurring expenditures, including salaries, utility bills and social payments, leaving little money to fund development.The World Bank report was prepared for next week's meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, a major Palestinian donors' group. The meeting, which will lay the groundwork for a donors' conference in December, is part of a U.S.-led effort to bolster Abbas and the government he appointed in the occupied West Bank following Hamas's takeover of the Gaza Strip in June.
Western diplomats said Abbas's government, led by Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, would be able to cover this year's budget gap by using foreign aid and frozen tax revenues recently released by Israel.But the diplomats questioned Fayyad's ability to cover a fiscal hole estimated at $1.6 billion per year in the absence of a political breakthrough that will revive the Palestinian economy and bring in larger amounts of Arab aid.It's huge and we don't see how the Palestinian Authority can finance it, said one diplomat who monitors its funds.
PEACE CONFERENCE
U.S. President George W. Bush is expected to convene a conference on Palestinian statehood in November but it is unclear what will result from it.In April, Fayyad estimated that the Palestinian Authority would need at least $1.3 billion in international aid in 2007. Fayyad was serving at the time as finance minister of a unity government between Hamas and Abbas's secular Fatah faction.While foreign aid and tax funds started flowing again to the Palestinian Authority after the unity government ended in June, Western sanctions remain in place against the Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip, where economic conditions have deteriorated.Despite some initial steps by Fayyad to rein in spending, the World Bank said the government wage bill would exceed total revenues even after taking into account Israel's decision in June to hand over frozen tax funds.Fayyad's government has sought to reduce payroll by not paying workers hired by the Hamas-led government, but the World Bank said the prime minister may find it politically challenging to reduce the work force any further.It is unclear how Fayyad will be able to cover the government's energy and infrastructure needs long-term.
In Hamas-controlled Gaza, the economic crisis is more acute. Gaza's main border crossings have been closed to all but humanitarian supplies, prompting the suspension of up to 90 percent of the coastal territory's industrial operations.
The impacts of these closures will become more difficult to reverse, said the World Bank. It estimated that unemployment could reach the unprecedented level of 44 percent.Despite the embargo, Israeli, Palestinian and Western officials say Hamas has been able to bring in tenq of millions of dollars to fund its military and social programs.
MUSLIM NATIONS
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Iran criticizes French war warning SEPT 18,07
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian media lashed out at France on Monday for raising the rhetoric in the standoff over Tehran's nuclear program, a day after the French foreign minister said the world should be prepared for war if Iran obtains nuclear weapons.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his administration have taken a tougher line against Iran's controversial nuclear program than his predecessor, Jacques Chirac, who left the Elysee presidential palace in May.The occupants of the Elysee have become translators of the White House policies in Europe and have adopted a tone that is even harder, even more inflammatory and more illogical than that of Washington, Iran's state-run IRNA news agency wrote in an editorial Monday posted on its Web site.The U.S. and many of its allies, including France, have been pressuring Iran to suspend its controversial nuclear program, which they believe is cover for weapons development — a charge Iran denies. President Bush has refused to take military action off the table if Iran does not comply.
On Sunday, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner warned that war could break out if Iran obtains nuclear weapons and said European leaders were considering their own economic sanctions against the Islamic country.Kouchner, speaking on RTL radio, said that if such a bomb is made ... we must prepare ourselves for the worst, specifying that could mean a war.French Prime Minister Francois Fillon sought to play down Kouchner's comments on Monday, saying everything must be done to avoid war.France's role is to lead the way to a peaceful solution, he said.Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema also attempted to shift attention from Kouchner's remark, saying on the sidelines of a peace conference in Turin that before talking about war, we have to give political and diplomatic initiatives necessary time.IRNA also accused the French government of trying to derail a recent agreement between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog, to answer outstanding questions about Tehran's nuclear activities.While the issue of Iran's nuclear case is close to being resolved, thanks to the measures taken by Iran and the IAEA, the extremism of the French leaders is creating an obstacle in this path, the editorial said.The U.S. and its Western allies suspect that Iran is using the pact to deflect attention from its continued defiance of a U.N. Security Council ban on uranium enrichment, a pathway to nuclear arms as well as civilian reactor fuel.
Abizaid: World could abide nuclear Iran By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer
SEPT 18,07
WASHINGTON - Every effort should be made to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, but failing that, the world could live with a nuclear-armed regime in Tehran, a recently retired commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East said Monday.
John Abizaid, the retired Army general who headed Central Command for nearly four years, said he was confident that if Iran gained nuclear arms, the United States could deter it from using them.Iran is not a suicide nation, he said. I mean, they may have some people in charge that don't appear to be rational, but I doubt that the Iranians intend to attack us with a nuclear weapon.The Iranians are aware, he said, that the United States has a far superior military capability.I believe that we have the power to deter Iran, should it become nuclear, he said, referring to the theory that Iran would not risk a catastrophic retaliatory strike by using a nuclear weapon against the United States.
There are ways to live with a nuclear Iran, Abizaid said in remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank. Let's face it, we lived with a nuclear Soviet Union, we've lived with a nuclear China, and we're living with (other) nuclear powers as well.He stressed that he was expressing his personal opinion and that none of his remarks were based on his previous experience with U.S. contingency plans for potential military action against Iran.Abizaid stressed the dangers of allowing more and more nations to build a nuclear arsenal. And while he said it is likely that Iran will make a technological breakthrough to obtain a nuclear bomb, it's not inevitable.Iran says its nuclear program is strictly for energy resources, not to build weapons.Abizaid suggested military action to pre-empt Iran's nuclear ambitions might not be the wisest course.War, in the state-to-state sense, in that part of the region would be devastating for everybody, and we should avoid it — in my mind — to every extent that we can, he said. On the other hand, we can't allow the Iranians to continue to push in ways that are injurious to our vital interests.He suggested that many in Iran — perhaps even some in the Tehran government — are open to cooperating with the West. The thrust of his remarks was a call for patience in dealing with Iran, which President Bush early in his first term labeled one of the axis of evil nations, along with North Korea and Iraq.
He said there is a basis for hope that Iran, over time, will move away from its current anti-Western stance.
Abizaid's comments appeared to represent a more accommodating and hopeful stance toward Iran than prevails in the White House, which speaks frequently of the threat posed by Iran's nuclear ambitions. The administration says it seeks a diplomatic solution to complaints about Iran's alleged support for terrorism and its nuclear program, amid persistent rumors of preparations for a U.S. military strike.Abizaid expressed confidence that the United States and the world community can manage the Iran problem.I believe the United States, with our great military power, can contain Iran — that the United States can deliver clear messages to the Iranians that makes it clear to them that while they may develop one or two nuclear weapons they'll never be able to compete with us in our true military might and power, he said.
He described Iran's government as reckless, with ambitions to dominate the Middle East.We need to press the international community as hard as we possibly can, and the Iranians, to cease and desist on the development of a nuclear weapon and we should not preclude any option that we may have to deal with it, he said. He then added his remark about finding ways to live with a nuclear-armed Iran. Abizaid made his remarks in response to questions from his audience after delivering remarks about the major strategic challenges in the Middle East and Central Asia — the region in which he commanded U.S. forces from July 2003 until February 2007, when he was replaced by Adm. William Fallon. The U.S. cut diplomatic relations with Iran shortly after the 1979 storming of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Although both nations have made public and private attempts to improve relations, the Bush administration labeled Iran part of an axis of evil, and Iranian leaders still refer to the United States as the Great Satan.
WW3 THE 3 WAVES THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL
DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA 2ND WAVE OF WW3) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
Spy chief: China, Russia spying on US By PAMELA HESS, Associated Press Writer SEPT 18,07
WASHINGTON - China and Russia are spying on the United States nearly as much as they did during the Cold War, according to the top U.S. intelligence official. Mike McConnell, the director of national intelligence, says in testimony prepared for a Tuesday congressional hearing that a law passed last month expanding the U.S. government's eavesdropping power is needed to protect not just against terrorists but also against more traditional potential adversaries, such as those two Cold War foes.China and Russia's foreign intelligence services are among the most aggressive in collecting against sensitive and protected U.S. systems, facilities and development projects, and their efforts are approaching Cold War levels, McConnell says in his testimony. Foreign intelligence information concerning the plans, activities and intentions of foreign powers and their agents is critical to protect the nation and preserve our security.The new law will also enable the intelligence agencies to identify sleeper cells of terrorists in the United States, according to McConnell's statement to the House Judiciary Committee.
Congress last month hastily adopted the Protect America Act just before it went on summer vacation, propelled by McConnell's warnings of a need to close a dangerous gap in U.S. intelligence law.Some lawmakers are now having second thoughts as the complicated law — intended to make it easier for the government to intercept foreign calls and e-mails — has come under attack by civil liberties and privacy advocates who contend it gives the government broader powers than intended.The Protect America Act allows the government to listen in, without a court order, on all communications conducted by a person reasonably believed to be outside the United States, even if an American is on one end of the conversation.Such surveillance was generally prohibited under the original Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and it is one of the more controversial aspects of the new law.But McConnell's prepared testimony says one of the most important new powers granted by the law is the possibility of obtaining a call or e-mail from a foreign terrorist outside the United States to a previously unknown 'sleeper' or coconspirator inside the United States.While some Democrats are angling to roll back what they consider the excesses of the new law, McConnell and Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Wainstein are pushing Congress to make even more changes to FISA.Among the changes they seek is a new definition for electronic surveillance. The legal definition includes not just which technologies are used to conduct the surveillance, but also whom is targeted, what communications are collected, where the target is and where the eavesdropping takes place. The definition is critical because it limits the government's power. FISA generally requires court orders for any activity deemed to be electronic surveillance.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Monday, September 17, 2007
O.J CHARGED
HMMMM VERY INTERESTING O.J MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH DOUBLE MURDER, BUT MAYBE GREED HAS GOT TO HIM AND HE WILL PAY IN JAILTIME THIS WAY. PROOF GOD IS IN CONTROL, AND THE GUILTY SET FREE LIKE O.J WAS, BUT HIS FRUIT IS CATCHING UP TO HIM FROM HIS FATHER SATANS INSPIRATION.
Tape released of O.J. Simpson in Vegas By RYAN NAKASHIMA, Associated Press Writer SEPT 17,07
LAS VEGAS - An apparent audiotape of O.J. Simpson's standoff with men he accused of stealing his memorabilia begins with the ex-NFL star demanding, Don't let nobody out of here.Think you can steal my s--- and sell it? the voice identified as Simpson's said.Simpson was arrested Sunday and booked on charges connected with what police described as a robbery at a Las Vegas hotel. In the audiotape released Monday by the celebrity news Web site TMZ.com, a man believed to be Simpson is heard shouting questions while other men yell orders to the people in the room.The recording was made by Thomas Riccio, co-owner of the auction house Universal Rarities, according to TMZ. Simpson has said Riccio called him several weeks ago to tell him collectors were selling some of his items.Riccio did not immediately return a call for comment Monday, but he told TMZ he believed Simpson was planning to confront Alfred Beardsley, who was allegedly planning to auction off the memorabilia.Another collector in the hotel room, Bruce Fromong, said the meeting was set up as if the men were customers, but when they arrived, it was clear something else was going on.
The door burst open and they came in almost commando style, O.J. Simpson and some of his people, I guess you would call it, with guns drawn, Fromong told ABC's "Good Morning America Monday. O.J. at that time was saying, I want my stuff. I want my stuff.The thing in my mind as soon as I saw him, I'm thinking, O.J., how can you be this dumb? You're in enough trouble.Fromong said Simpson later left him a voice mail message telling him some of Fromong's things were mixed up with his and asking how he could give them back.It's like a bad dream, Beardsley said. I'm sad that O.J. is in custody.Simpson has said he was accompanied by men he met at a wedding cocktail party, and that they took the collectibles.It was merely a confrontation with no guns, Simpson said. He said autographed sports collectibles, his Hall of Fame certificate, a photograph with former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover and video from his first wedding were all his, and that they were stolen from him and were about to be fenced by unethical collectors.The items likely belonged to Simpson at one point, Fromong said, but these were things that belonged to him a long time ago.
