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Israel's defense minister defects from Labor Party By ARON HELLER, Associated Press – Mon Jan 17, 3:25 pm ET

JERUSALEM – In a shocking move that instantly shook up Israel's political scene, Defense Minister Ehud Barak defected from his Labor Party Monday, leaving in shambles the iconic movement that founded the country and ruled it invincibly for decades.The move appeared to shore up Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition by leading to the resignation of the other Labor members, who had been at loggerheads with the government over stalled peacemaking efforts. But it could weaken the Israeli leader in the long run by reducing his majority and undermining his attempts to portray himself as a centrist leader.Barak, the departing party leader and former prime minister, will stay in the ruling coalition with four other followers in a new party. But Labor's eight remaining lawmakers — including three ministers — will withdraw.Netanyahu's remaining majority of 66 seats in the 120-member parliament now seems safer than before, and it will be dominated even more by hawks opposed to serious concessions to the Palestinians.The Palestinians refuse to negotiate until Israel completely freezes settlement construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem — captured areas they claim for a future state. It's unlikely the current coalition, dominated by nationalist and Orthodox Jewish parties, will do so.

Barak, 68, said he was tired of the infighting within Labor and accused his former partners of being too soft on issues of war and peace. His colleagues have been agitating to leave the government, and had been pushing for a party decision to withdraw from the government entirely, which would have made it more awkward for Barak to stay.We are embarking on a new path, he said during a news conference at Israel's parliament. We want to wake up without having to compromise, apologize and explain.He said his new party — to be called Independence — would be centrist, Zionist and democratic.For Labor, the dramatic announcement marked another chapter in its stunning fall from grace.The once proud party dominated Israeli politics for the country's first three decades, producing a string of prime ministers that included David Ben-Gurion — Israel's founding father — Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir and the slain prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin. Barak himself briefly served as prime minister from 1999 to 2001.Labor led Israel to independence in 1948 and left its imprint on all important aspects of Israeli life for decades. Its stalwarts founded the kibbutz movement — communal farms that for a time captured the world's imagination — and set up the basic institutions of state that live on today. It was finally unseated by the more hard-line Likud in 1977, beginning a period of two-party domination that has ended with Labor's drop in support.

At its peak in 1969, Labor and a partner won 56 seats in the 120-seat parliament and it dropped below 40 only twice before 1996, when its support began to falter.With Rabin at the helm in the early 1990s, Israeli signed historic accords with the Palestinians and Jordan. But since Barak's ambitious attempts as prime minister at making peace with Syria and the Palestinians collapsed, the public has shifted to the right.Netanyahu welcomed Barak's defection Monday, saying the shake-up would make the government stronger by dashing any hopes the Palestinians might have that the coalition would collapse.Barak's departure was quietly planned for the past 10 days in coordination with Netanyahu, officials said.One Labor stalwart, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, said he was shocked to learn of the move early Monday. He angrily said Barak had spit in the face of the party that elected him.Barak's departure from Labor resembled Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's exit from Likud in 2005 to form the centrist Kadima Party in the wake of his pullout from the Gaza Strip. Sharon suffered a stroke shortly after, but his successor, Ehud Olmert, led the party to victory in a 2006 election.In one of the more ironic developments of Israeli politics — as Sharon was once considered an uncompromising nationalist — Kadima has effectively replaced Labor as the anchor party of the Israeli left. Kadima won 29 seats in the last election while Labor dropped to 13, making it only the fourth-largest party in parliament before Monday's breakup. A poll conducted Monday for Channel 10 TV showed that if an election were held now, Labor would win eight seats and Barak's new party only three. Likud would gain three seats and its hawkish partner, Yisrael Beiteinu, would gain two. The poll questioned 505 respondents with a margin of error of 4.2 percentage points.

Many party members hold Barak responsible for Labor's demise, accusing him of abandoning its socialist and dovish ideals to remain in power. In the past year it has been rife with infighting and high-profile resignations. The significance is historical for the Labor movement — it used to be the leading movement of the Zionist revolution and now ... we see the remains of this party, said Gideon Rahat, a political science professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Former Labor lawmaker Yael Dayan said Monday's move provided the party its last chance of survival. She suggested that the remaining members could unite with Kadima and the dovish Meretz to create a powerful social democratic party that the country badly lacked.There is a vacuum, and I think now is the time to offer an alternative, she said.Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath gave a similar assessment, saying Barak had become virtually identical to the hard-line Netanyahu. The only hope is for the Labor Party to rise from the ashes without him (Barak), he said.Barak unseated Netanyahu in 1999 parliamentary elections, but as coalition partners over the past two years, they have had a fruitful relationship. The men have known each other for decades, dating back to the 1970s, when Barak was Netanyahu's commander in an elite army commando unit.Barak has given the governing coalition a well-known and relatively moderate face to deal with the international community, and Netanyahu has awarded Barak great influence on decision making.

Einat Wilf, a Labor lawmaker who joined Barak, said the defection would actually increase the chances for peace.We think this also sends an important message to the Palestinians, to the Arabs — if you want to talk, talk to this government, she told The Associated Press. If an agreement should be possible, it is this government that will bring the support of the vast majority of Israelis.Opposition leader Tzipi Livni called on Netanyahu to dissolve his government and call a new election.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

Van Rompuy: Europe is Fatherland of peace
LEIGH PHILLIPS 17.01.2011 @ 17:46 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy has issued a robust defence of the European Union in the face of growing suspicion and fear, arguing that the bloc must not be seen as a new Moscow, but instead, the Fatherland of peace.
Sometimes, in the heat of the debate, the image of Brussels is linked to the role of Moscow in the Cold War. One should not accept this comparison, he declared in a speech to students at the University of Warsaw.The president, in the Polish capital for a meeting with Prime Minister Donald Tusk ahead of the country taking over the reins of the six-month rotating EU presidency, said that the EU was responsible for hastening the demise of the Soviet Union and that its enduring purpose is to be a bringer of peace.The union's force of attraction accelerated the collapse of Communism and the end of the Cold War. That is a victory, he continued. Europe is the best guarantee for peace. It was and is a work of peace. That's why I am so strongly in favour of a European perspective for the western Balkans, the last remnant of the Cold War and the last place where a war was waged.Europe has to be the fatherland of peace. We owe this to our history ... The bloody battlefields from our history have been replaced by Brussels negotiating rooms, he added.The president has in recent months made a series of public speeches strongly defending the idea of the European project against all critics, whether markets or sceptical citizens.

On Wednesday, the leader told a group of students at the European College of Parma, that the eurozone poses no risk to global economic growth. The next day, in London, he complained how eurozone members Spain and Portugal were not being given a chance by investors. While in Berlin last November, he issued a stark warning against the forces of nationalism, euro-scepticism and populism: We have together to fight the danger of a new euro-scepticism, he said at the time. Fear leads to egoism, egoism leads to nationalism, and nationalism leads to war ... It is a feeling all over Europe, not of a majority, but everywhere present.In Poland, again acknowledging the growth of euroscepticism, he returned to the theme, noting that suspicion and fear are growing in new member states as well.I sometimes explain that the enlargement of the European Union with the countries of Eastern and Central Europe in and after 2004 is not a bureaucratic process, driven by Brussels, but that enlargement should rather be seen as a deeply political enterprise, driven by a great historic event: the end of the Cold War and the unification of the European continent, he said.

There is a perception that the single market is less popular than in the past and that it is seen by many Europeans with suspicion and fear. We have to reconcile both the citizens - citizens as consumers and as employees - and the entrepreneurs with Europe.Mr Van Rompuy used the Warsaw event to outline the three policy themes he said the bloc should focus on in 2011 in order to combat both dissastisfaction amongst citizens and to return the EU to growth.He said the coming year must see a deepening of the single market, a renewed emphasis on energy liberalisation and investment in research and development.Complaining that research spending in the EU is 1.84 percent of GDP compared to 2.6 percent in the US and 3.4 percent in Japan, he called on European heads of state and government to take more ownership of innovation and research.

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.(TRADE 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).

