EVENTS IN TIME (BIBLE PROPHECY LITERALLY FULFILLED)(BY GOD)

I WRITE NEWS ABOUT AND PUT NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM PERTAINING TO BIBLE PROPHESY HAPPENINGS.JOEL 3:20 But Judah (ISRAEL) shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.(THATS ISRAEL-JERUSALEM WILL NEVER BE DESTROYED AGAIN)-WE CHRISTIANS ARE ALL WAITING PATIENTLY FOR THE PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE TO OCCUR.SO WE CAN GO TO JESUS AND GET OUR NEVER DYING BODIES.SO WE CAN RULE OVER CITIES OURSELVES.WHILE JESUS RULES FROM DAVIDS THRONE FOREVER IN JERUSALEM.

Monday, December 10, 2007

TO IMPLANT OR NOT TO IMPLANT

EARTHQUAKES

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Fiji Islands rocked by strong earthquake
Dec. 9, 2007 at 2:03 PM

Print story Email to a friend Font size:SUVA, Fiji, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A strong earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale occurred Sunday near the Fiji Islands and may have been felt as far away as New Zealand.China's official Xinhua news agency said that the quake occurred at a depth of 92.7 miles in the Pacific Ocean, just south of the Fiji Islands, but no tsunami warnings have been issued in the region.Since the earthquake occurred, no reports of any significant damage have been reported.The U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colo., said the quake registered 7.8 on the open-ended Richter Scale and took place in one of the world's deepest ocean areas.That region has been a highly active seismic area, the news agency reported.United Press International.

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

400 households still without power on 6th day of P.E.I. outage Sun Dec 9, 10:28 AM

As many as 400 households in Prince Edward Island remained without power by Sunday afternoon, six days after a storm swept over the island, Maritime Electric said.Heavy, wet snow and driving winds in the storm late Monday night and early Tuesday morning led to more than 350 power poles coming down. At the worst point, on Tuesday, power was knocked out to as many as 16,000 households. With Maritime Electric crews working around the clock, officials were hoping to have everyone's power back by Sunday night, said Kim Griffin, a spokesperson for the utility.It's really a tough job being out there with our crews in this kind of weather and there's been a lot of ice on the lines, Griffin said Sunday.

Griffin said that, in terms of damage, it was the worst storm the utility has seen since the 1980s.People have been helping each other cope with the cold, Griffin said.Our customers are extremely gracious and it really makes you proud to be an Islander because it's amazing the stories we hear of neighbourly gestures, of people bunking together and making food.

Storm moves through S.California without much damage; mudslide threat remains Fri Dec 7, 6:58 PM
By Robert Jablon, The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES - A Pacific Northwest storm blew through Southern California early Friday without causing much damage or delivering the mudslides and severe flooding that many had feared. Up to 76 millimetres of rain had been expected in Orange County canyons burned bare by wildfires earlier in the year. About 1,000 homes were ordered evacuated in the area as a precaution on Thursday, but only about half that amount fell overnight. Officials had been concerned that people would choke the narrow streets if they waited to leave until it was dark and raining. Only about 40 homes actually were evacuated, officials said, though residents took precautions such as sandbagging. The evacuation order was lifted Friday as the mudslide risk eased. Elsewhere, rain-slicked roads led to multiple traffic accidents. In Burbank, firefighters rescued two people whose car went off Interstate 5 shortly after 5 a.m. and overturned in less than a metre of water in the Los Angeles River. The storm arrived late Thursday night and the heaviest rain came after midnight.

The storm pushed through L.A. pretty fast, faster than we were expecting," said Stuart Seto, chief specialist at the National Weather Service. In Washington state, crews reopened a 32-kilometre stretch of the Interstate 5 highway, the main West Coast artery, to all traffic Friday, four days after it was swamped by floodwater after a previous storm system crashed through the region.

Fiji cyclone forecast to whip up 'phenomenal seas'
Fri Dec 7, 11:02 AM

Island villagers in the South Pacific nation of Fiji raced for higher ground Friday, as tropical cyclone Daman strengthened into a Category 4 storm and threatened to swamp neighbourhoods and knock down flimsy thatched homes of farmers and fishermen.Daman, packing winds of up to 240 kilometres an hour, lashed Fiji's northern chain of islands and dumped heavy rains that caused landslides. Officials were forced to close some highways and the forceful gusts ripped apart some trees, Fiji Disaster Management Office spokesman Pajilai Dobui said Friday.Fiji's second-largest island, Vanua Levu, is expected to take a pounding early Saturday, forecasters said, warning of phenomenal seas and very destructive winds.Although Dobui noted that the slow-moving system appeared to be veering eastward away from Vanua Levu, he added the risk is still very high for an impact.As a Category 4 storm, Daman is only one category short of being what Fiji's Director of Meteorology Rajendra Prasad described as a super hurricane.Residents in Vanua Levu, as well as people in the Lau and Lomaiviti island groups, were advised to leave coastal areas and abandon low-lying areas to seek shelter in secure buildings.

The three island groups, which are expected to see some 25 centimetres of rain, are home to some 90,000 people, many of whom are subsistence fishermen and farmers.It's most likely going to be one of the severest cyclones to hit the country in recent times, disaster office director Joeli Rokovabe told the Associated Press.
A number of tourist resorts were also reportedly at risk and airlines operating in Fiji cancelled some domestic and international flights due to the weather, local media said.Most of Fiji's holiday resorts are located on the largest island, Viti Levu, which is south of the storm's path.Fiji has endured 13 tropical cyclones in the last 10 years, the worst being the lower-intensity Cyclone Ami that hammered Vanua Levu, killing 17 people there.In 1973, Cyclone Lottie sank two ships off western Fiji, killing 70 people.With files from the Associated Press

ISRAEL WILL BECOME A NATION. LITERALLY IN THE SPRING.

GENESIS 12:1-3
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram,(CHANGED TO ABRAHAM LATER) Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:(PALESTINE,ISRAEL)
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

EZEKIEL 36:24
24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

EZEKIEL 37:9-28
9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds,(ALL THE WORLD) O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.(COME TO LIFE)
10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.(ISRAEL WILL HAVE A POWERFUL ARMY)
11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.(BURNED BY HITLER)
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.(THE DRY BONES COME TO LIFE IN ISRAEL)
13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:
17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

MATTHEW 24:32
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:(ISRAEL WAS LITERALLY REBORN JUST BEFORE SUMMER,MAY 14,1948).

