Monday, August 12, 2013

ISRAEL APPROVES OF MURDERERS TO BE FREED TO KILL AGAIN-REDICULAS

KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.

ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST

1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

ISRAELS TROUBLE

JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.

DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)

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

BY DOING THIS THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT HAS JUST GIVIN THE KEYES OF ISRAEL TO THESE SET FREE MURDERERS TO KILL AGAIN IN THE NAME OF THEIR MURDER FOR SEX MOON GOD-ALLAH.WHEN ISRAEL SHOULD BE LISTENING TO JESUS THEIR GOD AND MESSIAH AND WHO EVER MURDERS ISRAELIS SHOULD HAVE HAD THE DEATH PENALTY AGAINST THEM.THESE ARAB-MUSLIM MURDERERS WOULD THEN BE DEAD ALREADY AND NO NEED TO BE SET FREE IN A SO CALLED PEACE DEAL FOR ISRAEL.INSTEAD THE ONLY PEACE WILL BE MORE PIECES OF INNOCENT ISRAELI WOMEN,CHILDREN AND MEN WHEN THESE SET FREE MURDERERS KILL AGAIN..I JUST CAN NOT UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC BEHIND THIS STUPID MOVE.

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,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH AGAINST ISRAEL TO THEIR DESTRUCTION) 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.

EZEKIEL 39:1-7
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,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) 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.

Russia Criticizes New Israeli Housing-INN-AUG 12,13


Russia responded negatively, Monday, to the announcement by Israel that it will invite bids to build nearly 1,200 homes in Judea, Samaria (Shomron) and part of Jerusalem beyond the 1949 Armistice line, according to Agence France Presse, which cited the Russian foreign ministry as saying Moscow was "seriously concerned" by the move.A Russian ministry statement said, "The announcement of such plans on the eve of a new round of negotiations due to be held in Jerusalem on August 14 ... is a counterproductive step that complicates the atmosphere of the talks."

EU Against Newly Announced Israeli Construction

A spokesman for the EU Foreign Affairs declared that new housing tenders beyond the 1949 borders make it impossible to reach a solution.-By Kochava Rozenbaum-First Publish: 8/12/2013, 4:40 PM-INN

Catherine Ashton
Catherine Ashton
AFP photo
The European Union has denounced the proposal for construction in Judea and Samaria and parts of Jerusalem beyond the 1949 Armistice Line.
The EU insisted on Monday that Israel and the Palestinian Authority should "avoid any actions which would halt negotiations," according to AFP.Michael Mann, spokesman for EU foreign affairs head Catherine Ashton, responded to the announcement for new housing tenders at a news briefing:"Israeli settlements in the West Bank [Judea and Samaria] are illegal under international law and threaten to make a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict impossible."Recently, the EU issued a directive boycotting Jewish businesses of Judea and Samaria, Eastern Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights, regions which are beyond the 1949 cease-fire line.The Israeli government disputes claims that Jewish communities in those areas are "illegal."
Following the EU directive, one thousand legal experts from Israel and around the world submitted a letter to European Union Foreign Affairs Commissioner Catherine Ashton, refuting claims of illegality and calling on her to annul the EU's plan.More recently President Peres urged the EU to freeze its boycott during upcoming talks in Jerusalem. Peres says the European Union’s support will help bring peace.In the statement made earlier today, Michael Mann stressed that both sides need to show a "sustained willingness to engage in good faith" if the latest talks are to produce "tangible and timely progress."

Ministers Approve Release of 26 Terrorists

The ministerial committee headed by Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon has approved the release of 26 terrorists as part of a gesture to the PA.-By Elad Benari-First Publish: 8/11/2013, 11:32 PM-INN

terrorist prisoner release
terrorist prisoner release
Flash 90
The ministerial committee headed by Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon met Sunday evening and approved the release of 26 terrorists as part of a gesture to the Palestinian Authority, in order to get it to resume peace talks with Israel.In addition to Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, Science and Technology Minister Yaakov Perry and Public Security Minister Yitzchak Aharonovitch, the meeting was also attended by the head of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), the Commissioner  of the Israel Prisons Service (IPS), representatives of the Ministry of Justice, the IDF and other officials. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu did not attend as he was recovering at home from his emergency hernia surgery.The names of the terrorists to be released will be published on the IPS website, www.ips.gov.il, on Sunday night.14 of the terrorists to be released will be exiled to Gaza, and the remaining 12 will be transferred to PA-assigned areas of Judea and Samaria. Eight of the terrorists on the list were to be released over the next three years, two of them in the coming six months.
Netanyahu's office said that the terrorists will be released about 48 hours after the publication of the list. It was emphasized that if one of the terrorists resumes hostile activity against the State of Israel after his release, he will be returned to prison to continue serving his sentence.Earlier on Sunday, families of victims of terrorism marched through Jerusalem in a protest against the government’s plan to approve the release of 26 terrorists.They marched from the central memorial for terrorism victims, located in Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, to the Supreme Court building, where the court is to hear a petition against terrorist release filed by the Almagor organization.

These are Animals, not Humans'

Yaakov and Miriam Tubul, whose son Lior was stabbed to death, don't understand how Israel can set murderer free.-By Arutz Sheva-First Publish: 8/12/2013, 3:37 PM-Israelnationalnews

PA terrorists in court (file)
PA terrorists in court (file)-Israel news photo: Flash 90
Yaakov and Miriam Tubul, whose son Lior was stabbed to death by terrorists 23 years ago, are enraged with the government's decision to set free 104 terrorist murderers, as a “gesture” to the Palestinian Authority (PA).
The pained and grief-stricken parents say they cannot understand the government's decision.“How can you release a murderer who stabbed an innocent Jewish youth 17 times, in the heart of Jerusalem? These are animals, not human beings,” cried Miriam.Miriam was not allowed to speak at the Jerusalem court hearing Sunday that discussed a motion to stop the release from taking place. Nonetheless, she called out to the judges: “These people murdered my son and his friend. Murdered by stabbing, with unbelievable cruelty. We trusted the court, that these murderers would rot in jail, and here you are, allowing their release and not even agreeing to hear us.”On August 4, 1990, Lior left his home at Kiryat Yovel with his friend, Ronen Levi Karamani. The two were supposed to meet a friend at Givat Ze'ev, in northern Jerusalem. Another friend took them in his car to the bridge at the neighborhood of Ramot. When they failed to show up at the meeting, the friend phoned the Tubuls and the search for the two began.It turned out that a car with three terrorists inside it took the two from the bridge. The terrorists threatened the two, tied them up and then stabbed them in numerous parts of their body. Their bodies were found in a wadi between Beit Hanina and Ramot, two days later. They were given a joint funeral and buried side by side.The Almagor terror victims' group says that one of the three terrorists who murdered the two boys, Abd-el Jawad Shamasna, is on the list of terrorists whom the government intends to release in the “gestures” for the “peace talks” with the PA. However, he does not appear to be in the first batch of terrorists, who are to be released this week.