Police said they weren't sure who now owned the memorabilia.
Whether or not the property belonged to Mr. Simpson or not is still in debate, Lt. Clint Nichols said Sunday. Having said that, the manner in which this property was taken, we have a responsibility to look into that, irregardless of who the property belonged to.After being whisked away in handcuffs, Simpson was booked Sunday night on two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, and conspiracy to commit a crime and burglary with a firearm, police said.
The district attorney said he expected Simpson to ultimately be charged with seven felonies and one gross misdemeanor. If convicted, Simpson could face up to 30 years in prison on each robbery count.A judge ordered Simpson held without bail. Las Vegas court information officer Michael Sommermeyer said Simpson's arraignment was set for Wednesday, with a bail hearing to be held after that. Simpson attorney Yale Galanter said Monday he hoped to get Simpson released before then. Mr. Simpson is not guilty of these charges, Galanter said. He declined to say whether he had met with police and prosecutors. We believe it is an extremely defensible case based on conflicting witness statements, flip-flopping by witnesses and witnesses making deals with the government to flip, Galanter said Sunday. Beardsley blamed the incident on Riccio, who he claims told Simpson that his property was in the room in Las Vegas. If they don't charge Riccio I will be very upset. That guy lied to O.J. and got him all pumped up, he said. Simpson, 60, told the AP that he didn't call the police to help reclaim the items because he has found the police unresponsive to him ever since his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were killed in 1994. Simpson was acquitted of murder charges but found liable in a wrongful death civil trial.
The police, since my trouble, have not worked out for me, Simpson said.
Police said they had no information to indicate Simpson was armed during the hotel confrontation last week. Fromong also said Simpson was unarmed: Never at any time was I ever, did I feel threatened by O.J., he said. Police seized two firearms believed to involved in the robbery along with sports memorabilia, mostly signed by Simpson. They also said they recovered collectible baseballs and Joe Montana cleats at private residences early Sunday after serving three search warrants. Walter Alexander, 46, of Mesa, Ariz., was arrested Saturday night on two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery and burglary with a deadly weapon. Alexander, who was described as one of Simpson's golfing buddies, was released without bail Saturday night. Robert Dennis Rentzer, a Los Angeles lawyer representing Alexander, said he was able to arrange his client's release but wasn't familiar with the allegations. Police are seeking four other men: Las Vegas residents Clarence Stewart, 53, and Michael McClinton, 49; Tom Scotto, of unknown age and hometown, and another man who was not identified.
Simpson, a Heisman Trophy winner and actor, lives near Miami and has been a tabloid staple since his ex-wife and Goldman were killed. Goldman's father, Fred Goldman, welcomed the possibility that Simpson could go to prison. How wonderful, he told CBS's The Early Show Monday. A lot of years too late, however. I would have much preferred him found guilty of Ron and Nicole's death and then put either to death or in jail then. But frankly to see him ultimately or potentially go to jail — that's great.Simpson's arrest came just days after the Goldman family published a book that Simpson had written under the title If I Did It about how he would have committed the killings of his ex-wife and Goldman had he actually done it. After a deal for Simpson to publish it fell through, a federal bankruptcy judge awarded the book's rights to the Goldman family, who retitled it If I Did It: The Confessions of the Killer. During the weekend, the book was the hottest seller in the country, hitting No. 1 on Amazon.com. Associated Press Special Correspondent Linda Deutsch in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
Tape released of O.J. Simpson in Vegas By RYAN NAKASHIMA, Associated Press Writer SEPT 17,07
LAS VEGAS - An apparent audiotape of O.J. Simpson's standoff with men he accused of stealing his memorabilia begins with the ex-NFL star demanding, Don't let nobody out of here.Think you can steal my s--- and sell it? the voice identified as Simpson's said.Simpson was arrested Sunday and booked on charges connected with what police described as a robbery at a Las Vegas hotel. In the audiotape released Monday by the celebrity news Web site TMZ.com, a man believed to be Simpson is heard shouting questions while other men yell orders to the people in the room.The recording was made by Thomas Riccio, co-owner of the auction house Universal Rarities, according to TMZ. Simpson has said Riccio called him several weeks ago to tell him collectors were selling some of his items.Riccio did not immediately return a call for comment Monday, but he told TMZ he believed Simpson was planning to confront Alfred Beardsley, who was allegedly planning to auction off the memorabilia.Another collector in the hotel room, Bruce Fromong, said the meeting was set up as if the men were customers, but when they arrived, it was clear something else was going on.
The door burst open and they came in almost commando style, O.J. Simpson and some of his people, I guess you would call it, with guns drawn, Fromong told ABC's "Good Morning America Monday. O.J. at that time was saying, I want my stuff. I want my stuff.The thing in my mind as soon as I saw him, I'm thinking, O.J., how can you be this dumb? You're in enough trouble.Fromong said Simpson later left him a voice mail message telling him some of Fromong's things were mixed up with his and asking how he could give them back.It's like a bad dream, Beardsley said. I'm sad that O.J. is in custody.Simpson has said he was accompanied by men he met at a wedding cocktail party, and that they took the collectibles.It was merely a confrontation with no guns, Simpson said. He said autographed sports collectibles, his Hall of Fame certificate, a photograph with former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover and video from his first wedding were all his, and that they were stolen from him and were about to be fenced by unethical collectors.The items likely belonged to Simpson at one point, Fromong said, but these were things that belonged to him a long time ago.
Police said they weren't sure who now owned the memorabilia.
Whether or not the property belonged to Mr. Simpson or not is still in debate, Lt. Clint Nichols said Sunday. Having said that, the manner in which this property was taken, we have a responsibility to look into that, irregardless of who the property belonged to.After being whisked away in handcuffs, Simpson was booked Sunday night on two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, and conspiracy to commit a crime and burglary with a firearm, police said.
The district attorney said he expected Simpson to ultimately be charged with seven felonies and one gross misdemeanor. If convicted, Simpson could face up to 30 years in prison on each robbery count.A judge ordered Simpson held without bail. Las Vegas court information officer Michael Sommermeyer said Simpson's arraignment was set for Wednesday, with a bail hearing to be held after that. Simpson attorney Yale Galanter said Monday he hoped to get Simpson released before then. Mr. Simpson is not guilty of these charges, Galanter said. He declined to say whether he had met with police and prosecutors. We believe it is an extremely defensible case based on conflicting witness statements, flip-flopping by witnesses and witnesses making deals with the government to flip, Galanter said Sunday. Beardsley blamed the incident on Riccio, who he claims told Simpson that his property was in the room in Las Vegas. If they don't charge Riccio I will be very upset. That guy lied to O.J. and got him all pumped up, he said. Simpson, 60, told the AP that he didn't call the police to help reclaim the items because he has found the police unresponsive to him ever since his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were killed in 1994. Simpson was acquitted of murder charges but found liable in a wrongful death civil trial.
The police, since my trouble, have not worked out for me, Simpson said.
Police said they had no information to indicate Simpson was armed during the hotel confrontation last week. Fromong also said Simpson was unarmed: Never at any time was I ever, did I feel threatened by O.J., he said. Police seized two firearms believed to involved in the robbery along with sports memorabilia, mostly signed by Simpson. They also said they recovered collectible baseballs and Joe Montana cleats at private residences early Sunday after serving three search warrants. Walter Alexander, 46, of Mesa, Ariz., was arrested Saturday night on two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery and burglary with a deadly weapon. Alexander, who was described as one of Simpson's golfing buddies, was released without bail Saturday night. Robert Dennis Rentzer, a Los Angeles lawyer representing Alexander, said he was able to arrange his client's release but wasn't familiar with the allegations. Police are seeking four other men: Las Vegas residents Clarence Stewart, 53, and Michael McClinton, 49; Tom Scotto, of unknown age and hometown, and another man who was not identified.
Simpson, a Heisman Trophy winner and actor, lives near Miami and has been a tabloid staple since his ex-wife and Goldman were killed. Goldman's father, Fred Goldman, welcomed the possibility that Simpson could go to prison. How wonderful, he told CBS's The Early Show Monday. A lot of years too late, however. I would have much preferred him found guilty of Ron and Nicole's death and then put either to death or in jail then. But frankly to see him ultimately or potentially go to jail — that's great.Simpson's arrest came just days after the Goldman family published a book that Simpson had written under the title If I Did It about how he would have committed the killings of his ex-wife and Goldman had he actually done it. After a deal for Simpson to publish it fell through, a federal bankruptcy judge awarded the book's rights to the Goldman family, who retitled it If I Did It: The Confessions of the Killer. During the weekend, the book was the hottest seller in the country, hitting No. 1 on Amazon.com. Associated Press Special Correspondent Linda Deutsch in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
WEEKLEY READING ROSH TO YOM
THE WEEKLY ISRAELI SCRIPTURES FROM THE END OF ROSH HASHANA TO THE BEGINNING OF YOM KIPPUR.
DETERONOMY 32:1-52 King James Bible
1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
12 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
35 To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:
46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
48 And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:
51 Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.
DETERONOMY 32:1-52 King James Bible
1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
12 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
35 To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:
46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
48 And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:
51 Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.
EU SEA OF TROUBLES
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Africa floods bring death, devastation By KATY POWNALL, Associated Press Writer Sat Sep 15, 1:50 PM ET
KAMPALA, Uganda - Torrential downpours and flash floods across Africa have submerged whole towns and washed away bridges, farms and schools. This summer's rains have killed at least 150 people, displaced hundreds of thousands and prompted the U.N. to warn Saturday of a rising risk of disease outbreaks. In eastern Uganda, nine people have been reported killed and 150,000 have been made homeless since early August. Another 400,000 — mainly subsistence farmers — have lost their livelihoods after their fields were flooded or roads washed away and the rains are forecast to worsen in the next month.The problem is getting worse by the hour, said Uganda's Minister for Relief and Disaster Preparedness Musa Ecweru, who spent Saturday viewing the affected areas by plane. Access to some communities is almost impossible. We will need boats and helicopters to deliver emergency interventions, he added.In some places, the water is the same color as the earth so when you look at it you think it is a field then you realize it's water, Ecweru said.On the other side of the continent, Ghana in west Africa has also been heavily hit. Three regions in the north, the country's traditional breadbasket, have been declared an official disaster zone after whole towns and villages were submerged. Torrential rains between July and August killed at least 18 persons and displaced a quarter of a million, Information Minister Oboshie-Sai Cofie said Saturday.
It is a humanitarian disaster. People have nowhere to go. Some of them are just hanging out there waiting for help to come at a point, Cofie said. The Ghanian government had received considerable aid, she said.More than a million people across at least 17 countries have been affected, said Elisabeth Byrs of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. People need clean water after their normal sources were contaminated, and emergency food and shelter after fields and houses were washed away.The rains are set to continue and we are really concerned about the situation, because a lot of people are homeless and infectious diseases could emerge, Byrs said by phone from Geneva.It is difficult to say how much rain has fallen; few African countries have meteorological services, and those that do only offer forecasting, lacking the staff and infrastructure to track weather in remote areas.Governments say tens of thousands need aid in Kenya and Ethiopia, which was devastated by flooding last year as well.In Sudan, refugees who had just returned at the end of a brutal civil war had to flee their homes again through waist-high waters in what the government called the worst floods in living memory. So far, 119 people have died and tens of thousands been made homeless since the flooding began in mid-June, but the figure may be higher as much of its vast swampland is inaccessible except by air.In the tiny west African nation of Togo, 20 people are dead and 66,000 displaced after a deluge washed away 100 bridges and seven dams in the last week. The waters also destroyed 46 schools and some college buildings, forcing authorities to postpone the start of the school year.French military helicopters from the peacekeeping mission in nearby Ivory Coast, which has also been affected, have been deployed to help airlift government-provided food and medical supplies to the needy.