MARK 13:28
28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:

DANIEL 9:24
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

ISRAEL WILL BE IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM, THE SIGN OF THE START OF THE LAST GENERATION.

LUKE 21:24
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

Israel launches campaign to bring citizens home from abroad
The Associated Press December 9, 2007

JERUSALEM: Israel is trying to persuade hundreds of thousands of its citizens living overseas to return home in a project to coincide with the state's 60th anniversary next year, the Immigrant Absorption Ministry announced Sunday.The project, dubbed coming home, will try to lure Israelis living abroad to come back with tax breaks, employment and small business loans.About 650 thousand Israelis live abroad, 450 thousand of them in North America, the ministry said. The ministry began contacting them last month with direct phone calls, an Internet site and a hot line phone connection.What surprised us most is the amount of positive feedback we received from countries where the standard of living is very high, said Erez Halfon, director of the Immigrant Absorption Ministry. We received 285 calls from Israelis living in Switzerland, and of them, 15 families have committed to coming home.Prime Minister Ehud Olmert expressed support for the project at a Cabinet meeting Sunday. Every Israeli, even if they live abroad, is Israeli at heart and knows that their home is here. I call on all Israelis to return home, Olmert said.

Today in Africa & Middle East

Iranian students rally against AhmadinejadRoadside bomb kills a police chief in Iraq's Shiite southRogue Israeli settlements in West Bank continue.The project aims to bring 10 thousand ex-pats back to Israel in the first year and double that number of the next few years. Between 18,000 and 21,000 Israelis emigrate each year, Halfon told reporters.The estimated cost of the campaign is 140 million shekels ($36 million, €25 million) a year, an amount the ministry believes will be paid back by the returning Israelis themselves. Within half a year of their being reintroduced into society as consumers, the government will get all their money back, Halfon said.Halfon said the project aims to remove the social stigma faced by those who leave Israel, so they will have a softer landing upon their return. Traditionally, Israelis who left the Jewish state were widely looked down on by Israeli society and viewed as letting the country down or selling out. Linguistically, immigration to Israel is called aliya, the Hebrew word for ascent, while emigrating is dubbed yerida, or descent.

WORLD GOVERNMENT

DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he 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.

DANIEL 12:4,1
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

REVELATION 13:1-3,7,8,12,16-18
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

REVELATION 17:3,7,9-10,12,18
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

EU embassy mergers 'are step closer to a superstate'
By DANIEL MARTIN - 07:02am on 6th December 2007

Europe yesterday took another big step towards becoming a superstate by proposing joint EU embassies throughout the world. The suggestion comes only days before the signing of the controversial EU treaty, which will create a European diplomatic service and a new post of EU foreign minister. The European Commission unveiled plans yesterday for travellers to be able to use the consular services of any EU country and suggested members could merge their embassies. It also proposed standard rules on the type of help that should be given to European citizens when abroad. EU foreign relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said: We need to step up co-operation at EU level and work with member states to protect our citizens.Under the proposals, travellers who run into problems abroad would be able to use the consular services of any of the EU's 27 members. There would also be standardised rules on the difficult problem of repatriation of corpses from abroad.

Any of the EU's 490million citizens are already supposed to be able to use another member state's consulate if their country is not represented abroad. But co-operation between countries' embassies and consulates is patchy. The commission said it wanted to make consulates more aware of their duties regarding EU travellers who lose a passport or get arrested. Last night a commission official who helped draft the proposal said: When a family member dies abroad, it is a nightmare. I could imagine a common stance for the repatriation of corpses.He said consulates could pool resources by, for example, allowing a small EU country to use a consulate belonging to a larger member. The commission said EU citizens make 80million trips a year outside Europe and up to 50million EU citizens live outside Europe. There are only three countries outside the EU where all 27 members are represented - China, Russia and the U.S. The proposals come days before the signing of the European Reform Treaty, formerly the European Constitution, in Lisbon. Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague said: It is a good thing for EU countries to help each others citizens abroad where they don't have embassies. But the EU Commission's proposals go far further than that. This is a clear step towards an EU takeover of British consulates.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

Is There an ID Chip in Your Future?
By Heather Sells CBN News December 9, 2007

CBNNews.com - There's a growing movement to forcibly tag or chip your animals with radio frequency identification devices. Many privacy advocates believe this could lead to a scarier level: implanting you and me. Now, there is an effort to stem the tide.

Introducing NAIS

Greg Niewendorp raises cattle in northern Michigan. Time in the saddle is one of the best parts of the day for this fifth generation farmer.But these days, he's spending lots of time holed up in his home office. Why? Niewendorp and other small farmers are fighting the government's plans to identify and track every single farm animal in the country.

Human Implants:
Are We Ready?
It's called NAIS or National Animal Identification System.Our primary interest is protecting the food supply by having a rapid system that can reach out and address the needs for the primary food animals, said USDA Undersecretary Bruce Knight.On October 8, Michigan AG officials arrived on Niewendorp's farm with a search warrant. But Niewendorp refused to allow them to put RFID tags on his cattle and the state chipped his entire herd.Pressure forced Niewendorp to give in that day, but his story spread rapidly in farming circles -making him the face of a grass-roots opposition movement.The tag goes in the ear. They give me a premises I.D. number. Now they've got a national number on my cattle, a national number on my land. I might still technically own the animal but they're controlling what I can and can't do with it, he said.While this may be the law in Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana, the USDA insists the federal identification program is not mandatory.Knight said, It can, it should and it will work on a voluntary basis.

Still, privacy experts say many USDA programs already require an NAIS number. And small farmers like Virginian Scott Wilson worry about the cost of buying tags and tracking animals.To be effective they're going to need 100 percent participation in this program and that is really going to put an undue burden on us as small farmers, Wilson said.The USDA wants to be able to track animals quickly in the event of a disease outbreak. It believes NAIS will do that and help encourage confidence in the safety of our food supply - in the eyes of both consumers and global markets.Like It or Not, NAIS is Fast Becoming Reality.More than 1.5 million RFID tags are spread across some 400,000 farms today.The USDA is now accepting bids for an additional million and a half tags. The latest development:? The USDA has approved implantable RFID devices for livestock.Pets aren't supposed to be part of this program, but activist Barb Haywood is not so sure. She and others in the dog world say mandatory pet chipping is already happening in many communities.A microchip is not a benign device. A microchip is a data collection device - a data collection device that's designed not just to collect data on your dog - but you, Haywood said.Haywood fears the government and pet companies will use the information to enforce policies and sell products.

