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

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

Friday, August 15, 2014

USELESS U.N TARGET IRAQ-SYRIA MURDERERS THEY WHORE UP TO

ARAB BANK CALLED HAMAS PAYMASTER-FUNNEL CITY TO GAZA

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER

WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)

EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18

WORLD TERRORISM

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.

2 PETER 2:5
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

2 PETER 3:7
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men

LEVITICUS 26:16
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you( sudden) terror(ISM), consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)

ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)

ISAIAH 33:1,18-19 Woe to thee that spoilest,(destroys) and thou wast not spoiled;(destroyed) and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil,(destroy) thou shalt be spoiled;(destroyed) and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)

Arab Bank called Hamas 'paymaster' as trial opens in New York-Reuters-By Bernard Vaughan-AUG 14,14-YAHOONEWS

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Arab Bank Plc served as "paymaster" of funds supporting Hamas, lawyers for a group of Americans suing the bank for compensation stemming from attacks by the Palestinian militant group told a jury on Thursday as a long-anticipated civil trial got under way.In opening statements in U.S. federal court in Brooklyn, lawyers for the plaintiffs said the Amman, Jordan-based bank provided "extensive and substantial" material support to Hamas.A lawyer for Arab Bank told jurors the evidence will show it did not knowingly support the Islamist group, which runs Gaza and is currently locked in a military conflict with Israel.Close to 300 U.S. citizens who were the victims or the family members of victims of 24 attacks allegedly carried out by Hamas in Israel and the Palestinian territories between 2001 and 2004 sued the bank in 2004.They accuse Arab Bank of violating the U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act, which allows victims of U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organizations to seek compensation. The State Department designated Hamas a terrorist organization in 1997."This bank served as the paymaster, the distributor of funds" that supported Hamas attacks, Tab Turner, one of the lawyers for plaintiffs, told jurors in a packed courtroom at the outset of a trial 10 years in the making.The case is believed to be the first civil court terrorism-financing case against a bank to go to trial in the United States.Lawyers for the plaintiffs said evidence will show that Arab Bank maintained accounts for Hamas operatives and processed more than $35 million in payments for the families of suicide bombers and those imprisoned or injured during the Second Intifada of the early 2000s. They also said the bank shared Hamas's ideology, and that executives have referred to Israel as the "enemy."Arab Bank has said it did not cause or provide material support for the attacks. In his opening statement, Shand Stephens, a lawyer for Arab Bank, called the 24 attacks "horrific," adding, "Our hearts go out to the victims."Most of the people and organizations the plaintiffs claim were affiliated with Hamas, and who received banking services from Arab Bank, were not designated as terrorists during the period in question, Stephens said."In short, it's the government who decides who the criminals are," Stephens said. "That's not a decision that's made by private companies."The bank could be liable for millions of dollars, according to a lawyer for the plaintiffs.The bank is somewhat limited in its defense because a judge overseeing an earlier phase of the case sanctioned it for failing to turn over certain documents. The bank claimed foreign bank privacy laws prohibited it from providing the records.As a result, jurors are allowed to infer, if they wish, that the bank's failure to do so meant that it had knowingly provided financial services to designated terrorist organizations.The trial comes as U.S. federal and state governments increase pressure on international banks' cross-border transactions, leading some to curtail transaction services.(Reporting by Bernard Vaughan; David Henry contributed reporting; Editing by Will Dunham, Tom Brown and Jonathan Oatis)

Obama says time for healing, transparency in Missouri shooting-Reuters-By Jeff Mason and Daniel Lovering-AUG 14,14-YAHOONEWS

EDGARTOWN Mass. (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday called for peace on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a police officer and urged authorities to be transparent in their investigation."Now is the time for healing. Now is the time for peace and calm on the streets of Ferguson," Obama told reporters on Martha's Vineyard, where he is vacationing with his family. "Now is the time for an open and transparent process to see that justice is done."Protesters have gathered every night in Ferguson, the mostly black suburb of St. Louis, since Michael Brown was fatally shot on Saturday during what authorities said was a struggle over a gun in a police car. Some witnesses say he was outside the car with his hands up.Obama said he had asked the Department of Justice and the FBI to investigate the killing independently.He said he expressed concern to Missouri Governor Jay Nixon about violence in the wake of the shooting and noted he had asked Attorney General Eric Holder and the U.S. attorney on the scene to report back to him in the coming days about the investigation."We lost a young man, Michael Brown, in heart-breaking and tragic circumstances. He was 18 years old and his family will never hold Michael in their arms again," Obama said."When something like this happens, the local authorities, including the police, have a responsibility to be open and transparent about how they are investigating that death and how they are protecting the people in their communities."Obama said there was never an excuse for looting or violence against police. But he also made a point of saying there was no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protesters or to throw people, including journalists, in jail for exercising their rights under the U.S. Constitution."We all need to hold ourselves to a high standard," Obama said.The Missouri incident recalls Obama's emotional reaction to the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the black teenager who was shot to death by a white Hispanic neighborhood watch volunteer in Florida in 2012.Obama, the first black U.S. president, compared Martin to a son he did not have and urged "soul searching" over how the incident occurred.The president has faced criticism since arriving on Martha's Vineyard for spending time golfing or partying with friends while U.S. forces were active in Iraq and mayhem erupted in Ferguson.The White House rejects that criticism and has said Obama continues to do his job while having some down time to relax. Shortly after completing his statement on the situations in Ferguson and Iraq, Obama went golfing with friends.(Additional reporting by Mark Felsenthal in Washington; Editing by Bill Trott)

HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER

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

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

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

EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed:(CONFISCATED) 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.

LUKE 2:1-3
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(THE FALSE POPE WHO DEFECTED FROM THE CHRISTIAN FAITH) causeth all,(IN THE WORLD ) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(MICROCHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark,(MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the name of the beast,(WORLD DICTATORS NAME INGRAVED ON YOUR SKIN OR TATTOOED ON YOU OR IN THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the number of his name.(THE NUMBERS OF HIS NAME INGRAVED IN THE MICROCHIP IMLPLANT)-(ALL THESE WILL TELL THE WORLD DICTATOR THAT YOUR WITH HIM AND AGAINST KING JESUS-GOD)
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast:(WORLD LEADER) for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM (6006006)OR(60020202006)(SOME KIND OF NUMBER IMPLANTED IN THE MICROCHIP THAT TELLS THE WORLD DICTATOR AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER THAT YOU GIVE YOUR TOTAL ALLIGIENCE TO HIM AND NOT JESUS)(ITS AN ETERNAL DECISION YOU MAKE)(YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN DESTINY)(YOU TAKE THE DICTATORS NAME OR NUMBER UNDER YOUR SKIN,YOUR DOOMED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE AND TORMENTS FOREVER,NEVER ENDING MEANT ONLY FOR SATAN AND HIS ANGELS,NOT HUMAN BEINGS).OR YOU REFUSE THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT AND GO ON THE SIDE OF KING JESUS AND RULE FOREVER WITH HIM ON EARTH.YOU CHOOSE,ITS YOUR DECISION.