In Burkina Faso, Amade Belem, who heads the country's national emergency management agency, said maize and millet farms were ruined.Our main concern is rehousing the population. We need food and medical supplies because it goes without saying that the conditions in which these people are living, there will be no shortage of disease, Belem said.Five of the country's 13 regions have been affected and local media say the floods are the worst here since 1954.In the oil giant of Nigeria, 68 people have died and 50,000 are affected, according to the Red Cross. Even the desert nations of Niger, Mali and Mauritania have been hit.
In some parts of Africa, officials say deforestation has exacerbated the problem.
Charles Ngiratware, the mayor of western Nyabihu district in Rwanda, said nearby Gishwati forest used to hold in far more floodwater and flash floods were not common. It was about 52,000 acres in 1981, but pressure to clear land for farming means it was only about 1,500 hectares by 2002. The reason the rains devastated this district is because of the deforestation of Gishwati natural forest, he said. Fifteen people, mainly women and children, have drowned after flash floods in his district this week. Associated Press Writers Ebow Godwin in Lome, Togo; Brahima Ouedraogo in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Ahmed Mohamed in Nouakchott, Mauritania; Kimenyi Felly in Kigali, Rwanda; Kwasi Kpodo in Accra, Ghana; and Bradley S. Klapper in Geneva, Switzerland contributed to this report.
SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON AND STARS
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Super-scope to see hidden texts - By Liz Seward Science reporter, York, Super-powerful X-rays could peer beneath the skin of manuscripts
Animation: How synchrotron light unravels the text
The hidden content in ancient works could be illuminated by a light source 10 billion times brighter than the Sun. The technique employs Britain's new facility, the Diamond synchrotron, and could be used on works such as the Dead Sea Scrolls or musical scores by Bach. Intense light beams will enable scientists to uncover the text in scrolls and books without having to open - and potentially damage - them.
The research was presented at the British Association science festival. Iron gall ink, which is made from oak apples, has been in use from the 12th Century, but causes parchment to deteriorate rendering precious documents unreadable. There are some parts of the Dead Sea scrolls which have not been unrolled
Professor Tim Wess
Both paper and parchment - thinly stretched skins from cows, sheep or goats - contain collagen, which reacts with iron ink to become gelatine. When dry, gelatine is very brittle; but as soon as it gets wet, it turns into jelly, destroying some documents if they are disturbed.
Unrolling the scroll
Now, scientists from the University of Cardiff have developed a technique that uses a powerful X-ray source to create a three-dimensional image of an iron-inked document. The team then applies a computer algorithm to separate the image into the different layers of parchment, in effect using the program to unroll the scroll.
HOW DIAMOND WORKS
Electrons fired into straight accelerator, or linac,Boosted in small synchrotron and injected into storage ring,Magnets in large ring bend and focus electrons accelerated to near light-speeds - Energy lost emerges down beamlines as highly focused light at X-ray wavelengths
Diamond opens for business
Professor Tim Wess, who led the research, said: We've folded up a real piece of parchment and then done a process of X-ray tomography on it. We've been able to recover the structure where we can see the words that are written inside the document.The team now plans to use the Diamond synchrotron's powerful X-ray source to penetrate many layers of parchment. The synchrotron, which covers the area of five football pitches, generates light beams that can probe matter down to the molecular and atomic scale. Professor Wess explained: The letters have got iron in them, so you shine a band of X-rays through, and you end up with an absorption image, rather like your bones would absorb on an X-ray. This is something we can take forward with Diamond, to try to unravel the secrets inside documents that we're too scared to try to open, or that are beyond the point of conservation."
Wish list
The National Archives has donated some 18th Century fire-damaged scrolls that have never been unrolled, due to their condition. But the team also has a wish-list of works that they plan to probe. Professor Wess said: There are some parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls which have not been unrolled.Reading books without opening them was a goal of the project, added Professor Wess. The technique works best with rolled parchment. The flat nature, as well as the thickness of books, presents a challenge.
He said: I know of books which have been damaged by iron gall ink corrosion where the conservators are actually afraid to open the book because of all the letters. You really end up with a stencil rather than the lettering.
Conserving works
Another target of the project is to image documents before they become too damaged, to monitor levels of gelatine. The team can then advise on the most appropriate conservation methods, depending on the state of the parchment. Using modern technology to reveal secrets of the past is a rewarding task. Professor Wess said: If you can bring together a £260m ($527m) synchrotron, and the cutting edge science from that, the provenance and the depth of history that you can access when you see these things is actually a revelatory moment.
SIGNS OF THE END OF THE AGE (NOT THE WORLD) THE WORLD GOES ON FOREVER.
GENESIS 1:5,14
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:(ISRAELS HOLY DAYS AND SABBATH STARTS AT 6PM) And for SIGNS (PROPHECY SIGNS TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, OUR DAY)
David's Comment: The Relevance of the Feasts of the Lord
Leviticus 23:2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: The feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts. (NKJ)
The Biblical Feasts are often called the Jewish Feasts , but they are not Jewish Feasts, they are God's Feasts. They were given to the Jews to celebrate and I believe our calling to be a light and blessing to the nations means that we are to teach the nations about the feasts, as they are the perfect tool to teach about the nature and character of YHVH and His Anointed One, Yeshua. One of the primary purposes of the annual Feast cycles was to teach the children about God in a family and fun environment. For we who are living at the end of this age, the Feast cycle also gives a prophetic view of the redemption plans and purposes of God for Israel, ( the Church included) and the world.There are 7 Feasts of the Lord. Just in case anyone is thinking that these Feasts are only relevant to the previous Covenant with the Jewish people, so far 4 of the 7 Feasts have been perfectly fulfilled in the New Covenant, on exactly the same date. This gives us a strong indication that the final 3 will also be fulfilled in the same manner. Therefore the Feasts should be of great interest to those who love the Lord and are anxiously awaiting the re-establishment of God's Kingdom here upon the Earth in the City of the King, Jerusalem. The true Church is grafted in to be a fully legitimate part of Israel, therefore it is totally rational for the Church to follow the Feasts of the God of Israel.
The first 3 Feasts of the year are in March / April - Passover, Unleavened Bread and First Fruits (crucifiction and resurrection.) Fifty days later follows Shavuot (Pentecost) and at this time of the year is Trumpets ( the Rapture) , Yom Kippur (Atonement) and Tabernacles (the Millenium reign.) We have just celebrated the Feast of Trumpets. A growing number of commentators believe that the Rapture will occur on a future Feast of Trumpets. (1 Thess 4:16) Next Saturday we celebrate Yom Kippur ( Day of Atonement) then the final feast of the year, Succot or Feast of Tabernacles which is a prophetic picture of the Millenium when Yeshua will reign and rule over the entire Earth from Jerusalem.We are seeing an ever increasing number of Christians being moved by the Holy Spirit to celebrate the true Sabbath on Saturday and the Biblical Feasts. I am sure that if you ask any of them if it is burdensome to do so, they will all tell you the exact opposite. It is liberating and joyful to be set free from the world's calendar to follow the Feasts of the Lord.
As I have just written above, it is wonderful to celebrate the Lord's Feasts and to be excitedly expectant of the imminent re-establishment of the Kingdom of YHVH in Jerusalem, but the nation where this is about to take place is under serious attack by the Muslim world, the secular news media, and much of the professing but demonically deceived church. The UN, EU and the George Bush government are also working overtime to abort God's plans for Israel. As early as November another peace summit will be held in an attempt to cut Israel into pieces ands give it to the mythical Palestinian people. Such an outcome can only result in the destruction of the nation of Israel and will prevent the return of the Lord and His Kingdom. By all means enjoy this season of the Fall Feasts, but PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE pray and intercede as never before for the Lord to move His hand and destroy those who conspire against Him & His Anointed One. We urge you to pray the following from Psalm 83
13 O my God, make them like the whirling dust, like the chaff before the wind!
14 As the fire burns the woods, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire,
15 So pursue them with Your tempest, and frighten them with Your storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
17 Let them be confounded and dismayed forever; yes, let them be put to shame and perish,
18 That they may know that You, whose name alone is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.
The Lord bless you as you bless Israel by standing in defense of her right to exist on the land given to the Jewish people by the God of Israel . Lets pray that Israel will turn back to their God. Do not be silent, but share this with your fellow Christians, share it with your pastors, and with anyone you have a chance to speak to. Lets also pray for that breakthrough to the Muslims, and please remember to pray for our son Jordan, and all of his fellow soldiers in the IDF.
Shabbat Shalom ... David & Josie
REBUILT 3RD TEMPLE
REVELATION 11:1-2
1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
DANIEL 9:27
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Shas: No compromise on Temple Mount
September 11, 2007, 10:19 PM
Other news, World
JERUSALEM, Sept. 11 (UPI) — A Shas Party leader said Tuesday that the Orthodox group will quit the Israeli government if Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agrees to a divided Jerusalem.Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Eli Yishai said that the Shas Party completely rejects a proposal for international control of the Temple Mount, Haaretz reported.There is not even a shadow of a doubt over whether Shas would agree to dividing Jerusalem and a withdrawal to the 1967 borders, or would sit in a government that signed such an accord, Yishai said.Vice Premier Haim Ramon has proposed that Israel remove its forces from 70 percent of the West Bank and negotiate a final status with the Palestinian Authority. The agreement would include international control of the Temple Mount, which is the holiest shrine for Jews as the site of the temple destroyed by the Romans and the third-holiest for Muslims because of the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque.2007 by United Press International
HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER
DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
EU ministers call for more efficient securities trade
Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:26am BST
PORTO, Portugal (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers are set to give their backing on Saturday to dismantling barriers to cheaper cross-border securities trading for investors in the 27-nation bloc.As European securities markets integrate, the importance of competitive, efficient and safe pan-European post-trading arrangements is becoming more and more critical, EU Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy was due to tell ministers, according to documents obtained by Reuters.Clearing and settlement forms the basic plumbing of securities markets, ensuring that following a trade the ownership and safekeeping of a stock or bond is smoothly exchanged for cash.The EU wants a seamless single financial market so that investors have more choice by being able to buy and sell securities from other EU states just as cheaply as they would for a purely domestic transaction.
Ministers meeting in the northern Portuguese city of Porto were expected to give new impetus to push ahead on several fronts to make securities trading more efficient and reap the benefits from financial integration, such as stronger growth.Europe has a patchwork of clearing and settlement services, making it expensive when it comes to buying and selling securities cross-border as several operators become involved in the chain with each charging a fee.Several initiatives are underway to streamline these services and ministers want a more coherent approach.McCreevy has allowed the industry to sign a voluntary code of conduct to improve competition in the sector, but has warned if it fails to cut costs he will order a mandatory shake up.
The European Central Bank also stunned the industry last year when it announced a plan to build a system to settle stock and bond trades in the euro zone, known as Target 2 Securities.The project moves onto the turf of private operators such as Euroclear, but McCreevy signalled support for the ECB's plan.The Commission will continue to work with the ECB to develop the project further in close cooperation with all concerned parties, McCreevy was set to tell ministers.
Ministers were also due to agree to other initiatives.