Sudanese consider EU model as solution to oil question
ANDREW WILLIS 17.01.2011 @ 17:45 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - An EU monitoring mission in Southern Sudan has issued a largely positive preliminary verdict on last week's referendum on independence, although the border area of Abyei remains an ongoing concern. Speaking to EUobserver from the northern capital of Khartoum on Monday (17 January), the mission's chief observer, Socialist MEP Veronique de Keyser, described the southern vote on whether to split from the country's northern region as a credible process. We are happy and relieved, people predicted great turmoil but thankfully that has not materialised, said Ms de Keyser who heads a team of 104 observers and analysts from the 27 EU member states as well as Norway, Switzerland and Canada.The Belgian euro-deputy warned however that a strategy was urgently needed to diffuse the ongoing tension in the oil-rich border area of Abyei, where dozens have been killed already this month. The situation is explosive. If a solution is not found, all the other political issues could be blocked, she said, adding that northern isolation would also have grave consequences. Last week's southern Sudanese referendum on independence was the centre-piece of a 2005 peace accord that ended a decades-old civil war, estimated to have killed roughly 2 million people since 1983. A separate referendum in Abyei was cancelled after officials failed to agree certain parameters including how to define an Abyei resident.Observers attribute fighting between northern Arab herdsmen and the Ngok Dinka people living in the area to a long-running dispute over cattle grazing rights, although some local leaders fear the issue is being used as a proxy-battle for the area's oil reserves.China is particularly interested in Abyei's final resting place, the area being home to the Defra block - an oilfield administered by China National Petroleum Corporation. Bejing has invested considerable diplomatic energy cozying up to the northern regime of Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president, a man wanted by the International Criminal Court in the Hague for his role in the Darfur conflict.

The south's referendum results next month are expected to show a vast majority in favour of secession, handing a newly independent state in July roughly 80 percent of Sudan's current oil production of 490,000 barrels a day. Abyei accounts for roughly 2,500 barrels a day, Al-Sir Sid Ahmed, media adviser to the country's oil minister, said last week.Export access via the north to the Red Sea will remain a key issue for southern oil producers if Sudan splits as expected, with national officials touting an EU-style joint institution as a possible solution. Both Al-Bashir and [southern leader] Salva Kiir have talked about the EU model. What they mean exactly remains to be seen, said Ms Keyser.Regional experts agree the idea is on the table. Some form of joint structure to manage oil reserves and pipeline sharing is gaining traction, said Richard Gowan, an African security expert with the European Council on Foreign Relations think-tank.The model is obviously not the EU of today but the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) of previous years, said Mr Gowan. The ECSC was first proposed by French foreign minister Robert Schuman on 9 May 1950 as a way to prevent further war between France and Germany. It created Europe's first supranational institutions, designed to monitor a common coal and steel market shared by its six founding members.A joint Sudanese structure would probably reassure oil investors in the region, dominated by China National Petroleum Corp., Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Bhd. and India's Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Sudan is the third-biggest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa.The likelihood of South Sudan gaining independence this summer is also prompting questions over the region's ability to achieve self-governance and whether the EU can provide a supporting role.

EU battlegroups to assist UN peacekeeping troops are among the ideas being considered, this website understands, although a police training mission is more likely.As we have seen in Afghanistan, police training is not always the best answer. It is frequently an alibi for real action, said Mr Gowan.If there is one thing the EU does well, it's create bureaucrats. The bloc should lend officials to build institutional capacity in Southern Sudan. If EU high representative Catherine Ashton is ready to put energy into the issue, it would be a good way to increase the external action service's credibility.

EUROPEAN UNION ARMY
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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)

US ambassador lampoons Nordic military pact-The Stoltenberg plan, drafted after years-long consultations with Nordic capitals, was summed up as dreams in Polar fog (Photo: Defence Images)ANDREW RETTMAN 14.01.2011 @ 09:18 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Proposals for the five Nordic countries to create a mini-Nato alliance are dreams in Polar fog but may be useful for keeping an eye on Polar bears and Russians, according to the former US ambassador to Norway, Benson Whitney.
His remarks came shortly after Norway's former leader, the 74-year-old Thorvald Stoltenberg, put forward 13 ideas for military co-operation including a Nato-style mutual defence pact. Nordic foreign ministers are to debate the text in April amid growing strategic interest in the High North for energy and trade reasons. UK Prime Minister David Cameron will next week also host a meeting of Nordic and Baltic state leaders on the topic.The US ambassador predicted that the Nordic mutual defence clause is the least likely to fly. Officials including the PM's foreign policy advisor and the MFA's [foreign ministry's] political director have privately indicated to us that there is little or no interest in a Nordic solidarity declaration in the GON [government of Norway],he reported, despite the fact the Norwegian prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, is Thorvald Stoltenberg's son.

On joint surveillance flights in Icelandic airspace, he added: Surprisingly, Norwegian officials have been very critical of this proposal ... expressing strong dislike for this item.On diplomatic and consular co-operation, Mr Whitney said: Co-operation between foreign services is much more difficult and will likely be limited to countries where none of the Nordics have representation now.The cable was not entirely negative. In his concluding remarks, the ambassador said: Joint Nordic transport capabilities, medical teams, amphibious units, a stabilization task force and maritime awareness could be important contributions to UN, Nato or US missions.A separate dispatch published on Thursday displays the closeness of Swedish-US relations at a time when Swedish authorities are pursuing WikiLeaks mastermind Julian Assange on sexual assault charges.In the cable, dated July 2009, Swedish diplomat Jonas Wendel told the US charge d'affaires in Stockholm, Robert J. Silverman, about sensitive issues in an upcoming EU foreign ministers meeting.Mr Wendel spoke in detail about the position of fellow US ally Britain on Iran sanctions, but maintained some discretion. Speaking of whether or not the EU will use tough language against Russia, he said the move is being opposed by the usual members, but did not name them.The Wendel dispatch comes after Swedish diplomat Johan Frisell in 2008, in a previously leaked US cable, dished up painful details on internal EU divisions on the Georgia-Russia war. The revelation raised eyebrows among some senior EU officials because internal EU debates are supposed to be kept secret.

On the plus side, Mr Wendel indicated that EU countries are capable of sticking together in times of crisis.Commenting on whether EU states might withdraw their ambassadors from Iran after it detained a British embassy worker, the cable said: Solidarity among EU members is strong, and if the discussion is emotionally charged, then the ministers might agree to a withdrawal.For his part, Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt in a dispatch dated December 2009 and published in December 2010 gave a partly upbeat opinion on the newly-minted EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton.Mr Bildt said that he knew and liked Ms Ashton. He described her as a street fighter with a disciplined mind for bureaucratic battles. While competent and intelligent, Bildt described her as having no foreign affairs knowledge.

DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.

JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) 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

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HALF HOUR DOW RESULTS TUE JAN 18,2011

09:30 AM +2.25
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S&P 500 1295.02 +1.78

NASDAQ 2765.35 +10.55

GOLD 1,365.20 +5.00

OIL 91.30 -0.26

TSE 300 13,559.20 +119.10

CDNX 2292.51 +17.06

S&P/TSX/60 777.31 +6.97

MORNING,NEWS,STATS

YEAR TO DATE PERFORMANCE
Dow +13 points at 4 minutes of trading today.
Dow +1 points at low today.
Dow +65 points at high today so far.
GOLD opens at $1,372.20.OIL opens at $90.69 today.

AFTERNOON,NEWS,STATS
Dow +1 points at low today so far.
Dow +65 points at high today so far.

WRAPUP,NEWS,STATS
Dow +1 points at low today.
Dow +65 points at high today.

GOLD ALLTIME HIGH $1,427.40 (NOT AT CLOSE)

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 RUSSIA-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 (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

DANIEL 11:40-43
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

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.

Ahmadinejad, Medvedev agree to boost ties: report
– Mon Jan 17, 2:33 pm ET

TEHRAN (AFP) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev have agreed to boost ties between their countries in a telephone conversation, state media reported on Monday.The call came after Russia snubbed Iran's invitation to visit two atomic sites in the Islamic republic that were thrown open to a group of foreign diplomats at the weekend.It was also ahead of key talks between Iran and the world powers in Istanbul on Friday and Saturday.Iran and Russia must always be friends and colleagues, state television quoted Ahmadinejad as telling Medvedev. The Islamic republic of Iran welcomes an increase of ties in all areas between the two countries.Its website said Medvedev echoed the Iranian hardliner's views.Medvedev, according to the report which did not give a date for the call, said the two long-standing allies could boost ties in energy, fuel, transportation and other commercial areas.

Russia is ready for all cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran, Medvedev was quoted as saying.On Saturday and Sunday, Iran opened up two atomic installations to a group of foreign envoys, including some representatives of the UN atomic watchdog.
It had invited Russia and China to participate in the visit to its main uranium enrichment facility at Natanz and the heavy water facility in Arak. But both Russia and China, considered close to Iran, turned down the invitation.Russia and China backed a fourth set of UN sanctions against Iran approved in June 2009. The sanctions were imposed to stop Iran's nuclear programme, which the West suspects is masking a weapons drive, a charge Tehran denies.Moscow will take part in this week's talks on the Iranian nuclear programme to be held in Istanbul.Besides Russia, officials from the United States, Britain, France, China and Germany are to sit down with Iranian officials to ascertain whether the programme has peaceful aims as stated by Tehran.Russia has been Iran's nuclear partner for years, but since last year is under pressure from the United States when it comes to the Islamic republic's atomic programme.Moscow helped to build Iran's first civilian nuclear power plant in the southern port city of Bushehr.

