EU CONSTITUITION DEAD OR ALIVE.
Like I wrote about the Eu 3 days ago, I think there will be a main core of 13 EU Countries, And when Spain in the future kicks 3 main core members out it brings it to 10. look what the German Leader wants to do with the EU.
President Jacques Chirac of France, who is eager to build relations with Merkel (GERMANY) but found her a steely interlocutor when she visited Paris, has suggested a way out of the impasse by proposing that an inner core of "pioneer" countries, chiefly those that currently use the euro, could just go ahead with closer cooperation in certain key areas - like the
creation of an EU foreign minister - on the basis of existing treaties.
Isnt this Interesting when the Bible says The EU will have a president and sign the future 7 year peace treaty with Israel / Arabs and Many. This President I believe will come from Spain in the Future, because the World Dictator has to be a KING and he will be Jewish.
In Other News since Yesterday, After the Hamas landslide win in the Palestinians elections, today the Fatah murderers were outside Abbas' house wanting him to resign with riots. Well you will soon see either EU, NATO or UN TROOPS IN ISRAEL DUE TO THE ELECTIONS I BELIEVE, The Bible says the EU will have its own Army and until then NATO OR UN TROOPS
WILL COME IN FOR SURE.
And a 7.7 Earthquake in the Indonsia Area also today.
Dead or alive? EU leaders taking constitution's pulse
By Graham Bowley International Herald Tribune FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2006
BRUSSELS Even the European Union itself now acknowledges that most EU citizens believe the European constitution should be redrafted or scrapped. But that did not stop European leaders from gathering Friday in Salzburg, Austria, for a two-day, high-profile conference largely dedicated to the treaty's future.The conference - coinciding with celebrations of the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth and dubbed "The Sound of Europe" - was organized by Austria, the current EU president, in an attempt to revisit the document.This might surprise ordinary Europeans. Following the rejection of the treaty by French and Dutch voters last year, chastened governments declared a "period of reflection" that appeared to kill the constitutional
idea for years.
But in the past few weeks, some European leaders have resumed intensive debate about the treaty, although they have split, loudly and publicly, over what is to be done. The main argument pits those, led by Germany and Austria, who want to proceed with the document in its current form against those, notably France, who want to attach key elements of the text to existing treaties while shelving the rest of the constitution. Others, like the Dutch, say the document is dead and should not be revived. Still others, notably José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, want the matter put aside until the EU's 25
countries have tackled urgent problems like high unemployment and slow growth.
"They are putting the cart before the horses," Barroso's spokesman, Johannes Laitenberger, said this week.The resurgent debate comes at a time when only one in two Europeans feels the EU gives any benefit at all, according to the commission's latest opinion poll and just 22 percent want ratification of the constitution to continue.The constitution, which was designed to make the union more workable as it expanded, has appeared to be moribund since it was rejected by French and Dutch voters last spring. At present, 13 EU countries have ratified the treaty, while 10 called off their votes after the French and Dutch said no.
The countries that now want to revive the ratification process are chiefly those that have already approved the text. They are led by Angela Merkel, Germany's new chancellor, who has raised hopes that the treaty could be successfully relaunched when Berlin takes over the EU's rotating presidency in 2007. Austria tried to give this process an early start, putting the
treaty's revival at the center of its six-month EU presidency, which began Jan. 1. The two countries, which are among those that have approved the constitution, say the ratification process must continue. If, in the end, the treaty is approved by 23 countries and rejected by only two, Merkel argues, the picture would be very different.
But in the countries whose electorates rejected the treaty last year, the constitution in its current form remains deeply unpopular."The European constitution is dead for the Netherlands," said the Dutch foreign minister, Bernard Bot, whose government faces elections in 2007.
President Jacques Chirac of France, who is eager to build relations with Merkel but found
her a steely interlocutor when she visited Paris, has suggested a way out of the impasse by proposing that an inner core of "pioneer" countries, chiefly those that currently use the euro, could just go ahead with closer cooperation in certain key areas - like the creation of an EU foreign minister - on the basis of existing treaties.
"It is natural for euro-area member countries to deepen their political, economic, fiscal and social integration," Chirac said on Jan. 10. But French ideas have been rebuffed by Merkel, who believes that the treaty is such a delicate construction, tied together during months of tortuous negotiations, that unpicking certain elements would lead to its general unraveling."To put
single parts of this constitution into force, and leave others aside, without knowing where you want to go, that does not work," she said.Such dissent has left a third group of countries, including some of the new EU members in Central and Eastern Europe, "amazed," according to Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, the Polish prime minister.
The newcomers, he said, cannot understand the fact that their western neighbors are plunging into fresh institutional debate. Like Barroso and like Britain, one of the countries most skeptical about the constitution's prospects, the new members want the EU to concentrate on areas like economic reform. The treaty requires approval by all 25 EU members, via parliamentary vote or referendum, before it can come into force.To chart a path between the conflicting views, Barroso has been tasked with the kind of solution many committees adopt when no other is in sight: drawing up a report. He is to deliver his conclusions on the future of the constitution to the 25 EU governments in June.
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Thursday, January 26, 2006
HAMAS WINS PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS
HAMAS WINS PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS
HAMAS WIN 76 SEATS,FATAH WINS 43 SEATS
Once Again Bible Prophesy becomes reality, With Hamas winning the Palestinian Elections in
Israel you can bet on Prophesy that says The European Union will be in control of the negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians big time from here on in. The Bible in Daniel 9:27 says it will be the European Union, not the USA that makes the final land for security peace contract in the very near future between the Israelis, Palestinians and many.
EU faced with 'entirely new situation' if Hamas win: Solana Document Actions
26/01/2006 EU BUSINESS WEBSITE
The European Union faces "an entirely new situation" if the radical group Hamas is confirmed winner of the Palestinian elections, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Thursday.
Solana acknowledged that the EU, which is the world's biggest donor to the Palestinians, would be in a quandary because Hamas figures on its list of known terrorist groups and has refused to renounce violence.
"These results may confront us with an entirely new situation, which will need to be analyzed by (EU foreign ministers) next Monday," he said, after Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qorei resigned, acknowledging Hamas's victory. "The EU will express its views and prospects for cooperation with the future Palestinian government in the light of that discussion and of developments on the ground," Solana, who was in Kosovo, said in a statement.
However leading EU members swiftly called Thursday for Hamas to renounce violence and recognize Israel as a precondition for cooperation. Since 2003, EU states and the European Commission have given about 500 million euros (613 million dollars) per year to the Palestinian Authority, making Europe the biggest donor to Palestinians.
Brussels pledged some 280 million euros in aid alone to the Palestinians in 2005. It has earmarked funds to build a cargo terminal at Gaza airport and sent a monitoring mission to the Gaza Strip border with Egypt. It also deployed observers to watch over Wednesday's parliamentary poll and is organising a police training and advisory mission. But in its efforts to help rebuild the impoverished Palestinian territories and encourage better democracy and the rule of law, the EU has been widely criticised by Israel for its "contacts" with Hamas officials.
With officials in Brussels hedging over what path to take on Thurday, EU external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said the bloc remained determined to work with any Palestinian government that renounced violence. "We count on cooperating with a Palestinian government whatever it may be as long as it is determined to pursue its aims in a peaceful way," she told members of the European Parliament.
"We will work with those who will be willing to advance peace through peaceful means," she said. "I'm aware of the difficulty of the situation ... It's up to member states to react now."
Immediately on learning that Qorei had stepped down, a diplomat from one of the 25 member states said: "Oh dear, fasten your seatbelts." One of the key questions is: would the EU deal be prepared to deal with individual elected Hamas officials who renounce violence, even if the movement as a whole refuses to do so.
"I don't know," shrugged another diplomat. "I have no idea." "It might be a bit difficult to continue to commit European taxpayers' money to a Palestinian Authority which would not be committed to a peaceful dialogue with Israel," he said. The issue will top the agenda when EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels on Monday, and likely talks in London between the so-called Mideast Quartet of the European Union, the United States, the United Nations and Russia.
"The tenor of what will arise from these talks between the 25 on Monday will set the tone," the diplomat said.
But the foreign ministers of Britain, Germany and the Netherlands, along with France's Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, gave almost identical responses to the election result Thursday.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, speaking on a visit to Ankara, said "the international community will want Hamas to make a proper rejection of violence and to acknowledge that Israel exists," according to a Foreign Office spokesman. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said, "We could imagine various forces in the (Palestinian) government. But there are two conditions: the forces that join the government must renounce violence." "It seems Hamas still has a long way to go," Steinmeier said on national radio.
Hamas Wins PA Election By Hillel Fendel Arutz 7 NEWS
Unofficial but nearly final results show that the Hamas terror organization has won a majority of the seats in the PA legislature, and will form its next gov't. Abu Mazen is considering resigning. Though official results are not yet in, Hamas has won a majority in almost every one of the 16 districts in the PA-controlled areas, including Jerusalem. At least 70, and possibly as many as 75, seats of the 132-seat legislature will go to Hamas.
Fatah Prime Minister Abu Alla has resigned, and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is considering doing the same. According to PA law, Chairman Abbas (Abu Mazen) must turn to the largest party and ask it to form the next government. Hamas leader Mahmoud A-Zahar said, "The armed struggle will continue, and it will cause Israel to make great concessions, and will change the way Egypt and Jordan relate to Israel as well."Iran released a statement of congratulations for the Hamas victory, saying that the path of "continued resistance of Israeli conquest" had won.
MK Ehud Yatom (Likud) said, "The Palestinian people decided that terrorism is the tool and the way to implement its strategy for us not to be here in this region. Our government also made its decisive contribution to this development by allowing PA elections [in this format]." "Hamas might want to negotiate with us," Yatom said, "but we are not allowed to speak with any
organization that is dedicated to our destruction."Asked if in his estimation, the left-wing might want to negotiate with Hamas despite its goal of destroying Israel, Yatom said, "The only thing that interests them [those on the left] is to return to the 1967 borders."
Other reactions:
Former Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said, "Israel made a very grave mistake when it allowed Hamas to participate in these elections... The international community will now find every justification to have dialogue with Hamas, claiming that they won democratic elections, even though we invested such great efforts to have the world include Hamas on its outlawed list of terror organizations."
A Likud Party statement: "The Hamas victory is a direct result of the Disengagement, and the realization of the Palestinians that the use of terror and violence is the way to achieve diplomatic gains from Israel. The plans of Kadima and Labor for another widespread withdrawal,
for nothing in return, shows us their total blindness in viewing the security reality."
MK Tzvi Hendel (National Union): "The Kadima government led Hamas to victory on the silver platter of the Disengagement."
MK Effie Eitam (National Union): "[Hamas chief] Mahmoud A-Zahar should send a large bouquet of roses this morning to Ehud Olmert and his government, who preferred to surrender in the war against terrorism, and instead of dealing with eliminating the Hamas leaders, chose to expel Jews from their homes. They thus proved to every PA voter that the way of Hamas and terrorism is the way to victory over Israel."
Former IDF Central District Commander Maj.-Gen. (res.) Uzi Dayan, head of a small new anti-corruption political party, said, "This shows we have no one to rely on except ourselves. We must complete the partition as quickly as possible and withdraw from Judea and Samaria."
Shimon Peres: "Hamas won; so what? How will Hamas run the Palestinian Authority and pay salaries after the world community cuts off international aid?"
MK Sha'ul Yahalom (NRP) : "The Hamas victory proves the terrible diplomatic mistake of the Kadima path, as well as the catastrophe that will fall upon the State of Israel if Kadima forms its next government."
A Voice of Israel reporter said that left-wing reactions took a long time in coming, but then presented Meretz MK Ran Cohen's response: "This is a very grave situation for both Israel and for the Palestinian Authority. It's very sad that the Palestinians chose the terrorist organization Hamas, which provides no hope, and they will feel it. It is also very sad that we ourselves, in
everything we did, including the Disengagement, encouraged Hamas more than Fatah."
Yisrael Beiteinu Party Chairman Avgidor Lieberman: "It doesn't matter who won; the free world has lost. Hamas and Fatah are both movements that represent radical Islam. Just
as in Egypt, where the Islamic Brotherhood is strengthening, and in Iran, where the extremist president was elected, the victory of radical Islam here is not only Israel's problem, but is a threat to the entire free western world. We saw this in the attacks in Madrid and London, and in the riots in Paris and Belgium. Our internal strife and unilateral concessions merely strengthen this trend."
MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union): "We see no difference between the murderers of Fatah and those of Hamas. All those naive people who talk about a 'partner for peace' now realize who we're dealing with, and all those who propose further unilateral withdrawals are merely bringing the Kassams closer, to inside Jerusalem."
The Yesha Council: "The public relations team for the Disengagement and for Kadima can chalk up this achievement of Hamas' victory to its credit. In the next election, Israel will strengthen Islamic Jihad by making more concessions, and in the election after that, it's doubtful whether Israel will still be around."
HAMAS WIN 76 SEATS,FATAH WINS 43 SEATS
Once Again Bible Prophesy becomes reality, With Hamas winning the Palestinian Elections in
Israel you can bet on Prophesy that says The European Union will be in control of the negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians big time from here on in. The Bible in Daniel 9:27 says it will be the European Union, not the USA that makes the final land for security peace contract in the very near future between the Israelis, Palestinians and many.
EU faced with 'entirely new situation' if Hamas win: Solana Document Actions
26/01/2006 EU BUSINESS WEBSITE
The European Union faces "an entirely new situation" if the radical group Hamas is confirmed winner of the Palestinian elections, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Thursday.
Solana acknowledged that the EU, which is the world's biggest donor to the Palestinians, would be in a quandary because Hamas figures on its list of known terrorist groups and has refused to renounce violence.
"These results may confront us with an entirely new situation, which will need to be analyzed by (EU foreign ministers) next Monday," he said, after Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qorei resigned, acknowledging Hamas's victory. "The EU will express its views and prospects for cooperation with the future Palestinian government in the light of that discussion and of developments on the ground," Solana, who was in Kosovo, said in a statement.
However leading EU members swiftly called Thursday for Hamas to renounce violence and recognize Israel as a precondition for cooperation. Since 2003, EU states and the European Commission have given about 500 million euros (613 million dollars) per year to the Palestinian Authority, making Europe the biggest donor to Palestinians.
Brussels pledged some 280 million euros in aid alone to the Palestinians in 2005. It has earmarked funds to build a cargo terminal at Gaza airport and sent a monitoring mission to the Gaza Strip border with Egypt. It also deployed observers to watch over Wednesday's parliamentary poll and is organising a police training and advisory mission. But in its efforts to help rebuild the impoverished Palestinian territories and encourage better democracy and the rule of law, the EU has been widely criticised by Israel for its "contacts" with Hamas officials.
With officials in Brussels hedging over what path to take on Thurday, EU external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said the bloc remained determined to work with any Palestinian government that renounced violence. "We count on cooperating with a Palestinian government whatever it may be as long as it is determined to pursue its aims in a peaceful way," she told members of the European Parliament.
"We will work with those who will be willing to advance peace through peaceful means," she said. "I'm aware of the difficulty of the situation ... It's up to member states to react now."
Immediately on learning that Qorei had stepped down, a diplomat from one of the 25 member states said: "Oh dear, fasten your seatbelts." One of the key questions is: would the EU deal be prepared to deal with individual elected Hamas officials who renounce violence, even if the movement as a whole refuses to do so.
"I don't know," shrugged another diplomat. "I have no idea." "It might be a bit difficult to continue to commit European taxpayers' money to a Palestinian Authority which would not be committed to a peaceful dialogue with Israel," he said. The issue will top the agenda when EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels on Monday, and likely talks in London between the so-called Mideast Quartet of the European Union, the United States, the United Nations and Russia.
"The tenor of what will arise from these talks between the 25 on Monday will set the tone," the diplomat said.