Putin says Russia should aim to sell energy in roubles-Reuters-AUG 14,14-YAHOONEWS

YALTA Crimea (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia should aim to sell its oil and gas for roubles globally because the dollar monopoly in energy trade was damaging Russia's economy."We should act carefully. At the moment we are trying to agree with some countries to trade in national currencies," Putin said during a visit to the Crimea region, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine earlier this year.(Reporting by Alexei Anishchuk; Writing by Dmitry Zhdannikov; Editing by Christian Lowe)

France scraps deficit target, as eurozone recovery halts-Today @ 19:17-AUG 14,14-EUOBSERVER-By Benjamin Fox

BRUSSELS - France has all but abandoned a target to shrink its deficit, as the eurozone endured a turbulent day that raised the prospect of a triple-dip recession. Figures published by Eurostat on Thursday (14 August) indicated that the eurozone economy flatlined between April and June, while the EU-28 saw 0.2 percent growth.Latvia was the currency bloc’s strongest performer with 1 percent growth, and there was positive data from former crisis countries Spain and Portugal, which both expanded by 0.6 percent.But if there was positive news from the eurozone’s southern and eastern members, there was little to cheer from its three largest economies - Germany, France, and Italy - which account for around two thirds of the eurozone’s output.Germany's output fell by 0.2 percent, the same as Italy, which announced its second quarter figures last week. France recorded zero growth for the second successive quarter, while finance minister Michel Sapin suggested that the country’s deficit would exceed 4 percent this year, missing its European Commission-sanctioned 3.8 percent target.In an article in Le Monde on Thursday (14 August), Sapin abandoned the target, commenting that “It is better to admit what is than to hope for what won't be."France would cut its deficit "at an appropriate pace," he added in a radio interview with Europe 1.Pointing to the contraction of the German economy, Sapin remarked that "the EU's big engine, Germany, is today negative. There is therefore a French problem and a European problem".Sapin’s admission is another setback for beleaguered President Francois Hollande, who made hitting the 3 percent deficit target spelt out in the EU’s stability and growth pact by 2013 one of his key election pledges in 2012.Paris has now revised down its growth forecast from 1 percent to 0.5 percent over the whole of 2014, and cut its projection for 2015 to 1 percent from 1.7 percent.France has already been given a two year extension to bring its deficit down to within the 3 percent limit by 2015, a target which now appears almost impossible to attain.Sapin’s remarks are almost certain to inflame his opposite number in Berlin, Wolfgang Schaueble, as well as EU officials who complain that Hollande’s government has failed to put in place structural reforms to make the French labour market more flexible and to cut welfare spending.Meanwhile, Thursday’s figures only cover economic activity before the tit-for-tat sanctions battle between Europe and Russia began in earnest, raising fears the bloc could be headed towards a triple-dip recession.German investor sentiment has fallen to its lowest level in 20 months, with analysts suggesting that EU-Russia sanctions, which now include import bans on food by Brussels and Moscow, will hurt its export-based economy.Outside the eurozone, the EU-28 recorded modest overall growth of 0.2 percent. The UK and Hungary were the strongest performers outside the eurozone, both growing by 0.8 percent.In a statement, the EU commission said that the figures presented "a mixed picture" claiming that the countries which had pursued bold economic reforms had enjoyed the strongest growth.

CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL 2ND WAVE OF WW3 (200 MILLION MAN ARMY)

REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.(ITS AT THIS TIME I BELIEVE WHEN AMERICA GETS NUKED BY RUSSIA ON THE WAY TO THE MIDEAST)

DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)

REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(4 WINDS OF THE WORLD-WORLDWIDE WAR)(TURKEY-IRAQ-SYRIA)(EUPHRATES RIVER CONSISTS OF 760 MILES IN TURKEY,440 MILES IN SYRIA AND 660 MILES IN IRAQ)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,(COULD ALSO MEAN THE 4 CORNERS OF THE EARTH OR WORLDWIDE WAR) which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)

North Korea fires three short-range rockets as Pope visits South Korea-Reuters-aug 14,14-YAHOONEWS

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired three short-range rockets off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea's Ministry of Defense said, shortly before Pope Francis arrived in Seoul on his first visit to Asia.
The rockets were fired from multiple launchers in the North Korean port city of Wonsan and traveled 220 km (135 miles) before landing in waters east of the Korean peninsula, a defense ministry official said.The last rocket was fired 35 minutes before Pope Francis was due to arrive at an air base in Seoul, where the pontiff started a five-day visit to South Korea.The launches came ahead of U.S.-South Korean military exercises scheduled to start on Monday. Seoul and Washington say the exercises are defensive in nature but North Korea regularly protests against the drills, which it sees as a rehearsal for war.North Korea last fired short-range rockets in late July but has since said repeatedly that the launches are specifically designed as counter measures against those drills."Given that the U.S. and the puppet forces of South Korea continue staging nuclear war exercises against us in particular, we will take countermeasures for self-defense which will include missile launches, nuclear tests and all other programs," a statement carried by North Korean state media last Friday said.Pyongyang is under heavy U.N. and U.S. sanctions related to its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. Short-range rockets do not defy the ban but Pyongyang has in recent months changed its propaganda style to include photographs of leader Kim Jong Un personally supervising the launches.A spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department said the United States was assessing whether the rocket firings were in violation of sanctions.Marie Harf said Washington had yet to determine what type of missiles had been fired, but said North Korea failed to follow international procedures by giving prior notification to ships and aircraft."We continue to call upon North Korea to refrain from taking such provocative actions," she told a regular news briefing.(Reporting by Kahyun Yang and James Pearson in Seoul; Additional reporting by David Brunnstrom in Washington; Editing by Paul Tait and Tom Brown)

08/14/2014 - VATICAN INSIDER-North Korea fires rockets into sea on Francis’ first day in Seoul-Seoul - President Park keun-hye welcomes the Pope to South Korea-North Korea fired a number of short-range rockets into the sea just as Pope Francis arrived in Seoul. Border security has been tightened. Meanwhile, Francis has sent a message to China-Domenico Agasso jr
Rome-Upon his arrival in South Korea, Francis was welcomed by President Park Geun-Hye and also by three rockets. The Pope flew into Incheon airport in Seoul at 10:15 (local time) this morning for a five-day visit. North Korea fired three short-range rockets from a 300-millimeter multiple rocket launcher, into the East Sea (Sea of Japan), shortly before the Pope’s arrival. This is according to South Korea's Ministry of Defence.The rockets were fired at a range of 220 kilometres from a launch site near Wonsan, a city on the north-eastern coast and ended up in the East Sea. The launches began at 9:30 without any prior warning and continued for about 25 minutes.“Our military has reinforced surveillance of the North and are on maximum alert for other potential launches,” South Korean military spokesman, Um Hyo-sik, said. North Korea had already launched some short-range missiles at the end of June and at the beginning of July, raising tensions in the region.Meanwhile, this is the first time that a Pope has ever been allowed to fly over the People’s Republic of China. “I invoke the divine blessings of peace and well-being upon the nation”, Francis said in a message addressed to China’s President Xi Jinping, the Nation and its inhabitants. The message was sent as the Pope flew through Chinese airspace on his way to South Korea. As is customary, Pope Francis sent telegrams to the leaders of the nations over which he flew en route to Korea: Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Slovakia, Poland, Belarus, Russia, Mongolia and China.There has been no official response from China yet but The Global Times, a paper close to the ruling Communist party, titled one of its articles: “Pope's approved China fly-by seen as sign of 'possible détente'”. The newspaper recalls that the Holy See’s recognition of Taiwan and the fact that Beijing has claimed the right to nominate its own bishops are two obstacles to the normalization of Sino-Vatican relations.According to Wang Meixiu, a research fellow with the Institute of World Religion Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, whom the article quotes, “allow[ing] the papal fly-by shows the Chinese government's courtesy.” Francis and China’s President Xi Jinping exchanged messages at the start of both of their mandates."There is still a way out, if the Vatican can reach an agreement with Chinese authorities over the candidates for bishops," Wang said.Although the Taiwan question remains, the newspaper says that the fact that Francis comes from a developing country, has won him more popularity that his predecessor. In 1989, for example, John Paul II was not granted permission to fly over China.Still, China has banned Christians from going on pilgrimages to South Korea, the government has detained some bishops who are faithful to the Pope and has had 230 crucifixes torn down and some churches in the province of Zeijiang demolished.