One is to revive a set of standards drafted by the ECB and national market regulators to improve supervision of the sector. Some of the standards are bitterly contested by banks who say they are already supervised as banks.Another is to take steps to dismantle public barriers to cross-border clearing and settlement, such as differing tax and legal regimes. A group of experts will likely propose next month to make the collection of withholding taxes and transaction taxes more efficient, the document prepared for McCreevy said.
METEORS HIT THE EARTH
REVELATION 6:12-17
12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
REVELATION 8:12-13
12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels,which are yet to sound!
Security, life threatened by space junk, weapons: report by Deborah Jones
Sat Sep 15, 3:00 PM ET
VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) - Human security and technologies from cell phones to weather forecasts are more at risk than ever from anti-satellite weapons and space junk, said a research report released Friday. An anti-satellite test by China in January, and increased US opposition to restrictions on space weapons, were cited as two main global threats by Space Security 2007, the fourth annual report by the Space Security Index.The dismantling of the space sanctuary for communications satellites, and weather satellites, and those other divides on which the modern economy depends so greatly, thereby making it impossible to utilize those devices, would be negative to every single person in the world, said report co-author Thomas Graham.You wouldn't be able to have cell phones, Blackberries, pagers, the kind of television you have now, Graham told AFP in a telephone interview from Virginia, warning that 30 nations now have the ability to shoot down satellites. If we don't keep space as a sanctuary ... once an arms race begins in space all those satellites become very vulnerable.The Space Security Index aims to present a policy-neutral statement of the facts as to the status of space security, said Graham, a former ambassador, US arms-control negotiator and special representative for arms control under former US president Bill Clinton.
The new report warned that international tensions over space are rising, but while it is in all nations' self-interest to safeguard use of the space environment ... there is a widening impasse on how to do this.It focused on the United States's small and controversial program for space-based ballistic missile defense and proto-technologies that may form the basis for future space-based weapons, and Earth-based weapons programs.There is growing tension between the US and China over the security of outer space, largely driven by mistrust and suspicions over weapons programs, said co-author Ray Williamson of Secure World Foundation in the news release.The report said China's test created 1500 pieces of trackable debris in heavily used orbits - one of the worst manmade debris-creating events in history - but debris caused by routine space operations is also a problem.Even a small piece of metal, traveling at 7.5 kilometers per second, can destroy a spacecraft worth billions of dollars, said William Marshall of the NASA Ames Research Center, an advisor to the space index.The number of objects in Earth orbit have increased steadily; today there are an estimated 35 million pieces of space debris, said the report, noting that 90 percent of 13,000 orbiting objects large enough to damage or destroy a spacecraft are space debris.
The report will be presented to the United Nations First Committee on international security on October 22.It was released by the Simons Centre for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Research at the University of British Columbia, in this western Canadian city.The centre is one of several North American science and policy organizations contributing to the index; others include the Cypress Fund for Peace and Security, the Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University, Project Ploughshares, Secure World Foundation and the Space Generation Foundation.The research is funded by the foreign affairs and international trade departments of the Canadian government, the Ford Foundation and the Secure World Foundation, project manager Jessica West told AFP.
A FALSE PROPHET COMES FROM THE VATICAN ALSO AT THIS TIME.
REVELATION 13:11-18
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
REVELATION 17:1-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
FALSE CHRISTS AND FALSE PROPHETS.
MATTHEW 24:5,24
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
MARK 13:22-23
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
CULTS AND FALSE RELIGIONS
1 TIMOTHY 4:1-2
1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
TESTING THE FAITH
Church storm of mass defections brews
Flight from biblical orthodoxy triggers exodus of faithful
Posted: September 15, 2007 - 1:00 a.m. Eastern - 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
The Episcopal Church is on the verge of a mass exodus if it doesn't repent of its approval of homosexual relationships, warn the leaders of three dioceses that signaled their intent this week to leave the 2 million-member denomination. The dioceses of Fort Worth, Pittsburgh and Quincy, Ill., have stated that if they don't receive assurances by Sept. 30 that the House of Bishops will reject the consecration of bishops living in a same-sex relationship and same-sex blessings, they are prepared to cut themselves off from the Episcopal Church in the USA. The Episcopal Church is a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion, which, led by bishops in Africa and Asia, largely has maintained traditional doctrines. The Episcopal Church now faces potentially large numbers of departures that would make what has happened until now look like the calm before a storm,"said Ralph Webb, director of Anglican Action for the Institute on Religion and Democracy, a non-profit group seeking renewal in mainline denominations.
Noting a trend that has developed over more than three decades, Webb said the denomination has moved so far away from Scripture, Christian tradition and reason that many faithful Christians feel that they can no longer stay within the Episcopal Church and be faithful.The Episcopal Church so far has downplayed the impact of the thousands of Anglicans who have left the denomination, he said.Initially, denominational leaders such as Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori claimed the numbers of people leaving were so small they weren't newsworthy, Webb pointed out. Then, as more and more parishioners left, they revised their claim to emphasize parishes instead of people, he said. They have ignored the loss of congregations with some of the largest numbers of parishioners in the denomination.The outcome of the House of Bishops fall meeting, Sept. 19-25, will make the difference between whether thousands of Episcopalians stay within the denomination or leave it, said Webb.
DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).
PREMEDITATED MERGER
Hoffa: Bush creating North American Union
Teamsters boss: Mexican trucks part of master plan for super-government September 14, 2007 - 1:00 a.m. Eastern - By Jerome R. Corsi - 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Teamsters Union President James P. Hoffa
Saying he is convinced the Bush administration has a master plan to erase all borders and to have a super-government in North America, James P. Hoffa, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, celebrated the Senate's 75-23 vote Tuesday night to block the Department of Transportation's Mexican truck demonstration project. In an exclusive interview with WND, Hoffa argued that the Bush administration push to allow Mexican trucks into the U.S. is symptomatic of a larger administration plan advanced by multi-national corporations to create a European Union-style regional super-government in North America. Congress has now spoken out and said Mexican trucks cannot come into the United States until they meet our standards, Hoffa told WND. He noted the Senate seconded the House's overwhelming 411-3 vote to pass the Safe Roads Act of 2007, a bill also targeted to block the Mexican truck project. We're very excited about the Senate vote, Hoffa told WND. We worked very hard on it. We thought we already had this Mexican truck demonstration project stopped three times before this year, and every time the administration comes right back trying to press this idea of opening the borders to unsafe Mexican trucks.WND asked Hoffa if he thought Bush would carry out his threat to veto the Department of Transportation funding bill in order to kill the amendment de-funding the truck project. I just cannot imagine President Bush vetoing a whole major transportation bill, Hoffa answered. This is only one amendment to this tremendous bill which includes needed funds to repair highway infrastructure and prevent more bridges like the one in Minneapolis on Interstate 35W from collapsing.
Everybody who's looked at this knows that the Mexican trucks do not meet our standards, Hoffa argued. Mexico doesn't have drug testing, they don't have mandatory physicals, they don't have the written test, they don't have the proficiency in English, they don't have a reliable national database. For us to lower our standards for Mexico is ridiculous, he continued. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration did not demonstrate to the American people or to Congress that we could ensure that allowing Mexican trucks into the U.S. would be safe. It was going to endanger people, it was going to endanger national security, and it was going to endanger good jobs.Why did Hoffa think the Bush administration was so insistent on pressing forward with the Mexican truck demonstration project?
President Bush has been determined to jam through this Mexican truck demonstration project because of big business pressure and pressure from President Calderon in Mexico, he answered directly. Big business wants cheap trucking so they can make more money. Unfortunately, you get what you pay for, Hoffa continued. Just look at all the problems we have had with China – toothpaste with anti-freeze in it, bad dog food, lead paint on the toys for our children. You have to have standards here, Hoffa insisted. We have standards in America. The American trucker has to be careful. He can't get a ticket for drunk driving, even in his own private car. He has to be drug tested. Now they're saying we should waive all these standards and not apply them to the Mexican trucker and the Mexican trucking company? Hoffa asked. It doesn't make sense. But if you want the real answer, Hoffa explained, it's about money, and it's about the pressure of these big companies wanting to get this Mexican truck deal done now, because they realize that Bush is a lame duck and they figure that if they don't get this done now, they're not going to get this done with a Democratic president in the White House.As WND reported, at the recent Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America third summit held in Montebello, Quebec, Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper ridiculed the idea that SPP might result in the creation of a North American Union or NAFTA Superhighways.
Hoffa disagreed.
I think the Bush administration has a master plan to erase all borders and to have a super-government in North America, he argued. There's talk about mega-ports down in Mexico and superhighway toll roads built with foreign money right into the heart of America. I think those things are real and the Mexican truck demonstration project is just one piece in that larger puzzle, Hoffa continued. The Bush administration figures that once the Mexican trucks get started, the rest will be easy. I think that the whole plan of this Mexican truck demonstration project is part of a larger overall plan, Hoffa contended. The goal to basically erase that border so Mexican trucks can run across that border, unload trucks with no security, no supervision, and have them run all the way through from some port on the Pacific Ocean down in Mexico to Kansas City, Detroit and then to Montreal. I am convinced that the plan to create a North American Union is what is going on, Hoffa asserted. I am convinced big business wants that. Big business hates any types of standards. They don't want to have a minimum wage, they don't want to have safety protections, they don't want to have product inspections, they don't want environmental protection. Big business doesn't want to have anything slowing down commerce coming across the borders, he said. And to do that, they have to erase all standards and they have to have one type of a North American government that would be over Canada, Mexico and the United States. I believe there is such a plan, he insisted. I believe the Mexican truck demonstration project is part of it. I have seen enough to know that this is going on right now.As WND has reported, Alan S. Blinder, a Princeton University economist who was former Federal Reserve Board vice chairman, told the Wall Street Journal in an interview reported March 28 the U.S. was at risk of 40 million jobs being shipped out of the country to outsourcing in the next decade or two. The Journal reported 40 million jobs lost would be more than double the total of U.S. workers employed in manufacturing today. Blinder was a top adviser to President Clinton whose free trade views led him to strongly recommend the passage of NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Hoffa was asked about Blinder's prediction.
Look at the way India is opening up, he answered. I recently made a trip to China. Unless we stop this with legislation and tariffs and duties on foreign goods, you are not going to have any jobs in this country except flipping hamburgers at McDonalds. We've got to stop this now, he continued. Nothing is inevitable. The problem is that there is an agenda of these globalists and these free traders to ship every good job out of America. Any good job that pays good money, they can find somebody else to do it in India or China or in Hong Kong or wherever. We've got to say enough is enough. What about our children? he asked. Where are our children going to work? What is the future of this country if there are no good jobs here?
Hoffa then turned to national security concerns he has about outsourcing.
We are now at the point where we are farming out technology, we're farming out the manufacturing of airplanes, Hoffa argued. We're outsourcing some of our biggest secrets, like the technology of the modern airplane, the 787 being built by Boeing. We're giving that technology over to Japan where they are going to make the wing.
This is a very big erosion of our national security, he continued. We're making the best ideas here in America, we come up with the ideas for the technology, but the manufacturing happens in a plant in some other country, and we just allow them to take our ideas.Hoffa returned to the Senate amendment to block the truck project.