Rabbis Plead: Cancel Terrorists' Release

Rabbinical Congress for Peace says government is “stepping into the trap with open eyes.”
By Arutz Sheva-First Publish: 8/11/2013, 10:27 PM=israelnationalnews

RCP meet Netanyahu (file)
RCP meet Netanyahu (file)
Courtesy RCP
The Rabbinical Congress for Peace has sent a letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and to each minister in his government urging them to cancel their decision to release terrorists as a “gesture” to the Palestinian Authority (PA).
The rabbis warned that the government is stepping into a trap “with open eyes.”“Out of all the deplorable and dangerous moves that governments in Israel carried out in the past to start a so called 'peace process' the current move is the most dangerous of them,” the RCP wrote.“Today there is absolutely no expert or pundit who thinks that [PA head Mahmoud Abbas] is serious about peace with Israel, they know he has no control over the Arab street. 'In a final resolution, in the new Palestinian state we would not see the presence of a single Israeli,' he told Egyptian journalists last week. Does he sound like a man seeking peace with Israel?
“It should be clear,” the RCP wrote, “that the Palestinian Authority has no intention of making peace. It only wants to get concessions and blame Israel for an absence of peace. It knows that the Obama Administration will never punish it if it balks but probably will only offer it more. The negotiations will, as in the past, only make matters worse and in the end the world will blame Israel.“Worst of all is that this time the Israeli government is stepping into the trap with open eyes, it knows too well the price we are going to pay, G-d forbid, for this adventure. It even adopted a decision that will help the new terror wave by providing 'backup' in the form of dozens of the most dangerous terrorists, savage murderers of men women and children.
“Is there no limit to madness?! In their letter the rabbis add: “We unequivocally affirm that according to Jewish Law, if you cannot withstand the political pressure each one of you is morally obligated to resign immediately. Releasing even one terrorist endangers Jewish lives. A recent research found that 75% of the terrorists that have been released in the past revert to attack Jews. This also encourages others to engage in terrorism confident that they will be released.“Thus it is better that the whole government resign than to release even one terrorist.In a special message sent to the ministers of Bayit Yehudi, the rabbis added: “According to Jewish Law, it is forbidden for you to remain even one day in a government that releases cruel terrorists and is prepared to negotiate with its enemies and murderers on the borders of Israel.“You are not doing a favor to the Jewish nation by adding more apartments in Judea and Samaria because by remaining in a government that advances such dangerous policies you are stabbing the settlers in the back. Besides, there is no guarantee that you in fact will get these housing units following the international outcry against it.“We pray and hope that the government of Israel will come to their senses the last minute and refrain from carrying out such an absurd policy. The Netanyahu government still has time to regret its life threatening decision and safeguard the security of the Jewish people in their land.”

LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)

JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).

THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS

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

DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.

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 (PEACE TREATY) 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 ANIMAL 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.

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

JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

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

ISAIAH 33:8
8  The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)

ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

US chief of staff arrives in Israel

Martin Dempsey to hold high-level talks with IDF commander and prime minister

August 12, 2013, 4:09 pm 0-the times of israel
In what is his third visit to Israel, Dempsey will be the guest of IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz and will hold discussions on regional cooperation and strengthening military ties between Israel and the US.Last week, Gen. Mark Welsh, the chief of staff of the US Air Force, completed a secret visit to Israel that was only reported after he had left the country. Welsh was in Israel August 4 to 8 as the guest of the commander of the Israeli Air Force, Maj.-Gen. Amir Eshel. During his visit, Welsh met with senior officers and defense personnel, including Gantz, and was hosted at air force bases throughout the country.With at least some Lebanese Hezbollah forces tied down in the fighting in Syria, and the organization experiencing political blowback in Lebanon for its support of the Assad regime, the US may be concerned that Israeli leaders believe the cost of an Iran strike — especially in terms of rocket strikes on Israeli cities from across the border — has dropped.Earlier this month, Netanyahu upped his rhetoric against Iran’s nuclear program, citing Iranian President Hasan Rouhani’s anti-Israel oratory as proof of his hawkish views.“Two days ago, the president of Iran said that ‘Israel is a wound in the Muslim body.’ The president of Iran might have changed, but the regime’s intentions did not,” Netanyahu said at the time. “Iran intends to develop nuclear capabilities and nuclear weapons in order to annihilate the State of Israel, and that’s a danger not only for us or the Middle East, but for the whole world. We are all responsible for preventing it.”A report by the US-based Institute for Science and International Security two weeks ago said that Iran could break out to a nuclear bomb by mid-2014 if it went ahead with a plan to install thousands of new centrifuges.Last August, Dempsey demonstrated the gap between the Israeli and American sense of urgency over the Iranian nuclear program when he told a press conference in London that an Israeli strike would “clearly delay but probably not destroy Iran’s nuclear program. I don’t want to be complicit if they [Israel] choose to do it.”He said that intelligence was inconclusive when it came to Iran’s intentions. An American-led international sanctions regime “could be undone if [Iran] was attacked prematurely,” he added.

This is no way to build trust

No matter how much Israel’s construction plans anger the Palestinians, they have no choice but to go ahead with the negotiations

August 12, 2013, 12:56 pm 12-The Times of Israel

Sunday, August 11, 2013

TORAH PORTION FROM AUG 11-17,2013

KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.

TORAH PORTION FROM AUG 11-17,2013
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2011/09/parshah-ki-teitzei-deuteronomy-2110.html 

THE COMET ISON OBSSESSION

KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.

COMET ISON OBSESSION GOES TO FAR THIS TIME
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/08/ohio-man-dies-for-45-miniues-comes-back.html


SOME CHRISTIANS ARE SO OBSSESSED WITH THIS COMET ISON.JUST BECAUSE ITS SO BRIGHT-THEY ARE SO OBSSESSED THATS ITS THE SIGN THAT JESUS IS COMING ANY TIME.YOU TELL ME HOW CAN YOU BE SO FATUATED AND OBSSESSED BY A BRIGHT COMET WITH A BRGHT COMET TAIL.IT SEEMS THIS COULD BE ANOTHER HALE BOP COMET EVENT OBSSESSION-WHEN THE BIBLE CLEARLY SAYS THAT AFTER THE EARTH IS DARKENED AND HAZY FROM THE ASTEROID HITTING THE EARTH AND MOST OF THE 3 BILLION DYING FROM NUKES IN WW3 IS WHEN JESUS RETURNS AT THE END OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.AND THE SIGN JESUS IS RETURNING IS.THE SKY WILL BRIGHTLY LIGHT UP FROM LIGHTNING FROM EAST TO WEST-NOT NO COMET LIGHTING UP FROM EAST TO WEST.THEN YOU KNOW JESUS IS RETURNING IMMEDIATELY TO RULE FROM JERUSALEM FOREVER.NOT BEFORE.

MATTHEW 24:27-30
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.(WW3 BIGTIME DEATH)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days (7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD) shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven,(ASTEROIDS HIT THE EARTH) and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:(BY NUKES)
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

BUT THE OBSSESSION WITH THE COMET ISON IS.ITS A SIGN THE RAPTURE IS NEAR SOME SAY.WELL MY BIBLE TELLS ME.WHEN YOU SEE ALL THE BIBLE SIGNS HAPPENING.NOT A BRIGHT COMET GOING ACROSS THE SKY.LOOK UP FOR YOUR REDEMPTION OF THE BODY CAN BE ANY SECOND.SO ALL THE BIBLE PROPHECY SIGNS ARE HAPPENING NOW-WHICH MEANS THE RAPTURE CAN BE ANY SECOND NOW.NOT WAIT TO SEE A BRIGHT COMET ISON AS THE SIGN JESUS COMES FOR US.PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO PERVERT PROPHECIES BY PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO A COMET THEN THE BIBLE SIGNS.

MATTHEW 24:33-36
33  So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things,(ALL THE SIGNS OF PROPHECY HAPPENING IN THEIR BEGGINING STAGES AFTER ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION AND IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM)(THEN) know that it is near, even at the doors.(THE RAPTURE)
34  Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass,(1967-ISRAELS RECAPTURE OF JERUSALEM=40-51 YRS(A GENERATION)=2007-2018) till all these things be fulfilled.(ALL THE LITERAL PROPHECIES OF THE BIBLE WILL BE FULFILLED(AT LEAST 500 WILL BE FULFILLED)
35  Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
36  But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

LUKE 1:31-32
32  He (JESUS) shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:(IN JERUSALEM)
33  And he shall reign over the house of Jacob (ISRAEL) for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.(THATS RULING FOREVER FROM JERUSALEM JESUS DOES-NOT DAMASCUS OR NEW YORK)

Be prepared for Comet 2012 S1 (ISON)

Comets are named in the Year in which they are found.  Notice below that the word “Comet” always comes before “2012″.  According to the Bible Codes this comet will either hit the earth or it will be destroyed by the sun.  If one of these scenarios occur then the Bible Codes are proven to be true and not a hoax.  Lets hope that #2 occurs!  Keep mind that we have been talking about this comet for over 5 years.  The name of this website used to be:  2012comet.com
Two statements were found in the Bible Codes:
  1. Comet 5772 (2012) Earth Annihilated (BIBLE SAYS WORLD NEVER ENDS-LIE)
  2. Comet It will be Crumbled I will Tear to pieces 2012
One suggests that C/2012 S1 (ISON) will hit the earth and the alternative suggests that the comet will be destroyed! (lets hope so anyway).