08/14/2014 - VATICAN INSIDER-Pope Francis in Korea: The world is tired of war-In his message to civil authorities in Seoul, the Bishop of Rome said that in Korea as in any other country, peace can be restored and preserved with “the patient work of diplomacy” “rather than by mutual recriminations, fruitless criticisms and displays of force”-Gianni Valente

Seoul-In the first speech since his arrival in Seoul, Francis invoked the “gift of peace” from “a land which has long suffered because of a lack of peace.” “This national legacy has been tested through the years by violence, persecution and war.” The Pope addressed his speech in the presence of President Park Geun-hye and South Korea’s civil and military authorities, in the “Blue House”, the presidential residence. He spoke in English for almost 15 minutes, after 5 pm local time. In a conversation he had with the president prior to his speech, he had the chance to stress that “the word “peace” should be used on every occasion and in all discussions, however brief.” He himself used simple and frank words to express himself before South Korean authorities. His words went straight to the heart of the divided country’s unresolved problems. In its umpteenth show of strength the North Korean government launched three rockets into the East Sea, just before Francis’ arrival in Seoul. Meanwhile, President Park Geun-hye gave the Pope a warm welcome, expressing her unreserved hopes for reunification but also mentioned the North Korean nuclear threat on a number of occasions.Pope Francis’ proposed solution is the complete opposite of the one chosen by those who are perpetuating permanent conflicts around the world, some under the pretext of affirming their identity. In his speech, the Pope expressed his appreciation for “the efforts being made in favor of reconciliation and stability on the Korean peninsula, and to encourage those efforts, for they are the only sure path to lasting peace.” Francis went on to speak more generally, stressing that in today’s globalized world, no conflict could be considered marginal: “Korea’s quest for peace is a cause close to our hearts, for it affects the stability of the entire area and indeed of our whole war-weary world.” The Pope’s recipe for restoring and preserving peace does not involve shows of strength or fragile equilibriums maintained through terror but rather, “through the patient work of diplomacy” and efforts to “break down the walls of distrust and hatred.”In the first speech he gave in Korea, Francis defined diplomacy as “the art of the possible”, “based on the firm and persevering conviction that peace can be won through quiet listening and dialogue, rather than by mutual recriminations, fruitless criticisms and displays of force.” His remarks apply to other contexts throughout the world as well.“Peace,” Francis said quoting the Prophet Isaiah, “is not simply the absence of war, but “the work of justice” And justice, as a virtue, calls for the discipline of forbearance; it demands that we not forget past injustices but overcome them through forgiveness, tolerance and cooperation.”In his address to South Korea’s leaders, Pope Francis stressed that taking care of young people and the poor and disadvantaged is vital in order to assess the efficiency and far-sightedness of social development policies: “A wise and great people do not only cherish their ancestral traditions; they also treasure their young, seeking to pass on the legacy of the past and to apply it to the challenges of the present.” The Asian Youth Day, which is what brings the Pope to Korea, “is a precious opportunity for all of us to listen to their hopes and concerns.” As all youth gatherings do, the Asian Youth Day “challenges us to reflect on how well we are transmitting our values to the next generation, and on the kind of world and society we are preparing to hand on to them.” The country’s fast-paced development fatally has to deal with problems and concerns that are also common in other advanced societies. It is therefore crucial “that the voice of every member of society be heard” and “that special concern be shown for the poor, the vulnerable and those who have no voice, not only by meeting their immediate needs but also by assisting them in their human and cultural advancement.” This way “Korean democracy will continue to be strengthened and that this nation will prove to be a leader also in the globalization of solidarity which is so necessary today.”It is not the Church’s intention to preach to the Korean people and it has no power aspirations in Korea with its problems, successes and emergencies. By proclaiming the Gospel through the Successor of Peter, the Church declares itself ready to serve Koreans along their path, starting with the young and the poor. “Today, I assure you of the continued desire of Korea’s Catholic community to participate fully in the life of the nation. The Church wishes to contribute to the education of the young, the growth of a spirit of solidarity with the poor and disadvantaged, and the formation of new generations of citizens ready to bring the wisdom and vision inherited from their forebears and born of their faith to the great political and social questions facing the nation,” Francis said in conclusion.

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) 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: and many people with thee.(AFRICAN MUSLIMS,SUDAN,TUNESIA ETC)
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;(ISRAEL) 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,(OIL IS IN 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.

EZEKIEL 39:1-8,11-21
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 ATOMIC 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.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
13 Yea, all the people of the land (OF ISRAEL) shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I (GOD-JESUS) shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB EXPERTS) passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it,(WON'T TOUCH IT) till the buriers have buried it (PROPERLY) in the valley of Hamongog.(RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS NEW BURIEL SITE)(EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN THE JORDAN VALLEY)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl,(500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THREW ISRAEL EVERY SPRING,FALL) and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF THE RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ARMIES)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye (MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL) shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.(RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS)
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I (GOD-JESUS) will set my glory among the heathen,(WORLD NATIONS) and all the heathen (WORLD NATIONS) shall see my judgment that I have executed,(AGAINST ISRAELS ENEMIES) and my (GODS) hand that I have laid upon them.(ISRAELS HATER ENEMIES)

MALIKI SAYS HES STEPPING DOWN IN IRAQ.HAIDAR AL-ABADI TAKES OVER GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP.

Officials: Iraq's al-Maliki to back new PM-Associated Press-By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMEER N. YACOUB-AUG 14,14-YAHOONEWS

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi state television says Iraq's Nouri al-Maliki has given up his post as prime minister to Haider al-Abadi.The Iraqiya television network said al-Maliki has "relinquished the post of prime minister." It did not elaborate.The announcement comes ahead of an address al-Maliki is due to make later Thursday evening, according to the government.Iraq's President Fouad Massoum named al-Abadi on Monday to form the next government, but al-Maliki had until now refused to step aside."