Today is a victory to keep unsafe trucks from coming in from Mexico, he asserted, but there is a bigger agenda here. America could lose 40 million jobs and our children are not going to have any place to work. American technology and manufacturing and American know-how are being outsourced all over the world because foreigners will do it cheaper. Bush won't speak openly about the Security and Prosperity Partnership because he doesn't want anybody to know anything about it, Hoffa emphasized. If the American people knew openly about the plan to build superhighway toll roads with foreign money or the plan to create a North American common market and regional government, we would rally to stop it. The Bush administration hasn't even openly consulted Congress about SPP.Hoffa ended the interview by stressing the Teamsters Union resolve to continue fighting against free trade agreements that are not fair trade agreements.We've fought NAFTA, he reflected. These trade bills are all the same. They end up with these massive trade deficits and why is that? Because it gives countries like Mexico and China access to our markets, but we don't get access to their markets on the same terms. The trade bills should not be one-way deals that only advantage the multi-national corporations. Fair trade deals should also open up foreign markets so we can (sell) American products on an equal basis.
ISRAELS TROUBLE
JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.
DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)
Israel sends tanks into Gaza Strip By SARAH EL-DEEB, Associated Press Writer
Sat Sep 15, 10:02 PM ET
GAZA CITY, Gaza strip - Israeli tanks crossed into the northern Gaza Strip in an operation to rout out rocket launchers Saturday, and Palestinian officials said a 17-year-old was wounded in an exchange of fire. The army said tanks crossed more than 250 yards into northern Gaza and responded with gunfire after they were shot at, including with RPGs. The militant group Islamic Jihad said it fired two RPGs at the troops. The soldiers detained nine Palestinians for questioning, the army said.
Palestinian health officials said the teenager was seriously injured in a gunfire exchange in the town of Beit Hanoun. Residents said the youth was not known as a militant.Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government has been under pressure to respond to recent Palestinian rocket attacks on southern Israel.Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said the government was considering several ways to retaliate, including nonmilitary action. She did not elaborate, but there have been calls for Israel to cut off the supply of electricity, fuel and water to the Gaza Strip.Olmert's Cabinet was slated to discuss the matter at a meeting Sunday. But the Cabinet would not vote, as had been planned, on the proposed release of Palestinian prisoners that was meant to be a gesture to the moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Olmert's office said.Olmert had offered the release, reportedly of about 100 prisoners, during a meeting between the leaders last week as part of Israeli efforts to bolster Abbas of the moderate Fatah movement in facing its rival, Hamas, after the Islamic group took over the Gaza Strip in June.
On Friday, hundreds of Hamas security forces trained for a possible Israeli incursion into Gaza, firing automatic rifles and shoulder-held grenade launchers in their first extensive exercise since overrunning the coastal territory.Since confiscating weapons from Fatah during the takeover, Hamas forces are better equipped than during previous Israeli incursions, said senior Hamas official Nizar Rayyan. He said Hamas would kidnap Israel soldiers if they launched an incursion.
Livni said Israeli action would not necessarily constitute collective punishment. She also cautioned that Israelis should not expect that the government will be able to stop the rocket fire completely.I think there are a series of actions other than military actions that Israel can take, Livni told Army Radio.
Israel's Olmert delays prisoner release: officials Sat Sep 15, 2:14 PM ET
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert delayed a plan to release from prison scores of members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's secular Fatah movement, Israeli officials said on Saturday. Officials said Olmert had planned to ask the cabinet on Sunday to release more prisoners, but the item was removed from the agenda amid fears it would not garner enough support. Plans to release more prisoners have already been delayed once.It's not coming up tomorrow. It's been put off because there is no agreed upon list, one government official said, asking not to be named.Israeli government spokesman David Baker said he did not have the agenda for Sunday's cabinet meeting.Olmert told Abbas at a meeting on Monday he would ask his cabinet to approve the prisoner release as a goodwill gesture for the Ramadan fast month, which began this week, Palestinian officials said. Israel had been expected to free around 100 Fatah prisoners.Israel has already freed more than 250 prisoners, mostly Fatah members, as part of a plan to bolster Abbas against Islamist rival Hamas, which seized control of Gaza in June.It is unclear whether Olmert has enough support to push through the plan after a series of rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza in recent weeks rekindled calls within the Jewish state for tougher action against militants to curb the salvoes.
The officials said any prisoners to be released would have no blood on their hands and at least one year left on their sentences. They would be released on condition they signed a document promising not to be involved in violence.Olmert is engaged in talks with Western-backed Abbas to prepare for a U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace conference expected in November.The issue of releasing prisoners is highly emotive for Palestinians, who see their some 11,000 brethren held in Israeli jails as fighters for freedom from Israeli occupation in the West Bank.
THE EU DICTATOR
REVELATION 6:1-2,13:1-3,7-9,16
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(THIS IS THE EU DICTATOR)
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea,(of Nation)having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(7 HEADS ARE THE 7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY (THE EU) AS WELL AS THE VATICAN WHICH IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS. 10 HORNS ARE 10 KINGS THAT ARISE FROM THE EU, THEN #11 COMES ON THE SCENE BECOMES THE HEAD OF 3 OUNTRIES AND THEN THE EU DICTATOR, COMES FROM 1 OF THE 3 COUNTRIES THAT RULE FOR THIS TERM. I BELIEVE THE 3 COUNTRIES RULING AT THE TIME ARE SPAIN AND 2 OF THE ORIGINAL 6 THAT STARTED THE EU. FROM 1 OF THESE 3 COUNTRIES COME THE FUTURE EU DICTATOR PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WHO GUARENTEES ISRAELS SECURITY FOR A LAND FOR PEACE 7 YEAR TREATY.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(THE JEWISH EU DICTATOR GETS HIS POWER FROM SATAN,HE COMES FROM THE OCCULT).
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE DICTATOR HAS A FALSE RESURRECTION. JUST LIKE JESUS HAD A LITERAL RESURRECTION THIS DICTATOR GETS MURDERED AT THE 3 1/2 YR MARK OF THR 7 YEAR TREATY AND COMES BACK TO LIFE. THIS IS HOW HE CAN CLAIM TO BE GOD AND GET AWAY WITH IT AND CONTROL THE WHOLE EARTH.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
[Comment] A Sea of troubles
14.09.2007 - 09:21 CET | By Peter Sain ley Berry
EUOBSERVER / COMMENT - On 25th July 1789, with reports of disturbances in Paris still filtering their way around London, Sir John Riggs Miller rose in the House of Commons. He was a distinguished Parliamentarian with a long interest in weights and measures and he craved the indulgence of the House in order to propose a Committee whose job it might be to establish one general standard of weights and measures…..
Echoes of this proposal found their way across the Channel. The following year Sir John found a letter from Talleyrand, then President of the French National Assembly, amongst his correspondence.Sir, it read, I understand that you have submitted for the consideration of the British Parliament, a valuable plan for the equalization of measures: I have felt it my duty to make a like proposition to our National Assembly. It appears to me worthy of the present epoch that the two Nations should unite in their endeavour to establish an invariable measure.…….Too long have Great Britain and France been at variance with each other, for empty honour or for guilty interests. It is time that two free Nations should unite their exertions for the promotion of a discovery that must be useful to mankind.Suffice it to say that while full of ideas, Britain was no more responsive then to European initiatives than it is now and did not exactly leap to embrace Talleyrand's proposal, though there were, as always, mitigating circumstances.
Mr Verheugen's announcement this week therefore, to the effect that Britain and Ireland may continue, with the blessing of the European Commission, to make use of a variety of previously condemned Imperial measures, is merely the latest chapter in a saga stretching back over 200 years. The industry commissioner's reprieve for the pint and the pound has a history, as indeed do most matters connected with Europe.
Indeed, apart from technological issues, many problems faced by the European Union today - international relations, the stability of governments, the future of benighted provinces, the personal relations of statesmen, treaties - are much the same as they were in Talleyrand's time two hundred years ago, and call for similar skills.He himself was a diplomatist - possibly the most skilful diplomatist there has ever been - and it is something of a pity that we do not have, on hand, someone of the same rank to press into the service of Portuguese Presidency between now and the turn of the year. For in a few short months, broadly coinciding with the deluges and conflagrations of the summer, the Union has moved from plain sailing into some decidedly choppy seas. Cumulating diplomatic problems, both minor and major, threaten us with crisis.Even the minor ones are serious enough. What - in so far as anything can be done - are we to do about Belgium, which is without an effective government and in danger of splitting apart? Or, for that matter, Poland, which seems unable to return a stable government and whose elections next month may result in even further turmoil? How should the Union face its important summit with Africa when the Europeans will not sit down with Mr Mugabe and the Africans will not sit down without him?
But these are minor headaches when set against the major problems - such as the final status of Kosovo.
The UN administered province is threatening to make a unilateral declaration of independence before the year is out if the powers that be do not declare it independent first. If Pristina declares independence in defiance of the UN, the United States is likely to recognise the new regime. The EU would however be badly split: Britain, France and Germany would probably follow the US line, but other states, including Spain, Slovakia and Greece support Serbia to whom Kosovo legally belongs until the UN decides otherwise. Russia, of course, supports its Serbia ally as, historically, it always has done. How to bring the UN, Russia, the United States, Serbia, Kosovo and 27 European member states to agreement is the conundrum; the words 'rock' and 'hard place' suggest themselves. And as is usual in these cases the outcome will have precious little effect on the price of eggs in Pristina market, but could nevertheless drive dangerously deep wedges between all the parties. On its first real European test, Europe's Common Foreign and Security Policy is looking, neither common, nor secure, nor much of a policy.The second problem is the (constitutional) Reform Treaty that lawyers are now busy drafting from the outline proposals agreed by the European Council in June. I always doubted that member states would be content merely to sign off whatever legal document might emerge and moves to tweak the drafting are becoming evident. It is by no means certain that Portugal will be able to deliver an agreed text when the European Council meets in October.Meanwhile calls for ratification referenda continue and while no state is yet committed to a discretionary referendum, Dutch and Danish governments are both considering the matter. Should either conclude that a referendum would be desirable then it would be extremely hard for Britain to hold a no referendum necessary line. Again the consequences for European unity are most serious.On top of this come reports of a rift between the German Chancellor and the French President. The Franco-German axis, so long the Union's spinal column is in danger of osteoporosis; the bones brittle. Germany's understated European leadership is being threatened by the new French Napoleon, full of 100 day vigour. Mrs Merkel's feathers are reportedly ruffled. A little less zeal might have been Talleyrand's counsel.
Just at a time, therefore, when Europe's leaders need to present a common and united front there are widespread signs of fission and friction. It is time to close ranks. Faced with this cumulation of difficulties, this sea of troubles, the European enterprise is in danger of a serious setback. Which, returning to our history is what happened, in a way, to Talleyrand's initiative for a Franco-British system of weights and measures. Encouraged by Sir John's parliamentary actions, his next step was to get the National Assembly to advise the King to write to Britain's George III. However, the letter appears never to have been sent. This was, after all, 1791; and not surprisingly Louis XVI had other things on his mind.The author is editor of EuropaWorld.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Africa floods bring death, devastation By KATY POWNALL, Associated Press Writer Sat Sep 15, 1:50 PM ET
KAMPALA, Uganda - Torrential downpours and flash floods across Africa have submerged whole towns and washed away bridges, farms and schools. This summer's rains have killed at least 150 people, displaced hundreds of thousands and prompted the U.N. to warn Saturday of a rising risk of disease outbreaks. In eastern Uganda, nine people have been reported killed and 150,000 have been made homeless since early August. Another 400,000 — mainly subsistence farmers — have lost their livelihoods after their fields were flooded or roads washed away and the rains are forecast to worsen in the next month.The problem is getting worse by the hour, said Uganda's Minister for Relief and Disaster Preparedness Musa Ecweru, who spent Saturday viewing the affected areas by plane. Access to some communities is almost impossible. We will need boats and helicopters to deliver emergency interventions, he added.In some places, the water is the same color as the earth so when you look at it you think it is a field then you realize it's water, Ecweru said.On the other side of the continent, Ghana in west Africa has also been heavily hit. Three regions in the north, the country's traditional breadbasket, have been declared an official disaster zone after whole towns and villages were submerged. Torrential rains between July and August killed at least 18 persons and displaced a quarter of a million, Information Minister Oboshie-Sai Cofie said Saturday.