Russia's Medvedev backs independent Palestine
By Alexei Anishchuk – Tue Jan 18, 10:08 am ET

JERICHO, West Bank (Reuters) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev endorsed a Palestinian state on Tuesday, saying Moscow had recognized independence in 1988 and was not changing the position adopted by the former Soviet Union.Making his first visit to the Israeli-occupied West Bank as Russian head of state, Medvedev stopped short of issuing a ringing declaration of recognition of Palestinian statehood by the modern Russian Federation which he represents.Russia's position remains unchanged. Russia made its choice a long time ago ... we supported and will support the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to an independent state with its capital in East Jerusalem, Medvedev said.Israel has been alarmed in the past two months by a string of recognitions by Latin American states including Brazil and Argentina, which some analysts say could be a precursor to a move by the Palestinians to seek full United Nations membership if efforts to revive moribund peace negotiations fall through.Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has confirmed that is one of his options. At a news conference with Medvedev in Jericho he thanked Russia for being one of the first states in the world to recognize the state of Palestine in 1988.Communist Moscow recognized a Palestinian state declared by the late Yasser Arafat, in a move that won broad support in the Soviet bloc and developing world but had little real impact on diplomatic and political realities.The Palestinians today say 109 states out of 192 United Nations member countries recognize their statehood. Israel has warned that a unilateral declaration of statehood would set back the peace process.A senior Israeli intelligence official told a Knesset committee on Tuesday he expected more recognitions by the time of the U.N. General Assembly in September.

UNIQUE ENTRY

Medvedev drove into the Israeli-occupied West Bank in a road convoy from Amman airport in Jordan, crossing over the historic Allenby Bridge in an unusual route for a head of state that was dictated by an Israeli foreign ministry strike, which had forced him to cancel the Israel leg of his trip.Palestinian security men were out in force and curious crowds lined the streets of Jericho to watch the convoy enter the Biblical town north of the Dead Sea, at the lowest point on earth, which has been inhabited for over 10,000 years.Officials said they could not remember when a visitor of that level had used the Allenby crossing, which was shut down to normal traffic for the occasion. The crossing is controlled by Israeli immigration and security.Medvedev drew applause from Palestinians when he noted that this is the first visit of a Russian president to Palestine not united with a visit to another country -- a clear reference to Israel which would normally have been his first stop.

Russia is a partner of the United States, European Union and United Nations in the Quartet of international powers overseeing Middle East peace negotiations.A number of former Soviet bloc east European states that are now in the EU also recognized Palestine in 1988. But the United States and west European governments do not.
Quartet foreign ministers were due to meet next month in Munich to discuss ways to revive the Middle East peace process, which has been a foreign policy priority for U.S. President Barack Obama but has ground to a halt due to a dispute over Israel's West Bank settlements policy.Medvedev said this was the main topic of his talks.We discussed the possible prospectives of resuming the dialogue. In order to do that, we need to express maximum moderation. This in the first place relates to the freezing of settlement activity of Israel on the West Bank and in East Jerusalem, he said.Israel apologized to the Kremlin for having to cancel Medvedev's first trip when foreign ministry diplomats who would normally prepare it stepped up their strike action last month to win better pay and conditions.The last presidential visitor from Moscow was Medvedev's predecessor Vladimir Putin, now the Russian prime minister, in 2005. Medvedev expressed his understanding for the cancellation, saying it would not harm relations with Israel.He was due to meet Jordan's King Abdullah later on Tuesday.(Reporting by Alexei Anishchuk and Tom Perry; Writing by Douglas Hamilton; Editing by Ralph Boulton)

Medvedev Visits PA Tuesday Morning
by Gil Ronen JAN 17,11

Highlighting the severe diplomatic damage caused by the ongoing strike in the Foreign Ministry, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev will visit the Palestinian Authority Tuesday morning after canceling his visit to Israel.Medvedev called off his planned visit to Jerusalem when the Israeli diplomats' strike made it impossible to make preparations for the tour.PA crossings officials said Sunday that the Allenby Bridge over the Jordan River would close Tuesday in both directions between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., due to the visit.Medvedev is expected to inaugurate the Jericho Museum, built by Russia on lands donated for the project by the Orthodox Church in 2008.PA Bethlehem-based news agency Ma'an crowed Monday that the cancellation of Medvedev's visit to Israel was viewed as a huge embarrassment to Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who was born in the former Soviet Union.(Israel National News.com)

Gaza Terrorist Convicted in Rocket Attacks
by Chana Ya'ar JAN 18,11

A Gaza terrorist was convicted Monday in Be'er Sheva District Court on charges relating to Kassam rocket attacks on Jewish communities in southern Israel.Nahad Hamid, a resident of the northern Gaza community of Beit Hanoun, was convicted on multiple counts of attempted murder, attempting to harm the security of the state, aiding and belonging to a terrorist organization and other charges as well.Hamid was involved in launching Kassam rockets and mortar attacks on the Gaza Belt community of Sderot and the Erez Crossing between the region and the rest of Israel.Gaza terrorists fired three mortar shells Sunday night and a short-range Kassam rocket Monday morning at southern Israel. No one was injured and no damage was reported.The attacks belied a prior announcement by the Hamas terrorist rulers of Gaza that it would impose a ceasefire on all terror organizations in the region.(Israel National News.com)

PERSECUSSION,BEHEADINGS

JESUS PERSECUTED BIGTIME

PSALMS 14:1
1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

ISAIAH 53:4
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

MATTHEW 9:34
34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.

JOHN 8:41
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

JOHN 10:20
20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?

PHILIPPIANS 2:10-11(JESUS GETS REVENGE)
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.(JUDGEMENT SEAT OF CHRIST AND FOR SINNERS, THE GREAT WHITE THRONE FINAL JUDGEMENT).

WE ARE CHRISTIANS WE WILL BE TREATED THE SAME.

2 TIMOTHY 3:1-5 (WHY WE ARE PERSECUTED BY THE WORLD)
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

MATTHEW 5:10-12
10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

MATTHEW 24:9
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.

JOHN 15:18-20
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me (JESUS) before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

REVELATION 6:9-11
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain(BEHEADED) for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

REVELATION 20:4
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Pope: Christians Replace Jews as Most Persecuted Minority
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu JAN 17,11

Jews, known for centuries as the most persecuted minority, have been replaced in this role by Christians, according to Pope Benedict XVI, who hinted that he was referring to the Islamic tidal wave that is sweeping the world.Carefully avoiding singling out Muslims for the mistreatment of Christians, however, the pope recently appealed to European nations as well as the Muslim world to protect what he called the most persecuted religion in the world.Recent attacks on Christians in Egypt, Nigeria and Iran have claimed dozens of casualties. The pope stated, This succession of attacks is yet another sign of the urgent need for the governments of the region to adopt, in spite of difficulties and dangers, effective measures for the protection of religious minorities.Iran has a different explanation for attacks on Christians. Ghazanfar Rokn-Abadi, its ambassador to Lebanon, said his country is a model for religious freedom and that 250,000 Christians are living in Iran peacefully and safely. He blamed the Jews for any physical attacks.Responding to the report on the pope’s statements, U.S. State Department spokesman Philip Crowley declined to directly answer a reporter’s question, Who do you think is doing this?

I’d be very wary at this point about making any sweeping statements about whether what’s happened in Iraq has a bearing on what’s happening in other countries such as Egypt or Nigeria, Crowley said. These are all being investigated.The International Christian Concern was more direct. ICC president Jeff King stated, Anti-Christian hatred arising from Islam has flowed into 2011, as seen in the horrific attacks in Egypt, Pakistan and Iraq already this year, he said.The ICC also noted that mainstream media rarely report the phenomenon of persecuted Christians despite its having becoming more common.The most widespread persecution of Christians has been in the Middle East, where Israel is the only country that grants freedom to Muslims and Christians, as well as Jews, to freely practice their religion. Prior to the Six-Day War in 1967, when Jerusalem was reunited and Judea and Samaria were restored to Israel, Jordan's rulers closed all Jewish and Christian sites, except for high-profile official visits.Christianity had been the dominant influence in Bethlehem until the first and second Arab intifadas, when Muslim rulers and clerics increasingly harassed Christians, forcing most of them to flee. The Palestinian Authority has blamed Israel for the Christian exodus, but research has documented the harrassment by Muslims.

In Egypt, the government did not take kindly to the pope’s call for effective measures to protect Christian minorities in the Middle East. Cairo recalled its ambassador to the Vatican, saying that Egypt will not allow any non-Egyptian party to intervene in our internal affairs under any pretext.Despite witnesses saying that an off-duty Muslim policeman shouted Allahu Akhbar(Allah is great) as he shot and killed a Copt last week, Egypt claimed that the murderer acted because of his personal state and not because of the religion of his victims. The shooter aimed his pistol at women, presumed to be non-Muslims, who were not wearing a head covering.

