THE DOW WAS UP 14 POINTS FRIDAY-A NEW WEEK

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. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER

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.(IN 1 HR THE STOCK MARKETS WORLDWIDE WILL CRASH)
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.

1 KINGS 10:13-14
13  And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
14  Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,

GENESIS 49:16-17
16  Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17  Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

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)

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

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EARTHQUAKES

EZEKIEL 37:7,11-14
7  So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.(POSSIBLE QUAKE BRINGS ISRAEL BACK TO LIFE-SO NOISE AND SHAKING-QUAKES WILL ALSO DESTROY ISRAELS ENEMIES)
11  Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
12  Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13  And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14  And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.

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.

UPDATE-DECEMBER 26,2016-11:55PM

1 Day - M2.5+ U.S./M4.5+ World-25 of 25 earthquakes in map area.

    4.3-61km WSW of Puerto Quellon, Chile-2016-12-27 00:45:12 (UTC)-22.8 km
    2.8-70km E of Cape Yakataga, Alaska-2016-12-27 00:26:21 (UTC)-3.3 km
    4.9-20km NW of Yongchuan, China-2016-12-27 00:17:33 (UTC)-10.0 km
    4.0-75km E of Cape Yakataga, Alaska-2016-12-26 23:59:50 (UTC)-10.8 km
    2.8-3km E of Healy, Alaska-2016-12-26 23:30:55 (UTC)-111.8 km
    4.6-150km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia-2016-12-26 21:36:34 (UTC)-34.2 km
    2.6-6km SW of Volcano, Hawaii-2016-12-26 17:54:23 (UTC)-2.7 km
    4.5-205km SE of Sarangani, Philippines-2016-12-26 16:39:37 (UTC)-35.0 km
    4.3-70km W of Puerto Quellon, Chile-2016-12-26 16:02:30 (UTC)-16.1 km
    4.3-47km E of Monte Patria, Chile-2016-12-26 15:18:31 (UTC)-102.0 km
    2.5-58km WSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska-2016-12-26 15:18:31 (UTC)-56.3 km
    2.5-6km SW of Volcano, Hawaii-2016-12-26 13:45:56 (UTC)-2.8 km
    2.5-0km S of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico-2016-12-26 10:54:49 (UTC)-13.0 km
    2.5-54km W of Cordova, Alaska-2016-12-26 09:37:53 (UTC)-10.5 km
    4.7-West Chile Rise-2016-12-26 06:35:10 (UTC)-10.0 km
    2.9-4km SW of New Castle, Colorado-2016-12-26 06:14:59 (UTC)-2.2 km
    4.8-Central East Pacific Rise-2016-12-26 04:48:41 (UTC)-10.0 km
    2.8-98km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska-2016-12-26 04:27:35 (UTC)-78.7 km
    4.5-253km NW of Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands-2016-12-26 03:27:17 (UTC)-187.9 km
    2.6-5km S of Volcano, Hawaii-2016-12-26 02:18:14 (UTC)-1.7 km
    2.8-19km SSW of Ludlow, CA-2016-12-26 01:43:17 (UTC)-5.5 km
    4.5-137km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea-2016-12-26 01:42:01 (UTC)-10.0 km
    5.2-61km N of Namuac, Philippines-2016-12-26 01:23:35 (UTC)-10.0 km
    4.4-4km NNW of Ndoi Island, Fiji-2016-12-26 01:13:19 (UTC)-595.2 km
    4.4-73km WNW of Vallenar, Chile-2016-12-26 01:03:32 (UTC)-28.7 km
    4.6-134km N of Kirakira, Solomon Islands-2016-12-26 00:49:22 (UTC)-35.3 km
    4.1-73km WSW of Puerto Quellon, Chile-2016-12-26 00:43:29 (UTC)-22.0 km
    2.5-9km SW of Hilo, Hawaii-2016-12-26 00:34:20 (UTC)-1.6 km
    4.2-78km WSW of Puerto Quellon, Chile-2016-12-26 00:12:28 (UTC)-11.5 km

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NETANYAHU MIGHT STOP WORKING WITH USELESS U.N SECURITY COUNCIL NATIONS.WAY TO GO BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.

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. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)

JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)

ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)

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

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

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

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

Netanyahu said to curtail working ties with Security Council nations-PM orders cabinet members to minimize visits to countries, deny ambassadors access to Foreign Ministry-By Times of Israel staff December 25, 2016, 9:20 pm

In a further response to a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday reportedly ordered the Foreign Ministry to suspend all working ties with 12 of the countries that voted in favor of the decision.The move came after 10 ambassadors were summoned, at Netanyahu’s instruction, to the Foreign Ministry for an upbraiding over Friday’s vote.Foreign ministers from the countries, all of which Israel has diplomatic ties with, will no longer be able to meet with Netanyahu — who is also foreign minister — or Foreign Ministry officials, Haaretz reported, citing a senior Israeli official.In addition, travel by Israeli ministers to the countries will be kept to a minimum, an official said.Of the 15 countries on the UN Security Council, 14 voted in favor of Resolution 2334, which demands a halt to all Israeli settlement activity, with one abstention, that of the US.Activities involving the embassies of Britain, France, Russia, China, Japan, Ukraine, Angola, Egypt, Uruguay, Spain, Senegal and New Zealand will be suspended, and the ambassadors of those countries will not be received at Israel’s Foreign Ministry, an official said.However, the official noted that the suspension doesn’t apply to Israeli ambassadors in the 12 countries, who will be permitted to continue working with the governments of their host nations.Earlier, a spokesman for the prime minister denied that he intends to cancel a meeting next month with British Prime Minister Theresa May in response to the resolution. No such meeting was ever scheduled, the spokesman said.Israel’s Channel 10 reported that Netanyahu had been scheduled to meet with May at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos between January 17 and 20.Netanyahu on Sunday summoned US Ambassador Dan Shapiro for a meeting for “clarifications” over Washington’s failure to use its veto.Netanyahu, who has publicly accused US President Barack Obama of “ambushing” Israel at the UN with the “shameful” resolution, reportedly told colleagues earlier Sunday that the diplomatic tussle was not yet over. He now fears that the US will seek another vote at the UN to enshrine some of Secretary of State John Kerry’s suggested parameters for an accord, Israel’s Channel 2 news reported on Sunday evening. There was no immediate confirmation of that report.Earlier Sunday, Netanyahu ordered the Foreign Ministry to summon the ambassadors of the states that supported the anti-settlement resolution for a dressing-down. Ten envoys were called in on Christmas morning for scoldings from directors of the Foreign Ministry’s respective regional departments, spokesperson Emmanuel Nahshon said.Senegal and New Zealand do not have embassies in Israel. Venezuela and Malaysia do not have diplomatic relations with Israel and so are not affected by Israel’s diplomatic response to the vote.In the case of Great Britain and Spain, the deputy ambassadors were summoned because their respective bosses are currently not in the country.Netanyahu also reiterated his vow to curtail funding to various UN agencies and to take “additional” measures to punish states that supported the resolution. He said he had ordered a report from the Foreign Ministry to be given to the cabinet within 30 days reassessing Israel’s entire relationship with the United Nations.