It is a humanitarian disaster. People have nowhere to go. Some of them are just hanging out there waiting for help to come at a point, Cofie said. The Ghanian government had received considerable aid, she said.More than a million people across at least 17 countries have been affected, said Elisabeth Byrs of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. People need clean water after their normal sources were contaminated, and emergency food and shelter after fields and houses were washed away.The rains are set to continue and we are really concerned about the situation, because a lot of people are homeless and infectious diseases could emerge, Byrs said by phone from Geneva.It is difficult to say how much rain has fallen; few African countries have meteorological services, and those that do only offer forecasting, lacking the staff and infrastructure to track weather in remote areas.Governments say tens of thousands need aid in Kenya and Ethiopia, which was devastated by flooding last year as well.In Sudan, refugees who had just returned at the end of a brutal civil war had to flee their homes again through waist-high waters in what the government called the worst floods in living memory. So far, 119 people have died and tens of thousands been made homeless since the flooding began in mid-June, but the figure may be higher as much of its vast swampland is inaccessible except by air.In the tiny west African nation of Togo, 20 people are dead and 66,000 displaced after a deluge washed away 100 bridges and seven dams in the last week. The waters also destroyed 46 schools and some college buildings, forcing authorities to postpone the start of the school year.French military helicopters from the peacekeeping mission in nearby Ivory Coast, which has also been affected, have been deployed to help airlift government-provided food and medical supplies to the needy.
In Burkina Faso, Amade Belem, who heads the country's national emergency management agency, said maize and millet farms were ruined.Our main concern is rehousing the population. We need food and medical supplies because it goes without saying that the conditions in which these people are living, there will be no shortage of disease, Belem said.Five of the country's 13 regions have been affected and local media say the floods are the worst here since 1954.In the oil giant of Nigeria, 68 people have died and 50,000 are affected, according to the Red Cross. Even the desert nations of Niger, Mali and Mauritania have been hit.
In some parts of Africa, officials say deforestation has exacerbated the problem.
Charles Ngiratware, the mayor of western Nyabihu district in Rwanda, said nearby Gishwati forest used to hold in far more floodwater and flash floods were not common. It was about 52,000 acres in 1981, but pressure to clear land for farming means it was only about 1,500 hectares by 2002. The reason the rains devastated this district is because of the deforestation of Gishwati natural forest, he said. Fifteen people, mainly women and children, have drowned after flash floods in his district this week. Associated Press Writers Ebow Godwin in Lome, Togo; Brahima Ouedraogo in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Ahmed Mohamed in Nouakchott, Mauritania; Kimenyi Felly in Kigali, Rwanda; Kwasi Kpodo in Accra, Ghana; and Bradley S. Klapper in Geneva, Switzerland contributed to this report.
SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON AND STARS
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Super-scope to see hidden texts - By Liz Seward Science reporter, York, Super-powerful X-rays could peer beneath the skin of manuscripts
Animation: How synchrotron light unravels the text
The hidden content in ancient works could be illuminated by a light source 10 billion times brighter than the Sun. The technique employs Britain's new facility, the Diamond synchrotron, and could be used on works such as the Dead Sea Scrolls or musical scores by Bach. Intense light beams will enable scientists to uncover the text in scrolls and books without having to open - and potentially damage - them.
The research was presented at the British Association science festival. Iron gall ink, which is made from oak apples, has been in use from the 12th Century, but causes parchment to deteriorate rendering precious documents unreadable. There are some parts of the Dead Sea scrolls which have not been unrolled
Professor Tim Wess
Both paper and parchment - thinly stretched skins from cows, sheep or goats - contain collagen, which reacts with iron ink to become gelatine. When dry, gelatine is very brittle; but as soon as it gets wet, it turns into jelly, destroying some documents if they are disturbed.
Unrolling the scroll
Now, scientists from the University of Cardiff have developed a technique that uses a powerful X-ray source to create a three-dimensional image of an iron-inked document. The team then applies a computer algorithm to separate the image into the different layers of parchment, in effect using the program to unroll the scroll.
HOW DIAMOND WORKS
Electrons fired into straight accelerator, or linac,Boosted in small synchrotron and injected into storage ring,Magnets in large ring bend and focus electrons accelerated to near light-speeds - Energy lost emerges down beamlines as highly focused light at X-ray wavelengths
Diamond opens for business
Professor Tim Wess, who led the research, said: We've folded up a real piece of parchment and then done a process of X-ray tomography on it. We've been able to recover the structure where we can see the words that are written inside the document.The team now plans to use the Diamond synchrotron's powerful X-ray source to penetrate many layers of parchment. The synchrotron, which covers the area of five football pitches, generates light beams that can probe matter down to the molecular and atomic scale. Professor Wess explained: The letters have got iron in them, so you shine a band of X-rays through, and you end up with an absorption image, rather like your bones would absorb on an X-ray. This is something we can take forward with Diamond, to try to unravel the secrets inside documents that we're too scared to try to open, or that are beyond the point of conservation."
Wish list
The National Archives has donated some 18th Century fire-damaged scrolls that have never been unrolled, due to their condition. But the team also has a wish-list of works that they plan to probe. Professor Wess said: There are some parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls which have not been unrolled.Reading books without opening them was a goal of the project, added Professor Wess. The technique works best with rolled parchment. The flat nature, as well as the thickness of books, presents a challenge.
He said: I know of books which have been damaged by iron gall ink corrosion where the conservators are actually afraid to open the book because of all the letters. You really end up with a stencil rather than the lettering.
Conserving works
Another target of the project is to image documents before they become too damaged, to monitor levels of gelatine. The team can then advise on the most appropriate conservation methods, depending on the state of the parchment. Using modern technology to reveal secrets of the past is a rewarding task. Professor Wess said: If you can bring together a £260m ($527m) synchrotron, and the cutting edge science from that, the provenance and the depth of history that you can access when you see these things is actually a revelatory moment.
SIGNS OF THE END OF THE AGE (NOT THE WORLD) THE WORLD GOES ON FOREVER.
GENESIS 1:5,14
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:(ISRAELS HOLY DAYS AND SABBATH STARTS AT 6PM) And for SIGNS (PROPHECY SIGNS TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, OUR DAY)
David's Comment: The Relevance of the Feasts of the Lord
Leviticus 23:2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: The feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts. (NKJ)
The Biblical Feasts are often called the Jewish Feasts , but they are not Jewish Feasts, they are God's Feasts. They were given to the Jews to celebrate and I believe our calling to be a light and blessing to the nations means that we are to teach the nations about the feasts, as they are the perfect tool to teach about the nature and character of YHVH and His Anointed One, Yeshua. One of the primary purposes of the annual Feast cycles was to teach the children about God in a family and fun environment. For we who are living at the end of this age, the Feast cycle also gives a prophetic view of the redemption plans and purposes of God for Israel, ( the Church included) and the world.There are 7 Feasts of the Lord. Just in case anyone is thinking that these Feasts are only relevant to the previous Covenant with the Jewish people, so far 4 of the 7 Feasts have been perfectly fulfilled in the New Covenant, on exactly the same date. This gives us a strong indication that the final 3 will also be fulfilled in the same manner. Therefore the Feasts should be of great interest to those who love the Lord and are anxiously awaiting the re-establishment of God's Kingdom here upon the Earth in the City of the King, Jerusalem. The true Church is grafted in to be a fully legitimate part of Israel, therefore it is totally rational for the Church to follow the Feasts of the God of Israel.
The first 3 Feasts of the year are in March / April - Passover, Unleavened Bread and First Fruits (crucifiction and resurrection.) Fifty days later follows Shavuot (Pentecost) and at this time of the year is Trumpets ( the Rapture) , Yom Kippur (Atonement) and Tabernacles (the Millenium reign.) We have just celebrated the Feast of Trumpets. A growing number of commentators believe that the Rapture will occur on a future Feast of Trumpets. (1 Thess 4:16) Next Saturday we celebrate Yom Kippur ( Day of Atonement) then the final feast of the year, Succot or Feast of Tabernacles which is a prophetic picture of the Millenium when Yeshua will reign and rule over the entire Earth from Jerusalem.We are seeing an ever increasing number of Christians being moved by the Holy Spirit to celebrate the true Sabbath on Saturday and the Biblical Feasts. I am sure that if you ask any of them if it is burdensome to do so, they will all tell you the exact opposite. It is liberating and joyful to be set free from the world's calendar to follow the Feasts of the Lord.
As I have just written above, it is wonderful to celebrate the Lord's Feasts and to be excitedly expectant of the imminent re-establishment of the Kingdom of YHVH in Jerusalem, but the nation where this is about to take place is under serious attack by the Muslim world, the secular news media, and much of the professing but demonically deceived church. The UN, EU and the George Bush government are also working overtime to abort God's plans for Israel. As early as November another peace summit will be held in an attempt to cut Israel into pieces ands give it to the mythical Palestinian people. Such an outcome can only result in the destruction of the nation of Israel and will prevent the return of the Lord and His Kingdom. By all means enjoy this season of the Fall Feasts, but PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE pray and intercede as never before for the Lord to move His hand and destroy those who conspire against Him & His Anointed One. We urge you to pray the following from Psalm 83
13 O my God, make them like the whirling dust, like the chaff before the wind!
14 As the fire burns the woods, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire,
15 So pursue them with Your tempest, and frighten them with Your storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
17 Let them be confounded and dismayed forever; yes, let them be put to shame and perish,
18 That they may know that You, whose name alone is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.
The Lord bless you as you bless Israel by standing in defense of her right to exist on the land given to the Jewish people by the God of Israel . Lets pray that Israel will turn back to their God. Do not be silent, but share this with your fellow Christians, share it with your pastors, and with anyone you have a chance to speak to. Lets also pray for that breakthrough to the Muslims, and please remember to pray for our son Jordan, and all of his fellow soldiers in the IDF.
Shabbat Shalom ... David & Josie
REBUILT 3RD TEMPLE
REVELATION 11:1-2
1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
DANIEL 9:27
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Shas: No compromise on Temple Mount
September 11, 2007, 10:19 PM
Other news, World
JERUSALEM, Sept. 11 (UPI) — A Shas Party leader said Tuesday that the Orthodox group will quit the Israeli government if Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agrees to a divided Jerusalem.Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Eli Yishai said that the Shas Party completely rejects a proposal for international control of the Temple Mount, Haaretz reported.There is not even a shadow of a doubt over whether Shas would agree to dividing Jerusalem and a withdrawal to the 1967 borders, or would sit in a government that signed such an accord, Yishai said.Vice Premier Haim Ramon has proposed that Israel remove its forces from 70 percent of the West Bank and negotiate a final status with the Palestinian Authority. The agreement would include international control of the Temple Mount, which is the holiest shrine for Jews as the site of the temple destroyed by the Romans and the third-holiest for Muslims because of the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque.2007 by United Press International
HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER
DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
EU ministers call for more efficient securities trade
Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:26am BST
PORTO, Portugal (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers are set to give their backing on Saturday to dismantling barriers to cheaper cross-border securities trading for investors in the 27-nation bloc.As European securities markets integrate, the importance of competitive, efficient and safe pan-European post-trading arrangements is becoming more and more critical, EU Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy was due to tell ministers, according to documents obtained by Reuters.Clearing and settlement forms the basic plumbing of securities markets, ensuring that following a trade the ownership and safekeeping of a stock or bond is smoothly exchanged for cash.The EU wants a seamless single financial market so that investors have more choice by being able to buy and sell securities from other EU states just as cheaply as they would for a purely domestic transaction.