Nevertheless, Egypt’s ambassador to the Vatican denied there was any persecution of Christians in his country. Persecution is a big word, she said. In order to prove that there is persecution, you have to be very careful. This is a legal term which should not be used casually.Western countries are in a state of denial, asserted Clifford D. May, president of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a policy institute focusing on terrorism.Writing in the Boston Herald on Saturday, he cited the bombing of Christian churches in Egypt, Iraq, Nigeria and the Philippines and Indonesia, the recent arrests of Christians in Iran, and the death penalty handed down to a Christian woman in Pakistan for insulting Islam.The reality is this: Within the Muslim world today are regimes, movements and individuals convinced that their religion justifies - and benefits from - the most heinous atrocities, May wrote. They are determined, ruthless and lethal - as Christians and other minorities across a broad swath of the world have been finding out.If we in the West fail even to speak up for them, can we really expect moderate Muslims to do more?(Israel National News.com)

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.

Floods wash out Oregon road, stranding residents
By Dan Cook - JAN 18,11

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – Floods caused by a combination of heavy rains and unseasonal snowmelt destroyed a section of road on the western slope of Mount Hood in Oregon on Monday, stranding some 250 residents.The surging Sandy River washed out the road connecting the remote residents with the main highway over the mountain into Portland, while a bridge over the river's Zig Zag tributary had to be closed due to the rising waters.The Hoodland Fire District reported that the Sandy River wiped out a 300-foot section of Lolo Pass Road, which has been closed to all traffic since late Sunday.Clackamas County spokesperson Tim Heider said the Sandy River's course actually altered as it flowed out of its streambed and over the road.Crews were working on clearing a path through Barlow Trail, a primitive roadway in the Mt. Hood National Forest, to reach the closed section of Lolo Pass Road.We're trying to get everyone out of there, Heider said, but it's hard to know how many people are up in that area. It's pretty remote and there's no phone service of any kind.The Sandy River has a relatively narrow streambed at the point along Lolo Pass Road that, when fed by heavy rains or snow melts, can quickly become a churning course of water.

Six inches of rain fell on Sunday and rising temperatures added an additional two inches of snowmelt to the river.Lolo Pass Road was the original road across Mount Hood prior to the opening of US highway 26 and is little used except by those who live on it.Flooding also took a toll elsewhere in Oregon. Six homes were evacuated in coastal Tillamook County due to flooding. On Monday afternoon, the Red Cross was reporting that most of those who fled their homes had not been cleared to return yet.
In the coastal town of Newport, two homes nearly slid into a huge sinkhole created by the rain.The Newport Fire Department said that eight homes near the sinkhole were evacuated and two were near collapse. Landslides were also reported around Newport.
The city of Portland was forced to switch its water source from the Bull Run Reservoir on Mount Hood's northern slope to a series of wells due to the high turbidity of the reservoir's water in the wake of the rains.(Editing by Dan Whitcomb and Peter Bohan)

Philippines faces more rain as flood deaths mount
JAN 18,11

MANILA (AFP) – Hundreds of thousands of people already reeling from floods across the Philippines have been told to expect further heavy rains until March, authorities said Tuesday, as the disaster death toll rose to 53.There will be more rains in areas which should already be experiencing the dry season, the national weather bureau's spokeswoman Venus Valdemoro told AFP.La Nina, the weather pattern whereby cooler sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean cause high rainfall, was partly responsible for the unseasonal downpours, she said.Heavier than normal rainfall is forecast for most of the country over the next three months, increasing the risk of flooding and landslides, especially in the eastern parts of the country, Valdemoro said.Heavy rains have swamped much of the country since late December, with floods affecting nearly 1.6 million people including more than 93,000 who fled their homes, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.

More than half a million people have received government aid, it added.The council on Tuesday raised the death toll from the heavy rains to 53, with 16 others listed as missing.Most of the victims drowned or were killed in landslides, it said.

Brazil rescuers find flood victims trapped for days
By Rodriguo Viga Gaier and Sergio Queiroz – Mon Jan 17, 6:11 pm ET

NOVA FRIBURGO, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazilian army helicopters stepped up rescue and supply operations on Monday in areas hit by floods and landslides that have killed at least 665 people, reaching residents who had been cut off from help for five days.

One helicopter team rescued five people in the morning, the Air Force said in a statement, as clearer weather allowed the aircraft to navigate more safely around the craggy terrain north of Rio de Janeiro city.Hundreds of people are believed to still be in areas at risk of fresh mudslides, some of them cut off from help by smashed roads and bridges while others refuse to leave for fear their houses will be raided by looters. The army is operating four helicopters from a makeshift base on the training ground for Brazil's national soccer team in the town of Teresopolis.
It's impossible to calculate how many people are still buried, Vice Governor of Rio de Janeiro Luis Fernando Pezao told Reuters. Our numbers are based on the coroner and the fire department but there are a lot of people still buried.Heavy rains last week sparked one of Brazil's worst natural disasters, sending an avalanche of mud, water and rocks plowing through towns and villages in the scenic region. Poorer residents who lived in precarious housing bore the brunt of the carnage.The death toll has risen steadily as rescuers have dug bodies from the wreckage. Authorities have given no estimates of the number of missing, but Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper said on Monday that 120 people are unaccounted for.Some residents have complained over what they say has been a slow response by authorities in getting basic supplies to isolated communities and helping people dig out dead relatives and friends.A fresh landslide on Sunday near the town of Petropolis killed three people, media reported, highlighting the risks posed by rain forecast for the region in the coming days.In the capital Brasilia, the government sought to fend off criticism over its response by announcing that it would implement a national alert system to warn people in risky areas of approaching natural disasters.

The announcement came after the Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper reported that Brazil had failed to meet a series of recommendations on improving disaster preparedness made by the United Nations in 2005.Citing a letter sent by Brazil's Civil Defense agency to the United Nations last November, it said the government had not yet implemented recommendations such as setting up the alert system and investing sufficiently in infrastructure in risky areas.There is a culture in Brazil of waiting for something to happen and then responding to it, the head of the Civil Defense agency, Humberto Vianna, was quoted as saying.Still, little criticism has so far been directed at Brazil's new president, Dilma Rousseff, despite her single, brief visit to the disaster zone last week and her decision to spend the weekend far from the devastated region.The federal government has earmarked 780 million reais ($463.5 million) in emergency aid for the region. Brazil's Valor Economico newspaper praised Rousseff's response to the disaster in an editorial on Monday, saying she had passed the first test of her presidency by acting rapidly and taking adequate measures.(Writing by Stuart Grudgings; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)

Europe debates overhaul of debt crisis response By GABRIELE STEINHAUSER and PAN PYLAS, AP Business Writers – Mon Jan 17, 5:54 pm ET

BRUSSELS – The finance ministers of the 17 countries that use the euro are pressing ahead with an overhaul of their financial firefighting tools, but said a deal will require more debate over the coming weeks.Following their first meeting of the year in Brussels on Monday, the currency union's top financial policymakers said they discussed all the ingredients of a comprehensive package to deal with the region's crippling debt crisis, which already has forced Greece and Ireland to implement painful budget cuts in exchange for multibillion euro bailouts.All the ingredients of the solutions we have to form are on table, said Jean Claude Juncker, who heads the eurogroup. The discussion was broad and will be narrowed in the next couple of weeks.The centerpiece of any prospective deal will likely be an overhaul of Europe's euro750 billion ($1 trillion) bailout fund, which was set up last spring alongside the euro110 billion bailout of Greece to soothe financial markets anxious over some countries' mounting debt levels. So far, it hasn't really convinced, with Ireland following Greece in the bailout club and mounting fears that the debt crisis could spread to Portugal and Spain.

Both the European Union's executive Commission and the European Central Bank have said that the fund needs more powers and more funds at its disposal to deal with any emergency that may arise. Such new powers could include the right to buy government bonds on the open market to support their prices and keep vulnerable countries' funding costs in check.We shall improve our current existing financial backstops so that the so-called market forces cannot even have the slightest doubt about our capacity to act even in the most stressed scenarios, said the EU's Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn.Germany, the eurozone's effective paymaster, has so far ruled out any substantial increase of the fund's size. But German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble indicated that his country would be prepared to bolster the eurozone's contribution to the fund so it can actually lend out the full headline amount.Eurozone governments make their euro440 billion contribution to the region's bailout fund by guaranteeing bonds issued by the so-called European Financial Stability Facility. The remaining euro310 billion come from the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund.However, to get a triple-A credit rating for the EFSF's bonds — and make them attractive to investors — governments had to guarantee 120 percent of their value, while bailed out countries have to deposit a certain portion of the loans they receive as a cash buffer.That takes the EFSF's lending capacity down to only about euro250 billion, which most analysts say is insufficient to deal with a bailout of Spain, if it ever arises. Spain's economy makes up about 10 percent of the eurozone economy, more than Greece, Ireland and Portugal combined.