Right now, pet chipping is the law in places like unincorporated Los Angeles country, Stockton, California and El Paso, Texas. Pet chip companies emphasize the joy of chips helping to reunite lost pets with their families.But privacy expert Katherine Albrecht wonders how many pet owners know about the cancer studies she recently uncovered. The studies show chip implants that caused malignant tumors in lab rats and mice.It may not be such a good idea to force people to chip their family companions when there may be even a slight chance that there's a cancer link there, said Albrecht.

What about the 'Human' Implant Market?

Another concern is that animal implants may speed up the growth of the human implant market. That's because Digital Angel, a major manufacturer of animal chips, is owned by the same company that makes the human implant, Verichip.Since the FDA approved Verichip in 2004, it has set up shop in more than 900 hospitals. Verichip assures patients that in a medical emergency, a simple wave of a scanner could correctly identify them and their medical information.But Verichip is working through health concerns of its own.Susan Byrne received her chip in July, and says her arm still hurts.The next day, that's when I really felt discomfort. I felt like I was having an injection 24/7 - like the needle was still in my arm, Byme said.She says Verichip told her she was the first patient to ask that her chip be removed. But Byme is skeptical, and Verichip did not respond to CBN News' calls on the subject.
Opponents of the Verichip also worry that human implants will one day be mandatory.There is actually a growing concern that an HMO or an employer could actually require a person to be micro-chipped to get insurance or to keep a job, Albrecht said.So far, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and California have all passed laws forbidding the mandatory chipping of people.But for many animals, it may be too late.We're a very small voice right now going against the tide saying, Hey, this doesn't make sense, Wilson said.What makes sense to both sides is safety. It seems, though, that no one can agree. But at what price?

Palestinians to call for 7.1 billion dollars at donor conference DEC 08,07

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) — The Palestinian Authority will request 7.1 billion dollars (4.8 billion euros) in economic aid at an upcoming donor conference in Paris, the Palestinian economy minister said on Saturday.The funds are earmarked for two plans aimed at reviving the Palestinian economy in the wake of a seven-year uprising and to provide an economic foundation to recently revived Middle East peace negotiations.The first plan is for rebuilding the economy for 2008 and requires 1.6 billion dollars, and the second is an interim plan for 2008 to 2010 with a budget of 5.5 billion dollars, economy minister Mohammed Kamal Hassuneh said. The funds will go towards government projects, security, the building of infrastructure, salaries for civil servants and other projects.The projects include an industrial zone in the northern West Bank town of Jenin to be constructed with German assistance and processed food and packaging plants in Jericho to be built in a partnership with Japan, he added.

The requests will be made at a donor conference on December 17 aimed at providing economic support for the Middle East peace process relaunched last month in the United States.AFP.

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.

WELL IRAN HAS DELUDED THE US AND TRYING TO DELUDE THE REST OF THE WORLD INTO BELIEVING THEY ARE NOT MAKING THE BOMB. READ THE ABOVE VERSES AND TELL ME IRAN IS NOT MAKING A BOMB AND I WILL BELIEVE YOU. GOD DOES NOT LIE I BELIEVE HIM INSTEAD, HE SAYS IRAN, IRAQ, ETHIOPIA, LIBYA, GERMANY, TURKEY AND AFRICAN NATIONS (MUSLIMS)LEAD BY RUSSIA WILL ATTACK ISRAEL IN THE FUTURE AND NOT WITH BRANCHES I CAN GUARENTEE.YOU CAN BE DELUDED WORLD BUT I WON'T BE.

U.S. intel report on Iran was political: Bolton Sat Dec 8, 1:47 PM ET

BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence services were seeking to influence political policy-making with their assessment Iran had halted its nuclear arms program in 2003, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said. Der Spiegel magazine quoted Bolton Saturday as saying the aim of the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), contradicting his and President George W. Bush's own oft-stated position, was not to provide the latest intelligence on Iran.This is politics disguised as intelligence, Bolton was quoted as saying in an article appearing in next week's edition.Bolton described the NIE, released Monday, as a quasi-putsch by the agencies, Der Spiegel said.The NIE said Iran had stopped its nuclear weapons program four years ago but was continuing to develop the technical means that could be applied to producing weapons. This contradicted the oft-stated position of President Bush that Iran is actively trying to develop an atomic weapon.In Washington, a senior official at the office of the Director of National Intelligence, defended the NIE and said intelligence agencies were confident in their analysis.

National Intelligence Estimates contain the coordinated judgments of the intelligence community regarding the likely course of future events and the implications for U.S. policy, said Deputy Director of National Intelligence Donald Kerr.The task of the intelligence community is to produce objective, ground truth analysis, he said in a statement. We feel confident in our analytic tradecraft and resulting analysis in this estimate.The hawkish Bolton has long criticized Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the Vienna-based U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for refusing to declare that there was hard evidence Tehran was trying to develop nuclear weapons.ElBaradei said the new NIE somewhat vindicated Iran, which has always denied allegations it was secretly trying to build atom bombs.Earlier this year Bolton said: Regime change or the use of force are the only available options to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapons capability, if they want it.U.S. intelligence has shouldered much of the blame for the Bush administration's unfounded allegations that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had revived his nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs, the official justification for the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.(Reporting by Louis Charbonneau; additional reporting by Deborah Charles in Washington; Editing by Ralph Boulton)

HERES VERSES THAT SAY NUKES WILL BE USED READ CAREFULY.

NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.

ISAIAH 66:15-18
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).

ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.

JOEL 2:20,30
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.

ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.

EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

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.

REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.

HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)

LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).

MATTHEW 24:37-51
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

FM: Israel needs NATO to secure Jewish State
EUROPEAN UNION ARMY

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)

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.

DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.

REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)

FM: Israel needs NATO to secure Jewish State
By Stan Goodenough December 09, 2007

If Israel is to go ahead and surrender half its historic homeland to the Palestinian Arabs, it will need NATO to help ensure the Jewish state is not overrun and destroyed.This is the point of view of Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who on Friday appealed to her NATO nation counterparts at a meeting in Brussels.
According to The Jerusalem Post, Livni told her audience - which included foreign ministers from Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria - that it was important to begin dialoguing with NATO to make sure that we [Israel] do not jeopardize our security and our future.Livni's admission of existential risks posed to Israel by IDF withdrawals comes just days after she accompanied Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to Annapolis, Maryland, where they together affirmed their willingness to relinquish control over, and ownership of, the heart of Israel's 4000-year-old national home.

