Sunday, October 28, 2007

613 COMMANDMENTS 114 - 248

THE 613 COMMANDMENTS OF JUDAISM 114 - 248

DONATION TO THE TEMPLE - COMMANDMENTS

114-If a person 114-undertakes to give his own value to the Temple he must do so. Should a man declare

LEV 27:2-8 (114)
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation.
3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.
7 And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.

115-an unclean beast

LEV 27:11-12 (115)
11 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest:
12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.

116-a house or

LEV 27:14 (116)
14 And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

117-a field as a donation to the Temple, he must give their value in money as fixed by the priest. If oneunwittingly derives benefit from Temple property

LEV 27:16,22-23
16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
22 And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;
23 Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubilee: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.

118-full restitution plus a fifth must be made. The fruit of

LEV 5:16 (118)
16 And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.

119-the fourth year's growth of trees is holy and may be eaten only in Jerusalem. When you reap your fields you must leave

LEV 19:24 (119)
24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal.

120-the corners,
121-the gleanings,

LEV 19:9 (120-121)
9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.

122-the forgotten sheaves,

DEU 24:19 (122)
19 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.

123-the misformed bunches of grapes and

124-the gleanings of the grapes for the poor. The first fruits must be

LEV 19:10 (123-124)
10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.

125-separated and brought to the Temple and you must also

EXO 23:19 (125)
19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

126-separate the great heave offering (terumah) and give it to the priests. You must give

DEU 18:4 (126)
4 The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

127-one tithe of your produce to the Levites and separate

LEV 27:30 (127)
30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD.

NUM 18:24 (127)
24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

128-a second tithe which is to be eaten only in Jerusalem. The Levites

DEU 14:22 (128)
22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

129-must give a tenth of their tithe to the priests. In the third and sixth years of the seven year cycle you should

NUM 18:26 (129)
26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.

130-separate a tithe for the poor instead of the second tithe. A declaration

DEU 14:28 (130)
28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:

131-must be recited when separating the various tithes and

DEU 26:13 (131)
13 Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them.

132-when bringing the first fruits to the Temple. The first portion of the

DEU 26:5 (132)
5 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

133-dough must be givin to the priest.

NUM 15:20 (133)
20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.

THE SABBATICAL YEAR COMMANDMENTS

134-In the seventh year (shemittah) everything that grows is 134-ownerless and available to all; the fields

EXO 23:11 (134)
11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

135-must lie fallow and you may not till the ground. You must

EXO 34:21 (135)
21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

136-sanctify the jubilee year (50th) and on the day of atonement in that year

LEV 25:10 (136)
10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

137-you must sound the shofar and set all Hebrew slaves free. In the jubilee year all land is to be

LEV 25:9 (137)
9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.

138-returned to its ancestral owners and, generally, in a walled city

LEV 25:24 (138)
24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

139-the seller has the right to buy back a house within a year of the sale.

LEV 25:29-30(139)
29 And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.
30 And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubilee.

140-Starting from entry into the land of Israel, the years of the jubilee must be 140-counted and announced yearly and septennially.

LEV 25:8 (140)
8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.

141-In the seventh year 141-all debts are annulled but

142-one may exact a debt owed by a foreigner.

DEU 15:3 (141-142)
3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release.

CONCERNING ANIMALS FOR CONSUMPTION COMMANDMENTS

143-When you slaughter an animal you must 143-give the priest his share as you must also give him

DEU 18:3 (143)
3 And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

144-the first of the fleece. When a man makes a herem (a special vow) you must

DEU 18:4 (144)
4 The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

145-distinguish between that which belongs to the Temple (i.e., when Gods name was mentioned in the vow) and between that which goes to the priests. To be fit for consumption, beast and fowl must be

LEV 27:21,28 (145)
21 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
28 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD.

146-slaughtered according to the law and if they are not of a domesticated species

DEU 12:21 (146)
21 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

147-their blood must be covered with earth after slaughter.Set the parent bird

LEV 17:13 (147)
13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.

148-free when taking the nest. Examine

DEU 22:7 (148)
7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

149-beast,

LEV 11:2 (149)
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

150-fowl,

DEU 14:11 (150)
11 Of all clean birds ye shall eat.

151-locusts and

LEV 11:21 (151)
21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth.

152-fish to determine whether they are permitted for consumption.

LEV 11:9 (152)
9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.

153-The * Sanhedrin should 153-sanctify the first day of every month and reckon the years and the seasons.

EXO 12:2 (153)
2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

DEU 16:1 (153)
1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

FESTIVALS COMMANDMENTS

154-You must 154-rest on the Sabbath day and

EXO 23:12 (154)
12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

155-declare it holy at its onset and termination. On the 14th of Nisan

EXO 20:8 (155)
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

156-remove all leaven from your ownership and on the night of the 15th

EXO 12:15 (156)
15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

157-relate the story of the Exodus from Egypt; on that night

EXO 13:8 (157)
8 And thou shalt show thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.

158-you must also eat mazzah. On the

EXO 12:18 (158)
18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.

159-first and

160-seventh days of Passover you must rest. Starting from the day of the first sheaf (16th of Nisan) you shall

EXO 12:16 (159-160)
16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.

161-count 49 days. You must rest on

LEV 23:35 (161)
35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

162-* Shavout, and on

LEV 23:1-44 (162)
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
4 These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover.
6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
13 And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savor: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.
14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:
16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.
18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savor unto the LORD.
19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.
29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
33 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.
35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.
37 These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:
38 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.
39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.

163-* Rosh Ha-shanah; on the day of * Atonement you must

LEV 23:24 (163)
24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.