But the foreign ministers of Britain, Germany and the Netherlands, along with France's Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, gave almost identical responses to the election result Thursday.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, speaking on a visit to Ankara, said "the international community will want Hamas to make a proper rejection of violence and to acknowledge that Israel exists," according to a Foreign Office spokesman. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said, "We could imagine various forces in the (Palestinian) government. But there are two conditions: the forces that join the government must renounce violence." "It seems Hamas still has a long way to go," Steinmeier said on national radio.
Hamas Wins PA Election By Hillel Fendel Arutz 7 NEWS
Unofficial but nearly final results show that the Hamas terror organization has won a majority of the seats in the PA legislature, and will form its next gov't. Abu Mazen is considering resigning. Though official results are not yet in, Hamas has won a majority in almost every one of the 16 districts in the PA-controlled areas, including Jerusalem. At least 70, and possibly as many as 75, seats of the 132-seat legislature will go to Hamas.
Fatah Prime Minister Abu Alla has resigned, and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is considering doing the same. According to PA law, Chairman Abbas (Abu Mazen) must turn to the largest party and ask it to form the next government. Hamas leader Mahmoud A-Zahar said, "The armed struggle will continue, and it will cause Israel to make great concessions, and will change the way Egypt and Jordan relate to Israel as well."Iran released a statement of congratulations for the Hamas victory, saying that the path of "continued resistance of Israeli conquest" had won.
MK Ehud Yatom (Likud) said, "The Palestinian people decided that terrorism is the tool and the way to implement its strategy for us not to be here in this region. Our government also made its decisive contribution to this development by allowing PA elections [in this format]." "Hamas might want to negotiate with us," Yatom said, "but we are not allowed to speak with any
organization that is dedicated to our destruction."Asked if in his estimation, the left-wing might want to negotiate with Hamas despite its goal of destroying Israel, Yatom said, "The only thing that interests them [those on the left] is to return to the 1967 borders."
Other reactions:
Former Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said, "Israel made a very grave mistake when it allowed Hamas to participate in these elections... The international community will now find every justification to have dialogue with Hamas, claiming that they won democratic elections, even though we invested such great efforts to have the world include Hamas on its outlawed list of terror organizations."
A Likud Party statement: "The Hamas victory is a direct result of the Disengagement, and the realization of the Palestinians that the use of terror and violence is the way to achieve diplomatic gains from Israel. The plans of Kadima and Labor for another widespread withdrawal,
for nothing in return, shows us their total blindness in viewing the security reality."
MK Tzvi Hendel (National Union): "The Kadima government led Hamas to victory on the silver platter of the Disengagement."
MK Effie Eitam (National Union): "[Hamas chief] Mahmoud A-Zahar should send a large bouquet of roses this morning to Ehud Olmert and his government, who preferred to surrender in the war against terrorism, and instead of dealing with eliminating the Hamas leaders, chose to expel Jews from their homes. They thus proved to every PA voter that the way of Hamas and terrorism is the way to victory over Israel."
Former IDF Central District Commander Maj.-Gen. (res.) Uzi Dayan, head of a small new anti-corruption political party, said, "This shows we have no one to rely on except ourselves. We must complete the partition as quickly as possible and withdraw from Judea and Samaria."
Shimon Peres: "Hamas won; so what? How will Hamas run the Palestinian Authority and pay salaries after the world community cuts off international aid?"
MK Sha'ul Yahalom (NRP) : "The Hamas victory proves the terrible diplomatic mistake of the Kadima path, as well as the catastrophe that will fall upon the State of Israel if Kadima forms its next government."
A Voice of Israel reporter said that left-wing reactions took a long time in coming, but then presented Meretz MK Ran Cohen's response: "This is a very grave situation for both Israel and for the Palestinian Authority. It's very sad that the Palestinians chose the terrorist organization Hamas, which provides no hope, and they will feel it. It is also very sad that we ourselves, in
everything we did, including the Disengagement, encouraged Hamas more than Fatah."
Yisrael Beiteinu Party Chairman Avgidor Lieberman: "It doesn't matter who won; the free world has lost. Hamas and Fatah are both movements that represent radical Islam. Just
as in Egypt, where the Islamic Brotherhood is strengthening, and in Iran, where the extremist president was elected, the victory of radical Islam here is not only Israel's problem, but is a threat to the entire free western world. We saw this in the attacks in Madrid and London, and in the riots in Paris and Belgium. Our internal strife and unilateral concessions merely strengthen this trend."
MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union): "We see no difference between the murderers of Fatah and those of Hamas. All those naive people who talk about a 'partner for peace' now realize who we're dealing with, and all those who propose further unilateral withdrawals are merely bringing the Kassams closer, to inside Jerusalem."
The Yesha Council: "The public relations team for the Disengagement and for Kadima can chalk up this achievement of Hamas' victory to its credit. In the next election, Israel will strengthen Islamic Jihad by making more concessions, and in the election after that, it's doubtful whether Israel will still be around."
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
KING JUAN CARLOS OF SPAIN
JUST BEFORE I GET TO SPAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRADULATE ALL THE CANADIANS FOR VOTING IN THE CONSERVATIVES SO WE HAVE A CHANCE TO GET GOD BACK INTO POLITICS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH CANADA.
Now we get to SPAIN. The Bible says SPAIN will be in the thick of world events. In Daniel 7:23-25 we see the 11TH nation will be playing a big role in the European Union politics.
Daniel 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
In verse 23 we see the 4th beast or political power or 7th World empire in history is the European union which will devour the Whole Earth, and put it into trading blocks sounds like World Government to me. VS 24 tells us it would have 10 kings or nations in it (what entity on earth is made up of 10 single nations, now 25 on its way to World domination. The EU of course.) It then says after 10 nations join another nation #11 shall rise and uproot 3 nations. So there had to be at least 13 nations in this Entity, so when 3 fall in the future it will still leave 10 countries to control the Whole World. I believe either through the new EU constitution or if that is scrapped, there will be 13 nations in Control of the EU in the future, and as other countries join it, they will be put in 1 of the 10 World trading blocks. I believe the EU will put the World into 10 world trading blocks in the future. Then in the future when SPAIN I believe #11 boots out 3 EU main controlling members, it brings the main leaders from 13 to 10 like Daniel 7:24 says and this leader who does this will be the future World Hitler or Dictator.
The EU is GODLESS already so when in verse 25 we see this Dictator speaks great words against the GOD (OF ISRAEL), and kills or wears out the saved during this time. He will even want to change the times and seasons, since I believe he will be Jewish, he will probably want to eliminate the Israeli holy days and feast days and put his new Age gods in instead. This all happens at the 3 1/2 year mark of the 7 year peace treaty with Israel / Arabs and many.
Now we get to SPAIN. The Bible says SPAIN will be in the thick of world events. In Daniel 7:23-25 we see the 11TH nation will be playing a big role in the European Union politics.
Daniel 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
In verse 23 we see the 4th beast or political power or 7th World empire in history is the European union which will devour the Whole Earth, and put it into trading blocks sounds like World Government to me. VS 24 tells us it would have 10 kings or nations in it (what entity on earth is made up of 10 single nations, now 25 on its way to World domination. The EU of course.) It then says after 10 nations join another nation #11 shall rise and uproot 3 nations. So there had to be at least 13 nations in this Entity, so when 3 fall in the future it will still leave 10 countries to control the Whole World. I believe either through the new EU constitution or if that is scrapped, there will be 13 nations in Control of the EU in the future, and as other countries join it, they will be put in 1 of the 10 World trading blocks. I believe the EU will put the World into 10 world trading blocks in the future. Then in the future when SPAIN I believe #11 boots out 3 EU main controlling members, it brings the main leaders from 13 to 10 like Daniel 7:24 says and this leader who does this will be the future World Hitler or Dictator.
The EU is GODLESS already so when in verse 25 we see this Dictator speaks great words against the GOD (OF ISRAEL), and kills or wears out the saved during this time. He will even want to change the times and seasons, since I believe he will be Jewish, he will probably want to eliminate the Israeli holy days and feast days and put his new Age gods in instead. This all happens at the 3 1/2 year mark of the 7 year peace treaty with Israel / Arabs and many.
Delors to advise on how to salvage EU constitution - 23.01.2006 - 10:17 CET
By Lucia Kubosova
Jacques Delors, a former European Commission president and the key player behind creating the bloc's single currency, is now helping the commission revive the rejected EU constitution. Mr Delors, now 80 years old, has been asked by the development commissioner Luis Michel to lend him a hand in drawing up a new European "access charter," the UK daily Telegraph reported.
The project is designed to promote to citizens all the benefits of the EU in their every day lives, with hints at rights to housing, and the guarantees of access to justice and education to Europeans in the EU constitution. If citizens were better aware of these provisions in the constitution, they would also be more likely to support the document, Mr Michel argued in Belgium's leading paper Le Soir.
The bloc's constitution was put on ice after its rejection by the French and Dutch citizens last year. So far, it has been ratified by 13 countries, while other member states have for a time put a freeze on the process. EU leaders agreed in June last year that they would hold a "period of reflection," to discuss possible consequences of the French and Dutch "no" votes for the union and its constitutional process.
Last week, the European Parliament supported a report calling for this period to be used for salvaging the treaty, aiming to get the document to come into force by 2009. Praised and condemned Jacques Delors is highly recognised in the EU history books for his leading role in creating the euro and boosting the bloc's internal market. Following his work as a French finance minister from 1981 to 1985, he took up the job of European Commission president for two consecutive terms, from 1985 to 1994. While praised for his performance in many European capitals, Mr Delors faced frequent criticism from the then UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who attacked his federalist ideas and his backing for trade unions to be recognised at the European level.
For his part, Mr Delors has been quite outspoken about his view on Britain and the EU, particularly after concluding his career at the commission. "Europeans thought a little cynically that the English would be less harmful on the inside than on the outside. They ended up thinking that it was better for Great Britain to be inside, a decision which some people still regret," he said last year at a speech for students in Italy, according to the Telegraph.
Concerning the EU charter, Mr Delors commented "I have been hearing more and more, especially from the other side of the Channel, that European construction as conceived by the founding fathers is out of date, is finished. I do not think such an abrupt judgment will allow us to progress.""It is true that this crisis is grave, to the point where Europe has sunk into a light coma. But we must not let ourselves get bogged down in this serious crisis," he added.
King Juan Carlos 'surprised and very worried' at Spain's urbanisation By Elizabeth Nash in Madrid Published: 25 January 2006
King Juan Carlos has sounded the alarm over the excessive urbanisation of Spain's southern coast, especially the booming resort of La Manga in Murcia, popular among golfing British sunseekers, and footballers on the spree. Speaking informally with a group of ecologists, the Spanish monarch said he had recently flown over the region and was "surprised and very worried" by the extent of building work. The upmarket tourist development has sprouted a vast cityscape of cranes and scaffolding along one of the last stretches of virgin coastline in southern Spain, a zone that hitherto escaped exploitation because of its aridity.
King Juan Carlos observed that the driving impulse behind the boom was the desire for local authorities to make money, and that urbanisation was their main source of income. The monarch is known for his concern for the environment, and was attending a gathering to honour the Spanish conservationist and pioneer of ecology, Felix Rodriguez de la Fuente, who died 25 years ago. His remarks were reported in yesterday's El Pais newspaper by one of those present. Ecologists have long warned that the chaotic scramble of unplanned development vastly outrips resources in the parched region and is unsustainable, a message that has finally caught the ear of entrepreneurs and ministers.
Spain's big hotel conglomerates warned this month that the rapid rate of new building was driving foreign holidaymakers away from traditional resorts of sun and sand - bedrock of the country«s mighty tourist industry. The Environment Minister Cristina Narbona last month accused Valencia«s regional government of wrecking its own coastline by "building a wall of cement."The situation is worsened by the persistence of Spain«s worst drought for decades.
"The situation in the south is very severe and serious, and very worrying... because the autumn rains have been insignificant," Ms Narbona warned yesterday. Southern farmers are still having to suffer water rationing, as Spain braces for another year of drought.
Conservatives Declare Election Victory in Canada (YES FINALLY SAYS STAN)
http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=10B6FB0:1F9CF4C Economist Stephen Harper, 46, becomes twenty-second prime minister of Canada Canada's Conservative opposition has won the country's general election, ending 12 years of Liberal government.
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper gives thumbs up in Calgary, Canada, Monday, Jan. 23, 2006The results will make 46-year-old economist Stephen Harper the twenty-second prime minister of Canada. The Conservative Party elected 124 out of a possible 308 members of parliament and took just over 36 percent of the popular vote. This defeats the party of now outgoing Liberal leader and Prime Minister Paul Martin, who has held office for just over two years. While he will remain the local member of parliament from Montreal, he announced his resignation as Liberal Leader in his concession speech.
His party finished with 103 seats Canada's House of Commons and just over 30 percent of the popular vote. The Bloc Quebecois Party, which advocates Quebec's separation from Canada, will have 51 seats. The left-wing New Democratic Partygarnered 29 seats, with Party Leader Jack Layton and his wife Olivia Chow becoming only the second husband and wife team in parliament in Canadian history. In Canada, voters cast ballots for local members of parliament, not the party leaders. The party with the most seats - or MPs as they are known, forms a government and the party leader, in this case StephenHarper, becomes prime minister. In his victory speech to supporters in Calgary, Mr. Harper says he is mindful that the other parties outnumber his new minority government. In a conciliatory gesture, he is promising to work with his political rivals.
"Tonight, although Canadians have voted for change, they have not given any one party in the House of Commons a majority. They have asked us to cooperate, to work together and get on with tackling the real concerns of ordinary working people and their families," he said. "I look forward to working with all of the parties and all of the members of parliament to build consensus and move this country forward. Friends, I have never been so proud of our great country. And I honoured and overwhelmed to be asked to lead it." The change of power will most likely happen within the next two weeks. Once in office, Mr. Harper says he will introduce an accountability act. This is a campaign promise to eliminate the chance for scandaland corruption.
A report alleging criminal wrongdoing and corruption of different government officials when previous Liberal Prime Minister JeanChretien was in office, forced the election. The report and other alleged scandals plagued the Liberal Party and Paul Martin throughout the campaign. As the new prime minister, Mr. Harper says his new government will also focus on reducing taxes, reform Canada's justice system, offer parents tax credits for child care, and reduce the time it takes to get surgery under Canada's public healthcare system.------------------------------------------------------
Sunday, January 22, 2006
FRANCE READY TO NUKE IRAN
WILL NUCLEAR WEAPONS BE USED IN THE 3RD WW WHAT COMING! YES?
2 PETER 3:3-12
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming?(JESUS TO EARTH BODILY) for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. (6000 YRS OF HISTORY IS NOW)
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us–ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise (NUCLEAR BLAST), and the elements shall melt with fervent heat(RADIATION), the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.(FIRE)
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
Arabic news .com
France prepared to nuke Iran if it disobeys
Iran-UN, Politics, 1/21/2006
Inspectors from the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency will come to Iran in the next two days to continue the process of verifying Iranian nuclear program. A Tehran-based official told IRNA on Saturday that the upcoming visit to Iran of IAEA team indicates Iranian determination to work with the UN nuclear agency to verify the civilian nature of the national nuclear program.
Iran signed Additional Protocol to Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 2003 to give "objective guarantee" to IAEA that Iranian nuclear program will not be deviated from civilian use. IAEA Charter specified the Additional Protocol to NPT as "objective guarantee" to ensure that nuclear programs of the member states are not be diverted to military purpose. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a press conference in Tehran last Saturday that Iranian nuclear program is in line with Safeguards Agreement of the IAEA.
"Cameras of the IAEA are installed on all Iranian nuclear sites, whereas none of the Western states allow the UN nuclear agency to monitor their nuclear activities," President Ahmadinejad said. The "unconventional" claims by French President Jacques Chirac on the use of nuclear arms under the pretext of preventing terrorism are 'unacceptable', said an Iranian Foreign Ministry official today. In a speech during a visit to northwestern France, where France's nuclear submarines are stationed, Chirac said on Thursday France would be ready to carry out a targeted nuclear strike against any pro-terrorist state.
