HERE WE GO JERUSALEM COULD GET INTO IT. LOOKOUT TROUBLE MOUNTS,THIS COULD BE THE START OF WW3 IF JERUSALEM GETS INVOLVED AND THE EU ARE SECURING ISRAELS SECURITY.
IF THE EU TROOPS TAKE ON THE TASK OF SECURING THE LENANON, ISRAEL BORDER LIKE I KNOW THEY WILL, AND IF TALK OF JERUSALEM BEING DIVIDED IS INVOLVED THEN WW3 CAN START ANY TIME. JERUSALEM IS THE KEY. BY DIVIDING JERUSALEM, GOD IS SO ANGRY THAT HE FORCES THE RUSSIA, MUSLIM HORDE TO COME AGAINST ISRAEL SO GOD HIMSELF CAN DESTROY 5/6TH OF THIS RUSSIA,MUSLIM HORDE. AND GOD ALSO DOES IT TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT HE IS THE TRUE GOD OF ISRAEL (JESUS) AND WILL KEEP HIS PROMISES TO ISRAEL, EVERY ONE OF THEM.
ZECHARIAH 12:1-3,10-11
1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced,(JESUS WHO IS GOD) and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
DANIEL 9:27
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
DANIEL 8:25
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:39
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
ISAIAH 28:14-19
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
TAKE NOTICE WHAT VERSE 14 SAYS YES ITS JERUSALEM THATS DIVIDED.THATS WHY GOD IS SO MAD AND WW3 RESULTS BECAUSE OF IT. IN DANIEL CHAPTERS 2 + 7 IT SAYS THE EU WILL BE THE LAST DAYS POWER AND IN DANIEL 9:24-27 IT INVOLVES ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM. YOU COULD NOT DIVIDE JERUSALEM IF IT WAS NOT IN ISRAELS HANDS, THATS WHY THE LAST DAYS COUNTDOWN STARTED WITH ISRAEL BECOMING A NATION AND RECAPTURING JERUSALEM IN THE SIX DAY WAR. JERUSALEM IS THE KEY. BECAUSE JERUSALEM WILL BE TROUBLSOME AND A CUP
OF TREMBLING IN THESE LAST DAYS.
EZEKIEL 38:3-4,17-23
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath( NUCLEAR BOMBS)(PHOSPHORUS) have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.
22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(OR PEACE TREATY)
THESE SCRIPTURES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES, NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.
LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
MATTHEW 24:37-51
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Leaked European Union Secret Report Smacks of Anti-Semitism
Jim Kouri, CPP,AUGUST 02, 2006
Jim Kouri, CPP is fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police and served in law enforcement for over 25 years. He writes for many police magazines such as Police Times. He's appeared as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, Fox News, etc. His book Assume The Position is available at Amazon.Com. His website is located at http://jimkouri.us
A leaked European Union secret report advises European government officials that they should consider direct intervention in an attempt to curb the systematic measures being undertaken by Israel to increase its control and population in the historically and legally Arab eastern sector of Jerusalem. The classified report warns that the chances of a two-state solution are being eroded by Israel's deliberate policy in breach of international law of completing the annexation of East Jerusalem.But European foreign ministers decided against releasing the report which also warns that rapid expansion of Jewish settlements in and around East
Jerusalem, along with use of the separation barrier to isolate East Jerusalem from the West Bank, risk radicalizing the relatively quiescent Palestinian population of East Jerusalem. They risk radicalizing the Palestinian population? Is there anything more radical than suicide bombers?
No where in the report is there mention of terrorist attacks by groups such as Hamas and Hezbullah. In fact, the report claims East Jerusalem belongs to the Palestinians and sees it as the eventual capital of the a new Palestinian state.The EU report also distorts the history of Jewish control of East Jerusalem. The report writers claim that the Israelis seized it during the Six Days War of 1967, without mentioning that the war was intiated by Arab nations and Israel was merely defending itself from multiple attacking armies.
They commandeered the territory in order to create a security buffer zone. Of course, to do so they had to push back the invading armies to prevent Israelis from being driven into the sea.The report's recommendations includes meeting with the elected-leaders of the Palestinians, such as President Mahmoud Abbas, to show support for their endeavors to create their own independent nation.
The classified report, leaked to a British news organization, says: Israel's activities in Jerusalem are in violation of both its Roadmap obligations and international law. We and others in the international community have made our concerns clear on numerous occasions with varying effect. Palestinians are, without exception, deeply alarmed about East Jerusalem. They fear that Israel will get away with it under cover of disengagement [from Gaza].This report shocks very few observers who follow European politics. Anti-semitism is deeply entrenched in these nations who are well-known appeasers. Although no single country is mentioned as far as their part in formulating the report, intelligence sources believe it has all the earmarks of a French and German coalition.
Even in the United States, there are many liberals and radical leftists who either criticize Israel or out and out blame the Jews for all the world's ills. So-called conservative Pat Buchanan and others have created this mythical Israeli lobby whom they blame for everything from foreign aid for Israel to the US invasion of Iraq. Meanwhile, anti-war movement icon Cindy Sheehan has repeatedly made references to American soldiers dying for Israel. Recently, this writer observed a bumber sticker that read: Fight for America, Not Israel. What strange bedfellows hatred for Israel breeds.
This secret report, although never officially released, displays a total distortion of Middle East history. Prior to the 1967 war, there was no such thing as Palestinians.Arabs who lived in that region called themselves Syrians or Egyptian or Jordanians. Even the top leader of the so-called Palestinian people Yassar Arafat was born and raised in Egypt and his biography refers to him as being Eqyptian.This writer's grandfather lived in the city of Haifa, but he called himself a Syrian (he left for America in 1917 because of the violence perpetrated by Muslims on the Christian Arabs). My grandfather and grandmother never called themselves Palestinians.
Thursday, August 03, 2006
THE RAPTURE BEFORE THE PEACE TREATY
1-Tropical storm Chris could grow into hurricane 28 minutes ago. 2-Quake hits off New Zealand; too deep for tsunami, say officials 3-Moderate quake shakes western Mexico. 4-UN Rushes Emergency Aid to Tajikistan After Earthquakes Affect Thousand. 5-Suburban Cleveland County on Shaky Ground year. 6-Two More Earthquakes Hit Mount St. Helens.7- 1 yr after expulsion of 9,000 JEWS. 8-Eu Foreign ministers gather for crisis talks on mideast. 9-Syria does not rule out Israeli attack FM.10-Why do some LUKEWARMERS) teach the Church will endure the Tribulation? 11-Pope renews Mideast peace appeal
I wonder today if there will be a Major disaster somewhere in the world today, a year after Israelis were takin off their God givin land.
If there is a Major disaster I predict millions could be affected.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; 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.
Tropical storm Chris could grow into hurricane 28 minutes
MIAMI (Reuters) - The third tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season bore down on the Caribbean's northern Leeward Islands on Tuesday and could become a hurricane headed for the Gulf of Mexico later this week, U.S. forecasters said.
Storm warnings were posted for many of the small northeastern Caribbean islands and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico as Tropical Storm Chris maximum sustained winds strengthened to 60 miles per hour (97 km per hour), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.Chris was 45 miles north-northeast of Barbuda by 8 p.m. EDT (midnight GMT), and moving toward the west-northwest at 13 mph (20 kph) -- a pace that would take it near or over the northernmost Leeward Islands overnight.
The Miami-based hurricane center warned that Chris could grow into a minimum-force hurricane in 72 hours as it neared the Florida Straits on a path that could take it into the Gulf of Mexico, where it could damage key U.S. oil and gas facilities.The waters of the Gulf are particularly warm, as they were last year when they helped hurricanes Katrina and Rita grow into monster storms before they slammed into the Louisiana and Texas coastlines. Hurricanes need warm water for fuel.The hurricane center said in a special discussion bulletin posted on its Web site that Chris's winds could reach 65 knots by Friday, just over the 64-knot, or 74 mph (119 kph) threshold at which tropical storms are classified as hurricanes.The storm's most likely path could take it north of the island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and just to the north of Cuba into the Florida Straits, the hurricane center said.
A tropical storm warning, telling residents to expect storm conditions within 24 hours, was issued for Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Anguilla, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Barthelemy, St. Martin, Puerto Rico and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands.The second storm of the season, Tropical Storm Beryl, skirted the North Carolina coast and blew over Nantucket Island and other northeastern tourist playgrounds in July.The first storm of what is expected to be a busy June to November hurricane season was Alberto, which moved ashore harmlessly in the Florida Panhandle in mid-June.Forecasters have predicted up to 17 tropical storms and hurricanes this year. Last year saw a record 28, including Katrina, the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history.
It devastated New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf Coast and killed more than 1,300 people.(Additional reporting by Michael Christie and Tom Brown in Miami)
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Quake hits off New Zealand; too deep for tsunami, say officials
Wellington, Aug. 2 (AP): A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck under the sea off New Zealand's North Island on Wednesday, but was too deep to trigger a tsunami, officials said. The quake at 12:46 p.m. local time (O046 GMT) occurred at a depth of 320 kilometers(200 miles) 760 kilometers (475 miles) north of North Island's East Cape, seismological agency GNS Science reported. The Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Management said the quake's magnitude was under the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center's threshold of 6.5 for issuing a warning bulletin. New Zealand, which sits above an area where two tectonic plates are colliding, experiences more than 14,000 earthquakes a year. Some 150 are felt and fewer than 10 cause any damage.
Moderate quake shakes western Mexico Mon Jul 31, 7:18 PM ET
MEXICO CITY - An earthquake shook part of western Mexico on Monday, but there were no reports of injuries or damage. The 5.4-magnitude temblor struck shortly before 1:30 p.m. and was centered in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Michoacan state, 45 miles southeast of the port city of Manzanillo, according to the U.S. National Earthquake Center.Local authorities said the quake did not cause any damage but was strong enough to be felt in Guadalajara, Mexico's second-largest city, 280 miles northwest of Mexico City.
UN Rushes Emergency Aid to Tajikistan After Earthquakes Affect Thousand
The United Nations is providing $20,000 in emergency assistance to Tajikistan after earthquakes hit two southern districts of the Central Asian country at the weekend, affecting around 9,000 people and damaging infrastructure in a region close to the border with Afghanistan.
Two earthquakes of magnitudes 5.3 and 5.4 hit areas of Kumsangir and Panj districts on Saturday, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a news release, adding that damage to electricity and other key social infrastructure had been reported in a large part of Kumsangir. There was no information on casualties.Tajikistan's Government has requested assistance from the UN and wider international community and there is an immediate need for tents, blankets, mattresses, food, clothing, fuel, medication and other equipment. The $20,000 emergency cash grant aims address these urgent requirements.
The Government, working with the UN Development Programme (<"http://content.undp.org/go/newsroom/">UNDP) and the Tajik Red Crescent, began an initial assessment mission on Saturday. <"http://ochaonline.un.org/webpage.asp?Page=873&Lang=en">OCHA has also contacted the Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan to gather information on the impact of the two earthquakes in that country, adding that an initial Government assessment mission indicated that damage was limited and that emergency relief needs are covered.The Afghan Red Crescent, with support from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), will provide food and supplies to over 100 families, while the UN Children's Fund (<"http://www.unicef.org/">UNICEF) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (<"http://www.unhcr.org/cgibin/texis/vtx/news">UNHCR) will provide other assistance.
Source: United Nations,judythpiazza@gmail.com,© 2006, NewsBlaze, Daily News
Suburban Cleveland County on Shaky Ground,By THOMAS J. SHEERAN
The Associated Press,Wednesday, August 2, 2006; 3:34 AM
MENTOR, Ohio -- A corner of suburban Cleveland has become the earthquake capital of Ohio, shaking on average every two weeks since New Year's Day and making people wonder: What's next?
The quakes haven't caused any serious problems, and sometimes even go unnoticed. Experts aren't sure why they are happening now, but they do know they are happening frequently: 12 were recorded in the area by July 1.The earthquakes have been small, measuring from magnitude 2.0 to 3.8. By comparison, the deadly quake that hit the Northridge area of Los Angeles in 1994 was a 6.7 magnitude.
Though they are happening often now, earthquakes aren't uncommon in the region. Lake County has been the site for 14 of the 20 earthquakes recorded in the state in the past two years. The quakes result from a fault, or crack, that is under pressure, one of a number of faults in Ohio, most of which are under the sedimentary bedrock.
Two More Earthquakes Hit Mount St. Helens
Sixth 3.1+ Quake Since Tuesday
MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. -- Two earthquakes registered Monday near Mount St. Helens.The first quake, magnitude 3.6 and classified as minor, hit at 2:34 a.m. A second quake shook the mountain at 9:44 a.m., registering 3.5.The shallow quakes were accompanied by rockfall from the lava dome.According the U.S. Geological Survey, six temblors magnitude 3.1 or higher have been recorded since Tuesday. Visit the USGS Web site for more details.A minor eruption has been under way at Mount St. Helens for nearly two years, with new rock pushing into the crater. Officials believe that there is little danger and allowed climbing to resume earlier this month.
One-Year Anniversary of Expulsion of 9,000 Jews
By Hillel Fendel(INN)
Mourning, longing and hope: Though for many expellees remembering it is difficult, events are being held this week to commemorate one year to the forced expulsion of 9,000 Jews by Ariel Sharon. A full roster of events is scheduled for Tuesday in Jerusalem.The first event was held this morning (Tuesday) at 8 AM near Kibbutz Kisufim, along the route leading into the Gush Katif area of Gaza.
The event, orchestrated by the youth of Gush Katif, featured the near-completion of a Gush Katif Torah Scroll, which will be brought to Jerusalem and deposited later today at the Western Wall - until its restoration to Gush Katif at the proper time.One of the main themes of today's events is Nashuv L'chol Yishuv. We Will Return to Every Community (theme sticker pictured above), along the lines of Next Year in Jerusalem.Between 10:30 and 16:00 in Binyanei HaUmah Convention Center in Jerusalem, a potpourri of lectures, panel discussions, films, personal stories, plays and photo/art exhibitions will be held for the public at large. At least five of the above will be held at any given hour. Many thousands are expected to show up; entrance is free.
Beginning at 3:30 PM, Gush Katif supporters will convene in Independence Park in downtown Jerusalem, with the participation of mayors from newly-besieged areas in northern and southern Israel. An exhibit of 35 years of Gush Katif and the 21 uprooted communities, featuring achievements in settlement, agriculture, Torah, arts, education and more, will be on display. Prominently featured will be the struggle for Gush Katif, the expulsion itself, and the following year of wandering and planning the new communities. The four destroyed northern Shomron communities of Sa-Nur, Chomesh, Ganim and Kadim will also be featured.
The Gush Katif Torah Scroll will be completed and then marched down towards the Western Wall.At the Western Wall, a massive prayer service will be held, beginning with the Mincha prayer and continuing with special Psalms. Former Chief Rabbis Avraham Shapira and Mordechai Eliyahu will take part. Egged bus lines will be added to the regular schedule to and from the Kotel (Western Wall).
Two Gush Katif films can be seen here: www.katifund.org/english/. The organizers hope to add more films in the future.Lior Kalfa, Chairman of the Gush Katif Communities Council, said at a press conference yesterday, Despite the war in the north, the memorial events will take place as scheduled; anniversary dates are not made-to-order... Though we had very strong feelings against the army because of its part in our expulsion, today, in real-time, we stand to the right of our brave soldiers, and the Kotel prayers will be dedicated, inter alia, to the success of our forces in the north and south, and to the return of our captives.Kalfa said that the goal of today's events would not be to tell the public which is beginning to realize the truth, We told you so.' We have no interest in rubbing salt in anyone's wounds. Instead, we wish to share with the public the beauty, the vitality and the values that characterized our life enterprise that is now destroyed.
Kalfa continued,
[Hizbullah leader Sheikh] Nasrallah compared Israel to a spider web that collapses into nothing. We know that he is soon to see how wrong he was. Our nation is much stronger than he thinks. Look for example at the resilience of the Gush Katif communities, which even after being thrown out of their homes have not fallen apart or lowered their heads, but rather are continuing to build and perpetuating the pioneering spirit of Zionism.
Look for instance at the heroism of our soldiers, and the Israeli homefront which is willing to suffer in order to allow the army to win. Even 2,000 years of exile have not broken our ancient people. Yes, we are commemorating the destruction of what we built, but we are also commemorating the spirit that does not cease beating within us and that will give life to our new communities as well.Many of the Gush Katif communities will hold their own memorial ceremonies in the coming days. A Hebrew list can be found at www.4katif.org.il/new/yom-shana-yisuvi.asp.