Israel has always fiercely guarded its reliance on its own military to protect and defend the state, and the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) is widely considered to be the most battle-proven military force in the world.Anti-Zionist politicians in Israel, especially those at the forefront of the push to surrender Jewish land for Arab promises of peace, have in the past been willing to consider introducing foreign forces into the areas from which Israel has withdrawn, like the Gaza Strip.For their part, consecutive Israeli governments have lacked the statesmanship needed to make a priority of using the IDF to defend their own people.

Fayad to Join European Foreign Ministers' Summit DEC 09,07

(IsraelNN.com) The European Commission announced Sunday that Salam Fayad, the Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister, will be attending some of the discussions that will be held by European foreign ministers in their summit Monday. In addition, Fayad will meet several leading figures in the European Union, including Javier Solana, who is in charge of foreign affairs and defense policies.Fayad will attempt to convince the European ministers he has made progress building up the PA's economic infrastructure, and will ask for international aid.

09/12/2007 18:10 LISBON, Dec 9 (AFP)
Key points of new EU-Africa agreement

The leaders of Europe and Africa adopted a new strategic partnership at the end of a summit here on Sunday which outlines areas of cooperation on issues ranging from security to human rights and climate change.

The following are the main points of their 100-page declaration:

PEACE AND SECURITY

The two sides said they would work together to enhance the capacity of Africa and the EU to respond timely and adequately to security threats.Dialogue on security issues would be held on a systematic and regular basis while security-related committees of the African Union and European Union would also meet regularly, as would their ambassadors to the two bodies.They also pledged to undertake joint assessment missions to conflict and post-conflict areas and launch joint initiatives when deemed appropriate.

GOVERNANCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Both sides pledged what they called enhanced cooperation in the fight against corruption, in particular by working more closely together to promote transparency on the handling of natural resources.They also committed themselves to developing platforms for dialogue on areas such as human rights, gender equality, children's rights and on the death penalty which is banned in the EU but still carried out by some African states.

COMMERCE AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION

Amid negotiations on new trade agreements known as Economic Partnership Agreements, the declaration said the EPAs must support Africa's regional integration efforts.Enhanced trade and deeper regional integration are essential contributions to development, economic growth and employment and ultimately the eradication of poverty,it said.

ENERGY

The agreement pledged to work towards improved access to reliable, secure, affordable, climate friendly and sustainable energy services for both continents.There was also a commitment to increase investment in energy infrastructure, including the promotion of renewable energy and to explore the ways and means to launch a dialogue on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

CLIMATE CHANGE

The agreement included a commitment to strengthen the joint capacity for climate-monitoring and forecasting.There was a particular mention of the need to monitor the rate of deforestation as well combatting the expansion of the Sahara desert.

MIGRATION AND EMPLOYMENT

Leaders of the two continents pledged to not only work towards greater mobility of their respective citizens but also to address the root causes of migration and refugee flows.There was also a joint commitment to help African migrants to integrate more fully in their new country of residence.Acknowledging the dangers of an African brain-drain to Europe, the agreement contains a pledge to promote ethical recruitment policies in critical employment sectors and better vocational training.

SCIENCE, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The agreement acknowledged that Africa is the continent where the scientific and digital divides are the widest.In order to reduce the gap the leaders therefore pledged to add to investments in information technology which were already planned under the terms of an earlier agreements.

JERUSALEM DIVIDED

ZECHARIAH 12:1-5 King James Bible
1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.

JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

ZECHARIAH 14:1-9 King James Bible
1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

Ramon’s Calls for Jerusalem’s Division a Minority
By Amihai Zippor

(IHC News, 09 December 2007) In remarks to Israel Radio Vice-Premier Haim Ramon, a close political ally of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, hinted Israel will be forced to cede parts of Jerusalem to the Palestinians due to US pressure. The issue rose when he was asked about plans approved last week for constructing some 300 new homes in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa, which is over the pre-1967 border. I am convinced that all Jewish neighborhoods, including Har Homa, should be under Israeli sovereignty and the Arab neighborhoods should not be under Israeli sovereignty because they pose a threat to Jerusalem being the capital of Jewish Israel, said Ramon on Sunday, 09 December 2007.

Those who want [the Jerusalem Arab neighborhoods of] Walajeh and Jabal Mukaber as well as Har Homa, will ultimately [make it impossible for Jerusalem to have a clear Jewish majority,] Ramon said.He added, This is the right thing to do. This way we will not be drawn into an unnecessary annexation especially when we need the backing of the United States.Prior to the Annapolis Middle East Peace Conference, Ramon made similar comments that in any final peace agreement with the Palestinians Jerusalem will be divided. In an article published in Haaretz, 23 September 2007, the main points of Ramon’s division of Jerusalem included the following: All Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem would be given to the Palestinians to become part of a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem.

All Jewish neighborhoods including those over the pre-1967 borders will remain under Israel's jurisdiction.The Old City would be divided between Israeli and Palestinian sovereignty, with the Muslim and Christian Quarters under Palestinian rule, and the Armenian and Jewish Quarters under Israeli rule.The Temple Mount’s sovereignty would be divided between Israel and the Palestinians. It should be noted that while Ramon’s views make headlines, as they are highly controversial, more than two-thirds of Israelis including political figures, are against any concessions on Jerusalem.As a result, when a figure such as Ramon, who has been convicted of sexual harassment and indecent behavior, addresses such contentious issues such as Jerusalem the international community needs to be reminded that the current Israeli government has very little support from its public.Last Thursday, the High Court of Justice rejected a petition against Ramon’s reappointment to a ministerial position since being convicted last January of kissing a female soldier against her will. The petitioners said convictions should disqualify such appointments.Israel Hasbara Committee, 09 December 2007.

Sunday, December 09, 2007

KING OF DEMOCRACY.

