TERROR GROUPS FORM GUERRILLA ARMIES

1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS. 2-Small earthquake rattles SoCal desert. 3-Quakes disrupt Asia communications. 4-Another Rockies to High Plains Snowstorm. 5-Fire alert: this is just the beginning. 6-A MESSAGE FROM RABBI ECKSTEIN. 7-Iran heads for key nuclear vote. 8-Army Begs: Let Us Fire Back! 9-EU says it's concerned about Israeli settlement. 10-Terror groups use cease fire to form guerrilla armies.
EARTHQUAKES

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

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

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

WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS (USGS)

Update time = Thu Dec 28 2:00 AM EDT

DEC 28 NO QUAKES YET

DEC 27,06
MAP 3.1 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.2 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP 6.0 REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP 3.2 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 3.1 MOUNT ST. HELENS AREA, WASHINGTON
MAP 3.0 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.6 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 2.9 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 5.0 TONGA
MAP 2.9 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 2.6 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 2.5 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 5.6 TAIWAN

DEC 26,2006
MAP 5.2 KEPULAUAN SANGIHE, INDONESIA
MAP 2.8 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 2.8 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 5.7 WEST OF MACQUARIE ISLAND
MAP 2.5 OFFSHORE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.2 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
MAP 5.4 TAIWAN REGION
MAP 5.4 TAIWAN
MAP 5.9 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 2.5 WYOMING
MAP 3.4 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 5.5 TAIWAN REGION
MAP 6.9 TAIWAN
MAP 7.1 TAIWAN REGION
MAP 4.7 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 5.0 SOUTHWEST OF AUSTRALIA
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.5 JUJUY, ARGENTINA
MAP 2.9 GULF OF ALASKA
MAP 2.9 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII

Small earthquake rattles SoCal desert Wed Dec 27, 11:09 PM ET

COACHELLA, Calif. A small earthquake rattled the desert Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of any injuries or damage, authorities said.

The magnitude-3.1 temblor struck at 1:36 p.m. and was centered eight miles northeast of Coachella, according to a preliminary report from the U.S. Geological Survey.A dispatcher for the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said there were no reports of damage or injuries.

Quakes disrupt Asia communications
POSTED: 1104 GMT (1904 HKT), December 27, 2006 CNN

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- Telecommunications around Asia were severely disrupted on Wednesday after earthquakes off Taiwan damaged undersea cables, slowing Internet services and hindering financial transactions, particularly in the currency market.Banks and businesses across the region reported problems with communications, with some telephone lines cut and Internet access slowing to a crawl.South Korea's top fixed-line and broadband service provider, KT Corp, said in a statement that six submarine cables were knocked out by Tuesday night's earthquakes.Twenty-seven of our customers were hit, including banks and churches, a KT spokesman said. It is not known yet when we can fully restore the services.Banks in Seoul said foreign exchange trading had been affected.Trading of the Korean won has mostly halted due to the communication problem, said a dealer at one domestic bank.

Some disruption was also reported in the important Tokyo currency market but the EBS system that handles much dollar/yen trading appeared to be working.Global information company Reuters Group Plc said all users of its services in Japan and South Korea had been affected.One Tokyo foreign exchange trader said: There are many currencies in which market-making is being conducted via Reuters and such currencies such as the Australian dollar and the British pound are in a very tenuous situation now.

State secret

In China, trading in currencies and copper appeared to be normal and both the Shanghai stock market and money market were working.But China Telecommunications Group, the country's biggest fixed-line telephone operator and parent of China Telecom Corp., said the earthquakes had affected lines from the Chinese mainland to places including the Taiwan area, the United States and Europe, and many have been cut.Internet connections have been seriously affected, and phone links and dedicated business lines have also been affected to some degree, it said.Officials declined to give further details. Undersea communications cables fall in the area of state secrets, said a ministry of communications official in Beijing.The main quake, measured by Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau at magnitude 6.7 and at magnitude 7.1 by the U.S. Geological Survey, struck off Taiwan's southern coast at 1226 GMT on Tuesday. Two people were killed.Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom said two of four major undersea cables out of Taiwan had been affected. Voice circuits had been reduced to 40 per cent of capacity to the United States and just 2 per cent to most parts of
Southeast Asia.

KDDI Corp., Japan's second-largest telecoms company, said communications along submarine cables out of Japan went through Taiwan before reaching Southeast Asian countries, which was leading to disruption.But it said communications were unlikely to break down completely since there were alternative lines.PCCW, Hong Kong's main fixed-line telecoms provider, said several undersea cables it part-owned had been damaged. Data transfer is down by half, a spokeswoman said.Both Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), Southeast Asia's top phone company, and local rival StarHub Ltd., said customers were suffering slow access to Internet pages.But SingTel said traffic was being diverted and repair work was in progress, adding: Our submarine cables linking to Europe and the U.S. are not affected.Reuters.

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Another Rockies to High Plains Snowstorm J. Wilson, Meteorologist, The Weather Channel DEC 27,06

The storm that brought 50 to 100+ mph winds, 1-2 feet of mountain snow, and heavy rain through California will shift eastward into the interior West today. Snowfall accumulations from the sprawling system will coat areas from Montana southward to the high country of New Mexico and Arizona. Numerous winter storm watches and warnings are now posted for the major snow and wind threat to move from Montana to Arizona, Colorado to New Mexico, and into the western High Plains to the western Dakotas by Thursday night into Friday. This storm will be a very slow mover and will turn into a winter headache right through the weekend.

Snow will begin to fly along the Front Range by afternoon into the early evening. The slow movement and strength of the storm will bring heavy snow and strong winds for areas along the east slopes of the Rockies and adjacent High Plains into Saturday. This will bring snow totals in the range of 10 to 20 inches with locally higher amounts in the mountains with massive drifts and stinging winds as the event unfolds through Saturday.

Travel will be dangerous on all major highways near the central Rockies to High Plains by Thursday Night into Friday along I-25, I-76, I-70, and I-80 and at airports, including Denver to Cheyenne. Be ready for the severe conditions and be ready to take cover during the height of the storm. Another threat for this powerful storm will be developing thunderstorms on late Thursday in early Friday in southeast to western and central Texas. These storms will gather strength and have a potential for severe gusty winds and isolated tornadoes on Friday from eastern Texas into Arkansas and Louisiana. The threat will slowly move eastward along the Gulf of Mexico and western Tennessee Valley into Saturday. The slow movement of the storms will bring the chance for excessive heavy rain in addition to the strong storms. The thunderstorm and severe potential will need to be monitored closely if you have any travel plans for the Holidays.

FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS

REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

Fire alert: this is just the beginning
Email Print Normal font Large font Dan Harrison,December 28, 2006

FIRE services used another day of mild conditions yesterday to recharge, regroup and reassess their tactics for a bushfire season that promises to test their endurance.Department of Sustainability and Environment spokesman Kevin Monk said the fires that have blackened more than 870,000 hectares did not threaten any property yesterday, but warned people not to become complacent.We keep saying to people, it's only December. We've got a lot of summer to go yet, he said.Mr Monk said the rain that had fallen in several fire areas over recent days had been a mixed blessing, reducing the intensity of blazes but also hampering some fire control efforts.It's prevented us from doing back-burning. Access has been difficult in places because it's too slippery and wet to get into, and also some of the clouds have prevented our infra-red mapping aircraft from flying the edge of the fire.

