JERUSALEM WELCOMED JEWISH REFUGEES 2,300 YEARS AGO-NEW FIND SHOWS.

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

Thousands of troops to stage mock war with Hezbollah in largest drill in years-Tens of thousands of soldiers as well as ships and aircraft will take part in 10-day exercise from Tuesday; army says timing unconnected to current Iran tensions-By Judah Ari Gross-September 4, 2017, 8:02 pm-TOI

Tens of thousands of Israeli soldiers will stage a mock 10-day war against the Hezbollah terrorist group in northern Israel beginning Tuesday, marking the IDF’s largest exercise in nearly 20 years, the army announced Monday, amid tensions over growing Iranian influence in Syria and Lebanon.The drill, known as “the Light of the Grain,” or “Or Hadagan” in Hebrew, will start at daybreak Tuesday and end on September 14, the military said. The war games will include naval ships, drones, helicopters and fighter jets taking part.Tens of thousands of soldiers, including thousands of reservists, will take part in the exercise, which is being run by the IDF’s Northern Corps and its commander Maj. Gen. Tamir Hyman, along with the head of the Northern Command, Maj. Gen. Yoel Strick, and the head of the IDF’s General Staff Corps, Maj. Gen. Yossi Bachar, an army official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.The exercise will simulate a conflict with Hezbollah that starts with a sudden, small attack and develops into full-scale war. The official said the military’s goal in the drill will be to “vanquish” the terrorist group.Hezbollah, with its suspected arsenal of over 100,000 rockets and thousands of fighters, is seen by the IDF as its central threat. The Iran-backed terrorist group is therefore the standard by which the army measures its preparedness.Israeli officials have raised alarms in recent months over increased Hezbollah activity in southern Lebanon, as well as plans for an Iranian missile factory to supply the terror group with more accurate rockets. They have also expressed misgivings over a ceasefire in southern Syria that they say allows Iran to establish a foothold along Israel’s northern border.However, the military stressed the exercise was planned in advance and was not connected to Iran’s or Hezbollah’s current activities in the region.The navy and air force will also take part in the drill, as well as the military’s cyber units, which for the first time in a large-scale exercise will simulate the “cyber arena,” both actively engaging in electronic warfare and defending its networks.The exercise was named for Meir Dagan, a former head of the Mossad intelligence service and former commander of the Northern Corps, who died last year.They will be fighting against soldiers pretending to be Hezbollah terrorists, using “flags and enemy uniforms, fake weapons, fake explosive belts and more,” the army official said.The costumes and props are part of a new army program known as “Red Containers,” which the officer said is a “breakthrough” for military simulation.According to the official, this will be the “most significant” exercise in the history of the IDF Teleprocessing Corps, which is responsible for military communications, as the technological unit will “become the central headquarters” for directing the various units and branches of the military.The number of reservists taking part in the drill is also “unprecedented,” the army officer said.“The purpose of the large call-up of reservists is to prepare the reserve force for war in the northern arena and to adapt it to the changes and developing threats of recent years,” the official said.The army also used the exercise to test a new contact system and ensure that it will work if needed in the future, the officer added.For most units taking part in the exercise, including IDF Military Intelligence, it will be their largest in nearly 20 years, since a 1998 exercise known as “Gates of the Sky,” or “Shaare Shamayim.”As part of the exercise, the regional divisions in the area will guard the communities in the north, carry out patrols, collect intelligence and build earthenware berms, the official said.The IDF’s elite Yahalom combat engineering units will take part in the exercise, practicing disarming bombs, crossing waterways, uncovering hidden weapons caches and fighting in the types of tunnels that Hezbollah is believed to have dug in Lebanon.The Artillery Corps and Combat Intelligence Corps will also use their respective drones in order to assist commanders on the ground, the official said.In addition, the IDF Home Front Command will practice its “Safe Distance” plan, in which civilian populations along the Lebanese border will be evacuated farther south in order to keep them out of harm’s way, as the military believes that in a future conflict Hezbollah would try to send fighters to attack northern Israeli communities and their inhabitants.“The decision to carry out the transfer of communities will be made at the political level, with the intention of preserving the safety of the citizens of the State of Israel,” the military official said.The officer would not specify which communities would be evacuated during the exercise.As the exercise will deal not only with offensive fighting, but also home front defense, the army will work alongside civilian emergency services, like the Israel Police, the Fire and Rescue Authority and the Magen David Adom ambulance service.In addition to the dozens of ground forces brigades taking part, the military will also deploy aircraft and naval ships to the drill.The navy will practice a number of scenarios that it expects will occur in war-time. Submarines, gun boats and patrol vessels will take part in the exercise, as will naval units on shore that monitor the coast for potential infiltration.A naval officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Times of Israel that the military fears Hezbollah will attempt to enter the country from the sea, using either ships, small submersibles, or scuba diving. The Iran-backed terrorist group is also believed to possess the Russian Yakhont missile, an advanced anti-ship weapon.The air force, meanwhile, will practice bombing runs and close air support, as well as supplying troops on the ground with materiel and sending back intelligence so that ground forces can “maneuver on the front and behind enemy lines,” the army official said.This will be the first large-scale exercise since the air force’s Hermes 900 unmanned aerial vehicle was declared operational last week.In addition, the air force’s Aerial Defense Command will have its mettle tested, as the military expects thousands of rockets, missiles and mortars to rain down on Israel in a future conflict with Hezbollah. During the drill, the air force will operate its Iron Dome, Patriot, Arrow and David’s Sling systems, the official said.Approximately 40 senior officers will monitor the exercise in order to assess the army’s capabilities, the officer said.It took the military more than six months to prepare the “Light of the Grain” drill and the plans for it were personally approved by IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot.The 10-day exercise will in many ways serve as an answer to the difficulties faced by the military during the 2006 Second Lebanon War. The campaign saw intelligence failures and a breakdown in communication between different branches of the military. As such, information gathering and intra-army cooperation are two central aspects of “the Light of Grain.”

Palestinian security arrests activist for urging Abbas to resign-Human rights campaigner Issa Amro detained for comments posted on Facebook, his lawyer says-By AP-September 4, 2017, 10:12 pm-TOI

Palestinian security forces have detained a prominent activist after he called for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to resign.A lawyer representing Issa Amro, a human rights activist from the West Bank city of Hebron, says his client was arrested Monday after posting his comments on Facebook.On Sunday, Ayman Qawasmi, a Palestinian reporter, was arrested after writing that Abbas should resign for “failing to protect the Palestinian people.” Qawasmi’s radio station was closed last week by the Israeli military for alleged incitement to violence.The arrests are the latest in recent crackdown on journalists by the Palestinian Authority.Amnesty International called Amro’s arrest “a shameless attack on freedom of expression.”

Jailed Palestinian leader’s wife barred from prison visits until 2019-Fadwa Barghouti says Israel preventing her from seeing husband, convicted terrorist Marwan Barghouti, after he led hunger strike-By AP and TOI staff-September 4, 2017, 11:00 pm

The wife of jailed Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti said Israel has banned her from visiting her husband until 2019.Fadwa Barghouti said she arrived at the prison on Monday and was informed of the decision resulting from her support for his hunger strike earlier this year.She said Barghouti’s family had been denied permits to enter Israel to visit him for the past six months. Her journey to the prison Monday was possible after she received a permit via the Red Cross, she said.Israel Prisons Service spokesman Assaf Liberati confirmed that Barghouti was barred from visiting for “security reasons” as a consequence of the hunger strike.Barghouti led a hunger strike for 41 days earlier this year, demanding improved conditions for Palestinians jailed in Israel. Although behind bars, he is a senior official in the Fatah party that dominates the Palestinian Authority.Israel largely viewed the strike as having less to do with actual conditions and more to do with internal Palestinian politics, saying it was a strategic political move by Barghouti, who wanted to demonstrate his influence on the Palestinian street ahead of a bid to succeed PA President Mahmoud Abbas.Barghouti is serving five life terms, after being convicted by an Israeli court in 2002 of directing two shootings and a bombing that killed five Israelis.

Diaspora minister pushing $1 million aid package for Houston Jews-Naftali Bennett says assistance will go to repairing Jewish schools, synagogues and JCC damaged by flooding from Harvey-By TOI staff and Agencies-September 4, 2017, 4:30 pm

Diaspora Minister Naftali Bennett said Monday he is working toward approving a $1 million aid package for the Houston Jewish community to repair the damage caused by flooding from Harvey.“The Jewish State is measured by its response when our brothers around the world are in crisis,” Bennett, who heads the Jewish Home party, said in a statement.Bennett said the aid will go to repairing Jewish schools, synagogues, and the Jewish Community Center, which do not receive US government aid.“The city of Houston was hurt badly last week, and the Jewish community, 70% of which lived in the flooded neighborhoods, was hit hard,” said Bennett, who is also education minister. “Schools and synagogues were flooded and can’t be used. The old-age home and JCC were damaged, and hundreds of families will remain homeless.”“From talks we’ve had over the past week with the heads of the community and Israel’s consul general we learned the damage is vast, and the rehabilitation will take years,” he added.“For years the Jewish communities stood by Israel when it needed their help; now it is our turn to stand by Houston’s Jewish community.”Bennett said the Diaspora Ministry was working on finalizing the aid package, which he said will be transferred to Israel’s consulate in Houston to distribute directly to the local Jewish community.He also said he would bring up the aid plan for government approval in the next cabinet meeting.Also Monday, the Bay Area-based foundation Taube Philanthropies said it would contribute $1 million toward Houston relief, with $100,000 earmarked for the Jewish community.Harvey slammed into Texas on August 25 as a Category 4 hurricane, but brought the worst flooding to Houston and other areas as a tropical storm. The rain totaled nearly 52 inches (1.3 meters) in some spots, and the storm is blamed for at least 44 deaths.An official from the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston said the city’s Jewish community has seen “devastating” damage from Harvey and could take years to recover.Seventy-one percent of the city’s Jewish population of 63,700 lives in areas that have experienced high flooding, Taryn Baranowski, the chief marketing officer for the federation, told JTA last week. That includes 12,000 Jewish seniors.Three of the city’s five major synagogues have experienced major flooding, Baranowski said. The federation is communicating with the rest of Houston’s synagogues – the area is home to 42 congregations and communities — but is focusing on helping people impacted by Harvey.The Evelyn Rubinstein Jewish Community Center of Houston, the city’s only JCC, was flooded with 10 feet of water, while Jewish schools were closed, with some experiencing major flooding.To assist with the recovery efforts, Bennett has urged Israelis to contribute to the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund set up by the Jewish Federations of North America, while a team from the IsraAID NGO has arrived in Houston to provide assistance in the wake of the massive devastation in the city.