164-fast and

LEV 16:29 (164)
29 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you.

165-rest. You must also rest on

LEV 16:29,31 (165)
29 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you.
31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.

166-the first and

LEV 23:35 (166)
35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

167-the eighth day of *Sukkot during which festival you shall

LEV 23:36 (167)
36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.

168-dwell in booths and

LEV 23:42 (168)
42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths.

169-take the * four species. On * Rosh Ha-shanah

LEV 23:40 (169)
40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.

170-you are to hear the sound of the * Shofar.

NUM 29:1 (170)
1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.

COMMUNITY COMMANDMENTS

171-Every male should 171-give half a shekel to the Temple anually. Yoy must

EXO 30:12-13 (171)
12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.

172-obey a prophet and

DEU 18:15 (172)
15 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken.

173-appoint a king. You must also

DEU 17:15 (173)
15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.

174-obey the Sanhedrin; in the case of division,

DEU 17:11 (174)
11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

175-yield to the majority. Judges and officials shall be

EXO 23:2 (175)
2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

176-appointed in every town and they shall judge the people

DEU 16:18 (176)
18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

177-impartially. Whosoever is aware of evidence

LEV 19:15 (177)
15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

178-must come to court to testify. Witnesses shall be

LEV 5:1 (178)
1 And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

179-examined thoroughly and, if found to be false

DEU 13:15 (179)
15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.

180-shall have done to them what they intended to do to the accused. When a person is found murdered and the murderer is unknown the ritual of

DEU 19:19 (180)
19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

181-decapitating the heifer must be performed. Six cities of refuge should be

DEU 21:4 (181)
4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:

182-established. The Levites, who have no ancestral share in the land, shall

DEU 19:3 (182)
3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.

183-be givin cities to live in. You must

NUM 35:2 (183)
2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

184-build a fence around your roof and remove potential hazards from your home.

DEU 22:8 (184)
8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.

IDOLATRY COMMANDMENTS

185-Idolatry and its appurtenances 185-must be destroyed, and a city which has become perverted must be

DEU 12:2 (185)
2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

DEU 7:5 (185)
5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

186-treated according to the law. You are commanded to

DEU 13:17 (186)
17 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

187-destroy the seven canaanite nations, and

DEU 20:17 (187)
17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:

188-to blot out the memory of * Amalek and

DEU 25:19 (188)
19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.

189-to remember what they did to Israel.

DEU 25:17 (189)
17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;

WAR COMMANDMENTS

190-The regulations for wars other than those commanded in the Torah 190-are to be observed and a priest should be

DEU 20:11-12 (190)
11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

191-appointed for special duties in times of war. The military camp must be

DEU 20:2 (191)
2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,

192-kept in a sanitary condition. To this end, every soldier must be

DEU 23:14-15 (192)
14 For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:

193-equipped with the necessary implements

DEU 23:14 (193)
14 For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

SOCIAL COMMANDMENTS

194-Stolen property must be 194-restored to its owner. Give

LEV 25:23 (194)
23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. 24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

195-charity to the poor. When a Hebrew slave goes free the owner must

DEU 15:8 (195)
8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

LEV 25:35-36 (195)
35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

196-give him gifts. Lend to

DEU 15:14 (196)
14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

197-the poor without interest; to the foreigner you may

EXO 22:24 (197)
24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

198-lend at interest. Restore

DEU 23:21 (198)
21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

199-a pledge to its owner if he needs it. Pay the worker his wages

DEU 24:13 (199)

13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.

EXO 22:25 (199)
25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

200-on time

DEU 24:15 (200)
15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.

201-permit him to eat of the produce with which he is working. You must

DEU 23:24-25 (201)
24 When thou comest into thy neighbor's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.
25 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbor, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbor's standing corn.

202-help unload an animal when necessary, and also

EXO 23:5 (202)
5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

203-help load man or beast. Lost property

DEU 22:4 (203)
4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.

204-must be restored to its owner. You are required

DEU 22:1 (204)
1 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.

EXO 23:4 (204)
4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

205-to reproove the sinner but you must

LEV 19:17 (205)
17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.

206-love your fellow as yourself. You are commanded

LEV 19:18 (206)
18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the LORD.

207-to love the proselyte. Your weights and measures

DEU 10:19 (207)
19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

208-must be accurate.

LEV 19:36 (208)
36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

FAMILY COMMANDMENTS

209-Respect the 209-wise;

LEV 19:32 (209)
32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.

210-honor and

EXO 20:12 (210)
12 Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

211-fear your parents. You should

LEV 19:3 (211)
3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

212-perpetuate the human race by marrying

GEN 1:28 (212)
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

213-according to the law. A bridegroom is to

DEU 24:1 (213)
1 When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

214-rejoice with his bride for one year. Male children must

DEU 24:5 (214)
5 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

215-be circumcised. Should a man die childless his brother must either

GEN 17:10 (215)
10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

LEV 12:3 (215)
3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

216-marry his widow or

DEU 25:5 (216)
5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.

217-release her (halizah). He who violates a virgin must

DEU 25:9 (217)
9 Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.

218-marry her and may never divorce her. If a man unjustly accuses his wife of premarital promiscuity

DEU 22:29 (218)
29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.

219-he shall be flogged, and may never divorce her. The seducer

DEU 22:18-19 (219)
18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

220-must be punished according to the law. The female captive must be

EXO 22:15-23 (220)
15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

221-treated in accordance with her special regulations. Divorce can be executed

DEU 21:11 (221)
11 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

222-only by means of a written document. A woman suspected of adultery

DEU 24:1 (222)
1 When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

223-has to submit to the required test.