Country Fire Authority state duty officer Peter Baker said no towns were under threat and encouraged holidaymakers to visit fire-affected communities. But he urged residents of fire-prone areas to remain vigilant.The fire activity has subsided … but there are still an enormous number of hot spots within the fire, he said.As many local firefighters enjoy their first decent break in weeks, 27 Northern Territory firefighters were due to arrive last night, to be joined today by about 10 from NSW and South Australia.About 55 New Zealanders and up to 70 Canadians are expected to arrive early in January, and Victorian authorities are in talks with their United States counterparts about further reinforcements.

A MESSAGE FROM RABBI ECKSTEIN

Stan,

The following biblical words came to my mind recently when I learned there were over 35,000 impoverished pre-school and kindergarten children across Israel in need of food: Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness. (Isaiah 58:10) In response to this great need, The Fellowship will be the light to these needy children by providing them with a hot lunch every school day for a year -- for only $92 per child! That meal is likely the only one these children will have in the course of their day.

Can we count on your donation today to help feed these children?

Think about it. For less than $8 per month, a poor Israeli child can receive a nutritious school lunch for an entire year. This is truly a small investment that provides a very rich return! The Fellowship has made the commitment to help 35,000 children through this program in 2007. And, to get started, we have set the goal of raising $92,000 before January 1 -- just five days from today. This will be enough to feed 1,000 children next year. It is an ambitious goal -- and we need your help to reach it. Please join us in this important work by giving a gift of $92 to feed one child in Israel for an entire year, or $184 to feed two children. Or, perhaps God has laid it upon your heart to provide meals for a child for six months for a gift of $46. Please make an online donation today, and know that your gift of any amount will be a great blessing to a hungry child. Thank you, my friend, for shining your light upon poor Israeli children through this important ministry.

With prayers for shalom, peace,

Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein
President International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.

WW3 THE 3 WAVES THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL

DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) 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, 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.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA 2ND WAVE OF WW3) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

The Third and Final Wave of WW3 is when all Nations march to Jerusalem, but JESUS bodily returns to earth and destroys them,sets up his KINGDOM OF RULE FOR 1000 YEARS THEN FOREVER.

Iran heads for key nuclear vote
POSTED: 0915 GMT (1715 HKT), December 27, 2006

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran's parliament is debating how its government should respond to International Atomic Energy Agency demands for inspections and monitoring of its nuclear production facilities, and a decisive vote could happen Wednesday.

The parliament decided Sunday that it would revise its relationship with the IAEA in the wake of the U.N. Security Council voted to impose sanctions on Iran for failing to suspend its nuclear program.The U.N. resolution, passed by all 15 council members, orders all countries to ban the supply of materials and technology that could contribute to Iran's nuclear and missile programs. It also freezes assets of companies and individuals in the country's nuclear and missile programs. These are identified on a U.N. list.

The resolution is a reaction to Iran's failure to comply with an August 31 U.N. deadline to suspend uranium enrichment work and resume negotiations.While there is disagreement within the Iranian government on how it should respond to the international community's pressure, the parliament is seeking to create a united front for Iran which might include cooperation with the IAEA but with some conditions placed on inspections.The parliament's conclusions would become guidance for the government of President Ahmadinejad in dealing with the IAEA.

ISRAELS TROUBLE

JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.

DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same
time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)

Army Begs: Let Us Fire Back!
By Hillel Fendel (INN)

The government's restraint in the face of the rocket attacks is immoral, ineffective, and must end. So say various IDF officers, as Olmert convenes an emergency security meeting this morning. Defense Minister Amir Peretz said it last night, following the serious wounding of two boys in Sderot by a Kassam rocket, and increasing numbers of army officers are now saying it publicly as well: The policy of restraint must end.Peretz told Olmert last night that Israel can no longer afford to restrain its fire. IDF forces are currently not permitted even to fire at a Kassam rocket launching cell, unless the soldiers' lives are directly and immediately endangered.Col. (ret.) Moshe Hager, a deputy division head during Operation Defensive Shield in 2002, told Arutz-7, The current policy is immoral - not because of any given Kassam attack, but because every minute, Gaza is becoming more and more like Lebanon, as the terrorists increase their military capabilities. The Negev will soon be lost to us, at this rate.

Hager's recommendation is to conquer all of Gaza, kill all the terrorists, install mayors whom we support, and realize that the Palestinian Authority has not fulfilled its Oslo commitments and that the Oslo Accords no longer exist... At the very least, the northern Gaza areas must be conquered in order to shorten the range of Kassam rockets. In addition, the Philadelphi corridor in southern Gaza must also be conquered; it will be hard, but it's absolutely imperative, in order to crumble the terrorist infrastructures, just like during Operation Defensive Shield.An unnamed government source, quoted on Voice of Israel Radio, said that the security establishment would recommend putting an end to restraint and taking military action against the rocket launchers.The IDF's inaction gives immunity to the rocket launching cells, an unnamed army official told Ynet. In the past, a terrorist who went out on a rocket launching mission thought seven times whether it was worth it and what were the chances that he would be hit. Now, he doesn't have to think even twice.Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Yom Tov Samiyeh, a former IDF Southern Region Commander, told Army Radio today that if we don't want to end up having to re-conquer all of Gaza - and I don't want to; who needs it? - then we had better implement smaller-scale military measures to uproot the terrorist infrastructure there.It is assumed that Prime Minister Olmert is still trying to fulfill his promises to Palestinian Authority chairman Abu Mazen at their Saturday night meeting. Olmert promises to remove many security checkpoints throughout Judea and Samaria - though the army is reviewing the issue and this will not happen until next week at the earliest.

Olmert also promised to free up $100 million in tax monies that Israel had been withholding.The wounding of the two boys last night was the climax of a day of Kassam rockets against Israel. No fewer than eight rockets were fired, the most in one day since the ceasefire took effect just over a month ago. Damage was caused, and one rocket landed dangerously close to a sensitive infrastructure in southern Ashkelon.

Noticeably differing in his approach is Yuval Diskin, the head of the General Security Service (Shabak). Diskin has recommended that Israel act diplomatically, not militarily. Just two days ago, Israel submitted a detailed complaint to the UN against the PA and its continued ceasefire violations.Meanwhile, Shimon Peres continues to reach out to Israel's deadliest enemies. In a speech in Spain last night, the Vice Prime Minister said he believes Hamas is an important factor in the Middle East peace process, and that the organization should play a role in it. Israel's official position is to conduct no negotiations with Hamas as long as it continues not to recognize Israel's right to exist and calls for its destruction.

LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)

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

ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
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.

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS 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;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.

DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) 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,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) 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:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) 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 (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) 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.

ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).

ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

EU says it's concerned about Israeli settlement
27 Dec 2006 15:44:35 GMT,Source: Reuters

More HELSINKI, Dec 27 (Reuters) - The European Union said on Wednesday it was deeply concerned about Israel's plan to turn a former army base in the occupied West Bank into a settlement for 30 Jewish settler families evacuated from Gaza last year.A U.S.-backed Israeli-Palestinian peace plan known as the road map calls for a halt to settlement construction in the West Bank, land Palestinians want for a state.This development runs contrary to the commitment undertaken by Israel in the road map, Finland, which holds the rotating presidency of the EU, said in a statement.The Presidency of the European Union expresses its deep concern at the news that the Israeli Government has authorised the construction of the Maskiot settlement in the West Bank.

Such unilateral actions are also illegal under international law and threaten to render the two-state solution physically impossible to implement, it said.The families planning to move to the former army base in Maskiot lived in two of the 21 settlements Israel dismantled in the Gaza Strip in 2005 under a disengagement plan promoted by former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

Some 8,500 settlers were pulled out of the Gaza Strip, along with Israeli troops, after 38 years of occupation.The Presidency of the EU urges the parties to refrain from all activities that would endanger the ceasefire, Finland said. Extending the ceasefire to the West Bank must be an urgent goal.Some 260,000 settlers live in the West Bank, among 2.5 million Palestinians. The World Court has branded Israeli settlements on land captured in the 1967 Middle East war as illegal. Israel disputes this.

MUSLIM NATIONS

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(MOSCOW) 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 (ARABS,MUSLIMS) 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:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

WORLD TERRORISM

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

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

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

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

GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

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

JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

Terror groups use cease fire to form guerrilla armies
Palestinians enhancing capabilities, working to mimic Hezbollah warfare
December 27, 2006,1:00 a.m. Eastern,By Aaron Klein,WorldNetDaily.com

TEL AVIV -- Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups have been using a cease-fire agreed to last month to smuggle weapons into the Gaza Strip and build Hezbollah-like guerilla armies to confront the Jewish state, according to the Israeli Defense Forces. In another few months, in the Gaza Strip we will have to deal with military capabilities of the terror organizations that we haven't been familiar with until now, said Sami Turjeman, head of the IDF's operations department.

Yossi Beidetz, head of research for the IDF's military intelligence unit, warned Hamas has been using the cease-fire, which went into effect Nov. 26, to strengthen its forces and prepare for conflict with Israel. Senior defense officials told WND Palestinian terror groups in Gaza have been focusing their weapons procurement and training efforts on mimicking guerrilla warfare actions carried out by Hezbollah during its confrontation against Israel in Lebanon this past summer.

The officials said the Palestinian groups learned Hezbollah-like tactics, such as raids of military installations and the use of antitank fire, can be more effective than ordinary terror attacks. The officials said Hezbollah militants have been aiding in Palestinian training efforts in the Egyptian Sinai desert bordering the Gaza Strip. They also said more than 20 tons of weapons have been brought into
Gaza from the neighboring Sinai desert in the last 10 months, including a large number of anti-tank missiles, which caused the highest number of Israeli military casualties during the last Lebanon war.

The officials said the Palestinian terror groups are also focusing much of their efforts on smuggling from Egypt longer-range missiles such as advanced Qassams and Katyusha rockets, which could target Jewish communities deeper into Israel similar to Hezbollah's use of Katyusha rockets that devastated northern Israel last summer. Israel withdrew from Gaza in August 2005. In a deal brokered in November by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the Egypt-Gaza border, once controlled by the Jewish state, now is manned by Egyptian and Palestinian security officials and observed by European monitors. The monitors reportedly have fled their duty several times the past few months. Israeli security officials have noted multiple breaches in border security, including the open transport of terrorists and weapons across the border.

They say several key sections of the border are penetrable and that smuggling tunnels that snake under the border are thriving.

Terror leaders admit: We are copying Hezbollah

Speaking to WND, senior terror leaders in Gaza, including militants from Palestinian Authority President Abbas' Fatah party, admitted they are working to copy Hezbollah warfare tactics.

We are turning Gaza into south Lebanon, Abu Ahmed, northern Gaza leader for the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group told WND. We learned from Hezbollah's victory that Israel can be defeated if we know how to hit them and if we are well prepared, Abu Ahmed said. We are importing rockets and the knowledge to launch them and we are also making many plans for battle. Abu Abdullah, a leader of Hamas so-called military wing told WND his group is preparing for war against Israel. In the last 15 months, even though the fighters of Hamas kept the cease-fire, we did not stop making important advancements and professional training on the military level. In the future, after Hamas is obliged to stop the cease-fire, the world shall see our new military capabilities, said Abu Abdullah, who is considered one of the most important operational members of Hamas' Izzedine al-Qassam Martyrs Brigades, Hamas' declared resistance department. Al Aqsa's Abu Ahmed said his group is receiving help from Hezbollah to import long-range rockets and train in guerrilla warfare tactics. We have warm relations with Hezbollah, which helps with some of the training programs, Abu Ahmed said. We don't have anything to be ashamed of – that we are dealing with Hezbollah and that we are receiving training and information from them.

He said Hezbollah maintains cells in the Sinai.

The Sinai is an excellent ground for training, the exchange of information and weapons and for meetings on how to turn every piece of land into usable territory for a confrontation with Israel, Abu Ahmed said.

Palestinians establishing Gaza war bunkers

Abu Ahmed said Palestinian groups are developing war bunkers inside Gaza similar to the underground Hezbollah lairs Israel found during the war in Lebanon. Our preparations include the building of special bunkers. Of course, we are taking into consideration that Gaza is not the same topography as Lebanon, Abu Ahmed said. During its confrontation with Hezbollah, Israel destroyed scores of complex bunkers that snaked along the Lebanese side of the Israel-Lebanon border. Military officials said they were surprised by the scale of the Hezbollah bunkers, in which Israeli troops reportedly found war rooms stocked with advanced eavesdropping and surveillance equipment they noted were made by Iran. Abu Ahmed said the most important tool in the Palestinian resistance arsenal was rockets. He said his group learned from Hezbollah that Israel can be defeated with missiles. We saw that with the capacity to bombard the Israeli population with hundreds of rockets every day we can change the strategic balance with Israel, he said.

Since Israel's Gaza withdrawal, Palestinian terror groups have been regularly firing rockets at nearby Jewish communities, even after a cease-fire went into effect last month. The terrorists generally have fired three versions of Qassam rockets, improvised steel projectiles filled with explosives and fuel. Qassams can travel between one and five miles depending on the sophistication of the particular rocket.Israel has noted improvements in Qassams, including rockets carrying double engines. Israeli security officials say a large number of Katyusha rockets have been brought into Gaza. Katyushas can travel about 12 miles and can deliver large payloads. Hezbollah fired more than 2,800 Katyusha rockets into Israel in July and August. In August, Islamic Jihad fired a Katyusha rocket into the Israeli Negev. It landed in an empty area. In June, the group fired a Katyusha-like rocket that traveled about nine miles. The Katyusha we fired (in August) shows we can have every weapon we need, said Abu Ahmed. It is only a matter of a small period before Gaza is ready for war.