But discussions Monday went beyond boosting the fund's size, with the Commission pressing to give it powers that would allow it to do more than provide emergency loans for countries.Rehn and Juncker declined to elaborate of the details of ministers' discussions, but Juncker said ministers had also debated potentially lowering the interest rates charged in the Irish and Greek bailouts — a move that would make it easier for the two countries to repay their emergency aid even as their economies are shrinking.We were discussing in general terms the question of lowering the interest rates we charge for countries, but we did not discuss this point in sufficient detail to give you the likely outcome, Juncker cautioned.
Giving the bailout fund the power to buy government bonds would reduce the load on the ECB, which has recently stepped up its role in the debt crisis by buying the bonds of the more imperiled European countries. Not all the bank's governing council are convinced that it should be buying bonds at all so they would welcome handing off all, or a large chunk, of that duty.Figures on Monday confirmed speculation that the ECB ramped up its bond buying last week, a clear indication it tried to help Portugal in the run-up to a crucial bond auction. Data from the ECB showed the central bank spent euro2.313 billion ($3.1 billion) buying government bonds in the markets, up sharply from the previous week's euro113 million.That took the total since the bond-buying program began in May to euro76.5 billion. Last week's total was the highest since the week to Dec. 10, when it spent around euro2.7 billion to shore up confidence following the bailout of Ireland.Despite the lack of decisions on the bailout fund, the finance ministers did agree on one thing: In 2012, they will issue a special 2-euro coin to celebrate the 10 years that the euro has been in European wallets.Those who are speculating that the euro will no longer be, are wrong, Juncker said.

ISRAELS INHERITED LAND IN THE FUTURE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWmPqY8TE0&feature=player_embedded

DEUTERONOMY 7:7-8
7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people;(ISRAEL) for ye were the fewest of all people:
8 But because the LORD loved you,(ISRAEL) and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

ZECHARIAH 2:8
8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

JEREMIAH 3:14
14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you:(ISRAEL) and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

ISAIAH 42:1
1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect,(ISRAEL) in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

ISAIAH 45:4
4 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

ISAIAH 65:9,22
9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect (ISRAEL) shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect (ISRAEL) shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

ISAIAH 56:5
5 Even unto them (ISRAELIS) will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name,(ISRAEL) that shall not be cut off.

And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.

12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE ALSO.

Palestinians to turn to Security Council this week By KARIN LAUB, Associated Press – Mon Jan 17, 11:49 am ET

RAMALLAH, West Bank – The Palestinians expect to submit their request for a U.N. Security Council condemnation of Israeli settlements this week and will not be deterred by a U.S. appeal to abandon the idea, senior officials said Monday.In recent weeks, the Palestinians have prepared a draft that would have the Security Council declare settlements illegal and demand a halt of their construction. During this time, Palestinian diplomats have tried to win support for the proposed resolution.The appeal to the Security Council is part of a Palestinian strategy to try to isolate and exert pressure on the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.U.S.-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, launched in September, quickly broke down over Israel's refusal to extend a 10-month moratorium on housing starts in West Bank settlements and include east Jerusalem, both claimed by the Palestinians. They say they will not resume talks unless construction is halted.Saeb Erekat and Nabil Shaath, two senior aides to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said Monday that U.S. officials have urged the Palestinians not to seek an anti-settlement resolution from the Security Council.We told them (the Americans) very clearly that (this) is something we are not going to do, Shaath said. We are going to the Security Council.The Obama administration has repeatedly urged Israel to halt settlement construction, but has failed to get Netanyahu to comply.

It remains unclear how the U.S. would vote if a resolution targeting Israel, a close U.S. ally, is brought before the Security Council. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been cool to the Palestinian initiative.Netanyahu has brushed off Palestinian attempts to rally international support, saying there is no alternative to direct talks.In the United Arab Emirates, U.N. Chief Ban Ki-moon urged Israel on Monday to freeze settlement activity anywhere in the occupied Palestinian territories, including in east Jerusalem.Also Monday, the head of the U.N.'s World Food Program, Josette Sheeran, toured the Palestinian city of Hebron to inspect the distribution of food through electronic vouchers, a program that agency officials say was first tried out in the West Bank.In the past, needy Palestinians used to pick up their rations at food distribution centers. In 2009, the WFP introduced electronic vouchers, or debit cards, as part of a pilot project, agency officials said.The vouchers work in urban areas where food is available but those relying on aid can't afford to buy it. In Hebron, the West Bank's largest city, the blue debit cards had the words bon appetit written in Arabic on them. Holders can buy staples like lentils, rice, oil and dairy products, at participating stores.

Sheeran visited one shop where 10 beneficiaries were buying supplies.Ribhi Qawasmeh, 62, said he receives 400 shekels ($113) a month. He said the aid covers only a small part of the needs of his family of 12, but he likes it. When I enter the supermarket and show the card, it won't look like I'm living on help, he said.The electronic vouchers have since been introduced elsewhere, including among Iraqi refugees in Syria, the agency said.In the West Bank, more than 32,000 of some 454,000 beneficiaries now pick up their food rations with the electronic vouchers.Despite a modest economic recovery in the West Bank, many Palestinians still live in poverty exacerbated by years of political strife and restrictions imposed by Israel. The U.N. Relief and Works Agency provides basic services for hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees and their descendants, while the WFP helps nearly 770,000 non-refugees in the West Bank and Gaza.Associated Press reporter Nasser Shiyoukhi contributed to this report from Hebron, West Bank. Adam Schreck reported from the United Arab Emirates.

NEW AGE INFILTRATING THE CHURCH

FALSE TEACHERS,PROPHETS,DECIEVERS

MATTHEW 24:4-5,11,24-25
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.

1 TIMOTHY 4:1-2
1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

MARK 13:22-23
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

2 TIMOTHY 3:13
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

DEUTORONOMY 18:10-12
10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

JUDE 10-13
10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

MATTHEW 10:32-33
32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

JAN & ERIC TALK ABOUT THIS NEW AGE HOGWASH THAT IS INFILTRATING THE CHURCH THESE DAYS.HOURS 1 & 2 JAN 15,2011
http://www.olivetreeviews.org/radio/mp3/

Contemplative Mysticism promoted to Evangelicals...again
Strange Disciplines from Christianity Today

Over the years the editors of Christianity Today haven't tried to veil their increasingly liberal views and now - once again - they are serving up a heaping plate of contemplative mysticism aimed at Church leaders.It is no secret to most observers that Christianity Today has been a harbinger of every idea - whether biblical or not - to come through the Church. Liberals, cultists, Emergents, and true bible believers have had their say in its pages. When favorably citing articles from CT that actually present a biblical viewpoint, I have found myself qualifying the fact that indeed something worth reading is occasionally found in its pages. However rare that may be, the proverbial blind squirrel does indeed find an acorn to munch on from time to time. There's my disclaimer, now on to the issue at hand.For some time I have been receiving newsletters from Building Church Leaders - Leading Outreach, a division of Christianity Today International. Without doing much investigating, I have been suspiciously uncomfortable with much of the advice found in these communiques. This week those troubling inklings were more than confirmed.

The Building Church Leaders newsletters are produced by Drew Dyck, the managing editor of BuildingChurchLeaders.com. Dyck manages the Leader Training Team at Christianity Today International and oversees four online publications geared for ministry leaders.In the recent Building Church Leaders newsletter, Drew Dyck has endorsed what he once referred to as strange practices. He wrote, When I first started to hear about spiritual disciplines, they made me nervous.Lectio Divina sounded strange, even a little New Age. Walking the labyrinth seemed like something people in a cult might do.Don't laugh! Coming from a low-church, evangelical background, this was all new stuff to me. Fortunately, in recent years, I've come to deeply appreciate these ancient Christian practices and recognize their powerful potential for enriching my walk with God. Learning a couple key Latin phrases helped ease my fears as well.Drew should have stuck to those original feelings. It may have actually been the Holy Spirit softly warning him of the spiritual mine-field that lay ahead.At first glance, many of the things mentioned in the offer from Christianity Today sounds fine and I'm sure some of it may be. However, the more one investigates, the more mysticism one finds being advocated as normal Christianity.

Packaged at a special combo price of $44.95, here are just a few of the resources Mr. Dyck is advocating to help Build Church Leaders.