NUM 5:15-27 (223)
15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:
17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:
18 And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:
19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:
20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:
21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.
25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:
26 And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.
27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

JUDICIAL COMMANDMENTS

224-when required by the law 224-you must administer the punishment of flogging and you must

DEU 25:2 (224)
2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.

225-exile the unwitting homicide. Capital punishment shall be by

NUM 35:25 (225)
25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

226-the sword

EXO 21:20 (226)
20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.

227-strangulation

EXO 21:16 (227)
16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

228-fire, or

LEV 20:14 (228)
14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.

229-stoning, as specified in some cases the body of the executed

DEU 22:24 (229)
24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbor's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

230-shall be hanged, but it

DEU 21:22 (230)
22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:

231-must be brought to burial the same day.

DEU 21:23 (231)
23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

SLAVES COMMANDMENTS

232-Hebrew slaves 232-must be treated according to the special laws for them. The master should

EXO 21:2 (232)
2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

233-marry his Hebrew maidservant or

234-redeem her. The alien slave

EXO 21:8 (233-234)
8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

235-must be treated according to the regulations applying to him.

LEV 25:46 (236)
46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigor.

TORTS COMMANDMENTS

236-The applicable law must be administered in the case of injury caused by 236-a person

EXO 21:18 (236)
18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

237-an animal or

EXO 21:28 (237)
28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.

238-a pit. Thieves

EXO 21:33-34 (238)
33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.

239-must be punished. You must render judgement in cases of

EXO 21:36-22:3 (239)
36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

240-trespass by cattle

EXO 22:4 (240)
4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

241-arson

EXO 22:5 (241)
5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

242-embezzlement by an unpaid guardian and in claims against

EXO 22:6-8 (242)
6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbor's goods.

243-a paid guardian, a hirer, or

EXO 22:9-12 (243)
9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbor.
10 If a man deliver unto his neighbor an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
11 Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

244-a borrower. Judgement must also be rendered in disputes arising out of

EXO 22:13 (244)
13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.

245-sales,

LEV 25:14 (245)
14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbor, or buyest ought of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

246-inheritance and

EXO 22:8 (246)
8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbor's goods.

247-other matters generally. You are required to

DEU 25:12 (247)
12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.

248-rescue the persecuted even if it means killing his oppresor.

NUM 27:8 (248)
8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.

Saturday, October 27, 2007

CALIFORNIA FIRES COULD IT BE AL-QUIDA

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.

COULD THESE FIRES BE DONE BY AL-QUIDA. IF SO THIS WOULD BE THE MAJOR DISASTER THAT GOD TOLD PAT ROBERTSON WOULD HAPPEN IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR. WITH THE PRESSURE FROM THE WHITEHOUSE ON ISRAEL TO DIVIDE JERUSALEM THIS WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THIS MAJOR DISASTER. ONLY TIME WILL TELL, BUT I WILL BE PAYING ATTENTION ABOUT THESE FIRES CLOSELY.

California wildfires: is there a terrorist connection?
Contributed by Avi - Wednesday, 24 October 2007


Fire officials are now stating that the Orange County Santiago fire
was purposely set and there is speculation that other fires may have also been deliberate. Firefighters in southern California are hoping to get the upper hand on the wildfire that has so far claimed the lives of at least two people and caused an estimated $1 billion in damages. Meanwhile the Associated Press is reporting that the fire has been officially declared an arson and CBS is reporting that CBS News has learned a task force of agencies, including the FBI, ATF, the Orange County Fire Authority and the
California Department of Forestry will announce shortly that the massive Santiago Canyon Fire - which has caused an estimated $10 million in damage - is being officially declared an arson, and a $50,000 reward is being offered to find the arsonist.

And a report released today quotes the California battalion chief as saying Whoever Did This Knew What They Were Doing due to the fact that 3 separate points of ignition were found all near the intersection of Silverado Canyon Road and Santiago Canyon Road, Two were on one side of the road, and the third was on the other which makes it only clearer that this wildfire was not caused by natural causes. Which begs the question of just who set this fire is this well orchestrated setting of the fires the act of a individual or is there something more sinister involved?

A report in the USA Today on July 2003 claims that The FBI alerted law enforcement agencies in August of 2003 that an Al-Qaeda terrorist in detention had talked of masterminding a plot to set a series of devastating forest fires around the western United States. And Rose Davis, a spokeswoman for the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, told The Associated Press that officials there took note of the warning but didn't see a need to act further on it.This startling report brings the idea of terrorism to the forefront, and makes one wonder whether there may just be a
connection between the fires burning out of control in Southern California and Al-Qaeda. The Jewish Bugle
http://www.thejewishbugle.com

Is a North American Union in the future?
Mexico, U.S. deny plan for any EU-like merger
Mike Madden Republic Washington Bureau Oct. 24, 2007 12:00 AM


WASHINGTON - Someday soon, you'll be keeping ameros in your wallet, not dollars. The goods they buy will zip freely from Mexico to Canada on an enormous new road. And the United States will merge with its neighbors into a massive North American Union that reigns sovereign over more than 440 million people.At least that is the vision being raised by a small but vocal group of bloggers, activists and border-security hard-liners.As the U.S. has increased efforts to cooperate with Canada and Mexico on security and trade, and as the Bush administration has pushed immigration reforms that are extremely unpopular with many conservatives, opponents have become more convinced that North America is heading toward a merger. Although all three governments strongly deny any such plan, a series of private meetings by top leaders and a sweeping effort to rewrite regulations in all three countries aimed at smoothing cross-border relations have emerged as a lightning rod for speculation, criticism and fear.