OIL RISES

1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS. 2-Quake sets off Asian tsunami alert. 3-Britain has biggest mainland earthquake of the year. 4-Quake jolts central Japan. 5-Quakes hit Indonesia, Papua New Guinea. 6-Heavy snow warnings Northwest and Southeast. 7-Violent Christmas storms rip up Florida. 8-New woes for Aceh as floods kill 90, force 300,000 to flee. 9-At least 200 killed in fire at vandalised pipeline in Nigeria. 10-The United States to Support Palestinian State With Temporary Borders. 11-Achmadinijad's Secret Weapon. 12-Nepal's mystery Buddha boy reappears. 13-Hindu Extremists in India Beat Christian Couple, Pastor. 14-vatican: Whatever happened to Christmas. 15-Religious Education and Neighborhood Rehabilitation Endangered. 16-Jordan Invites Hamas PM, Abbas For Talks-Palestinian Aide. 17-Likud Leaders: Olmert's Policies Threaten Central Israel. 18-Oil rises to near $63 as Iran bristles at sanctions. 19-Views on Enlargement Differ in European Union.

EARTHQUAKES

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

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

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

WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS (USGS)

Update time = Wed Dec 27 12:01 AM EDT

DEC 27,06 NO QUAKES YET

DEC 26,06
MAP 5.2 KEPULAUAN SANGIHE, INDONESIA
MAP 2.5 OFFSHORE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.4 TAIWAN REGION
MAP 5.4 TAIWAN
MAP 5.6 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 3.4 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 7.0 TAIWAN
MAP 7.1 TAIWAN REGION
MAP 4.7 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 5.0 SOUTHWEST OF AUSTRALIA
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.5 JUJUY, ARGENTINA
MAP 2.9 GULF OF ALASKA
MAP 2.9 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII

DEC 25,06 CHRIST MAS DAY (PRAISE OUR SAVIOUR)
MAP 2.8 NEVADA
MAP 3.0 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 5.8 KYRGYZSTAN
MAP 2.7 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.6 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 3.5 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 2.6 SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.9 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.7 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.5 ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 3.6 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 3.1 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.8 INDIAN OCEAN TRIPLE JUNCTION
MAP 3.3 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 3.5 NEVADA
MAP 2.6 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 2.7 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 2.8 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 3.0 CENTRAL ALASKA

DEC 24,06
MAP 2.5 OREGON
MAP 5.8 NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
MAP 2.5 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP 5.1 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 3.4 NEW MEXICO
MAP 4.5 CRETE, GREECE
MAP 5.2 NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP 5.2 BALI SEA
MAP 4.5 LAKE BAYKAL REGION, RUSSIA
MAP 5.0 NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL PERU
MAP 5.7 NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP 3.4 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 2.6 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.5 NEVADA
MAP 4.0 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.9 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 2.5 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 4.9 SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA
MAP 4.9 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP 3.8 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA

Almost another disaster after Christmas, No Tsunami this time Thank God, but a warning put Christ back into the season or trouble to come bigtime. Can't take Christ out of the World and expect to survive.

Quake sets off Asian tsunami alert 31 minutes ago DEC 26,06

MANILA (AFP) - A major 7.1-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Taiwan set off a tsunami warning in the Pacific but there were no immediate reports of significant damage. The quake came two years to the day after the Asian tsunami disaster, as jittery nations were remembering the devastation that left 220,000 people dead across the region.The US Geological Survey reported two quakes, one of 7.1 magnitude and one of 7.0 magnitude.An undersea quake reportedly hit at 8:26 pm (1226 GMT) just off the southern tip of Taiwan, where authorities reported that two more earthquakes, measuring 6.4 and 5.2 in magnitude respectively, followed shortly after the first one.Another quake, measuring 5.5, later hit in the same area, they said.A 34-year-old man in Taiwan died when a furniture shop collapsed in southern Pingtung county, rescue officials said.Seven others were also initially trapped in the shop, and two of them, including a boy, were still waiting to be rescued.

At least 29 others were injured.

Taiwanese television reports showed people in the city of Pingtung rushing into the streets in panic. High-rise buildings across the island were rattled and telephone services in southern Taiwan were disrupted.

Japanese authorities said a one-metre (three-foot) tsunami could be headed toward the Philippines, while the US Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) cautioned nations in the region to be on alert.Earthquakes of this size sometimes generate local tsunamis that can be destructive along coasts located within 100 kilometres (60 miles) of the earthquake epicentre, the PTWC said on its website.Authorities in the region of the epicentre should be aware of this possibility and take appropriate action, it said.The Japanese Meteorological Agency said the quake was able to trigger a one-metre high tsunami that would be on course to hit Basco in the northern Philippines.

But since it's been nearly two hours since the quake without any tsunami being observed, the possibility is declining, an agency official said.The epicentre of the undersea quake was believed to be just 23 kilometres (14 miles) off the southernmost point of the island of Taiwan, not far from the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung.Taiwan, which lies near the junction of two tectonic plates, is regularly shaken by earthquakes. The country's worst-ever quake, 7.6 in magnitude, killed some 2,400 people in September 1999.

The latest quakes came two years to the day after a massive 9.3-magnitude quake off the coast of Indonesia set off massive tsunamis that battered countries around the region, leaving around 220,000 people dead.It was one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history.After Tuesday's alert, there was some immediate confusion about the strength and danger to the region.

In the Philippines the earthquake set objects swaying in the Batanes islands and in the northern half of the main island of Luzon, but there were no immediate reports of casualites or damage. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said they received a tsunami warning from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, but that it was later cancelled. Annie Onie, a tourism aide in Basco, told AFP: The first we heard of the tsunami was on the news. There was no panic and noone was evacuated from low-lying areas as far as I know. Basco resident Oliver Hidalgo said that after the quake, I went down to the pier (to check for a tsunami) but saw nothing unusual. In Vietnam, authorities called for a huge stretch of its coastline to be evacuated, but later cancelled the advice. Residents of the 1,500 kilometre stretch of coast, running from the centre of the country to its southernmost point, were urged to move between 300 and 500 metres from the shoreline and seek out higher ground. But the warning was lifted an hour later.

Taiwan's central weather bureau said it only issued tsunami warnings when earthquakes measured more than 7.0 magnitude, and Taiwanese officials said the largest had measured less than that. In Hong Kong, residents said they felt their high-rise buildings shake gently around the time the largest quake was said to have hit.