Saturday, December 08, 2007

PA OUR JERUSALEM NO TOUCH

JERUSALEM DIVIDED

ZECHARIAH 12:1-5 King James Bible
1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

HOW DO I KNOW THIS PASSAGE IS IN DANIELS TIMELINE FOR HISTORY? THESE VERSES DEAL WITH ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM. ISRAEL COME INTO BEING ON MAY 14,1948 AND ISRAEL CAPTURED JERUSALEM FROM JUNE 6-10 1967. THE ONLY WAY JERUSALEM COULD BE TREMBLING IS IF THE JEWS WERE IN ISRAEL AND HAD JERUSALEM IN THERE HANDS. THIS IS THE TIME IN HISTORY WHEN DANIEL 9:24 WILL BE FULFILLED.

DANIEL 9:24-26
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people (ISRAEL) and upon thy holy city,(JERUSALEM) to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks,(7X7=49 YRS) and threescore and two weeks:(62X7=434 YRS) the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come (ROMANS IN AD 70) shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. (69x7=483 YRS TO THIS POINT, THE FINAL 7 YR TREATY IS IN THE NEXT VERSE TO FULFILL THE 490 YEARS OF DANIELS PROPHECY.

NOW BACK TO ZECHARIAH 12:3-5
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.

JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

ZECHARIAH 14:1-9 King James Bible
1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

REBUILT 3RD TEMPLE

REVELATION 11:1-2
1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

DANIEL 9:27
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

REVELATION 6:1-2
1 I watched as the lamb opened the first of the seven seals. I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, Go!
2 Then I looked, and there was a white horse,(EU PRESIDENT) and its rider had a bow.(PEACE)He was given a crown and rode off as a warrior to win battles.(PROTECTING ISRAEL)

JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people (ISRAEL)slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them,(ISRAELIS) as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

DANIEL 8:25
25 And through his (EU PRESIDENT) policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

ISAIAH 28:14-15
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

NOW HOW CAN JERUSALEM BE DIVIDED WHEN BOTH SIDES CLAIM ITS THERES. WELL SINCE THE BIBLE SAYS ISRAEL WILL REBUILD THE 3RD TEMPLE, I BELIEVE THIS IS HOW IT WILL BE DIVIDED. THE EU STEPS IN TAKES THE LEAD ROLE IN THE PEACE PROCESS. THEY CONVINCE (FORCE) THE ARABS TO LET THE ISRAELIS REBUILD THE 3RD TEMPLE BY THE DOME OF THE SPIRITS TO THE NORTH OF THE DOME OF THE MURDERERS. AND THE EU CONVINCE (FORCE) THE ISRAELIS TO LET EAST JERUSALEM BE THE ARABS CAPITAL, THIS I BELIEVE WILL BE FORCED UPON BOTH SIDES AS THE ARABS DEPEND ON THE EU FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND ISRAEL WILL BE SECURED BY THE EU FOR SECURITY. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY I CAN SEE JERUSALEM DIVIDED AND THE ISRAELIS REBUILD THE THIRD TEMPLE LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS MUST HAPPEN BEFORE THE FINAL 7 YR PEACE TREATY OF DANIEL 9:27 CAN BE SIGNED. GOD WILL BE LEADING IT ALL. PRAISE THE GOD OF ISRAEL AND THE WORLD KING JESUS. WE PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM AND COME QUICKLY LORD JESUS. AMEN AND AMEN.

New PA Law: Negotiating Jerusalem is an Act of Treason
by Hillel Fendel NOV 07,07

(IsraelNN.com) The PA legislature has passed the first reading of a law forbidding any concessions in, or even negotiations regarding, Jerusalem. Ahmed Bahar, a leading Hamas member and the Deputy Speaker of the Palestinian Authority parliament, announced Thursday that the body had passed a first reading of a Jerusalem bill. The legislation, proposed by Hamas parliament member Ahmed Abu Hilbiya, absolutely bans giving up any part of Jerusalem. The bill states that Jerusalem, according to its borders recognized during the period of the Islamic Khalifate, is Palestinian, Arab, Islamic land. It further avers that all of Jerusalem, including its archaeological sites and the sites that are holy to Islam and Christianity, are waqf (dedicated in sanctity) for Palestinian, Arab and Islamic generations. This would appear to include not only the Temple Mount, but also the Western Wall, the Jewish Quarter, and the City of David.

The new PA bill also states that it is forbidden to discuss, cede, or negotiate over any part of Jerusalem, or hold a referendum on this matter - and that if such negotiations or votes are held, they are null and void in advance. Anyone who violates the above provisions on behalf of the PA will be considered guilty of treason, the bill states, and will be liable to the relevant punishments.The PA legislature will convene soon, Bahar said, to pass the law's second reading, after which it will be passed on to PA chairman and Fatah chief Mahmoud Abbas for his signature.

Jewish People and Jerusalem

The Jewish People have taken a similar stance regarding Jerusalem, even if Israel's government has lagged somewhat behind. In July 1980, the Knesset approved the Jerusalem Law, determining that complete and united Jerusalem is Israel's capital. However, current Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said last week that the Government of Israel has a sovereign right to negotiate anything on behalf of Israel. He made his position clear that Jews outside Israel had no right to participate in decisions about the future of Jerusalem. At a prayer vigil in Chicago just prior to the Annapolis conference last week, religious Jews of all stripes stood together in prayer for Jerusalem. The message, as stated by Young Israel's Rabbi Pesach Lerner, was clear: Yerushalayim [Jerusalem] is not for discussion, Yerushalayim is not for sale, Yerushalayim must remain undivided forever.Agudath Israel of America adopted a blunt resolution at its 85th national convention the day stating, Israel must not relinquish parts of Jerusalem to Palestinian sovereignty, and the American government must not pressure the Israeli government into doing so.The Orthodox Union (OU) declared it had no intention of dictating policy to Israel, but expressed its resolute stand that all Jews in the world have a share in the holy city of Jerusalem.The Coordinating Council on Jerusalem stated unequivocally, World Jewry opposes Israeli negotiations which would include any discussion of ceding sovereignty over part or all of Jerusalem.

Before news of the new PA law was learned, Transportation Minister Sha'ul Mofaz - somewhat of a hawk within Kadima - stated at a Kadima Party Chanukah candle lighting ceremony Thursday evening, Jerusalem must remain united as Israel's capital forever. Opposition Leader Binyamin Netanyahu of the Likud said on Thursday, The People of Israel has spilled blood and tears; it did not sacrifice its most precious sons in ancient times, nor now, just so the current government could give up Jerusalem. We will not let such a thing happen. The Temple Mount is in our hands, and must remain in our hands.