Commemorative events will be held in the United States as well, with a central ceremony taking place Tuesday evening in New York City. The event will take place at the Fifth Avenue Synagogue, 5 E. 62nd Street, between Fifth and Madison Avenues, from 8-10 PM. A film, along with educational material prepared by the Gush Katif Committee, will be on the program, along with a roster of distinguished guest speakers from Israel and from the New York community.Other events will be held in Silver Spring, Baltimore, Los Angeles, France, Norway and elsewhere. See www.katifund.org/english/Article.aspx?Item=88&Sectionfiltered=88 for details.
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.(THIS EU POLITICIAN COMES FROM THE OCCULT)
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
DANIEL 7:7-8,23-24
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.
REVELATION 13:1-2
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
REVELATION 17:3,7,9-13
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
EU foreign ministers gather for crisis talks on Middle East
01.08.2006 - 09:17 CET | By Honor Mahony(Eu Observer)
EU foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels today for crisis talks on the Middle East following almost three weeks of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.Member states will try and use the meeting to present a unified front on the conflict which has thrown up deep divisions around the call for an end to the violence.
The UK, particularly, has been backing Washington's stance in refusing to call for an immediate ceasefire instead backing wording that says sustainable ceasefire a wording battle that is also being played out at the UN.Critics of Washington and London's position says it is effectively allowing Israel to continue bombing
Hezbollah.
Germany has also not called for an immediate ceasefire, despite rising domestic pressure.The majority of member states, however, wants today's meeting to result in a call for an immediate ceasefire.If the EU cannot function and take a kind of leadership one can say goodbye to the union's influence for a very long time, said Finnish foreign minister Erkki Tuomioja, currently heading the EU, on the eve of the meeting. Political leaders in the European Parliament are also coming together again today for an extraordinary meeting to press member states to speak with one voice on the issue – they met two weeks ago and called for an immediate ceasefire.
Troops
Meanwhile, foreign ministers are also set to discuss the possibility of sending troops to the region as part of a UN mission but this would only occur if there was a ceasefire.Irish defence minister Willie O'Dea said his country could send up to 200 soldiers to Lebanon but only if conditions were right, while Italian foreign minister Massimo d'Alema said in a climate like this, nobody would send their own soldiers.France, Spain and Sweden are also considering sending soldiers but Germany and the Netherlands have indicated their troops are too stretched to consider participating in a peace-keeping force on the Israeli-Lebanon border.
The meeting will also discuss humanitarian aid to the region and how to safely evacuate refugees.Last week the EU pledged €11 million to help citizens from poorer countries leave Lebanon; this came on top of the €20 million promised to Lebanese caught up in the conflict.
The European Commission has also asked member states to release a further €30 million in aid.
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines(PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
Syria does not rule out Israeli attack: FM
(AFP) 1 August 2006
DOHA -Syria said Tuesday that it does not rule out coming under attack as Israel presses its three-week-old offensive against Lebanon with US backing.The Israeli assault against its northern neighbour comes as part of a premeditated plan and a political agenda agreed by the United States, Israel and some other regional parties,Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem told reporters after talks with Qatari officials in Doha.Those parties (will) try to achieve this agenda either by widening the Israeli aggression to include Syria or by imposing resolutions serving Israeli interests through the UN Security Council, he said.This possibility exists, and Syria has to be wary of these hidden intentions, Muallem said.
There is an intention to widen the aggression to include Syria, he added.Muallem, who met Monday with Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr al-Thani, made his remarks one day after Syrian President Bashar al Assad ordered his forces to step up their readiness.
Israel launched a devastating offensive against Lebanon following the July 12 capture by Shiite Hezbollah militants of two Israeli soldiers in a deadly cross border raid.Syria, the former power broker in Lebanon, has come under fire from both Israel and the United States over its support for Hezbollah although Israel has said it does not want to widen the conflict.Muallem dismissed as an Israeli fabrication reports that a bomb had targeted an Israeli patrol in the occupied Golan Heights on Monday.
The Syrian foreign minister did not identify the “regional parties” whom he said were in agreement with Israel and the United States.He said he had delivered a
message from Assad to the Qatari emir about the Lebanon conflict.Qatar is currently the only Arab country represented on the UN Security Council.
HERE YOU GO LUKEWARM INDIVIDUALS AND CHURCHES WHO DENY THE PRE TRIB RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH.
REVELATION 3:14-17,22
14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Why Do Some Teach that the Church will Endure the Tribulation?
From TRIUMPHANT RETURN,by Grant R. Jeffrey
Several incorrect premises have caused some to reject the pretribulation Rapture and accept the position called the postribulation Rapture. The first premise is an emotional contention that it would be unfair for the modern Church to escape to heaven scot free to escape the martyrdom that other believers have experienced. While it is easy to understand such an emotion, it would be wrong to deny the doctrine of the pretribulation Rapture on this basis alone.
The reality is that while many Christians have endured tremendous persecutions and tribulations, untold millions of believers have lived out their lives in times of peace. Furthermore, all of those Christians who died in either peace or persecution throughout history have already escaped the Great Tribulation.
An underlying attitude of many critics is their inorrect and unscriptural belief that the Church will somehow be purified by enduring the wrath of the Antichrist. However, the Scriptures declare that we are purified solely by the completed work of Christ on the Cross. If the Lord delays His return much longer, the rising tide of persecution of Christians affect the Church across the world. However, this will not constitute the Tribulation period which will be characterized by the wrath of God poured out from heaven on the unrepentant sinners during the final seven years of this age.
Some critics have claimed that those who teach the hope of the pretribulation rapture are leaving Christians unprepared for the possibility of the coming persecution of the Tribulation period.
However, in thirty-five years of teaching Bible prophecy, I have not witnessed pretribulation Rapture teachers instructing Christians that they are immune from end-time persecution. The prophecy teachers, myself included, who believe God promises that Christians will escape wrath of God in the Tribulation often warn believers that persecution is coming, even in North America, if the Lord tarries much longer. However, the postribulation Rapture position can rob the Church of her blessed hope.
Jesus promised, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. (Revelation 3:10).
The second and more important reason why some are teaching that the Church will be present during this terrible time is the failure to distinguish between God's plan for Israel and His plan for the Church, especially in the prophecy revealed by Christ in Matthew 24. They often acknowledge that there is strong biblical evidence for a pretribulation Rapture; however, they inevitably come back to their interpretation of Matthew 24, which seems to indicate that the Rapture follows the events of the Great Tribulation.
In the passage in Matthew 24, Christ is on the Temple Mount explaining to His Jewish disciples the events that will occur in Israel and in other nations that will lead to the return of Christ as their Jewish Messiah. The disciples' question that Jesus was answering concerned the coming of Israel's long-promised Kingdom, not the coming of Christ for His Church (which they did not even know about). It is easy to forget that, at this point, before the crucifixion of our Lord and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, there was no such thing as a Christian Church. If you had told one of the disciples during the week before Christ's crucifixion that someday there would be an organization based on Christ's teachings, called the Church, and that 99 percent of its members would be uncircumcised Gentiles who would follow neither Jewish law nor offer Temple sacrifices, he would probably have fallen off his
chair in shock and disbelief.
One of the classic mistakes in interpretation is to take this conversation between Christ and His Jewish disciples concerning the messianic kingdom and read back into it the reality of the Christian Church which did not come into existence until the Jews rejected Christ and God breathed life into His Body of believers.
Since Christ does not mention the Church to His disciples in this conversation, the plain interpretation is that Israel is the primary focus of the Prophecy of Matthew 24. Matthew 24 speaks of the Great Tribulation, and beginning at verse 15, Christ states that the Antichrist will set up the abomination of desolation (a supernatural statue of the Antichrist) to be worshiped in the Temple. In verses 40 and 41, Jesus says, Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. A vital question for students of the Bible is the identity of these people who shall be taken. Does this prophecy refer to the Church or does it reveal God's plans for the Tribulation saint who become believers after the Rapture?
This chapter tells us that at the end of the Great Tribulation, God will send His angels and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other (verse 31). These elect are the people who become believers during the Great Tribulation of three and one-half years. This gathering together is not the Rapture. This gathering of Tribulation believers takes place at the end of the Tribulation, whereas the Rapture of the Church occurs sometime prior to the beginning of the Great Tribulation when Antichrist sets himself up as God in the Temple. Notice that the angels gather the elect (verse 31), whereas, at the time of the Rapture, The Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first (1 Thessalonians 4:16--17).
This gathering of the elect Tribulation saints will occur at the conclusion of three and one-half years --- a period of time for which there are the most detailed prophecies found in the Bible.
The Bible describes many Tribulation events that must occur prior to the gathering of the Tribulation saints and thus, it cannot be correctly described as imminent.
These facts have caused many scholars to believe that this gathering is, therefore, a different event than the Rapture of the Church. However, when we turn our attention to the coming of Christ for His Church, we find that there are no
warnings or signals given to indicate the time of the Rapture. The Rapture can literally occur at any time.
The third reason postribulationist writers have attacked the pretribulation Rapture doctrine by claiming that it cannot be true because no Church writer or Reformer ever taught this doctrine until approximately 170 years ago until it was introduced by John Darby, a Plymouth Brethren. Their argument that no one ever saw this truth throughout eighteen hundred years of Church history has been very effective, causing many Christians to abandon their belief in the pretribulation Rapture. The only problem is that their assertion that no one in the early Church taught the pretribulation Rapture has been found to be incorrect.
Obviously the truth about the time of the Rapture can be found only in Scripture. The Protestant Reformation was based essentially on this return to the authority of the Bible. The Latin phrase sola Scriptura, meaning Scripture alone became the rallying cry of the Reformers who ignored centuries of tradition and church councils in their insistence that truth could only be discovered in the Word of God.
While the resolution of this issue must be based on our interpretation of Scripture, it is important to answer the errors of our opponents, who disparage the blessed hope of the Rapture with misinformation about the modern rediscovery of the truth about the pretribulation Rapture.A Discovery that the Pretribulation Rapture Was Taught in the Early Church.During the summer of 1994, after more than a decade of searching, I discovered several fascinating manuscripts that contain clear evidence of the teaching of the pre-tribulation rapture in the early church.
Ephraem's Teaching on the Pretribulation Rapture
For all the saints and Elect of God are gathered, prior to the tribulation that is to come, and are taken to the Lord lest they see the confusion that is to overwhelm the world because of our sins. (On the Last Times, the Antichrist, and the End of the World, by Ephraem the Syrian, A.D. 373)
The early Christian writer and poet, Ephraem the Syrian, (A.D. 306 - 373) was a major theologian of the early Byzantine Eastern Church. He was born near Nisbis, in the Roman province of Syria, near present-day Edessa, Turkey. Ephraem's fascinating
teaching on the Antichrist has never been published in English until I wrote FINAL WARNING in 1995.
Some scholars suggested that this manuscript was written several centuries later (5th or 6th century) but definitely before the birth of Islam in 622. However William Bousset, one of the greatest scholars on ancient eschatology, concluded in his book The Antichrist Legend that it was written by Ephraem the Syrian before A.D. 373.1 Andrew R. Anderson wrote in his book Alexander's Gate that he accepted the early date as being valid.2
This critically important prophecy manuscript from the fourth century of the Church era reveals a very clear statement about the pretribulational return of Christ to take His elect saints home to heaven to escape the coming Tribulation. For additional details read the article Examining an ancient Pre-tribulation Rapture statement on this web site.
1. William Bousset, The Antichrist Legend, trans. A. H. Keane (London: Hutchinson & Co., 1896)
2. Andrew R. Anderson, Alexander's Gate: Gog and Magog and the Enclosed Nations. Monographs of the Mediaeval Academy of
America, no. 5. (Cambridge, MA.: Mediaeval Academy of America, 1932)
Pope renews Mideast peace appeal
Calls for immediate ceasefire and laments childrens' deaths
(ANSA) - Vatican City, August 2 - Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday renewed his call for a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, saying that nothing could justify the spilling of innocent blood.Addressing a crowd-packed St. Peter's Square at the end of his midweek audience, the pope said that "our eyes are full of horrifying images of the mangled bodies of so many people, particularly children.The 79-year-old pontiff specifically referred to an Israeli air strike against the Lebanese town of Qana on Sunday which killed at least 54 civilians including 37 children .
I would like to repeat that nothing, anywhere can justify the spilling of innocent blood,the pope continued .With an anguished heart, I renew a pressing appeal for all hostilities and violence to be halted,he said, urging the international community to work on a definitive political solution to the crisis .The pope said he would continue to pray for the dear and tortured region of the Middle East.
It was the pope's third appeal for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah .Last month, he condemned the war, saying that history had shown no good would come of such conflicts .The 22-day-old conflict was triggered by a deadly Hezbollah incursion into Israeli territory on July 12 when guerrillas belonging to the group killed eight Israeli soldiers and captured two others .International calls for
an end to hostilities grew after Israel's bombing of Qana and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert subsequently agreed to suspend aerial attacks against Lebanon for 48 hours. But Olmert also said Israel needed 10-14 more days to continue its military offensive against Hezbollah, which is based in southern Lebanon and is backed by Iran and Syria .
The Israeli leader said on Wednesday that Israel would continue its offensive in southern Lebanon until the arrival of a strong international buffer force, arguing that a truce would give Hezbollah a chance to regroup .Hezbollah guerrillas and some 6,000 Israeli troops were meanwhile battling each other on five fronts in southern Lebanon while Hezbollah rockets pounded northern Israel .So far, at least 645 people have been killed in Lebanon and more than 50 in Israel .Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema argued last week that it was necessary to involve Iran and Syria which Israel accuses of inciting the kidnappings and attacks on its cities from southern Lebanon in peace negotiations to break the negative spiral.Last week, D'Alema presided with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice over a conference on Lebanon in Rome.
The summit brought together ministers from 13 countries (Italy, the US, Lebanon, Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Russia, Finland, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Turkey) plus representatives from the UN, the World Bank and the European Union. Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora was present along with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. But neither Israel nor Hezbollah representatives attended, and nor did Syria and Iran .In their final statement, the diplomats pledged to do their best to help achieve a lasting, permanent and sustainable ceasefire but stopped short of calling for an immediate truce, leading critics to brand it a failure .On Tuesday, the EU called for an urgent truce to be followed by a sustainable ceasefire, toning down demands for an immediate ceasefire at the insistence of Britain and other US allies .Meanwhile, Rice repeated her prediction that a ceasefire could be secured within the week .© ANSA.
I wonder today if there will be a Major disaster somewhere in the world today, a year after Israelis were takin off their God givin land.
If there is a Major disaster I predict millions could be affected.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; 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.
Tropical storm Chris could grow into hurricane 28 minutes
MIAMI (Reuters) - The third tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season bore down on the Caribbean's northern Leeward Islands on Tuesday and could become a hurricane headed for the Gulf of Mexico later this week, U.S. forecasters said.
Storm warnings were posted for many of the small northeastern Caribbean islands and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico as Tropical Storm Chris maximum sustained winds strengthened to 60 miles per hour (97 km per hour), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.Chris was 45 miles north-northeast of Barbuda by 8 p.m. EDT (midnight GMT), and moving toward the west-northwest at 13 mph (20 kph) -- a pace that would take it near or over the northernmost Leeward Islands overnight.
The Miami-based hurricane center warned that Chris could grow into a minimum-force hurricane in 72 hours as it neared the Florida Straits on a path that could take it into the Gulf of Mexico, where it could damage key U.S. oil and gas facilities.The waters of the Gulf are particularly warm, as they were last year when they helped hurricanes Katrina and Rita grow into monster storms before they slammed into the Louisiana and Texas coastlines. Hurricanes need warm water for fuel.The hurricane center said in a special discussion bulletin posted on its Web site that Chris's winds could reach 65 knots by Friday, just over the 64-knot, or 74 mph (119 kph) threshold at which tropical storms are classified as hurricanes.The storm's most likely path could take it north of the island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and just to the north of Cuba into the Florida Straits, the hurricane center said.
A tropical storm warning, telling residents to expect storm conditions within 24 hours, was issued for Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Anguilla, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Barthelemy, St. Martin, Puerto Rico and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands.The second storm of the season, Tropical Storm Beryl, skirted the North Carolina coast and blew over Nantucket Island and other northeastern tourist playgrounds in July.The first storm of what is expected to be a busy June to November hurricane season was Alberto, which moved ashore harmlessly in the Florida Panhandle in mid-June.Forecasters have predicted up to 17 tropical storms and hurricanes this year. Last year saw a record 28, including Katrina, the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history.