The goal of the initiative, known as the Security and Prosperity Partnership, is to ensure that the countries work together to keep weapons and terrorists from entering North America while making it easier for movement and commerce among all three nations. Business groups and advocates of free trade have pushed for even more cooperation. The meetings started in 2005 and grew out of long-standing, less-formal cooperation among the three nations. But critics say the partnership is just the first step in a much broader attempt to build a North American Union modeled after the political and economic integration that the European Union built.
Those who fear a merger see signs everywhere. They cite the dollar's recent decline in value, increasing illegal immigration and attempts to expand free-trade areas in the Western Hemisphere. They also point to efforts to increase trade along Interstate 35, which runs straight up the middle of the United States from Mexico to Canada. In Internet postings about the partnership, I-35 has morphed into a NAFTA Superhighway.An agreement in the works to allow Mexican trucks to drive into the U.S. is seen as another tip-off, as is the growing U.S. foreign-trade imbalance, even though China exports more to the U.S. than Mexico and is gaining on Canada.Former Mexican President Vicente Fox recently told CNN's Larry King that long term, very long term, the goal of free-trade agreements could be a Western Hemisphere united by one currency.
There's too much evidence. You've got too many things happening, said Jerome Corsi, a conservative activist and author of The Late Great U.S.A., a book that delves into some of the most alarming interpretations of the U.S.-Canadian-Mexican meetings. Still, to officials involved in the meetings, the idea that the partnership will move to infringe on individual countries' sovereignty is misguided.

I can tell you that that is categorically wrong, it is misleading, it is false, and that type of information, it just creates tension when it shouldn't because it's not true, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said in an interview. We want to do things that are common sense through regulations that will make our three countries more efficient and more productive. But this has nothing to do with sovereignty.In August, during a meeting with the Canadian prime minister and Mexican president, President Bush called the idea comical and a political scare tactic, accusing his opponents of (laying) out a conspiracy and then (forcing) people to try to prove it doesn't exist.

Working together

Although theories about a North American merger may sound far-fetched, they are rooted in negotiations and working groups that all three countries say are important.In its brief existence, the Security and Prosperity Partnership has produced the kind of dry government documents that might be expected from meetings and working groups that try to treat each nation as equal when it comes to both symbolism and substance.The U.S., Canadian and Mexican flags dot each release. The partnership has pursued increasing cooperation among public-health labs in each nation and drafting plans for cross-border emergency assistance in a disaster. It also wants to write similar regulations for industries ranging from medical devices to textile manufacturing so companies operating in all three countries can follow the same standards. Members also are pursuing policies that ease entry and exit into each country.What we tried to do was simply meet, talk about our common problems and see what we can do in practical terms in order to improve the lives of our people, Mexican President Felipe Calderón said at the past meeting. Whether it's to standardize the (regulatory) parameters for chocolates or medicines, I think these are common-sense things.Business organizations that seek increased cooperation among the countries have praised the partnership's work, as have some economists who favor free trade.One of the realities of our country is that we live in a global economy, said Maria Luisa O'Connell, president of the Phoenix-based Border Trade Alliance, a group that pushes for more integration and cooperation among the three nations. From a security perspective, from an economic perspective, we cannot afford not to work together with Canada and Mexico.The meetings, which are closed, are held every year. This year's was in Montebello, Canada. Bush has invited Calderón and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to his Texas ranch for next year's meeting.

Reminiscent of EU

Some of the claims made by critics about plans for a merger appear to be mostly hypothetical. For instance:

• No treaty has been signed or proposed to formalize the partnership, and none of the governments involved has called for integration like the European Union, which issues common currency and passports.

• Although the U.S. dollar is now roughly as valuable as the Canadian dollar after decades of trading at higher prices, both are still worth much more than the Mexican peso. All three nations say they have no plans to set up any new currency or do away with their own money.

• Critics fault plans to build a superhighway from the U.S.-Mexican border to the U.S.-Canadian border. But the highway already exists: I-35. There are no known plans for another highway. Even so, critics see the meetings as dangerous. Many focus more on Mexico than Canada, though the partnership's meetings have been trilateral.

Our borders have been opened and amnesty (for undocumented immigrants) has been granted through executive fiat by the Bush administration already, said William Gheen, executive director of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, a group that advocates tougher border security and immigration enforcement. Corsi's book details how the European Union formed out of similar meetings among French, German and other officials. He says denials that anything sinister is afoot help prove his point because EU officials also originally said they didn't intend to set up the kind of multinational bureaucracy that now exists.Republican primary voters have occasionally pressed GOP candidates to disavow the Security and Prosperity Partnership. None of the leading contenders for the party's nomination have explicitly done so.

Congress takes note

Some of the objections by conservative activists are shared by critics on the left, though not the dire warnings of a North American Union.What actually will happen (through the partnership) is that Mexico will continue doing worse economically, and, in fact, the immigration push will grow, said Manuel Perez Rocha, an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. The progressive Washington think tank is pushing for the partnership to include more labor protections and economic development in Mexico.Critics on both sides fault the governments for closing meetings to the public.For supporters, the problem with the cooperation is that they're not moving fast enough, not that they'll erode sovereignty.The meetings have attracted some attention from Congress. Conservative Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Va., introduced a non-binding resolution opposing a North American Union in January, and 39 co-sponsors, including Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., have signed on.Even lawmakers who don't share Goode's concerns say Congress should be more involved in efforts to increase cooperation with neighboring countries.This is a White House-driven initiative that has not been worked on by the Congress at all, said Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., who sits on a cross-border working group with Mexican legislators. This is not an official agreement, and there's a lot of myths that are floating around.