Ramifications

It appears that the new PA law banning talks on Jerusalem eases matters for Israeli negotiators, who will now have one less final status issue on their agenda.

Friday, December 07, 2007

MEANING OF HANUKKAH

Unpacking The Meaning Of The Festival Of Hanukkah
Wednesday 5th December 2007
Paul Calvert investigates

Hanukkah at homeSeth Ben Haim is the Assistant Pastor of King of Kings Community Church in Jerusalem. He's a Messianic Jew and he spoke to me about the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.To many people's surprise Hanukkah isn't found in the Old Testament but it's found in the New Testament.The holiday is found in John chapter 10 verse 22 and it says the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem and it was winter, and Jesus walked in the Temple in Solomon's Porch. It's clear that the festival of celebrating Hanukkah which literally means the Feast of Dedication was already in place at the time that Jesus was walking here on earth. The occurrence historically that it commemorates took place in between the writing of the Old Testament and the New Testament.

In the Festival of Hanukkah we are commemorating the miracle of the restoring of Jerusalem into the hands of the Jewish people and the re-dedicating of the Temple. After the Greeks had attacked Israel and forced the Jewish people to worship idols, they had desecrated the temple that Nehemiah had rebuilt, they forced the sacrificing of pigs actually in the Temple so we're celebrating the re-dedication of the Temple. The Menorah in the Temple, which was a seven branch menorah, needed very special olive oil; it needed to be purified in a special way. They only had a very small amount of this special oil when it came to rededicating the Temple. The tradition is that one day's oil lasted for the full 8 days until they could replenish the supply. During Hanukkah we don't light a regular Menorah; we light a Hanukkah which is a 9 branch Menorah. We have the 8 days of Hanukkah then we have the one branch which is the servant candle.One of the fun things about Hanukkah is that children get new gifts each new day of the festival so every night we have the lighting of the Hanukkah Menorah, the 9 branch Menorah, eating the special festival foods, jelly donuts and potato pancakes and we also have the receiving of gifts.

During the festival there is a traditional blessing that's said about the lighting of the Hanukkah light and there's a memorial of God's amazing covering and protection for His people for all time and some of the scriptures that are read relate to the Menorah. The scriptures read are from Zachariah 2 through 4 which speak about the olive tree and the Menorah and the priestly garments which are cleaned, so there's definately a connection in looking at the significance of purification and sanctification and much light. As believers in Jesus, we read in the beginning of the book of John about Him being the true light. It says in John chapter 1 v 9 the true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world, we speak about the servant light which can be an example to all of us, even as Jesus lights us we are to light those around us, so in the same way we have the servant candle that lights all the other candles.

Today I would say that the believer in Jesus can have great joy in celebrating this holiday and seeing the memorial of God's faithfulness to the Jewish people from all time and that in itself is an assurance to us that other covenants He's made to us and the Jewish people are true and His faithfulness is everlasting. But also this picture of light coming into the world, this light we light our Menorah with and this idea of being a servant to light others, is really the modelling of servant hood we saw Jesus do with His disciples; we're called to this as well, to be a light in the dark world around us. We shouldn't hide our light but display it like the Hanukkah in the window of your house; we want to display the light and the love of the Lord with those around us.

My prayer for this time of year is that many Jewish people would recognise that the light, the hope of Israel is the Messiah Jesus, that Jesus who came 2000 years ago and is within us today in our hearts, He's here to save, He's here to give light in the place of darkness and hopelessness and to give true freedom from the eternal fight with sin; victory over sin through the blood of Jesus our Messiah. The opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those held by Cross Rhythms.

EARTHQUAKES

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

An Earthquake was Recorded in Primorye
It occurred in Lazovskiy district of the Territory

VLADIVOSTOK, December 5, vladivostoktimes.com. An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 at the depth of 420 km was recorded in Primorsky Territory, 72.4 km to the south of Melkovodnyi settlement of Lazovskiy district. According to the operative duty officer of the senior management of Emercom of Russia in Promorsky Territory, this earthquake wasn't perceptible in The territory. There are no victims, destructions, threat of tsunami.

DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).

Countdown to big bang enlargement of Schengen zone begins
05.12.2007 - 18:27 CET | By Renata Goldirova

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – The EU's border- and passport-free Schengen zone is going to see its biggest ever enlargement in two weeks time, as interior ministers are set to give their final blessing to the move on Thursday (6 December). It will be a quite nice Christmas gift, EU home affairs commissioner Franco Frattini said on the eve of the ministerial decision, which will allow people from Central and Eastern Europe to move freely across the rest of the EU bloc. Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic - which all joined the EU in 2004 - are part of this latest enlargement. Checks at internal land and sea borders will be abolished on 21 December, with air borders to follow in March 2008.

With [Thurday's] decision, the last barrier to our full EU membership will fall, Slovakia's deputy prime minister Dusan Caplovic said on Monday (5 December), adding that it is time for the 'old versus new' divide in Europe to come to an end. The Schengen area - established in 1985 in a small Luxembourg village at the geographical meeting-point of Germany, the Benelux countries and France - currently consists of thirteen EU states, plus Norway and Iceland. The UK and Ireland have chosen to stay out and participate only partially in police and judicial cooperation. Bulgaria, Cyprus and Romania are yet to meet necessary requirements, while Switzerland is expected to fully take part in Schengen in the coming months.According to commissioner Frattini, the enlargement of the Schengen area will not mean the reduction of security, as 58 monitoring missions were carried on the ground in 2006 and additional fifteen re-evaluations in 2007.The EU's external borders are secure and safe, he said, adding I, as an Italian, will consider the Polish-Ukrainian border to be my border.