It devastated New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf Coast and killed more than 1,300 people.(Additional reporting by Michael Christie and Tom Brown in Miami)
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Quake hits off New Zealand; too deep for tsunami, say officials
Wellington, Aug. 2 (AP): A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck under the sea off New Zealand's North Island on Wednesday, but was too deep to trigger a tsunami, officials said. The quake at 12:46 p.m. local time (O046 GMT) occurred at a depth of 320 kilometers(200 miles) 760 kilometers (475 miles) north of North Island's East Cape, seismological agency GNS Science reported. The Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Management said the quake's magnitude was under the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center's threshold of 6.5 for issuing a warning bulletin. New Zealand, which sits above an area where two tectonic plates are colliding, experiences more than 14,000 earthquakes a year. Some 150 are felt and fewer than 10 cause any damage.
Moderate quake shakes western Mexico Mon Jul 31, 7:18 PM ET
MEXICO CITY - An earthquake shook part of western Mexico on Monday, but there were no reports of injuries or damage. The 5.4-magnitude temblor struck shortly before 1:30 p.m. and was centered in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Michoacan state, 45 miles southeast of the port city of Manzanillo, according to the U.S. National Earthquake Center.Local authorities said the quake did not cause any damage but was strong enough to be felt in Guadalajara, Mexico's second-largest city, 280 miles northwest of Mexico City.
UN Rushes Emergency Aid to Tajikistan After Earthquakes Affect Thousand
The United Nations is providing $20,000 in emergency assistance to Tajikistan after earthquakes hit two southern districts of the Central Asian country at the weekend, affecting around 9,000 people and damaging infrastructure in a region close to the border with Afghanistan.
Two earthquakes of magnitudes 5.3 and 5.4 hit areas of Kumsangir and Panj districts on Saturday, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a news release, adding that damage to electricity and other key social infrastructure had been reported in a large part of Kumsangir. There was no information on casualties.Tajikistan's Government has requested assistance from the UN and wider international community and there is an immediate need for tents, blankets, mattresses, food, clothing, fuel, medication and other equipment. The $20,000 emergency cash grant aims address these urgent requirements.
The Government, working with the UN Development Programme (<"http://content.undp.org/go/newsroom/">UNDP) and the Tajik Red Crescent, began an initial assessment mission on Saturday. <"http://ochaonline.un.org/webpage.asp?Page=873&Lang=en">OCHA has also contacted the Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan to gather information on the impact of the two earthquakes in that country, adding that an initial Government assessment mission indicated that damage was limited and that emergency relief needs are covered.The Afghan Red Crescent, with support from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), will provide food and supplies to over 100 families, while the UN Children's Fund (<"http://www.unicef.org/">UNICEF) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (<"http://www.unhcr.org/cgibin/texis/vtx/news">UNHCR) will provide other assistance.
Source: United Nations,judythpiazza@gmail.com,© 2006, NewsBlaze, Daily News
Suburban Cleveland County on Shaky Ground,By THOMAS J. SHEERAN
The Associated Press,Wednesday, August 2, 2006; 3:34 AM
MENTOR, Ohio -- A corner of suburban Cleveland has become the earthquake capital of Ohio, shaking on average every two weeks since New Year's Day and making people wonder: What's next?
The quakes haven't caused any serious problems, and sometimes even go unnoticed. Experts aren't sure why they are happening now, but they do know they are happening frequently: 12 were recorded in the area by July 1.The earthquakes have been small, measuring from magnitude 2.0 to 3.8. By comparison, the deadly quake that hit the Northridge area of Los Angeles in 1994 was a 6.7 magnitude.
Though they are happening often now, earthquakes aren't uncommon in the region. Lake County has been the site for 14 of the 20 earthquakes recorded in the state in the past two years. The quakes result from a fault, or crack, that is under pressure, one of a number of faults in Ohio, most of which are under the sedimentary bedrock.
Two More Earthquakes Hit Mount St. Helens
Sixth 3.1+ Quake Since Tuesday
MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. -- Two earthquakes registered Monday near Mount St. Helens.The first quake, magnitude 3.6 and classified as minor, hit at 2:34 a.m. A second quake shook the mountain at 9:44 a.m., registering 3.5.The shallow quakes were accompanied by rockfall from the lava dome.According the U.S. Geological Survey, six temblors magnitude 3.1 or higher have been recorded since Tuesday. Visit the USGS Web site for more details.A minor eruption has been under way at Mount St. Helens for nearly two years, with new rock pushing into the crater. Officials believe that there is little danger and allowed climbing to resume earlier this month.
One-Year Anniversary of Expulsion of 9,000 Jews
By Hillel Fendel(INN)
Mourning, longing and hope: Though for many expellees remembering it is difficult, events are being held this week to commemorate one year to the forced expulsion of 9,000 Jews by Ariel Sharon. A full roster of events is scheduled for Tuesday in Jerusalem.The first event was held this morning (Tuesday) at 8 AM near Kibbutz Kisufim, along the route leading into the Gush Katif area of Gaza.
The event, orchestrated by the youth of Gush Katif, featured the near-completion of a Gush Katif Torah Scroll, which will be brought to Jerusalem and deposited later today at the Western Wall - until its restoration to Gush Katif at the proper time.One of the main themes of today's events is Nashuv L'chol Yishuv. We Will Return to Every Community (theme sticker pictured above), along the lines of Next Year in Jerusalem.Between 10:30 and 16:00 in Binyanei HaUmah Convention Center in Jerusalem, a potpourri of lectures, panel discussions, films, personal stories, plays and photo/art exhibitions will be held for the public at large. At least five of the above will be held at any given hour. Many thousands are expected to show up; entrance is free.
Beginning at 3:30 PM, Gush Katif supporters will convene in Independence Park in downtown Jerusalem, with the participation of mayors from newly-besieged areas in northern and southern Israel. An exhibit of 35 years of Gush Katif and the 21 uprooted communities, featuring achievements in settlement, agriculture, Torah, arts, education and more, will be on display. Prominently featured will be the struggle for Gush Katif, the expulsion itself, and the following year of wandering and planning the new communities. The four destroyed northern Shomron communities of Sa-Nur, Chomesh, Ganim and Kadim will also be featured.
The Gush Katif Torah Scroll will be completed and then marched down towards the Western Wall.At the Western Wall, a massive prayer service will be held, beginning with the Mincha prayer and continuing with special Psalms. Former Chief Rabbis Avraham Shapira and Mordechai Eliyahu will take part. Egged bus lines will be added to the regular schedule to and from the Kotel (Western Wall).
Two Gush Katif films can be seen here: www.katifund.org/english/. The organizers hope to add more films in the future.Lior Kalfa, Chairman of the Gush Katif Communities Council, said at a press conference yesterday, Despite the war in the north, the memorial events will take place as scheduled; anniversary dates are not made-to-order... Though we had very strong feelings against the army because of its part in our expulsion, today, in real-time, we stand to the right of our brave soldiers, and the Kotel prayers will be dedicated, inter alia, to the success of our forces in the north and south, and to the return of our captives.Kalfa said that the goal of today's events would not be to tell the public which is beginning to realize the truth, We told you so.' We have no interest in rubbing salt in anyone's wounds. Instead, we wish to share with the public the beauty, the vitality and the values that characterized our life enterprise that is now destroyed.
Kalfa continued,
[Hizbullah leader Sheikh] Nasrallah compared Israel to a spider web that collapses into nothing. We know that he is soon to see how wrong he was. Our nation is much stronger than he thinks. Look for example at the resilience of the Gush Katif communities, which even after being thrown out of their homes have not fallen apart or lowered their heads, but rather are continuing to build and perpetuating the pioneering spirit of Zionism.
Look for instance at the heroism of our soldiers, and the Israeli homefront which is willing to suffer in order to allow the army to win. Even 2,000 years of exile have not broken our ancient people. Yes, we are commemorating the destruction of what we built, but we are also commemorating the spirit that does not cease beating within us and that will give life to our new communities as well.Many of the Gush Katif communities will hold their own memorial ceremonies in the coming days. A Hebrew list can be found at www.4katif.org.il/new/yom-shana-yisuvi.asp.
Commemorative events will be held in the United States as well, with a central ceremony taking place Tuesday evening in New York City. The event will take place at the Fifth Avenue Synagogue, 5 E. 62nd Street, between Fifth and Madison Avenues, from 8-10 PM. A film, along with educational material prepared by the Gush Katif Committee, will be on the program, along with a roster of distinguished guest speakers from Israel and from the New York community.Other events will be held in Silver Spring, Baltimore, Los Angeles, France, Norway and elsewhere. See www.katifund.org/english/Article.aspx?Item=88&Sectionfiltered=88 for details.
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.(THIS EU POLITICIAN COMES FROM THE OCCULT)
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
DANIEL 7:7-8,23-24
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.
REVELATION 13:1-2
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
REVELATION 17:3,7,9-13
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
EU foreign ministers gather for crisis talks on Middle East
01.08.2006 - 09:17 CET | By Honor Mahony(Eu Observer)
EU foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels today for crisis talks on the Middle East following almost three weeks of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.Member states will try and use the meeting to present a unified front on the conflict which has thrown up deep divisions around the call for an end to the violence.
The UK, particularly, has been backing Washington's stance in refusing to call for an immediate ceasefire instead backing wording that says sustainable ceasefire a wording battle that is also being played out at the UN.Critics of Washington and London's position says it is effectively allowing Israel to continue bombing
Hezbollah.
Germany has also not called for an immediate ceasefire, despite rising domestic pressure.The majority of member states, however, wants today's meeting to result in a call for an immediate ceasefire.If the EU cannot function and take a kind of leadership one can say goodbye to the union's influence for a very long time, said Finnish foreign minister Erkki Tuomioja, currently heading the EU, on the eve of the meeting. Political leaders in the European Parliament are also coming together again today for an extraordinary meeting to press member states to speak with one voice on the issue – they met two weeks ago and called for an immediate ceasefire.
Troops
Meanwhile, foreign ministers are also set to discuss the possibility of sending troops to the region as part of a UN mission but this would only occur if there was a ceasefire.Irish defence minister Willie O'Dea said his country could send up to 200 soldiers to Lebanon but only if conditions were right, while Italian foreign minister Massimo d'Alema said in a climate like this, nobody would send their own soldiers.France, Spain and Sweden are also considering sending soldiers but Germany and the Netherlands have indicated their troops are too stretched to consider participating in a peace-keeping force on the Israeli-Lebanon border.
The meeting will also discuss humanitarian aid to the region and how to safely evacuate refugees.Last week the EU pledged €11 million to help citizens from poorer countries leave Lebanon; this came on top of the €20 million promised to Lebanese caught up in the conflict.
The European Commission has also asked member states to release a further €30 million in aid.
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines(PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
Syria does not rule out Israeli attack: FM
(AFP) 1 August 2006
DOHA -Syria said Tuesday that it does not rule out coming under attack as Israel presses its three-week-old offensive against Lebanon with US backing.The Israeli assault against its northern neighbour comes as part of a premeditated plan and a political agenda agreed by the United States, Israel and some other regional parties,Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem told reporters after talks with Qatari officials in Doha.Those parties (will) try to achieve this agenda either by widening the Israeli aggression to include Syria or by imposing resolutions serving Israeli interests through the UN Security Council, he said.This possibility exists, and Syria has to be wary of these hidden intentions, Muallem said.
There is an intention to widen the aggression to include Syria, he added.Muallem, who met Monday with Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr al-Thani, made his remarks one day after Syrian President Bashar al Assad ordered his forces to step up their readiness.
Israel launched a devastating offensive against Lebanon following the July 12 capture by Shiite Hezbollah militants of two Israeli soldiers in a deadly cross border raid.Syria, the former power broker in Lebanon, has come under fire from both Israel and the United States over its support for Hezbollah although Israel has said it does not want to widen the conflict.Muallem dismissed as an Israeli fabrication reports that a bomb had targeted an Israeli patrol in the occupied Golan Heights on Monday.
The Syrian foreign minister did not identify the “regional parties” whom he said were in agreement with Israel and the United States.He said he had delivered a
message from Assad to the Qatari emir about the Lebanon conflict.Qatar is currently the only Arab country represented on the UN Security Council.
HERE YOU GO LUKEWARM INDIVIDUALS AND CHURCHES WHO DENY THE PRE TRIB RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH.
REVELATION 3:14-17,22
14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Why Do Some Teach that the Church will Endure the Tribulation?
From TRIUMPHANT RETURN,by Grant R. Jeffrey
Several incorrect premises have caused some to reject the pretribulation Rapture and accept the position called the postribulation Rapture. The first premise is an emotional contention that it would be unfair for the modern Church to escape to heaven scot free to escape the martyrdom that other believers have experienced. While it is easy to understand such an emotion, it would be wrong to deny the doctrine of the pretribulation Rapture on this basis alone.
The reality is that while many Christians have endured tremendous persecutions and tribulations, untold millions of believers have lived out their lives in times of peace. Furthermore, all of those Christians who died in either peace or persecution throughout history have already escaped the Great Tribulation.
An underlying attitude of many critics is their inorrect and unscriptural belief that the Church will somehow be purified by enduring the wrath of the Antichrist. However, the Scriptures declare that we are purified solely by the completed work of Christ on the Cross. If the Lord delays His return much longer, the rising tide of persecution of Christians affect the Church across the world. However, this will not constitute the Tribulation period which will be characterized by the wrath of God poured out from heaven on the unrepentant sinners during the final seven years of this age.
Some critics have claimed that those who teach the hope of the pretribulation rapture are leaving Christians unprepared for the possibility of the coming persecution of the Tribulation period.
However, in thirty-five years of teaching Bible prophecy, I have not witnessed pretribulation Rapture teachers instructing Christians that they are immune from end-time persecution. The prophecy teachers, myself included, who believe God promises that Christians will escape wrath of God in the Tribulation often warn believers that persecution is coming, even in North America, if the Lord tarries much longer. However, the postribulation Rapture position can rob the Church of her blessed hope.
Jesus promised, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. (Revelation 3:10).
The second and more important reason why some are teaching that the Church will be present during this terrible time is the failure to distinguish between God's plan for Israel and His plan for the Church, especially in the prophecy revealed by Christ in Matthew 24. They often acknowledge that there is strong biblical evidence for a pretribulation Rapture; however, they inevitably come back to their interpretation of Matthew 24, which seems to indicate that the Rapture follows the events of the Great Tribulation.
In the passage in Matthew 24, Christ is on the Temple Mount explaining to His Jewish disciples the events that will occur in Israel and in other nations that will lead to the return of Christ as their Jewish Messiah. The disciples' question that Jesus was answering concerned the coming of Israel's long-promised Kingdom, not the coming of Christ for His Church (which they did not even know about). It is easy to forget that, at this point, before the crucifixion of our Lord and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, there was no such thing as a Christian Church. If you had told one of the disciples during the week before Christ's crucifixion that someday there would be an organization based on Christ's teachings, called the Church, and that 99 percent of its members would be uncircumcised Gentiles who would follow neither Jewish law nor offer Temple sacrifices, he would probably have fallen off his
chair in shock and disbelief.
One of the classic mistakes in interpretation is to take this conversation between Christ and His Jewish disciples concerning the messianic kingdom and read back into it the reality of the Christian Church which did not come into existence until the Jews rejected Christ and God breathed life into His Body of believers.
Since Christ does not mention the Church to His disciples in this conversation, the plain interpretation is that Israel is the primary focus of the Prophecy of Matthew 24. Matthew 24 speaks of the Great Tribulation, and beginning at verse 15, Christ states that the Antichrist will set up the abomination of desolation (a supernatural statue of the Antichrist) to be worshiped in the Temple. In verses 40 and 41, Jesus says, Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. A vital question for students of the Bible is the identity of these people who shall be taken. Does this prophecy refer to the Church or does it reveal God's plans for the Tribulation saint who become believers after the Rapture?
This chapter tells us that at the end of the Great Tribulation, God will send His angels and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other (verse 31). These elect are the people who become believers during the Great Tribulation of three and one-half years. This gathering together is not the Rapture. This gathering of Tribulation believers takes place at the end of the Tribulation, whereas the Rapture of the Church occurs sometime prior to the beginning of the Great Tribulation when Antichrist sets himself up as God in the Temple. Notice that the angels gather the elect (verse 31), whereas, at the time of the Rapture, The Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first (1 Thessalonians 4:16--17).
This gathering of the elect Tribulation saints will occur at the conclusion of three and one-half years --- a period of time for which there are the most detailed prophecies found in the Bible.
The Bible describes many Tribulation events that must occur prior to the gathering of the Tribulation saints and thus, it cannot be correctly described as imminent.
These facts have caused many scholars to believe that this gathering is, therefore, a different event than the Rapture of the Church. However, when we turn our attention to the coming of Christ for His Church, we find that there are no
warnings or signals given to indicate the time of the Rapture. The Rapture can literally occur at any time.