Fearing UN vote on principles of Palestinian statehood, PM ‘reaching out to Trump’-TV reports: Netanyahu is wary that Kerry will set out parameters for permanent accord, then outgoing Obama administration will seek Security Council approval-By Times of Israel staff December 25, 2016, 9:44 pm

Amid escalating fallout from the UN Security Council vote Friday that condemned Israel’s settlement activities, a furious Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was reported on Sunday night to be attempting to “recruit” the incoming Trump administration and the US Congress to block a feared bid by the outgoing Obama administration to have the Security Council approve principles for a Palestinian state.“They are spitting at us,” Netanyahu has told colleagues behind closed doors, Channel 2 news reported. “We will respond forcefully.”Netanyahu held a 40-minute meeting with US Ambassador Dan Shapiro on Sunday evening, having summoned the envoy to explain why the US abstained in the vote on Resolution 2334, enabling it to pass 14-0, rather than vetoing it. He had earlier summoned the envoys of the 12 nations with representatives in Israel that voted for the resolution for a dressing-down at the Foreign Ministry.Underlining Israel’s determination to press ahead with building beyond the pre-1967 lines, the Jerusalem municipality will this week approve some new homes in Ramat Shlomo and Ramot, neighborhoods captured in 1967 and subsequently annexed by Israel as part of Jerusalem, Channel 2 news reported.Netanyahu is now reaching out to the incoming Trump administration, which takes office on January 20, and to friends in Congress, in the hope of “deterring” what he sees as further potential Obama administration-led diplomatic action against Israel, the Channel 2 report said. His aim is for the Trump team to make plain that his administration will “economically hurt” those countries that voted against Israel in the UN and that do so in the future.Netanyahu’s fear is that Secretary of State John Kerry will set out principles or parameters for a Palestinian state in a speech that he has said he will deliver in the next few days on his Middle East vision. The prime minister fears that, in its final days, the Obama administration will seek to have a resolution enshrining those parameters adopted by the UN Security Council, the report said.France is to hold a conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on January 15, and Netanyahu expects that Kerry will attend, that the Middle East Quartet — the US, UN, Russia and EU — will coordinate their positions at that summit, and that they will then turn to the Security Council in the very last days of the Obama presidency, a Channel 10 report further suggested.Such speculation was not confirmed by the Prime Minister’s Office, but Netanyahu has made public his outrage at the Obama administration several times since Resolution 2334 was passed, claiming that the president initiated and helped draft the resolution “behind Israel’s back.” He has variously called the resolution skewed, shameful and ridiculous — in part because it brands Jerusalem’s Old City, including the Temple Mount and Western Wall, “occupied Palestinian territory.”Lighting festive Hanukkah candles at the Western Wall on Sunday night, Netanyahu stressed that Israel “cannot accept” the UN resolution, and asked: “How could they vote that [the Western Wall] is occupied territory? We were here much earlier.”In an address on Saturday night, Netanyahu had likened President Barack Obama to the former president Jimmy Carter, who he said was “deeply hostile” to Israel. He described the vote in the Security Council as “the swan song of the old world that is anti-Israel.” Now, he said, “we are entering a new era. And as President-elect Trump said, it’s going to happen a lot faster than people think.” In this new era, it will be a lot more costly for those who seek to harm Israel, he warned.The prime minister was also widely reported Sunday to have either canceled or opted not to schedule a meeting with Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos next month; his spokesman said no such meeting had ever been arranged. He was also said to have chosen not to schedule a meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping. He has already recalled Israel’s ambassadors from Senegal and New Zealand, two of the four countries that co-sponsored the resolution. (Israel has no ties with the other two sponsors, Malaysia and Venezuela.) Netanyahu also reportedly told his cabinet ministers at a meeting on Sunday morning to reduce to a minimum their engagement with all the countries that voted for the resolution and with which Israel has ties — China, Russia, France, the UK, Spain, Egypt, Angola, Ukraine, Uruguay, Japan, New Zealand and Senegal. They were told to minimize any visits to those countries, and that he would not receive visits from their foreign ministers.On Saturday, Netanyahu canceled this week’s scheduled visit to Israel of Ukraine’s prime minister.Addressing the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem Sunday, Netanyahu reiterated his staunch opposition to Resolution 2334.“We have no doubt that the Obama administration initiated it, stood behind it, coordinated its versions and insisted upon its passage,” he said.

Palestinians deny Israel scaling back ties over UN vote-Defense minister’s directive to limit cooperation after anti-settlement resolution is making no difference on the ground, PA officials say-By Avi Issacharoff December 25, 2016, 6:34 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Palestinian officials asserted Sunday that Israel did not curtail coordination with the PA, casting doubt on the significance of an assertion by Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman that he had instructed the IDF to cut civilian ties over a United Nations resolution condemning settlements.According to Army Radio, Liberman on Saturday ordered the IDF and the Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), which is responsible for implementing Israel government policies in the West Bank, to cease all contact with political representatives of the Palestinian Authority and Palestinian civilians, as well as end all cooperation on political and civilian matters.Liberman’s statement was part of the diplomatic fallout following the passage of the resolution at the UN Security Council on Friday.But a senior official in the Palestinian Authority told The Times of Israel that meetings between Israel and the Palestinian Authority on civilian matters were continuing as usual. Furthermore, he said that the Palestinians had not received any notification that such interactions were to be suspended.The spokesperson said that there were no discussions of larger policy issues happening anyway, so that the only ongoing meetings were about matters such as water and electricity, which were taking place as usual.In response, a spokesperson for the Defense Ministry told The Times of Israel that Liberman’s directive applied only to meetings between the IDF and political representatives of the Palestinian Authority.The spokesperson stressed that security coordination would continue as usual along with ongoing practical matters including agriculture, water and the economy.The Defense Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for clarification as to which specific activities were being suspended.The United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 was drafted in part by the Palestinians, who finalized the measure with the help of Egyptian and Arab diplomats last week.The UN measure declares that Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem has “no legal validity and constitutes a flagrant violation under international law and a major obstacle to the achievement of the two-state solution and a just, lasting and comprehensive peace.”The resolution was passed Friday evening by a 14-0 majority, with only the United States abstaining. Israeli officials have lashed out at the countries that proposed and backed the measure as well as the United States, which it accused of secretly initiating the resolution.While Liberman’s order on Saturday was an ostensible first step against the Palestinians following the approval of the resolution, Israel has already taken a number of retaliatory measures against the states that supported its passage, including recalling envoys from New Zealand and Senegal, two of the co-sponsors of the resolution.In addition, on Sunday afternoon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned US Ambassador Dan Shapiro for “clarifications” over the failure of the US to veto the resolution, and reportedly canceled a meeting with his British counterpart, Theresa May, that was planned for next month.

Senegal defends its UN Israel settlement vote-Spokesman says his country has supported Palestinian rights since 1975, international community and Muslim nations salute its stance-By AFP December 25, 2016, 9:02 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal on Sunday defended its vote at the UN Security Council to halt Israeli settlements in Palestinian-claimed territory, after Israel decided to recall its ambassador to Dakar and to suspend its aid program.“Senegal’s position must be saluted. The international community hails Senegal’s stance, especially the Muslim nations,” government spokesman Seydou Gueye said in a statement carried by national television.“Senegal abided by its diplomatic vision. Since 1975, Senegal has been a member of the (UN) Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People,” Gueye said.Asked about Israel’s suspension of all its aid programs in the west African nation, the spokesman said the government had not yet been officially informed of the decision.“When it is informed of such a decision, it will issue a response,” Gueye said.He did not comment on Israel’s move to recall its ambassador to Dakar.Senegal, one of the UN Security Council’s 10 non-permanent members, re-established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1995.The landmark UN resolution was passed Friday after the United States abstained.That enabled the adoption of the first UN resolution since 1979 to condemn Israel over its settlement policy.The vote came despite intense lobbying efforts by Israel and calls from US President-elect Donald Trump to block the text.It was scheduled at the request of New Zealand, Malaysia, Senegal and Venezuela, which stepped in after Egypt put the draft resolution on hold.After the resolution passed, Israel recalled its ambassadors to Senegal and New Zealand for consultations.It has no diplomatic relations with Venezuela or Malaysia, which also voted for the resolution.In another act of protest, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also decided to cancel a visit by Senegal’s foreign minister set for January.While the resolution contains no sanctions, Israeli officials are concerned it could widen the possibility of prosecution at the International Criminal Court.They are also worried it could encourage some countries to impose sanctions against Israeli settlers and goods produced in the settlements.