08/ 8/2013 VATICAN INSIDER

Why the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate have been placed under the supervision of a commissioner

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A monk reading a Latin Bible
A monk reading a Latin Bible

“Vatican Insider” takes a look at the traditionalist press campaign and the reasons behind the Vatican’s informed decision to appoint a commissioner to supervise the Institute

ANDREA TORNIELLI vatican city The Pope’s decision to place the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate under the supervision of a commissioner - after the Congregation for Religious requested him to do at the end of an apostolic visit which began last year – and to forbid them to celebrate Mass according to the Old Rite without prior authorisation, has sparked heated media reactions originating from traditionalist circles and critics of Francis’ papacy. There is one basic reason for this: Francis is seen as going back on a Motu Proprio issued by Benedict XVI in 2007 which liberalised the pre-Vatican II missal. Vatican spokesman, Fr. Federico Lombardi has denied that this is the case.American traditionalist blog Rorate Coeli published the text of the decree which announces the appointment of a commissioner to supervise the Institute, including the clause on the traditional Latin Mass. On 29 July, Italian traditionalist blog, Messainlatino, published the official version of the letter the commissioner sent to the Institute’s religious. The news was discussed in greater detail that same day, by Vatican correspondent Sandro Magister, who presented it as the first open “contradiction” to Ratzinger’s pontificate. A reaction also came from Italian news agency Corrispondenza Romana, headed by Professor Roberto De Mattei, who has ties with the traditionalist world and has written a book about the Second Vatican Council, which presents Vatican II as an event which broke with past tradition. Corrispondenza Romana also gathered signatures for a petition to support the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate being able to use the Old Rite. The petition was then sent to the Congregation for Religious.On 7 August, two journalists with close links to the traditionalist world, Mario Palmaro and Alessandro Gnocchi, wrote an article for Italian newspaper Il Foglio with the eye-catching title: “Quella sberla ai Francescani nella chiesa di Francesco” (“Francis’ Church gives Franciscans a slap in the face”). The article says the style of the letter sent by the Holy See-appointed commissioner Fr. Fidenzio Volpi, resembled that of Romanian Communist politician CeauÈ™escu’s bureaucrats. The two journalists mocked Francis’ message to Muslims for the end of Ramadan as well as his recent trip to the Southern Italian island of Lampedusa. Comparing Francis’ pontificate against the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, the journalists said the latter “are poor and humble without being ostentatious”, whilst the “new pontificate seems to love the cameras and being in the spotlight.” Gnocchi and Palmaro defined the decision to appoint a supervisory commissioner for the Institute a “draconian” measure which aims to weaken the friars in their determination to rediscover and preserve the traditional Latin Mass. The 1962 missal corresponds to the Mass that has been celebrated for two centuries whereas the post-Vatican II liturgy is not linked to tradition.

In a recent interview with Vatican Insider, the former Procurator General of the Franciscan Friars, Fr. Alessandro Apollonio, flatly denied that the Institute’s friars and women religious were in any way involved in spreading the idea that the decisions affecting the Institute disavow Benedict XVI’s Motu Proprio. But doubts remain regarding the obvious attempts to transform the Institutes internal issues and tensions to do with faithfulness to the original charisma, into an open battle over the traditional Mass and the supposed betrayal of Benedict XVI’s Motu Proprio. This seems to suggest that the Holy See’s decision was either taken light-heartedly or based on “false” information, as Fr. Apollonio himself stated.It is worth remembering that the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate – an Institute which has a strong Marian and missionary ethos, was established in the 70s and takes its inspiration from St. Francis of Assisi and especially St. Maximilian Kolbe – did not originally spring out of a traditional context. The founder, Fr. Stefano Manelli took the Institute in this direction after the promulgation of the Motu Proprio issued by Benedict XVI in 2007, liberalising the Old Mass.In the General Chapter held in 2008, Fr. Manelli suggested a review of the Institute’s Constitutions, to make the use of the Old Rite in conventual Masses obligatory. Opposition to the proposal was so great that it was withdrawn without even putting it to the vote. But in the three years that followed, it was suggested again that Mass be celebrated according to the the Old Rite and sometimes the Rite was imposed. In an interview published on a French blog in 2010, Fr. Apollonio himself admitted that the Old Rite “is our conventual form of Mass and was recommended by our founder.” The Old Rite was even a favourite for priestly ordinations. Although no written law or decision was introduced in the Institute’s General Chapter to make the use of the Old Rite official, it was the “preferred” Rite in convents run by the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. Some countries, in fact, issued bilingual editions of the book of hours, in English and Latin, so as to encourage people to pray in Latin.In 2012, this led a group of friars – Frs Antonio Santoro, Michele Iorio, Pierdamiano Fehlner, Massimiliano Zangheratti and Angelo Geiger – who formed part of the original community and held important roles in the running of the Institute and in its development and were transferred on various occasions as punishment for their non-traditionalist views – to ask the Vatican Congregation for Religious for the original charism to be restored. They also asked for traditionalist ideas not to be imposed on them, including those which reduced the influence of the Second Vatican Council or presented it as an event which marked an irreconcilable break with previous tradition.Fr. Geiger wrote a letter stating that there were some influential figures within the Institute who claimed the New Mass was for ordinary Catholics, whereas the Old Mass was “for Catholics who were more serious about the faith.” According to this point of view, the “extraordinary form of the Roman Rite” liberalised by Benedict XVI was seen as automatically superior.

A separate chapter addresses the mistrust some of the Institute’s heads feel towards the new pontificate. This opinion is fully shared by certain websites and blogs that try to portray the friars as victims “persecuted” by “enemies” who support the Old Mass and their Vatican sponsors. Those who oppose the line taken in recent years do not believe that the Old Mass and traditionalism should form the exclusive basis of young seminarists’ training. They also do not agree that traditionalist “opinions” should be treated as “law” within the Institute and passed off as a sign of loyalty to its founder, when they should not be imposed on anyone. Particularly, these friars say, as the General Chapter did not consult or issue a mandate on this matter. Traditionalism “has nothing to do with our charisma” and “according to our legislation is not obligatory.”
Added to this, are other problems to do with the running of the Institute, the growing role of its female component which is more united in its support for the proposal regarding the Old Mass, and the pastoral problems linked to parishes where the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate carry out their ministry. A year ago, Benedict XVI’s reaction to all this was to order an apostolic visit. On 9 May 2012, even before the visit took place, in one of his public audiences, Ratzinger greeted consecrated women, seminarists and the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, praying that they would allow themselves to be nourished by the Word of God and the Eucharistic bread, so as to feel cum Ecclesia. This message is echoed in the letter sent by Francis’ appointed commissioner to the Institute’s members.The apostolic visitor handed out a very detailed questionnaire which dealt with all these problems  and as Vatican Insider has been able to learn, most of the members consulted said they were in favour of an extraordinary General Chapter being held or of a commissioner being appointed. This is proof that there are tensions within the Institute and that they are not limited to just a handful of rebel friars who supposedly managed to falsify the truth.So the theory that Pope Francis’ decision is a disavowal of his predecessor’s Motu Proprio does not seem to hold water, as Vatican Insider wrote last 30 July.It is therefore understandable that the Holy See did not take the decision to appoint a supervisory commissioner lightly and only went ahead with it had carefully considered every little detail. The Institute’s official website says that its founder, Fr. Stefano Manelli and the entire Institute of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate pledge obedience to the Holy Father and trust that given this obedience, greater mercy would be shown towards them. In the coming weeks, the commissioner will decide whether this statement should prevail over the pressure being placed on the Institute’s friars by traditionalist circles, to celebrate consciously according to the Old Rite, without asking for prior authorisation. According to these traditionalists, the fact that the Vatican decree does not at any point specify who the “competent authorities” are, gives the friars the right to continue celebrating the Old Rite. 