Brussels to tighten evaluation

Originally, the Schengen area was supposed to be enlarged by October this year, but the move had to be postponed due to technical problems surrounding the installation of a new central database, known as the SIS II. The database - the updated version of the existing system - is considered the technical soul of Schengen, as it connects member states' national databases on all kinds of information related to border security, such as stolen documents, cars or firearms. After pressure from the nine Schengen-hopefuls, who suspected political motives for the delay, the Portuguese EU presidency tabled a compromise, known as SIS one 4 all, suggesting that the newcomers join the existing database (SIS I). Sometimes Europe is able to make progress in a very short time, commissioner Frattini said, adding that the new information system, SIS II, should be up and running on 18 December 2008.
Around the same time, the EU's executive body is set to propose changing the way how the member states' performance in the area is evaluated.Currently, you have to knock on the door and only then carry out an evaluation, one EU official said, adding that Brussels aims at changing announced missions for unannounced ones.
But EU capitals will not lose the power to decide where and how often to carry out such check-ups. 2007 EUobserver

Merkel criticises Sarkozy's Mediterranean Union plans
06.12.2007 - 09:24 CET | By Honor Mahony

German chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that French plans for a Mediterranean Union risk splitting the EU.Speaking at a conference in Berlin on Wednesday (5 December), Ms Merkel indicated that if French president Nicolas Sarkozy pushed ahead with his proposals for a union of countries from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa the core of the European Union would be threatened.The chancellor said that cooperation between some member states has to be also open to the rest and it has to be approved by all member states.It cannot be that some countries establish a Mediterranean Union and fund this with money from EU coffers, said the German leader.This could release explosive forces in the union I would not like, she said, according to news agency DPA.Mr Sarkozy floated the idea for such a union during his presidential campaign earlier this year.

Since becoming president in May, he has elaborated on the proposal saying in October that in the Mediterranean will be decided whether or not civilisations and religions will wage the most terrible of wars...whether or not the North and the South will clash.Under the plans, the group would tie southern Europe with Northern Africa as well as Israel and its Arab neighbours and tackle topical issues such as counter-terrorism, immigration, energy, trade, water and sustainable development.Just seven EU states - Cyprus, Greece, France, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain - are envisioned to take part.Mr Sarkozy's Mediterranean Union idea – he suggested on Wednesday that France and Algeria be the main axis of the Union - has also raised eyebrows in Brussels.

The European Commission fears it will undermine the 12-year-old Barcelona process, aimed at promoting dialogue between the EU and ten countries on the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean.There are also fears that it is a ruse to enmesh Turkey – which would be a member – into the process and detract from its current EU negotiations, with Mr Sarkozy being strongly opposed to Ankara's EU membership bid.

Division of powers

Speaking at the same meeting, Ms Merkel also offered some criticism of the new EU treaty, a document that was formed under her presidency of the bloc, according to German newspaper Handelsblatt.While praising the treaty, due to be signed next week, as representing historical progress she added that naturally it is still far from the clarity of our constitution on how powers are really delineated.Summing up the effect of the treaty, she said that a lot will change in the European Union noting that because not all loopholes in the document had been closed off, member states will have to keep a close eye on how it is implemented.

EU DICTATOR (WORLD LEADER)

REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

REVELATION 6:1-2
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse:(PEACE) and he that sat on him had a bow;(EU DICTATOR) and a crown was given unto him:(PRESIDENT OF THE EU) and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(MILITARY GENIUS)

REVELATION 13:1-10
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(THE EU AND ITS DICTATOR IS GODLESS)
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(DICTATOR COMES FROM NEW AGE OR OCCULT)
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;(MURDERERD) and his deadly wound was healed:(COMES BACK TO LIFE) and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE WORLD THINKS ITS GOD IN THE FLESH, MESSIAH TO ISRAEL)
4 And they worshipped the dragon (SATAN) which gave power unto the beast:(JEWISH EU DICTATOR) and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?(FALSE RESURRECTION,SATAN BRINGS HIM TO LIFE)
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.(GIVEN WORLD CONTROL FOR 3 1/2YRS)
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,(HES A GOD HATER) to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.(HES A LIBERAL OR DEMOCRAT,WILL PUT ANYTHING ABOUT GOD DOWN)
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,(BEHEAD THEM) and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.(WORLD DOMINATION)
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.(WORLD DICTATOR)
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.(SAVED CHRISTIANS AND JEWS DIE FOR THEIR FAITH AT THIS TIME,NOW WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE BUT DURING THE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH, PEOPLE WILL BE PUT TO DEATH (BEHEADINGS) FOR THEIR BELIEF IN GOD (JESUS) OR THE BIBLE.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come (ROMANS IN AD 70) shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMANS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he( EU ROMAN, JEWISH DICTATOR) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:( 7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,( 3 1/2 YRS) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

EU must support, not dictate Mideast peace process: Livni
05 December 2007, 18:40 CET

(LJUBLJANA) - The European Union's role in the Middle East is to support the (peace) process, not to dictate it, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said here Wednesday.Speaking after talks with her Slovenian counterpart, Dimitrij Rupel, on a one-day visit to Ljubljana, Livni said that negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians later this month consist of a bilateral process, in which there is no need for a third party.The international community's role, including that of the EU, is to support the process, not to dictate it, she said.Slovenia will take over the six-month rotating EU presidency in January and Livni's visit here, where she also met with president-elect Danilo Turk, was to prepare for that.The visit was to present Israel's position on current regional issues to the incoming EU president and to find ways to strengthen the dialogue between Israel and the EU, she said.Rupel also saw the visit as a means to launch a mutual exchange of information between Europe and Israel.

Trade tensions could overshadow EU-Africa summit
Thu 6 Dec 2007, 15:51 GMT

BRUSSELS, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Tensions over trade talks could overshadow a summit of European and African leaders this weekend, testing the EU's plans for a new era in its ties with former colonies now wooed by China.Ahead of the Dec. 8-9 summit in Lisbon, the European Union says it sees more trade within Africa and with Europe as the best way to end decades of poverty and political wrangling.What we need is an end to the paternalism, the neocolonialism, the never-ending moralising, EU Development Commissioner Louis Michel told a news conference on Thursday. We need a real dialogue, now.But disputes between Brussels and some African countries over a string of planned new trade and aid deals have led to accusations that the EU still resorts to old-fashioned bullying in its dealings with the continents.We all agree that we should be allied with Europe...but the method is outdated, Senegal's president Abdoulaye Wade told television station France 24 on Thursday. You can't put us in a strait-jacket, that won't work.

The EU says it needs to clinch new Economic Partnership Agreements with former European colonies in Africa, and other regions of the world, before a World Trade Organisation waiver on current preferential treatment expires on Dec. 31.Some African nations protest they will face too much competition and that they are being strong-armed into signing the deals after the EU refused to seek a new waiver at the WTO.Diplomats also fear the aim of Lisbon summit, the first between the EU and Africa in seven years, in which they hope to forge a new partnership, will be overshadowed by controversy over the participation of Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe.