UN chief: Security Council resolution on settlements showed ‘leadership’-Ban Ki-moon hails ‘significant step,’ urges Israeli, Palestinians to get back to negotiating table-By Times of Israel staff December 24, 2016, 3:51 am

The United Nations’ Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that the anti-settlements resolution passed earlier in the day at the Security Council with a US abstention was “a significant step” that showed leadership and demonstrated the “international community’s collective efforts to reconfirm” the vision of a two-state solution.Ban also urged Israelis and Palestinians to work toward creating an environment that would allow a return to the negotiating table, and said that the UN would “support all concerned parties in achieving this goal.”“The resolution is a significant step, demonstrating the Council’s much-needed leadership and the international community’s collective efforts to reconfirm that the vision of two states is still achievable,” Ban said in a statement, adding that he was taking the “opportunity to encourage Israeli and Palestinian leaders to work with the international community to create a conducive environment for a return to meaningful negotiations.”Earlier Friday, the Security Council voted 14-0 to demand that Israel halt settlement activity, with the United States taking the rare step of refraining from wielding its veto to protect its closest Mideast ally.Israel reacted furiously to the move, accusing the US of “abandoning” the Jewish State, of engaging in unfriendly behavior, and of cooperating with the UN against Israel.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “Israel categorically rejects the despicable anti-Israeli resolution at the UN, and will not adhere to it.”“The Obama administration not only failed to defend Israel from this harassment at the UN, it cooperated with it behind the scenes,” the PM added bitterly.In a barely veiled final repudiation of the administration with which Netanyahu has clashed so often, his office said Israel was “looking forward to working with President-elect [Donald] Trump and with our friends in Congress, both Republicans and Democrats, to undo the damage of this absurd resolution.”The Obama administration, for its part, shot back that Washington’s refusal to yield its veto power at the Security Council, allowing the measure to pass, came as a result of the Netanyahu government’s policies.“Netanyahu had the opportunity to pursue policies that would have led to a different outcome today,” said Obama adviser Ben Rhodes on a media conference call Friday, after citing US governmental figures on settlement growth in the West Bank and mentioning the Israeli premier’s past statements on his government’s allegiance to the settlement movement.Rhodes said that settlement activity “accelerated considerably” since the US vetoed a similar UN resolution in 2011, leading the US to believe that taking the same course of action — absent ongoing peace talks — would not yield different results.“In the absence of any meaningful peace process, as well as in the accelerated settlement activity,” he said, “we took the decision that we did today to abstain on the resolution.”Trump issued a curt warning Friday afternoon that his administration could take an adversarial approach to the international body.“As to the UN, things will be different after Jan. 20th,” the president-elect tweeted shortly after the Security Council passed the resolution.Eric Cortellessa contributed to this report.

Vote on Israel could spur further action, or trouble for UN-Security Council decision poses dangers for the UN with incoming Trump administration and may harden Israel’s attitude toward concessions-By Edith M. Lederer, Bradley Klapper and Josef Federman December 24, 2016, 10:11 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The US green light that allowed the UN Security Council to condemn Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem could spur moves toward new terms to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But it also poses dangers for the United Nations with the incoming Trump administration and may harden Israel’s attitude toward concessions.The Obama administration’s decision to abstain and allow the UN’s most powerful body to approve a long-sought resolution calling Israeli settlements “a flagrant violation under international law” was a sharp rebuke to a longstanding ally and a striking rupture with past US vetoes.US Ambassador Samantha Power said “it is because this resolution reflects the facts on the ground — and is consistent with US policy across Republican and Democratic administrations throughout the history of the state of Israel — that the United States did not veto it.”She cited a 1982 statement by then-President Ronald Reagan that the United States “will not support the use of any additional land for the purpose of settlements” and that “settlement activity is in no way necessary for the security of Israel.”The Security Council vote Friday, however, was anything but routine for Washington, which traditionally vetoes all resolutions related to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict on grounds that differences must be solved through negotiations. It was the first resolution on the conflict approved during President Barack Obama’s nearly eight years in office and shone a spotlight on his icy relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.The US decision to abstain on the 14-0 vote followed months of intensely secret deliberations in Washington, a spate of fresh Israeli settlement announcements that sparked exasperation and anger from American officials, and recent attempts by Israel’s government to have parliament legalize thousands of homes built on privately owned Palestinian land.After Egypt suddenly postponed a scheduled vote on the resolution Thursday, reportedly under pressure from Israel and supporters of US President-elect Donald Trump, four new sponsors stepped up and pushed it through — Malaysia, New Zealand, Venezuela and Senegal, each representing a different region and reflecting the wide support for the measure.Trump demanded that Obama veto the resolution and tweeted after the vote, “As to the UN, things will be different after Jan. 20th” — when Trump takes office.It would be virtually impossible, however, for Trump to overturn the resolution. It would require a new resolution with support from at least nine members in the 15-member Security Council and no veto by one of the other permanent members — Russia, China, Britain or France, all of whom supported Friday’s resolution.Republicans, who control Congress, immediately threatened consequences. Sen. Lindsay Graham, who heads the Senate panel in charge of US payments to the UN, said he would “form a bipartisan coalition to suspend or significantly reduce” funding. He added that countries receiving US aid could also be penalized for supporting the resolution.Under UN rules, failure to pay dues leads to the loss of voting privileges in the General Assembly.The vote on settlements sparked behind-the-scenes discussion in the usually divided Security Council on what else might be achieved on the Israeli-Palestinian issue while Obama is still in the White House.New Zealand has been pressing for the council to consider a resolution that would set out the parameters for a settlement of the conflict, and its draft ideas remain on the table.But Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon warned the council after the vote that the resolution would not spur peace efforts.“By voting ‘yes’ in favor of this resolution, you have in fact voted ‘no,'” Danon said. “You voted ‘no’ to negotiations. You voted ‘no’ to progress, and a chance for better lives for Israelis and Palestinians. And you voted ‘no’ to the possibility of peace.”Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately retaliated against some of the nations that proposed Friday’s resolution. He recalled his nation’s ambassadors to New Zealand and Senegal for consultations, canceled a planned January visit to Israel by Senegal’s foreign minister and ended Israeli aid programs to the West African nation.“Israel rejects this shameful anti-Israel resolution at the UN and will not abide by its terms,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement.The Israeli leader blamed Obama for failing to “protect Israel against this gang-up at the UN” and even colluding with its detractors. He said, “Israel looks forward to working with President-elect Trump and with all our friends in Congress, Republicans and Democrats alike, to negate the harmful effects of this absurd resolution.”By contrast, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat hailed the result as a “victory for the justice of the Palestinian cause.” He said Trump’s choice was now between “international legitimacy” or siding with “settlers and extremists.”Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian UN ambassador, urged the Security Council to “stand firm by this decision” and “not be cowed by negative threats or spin.”

King of Bahrain hosts menorah-lighting ceremony-Video of rabbis and kaffiyeh-clad Muslims dancing to Hasidic songs in Arab monarchy goes viral-By Times of Israel staff December 25, 2016, 10:12 pm

The small Muslim monarchy of Bahrain hosted a ceremony to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah, and the resulting video of kaffiyeh-wearing sheikhs dancing with Orthodox Jews to Hasidic music has been going viral on Facebook.On Saturday night, the kingdom, ruled by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, held a candle-lighting ceremony in which Jews, businesspeople and other Bahraini people took part.Bahrain, a group of islands in Persian gulf with a population of 1.4 million, is the only Arab gulf state that has a synagogue. The country had a Jewish population of some 1,500 Jews in 1948. However, after the declaration of the State of Israel many left, and almost all those who remained followed suit after 1967’s Six Day War. Today there are less than 50 Jews in the country.The kingdom is also unique in that its ambassador to the US from 2008-2010 was Houda Nonoo, a Jewish woman who had formerly served in the nation’s parliament.Last year was the first time that the king of Bahrain marked Hanukkah. He invited Conference of European Rabbis Director Rabbi Moshe Levin, who recited the traditional blessings while lighting the candles, and sang a verse of “Ma’oz Tzur,” the traditional Hanukkah hymn. Some 50 Jews were present for the ceremony.At that time the king welcomed his guests, saying that “the call to war against terror needs to come from the leaders of all the religions as one. Here in Bahrain members of all the religions live with no fear, and we will continue to allow Jews to live peacefully and quietly, maintaining their lifestyle, their customs and the commandments of their religion without any fear.”