An Introduction to Solitude
Practical wisdom on giving God our undivided attention
by Henri Nouwen

Keeping Your Clock Ticking
A primer on the benefits and practices of solitude
by John Ortberg

Silence and Solitude for Beginners
Here's how to break through common barriers to these necessary disciplines.
by Ruth Haley Barton

What Is Contemplative Prayer?
Understanding the practice and purpose of an ancient method of prayer.
Adele Calhoun

What Is Lectio Divina?
Understanding the practice, purpose, and art of spiritual reading.
Adele Calhoun

Accepting the Embrace of God
Experience a deep and transforming connection with God through Lectio Divina.
Fr. Luke Dysinger

A Parable of Devout Indifference
Here's why your current approach to studying the Bible doesn't seem to be working.
Eugene Peterson

Lectio Divina and Contemplative Prayer in Small Groups
A practical discussion on two countercultural methods of spiritual growth.
Adele Calhoun

Listening for God
How an ancient method of prayer can deepen your teenager's faith.
Tony Jones

Two Approaches to Group Lectio Divina
Practical methods of incorporating lectio divina into your small group experience.
Fr. Luke Dysinger

Answering the Objections
Teaching your people about spiritual disciplines often starts with dispelling myths.
Paul Anderson

(Note: This last one may well instruct congregations not to listen to people like Yours Truly!)

Richard Foster - One of the best know contemplative advocates. Foster, a so-called Christian Mystic, has helped usher in what can only be called a Christianized form of Eastern mysticism.He claims that the reason people are turning to Zen and TM is because they lack the direction of what he calls spiritual directors. NOTE: They’re called Gurus in Eastern thought and Shamans elsewhere! This is all part of the deception by re-identification that has become so prevalent in Emergent thought. It is all about changing the name to change the perception… a retooling of one’s aversion for mysticism.Now, after 30+ years of what is nothing short of New Age tinkering, deceived Christians call them spiritual directors. Foster explains this in his now 1978 book Celebration of Discipline, In the Middle Ages not even the greatest saints attempted the depths of the inward journey without the help of a spiritual director (p. 159). The problem, according to Foster, is that the churches (in 1978) lacked living masters.

Where does the Bible tell us that the path to God takes us on an inward spiritual journey? IT DOES NOT. In fact, this is the road to demonic mystical experiences instead.

Foster is only one of many who are advocating this.Again in the pages of Christianity Today we read these words from Rob Bell of Mars Hill Church in Grandville, MI This is not just the same old message with new methods. We’re rediscovering Christianity as an Eastern religion, as a way of life.
- Christianity Today, November, 2004, pp. 36-41
(http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/november/12.36.html?start=2)

Ruth Haley Barton- Co-Founder and President of The Transforming Center (Wheaton, IL). She was trained through the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation (Bethesda, Maryland). Educated at Wheaton College (Wheaton, Illinois) and has been on the pastoral staff of Willow Creek Community Church. She is also on the Christianity Today/Building Church Leaders Advisory Board.Tilden Edwards, founder of the Shalem Institute that trained Barton states: mystical stream is the Western bridge to Far Eastern spirituality (and to that of Sufi Moslems and some Hassidic Jews in the West as well). The Zen warning not to confuse the pointing finger…for the moon to which it points is a saying that a Christian mystic easily understands. It is no accident that the most active frontier between Christian and Eastern religions today is between contemplative Christian monks and their Eastern equivalents. Some forms of Eastern meditation informally have been incorporated or adapted into the practice of many Christian monks, and increasingly by other Christians.(Spiritual Friend by Tilden Edwards; page 18)

Henri Nouwen - popularized in writings of Rick Warren, who quoted him in The Purpose-Driven Life and Francis Chan in Crazy Love.Nouwen is one of the most popular contemplative New Age mystic and is a blatant a Buddhist sympathizer who sees a bridge to Eastern mysticism through silence. Moreover, Nouwen was a blatant universalist.In his last book, Sabbatical Journey, Nouwen wrote:Today I personally believe that while Jesus came to open the door to God's house, all human beings can walk through that door, whether they know about Jesus or not. Today I see it as my call to help every person claim his or her own way to God. (Sabbatical Journey, page 51, 1998 Hardcover Edition)On page 22 of the book Here and Now Nouwen wrote: The God who dwells in our inner sanctuary is the same as the one who dwells in the inner sanctuary of each human being.From Bread for the Journey inspirational newsletter Nouwen states: Prayer is soul work because our souls are those sacred centers where all is one, ... It is in the heart of God that we can come to the full realization of the unity of all that is.As recently as September 14, 2010 Rick Warren tweeted on Twitter a Nouwen quote: Hiddenness is the place of purification. In hiddenness we find our true selves.

Tony Jones - Quotes The emerging church is a place of conversation and dialogue and movement. Where that’s going to go, we don’t know. We're figuring this out together. We don’t have an agenda of what it looks like at the end of the road. We just want to gather up people who are on this road, who want to go together on it.
- Tony Jones, PBS Special, July 15, 2005

Emergent doesn’t have a position on absolute truth, or on anything for that matter.”
– Emergent Leader Tony Jones
- At the 2005 National Youth Workers Convention

Tony Jones calls the doctrine of original sin a depraved idea. He says,I have come to reject the notion of Original Sin. I consider it neither biblically, philosophically, nor scientifically tenable.
- From his New Christians blog for January 26, 2009

Tony Jones writes,now believe that GLBTQ (those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender & queer) can live lives in accord with biblical Christianity (at least as much as any of us can!) and that their monogamy can and should be sanctioned and blessed by church and state.
(http://blog.beliefnet.com/tonyjones/2008/11/same-sex-marriage-blogalogue-h.html)

Lynne M. Baab - Another Building Church Leaders Advisory Board member. A Presbyterian minister from Seattle.She is author of eight books including A Renewed Spirituality - Celtic Christian spirituality, Nature, Benedictine Spirituality, Contemplative Prayer

Adele Calhoun - is author of Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Us. The advertising says the book will lead us to Fasting, Solitude Contemplative prayer and Lectio Divina. She recommends Dallas Willard, Richard Foster; and contemplative Emergent teacher, Phyllis Tickle. Again, notice the networking factor as these folks redirect readers and followers to other mystics.
Two of her contributions to the Building Church Leaders Spiritual Disciplines Essentials Combo Pack of materials are:

What Is Contemplative Prayer? Understanding the practice and purpose of an ancient method of prayer.

What Is Lectio Divina? Understanding the practice, purpose, and art of spiritual reading.

John Ortberg - Menlo Park (CA) Presbyterian.

In Ortberg's 2005 book, God is Closer Than You Think, Ortberg quotes favorably from contemplatives such as Anne Lamott, Annie Dillard, Gary Thomas (Sacred Pathways), Brother Lawrence (who danced violently like a mad man when he practiced), interspiritualists Tilden Edwards (Shalem Institute), Thomas Kelly (Divine Center in all), Jean Pierre de Caussade, Frederick Buechner, Meister Eckhart as well as Dallas Willard and Thomas Merton.

NOTE: German, Meister Eckhart was an alleged Christian monk / occult mystic (perhaps the earliest Contemplative Emergent!?) who lived in the 24th century A.D. He is also the inspiration and assumed name-sake for modern New Age author, Eckhart Tolle. Tolle changed his name from Ulrich Tolle to Eckhart Tolle because of the immense spiritual connection he felt for the ancient mystic. Tolle became world famous in 2008 through being featured by Oprah Winfrey when she spotlighted his book A New Earth on her television program. Winfrey’s adoration for Tolle’s spirituality inspired her to host and participate in a 10 week series of webcasts on her Internet site in which Oprah herself entered altered states of consciousness utilizing Tolle’s instruction and techniques. These New Age and occult practices were nearly identical to those endorsed by Richard Foster, Dallas Willard, Ortberg and the other contemplative emergent practitioners. (See video clips of Oprah and Tolle in the video New Age Truth or…Old Age Deception?)