Under artillery fire, Ukraine rebels switch their leaders-Reuters-By Thomas Grove-AUG 14,14-YAHOONEWS

DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Two of the most senior rebels battling government troops in eastern Ukraine quit on Thursday, deepening the disarray in a pro-Moscow separatist movement that is being pushed back by an Ukrainian military offensive.The resignations came on the same day that artillery shells landed for the first time since the conflict began in the centre of the eastern city of Donetsk, the separatists' main stronghold.The reverses suffered by the rebels could force a tactical rethink by Russian President Vladimir Putin.While he has denied directly helping the rebels, his strategy of keeping Ukraine from integrating with the West has benefited from having a part of the country under the control of pro-Moscow separatists.The most prominent of the separatists to resign on Thursday was a man who goes by the name of Colonel Igor Strelkov and who was defence minister in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. Nicknamed "Strelok" - Shooter - by fighters under his command, he had previously lived quietly in a Moscow suburb where he was known as Igor Girkin. Kiev alleged he was a Russian intelligence officer, which Moscow denied.Vladimir Antyufeyev, deputy prime minister of the separatist entity in Donetsk region, told Reuters that Strelkov was moving to another, less senior post. He said the new defence minister would be Vladimir Kononov, a native of Donetsk."The enemy will be broken. Victory will be ours," Antyufeyev said when asked what prospects for success the rebels now had after the series of resignations.The head of the self-proclaimed rebel government in Luhansk region, which neighbours Donetsk, also announced he was stepping down. Valery Bolotov said he was injured and could not carry on his duties.A week ago, Alexander Borodai, prime minister of the Donetsk People's Republic, also quit.The sense of government forces tightening the noose around the rebels was clear at the separatist headquarters in the centre of Donetsk on Thursday.A Reuters reporter was interviewing Andrei Purgin, deputy to the new separatist prime minister, when artillery shells landed nearby. One man shouted: "Go to the cellar!" and those in the building headed for the stairs, some at a run.

DOVISH PUTIN

The crisis in Ukraine has dragged ties between Russia and the West to their lowest ebb since the Cold War, and killed hundreds of people, including the passengers and crew of a Malaysian airliner downed over the battle zone last month.The European Union and the United States accuse Russia of arming the separatists and they have imposed sanctions targeting sectors of the Russian economy, including energy, technology and finance.Russia says the West is abetting the Ukrainian government in persecuting millions of Russian-speakers who live in eastern Ukraine. It reacted to the sanctions by restricting imports of food products from Western countries.Putin on Thursday travelled to Crimea, the Ukrainian region his forces annexed earlier this year.In a speech to Russian ministers and members of parliament assembled in a Crimean hotel, Putin struck a tone that was low-key and conciliatory, saying he wanted to do everything he could to halt the bloodshed in Ukraine."We must calmly, with dignity and effectively, build up our country, not fence it off from the outside world," Putin said. "We need to consolidate and mobilise but not for war or any kind of confrontation, ... for hard work in the name of Russia."Putin's comments lifted the rouble and Russian stocks.NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said, however, that the Russian leader had sounded dovish in the past yet had not followed up his words with concrete actions.Illustrating the economic pain the standoff is inflicting on Russia, energy giant Rosneft asked the government to lend it $42 million of cash that had been earmarked for Russian pensioners to help it weather the sanctions.

AID CONVOY

A huge Russian convoy heading slowly towards eastern Ukraine could be a new flashpoint. Moscow says it is carrying 2,000 tonnes of water, baby food and other aid for people in rebel-held areas.Some Western officials have said they believe the convoy could be a cover for a Russian military incursion - something Moscow has described as "absurd."By evening on Thursday, the convoy had stopped near the Russian settlement of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, about 20 km (12 miles) from the border with Ukraine.One of the truck drivers told Reuters it would be heading to the crossing point at Izvaryne, which is held by the rebels.If the convoy tries to enter Ukraine without the consent of the authorities in Kiev, there is a risk the Ukrainian government and its Western allies could view that as an illegal Russian incursion, further heightening tensions.However, there was still a possibility that a deal could be brokered. Russia's foreign ministry said it was in intensive negotiations with the Ukrainian government and the Red Cross.Relief agencies say people living in Luhansk and in Donetsk are facing shortages of water, food and electricity after four-months of conflict in which the United Nations says more than 2,000 people have been killed.Kiev blames Russia and the separatists for the plight of the civilians, but their situation has grown more acute as the Ukrainian military has pressed its offensive - including in areas where civilians are living.On Thursday, Kiev's forces took control of the settlement of Novosvitlivka, which they said blocked off the last route the separatists could use to move between Luhansk and Donetsk.Meanwhile, Ukrainian troops have been slowly encircling Donetsk, the regional hub with a peacetime population of nearly a million.Liliya Chalina, 54, lived in a residential block in Donetsk whose wall was smashed by a projectile on Thursday. "It came straight into the apartment. Thank God I was not in the kitchen," she said."My husband promised me that shells would never hit our house, only large buildings. But look at what has happened."(Additional reporting by Maxim Shemetov and Dmitry Madorsky in southern Russia, Martia Tsvetkova, Dmitry Zhdannikov and Katya Golubkova in Moscow and Alexei Anishchuk in Yalta, Crimea; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Alastair Macdonald)

Governor of Iraq Sunni heartland says U.S. to help against militants-Reuters-By Raheem Salman-AUG 14,14-YAHOONEWS

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The governor of Iraq's Sunni heartland province of Anbar said he has secured a promise of U.S. support in a battle against the Islamic State, possibly reviving an alliance that helped thwart an earlier Sunni militant threat, from al Qaeda.Ahmed Khalaf al-Dulaimi told Reuters his request, made in meetings with U.S. diplomats and a senior military officer, included air support against the militants who have a tight grip on large parts of his desert province and northwestern Iraq.Dulaimi said the Americans had promised to help. There was no immediate comment from U.S. officials on a day when President Barack Obama said troops sent to prepare a possible evacuation of refugees further north were standing down as U.S. air strikes and supply drops had broken the "siege of Mount Sinjar".Governor Dulaimi said in a telephone interview: "Our first goal is the air support. Their technology capability will offer a lot of intelligence information and monitoring of the desert and many things which we are in need of."No date was decided but it will be very soon and there will be a presence for the Americans in the western area."After its capture of the northern metropolis of Mosul in June, a swift push by the Islamic State to the borders of the autonomous ethnic Kurdish region alarmed Baghdad and last week drew the first U.S. air strikes on Iraq since the withdrawal of American troops in 2011.U.S. involvement in Anbar is a far more sensitive matter.The region, sparsely populated and forming much of Iraq's border with Syria, was deeply anti-American during the U.S. occupation. Tribal leaders and local people saw the replacement of fellow Sunni Saddam Hussein by a U.S.-backed leadership dominated by Iraq's Shi'ite Muslim majority as a threat and took up arms. Al Qaeda fighters flooded in to join them.The United States mounted its biggest offensive of the occupation against a variety of Islamist militants in the Anbar city of Falluja, just west of Baghdad. Its soldiers experienced some of their fiercest combat since the Vietnam War.Eventually, the U.S. military was able to persuade some of its most diehard Sunni opponents to turn against al Qaeda.The strategy brought a period of calm. But Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, now being replaced by a less polarising colleague among the Shi'ites, went on to alienate many Sunnis.The Islamic State, disowned by al Qaeda as too radical after it took control of large parts of Syria, capitalised on its Syrian territorial gains and sectarian tensions in Iraq to gain control of Falluja and Anbar's capital Ramadi early this year.