Britain has biggest mainland earthquake of the year Tue Dec 26, 9:01 AM ET

LONDON (AFP) - Britain has had its biggest mainland earthquake of the year when tremors measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale shook buildings in south-west Scotland, the Geological Survey said.It was felt by quite a lot of people and was obviously a large earthquake in UK terms. In world terms, there are thousands of these every year, said David Galloway, a BGS seismologist based in Edinburgh on Tuesday.People in the Dumfries area of the Scottish borders reported their houses shaking violently at about 10:45 am (1045 GMT) Tuesday but no serious damage or injuries were reported, police said.Quakes of similar magnitude happen in Britain about once or twice per year, Galloway said. The largest recorded this year -- measuring 3.8 -- was in the northern North Sea in February but was not felt on land.(Tuesday's quake) was felt because it's Boxing Day (a public holiday), there's not a lot of traffic,
no-one at work and there's more people at home.It's the biggest in the UK this year, he added.

Galloway said there was no connection whatsoever to a huge quake off the coast of Taiwan, which triggered a tsunami warning in the Pacific Ocean, two years to the day after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami.Britain, which sits on the Eurasian plate, has about 200 earthquakes each year. The largest was in the North Sea in 1931 and measured 6.1 on the Richter scale.

Quake jolts central Japan Mon Dec 25, 7:09 PM ET

TOKYO - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 jolted central Japan early Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, the Meteorological Agency said. The quake struck at 5:17 a.m. and shook Niigata prefecture (state) and other areas in central Japan. It was centered near Sado Island in the Sea of Japan at a depth of about 19 miles. No tsunami warnings were issued, the agency said.A magnitude-6.8 earthquake hit Niigata in October, killing 40 people and damaging thousands of homes. It was the deadliest to hit Japan since 1995, when a magnitude-7.2 quake killed 6,433 people in the western city of Kobe.A magnitude-5 earthquake can potentially cause considerable damage.Japan sits atop four tectonic plates and is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world.

Quakes hit Indonesia, Papua New Guinea Sun Dec 24, 3:25 AM ET

SYDNEY, Australia - Moderate earthquakes hit off the coasts of Indonesia and neighboring Papua New Guinea on Sunday, officials said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damages. A magnitude-5.8 quake struck about 70 miles east of Papua New Guinea's island of New Britain and was centered 53 miles below the seabed. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center at Ewa Beach, Hawaii, did not issue a tsunami warning for the quake.Earlier Sunday, a 5.7-magnitude quake hit about 90 miles southwest of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, some 55 miles beneath the Sunda Strait, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site.The archipelago nations are prone to seismic upheaval due to their location on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Heavy snow warnings Northwest and Southeast B. Bernard, Meteorologist, The Weather Channel DEC 26,06

Heavy snow warnings are posted for diverse areas of the nation today: parts of Washington state and portions of North Carolina. A heavy snow warning is in effect for the eastern slopes of the southern Washington Cascades, including the cities of Wenatchee, Ellensburg and Yakima (winter storm warning), where up to 8 to 12 inches of snow may fall by tomorrow morning. A heavy snow warning is also in effect for the mountains of North Carolina where chilly northwest winds are expected to deliver 3 to 4 inches of snow (locally 5 or 6 inches) to areas above 3500 feet by tomorrow morning. Farther north, 4 to 8 inches of snow are forecast for the Adirondacks of New York state and for northeast Vermont and the Green Mountains of central Vermont. In northern Maine, 4 to 7 inches are expected to accumulate. Heavy rain, meanwhile, continues to soak portions of western Oregon and northern California.

The downpours have reached as far south as Marin County.

Violent Christmas storms rip up Florida DEC 26,06

MIAMI (AFP) - Violent rainstorms and a tornado swept through central Florida, leaving a dozen people injured and damaging more than 200 homes on the Christmas holiday, local authorities said.The storms ripped through several counties but the most significant damage has been reported north of Deland and in mainland Daytona Beach, two cities in Volusia County in the east of the state's peninsula, said Volusia County Emergency Management.Ten people were taken to hospitals in Volusia Country and six were awaiting rescue services, although injuries were minor.The tornado damaged 200 trailer-homes in Deland and 240 apartments in a residential complex in Daytona Beach, forcing the evacuation of some 150 people, authorities said.

More than 3,000 households were left without electricity in Volusia and neighboring counties and a fleet of aircraft was damaged at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, where a fire broke out.Meteorological forecasters in Floria have predicted an unseasonably warm winter from the effects of El Nino, a warming of water in the South Pacific that limited the formation of hurricanes in the Atlantic this year and is unsettling weather conditions.The next storm system is forecast to impact the state on New Year's weekend with another potential round of severe weather, the Florida Division of Emergency Management said.This increasingly stormy weather pattern is a result of the moderate El Nino conditions in place across the equatorial Pacific.

New woes for Aceh as floods kill 90, force 300,000 to flee by Adek Berry
Mon Dec 25, 1:57 PM ET

BIREUEN, Indonesia (AFP) - Two years after the devastating tsunami, Indonesia's Aceh province was grappling with more tragedy after floods and landslides killed at least 90 people and left thousands waiting to be rescued. Troops and volunteer rescue workers were attempting to reach thousands of people trapped by the floods, which have forced around 300,000 to flee their homes on the island of Sumatra.Aceh was the worst hit, with 60 dead in one district alone as the region prepared to mark the second anniversary of the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean catastrophe.Whole villages have been swallowed by flood waters following a week of torrential rains.Aceh governor Mustafa Abubakar said six helicopters were transporting supplies to people stranded by the floods. A navy warship was already in the area with another on the way, said Abubakar, who is coordinating relief and rescue efforts.

Relief efforts are starting to be more coordinated. We've started dropping relief supplies from the air in isolated areas, he told AFP. Only house roofs and the minarets of mosques showed above the muddy brown waters in the worst-hit district of Aceh Tamiyang in aerial photographs taken by the Aceh and Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency.Villagers were shown sheltering on higher ground surrounded by flood waters, with some people floating precariously on logs.Some 150,000 people in Aceh Tamiyang have taken refuge on higher ground but water levels remained high, local police chief Agus Santoso told ElShinta news radio.Water levels in the upstream areas in Aceh Tamiyang remain about two metres (more than six feet) in some areas. The area is surrounded by rivers and the water level has not receded, he said.

Villagers said they were running short of food.

We have not received any food, we have not eaten rice for five days. We're surviving on sweet potatoes and bananas, Anto, a resident of Tenggulun village in Aech Tamiyang, told ElShinta.Many children are getting sick with fever and diarrhoea, he said.In North Aceh, two people were killed and more than 140,000 people fled their homes, deputy district head Nasrullah told AFP. We need food, clothes and tents for the displaced people, he said.Water has receded in some places, but it's flowed to lower areas and flooded more villages, he said.In the neighbouring province of North Sumatra, at least 19 people were killed in a landslide which buried dozens of houses while nine others died in the floods.Television pictures showed villagers perched under makeshift shelters along railway tracks built on banks which remained above the waters.