OTHER LINKS TO THIS STORY
http://www.buildingchurchleaders.com/home/offer.html?offer=spiritualdiscessentcombo
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/november/12.36.html?start=2
http://blog.beliefnet.com/tonyjones/2008/11/same-sex-marriage-blogalogue-h.html
http://www.ericbarger.com/tasstore/info.pgs/natruth.info.htm
http://www.ericbarger.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/ebart32#p/u
http://www.ericbarger.com/infomenus/nam.htm
http://www.ericbarger.com/emailers/2008/update6-27-2008.htm
http://www.ericbarger.com/infomenus/cults.htm
http://www.ericbarger.com/infomenus/occult.htm
http://www.understandthetimes.org/ec/exposingec.shtml

RACE TOWARD JUDGEMENT The New Age Movement
by Ed Decker

So much has been said and written lately about the New Age Movement that you almost need a directory to sort out all the material. I recently read in one of the national magazines that books and articles dealing with the New Age accounted for approximately half of all Christian bookstore sales this last year. I don't know how accurate that is but the New Age seems to be around every corner lately. Last year, my wife Carol and I spent a little summer vacation time in Sun Valley, Idaho, a ski resort tucked away in the Sawtooth Mountains. Even though we expected to have a quiet, relaxing time during off-season, the place was crowded beyond capacity with a New Age Conference, complete with Shirley McLaine, Gurus, Channelers and mystics of every size and shape. The attendees paid hundreds of dollars to sit in on this convergence of pyramid power, crystals and New Age clairvoyants. So much for our quiet time away from the pressures and stress of ministry.A few years ago, Carol and I celebrated our anniversary by taking a quiet weekend trip to one of the nearby islands of the San Juans and looked forward to the solitude at Rosario Lodge on Orcas Island. We just squeezed in at the heavily booked resort and as though they were right on schedule, a New Age Conference filled up the rest of the entire resort. It is as though the Lord has wanted to be certain I took a long hard look at this phenomenon. While they pranced around with their shirts crying out for us to "Visualize World Peace", I put on a similar shirt that said, Visualize Hell! It was another fun weekend of rest and relaxation for the Deckers.

I want to talk to you about the New Age movement. I'll leave much of the detail of it to those who are the real experts, but I want to first identify the movement and then show you how we Got there and where this fascination for the mysteries is leading our nation and the world. What is the New Age? That's the first question everyone asks. An actual general definition that can be placed an a table to look is difficult to pull together from the scores of books and articles on the subject. However, one book that cut through the maze for me has been the Huntington House book, INSIDE THE NEW AGE NIGHTMARE, By the late Randall Baer.In it, Randy identified the two major schools of New Age thought. He defined the first viewpoint of New Age thought as Consciousness Renaissance, a transformation in which mankind is stepping beyond its self-imposed limits to merge with the unlimited powers of a utopian universe. Baer stated, Consciousness Renaissance sees humankind currently experiencing the beginning of a new spiritual and socio-political awakening, a modern-day super-Renaissance destined to lead man into a new era of enlightened spiritual humanism. Spurning the thought of man needing divine intervention to assist in the creation of a global utopia, this perspective sees the awakening of unlimited human god-potential as the means by which heaven on earth will manifest. In essence, as man achieves higher states of god-consciousness through New Age practices, heaven will dawn on earth only through the dawning of man's enlightened higher consciousness.(pages 89-90)

This philosophy works from the perspective that man's true mind has been veiled by his own ignorance and limits; that man is divine and perfect, the world is divine and perfect and the whole cosmos is divine and perfect and we are all part of the same divinity. All we need to do in order to claim our godhood, both as individuals and as an entire world, is to step into the reality of our perfection and divinity.
The second major branch of New Age thought can be termed the Quantum Leap of Consciousness. Baer quotes one New Age source as saying, We are on the brink of a new age, a whole new world. In the twinkling of an eye, mankind's awareness, our collective consciousness, is going to make an instantaneous quantum leap into the heavens. Everything will change in a flash of divine light. Get ready. Your heavenly heritage awaits.(page 90)Baer reported that when sufficient momentum is generated by enough people having developed higher consciousness, then the entire world will be ready to take that quantum leap into a higher dimension. In contrast to the Consciousness Renaissance, this model is directly tied to some form of outside, divine intervention. (page 90) He stated that there are varied concepts as to what form this divine intervention will take. His examples include Highly evolved extra-terrestials, a Council of Ascended Masters, an Enlightened World Teacher or some other all-powerful divine being(s). Earth and humanity are to be pulled up to the next major notch on the evolutionary ladder, thereafter to be governed benevolently by the [pick one] intervening celestial force(s). (page 90)

Baer continued on in that vein for another page, but really hit the new age nail on the head when he summarized his comparisons of the two groups, Although there is much overlapping between these two major philosophies, the Quantum Leap of Consciousness viewpoint is much more predisposed to the metaphysical-occult end of the spectrum. In particular, the predominant themes lie much more towards mediumship, spiritism, witchcraft, psychic powers, and sorceries in myriad shapes and forms. One of the primary dangers from this branch of the New Age is its major contribution to the historically unprecedented unleashing of demonic forces into the world today.(page 91) As those around us who are drawn into the mysterious aura of these movements, we see people who are living in a world somewhere between extreme serenity and joyous euphoria. With bumper stickers and T shirts calling for us to Visualize World Peace, they somehow appear to be playing out the yuppy rendition of the peace movements of a generation ago.When President Bush ushered in his Presidency by calling for A Thousand Points of Light a great New Age wave began to come sweeping across our nation. The Clinton presidency fed on those beginnings and today, the New Age movement is firmly in place.Now we are witnessing what world leaders are calling The Dawn of A New Age, A New World Order. Ever since WWII this nation (and the rest of the world) has been exploding into this New Age of Man with a speed that has the entire Planet reeling with each morning news.

If you are wondering, WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO OUR WORLD? Let's look back a little bit. The Mills Brothers generation was shocked at Elvis. Then the Beetles backed out of the scene to Acid Rock and the Madonna generation. Now we have the likes of 2 LIVE CREW and their filth by court decree. In the Art World, filth we used to burn is now being created at taxpayer expense...... In today's America, No emotional, sexual, neurotic behavior of any kind can be restrained except decency and Religious Freedom. If you think this is an accidental situation, you are sadly mistaken. Things will get worse, not better.We have gone from throwing away dishes to throwing away diapers to throwing away families. Today you can go to jail for breaking an eagle's egg yet have the government pay you to kill your own child in the womb. People are given large grants and media support to tie themselves to ships to Save the Whales and Dolphins, yet people who try to Save the Babies are victims of police brutality and severe legal action.We have gone from a country where the priority was the protection of the rights of its citizens to a Nation that now protects the rights of every deviant in society even when those rights take away the rights of the very citizens it is supposed to protect.

50 years ago, we were the most powerful nation on earth. Today, we are like a giant stumbling and groping about in a state of drunkenness, eaten alive by disease, drugs and poison in the bloodstream of our national life, clawing at ourselves as we attempt to gain control of ourselves. We are like that demonized man in chains that Jesus met who tore at himself.Remember the book that took America by storm? I'm OK, Youíre OK! It made millions of people who read it very happy. The word was out, We are all OK, even when we are NOT! It was an answer to prayer - well - the prayers of people who didn't want to bring their sin and guilt before the LORD. Here was someone who bailed them out without a confessional. The country breathed a great sigh of relief.Then, in 1970, I ran out with everyone else and got my copy of Alvin Toffler's new book, FUTURE SHOCK. and saw in it an emerging pattern.

I just read back through it again after 20 years.Toffler showed that we were being bombarded with all the elements of massive future shock. Something was radically happening to our society. Toffler said that the pace of change was picking up at such a rate, the curve was going off the chart. I agreed with him then and even more so today.My first house cost less money than my last car. My last computer cost less money than my first new car and my first used car cost less money than the check for the last meal our family had out. Things are happening so fats it is almost impossible to adapt to them. We've passed the limits of Adaptability.Toffler talked about a soldier in battle(pp306) being bombarded from every side with bullets, screams, groans, explosions, shells bursting, rapid machine gun fire, flares lighting up the sky, etc. He said that sometimes in such an over stimulating environment, a soldier is pushed beyond his limits or beyond the upper reaches of his adaptive range. Army Doctors called it, long range penetration strain. Too long - too far and too intense.And this problem has permeated every sector of our society. Its symptoms are Mental deterioration, fatigue, emotional exhaustion. Its victims become dull and listless, irrational, confused, mindlessness, dazed, and bewildered.

We are a nation of confused people running in the wrong direction.To the many people without an anchor, life has become a surrealistic nightmare. They collectively end up with a subjective feeling of loss and a sense of isolation and loneliness, from this massive bombardment of the senses. In truth, it has a probable purpose and an end goal orchestrated by the master of deceit himself. The answer, he wants us to believe, is in the teachings of the New Age, which in reality is still the Old Age lie.The tricks of the New Age trade are hardly new. The cults have been doing the same things since even before Christ for years and the brain washing techniques of the Korean war gave ample evidence that it either worked or destroyed its victims. It is the same thing in some factories where abusive noise levels create everything from chronic sickness to dysfunctional families. Hard Rock music is not only destroying the hearing of a generation, it has bred rebellion and anger.The New Age masters have realized that they can easily take advantage of the present chaotic state of mankind and offer our disturbed world a tasty kind of peace that soothes the jangled nerves of society, without society having to deal with its creator.