Friday, October 26, 2007

MORE SO CALLED SANCTIONS

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.

California turns corner on wildfires By Adam Tanner OCT 25,07

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Firefighters gained the upper hand on nearly all of the California wildfires on Thursday as winds died down after five days battling 20 fires from the mountains north of Los Angeles down to the Mexican border. Most of the 500,000 people in the largest evacuation in California's modern history were on their way home, officials said. Some 1,600 homes have been destroyed since Sunday.Two burned bodies were found in a house in hard-hit San Diego County, bringing the death toll to at least eight. Most were elderly who died while being evacuated.This is a better day than any we've had since this thing started, San Diego County Sheriff Bill Kolender said.President George W. Bush, who declared California's wildfires a major disaster, was due to survey the damage with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday and check on the government's response.

It's a sad situation out there in southern California. I fully understand that the people have got a lot of anguish in their hearts and they just need to know a lot of folks care about them, Bush said before leaving the White House.He said he wanted to make sure California was receiving the help it needed to deal with the wildfires.The Federal Emergency Management Agency, criticized along with Bush for a slow response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, had 1,000 people on the ground in badly scorched San Diego County.
Though fire officials were relieved that the hot, dry Santa Ana winds driving the flames had weakened, they conceded that offshore breezes replacing them presented a danger. Even those milder winds could fan the flames, being fought by some 9,000 weary men and women.The wildfires broke out during the weekend after the Santa Ana winds began to blow and have blackened nearly 800 square miles, and injured more than 60 people, many of them firefighters.

RE-ENTRY DAY

San Diego County has suffered losses in excess of $1 billion, and three of the largest fires were still burning there, mostly in the eastern, less populated part of the county.This is going to be a re-entry day for many of the thousands of San Diegans that are out there, said Ron Lane, head of county emergency services. We are absolutely thrilled.Fewer than 1,000 people spent the night at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium, compared with some 10,000 on Monday and Tuesday. The good food, showers, acupuncture and massage at evacuees' disposal might have attracted chronically homeless street people.You see a lot of them walking around the parking lot, evacuee Jennifer Ryan said. They know a good thing when they see it.One of the most critical fires was in Orange County, south of Los Angeles, where containment of the 20,000-acre (8,094-hectare) Santiago fire suffered a setback overnight.Authorities said federal agents from the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms joined local authorities in investigating the Santiago fire as arson.Those are crime scenes, said Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department. He said a $70,000 reward was posted for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. Three out of four of Los Angeles County's fires had 100 percent containment, including one in the celebrity enclave of Malibu that garnered much attention in the first days. A risk modeling firm said insured fire losses from the fires would likely cost between $900 million and $1.6 billion.

DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (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.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: 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 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)

EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
A survey of public opinion in 52 countries released today shows the EU is the only great power in the world whose leadership is widely supported.

A global public opinion survey by Gallup International - conducted in collaboration with the European Council on Foreign Relation (ECFR) - shows that there is growing public support for a more multi-polar world, and one in every three citizens around the world (35%) would like to see the European Union's influence to grow. In an ECFR policy brief (PDF - 1 MB), Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard point out that the EU is unique among the four big powers (the other three being the US, China and Russia) in that no-one wants to balance its rise.The 2007 edition of Voice of the People© - the world's largest survey this year based on interviews with 57,000 people from 52 countries - shows that world citizens most disapprove of an expansion of Iranian and US power. 39% of respondents would like to see Iran's power decrease, while 37% would like less US power in the world. Russia and China also provoke more negative than positive reactions. Whilst 23% and 24% of respondents, respectively, would like Russia's and China's importance to increase, 29% and 32% believe the world would benefit from a decline in their power. Accompanying the policy brief is a Love and Hate map (PDF - 3 MB), showing graphically how people in many countries around the world are calling for an increase in the EU's global influence to make the world a better place.

ECFR making an impact

The launch of ECFR has made an impact across Europe, and our Statement of Principles has received significant press coverage in the vast majority of EU member states, and further afield. The website has featured expert analysis and commentary, for example on the Ukrainian elections, on how the EU should respond to the situations in Burma and Pakistan, on the EU Reform Treaty and much more. In the coming weeks we will publish our first major policy report looking at EU's relationship with Russia. We also have forthcoming analysis on how to increase EU power at the United Nations, and on what strategies the EU should be pursuing in Afghanistan.

Statement of Principles OCT 25,07
BY EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

We call on the governments of the European Union to develop a more coherent and vigorous foreign policy, informed by our shared values, dedicated to the pursuit of our common European interests, and sustained by European power.

We endorse the following principles:

1. When faced by the great powers of today and the rising giants of tomorrow, individual European countries regard the world as beyond their control. But if it speaks with one voice, the Europe Union can help shape the world order.

2. It is only by acting together that European Union countries can effectively pursue their common interests, from combating climate change to reducing poverty, from defending human rights and averting genocide to stopping the spread of deadly weapons and addressing the causes of violent extremism.

3. The European Union's foreign policy should be backed up with all of Europe's economic, political, cultural and, as a last resort, military power. Our commitment to strong and effective multilateral institutions must be matched by a drive to increase European influence within them.

4. Starting with the European Union's neighbours, the best way to secure peace and prosperity is to honour existing commitments to countries seeking membership and to encourage political reforms with more generous offers of economic opportunity and political cooperation.

5. European transformative power can reach beyond its immediate neighbourhood. The European Union should leverage the world's largest single market and most generous aid budgets to promote the values we believe in, both in other parts of the world and in multilateral institutions.

Europeans will benefit from having a stronger voice in the world and the world will benefit from a stronger European Union.