08/ 8/2013 VATICAN INSIDER

New U.S. ambassador to Holy See will arrive in Rome soon

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Catholic Relief Services congratulate Ken Hackett on his nomination as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See (PHOTO BY CRS)
Catholic Relief Services congratulate Ken Hackett on his nomination as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See (PHOTO BY CRS)

The US Senate has confirmed Kenneth Hackett, former CEO of Catholic Relief Services, as the 10th U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See. He is expected to arrive in Rome late August or early September

gerard o'connell rome Ken Hackett, the new U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See is expected to take up his post in Rome in September, if not in late August - as he himself hinted at the time his nomination was first announced.He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 1, but has yet to be sworn in at the White House, and get his diplomatic briefings, before he can take up the post.President Barack Obama nominated Kenneth Hackett, 66, the former CEO of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), on June 14 as the next U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See.  He succeeds Miguel H. Diaz who served in  that role from 5 August 2009 to 5 November 2011.The new ambassador is highly respected within the Catholic Church both in the USA and internationally. He has a distinguished record in the humanitarian field, having worked for 40 years with CRS, the official overseas aid and development agency of American Catholics. He joined CRS after serving in the Peace Corps, and was its Executive Director from 1993 to 2011, directing operations in more than 100 countries worldwide, and demonstrating that he posses considerable diplomatic and political skills.Having studied for 8 years in Jesuit schools, including Boston College, he is particularly looking forward to serving as the 10th U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See at a time when the Pope is also a Jesuit. He finds the Jesuit way of approaching questions quite appealing, he told Baltimore’s Catholic Review:  “they look at some of the big, gutsy issues: they take them head on, they don’t shy away from things.  They’re strong in their faith, which makes them strong in their ability to address really fundamental questions.”He foresees “great opportunity for cooperation” between the USA and the Holy See under Pope Francis who “is highlighting some of those things” that were of concern to CRS when he worked there, and which are “basic to our faith”, such as “compassion for the poor, or to put it in more theological terms, the preferential option for the poor”, and “the dignity and sacredness of the individual”. He realizes, of course, that “there will be times where the position of the (Obama) administration differs from the Holy See” but, he said, “I am going to look for – as many of my predecessors did – those opportunities where we can come together and find strength in collaboration, coincidence of interests. There are some powerful connections that together will really make a difference”.
 
He has been watching Pope Francis “focus on changing the way the world looks at issues of poverty and injustice and so many social issues” and said, “I think we as Americans are right there. There is common cause. That makes me excited”.His former employers – CRS, are also excited, and were among the first to applaud his confirmation by the Senate.olh  "We are overjoyed that the country will be represented by a man who through his decades of service has demonstrated his commitment to the dignity and sanctity of life and fighting global poverty," said Dr. Carolyn Woo, the CRS president and CEO,  in a statement on August 2.
"We look forward to working with the new ambassador as he engages the Vatican and Pope Francis towards the common goal of advancing peace and justice in the world", she said.As Chief of the U.S. mission to the Holy See, Hackett will lead a team of ten professional staff, including five U.S. diplomats, and local support staff,  at the Embassy on Rome’s Aventine Hill. 

08/ 7/2013 VATICAN INSIDER

“Joining the seminary is as serious as getting married,” Pope tells new seminarists

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A priestly ordination
A priestly ordination

Today Francis met a group of young seminarists who came to Rome to commemorate the 35th anniversary of Paul VI’s death

vatican insider staff rome Today the Pope advised a group of young seminarists to show seriousness as they begin their new vocations. “You will see it is a joy, a joy, but it is not a game. This is a serious thing. It is like getting married. It is a serious life choice. But when you take something seriously it becomes beautiful. Difficult though it may be,” the Pope told a group of young people from the Italian city of Brescia who have started their vocational discernment. Francis met them yesterday in Rome, on the occasion of Paul VI’s 35th death anniversary. Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano reports.
 
The newspaper described yesterday afternoon’s events, when the Pope went to pray at the tomb of his predecessor. “It was just after 2 pm when the Pope went down to the Vatican Grottoes from the Largo Braschi entrance to visit Pope Montini’s tomb. He stood here for a few moments of private prayer. A little later the Brescian Bishop of Bergamo, Francesco Beschi, a great admirer of Paul VI, celebrated a commemorative mass, attended by many of Pope Montini’s fellow Bergamascans and numerous faithful who still remember the late pope with deep fondness.”

“There were about sixty young seminarists and novices from the diocese of Brescia among the faithful, who wanted to pay tribute to their Pope by coming to Rome from the central Italian municipality of Poggio Bustone, on foot.” “After mass they wanted to meet Pope Francis, who gladly accepted. He told them so in person when he went to meet them in front of St. Martha’s just after 6 pm: “Thank you so much for this visit. It’s great, I’m so glad,” he said. He greeted them one by one, listening to the stories they had to tell. He then advised them to take their vocation seriously and had a photo taken with them before saying goodbye,” L’Osservatore Romano reported. 

Netanyahu back in the hot seat after hernia operation

Full authority reinstituted as doctors clear prime minister for work; weekly Cabinet meeting postponed

August 11, 2013, 12:03 pm 2-The Times of Israel

Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital director Yuval Weiss cleared Netanyahu to return to work in a phone call with cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit, thus relieving Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon of his interim duties.
“I wish express thanks to the medical team who cared for me dutifully and professionally and all the citizens who inquired about my health,” said the prime minister in a statement. “I continue to constantly care for your welfare and security.”Netanyahu, 63, was said to have felt abdominal pain Saturday evening, prompting his personal physician Tzvika Berkovich and surgeon Aryeh Durst to examine him. A CT scan showed he had an umbilical hernia and doctors immediately decided to operate.Netanyahu was reportedly in “good spirits” before the procedure, and that his blood pressure and pulse were normal. He hadn’t needed a wheelchair to take him to the operating room.Netanyahu’s operation was performed at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital by a medical team led by Durst and Aviram Nissan, head of the surgery department, starting just past 2:30 a.m. He was first put under a local anesthetic, but was then placed under general anesthesia — at which time Ya’alon assumed temporary acting prime minister authorities.Netanyahu will be released later Sunday to recuperate further at home.Netanyahu was scheduled to oversee a ministerial meeting Sunday to finalize the first stage of the release of Palestinian prisoners as part of the resumption of peace talks, but the Prime Minister’s Office said that the session would be chaired by Ya’alon.The weekly cabinet meeting, regularly scheduled for Sunday mornings, has been postponed to Monday.The second round of peace talk meetings, set to take place in Jerusalem and Jericho, are still scheduled for Wednesday.