Toffler gave the example (pp314) of the housewife confronted with squalling children, jangling phones, broken washing machines, the screech of heavy metal music from the basement hideout of her sullen teenager and the blare of the TV from the family room. He said that this lady is probably at full overload and can no longer process data rationally. She has reached the point of decision stress overload. She is most likely incapable of rational decisions.She is probably not alone. We all fall into that state from time to time. Should I take the new job? Should you buy the new house? Should he have an affair with the secretary? Will insurance cover all the costs of the operation? Will she have to borrow more money? Can the car last another winter or should I buy a new one? Every change requires new decisions, the more complex life gets the more chance for error and the more likely we fall victim to Future Shock.Some people block out unwelcome reality and let in welcome unreality, now matter how fleeting, how destructive, how costly. Here comes the entry point for drugs, booze and even the soaps and the Guru's of the New Age. It is here where the Solid Rock of Calvary has always offered the firm foundation of faith to withstand all the fiery barbs of the onslaught. It holds the answers to all the puzzles and pressures of life and brings an everlasting peace within to every one who will let go of self and hold on to Christ.But there is another kind of belief system that often goes into gear in these tense conditions. It's a rampant intellectual faddism that moves faster than even the rate of these future shock explosions, because it is being propelled by the enemy of God.These lost and confused people who refuse to reach out to Calvary try to pull from within themselves and failing there, seek help from any source other than God. Here they trade a host of painful, unsolvable problems for a temporary fix as lasting as the last New Age miracle cure.

That's whatís happening to our world and the only ones surviving it are the ones who have anchored to the Rock. All the rest are victims caught up in the turbulent crashing waves of New Age Future Shock. It offers them the chance to Vacate the premises, to empty out all the problems of life and let their New Age guide assist them in refilling their being so that they, too, can experience that joyous Light within The Light and replace the reality of sin and rebellion from God with a new easy loving god from the New World Order.But God knew this was to come, this falling away before the final judgement and told us in His Word that the world would be racing toward it with ever quickening speed. Satan knew it was coming, too. You see, it's not going to get any better. The curves on the graph aren't going to turn downward. We are heading for that final day.The New Agers can gaze through Crystals all they want. Mellow out, dude, isn't going to happen. Chanting and meditating won't stop the clock and a thousand Ramthas don't have the answer. The only way anyone will ever be one with the mighty, creative God of this Universe is through His Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ.That's where we came in. The New Age marketeers want us to see the peace and serenity of their movement as an escape from the pressures on a volatile world, when in reality it is the very vehicle in which the world is spiraling downward in its final Race Toward Judgement. This should come as no surprise to those Christians who have a Biblical perspective to their understanding of human events. The Scriptures remind us that, The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers having itching ears, and they shall turn away their ears from the truth and shall be turned to fables.(II Tim 4:2)

Billy Graham spoke to a large conference on evangelism in Amsterdam several years ago. In that message, he said something that has stayed with me ever since. He said that there is this large empty hole inside the heart of every man and woman in the world that can only be filled with the Holy Spirit of God. God designed us with that hole filled with His presence in the Garden, but when we separated ourselves from him, our spiritual systems became defective.The only thing that will ever fill that emptiness is God Himself and until man steps back into fellowship with God through Christ, that emptiness will just continue to ache away. So many people have tried to fill that emptiness with everything except the Lord and it holds especially true for those people lost in the lies of the new age.Visit Ed Decker and Saints Alive Ministries at www.saintsalive.com

ISAIAH 5:20-22
20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-10
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

GALATIONS 5:19-21
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

DECIEVERS WAXING WORSE AND WORSE.

2 TIMOTHY 3:13
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

Sing of salvation...sip some suds
Patrick Condon - Associated Press - 1/7/2011 11:40:00 AM

TWO HARBORS, MN -- It was a Sunday during Advent, and inside a small pub a few blocks up from the north shore of Lake Superior, 17 people gathered around four bar-top tables shoved into a ring.Betsy Nelson, the bar's cook, lit two candles with a cigarette lighter as Addison Houle strapped on an acoustic guitar and sang a slightly off-key rendition of We Three Kings. Curt Fish Anderson sipped a beer as TVs overhead flickered with NFL pregame shows.Father, thank you for this time we can share on Sunday morning with new friends, prayed Chris Fletcher, an emergency medical technician, part-time bartender and seminary student who has led this service every Sunday morning at Dunnigan's Pub & Grub since last summer. We're getting to know you, and getting to know each other better.

Spending Sunday mornings in a bar sounds like an activity for those running from God. For this small group in a watering hole in Twin Harbors, about 160 miles northeast of Minneapolis, it's about chasing God. It's one unconventional place of worship around the country fostered by an evangelical movement known as the emerging church.I feel closer to God here than I do at a conventional church, said Nelson, 56, a lifelong churchgoer who until recently could be found every Sunday morning in the pews at First Baptist Church nearby. Jesus said we're supposed to be a light to the world. What better place to do that than at a bar? After the opening prayer, Fletcher read a brief passage from the Bible before opening the floor to a group discussion. Gene Shank, a 68-year-old retired police officer making his first visit after reading a notice Fletcher put in the local newspaper, confessed to a bit of discomfort.I'm a reality person, and I'm finding a little too much established religion here to be honest, Shank said. I believe, I pray - but I don't like structured religion.Fletcher responded that, while he wants to be as informal as possible, the main goal is still creating an open space for Jesus to come into our lives, then he does the transforming work.He quickly adds that anyone who questions the way he's running the service has come to the right place.We're all messed up, he said. We're all screwed up some way.Fletcher, a stocky, balding 43-year-old with a bristly goatee, is his own first example. The native of Sudbury, Ontario, grew up in the Worldwide Church of God, a small evangelical sect he described as almost cult-like.He left religion behind as a young man, but was drawn back as he was hitting 40 and experiencing a series of personal crises: the death of a close friend in an auto accident and the dissolution of his marriage.

Last spring, Fletcher was accepted in Bethel Seminary in St. Paul; he now commutes 150 miles south one to two times a week for classes. Initially he intended to incorporate work as a chaplain into his job working with an ambulance crew, but as he began his seminary studies he found common ground with a recent wave of evangelical thinkers including Brian McLaren and Shane Claiborne.McLaren and Claiborne have criticized some of Christianity's more conservative traditions as they try to attract people disinterested in traditional Sunday attendance - in particular, younger people.I don't feel welcome in a regular church, said Kayla Edwards, 25, who has been to most of Fletcher's Sunday gatherings. A lot of churches, I feel judged. Here, I feel welcome - it's laid back, you can say what you want and no one will be disgusted.One Saturday night a few months ago, Fletcher was having a drink at Dunnigan's when a stranger approached and asked to talk. She shared some personal problems and as Fletcher lent a sympathetic ear, and an idea was born. Six months later, Sunday attendance at what Fletcher calls Bar Church (For those who are thirsty reads a poster on the wall in Dunnigan's) has grown to as many as 25 people.Lately, Fletcher said, strangers have regularly been approaching him around town in search of guidance, or just someone who will listen. They'll say, you're that bar pastor,Fletcher said.Fletcher wasn't the first student of the emerging church to hold a weekly service in a tavern, nightclub or other such establishment. Such gatherings have popped up around the country in recent years, as well as home churches that serve much the same purpose. While it might seem perverse, Fletcher said he likes the message it sends to worship Jesus in a place where alcohol is served.

I often find the people in the bar are a lot more authentic than people in the church, Fletcher said. If Jesus was in Two Harbors, he'd want to be with the people in the bar. He'd probably get kicked out of the church.The Rev. Scott Nelson, pastor at First Baptist Church Two Harbors - which Fletcher himself attended before his new venture - is happy to see Fletcher reach people unlikely to set foot in a traditional church. But he's concerned by the linking of Christian worship and alcohol.For me personally, I have seen so many marriages and families fractured by alcohol, Nelson said. In moderation, there's nothing wrong with wine with dinner or a beer at a football game. But it's such a problem for so many, and that's a line I don't know if I want to see blurred.Fletcher himself is no teetotaler, but he doesn't drink during the Sunday morning service. Most of the participants usually choose coffee, but alcohol isn't forbidden: at this particular gathering, Anderson - a local resort employee and a musician - downed a couple brews as Fletcher preached.

It's kind of nice to go to church and have a couple,said Anderson, attending for the first time. I'm not exactly a churchgoer. Anderson, who grew up Roman Catholic, said he realized the church wasn't for him the day he wore a Ted Nugent T-shirt to Mass and was reprimanded by the priest.This ain't bad compared to that, Anderson said.Fletcher isn't sure how long he'll continue the Sunday gatherings.There's no five-year plan, there's not even a five-minute plan, he said.As the service on this Sunday wrapped up, he solicited prayers from the group - for sick relatives, suffering friends, and from Anderson, a prayer for the Minnesota Vikings. Then Fletcher wrapped it up.Let's pray,he said. Then we can eat.