Argentine Jews to fund $100,000 of PM’s Buenos Aires trip — report-Jewish community leaders said set to subsidize Netanyahu's visit; Foreign Ministry, Prime Minister's Office deny claims-By Alexander Fulbright-September 4, 2017, 10:10 pm-TOI

Argentina’s Jewish community will reportedly fund a large portion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming trip to the South American country, prompting some complaints from Argentine Jewish leaders over the high cost.As the country’s Jewish community agreed to foot some $100,000 of the bill, some Argentinian Jewish leaders having been looking for ways to lower the tab in a bid to instead divert funds to local Jewish causes, the Globes business daily reported Monday.As part of the efforts to cut the trip’s cost, Jewish leaders have asked David Sutton Dabbah, an Orthodox Jew who owns the Alvear Palace Hotel, to lower the bill for Netanyahu’s stay at the hotel, according to the report.Agustin Zbar, the president of the AMIA Jewish center, said the organization was funding a large part of Netanyahu’s trip “out of a feeling of solidarity.”“Yes. Not all of his stay, but we, the Jewish community, are covering a great deal of the prime minister’s expenses, out of a feeling of solidarity,” Zbar told Globes, although he declined to say what specifically the Jewish community would be paying for.Zbar also said he was told by the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires that the prime minister’s trip was a “private” visit.The Foreign Ministry told the paper in response that “the visit to Latin America is a working visit. Israel is paying the expenses,” while the Prime Minister’s Office said it had no knowledge of the Jewish community’s funding of the trip.The report said a number of Jewish leaders were upset over having to pay for the trip, believing the money could be better used towards funding religious seminaries, aid for impoverished members of the Jewish community, and other social programs.Luis Grynwald, a former head of AMIA and the current vice president of the DAIA Jewish umbrella organization, told Globes that Sutton Dabbah “does not need AMIA to pay for the prime minister, and it’s unreasonable for the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs to allow it,” although he conceded “I don’t have all the information.”Zbar said the Jewish community expects Netanyahu to visit the AMIA building during his trip in order to honor the victims of the deadly 1994 bombing and the 1992 bombing of the Israeli embassy, in which 85 and 29 people were killed, respectively.Netanyahu’s visit in September to Argentina, which has one of the world’s largest Jewish communities, will mark the first-ever visit by an Israeli prime minister to a Latin American country.In addition to Argentina, the prime minister will also visit Colombia and Mexico, before heading to the United Nations General Assembly meeting in the United States, where he will reportedly meet with US President Donald Trump.

Israel condemns ‘defiant’ North Korea for latest nuclear test-Foreign Ministry says 'decisive international response' will discourage other countries from pursuing rogue weapons programs-By Tamar Pileggi-September 4, 2017, 3:08 pm-TOI
The Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned North Korea’s latest nuclear test and hydrogen bomb claim and called for a “firm international response” to curb Pyongyang’s rogue weapons programs.“The State of Israel condemns the nuclear test carried out by North Korea,” the ministry said in a statement a day and a half after North Korea carried out its sixth nuclear test blast since 2006.“The test constitutes yet another example of North Korea’s aggressive pattern of behavior,” the statement said, urging Pyongyang to adhere to UN Security Council resolutions that ban it from developing nuclear weapons.“Decisive international response will prevent other countries from behaving in a similar manner,” the ministry said.North Korea said it tested a device that could be mounted on an intercontinental missile capable of reaching the United States.The test sparked further condemnation and a warning from US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis of a “massive military response” if the US or its allies were attacked.The White House said US President Donald Trump stands ready to use the country’s “full range of diplomatic, conventional, and nuclear capabilities” if North Korea continues to threaten it or its allies.Trump earlier denounced the test, tweeting that the time for “appeasement” was over and threatening drastic economic sanctions, including “stopping all trade with any country doing business with North Korea.”The UN Security Council on Monday will hold its second emergency meeting in a week about North Korea in the wake of the latest test.North Korea is “deliberately undermining regional peace and stability,” the council said Tuesday when it rebuked the missile test, reiterating demands for the country to halt its ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs.Requested by the US, Japan, France, Britain and South Korea, the Security Council meeting could bring additional condemnation and discussion of other potential steps.Later on Monday, Seoul said there were signs the North is preparing another missile launch, adding it could involve an intercontinental ballistic missile similar to the one fired over Japan last week.Agencies contributed to this report.

Jerusalem welcomed Jewish refugees 2,300 years ago, new finds show-A trove of clay imprints from official documents indicates that after the destruction of the Kingdom of Israel, refugees fled to the Kingdom of Judah, where they rose in the ranks-By Amanda Borschel-Dan-September 4, 2017, 2:12 pm-TOI

Millennia ago, Jerusalem may have opened its doors to thousands of refugees from the north of the country. A new cache of First Temple bullae (sealings) discovered in an excavation at Jerusalem’s City of David shows a mixture of names from the Kingdom of Israel and Judah used on official bureaucratic correspondence dating from after the fall of Israel at the hands of the Assyrians in 720 BCE.The dozens of clay imprints were used on letters and documents which were bound by string and sealed by wet clay pressed with the sender’s mark or name. The impressive trove was discovered at recent digs uncovering three Late Iron Age buildings frozen in time by the destruction caused by the 586 BCE Babylonian siege. The discovery was made by a team of Israel Antiquity Authority archaeologists led by co-directors Dr. Joe Uziel and Ortal Chalaf.Among the dozens of bullae is a rare find of an intact sealing, bearing the name “Ahiav ben (son of) Menahem,” referring to two kings of Israel but found in the capital of the Kingdom of Judah, Jerusalem.Miami-native Uziel immigrated to Israel 25 years ago at age 18. After earning his degrees at Bar-Ilan University, he has worked with the IAA for the past six years on digs in the City of David and in the Western Wall Tunnels.The bullae, Uziel told The Times of Israel on Monday, were discovered in recent months on the eastern slopes of the City of David, right outside of the entrance to the Warren Shaft, during his excavations of the three buildings “that were probably constructed in 8th cent BCE and destroyed in the Babylonian destruction.”Uziel said the buildings have offered up a wealth of finds, including these dozens of bullae, which will be temporarily exhibited this week at an archaeology conference at the City of David.Bullae have been discovered in large quantities in the City of David over the past 40 years, said Uziel, citing past excavations performed by Yigal Shilo and more recent ones under Roni Reich and Eli Shukron. As a whole, said Uziel, they are “another indication of the well-developed administration system in the Kingdom of Judah in late First Temple period.”Early sealings are characterized by images rather than words. “In later stages of the period – from the time of King Hezekiah (around 700 BCE) and up to the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BCE — the seals bear the names of clerks in early Hebrew script,” according to the IAA.City of David archaeologists are discovering more names on the bullae, giving insight into who the officials were who “stamped the letter,” said Uziel.“We’ve found a whole slew of names of important people who lived in Jerusalem in the First Temple Period,” he said. Among the names is “Pinhas,” a name still used today.As a matter of course, explained Uziel, sealings were usually broken when the documents were opened. He gave the example of a scene from “Robin Hood” in which Marian seals a letter in wax for privacy.But this intact seal bore the Israelite name “Ahiav ben Menahem,” an amalgamation, albeit with one small change in spelling, of the names of two Israelite kings, Ahav and Menahem.The name of the notorious king Ahab, whose wife Jezebel allegedly aided the king to follow the ways of idolatry, was found on a seal discovered in the Judaean settlement at Lachish, written as Ahav. As a name, it is found in variant forms in Assyrian, and in the Elephantine Aramaic documents it is found as “Ahiav.” In Greek, in the Greek writings of Josephus Flavius, there appears an Ahiav, as well as in the Septuagint. In the Greek translation of the Bible, the king is referred to as “Aha’av,” whereas a prophet mentioned in Jeremiah 29:21 is “Ahiav.”According to co-director Ortal Chalaf, these Israelite names and other findings point to the possibility that after the destruction of Israel, refugees fled the Kingdom of Israel for the Kingdom of Judah, and settled in Jerusalem. After settling, the use of their names on official correspondence shows that these Israelites gained important roles in the Judaean administration, said Uziel.“These names are part of the evidence that after the exile of the Tribes of Israel, refugees arrived in Jerusalem from the northern kingdom, and found their way into senior positions in Jerusalem’s administration,” according to the two co-directors.

Egypt finalizes deal with Russia for first nuclear plant-President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi invites Putin to attend event marking start of facility's construction-By AP-September 4, 2017, 7:39 pm-TOI
CAIRO — Russian media said Monday that Egypt has finalized a deal to build a nuclear power plant with funding from Moscow after nearly two years of negotiations.The reports came after Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in China, where they were attending a summit.The nuclear plant will be built in Dabaa, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) northwest of Cairo on the Mediterranean coast.Egypt’s presidency said el-Sissi has invited Putin to Egypt to mark the start of construction.In 2015, Egypt signed an agreement with Russia to build a four-reactor power plant. It will receive a $25 billion Russian loan to cover 85 percent of the plant, with a capacity of 4,800 megawatts.

SOUTH KOREA TESTS MISSLES INCASE NORTH KOREA ATTACKS THEM.