Firefighters gain control of Haifa oil refinery blaze-After hours of intense efforts, teams quell massive fire that threatened to spread to other chemical tanks-By Times of Israel staff December 25, 2016, 10:16 pm

After battling the flames for several hours, firefighters said Sunday evening they had gained control of a massive blaze in a gasoline tank at a Haifa refinery that had been raging since morning.Emergency crews warned that, despite containing the fire, work to extinguish it completely would continue long into the night.The huge fire sent bright orange flames and thick black smoke billowing into the air above the northern port city and threatened other installations at a large industrial complex.It was not immediately clear how the fire started.After testing air pollution levels and finding the results to be low, the Environmental Protection Ministry withdrew an earlier warning instructing local residents to remain indoors.Police briefly closed main traffic arteries near the Haifa industrial zone as dozens of firefighting teams attempted to keep the flames under the control.“It is a very serious incident. Our main aim at the moment is to stop the fire spreading to other tanks that contain dangerous material,” Haifa fire services spokesman Yoram Levy told the Ynet news site.Levy said the tank held 1,000 cubic liters of gasoline and more than 40 firefighting teams were being sent to try and contain the blaze. Officials said a larger disaster was avoided as the tank, with a capacity of 10,000 cubic liters, was relatively empty.As thick black smoked filled the air above the city, many residents reported breathing difficulties, though rescue officials did not say if anyone needed treatment.The Haifa bay area, hemmed in by the Carmel Mountains, is home to some of the heaviest industry in the country, and residents there have long feared an incident that could endanger the city.The fire comes weeks after the city was ravaged by a series of wildfires that destroyed hundreds of homes and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people. The city was also hit by heavy flooding earlier this month that killed one person.Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav said the municipality had repeatedly warned the government about the danger posed by the refinery and the area’s massive ammonia storage tank, which have been threatened as targets by the Hezbollah terror group.“We have repeatedly warned; we are tired of warning. This is just a small indication (of what could happen) but it is a wake-up call to the government of Israel,” he told Army Radio.On Sunday evening, dozens of Haifa residents held an impromptu protest calling for the facility to be relocated outside of the city.MK Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint (Arab) List, wrote on Twitter that the government should take action to fight the problems plaguing his hometown.“And doing something does not mean blaming the Arabs in the media again,” he wrote sarcastically, referring to accusations that the Haifa fires had been started as nationalistically motivated arson attacks.Recently, Haifa City Hall has tried to temporarily shut down the Carmel Olefins refinery after a series of mishaps in which dangerous pollutants were accidentally released into the air.Several studies have indicated that Haifa residents suffer from a slew of health-related problems, including higher rates of cancer and pollution-related disorders such as smaller-than-average heads and relatively low weight in newborns.

Pakistan makes nuclear threat to Israel, in response to fake news-Defense minister in Islamabad reacts to false news item featuring non-existent quote by ex-Israeli defense chief Ya’alon-By Times of Israel staff December 24, 2016, 1:29 pm

Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif tweeted a veiled nuclear threat at Israel, apparently after taking affront at a fake news article where Israel purportedly warned Islamabad against meddling in Syria.“Israeli def min threatens nuclear retaliation presuming pak role in Syria against Daesh. Israel forgets Pakistan is a Nuclear state too,” the Pakistani minister tweeted on Friday.Israel Radio said Saturday that Asif was responding to a fake news story on the website AWDnews.com, which falsely reported that Israel responded to a Pakistani promise to send troops to Syria with a threat of nuclear attack.The unfounded story even mistakenly attributes the threat to Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon. Ya’alon left the Defense Ministry in May and was replaced by current Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman.Israeli def min threatens nuclear retaliation presuming pak role in Syria against Daesh.Israel forgets Pakistan is a Nuclear state too AH— Khawaja M. Asif (@KhawajaMAsif) December 23, 2016-Israel has never publicly confirmed or denied possessing nuclear weapons, nor issued threats to use nuclear weapons. It would be beyond unlikely for it to brazenly threaten Pakistan that “we will destroy them with a nuclear attack,” as the report claimed that Ya’alon did on Tuesday. Such ostensible comments by Ya’alon would have caused major headlines worldwide.Asif’s tweet was roundly criticized on twitter, with many calling on him to act in a more responsible manner.“Oh Khawaja Saab, It’s a Fake News From Fake News Outlets. Act Like a Defense Minister,” wrote one commentator.It’s not the first time Asif has brandished his country’s nuclear arsenal.In September he threatened to use tactical nuclear weapons against arch-enemy India.

CHRISTIANS WORRY BETHLEHAM COULD BE DONE WITH BY THE ARAB MURDERERS.

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. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