The French president's remarks are seen to be directed at Iran if Iran defies those who are trying to force Iran to abandon its civil nuclear development rights. Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi said the French president had revealed the inherent intentions of nuclear powers in using this leverage for political games. Iran has asserted that this is exactly why the West, and others less vocal but with the same objective, seek to build nuclear weapons for themselves, but will not even allow civil nuclear development for Iran, in order to keep Iran weak and under the thumb of foreign powers, and to allow the West to be arrogant, and hypocritical about nuclear weapons.
It is not clear if the French president's statement are bringing to the surface an anti-Islamic colonialist European mentality, or that the remarks will be interpreted as such."Iran has more than the right to develop a peaceful nuclear program for energy," said Leonardo Alaeddin Clerici, a European Islamic philosopher, in an interview with IRNA. "As a European, I am ashamed of European governments' obscurantism. It's a kind of politics that don't help in developing a new era in international relationships," he said.Clerici, of Italian origin, is the head of the Brussels-based Instituto di Skriptura, an institute which seeks to promote Islamic intellectual, academic, cultural and political dialogue between the West and the Muslim world."Freedom of exchange of technology is essential for civilizations, and also for Europe.
The position of Iran is absolutely legitimate to develop its own energy and search for new energies," he said."I encourage Iran to develop energy for its own needs -- nuclear energy, solar energy, alternative energies. Everybody has the right to develop nuclear energy," he stressed. A member of the Majlis Presiding Board said today that the possibility of Iran's nuclear case being referred to the United Nations Security Council was "unlikely.
" Shahin Mohammad-Sadeqi told IRNA there was a very faint possibility of Iran being referred to the UNSC during an emergency session of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency in February."If Iran's case is sent to the Security Council, we will not lose our independence and dignity at all," he said.The Kazeroun MP added: "Regarding the nuclear issue, Iran can insist on its position of strenth. Those who oppose our use of peaceful nuclear energy only want to impose a monopoly" in this field.
Asked about the possible sanctions on Iran, he said: "Sanctions may not be within our interests, but one thing is sure: it will harm the West more than us." Referring to Russia's nuclear proposal to Iran, Mohammad-Sadeqi added, "We will accept the plan if it acknowledges Iran's right to have access to peaceful nuclear technology and to complete the nuclear fuel cycle." Meantime, Iranian Vice-President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Ahmad Mousavi said yesterday that Tehran will not give up its right to acquire nuclear technology and produce nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
2 PETER 3:3-12
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming?(JESUS TO EARTH BODILY) for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. (6000 YRS OF HISTORY IS NOW)
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us–ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise (NUCLEAR BLAST), and the elements shall melt with fervent heat(RADIATION), the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.(FIRE)
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
Arabic news .com
France prepared to nuke Iran if it disobeys
Iran-UN, Politics, 1/21/2006
Inspectors from the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency will come to Iran in the next two days to continue the process of verifying Iranian nuclear program. A Tehran-based official told IRNA on Saturday that the upcoming visit to Iran of IAEA team indicates Iranian determination to work with the UN nuclear agency to verify the civilian nature of the national nuclear program.
Iran signed Additional Protocol to Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 2003 to give "objective guarantee" to IAEA that Iranian nuclear program will not be deviated from civilian use. IAEA Charter specified the Additional Protocol to NPT as "objective guarantee" to ensure that nuclear programs of the member states are not be diverted to military purpose. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a press conference in Tehran last Saturday that Iranian nuclear program is in line with Safeguards Agreement of the IAEA.
"Cameras of the IAEA are installed on all Iranian nuclear sites, whereas none of the Western states allow the UN nuclear agency to monitor their nuclear activities," President Ahmadinejad said. The "unconventional" claims by French President Jacques Chirac on the use of nuclear arms under the pretext of preventing terrorism are 'unacceptable', said an Iranian Foreign Ministry official today. In a speech during a visit to northwestern France, where France's nuclear submarines are stationed, Chirac said on Thursday France would be ready to carry out a targeted nuclear strike against any pro-terrorist state.
The French president's remarks are seen to be directed at Iran if Iran defies those who are trying to force Iran to abandon its civil nuclear development rights. Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi said the French president had revealed the inherent intentions of nuclear powers in using this leverage for political games. Iran has asserted that this is exactly why the West, and others less vocal but with the same objective, seek to build nuclear weapons for themselves, but will not even allow civil nuclear development for Iran, in order to keep Iran weak and under the thumb of foreign powers, and to allow the West to be arrogant, and hypocritical about nuclear weapons.
It is not clear if the French president's statement are bringing to the surface an anti-Islamic colonialist European mentality, or that the remarks will be interpreted as such."Iran has more than the right to develop a peaceful nuclear program for energy," said Leonardo Alaeddin Clerici, a European Islamic philosopher, in an interview with IRNA. "As a European, I am ashamed of European governments' obscurantism. It's a kind of politics that don't help in developing a new era in international relationships," he said.Clerici, of Italian origin, is the head of the Brussels-based Instituto di Skriptura, an institute which seeks to promote Islamic intellectual, academic, cultural and political dialogue between the West and the Muslim world."Freedom of exchange of technology is essential for civilizations, and also for Europe.
The position of Iran is absolutely legitimate to develop its own energy and search for new energies," he said."I encourage Iran to develop energy for its own needs -- nuclear energy, solar energy, alternative energies. Everybody has the right to develop nuclear energy," he stressed. A member of the Majlis Presiding Board said today that the possibility of Iran's nuclear case being referred to the United Nations Security Council was "unlikely.
" Shahin Mohammad-Sadeqi told IRNA there was a very faint possibility of Iran being referred to the UNSC during an emergency session of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency in February."If Iran's case is sent to the Security Council, we will not lose our independence and dignity at all," he said.The Kazeroun MP added: "Regarding the nuclear issue, Iran can insist on its position of strenth. Those who oppose our use of peaceful nuclear energy only want to impose a monopoly" in this field.
Asked about the possible sanctions on Iran, he said: "Sanctions may not be within our interests, but one thing is sure: it will harm the West more than us." Referring to Russia's nuclear proposal to Iran, Mohammad-Sadeqi added, "We will accept the plan if it acknowledges Iran's right to have access to peaceful nuclear technology and to complete the nuclear fuel cycle." Meantime, Iranian Vice-President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Ahmad Mousavi said yesterday that Tehran will not give up its right to acquire nuclear technology and produce nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
Friday, January 20, 2006
LUKEWARM LIBERALS GOOTA GO
LUKEWARM LIBERALS GOTTA GO
Its Friday January 20,06
The Election is Monday January 23,06.
We as Canadians better smarten are act up and put GOD back in our government. Or we will end up like America with death and destruction.
Just like The Deomocrats over in the USA, The liberals are calling the Conservatives the way out far right party. Well we as Conservatives better get GOD back in everything, since those Lukewarm Homosexual loving, Abortionist rights loving Liberals dont want GOD in anything.
We as Canadians must vote out the Lukewarm Liberals and NDP. RELIGION MUST BE IN GOVERNMENT, AND WE MUST REPENT AND TURN BACK TO THE GOD OF ISRAEL (JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOR).
We need Leaders that will stand up for GOD and his Commandments in these Last days before the Judgement comes on all the World.
Heres What The Government should be obeying. Its called the 10 Commandments, not the 10 suggestions.
EXODUS 20:1-17
1 And God spake all these words, saying,
2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
13 Thou shalt not kill.
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15 Thou shalt not steal.16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
IF YOU DONT LIKE THESE TRY THESE DON'TS ON FOR SIZE
NO TO HOMOSEXUALITY
JUDGES 19:22-23
22 Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
ROMANS 1:22-32
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is
against nature:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men
working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence (AIDS) of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
NO TO ABORTION (MURDER OF INNOCENT BABIES)
Being cut ouf of the Womb is sacrificing innocent babbies just like throwing them in the fires. All because of lust for an hour long thrill in the sack outside of the MARRIAGE COVENANT.
JEREMIAH 7:31
31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
YES TO THE DEATH PENALTY
2 SAMUEL 4:11
11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
GENESIS 9:6
6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
SO I HOPE EVERONE WILL VOTE FOR GODS LAWS NOT MANS LAWS ON MONDAY JANUARY 23,06
PUT OUR GOD BACK IN POLITICS.....................I BEG EVERYONE IN CANADA.
VOTE CONSERVATIVE, NOT LUKEWARM LIBERAL OR NDP. OR OTHER
Its Friday January 20,06
The Election is Monday January 23,06.
We as Canadians better smarten are act up and put GOD back in our government. Or we will end up like America with death and destruction.
Just like The Deomocrats over in the USA, The liberals are calling the Conservatives the way out far right party. Well we as Conservatives better get GOD back in everything, since those Lukewarm Homosexual loving, Abortionist rights loving Liberals dont want GOD in anything.
We as Canadians must vote out the Lukewarm Liberals and NDP. RELIGION MUST BE IN GOVERNMENT, AND WE MUST REPENT AND TURN BACK TO THE GOD OF ISRAEL (JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOR).
We need Leaders that will stand up for GOD and his Commandments in these Last days before the Judgement comes on all the World.
Heres What The Government should be obeying. Its called the 10 Commandments, not the 10 suggestions.
EXODUS 20:1-17
1 And God spake all these words, saying,
2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
13 Thou shalt not kill.
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15 Thou shalt not steal.16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
IF YOU DONT LIKE THESE TRY THESE DON'TS ON FOR SIZE
NO TO HOMOSEXUALITY
JUDGES 19:22-23
22 Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
ROMANS 1:22-32
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is
against nature:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men
working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence (AIDS) of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
NO TO ABORTION (MURDER OF INNOCENT BABIES)
Being cut ouf of the Womb is sacrificing innocent babbies just like throwing them in the fires. All because of lust for an hour long thrill in the sack outside of the MARRIAGE COVENANT.
JEREMIAH 7:31
31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
YES TO THE DEATH PENALTY
2 SAMUEL 4:11
11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
GENESIS 9:6
6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
SO I HOPE EVERONE WILL VOTE FOR GODS LAWS NOT MANS LAWS ON MONDAY JANUARY 23,06
PUT OUR GOD BACK IN POLITICS.....................I BEG EVERYONE IN CANADA.
VOTE CONSERVATIVE, NOT LUKEWARM LIBERAL OR NDP. OR OTHER
Saturday, January 14, 2006
144,000 JEWISH MINISTERS PREACH
144,000 JEWISH MINISTERS PREACH.
To start this off we must go to Matthew 24 to see what must occur before the Kingdom of God (Christ) can be establisheshed on the Earth.
MATTHEW 24:14
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. (THATS THE END OF THE AGE OF GRACE, NOT THE END OF THE WORLD AS SOME FALSE PREACHERS AND TEACHERS PREACH).
We see this happening now but it will be fully fulfilled in the 7 year tribulation period when Moses, Elijah and the 144,000 Jewish Messianic Evangelists will be preaching to the world repent for Christ is coming back shortly to rule and reign from Davids throne in Jerusalem.
Notice in Matt 24:14 it says and this Gospel (good news) of the Kingdom (Jesus returning to
Earth bodily and ruling from Jerusalem is Kingdom preaching which is prophesy). So we see that Elijah, Moses and the 144,000 Jewish ministers are warning people about prophesy being fulfilled. And preaching get saved or you are separated from Christ eternally.
Yes you will be hearing the words lake of fire many times during the 7 year tribulation period from these ministers.
Elijah was Raptured to heaven in a Chariot and in Malachi it says he will return to Israel.
2 KINGS 2:1,11-12
1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
Matthew 17:10-11
10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
11 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.
Malachi 4:5-6
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
For Moses and Elijahs complete happenning go to my story.http://israndjer.blogspot.com/2005/12/elijah-and-moses-in-israel.html
Moses body was hidden by God. And he was still strong and perfect sight.
Deuteronomy 34:5-7
5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
I believe Moses and Elijah will lead these 144,00 Jewish Evangelists in preaching the coming Kingdom of Christ to Earth Bodily. Since in Revelation we see 2 witnesses preaching for 3 1/2 years.
Revelation 11:3-4
3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore (1,260) days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
Now we go to the 144,000 Messianic Jews preaching to the World.
ACTS 2:1-5
1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
REVELATION 7:1-4
1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
NOTICE HERE IT SAYS THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL (12) THAT WILL BE PREACHING. Of course Christian Ministers to but the Jewish evangelists and Moses and Elijah will be the main preachers during this 7 year period of hell on Earth.
Dont even try to say like some Churches do that these 144,000 are just figurative of the Church, this is literally 144,000 Jewish ministers preaching to the World. As we see in the next verses God gives us the 12,000 from each of the 12 tribes.
REVELATION 7:5-8
5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.
7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
Out of this Preaching we see multitudes saved and dieing for their faith in Christ.
REVELATION 12:10-11
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
REVELATION 7:9-17
9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
REVELATION 6:9-11
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
And why were all the Converted people murdered because they would not accept the World leader as God and accepted the true God (JESUS CHRIST) as Savior instead.
REVELATION 20:4
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
So we see this 7 year period of horendous trouble will be the most harvested time in history. Multitudes will be murdered for their faith as well as Moses and Elijah the bible says. And of course many of these 144,000 Jewish Evangelists as well.
But if you accept the EU POLITICIAN as god instead of JESUS you will be eternally damned.
As REVELATION 22:20-21 STATES COME QUICKLY LORD JESUS AMEN AND AMEN.
REVELATION 22:16-22
16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book (REVELATION), If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:(REVELATION)
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book:(REVELATION) of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
I PRAY THAT EVERYONE ON EARTH WILL BE SAVED AND RULE AND REIGN ON EARTH WITH CHRIST FOR THE 1000 YEARS AND THEN FOREVER. REMEMBER THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN ISRAEL WITH JERUSALEM AS THE WORLD CAPITAL, SO FOR YOU LUKE WARM CHRISTIANS WHO WONT SUPPORT AND TALK AGAINST ISRAEL, I GOT NEWS FOR YOU, ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM WILL NEVER EVER AGAIN BE SEPARATED AFTER THE END OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR PEACE TREATY SIGNING OF DANIEL 9:27.
THE BIBLE DOES NOT LIE, EVERYTHING THE PROPHETS SAID CAME TO PASS IN THE PAST LITERALLY AND WILL COME TO PASS IN THESE LAST DAYS LITERALLY AS WELL! SINCE THE BIBLE IS INSPIRED BY GOD THROUGH PEOPLE HE WANTED TO REAVEAL EVENTS TO THE GENERATIONS. BOTH OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS ARE INSPIRED BY GOD.
2 PETER 1:19-21
19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
ISAIAH 46:9-10
9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
2 TIMOTHY 3:16
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
GLORIOUS TIMES WILL BE HERE ON EARTH FOR ISRAEL AND EVERYONE ELSE WHEN CHRIST RULES FROM DAVIDS THRONE FOREVER.
ISAIAH 9:6-7
6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given ( JESUS' 1ST COMING TO EARTH AS A BABY): and the government shall be upon his shoulder:( JESUS' 2ND CMING TO EARTH BODILY AS RULING KING) and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
MICAH 4:1-7
1 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.
5 For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.
6 In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
7 And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
ISAIAH 2:1-4
1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.(ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM)
2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
To start this off we must go to Matthew 24 to see what must occur before the Kingdom of God (Christ) can be establisheshed on the Earth.
MATTHEW 24:14
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. (THATS THE END OF THE AGE OF GRACE, NOT THE END OF THE WORLD AS SOME FALSE PREACHERS AND TEACHERS PREACH).