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)

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.(THE TURKEY ATATURK DAM ON THE EUPHRATES CAN BE SHUT AND DRIED UP ALREADY BY TURKEY)
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.(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,(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-2 billion)
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, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)

South Korea simulates attack on North's nuke site after test-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-September 4, 2017

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — Following U.S. warnings to North Korea of a "massive military response," South Korea fired missiles into the sea to simulate an attack on the North's main nuclear test site on Monday, a day after North Korea detonated its largest-ever nuclear test explosion.South Korea's Defence Ministry also said Monday that North Korea appeared to be planning a future missile launch, possibly of an ICBM, to show off its claimed ability to target the United States with nuclear weapons, though it was unclear when this might happen.The heated words from the United States and the military manoeuvrs in South Korea are becoming familiar responses to North Korea's rapid, as-yet unchecked pursuit of a viable arsenal of nuclear-tipped missiles that can strike the United States. The most recent, and perhaps most dramatic, advance came Sunday in an underground test of what leader Kim Jong Un's government claimed was a hydrogen bomb, the North's sixth nuclear test since 2006.The United Nations Security Council held its second emergency meeting about North Korea in a week on Monday, with U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley saying the North's actions show that Kim is "begging for war," and the time has come for the Security Council to adopt the strongest diplomatic measures."Enough is enough. War is never something the United States wants. We don't want it now. But our country's patience is not unlimited," Haley said.In Seoul, Chang Kyung-soo, an official with South Korea's Defence Ministry, told lawmakers on Monday that it was seeing preparations in the North for an ICBM test but didn't provide details about how officials had reached that assessment. Chang also said the yield from the latest nuclear detonation appeared to be about 50 kilotons, which would mark a "significant increase" from North Korea's past nuclear tests.In a series of tweets, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to halt all trade with countries doing business with North Korea, a warning to China, and faulted South Korea for what he called "talk of appeasement."In response, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang, told reporters in Beijing on Monday that China regarded as "unacceptable a situation in which on the one hand we work to resolve this issue peacefully but on the other hand our own interests are subject to sanctions and jeopardized. This is neither objective nor fair."South Korea's military said its live-fire exercise was meant to "strongly warn" North Korea. The drill involved F-15 fighter jets and the country's land-based "Hyunmoo" ballistic missiles firing into the Sea of Japan.The target was set considering the distance to North Korea's test site and the exercise was aimed at practicing precision strikes and cutting off reinforcements, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.Each new North Korean missile and nuclear test gives the country's scientists invaluable information that allows big jumps in capability. North Korea is thought to have a growing arsenal of nuclear bombs and has spent decades trying to perfect a multistage, long-range missile to eventually carry smaller versions of those bombs.Both diplomacy and severe sanctions have failed to check the North's decades-long march to nuclear mastery.In Washington, Trump, asked by a reporter if he would attack North Korea, said, "We'll see." No U.S. military action appeared imminent, and the immediate focus appeared to be on ratcheting up economic penalties, which have had little effect thus far.In brief remarks after a White House meeting with Trump and other national security officials, Defence Secretary Jim Mattis told reporters that America does not seek the "total annihilation" of North Korea, but then added somberly, "We have many options to do so."Mattis said the U.S. will answer any threat from the North with a "massive military response — a response both effective and overwhelming."Mattis also said the international community is unified in demanding the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and that Kim should know Washington's commitment to Japan and South Korea is unshakeable.The precise strength of North Korea's underground nuclear explosion has yet to be determined. South Korea's weather agency said the artificial earthquake caused by the explosion was five times to six times stronger than tremors generated by the North's previous five tests.Sunday's detonation builds on recent North Korean advances that include test launches in July of two ICBMs. The North says its missile development is part of a defensive effort to build a viable nuclear deterrent that can target U.S. cities.North Korea has made a stunning jump in progress in its nuclear and missile programs since Kim rose to power following his father's death in late 2011. The North followed its two tests of Hwasong-14 ICBMs, which, when perfected, could target large parts of the United States, by threatening to launch a salvo of Hwasong-12 intermediate range missiles toward the U.S. Pacific island territory of Guam in August.It flew a Hwasong-12 over northern Japan last week, the first such overflight by a missile potentially capable of carrying nuclear weapons, in a launch Kim described as a "meaningful prelude" to containing Guam, the home of major U.S. military facilities, and vowed to launch more ballistic missile tests targeting the Pacific.Ahead of the North's test, photos released by the North Korean government showed Kim talking with his lieutenants as he observed a silver, peanut-shaped device that was purportedly a thermonuclear weapon destined for an ICBM. The images were taken without outside journalists present and could not be independently verified. What appeared to be the nose cone of a missile could also be seen in one photo, and another showed a diagram on the wall behind Kim of a bomb mounted inside a cone.The Arms Control Association in the United States said the explosion appeared to produce a yield in excess of 100 kilotons of TNT equivalent, which it said strongly suggests North Korea tested a high-yield but compact nuclear weapon that could be launched on a missile of intermediate or intercontinental range.Beyond the science of the blast, North Korea's accelerating push to field a nuclear weapon that can target all of the United States is creating political complications for the U.S. as it seeks to balance resolve with reassurance to allies that Washington will uphold its decades-long commitment to deter nuclear attack on South Korea and Japan.That is why some questioned Trump's jab at South Korea. He tweeted that Seoul is finding that its "talk of appeasement" will not work. The North Koreans, he added, "only understand one thing," implying military force might be required. The U.S. has about 28,000 troops stationed in South Korea and is obliged by treaty to defend it in the event of war.Trump also suggested putting more pressure on China, North Korea's patron for many decades and a vital U.S. trading partner, in hopes of persuading Beijing to exert more effective leverage on its neighbour . Trump tweeted that the U.S. is considering "stopping all trade with any country doing business with North Korea." Such a halt would be radical. The U.S. imports about $40 billion in goods a month from China, North Korea's main commercial partner.Experts have questioned whether North Korea has gone too far down the nuclear road to continue pushing for a denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, an Obama administration policy goal still embraced by Trump's White House."Denuclearization is not a viable U.S. policy goal," said Richard Fontaine, president of the Center for a New American Security, but neither should the U.S. accept North Korea as a nuclear power, he said. "We should keep denuclearization as a long-term aspiration, but recognize privately that it's unachievable anytime soon."___Associated Press writers Robert Burns and Catherine Lucey in Washington and Kim Tong-hyung in Seoul contributed to this report.Foster Klug And Youkyung Lee, The Associated Press.

U.S. envoy says North Korean leader 'begging for war' as U.N. mulls sanctions-[Reuters]-By Christine Kim and Michelle Nichols-YAHOONEWS-September 4, 2017

SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States on Monday said countries trading with North Korea were aiding its "dangerous nuclear intentions" as the United Nations Security Council mulled tough new sanctions and the isolated regime showed signs of planning more missile tests.South Korea said it was talking to Washington about deploying aircraft carriers and strategic bombers to the Korean peninsula following the North's sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sunday.South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed in a telephone call to scrap a warhead weight limit on South Korea's missiles, South Korea's presidential office said, enabling it to strike North Korea with greater force in the event of a military conflict.At a Security Council meeting, U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said North Korea's Kim Jong Un was "begging for war" and urged the 15-member group to impose the "strongest possible" sanctions to deter him."War is never something the United States wants. We don't want it now. But our country's patience is not unlimited. We will defend our allies and our territory," Haley said."The United States will look at every country that does business with North Korea as a country that is giving aid to their reckless and dangerous nuclear intentions," she said.Haley said the United States will circulate a new Security Council resolution on North Korea this week and wants a vote on it next Monday.China, a top trading partner with North Korea, and Russia called for a peaceful resolution to the crisis."China will never allow chaos and war on the (Korean) Peninsula," said Liu Jieyi, the Chinese ambassador to the United Nations, urging North Korea to stop taking actions that were "wrong" and not in its own interests.Russia said peace in the region was in jeopardy."Sanctions alone will not help solve the issue," Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said.North Korea has been under U.N. sanctions since 2006 over its ballistic missile and nuclear programs. Typically, China and Russia only view a test of a long-range missile or a nuclear weapon as a trigger for further possible U.N. sanctions.Trump had asked to be briefed on all available military options, according to his defense chief.Officials said activity around missile launch sites suggested North Korea planned more missile tests."We have continued to see signs of possibly more ballistic missile launches. We also forecast North Korea could fire an intercontinental ballistic missile," Jang Kyoung-soo, acting deputy minister of national defense policy, told a parliament hearing on Monday.North Korea tested two ICBMs in July that could fly about 10,000 km (6,200 miles), putting many parts of the U.S. mainland within range and prompting a new round of tough international sanctions.-MILITARY EXERCISES-South Korea's air force and army conducted exercises involving long-range air-to-surface and ballistic missiles on Monday following the North's nuclear test on Sunday, its joint chiefs of staff said in a statement.In addition to the drill, South Korea will cooperate with the United States and seek to deploy "strategic assets like aircraft carriers and strategic bombers", Jang said.South Korea's defense ministry also said it would deploy the four remaining launchers of a new U.S. missile defense system after the completion of an environmental assessment by the government.The rollout of the controversial Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system at a site south of the South Korean capital, Seoul, which is vehemently opposed by neighboring China and Russia, had been delayed since June.At the Security Council, neither Russia nor China mentioned their long-held opposition to THAAD or the prospect of further U.N. sanctions in the wake of North Korea's nuclear test.North Korea said it tested an advanced hydrogen bomb for a long-range missile on Sunday, prompting a warning from U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis of a "massive" military response from the United States if it or its allies were threatened.Trump has previously vowed to stop North Korea developing nuclear weapons and said he would unleash "fire and fury" if it threatened U.S. territory.Despite the tough talk, the immediate focus of the international response was on tougher economic sanctions.Diplomats have said the Security Council could now consider banning North Korean textile exports and its national airline, stop supplies of oil to the government and military, prevent North Koreans from working abroad and add top officials to a blacklist to subject them to an asset freeze and travel ban.Asked about Trump's threat to punish countries that trade with North Korea, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said China has dedicated itself to resolving the North Korean issue via talks, and China's efforts had been recognized."What we absolutely cannot accept is that on the one hand (we are) making arduous efforts to peacefully resolve the North Korean nuclear issue, and on the other hand (our) interests are being sanctioned or harmed. This is both not objective and not fair," he told a regular briefing.On possible new U.N. sanctions, and whether China would support cutting off oil, Geng said it would depend on the outcome of Security Council discussions.China's state-run Xinhua news agency said in an editorial that North Korea was "playing a dangerous game of brinkmanship" and it should wake up to the fact that such a tactic "can never bring security it pursues".-SKEPTICISM-While South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed on Monday to work with the United States to pursue stronger sanctions, Russia voiced scepticism.Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said sanctions on North Korea had reached the limit of their impact. Any more would be aimed at breaking its economy, so a decision to impose further constraints would become dramatically harder, he told a BRICS summit in China.South Korea says the aim of stronger sanctions is to draw North Korea into dialogue. But, in a series of tweets on Sunday, Trump also appeared to rebuke South Korea for that approach."South Korea is finding, as I have told them, that their talk of appeasement with North Korea will not work, they only understand one thing!" Trump said on Twitter.Still, Trump's response was more orderly and less haphazard than he had offered after North Korea's previous hostile actions.His handling of its latest nuclear test reflected a more traditional approach to crisis management, which U.S. officials said illustrated the influence of Mattis and the new White House chief of staff, retired Marine Corps General John Kelly.Japanese and South Korean stock markets both closed down about 1 percent on Monday, while safe-haven assets including gold and sovereign bonds ticked higher, but trade was cautious. U.S. stock markets were closed for the Labor Day holiday."Assuming the worst on the Korean peninsula has not proven to be a winning trading strategy this year," said Sean Callow, a senior foreign exchange strategist at Westpac Bank."Investors seem reluctant to price in anything more severe than trade sanctions, and the absence of another 'fire and fury' Trump tweet has helped encourage markets to respond warily."South Korea's finance minister vowed to support financial markets if instability showed signs of spreading to the real economy.(Additional reporting by Shin-hyung Lee, Hyunjoo Jin and Cynthia Kim in SEOUL, Steve Holland, David Brunnstrom, Tim Ahmann, David Shepardson and John Walcott in WASHINGTON, John Ruwitch in SHANGHAI, Wayne Cole and Swati Pandey in SYDNEY; Writing by Lincoln Feast and Jeff Mason; Editing by Paul Simao and Sandra Maler)

DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(EITHER THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR BOOTS 3 COUNTRIES FROM THE EU OR THE DICTATOR TAKES OVER THE WORLD ECONOMY BY CONTROLLING 3 WORLD TRADE BLOCS)

REVELATION 17:9-13
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen,(1-ASSYRIA,2-EGYPT,3-BABYLON,4-MEDO-PERSIA,5-GREECE) and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS AND JESUS DAY-6-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.(7TH-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE OR THE EUROPEAN UNION TODAY AND THE SHORT SPACE IS-7 YEARS.THE EUROPEAN UNION WILL HAVE WORLD CONTROL FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS.BUT WILL HAVE ITS MIGHTY WORLD POWER FOR THE FULL 7 YEARS OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.AND THE WORLD DICTATOR WILL BE THE BEAST FROM THE EU.AND THE VATICAN POPE WILL BE THE WHORE THAT RIDES THE EUROPEAN UNION TO POWER.AND THE 2 EUROPEAN UNION POWER FREAKS WILL CONTROL AND DECIEVE THE WHOLE EARTH INTO THEIR DESTRUCTION.IF YOU ARE NOT SAVED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.YOU WILL BE DECIEVED BY THESE TWO.THE WORLD POLITICIAN-THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR.AND THE FALSE PROPHET THAT DEFECTS CHRISTIANITY-THE FALSE VATICAN POPE.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

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

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

Turkey accuses Merkel of racism By Eric Maurice-SEP 4,17-EUOBSERVER

Bled, Slovenia, Today, 19:27-The Turkish government has accused the German chancellor of being "racist" after she called for an end to Turkey's EU accession negotiations.Mainstream parties "are using the same rhetoric as racist parties" in order to win back voters they lost to populist parties, Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday (4 September).On Sunday, in a TV debate with her opponent Martin Schulz ahead of the 24 September elections, German chancellor Angela Merkel said that she would speak to other EU leaders to "end" accession talks."The fact is clear that Turkey should not become a member of the EU," she said.Schulz, a former president of the European Parliament, agreed that "we should not allow in a country that is against EU values."Turkey's Cavusoglu noted that "Turkey and Hungary were discussed more than internal issues" during the debate."They should rather focus on their own internal issues," he said.Cavusoglu, who spoke at the Bled Strategic Forum, an event in Slovenia, said EU accession "is still a strategic goal for Turkey"."Turkey has no problem to open any chapter and to discuss and negotiate any technical issue," he added, denouncing "political obstacles" to the process.He said that "nothing has changed in Turkey", despite EU concerns about Turkey's crackdown on opponents of Turkish president Recep Tayip Erdogan after the failed coup in July 2016.Cavusoglu said "the EU didn't support democracy in Turkey" in its response to the coup and this was why the "support of Turkish people for EU membership has declined".Earlier on Monday, a spokesman for Erdogan said "Germany and Europe's attacks" were "ignoring necessary and pressing problems"."We hope the problematic atmosphere that made Turkish-German relations the victim of this narrow political horizon will end," he added.-'Dialogue continues'-The European Commission reacted cautiously to Merkel's remarks."Turkey is a candidate country for the moment," the EU high representative Federica Mogherini said, also in Bled, Slovenia."Dialogue continues, work on negotiations continues," she said."On the future, I would suggest that we look beyond what is said in electoral campaigns, both in Turkey and in the European Union," she added, saying that the EU must work with Turkey, "a key player in a region that is strategically important for us.""Working together is a must when you are neighbours," she said.In Brussels, European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas said EU support for Turkey was "not unlimited and not unconditional", but he added that the EU should "reflect on these things calmly"."This a decision for member states to take," he said.He reminded press that Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker was also critical of Turkey last week.In a speech to EU ambassadors in Brussels Juncker said: "'Turkey is taking giant strides away from Europe" and that Erdogan was making accession "impossible".

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.

Family unable to retrieve belongings after sink hole wrecks N.S. home-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-September 3, 2017

FALMOUTH, N.S. — Members of a Nova Scotia family awoke to the sounds of what they believed to be an intruder early Sunday morning, police said — but it turned out the threat was coming from underneath their home.The clamour they heard downstairs turned out not to be a home invasion, said RCMP Cpl. Andrew Joyce, but their two-storey house in Falmouth collapsing into a sink hole."(The officers) found it to be an environment issue rather than a criminal issue," he said.Joyce said fire crews and a hazmat team were called to the scene and the family was safely moved from the home, 70 kilometres from Halifax.Paul Maynard, a deputy fire chief with the Hantsport Fire Department, said the first floor of the house had "virtually collapsed" into the gaping hole, which he estimated to be up to nine metres deep."When we got close enough to look down the hole, we actually saw the kitchen table and dining room chairs were all piled in at the bottom of the hole," Maynard said. "We really, truly don't have a good appreciation of how deep it is."Crews secured the site and disconnected the home's utilities, Maynard said.  As additional sink holes opened up on the property, he said the brick face of the house cracked and sagged into the ground.In his 28 years at the fire department, Maynard said he has never seen a sink hole "swallow" a building."There's really no foundation underneath it ... It's kind of just free standing over this massive sink hole," he said. "We really didn't know what was holding it up, to be quite honest."Maynard said the home belongs to a family of four, but only two people were inside the residence during the incident.Firefighters were sent into the home in safety harnesses to retrieve personal belongings like family photos and passports, Maynard said.The family remains in good spirits, he said, but the property is more or less a "write off." Come Monday, he guessed, the building will fully collapse into the hole.Municipal authorities in the district of West Hants said they have been assured the sink hole was an isolated natural event limited to the one property.They say the building is slated to be demolished "as soon as possible" and the structure is too unsafe for the family to retrieve the rest of their belongings.The municipality said experts have been brought in to assess the damage, and it has also ordered a more detailed assessment of the site.The Canadian Press.

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)

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.

Eastern Caribbean battens down as Hurricane Irma approaches-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-September 4, 2017

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Workers in the northeast Caribbean cleared drains and pruned trees as authorities urged islanders to prepare for Hurricane Irma, a Category 3 storm that grew stronger Monday and was forecast to begin buffeting the region the following day.Emergency officials warned that Irma could dump up to 10 inches (25 centimetres ) of rain, unleash landslides and dangerous flash floods and generate waves of up to 23 feet (7 metres ) as the storm draws closer.A hurricane warning was issued for Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Martin, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten and St. Barts."We're looking at Irma as a very significant event," Ronald Jackson, executive director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, said by phone. "I can't recall a tropical cone developing that rapidly into a major hurricane prior to arriving in the central Caribbean."Irma is expected to strengthen in the next couple of days, and its centre is forecast to move near or over the northern Leeward Islands on Tuesday night and early Wednesday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.A hurricane watch was in effect for Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, the British and U.S. Virgin islands and Guadeloupe. A tropical storm watch was issued for Dominica.U.S. residents were urged to monitor the storm's progress in case it turns northward toward Florida, Georgia or the Carolinas."This hurricane has the potential to be a major event for the East Coast. It also has the potential to significantly strain FEMA and other governmental resources occurring so quickly on the heels of Harvey," Evan Myers, chief operating officer of AccuWeather, said in a statement.In the Caribbean, Antigua and Anguilla shuttered schools on Monday, and government office closures were expected to follow.On the tiny island of Barbuda, hotel manager Andrea Christian closed down the Palm Tree Guest House as Irma approached. She said she was not afraid even though it would be her first time facing a storm of that magnitude."We can't do anything about it," Christian said by phone, adding that she had stocked up on food and water. "We just have to wait it out."The U.S. hurricane centre said Irma had maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (195 kph) Monday afternoon. The storm was centred about 530 miles (850 kilometres ) east of the Leeward Islands and was moving west-southwest at 14 mph (22 kph).Both Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands expect to receive 4 inches to 8 inches (10-20 centimetres ) of rain and winds of 40-50 mph with gusts of up to 60 mph.Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello warned of flooding and power outages."It's no secret that the infrastructure of the Puerto Rico Power Authority is deteriorated," Rossello said. He activated the National Guard, cancelled classes for Tuesday and declared a half-day of work.Meteorologist Roberto Garcia warned that Puerto Rico could experience hurricane-like conditions in the next 48 hours."Any deviation, which is still possible, could bring even more severe conditions to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands," Garcia said.The U.S. Virgin Islands said schools would reopen on Friday instead of Tuesday.In the Dominican Republic, Public Works Minister Gonzalo Castillo said workers there were also clearing away roadworks and cleaning out sewer drains and that President Danilo Medina would meet with emergency agencies.___Associated Press writer Ezequiel Abiu Lopez in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, contributed to this report.Danica Coto, The Associated Press.