Signed by the 50 Founding Members of the European Council on Foreign Relations.

Add your voice by using the form below. All signatories of the Statement of Principles are invited to be Associates of the European Council on Foreign Relations.

Netanyahu rejects compromise plan
24 Oct 2007 Source: PA News


Israel must control all of Jerusalem forever, former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said, taking a stand against a key compromise that could seal an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. His comments on Tuesday followed growing signs that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is ready to share control of Jerusalem under a final peace settlement with the Palestinians. Netanyahu and other senior members of the hawkish Likud Party climbed the Tower of David, built 2,000 years ago to protect the walls of ancient Jerusalem, and then headed to the Mount of Olives, where Jews believe the dead will be resurrected in the end of days. These news feeds are provided by an independent third party and Channel 4 is not responsible or liable to you for the same.

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.

Putin warns against sanctions on Iran By MIKE ECKEL, Associated Press Writer OCT 25,07

LISBON, Portugal - Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned strongly against new international sanctions on Iran, saying they would lead to a dead end. Putin, in Portugal for a summit with leaders of the European Union, said the standoff over Iran's nuclear program should be resolved through talks, pointing at North Korea as an example.Why worsen the situation and bring it to a dead end by threatening sanctions or military action, Putin said in a veiled reference to the U.S. push for harsher international sanctions against Tehran.Running around like a madman with a razor blade, waving it around, is not the best way to resolve the situation, the Russian leader said.Putin spoke after the Bush administration imposed sweeping new sanctions against Iran, cutting off key Iranian military and banking institutions from the American financial system for Tehran's alleged support for terrorism and nuclear weapons ambitions. Putin did not directly refer to the U.S. actions.

The Russia president said dialogue proved successful in dealing with North Korea. Not long ago it didn't seem possible to resolve the situation with North Korea's nuclear program, but we have practically solved it relying on peaceful means, Putin said.At the same time, Putin said that he reaffirmed Russia's strong opposition to the proliferation of nuclear weapons on his trip to Iran last week.Russia, which is building Iran's first nuclear plant, has opposed the U.S. push for harsher U.N. sanctions against Iran, saying there has been no evidence of Iran seeking nuclear weapons.Putin is in Lisbon to take on disagreements that have stood in the way of a strategic partnership agreement with the 27-nation bloc. The twice-yearly EU-Russia summits have not been upbeat events in recent years — reflecting a steady decline in relations over trade, energy, human rights, Balkan conflicts and other issues.

Russia to appoint firebrand politician to NATO-source

MOSCOW, Oct 24 (Reuters) President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree appointing a nationalist politician as Russia's permanent representative to NATO, a source close to the situation told Reuters today.Putin signed a decree yesterday appointing Dmitry Rogozin, the flamboyant former head of Russia's Motherland party, to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, said the source, who asked not to be named.Rogozin has been appointed permanent representative to NATO,the source said. The decree was signed by Putin yesterday.Rogozin, who calls himself parliament's chief diplomat, has called for Russia to rearm to counter the threat from the Western military alliance, whose expansion he said placed a foreign army at Russia's borders.A Kremlin spokesman declined to comment. The decree only becomes effective on its official publication.

When asked by Reuters whether he had been appointed, Rogozin said: I do not have any official information about this, so I can say nothing at the moment. He was quoted in 2004 by local news agencies as saying that NATO was a U.S.-dominated body that carried out the rather aggressive interests of the United States. NATO is viewed with great suspicion in Russia, where officials say expansion eastwards shows the alliance is being used by the United States and top European powers to counter Russian influence. Rogozin made his Motherland party highly popular with attacks on the West and calls to curb illegal immigration.He resigned as leader of his party last year under what activists said was pressure from the Kremlin disturbed by his popularity. And he was featured in election campaign advertisements in 2005 that a Moscow court said incited racism.Rogozin, 43, was born into a Moscow military family and studied journalism at Moscow University.He worked as Putin's representative in negotiations with the European Union over the status of Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave, after EU expansion.Konstantin Totsky, the current permanent representative, was appointed by Putin in March 2003. He is 57.

Israel holding talks with Hamas: Abbas Thu Oct 25, 11:55 AM ET

AMMAN (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that meetings have taken place between Israel and the Islamist movement Hamas which controls the Gaza Strip. But both Israel and Hamas quickly denied that such talks had taken place.We have information that some Hamas men are meeting with the Israelis at Erez (on the Israel-Gaza border). This information is almost confirmed, Abbas said after meeting Jordan's King Abdullah II.

I don't know if the meeting was for normalisation or to calm things down, Abbas said, according to the royal palace.Israel, which boycotts Hamas as a terrorist organisation, categorically denied any such meetings. This is utter nonsense, said Miri Eisin, spokeswoman for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.A spokesman for Hamas, which does not recognise Israel's right to exist, also issued a denial.These are baseless allegations. He wants to justify the meetings he himself is holding with the Israeli occupier despite continued Israeli aggression against our people, Samir Abu Zuhri told AFP.Abbas is due to hold talks with Olmert on Friday as part of preparations for a Middle East conference in the United States this year despite mutual recriminations over poor progress to date.

THIS IS ALL A DECEPTION ABBAS AND THE ARABS ARE PLAYING WITH ISRAEL SO THEY CAN TALK PEACE BUT PRIVATELY WANTING TO GIVE ISRAEL PIECES OF PEACE.