We see this happening now but it will be fully fulfilled in the 7 year tribulation period when Moses, Elijah and the 144,000 Jewish Messianic Evangelists will be preaching to the world repent for Christ is coming back shortly to rule and reign from Davids throne in Jerusalem.
Notice in Matt 24:14 it says and this Gospel (good news) of the Kingdom (Jesus returning to
Earth bodily and ruling from Jerusalem is Kingdom preaching which is prophesy). So we see that Elijah, Moses and the 144,000 Jewish ministers are warning people about prophesy being fulfilled. And preaching get saved or you are separated from Christ eternally.
Yes you will be hearing the words lake of fire many times during the 7 year tribulation period from these ministers.
Elijah was Raptured to heaven in a Chariot and in Malachi it says he will return to Israel.
2 KINGS 2:1,11-12
1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
Matthew 17:10-11
10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
11 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.
Malachi 4:5-6
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
For Moses and Elijahs complete happenning go to my story.http://israndjer.blogspot.com/2005/12/elijah-and-moses-in-israel.html
Moses body was hidden by God. And he was still strong and perfect sight.
Deuteronomy 34:5-7
5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
I believe Moses and Elijah will lead these 144,00 Jewish Evangelists in preaching the coming Kingdom of Christ to Earth Bodily. Since in Revelation we see 2 witnesses preaching for 3 1/2 years.
Revelation 11:3-4
3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore (1,260) days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
Now we go to the 144,000 Messianic Jews preaching to the World.
ACTS 2:1-5
1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
REVELATION 7:1-4
1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
NOTICE HERE IT SAYS THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL (12) THAT WILL BE PREACHING. Of course Christian Ministers to but the Jewish evangelists and Moses and Elijah will be the main preachers during this 7 year period of hell on Earth.
Dont even try to say like some Churches do that these 144,000 are just figurative of the Church, this is literally 144,000 Jewish ministers preaching to the World. As we see in the next verses God gives us the 12,000 from each of the 12 tribes.
REVELATION 7:5-8
5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.
7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
Out of this Preaching we see multitudes saved and dieing for their faith in Christ.
REVELATION 12:10-11
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
REVELATION 7:9-17
9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
REVELATION 6:9-11
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
And why were all the Converted people murdered because they would not accept the World leader as God and accepted the true God (JESUS CHRIST) as Savior instead.
REVELATION 20:4
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
So we see this 7 year period of horendous trouble will be the most harvested time in history. Multitudes will be murdered for their faith as well as Moses and Elijah the bible says. And of course many of these 144,000 Jewish Evangelists as well.
But if you accept the EU POLITICIAN as god instead of JESUS you will be eternally damned.
As REVELATION 22:20-21 STATES COME QUICKLY LORD JESUS AMEN AND AMEN.
REVELATION 22:16-22
16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book (REVELATION), If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:(REVELATION)
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book:(REVELATION) of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
I PRAY THAT EVERYONE ON EARTH WILL BE SAVED AND RULE AND REIGN ON EARTH WITH CHRIST FOR THE 1000 YEARS AND THEN FOREVER. REMEMBER THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN ISRAEL WITH JERUSALEM AS THE WORLD CAPITAL, SO FOR YOU LUKE WARM CHRISTIANS WHO WONT SUPPORT AND TALK AGAINST ISRAEL, I GOT NEWS FOR YOU, ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM WILL NEVER EVER AGAIN BE SEPARATED AFTER THE END OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR PEACE TREATY SIGNING OF DANIEL 9:27.
THE BIBLE DOES NOT LIE, EVERYTHING THE PROPHETS SAID CAME TO PASS IN THE PAST LITERALLY AND WILL COME TO PASS IN THESE LAST DAYS LITERALLY AS WELL! SINCE THE BIBLE IS INSPIRED BY GOD THROUGH PEOPLE HE WANTED TO REAVEAL EVENTS TO THE GENERATIONS. BOTH OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS ARE INSPIRED BY GOD.
2 PETER 1:19-21
19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
ISAIAH 46:9-10
9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
2 TIMOTHY 3:16
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
GLORIOUS TIMES WILL BE HERE ON EARTH FOR ISRAEL AND EVERYONE ELSE WHEN CHRIST RULES FROM DAVIDS THRONE FOREVER.
ISAIAH 9:6-7
6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given ( JESUS' 1ST COMING TO EARTH AS A BABY): and the government shall be upon his shoulder:( JESUS' 2ND CMING TO EARTH BODILY AS RULING KING) and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
MICAH 4:1-7
1 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.
5 For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.
6 In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
7 And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
ISAIAH 2:1-4
1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.(ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM)
2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Friday, January 13, 2006
IRANIAN LEADER THINKS HES MESSIAH
IRANIAN LEADER THINKS HES MESSIAH
FROM JOSEPH FARAH'S G2 BULLETIN
Iran leader's messianic end-times mission Ahmadinejad raises concerns with mystical visions
Posted: January 6, 2006 1:00 a.m.
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
Iranian President Mahmoud's Ahmadinejad's mystical pre-occupation with the coming of a Shiite Islamic messiah figure – the Mahdi – is raising concerns that a nuclear-armed Islamic Republic could trigger the kind of global conflagration he envisions will set the stage for the end of the world.
While Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been making headlines lately by questioning whether the Holocaust actually happened, by suggesting Israel should be moved to Europe and by demanding the Jewish state be wiped off the face of the earth, his apocalyptic religious zealotry has received less attention.
In a videotaped meeting with Ayatollah Javadi-Amoli in Tehran, Ahmadinejad discussed candidly a strange, paranormal experience he had while addressing the United Nations in New York last September.
He recounts how he found himself bathed in light throughout the speech. But this wasn't the light directed at the podium by the U.N. and television cameras. It was, he said, a light from heaven.
Ahmadinejad at the U.N.
According to a transcript of his comments, obtained and translated by Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, Ahmadinejad wasn't the only one who noticed the unearthly light. One of his aides brought it to his attention. The Iranian president recalled being told about it by one of his delegation: "When you began with the words ‘in the name of Allah,' I saw a light coming, surrounding you and protecting you to the end."Ahmadinejad agreed that he sensed the same thing.
"On the last day when I was speaking, one of our group told me that when I started to say 'Bismillah Muhammad,' he saw a green light come from around me, and I was placed inside this aura," he says. "I felt it myself. I felt that the atmosphere suddenly changed, and for those 27 or 28 minutes, all the leaders of the world did not blink. When I say they didn't move an eyelid, I'm not exaggerating. They were looking as if a hand was holding them there, and had just opened their eyes – Alhamdulillah!"
Ahmadinejad's "vision" at the U.N. is strangely reminiscent and alarmingly similar to statements he has made about his personal role in ushering in the return of the Shiite Muslim messiah. He sees his main mission, as he recounted in a Nov. 16 speech in Tehran, as to "pave the path for the glorious reappearance of Imam Mahdi, may Allah hasten his reappearance."
According to Shiites, the 12th imam disappeared as a child in the year 941. When he returns, they believe, he will reign on earth for seven years, before bringing about a final judgment and the end of the world.
Ahmadinejad is urging Iranians to prepare for the coming of the Mahdi by turning the country into a mighty and advanced Islamic society and by avoiding the corruption and excesses of the West. All Iran is buzzing about the Mahdi, the 12th imam and the role Iran and Ahmadinejad are playing in his anticipated return. There's a new messiah hotline. There are news agencies especially devoted to the latest developments.
"People are anxious to know when and how will He rise; what they must do to receive this worldwide salvation," says Ali Lari, a cleric at the Bright Future Institute in Iran's religious center of Qom. "The timing is not clear, but the conditions are more specific," he adds. "There is a saying: 'When the students are ready, the teacher will come.'
For his part, Ahmadinejad is living up to at least part of his call to the faithful. According to reports, he lives so modestly that declared assets include only a 30-year-old car, an even older house and an empty bank account. Ahmadinejad and others in Iran are deadly serious about the imminent return of the 12th imam, who will prompt a global battle between good and evil (with striking parallels to biblical accounts of "Armageddon").
An institute set up in 2004 for the study and dissemination of information about the Mahdi now has a staff of 160 and influence in the schools and children's magazines. In Iran, theologians say endtimes beliefs appeal to one-fifth of the population. And the Jamkaran mosque east of Qom, 60 miles south of Tehran, is where the link between devotees and the Mahdi is closest.
Ahmadinejad's cabinet has given $17 million to Jamkaran.
Shiite writings describe events surrounding the return of the Mahdi in apocalyptic terms. In one scenario, the forces of evil would come from Syria and Iraq and clash with forces of good from Iran. The battle would commence at Kufa – the Iraqi town near the holy city of Najaf.
Even more controversial is Ahmadinejad's repeated invocation of Imam Mahdi, known as "the Savior of Times." According to Shiite tradition, Imam Mahdi will appear on Judgment Day to herald a truly just government.
Missed by some observers in Ahmadinejad's speech at the U.N. was his call to the "mighty Lord" to hasten the emergence of "the promised one," the one who "will fill this world with justice and peace."
Who stands in the Mahdi's way?
A top priority of Ahmadinejad is "to challenge America, which is trying to impose itself as the final salvation of the human being, and insert its unjust state [in the region]," says Hamidreza Taraghi, head of the conservative Islamic Coalition Society.
Taraghi says the U.S. is "trying to place itself as the new Mahdi." This may mean no peace with Iran, he adds, "unless America changes its hegemonic ... thinking, doesn't use nuclear weapons, [or] impose its will on other nations."
FROM JOSEPH FARAH'S G2 BULLETIN
Iran leader's messianic end-times mission Ahmadinejad raises concerns with mystical visions
Posted: January 6, 2006 1:00 a.m.
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
Iranian President Mahmoud's Ahmadinejad's mystical pre-occupation with the coming of a Shiite Islamic messiah figure – the Mahdi – is raising concerns that a nuclear-armed Islamic Republic could trigger the kind of global conflagration he envisions will set the stage for the end of the world.
While Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been making headlines lately by questioning whether the Holocaust actually happened, by suggesting Israel should be moved to Europe and by demanding the Jewish state be wiped off the face of the earth, his apocalyptic religious zealotry has received less attention.
In a videotaped meeting with Ayatollah Javadi-Amoli in Tehran, Ahmadinejad discussed candidly a strange, paranormal experience he had while addressing the United Nations in New York last September.
He recounts how he found himself bathed in light throughout the speech. But this wasn't the light directed at the podium by the U.N. and television cameras. It was, he said, a light from heaven.
Ahmadinejad at the U.N.
According to a transcript of his comments, obtained and translated by Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, Ahmadinejad wasn't the only one who noticed the unearthly light. One of his aides brought it to his attention. The Iranian president recalled being told about it by one of his delegation: "When you began with the words ‘in the name of Allah,' I saw a light coming, surrounding you and protecting you to the end."Ahmadinejad agreed that he sensed the same thing.
"On the last day when I was speaking, one of our group told me that when I started to say 'Bismillah Muhammad,' he saw a green light come from around me, and I was placed inside this aura," he says. "I felt it myself. I felt that the atmosphere suddenly changed, and for those 27 or 28 minutes, all the leaders of the world did not blink. When I say they didn't move an eyelid, I'm not exaggerating. They were looking as if a hand was holding them there, and had just opened their eyes – Alhamdulillah!"
Ahmadinejad's "vision" at the U.N. is strangely reminiscent and alarmingly similar to statements he has made about his personal role in ushering in the return of the Shiite Muslim messiah. He sees his main mission, as he recounted in a Nov. 16 speech in Tehran, as to "pave the path for the glorious reappearance of Imam Mahdi, may Allah hasten his reappearance."
According to Shiites, the 12th imam disappeared as a child in the year 941. When he returns, they believe, he will reign on earth for seven years, before bringing about a final judgment and the end of the world.
Ahmadinejad is urging Iranians to prepare for the coming of the Mahdi by turning the country into a mighty and advanced Islamic society and by avoiding the corruption and excesses of the West. All Iran is buzzing about the Mahdi, the 12th imam and the role Iran and Ahmadinejad are playing in his anticipated return. There's a new messiah hotline. There are news agencies especially devoted to the latest developments.
"People are anxious to know when and how will He rise; what they must do to receive this worldwide salvation," says Ali Lari, a cleric at the Bright Future Institute in Iran's religious center of Qom. "The timing is not clear, but the conditions are more specific," he adds. "There is a saying: 'When the students are ready, the teacher will come.'
For his part, Ahmadinejad is living up to at least part of his call to the faithful. According to reports, he lives so modestly that declared assets include only a 30-year-old car, an even older house and an empty bank account. Ahmadinejad and others in Iran are deadly serious about the imminent return of the 12th imam, who will prompt a global battle between good and evil (with striking parallels to biblical accounts of "Armageddon").
An institute set up in 2004 for the study and dissemination of information about the Mahdi now has a staff of 160 and influence in the schools and children's magazines. In Iran, theologians say endtimes beliefs appeal to one-fifth of the population. And the Jamkaran mosque east of Qom, 60 miles south of Tehran, is where the link between devotees and the Mahdi is closest.
Ahmadinejad's cabinet has given $17 million to Jamkaran.
Shiite writings describe events surrounding the return of the Mahdi in apocalyptic terms. In one scenario, the forces of evil would come from Syria and Iraq and clash with forces of good from Iran. The battle would commence at Kufa – the Iraqi town near the holy city of Najaf.
Even more controversial is Ahmadinejad's repeated invocation of Imam Mahdi, known as "the Savior of Times." According to Shiite tradition, Imam Mahdi will appear on Judgment Day to herald a truly just government.
Missed by some observers in Ahmadinejad's speech at the U.N. was his call to the "mighty Lord" to hasten the emergence of "the promised one," the one who "will fill this world with justice and peace."
Who stands in the Mahdi's way?
A top priority of Ahmadinejad is "to challenge America, which is trying to impose itself as the final salvation of the human being, and insert its unjust state [in the region]," says Hamidreza Taraghi, head of the conservative Islamic Coalition Society.
Taraghi says the U.S. is "trying to place itself as the new Mahdi." This may mean no peace with Iran, he adds, "unless America changes its hegemonic ... thinking, doesn't use nuclear weapons, [or] impose its will on other nations."
ISRAELI ELECTION CANDIDATES
LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS IN THE LAST DAYS NATIONS WOULD BE IN CHAOS, WITH PERPLEXITY. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT ISRAEL IS IN RIGHT NOW DUE TO ARIEL SHARONS STROKE.
LUKE 21:25-2625 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Loyalist´ Moshe Kahlon Wins Likud Vote, Shinui Party Implodes
By Ezra HaLevi and Hillel Fendel ARUTZ 7 NEWS
Anti-Disengagement Likud "loyalist" MK Moshe Kahlon won his party's primaries Thursday, giving him the #3 slot after Netanyahu and Shalom. Shinui Party is in ruins, NRP had a 93% voter turnout. The so-called Likud "rebels" did well in the primaries, with four of five of the top slots going to those who opposed Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Disengagement Plan.
Three leading anti-expulsion MKs, however, were left off the list: Michael Ratzon, Ehud Yatom and Ayoub Kara."We were elected with the message that we are going to change things," Kahlon told Israel Radio. "The Likud will no longer make decisions in the dead of night."
Jewish Leadership faction head Moshe Feiglin expressed satisfaction with the results, even though Michael Fuah, the faction's candidate for the Knesset list, did poorly in the vote.
The Likud Knesset list is as follows:
1) Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu - Unhappily supported Disengagement until the week before implementation, when he left the government in protest of it.
2) Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom - Supported Disengagement from beginning to end, though came out against the abandonment of the Philadelphi Corridor between Gaza and Egypt.
3) MK Moshe Kahlon - One of the less outspoken Likud 'loyalist,' though he voted consistently against the expulsion and is a close associate of MK Dr. Uzi Landau.
4) MK Gilad Erdan - Opposed the Disengagement.