First female mayor hopes to reverse the trend via tourism-Christians worry ‘Silent Night’ may soon refer to their community in Bethlehem-In birthplace of Jesus, Christian population has dropped from 86% to 12% in the past 60 years, following trend across Middle East, except in Israel-By Melanie Lidman December 24, 2016, 2:05 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Marking the place where Jesus was born, the Christmas tree in Bethlehem’s Manger Square stands 17 meters (55 feet) tall. During the holiday season, visitors swarm around the base, taking grinning selfies while snacking on paper cups of sweet corn. Christmas lights adorn the old stone alleyways and the falafel sellers keep their fryers working extra late.More than a million foreign tourists visit the Church of the Nativity each year, especially during Christmas time. Few visitors will notice anything amiss during a quick visit to the birthplace of Jesus as they dash into the cathedral with their cameras held aloft and take a few minutes to browse the plethora of shops selling Christian trinkets, the same way visitors have done for decades. But behind the cheery Christmas lights, the demographics tell a different story.Bethlehem’s Christian population is rapidly disappearing, as members of the community leave in droves for a better life abroad.Bethlehem as well as nearby Beit Sahour and Beit Jala were 86% Christian in 1950. But by 2016, the Christian population dropped to just 12%, according Bethlehem mayor Vera Baboun, a Catholic who is the first woman to hold the post.This trend is echoed across the West Bank. In the 1970s, Christians made up 5% of the population. Today, they are just 2%. In Bethlehem, only 11,000 Christians remain in the birthplace of Christianity.The situation for Christians is even more precarious in Gaza. In 2006, a year before hard-line Islamist party Hamas seized power from the more moderate Fatah, there were 5,000 Christians living in the strip. Today, there are just 1,100, according to Samir Qumsieh, the owner of Nativity TV, the only Christian TV station in the West Bank and a researcher focusing on Christian issues.In Israel, however, the Arab Christian population has held steady with demographic growth, increasing by about 5,000 over the past 20 years. Today there are 164,700 Christians in Israel, about 2% of the population, a similar ratio to past decades.By contrast, a 2014 Pew Research study found that while the overall number of Christians in the Middle East and North Africa increased from 1.6 million to 7.5 million between 1900 and 2010, an increase of nearly 400%, non-Christian populations increased by tenfold during the same period. The Christian percentage of the overall population in the region thus decreased from 10% in 1900 to 5% in 2010.The Pew study noted that part of this decline in the overall percentage is due to lower birthrates among Christians than Muslims. But it also found that Christians are more likely than other religious groups to emigrate from this part of the world.In 2012, Christians faced religious harassment in more countries in the Middle East and North Africa than any other region of the world, according to the study.Comparatively, Palestinian Christians are much more well-off than Syrian or Iraqi Christians, who are fleeing the country due to civil wars and religious persecution, said Dr. Amnon Ramon, a researcher focusing on Christianity at the Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research.But even in places that aren’t beset by crisis, Christians are still leaving, often for economic reasons. “Christian emigration is happening from the entire Middle East, partly because it’s easier for them to assimilate than Muslims,” said Ramon.Ramon noted that Christians often send their children to church-affiliated schools, where European languages are taught at a high level. “That’s a huge advantage, and it gives them a good start to assimilating when they emigrate,” Ramon said. Christians are also more proportionately city dwellers from higher economic classes, which also eases the integration process.In places like Europe and North America, there’s also less antagonism towards Christian immigrants over Muslim immigrants, said Ramon.-Complex Muslim-Christian interaction-Nabil Giacaman, a Christian shop owner of the “Christmas House” store on Manger Square, said that the focus on Christian-only emigration is an attempt to drive a wedge between Christians and Muslims and foster division within Palestinian society. Since the Christian population is so much smaller, their shrinking numbers are felt that much more acutely, he said.“It’s not about Christians and Muslims, it’s not that I’m facing these issues only because I’m a Christian,” said Giacaman. “As Muslims suffer, Christians also suffer. At the end, we are all Palestinian, we get the same permits and the same treatment at the checkpoints.”Others say the situation is more nuanced.“Officially [in the Palestinian Authority], the laws are the same for Christians and Muslims but there is still some racism [against Christians],” said Qumsieh, who noted that most of the racism is connected to land ownership, and that people generally try to sell land to members of their own religion.-‘People will stay if they can get a flat and a job’-Aside from the political situation, another main reason for the emigration is Bethlehem’s struggling economy. According to Baboun, the unemployment rate in Bethlehem is 27%, the highest in the Palestinian territories after Gaza. Average unemployment in the West Bank is 22%.“We need housing projects, we need investors who will employ our youth,” said Qumsieh. “People will stay if they can get a flat and a job.”Qumsieh’s own family is a perfect example of the struggle to get educated Palestinians to stay. As one of six highly-educated brothers, four of whom are engineers, Qumsieh is the only one who stayed in Bethlehem. His two sons, studying in the US, “mocked me to my face” when he asked if they were coming back to Bethlehem after graduating from college, Qumsieh recalled.“I can’t see how we have a future with this problem of ongoing emigration,” Qumsieh said. “I hope it won’t come to be that the Church of the Nativity and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher will become museums.”Baboun’s plan to improve the local economy centers around tourism. The city has one of the premier tourist sites in the Middle East – the Church of the Nativity – but is unable to capture the financial windfall that should come from attracting so many international tourists.According to the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism, 1.16 million foreigners visited the Church of the Nativity in 2013, the most recent year statistics were available. During the same year, 3.54 million tourists visited Israel.All tourists to Bethlehem arrive from Israel through one of 29 checkpoints that lead to the city and surrounding villages.A major complaint from Bethlehem residents involved in tourism is that most foreign tourists come to Bethlehem for only a few hours. Their big buses arrive at the tourism bus terminal next to Manger Square, they walk one block to visit the Church, and then immediately get back on the bus to return to Jerusalem. During their brief tour, the visitors spend very little money in the city.Baboun said the city is considering a tourism tax to ensure some of the tourism dollars are directed back to the city, though declined to elaborate how or where the city would levy the tax.Bethlehem is also in the midst of a sorely needed $20 million renovation of the Church of the Nativity, after years of negotiating with the three churches that administer the site as well as Israeli and Palestinian authorities. The renovations, which started in 2014, will repair the leaky roof, strengthen the support columns and reveal the original floor mosaics.The church was first built in the 4th century, though renovations haven’t happened for the past 200 years. In 2012, UNESCO designated it a World Heritage in Danger site, a move Israel condemned as political, though Palestinians celebrated as a recognition over their sovereignty of the site.Baboun said a major obstacle to economic development is that many of the large infrastructure projects must be coordinated with the Israeli Civil Administration, the Israeli army, the Palestinian Authority and the Bethlehem City Council. Much of the city does not have running water, forcing residents to get water delivered privately. And there are no wastewater treatment areas in the region, a major environmental issue.Baboun is hoping that the tourists who throng Manger Square on December 24 will acknowledge the difficult realities while still celebrating the traditional Christmas sprit.“Bethlehem is open, and Bethlehem is ringing the bells of joy for peace in the Middle East,” she said.There are now 55 hotels in Bethlehem, Baboun added, hopefully ensuring that, unlike Joseph and Mary, everyone who wants will find a place at an inn.“This issue of Christian emigration has become a political tool,” said Ramon, the researcher at the Jerusalem Institute. “There are right-wing groups, like Evangelists, who are always saying ‘Christians are in such a bad situation with the Muslims and that’s why they’re leaving!’ Then there’s liberal Protestants who emphasize that the relations between Christians and Muslims are good, and it’s just the Israeli occupation that is responsible for all this.”“The real situation is somewhere in the middle,” he said. “The question about whether to stay or go is really dependent on one single thing: the question, where my children will have a better future?”

FBI warns of possible terror attacks on churches, holiday gatherings in US-Alert issued after publicly available list of US churches posted on a terrorists’ social media site-By Deb Riechmann December 24, 2016, 5:49 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities warned law enforcement authorities across the nation Friday that Islamic State sympathizers are continuing to call for attacks on churches and other holiday gathering sites.The warning was issued after a publicly available list of US churches was posted on a militants’ social media site. It also came just days after Monday’s attack at a Christmas market in Berlin that left 12 dead and 56 injured.Separately on Friday, police in Australia detained five men suspected of planning a series of Christmas Day attacks using explosives, knives and a gun in the heart of Melbourne.FBI spokesman Andrew Ames said US citizens are advised to maintain awareness of their surroundings and report suspicious activity. He said the FBI will work closely with federal, state and local law enforcement should there be any potential threat to public safety.“The FBI is aware of the recent link published online that urges attacks against US churches,” Ames said. “As with similar threats, the FBI is tracking this matter while we investigate its credibility.”

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) 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)

INCLUDING THIS QUAKE YESTERDAY.ALL YOU WILL BE HEARING FROM THE END OF THE WORLD CROWD FOR THE NEXT 2 YEARS.IS FROM TODAY ON THE 2ND WAVE OF ENERGY HAS HIT. AND EVERY DISASTER ON EARTH FROM HERE ON IN WILL BE BLAMED ON THIS SO CALLED WAVE OF ENERGY. LOOK FOR THE END OF THE WORLDERS TO MAKE ENDLESS VIDEOS SAYING FOR THE NEXT 2 YEARS-LOOK OUT FOR THE END OF THE WORLD APOCOLYPTIC EVENTS.FROM THIS 2ND WAVE OF ENERGY. THEY SURE WON'T MENTION THE BIBLE SAYS 4 BILLION OR HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION WILL BE DYING FROM ATOMIC-NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THAT DOES NOT MAKE A SENSATIONAL HEADLINE OR RAKE IN THE MONEY.

Major quake jolts Chile resort region; 21,000 homes lose power-[Reuters]-By Felipe Iturrieta and Antonio De la Jara-YAHOONEWS-December 25, 2016

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A major 7.6 magnitude earthquake jolted southern Chile on Sunday, prompting thousands to evacuate coastal areas, but no fatalities or major damage were reported in the tourism and salmon farming region.Chile's National Emergency Office (ONEMI) lifted both the evacuation order and a tsunami watch three hours after the Christmas Day quake struck, telling nearly 5,000 people who had evacuated they could return to their homes.Onemi said one bridge in the area was impassable as crews worked to restore electricity to 21,000 homes without power.Officials had issued a tsunami warning earlier for areas within 1,000 km (621 miles) of the epicenter, just 39 km (24.5 miles) southwest of Puerto Quellon, off the coast. But the warning was downgraded to a tsunami watch. Eight mostly small ports in the area were closed, Chile's Navy said.The quake was felt on the other side of the Andes mountains in Argentina, in the southwestern city of Bariloche, but structural damage in areas close to the epicenter was limited, witnesses said.The quake's depth was about 34.6 km (21.5 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said."There was a lot, a lot of movement here, but besides that nothing of note, there weren't houses falling," said Alamiro Vera, owner of the Cabanas Hotel in the southern Chile fishing town of Quellon. "It was just scary, and some things inside fell."A Reuters witness said some roads and at least one bridge were damaged in Quellon, located on Chiloe Island, a tourist destination in Chile's Los Lagos region.-'BIGGEST SCARE OF OUR LIVES'-The quake disrupted Christmas plans for thousands of people who fled their homes on foot, in cars and on horseback, seeking higher ground amid torrential rains as sirens warned about the potential tsunami.Quellon resident Denisse Alvarado was preparing to travel to the countryside to celebrate Christmas with friends when she felt the quake and ran out of her home."All of a sudden it shook and shook and shook," Alvarado, 46, told Reuters. "I thought the house would fall and the ground would open because it was very strong and very loud.""It was the biggest scare of our lives," she added.Though there were dozens of weaker aftershocks, damage was concentrated along a highway that runs across Chiloe Island, where traffic was shut down in one section and on smaller roads and bridges.Local television showed damage to some homes, especially in Quellon and surrounding areas.-SALMON ZONE-The area hit by Sunday's quake was south of Valdivia, Chile, where 1,655 people died in a 1960 quake ranked by the USGS as the most powerful recorded in Chile.The region is home to several industrial salmon farms. An official with Chile's National Fish and Aquaculture Service said several companies had evacuated employees and were evaluating their facilities for possible damage.Fishing and agriculture company Empresas AquaChile SA said its employees in the watch zone had been evacuated and were safe, adding that there was no damage to its facilities.Several other companies have industrial salmon farming operations in the region, including Blumar SA, Cia Pesquera Camanchaca SA, Australis Seafoods SA, Multiexport Foods SA, Invermar SA, and the local unit of Norway's Marine Harvest ASA.Chile is the world's leading copper producer, but there are no major mines located near the zone affected by the earthquake.Chile's state-run oil company ENAP [ENAP.UL] said its Bio Bio refinery in southern Chile was operating normally. The Puerto Montt airport was operating normally, a spokesman said.Latam Airlines Group SA and Sky Airlines said their southern Chile routes were operating without major delays.Chile has a long history of deadly quakes, including a 8.8 magnitude quake in 2010 off the south-central coast, which also triggered a tsunami that devastated coastal towns.(Additional reporting by Gram Slattery; Writing by Mary Milliken and Luc Cohen; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)