We are now concentrating on evacuating people who are trapped in their homes in the town of Kuala Simpang in Aceh Tamiyang district, Ghufran Zainal Abidin, the local chairman of the Prosperous Justice Party, told AFP from the worst-affected area. We have not received any more reports of dead victims as we are concentrating on saving the ones that are trapped in flooded spots, said Abidin, who reported 60 dead in Aceh Tamiyang district Sunday. Around 1,000 troops have been dispatched to Aceh and North Sumatra along with heavy equipment and helicopters, Commodore Mohammad Sunarto Sjoekronoputro said, according to the official Antara news agency.Two Hercules transport aircraft loaded with tents, field kitchens and inflatable boats were being sent to the affected region. Floods also hit neighbouring Malaysia, where seven people were killed in the worst affected southern state of Johor. Some 74,000 were still sheltering at relief centres.

Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla has pointed the finger at illegal logging as one of the causes of the deadly floods, and pledged that the government would intensify its efforts to replant the forests. Last June, floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains killed more than 200 people in South Sulawesi province. Separate floods killed more than 20 people and forced 40,000 people from their homes in Borneo in the same month.

EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS

REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

At least 200 killed in fire at vandalised pipeline in Nigeria by Helen Vesperini DEC 26,06

LAGOS (AFP) - An explosion and blaze at a vandalised oil pipeline in Nigeria's main city Lagos killed at least 200 people, most of whom had been scooping fuel from it, a Red Cross official said. Scores of charred bodies were lying in the foam and water that firefighters used to fight the blaze in the commercial capital's densely populated northern district of Abule Egba, according to an AFP correspondent at the scene.By late afternoon fire fighters had extinguished the blaze but smoke still rose from the site and a pervasive smell of fuel prompted the police to advise all those present to leave.We're still looking at a death total of around 200 but with the possibility it might rise beyond that, a Nigerian Red Cross official told AFP.Casualty figures for those who survived the fire with burns varied wildly, from around 60 to some 300. Red Cross officials said counting the injured was difficult because they had been sent to several different hospitals and clinics.Lagos State Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu visited the scene of the fire on Tuesday afternoon, said he was saddened at the tragedy and promised that an investigation would be carried out.

Residents said the pipeline was vandalised by thieves stealing fuel on a large scale. The fire, they said, started later in the morning, some time around 8:00 am (O7OO GMT) when local residents arrived with jerrycans to help themselves to small quantities of fuel.

They came and tapped the pipeline, filled the tankers with the fuel and went away with them, witness Joe Okah said. Then people here who were suffering came to fill jerrycans and then there was the explosion.Around the bodies, some charred to an extent where they were barely recognisable as human, lay burnt out vehicles and charred wooden market stalls.There was disagreement amongst residents as to whether the fire had been started by an accidental spark or by a disgruntled thief lighting a match.Bystanders alternately edged forward through the mud to look at the corpses, covering their noses with their shirts because of the smoke, and then surged back, shocked at what they had seen.

To die like that for a few thousand naira! The families won't even be able to identify them, rued an elderly man in a blue vest, shaking his head and lamenting that people should be so desperate as to risk their lives to steal a jerrycan full of fuel.Several local people said they tried to alert both the fire service and the police to the fact that the pipeline had been vandalised and was leaking fuel long
before the blaze started but that no help had been sent.Police at the scene refused to give estimates of the number of dead and injured. A senior Lagos State police officer tried to play down the impact of the blaze, insisting in mid afternoon that the death toll was still only between 40 and 100.An oil industry source earlier Tuesday estimated that the number of dead ran into the hundreds.

The Nigerian Red Cross said the final toll could be higher than expected Tuesday as normally in such cases many injured people hide for fear of being prosecuted.A statement from the Nigerian Presidency in early evening referred to scores of dead and injured and said President Olusegun Obasanjo was shocked and saddened by the report of the vandalisation of the pipeline.Obasanjo is particularly saddened that this vandalisation continues despite his warning that the vandalisation of pipelines carrying petroleum products is not only illegal but a dangerous pursuit, the statement said. In a statement, the Finnish presidency of the European Union expressed its grief at the loss of life and offers its condolences to the government and people of Nigeria, and to the families, relatives and friends of those who have died.

More than 2,000 people have died in a series of similar tragedies within a decade, mainly in the south of the oil-rich country, where poverty is widespread and fuel can run short though Nigeria is a major petroleum exporter. Pipeline tapping is frequent in Nigeria, where Lagos and other cities are prone to fuel shortages. Nigeria is Africa's biggest crude producer but heavily reliant on imports for its refined product requirements. Petrol stations in many Lagos neighbourhoods have been short of fuel for the past week or 10 days, causing bigger than usual traffic jams and fraying tempers as residents try to do their shopping for the festive period and visit family and friends.

MUSLIM NATIONS

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(MOSCOW) 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 (ARABS,MUSLIMS) 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:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

The United States to Support Palestinian State With Temporary Borders
Dec 24, '06 / 3 Tevet 5767

(IsraelNN.com) The weekly Forward reports that the U.S. administration to trying to rally support in Congress for transferring $100 million to Abu Mazen and is also considering a plan for a Palestinian state with temporary borders by the end of 2007.According to the report, the borders of the state would be based upon the second stage of the Road Map plan.

Achmadinijad's Secret Weapon by Moshe Feiglin DEC 24,06

Why does Achmadinijad keep banging on the Holocaust drum? What does he need it for? Achmadinijad is very smart.

His world view is grounded in the labyrinths of the Middle East, but he understands the weak spots of the West. Achmadinijad understands that the Holocaust created the world opinion that gave birth to the State of Israel.

It is hard to argue with him on that point. The chance that the UN would have decided on the establishment of the State of Israel before the Holocaust is miniscule. But the Holocaust is not just a one-time tool that Israel used to tweak the conscience of the world before the fateful vote. It is the tool that the State of Israel uses until this very day to justify its existence. Just like a beggar who displays his open wounds to drum up business, Israel coerces every VIP who visits here to run directly from the airport to the horrors of the Holocaust Museum in
Jerusalem. Between us -- have you ever seen another country that justifies it existence by explaining that there is no other choice?

Look Mr. President... Please understand, Mr. Prime Minister, did you see what they did to us when we had no State? After pictures like these, can you even ask why Israel must exist?

The ploy worked for fifty years. But the world is already tired of it. It is very unfortunate that you were once persecuted, but it doesn't give you the right to steal the land of a different nation -- that in the meantime has also learned how to create photo-ops of wretchedness and suffering, entangling the entire Western world in a struggle with the Islamic world. Achmadinijad clearly identifies the weak point of Israel's claim: If the only justification for Israel's existence is the Holocaust, then you know what? We'll find the Jews a solution in Europe or in outer space...And if the world will close its eyes again, as it managed to do in 1944, I am willing to do the dirty work and rid the world of the Jewish problem. I even dare to claim that the Holocaust never occurred, and nothing happened to me. If you don't get in my way, I will finish the job for you. It won't take more than a few minutes. By the time you open your eyes, it will all be over. We won't even have to deny anything.