"PR0MISE"

It is not clear how much support Dulaimi would have locally for cooperation with the Americans. Elected last year, some in the region have criticised him for working too closely with Maliki rather than defending Sunni interests.Iraq's president has nominated a new prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, who is seen as a moderate Shi'ite with a decent chance of improving ties with Sunnis.The Sahwa, the U.S.-funded militia drawn from the country's Sunni Muslim tribes, were a driving force in fighting al Qaeda from 2007. A U.S. decision to hand over responsibility for the Sahwa to the Shi'ite-dominated government in 2009 alienated them and drove some to join IS.Abadi is in the sensitive process of trying to form a new government in a country where sectarian tensions are rising; bombings, kidnappings and executions are part of daily life.On Thursday, a bomb attached to a bus in central Baghdad killed three people and wounded six, police and medics said.Bloodshed is back at the levels of 2006-2007, the peak of a sectarian civil war.Abadi faces the challenge of trying to rein in Shi'ite militias accused of kidnapping and killing Sunnis and persuading the once dominant Sunni minority that they will have a bigger share of power.Maliki is still refusing to step aside despite months of pressure to do so from Sunnis, Kurds, some fellow Shi'ites, Shi'ite regional power Iran and the United States.It is not clear whether he still commands the loyalty of special forces or Shi'ite militias - just about the only leverage he may have left.Dulaimi was especially concerned by the militants' determination to seize control of Anbar's Haditha dam: “The situation in Haditha, where the dam is, is controlled by security forces and tribes. But the problem is how long can they endure the pressure?" said Dulaimi."I held several meetings since one month ago with the American embassy and the commander of the central troops all in this regard, and very soon there will be a joint coordination centre and operations in Anbar. They gave a promise."Aside from strong momentum built up in the north and control of large parts of the west, the Islamic State has threatened to march on Baghdad.

ARMING THE KURDS

The group, which wants to redraw the map of the Middle East, used tunnels built by Saddam in the 1990s to move its fighters, weapons, ammunition and supplies to towns just south of Baghdad, Iraqi intelligence officials told Reuters.Unlike Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda, which set its sights on destroying the West, the Islamic State has territorial goals, aims to set up a caliphate and rages against the Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916 between Britain and France that split the Ottoman empire and carved borders across the Arab lands.Rough terrain has enabled the militants to evade the army and security forces. Seizing Baghdad would be difficult because of the presence of special forces and thousands of Shi'ite militias who have slowed down the Islamic State elsewhere.But a foothold just near the capital could make it easier for the IS to carry out suicide bombings, deepen sectarian tensions and destabilise Iraq.On Thursday, Islamic State militants massed near the town of Qara Tappa, 120 km (75 miles) north of Baghdad, security sources and a local official said, in an apparent bid to broaden their front with Kurdish peshmerga fighters.The movement around Qara Tappa suggests they are becoming more confident and seeking to grab more territory closer to the capital after stalling in that region."The Islamic State is massing its militants near Qara Tappa," said one of the security sources. "It seems they are going to broaden their front with the Kurdish fighters."It is not just superior firepower seized from Iraqi soldiers who fled its advance that gives the group an edge over enemies. It has an array of economic weapons as well - the massive Mosul dam, five oil fields, wheat crops and cash from captured banks.Islamic State fighters staged a bank robbery in the recently conquered town of Jalawla, northeast of Baghdad, on Thursday, witnesses said.While pressing for more territory, Islamic State fighters use fear and intimidation to tighten their grip on towns and cities they control and impose their radical view of Islam.With ethnic Kurdish peshmerga forces pushed back on the defensive by the Islamic State this month, France has joined the United States in supplying what it called "sophisticated arms" to the regional militia and EU foreign ministers will break summer holidays to discuss the crisis on Friday.

WOMEN DOCTORS, YAZIDIS

In Mosul, Iraq's second biggest urban centre, the militants have blown up or bulldozed Shi'ite mosques and shrines, destroyed statues of poets which they deem un-Islamic and forced women to veil.On Thursday, women doctors in Mosul said they faced the Islamic State's wrath.“One of them is hitting any girl (doctor, nurse or a visitor) on her head as a warning to her especially after the period they gave for starting the application of scarf wearing," said a female doctor."They are intimidating us, threatening us with killing and destroying our houses. Because of that bad treatment I decided to sit in my house and not to go to the hospital, but still feeling afraid as I don’t know what they will do."In Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, Islamic State militants shot dead four policemen in a public area - men who were on a hit list - said security sources and witnesses.They also confiscated 20 houses once inhabited by security personnel and wrote "Property of the Islamic State" on the walls.In addition to arming the peshmerga and, in the case of Washington, bombing militant positions, Western powers have been trying to help aid agencies drop supplies and provide refuge for tens of thousands of people, many of them from non-Sunni communities, who have fled attacks by the Islamic State.The White House had said the United States and its allies were considering setting up airlifts and safe land corridors to rescue people, including many from the Yazidi sect stranded on the arid heights of Mount Sinjar near the Syrian border.But a U.S. assessment team sent to Mount Sinjar on Wednesday found the situation better than expected, and Obama said further evacuation or airdrops were unlikely.(Writing by Michael Georgy; Editing by Peter Millership)

Ukraine, Russia parry over Russian aid convoy-Associated Press-by ALEXANDER ROSLYAKOV-AUG 14,14-YAHOONEWS

KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russia (AP) — Raising the stakes in Ukraine's conflict, a Russian aid convoy of more than 200 trucks pushed up to the border on Thursday but then stopped, provocatively poised to cross into rebel-held territory.The Ukrainian government threatened to use all means available to block the convoy if the Red Cross was not allowed to inspect the cargo. Such an inspection would ease concerns that Russia could use the aid shipment as cover for a military incursion in support of the separatists, who have come under growing pressure from government troops.Ukraine also announced it was organizing its own aid shipment to the war-wracked separatist region of Luhansk.Complicating the dispute over the dueling missions, Ukraine said Thursday it has gained control over a key town near Luhansk city, thereby giving it the means to block the presumed route that the Russian convoy would take to the city.The town, Novosvitlivka, lies about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the border, so if the Russian trucks did enter the country, they potentially could unload somewhere other than city itself.The Russian convoy set out Thursday morning from a military depot in the southern Russian city of Voronezh where it had been parked since late Tuesday. Moscow says the convoy has 262 vehicles, including about 200 trucks carrying aid.The white-tarped trucks, some flying the red flag of Moscow and escorted by military vehicles, drove down a winding highway through sunflower fields and then turned west toward the rebel-held border crossing of Izvaryne.But about 28 kilometers (17 miles) from the border, the trucks pulled off and parked in a large field where dozens of beige tents had been set up. Drivers in matching khaki shorts and shirts piled out and appeared to be stopping for the night.The route suggested Russia has decided not abide by a tentative agreement to deliver aid to a government-controlled border checkpoint in the Kharkiv region, where it could more easily be inspected by Ukraine and the Red Cross.Taking Novosvitlivka "disrupted the last opportunity for movement between Luhansk and other territories controlled by Russian mercenaries," Ukrainian security council spokesman Andriy Lysenko told reporters.Lysenko also said that if the Russians refused to let the Red Cross inspect its cargo "the movement of the convoy will be blocked with all the forces available." Ukraine suspects the convoy could be a pretext for a Russian military invasion or further support for the pro-Russian rebels it has been fighting since April.After a clumsy and ineffectual start, Ukraine's forces have taken back much of the territory once held by rebels.As the circle around the separatists tightens, two of their top figures have resigned in the past week. On Thursday, the rebel Donetsk People's Republic said its defense minister Igor Girkin had resigned.Both Girkin and former rebel prime minister Alexander Borodai, who was replaced last week, are Russians and both were replaced by Ukrainians. Those moves could indicate an attempt by the separatists to distance themselves from allegations by Kiev and the West that Russia supports or directs the insurgency, charges that Russia denies.The Russian convoy had been parked at a military depot in the southern Russian city of Voronezh amid disagreement over how and where the aid could be delivered to eastern Ukraine.Moscow has insisted it coordinated the dispatch of the goods — which it says range from baby food and canned meat to portable generators and sleeping bags — with the International Committee of the Red Cross.ICRC spokeswoman Anastasia Isyuk said talks were continuing but she could not confirm where the Russian convoy was headed."The plans keep changing, the discussions are going ahead and we will not confirm for sure until we know an agreement has been reached," Isyuk said in Geneva.Russian President Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, addressed hundreds of lawmakers Thursday in the Black Sea resort of Yalta in Crimea, which was annexed by Russia from Ukraine in March. He did not speak specifically about the convoy.In a relatively subdued address, Putin said Russia's goal was "to stop bloodshed in Ukraine as soon as possible." Moscow should improve life in Ukraine "without building a wall from the West," he said, but asserted that Russia would "not allow anyone to treat us with arrogance."The Ukrainian government in Kiev countered Putin's aid convoy by announcing one of its own.Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Maxim Burbak said three convoys totaling 75 trucks were transporting 800 tons of humanitarian aid — including grain, sugar and canned food— from Kiev and the cities of Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk. Their eventual destination was Luhansk, he said.Ukrainian forces have stepped up efforts to dislodge the separatists from their last strongholds in Donetsk and Luhansk and there was more heavy shelling overnight.The sounds of artillery fire and blasts could be heard all over Donetsk on Thursday. Shells hit two shopping complexes, city authorities said, warning citizens to stay off the streets.Valentina Smirnova, a resident of Donetsk, cleaned up broken glass and rubble Thursday in her damaged kitchen."My son left and now I am staying with my daughter. I don't know what to do afterward. Where should I run to after that? Please tell me!" she said, tears welling up.The U.N.'s human rights office in Geneva says the death toll in eastern Ukraine has nearly doubled in the last two weeks — rising to at least 2,086 as of Aug. 10, up from 1,129 on July 26.___Nataliya Vasilyeva in Yalta, Crimea; Laura Mills in Moscow; Peter Leonard and Jim Heintz in Kiev, Ukraine; and John Heilprin in Geneva contributed to this report.