HIGHER TARIFFS

So far only a handful of mostly small countries in eastern and southern Africa and in the Pacific have agreed deals.Bigger economies such as South Africa and Nigeria have refused to sign. Wade said his country could not face the competition and would not sign.Europe needs to walk the walk on partnership, not just talk the talk, said Oliver Buston of Africa advocay group DATA.The European Commission is being very aggressive, bullying some ministers, said San Bilal of the European Centre for Development Policy Management.For its part, Brussels says Africa has nothing to fear from the EPAs and accuses critics of working against Africa's interests.Michel said the EU had done everything it could to take African interests into account and help boost trade, including by increasing aid to help Africa's transport infrastructure.The EPAs would give the former European colonies immediate duty-free and quota-free access to EU markets, except for rice and sugar. Local tariffs on EU imports would be phased out in periods of up to 25 years.Without the deals, the poorest of the African countries, including Senegal, will continue to benefit from almost tariff-free exports to the EU. But more developed economies like banana exporter Ivory Coast or Namibia would face higher EU import tariffs once the WTO waiver expires.

The EU is Africa's largest commercial partner with trade totalling more than 200 billion euros ($291.1 billion) last year. But China leapt into third place in 2006 with 43 billion euros and has stepped up investments, raising concerns in Europe about Beijing's growing influence in the continent. (for background see EU-AFRICA/TRADE (FACTBOX) or click on [ID:L06708552]) (Editing by William Schomberg and Philippa Fletcher)

Dec 5, 2007 18:14 | Updated Dec 6, 2007 3:03
Second Temple palace uncovered By ETGAR LEFKOVITS

Israeli archeologists have uncovered a monumental Second Temple structure opposite the Temple Mount that was likely Queen Helena's palace, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday.

Major 2nd Temple structure uncovered

The building was unearthed during a six-month excavation in the Givati parking lot just outside the Old City's Dung Gate, ahead of the planned expansion of the Western Wall parking lot. The site also indicates that the ancient City of David was much larger than previously thought, said archeologist Doron Ben-Ami, who is directing the dig at the site. The palace, which was destroyed by the Romans when they demolished the Second Temple in 70 CE, was dated to the end of the Second Temple period by pottery and stone vessels, as well as an assortment of coins from that time, Ben-Ami said. He said the elaborate edifice, which is an anomaly in the landscape of the lower city at the end of the Second Temple period - otherwise marked with only modest buildings - was probably a palace built by Queen Helena, a wealthy Babylonian aristocrat who converted to Judaism and moved to Jerusalem with her sons. Helena became known for her generosity in helping the city's poor during a famine. She was buried in Jerusalem.

According to the prominent 1st century historian Josephus, Helena's family built lavish buildings in the City of David, which stood out at the time in a largely residential area that was noted for its almost complete absence of public or monumental buildings.
The archeologists carrying out the dig have not yet found any inscription to identify the building they uncovered, but Ben-Ami said there was a high probability that the site was indeed Helena's palace. We need more evidence to decide, but almost everything fits, he said. The well-preserved structure being uncovered in the excavation is an impressive architectural complex that includes massive foundations; walls, some of which are more than five meters tall and are built of stones that weigh hundreds of kilograms; halls that are at least two stories tall; a basement level that was covered with vaults; and remains of polychrome frescoes, water installations and mikvaot. The narrow openings that were discovered in the basement level of the structure were likely used by its inhabitants to flee shortly before the Romans destroyed the palace, Ben-Ami said. The building was destroyed by dismantling the walls of the large structure, causing the massive stone walls and ceilings from the upper stories to collapse onto the basement. The large edifice was covered with remains that date to later periods - Byzantine, Roman and early Islamic. Below it there are remains from the early Hellenistic period and artifacts from the time of the First Temple. It is like an open history book of Jerusalem, Ben-Ami said.

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.

Russia could boost forces after CFE freeze: MP DEC 6,07

Added tension... Russia's suspension of the CFE treaty is on top of the uncertain relations with the US over plans to locate a missile defence shield in easter Europe (File photo). (Reuters)
Russia could build up military forces near its western borders after it suspends its participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty next week, a senior member of parliament said.

Russia's plan to freeze compliance with the CFE treaty, which limits conventional weapons levels on either side of the old Iron Curtain, is seen in western capitals as a worrying sign of Russia's more assertive foreign policy.Konstantin Kosachyov, chairman of the outgoing parliament's foreign relations committee, said Russia would not initiate an arms build-up after December 12, but would retaliate if NATO ramps up its arms levels in eastern Europe.The CFE pact, signed in 1990 as the Cold War came to an end, limits the number of battle tanks, heavy artillery, combat aircraft and attack helicopters deployed and stored between the Atlantic and Russia's Ural mountains.It is possible in the future, no one is ruling this out if things develop in a worst case scenario, that there could be a review of certain levels of armaments, Mr Kosachyov told a news conference.We will follow the actions of our partners very carefully. If these involve a significant increase in weapons levels near our borders, then we will respond in a corresponding way. But not before.Mr Kosachyov, who has ties to the Kremlin and is expected to keep his job in the next parliament, said: I repeat that according to the explanations we received (from the Russian military) this is not some kind of immediate aim.

Western tension

The row over the treaty has caused additional tension between Russia and the west at a time when relations are already fraught over the United States' plans to locate a missile defence shield in eastern Europe in the face of Russia's opposition.President Vladimir Putin signed a law last month that will suspend Russia's participation in the treaty at 00:01 Moscow time on December 12. Moscow is 3 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.Russia says the treaty is an outdated relic of the Cold War that sets tight restrictions on Russian troops levels while giving NATO scope to move its forces into eastern European states that are now members of NATO.It says an amended version of the treaty is not effective because western states have refused to ratify.NATO members say they will not ratify the amended treaty until Russia honours an agreement to withdraw its forces from ex-Soviet Georgia and Moldova. Russia says it has already withdrawn, leaving behind only peacekeeping troops.Anatoly Antonov, the official in charge of security and disarmament at the Russian foreign ministry, said Russia's aim was not to threaten Europe. He said Russia wanted a dialogue which would come up with a more effective treaty.He said NATO's response would be crucial in determining what happens next.

We are announcing a moratorium not in order to build up our military right away, he told the same news conference. We are saying that in the future everything will depend on an appropriate reaction from our partners.