The third reason postribulationist writers have attacked the pretribulation Rapture doctrine by claiming that it cannot be true because no Church writer or Reformer ever taught this doctrine until approximately 170 years ago until it was introduced by John Darby, a Plymouth Brethren. Their argument that no one ever saw this truth throughout eighteen hundred years of Church history has been very effective, causing many Christians to abandon their belief in the pretribulation Rapture. The only problem is that their assertion that no one in the early Church taught the pretribulation Rapture has been found to be incorrect.
Obviously the truth about the time of the Rapture can be found only in Scripture. The Protestant Reformation was based essentially on this return to the authority of the Bible. The Latin phrase sola Scriptura, meaning Scripture alone became the rallying cry of the Reformers who ignored centuries of tradition and church councils in their insistence that truth could only be discovered in the Word of God.
While the resolution of this issue must be based on our interpretation of Scripture, it is important to answer the errors of our opponents, who disparage the blessed hope of the Rapture with misinformation about the modern rediscovery of the truth about the pretribulation Rapture.A Discovery that the Pretribulation Rapture Was Taught in the Early Church.During the summer of 1994, after more than a decade of searching, I discovered several fascinating manuscripts that contain clear evidence of the teaching of the pre-tribulation rapture in the early church.
Ephraem's Teaching on the Pretribulation Rapture
For all the saints and Elect of God are gathered, prior to the tribulation that is to come, and are taken to the Lord lest they see the confusion that is to overwhelm the world because of our sins. (On the Last Times, the Antichrist, and the End of the World, by Ephraem the Syrian, A.D. 373)
The early Christian writer and poet, Ephraem the Syrian, (A.D. 306 - 373) was a major theologian of the early Byzantine Eastern Church. He was born near Nisbis, in the Roman province of Syria, near present-day Edessa, Turkey. Ephraem's fascinating
teaching on the Antichrist has never been published in English until I wrote FINAL WARNING in 1995.
Some scholars suggested that this manuscript was written several centuries later (5th or 6th century) but definitely before the birth of Islam in 622. However William Bousset, one of the greatest scholars on ancient eschatology, concluded in his book The Antichrist Legend that it was written by Ephraem the Syrian before A.D. 373.1 Andrew R. Anderson wrote in his book Alexander's Gate that he accepted the early date as being valid.2
This critically important prophecy manuscript from the fourth century of the Church era reveals a very clear statement about the pretribulational return of Christ to take His elect saints home to heaven to escape the coming Tribulation. For additional details read the article Examining an ancient Pre-tribulation Rapture statement on this web site.
1. William Bousset, The Antichrist Legend, trans. A. H. Keane (London: Hutchinson & Co., 1896)
2. Andrew R. Anderson, Alexander's Gate: Gog and Magog and the Enclosed Nations. Monographs of the Mediaeval Academy of
America, no. 5. (Cambridge, MA.: Mediaeval Academy of America, 1932)
Pope renews Mideast peace appeal
Calls for immediate ceasefire and laments childrens' deaths
(ANSA) - Vatican City, August 2 - Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday renewed his call for a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, saying that nothing could justify the spilling of innocent blood.Addressing a crowd-packed St. Peter's Square at the end of his midweek audience, the pope said that "our eyes are full of horrifying images of the mangled bodies of so many people, particularly children.The 79-year-old pontiff specifically referred to an Israeli air strike against the Lebanese town of Qana on Sunday which killed at least 54 civilians including 37 children .
I would like to repeat that nothing, anywhere can justify the spilling of innocent blood,the pope continued .With an anguished heart, I renew a pressing appeal for all hostilities and violence to be halted,he said, urging the international community to work on a definitive political solution to the crisis .The pope said he would continue to pray for the dear and tortured region of the Middle East.
It was the pope's third appeal for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah .Last month, he condemned the war, saying that history had shown no good would come of such conflicts .The 22-day-old conflict was triggered by a deadly Hezbollah incursion into Israeli territory on July 12 when guerrillas belonging to the group killed eight Israeli soldiers and captured two others .International calls for
an end to hostilities grew after Israel's bombing of Qana and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert subsequently agreed to suspend aerial attacks against Lebanon for 48 hours. But Olmert also said Israel needed 10-14 more days to continue its military offensive against Hezbollah, which is based in southern Lebanon and is backed by Iran and Syria .
The Israeli leader said on Wednesday that Israel would continue its offensive in southern Lebanon until the arrival of a strong international buffer force, arguing that a truce would give Hezbollah a chance to regroup .Hezbollah guerrillas and some 6,000 Israeli troops were meanwhile battling each other on five fronts in southern Lebanon while Hezbollah rockets pounded northern Israel .So far, at least 645 people have been killed in Lebanon and more than 50 in Israel .Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema argued last week that it was necessary to involve Iran and Syria which Israel accuses of inciting the kidnappings and attacks on its cities from southern Lebanon in peace negotiations to break the negative spiral.Last week, D'Alema presided with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice over a conference on Lebanon in Rome.
The summit brought together ministers from 13 countries (Italy, the US, Lebanon, Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Russia, Finland, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Turkey) plus representatives from the UN, the World Bank and the European Union. Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora was present along with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. But neither Israel nor Hezbollah representatives attended, and nor did Syria and Iran .In their final statement, the diplomats pledged to do their best to help achieve a lasting, permanent and sustainable ceasefire but stopped short of calling for an immediate truce, leading critics to brand it a failure .On Tuesday, the EU called for an urgent truce to be followed by a sustainable ceasefire, toning down demands for an immediate ceasefire at the insistence of Britain and other US allies .Meanwhile, Rice repeated her prediction that a ceasefire could be secured within the week .© ANSA.
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
DANIELS PREDICTION COMES LITERALLY TO LIFE
1-Book of Daniel comes literally to life. 2-Eu seeks common stance on mideast cease fire. 3-Few canadians back Harpers pro Israel stand. 4-Train links to Pakistan destroyed by rain. 5-Strong Indian Monsoon brings misery. 6-Indonesias volcanoe spews more Lava. 7-Us weather and heatwave continues.
BOOK OF DANIEL COMES LITERALLY TO LIFE
Heres something I find real interesting in the EU Constitution. If it will be confirmed, now I believe it will be agreed on and the Constitution will come in to effect. But Why?
The Presidency system
22. The Constitution provides for the replacement of the existing six-monthly rotating Presidency by a Team Presidency system. Under it, all Councils apart from the Foreign Affairs Council (which will be chaired by the European Union Foreign Minister) will be chaired by a team of three Member States holding the Presidency for 18 months. In principle, one Member State will preside over all the Councils for 6 months, supported by others in the Team, though the Member States concerned may agree alternative arrangements amongst themselves. The details of rotation will be set out in a separate Council Decision.
23. The Government believes that the Team Presidency system will provide a longer-term, more stable decision-making structure and therefore ensure greater coherence and consistency in the work of various sectoral Councils. The Team Presidency system is set out in the Declaration re Article I-22, paragraph 6, concerning the European Council decision on the exercise of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.
DANIEL 7:7-8,23-24
7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast,(THE EU) dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces,(TRADING BLOCKS) 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.(10 NATIONS)
8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn,(#11 SPAIN) before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots:(3 EU COUNTRIES) 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,(THE EU,REVIVED ROME OR 7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in
pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGSOR NATIONS)
By what the constitution says above, now we know that Spain will be part of the 3 countries that will rule together for 18 months and Spain will be given the 18 month term to talk for the EU. Out of this 18 month term The FUTURE DICTATOR WILL BECOME STRONG AND A PEACEFUL MAN. HE WILL HAVE THE ANSWERS TO THE MIDEAST EAST PEACE PLAN AND SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE HE WILL BE THE ONE THAT SIGNS THE 7 YEAR ISRAELI / ARABS AND MANY PEACE CONTRACT OF DANIEL 9:27.
REVELATION 17:3,7-13
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
So wether the Constitution comes into force or not I belive this 3 country 18 month term will stand no matter what it fits right in with Daniel 7:23-24 perfectly.
EU seeks common stance on Mideast ceasefire call Tue Aug 1, 7:43 AM ET
BRUSSELS (AFP) - European Union foreign ministers have sought to hammer out a common stance on the urgent need for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, the bloc's Finnish presidency said.
The EU crisis talks, coinciding with a 48-hour Israeli suspension of air strikes, were called amid disagreement over what should come first, a ceasefire or a wider political accord.The main content of any declaration has to be an immediate call for (a) ceasefire,Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said shortly before the talks opened in Brussels Tuesday.
I think the most important thing today will be to come to one unified EU position which would call for an immediate cessation of hostilities,added EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Walder.
The EU talks came amid sharp disagreement within the bloc about whether to call for an immediate ceasefire.Britain and Germany have pushed for a UN accord to deploy an international force to secure the Israeli-Lebanon border and ensure that any truce is sustainable, while France has led calls for an immediate end to the fighting.
Ferrero-Waldner, who has just returned from a trip to the war-torn region, said the key issue was deciding what should come first, a ceasefire or a wider political agreement.I think we have to break the question of sequencing. We have to say an immediate cessation of violence, and at the same time of course a durable solution,she said.The Finnish minister added that the ceasefire call has to be part of a larger political agreement, underlining Europe's important role in forging a stabilization force for Lebanon.Such an international force cannot be an EU force, it has to be UN multi-national force,he said, adding that EU member states will have the main responsibility for such a force.Swedish Foreign Minister Jan Eliasson stressed the need to stop the violence and let politicians resume talks.
We hope this meeting today will bring in an element of calm and restraint. We must stop this killing and we must get back to the political and diplomatic path,he said.
Well like I said yesterday we better be with Israel on this, God gave them the land and only them, not Arabs (Ishmael).
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.
ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.
Few Canadians back Harper's pro-Israel stand
OTTAWA (AFP) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's outspoken support for Israel in its fight with Hezbollah militants seems out of step with most Canadians, according to a new poll. The Strategic Counsel survey found only 32 percent of Canadians backed the prime minister, who said Israel's military response to the abduction of two of its soldiers and repeated rocket attacks into Israel was measured.Some 45 percent opposed Harper's view.
A whopping 77 percent said Canada should remain neutral in the current conflict.
The position Canadians want us to take is decidedly neutral,pollster Allan Gregg told the Globe and Mail newspaper.However, Harper's stand has not affected the
Conservatives overall popularity, which remains almost 10 percentage points ahead of the opposition Liberal Party.Thousands in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal have protested Harper's position on the Middle East conflict over the past month.
Canadian media predicted Harper would likely face a voter backlash over his dogged support for Israel and his refusal to blame Israel for the deaths of nine Canadians in air strikes in southern Lebanon, including a UN military observer.The poll of 1,000 Canadians was taken July 27 to 30 and is accurate to within 3.1 percentage points.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; 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.
Train links to Pakistan's Karachi cut by rain
KARACHI (AFP) - Flooding caused by monsoon rain washed out a railway bridge in Pakistan and cut the line to the southern financial hub of Karachi, officials have said. A river rose by about 20 feet (six metres) and swept away part of the bridge across a gully at Ran Pathani, 80 kilometers (48 miles) north of Karachi, railways official Syed Nasir Zaidi told AFP.It also damaged the pillars of the bridge and carried off some of the tracks.All ten daily trains serving Karachi are now stopping at Hyderabad city, 120 kilometres to the northeast, with buses covering the rest of the route.We are waiting till the water recedes and I assess that the repair work could be started tomorrow,Zaidi said.
Torrential rain in Pakistan has killed at least 30 people in the past two weeks and caused widespread damage to crops, roads and triggered landslides.In neighbouring India, the monsoon death toll has exceeded 300 according to one count, although officials are also predicting the bountiful rains will yield bumper crops.
Strong Indian monsoon brings misery but hopes of rich crops by Pratap Chakravarty Mon Jul 31, 4:14 AM ET
NEW DELHI (AFP) Indian officials have predicted that bountiful monsoon rains would yield bumper crops, even as downpours tormented thousands and flooded large swathes of the country's two wealthiest states. The western state of Maharashtra evacuated
65,000 flood-hit people from 35 villages in the southern district of Sangli, the United News of India reported.
Four Sangli villages were cut off while rescuers using rowboats overnight evacuated another 2,500 marooned people from the inundated central Satara district, it said on Monday.In adjoining Gujarat state, authorities evacuated 70,000 people from six flood-hit districts, said D.A. Satya director of relief operations.
Torrential rain has killed 15 people since Friday and forced the closure of 150 Gujarat motorways since then, he said as meteorologists warned the torrent would not let up until Tuesday.
Eighty students have been marooned in their high school in Vadodra district since the weekend, local administrator Chandu Patel said.The latest deaths take to nearly 50 the number of people killed in rain-related accidents in Gujarat since June when the monsoon slammed into India's west coast. The national monsoon toll has exceeded 300 according to one official count.
State authorities warned that 38 brimming reservoirs, including Gujarat's two
largest dams in the districts of Bhavnagar and Rajkot, were overflowing.The national policy-making Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI), however, said the floods were unlikely to affect an anticipated bumper harvest of summer crops as the rains are now covering all of agriculture-dependent India.Such floods are not uncommon at this time of the year in Gujarat and Mahrashtra and the rains are not expected to come in the way of our anticipation of a good khariff (monsoon) crop, IARI's principal scientist N. V. K. Chakravarty told AFP.Chakravarty said the delayed monsoon rains have washed away fears of a shortfall in production in India, where two thirds of people live off farming.
The recent rains prospects are pretty good specially for crops such as rice, maize cereals, cotton and jute which is planted in July.If the monsoon maintains its present trend in August and September then the wheat output will also be very high due to formation of rich moisture and good water reservoir positions,he said.
It's too early to say but the rainfall pattern so far has raised hopes of bountiful wheat production this winter, he said, while also predicting a robust yield in oilseeds in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnakata and Andhra Pradesh.The IARI chief scientist also said the soggy conditions were healthy for vegetable production.Today, the farmers are well equipped to handle pests so such condition will prove to be a blessing,Chakravarty said.
India says a bountiful monsoon would further spur Asia's fourth largest economy, which is clipping ahead at a brisk 8.1 percent annual growth.According to the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, rainfall during the peak season between June 1 and July 19 was normal in 23 of India's 36 meteorological zones, in excess in one and patchy in 12.
GENESIS 6:13
13 for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Indonesian volcano spews more lava Mon Jul 31, 7:42 AM ET
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Flows of lava accompanied by showers of molten rock shooting into the sky have forced villagers living close to a volcano in eastern Indonesia to shelter in schools and churches, officials said on Saturday. Dali Ahmad, an Indonesian vulcanologist, said by telephone that there did not appear to be a danger of a major eruption by Mount Karangetan at the moment but the lava continued to threaten nearby villages.There have been no reports of casualties so far from the volcano on Siau island, which lies north of Manado on Sulawesi island, 2,200 km (1,365 miles) northeast of the capital Jakarta.
It is true that lava is flowing but it is not as strong as yesterday and only flowed 2 km (1.2 miles).
But there is no buffer,Ahmad said by telephone from the Center of Vulcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation in Bandung.He said the alert status on the mountain was still at maximum.A health ministry official said that 3,491 people or 891 families had fled the area close to the volcano, although he said data was only for the eastern part of the remote island where the volcano is situated.Refugees are staying at schools and churches. There are flows of lava and it is raining down, Rustam Pakaya said. Indonesia is predominantly Muslim, but there are also large numbers of Christians in some areas.
ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
The nation's weather By WEATHER UNDERGROUND, For The Associated Press
Mon Jul 31, 6:25 AM ET
Near-record heat was forecast from the Plains to the Eastern Seaboard on Monday, while cool air was expected to move into the West. Heat indices were expected to reach triple digits in much of the eastern part of the country, except parts of the New England.
A cold front moving through the Northern and Central Plains and the Upper Midwest could trigger severe thunderstorms in the Dakotas and Minnesota. Large hail and damaging winds were possible.Parts of the Northeast could also see severe weather, with strong thunderstorms and damaging winds possible.
Monsoonal moisture was expected to bring scattered showers and thunderstorms to the Four Corners region. Storms were also forecast for the Gulf States, parts of the Tennessee Valley and the Mid-Atlantic.In the West, temperatures were expected to drop into the 70s and lower 80s in the Great Basin. The rest of the interior West could see high temperatures fall as much as 10 degrees below normal.Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Sunday ranged from a low of 37 degrees at Wisdom, Mont., to a high of 113 degrees at Death Valley, Calif.
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BOOK OF DANIEL COMES LITERALLY TO LIFE
Heres something I find real interesting in the EU Constitution. If it will be confirmed, now I believe it will be agreed on and the Constitution will come in to effect. But Why?