Netanyahu to Kerry: Palestinians continuing incitement against Israel

After Erekat’s letter to secretary about Israel’s continued settlement construction, PM retorts with complaints about PA officials’ incendiary comments on Israel

August 11, 2013, 6:17 am 19-The Times of Israel

“Instead of educating the next generation of Palestinians to live in peace with Israel, the education of hate poisons them against Israel and lays the groundwork for continued violence and terror,” he wrote.Netanyahu pointed out, for example, that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s comment that a future Palestinian state wouldn’t have a single Israeli in it — which Abbas made as peace talks kicked off in Washington two weeks ago — was a form of incitement.He also pointed out that an anchor on the PA’s official news channel stated, during a broadcast of the Barcelona soccer team’s visit to the West Bank last week, that the state of Palestine would extend from Rosh Hanikra to Eilat, i.e. the entire length of Israel, constituting another incendiary statement.Last week, during a trip to Israel by a delegation of 36 House Democrats to Israel, Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland), the second-ranking Democrat in the US House of Representatives, addressed the issue of Palestinian incitement, particularly youth being taught hateful messages about Israelis.“Erekat talked about the necessity to live together with mutual respect,” Hoyer said about his meeting with the Palestinian chief negotiator at a Jerusalem press conference. “I asked him whether their school curriculum would comport with that objective… He said they haven’t done so perfectly, but that he believes they’re working on reaching that objective.”Speaking during the AIPAC-affiliated trip, Hoyer said that there has been “too much teaching of violence, too much perpetration of violence, and too much teaching of prejudice,” in the Middle East and that “no group on Earth” has been the object of as much discrimination and hate as the Jews.Hoyer told reporters he would follow up on the issue with the State Department and other officials when back in Washington.In his letter to Kerry Thursday, Erekat said the Palestinians have a hard time understanding how peace talks can move forward while settlements expand. He said the Palestinians see the move as direct defiance of the US role in facilitating negotiations.Israel’s latest settlement announcements were an indication of “Israel’s bad faith and lack of seriousness” in the talks, Erekat stated. He urged Kerry to “take the necessary action to ensure that Israel does not advance any of its settlement plans, and abides by its legal obligations and commitments.”Addressing Israel’s expansion of settlements during peace talks, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said US officials were speaking with the Israeli government to express concern about the settlements.“We do not accept the legitimacy of continued settlement activity and oppose any efforts to legitimize settlement outposts,” Psaki said. “The secretary has made clear that he believes both of the negotiating teams are at the table in good faith, and are committed to working together to make progress.”Settlements have long been a contentious issue between the Palestinians and Israelis.The Palestinians want to establish a state in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem — lands Israel captured in 1967. The renewed talks are to draw Israel’s borders with such a state. Since 1967, Israel has built dozens of settlements in the West Bank — deemed illegal by most of the international community. Some 560,000 Israelis live in settlements.On Thursday, a military official confirmed that the Defense Ministry had approved construction plans for more than 1,000 new apartments in settlements. This means the plans move forward, but still require final approval before construction can begin.
Earlier last week, the Cabinet expanded its list of West Bank settlements eligible for government subsidies. The Cabinet approved a range of housing subsidies and loans for more than 600 Israeli communities deemed “national priority areas,” including poor towns and 91 settlements.The Associated Press contributed to this report.

18,000 ACRE CALIFORNIA FIRE CONTINUES

KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.

EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH(BECAUSE OF SIN AND GODLESS PEOPLE)

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

6 killed by hot lava as Indonesia volcano erupts

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MAUMERE, Indonesia (AP) — Hot lava from an erupting volcano killed six people sleeping in a beach village on a small island in eastern Indonesia on Saturday, after ash and smoke from the volcano shot about a mile into the air, officials said.Mount Rokatenda in East Nusa Tenggara province erupted early Saturday morning, and nearly 3,000 people have been evacuated from the area on Palue island, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency. The volcano has been rumbling since last October.The victims who died included three adults and two children, said agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, adding that the age of the sixth person killed was unclear. He said that the adults' bodies were recovered from Ponge beach in Rokirole village, but that the children's remains had not been found.Video footage on Indonesia's TVOne showed giant plumes of white and gray smoke and ash belching from the volcano into a sunny blue sky. Prior to Saturday's eruption, many residents had already been moved to safer areas.The disaster agency said the volcano spewed ash and smoke about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) into the air.The eruption lasted about seven minutes, said Frans Wangge, who heads the volcano's monitoring post. He said the hot lava burned trees around the beach and villages, and made it difficult to reach the area where the victims were killed.
Domi Dange, a Catholic priest helping those who fled to the district town of Maumere on nearby Flores island, said some residents, who had refused to leave when the area was earlier cleared, were sleeping under tents near the beach. However, details about the six people who were killed and where they were located at the time of the eruption remained unclear.Local authorities, including police and army officials along with members of a search and rescue agency, were heading to tiny Palue island to help with evacuations."We will see the best steps to be taken, but clearly they have to be evacuated," said Yoseph Ansar Rara, chief of Sikka District, which oversees the island. He said those already evacuated had agreed to be relocated to Flores island.Mount Rokatenda is one of about 129 active volcanoes in Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands that's home to some 240 million people. The country is prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity because it sits along the Pacific "Ring of Fire," a horseshoe-shaped series of fault lines.

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,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)

THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.

Sudan floods kill 11, affect 100 000

2013-08-06 15:21
A Sudanese homeless man carries a sand bag as he makes his way through flood water in Khartoum. (Abd Raouf, AP)
A Sudanese homeless man carries a sand bag as he makes his way through flood water in Khartoum. (Abd Raouf, AP)
Khartoum - Heavy rains and flash floods in Khartoum and other parts of Sudan have killed 11 people and affected almost 100 000 in the past week, the United Nations said on Tuesday.Giving the first official figures for the impact of the flooding, which began on 1 August , the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairssaid the capital and Nile state to its north were the worst hit, but that five other states were also inundated.OCHA said "an estimated 98 500 people have been affected by heavy rain and flash floods" in a zone from Red Sea state in the east to South Darfur in the west.It cited figures from the Sudanese Red Crescent Society and another local humanitarian group, for the period to 4 August."The flash floods have killed 11 people and destroyed or damaged more than 14 000 houses in the states affected," OCHA said, citing local aid groups."Immediate needs of the affected people include emergency shelter, health and water and sanitation services," OCHA said.

FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS

REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

Thousands flee as 18,000-acre California wildfire spreads

The so-called "Silver Fire" in California comes on the heels of a historic fire season that has seen little rainfall. The aggressive blaze is threatening hundreds of homes. NBC's Miguel Almaguer reports.By Henry Austin and Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News
Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes as a wind-whipped wildfire, which has swept across 18,000 acres, continued to spread toward Palm Springs Friday.Some 2,000 residents fled parts of Cabazon and the surrounding area south of Banning on Wednesday and Thursday as the blaze, dubbed the “Silver Fire,” spread east through the San Jacinto mountains, a desert range 90 miles east of Los Angeles. By Friday evening, it had burned 18,000 acres and destroyed 26 homes and one commercial structure, according to the state agency Cal Fire. It was 40 percent contained, Cal Fire said.Dave Matthews told NBC News that he had lived in his house for 10 years, and it burned down in 10 minutes while firefighters watched helplessly."The house across from me or right next door to me, that was fully engulfed," he said. "There was nothing they could do when they got there."Despite the danger, some were refusing to leave. Longtime homeowner Donald Tousseau was one of the few who refused to evacuate from the community of Snow Creek on Friday."I've been through this before," Tousseau told NBCLosAngeles.com. "I don't like to be a hazard or a handicap to the firemen, because I know they worry about you. But if it came to the time, and it's really dangerous, I'd get out."Authorities put yellow caution tape on the mailboxes of those who stayed behind, NBCLosAngeles.com reported.Susana Medrana teared up as she prepared to evacuate Thursday with her children, who sat her pickup after grabbing the new clothes and backpacks they had bought for the school year, The Associated Press reported. "It's hard because we don't know what's going to happen," Medrano said.Earlier, one resident was left with head-to-toe burns and five firefighters were injured in the fire.The victim “very, very tragically was very badly burned” Cal Fire Riverside Chief John R. Hawkins told NBCLos Angeles.com Thursday.More than 1,600 firefighters and eight helicopters continued to fight the flames as the blaze spread east towards Palm Springs.Cal Fire said evacuation orders had been issued for the communities of Black Mountain, Vista Grande, Mount Edna, Poppet Flats, Twin Pines and Silent Valley, along with Snow Creek village and parts of Cabazon.A map produced by Cal Fire showed several other wildfires in the state — including in Riverside County, in the Sierra National Forest, in the Stanislaus National Forest and in the Klamath National Forest. A new fire erupted Thursday afternoon near Wrightwood, northwest of San Bernardino, and grew to 100 acres on Friday, forcing the mandatory evacuation of 75 homes.About 100,000 acres have burned across California so far this year, roughly double the number at the same time last year.Michael Palmer, lead meteorologist at Weather.com, said the dry conditions are the big factor. "They are in a drought," he said.Temperatures in the area were in the high 80s and low 90s on Friday, and high winds complicated the situation for firefighters.
Jason Redmond / Reuters
Firefighters rush to move their hose from spreading flames as the Silver Fire burned in the foothills in Cabazon, California, Wednesday.
The West has already suffered a series of destructive wildfires in 2013. Colorado experienced the most destructive wildfire in its history in June, which killed two and destroyed about 500 structures. As that fire burned, 11 other fires plagued the state and more threatened other parts of the Southwest.
The following month, 19 heavily trained Hotshot firefighters were killed in the Yarnell Hill wildfire in Arizona.
NBC News' Miguel Almaguer, Ian Johnston and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Saturday, August 10, 2013

ISRAELIS SACRIFICING ISSUE COMES UP IN FRANCE

KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.