Houston residents mark Labor Day sorting through storm ruins-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-September 4, 2017

HOUSTON — Some Gulf Coast residents ripped up soggy carpeting, cut out sheet rock from walls marked by the height floodwaters had reached and sorted through destroyed clothes and other belongings on Monday, 10 days after Harvey swept onto land and caused billions of dollars in damage.Houston's mayor insisted that America's fourth-largest city is "open for business," but with areas under water, people not yet in their homes and city services not yet fully restored, the disasters created by Harvey are by no means resolved.Mayor Sylvester Turner said much of the city was hoping to get back on track after Labor Day, a traditional day to honour workers that took on new meaning in Texas, where people were cleaning out their former homes."Anyone who was planning on a conference or a convention or a sporting event or a concert coming to this city, you can still come," he told CBS. "We can do multiple things at the same time."One worry, of further explosions at a damaged chemical plant, eased after officials carried out a controlled burn Sunday evening of highly unstable compounds at the Arkema plant in Crosby. Three trailers had previously caught fire after Harvey's floodwaters knocked out generators.Authorities said Monday it is now safe for residents of a 1.5-mile (2.4 kilometre ) evacuation zone around the Arkema plant to return. They were forced to leave Tuesday.Floodwaters also have inundated at least five toxic waste Superfund sites near Houston and some may be damaged, though Environmental Protection Agency officials have yet to assess the full extent of what occurred.Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told CNN the EPA is "working on some of them already," but "they have restraints on their ability to check out some of them just simply because of the water."Turner said Houston's drinking water hadn't been affected by the storm, but told CBS, "We would hope that the EPA would be on the ground now to take a look at those Superfund sites, to make sure that contamination is contained and limited."Other issues across the region: too much water still in houses, but no water to drink.Utility crews went door-to-door Sunday shutting off power and warning those still in some waterlogged homes in western parts of the city that more flooding was possible — not from rain, but from releases of water from overtaxed reservoirs. Thousands of Houston dwellings were under mandatory evacuation orders, though about 300 people were thought to be refusing to leave.People briefly returned Sunday to some homes in the area, which included brick two-story and ranch homes bordering Buffalo Bayou, to try to salvage valuables.More than a week since the storm hit, the 4 feet (1.2 metres ) of water in her parents' home had receded just a foot (3o centimetres ), said Karen Mace. She was trying to retrieve family photos from the one-story ranch her parents built and have lived in for 56 years, which backs up to Buffalo Bayou."It came up fast. They had to get out by canoe," Mace said, adding they thought the home would have to be demolished.Harvey slammed into Texas on Aug. 25 as a Category 4 hurricane, but brought the worst flooding to Houston and other areas as a tropical storm. The rain totalled nearly 52 inches (1.3 metres ) in some spots, and the storm is blamed for at least 44 deaths.In other storm-ravaged neighbourhoods , people worried about thefts.Police in the southwest Bellaire neighbourhood received reports of scavengers picking through water-damaged possessions and urged those cleaning up to keep anything left outside to dry closer to their homes and separate from what was considered a total loss. In the suburb of Dickinson, one homeowner used orange spray paint on a sheet of dirty plywood to warn: "Looters Will B Shot."Meanwhile, repairs continued on the water treatment plant in Beaumont, about 85 miles (140 kilometres ) from Houston, which failed after the swollen Neches River inundated the main intake system and backup pumps halted. And outside the town of Liberty, about 45 miles (70 kilometres ) from Houston, dozens of people were still cut off by the swollen Trinity River. A Texas National Guard helicopter landed at the local fire department with pallets of drinking water.President Donald Trump has asked Congress for a $7.9 billion down payment toward Harvey relief and recovery efforts. Abbott suggested the cost of recovery could be as much as $180 billion.___Michael Graczyk And Jay Reeves, The Associated Press.

Documents: Utilities were warned before SC nuke plant flop-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-September 4, 2017

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Utility companies apparently were warned well in advance about serious problems plaguing a doomed South Carolina nuclear reactor project.An independent analysis of the nuclear plant project advised Santee Cooper and South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. to hire someone to enforce contractor accountability at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station, where two new reactors were being built.The utilities in 2014 hired Bechtel Corp., a global engineering, construction and project management company, to do an independent analysis of the project. A summary of the analysis written by Santee Cooper's attorneys, obtained Sunday by The Associated Press, describes recommended changes Santee Cooper and South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. needed to make to the construction of two new reactors at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station, including hiring someone to ensure contractor accountability and holding regular meetings with contractors.State lawmakers probing the project's failure have sought the report, which they hope will shed light on why ratepayers have been forced to fund the now abandoned reactors that are only one-third complete. Gov. Henry McMaster, who has said he's looking for a way to save it, has also requested the report's release.Santee Cooper board chairman Leighton Lord has said the report led the board to call for an independent construction monitor at V.C. Summer, but that notion was rejected by SCANA, which was primarily in charge of building and starting the reactors.Eric Boomhower, a spokesman for SCANA, SCE&G's parent company, told the AP in a statement the utilities had hired Bechtel "to assess challenges to progress on our jointly owned nuclear construction project in anticipation of litigation with the Westinghouse." After receiving the Bechtel report, Boomhower said, SCANA and Santee Cooper "established independent oversight and focused improvement initiatives on the project. Although the project continued to have challenges, those actions did result in improvement."Boomhower also said the utility felt it necessary to keep the full report secret due to ongoing litigation over the plant failure and that "SCE&G intends to use the proceeds of any recovery in the Westinghouse bankruptcy proceedings to mitigate the impact of the abandonment of the new nuclear project on SCE&G's customers," adding that SCANA presumes Santee Cooper would act likewise.The project was already years behind schedule and billions over budget when Westinghouse declared bankruptcy in March, voiding a fixed-price contract negotiated in 2015 to limit costs to $14 billion. Utility executives, who had already jointly spent nearly $10 billion, said they were forced to give up after determining the price tag for completing the project, budgeted at $11 billion in 2008, had soared beyond $20 billion.SCANA officials have said the company heavily guarded the report's release because the utilities hired Bechtel in anticipation of suing Westinghouse, which designed the reactors and was lead contractor on the project.The post-bankruptcy-analysis also concluded both reactors could not be operational until 2024. Utility customers have paid more than $ 2 billion on the failed project through rate hikes since 2009. The companies don't expect to refund anything, and customers could end up paying off that debt over decades.While the utility executives blamed Westinghouse, senators said the utilities have known for years that problems existed yet failed to change course.Last month, Santee Cooper officials testified the project never had a detailed construction schedule, with state regulators approving expansions based on "generic" schedules not specific to the site. Utility executives said they tried unsuccessfully for years to get a full schedule from Westinghouse, which owns the technology for reactors not previously built in the United States, but instead were given six months of plans at a time, which would inevitably have to be rescheduled.State officials have said schedules did exist but were never followed. SCE&G updated their budget and timetable each quarter, giving regulators "no lawful way" to deny a rate hike request, Duke Scott of the Office of Regulatory Staff testified last month.Lonnie Carter, recently retired as Santee Cooper's CEO, told senators his utility first "raised concerns" about the project in 2013, causing the utilities to hire Bechtel for the independent analysis.At least three lawsuits have been filed over the failed project, with plaintiffs accusing the utilities of mismanagement and seeking some sort of compensation for fronting the failed projects for years.___Kinnard can be reached at http://twitter.com/MegKinnardAP. Read more of her work at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/meg-kinnard/ Meg Kinnard, The Associated Press.

Libyan forces attack Islamic State near former stronghold-[Reuters]-By Ayman al-Warfalli and Ahmed Elumami-YAHOONEWS-September 4, 2017

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - East Libyan forces said they had launched air strikes on Islamic State fighters after the militants made incursions south and east of their former coastal stronghold of Sirte.The jihadist group has grown bolder in recent weeks, setting up temporary checkpoints, attacking local forces, and taking over a village mosque to lead prayers during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, Libyan officials say.The increased activity has raised concern that Islamic State could regroup around Sirte, from where it was driven out in December by local forces and a U.S. air campaign. Most militants were killed in the nearly seven-month battle, but an unknown number fled into the desert to the south and west.Sirte lies at the center of Libya's Mediterranean coastline, on the dividing line between regions controlled by rival Libyan factions.Forces loyal to eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar said they had carried out air strikes on Sunday against militants in the area of Ain Taqrift, between Sirte and the town of Zillah, 306 km (190 miles) to the south east. The area is close to oil fields previously damaged by Islamic State attacks.Both Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) and forces from the port city of Misrata, which led the campaign in Sirte last year, say they are mounting frequent patrols to monitor Islamic State movements in areas under their control.The LNA and Misratan brigades have been on opposite sides of a conflict that developed after the NATO-backed uprising that toppled Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.Islamic State exploited the turmoil to establish a foothold in Libya, taking complete control of Sirte in 2015 and using it as a base for hundreds of foreign fighters.-CHECKPOINTS-Both the main loose alliances in Libya have accused each other of allowing Islamic State space to operate in order to advance their own military ends.Misratan forces, which aligned themselves with the U.N.-backed government in Tripoli, have complained of receiving little support as they try to prevent the jihadists regrouping.Islamic State militants have stepped up their presence in several settlements east of Sirte, said Ibrahim Mlaitan, head of security for Sirte municipality. That included entering a local mosque to preach a sermon last Friday, he said."They set up checkpoints that last just for 10 minutes and then leave. They have been moving around freely in and out of these towns, and in the desert too," Mlaitan said.Eastern military officials denied reports that Islamic State had taken control of one of the villages, Um Qandeel, but a military source acknowledged that the militants had set up checkpoints there during fleeting night visits."The terrorist organization Daesh (Islamic State) from time to time tries to enter the coastal areas from the desert regions and they carry out kidnappings of civilians, and we are conducting surveillance on them," said LNA spokesman Ahmed al-Mismari.(Writing by Aidan Lewis; Editing by Andrew Roche)

MY MOHAWK HARNESS RACE PREDICTIONS RD 20,2017

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)

MY MOHAWK-WOODBINE HANOVER 2017 HARNESS RACE PREDICTIONS RESULTS
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2017/08/my-2017-mohawk-woodbine-harness-race.html 

MOHAWK STANDARDBREAD HARNESS RACEWAY 2017 - RESULTS AS OF MON SEPT-04,2017 - DAY-20

MOHAWK PICKS
01-2-7-6-1
02-9-1-5-4 S-5.50, SUP-1,043.80
03-1-9-4-8
04-4-6-5-9 P-5.30, S-5.50, 4TH (7.2)
05-7-9-3-2 W-4.10
06-4-3-6-2 W-3.00
07-2-3-1-5
08-6-2-8-4 S-4.60
09-5-6-4-2
10-6-2-8-4
11-6-10-1-5-4
MONEY WON-$1,071.80 - OATOT $9,961.70

STANS PICKS
01-2-7-4-9
02-9-1-7-5
03-9-8-4-2 P-4.10, SUP-342.00
04-4-5-6-2
05-4-7-1-9
06-4-6-3-2 W-3.00
07-3-1-8-2 4TH (2-1)
08-8-9-2-4
09-3-6-7-5
10-8-6-9-2 P-3.50
11-6-1-10-2-8
MONEY WON-$352.60 - OATOT $10,223.80

ACTUAL RACE RESULTS
01-7-6-3-2
02-1-4-5-9
03-4-8-2-9
04-2-6-5-9
05-7-6-4-5
06-4-8-9-7
07-6-8-5-2
08-3-5-8-6
09-8-5-6-9
10-7-6-2-3
11-9-7-5-4-8