FAMINE

EZEKIEL 5:16
16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:

REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.(A DAYS WAGES FOR A LOAF OF BREAD)

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

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

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

Central America braces for drought-linked food crisis-Reuters-By Anastasia Moloney-AUG 14,14-YAHOONEWS

BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Low rainfall linked to the El Nino weather phenomenon has led to drought in parts of Central America, causing widespread damage to crops, shortages and rising prices of food, and worsening hunger among the region’s poor.An unusually hot season and extended dry spells have brought drought to areas in eastern and western Guatemala and El Salvador, southern Honduras and northern and central Nicaragua, destroying swathes of bean and maize crops, the region’s staple foods, and putting pressure on subsistence farmers and food prices.“Extremely poor households across large areas of Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador will experience a rapid deterioration in their food security in early 2015."Atypically high levels of humanitarian assistance, possibly the highest since Hurricane Mitch in 1998, will likely be required in order to avoid a food crisis,” said a recent report by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), run by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).Thousands of families in the region have become too poor to buy enough food for survival because poor harvests are pushing up prices of staple foods while coffee producers are hiring fewer seasonal coffee pickers and paying lower wages because of a coffee leaf rust or roya epidemic across Central America.In Nicaragua and Honduras, red bean prices rose by up to 129 percent between January and June 2014, according to FEWS NET.Other livelihoods in Central America, including fishing and livestock breeding, have also been hard hit by the recent drought and the El Nino weather phenomenon, FEWS NET said.El Nino, which can last more than a year, significantly raises surface temperatures in the central and eastern areas of the tropical Pacific Ocean, a phenomenon linked to major climate fluctuations around the world.In response to the drought, the Guatemalan government has said it will begin distributing 4,000 tonnes of food aid to more than 170,000 families affected by the drought from early October, using government and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) food reserves.One of the poorest countries in Central America, Guatemala already struggles to feed its population, particularly those impoverished indigenous communities living in rural areas.Around half Guatemala’s population of 15 million lives in poverty and the country has the world's fourth highest rate of chronic malnutrition, which affects almost half the children under five, according to the WFP.In neighboring Honduras, the government is distributing food, including rice, beans and flour, and vitamin supplements to 76,000 families, many subsistence farmers, affected by the drought.(Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, covers underreported humanitarian, human rights, corruption and climate change issues. Visit www.trust.org)(Editing by Tim Pearce)

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.

New York suburbs hit by flash floods after record rainfall-Reuters-By Laila Kearney August 13, 2014 2:54 PM

NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than a foot of rain hit parts of New York's Long Island on Wednesday, enough to set a preliminary state record, triggering flash floods and swamping cars on major roads that were turned into rivers during the morning rush hour.Much of the rain fell during a particularly intense, two-hour burst while commuters were traveling to work.A total of 13.26 inches (33 cm) of precipitation was measured at MacArthur Airport in Islip. That is believed to be the most to have ever fallen in any area of New York during a 24-hour period, said Christopher Vaccaro, spokesman for the National Weather Service.The standing record of 11.6 inches (29 cm) was set in August 2011 near Tannersville in the Hudson Valley during Tropical Storm Irene."Wow, they had more than two months of rainfall in two hours," Vaccaro said. "It's really quite a dangerous situation. Heavy rainfall coupled with the morning commute is a problem."The stormy weather contributed to at least one fatality, when a tractor-trailer and a Jeep collided on the Long Island Expressway, killing the Jeep's driver at about 5 a.m. during heavy rains, the Suffolk County highway patrol said in a statement.Parts of major commuter routes including the Long Island Expressway, the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway, the Sunrise Highway and other roadways were closed due to flooding, police said.A parking lot at a train station in Bay Shore was covered with at least two feet (61 cm) of water. In areas of Long Island, cars were submerged up to their windows. Fire boats were being deployed for rescue operations, according to National Weather Service reports.Flooding also forced the closure of the Long Island Rail Road, the nation's largest commuter railroad, in both directions on a stretch near Port Jefferson, the transit agency said on its website. The shutdown caused one-hour delays on other routes.The downpour also hit states surrounding New York, including southeastern Connecticut, which received about 7 inches (18 cm) of rain by just after 8 a.m., and isolated parts of New Jersey, with about 2.5 inches (5 cm) by morning.Residents of Millville in southern New Jersey were evacuated from homes that collapsed in the rains, American Red Cross spokeswoman Laura Steinmetz said. Some 22 people living in the Vineland Housing Authority, also in Millville, were forced out of their homes due to sewage backup caused by flooding, Steinmetz said.Flash flood warnings for Long Island were lifted in the morning, but the warnings remained in effect in southeastern Connecticut as the rainfall traveled to the northeast, Vaccaro said.The weather system was the same one that drenched Washington and Baltimore on Tuesday, Vaccaro said.(Additional reporting by Barbara Goldberg; Editing by Bill Trott and Andrew Hay)

At least one person dies in Detroit floods after record rainfall-Reuters-By Brendan O'Brien August 12, 2014 9:10 PM

(Reuters) - Near-record rainfall has caused massive flooding in the Detroit area that is blamed for at least one death and has made roads impassable, swamped vehicles and flooded basements, officials said.The heaviest rain since 1925 engulfed the area on Monday, the second-wettest day on record, according to the National Weather Service.Up to 6 inches of rain fell on Monday in a four-hour period and parts of five interstate highways that run through Detroit and many interior roads remained impassable on Tuesday, said Nicole Lisabeth, a Michigan State Police spokeswoman.A 30-year-old woman died Monday after sufferinug a seizure in her car on a flooded road in Warren, a suburb north of Detroit, Lisabeth said. The storm may have also claimed a 100-year-old woman, whose body was found in her basement, she said.Detroit's sewer systems were overwhelmed by the rain, Mayor Mike Duggan said in a statement.Area residents on Tuesday dealt with flooded basements and power outages, and flood warnings from the National Weather Service remained in effect on Tuesday night.Divers had checked about 70 vehicles left behind by motorists on flooded roadways and have found no one trapped, Lisabeth said. About 1,000 vehicles were abandoned on Monday in Warren, the city's mayor, Jim Fouts, told the MLive.com website.The flooding forced General Motors Co to close a technical center in Warren and slowed operations of U.S. automakers in the region.(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee, additional reporting by Ben Klayman and Megan Davies in Detroit; Editing by Eric Beech)

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.