REBUILT 3RD TEMPLE

REVELATION 11:1-2
1 And there was given me a(MEASURING) reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out,(TO THE WORLD NATIONS) and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.(JERUSALEM DIVIDED BUT THE 3RD TEMPLE ALLOWED TO BE REBUILT)

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


SINCE THE BIBLE CLEARLY SAYS THERE WILL BE ANIMAL SACRIFICES DONE IN THE REBUILT 3RD TEMPLE.WE KNOW THE TIME IS GETTING CLOSE FOR THE REBUILDING AND THE ANIMAL SACRIFICES OR THIS KOSHER ISSUE WOULD NOT BE COMING UP IN EUROPE AND AROUND THE WORLD.WHETHER THE WORLD LIKES IT OR NOT.ANIMAL SACRIFICES WILL BE DONE IN THE 3RD TEMPLE.GOD WILL SEE TO THAT.SO WORLD QUIT TRYING TO HASSLE ISRAEL ABOUT IT.GOD AND ISRAEL WIN IN THE END.AND ANIMAL SACRIFICES WILL BE DONE IN THE REBUILT 3RD TEMPLE BY THE DOME OF THE SPIRITS-I BELIEVE.GET OVER IT WORLD.GOD DOES NOT LIE AND WILL LET EVERY THING THE BIBLE SAYS WILL HAPPEN-HAPPEN.NO MATTER WHAT THE WORLD SAYS.IN DANIEL 9:27 IT SAYS THE ANIMAL SACRIFICES ARE STOPPED AT THE MIDPOINT OR 3 1/2 YEARS INTO THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR PEACE TREATY PERIOD.YOU CAN'T TAKE ANIMAL SACRIFICES AWAY THAT HAVE NOT BEEN GOING ON.SO I KNOW FOR SURE ANIMAL SACRIFICES WILL BE DONE FOR AT LEAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS IF NOT LONGER.SO THIS KOSHER MEAT ISSUE OVIOUSLY WILL BE A STUMBLING BLOCK TO THE WORLD NATIONS-JUST LIKE THE JERUSALEM ISSUE BY HATERS OF ISRAEL AND GOD. I DON'T CARE HOW PEOPLE TRY TO SPIRITUALIZE THE 3RD TEMPLE AND SACRIFICES.I TAKE THEM LITERAL.AND THATS ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME.
http://www.templeinstitute.org/illustrated_tour.htm 
http://www.templeinstitute.org/day_in_life/foreword.htm
http://www.templeinstitute.org/calendar/holy_temple_calendar.htm
http://www.templeinstitute.org/korban-pesach-seminar.htm

Will there be animal sacrifices in the Third Temple?

The book of Ezekiel has detailed prophecies that are understood to refer to the Third Temple. Here are two verses from Chapter 40:
42 And four tables for the burnt offering, of hewn stone, one cubit and a half long, one cubit and a half wide and one cubit high; upon them they would lay the implements with which they slaughtered the burnt offering and [other] sacrifices. …
47 And he measured the Court; its length one hundred cubits and its width one hundred cubits, square, and the altar before the Temple.
Note the mention of an altar and animal sacrifices. So it seems like the answer is Yes.
http://thinkingtorah.com/thinking-about-third-temple-sacrifices/
(NOTE THIS IS THE 4TH TEMPLE WERE JESUS WILL BE RULING FROM 25 MILES OUTSIDE OF THE CURRENT JERUSALEM-I BELIEVE.AND IF THE SACRIFICES ARE BEING DONE IN REMEMBERENCE FOR JESUS DYING FOR US IN THAT TEMPLE.HOW MUCH MORE WILL SACRIFICES BE DONE IN THE 3RD TEMPLE.FOR ISRAELIS TO SACRIFICE TO GOD AND OUR GOD AND JEWISH MESSIAH AND KING JESUS.)

Temple Groups Practice Passover Sacrifice

Jewish groups prepare for the Third Temple with a sample sacrifice for Passover.
By Maayana Miskin-First Publish: 3/22/2013, 11:34 AM-israelnationalnews
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd5NwYPCZuI&feature=player_embedded
Jewish groups held a mock Passover sacrifice on Thursday opposite the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The ritual slaughter was not merely a historic reenactment, but, they say, practice in advance of the reconstruction of the Temple.The practice sacrifice has been held annually for the past several years. This year organizers were unpleasantly surprised by a veto from Israel’s Veterinary Services, which refused to authorize the event.
Organizers took the matter to court, and were able to quickly get a ruling permitting the ritual.The various groups involved in the event were represented by Rabbi Yehuda Glick, who told Arutz Sheva that the ritual was carried out with as much Biblical accuracy as possible.“We took the goat, as the Torah commands, we had an altar built like the real one, and a cooking pit built according to halacha [Jewish law],” he said. “We slaughtered the goat with Leviim singing and priestly clothing, just like in the real Passover sacrifice.”
Leviim are Jews belonging to the Biblical tribe of Levi, whose members took part in Temple services.
The ritual was emotionally moving, Rabbi Glick reported. “The symbolism of standing opposite the Temple Mount and preparing for the real Passover sacrifice – it was without doubt a special moment,” he said.

ANIMAL SACRIFICES AND THE 3RD TEMPLE
http://www.come-and-hear.com/editor/br_2.html 

A RABBI SAYS NO ANIMAL SACRIFICE-JUST GRAIN OFFERINGS-DOES HE READ HIS BIBLE I ASK.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/4911#.UgZFtqwwneE 

The Temple Sacrifices and Offerings By TEMPLE INSTITUTE

Introduction
The significance and meaning of the Temple sacrificial system deserves - and requires - an entire treatise in its own right. In the Holy Temple animal sacrifice is prescribed by the Torah not only for various minor sins that were committed, but on many other occasions as well. This is not the place for a lengthy treatment of this subject. Still, since a great deal of misunderstanding does exist with regard to the true purpose of the sacrifices, we present a brief and altogether general introduction to the subject. Although intensely aware that we cannot do justice to such a sensitive and involved subject in this format, we can nonetheless attempt to clarify a number of important points.