(MOHAWKS PREDICTIONS)-RECORD

01-73-BIG-$10.90 (AUG 10-4TH) (4-1)
02-40-BIG-$9.20 (AUG 17-5TH) (8-1)
03-30-BIG-$8.40 (AUG 31-1ST) (26-1)
04-16-BIG-22-1 (AUG 25-1ST)
1DD-01-BIG-$4.80 (AUG 18-2ND)
S EX-15-BIG-$29.80 (AUG 11-5TH)
S TRI-04-BIG-$103.10 (AUG 8-1ST)
S SUP-02-BIG-$153.40 (AUG 8-1ST)
M EX-09-BIG-$50.90 (AUG 14-1ST)
M TRI-15-BIG-$154.40 (AUG 11-10TH)
M SUP-14-BIG-$4,415.95 (AUG 25-9TH)
P3 (1-3)-00-BIG-$0.00
P3 (2-4)-03-BIG-$19.10 (AUG 11-4TH)
P3 (3-5)-02-BIG-$35.80 (AUG 11-5TH)
P5 (1-5)-00-BIG-$0.00
P3 (4-6)-00-BIG-$0.00
P3 (5-7)-00-BIG-$0.00
P4 (4-7)-00-BIG-$0.00
P3 (6-8)-00-BIG-$0.00
P3 (7-9)-01-BIG-$10.55 (AUG 26-9TH)
P3 (8-10)-02-BIG-$14.10 (AUG 18-10TH)
2DD-01-BIG-$13.70 (AUG 18-10TH)
P4 (7-10)-00-BIG-$0.00
10TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$0.00
10TH -P5 (HF)-M-01-BIG-$223.65 (AUG 15-10TH)
5-1+ LONG-77-26.6%
LONGEST-33-1 (AUG 18-4TH)
OALTCI-289
TOP 4 PICKS EACH RACE-01-03,02-04,03-03,04-03,05-01,06-01,07-02,08-02,09-02,10-02,11-01=24-44-OATOT-515-824-62.5%

(STANS PREDICTIONS)-RECORD AT MOWHAWK

01-57-BIG-$20.10 (AUG 22-7TH) (9-1)
02-37-BIG-$15.70 (SEP 01-5TH) (50-1)
03-31-BIG-$17.10 (AUG 14-2ND) (63-1) (AUG 22-10TH) (41-1)
04-26-BIG-57-1 (AUG 8-3RD)
1DD-03-BIG-$31.20 (AUG 25-2ND)
S EX-11-BIG-$77.60 (AUG 22-7TH)
S TRI-03-BIG-$870.60 (AUG 22-7TH)
S SUP-00-BIG-$0.00
M EX-06-BIG-$39.90 (AUG 31-1ST)
M TRI-11-BIG-$368.80 (AUG 11-2ND)
M SUP-12-BIG-$1,432.75 (AUG 28-8TH)
P3 (1-3)-01-BIG-$5.45 (AUG 10-3RD)
P3 (2-4)-00-BIG-$0.00
P3 (3-5)-00-BIG-$0.00
P5 (1-5)-00-BIG-$0.00
P3 (4-6)-00-BIG-$0.00
P3 (5-7)-01-BIG-$59.25 (AUG 22-7TH)
P4 (4-7)-00-BIG-$0.00
P3 (6-8)-00-BIG-$0.00
P3 (7-9)-00-BIG-$0.00
P3 (8-10)-00-BIG-$0.00
2DD-00-BIG-$0.00
P4 (7-10)-00-BIG-$0.00
10TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$0.00
10TH -P5 (HF)-M-02-BIG-$1,462.15 (AUG 21-10TH)
5-1+ LONG-80-27.7%
LONGEST-76-1 (AUG 14-2ND)
OALTCI-289
TOP 4 PICKS EACH RACE-01-02,02-03,03-04,04-03,05-02,06-01,07-02,08-01,09-02,10-02,11-00=22-44-OATOT-486-824-59.0%

OALTCI-OVERALL LONGSHOT TOTAL THAT CAME IN THIS RACE NIGHT 5-1+.
T4 P-ER-TOTAL 4 PLACINGS EACH RACE.
OATOT-OVERALL TOTAL TOP 4 PLACINGS.

THE DOW WAS UP 39 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.

BANK RELATED INFORMATION
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CURRENCIES
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COMMODITIES
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UPDATE-SEPTEMBER 04,2017-12:00AM

DOW MARKET MONDAY-SEPTEMBER 04,2017
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HIGH +05 LOW -05
TSX -00.00 15,191.60 - GOLD $-00.00 $1,324.55 - OIL $-0.00 $47.12
CANADIAN AND AMERICAN MARKETS ARE CLOSED FOR BEGGINIG OF THE SCHOOL YEAR HOLIDAY.

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-SEPTEMBER 04,2017-11:55PM

1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ U.S.53 of 55 earthquakes in map area.

    4.3-68km SSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua-2017-09-04 23:44:01 (UTC)-38.2 km
    3.7-16km SE of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 23:14:45 (UTC)-5.0 km
    3.4-1km NW of Luther, Oklahoma-2017-09-04 23:03:01 (UTC)-5.0 km
    2.5-12km NNE of Burney, California-2017-09-04 22:51:39 (UTC)-12.6 km
    3.1-23km SE of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 22:47:12 (UTC)-5.0 km
    3.5-17km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 22:15:47 (UTC)-5.0 km
    2.8-9km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 22:10:31 (UTC)-5.0 km
    5.1-95km SSE of Arica, Chile-2017-09-04 21:55:20 (UTC)-63.3 km
    4.1-5km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska-2017-09-04 21:05:03 (UTC)-54.2 km
    4.7-West Chile Rise-2017-09-04 20:58:44 (UTC)-10.0 km
    3.5-11km SE of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 20:51:38 (UTC)-8.8 km
    2.6-10km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 20:46:55 (UTC)-5.0 km
    4.0-48km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina-2017-09-04 20:33:53 (UTC)-196.5 km
    4.9-5km NE of Aratoca, Colombia-2017-09-04 20:28:22 (UTC)-158.0 km
    4.4-42km WSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan-2017-09-04 20:21:42 (UTC)-210.8 km
    3.0-7km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 20:17:28 (UTC)-5.0 km
    3.7-12km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 20:12:23 (UTC)-8.0 km
    2.5-57km NW of Nikiski, Alaska-2017-09-04 19:51:09 (UTC)-90.1 km
    2.9-28km WSW of Lompoc, CA-2017-09-04 19:46:30 (UTC)-1.6 km
    5.1-North Indian Ocean-2017-09-04 19:43:15 (UTC)-10.0 km
    3.6-15km E of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 19:04:58 (UTC)-6.6 km
    2.6-8km E of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 18:49:19 (UTC)-5.0 km
    4.5-South of the Fiji Islands-2017-09-04 17:42:01 (UTC)-494.4 km
    2.8-20km S of Arroyo, Puerto Rico-2017-09-04 17:20:18 (UTC)-5.0 km
    2.5-2km W of Cobb, California-2017-09-04 16:39:39 (UTC)--0.2 km
    3.8-161km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands-2017-09-04 16:36:54 (UTC)-108.0 km
    2.5-101km NE of Chignik Lake, Alaska-2017-09-04 14:25:13 (UTC)-31.2 km
    2.8-12km E of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 12:29:25 (UTC)-5.0 km
    2.7-3km E of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 12:26:34 (UTC)-5.0 km
    2.7-9km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 12:21:20 (UTC)-5.0 km
    3.5-10km ENE of Carlin, Nevada-2017-09-04 10:49:02 (UTC)-2.1 km
    6.0-149km NNE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands-2017-09-04 08:07:35 (UTC)-35.0 km
    2.6-14km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 08:05:19 (UTC)-5.0 km
    3.9-12km E of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 07:55:07 (UTC)-5.0 km
    3.2-15km E of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 07:34:51 (UTC)-5.0 km
    2.5-5km ESE of G. L. Garcia, Puerto Rico-2017-09-04 07:29:39 (UTC)-27.0 km
    3.4-21km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 06:55:29 (UTC)-5.0 km
    3.3-11km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 06:52:34 (UTC)-5.0 km
    2.6-1km N of Pleasant Hill, California-2017-09-04 06:49:01 (UTC)-11.9 km
    5.0-75km SE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands-2017-09-04 06:18:14 (UTC)-35.0 km
    4.3-16km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 06:17:09 (UTC)-3.7 km
    3.1-79km SSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska-2017-09-04 05:20:35 (UTC)-131.6 km
    5.0-230km WNW of  Northern Mariana Islands-2017-09-04 04:43:28 (UTC)-309.5 km
    2.6-10km E of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 04:35:33 (UTC)-5.0 km
    2.6-63km W of Willow, Alaska-2017-09-04 04:24:22 (UTC)-81.5 km
    2.7-15km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 03:08:37 (UTC)-5.0 km
    2.6-26km SE of El Negro, Puerto Rico-2017-09-04 03:03:41 (UTC)-6.0 km
    2.6-31km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma-2017-09-04 02:51:29 (UTC)-2.9 km
    3.4-41km N of Nikiski, Alaska-2017-09-04 02:11:25 (UTC)-61.9 km
    3.1-69km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska-2017-09-04 01:33:01 (UTC)-93.8 km
    3.2-16km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 00:36:35 (UTC)-5.0 km
    4.2-154km N of Calama, Chile-2017-09-04 00:10:47 (UTC)-112.2 km
    3.3-16km E of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 00:05:24 (UTC)-5.0 km
    2.7-19km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-04 00:03:25 (UTC)-6.2 km

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IRAN TESTING HOMEGROWN AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM.EX ISRAEL INTELLIGENCE-TRUMP SHOULD ATTACK NORTH KOREA IF HE CAN.