The Presidency system
22. The Constitution provides for the replacement of the existing six-monthly rotating Presidency by a Team Presidency system. Under it, all Councils apart from the Foreign Affairs Council (which will be chaired by the European Union Foreign Minister) will be chaired by a team of three Member States holding the Presidency for 18 months. In principle, one Member State will preside over all the Councils for 6 months, supported by others in the Team, though the Member States concerned may agree alternative arrangements amongst themselves. The details of rotation will be set out in a separate Council Decision.
23. The Government believes that the Team Presidency system will provide a longer-term, more stable decision-making structure and therefore ensure greater coherence and consistency in the work of various sectoral Councils. The Team Presidency system is set out in the Declaration re Article I-22, paragraph 6, concerning the European Council decision on the exercise of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.
DANIEL 7:7-8,23-24
7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast,(THE EU) dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces,(TRADING BLOCKS) 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.(10 NATIONS)
8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn,(#11 SPAIN) before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots:(3 EU COUNTRIES) 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,(THE EU,REVIVED ROME OR 7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in
pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGSOR NATIONS)
By what the constitution says above, now we know that Spain will be part of the 3 countries that will rule together for 18 months and Spain will be given the 18 month term to talk for the EU. Out of this 18 month term The FUTURE DICTATOR WILL BECOME STRONG AND A PEACEFUL MAN. HE WILL HAVE THE ANSWERS TO THE MIDEAST EAST PEACE PLAN AND SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE HE WILL BE THE ONE THAT SIGNS THE 7 YEAR ISRAELI / ARABS AND MANY PEACE CONTRACT OF DANIEL 9:27.
REVELATION 17:3,7-13
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
So wether the Constitution comes into force or not I belive this 3 country 18 month term will stand no matter what it fits right in with Daniel 7:23-24 perfectly.
EU seeks common stance on Mideast ceasefire call Tue Aug 1, 7:43 AM ET
BRUSSELS (AFP) - European Union foreign ministers have sought to hammer out a common stance on the urgent need for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, the bloc's Finnish presidency said.
The EU crisis talks, coinciding with a 48-hour Israeli suspension of air strikes, were called amid disagreement over what should come first, a ceasefire or a wider political accord.The main content of any declaration has to be an immediate call for (a) ceasefire,Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said shortly before the talks opened in Brussels Tuesday.
I think the most important thing today will be to come to one unified EU position which would call for an immediate cessation of hostilities,added EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Walder.
The EU talks came amid sharp disagreement within the bloc about whether to call for an immediate ceasefire.Britain and Germany have pushed for a UN accord to deploy an international force to secure the Israeli-Lebanon border and ensure that any truce is sustainable, while France has led calls for an immediate end to the fighting.
Ferrero-Waldner, who has just returned from a trip to the war-torn region, said the key issue was deciding what should come first, a ceasefire or a wider political agreement.I think we have to break the question of sequencing. We have to say an immediate cessation of violence, and at the same time of course a durable solution,she said.The Finnish minister added that the ceasefire call has to be part of a larger political agreement, underlining Europe's important role in forging a stabilization force for Lebanon.Such an international force cannot be an EU force, it has to be UN multi-national force,he said, adding that EU member states will have the main responsibility for such a force.Swedish Foreign Minister Jan Eliasson stressed the need to stop the violence and let politicians resume talks.
We hope this meeting today will bring in an element of calm and restraint. We must stop this killing and we must get back to the political and diplomatic path,he said.
Well like I said yesterday we better be with Israel on this, God gave them the land and only them, not Arabs (Ishmael).
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.
ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.
Few Canadians back Harper's pro-Israel stand
OTTAWA (AFP) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's outspoken support for Israel in its fight with Hezbollah militants seems out of step with most Canadians, according to a new poll. The Strategic Counsel survey found only 32 percent of Canadians backed the prime minister, who said Israel's military response to the abduction of two of its soldiers and repeated rocket attacks into Israel was measured.Some 45 percent opposed Harper's view.
A whopping 77 percent said Canada should remain neutral in the current conflict.
The position Canadians want us to take is decidedly neutral,pollster Allan Gregg told the Globe and Mail newspaper.However, Harper's stand has not affected the
Conservatives overall popularity, which remains almost 10 percentage points ahead of the opposition Liberal Party.Thousands in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal have protested Harper's position on the Middle East conflict over the past month.
Canadian media predicted Harper would likely face a voter backlash over his dogged support for Israel and his refusal to blame Israel for the deaths of nine Canadians in air strikes in southern Lebanon, including a UN military observer.The poll of 1,000 Canadians was taken July 27 to 30 and is accurate to within 3.1 percentage points.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; 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.
Train links to Pakistan's Karachi cut by rain
KARACHI (AFP) - Flooding caused by monsoon rain washed out a railway bridge in Pakistan and cut the line to the southern financial hub of Karachi, officials have said. A river rose by about 20 feet (six metres) and swept away part of the bridge across a gully at Ran Pathani, 80 kilometers (48 miles) north of Karachi, railways official Syed Nasir Zaidi told AFP.It also damaged the pillars of the bridge and carried off some of the tracks.All ten daily trains serving Karachi are now stopping at Hyderabad city, 120 kilometres to the northeast, with buses covering the rest of the route.We are waiting till the water recedes and I assess that the repair work could be started tomorrow,Zaidi said.
Torrential rain in Pakistan has killed at least 30 people in the past two weeks and caused widespread damage to crops, roads and triggered landslides.In neighbouring India, the monsoon death toll has exceeded 300 according to one count, although officials are also predicting the bountiful rains will yield bumper crops.
Strong Indian monsoon brings misery but hopes of rich crops by Pratap Chakravarty Mon Jul 31, 4:14 AM ET
NEW DELHI (AFP) Indian officials have predicted that bountiful monsoon rains would yield bumper crops, even as downpours tormented thousands and flooded large swathes of the country's two wealthiest states. The western state of Maharashtra evacuated
65,000 flood-hit people from 35 villages in the southern district of Sangli, the United News of India reported.
Four Sangli villages were cut off while rescuers using rowboats overnight evacuated another 2,500 marooned people from the inundated central Satara district, it said on Monday.In adjoining Gujarat state, authorities evacuated 70,000 people from six flood-hit districts, said D.A. Satya director of relief operations.
Torrential rain has killed 15 people since Friday and forced the closure of 150 Gujarat motorways since then, he said as meteorologists warned the torrent would not let up until Tuesday.
Eighty students have been marooned in their high school in Vadodra district since the weekend, local administrator Chandu Patel said.The latest deaths take to nearly 50 the number of people killed in rain-related accidents in Gujarat since June when the monsoon slammed into India's west coast. The national monsoon toll has exceeded 300 according to one official count.
State authorities warned that 38 brimming reservoirs, including Gujarat's two
largest dams in the districts of Bhavnagar and Rajkot, were overflowing.The national policy-making Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI), however, said the floods were unlikely to affect an anticipated bumper harvest of summer crops as the rains are now covering all of agriculture-dependent India.Such floods are not uncommon at this time of the year in Gujarat and Mahrashtra and the rains are not expected to come in the way of our anticipation of a good khariff (monsoon) crop, IARI's principal scientist N. V. K. Chakravarty told AFP.Chakravarty said the delayed monsoon rains have washed away fears of a shortfall in production in India, where two thirds of people live off farming.
The recent rains prospects are pretty good specially for crops such as rice, maize cereals, cotton and jute which is planted in July.If the monsoon maintains its present trend in August and September then the wheat output will also be very high due to formation of rich moisture and good water reservoir positions,he said.
It's too early to say but the rainfall pattern so far has raised hopes of bountiful wheat production this winter, he said, while also predicting a robust yield in oilseeds in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnakata and Andhra Pradesh.The IARI chief scientist also said the soggy conditions were healthy for vegetable production.Today, the farmers are well equipped to handle pests so such condition will prove to be a blessing,Chakravarty said.
India says a bountiful monsoon would further spur Asia's fourth largest economy, which is clipping ahead at a brisk 8.1 percent annual growth.According to the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, rainfall during the peak season between June 1 and July 19 was normal in 23 of India's 36 meteorological zones, in excess in one and patchy in 12.
GENESIS 6:13
13 for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Indonesian volcano spews more lava Mon Jul 31, 7:42 AM ET
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Flows of lava accompanied by showers of molten rock shooting into the sky have forced villagers living close to a volcano in eastern Indonesia to shelter in schools and churches, officials said on Saturday. Dali Ahmad, an Indonesian vulcanologist, said by telephone that there did not appear to be a danger of a major eruption by Mount Karangetan at the moment but the lava continued to threaten nearby villages.There have been no reports of casualties so far from the volcano on Siau island, which lies north of Manado on Sulawesi island, 2,200 km (1,365 miles) northeast of the capital Jakarta.
It is true that lava is flowing but it is not as strong as yesterday and only flowed 2 km (1.2 miles).
But there is no buffer,Ahmad said by telephone from the Center of Vulcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation in Bandung.He said the alert status on the mountain was still at maximum.A health ministry official said that 3,491 people or 891 families had fled the area close to the volcano, although he said data was only for the eastern part of the remote island where the volcano is situated.Refugees are staying at schools and churches. There are flows of lava and it is raining down, Rustam Pakaya said. Indonesia is predominantly Muslim, but there are also large numbers of Christians in some areas.
ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
The nation's weather By WEATHER UNDERGROUND, For The Associated Press
Mon Jul 31, 6:25 AM ET
Near-record heat was forecast from the Plains to the Eastern Seaboard on Monday, while cool air was expected to move into the West. Heat indices were expected to reach triple digits in much of the eastern part of the country, except parts of the New England.
A cold front moving through the Northern and Central Plains and the Upper Midwest could trigger severe thunderstorms in the Dakotas and Minnesota. Large hail and damaging winds were possible.Parts of the Northeast could also see severe weather, with strong thunderstorms and damaging winds possible.
Monsoonal moisture was expected to bring scattered showers and thunderstorms to the Four Corners region. Storms were also forecast for the Gulf States, parts of the Tennessee Valley and the Mid-Atlantic.In the West, temperatures were expected to drop into the 70s and lower 80s in the Great Basin. The rest of the interior West could see high temperatures fall as much as 10 degrees below normal.Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Sunday ranged from a low of 37 degrees at Wisdom, Mont., to a high of 113 degrees at Death Valley, Calif.
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Monday, July 31, 2006
KANA KATYUSHA FIRING CENTER
1-Canadians protest PM's stance on Mideast crisis. 2-Philippines officials warn of fires around Mayon Volcano. 3-806 forest fires registered in Krasnoyarsk Territory this year. 4-PM Olmert Agrees to a Multinational Force Along Northern Border. 5-PM Olmert: Kana is a Katyusha-Firing Center. 6-Blair seeks deal on Lebanon peace force.
We better not go against Israel CANADA, I'm warning you, GOD can send Quakes, Hurricanes and terrible destruction on us for Going against his Apple of his eye Israelis. Don't protest Israel in any way, stick with them in this War or we will be cursed. And you don't want GOD against you for coming against Him and his Israelis. STOP NOW CANADA PLEASE.
GENESIS 12:3
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Canadians protest PM's stance on Mideast crisis
Last Updated Sat, 29 Jul 2006 17:38:39 EDT,CBC News
Hundreds gathered in three cities across the country on Saturday to protest Prime Minister Stephen Harper's defence of Israel's attacks on Lebanon.Waving placards and banging drums, protesters marching through downtown Halifax called for a ceasefire
between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.The Canadian government should speak loudly and clearly that an immediate ceasefire is essential,Dr. Ismail Zayid said at a rally on behalf of the Canadian Arabs and Jews for a Just Peace.
Israel is violating international law and the integrity of the country, Lebanon, when its entire structure is being violated and being destroyed,Zayid said.Harper has described Israel's assault on Lebanon "measured" self-defence. Israel has launched air strikes and sent troops across the border into Lebanon in response to Hezbollah rocket attacks and the capture of the three soldiers.About 100 people rallied at the Vancouver Art Gallery, criticizing the prime minister for siding with Israel in the conflict.
A peace protest was also held in Toronto.In Perth, Australia, approximately 200 pro-Lebanon protestors mobbed Prime Minister John Howard's car as he left a conference. Police wrestled with the demonstrators, prying them from the leader's car.
Earlier in the week, Bloc Québécois leader Giles Duceppe and interim Liberal leader Bill Graham criticized Harper's response to the Middle East crisis, saying the prime minister had abandoned Canada's historic role as a peacekeeper.Harper spokesman Dimitri Soudas said the government's position reflects the stance adopted by the G8 industrialized nations regarding the conflict.
With files from the Canadian Press
GENESIS 6:13
13 for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Philippine authorities warn against forest fires around Mayon volcano
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) warned on Saturday against forest fires in the path of lava flows from Mayon Volcano. Lava flows from Mayon's crater had spread 5.4 kilometers to the southeast. The burning rocks threatened the forest and villages in the area, Phivolcs said. Phivolcs reported that lava's absolute elevation reached 320 meters. At least 394 tremors and four low-frequency volcanic quakes were monitored in the last 24 hours. Sulfur dioxide emission was at about 6,089 tons per day. The authorities maintained Alert Level 3 over Mayon and warned residents around the area against going into the six-kilometer permanent danger zone. Mayon volcano sits in Albay Province, some 300 kilometers southeast of Manila. It last exploded in 2001, forcing 40,000 villagers to flee their homes. Source: Xinhua
806 forest fires registered in Krasnoyarsk Territory this year 7/28/2006 11:57:22 AM
806 forest fires, 297,950 ha of forest and 3,464 ha of non-forest area, have been registered in the state forest fund of Krasnoyarsk Territory since the beginning of the fire season. This information is presented by the Forestry Agency of Krasnoyarsk Territory, Taimyr (Dolgan-Nenets) and Evenkia Autonomous Areas and Krasnoyarsk air forest protection base. There are 68 forest fires, 237,833.2 ha in total area, in six districts of the region. Forests are on fire in Boguchany, Kezhemsky, Yeniseysky, Turukhansky, Severo-Yeniseysky, Motygino Districts. The most serious situation on forest fires is in Boguchany and Kezhemsky districts.
The main fire reason is thunderstorms. 5 new fires have started at the area of 3,500 ha over 24 hours. 12 forest fires, 1,125.5 ha in area, have been extinguished. 12 forest fires, 4,670 ha in area, have been liquidated. 183 firemen and 36 fire engines, as well as 3 aircrafts, 6 helicopters and 198 experts of air fire service, are involved in extinguishing.
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(EU) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
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.
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.(THIS EU POLITICIAN COMES FROM THE OCCULT)
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
DANIEL 7:7-8,23-24
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.
REVELATION 13:1-2
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
REVELATION 17:3,7,9-13
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED IN WW3 IN THE FUTURE.
INVENTION OF THE ATOMIC BOMB.
2 PETER 3:10-11
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, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING 7 YR TRIBULATION.
Theses verses deal with judgement not the Rapture. so a total of half of Earths population die during this future 7 yr peace treaty between Israel, Arabs and many.
LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
MATTHEW 24:37-51
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
PM Olmert Agrees to a Multinational Force Along Northern Border
09:30 Jul 30, '06 / 5 Av 5766,by Yechiel Spira(INNEWS)
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has agreed to a US plan calling for the deployment of an international peacekeeping force along Israel’s border. Following an almost two-hour meeting in his Jerusalem residence with US Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice on Saturday night, the prime minister agreed to the US plan, calling for the deployment of a multinational force between Israel and Lebanon and Syria. It was announced that France and Lebanon would take part in the force, but other details have yet to be decided upon.According to reports following the high-level meeting, the size of the force and the timing for such a move must still be agreed upon, but Olmert has given his approval to the idea of such a force being positioned between Israel and Hizbullah in southern Lebanon. Secretary Rice will leave for Lebanon on Sunday, and she will return to Israel following talks with officials in Beirut as she continues her shuttle diplomacy mission in the hope of actualizing a ceasefire.
The US-brokered plan includes yet another land withdrawal by Israel, from the Har Dov area, also known as Shab’a Farm. The area today has a vital strategic significance, permitting IDF troops to man outposts along the border area.The prime minister has indicated a willingness to consider withdrawing from Shab'a, despite Israel’s compliance with the demands of the international community in its May 2000 withdrawal from southern Lebanon, and despite the fact that the Har Dov area was liberated from Syrian occupation, not Lebanese.UN Resolution 1559 of two years ago calls for the deployment of the Lebanese army in southern Lebanon and the disarming of Hizbullah. It is not clear if this will help achieve Israel's stated goals of distancing Hizbullah from Israel’s border and cutting off Hizbullah’s weapons supply train from Iran and Syria.