The Concept of Sacrifice Dates to the Beginning of Time
Maimonides writes (Guide for the Perplexed, 3:32) that animal sacrifice dates back to the most ancient times, having been a common form of worship from the earliest days of man's need for religious expression and experience. He opines that the Torah incorporated this type of practice by providing for such offerings. In other words, G-d sought to give His people an avenue by which this desire may be expressed to Him, and thus made provisions for it by issuing the sacrificial commandments. Indeed, it is a common position of many great scholars and thinkers that sacrifices were among the earliest and most profound expressions of the human desire to come as close as possible to G-d. Thus the Bible records the sacrifices of Cain, Abel, and Noah.It is evident that the Jewish concept of sacrifice as it existed in the Holy Temple is widely misunderstood. For this worship functioned on many levels: ethical, moral, philosophical, mystical... and in fulfillment of the word of G-d. For although the idea of the sacrifices may seem difficult for contemporary man to accept, it is the commandment of the Holy One.Checking the definition of the word "sacrifice" in Webster's Dictionary, we begin to see a conceptual gap in our thinking which may help us expose the cause behind much of the misunderstanding. For the English the verb "sacrifice" means something entirely different:
sac.ri.fice \'sak-r*-.fi-s, -f*s also -.fi-z\ n [ME, fr. OF, fr. L sacrificium, fr. sacr-, sacer] 1: an act of offering something precious to deity; specif : the offering of a immolated victim 2: something offered in sacrifice 3a: destruction or surrender of something for the sake of something else 3b: something given up or lost {the ~s made by parents}  

4: LOSS, DEPRIVATION
However, the Hebrew word for "sacrifice" (korban, le-hakriv) is from the same root as "to come near, to approach. . . . to become closely involved in a relationship with someone." For this is meant to be the essence of the experience which the bearer of the sacrifice undergoes. Indeed, it is unfortunate that no word in the English language can adequately render the idea behind the Hebrew word korban. We allow ourselves to use the word "sacrifice" for lack of a better word, but it is a highly unsuccessful attempt at translation; it could even be called unfortunate. The idea of a sacrifice or offering seems to indicate a gift or present; giving up something of value for another's benefit, or going without something of value yourself, for the benefit of that other.None of this gift-giving idea is present in the idea of the korban. First of all, it is a word that never carries a connotation of a present or gift, and is used exclusively by the Bible in the context of man's relationship with G-d. Thus its true meaning can only be grasped through its root... the concept of coming close.If the definition of the korban is "to come closer," then the goal of the Temple sacrifices is nothing less than the aim of dedicating human life to a higher sphere of awareness... closer to the Creator and the source of all life. The Temple sacrifice is not an idea of giving something up or losing something of value; it strives for nearness to G-d. For as King David prayed in the book of Psalms (73:28), "but as for me, nearness to G-d is good" - for the Jew, nearness to G-d is the truest, the highest, the only conception what goodness really is. Without this aspect to his life, without this G-dly relationship which uplifts his physical existence and imbues his life with a sense of connection to the Divine, he feels himself to be like an animal, devoid of that which makes him into a human being: the spark of his G-dly soul... without this he feels similar to the animal before him, on the altar. In a sense, what happens to the offering is also taking place within the heart and mind of he who brings it... 

A Deeper Level of Understanding: Levels of Conflict Within Creation
Existence contains four distinct levels: inanimate, vegetable, animal, and man. These levels are not only physical, but spiritual as well; every aspect of the created universe possesses a spiritual essence. All these elements are locked in a mortal struggle with each other, for each strives to rise to the next level, and thus become closer to the source. The sages taught that the only time when all of these basic forces are rectified and in harmony with each other is in the Holy Temple. For in the Temple service, all four aspects of creation unite together in the service of G-d, and thus reach their full potential in fulfilling His will and sanctifying His name. The priest who offers each sacrifice represents humanity; the animal offered, the animal kingdom; the flour, frankincense, libations etc. represent the world of plants; and even the inanimate level is represented... for salt must be a part of every sacrifice. Thus when the Temple stands, all of creation functions in harmony. This is one aspect of how the Temple brings peace to the world: "...and in this place, I will grant peace, says the L-rd of Hosts" (Haggai 2:9).

Man: The Greatest Contradiction of All
In all of creation, man is unique because he is a living contradiction. His life is a tightrope walk between the physical and spiritual worlds, and throughout his life, he finds himself locked in constant struggle between the pull of these two opposing forces. His body, hewn from the earth, is the seat of the darker, physical nature that tries to pull him down, like gravity, in that direction. His G-dly soul, which is a very part of G-dliness itself, seeks to elevate him by subjugating his physical side to the spiritual.

The Offering is for Man's Benefit
This is part of the concept of the Temple sacrifices as well. For when an individual sinned and brought a korbon, the death and burning of the animal on the Temple altar gave him a strong visual symbolization of what he himself deserves, were G-d to judge him severely, with the exacting scrutiny of unmitigated justice. The Torah teaches us that we are able to approach the identity of G-d and have some knowledge of Him through His names, or attributes. In this light it is instructive to note that throughout the book of Leviticus, in reference to the korbonot-offerings, G-d never refers to Himself with the Name Elohim, which denotes the Divine attribute of strict justice. For when connected to the sacrifices this could be misconstrued to indicate that the G-d who commands these offerings does so as a vengeful, bloodthirsty deity who demands a sacrifice as reparation. But nothing could be further from the truth; such imagery is nothing more than the illusion of a heathen vision of G-d, an unforgiving G-d who accepts the struggling death throws of an animal as a substitute for the forfeited life of a human being. But the only Name that the Bible associates with the offerings to G-d is HaShem, YHVH - signaling the attribute of Divine love and mercy.

The G-d of Love Desires Man to Refine His Own Humanity
Precisely because He is the G-d of love, not the G-d of punishment and death, He has prepared the sacrificial system as a method of restoring man's moral and spiritual life, and purifying that life. The sacrifice represents the death of man's physical side, the side of him that will die when kept at a distance from G-d. But if he will bring his entire self into the service of G-d, he will connect with his true purpose, namely the empowerment of his spiritual nature through the rectification of his own animal urges. Thus he gives satisfaction to his Creator; the "pleasing aroma" of the sacrifices is the very fact that man refines his own humanity.The experience of bringing this sacrifice for the individual was thus comparable to a vicarious taste of death, and it helped to reconcile the animal and spiritual natures within him.

The Sacrifices are Meaningless Without Repentance
It was only in the Holy Temple that the full spiritual nature of this process could be appreciated. It is of crucial importance to be aware that by no means did the sacrifices serve as an end in themselves. For example, the sin offering, which was a minority of all the offerings brought in the Temple, was powerless to atone for sin unless it was accompanied by a thought of resolute, true repentance. Without repentance, the sacrifice was invalid; the korbon itself was only a means by which man could arouse himself to repent. We are likewise taught that G-d Himself did not require the sacrifice but for the betterment of the crown of His creation, man; however He would prefer that man not sin, and not be necessitated to bring any offering (BT Berakoth 22:A).

The Creator Raised Man Above the Animals
Today, there are those who refer disparagingly to the "cult" of Temple sacrifice; they find the concept repugnant. Their viewpoint is understandable, since their entire basis for understanding these lofty concepts comes from a standpoint that is totally pagan. Those of this ilk view the sacrificial system as brutal because they have no conception of a G-d who beckons to us to raise ourselves above the animals and dedicate ourselves to Him. For man is at the center of creation; all else which G-d created was brought into existence solely to help aid man in his quest for spiritual perfection. 


Battle escalates over kosher slaughter in France

Alleged death threats and accusations of anti-Semitism follow proposal that religiously approved meat be labeled separately