Achmadinijad is also smart enough to surround himself with Jews. That way, he can say to the world, What do you mean that I am Hitler? Did you ever see Hitler hug a Jew? On the contrary! I like Jews. All that I oppose is the Zionist attempt to turn the Jews into a nation that works within history and influences it.In truth, I do not understand why everybody is so up in arms over the Ultra-Orthodox Jews that attended the Holocaust denial conference in Iran. Achmadinijad has not yet killed one Jew. Arafat, on the other hand, declared that his goal was to destroy Israel and never renounced it. Not only did he make declarations, he also acted on them. He murdered more Jewish citizens than any person since Hitler. But Arafat was the darling of Rabin, Peres, Netanyahu and a long line of Israeli personalities. So what does everyone want from an odd Jew from Brooklyn? Is he the Prime Minister of Israel? A Knesset Member? A prominent journalist? If Binyamin Netanyahu could warmly shake Arafat's hand and tell the world that he had found a new friend, why should we be appalled by some bizarre Jews from the most eccentric fringes of Ultra-Orthodox Jewry who also found a friend from the same neighborhood?

The hugs that Arafat received from the representatives of the State of Israel obliterated Israel's most basic survival instinct. Not only did we no longer see any justification for our existence other than the Holocaust, we even began to accept the opposite claim -- that suggests that our existence be terminated.Achmadinijad's best weapon is his claims. On one hand, they are based on Israel's inability to justify its existence for positive reasons. On the other hand, they play on Western Anti-Semitism and get additional maneuvering space in exchange. That is exactly what Hitler did. When the American bombers flew over Auschwitz without bombing it, he got additional time to finish his job.To deal with Achmadinijad, we must deal with his claims. Israel currently fears the Jewish answer, rendering it incapable of justifying its existence. As a result, it cannot protect itself. Not from the Kassam and not from a nuclear Iran.

Nepal's mystery Buddha boy reappears By Gopal Sharma
Mon Dec 25, 11:02 AM ET

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A mysterious teenaged boy believed by some to be a reincarnation of Lord Buddha has reappeared in eastern Nepal after vanishing for nine months, a witness and a television channel said on Monday.Sixteen-year-old Ram Bahadur Bamjon was spotted on Sunday by villagers in the remote and dense forests near Piluwa village in Bara district, 150 km (95 miles) east of Kathmandu, local journalist Raju Shrestha, who visited the boy, told Reuters.Bamjon disappeared in March from the forests in nearby Ratanpuri village where he had reportedly been meditating without food or water for almost 10 months.I have been wandering in the forests since then, Shrestha quoted Bamjon as telling him.I am engaged in devotion which will continue for six years, the boy told Shrestha.

Hundreds of curious onlookers, including many Buddhists, thronged the site to see the boy, sitting in a meditating position.A local TV station showed people pressing their palms together and lowering their heads in devotion in front of him.I don't think he is a Buddha. But he has some sort of extra strength to meditate. He eats herbs, Shrestha said.Before his disappearance, an estimated 100,000 people from Hindu-majority Nepal and neighboring India flocked to see him meditate. They were not allowed to get closer than 50 meters (165 feet).Shrestha, who met the boy up close, said he had shoulder-length hair and sat cross-legged under a small tree.He has an ash-color shawl wrapped across his chest, he said, adding the boy had a flat-ended scimitar next to him.

Buddha was born a prince in Lumbini, a dusty village in Nepal's rice-growing plains about 350 km (220 miles) west of the capital Kathmandu more than 2,600 years ago.He is believed to have attained enlightenment at Bodh Gaya in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, which borders Nepal.

Hindu Extremists in India Beat Christian Couple, Pastor DEC 25,06

Hindu extremists launched two known attacks against Christians last week, beating a couple in the northern state of Haryana yesterday and assaulting a pastor in the central state of Chhattisgarh on Sunday (December 17), Compass Direct News reports.

About 50 Bajrang Dal extremists attacked the Christian couple, Rakesh Sen and Suman Sen, at about 8 a.m. yesterday at their home in Lakarpur, Faridabad district. The attackers were upset at the couple for regularly allowing their New Life Fellowship church to meet in their home and warned them against doing so in the future. In Raipur, a group of about 50 extremists from the Dharam Raksha Sena beat an independent pastor on Sunday (December 17) and accused him of forced conversions. They attacked Philip Jagdalla as he returned to his home after teaching Sunday school at his church.

vatican: Whatever happened to Christmas? DEC 25,06

A giant 33-meter-tall Christmas tree from the South Italian region of Calabria is set in place in front of St. Peter’s Basilica. A Vatican newspaper has spoken of a war against traditional Christian values once highlighted at Christmas.The traditional Christian values once feted at Christmas have evaporated, with some countries, especially Britain, waging a veritable war against Christmas, the Vatican paper L’Osservatore Romano wondered last week.The paper said the strongest sign of the changing face of Christmas was the disappearance of all religious references on stamps especially printed for Christmas, which now feature snowmen and deer but no longer the Magi or the star of Bethlehem.

In Europe, and more particularly in England, there is a real war against Christmas, which has been denounced by the daily The Sun war that tends to erase all the traditions of Christmas, the paper added in an article signed by journalist Mario-Gabriele Giordano.L’Osservatore Romano said that people today wanted Christmas to be no more that “a simple festivity of easy pleasure instead of it being, as it should, a time of meditation by authentic believers.

Religious Education and Neighborhood Rehabilitation Endangered
By Hillel Fendel (INN) DEC 26,06

The Knesset Education Committee has asked Prime Minister Olmert and Finance Minister Hirschsohn to restore 60 million shekels to the sharply-decreased religious education budget.The committee is headed by Labor-Meimad MK Michael Melchior, and includes MKs of the coalition Kadima and Labor parties, as well as Arab MKs. Non-member MK Nissan Slomiansky joined his party colleague - committee member Zevulun Orlev of the National Religious Party - at last night's special session at which the letter to the Prime and Finance Ministers was drafted.Religious-Zionist yeshiva and ulpanah high schools struck on Sunday for one day in protest of the massive budget cuts in religious-Zionist education over the past four years. As a result of the closing of the Religious Affairs Ministry in 2002, the funding that had been funded via its offices simply got swallowed up somewhere in the Finance Ministry.

This led to a drop of 130 million shekels, out of a total of some 285 million shekels, in the total budgeting.Last year, with the help of then-Finance Minister Ehud Olmert and others, 47 million shekels were returned to the religious education budget. In this year's current budget proposal, however, this sum does not appear. Elchanan Glatt, head of the Religious Education Forum, says that some schools may be forced to close.Despite the committee's letter to Olmert and Hirschsohn, it is not considered likely that the full sum will be restored.

Neighborhoods in Danger

Another casualty of the budget appears to be the long-running Israeli government program called Neighborhood Rehabilitation (Shikum Shchunot). At the behest of Housing Minister Meir Sheetrit, 65 out of 100 underprivileged neighborhoods will have their special funding cut.Last night, in the last budget sessions before the Knesset is to vote on it, the Labor Party asked that 250 million shekels be restored to the 25-year-old Neighborhood Rehabilitation project. However, in the framework of the coalition parties mutual rescinding of their special funding demands, this one, too, was withdrawn.Among the neighborhoods that will lose their special funding are Patt, Katamon 8 and Katamon 9 in Jerusalem, Hatikvah and the Argazim in Tel Aviv, the Taanachim near Afula, and neighborhoods in Haifa, Shlomi, Bat Yam, Eilat, Be'er Sheva and more.The Knesset Social Lobby convened this afternoon for an emergency session today to discuss the ramifications of the budget on national social issues. Former Bank of Israel Governor David Klein said that the government essentially does not have a clearly-defined national welfare strategy or program.