5) MK Gideon Sa'ar - Likud's coalition whip, who maintained good relations with both camps in the Likud, was outspoken in favor of a referendum on the expulsion, and mainly voted against the expulsion.
6) MK Michael Eitan - Supported the Disengagement, but also fought on behalf of residents' and activists' legal rights in Knesset Legal Committee.
7) Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin - Opposed the Disengagement.
8) Health Minister Dan Naveh - Supported the Disengagement.
9) MK Yuval Shteinitz - Supported the Disengagement, but opposed the abandonment of Philadelphi Corridor
10) Minister Limor Livnat (received enough votes for the 11th slot, but was bumped up because the 10th slot is reserved for a woman) - Supported the Disengagement.
11) Natan Sharansky - Resigned from government prior to implementation of Disengagement, but declined to join the pitched struggle against its implementation.
12) Minister Yisrael Katz - Opposed the Disengagement.
13) MK Chaim Katz - Opposed the Disengagement.
14) MK Uzi Landau - Considered the head of the Likud "loyalists", resigned the government long ago in protest of the Disengagement. He backed out of the primaries for head of the party and backed Netanyahu.
15) MK Yuli Edelstein - Opposed the Disengagement.
16) MK Daniel Benlulu - Opposed the Disengagement.
17) MK Leah Ness - Opposed the Disengagement.
18) MK Naomi Blumental - Opposed the Disengagement.
Next in line were MKs Yatom, Ratzon, David Levy, David Mena and Gila Gamliel, who will apparently not be in the next Knesset. Ahead of them on the Knesset list, according to the Likud charter, will be some 20 new candidates, representing various sectors. Yatom has already announced his resignation from politics.
"Tonight we saw that Likud is the only party in which there is actually democracy," chairman Binyamin Netanyahu announced Thursday night, after the results were announced. "In Kadima there is no democracy, in Shinui there is no democracy - only in Likud." 91 percent of Likud Central Committee members turned out to elect their candidates. The election of both Natan Sharansky and Yuli Edelstein is expected to help the Likud win the always-sought-after Russian swing vote. Both men were refuseniks in the former Soviet Union.
Meanwhile, the leadership of the anti-religious Shinui Party, unhappy with the results of their primaries, has decided to reject the results by splitting apart from Shinui. They plan to take with them a majority of the MKs and thereby retain the party name. A legal battle is expected, and neither of the two splinter factions can expect to do very well in the coming elections.
Shinui Party chairman Yosef "Tommy" Lapid was re-elected party chairman by a very small margin over challenger Itzik Gilad - a result of recent polls showing Lapid to be a liability to the party rather than an asset.
MK Avraham Poraz failed to win the number two slot and immediately announced his resignation from the Party, starting the domino process of resignations that brought with it Shinui MKs Ilan Shalgi, Meli Polishuk-Bloch, Ettie Livni and Ronnie Brizon. They claim they will form a new list on their own without the burden of a central committee, in order to "represent the real Shinui," according to Army Radio.
Shinui had been expected to drop from 15 Knesset seats to less than 5. Fears had been expressed that the party might not even pass the Knesset threshold, as voters migrated to the Kadima and other parties. A poll early in the week said the party could garner as many as seven seats without Lapid at the top. "The only gimmick I can pull out of the hat at the moment is to
have Lapid hospitalized and if I go into a coma," Poraz told reporters.
Moledet and NRP Primaries The Moledet party voted to keep MK Rabbi Binyamin Elon at its top spot, followed by MK Aryeh Eldad, American oleh (immigrant) Uri Bank and Alex Epstein. The four are entitled to occupy the first, sixth, ninth and tenth spots on the National
Union list, but Dr. Eldad said before the vote that if he remains in the sixth slot, he will either retire or form or join another party.
MK Nissan Slomiansky won the National Religious Party internal elections, but will remain number two as the top slot is reserved for party chairman Zevulun Orlev. After Slomiansky came former Knesset Member Eli Gabbai, followed by MK Gila Finkelstein, MK Sha'ul Yahalom and Moti Yogev. Following the vote, MK Yahalom issued a call for "all the young people to
return home to the NRP."
LUKE 21:25-2625 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Loyalist´ Moshe Kahlon Wins Likud Vote, Shinui Party Implodes
By Ezra HaLevi and Hillel Fendel ARUTZ 7 NEWS
Anti-Disengagement Likud "loyalist" MK Moshe Kahlon won his party's primaries Thursday, giving him the #3 slot after Netanyahu and Shalom. Shinui Party is in ruins, NRP had a 93% voter turnout. The so-called Likud "rebels" did well in the primaries, with four of five of the top slots going to those who opposed Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Disengagement Plan.
Three leading anti-expulsion MKs, however, were left off the list: Michael Ratzon, Ehud Yatom and Ayoub Kara."We were elected with the message that we are going to change things," Kahlon told Israel Radio. "The Likud will no longer make decisions in the dead of night."
Jewish Leadership faction head Moshe Feiglin expressed satisfaction with the results, even though Michael Fuah, the faction's candidate for the Knesset list, did poorly in the vote.
The Likud Knesset list is as follows:
1) Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu - Unhappily supported Disengagement until the week before implementation, when he left the government in protest of it.
2) Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom - Supported Disengagement from beginning to end, though came out against the abandonment of the Philadelphi Corridor between Gaza and Egypt.
3) MK Moshe Kahlon - One of the less outspoken Likud 'loyalist,' though he voted consistently against the expulsion and is a close associate of MK Dr. Uzi Landau.
4) MK Gilad Erdan - Opposed the Disengagement.
5) MK Gideon Sa'ar - Likud's coalition whip, who maintained good relations with both camps in the Likud, was outspoken in favor of a referendum on the expulsion, and mainly voted against the expulsion.
6) MK Michael Eitan - Supported the Disengagement, but also fought on behalf of residents' and activists' legal rights in Knesset Legal Committee.
7) Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin - Opposed the Disengagement.
8) Health Minister Dan Naveh - Supported the Disengagement.
9) MK Yuval Shteinitz - Supported the Disengagement, but opposed the abandonment of Philadelphi Corridor
10) Minister Limor Livnat (received enough votes for the 11th slot, but was bumped up because the 10th slot is reserved for a woman) - Supported the Disengagement.
11) Natan Sharansky - Resigned from government prior to implementation of Disengagement, but declined to join the pitched struggle against its implementation.
12) Minister Yisrael Katz - Opposed the Disengagement.
13) MK Chaim Katz - Opposed the Disengagement.
14) MK Uzi Landau - Considered the head of the Likud "loyalists", resigned the government long ago in protest of the Disengagement. He backed out of the primaries for head of the party and backed Netanyahu.
15) MK Yuli Edelstein - Opposed the Disengagement.
16) MK Daniel Benlulu - Opposed the Disengagement.
17) MK Leah Ness - Opposed the Disengagement.
18) MK Naomi Blumental - Opposed the Disengagement.
Next in line were MKs Yatom, Ratzon, David Levy, David Mena and Gila Gamliel, who will apparently not be in the next Knesset. Ahead of them on the Knesset list, according to the Likud charter, will be some 20 new candidates, representing various sectors. Yatom has already announced his resignation from politics.
"Tonight we saw that Likud is the only party in which there is actually democracy," chairman Binyamin Netanyahu announced Thursday night, after the results were announced. "In Kadima there is no democracy, in Shinui there is no democracy - only in Likud." 91 percent of Likud Central Committee members turned out to elect their candidates. The election of both Natan Sharansky and Yuli Edelstein is expected to help the Likud win the always-sought-after Russian swing vote. Both men were refuseniks in the former Soviet Union.
Meanwhile, the leadership of the anti-religious Shinui Party, unhappy with the results of their primaries, has decided to reject the results by splitting apart from Shinui. They plan to take with them a majority of the MKs and thereby retain the party name. A legal battle is expected, and neither of the two splinter factions can expect to do very well in the coming elections.
Shinui Party chairman Yosef "Tommy" Lapid was re-elected party chairman by a very small margin over challenger Itzik Gilad - a result of recent polls showing Lapid to be a liability to the party rather than an asset.
MK Avraham Poraz failed to win the number two slot and immediately announced his resignation from the Party, starting the domino process of resignations that brought with it Shinui MKs Ilan Shalgi, Meli Polishuk-Bloch, Ettie Livni and Ronnie Brizon. They claim they will form a new list on their own without the burden of a central committee, in order to "represent the real Shinui," according to Army Radio.
Shinui had been expected to drop from 15 Knesset seats to less than 5. Fears had been expressed that the party might not even pass the Knesset threshold, as voters migrated to the Kadima and other parties. A poll early in the week said the party could garner as many as seven seats without Lapid at the top. "The only gimmick I can pull out of the hat at the moment is to
have Lapid hospitalized and if I go into a coma," Poraz told reporters.
Moledet and NRP Primaries The Moledet party voted to keep MK Rabbi Binyamin Elon at its top spot, followed by MK Aryeh Eldad, American oleh (immigrant) Uri Bank and Alex Epstein. The four are entitled to occupy the first, sixth, ninth and tenth spots on the National
Union list, but Dr. Eldad said before the vote that if he remains in the sixth slot, he will either retire or form or join another party.
MK Nissan Slomiansky won the National Religious Party internal elections, but will remain number two as the top slot is reserved for party chairman Zevulun Orlev. After Slomiansky came former Knesset Member Eli Gabbai, followed by MK Gila Finkelstein, MK Sha'ul Yahalom and Moti Yogev. Following the vote, MK Yahalom issued a call for "all the young people to
return home to the NRP."
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
SANHEDRIN RECOGNIZES COUNCIL
Sanhedrin Recognizes Council to Teach Humanity ´Laws of Noah´
By Ezra HaLevi Arutz 7 news
A group of non-Jewish delegates have come to Jerusalem to pledge their loyalty to the Laws of Noah. They appeared before the nascent Sanhedrin, which established a High Council for B'nai Noach. The ten delegates appeared before a special session of the Jewish High Court of 71 Rabbis led by its Nassi (President) Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz. B'nai Noach, literally "Children of Noah," also known as Noahides, are non-Jews who take upon themselves the Torah's obligations for all members of the human race.
The seven such laws were passed on via Noah following the Flood, as documented in Genesis (see below). The gathering took place under a banner quoting the Biblical passage in Tzefania 3:9 (Zephaniah) which refers to "all the nations... speak[ing] a pure language... proclaim[ing] the name of G-d.
"The Noahide delegates stood before the nascent Sanhedrin, which was reestablished over a year ago in Tiberias, following the renewal of Biblical ordination, and has met regularly since then. "Each one [of the B'nai Noach] comes with a name he has made in the world, as a teacher and example in his community of observance of the seven laws of Noah," said Rabbi Michael Bar-Ron, the Sanhedrin's emissary who facilitated the council's organization, introducing the delegates.
"At great physical and financial expense, they have flown across the world to Jerusalem, the holy city, to pledge before the court and all mankind, their allegiance to the Seven Laws of Noah, the laws of the Creator."Each of the Noahide representatives stood before the Sanhedrin and pledged:"I pledge my allegiance to HaShem, G-d of Israel, Creator and King of the Universe, to His Torah and its representatives, the developing Sanhedrin.
I hereby pledge to uphold the Seven Laws of Noah in all their details, according to Oral Law of Moses under the guidance of the developing Sanhedrin. May HaShem bless and aid me, my fellow council members and all B'nai Noach in all our endeavors for the sake of His name. Blessed are You G-d, King of the universe, who has caused me to live, sustained me, and brought me to this day.
"Roger Grattan, a council aide who lives in Maine, told Arutz-7 prior to the ceremony, "I am sure that this will be a paragraph in the history of civilization, although one could also write books on it. It is also the fulfillment of prophecy." The core members of the council are Indian Foreign Relations Coordinator Bud Gill, Billy Jack Dial, Andrew Overall, Adam Penrod, Jacob Scharff, Chairman Larry Borntrager, Honorary Noahide Council Elder Vendyl Jones, Tennessee Noahide Community Head Jack Saunders and Council Speaker Jim Long.Long addressed the rabbis of the court, requesting formal recognition of the Noahide Council:
"Your honor, esteemed rabbis of the developing Sanhedrin. We are here because of your Torah. Rabbis before you elevated the Torah and it drew us in; before that, we stumbled in darkness. Everyone here today can tell you that in the past we have experienced the need to consolidate our efforts to make the world aware of the truth."Rabbi Even-Israel Steinsaltz, on behalf of the Sanhedrin, replied: "We hereby recognize these men as the first high council of B'nai Noach in accordance with the conditions they have accepted upon themselves.
" Rabbi Steinsaltz spoke about the role of the Jewish people in bringing the Laws of Noah to the world: "I am part of this Jewish family and I have nothing bad to say about that family, but you don't go up to a man on the street and ask him to join your family. Instead you talk to him about joining the true belief in the Creator and about implementing divine justice toward his fellow man. We are setting up a global mission here – not to recruit people, but to bring them to the realization that there is one G-d.
" The Nassi explained that this aspect of Judaism lay dormant for years, as the Jewish people dealt with remaining alive and keeping the Torah in the exile. Rabbi Steinsaltz called for an extensive project to be undertaken to help B'nai Noah in the nitty-gritty details of the observance of the religion.
"A Shulhan Arukh [Jewish Law Code] for B'nai Noah must be written so that the individual can have guidance as to what to do," Steinzaltz said, referring to the compendium of practical Jewish law written by Rabbi Yosef Karo of Tzfat in the 1560's that is still used today.He then addressed the ten B'nai Noah representatives, who had endured hours of Hebrew speeches throughout the day, in English: "There are those people, so far only a small number, who say, 'We are bound by the covenant of Adam and the covenant of Noah and we know we have to perform and fulfill our obligations.' We, as Jews, have the same religion as you.
"Within the nation of Israel there is one tribe that deals with the Temple – the priests. We Jews are a specific tribe in the world that was chosen to be a tribe of priests – hereditary priests. Because of this we have special duties. Being a priest does not mean we are cut off from the other people. While the people of the world are all different units in the armies of the Lord, we are a special commando unit that maybe doesn't get paid more, but has special assignments that may be more dangerous.
" Rabbi Even-Israel spoke about the difficulties that would confront the B'nai Noah movement as it grows:"When we are speaking in general, almost every human being can more or less accept the laws of Noah, but when we get to particulars we will come to serious points, at which we disagree with Christianity and Islam."It is one thing when a religion is small, but as it gets bigger there will be huge pressures. We will be there beside you.
We are members of the same religion that was given by the Almighty to humanity. Part of it was given to the Jews and part of it was given to humanity as a whole."The Nassi added that while there are those who doubt the ability of the Sanhedrin to be more than an idea leading up to the true reestablished court, the Noahide Council cannot be doubted or criticized due to its pure motives and unprecedented mission.
Rabbi Yaakov Ariel of the Temple Institute said that although Tuesday is the Fast of the Tenth of Tevet, which commemorates the beginning of the destruction, "Our sitting in Jerusalem now, alongside B'nai Noach, demonstrates the revival and the fulfillment of the words of the prophets." Rabbi Ariel told those gathered that he had seen a rainbow that morning, "the closest thing to seeing Noah himself - the symbol of the covenant between G-d and humanity as witnessed by Noah.
"Famed archaeologist and Noahide leader Vendyl Jones addressed a festive banquet held for the Council members, speaking about the Seven Laws of Noah. He explained, in detail, the verses in the first eleven chapters of Genesis from which the seven laws are elucidated, saying that he always understood the first six, but never understood the law proscribing the eating of a limb of a living animal - until he remembered his cattle-branding days in Texas: "We would brand and castrate the cattle when I was young, and at night we would all sit around the campfire and eat what they called 'mountain oysters'" – the testicles of the still-living animals.