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

Ministers vote to resume construction of settlement for Amona evacuees-Interior minister reaches agreement with treasury to release agreed-upon sum of NIS 55 million for building of Amichai-By Jacob Magid-September 3, 2017, 5:10 pm-TOI

After a month-long building freeze due to budgetary disputes, the cabinet approved a plan on Sunday that will allow for construction to resume on a new settlement for evacuees of the illegal Amona outpost.The Finance Ministry will transfer NIS 55 million ($15.3 million) to the Interior Ministry for the purpose of infrastructure work in Amichai, adjacent to Shiloh in the northern West Bank.In late July, work on Israel’s first new government-planned settlement in a quarter of a century was halted, just a month after it began, due to lack of funds. The Binyamin Regional Council had been bankrolling the building of the new settlement under the assumption that it would be compensated by the state, but then said it was forced to stall the project because the government had not contributed.With no ministry willing to take control of the project, Housing Minister Yoav Galant agreed to do so in early August on condition that the originally agreed-upon budget be doubled to NIS 120 million ($33.5 million). The Finance Ministry refused the request, and Galant has since been accused by some settler leaders –including Avichai Boaron, a representative of the Amona evacuees — of making the offer in order to play to his right-wing supporters, all while knowing that the Finance Ministry would never approve the doubling of Amichai’s budget.A month later, Aryeh Deri’s Interior Ministry reached an agreement with the treasury to transfer the originally planned amount of some NIS 60 million ($16.8 million), which will be funneled to the Binyamin Regional Council in order to resume construction.An additional NIS 5 million ($1.4 million) will go to the Defense Ministry to fund the installation of mobile homes on a hilltop adjacent to Shiloh until the construction of permanent homes is completed.While the government approved the building of the new settlement, the Civil Administration — the Defense Ministry body that authorizes West Bank construction — has yet to authorize Amichai’s building plan of 120 housing units. Until then, the Amona evacuees are prevented from settling in temporary housing on the hilltop adjacent to Shiloh.During Sunday’s weekly cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Deri for his work in reaching a solution to unfreeze the budget for Amichai. “I want to thank you… for your ministry’s [help] in solving the budgetary distribution problem, and I want to congratulate you,” Netanyahu said.Boaron “cautiously welcomed” the government decision.“We congratulate the prime minister and all members of his office on advancing the decision. The prime minister has proven that he is committed to the people of Amona, but this commitment will not be fully realized until we move to the new settlement,” he said in a statement.The Peace Now settlement watchdog panned the cabinet’s decision. “There is no limit to the groveling of the Israeli government,” the NGO said in a statement Sunday. The group added that “42 families, which the court ruled had stolen private land, are extorting the government,” while funding for educational programs and pensions for the disabled is neglected.Amona was evacuated in February after the High Court of Justice ruled that it had been built on private Palestinian land. The 42 families that used to live there have since been residing in dormitory-style housing in the nearby Ofra settlement, waiting for the completion of Amichai.Last week, a group of Palestinian landowners and village heads, and Israeli rights NGOs, filed an objection to the Civil Administration in a bid to prevent its approval of the Amichai building plan. In their petition, they argued that the new settlement will harm the lives of Palestinians living and working nearby by preventing them from accessing their land.Even if the petition is not fully accepted, it could delay the new settlement for months until the Civil Administration, which authorizes Israeli construction in the West Bank, responds to the concerns of the petitioners and possibly recommends changes to the building plan.Netanyahu’s right-wing government has worked to speed up the establishment of the new settlement — breaking ground for roads and infrastructure before final permits were issued by the Civil Administration.Speaking with The Times of Israel hours after the objection was filed, Boaron said he “still hopes to be able to move [to Amichai] in two to three months.”

Ex-Israeli intelligence chief: Trump should attack North Korea if he can-Amos Yadlin says Pyongyang has nuclear capability but is likely unready to launch attack, doubts Washington has the necessary intel to strike safely-By TOI staff-September 3, 2017, 5:55 pm

The former head of Israel’s Military Intelligence said Sunday that the US should launch a preemptive strike against North Korea if it has the capability to do so in the wake of an apparent hydrogen bomb test by Pyongyang. However, he said he was not sure, and didn’t know if Washington was sure, whether it had the ability to do so.Maj. Gen. (res) Amos Yadlin, who also served as IDF attaché to Washington and who is currently the director of the Institute for National Security Studies, told 103FM Radio said the military option against North Korea was very complicated and risky.While he recommended that US President Donald Trump “make a preemptive strike” to prevent North Korea from continuing to develop its nuclear weapons capability, he said such a strike would require “excellent intelligence.”“If, after such an attack, a missile is launched against him, then there is no point in attacking,” he said. “The question is whether the United States has the intelligence to allow it to carry out a preemptive strike that will destroy North Korea’s capabilities.”Yadlin said he didn’t know whether the US had sufficient intelligence, and wasn’t even sure whether Washington knew the answer to that question.He added that the situation in North Korea was further complicated by the fact that the most likely targets of a counter-attack would be in South Korea and Japan.North Korea on Sunday said it set off a hydrogen bomb in its sixth nuclear test, which judging by the earthquake it set off appeared to be its most powerful explosion yet.However, Yadlin told the radio station he believed there were large gaps between the hype and the reality of North Korea’s military technology.“There is the reality and there is the war of words,” he said. “The reality is that North Korea has nuclear weapons. This is not new.”However, he cautiously said there was no immediate need to panic, as North Korea had yet to achieve its goals.“The country wants to have significant operational capabilities that depend on three things,” he said. “The ability to launch a nuclear weapon on a missile, the ability to survive an attack, and converting an atomic bomb to a hydrogen bomb… The hydrogen bomb has much more power than the atomic.”Yadlin, who would have been the Zionist Union faction’s choice for defense minister had the center-left won last year’s elections, said Pyongyang wanted the world to think it had achieved those goals.He also downplayed the significance of North Korea’s nuclear ambitions vis-a-vis the situation in Iran.“Iran is 20 years behind North Korea in nuclear development,” Yadlin said. The Iranians “signed an agreement with the P5+1 that they are keeping… The issue of Iranian weapons will become relevant toward the end of the agreement, which allows Iran to have nuclear capabilities within a short time.”Yadlin said that the bigger danger from Iran was that it would step in to fill a vacuum in Syria after the US and Russia had destroyed the Islamic State group.He added that it was slightly embarrassing that Israel was relying on the US and Russia to do its dirty work in Syria.“We are not a country without capabilities,” he said. “Israel has excellent intelligence and ability to strike Syria.”Taking a different approach, former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon took to Twitter to warn that Israel should pay close attention to the US response to North Korea.“The international response, led by the US, to the North Korean regime’s provocations, sheds light on how it will behave toward the Iranian regime on their nuclear efforts in the near future,” he tweeted. “Although the nuclear test is not our issue, the tension should concern us.”

North Korea claims hydrogen bomb test a ‘complete success’-Pyongyang sets off nuclear weapon for 6th time, with blast five to six times larger than previous explosion-By Foster Klug    September 3, 2017, 10:35 am-TOI

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said it set off a hydrogen bomb Sunday in its sixth nuclear test, which judging by the earthquake it set off appeared to be its most powerful explosion yet.South Korea’s weather agency estimated the nuclear blast yield of the presumed test was between 50 and 60 kilotons, or five to six times stronger than North Korea’s fifth test in September 2016. That would mark a significant step forward in the North’s quest for a viable nuclear missile capable of striking anywhere in the United States.On North Korean television, a newsreader called the test a “complete success” and said the “two-stage thermonuclear weapon” had “unprecedented” strength. Hours earlier, Pyongyang claimed its leader had inspected a hydrogen bomb meant for a new intercontinental ballistic missile.Seoul’s weather agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff said an artificial 5.7 magnitude quake occurred at 12:29 p.m. local time, in Kilju, northern Hamgyong province, the site where North Korea has conducted nuclear tests in the past. Seoul officials revised their earlier estimate of 5.6 magnitude quake. The US Geological Survey called the first quake an explosion with a magnitude 6.3.The US State Department had no immediate reaction. South Korea’s presidential office said it will hold a National Security Council meeting chaired by President Moon Jae-in. South Korea’s military said it has strengthened its monitoring and readiness while mulling a variety of possible responses that could be executed in collaboration with the US.Japan confirmed that North Korea conducted a nuclear test, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said. “It is absolutely unacceptable if North Korea did force another nuclear test, and we must protest strongly,” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said.The USGS and China’s earthquake administration detected a second tremor in North Korea minutes after the first, describing it as a cave-in or collapse. South Korea’s weather agency, however, said no second quake occurred.North Korea conducted two nuclear tests last year, the last nearly a year ago, on the September 9 anniversary of the nation’s founding. It has since maintained a torrid pace in weapons tests, including its first two intercontinental ballistic missiles test in July. Last month, North Korea fired a potentially nuclear-capable midrange missile over northern Japan.Earlier Sunday, photos released by the North Korean government showed Kim talking with his lieutenants as he observed a silver, peanut-shaped device that was apparently the purported thermonuclear weapon destined for an ICBM. What appeared to be the nose cone of a missile could also be seen near the alleged bomb in one picture, which could not be independently verified and was taken without outside journalists present. Another photo showed a diagram on the wall behind Kim of a bomb mounted inside a cone.State media said Kim visited the Nuclear Weapons Institute and inspected a “homemade” H-bomb with “super explosive power” that “is adjustable from tens (of) kiloton to hundreds (of) kiloton.”North Korea’s nuclear and missile program has made huge strides since Kim rose to power following his father’s death in late 2011. The North followed its two tests of Hwasong-14 ICBMs by threatening in August to launch a salvo of its Hwasong-12 intermediate range missiles toward the U.S. Pacific island territory of Guam.It flew a Hwasong-12 over northern Japan last week, the first such overflight by a missile capable of carrying nukes, in a launch Kim described as a “meaningful prelude” to containing Guam, the home of major US military facilities, and more ballistic missile tests targeting the Pacific.It may be difficult for outside experts to confirm that the nuclear device detonated Sunday was an H-bomb. State media reported that the test left no trace of radioactive material. The US and its allies attempt to detect blast material to gauge North Korea’s progress, but Pyongyang has become better at containing it as its nuclear program has evolved.To back up its claims to nuclear mastery, such tests are vital. The first of its two atomic tests last year involved what Pyongyang claimed was a sophisticated hydrogen bomb; the second it said was its most powerful atomic detonation ever.It is almost impossible to independently confirm North Korean statements about its highly secret weapons program. South Korean government officials said the estimated explosive yield of last year’s first test was much smaller than what even a failed hydrogen bomb detonation would produce. There was speculation that North Korea might have detonated a boosted fission bomb, a weapon considered halfway between an atomic bomb and an H-bomb.It is clear, however, that each new missile and nuclear test gives the North invaluable information that allows big jumps in capability. A key question is how far North Korea has gotten in efforts to consistently shrink down nuclear warheads so they can fit on long-range missiles.North Korea is thought to have a growing arsenal of nuclear bombs and has spent decades trying to perfect a multistage, long-range missile to eventually carry smaller versions of those bombs.South Korea’s main spy agency has previously asserted that it does not think Pyongyang currently has the ability to develop miniaturized nuclear weapons that can be mounted on long-range ballistic missiles. Some experts disagree.The White House said US President Donald Trump spoke with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan regarding “ongoing efforts to maximize pressure on North Korea.” The statement did not say whether the conversation came before or after the North’s latest claim.A long line of US presidents has failed to check North Korea’s persistent pursuit of missiles and nuclear weapons. Six-nation negotiations on dismantling North Korea’s nuclear program in exchange for aid fell apart in early 2009.The North said in its statement Sunday that its H-bomb “is a multi-functional thermonuclear nuke with great destructive power which can be detonated even at high altitudes for super-powerful EMP (electromagnetic pulse) attack according to strategic goals.”Kim, according to the statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency, claimed that “all components of the H-bomb were homemade … thus enabling the country to produce powerful nuclear weapons as many as it wants.”In what could be read as a veiled warning of more nuclear tests, Kim underlined the need for scientists to “dynamically conduct the campaign for successfully concluding the final-stage research and development for perfecting the state nuclear force” and “set forth tasks to be fulfilled in the research into nukes.”The two Koreas have shared the world’s most heavily fortified border since their war in the early 1950s ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty. About 28,500 American troops are deployed in South Korea as deterrence against North Korea.