Rain, cooler temperatures ease wildfire threat in U.S. Northwest-Reuters-By Courtney Sherwood-AUG 14,14-YAHOONEWS

PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) - Lower temperatures and scattered rain brought a reprieve Thursday to the wildfire-scorched U.S. Northwest, where firefighters said they hoped to regain control of blazes that had flared during extreme heat this week.Four major fires in Oregon were fully contained early Thursday and mandatory evacuations have been lifted statewide, said Carol Connolly, spokeswoman for the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center.But eight large wildfires continue to burn and air quality remains somewhat worse than normal in eastern Oregon near the Idaho border, she said."We got over 6,000 lightning strikes in the past 24 hours," Connolly said. "But temperatures are a little cooler than they have been, and most fires received a little precipitation over the last day."The Rowena Fire in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge, which threatened hundreds of homes and prompted a highway closure and evacuations, is now 100 percent contained, officials said.Last week, federal officials named it the nation's top firefighting priority because of its proximity to a populated area.The wildfire season on the U.S. West Coast, which runs from May to October, has already been one of the worst on record, with much of California and parts of Oregon and Washington hit by drought.Rain in the Pacific Northwest this week helped slow the growth of some blazes, although lightning triggered many others, according to fire officials.In Washington state, the Chiwaukum Complex burning near the Bavarian-style village of Leavenworth in the eastern Cascade Mountains had scorched about 14,000 acres but overnight rain aided containment, according to the Washington Incident Management team."Fuels remain very moist; however, fire danger still exists. Lightning may have ignited new fires which could show up over the next several days," a statement said.Crews were also on alert as high temperatures and steady winds were forecast to return to Northern California, Oregon and Washington beginning Friday.(Additional reporting by Victoria Cavaliere in Seattle; Editing by Daniel Wallis and James Dalgleish)

DISEASES

REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).

DRUG PUSHERS AND ADDICTS

1 PET 5:8
8 Be sober,(NOT DRUGED UP OR ALCOHOLICED) be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

REVELATION 18:23
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries (DRUGS) were all nations deceived.

REVELATION 9:21
21 Neither repented they of their murders,(KILLING) nor of their sorceries (DRUG ADDICTS AND DRUG PUSHERS), nor of their fornication,(SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE OR PROSTITUTION FOR MONEY) nor of their thefts.(STEALING)

Guinea declares public health emergency over Ebola-Reuters-By Saliou Samb-AUG 14,14-YAHOONEWS

CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea has declared a public health emergency over an Ebola epidemic that has killed more than 1,000 people in three West African states and is sending health workers to all affected border points, a government official said.An estimated 377 people have died in Guinea since the world's worst outbreak of Ebola began in March in remote parts of a border region near Sierra Leone and Liberia.Guinea says its outbreak is under control with the numbers of new cases falling, but the measures are needed to prevent fresh infection from neighboring countries hit by the epidemic."Trucks full of health materials and carrying health personnel are going to all the border points with Liberia and Sierra Leone," Aboubacar Sidiki Diakité, president of Guinea's Ebola commission, said late on Wednesday.As many as 3,000 people are waiting at 17 border points for a green light to enter the country, he said."Any who are sick will be immediately isolated. People will be followed up on. We can't take the risk of letting everyone through without checks," he said.Sierra Leone has declared Ebola a national emergency as has Liberia, which is hoping that two of its doctors diagnosed with Ebola can start treatment with some of the limited supply of experimental drug ZMapp.Canada's Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp is also exploring the possibility of making more of its experimental Ebola treatment, Chief Executive Officer Mark Murray said.Nigeria too has declared a national emergency, though it has so far escaped the levels of infection seen in the three other countries. On Thursday, it said it had 10 cases of Ebola. Four Nigerians have died of the disease.

JUST ONE VEHICLE

Health experts say government responses to the disease need to be calibrated to prevent its spread while avoiding measures that could induce panic or damage economies unnecessarily.That task is harder because health services have been stretched to breaking point and mistrust of health workers among some rural communities is high.In addition, 170 healthcare workers have been infected and 81 have died among the overall toll of 1,069, according to the World Health Organization.A Liberian government document seen by Reuters shows the strain on its health ministry as it confronts the emergency.An Ebola call center in Monrovia is struggling to keep up with the volume of calls and needs more staff, phone lines and a deputy supervisor, the Ministry of Health document said."The case investigation team only has one vehicle so they can't get out and then there's the issue of no space at the ETU (Ebola Treatment Unit) to bring patients," it said.Ebola is one of the world's most deadly diseases and kills the majority of those infected. Its symptoms include internal and external bleeding, diarrhoea and vomiting.The U.S. State Department ordered family members at its embassy in Freetown to depart Sierra Leone because of limitations on regular medical care as a result of the outbreak.U.S. President Barack Obama discussed the outbreak with the presidents of Liberia and Sierra Leone, the White House said.

ECONOMIC IMPACT

Ebola also bears economic ramifications for some West African states as disruption to commerce, transport and borders lasts at least another month, said Matt Robinson, a vice president at Moody's ratings agency.Sierra Leone's growth would slow from the 16 percent rate recorded in 2013 if mining sector production is affected, he said, adding that regional health budgets could rise.There is also "an indirect effect arising from an Ebola-induced economic slowdown on government revenue generation in a region where budgets are already hindered by low tax collection," he said.Among the signs of the regional economic impact, Ivory Coast will not allow any ships from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia to enter its port at Abidjan, according to a port statement.Fewer passengers are arriving at Ivory Coast's main airport from Freetown, Conakry and Monrovia because of the virus leading to a shortfall of about 4,000 passengers a month, Abdoulaye Coulibaly, chairman of Air Cote d'Ivoire, told Reuters.Ivory Coast and its eastern neighbor Ghana have recorded no cases of Ebola. Ghana's government said it would step up its funding for preventative health and impose a moratorium on international conferences for three months as a precaution.Beyond the immediate impact, Africa faces a problem of perception over Ebola even though many countries are remote geographically, economically and culturally from those suffering the outbreak in a corner of the continent.In one example, Korean Air Lines Co Ltd said it will suspend flights to and from Nairobi, Kenya, from Aug. 20 to prevent the spread of the virus.Kenya Airways said it will continue its flights to Monrovia and Freetown. Kenyan Transport Minister Michael Kamau told a news conference the Korean Air decision may have been based on a WHO statement that Kenya should be classed as high risk of Ebola because of those direct flights."The statement by WHO yesterday was regrettable. It was retracted," he said. There was no immediate comment from WHO.(Additional reporting by Rod Nickel in Winnipeg, Anuradha Raghu in Kuala Lumpur, Emma Farge in Dakar, Se Young Lee in Seoul, Loucoumane Coulibaly in Abidjan, Mark Felsenthal and Arshad Mohammed in Washington, Pascal Fletcher in Johannesburg, Duncan Miriri in Nairobi and Clair MacDougall in Monrovia; Writing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg; Editing by Ralph Boulton)