Rabbi Nachman Kahane, Av Beit HaDin, spoke in English. "G-d created a primitive world," he said. "We don't grow loaves of bread, but grain that must be harvested, ground up and baked. We were meant to be partners with G-d. Unfortunately, throughout history, perversions of this idea grew. How can you be G-d's partner if you are damned and born with original sin? How can you be a partner of G-d if your religion tells you to send your children to shopping malls to blow people up? What we are creating today is a reconnection between the people and G-d.
G-d is saying to humanity – everyone has a job. I happen to be a priest - I have a particular task for when the Temple is built - but all of us have a specific task just the same; I am no better."Jones told Kahane that his brother, slain Knesset Member Rabbi Meir Kahane, together with Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, had organized one of the first conferences for B'nai Noah nearly 20 years ago.Conference on Noahide CouncilEarlier in the day, several speakers addressed issues surrounding the B'nai Noah movement as part of a conference on the establishment of the B'nai Noah Council.Sheikh Abdul Hadi Palazzi, a leader of the Italian Muslim Assembly, addressed the assembly, speaking about B'nai Noah in Islam:
"Islamic law holds within it the seven laws of Noah and can be taught correctly to the Muslims of the world... I remember reading that a new Sanhedrin was created in Jerusalem [and] my impression was very positive - I thought maybe something new had been created to allow the Jewish people to project moral and legal clarity to counterbalance the lack of it in our world." Palazzi added that the project of creating a council of Noahide teachers would hopefully counter the negative educational effect of the Gaza withdrawal, "which taught the opposite to my people - it convinced many that only terrorism works.
"Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Zini, who heads Yeshiva Or V'Yishuah and is the rabbi of Haifa's Technion, spoke about the intuitive natural truths of the laws of Noah. "We must create a formal connection between the nation of Israel and the B'nai Noah to show the world that we are a nation of holy priests, as is dictated in our Torah," he said, speaking partly in French as well, as the conference will be available on the Sanhedrin's web site for viewing by prospective B'nai Noah worldwide. Rabbi Yoel Schwartz, who received the blessing of leading hareidi-religious Rabbi Shalom Elyashiv to engage in the project of creating a court and infrastructure for B'nai Noah, addressed the conference as well.
Rabbi Schwartz is the Deputy Av Beit HaDin [literally, Court Elder] of the Sanhedrin and the Av Beit HaDin for the B'nai Noah court. He spoke on the topic of "B'nai Noah and World Peace.""The Islamic Jihad against the world has restored religion to the center of the world's consciousness," Schwartz said. "Over 30 years ago, someone by the name of Eisenberg sent a proposal to the United Nations saying that there will never be world peace unless the citizens of the globe agree on certain principles of faith. It was adopted by the UN as one of its official documents but was not followed up upon and has since been forgotten. We are here today to follow up on that document and remind the UN why it exists.
There will be world peace when the whole world agrees that there is one G-d. There are people who do not think what I am about to say is worthwhile, but I suggested years ago that we begin to translate our books, which are meant for the nations of the world, into Arabic as well [Schwartz has authored many books on practical observance for Noahides –ed.]. It is not by coincidence that we have this nation alongside us, surrounding and living inside the land upon our return to it, who also preserves the heritage of Abraham our father.
"Schwartz has indeed translated his books to Arabic, with the help of an Arab man he met at a bus stop who asked him a Mishanaic question, telling him he had already translated the Mishna, a codification of Jewish oral law. He said the entire printing has been sold out. "Muslim parents have thanked me for teaching their child that there is a different way to heaven than becoming a shahid, a martyr," he said. Rabbi Schwartz explained that although one of the purposes of the Jewish people's exile was to disseminate belief in the Torah's truths around the world, their return to Israel has brought with it the technology to redouble our efforts from here:
"The moment we came to Israel, communication technology flourished. The telephone and radio spread rapidly, and computers and internet came soon after, changing the entire concept of communication and education. When we were in the exile, we were there to teach the world, and now that we have returned to the Land of Israel, G-d has given us the tools to do the work from here." Rabbi David Zilbershlag, Director of Meir Panim and Koach Latet, both innovative charity associations, spoke about rectifying the misdeeds of Noah's generation, the generation of the Flood. Zilbershlag said that the new Council of Noahides must focus on kindness and charity, as that was the basis of G-d's covenant with Noah (the lack of which resulted in the destruction of Noah's entire generation) and His later covenant with Abraham.
"It is hard to distribute and spread an idea that is negative, as the laws of Noah are phrased," Zilbershlag said. "We must make a great effort to find and distribute the relevant positive commandments in our tradition throughout the world as well, and the most basic of these is that of following in the footsteps of Abraham our father."Rabbi Eliyahu Essas, a former refusenik and founder of the Teshuva (return to Judaism) movement in the USSR, spoke about establishing outreach within Israel to help gentiles who moved from the former Soviet Union to Israel become aware of the Noahide laws:
"There are at least 400,000 out of the million people who came to Israel who are not Jewish according to Jewish law. There are many who think they are Jews, but do not have a Jewish mother and are therefore not Jewish according to Jewish law. 150,000 have no blood connection to the nation of Israel – spouses of Jews and relatives who came under the Law of Return. Then there are 30,000 who have nothing to do with the Jewish people, coming with forged documents.
Over there, Jews wanted to be Russians; here, Russians want to be Jews."Should we harass such a person to convert, should we leave him alone, or should we try to get him to become a Ben Noah?" Essas asked, refraining from offering answers and saying that such complicated matters must be dealt with by both the Noahide Council and the Sanhedrin's B'nai Noah Beit Din. He added that the problem of intermarriage was not discussed by previous generations because it did not exist in such numbers.
"We are dealing with 50% of families in the former Soviet Union and even more in North America. So if one spouse is a Jew and one is a Ben Noah, what will be their status? I want to raise these issues and offer a prayer to the Almighty to help us find wise solutions."Council Looking ForwardSpokesman Jim Long outlined the Council's goals:"Education is a vital part of our effort and we need you to help us with this. We need to make sure that developing Noahide groups do not split into denominations.
As we move into the public eye, we will be viewed as heretics by many. We each come from other religions and must develop ways to approach them in a manner in which they listen without closing their ears. The Noahide movement is a Torah-based template for an ethical way of life. The Creator requires humanity to uphold these laws as per His covenant with Noah. "Anyone who reads the Bible can see that your Torah is your constitution, your Bill of Rights and your deed to the Land of Israel.
We have plans to publish Noahide prayer books, children's books and documentaries on science and the world through the lens of the Torah.""We have heard that G-d is with you," Long concluded.
Seven Laws of Noah are: Shefichat damim -
Do not murder or commit suicide. Avodah zarah – Pray and offer sacrifices only to G-d.
Do not worship false gods/idols. Gilui arayot -
Do not be sexually immoral (no incest, sodomy, bestiality, castration and adultery), crossbreed animals or perform castration. Ever Min HaChai -
Do not eat a part of a live animal or consume blood. Birkat Hashem -
Do not utter G-d's name in vain, curse G-d or pursue the occult. Honor your parents.Gezel -
Do not steal or kidnap. Dinim - Set up righteous and honest courts and apply fair justice in judging offenders and uphold the principles of the last five. (Photos: Ezra HaLevi)
By Ezra HaLevi Arutz 7 news
A group of non-Jewish delegates have come to Jerusalem to pledge their loyalty to the Laws of Noah. They appeared before the nascent Sanhedrin, which established a High Council for B'nai Noach. The ten delegates appeared before a special session of the Jewish High Court of 71 Rabbis led by its Nassi (President) Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz. B'nai Noach, literally "Children of Noah," also known as Noahides, are non-Jews who take upon themselves the Torah's obligations for all members of the human race.
The seven such laws were passed on via Noah following the Flood, as documented in Genesis (see below). The gathering took place under a banner quoting the Biblical passage in Tzefania 3:9 (Zephaniah) which refers to "all the nations... speak[ing] a pure language... proclaim[ing] the name of G-d.
"The Noahide delegates stood before the nascent Sanhedrin, which was reestablished over a year ago in Tiberias, following the renewal of Biblical ordination, and has met regularly since then. "Each one [of the B'nai Noach] comes with a name he has made in the world, as a teacher and example in his community of observance of the seven laws of Noah," said Rabbi Michael Bar-Ron, the Sanhedrin's emissary who facilitated the council's organization, introducing the delegates.
"At great physical and financial expense, they have flown across the world to Jerusalem, the holy city, to pledge before the court and all mankind, their allegiance to the Seven Laws of Noah, the laws of the Creator."Each of the Noahide representatives stood before the Sanhedrin and pledged:"I pledge my allegiance to HaShem, G-d of Israel, Creator and King of the Universe, to His Torah and its representatives, the developing Sanhedrin.
I hereby pledge to uphold the Seven Laws of Noah in all their details, according to Oral Law of Moses under the guidance of the developing Sanhedrin. May HaShem bless and aid me, my fellow council members and all B'nai Noach in all our endeavors for the sake of His name. Blessed are You G-d, King of the universe, who has caused me to live, sustained me, and brought me to this day.
"Roger Grattan, a council aide who lives in Maine, told Arutz-7 prior to the ceremony, "I am sure that this will be a paragraph in the history of civilization, although one could also write books on it. It is also the fulfillment of prophecy." The core members of the council are Indian Foreign Relations Coordinator Bud Gill, Billy Jack Dial, Andrew Overall, Adam Penrod, Jacob Scharff, Chairman Larry Borntrager, Honorary Noahide Council Elder Vendyl Jones, Tennessee Noahide Community Head Jack Saunders and Council Speaker Jim Long.Long addressed the rabbis of the court, requesting formal recognition of the Noahide Council:
"Your honor, esteemed rabbis of the developing Sanhedrin. We are here because of your Torah. Rabbis before you elevated the Torah and it drew us in; before that, we stumbled in darkness. Everyone here today can tell you that in the past we have experienced the need to consolidate our efforts to make the world aware of the truth."Rabbi Even-Israel Steinsaltz, on behalf of the Sanhedrin, replied: "We hereby recognize these men as the first high council of B'nai Noach in accordance with the conditions they have accepted upon themselves.
" Rabbi Steinsaltz spoke about the role of the Jewish people in bringing the Laws of Noah to the world: "I am part of this Jewish family and I have nothing bad to say about that family, but you don't go up to a man on the street and ask him to join your family. Instead you talk to him about joining the true belief in the Creator and about implementing divine justice toward his fellow man. We are setting up a global mission here – not to recruit people, but to bring them to the realization that there is one G-d.
" The Nassi explained that this aspect of Judaism lay dormant for years, as the Jewish people dealt with remaining alive and keeping the Torah in the exile. Rabbi Steinsaltz called for an extensive project to be undertaken to help B'nai Noah in the nitty-gritty details of the observance of the religion.
"A Shulhan Arukh [Jewish Law Code] for B'nai Noah must be written so that the individual can have guidance as to what to do," Steinzaltz said, referring to the compendium of practical Jewish law written by Rabbi Yosef Karo of Tzfat in the 1560's that is still used today.He then addressed the ten B'nai Noah representatives, who had endured hours of Hebrew speeches throughout the day, in English: "There are those people, so far only a small number, who say, 'We are bound by the covenant of Adam and the covenant of Noah and we know we have to perform and fulfill our obligations.' We, as Jews, have the same religion as you.
"Within the nation of Israel there is one tribe that deals with the Temple – the priests. We Jews are a specific tribe in the world that was chosen to be a tribe of priests – hereditary priests. Because of this we have special duties. Being a priest does not mean we are cut off from the other people. While the people of the world are all different units in the armies of the Lord, we are a special commando unit that maybe doesn't get paid more, but has special assignments that may be more dangerous.
" Rabbi Even-Israel spoke about the difficulties that would confront the B'nai Noah movement as it grows:"When we are speaking in general, almost every human being can more or less accept the laws of Noah, but when we get to particulars we will come to serious points, at which we disagree with Christianity and Islam."It is one thing when a religion is small, but as it gets bigger there will be huge pressures. We will be there beside you.
We are members of the same religion that was given by the Almighty to humanity. Part of it was given to the Jews and part of it was given to humanity as a whole."The Nassi added that while there are those who doubt the ability of the Sanhedrin to be more than an idea leading up to the true reestablished court, the Noahide Council cannot be doubted or criticized due to its pure motives and unprecedented mission.
Rabbi Yaakov Ariel of the Temple Institute said that although Tuesday is the Fast of the Tenth of Tevet, which commemorates the beginning of the destruction, "Our sitting in Jerusalem now, alongside B'nai Noach, demonstrates the revival and the fulfillment of the words of the prophets." Rabbi Ariel told those gathered that he had seen a rainbow that morning, "the closest thing to seeing Noah himself - the symbol of the covenant between G-d and humanity as witnessed by Noah.
"Famed archaeologist and Noahide leader Vendyl Jones addressed a festive banquet held for the Council members, speaking about the Seven Laws of Noah. He explained, in detail, the verses in the first eleven chapters of Genesis from which the seven laws are elucidated, saying that he always understood the first six, but never understood the law proscribing the eating of a limb of a living animal - until he remembered his cattle-branding days in Texas: "We would brand and castrate the cattle when I was young, and at night we would all sit around the campfire and eat what they called 'mountain oysters'" – the testicles of the still-living animals.
Rabbi Nachman Kahane, Av Beit HaDin, spoke in English. "G-d created a primitive world," he said. "We don't grow loaves of bread, but grain that must be harvested, ground up and baked. We were meant to be partners with G-d. Unfortunately, throughout history, perversions of this idea grew. How can you be G-d's partner if you are damned and born with original sin? How can you be a partner of G-d if your religion tells you to send your children to shopping malls to blow people up? What we are creating today is a reconnection between the people and G-d.
G-d is saying to humanity – everyone has a job. I happen to be a priest - I have a particular task for when the Temple is built - but all of us have a specific task just the same; I am no better."Jones told Kahane that his brother, slain Knesset Member Rabbi Meir Kahane, together with Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, had organized one of the first conferences for B'nai Noah nearly 20 years ago.Conference on Noahide CouncilEarlier in the day, several speakers addressed issues surrounding the B'nai Noah movement as part of a conference on the establishment of the B'nai Noah Council.Sheikh Abdul Hadi Palazzi, a leader of the Italian Muslim Assembly, addressed the assembly, speaking about B'nai Noah in Islam:
"Islamic law holds within it the seven laws of Noah and can be taught correctly to the Muslims of the world... I remember reading that a new Sanhedrin was created in Jerusalem [and] my impression was very positive - I thought maybe something new had been created to allow the Jewish people to project moral and legal clarity to counterbalance the lack of it in our world." Palazzi added that the project of creating a council of Noahide teachers would hopefully counter the negative educational effect of the Gaza withdrawal, "which taught the opposite to my people - it convinced many that only terrorism works.
"Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Zini, who heads Yeshiva Or V'Yishuah and is the rabbi of Haifa's Technion, spoke about the intuitive natural truths of the laws of Noah. "We must create a formal connection between the nation of Israel and the B'nai Noah to show the world that we are a nation of holy priests, as is dictated in our Torah," he said, speaking partly in French as well, as the conference will be available on the Sanhedrin's web site for viewing by prospective B'nai Noah worldwide. Rabbi Yoel Schwartz, who received the blessing of leading hareidi-religious Rabbi Shalom Elyashiv to engage in the project of creating a court and infrastructure for B'nai Noah, addressed the conference as well.
Rabbi Schwartz is the Deputy Av Beit HaDin [literally, Court Elder] of the Sanhedrin and the Av Beit HaDin for the B'nai Noah court. He spoke on the topic of "B'nai Noah and World Peace.""The Islamic Jihad against the world has restored religion to the center of the world's consciousness," Schwartz said. "Over 30 years ago, someone by the name of Eisenberg sent a proposal to the United Nations saying that there will never be world peace unless the citizens of the globe agree on certain principles of faith. It was adopted by the UN as one of its official documents but was not followed up upon and has since been forgotten. We are here today to follow up on that document and remind the UN why it exists.