While Secretary Rice did not call upon Israel to stop the military offensive in Lebanon at this time, French President Jacques Chirac released a statement that he would not authorize the deployment of his troops until Israel ceases its fire.Reports quoting senior Defense Ministry officials state that the Americans will permit the ongoing Israeli offensive against Hizbullah to continue for another
7-10 days, but no such official statement has been released. France on the other hand is preparing to turn to the UN Security Council, demanding an immediate Israeli ceasefire. The French resolution was distributed to council members over the weekend, calling for a stabilization force numbering some 20,000 troops.UN Secretary-General Kofi Anan on Monday will head a session discussing potential force members, which is expected to include European Union nations as well as Turkey.
In a weekend interview with the BBC, British Prime Minister Tony Blair expressed optimism, stating he believes an agreement on the international force and a ceasefire can be reached in a number of days. Israel’s military offensive intended to disarm and distance the Hizbullah threat was launched following a multi-pronged Hizbullah attack on July 12 which left eight soldiers dead and two IDF soldiers falling captive to the terrorists. Since the start of the ongoing warfare, Hizbullah has fired close to 2,000 missiles into Israeli civilian population centers, striking the entire northern area. Hizbullah has continually threatened to direct longer range rockets into the Greater Tel Aviv area. Last week, longer-range missiles landed as far south as Afula. Secretary Rice has signaled that any ceasefire agreement must include the unconditional release of captive IDF soldiers being held by terrorists.
A third IDF soldier is being held captive by Hamas in Gaza. He was taken captive in the Kerem Shalom area near Gaza in June. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has released statements remaining firm in his demands for the immediate and unconditional release of the three as a prerequisite to an Israeli agreement to halt military offensives in Lebanon and Gaza.
PM Olmert: Kana is a Katyusha-Firing Center
By Hillel Fendel(INN)
The responsibility for today's IDF attack on Kana lies with Hizbullah & Lebanon, Israel says, as the citizens were repeatedly warned to leave. Hundreds of Katyushas were fired from Kana at Israel. The IDF Spokesman's office says that Hizbullah uses the civilians as human shields,and many reports have been received attesting to the fact that Hizbullah does not allow the citizens to leave despite many IDF warnings to do so.Israel also blames the Lebanese Government for not preventing the above situation.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says that Kafr Kana and environs are a center for Katyusha firing on Kiryat Shmonah and Afula... Dozens of Katyushas have been fired from there, and the terrorists hide there after firing the rockets.Olmert emphasized that the residents had often been warned that they must leave the area. Israel does not have a policy of killing innocent people,Olmert said, in an obvious contrast with Hizbullah and Hamas.
A senior IDF officer told Voice of Israel Radio, Hizbullah fires rockets at Kiryat Shmonah and Afula from within Kafr Kana and then runs to hide inside the buildings.Israeli spokesmen later took a more conciliatory tone, expressing deep sorrow for the tragic mistake and promising an investigation.Earlier, Olmert had said that Israel would not be rushing to a ceasefire before its main objectives are attained. A minister in the Olmert cabinet, Education Minister Yuli Tamir of Labor, estimated that this morning's incident in Kafr Kana would not lead to a quick end to the warfare.The three-story building in Kafr Kana was hit directly by an IAF bomb at 7:30 AM, collapsing atop the shelter in which many people were sleeping. Neighboring buildings were also heavily damaged. Foreign news crews are on hand, sending scenes of the destruction across the globe.
Close to 1,800 Hizbullah rockets have been fired at Israel in the past 19 days, killing 19 Israeli citizens. The rockets have also sent tens of thousands into shelters for days at a time, as well as tens of thousands of others to find refuge with relatives, friends, hotels or dormitories in central and southern Israel. A senior IDF officer said the IDF "has been bombing Kafr Kana for three days already... Most civilians have left already, and most of those who remain are Hizbullah rocket launching cells. We have bombed ten launchers in the city, and dozens more in the vicinity. Today, we attacked a building towards which the terrorists ran; we would not have done so had we seen civilians there.Another official said, The IDF warned the civilians to leave, and it was serious about it.
I don't like to see innocent people killed, but if there have to be innocent civilians killed, I would rather they be in southern Lebanon than in Haifa.
The Lebanese Government has informed U.S. Secretary of State Condolleeza Rice that it is not interested in meeting with her for further diplomatic talks, and that it demands an immediate and unconditional ceasefire.Arab affairs expert Dr. Guy Bechor of the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya told Israel Radio that Hizbullah leader Sheikh Nasrallah, despite the bravado he displays in his speeches, is not in good shape. Nasrallah has agreed to the deployment of Lebanese forces in southern Lebanon and to a ceasefire as well,Bechor said, and what is more, he has betrayed the Palestinians - because he no longer mentions his demand that Israel release thousands of Palestinian prisoners, but talks only of having the two or three Lebanese prisoners freed. He knows that time is now working against him.
Blair seeks deal on Lebanon peace force
The situation in Lebanon continues to dominate the front pages today, with the focus on news that Israel has agreed to a 48-hour halt in its air raids after a bomb caused the collapse of a building, killing more than 60 people including 34 children.Tony Blair said the attack was absolutely tragic [and] showed the necessity of wrapping this entire process up now.France, meanwhile, has warned of a growing split between the US, Britain and Israel on one side and European and Arab governments on the other.But the British prime minister and German chancellor Angela Merkel last night issued a joint statement saying the tragedy underlined the urgency
of the need for a ceasefire as soon as possible.Blair has also spoken to President Bush, President Chirac and Lebanese leader Fouad Siniora in a bid to secure agreement on the deployment of an international stabilisation force.
We better not go against Israel CANADA, I'm warning you, GOD can send Quakes, Hurricanes and terrible destruction on us for Going against his Apple of his eye Israelis. Don't protest Israel in any way, stick with them in this War or we will be cursed. And you don't want GOD against you for coming against Him and his Israelis. STOP NOW CANADA PLEASE.
GENESIS 12:3
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Canadians protest PM's stance on Mideast crisis
Last Updated Sat, 29 Jul 2006 17:38:39 EDT,CBC News
Hundreds gathered in three cities across the country on Saturday to protest Prime Minister Stephen Harper's defence of Israel's attacks on Lebanon.Waving placards and banging drums, protesters marching through downtown Halifax called for a ceasefire
between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.The Canadian government should speak loudly and clearly that an immediate ceasefire is essential,Dr. Ismail Zayid said at a rally on behalf of the Canadian Arabs and Jews for a Just Peace.
Israel is violating international law and the integrity of the country, Lebanon, when its entire structure is being violated and being destroyed,Zayid said.Harper has described Israel's assault on Lebanon "measured" self-defence. Israel has launched air strikes and sent troops across the border into Lebanon in response to Hezbollah rocket attacks and the capture of the three soldiers.About 100 people rallied at the Vancouver Art Gallery, criticizing the prime minister for siding with Israel in the conflict.
A peace protest was also held in Toronto.In Perth, Australia, approximately 200 pro-Lebanon protestors mobbed Prime Minister John Howard's car as he left a conference. Police wrestled with the demonstrators, prying them from the leader's car.
Earlier in the week, Bloc Québécois leader Giles Duceppe and interim Liberal leader Bill Graham criticized Harper's response to the Middle East crisis, saying the prime minister had abandoned Canada's historic role as a peacekeeper.Harper spokesman Dimitri Soudas said the government's position reflects the stance adopted by the G8 industrialized nations regarding the conflict.
With files from the Canadian Press
GENESIS 6:13
13 for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Philippine authorities warn against forest fires around Mayon volcano
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) warned on Saturday against forest fires in the path of lava flows from Mayon Volcano. Lava flows from Mayon's crater had spread 5.4 kilometers to the southeast. The burning rocks threatened the forest and villages in the area, Phivolcs said. Phivolcs reported that lava's absolute elevation reached 320 meters. At least 394 tremors and four low-frequency volcanic quakes were monitored in the last 24 hours. Sulfur dioxide emission was at about 6,089 tons per day. The authorities maintained Alert Level 3 over Mayon and warned residents around the area against going into the six-kilometer permanent danger zone. Mayon volcano sits in Albay Province, some 300 kilometers southeast of Manila. It last exploded in 2001, forcing 40,000 villagers to flee their homes. Source: Xinhua
806 forest fires registered in Krasnoyarsk Territory this year 7/28/2006 11:57:22 AM
806 forest fires, 297,950 ha of forest and 3,464 ha of non-forest area, have been registered in the state forest fund of Krasnoyarsk Territory since the beginning of the fire season. This information is presented by the Forestry Agency of Krasnoyarsk Territory, Taimyr (Dolgan-Nenets) and Evenkia Autonomous Areas and Krasnoyarsk air forest protection base. There are 68 forest fires, 237,833.2 ha in total area, in six districts of the region. Forests are on fire in Boguchany, Kezhemsky, Yeniseysky, Turukhansky, Severo-Yeniseysky, Motygino Districts. The most serious situation on forest fires is in Boguchany and Kezhemsky districts.
The main fire reason is thunderstorms. 5 new fires have started at the area of 3,500 ha over 24 hours. 12 forest fires, 1,125.5 ha in area, have been extinguished. 12 forest fires, 4,670 ha in area, have been liquidated. 183 firemen and 36 fire engines, as well as 3 aircrafts, 6 helicopters and 198 experts of air fire service, are involved in extinguishing.
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(EU) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
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.
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.(THIS EU POLITICIAN COMES FROM THE OCCULT)
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
DANIEL 7:7-8,23-24
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.
REVELATION 13:1-2
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
REVELATION 17:3,7,9-13
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED IN WW3 IN THE FUTURE.
INVENTION OF THE ATOMIC BOMB.
2 PETER 3:10-11
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, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING 7 YR TRIBULATION.
Theses verses deal with judgement not the Rapture. so a total of half of Earths population die during this future 7 yr peace treaty between Israel, Arabs and many.
LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
MATTHEW 24:37-51
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
PM Olmert Agrees to a Multinational Force Along Northern Border
09:30 Jul 30, '06 / 5 Av 5766,by Yechiel Spira(INNEWS)
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has agreed to a US plan calling for the deployment of an international peacekeeping force along Israel’s border. Following an almost two-hour meeting in his Jerusalem residence with US Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice on Saturday night, the prime minister agreed to the US plan, calling for the deployment of a multinational force between Israel and Lebanon and Syria. It was announced that France and Lebanon would take part in the force, but other details have yet to be decided upon.According to reports following the high-level meeting, the size of the force and the timing for such a move must still be agreed upon, but Olmert has given his approval to the idea of such a force being positioned between Israel and Hizbullah in southern Lebanon. Secretary Rice will leave for Lebanon on Sunday, and she will return to Israel following talks with officials in Beirut as she continues her shuttle diplomacy mission in the hope of actualizing a ceasefire.
The US-brokered plan includes yet another land withdrawal by Israel, from the Har Dov area, also known as Shab’a Farm. The area today has a vital strategic significance, permitting IDF troops to man outposts along the border area.The prime minister has indicated a willingness to consider withdrawing from Shab'a, despite Israel’s compliance with the demands of the international community in its May 2000 withdrawal from southern Lebanon, and despite the fact that the Har Dov area was liberated from Syrian occupation, not Lebanese.UN Resolution 1559 of two years ago calls for the deployment of the Lebanese army in southern Lebanon and the disarming of Hizbullah. It is not clear if this will help achieve Israel's stated goals of distancing Hizbullah from Israel’s border and cutting off Hizbullah’s weapons supply train from Iran and Syria.
While Secretary Rice did not call upon Israel to stop the military offensive in Lebanon at this time, French President Jacques Chirac released a statement that he would not authorize the deployment of his troops until Israel ceases its fire.Reports quoting senior Defense Ministry officials state that the Americans will permit the ongoing Israeli offensive against Hizbullah to continue for another
7-10 days, but no such official statement has been released. France on the other hand is preparing to turn to the UN Security Council, demanding an immediate Israeli ceasefire. The French resolution was distributed to council members over the weekend, calling for a stabilization force numbering some 20,000 troops.UN Secretary-General Kofi Anan on Monday will head a session discussing potential force members, which is expected to include European Union nations as well as Turkey.
In a weekend interview with the BBC, British Prime Minister Tony Blair expressed optimism, stating he believes an agreement on the international force and a ceasefire can be reached in a number of days. Israel’s military offensive intended to disarm and distance the Hizbullah threat was launched following a multi-pronged Hizbullah attack on July 12 which left eight soldiers dead and two IDF soldiers falling captive to the terrorists. Since the start of the ongoing warfare, Hizbullah has fired close to 2,000 missiles into Israeli civilian population centers, striking the entire northern area. Hizbullah has continually threatened to direct longer range rockets into the Greater Tel Aviv area. Last week, longer-range missiles landed as far south as Afula. Secretary Rice has signaled that any ceasefire agreement must include the unconditional release of captive IDF soldiers being held by terrorists.
A third IDF soldier is being held captive by Hamas in Gaza. He was taken captive in the Kerem Shalom area near Gaza in June. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has released statements remaining firm in his demands for the immediate and unconditional release of the three as a prerequisite to an Israeli agreement to halt military offensives in Lebanon and Gaza.
PM Olmert: Kana is a Katyusha-Firing Center
By Hillel Fendel(INN)
The responsibility for today's IDF attack on Kana lies with Hizbullah & Lebanon, Israel says, as the citizens were repeatedly warned to leave. Hundreds of Katyushas were fired from Kana at Israel. The IDF Spokesman's office says that Hizbullah uses the civilians as human shields,and many reports have been received attesting to the fact that Hizbullah does not allow the citizens to leave despite many IDF warnings to do so.Israel also blames the Lebanese Government for not preventing the above situation.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says that Kafr Kana and environs are a center for Katyusha firing on Kiryat Shmonah and Afula... Dozens of Katyushas have been fired from there, and the terrorists hide there after firing the rockets.Olmert emphasized that the residents had often been warned that they must leave the area. Israel does not have a policy of killing innocent people,Olmert said, in an obvious contrast with Hizbullah and Hamas.
A senior IDF officer told Voice of Israel Radio, Hizbullah fires rockets at Kiryat Shmonah and Afula from within Kafr Kana and then runs to hide inside the buildings.Israeli spokesmen later took a more conciliatory tone, expressing deep sorrow for the tragic mistake and promising an investigation.Earlier, Olmert had said that Israel would not be rushing to a ceasefire before its main objectives are attained. A minister in the Olmert cabinet, Education Minister Yuli Tamir of Labor, estimated that this morning's incident in Kafr Kana would not lead to a quick end to the warfare.The three-story building in Kafr Kana was hit directly by an IAF bomb at 7:30 AM, collapsing atop the shelter in which many people were sleeping. Neighboring buildings were also heavily damaged. Foreign news crews are on hand, sending scenes of the destruction across the globe.
Close to 1,800 Hizbullah rockets have been fired at Israel in the past 19 days, killing 19 Israeli citizens. The rockets have also sent tens of thousands into shelters for days at a time, as well as tens of thousands of others to find refuge with relatives, friends, hotels or dormitories in central and southern Israel. A senior IDF officer said the IDF "has been bombing Kafr Kana for three days already... Most civilians have left already, and most of those who remain are Hizbullah rocket launching cells. We have bombed ten launchers in the city, and dozens more in the vicinity. Today, we attacked a building towards which the terrorists ran; we would not have done so had we seen civilians there.Another official said, The IDF warned the civilians to leave, and it was serious about it.
I don't like to see innocent people killed, but if there have to be innocent civilians killed, I would rather they be in southern Lebanon than in Haifa.
The Lebanese Government has informed U.S. Secretary of State Condolleeza Rice that it is not interested in meeting with her for further diplomatic talks, and that it demands an immediate and unconditional ceasefire.Arab affairs expert Dr. Guy Bechor of the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya told Israel Radio that Hizbullah leader Sheikh Nasrallah, despite the bravado he displays in his speeches, is not in good shape. Nasrallah has agreed to the deployment of Lebanese forces in southern Lebanon and to a ceasefire as well,Bechor said, and what is more, he has betrayed the Palestinians - because he no longer mentions his demand that Israel release thousands of Palestinian prisoners, but talks only of having the two or three Lebanese prisoners freed. He knows that time is now working against him.
Blair seeks deal on Lebanon peace force
The situation in Lebanon continues to dominate the front pages today, with the focus on news that Israel has agreed to a 48-hour halt in its air raids after a bomb caused the collapse of a building, killing more than 60 people including 34 children.Tony Blair said the attack was absolutely tragic [and] showed the necessity of wrapping this entire process up now.France, meanwhile, has warned of a growing split between the US, Britain and Israel on one side and European and Arab governments on the other.But the British prime minister and German chancellor Angela Merkel last night issued a joint statement saying the tragedy underlined the urgency
of the need for a ceasefire as soon as possible.Blair has also spoken to President Bush, President Chirac and Lebanese leader Fouad Siniora in a bid to secure agreement on the deployment of an international stabilisation force.