Ministers meeting in the northern Portuguese city of Porto were expected to give new impetus to push ahead on several fronts to make securities trading more efficient and reap the benefits from financial integration, such as stronger growth.Europe has a patchwork of clearing and settlement services, making it expensive when it comes to buying and selling securities cross-border as several operators become involved in the chain with each charging a fee.Several initiatives are underway to streamline these services and ministers want a more coherent approach.McCreevy has allowed the industry to sign a voluntary code of conduct to improve competition in the sector, but has warned if it fails to cut costs he will order a mandatory shake up.
The European Central Bank also stunned the industry last year when it announced a plan to build a system to settle stock and bond trades in the euro zone, known as Target 2 Securities.The project moves onto the turf of private operators such as Euroclear, but McCreevy signalled support for the ECB's plan.The Commission will continue to work with the ECB to develop the project further in close cooperation with all concerned parties, McCreevy was set to tell ministers.
Ministers were also due to agree to other initiatives.
One is to revive a set of standards drafted by the ECB and national market regulators to improve supervision of the sector. Some of the standards are bitterly contested by banks who say they are already supervised as banks.Another is to take steps to dismantle public barriers to cross-border clearing and settlement, such as differing tax and legal regimes. A group of experts will likely propose next month to make the collection of withholding taxes and transaction taxes more efficient, the document prepared for McCreevy said.
METEORS HIT THE EARTH
REVELATION 6:12-17
12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
REVELATION 8:12-13
12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels,which are yet to sound!
Security, life threatened by space junk, weapons: report by Deborah Jones
Sat Sep 15, 3:00 PM ET
VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) - Human security and technologies from cell phones to weather forecasts are more at risk than ever from anti-satellite weapons and space junk, said a research report released Friday. An anti-satellite test by China in January, and increased US opposition to restrictions on space weapons, were cited as two main global threats by Space Security 2007, the fourth annual report by the Space Security Index.The dismantling of the space sanctuary for communications satellites, and weather satellites, and those other divides on which the modern economy depends so greatly, thereby making it impossible to utilize those devices, would be negative to every single person in the world, said report co-author Thomas Graham.You wouldn't be able to have cell phones, Blackberries, pagers, the kind of television you have now, Graham told AFP in a telephone interview from Virginia, warning that 30 nations now have the ability to shoot down satellites. If we don't keep space as a sanctuary ... once an arms race begins in space all those satellites become very vulnerable.The Space Security Index aims to present a policy-neutral statement of the facts as to the status of space security, said Graham, a former ambassador, US arms-control negotiator and special representative for arms control under former US president Bill Clinton.
The new report warned that international tensions over space are rising, but while it is in all nations' self-interest to safeguard use of the space environment ... there is a widening impasse on how to do this.It focused on the United States's small and controversial program for space-based ballistic missile defense and proto-technologies that may form the basis for future space-based weapons, and Earth-based weapons programs.There is growing tension between the US and China over the security of outer space, largely driven by mistrust and suspicions over weapons programs, said co-author Ray Williamson of Secure World Foundation in the news release.The report said China's test created 1500 pieces of trackable debris in heavily used orbits - one of the worst manmade debris-creating events in history - but debris caused by routine space operations is also a problem.Even a small piece of metal, traveling at 7.5 kilometers per second, can destroy a spacecraft worth billions of dollars, said William Marshall of the NASA Ames Research Center, an advisor to the space index.The number of objects in Earth orbit have increased steadily; today there are an estimated 35 million pieces of space debris, said the report, noting that 90 percent of 13,000 orbiting objects large enough to damage or destroy a spacecraft are space debris.
The report will be presented to the United Nations First Committee on international security on October 22.It was released by the Simons Centre for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Research at the University of British Columbia, in this western Canadian city.The centre is one of several North American science and policy organizations contributing to the index; others include the Cypress Fund for Peace and Security, the Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University, Project Ploughshares, Secure World Foundation and the Space Generation Foundation.The research is funded by the foreign affairs and international trade departments of the Canadian government, the Ford Foundation and the Secure World Foundation, project manager Jessica West told AFP.
A FALSE PROPHET COMES FROM THE VATICAN ALSO AT THIS TIME.
REVELATION 13:11-18
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
REVELATION 17:1-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
FALSE CHRISTS AND FALSE PROPHETS.
MATTHEW 24:5,24
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
MARK 13:22-23
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
CULTS AND FALSE RELIGIONS
1 TIMOTHY 4:1-2
1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
TESTING THE FAITH
Church storm of mass defections brews
Flight from biblical orthodoxy triggers exodus of faithful
Posted: September 15, 2007 - 1:00 a.m. Eastern - 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
The Episcopal Church is on the verge of a mass exodus if it doesn't repent of its approval of homosexual relationships, warn the leaders of three dioceses that signaled their intent this week to leave the 2 million-member denomination. The dioceses of Fort Worth, Pittsburgh and Quincy, Ill., have stated that if they don't receive assurances by Sept. 30 that the House of Bishops will reject the consecration of bishops living in a same-sex relationship and same-sex blessings, they are prepared to cut themselves off from the Episcopal Church in the USA. The Episcopal Church is a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion, which, led by bishops in Africa and Asia, largely has maintained traditional doctrines. The Episcopal Church now faces potentially large numbers of departures that would make what has happened until now look like the calm before a storm,"said Ralph Webb, director of Anglican Action for the Institute on Religion and Democracy, a non-profit group seeking renewal in mainline denominations.
Noting a trend that has developed over more than three decades, Webb said the denomination has moved so far away from Scripture, Christian tradition and reason that many faithful Christians feel that they can no longer stay within the Episcopal Church and be faithful.The Episcopal Church so far has downplayed the impact of the thousands of Anglicans who have left the denomination, he said.Initially, denominational leaders such as Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori claimed the numbers of people leaving were so small they weren't newsworthy, Webb pointed out. Then, as more and more parishioners left, they revised their claim to emphasize parishes instead of people, he said. They have ignored the loss of congregations with some of the largest numbers of parishioners in the denomination.The outcome of the House of Bishops fall meeting, Sept. 19-25, will make the difference between whether thousands of Episcopalians stay within the denomination or leave it, said Webb.
DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).
PREMEDITATED MERGER
Hoffa: Bush creating North American Union
Teamsters boss: Mexican trucks part of master plan for super-government September 14, 2007 - 1:00 a.m. Eastern - By Jerome R. Corsi - 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Teamsters Union President James P. Hoffa
Saying he is convinced the Bush administration has a master plan to erase all borders and to have a super-government in North America, James P. Hoffa, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, celebrated the Senate's 75-23 vote Tuesday night to block the Department of Transportation's Mexican truck demonstration project. In an exclusive interview with WND, Hoffa argued that the Bush administration push to allow Mexican trucks into the U.S. is symptomatic of a larger administration plan advanced by multi-national corporations to create a European Union-style regional super-government in North America. Congress has now spoken out and said Mexican trucks cannot come into the United States until they meet our standards, Hoffa told WND. He noted the Senate seconded the House's overwhelming 411-3 vote to pass the Safe Roads Act of 2007, a bill also targeted to block the Mexican truck project. We're very excited about the Senate vote, Hoffa told WND. We worked very hard on it. We thought we already had this Mexican truck demonstration project stopped three times before this year, and every time the administration comes right back trying to press this idea of opening the borders to unsafe Mexican trucks.WND asked Hoffa if he thought Bush would carry out his threat to veto the Department of Transportation funding bill in order to kill the amendment de-funding the truck project. I just cannot imagine President Bush vetoing a whole major transportation bill, Hoffa answered. This is only one amendment to this tremendous bill which includes needed funds to repair highway infrastructure and prevent more bridges like the one in Minneapolis on Interstate 35W from collapsing.
Everybody who's looked at this knows that the Mexican trucks do not meet our standards, Hoffa argued. Mexico doesn't have drug testing, they don't have mandatory physicals, they don't have the written test, they don't have the proficiency in English, they don't have a reliable national database. For us to lower our standards for Mexico is ridiculous, he continued. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration did not demonstrate to the American people or to Congress that we could ensure that allowing Mexican trucks into the U.S. would be safe. It was going to endanger people, it was going to endanger national security, and it was going to endanger good jobs.Why did Hoffa think the Bush administration was so insistent on pressing forward with the Mexican truck demonstration project?
President Bush has been determined to jam through this Mexican truck demonstration project because of big business pressure and pressure from President Calderon in Mexico, he answered directly. Big business wants cheap trucking so they can make more money. Unfortunately, you get what you pay for, Hoffa continued. Just look at all the problems we have had with China – toothpaste with anti-freeze in it, bad dog food, lead paint on the toys for our children. You have to have standards here, Hoffa insisted. We have standards in America. The American trucker has to be careful. He can't get a ticket for drunk driving, even in his own private car. He has to be drug tested. Now they're saying we should waive all these standards and not apply them to the Mexican trucker and the Mexican trucking company? Hoffa asked. It doesn't make sense. But if you want the real answer, Hoffa explained, it's about money, and it's about the pressure of these big companies wanting to get this Mexican truck deal done now, because they realize that Bush is a lame duck and they figure that if they don't get this done now, they're not going to get this done with a Democratic president in the White House.As WND reported, at the recent Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America third summit held in Montebello, Quebec, Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper ridiculed the idea that SPP might result in the creation of a North American Union or NAFTA Superhighways.
Hoffa disagreed.
I think the Bush administration has a master plan to erase all borders and to have a super-government in North America, he argued. There's talk about mega-ports down in Mexico and superhighway toll roads built with foreign money right into the heart of America. I think those things are real and the Mexican truck demonstration project is just one piece in that larger puzzle, Hoffa continued. The Bush administration figures that once the Mexican trucks get started, the rest will be easy. I think that the whole plan of this Mexican truck demonstration project is part of a larger overall plan, Hoffa contended. The goal to basically erase that border so Mexican trucks can run across that border, unload trucks with no security, no supervision, and have them run all the way through from some port on the Pacific Ocean down in Mexico to Kansas City, Detroit and then to Montreal. I am convinced that the plan to create a North American Union is what is going on, Hoffa asserted. I am convinced big business wants that. Big business hates any types of standards. They don't want to have a minimum wage, they don't want to have safety protections, they don't want to have product inspections, they don't want environmental protection. Big business doesn't want to have anything slowing down commerce coming across the borders, he said. And to do that, they have to erase all standards and they have to have one type of a North American government that would be over Canada, Mexico and the United States. I believe there is such a plan, he insisted. I believe the Mexican truck demonstration project is part of it. I have seen enough to know that this is going on right now.As WND has reported, Alan S. Blinder, a Princeton University economist who was former Federal Reserve Board vice chairman, told the Wall Street Journal in an interview reported March 28 the U.S. was at risk of 40 million jobs being shipped out of the country to outsourcing in the next decade or two. The Journal reported 40 million jobs lost would be more than double the total of U.S. workers employed in manufacturing today. Blinder was a top adviser to President Clinton whose free trade views led him to strongly recommend the passage of NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Hoffa was asked about Blinder's prediction.
Look at the way India is opening up, he answered. I recently made a trip to China. Unless we stop this with legislation and tariffs and duties on foreign goods, you are not going to have any jobs in this country except flipping hamburgers at McDonalds. We've got to stop this now, he continued. Nothing is inevitable. The problem is that there is an agenda of these globalists and these free traders to ship every good job out of America. Any good job that pays good money, they can find somebody else to do it in India or China or in Hong Kong or wherever. We've got to say enough is enough. What about our children? he asked. Where are our children going to work? What is the future of this country if there are no good jobs here?