There will be world peace when the whole world agrees that there is one G-d. There are people who do not think what I am about to say is worthwhile, but I suggested years ago that we begin to translate our books, which are meant for the nations of the world, into Arabic as well [Schwartz has authored many books on practical observance for Noahides –ed.]. It is not by coincidence that we have this nation alongside us, surrounding and living inside the land upon our return to it, who also preserves the heritage of Abraham our father.
"Schwartz has indeed translated his books to Arabic, with the help of an Arab man he met at a bus stop who asked him a Mishanaic question, telling him he had already translated the Mishna, a codification of Jewish oral law. He said the entire printing has been sold out. "Muslim parents have thanked me for teaching their child that there is a different way to heaven than becoming a shahid, a martyr," he said. Rabbi Schwartz explained that although one of the purposes of the Jewish people's exile was to disseminate belief in the Torah's truths around the world, their return to Israel has brought with it the technology to redouble our efforts from here:
"The moment we came to Israel, communication technology flourished. The telephone and radio spread rapidly, and computers and internet came soon after, changing the entire concept of communication and education. When we were in the exile, we were there to teach the world, and now that we have returned to the Land of Israel, G-d has given us the tools to do the work from here." Rabbi David Zilbershlag, Director of Meir Panim and Koach Latet, both innovative charity associations, spoke about rectifying the misdeeds of Noah's generation, the generation of the Flood. Zilbershlag said that the new Council of Noahides must focus on kindness and charity, as that was the basis of G-d's covenant with Noah (the lack of which resulted in the destruction of Noah's entire generation) and His later covenant with Abraham.
"It is hard to distribute and spread an idea that is negative, as the laws of Noah are phrased," Zilbershlag said. "We must make a great effort to find and distribute the relevant positive commandments in our tradition throughout the world as well, and the most basic of these is that of following in the footsteps of Abraham our father."Rabbi Eliyahu Essas, a former refusenik and founder of the Teshuva (return to Judaism) movement in the USSR, spoke about establishing outreach within Israel to help gentiles who moved from the former Soviet Union to Israel become aware of the Noahide laws:
"There are at least 400,000 out of the million people who came to Israel who are not Jewish according to Jewish law. There are many who think they are Jews, but do not have a Jewish mother and are therefore not Jewish according to Jewish law. 150,000 have no blood connection to the nation of Israel – spouses of Jews and relatives who came under the Law of Return. Then there are 30,000 who have nothing to do with the Jewish people, coming with forged documents.
Over there, Jews wanted to be Russians; here, Russians want to be Jews."Should we harass such a person to convert, should we leave him alone, or should we try to get him to become a Ben Noah?" Essas asked, refraining from offering answers and saying that such complicated matters must be dealt with by both the Noahide Council and the Sanhedrin's B'nai Noah Beit Din. He added that the problem of intermarriage was not discussed by previous generations because it did not exist in such numbers.
"We are dealing with 50% of families in the former Soviet Union and even more in North America. So if one spouse is a Jew and one is a Ben Noah, what will be their status? I want to raise these issues and offer a prayer to the Almighty to help us find wise solutions."Council Looking ForwardSpokesman Jim Long outlined the Council's goals:"Education is a vital part of our effort and we need you to help us with this. We need to make sure that developing Noahide groups do not split into denominations.
As we move into the public eye, we will be viewed as heretics by many. We each come from other religions and must develop ways to approach them in a manner in which they listen without closing their ears. The Noahide movement is a Torah-based template for an ethical way of life. The Creator requires humanity to uphold these laws as per His covenant with Noah. "Anyone who reads the Bible can see that your Torah is your constitution, your Bill of Rights and your deed to the Land of Israel.
We have plans to publish Noahide prayer books, children's books and documentaries on science and the world through the lens of the Torah.""We have heard that G-d is with you," Long concluded.
Seven Laws of Noah are: Shefichat damim -
Do not murder or commit suicide. Avodah zarah – Pray and offer sacrifices only to G-d.
Do not worship false gods/idols. Gilui arayot -
Do not be sexually immoral (no incest, sodomy, bestiality, castration and adultery), crossbreed animals or perform castration. Ever Min HaChai -
Do not eat a part of a live animal or consume blood. Birkat Hashem -
Do not utter G-d's name in vain, curse G-d or pursue the occult. Honor your parents.Gezel -
Do not steal or kidnap. Dinim - Set up righteous and honest courts and apply fair justice in judging offenders and uphold the principles of the last five. (Photos: Ezra HaLevi)
Friday, January 06, 2006
VATICAN WANTS CONTROL OF JERUSALEM
WELL NOW THAT HAMAS SHOULD WIN THE PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS, AND HERE WE SEE THE VATICAN WANTS CONTROL OF JERUSALEM TO INTERNATIONALIZE IT.
BIBLE PROPHESY IS BEING FULFILLED QUICKLY NOW. I BELIEVE IF HAMAS WINS THE PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS AND BENJIMIN NENTANYAHU WINS THE ISRAELI ELECTIONS IN MARCH. THIS WOULD FORCE ISRAEL TO BE SECURED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS. I CAN SEE THE ISRAELIS GIVING UP LAND FOR SECURITY TO BE PROTECTED FROM HAMAS. THIS IN TURN WILL LEAD TO THE FINAL STATUS TALKS OVER JERUSALEM WERE THE VATICAN WILL BE INVOLVED AS WELL AS THE ISRAELI AND PALESTINIANS. NOW WE CAN SEE WHY THE WHOLE WORLD GETS INVOLVED WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINAL STATUS TALKS. AND SINCE THE BIBLE SAYS THE VATICAN AND THE EU WILL BE WORKING HAND IN GLOVE, NOW WE CAN SEE HOW THIS IS COMING TOGETHER LITERALLY LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS IT WILL.
THE EU LEADER AND THE FALSE POPE WILL BE CLOSE AND SINCE THE VATICAN OR WORLD CHURCH PROSTITUTES ITSELF WITH THE KINGS OF THE EARTH, HERE WE SEE THE VATICAN WANT CONTROL OF JERUSALEM SO IT WILL WANT IN ON ALL THE TALKS OVER JERUSALEM, TO TRY TO GRAB CONTROL OF IT.
PRAISE BE TO KING JESUS (THE GOD OF ISRAEL) THAT HE TOLD US WHAT WOULD BE HAPPENING AND WHAT TO WATCH FOR IN THESE LAST DAY OF THE AGE OF GRACE.
JNW HEADLINE NEWS
Vatican muscling in on Jerusalem
Says Jews cannot be trusted with ownership of their ancient capital
By Stan Goodenough
January 4th, 2006
The Roman Catholic Church says the Jewish state cannot be trusted to exercise control over the city of Jerusalem – ancient and eternal capital of the people of Israel. In a statement whose arrogance and contempt he seemingly could not see, the Vatican’s legal advisor in Israel, David Jaeger, told an international conference in Haifa Tuesday that Jerusalem was too important a city to leave in the hands of either “Palestinians” or Jews.
Jaeger’s view was that the status of Jerusalem required the approval of the international community as a whole. Ironically the Vatican, which claims to be spiritual home to one billion of the world’s Christians, rejects the biblical stipulation granting everlasting possession of ancient Canaan, inclusive of Jerusalem, to the Jewish people.
Since 1947 it has sought to have Jerusalem internationalized, confident that with Rome’s massive global constituency the pope will be able to exercise substantial control over the city.
Jaeger is historically on solid ground when he says the Palestinian Arabs should have no say over Jerusalem. The city has never been an Arab capital and the “Palestinians” have no historic or national rights to it (or to any other part of Israel’s biblical homeland).
The Jews, by contrast, have venerated the city as their holiest site for over 3000 years. Israel is the only nation that has ever had Jerusalem as its capital. During centuries of exile, Jews everywhere prayed daily to return to Jerusalem in order to be able to once again worship their God in this place.
Jerusalem is described in the New Testament as the “City of the great King,” referring to Jesus of Nazareth who also bears the title King of the Jews. The book of Revelation, foretelling Jesus’ return to Jerusalem, calls Him the Lion of the Tribe of Judah – i.e. He remains Jewish.
In recent history, it has only been while under Jewish administration that Jerusalem has flourished and that protected access to all of its holy places (including Christian and Muslim sites) has been guaranteed.
Between 1949 and 1967, when the Arab kingdom of Jordan occupied the eastern part of the city, the rights of Jews and Christians to visit their holy places was restricted, sometimes denied. The Jewish Quarter of the Old City was left to rot, its synagogues sacked and burned. Despite this, the Vatican believes it should have a say that could deny the right of the Jewish people to keep their beloved capital in their hands.
BIBLE PROPHESY IS BEING FULFILLED QUICKLY NOW. I BELIEVE IF HAMAS WINS THE PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS AND BENJIMIN NENTANYAHU WINS THE ISRAELI ELECTIONS IN MARCH. THIS WOULD FORCE ISRAEL TO BE SECURED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS. I CAN SEE THE ISRAELIS GIVING UP LAND FOR SECURITY TO BE PROTECTED FROM HAMAS. THIS IN TURN WILL LEAD TO THE FINAL STATUS TALKS OVER JERUSALEM WERE THE VATICAN WILL BE INVOLVED AS WELL AS THE ISRAELI AND PALESTINIANS. NOW WE CAN SEE WHY THE WHOLE WORLD GETS INVOLVED WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINAL STATUS TALKS. AND SINCE THE BIBLE SAYS THE VATICAN AND THE EU WILL BE WORKING HAND IN GLOVE, NOW WE CAN SEE HOW THIS IS COMING TOGETHER LITERALLY LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS IT WILL.
THE EU LEADER AND THE FALSE POPE WILL BE CLOSE AND SINCE THE VATICAN OR WORLD CHURCH PROSTITUTES ITSELF WITH THE KINGS OF THE EARTH, HERE WE SEE THE VATICAN WANT CONTROL OF JERUSALEM SO IT WILL WANT IN ON ALL THE TALKS OVER JERUSALEM, TO TRY TO GRAB CONTROL OF IT.
PRAISE BE TO KING JESUS (THE GOD OF ISRAEL) THAT HE TOLD US WHAT WOULD BE HAPPENING AND WHAT TO WATCH FOR IN THESE LAST DAY OF THE AGE OF GRACE.
JNW HEADLINE NEWS
Vatican muscling in on Jerusalem
Says Jews cannot be trusted with ownership of their ancient capital
By Stan Goodenough
January 4th, 2006
The Roman Catholic Church says the Jewish state cannot be trusted to exercise control over the city of Jerusalem – ancient and eternal capital of the people of Israel. In a statement whose arrogance and contempt he seemingly could not see, the Vatican’s legal advisor in Israel, David Jaeger, told an international conference in Haifa Tuesday that Jerusalem was too important a city to leave in the hands of either “Palestinians” or Jews.
Jaeger’s view was that the status of Jerusalem required the approval of the international community as a whole. Ironically the Vatican, which claims to be spiritual home to one billion of the world’s Christians, rejects the biblical stipulation granting everlasting possession of ancient Canaan, inclusive of Jerusalem, to the Jewish people.
Since 1947 it has sought to have Jerusalem internationalized, confident that with Rome’s massive global constituency the pope will be able to exercise substantial control over the city.
Jaeger is historically on solid ground when he says the Palestinian Arabs should have no say over Jerusalem. The city has never been an Arab capital and the “Palestinians” have no historic or national rights to it (or to any other part of Israel’s biblical homeland).
The Jews, by contrast, have venerated the city as their holiest site for over 3000 years. Israel is the only nation that has ever had Jerusalem as its capital. During centuries of exile, Jews everywhere prayed daily to return to Jerusalem in order to be able to once again worship their God in this place.
Jerusalem is described in the New Testament as the “City of the great King,” referring to Jesus of Nazareth who also bears the title King of the Jews. The book of Revelation, foretelling Jesus’ return to Jerusalem, calls Him the Lion of the Tribe of Judah – i.e. He remains Jewish.
In recent history, it has only been while under Jewish administration that Jerusalem has flourished and that protected access to all of its holy places (including Christian and Muslim sites) has been guaranteed.
Between 1949 and 1967, when the Arab kingdom of Jordan occupied the eastern part of the city, the rights of Jews and Christians to visit their holy places was restricted, sometimes denied. The Jewish Quarter of the Old City was left to rot, its synagogues sacked and burned. Despite this, the Vatican believes it should have a say that could deny the right of the Jewish people to keep their beloved capital in their hands.
Thursday, January 05, 2006
ARIEL SHARON HAS MASSIVE STROKE
ALL CHRISTIANS PRAY FOR ARIEL SHARON AS HE HAD A MAJOR STROKE YESTERDAY AND AS OF 5:45 PM JAN 6,06 ARIEL IS ON LIFE SUPPORT, A COMA BROUGHT ON BY DOCTORS TO STABALIZE HIM , IN 24 MORE HOURS WE WILL SEE IF HE COMES THROUGH IT, WALKING TALKING OR ANY CONDITIONS HE MIGHT HAVE. HE DESPERATELY NEEDS PRAY.
DEAR FATHER GOD I PRAY THAT YOU HEAL ARIEL SHARON FULLY, SO HE CAN RESUME NORMAL LIFE WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. I JUST PRAY FATHER HE DOES NOT STAY IN POLITICS SO YOUR LAND WILL NOT BE SEPARATED OR IT WILL CAUSE WW3, AND I PRAY THIS IN KING JESUS PRECIOUS NAME AMEN AND AMEN.
Hospital Director Dispels Rumors: Sharon is Alive, Unconscious
By Hillel Fendel
The Director-General of Hadassah Hospital, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, spoke to reporters at 2 PM this afternoon and told them that the rumors of Sharon's death are not true.
"The Prime Minister's condition is stable, but still serious," he said. "All the vital signs that we measure are in accordance with what we expect after an operation of this type.
"Part of the required treatment at present," Mor-Yosef said, "is to retain low pressure within the skull, and this requires deep anesthetization for at least the coming 24 hours."
"My purpose in telling you this is, first of all, to keep you informed, and also," Mor-Yosef then added emphatically, "to put to bed the rumors that are sweeping the country. As director of Hadassah, I pledge that any change in the Prime Minister's condition will be reported to you."
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's condition deteriorated critically upon his arrival in the hospital Wednesday night, and he underwent an emergency seven-hour operation to stop the massive bleeding in his brain. Following the surgery, his condition was described as "serious," then "very serious." It is noteworthy that virtually every interview on public television and radio begins with the interviewee saying that he is "praying for Sharon's full recovery."
Most interviewees and their interviewers even add that they "join the entire country" in praying for the Prime Minister. As news of Sharon's operation became known, Army Radio reported that "spontaneous prayer quorums" had sprouted up at the Western Wall to pray for Sharon. This appeared to be a case of wishful thinking, however, as web-photos of the holy site, backed up by eyewitness testimony, showed very sparse attendance at the Wall - except for several press photographers making a rare visit and photographing the worshipers from various angles.
Olmert Holds First Cabinet Meeting Next to Sharon’s Empty Chair
By Hillel Fendel and Scott Shiloh
“This is a difficult time for all of us,” said Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the emergency cabinet meeting he led Thursday morning.The meeting was unusually short, and no decisions were made. “Arik is not just a leader, but a close friend to us all," Olmert said. "We all hope that Arik, who has won many battles in his life, will emerge from this one as well, healthy and whole."
Olmert conducted the meeting next to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s empty chair, which was placed as usual at the center of the long cabinet conference table.
Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz clarified today that Sharon is still considered to be only "temporarily" unable to fulfill his duties, meaning that Olmert is still only a "substitute" Prime Minister. The "temporary" period ends automatically after 100 days - but in any event, the national elections are only 82 days away.