ISLAM MURDERERS CRY FOUL
1-Spain willing to take part in mideast force. 2-Mubarak says certain powers (Iran,Syria quite ovious ) trying to agitate conflict in the Mideast.3-Syrias Chemical Missles,Chemical,Biological and Nuclear weapons. 4-Somalia accuses Iran, Libya, Egypt of supporting Islamic Militas. 5-Why Israel must win the Mideast War. 6-Un meeting planned for Countries joining the Multinational force. 7-European Union calls Israel wrong on Rome crisis talks. 8-California heat kills 25,000 cattle.
Now this is starting to get rediculas, The Murderer Arabs (Hezbollah) cowards having to hide in with Civilians then cry foul against Israel to the world when Israel accidentally kills innocent People. The News media is so biased against Israel on this subject to and give sympathy to the Murderer Arabs.
Now that should be the outrage of people against the Murderer Arabs who killed thousands upon thousands of Innocent Israelis over the years. WHERE WAS THE OUT CRY AGAINST THESE MUSLIM MURDERERS WHEN INNOCENT ISRAELI WOMEN, CHILDREN WERE BEING MURDERERED OVER THE YEARS IS MY QUESTION?
DANIEL 7:7-8,23-24
7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast,(THE EU) 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.(10 NATIONS)
8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn,(#11 SPAIN) 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,(THE EU) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(Kick 3 countries out of the Eu in the future some time)
Spain willing to take part in possible peacekeeping mission in Lebanon
Spain is willing to contribute troops to an international peacekeeping operation in Lebanon, but will wait for the final decision made by the UN Security Council and the European Union (EU), a senior government official said on Friday. The Spanish government will take its decision based on the mandate and nature of the peacekeeping mission and in line with the political and military situation in the region, Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, the first deputy prime minister, told reporters after a weekly cabinet meeting.
Spain will be on the side of the decisions taken by the European Union and the United Nations and will continue to play an active role within international organizations to seek a solution, she said. The international conference in Rome this week was cautiously positive,she said. She added Spain supports the international efforts to help mediate a ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel as
soon as possible. Source: Xinhua
DANIEL 11:40-43 KING OF THE SOUTH EGYPT
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south (EGYPT) push at him:(EU PRESIDENT PROTECTING ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he
shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land,(ISRAEL) and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
Mubarak says certain powers trying to agitate conflict in Mideast
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has said that certain powers were trying to agitate a conflict in the Middle East to serve their interests, the official MENA news agency reported Friday. Mubarak, however, did not name the powers in an interview with the state-owned weekly Al-Akhbar Al-Youm, which will be published on Saturday. An immediate ceasefire was a unanimous world demand,the veteran president said, adding that the language of threats and fierce speeches was useless. Mubarak said that Egypt has maintained contacts with all parties concerned to contain the volatile situation in Lebanon. Egypt's clear-cut stance in all contacts was for an immediate ceasefire, to be followed by negotiations with full support from the international community,he said.
It was the latest call by Mubarak for a ceasefire, but the conflict between Lebanon's Shiite group Hezbollah and Israel saw no sign of letting up. Mubarak said that it was high time for the international community to set up a new mechanism for peace in the Middle East, which would involve all tracks, adding the international community should rethink its vision on peace and means to push forward the peace process on all tracks. He said that his contacts with Syrian leaders confirmed that they wanted peace and were committed to all international resolutions. Mubarak said that there were direct contacts between Jordanian King Abdullah II and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on regional issues after Egypt made efforts to solve Jordanian-Syrian differences.
Egypt and Jordan are the only two Arab countries to have signed peace treaties with Israel. More than 400 Lebanese and more than 50 Israelis have been killed in the conflict, which erupted after Hezbollah guerillas captured two Israeli soldiers and killed eight others during a cross-border attack on July 12. Source: Xinhua
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines(PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
Syria's Chemical Misslies
NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS
July 30, 2006: Syria may not have nuclear weapons, but it has created a force of ballistic missiles equipped with chemical (nerve and mustard gas) warheads. Syria is believed to have about 1200 ballistic missiles. About 85 percent of them are SCUDs, and most of these are improved designs from North Korea and Iran. The main improvement is a larger fuel tank, giving these missiles a range of about 700 kilometers. This allows them to reach anywhere in Israel. About 15 percent of their missiles are more modern (solid fuel) Russian SS-21s. But these only have a range of 70 kilometers. Thus the Syrians have about 600 missiles with a range of 700 kilometers, another 400 with a range of 300-400 kilometers, and about 200 with a range of 70 kilometers. All these missiles carry a half ton warhead. And some of these warheads carry nerve gas or mustard gas.
There are about 70 mobile launchers for the SCUDs, and about as many for the smaller SS-21s. The SCUD launchers, and support vehicles, are hidden in fifteen or more tunnel complexes. A major disadvantage of the SCUDs is that they take over an hour to fuel and get ready for firing. Some of the liquid fuel is poisonous, and the crews have to be careful while handling it. While there are some underground SCUD launching facilities, these are probably known to the Israelis, and likely to be bombed early in any conflict.
That's why the 70 mobile launchers are so important. These will be much sought after by Israeli aircraft, UAVs and satellites. Israel also has an anti-missile system (Arrow) that can knock down a few SCUDs at a time. If the Israelis can destroy most of the mobile launchers, and underground launch sites, that might be enough to avoid getting hit with chemical warheads.
These ballistic missiles are really the only reliable weapon Syria has. Poverty, and the end of Cold War era handouts from Russia, has led the 220,000 man Syrian army to decline in quality. The Syrian air force has sunk even deeper. The Syrian forces were never all that great to begin with. But now, all they can do is threaten Israel with chemical warheads carried on ballistic missiles. The United States has threatened to reply with nukes if anyone uses chemical weapons against U.S. troops or civilians. It's unclear if Israel would respond the same way. The Israeli armed forces could roll over the Syrian army and capture all of Syria in short order.
The threat of Israeli war crimes trials against Syrian leaders (who survived the Israeli offensive), might be the ultimate deterrent.
Somali leader accuses Iran, Libya and Egypt of supporting Islamic Militants Posted 7/29/2006 7:30 AM ET
BAIDOA, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's prime minister on Saturday accused Egypt, Libya and Iran of providing weapons for Islamic militants who have seized control of much of this country's south.Egypt, Libya and Iran, whom we thought were friends, are engaged in fueling the conflict in Somalia by supporting the terrorists, Prime Minister Mohammed Ali Gedi said, citing unnamed sources within his government.The accusations came as Somalia's already weak government was unraveling. Two lawmakers were shot this week — one fatally — and Gedi was facing a no-confidence vote after 18 lawmakers resigned from his administration.Meanwhile, an Islamic militia with alleged ties to al-Qaeda has steadily gained power, raising fears of an emerging Taliban-style regime.
The United States accuses the group of harboring al-Qaeda leaders responsible for deadly 1998 bombings at the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.We call for the international community to put pressure on these countries who want the problems in Somalia to continue,Gedi said.Earlier Saturday, the prime minister was among hundreds of people who attended the funeral of Abdallah Isaaq Deerow, the minister of constitutional and federal affairs who was gunned down the day before as he left a mosque.
His assassination enraged hundreds of Somalis who streamed into the streets hours after his death, screaming We want a government that can restore law and order!The protesters set fires near the presidential compound in Baidoa, the base of the
transitional government.Seven people have been arrested in Deerow's death, but authorities provided no further details, police chief Aadin Biid said.On Wednesday, Mohammed Ibrahim Mohammed, chairman of the parliamentary committee for constitutional affairs, was shot and wounded. It was not immediately clear whether the shootings were connected, although the men had worked together.
Somalia has been without an effective central government since warlords toppled dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991 and then turned on each other, carving much of the country into armed camps ruled by violence and clan law.The government was
established nearly two years ago with the support of the U.N. but has failed to assert any power outside Baidoa, 155 miles from the capital, Mogadishu.The militia, known as the Supreme Islamic Courts Council, has rallied even more supporters by condemning reports that troops from neighboring Ethiopia have entered the country to protect the fragile government. Ethiopia is Somalia's traditional enemy, but Somalia's president has asked for its support — a decision that infuriated many Somalis.Deerow, a secondary school teacher before he entered politics in the 1990s, was an ardent supporter of close ties with Ethiopia, his friend, Ali Mohamed Ahmed Daon, told The Associated Press.Copyright 2006 The Associated Press.
Why Israel Must Win the Middle East War
By Paul Strand ,CBN News,www.cbn.com
CBNNews.com – Cliff May is president of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a group that focuses on the ideologies behind terrorism and the policies that can best eradicate it. He’s a former New York Times foreign correspondent, a senior editor at GEO, and associate editor at Newsweek. May has been keeping a close eye on the current conflict between Israel, Hezbollah, and
Hamas. Recently, CBN senior Washington correspondent Paul Strand sat down with May to discuss the ramifications of the war and related topics.
CBN: What are Hezbollah's goals in this war with Israel?
CLIFF MAY: Well…I think that Hezbollah has its own goals, but it is also carrying out certain goals on behalf of Syria and on behalf of Iran. Among its own goals are this: to show it's the main champion in that region of Hamas -- a main friend of Hamas -- and the main champion of the Arabs and the Muslims against the Israelis. They're the ones who are actually out there fighting the Israelis.
Of course, their long-term goals...there's no puzzle about that. They have said it is to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. Their long-term goals are nothing short of ethnic cleansing and genocide. That's very clear. As for Syria, their military got out of Lebanon, but they're still very influential there. They want to maintain Lebanon as a client state. Hezbollah helps them do that.And for Iran, there are all sorts of things. Among others, Iran right now is fighting with the U.S. over whether or not Iran is going to get nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them. This is a way for Iran to say to the U.S., We can do a lot more to hurt you than you can do
to hurt us. So just leave us alone to develop the weapons we want to develop.
CBN: What else might Iran be up to in this particular fight?
MAY: Iran is saying, We are now the champions of the Islamic world. We are the ones who are going to lead the fight against Christendom -- against the crusaders, against the Zionists, against what you and I would call the free world. One of the reasons you're seeing the Saudis, the Egyptians, and a lot of the other Sunni Arab countries uncomfortable with what's going with Hezbollah and Iran is because they want to lead this movement. They don't want the Shia whom they consider deviants from the religion to be leading it. They don't want them to be moving to the front of this march.So Iran is saying, We're leading a worldwide movement, a militant Islamist movement, against the West, and we have power and we have global reach in a way that nobody else does, including the Americans.
CBN: Do Hezbollah and Hamas have a religious agenda here? Is this a religious war?
MAY: It is very much a religious war for both of them, even though Hamas is Sunni and Hezbollah is Shia. But they are, both of them, militant Islamists. And they both have the same view, and it's very clear if you read the Hamas charter what that view is. Look, most people understand that in a militant Islamist society -- Saudi Arabia among them -- if a Muslim converts to another religion, that is a crime punishable by death. They hold the same view about land.Once a land is conquered by Muslims, it can never go back to being ruled by infidels. They believe it is an endowment from Allah to the Muslims. They can either fight for it, or not do their religious duty.That is why they believe that Israel, which was once conquered by Muslims, must again be run by Muslims. That's why they believe that much of Spain and parts of France and Hungary must be. Kashmir has a Muslim majority, so it must also be ruled by Muslims. And that almost surely explains the recent train bombings in India.
CBN: You've worked in the major media. Do those reporters understand that when Hezbollah and Hamas say they want to wipe Israel off the face of the map, they mean it? Or do those reporters view them as a couple of groups with reasonable moderates who'll be open to compromise, and ditching their more fanatical demands, when it's time to cut some future deal?
MAY: I think they don't often understand how much Hamas and Hezbollah mean what they say. The reporters do what you call mirror imaging. They think, If I said that, I wouldn't mean it, so if they say that, they can't mean it.They think, This is a political group. That's maybe their negotiating posture, but surely they're willing to back off.They don't understand what we've just discussed. It's not a negotiating
posture. It's a religious conviction. And because it's a religious conviction, it's very hard for them to back off from it.One thing you have to say is that Hamas and Hezbollah are very candid. They're not devious about what they want...for the most part. It's there in their charter. They won't remove it. They feel to remove it would be to fail to do their religious duty. So they're telling us what they want to do...they're telling us what their ambitions are. The question is whether we'll listen. And I think as you rightly point out, in the major media, a lot of people are not listening and not believing.
CBN: How do you see this war ending?
MAY: We don't know, but here's what I'm hopeful about: now that it's begun, it will conclude with Hezbollah being defeated and disarmed. Keep in mind, everybody in the world…theoretically… says that's what they want.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559, one of the few U.N. resolutions that has the force of law under Chapter, calls for Hezbollah to be disarmed. But, it doesn't say who should do it. The Lebanese don't have the power to do it. I don't think the French Foreign Legion is going to come in and do it. If Israel does not carry out this resolution... [if] Israel does not disarm Hezbollah now...who will and when? The answer is nobody, ever. And Hezbollah will get stronger next time.
They have bigger missiles now than they had in the past. They will have bigger, more powerful missiles in the future.If this conflagration does not end in Hezbollah's
defeat, there will be another conflict later, and it will be much worse. It will be terrible for the Lebanese, for the Israelis, for the Palestinians if this is merely put on ice and then allowed to thaw later on.All the suffering everybody's going through, it should result in something good. That means the defeat of Hezbollah. It means Hezbollah disarmed. It means the south of Lebanon is controlled again by Lebanese forces, not by a militia, a terrorist group that is funded, directed, and financed by Syria and Iran.
The United Nations will hold a planning meeting for interested parties July 31 to form an international force for Lebanon : U.N.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan ,Media Release ,Jul. 29, 2006
The United Nations will hold a planning meeting for interested parties July 31 to form an international force for Lebanon, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said July 29. Annan explicitly noted that the meeting only serve as a preliminary step, as the U.N. Security Council had not yet authorized a force.
European Union Calls Israel Wrong on Rome Crisis Talk
July 27, 2006,www.cbn.com
CBNNews.com – JERUSALEM (AP) - The European Union said Israel is totally wrong to think that international crisis talkers gave Jerusalem permission to continue its fight against Hezbollah guerrillas.Israel's justice minister earlier told Army Radio that the high-level Rome conference ended with permission from the world to continue its offensive in southern Lebanon.E.U. officials said that interpretation isn't accurate and that Mideast hostilities should stop now.With the U.S. opposed to an unconditional cease-fire, the conference ended in disagreement. Most European leaders urged an immediate end to the violence.
Washington wants to give Israel more time to diminish Hezbollah's capabilities so an international force can move in.Meanwhile, Israeli official have said there will be no end until Hezbollah is disarmed. Warning that a victory for Hezbollah is a victory for world terror,Israel's justice minister Haim Ramon vowed that it won't stop until the militant group is disarmed.As Israeli air strikes continued today, Ramon said the air force has to bomb villages before ground forces can go in. In fact, Ramon said they're not villages, but rather military bases from which Hezbollah operates.© 2006 The AP
California heat kills 25,000 cattle: official Thu Jul 27, 7:53 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A heat wave baking California since mid July has killed 25,000 cattle and 700,000 fowl, prompting emergency measures and crippling the sector for months to come, analysts said. Central California between Bakersfield and Redding is home to approximately 2.5 million cattle. Roughly 25,000 died because of the triple digit temperatures since July 14, according to Andy Zylstra, president of the California Dairy Campaign.The timing is horrendous,he told AFP. The price of milk is
down 30 percent while feed, fuel, electricity prices are all up, and now we have these tremendous losses. It's just a kick in the head.The losses amount to 1,500 to 2,500 dollars per head.Milk production in central California is also down. Tulare based Land O' Lakes Creamery normally produces 1.6 million gallons (6.0 million liters) of milk daily. The company has been reporting losses of 400,000 gallons (1.1 million liters) a day, according to Zylstra.
Disposal of the cattle creates another economic drain on strapped dairy farmers, and the sheer numbers of carcasses heading to the rendering plants has forced some counties to declare a state of emergency. Normally outlawed as a disposal method in
California, many of the dead cattle are buried in landfills or composted on
site. Composting is the best alternative method,said Zylstra. Come six months, there's nothing left but the plastic ear tags -- not even any bones or teeth.Disposal methods vary by county based on the water table, according to Zylstra.Though not sustaining the losses of the dairy industry, poultry farmers are
also disposing of millions of pounds of chickens and turkeys in landfills. Most central California poultry farms house their birds in ventilated, water-cooled barns that keep the temperature at 76 degrees F (24 degrees C), according to Bill Mattos, President of California Poultry Association.