Iran says it’s testing homegrown air defense system-After increased missile production announced, Revolutionary Guards official says work on aerial defense batteries 'underway'-By AFP and TOI staff-September 3, 2017, 11:37 am

TEHRAN — Iran has tested its homegrown air defense system, designed to match the Russian S-300, the head of the Revolutionary Guards’ air defense said.“In parallel with the deployment of the S-300, work on Bavar-373 system is underway,” Farzad Esmaili told state broadcaster IRIB late Saturday.“The system is made completely in Iran and some of its parts are different from the S-300. All of its subsystems have been completed and its missile tests have been conducted.”Bavar (which means “belief”) is Tehran’s first long-range missile defense system, and is set to be operational by March 2018, he added.In 2010, Iran began manufacturing Bavar-373 after the purchase of the S-300 from Russia was suspended due to international sanctions.Russia resumed the sale following the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers which lifted sanctions, and Iran’s S-300 defense system became operational in March.On Saturday, the new defense minister Amir Hatami said Iran has “a specific plan to boost missile power.”He said he hoped “the combat capabilities of Iran’s ballistic and cruise missiles” would increase in the next four years.Iran is a key supporter of Syria and the Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon. Both threaten Israel with tens of thousands of rockets and missiles.Israel has in recent years repeatedly hit convoys believed to be transferring advanced rockets and missiles, being transferred from Iran through Syria to Hezbollah.Jerusalem has also warned against Iranian efforts to set up missile production facilities in Lebanon, with Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman telling United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a meeting in Israel earlier this week that Iran is “working to set up factories to manufacture accurate weapons within Lebanon itself.”Esmaili and Hatami’s comments came amid increasing tensions with Washington, which has passed new sanctions against Iran’s ballistic missile program.

Turkey eyes deal for Russian air defense system, irking West-Experts skeptical Ankara will end up inking purchase of S-400 batteries, but say the message of dissatisfaction with NATO is what's important-By Stuart Williams-September 3, 2017, 6:47 amTOI

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey and Russia are inching toward an accord for the first major Turkish weapons purchase from Moscow, troubling Ankara’s allies in NATO even though the deal may not ultimately materialize.According to Turkish and Russian officials, all preparations have been made for the purchase of a sophisticated S-400 missile defense system, Ankara’s most significant accord with a non-NATO supplier.But despite confident proclamations, the deal has yet to be officially inked.Analysts remain skeptical over whether Turkey will ever take delivery of the surface-to-air missile defense batteries. Some argue the message sent to the West matters more than the actual acquisition.The Pentagon has already sounded alarm, saying bluntly that “generally it’s a good idea” for NATO allies to buy inter-operable equipment.But President Recep Tayyip Erdogan boasted that “God willing we will see the S-400s in our country.”Erdogan has argued that Turkey’s fellow NATO member and occasional regional foe Greece has Russian-made S-300 batteries on its southern island of Crete, originally bought by Cyprus in the late 1990s but passed on to Greece to prevent escalation on the divided island.Dmitry Shugaev, the head of Russia’s military-technical cooperation agency, told the Kommersant daily that the deal was “almost done” with just some “subtleties” to solve.The United States “may be indignant but Turkey is an independent state and can decide itself,” he said.However Igor Delanoe, Deputy Director of the French-Russian Analytical Center in Moscow, said he was “very skeptical” that the deal would come to fruition.Russia was uncomfortable with the transfer of technology and production localization demanded by Turkey, he said. Moscow also had a demand backlog to its own forces as well as to key client China.“Both Moscow and Ankara use this story on the political level to show their respective dissatisfaction to the West,” Delanoe said.Russia’s relations with NATO have been in crisis over its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine and for backing pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine.But while still a key member of NATO, Turkey’s ties with the United States in particular have been strained over Washington’s support of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) Syrian Kurd militia which Ankara considers a terror group.“Ankara is also tempted to use (the S-400 issue) since it has been deeply frustrated by America’s ongoing military cooperation with the Syrian Kurds,” said Delanoe.Timur Akhmetov, Ankara-based Turkey expert at the Russian International Affairs Council, said the talks helped Russia promote its arms systems and corrode trust among NATO members, while Turkey wanted to show its Western allies it has a strategic choice in its relationships.“The longer the talks on the S-400 systems are on the agenda, the better for Russia and Turkey’s respective interests,” he said.-‘No trust’-The fact the two countries are even discussing the purchase is a rich symbol of the transformation in relations since a reconciliation deal last summer following the shooting down by Turkey of a Russian plane over the Syrian border in November 2015.Moscow and Ankara remain on opposed sides in the Syrian conflict with Russia backing the Damascus regime and Turkey the rebels.In 2012, Turkish jets forced a Syrian plane flying from Moscow to Damascus to land at Ankara airport on the grounds it was carrying military equipment, reportedly radar parts for a Syrian air defense system.The two post-imperial states both show an ability to compartmentalize relations by not letting a centuries old and persistent regional rivalry pollute potentially fruitful, but limited, areas of cooperation.Yet analysts say talk of the S-400 deal is far short of an indication of a major strategic alliance.“The only thing that makes both Turkey and Moscow drift to each other is their intention to pressure their own respective relations with the West,” said Akhmetov.Delanoe said “both partners do not trust each other” but “have built a geoeconomic partnership mainly based on energy” with work in progress on the TurkStream pipeline to pump Russian gas under the Black Sea.According to a study by Can Kasapoglu of the EDAM center for economic and foreign policy studies, Turkey’s desire to obtain the weapons is also motivated by its dearth of qualified military pilots due to the purges that followed the July 15, 2016 failed coup which has necessitated an urgent shoring up of air defenses.Were Turkey to get its hands on the S-400 system, it would produce an outcome where NATO members Turkey and Greece were both operating Russian-made weapons, risking the same “vicious circle” that sees Moscow supplying bitter foes Armenia and Azerbaijan, he added.

Palestinian suspect shot by IDF said to die of wounds-PLFP terror group mourns death of 'fallen fighter Raed Al-Salihi,' who was shot by soldiers during an arrest raid in August-By Dov Lieber-September 3, 2017, 6:37 pm-TOI

A Palestinian official said Sunday that a 21-year-old Palestinian man, Raed Al-Salihi, has died of wounds he incurred during an arrest by Israeli soldiers in August.According to Issa Qaraqe, head of the Palestinian Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs, Salihi, who was a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terror group, was arrested in his home in the Deheishe refugee camp near Bethlehem on August 9.During his arrest, Salihi was reportedly shot and critically wounded by IDF soldiers. Qaraqe said in a statement that Salihi was shot five times at close range.He was being treated at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem.A spokesperson for the hospital confirmed Salihi’s death.The IDF said it was looking into the incident and was not immediately able to comment.An image of Salihi holding a PFLP flag was shared widely on Palestinian media.The PFLP’s armed wing, the Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades, said it “mourned” the death of the “heroic fallen fighter Raed Al-Salihi,” in a statement published on its website.Since October 2015, mainly Palestinian assailants have killed 48 Israelis, two visiting Americans, a Palestinian man and a British student, in stabbing, shooting and vehicular attacks. In that time, some 294 Palestinians or Arab Israeli were killed by Israeli fire, a majority of them attackers, according to authorities.AFP contributed to this report.

Teen’s bar mitzvah gives Houston a chance to commiserate, heal-Coming-of-age ceremony in the wake of Harvey's catastrophic flooding is open to all at a time when 'you need people to lift you up'-By JULIET LINDERMAN-September 3, 2017, 9:38 pmTOI

BELLAIRE, Texas (AP) — It wasn’t a typical bar mitzvah, but then nothing has been typical in the Houston area since Harvey came ashore as a powerful hurricane and left whole sections of the city underwater, including its predominantly Jewish neighborhood.Rabbi Scott Hausman-Weiss opened Saturday’s ceremony ushering 13-year-old Doran Evan Yustein into manhood by pointing out the importance of coming together as a congregation and broader community during such times of hardship.“We have an obligation to celebrate, nonetheless, because we are alive and have what is most important: ourselves, our families and this great opportunity to be together,” he said.Hausman-Weiss is the rabbi for Shma Koleinu, a roving Jewish congregation without a permanent house of worship, and he’s been tending to his flock despite being forced from his home by the flooding. On the Friday the storm hit, he held a service on Facebook for congregants who were busy getting their own homes ready or who were riding out the storm outside the city.With his home so damaged, Hausman-Weiss couldn’t hold services there this past Friday night. And so on Saturday, the first Shabbat, or Sabbath, since the previous weekend’s catastrophic flooding, Doran and his family opened his bar mitzvah service — typically an invite-only affair — to anyone from the larger Jewish community who wanted to come. It was held at congregation Brith Shalom’s synagogue in Bellaire, a Houston enclave.“We wanted people to come and celebrate the bar mitzvah, but also offer prayers for the community, because there’s been so much sadness, and so many lives have been affected,” said Doran’s mother, Gabrielle Moses. The day before, the family helped Doran’s Hebrew teacher, Debbie Uzick, clean her house. She lost everything in the flood.Flooding has had an outsized presence on this fledgling congregation. Its founder, David Rosenfeld, died suddenly the day before a Memorial Day flood in 2015. Hausman-Weiss and his wife, Natalie, waded through floodwaters to help bury him, she said. This time, the Hausman-Weisses were rescued by a congregant; nearly 60 people from the Jewish community showed up to help them in the days that followed.“This is the time you need your community,” Natalie Hausman-Weiss said. “This is the time when you need people to show they care and lift you up.” Holding an open service “was a good opportunity for that,” she said.On Saturday evening, the synagogue was about half-full. Some were friends and family of Doran’s. Others, including Bernadine Frank, came because they needed to feel connected after such a trying week.“We’re all in need of some prayer right now,” said Frank, who saw the open invitation on social media.Laurie Gass, a congregation member and religious school teacher, said it was important for her to attend services after going through such an ordeal.“It’s about healing and to celebrate a happy occasion,” she said. “And after the last week, of all the bad things, it’s very joyful to have something happy.”