Typhoon Nock-ten lashes central Philippines, cuts power-[Reuters]-By Enrico Dela Cruz-YAHOONEWS-December 25, 2016

MANILA (Reuters) - A typhoon slammed into central Philippines late on Sunday, bringing strong winds and heavy rains and cutting off power, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, weather officials and radio reports said.Typhoon Nock-ten was packing maximum sustained winds of 185 kph (115 mph) with gusts up to 255 kph when it made landfall over Catanduanes province, which was under the highest storm alert, on the Bicol peninsula on Sunday evening.The typhoon made a second landfall over Camarines Sur province, then weakened slightly with winds of 175 kph but gusts at 290 kph, the weather bureau said."We continue to pray, stay positive and stay alert. Brownout in a lot of areas already," Camarines Sur Governor Miguel Luis Villafuerte said in a post on his Instagram account. Communication lines have been cut in some areas, radio reports said.Around 218,000 people fled to evacuation centres after authorities warned of storm surges and flooding in coastal villages and low-lying areas.Nock-ten could make another landfall early on Monday while moving west faster at 20 kph, from 15 kph previously, and crossing the provinces of Camarines Norte, Southern Quezon, Laguna, Batangas, and Cavite, weather forecasters said.The typhoon's eye will be near Metro Manila on Monday afternoon, they said.Land, sea and air travel has been suspended in some areas, leaving stranded thousands of people heading home for Christmas in the mostly Christian country.In 2013, more than 6,000 people were killed and 200,000 homes destroyed when Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest-ever storm to make landfall in the Philippines, hit the central islands of Leyte and Samar.About 20 major typhoons pass through the Philippines each year. Since 1948, at least seven have hit during the Christmas period.

Dakotas under blizzard warnings as winter storm forecast over central U.S.-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-December 25, 2016

(Reuters) - Almost all of North and South Dakota were under blizzard, ice storm or winter storm warnings on Sunday as wintry weather was forecast to hit the Central U.S., meteorologists said.The National Weather Service said it expected a strong winter storm to drop heavy snow - as many as 15 inches (38 cm) in parts of the Dakotas - across the northern plains on Christmas day, as well as rain or even freezing rain as far east as Wisconsin.The service warned that the freezing weather would make ground travel near impossible in spots and could hamper the plans of some of the 94 million Americans who, according to American Automobile Association, were expected to travel by vehicle over the holiday season."Holiday travel will likely be poor across much of the northern-tier states," the weather service's Weather Prediction Center said. The weather service also warned of dense fog for large swaths of the country's southern and central regions, bringing further difficulty to drivers.For travelers making their holiday treks by air, flight tracking website flightaware.com was reporting only a few dozen flight cancellations or airport delays across the country as of early on Christmas morning.(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

Snow storm bears down on western U.S. as holiday travelers hit the roads-[Reuters]-By Brendan O'Brien-YAHOONEWS-December 24, 2016

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A winter storm was taking aim on Saturday at the U.S. West and Midwest where it was expected to dump heavy snow and freezing rain, causing headaches for millions of holiday travelers who were hitting the road over the weekend, forecasters said.Winter storm and blizzard warnings and watches were in effect from Nevada and Colorado up through the Dakotas and into northern Minnesota as 2 inches (5 cm) to 15 inches (38 cm) of snow along with strong gusts were in the forecast on Saturday and Sunday, the National Weather Service said."Blizzard conditions are possible across portions of the northern plains on Christmas Day, where snow along with winds gusting in excess of 60 mph could create very dangerous travel conditions," the weather service said.The treacherous weather could hamper the plans of some of the 94 million Americans who, according to American Automobile Association, were expected to travel by vehicle over the holiday season.From New Mexico up through northeastern Wisconsin, a mix of freezing rain and flurries will cover roadways with an icy glaze and blowing snow over the weekend, the service predicts.Thunderstorms and 45-mph (70 kph) winds were also expected for northern Texas, central Oklahoma and southern Kansas and Missouri on Saturday and Sunday, the National Weather Service said.The storm caused problems on Friday in northeastern Oregon, where transportation authorities closed Interstate 84 between Baker City and LaGrande for several hours on Friday after snow reduced visibility to zero.Bad weather was to blame for more than 620 flight cancellations on Friday in the United States, flightaware.com reported.In Appleton, Wisconsin, where snow had fallen on Friday evening, a plane carrying the Minnesota Vikings National Football League team slid off a runway, local airport and team officials said. No injuries were reported.Flood watches and warnings were also in effect for parts of the West Coast, including coastal Southern California, and Midwest after heavy rains fell on Friday night and temperatures were expected to rise throughout the regions over the weekend.Despite the winter weather, parts of Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee will enjoy unseasonably warm weather on Christmas Day, as temperatures are likely to soar into the 60s F, according to the NWS.(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Adrian Croft)

China's aircraft carrier to drill in Western Pacific-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-December 25, 2016

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's first aircraft carrier will carry out drills in the Western Pacific, in what the navy called part of routine exercises, amid renewed tension over self-ruled Taiwan that Beijing claims as its own.The navy said in a statement late on Saturday the Liaoning, along with its accompanying fleet, would conduct "exercises far out at sea", without giving details of the location or route, in what is likely its first blue-water drill far from home waters."This exercise is being carried out in accordance with annual exercise plans," the navy said in a statement also carried on the front page of the official People's Liberation Army Daily.China's successful operation of the Liaoning is the first step in what state media and some military experts say will be the deployment of domestically built carriers by 2020.Taiwan's defense ministry said on Sunday it had been monitoring the drills closely as the Liaoning went through the Miyako Strait, a body of water between the Japanese islands of Miyako and Okinawa, heading into the Pacific.It said it was monitoring whether the aircraft carrier would continue into the Bashi Channel, which lies between Taiwan and the Philippines, on its return.The Japanese Defense Ministry said on Sunday evening that a Maritime Self Defense Force ship and a P3C patrol airplane had spotted six Chinese naval vessels including Liaoning traveling through the passage between Miyako and Okinawa and into the Pacific.There was no territorial incursion, the ministry said.One Z-9 patrol helicopter that took off from a Chinese frigate flew near Miyako Island, prompting the scrambling of Japanese jet fighters, said the Japanese Defense Ministry.Nikkei business daily reported that Japan had told China via diplomatic channels that it was closely watching the moves of the aircraft carrier.China's military conducted its first ever live-fire drills using an aircraft carrier and fighters in the northeastern Bohai Sea close to the Korean peninsula this month, and has more recently been in the East China Sea.The navy showed pictures on its official microblog from the drills in the East China Sea, including J-15 carrier-borne fighter jets launching into the sky, overseen by navy chief Wu Shengli.They conducted aerial refueling and air combat exercises on Thursday, the navy said.China's growing military presence in the disputed South China Sea in particular has fueled concern, with the United States criticizing its militarization of maritime outposts and holding regular air and naval patrols to ensure freedom of navigation.The Western Pacific exercise comes amid new tension over self-ruled Taiwan, following U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's telephone call with the island's president that upset Beijing.China's air force conducted long-range drills this month above the East and South China Seas that rattled Japan and Taiwan. China said those exercises were also routine.China's Soviet-built Liaoning aircraft carrier has participated in previous military exercises, including some in the South China Sea, but China is years away from perfecting carrier operations similar to those the United States has practised for decades.Last December, the defense ministry confirmed China was building a second aircraft carrier but its launch date is unclear. The aircraft carrier program is a state secret.Beijing could build multiple aircraft carriers over the next 15 years, the Pentagon said in a report last year.(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Additional reporting by J.R. Wu in Taipei and Nobuhiro Kubo in Tokyo; Additional writing by Ryan Woo; Editing by Robert Birsel and Paul Tait)