Hoffa then turned to national security concerns he has about outsourcing.
We are now at the point where we are farming out technology, we're farming out the manufacturing of airplanes, Hoffa argued. We're outsourcing some of our biggest secrets, like the technology of the modern airplane, the 787 being built by Boeing. We're giving that technology over to Japan where they are going to make the wing.
This is a very big erosion of our national security, he continued. We're making the best ideas here in America, we come up with the ideas for the technology, but the manufacturing happens in a plant in some other country, and we just allow them to take our ideas.Hoffa returned to the Senate amendment to block the truck project.
Today is a victory to keep unsafe trucks from coming in from Mexico, he asserted, but there is a bigger agenda here. America could lose 40 million jobs and our children are not going to have any place to work. American technology and manufacturing and American know-how are being outsourced all over the world because foreigners will do it cheaper. Bush won't speak openly about the Security and Prosperity Partnership because he doesn't want anybody to know anything about it, Hoffa emphasized. If the American people knew openly about the plan to build superhighway toll roads with foreign money or the plan to create a North American common market and regional government, we would rally to stop it. The Bush administration hasn't even openly consulted Congress about SPP.Hoffa ended the interview by stressing the Teamsters Union resolve to continue fighting against free trade agreements that are not fair trade agreements.We've fought NAFTA, he reflected. These trade bills are all the same. They end up with these massive trade deficits and why is that? Because it gives countries like Mexico and China access to our markets, but we don't get access to their markets on the same terms. The trade bills should not be one-way deals that only advantage the multi-national corporations. Fair trade deals should also open up foreign markets so we can (sell) American products on an equal basis.
ISRAELS TROUBLE
JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.
DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)
Israel sends tanks into Gaza Strip By SARAH EL-DEEB, Associated Press Writer
Sat Sep 15, 10:02 PM ET
GAZA CITY, Gaza strip - Israeli tanks crossed into the northern Gaza Strip in an operation to rout out rocket launchers Saturday, and Palestinian officials said a 17-year-old was wounded in an exchange of fire. The army said tanks crossed more than 250 yards into northern Gaza and responded with gunfire after they were shot at, including with RPGs. The militant group Islamic Jihad said it fired two RPGs at the troops. The soldiers detained nine Palestinians for questioning, the army said.
Palestinian health officials said the teenager was seriously injured in a gunfire exchange in the town of Beit Hanoun. Residents said the youth was not known as a militant.Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government has been under pressure to respond to recent Palestinian rocket attacks on southern Israel.Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said the government was considering several ways to retaliate, including nonmilitary action. She did not elaborate, but there have been calls for Israel to cut off the supply of electricity, fuel and water to the Gaza Strip.Olmert's Cabinet was slated to discuss the matter at a meeting Sunday. But the Cabinet would not vote, as had been planned, on the proposed release of Palestinian prisoners that was meant to be a gesture to the moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Olmert's office said.Olmert had offered the release, reportedly of about 100 prisoners, during a meeting between the leaders last week as part of Israeli efforts to bolster Abbas of the moderate Fatah movement in facing its rival, Hamas, after the Islamic group took over the Gaza Strip in June.
On Friday, hundreds of Hamas security forces trained for a possible Israeli incursion into Gaza, firing automatic rifles and shoulder-held grenade launchers in their first extensive exercise since overrunning the coastal territory.Since confiscating weapons from Fatah during the takeover, Hamas forces are better equipped than during previous Israeli incursions, said senior Hamas official Nizar Rayyan. He said Hamas would kidnap Israel soldiers if they launched an incursion.
Livni said Israeli action would not necessarily constitute collective punishment. She also cautioned that Israelis should not expect that the government will be able to stop the rocket fire completely.I think there are a series of actions other than military actions that Israel can take, Livni told Army Radio.
Israel's Olmert delays prisoner release: officials Sat Sep 15, 2:14 PM ET
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert delayed a plan to release from prison scores of members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's secular Fatah movement, Israeli officials said on Saturday. Officials said Olmert had planned to ask the cabinet on Sunday to release more prisoners, but the item was removed from the agenda amid fears it would not garner enough support. Plans to release more prisoners have already been delayed once.It's not coming up tomorrow. It's been put off because there is no agreed upon list, one government official said, asking not to be named.Israeli government spokesman David Baker said he did not have the agenda for Sunday's cabinet meeting.Olmert told Abbas at a meeting on Monday he would ask his cabinet to approve the prisoner release as a goodwill gesture for the Ramadan fast month, which began this week, Palestinian officials said. Israel had been expected to free around 100 Fatah prisoners.Israel has already freed more than 250 prisoners, mostly Fatah members, as part of a plan to bolster Abbas against Islamist rival Hamas, which seized control of Gaza in June.It is unclear whether Olmert has enough support to push through the plan after a series of rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza in recent weeks rekindled calls within the Jewish state for tougher action against militants to curb the salvoes.
The officials said any prisoners to be released would have no blood on their hands and at least one year left on their sentences. They would be released on condition they signed a document promising not to be involved in violence.Olmert is engaged in talks with Western-backed Abbas to prepare for a U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace conference expected in November.The issue of releasing prisoners is highly emotive for Palestinians, who see their some 11,000 brethren held in Israeli jails as fighters for freedom from Israeli occupation in the West Bank.
THE EU DICTATOR
REVELATION 6:1-2,13:1-3,7-9,16
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(THIS IS THE EU DICTATOR)
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea,(of Nation)having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(7 HEADS ARE THE 7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY (THE EU) AS WELL AS THE VATICAN WHICH IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS. 10 HORNS ARE 10 KINGS THAT ARISE FROM THE EU, THEN #11 COMES ON THE SCENE BECOMES THE HEAD OF 3 OUNTRIES AND THEN THE EU DICTATOR, COMES FROM 1 OF THE 3 COUNTRIES THAT RULE FOR THIS TERM. I BELIEVE THE 3 COUNTRIES RULING AT THE TIME ARE SPAIN AND 2 OF THE ORIGINAL 6 THAT STARTED THE EU. FROM 1 OF THESE 3 COUNTRIES COME THE FUTURE EU DICTATOR PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WHO GUARENTEES ISRAELS SECURITY FOR A LAND FOR PEACE 7 YEAR TREATY.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(THE JEWISH EU DICTATOR GETS HIS POWER FROM SATAN,HE COMES FROM THE OCCULT).
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE DICTATOR HAS A FALSE RESURRECTION. JUST LIKE JESUS HAD A LITERAL RESURRECTION THIS DICTATOR GETS MURDERED AT THE 3 1/2 YR MARK OF THR 7 YEAR TREATY AND COMES BACK TO LIFE. THIS IS HOW HE CAN CLAIM TO BE GOD AND GET AWAY WITH IT AND CONTROL THE WHOLE EARTH.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
[Comment] A Sea of troubles
14.09.2007 - 09:21 CET | By Peter Sain ley Berry
EUOBSERVER / COMMENT - On 25th July 1789, with reports of disturbances in Paris still filtering their way around London, Sir John Riggs Miller rose in the House of Commons. He was a distinguished Parliamentarian with a long interest in weights and measures and he craved the indulgence of the House in order to propose a Committee whose job it might be to establish one general standard of weights and measures…..
Echoes of this proposal found their way across the Channel. The following year Sir John found a letter from Talleyrand, then President of the French National Assembly, amongst his correspondence.Sir, it read, I understand that you have submitted for the consideration of the British Parliament, a valuable plan for the equalization of measures: I have felt it my duty to make a like proposition to our National Assembly. It appears to me worthy of the present epoch that the two Nations should unite in their endeavour to establish an invariable measure.…….Too long have Great Britain and France been at variance with each other, for empty honour or for guilty interests. It is time that two free Nations should unite their exertions for the promotion of a discovery that must be useful to mankind.Suffice it to say that while full of ideas, Britain was no more responsive then to European initiatives than it is now and did not exactly leap to embrace Talleyrand's proposal, though there were, as always, mitigating circumstances.
Mr Verheugen's announcement this week therefore, to the effect that Britain and Ireland may continue, with the blessing of the European Commission, to make use of a variety of previously condemned Imperial measures, is merely the latest chapter in a saga stretching back over 200 years. The industry commissioner's reprieve for the pint and the pound has a history, as indeed do most matters connected with Europe.
Indeed, apart from technological issues, many problems faced by the European Union today - international relations, the stability of governments, the future of benighted provinces, the personal relations of statesmen, treaties - are much the same as they were in Talleyrand's time two hundred years ago, and call for similar skills.He himself was a diplomatist - possibly the most skilful diplomatist there has ever been - and it is something of a pity that we do not have, on hand, someone of the same rank to press into the service of Portuguese Presidency between now and the turn of the year. For in a few short months, broadly coinciding with the deluges and conflagrations of the summer, the Union has moved from plain sailing into some decidedly choppy seas. Cumulating diplomatic problems, both minor and major, threaten us with crisis.Even the minor ones are serious enough. What - in so far as anything can be done - are we to do about Belgium, which is without an effective government and in danger of splitting apart? Or, for that matter, Poland, which seems unable to return a stable government and whose elections next month may result in even further turmoil? How should the Union face its important summit with Africa when the Europeans will not sit down with Mr Mugabe and the Africans will not sit down without him?
But these are minor headaches when set against the major problems - such as the final status of Kosovo.
The UN administered province is threatening to make a unilateral declaration of independence before the year is out if the powers that be do not declare it independent first. If Pristina declares independence in defiance of the UN, the United States is likely to recognise the new regime. The EU would however be badly split: Britain, France and Germany would probably follow the US line, but other states, including Spain, Slovakia and Greece support Serbia to whom Kosovo legally belongs until the UN decides otherwise. Russia, of course, supports its Serbia ally as, historically, it always has done. How to bring the UN, Russia, the United States, Serbia, Kosovo and 27 European member states to agreement is the conundrum; the words 'rock' and 'hard place' suggest themselves. And as is usual in these cases the outcome will have precious little effect on the price of eggs in Pristina market, but could nevertheless drive dangerously deep wedges between all the parties. On its first real European test, Europe's Common Foreign and Security Policy is looking, neither common, nor secure, nor much of a policy.The second problem is the (constitutional) Reform Treaty that lawyers are now busy drafting from the outline proposals agreed by the European Council in June. I always doubted that member states would be content merely to sign off whatever legal document might emerge and moves to tweak the drafting are becoming evident. It is by no means certain that Portugal will be able to deliver an agreed text when the European Council meets in October.Meanwhile calls for ratification referenda continue and while no state is yet committed to a discretionary referendum, Dutch and Danish governments are both considering the matter. Should either conclude that a referendum would be desirable then it would be extremely hard for Britain to hold a no referendum necessary line. Again the consequences for European unity are most serious.On top of this come reports of a rift between the German Chancellor and the French President. The Franco-German axis, so long the Union's spinal column is in danger of osteoporosis; the bones brittle. Germany's understated European leadership is being threatened by the new French Napoleon, full of 100 day vigour. Mrs Merkel's feathers are reportedly ruffled. A little less zeal might have been Talleyrand's counsel.
Just at a time, therefore, when Europe's leaders need to present a common and united front there are widespread signs of fission and friction. It is time to close ranks. Faced with this cumulation of difficulties, this sea of troubles, the European enterprise is in danger of a serious setback. Which, returning to our history is what happened, in a way, to Talleyrand's initiative for a Franco-British system of weights and measures. Encouraged by Sir John's parliamentary actions, his next step was to get the National Assembly to advise the King to write to Britain's George III. However, the letter appears never to have been sent. This was, after all, 1791; and not surprisingly Louis XVI had other things on his mind.The author is editor of EuropaWorld.
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