Chaotic Nablus: Testing ground for Abbas By ALI DARAGHMEH and DIAA HADID, Associated Press OCT 25,07

NABLUS, West Bank - The Palestinian president has chosen the West Bank's most chaotic city to show he's in control, winning U.S. praise Thursday for beefing up his security forces here as part of an attempt to reassure Israel that he can implement a future peace deal. However, Mahmoud Abbas' campaign to disarm hundreds of militants in Nablus has had mixed results.A former fighter in Abbas' Fatah movement gave up his weapon in exchange for amnesty, but is still teaching his 6-year-old son to shoot an M-16. Dozens refuse to disarm for fear of being defenseless against Israeli raids. And the rival Hamas appears to have hidden most of its arms.

Success of the law-and-order campaign is crucial for U.S.-led peace efforts, including Washington's plan to hold a Mideast conference in Annapolis, Md., later this year.Israel insists Abbas' security forces don't control the West Bank, saying that erodes its ability to make concessions. Palestinian security chiefs say Israel undermines their crackdown by restricting the movement of police and preventing them from getting enough weapons and ammunition.Abbas picked unruly Nablus, the West Bank's second-largest city with 170,000 people, as his testing ground. Since the outbreak of the second Palestinian uprising in 2000, the city has been a stronghold for Hamas and Fatah gunmen as well as vigilantes who rob and blackmail residents.Many suicide bombings and shooting attacks on Israelis were launched from Nablus, and for seven years the city has buckled under severe Israeli travel restrictions, enforced by a ring of army roadblocks.Under the security plan of Abbas and his prime minister, Salam Fayyad, 3,000 Palestinian police officers in Nablus were gradually ordered back to their jobs in recent months, after many spent most of the uprising off the streets in fear of being targeted by Israel. The governor of the Nablus district, Jamal Muheisen, said 500 more officers will be deployed in coming days.

The U.S. security coordinator with the Palestinians, Lt. Gen. Keith Dayton, toured Nablus on Thursday and praised the Palestinian efforts after meeting with the local security chiefs.
This is where the Palestinian state will get its first real test, he said. When you succeed in Nablus, it will send a message throughout the West Bank and it will send a message to your neighbors that you're serious about law and order and that you can do the job.Palestinian officials said they need more guns, ammunition and freedom of movement, all of which require Israeli approval. Abdullah Kmeil, the Nablus intelligence chief, said there is only one rifle for every 10 officers, leaving security forces outgunned by militants.Congress has approved $80 million for strengthening Abbas and his security forces, and the Palestinian leader promised to rebuild security compounds destroyed by Israel in several years of fighting.The Nablus governor said Israel should halt its frequent arrest raids in Nablus, which make it harder for the Palestinian authorities to persuade Fatah gunmen to disarm. But the Israelis say they can't take any chances.

The Palestinian leadership today is not capable of implementing its obligations to rein in these groups and in the absence of this capability, Israel must act, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev.On Wednesday, Fatah gunmen claimed responsibility for a drive-by shooting in which an Israeli soldier was seriously wounded while waiting at a bus stop outside an Israeli settlement near Nablus.Israeli analyst Yossi Alpher said the Palestinian security forces simply don't have enough clout to collect all weapons. I don't think they can succeed, he said.On the other hand, human rights activists contend that Abbas' security forces have gone too far in their crackdown, especially on Hamas activists.Amnesty International said in a report this week that some 1,000 Hamas members were rounded up in the West Bank after Hamas' violent takeover of Gaza in June and that many of the detainees were mistreated. Kmeil defended the campaign as a success, saying Hamas is in a state of confusion in the West Bank. However, finding Hamas' weapons is proving to be difficult. Hamas activist Saad Khodariyeh, a 29-year-old school bus driver in Nablus, said he was recently held 26 days on suspicion of hiding an AK-47. He said that during interrogation, his hands were tied behind his back and hooked to a wall, and that his leg muscles eventually tore and got infected.

Investigators never found the suspected weapon, which Khodariyeh said he never possessed. Sheik Maher Kharas, a prominent Hamas member, said the group is simply waiting. We can hide, or keep the weapons buried under the dirt for a while, he said. But then we will rise again.The Palestinian Authority has also shut down more than 100 Hamas-linked charities and outlawed Hamas' military wing. The group's political leaders are keeping a low profile. Abbas' security forces have made sporadic efforts to disarm Islamic Jihad, a small, violent group bent on Israel's destruction. Last month, Islamic Jihad militants shot and killed a Palestinian policeman in the northern West Bank town of Jenin after he stopped their car to check for registration papers. Even gunmen loyal to Abbas are not changing their ways easily. I can't give up my weapons, because the Palestinian Authority can't protect me (against Israel), said Mehdi Abu Ghazaleh, a leader of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a violent Fatah offshoot. Some 200 Al Aqsa gunmen exchanged their weapons for Israel's offer of amnesty during the summer, but some keep a spare, just in case. Mahdi Maraki, 31, handed over his M-16 in the amnesty deal, yet is teaching his two sons how to shoot. He displayed video on his mobile phone showing his chubby-cheeked 6-year-old boy spraying M-16 fire into the air.

COUNTRIES WITH ISRAEL

EZEKIEL 38:10-19
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.
13 Sheba, and Dedan,(SAUDIA ARABIA) and the merchants of Tarshish,(ENGLAND) with all the young lions thereof,(USA,CANADA,AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND,EU,ENGLISH SPEAKING shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

WELL HERE WE GO AGAIN MORE SO CALLED SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN, WHEN IN THE BIBLE IT SAYS GET RID OF YOUR ENEMIES OF GOD, GEORGE W THAT MEANS BOMB IRAN NOT SANCTION IRAN.