Russia examines all possible reasons for Black Sea jet crash-[Associated Press]-VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and VERONIKA SILCHENKO-YAHOONEWS-December 25, 2016

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Backed by ships, helicopters and drones, Russian rescue teams searched Sunday for victims after a Russian plane carrying 92 people to Syria crashed into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff. Investigators said they were looking into every possible cause for the crash, including a terror attack.All 84 passengers and eight crew members on the Russian military's Tu-154 plane are believed to have died when it crashed two minutes after taking off at 5:25 a.m. in good weather from the southern Russian city of Sochi. The passengers included dozens of singers in Russia's world-famous military choir.More than 3,000 rescue workers on 32 ships — including over 100 divers flown in from across Russia — were searching the crash site at sea and along the shore, the Defense Ministry said. Helicopters, drones and submersibles were being used to help spot bodies and debris. Powerful spotlights were brought in so the operation could continue all night.Emergency crews found fragments of the plane about 1.5 kilometers (1 mile) from shore. By Sunday evening, rescue teams had recovered 11 bodies and Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said fragments of other bodies were also found.Asked if a terror attack was a possibility, Sokolov said investigators were looking into every possible reason for the crash. Several experts noted factors that suggested a terror attack, such as the crew's failure to report any malfunction and the fact that plane debris was scattered over a wide area.The plane was taking the Defense Ministry's choir, the Alexandrov Ensemble, to perform at a New Year's concert at Hemeimeem air base in Syria's coastal province of Latakia. Those on board also included nine Russian journalists and a Russian doctor famous for her work in war zones.Russian President Vladimir Putin went on television to declare Monday a nationwide day of mourning."We will conduct a thorough investigation into the reasons and will do everything to support the victims' families," Putin said.The Black Sea search area — which covered over 10 square kilometers (about 4 square miles) — was made more difficult by underwater currents that carried debris and body fragments into the open sea. Sokolov said the plane's flight recorders did not have radio beacons, so locating them on the seabed was going to be challenging.The Tu-154 is a Soviet-built three-engine airliner designed in the late 1960s. More than 1,000 have been built, and they have been used extensively in Russia and worldwide. The plane that crashed Sunday was built in 1983, and underwent factory check-ups and maintenance in 2014 and this year, according to the Defense Ministry.Magomed Tolboyev, a decorated Russian test pilot, said it was clear that all on board had died in the crash."There is no chance to survive in such situation," he said, according to the Interfax news agency.Before Sokolov spoke to reporters in Sochi, senior Russian lawmakers had ruled out a terror attack, arguing that the military plane was under reliable protection. Security is particularly tight in Sochi, the Black Sea city that hosted the 2014 Winter Games and is regularly visited by Putin, who often receives foreign leaders at his residence there.But some experts said the crew's failure to report a malfunction pointed at a possible terror attack."Possible malfunctions ... certainly wouldn't have prevented the crew from reporting them," Vitaly Andreyev, a former senior Russian air traffic controller, told RIA Novosti.Vadim Lukashevich, an independent aviation expert, told Dozhd TV that the crew's failure to communicate an equipment failure and the large area over which the plane's fragments were scattered raises the possibility of an attack.Alexander Gusak, a former chief of a SWAT team at the main domestic security agency, the FSB, told Dozhd that Russian airports are still vulnerable to terror threats despite security cordons."It's possible to penetrate them. It's a matter of skills," he said.Russian planes have been brought down previously by terror attacks.In October 2015, a Russian plane carrying mostly Russian tourists back from vacation in Egypt was brought down by a bomb over the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people aboard. Officials said the explosive device was planted in the plane's luggage compartment. The local affiliate of the Islamic State group claimed responsibility.In August 2004, two Russian planes were blown up in the skies over Russia on the same day by suicide bombers, killing 89 people. A Chechen warlord claimed responsibility.In the last year, the Russian military has repeatedly flown Russian singers and artists to perform at Hemeimeem, the main hub for the Russian air campaign in Syria.The passenger list released by the Defense Ministry included 64 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble, including its leader, Valery Khalilov. The ensemble is the official choir of the Russian military and also includes a band and a dance company. The choir sang "Get Lucky" at the opening of the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, becoming an online sensation.The damage to the choir was reported to be devastating. Viktor Yeliseyev, head of the rival choir for the Russian National Guard, said "most singers of the choir have died."Also on board was Yelizaveta Glinka, a Russian doctor who has won wide acclaim for her charity work, which has included missions to war zones in eastern Ukraine and Syria. Her foundation said Glinka was accompanying a medical shipment for a hospital in Syria."We never feel sure that we will come back alive," she said when Putin presented her with an award earlier this month. "But we are sure that kindness, compassion and charity are stronger than any weapon."Syrian President Bashar Assad was among numerous foreign leaders who sent their condolences to Putin, saying he received news of the crash "with deep grief and sadness."In recent years, Russian airlines have replaced their Tu-154s with more modern planes, but the military and other Russian government agencies have continued to use them. While noisy and fuel-guzzling, the plane is popular with crews that appreciate its maneuverability and ruggedness."It's an excellent plane, which has proven its reliability during decades of service," veteran pilot Oleg Smirnov said.Still, since 1994, there's been 17 major plane crashes involving the Tu-154 that have killed over 1,760 people in all. Most resulted from human error.In the latest previous deadly crash of a Tu-154, a plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others crashed in April 2010 while trying to land at a military airport in Smolensk in western Russia, killing everyone on board. Investigations by both Polish and Russian experts blamed pilot error in bad weather, but Polish authorities have launched a new probe.___Isachenkov reported from Moscow. Nataliya Vasilyeva in Moscow contributed to this report.

TORAH PORTION FROM DECEMBER 25-DECEMBER 31,2016

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. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

TORAH PORTION FROM DECEMBER 25-DECEMBER 31,2016
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2010/11/parshah-mikeitz-genesis-411-4417.html

JACK VAN IMPE-
http://www.jvim.com/
http://www.thegospel.com/clients/jvim-jack-van-impe-ministries/media.asp
JAN MARKELL-
http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/understanding-the-times/listen/
TOMI LAHREN-SHES MY KINDA STRAIT TALKER
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm24at_V3q7WF9yGzshULXw
EZRA LEVANTS THE REBEL MEDIA-STRAIT TALKER
http://www.therebel.media/
YOUTUBE THE REBEL
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGy6uV7yqGWDeUWTZzT3ZEg
J D FARAQ
https://www.youtube.com/user/alohabibleprophecy?feature=watch
STEVEN BEN-DENOON
https://www.youtube.com/user/BenDeNoon?feature=watch
MARK BILTZ ON THE FALL FEASTS OF ISRAEL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llOi5nKIb9Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PTRMOssYW8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1axKxqV608
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxCXwTXiq1U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMm2iahIhpk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmIZe5-ZnKY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsglTPrp7z4
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS
http://www.ifcj.org/site/PageNavigator/eng/USENG_homenew
CHRISTIANS FOR ISRAEL
http://www.c4israel.org/c4i/
INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN EMBASSY JERUSALEM CANADA
http://ca.icej.org/
DAVID SILVER-OUT OF ZION MINISTRIES
http://www.out-of-zion.com/
http://www.out-of-zion.com/about/articles/the-facts-behind-the-conflict
METEORITES HIT EARTH
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/i-think-i-just-figured-out-what-stars.html
NASA SOLAR-LUNAR ECLIPSES
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEdecade/SEdecade2021.html 

JESUS THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRIST-MAS.