Mazuz explained that the "temporary" period could also end based on a clear medical prognosis about Sharon's condition. In any event, Mazuz clarified that the elections will be held on March 28, as scheduled.An unprecedented amount of power has now been concentrated in the hands of Ehud Olmert. In addition to serving as prime minister, he also holds the powers and portfolios of 12 government ministries. The ministries were recently vacated by the Labor Party ministers, and Sharon had not yet appointed their replacements.
At a meeting of police and security leaders today, it was decided that if the Prime Minister passes away, they will be the first to be informed. This, in order to enable the police and Shabak (General Security Service) to prepare for various situations, ranging from the expected arrival of throngs of citizens to the hospital, up to total preparedness of the security establishment
for internal and external threats.
It was further decided that a total curfew would be declared on the Arab-populated areas of Judea and Samaria. Army forces are to be thickened in Judea and Samaria, and specifically around Gaza, from where Kassam rockets are expected to be fired in response to the news.
Likud party leader MK Binyamin Netanyahu has suspended his decision that Likud ministers must leave the government. That decision was supposed to take effect on Sunday, after Prime Minister Sharon’s heart catheterization which had been scheduled for today (Thursday).
“We’re still in [the government]," a senior Likud official said.
"We have a responsibility to the country, and this not the time to discuss resignations." Netanyahu himself said that all politicking should be put on hold for a few days. Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, #2 man in the Likud, said, “This is a painful and difficult time for the Israeli people. The hour is difficult and complicated.”Education Minister Limor Livnat (Likud) said, “We are praying for the prime minister’s recovery. The Likud is represented at the cabinet meeting and will be here in the future.”
Agriculture Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud), one of the only opponents of the disengagement who remained in Sharon’s Cabinet, said, “The Likud will stay in the government to assist its new head.” He described Sharon as “a great fighter who is now lying powerless, and we are all praying for his welfare.”Justice Minister Tzippi Livni (Kadima), to whom Sharon was reportedly planning to grant a very high place on the party's Knesset list, said, “The message coming out of today’s cabinet meeting, aside from hoping and praying, is that the government is functioning. I will do everything I can to help the Acting Prime Minister function as leader of this government, and to make the right decisions.
I am certain that the other ministers will do the same.”Rabbi Yitzchak David Grossman, Chief Rabbi of the development town of Migdal HaEmek in the lower Galilee, visited Sharon's hospital room this afternoon. Rabbi Grossman, who spoke to Sharon yesterday afternoon, moved from Jerusalem's insulated Meah She'arim quarter over 30 years ago straight to Migdal HaEmek, is the founder and head of the Migdal Or yeshiva institutions, in which over 6,000 students - mostly from underprivileged homes - study.
DEAR FATHER GOD I PRAY THAT YOU HEAL ARIEL SHARON FULLY, SO HE CAN RESUME NORMAL LIFE WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. I JUST PRAY FATHER HE DOES NOT STAY IN POLITICS SO YOUR LAND WILL NOT BE SEPARATED OR IT WILL CAUSE WW3, AND I PRAY THIS IN KING JESUS PRECIOUS NAME AMEN AND AMEN.
Hospital Director Dispels Rumors: Sharon is Alive, Unconscious
By Hillel Fendel
The Director-General of Hadassah Hospital, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, spoke to reporters at 2 PM this afternoon and told them that the rumors of Sharon's death are not true.
"The Prime Minister's condition is stable, but still serious," he said. "All the vital signs that we measure are in accordance with what we expect after an operation of this type.
"Part of the required treatment at present," Mor-Yosef said, "is to retain low pressure within the skull, and this requires deep anesthetization for at least the coming 24 hours."
"My purpose in telling you this is, first of all, to keep you informed, and also," Mor-Yosef then added emphatically, "to put to bed the rumors that are sweeping the country. As director of Hadassah, I pledge that any change in the Prime Minister's condition will be reported to you."
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's condition deteriorated critically upon his arrival in the hospital Wednesday night, and he underwent an emergency seven-hour operation to stop the massive bleeding in his brain. Following the surgery, his condition was described as "serious," then "very serious." It is noteworthy that virtually every interview on public television and radio begins with the interviewee saying that he is "praying for Sharon's full recovery."
Most interviewees and their interviewers even add that they "join the entire country" in praying for the Prime Minister. As news of Sharon's operation became known, Army Radio reported that "spontaneous prayer quorums" had sprouted up at the Western Wall to pray for Sharon. This appeared to be a case of wishful thinking, however, as web-photos of the holy site, backed up by eyewitness testimony, showed very sparse attendance at the Wall - except for several press photographers making a rare visit and photographing the worshipers from various angles.
Olmert Holds First Cabinet Meeting Next to Sharon’s Empty Chair
By Hillel Fendel and Scott Shiloh
“This is a difficult time for all of us,” said Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the emergency cabinet meeting he led Thursday morning.The meeting was unusually short, and no decisions were made. “Arik is not just a leader, but a close friend to us all," Olmert said. "We all hope that Arik, who has won many battles in his life, will emerge from this one as well, healthy and whole."
Olmert conducted the meeting next to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s empty chair, which was placed as usual at the center of the long cabinet conference table.
Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz clarified today that Sharon is still considered to be only "temporarily" unable to fulfill his duties, meaning that Olmert is still only a "substitute" Prime Minister. The "temporary" period ends automatically after 100 days - but in any event, the national elections are only 82 days away.
Mazuz explained that the "temporary" period could also end based on a clear medical prognosis about Sharon's condition. In any event, Mazuz clarified that the elections will be held on March 28, as scheduled.An unprecedented amount of power has now been concentrated in the hands of Ehud Olmert. In addition to serving as prime minister, he also holds the powers and portfolios of 12 government ministries. The ministries were recently vacated by the Labor Party ministers, and Sharon had not yet appointed their replacements.
At a meeting of police and security leaders today, it was decided that if the Prime Minister passes away, they will be the first to be informed. This, in order to enable the police and Shabak (General Security Service) to prepare for various situations, ranging from the expected arrival of throngs of citizens to the hospital, up to total preparedness of the security establishment
for internal and external threats.
It was further decided that a total curfew would be declared on the Arab-populated areas of Judea and Samaria. Army forces are to be thickened in Judea and Samaria, and specifically around Gaza, from where Kassam rockets are expected to be fired in response to the news.
Likud party leader MK Binyamin Netanyahu has suspended his decision that Likud ministers must leave the government. That decision was supposed to take effect on Sunday, after Prime Minister Sharon’s heart catheterization which had been scheduled for today (Thursday).
“We’re still in [the government]," a senior Likud official said.
"We have a responsibility to the country, and this not the time to discuss resignations." Netanyahu himself said that all politicking should be put on hold for a few days. Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, #2 man in the Likud, said, “This is a painful and difficult time for the Israeli people. The hour is difficult and complicated.”Education Minister Limor Livnat (Likud) said, “We are praying for the prime minister’s recovery. The Likud is represented at the cabinet meeting and will be here in the future.”
Agriculture Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud), one of the only opponents of the disengagement who remained in Sharon’s Cabinet, said, “The Likud will stay in the government to assist its new head.” He described Sharon as “a great fighter who is now lying powerless, and we are all praying for his welfare.”Justice Minister Tzippi Livni (Kadima), to whom Sharon was reportedly planning to grant a very high place on the party's Knesset list, said, “The message coming out of today’s cabinet meeting, aside from hoping and praying, is that the government is functioning. I will do everything I can to help the Acting Prime Minister function as leader of this government, and to make the right decisions.
I am certain that the other ministers will do the same.”Rabbi Yitzchak David Grossman, Chief Rabbi of the development town of Migdal HaEmek in the lower Galilee, visited Sharon's hospital room this afternoon. Rabbi Grossman, who spoke to Sharon yesterday afternoon, moved from Jerusalem's insulated Meah She'arim quarter over 30 years ago straight to Migdal HaEmek, is the founder and head of the Migdal Or yeshiva institutions, in which over 6,000 students - mostly from underprivileged homes - study.
Monday, January 02, 2006
AUSTRIA EU 2006 TAKEOVER
I like the way Jeremy Riflkin in his book, The European dream puts the European Union : How Europe's vision of the future is quietly eclipsing the American dream. In Chapter 9 called the United States of europe.
The European union is the third-largest governing institution in the world. Its 455 million citizens are spread out over a landmass that is half the size of the continental United States. In the course of the next 2 years, its people will ratify a constitution, pledgeing their lives and fortunes, and tying their personal and collective destiny to its political success.
What is Europe?
All in all , the EU is a remarkable feat, especially when one stops to reflect on the fact that even its architects are unsure of exactly what the EU represents. The problem is that there has never been any governing institution like the EU.
It is not a state, even though it acts like one. Its laws supercede the laws of the twenty- five nations that make it up and are binding. It has a single currency-the Euro-that is used by many of its members. It regulates commerce and trade and coordinates energy, transportation, communications, and increasingly, education across the many national borders that make it up.
Its citizens all enjoy a common EU passport. It has a European Parliament, which makes laws, and a European Court, whose judicial decisions are binding on member countries and the citizens of the EU. And it has a president and a military force. In many of the most important particulars that make up a state, the EU qualifies. Yet, it cannot tax its citizens, and its member states still enjoy a veto on any decision that might commit their troops to be employed.
The European union is the third-largest governing institution in the world. Its 455 million citizens are spread out over a landmass that is half the size of the continental United States. In the course of the next 2 years, its people will ratify a constitution, pledgeing their lives and fortunes, and tying their personal and collective destiny to its political success.
What is Europe?
All in all , the EU is a remarkable feat, especially when one stops to reflect on the fact that even its architects are unsure of exactly what the EU represents. The problem is that there has never been any governing institution like the EU.
It is not a state, even though it acts like one. Its laws supercede the laws of the twenty- five nations that make it up and are binding. It has a single currency-the Euro-that is used by many of its members. It regulates commerce and trade and coordinates energy, transportation, communications, and increasingly, education across the many national borders that make it up.
Its citizens all enjoy a common EU passport. It has a European Parliament, which makes laws, and a European Court, whose judicial decisions are binding on member countries and the citizens of the EU. And it has a president and a military force. In many of the most important particulars that make up a state, the EU qualifies. Yet, it cannot tax its citizens, and its member states still enjoy a veto on any decision that might commit their troops to be employed.
Most important of all, the EU is not a territory-bound entity. Although it coordinates and regulates activity that takes place within the territorial boundries of its nation-state members, it has no claim to territory and is, in fact, an extra-territorial governing institution. This is what makes the EU unique.
Nation-states are geographically defined governing institutions that control specific territory. Even dynasties and empires claimed ultimate control over the territory of their subject kingdoms. The only faint historical parallel to the EU is the Holy Roman Empire of the 8th to the early nineteenth centuries. In that period, the Vatican claimed ultimate sovereignty over the principalities, city-states, and kingdoms of much of western and northern Europe.
In reality, the Holy see's actual influence over territory-related matters was more moral and ethical than enforceable. The member states of the European Union still control the territory they represent, but their absolute power over geography has been steadily eroded by EU legislative encroachments.
For example, the Schengen Agreement, an EU agreement forged in 1985, gives the European Union the power to create a Europe -wide set of rules governing immigration into the EU, and even includes a European police force to protect the EU's members' borders. The individual states, however still retain the right to decide how mant immigrants to allow into their country and to designate which countries outside the EU they can emigrate from.
Because the EU itself is not bound by territorial constraints, it can continue to bring new states under its umbrella. Indeed, the eU's criteria for membership is value-based rather than geographically conditioned. In theory, any country can apply for membership and, if it fulfills the qualificatiions, be admitted into the union. The open-ended and inclusive nature of this new kind of governing institution has caused concern among existing members and tentions among prospective candidate nations.
Some argue that even though membership is value-based, it ought to be limited only to those countries that make up historical Europe. he problem is, historians disagree as to exactly what constitutes historical Europe. Geographers say there is no such thing as the European continent. Yet others argue that Europe begins at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean and extends across europe into Russia and even to Turkey to the southeast. Is Russia part of Europe or Asia? Is Turkey part of Europe or the Mideast? Recall, the ottman Empire controlled parts of europe at various times. So is Europe part of the Mideast?
Where, then does the European Union end? No one knows. EU observers use the term "variable geometry" to encompass all of the possible combinations that might make up this new governing experiment. If it's hard to grasp exactly what the EU is, it is because it is continuously metamorphosing into new forms as it adjusts to fast-moving new realities. The EU is , in actuality, the first really post-modern governing institution.
Like Daniel says this EU will devour the whole world thru peace agreements.
Daniel 2:33,39-43
33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Daniel 7:7-8,23-25
7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
'New thoughts' from Austria as it takes EU helm
By James Kanter International Herald Tribune
MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2006
Vienna : Austria is to revive the moribund European constitution and will promote expansion of the European Union, but it will also raise a critical voice on issues like the involvement of European institutions in the domestic affairs of the 25 member states, according to Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, whose country took over the six-month rotating EU presidency on Sunday.
Following months of bitter contention over the Union's direction, Schüssel, 60, said Europe needed "some moments of fantasy and flexibility and new thoughts." He said he would restart efforts to draft a new constitution at an EU conference on European identity to be held in Salzburg in late January. In an interview at his office at the chancellery, Schüssel was generally upbeat about Europe's prospects. But he warned that Turkey might never become a full member of the EU and said that the services directive, a bill making it easier for European workers and companies to offer services abroad, should be probably be scrapped and rewritten.
"We shouldn't wait too long to revive the debate on the European future," Schüssel said. He said he aimed to have a timetable and road map for ratification of a new European constitution ready by mid-2006, when Austria hands over the EU presidency to Finland. French and Dutch voters rejected the previous constitution in referendums last spring, effectively killing its chances of ratification. The dense and lengthy document had been drafted by about 100 European notables headed by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, the former French president.
Schüssel called that process elitist and anachronistic, declaring, "I want to avoid a top-down approach." This time, he said, a broad spectrum of citizens including scientists, journalists and professors should contribute ideas for a new constitution. "We should really now start again with a real European debate," he said in the interview Friday, adding that a new document could possibly be ratified in tandem with European parliamentary elections in 2009.
Although much of the current unhappiness about the EU appears to stem from the latest round of expansion, from 15 to 25 members, in May 2004, Schüssel said he would push plans to add another four members quickly. Romania and Bulgaria should be able to join by 2007, or 2008 at the latest, he said, while membership for Croatia and Macedonia should follow soon after.
The European Commission, the EU executive, is expected to announce in the coming months whether Romania and Bulgaria have made the grade. Bulgaria in particular has "made enormous progress in fights against organized crime," Schüssel said.
Regarding Turkey, which opened EU membership talks in October, Schüssel said it deserved to be a candidate even though the outcome of negotiations toward full membership remained uncertain. "The end must be open," he said. This is the second time Austria has held the EU presidency since the country of eight million joined the EU in 1995.
Schüssel, who has led the center-right People's Party for a decade, said the timing was felicitous because it coincided with the 250th anniversary of the birth of Mozart and the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sigmund Freud, both born in present-day Austria.
The anniversaries, he said, could serve as "a hook to make visible that Europe is not only one identity, but that European identity consists of a great variety of sounds, images, thoughts, poems, languages, cultures - even smells, when you think about all those varieties of cooking."
In addition to the focus on identity, Schüssel said, a key event of the Austrian presidency will be a conference in April, in the northern Austrian town of Saint Poelten, on the principle of "subsidiarity" - EU jargon for allowing member states to keep rule-making under local control where possible. Even as Europeans integrate their economies, it remains critical to respect national sovereignty, Schüssel said.
"There are some tendencies within the European Union that can be seen with critical eyes," he said, notably "an extension of communitarian law by the European court. The Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice is similar to the U.S. Supreme Court in the way it decides how to apply federal-style laws. A recent decision by EU judges to force national treasuries to reimburse companies for tax losses outside their home countries was among a series of "backdoor decisions of the European court" that Schüssel said served to extend EU law without politicians' prior agreement.
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