August 10, 2013, 4:22 am 5-the times of israel

French Sen. Sylvie Goy-Chavent has called in the past for a ban on kosher meat, but sounded a more conciliatory note in her recent interview with the Times of Israel. (Courtesy)
French Sen. Sylvie Goy-Chavent has called in the past for a ban on kosher meat, but sounded a more conciliatory note in her recent interview with the Times of Israel. (Courtesy)
During a May appearance before lawmakers, Mohammed Moussaoui, a former president of the French Council of the Muslim Faith, argued that separate labels on meat would have to be “fair,” and “never stigmatize Muslims or Jews.”That argument was made again during a second hearing on June 26 by Rabbi Bruno Fiszon, an expert on kosher slaughter, and Joel Mergui, the president of the Central Israelite Consistory of France, which provides religious services to Jewish organizations.“If consumers are told that the meat they buy wasn’t stunned before slaughter, and there is at the same time a campaign seeking to convince people that ritual slaughter is synonymous with barbarism, then we are against this policy,” said Mergui.Both Jews and Muslims argue that ritual slaughter, which produced 14 percent of French meat in 2010, is no less humane than modern methods.Mergui also pointed out what he considers a double standard in the Senate investigation, which focused on ritual slaughter but left aside hunting and bullfighting, which remain legal.“Europe would honor itself if it viewed ritual slaughter as a legitimate method of slaughter, not as a debasement of the law. We are fed up with being a debasement,” he said.Although the debate on ritual slaughter has simmered for several years — in 2011, then-Prime Minister Francois Fillon declared “these ancestral traditions don’t mean much” in a “modern society” — the latest round came to national attention on July 13, when Sellem’s website published an article with a headline that suggested Goy-Chavent might be anti-Semitic. The essay noted a letter in Le Parisien last year in which Goy-Chavent urged President Francois Hollande to outlaw religious slaughter, as well as her call in the past for separate labeling for products from the West Bank.“But no, she isn’t focused on Israel,” Sellem concluded. “And no, she isn’t anti-Semitic. Well . . . .”The French senator subsequently decided to press charges against the website. She said she’s received death threats from Internet users, without mentioning where they appeared.Among the most violent comments on the JSS website, one featured a call to “slash her neck and see how long it takes her to bleed.”
'I’m worried that this is just the first step before an outright ban on ritual slaughter,' Jonathan SImon-Sellem says of the proposed labeling system. (Courtesy)
‘I’m worried that this is just the first step before an outright ban on ritual slaughter,’ Jonathan-Simon Sellem says of the proposed labeling system. (Courtesy)
In a public letter addressed to Hollande and published on her Facebook page July 27, Goy-Chavent wrote that many people, including Parliament members, have advised her “to be extremely cautious, and even mentioned a possible intervention from a foreign country’s special services,” interpreted by many as a reference to Israel.To Sellem, the reaction was “over the top.”“I admit that the comment posted on the website is not particularly refined, and I firmly condemned the torrent of insults against her, but clearly she has to take a step backward and look at this situation from a distance,” he told the Times of Israel. “This comment was ironic — it was certainly not a death threat.”“I don’t care much about labeling kosher and halal meat, but I’m worried that this is just the first step before an outright ban on ritual slaughter,’ Sellem said, referring to last year’s letter in Le Parisien.“First comes kosher meat, and then what? Circumcision? How about outlawing prayer books in Hebrew because it’s not secular enough? ” he asked.Since the most recent uproar began, animal welfare activists including the Brigitte Bardot Foundation — which condemns ritual slaughter as cruel — have expressed support for Goy-Chavent. In a case of strange bedfellows, so has the extreme-right National Front party.The legislator, for her part, seems interested in lowering tensions, expressing regret to the Times of Israel for comments in which she dismissed defenders of ritual slaughter as “all Jews.”“I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to all Jewish people who have been hurt by what I said. This was not my intention,” Goy-Chavent commented. “But the insults that were hurled at me have been dreadful.”

BITUMEN LEAK CONTINUES IN ALBERTA

KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.

POISONED WATERS

HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land,(EARTH) because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2  By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3  Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

ZEPHANIAH 1:2-3
2  I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
3  I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.

EZEKIEL 32:6-9
6  I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
7  And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
8  All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
9  I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.

REVELATION 8:8-11
8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood:(bitter,Poisoned) and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.(poisoned)

REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6 For they(False World Church and Dictator) have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

Leak at Tar Sands Project in Alberta Heightens Conservationists’ concerns; CNRL Cold Lake Bitumen Geyser Continues, Despite Company Claims

Leak at Oil Sands Project in Alberta Heightens Conservationists’ Concerns by Ian Austen, August 8, 2013, The New York Times
The oil company calls it “seepage.” Environmentalists describe it as a “blow out.” Either way, the leak at the oil sands project in Northern Alberta — which has spilled 280,022 gallons of oil across 51 acres since June — is stoking the controversy over the energy source. “This mess is a symptom of the problems with the reckless expansion of the tar sands,” said Anthony Smith, a lawyer in the international programs division of the Natural Resources Defense Council in Washington. “Environmental regulations have just not caught up.” … The cause of the oil spill at the Royal Canadian Air Force base in Cold Lake, Alberta, remains unclear. The company that owns the project, Canadian Natural Resources, blames abandoned wells in the area. Environmentalists point to fundamental flaws with the company’s process. Until they find the source of the problem, oil continues to leak at four locations. The spill, modest by historical standards, is manageable for the company, which says it expects to spend $60 million on cleanup and investigation. But already the leak is spoiling the landscape and hurting wildlife. It has killed 71 frogs, 27 birds and 23 mammals, including two beavers, according to the company.At the site, Canadian Natural Resources uses an approach that is increasingly common for oil sands ventures. In a process similar to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, Canadian Natural injects hot steam at high pressures into underground oil sands deposits. The heat liquefies the bitumen and the pressure separates it from the surrounding sand. The process allows the bitumen to flow to the surface through wells. Canadian Natural has been reluctant to acknowledge the spill, going public only after The Toronto Star published an article based on photographs and documents from a government scientist who was not identified by name. But in a conference call with analysts last week, Steve W. Laut, the company’s president, repeatedly defended its process, saying it had not caused the spill.Mr. Laut said that the amount of pressure needed to force bitumen through the protective rock layer “is significantly higher” than that used by the company. Instead, he argued that the oil was seeping up through inadequately sealed, abandoned oil wells in the area. “You cannot have these failures without a well bore failure,” he told the analysts. Canadian Natural did not respond to requests for comment on Thursday. But the Alberta Energy Regulator has swiftly disputed Mr. Laut’s statement. “We do not currently have the evidence or data to support any conclusions as to the cause of the incident and look forward to reviewing C.N.R.L.’s information supporting their conclusions on the root cause of the releases,” Jim Ellis, the chief executive of the newly formed regulatory body, said in a statement. The regulator has ordered some of Canadian National’s operations near Cold Lake suspended and others reduced until the cleanup is complete and a cause for the spill is determined.A study released in January by Alberta’s previous regulator about a 2009 spill at the same site also appears to undermine the company’s contention that old wells are the source of the problem. While that study did not determine a cause for the 2009 spill, its authors said that they believed that the protective layer of rock “was likely breached by high-pressure steam injection not related to a well bore issue.” The study added that the high pressure of the steam that Canadian Natural used probably contributed to the 2009 spill and that the steam and pressure may have created weaknesses in the protective rock layer and provided an escape route for bitumen. “There’s a pretty strong incentive for the company to portray this as a technical issue because technical issues can be fixed, unlike fundamental issues,” said Chris Severson-Baker, the managing director of the Pembina Institute, an environmental group based in Calgary, Alberta. But, Mr. Severson-Baker said, this leak, “calls into question how much knowledge the industry and the government have about the integrity of the cap rock before they allow these projects to proceed.” A version of this article appeared in print on August 9, 2013, on page B3 of the New York edition with the headline: Leak at Oil Sands Project in Alberta Heightens Conservationists’ Concerns. [Emphasis added]
CNRL Cold Lake Bitumen Geyser Continues, Despite Company Claims by Carol Linnitt, August 6, 2013, desmogblog.com
AER updated the total volume released on Friday to 1060 cubic metres – just over 6600 barrels of oil or more than 1 million litres. The volume of the Kalamazoo tar sands disaster, the largest and most expensive on shore oil spill in US history, was around 3 million litres. The original incident report claimed only 28 cubic metres of oil were released. “That volume grows every day, so it changes every day,” said Tobin. A recent Alberta Primetime exclusive shows a large body of water affected by subsurface seepage of bitumen. CNRL incident commander Kirk Skocylas says one area of the spill is emerging from “a subsurface source” and “because it is within the water body we physically can’t see where it is coming up.”

Cold Lake bitumen release on CNRL’s Primrose site. Source: Emma Pullman.
Helping Injured Animals Affected by Oil Spill in Cold Lake by Alberta Prime Time, August 06, 2013
2013 08 06 Alberta Prime Time Primose Bitumen Spill by CNRL Affects Lake
[Refer also to:
‘Nobody understands’ leaks at Alberta tar sands high pressure injection operation, Leaks in Cold Lake have been going on for weeks with no end in sight, according to a government scientist ]

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