EARTHQUAKES

ISAIAH 42:15
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

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

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

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
25 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2014-08-14 15:32:54 UTC-04:00Showing event times using Local System Time (UTC-04:00)25 earthquakes in map area

    4.9 139km WSW of Naze, Japan 2014-08-14 13:09:51 UTC-04:00 37.0 km
    4.4 64km WSW of Corinto, Nicaragua 2014-08-14 11:06:02 UTC-04:00 45.1 km
    3.1 11km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma 2014-08-14 10:15:32 UTC-04:00 5.0 km
    2.6 10km SSW of Salton City, California 2014-08-14 09:58:37 UTC-04:00 6.8 km
    3.2 79km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2014-08-14 09:54:32 UTC-04:00 27.0 km
    4.3 51km E of Farkhar, Afghanistan 2014-08-14 09:44:11 UTC-04:00 223.7 km
    2.7 46km NW of Rincon, Puerto Rico 2014-08-14 09:36:27 UTC-04:00 9.0 km
    3.3 108km NW of The Valley, Anguilla 2014-08-14 09:28:03 UTC-04:00 25.0 km
    2.5 9km S of Mariposa, California 2014-08-14 07:54:09 UTC-04:00 20.7 km
    2.7 12km S of Mariposa, California 2014-08-14 06:31:12 UTC-04:00 21.2 km
    2.8 145km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico 2014-08-14 06:22:34 UTC-04:00 59.0 km
    4.9 177km ENE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea 2014-08-14 04:32:16 UTC-04:00 44.5 km
    2.6 24km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma 2014-08-14 04:26:40 UTC-04:00 2.6 km
    2.9 43km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico 2014-08-14 03:39:34 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
    2.7 5km SW of Deep River Center, Connecticut 2014-08-14 03:09:14 UTC-04:00 5.0 km
    2.7 9km N of Helena, Oklahoma 2014-08-14 02:19:09 UTC-04:00 5.0 km
    4.9 76km SSE of Old Iliamna, Alaska 2014-08-14 02:04:14 UTC-04:00 135.6 km
    2.6 22km SSE of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands 2014-08-14 01:41:33 UTC-04:00 12.0 km
    3.4 110km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico 2014-08-14 01:00:43 UTC-04:00 28.0 km
    2.6 0km WSW of The Geysers, California 2014-08-13 23:55:13 UTC-04:00 1.7 km
    2.6 25km NE of Ojai, California 2014-08-13 23:43:42 UTC-04:00 0.0 km
    3.4 91km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico 2014-08-13 20:57:34 UTC-04:00 138.0 km
    5.7 17km ENE of Iquique, Chile 2014-08-13 20:02:55 UTC-04:00 48.5 km
    4.5 21km SW of Hikari, Japan 2014-08-13 18:51:29 UTC-04:00 87.3 km
    2.9 19km N of Upper Lake, California 2014-08-13 18:32:06 UTC-04:00 13.4 km

Thursday, August 14, 2014

IS JESUS TELLING US THE RAPTURE CAN OCCURR ANY SECOND NOW IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CLOUD SIGN.WHAT LOOKS LIKE JESUS AND AN ANGEL BLOWING THE RAPTURE TO HEAVEN TRUMPET.

LOVELY CLOUD FORMATION SIGN THAT MIGHT BE TELLING US THE RAPTURE IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN.WITH A SIGN OF JESUS THE JEWISH MESSIAH AND KING AND AN ANGEL WITH A TRUMPET CALLING THE CHRISTIANS TO THE CLOUDS WITH JESUS TO AVOID WW3 AND 3 BILLION DEAD ON EARTH FOR THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.THEN AT THE END OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION.WE CHRISTIANS COME BACK TO EARTH WITH JESUS RIDING ON WHITE HORSES.AND JESUS RULES FOREVER FROM DAVIDS THRONE IN JERUSALEM WITH ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM THE WORLD CAPITAL.NOT JUST ISRAELS CAPITAL.-PIC HUFFINGTON POST

By Fiona Finn Become a fan-God' and Angel in Photograph of Clouds Over Cape Coral, Florida
Posted: 08/12/2014 1:48 pm EDT Updated: 08/12/2014 6:59 pm EDT-HUFFINGTON POST

Definitely, this is an awesome picture but is it really a message from heaven? Is this striking image of majestic man wearing robes God? You be the judge.The cloud above was spotted in Cape Coral, Florida by my boss on his way home from work. And what was immediately obvious was the fact that this cloud was shaped in the image of the Lord. Also look to the far right and you'll see another cloud that looks like an angel with a trumpet in hand. Maybe it's the angel Gabriel blowing a trumpet blast to indicate the Lord's return to Earth, or maybe not...I realize that some may see this as a sign, an act of God if you will. There will be others, those who will doubt. And that's okay. But one thing's for sure, and that's how remarkably clear this image in the sky really is. Believe it or not, God is said to work in mysterious ways.Regardless of your belief system, it's your God-given right to judge this photo for yourself, isn't it? So, I ask you is the image above just a group of cumulus clouds? Or are those noticeable clouds with clearly defined edges the Almighty himself? Still, no matter the answer, lots of us will continue to look to the sky, searching for life's deeper meaning. Or are we searching in vain, deluding ourselves while involving our senses that random images are actually miracles or signs from above? Why do we look to the skies above in relation to God? Sure, as children we stare at the sky and see shapes appear in the swirling clouds but as adults some of us look upwards reaching for a higher power. Are we waiting for signs? Or proof of God? I for one was blown away by this photo and yes, I believe it's a real snapshot of God in the clouds. Although personally, I'll admit it is hard to digest this image as I am living a hell-on-earth type of life, wishing daily that I didn't feel so hollow, so broken.I was raised a Catholic, so sure I believe in God -- but lately, I have to wonder how much he really believes in me, or my family. God only knows why I was one of the first to see this photo. And since I believe that he made me human, I believe he won't condemn me when I behave like one. That said I've spent my fair share of time blaming him for my actions and inactions. Yes sir, I've projected my fears, insecurities, and failures onto Him. Blaming God has been easier than blaming myself.Okay, I'm sure you're thinking that's not the typical reaction of someone who just seen God manifest himself in the clouds. But God forbid in these turbulent times anyone of us gets real? You know raw, I have -- by opening up my life, my struggles, and my insecurities with my story. Although, I still struggle with what I'm doing here on this planet and why there's so much unfairness and evil in this world. Still, I do see this picture as proof that God is speaking to all of us. So who among us is willing to listen? Please share your opinions below. I'd love to hear them.Fiona Finn, author of Raw: One Woman's Journey through Love, Loss, and Cancer. Feel free to follow me, or follow me not on Twitter @fionaburkefinn.