But when the temperatures reach over 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), it can be devastating to the smaller producer,Mattos told AFP. He estimates that 700,000 birds have been lost in the summer heat.The heat also decreases the breeding success of the livestock. Cows just don't get pregnant in the heat, said Zylstra. Nine months down the road we'll be seeing the long-term effects.
Just like people, cows just aren't as frisky in this kind of heat.
Now this is starting to get rediculas, The Murderer Arabs (Hezbollah) cowards having to hide in with Civilians then cry foul against Israel to the world when Israel accidentally kills innocent People. The News media is so biased against Israel on this subject to and give sympathy to the Murderer Arabs.
Now that should be the outrage of people against the Murderer Arabs who killed thousands upon thousands of Innocent Israelis over the years. WHERE WAS THE OUT CRY AGAINST THESE MUSLIM MURDERERS WHEN INNOCENT ISRAELI WOMEN, CHILDREN WERE BEING MURDERERED OVER THE YEARS IS MY QUESTION?
DANIEL 7:7-8,23-24
7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast,(THE EU) 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.(10 NATIONS)
8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn,(#11 SPAIN) 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,(THE EU) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(Kick 3 countries out of the Eu in the future some time)
Spain willing to take part in possible peacekeeping mission in Lebanon
Spain is willing to contribute troops to an international peacekeeping operation in Lebanon, but will wait for the final decision made by the UN Security Council and the European Union (EU), a senior government official said on Friday. The Spanish government will take its decision based on the mandate and nature of the peacekeeping mission and in line with the political and military situation in the region, Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, the first deputy prime minister, told reporters after a weekly cabinet meeting.
Spain will be on the side of the decisions taken by the European Union and the United Nations and will continue to play an active role within international organizations to seek a solution, she said. The international conference in Rome this week was cautiously positive,she said. She added Spain supports the international efforts to help mediate a ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel as
soon as possible. Source: Xinhua
DANIEL 11:40-43 KING OF THE SOUTH EGYPT
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south (EGYPT) push at him:(EU PRESIDENT PROTECTING ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he
shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land,(ISRAEL) and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
Mubarak says certain powers trying to agitate conflict in Mideast
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has said that certain powers were trying to agitate a conflict in the Middle East to serve their interests, the official MENA news agency reported Friday. Mubarak, however, did not name the powers in an interview with the state-owned weekly Al-Akhbar Al-Youm, which will be published on Saturday. An immediate ceasefire was a unanimous world demand,the veteran president said, adding that the language of threats and fierce speeches was useless. Mubarak said that Egypt has maintained contacts with all parties concerned to contain the volatile situation in Lebanon. Egypt's clear-cut stance in all contacts was for an immediate ceasefire, to be followed by negotiations with full support from the international community,he said.
It was the latest call by Mubarak for a ceasefire, but the conflict between Lebanon's Shiite group Hezbollah and Israel saw no sign of letting up. Mubarak said that it was high time for the international community to set up a new mechanism for peace in the Middle East, which would involve all tracks, adding the international community should rethink its vision on peace and means to push forward the peace process on all tracks. He said that his contacts with Syrian leaders confirmed that they wanted peace and were committed to all international resolutions. Mubarak said that there were direct contacts between Jordanian King Abdullah II and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on regional issues after Egypt made efforts to solve Jordanian-Syrian differences.
Egypt and Jordan are the only two Arab countries to have signed peace treaties with Israel. More than 400 Lebanese and more than 50 Israelis have been killed in the conflict, which erupted after Hezbollah guerillas captured two Israeli soldiers and killed eight others during a cross-border attack on July 12. Source: Xinhua
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines(PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
Syria's Chemical Misslies
NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS
July 30, 2006: Syria may not have nuclear weapons, but it has created a force of ballistic missiles equipped with chemical (nerve and mustard gas) warheads. Syria is believed to have about 1200 ballistic missiles. About 85 percent of them are SCUDs, and most of these are improved designs from North Korea and Iran. The main improvement is a larger fuel tank, giving these missiles a range of about 700 kilometers. This allows them to reach anywhere in Israel. About 15 percent of their missiles are more modern (solid fuel) Russian SS-21s. But these only have a range of 70 kilometers. Thus the Syrians have about 600 missiles with a range of 700 kilometers, another 400 with a range of 300-400 kilometers, and about 200 with a range of 70 kilometers. All these missiles carry a half ton warhead. And some of these warheads carry nerve gas or mustard gas.
There are about 70 mobile launchers for the SCUDs, and about as many for the smaller SS-21s. The SCUD launchers, and support vehicles, are hidden in fifteen or more tunnel complexes. A major disadvantage of the SCUDs is that they take over an hour to fuel and get ready for firing. Some of the liquid fuel is poisonous, and the crews have to be careful while handling it. While there are some underground SCUD launching facilities, these are probably known to the Israelis, and likely to be bombed early in any conflict.
That's why the 70 mobile launchers are so important. These will be much sought after by Israeli aircraft, UAVs and satellites. Israel also has an anti-missile system (Arrow) that can knock down a few SCUDs at a time. If the Israelis can destroy most of the mobile launchers, and underground launch sites, that might be enough to avoid getting hit with chemical warheads.
These ballistic missiles are really the only reliable weapon Syria has. Poverty, and the end of Cold War era handouts from Russia, has led the 220,000 man Syrian army to decline in quality. The Syrian air force has sunk even deeper. The Syrian forces were never all that great to begin with. But now, all they can do is threaten Israel with chemical warheads carried on ballistic missiles. The United States has threatened to reply with nukes if anyone uses chemical weapons against U.S. troops or civilians. It's unclear if Israel would respond the same way. The Israeli armed forces could roll over the Syrian army and capture all of Syria in short order.
The threat of Israeli war crimes trials against Syrian leaders (who survived the Israeli offensive), might be the ultimate deterrent.
Somali leader accuses Iran, Libya and Egypt of supporting Islamic Militants Posted 7/29/2006 7:30 AM ET
BAIDOA, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's prime minister on Saturday accused Egypt, Libya and Iran of providing weapons for Islamic militants who have seized control of much of this country's south.Egypt, Libya and Iran, whom we thought were friends, are engaged in fueling the conflict in Somalia by supporting the terrorists, Prime Minister Mohammed Ali Gedi said, citing unnamed sources within his government.The accusations came as Somalia's already weak government was unraveling. Two lawmakers were shot this week — one fatally — and Gedi was facing a no-confidence vote after 18 lawmakers resigned from his administration.Meanwhile, an Islamic militia with alleged ties to al-Qaeda has steadily gained power, raising fears of an emerging Taliban-style regime.
The United States accuses the group of harboring al-Qaeda leaders responsible for deadly 1998 bombings at the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.We call for the international community to put pressure on these countries who want the problems in Somalia to continue,Gedi said.Earlier Saturday, the prime minister was among hundreds of people who attended the funeral of Abdallah Isaaq Deerow, the minister of constitutional and federal affairs who was gunned down the day before as he left a mosque.
His assassination enraged hundreds of Somalis who streamed into the streets hours after his death, screaming We want a government that can restore law and order!The protesters set fires near the presidential compound in Baidoa, the base of the
transitional government.Seven people have been arrested in Deerow's death, but authorities provided no further details, police chief Aadin Biid said.On Wednesday, Mohammed Ibrahim Mohammed, chairman of the parliamentary committee for constitutional affairs, was shot and wounded. It was not immediately clear whether the shootings were connected, although the men had worked together.
Somalia has been without an effective central government since warlords toppled dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991 and then turned on each other, carving much of the country into armed camps ruled by violence and clan law.The government was
established nearly two years ago with the support of the U.N. but has failed to assert any power outside Baidoa, 155 miles from the capital, Mogadishu.The militia, known as the Supreme Islamic Courts Council, has rallied even more supporters by condemning reports that troops from neighboring Ethiopia have entered the country to protect the fragile government. Ethiopia is Somalia's traditional enemy, but Somalia's president has asked for its support — a decision that infuriated many Somalis.Deerow, a secondary school teacher before he entered politics in the 1990s, was an ardent supporter of close ties with Ethiopia, his friend, Ali Mohamed Ahmed Daon, told The Associated Press.Copyright 2006 The Associated Press.
Why Israel Must Win the Middle East War
By Paul Strand ,CBN News,www.cbn.com
CBNNews.com – Cliff May is president of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a group that focuses on the ideologies behind terrorism and the policies that can best eradicate it. He’s a former New York Times foreign correspondent, a senior editor at GEO, and associate editor at Newsweek. May has been keeping a close eye on the current conflict between Israel, Hezbollah, and
Hamas. Recently, CBN senior Washington correspondent Paul Strand sat down with May to discuss the ramifications of the war and related topics.
CBN: What are Hezbollah's goals in this war with Israel?
CLIFF MAY: Well…I think that Hezbollah has its own goals, but it is also carrying out certain goals on behalf of Syria and on behalf of Iran. Among its own goals are this: to show it's the main champion in that region of Hamas -- a main friend of Hamas -- and the main champion of the Arabs and the Muslims against the Israelis. They're the ones who are actually out there fighting the Israelis.
Of course, their long-term goals...there's no puzzle about that. They have said it is to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. Their long-term goals are nothing short of ethnic cleansing and genocide. That's very clear. As for Syria, their military got out of Lebanon, but they're still very influential there. They want to maintain Lebanon as a client state. Hezbollah helps them do that.And for Iran, there are all sorts of things. Among others, Iran right now is fighting with the U.S. over whether or not Iran is going to get nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them. This is a way for Iran to say to the U.S., We can do a lot more to hurt you than you can do
to hurt us. So just leave us alone to develop the weapons we want to develop.
CBN: What else might Iran be up to in this particular fight?
MAY: Iran is saying, We are now the champions of the Islamic world. We are the ones who are going to lead the fight against Christendom -- against the crusaders, against the Zionists, against what you and I would call the free world. One of the reasons you're seeing the Saudis, the Egyptians, and a lot of the other Sunni Arab countries uncomfortable with what's going with Hezbollah and Iran is because they want to lead this movement. They don't want the Shia whom they consider deviants from the religion to be leading it. They don't want them to be moving to the front of this march.So Iran is saying, We're leading a worldwide movement, a militant Islamist movement, against the West, and we have power and we have global reach in a way that nobody else does, including the Americans.
CBN: Do Hezbollah and Hamas have a religious agenda here? Is this a religious war?
MAY: It is very much a religious war for both of them, even though Hamas is Sunni and Hezbollah is Shia. But they are, both of them, militant Islamists. And they both have the same view, and it's very clear if you read the Hamas charter what that view is. Look, most people understand that in a militant Islamist society -- Saudi Arabia among them -- if a Muslim converts to another religion, that is a crime punishable by death. They hold the same view about land.Once a land is conquered by Muslims, it can never go back to being ruled by infidels. They believe it is an endowment from Allah to the Muslims. They can either fight for it, or not do their religious duty.That is why they believe that Israel, which was once conquered by Muslims, must again be run by Muslims. That's why they believe that much of Spain and parts of France and Hungary must be. Kashmir has a Muslim majority, so it must also be ruled by Muslims. And that almost surely explains the recent train bombings in India.
CBN: You've worked in the major media. Do those reporters understand that when Hezbollah and Hamas say they want to wipe Israel off the face of the map, they mean it? Or do those reporters view them as a couple of groups with reasonable moderates who'll be open to compromise, and ditching their more fanatical demands, when it's time to cut some future deal?
MAY: I think they don't often understand how much Hamas and Hezbollah mean what they say. The reporters do what you call mirror imaging. They think, If I said that, I wouldn't mean it, so if they say that, they can't mean it.They think, This is a political group. That's maybe their negotiating posture, but surely they're willing to back off.They don't understand what we've just discussed. It's not a negotiating
posture. It's a religious conviction. And because it's a religious conviction, it's very hard for them to back off from it.One thing you have to say is that Hamas and Hezbollah are very candid. They're not devious about what they want...for the most part. It's there in their charter. They won't remove it. They feel to remove it would be to fail to do their religious duty. So they're telling us what they want to do...they're telling us what their ambitions are. The question is whether we'll listen. And I think as you rightly point out, in the major media, a lot of people are not listening and not believing.
CBN: How do you see this war ending?
MAY: We don't know, but here's what I'm hopeful about: now that it's begun, it will conclude with Hezbollah being defeated and disarmed. Keep in mind, everybody in the world…theoretically… says that's what they want.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559, one of the few U.N. resolutions that has the force of law under Chapter, calls for Hezbollah to be disarmed. But, it doesn't say who should do it. The Lebanese don't have the power to do it. I don't think the French Foreign Legion is going to come in and do it. If Israel does not carry out this resolution... [if] Israel does not disarm Hezbollah now...who will and when? The answer is nobody, ever. And Hezbollah will get stronger next time.
They have bigger missiles now than they had in the past. They will have bigger, more powerful missiles in the future.If this conflagration does not end in Hezbollah's
defeat, there will be another conflict later, and it will be much worse. It will be terrible for the Lebanese, for the Israelis, for the Palestinians if this is merely put on ice and then allowed to thaw later on.All the suffering everybody's going through, it should result in something good. That means the defeat of Hezbollah. It means Hezbollah disarmed. It means the south of Lebanon is controlled again by Lebanese forces, not by a militia, a terrorist group that is funded, directed, and financed by Syria and Iran.
The United Nations will hold a planning meeting for interested parties July 31 to form an international force for Lebanon : U.N.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan ,Media Release ,Jul. 29, 2006
The United Nations will hold a planning meeting for interested parties July 31 to form an international force for Lebanon, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said July 29. Annan explicitly noted that the meeting only serve as a preliminary step, as the U.N. Security Council had not yet authorized a force.
European Union Calls Israel Wrong on Rome Crisis Talk
July 27, 2006,www.cbn.com
CBNNews.com – JERUSALEM (AP) - The European Union said Israel is totally wrong to think that international crisis talkers gave Jerusalem permission to continue its fight against Hezbollah guerrillas.Israel's justice minister earlier told Army Radio that the high-level Rome conference ended with permission from the world to continue its offensive in southern Lebanon.E.U. officials said that interpretation isn't accurate and that Mideast hostilities should stop now.With the U.S. opposed to an unconditional cease-fire, the conference ended in disagreement. Most European leaders urged an immediate end to the violence.
Washington wants to give Israel more time to diminish Hezbollah's capabilities so an international force can move in.Meanwhile, Israeli official have said there will be no end until Hezbollah is disarmed. Warning that a victory for Hezbollah is a victory for world terror,Israel's justice minister Haim Ramon vowed that it won't stop until the militant group is disarmed.As Israeli air strikes continued today, Ramon said the air force has to bomb villages before ground forces can go in. In fact, Ramon said they're not villages, but rather military bases from which Hezbollah operates.© 2006 The AP
California heat kills 25,000 cattle: official Thu Jul 27, 7:53 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A heat wave baking California since mid July has killed 25,000 cattle and 700,000 fowl, prompting emergency measures and crippling the sector for months to come, analysts said. Central California between Bakersfield and Redding is home to approximately 2.5 million cattle. Roughly 25,000 died because of the triple digit temperatures since July 14, according to Andy Zylstra, president of the California Dairy Campaign.The timing is horrendous,he told AFP. The price of milk is
down 30 percent while feed, fuel, electricity prices are all up, and now we have these tremendous losses. It's just a kick in the head.The losses amount to 1,500 to 2,500 dollars per head.Milk production in central California is also down. Tulare based Land O' Lakes Creamery normally produces 1.6 million gallons (6.0 million liters) of milk daily. The company has been reporting losses of 400,000 gallons (1.1 million liters) a day, according to Zylstra.
Disposal of the cattle creates another economic drain on strapped dairy farmers, and the sheer numbers of carcasses heading to the rendering plants has forced some counties to declare a state of emergency. Normally outlawed as a disposal method in
California, many of the dead cattle are buried in landfills or composted on
site. Composting is the best alternative method,said Zylstra. Come six months, there's nothing left but the plastic ear tags -- not even any bones or teeth.Disposal methods vary by county based on the water table, according to Zylstra.Though not sustaining the losses of the dairy industry, poultry farmers are
also disposing of millions of pounds of chickens and turkeys in landfills. Most central California poultry farms house their birds in ventilated, water-cooled barns that keep the temperature at 76 degrees F (24 degrees C), according to Bill Mattos, President of California Poultry Association.
But when the temperatures reach over 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), it can be devastating to the smaller producer,Mattos told AFP. He estimates that 700,000 birds have been lost in the summer heat.The heat also decreases the breeding success of the livestock. Cows just don't get pregnant in the heat, said Zylstra. Nine months down the road we'll be seeing the long-term effects.
Just like people, cows just aren't as frisky in this kind of heat.
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