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. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

JESUS THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRIST-MAS.
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2010/12/our-king-and-saviour-jesus-christ-true.html 

CHANUKAH IN ISRAEL TODAY FOR THE NEXT WEEK 2016

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. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

CHANUKAH IN ISRAEL TODAY FOR THE NEXT WEEK 2016-Hanukkah (Hebrew: חֲנֻכָּה, usually spelled חנוכה pronounced [χanuˈka] in Modern Hebrew, also romanized as Chanukah or Chanuka), also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.
https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah 
http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday7.htm 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2007/12/hannuka-day-1-8-scriptures.html
THE MACABEES STORY
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2007/12/7s-and-maccabees.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2007/12/maccabees-story.html

OTHER STORIES
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2012/04/last-generation-israel-as-nation-and.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/07/tisha-bav-2015-in-israel-today-11amest.html
ISRAELI FEASTS DAYS AND PROPHECIES FULFILLED ON P 1 & 2
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2007/03/fulfilled-prophecies-on-feast-days-p-1.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2007/03/fulfilled-prophecies-on-feast-days-p-2.html
LITERAL PROPHECIES FULFILLED THROUGH JESUS
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2007/12/332-prophecies-fulfilled.html
LAST GENERATION SIGNS FROM THE 4 GOSPELS-ISAIAH
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2007/12/last-generation-signs-chapters.html
HANNAH A WOMAN OF PRAYER
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2009/08/hannah-woman-of-prayer.html  

WEEKEND QUAKE RESULTS FOR DECEMBER 24-25,2016-SAT-SUN

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. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

EARTHQUAKES

EZEKIEL 37:7,11-14
7  So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.(POSSIBLE QUAKE BRINGS ISRAEL BACK TO LIFE-SO NOISE AND SHAKING-QUAKES WILL ALSO DESTROY ISRAELS ENEMIES)
11  Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
12  Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13  And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14  And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.

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.

UPDATE-DECEMBER 25, 2016-11:55PM

1 Day - M2.5+ U.S./M4.5+ World-22 of 22 earthquakes in map area.

    4.4-73km WNW of Vallenar, Chile-2016-12-26 01:03:32 (UTC)-28.7 km
    4.6-134km N of Kirakira, Solomon Islands-2016-12-26 00:49:22 (UTC)-35.3 km
    4.1-73km WSW of Puerto Quellon, Chile-2016-12-26 00:43:29 (UTC)-22.0 km
    2.5-9km SW of Hilo, Hawaii-2016-12-26 00:34:20 (UTC)-1.6 km
    4.2-78km WSW of Puerto Quellon, Chile-2016-12-26 00:12:28 (UTC)-11.5 km
    2.5-5km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX-2016-12-25 23:50:51 (UTC)-11.7 km
    4.4-107km E of Miyako, Japan-2016-12-25 23:27:21 (UTC)-19.2 km
    4.1-117km W of Cobres, Argentina-2016-12-25 23:05:33 (UTC)-210.6 km
    5.2-56km WSW of Puerto Quellon, Chile-2016-12-25 22:54:33 (UTC)-5.7 km
    4.1-77km WSW of Puerto Quellon, Chile-2016-12-25 21:55:57 (UTC)-10.9 km
    2.6-81km NW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska-2016-12-25 19:44:47 (UTC)-196.8 km
    4.6-167km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea-2016-12-25 17:35:49 (UTC)-117.1 km
    7.6-39km SSW of Puerto Quellon, Chile-2016-12-25 14:22:27 (UTC)-34.6 km
    5.4-147km E of Iquique, Chile-2016-12-25 14:01:34 (UTC)-114.2 km
    4.3-85km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile-2016-12-25 11:35:55 (UTC)-188.9 km
    4.3-172km W of Vallenar, Chile-2016-12-25 08:24:05 (UTC)-10.0 km
    4.6-48km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines-2016-12-25 08:00:08 (UTC)-32.6 km
    4.6-Kuril Islands-2016-12-25 07:41:41 (UTC)-35.0 km
    4.7-Kuril Islands-2016-12-25 03:31:23 (UTC)-78.9 km
    2.8-70km NNW of Talkeetna, Alaska-2016-12-25 02:19:38 (UTC)-87.2 km
    4.4-73km WSW of Attu Station, Alaska-2016-12-25 01:25:44 (UTC)-32.6 km
    5.0-189km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea-2016-12-24 23:34:07 (UTC)-10.0 km
    4.9-39km ENE of Qiaowa, China-2016-12-24 23:26:08 (UTC)-10.0 km
    3.0-13km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma-2016-12-24 23:17:31 (UTC)-1.3 km
    4.9-112km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea-2016-12-24 22:03:22 (UTC)-20.2 km
    4.3-92km E of Iwaki, Japan-2016-12-24 21:23:47 (UTC)-43.5 km
    4.9-Southwest Indian Ridge-2016-12-24 19:38:55 (UTC)-10.0 km
    4.6-62km W of Sardinal, Costa Rica-2016-12-24 19:12:12 (UTC)- 26.7 km
    3.5-64km W of Anchor Point, Alaska-2016-12-24 15:59:14 (UTC)-103.7 km
    3.1-7km SW of Santa Barbara, CA-2016-12-24 14:15:33 (UTC)-10.5 km
    5.2-37km NNW of Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands-2016-12-24 12:10:50 (UTC)-48.4 km
    4.7-173km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea-2016-12-24 12:01:46 (UTC)-10.0 km
    5.3-25km NNW of Northern Mariana Islands-2016-12-24 11:30:13 (UTC)-39.3 km
    4.7-23km NNW of Northern Mariana Islands-2016-12-24 10:10:16 (UTC)-46.3 km
    4.4-14km E of Ashibetsu, Japan-2016-12-24 09:40:13 (UTC)-176.6 km
    4.7-84km ESE of Iwaki, Japan-2016-12-24 09:21:13 (UTC)-44.7 km
    2.7-22km N of Anchor Point, Alaska-2016-12-24 09:04:57 (UTC)-66.2 km
    4.2-17km NE of Graneros, Chile-2016-12-24 07:40:04 (UTC)-96.1 km
    3.5-35km NNE of Whittier, Alaska-2016-12-24 05:24:41 (UTC)-12.2 km
    4.7-168km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea-2016-12-24 04:23:07 (UTC)-10.0 km
    3.5-10km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma-2016-12-24 04:08:52 (UTC)-5.2 km
    5.8-89km SE of Taron, Papua New Guinea-2016-12-24 03:58:55 (UTC)-32.4 km
    4.1-83km SE of Akutan, Alaska-2016-12-24 03:44:09 (UTC)-14.7 km
    2.5-74km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska-2016-12-24 03:35:28 (UTC)-0.0 km
    4.1-243km NW of Ozernovskiy, Russia-2016-12-24 03:03:00 (UTC)-439.5 km
    2.8-25km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma-2016-12-24 02:24:36 (UTC)-2.1 km
    4.2-16km E of Sabana de La Mar, Dominican Republic-2016-12-24 02:18:44 (UTC)-10.0 km
    5.8-99km SE of Taron, Papua New Guinea-2016-12-24 01:32:15 (UTC)-29.3 km
    4.6-78km S of La Libertad, El Salvador-2016-12-24 01:31:38 (UTC)-35.0 km
    4.0-25km N of La Serena, Chile-2016-12-24 00:50:41 (UTC)-70.6 km
    4.8-28km E of San Isidro, Philippines-2016-12-24 00:49:03 (UTC)-74.1 km
    4.9-136km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea-2016-12-24 00:27:09 (UTC)-61.3 km
    4.8-149km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea-2016-12-24 00:09:59 (UTC)-22.0 km

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