US slaps broad new sanctions on Iran By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writer OCT 25,07

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration imposed sweeping new sanctions against Iran Thursday — the harshest in nearly three decades — cutting off key Iranian military and banking institutions from the American financial system for Tehran's alleged support for terrorism and nuclear weapons ambitions. In the broadest U.S. unilateral penalties on Iran since the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in 1979, the administration slapped sanctions on Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, a main unit of its defense ministry, three of its largest banks and eight people that it said are engaged in missile trade and back extremist groups throughout the Middle East.Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the moves would further isolate the Islamic republic's government by further distancing it from the international economy and discouraging its trading partners from continuing to do business with it.At the same time, they stressed that offers for negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program remain on the table and that the sacnctions are not a sign of imminent military action. The U.S. officials insist — over Iranian denials — that the nuclear program is a cover for atomic weapons development.

Unfortunately, the Iranian government continues to spurn our offer of open negotiations, instead threatening peace and security, through its nuclear program, production and export of ballistic missiles and backing for Shia insurgents in Iraq, the Taliban in Afghanistan, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza, Rice said.The United States has long labeled Iran a state supporter of terrorism and has been working for years to gain support for tougher sanctions from the international community aimed at keeping the country from developing nuclear weapons. It has won two U.N. Security Council sanctions resolutions but a third has been held up by Chinese and Russian opposition.The State Department said at least two permanent members of the Security Council — Britain and France — had been informed of the sanctions before the announcement, but that Russian officials could not be reached and learned of the measures only afterward when Rice managed to get through to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the move, saying new international sanctions are not advisable.Why worsen the situation by threatening sanctions and bring it to a dead end? Putin said in a veiled reference to the U.S. push for harsher international sanctions. It's not the best way to resolve the situation by running around like a madman with a razor blade in his hand.

Rice, who also noted Iran's hardline anti-Israel stance, said the moves were part of a comprehensive policy to confront the threatening behavior of the Iranians but that Washington remains committed to a diplomatic solution.Other officials echoed that sentiment, maintaining the announcement is not a prelude to armed conflict with Iran despite concerns from some allies that the administration is building a case for war.In no way, shape of form does it anticipate the use of force, said Nicholas Burns, the State Department's No. 3 diplomat.Instead, officials said they hope the measures will increase pressure on Iran to take a deal offered last year that would give the oil-rich country economic and other incentives in exchange for dropping nuclear activities that could produce a bomb.In Tehran, the Guards' chief, General Mohammad Ali Jafari, shrugged off increased U.S. pressure on the force.Today, enemy has concentrated sharp point of its attacks on the Guards, Jafari told a military ceremony in Mashhad, east of Tehran, according to the state news agency IRNA. They have applied all their efforts to reduce the efficiency of this revolutionary body. Now as always, the corps is ready to defend the ideals of the revolution more than ever before.

Israel, on the other hand, said it was pleased.

Israel welcomes the U.S. government's decision, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said in Jerusalem. We see this as an important contribution to the international effort to intensify pressure on Iran to abandon its nuclear program.Iran has ignored previous, smaller attempts to apply international and financial sanctions, and says the conditions Washington has set for talks are unacceptable. Iran is continuing work on its nuclear program, which it says is peaceful. The sanctions target 25 Iranian entities, including individuals and companies owned or controlled by the Revolutionary Guard that play a major role in Iran's domestic economy and international trade. They are the first of their type taken by the United States specifically against the armed forces of another government. In addition to freezing any assets they may have in U.S. jurisdictions, something officials acknowledged would be of minimal effect, the sanctions also bar Americans from doing business with them. But of far greater impact, officials said, they will subject foreign firms to U.S. sanctions if they engage with the designated entities.

The Revolutionary Guard Corps and its Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics — also known as IRCG — is the largest component of iran's military. It was designated as a proliferator of ballistic missile technology. The defense ministry entity is the parent organization for Iran's aerospace and ballistic missile operations. Paulson called on responsible banks and companies around the world to end relationships with the three banks and companies and affiliates of the IRGC and noted that because of the IRGC's reach into business and other spheres, it is increasingly likely that if you are doing business with Iran you are doing business with the IRGC.State-owned banks Bank Melli, Bank Mellat and Bank Saderat were named supporters of global terrorist groups for their activities in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Middle East. Along with Bank Sepah, which was already under U.S. and U.N. sanctions, the institutions account for more than 50 percent of Iran's banking sector, Treasury officials said. As awareness of Iran's deceptive behavior has grown, many banks around the world have decided as a matter of prudence and integrity that Iran's business is simply not worth the risk, Paulson said. It is plain and simple: Reputable institutions do not want to be the bankers for this dangerous regime.The Quds Force, a part of the Guard Corps that Washington accuses of providing weapons, including powerful bombs blamed for the deaths of U.S. soldiers in Iraq, was named a supporter of designated terrorist organizations.

The Revolutionary Guards organization, formed to safeguard Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, has pushed well beyond its military roots, and now owns car factories and construction firms and operates newspaper groups and oil fields. Current and former members now hold a growing role across the country's government and economy, sometimes openly and other times in shadows. The guards have gained a particularly big role in the country's oil and gas industry in recent years, as the national oil company has signed several contracts with a guards-operated construction company. Some have been announced publicly, including a $2 billion deal in 2006 to develop part of the important Pars gas field. Now numbering about 125,000 members, they report directly to the supreme leader — Ali Khamenei — and officially handle internal security. The small Quds Force wing is thought to operate overseas, having helped to create the militant Hezbollah group in 1982 in Lebanon and to arm Bosnian Muslims during the Balkan wars.
AP Diplomatic Correspondent Anne Gearan and Associated Press Writer Jeannine Aversa contributed to this story.

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