Jordan Invites Hamas PM, Abbas For Talks-Palestinian Aide DEC 25,06

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP)--Jordan has invited Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas for talks in Amman, the Jordanian capital, a Palestinian official said Monday.

Palestinian government spokesman Ghazi Hamad of Hamas said Haniyeh was expected to go to Jordan this week, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would also attend.There was no immediate comment from Jordan.Talks between Haniyeh and Abbas of the moderate Fatah over a joint government have broken down, and there have been clashes between armed forces loyal to the rival movements. Jordan has offered to mediate in the past. (END) Dow Jones Newswires

Likud Leaders: Olmert's Policies Threaten Central Israel
By Hillel Fendel (INN)

The Likud party convened last night in Kfar Saba in a show of vigor, concentrating on Netanyahu's Israel Strength Program in response to what they call Olmert's dangerously misguided policies.

Binyamin Netanyahu's program, which he has presented to the public in bits and pieces over the past several months, includes long-range social and educational steps.Speaking before some 1,000 party members, including MKs and Central Committee members, Netanyahu sharply attacked Prime Minister Olmert's willingness to give up on Jewish dreams and agree to the establishment of a PLO state in Judea, Samaria and Gaza. Referring specifically to Olmert's speech at David Ben-Gurion's gravesite last month, Netanyahu said that such statements prepare the way for further concessions of the Land of Israel and bring Hamas rockets closer to central Israel.Giving away territory, the former and possibly future Prime Minister said, means giving them launching pads for rockets on Ben Gurion International Airport and Kfar Saba. Kfar Saba was chosen as the site for the gathering specifically because of its vulnerability in the event that Olmert's withdrawal plans are carried out.

It's hard to tell the truth to the public, Netanyahu said, but you can't simply look at the reality with rose-colored glasses. They said about Jabotinsky, too, that he was imagining things and a doom-sayer.

Seven months ago, they called us the same - but the public has now finally begun to understand. But the government still has not.All the warnings of those who opposed withdrawals over the past year and years have come true, Netanyahu said, including even on the Iranian front. He explained that Iran was able to strengthen itself towards its goals of destroying Israel partially because official Israel ignored the threat.Netanyahu also criticized the intention to cut back sharply on government aid to underprivileged neighborhoods, the need to return to Jewish values, and more.

Other speakers included MKs Limor Livnat, Yisrael Katz, Gideon Saar, Silvan Shalom, Danny Naveh and Yuval Shteinitz. Leaving all internal party differences aside - Shalom would like to unseat Netanyahu as party leader - all attacked Olmert for his policies towards Iran and the Palestinian Authority, including the $100 million in tax monies that Olmert has decided to unfreeze for the PA.

Several speakers called on Shas leader Eli Yishai and Yisrael Beiteinu head Avigdor Lieberman, right-wingers at heart, to leave the government.Shteinitz said about Olmert, Whoever is unable to deal with Kassams and Katyushas is also unable to deal with the Iranian threat. Facing these threats is a man who is not serious, not determined and lacking historic consciousness. Olmert, go home! Your time is up! Netanyahu and other opposition politicians have attacked Olmert for his continued restraint in the face of ongoing rocket attacks at the Negev. A leader needs to be an active authority, not passive and not a man of restraint and inaction, Netanyahu declared last week.

Oil rises to near $63 as Iran bristles at sanctions Tue Dec 26, 7:28 AM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - Oil rose to around $63 a barrel on Tuesday after Iran warned it could use its oil exports as a weapon following the U.N. Security Council's decision to impose sanctions on its trade in nuclear goods. News Abu Dhabi was set to be the first to implement a new round of OPEC supply cuts added to the gains that followed two days of losses.U.S. crude climbed 54 cents to $62.95 a barrel by 1221 GMT. Brent crude jumped 66 cents to $63.08.Public holidays across Europe meant trading volumes were very thin.

After months of deadlock, the Security Council agreed on Saturday to impose sanctions on Iran's trade in nuclear materials and technology, drawing a warning from Tehran.If necessary, Iran will use any weapon to defend itself, Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri-Hamaneh was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars news agency on Tuesday.

In the past he has said Iran would prefer not to play the oil card.Iran, the world's fourth-largest crude producer, has condemned the resolution as illegal and on Sunday vowed to speed up enrichment work, which could heighten tensions. Oil prices rose earlier in the year in response to fears Iran might cut its oil exports or disrupt Gulf shipping as its row with the West over its nuclear program escalated. The issue had faded since summer as the U.N. appeared unable to agree on how to deal with Tehran.Some analysts said traders might disregard the latest developments unless they saw evidence of supply disruption.It is certainly a bullish factor, but I think geopolitical matters will be ignored unless clearer risks materialize, said Makoto Takeda, energy analyst at Bansei Securities Co.

OPEC CUTS

Prices also drew support after Abu Dhabi's state oil firm, the main producer in the United Arab Emirates, said it would cut exports of nearly half its crude grades by 3-5 percent in February.The statement was the first sign the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries intended to comply with a second round of output reductions agreed this month.The new 500,000 barrels per day cuts are scheduled to take effect in February, giving the producer group time to assess whether peak winter demand will be enough to reduce swollen consumer inventories.Unusually warm weather in the United States has curbed fuel demand and helped to pull prices just over $1 lower last week.DTN Meteorlogix said on Monday temperatures in the U.S. Northeast had averaged 10-16 degrees Fahrenheit above normal over the long Christmas holiday weekend. But conditions were set to grow colder, nearing normal by Saturday.Given growing geopolitical risks and the start of a new year, some analysts predicted a new flow of investment-class money could further fuel any rally.We expect another influx of financial money into oil in the coming weeks, and geopolitical threats, such as Iran and Nigeria, remain active, said Mike Wittner, head of energy market research at Calyon Corporate and Investment Bank.

Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research
Views on Enlargement Differ in European Union,December 26, 2006

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Adults in Poland, Slovenia and Greece are clearly in favour of allowing more countries to become

members of the European Union (EU), according to the Eurobarometer conducted by TNS Opinion & Social. At least 71 per cent of respondents in the three countries support the further enlargement of the continental group.Slovakia is next on the list with 69 per cent, followed by Lithuania and Romania with 68 per cent, Bulgaria with 67 per cent, and Cyprus and Malta with 66 per cent. The lowest support for EU enlargement was registered in Britain with 36 per cent, France with 34 per cent, Luxembourg with 32 per cent, Austria with 31 per cent, and Germany with 30 per cent.In September, the EU announced that Romania and Bulgaria would become members of the continental group in 2007, but urged both countries to closely monitor issues such as food safety, EU subsidies and justice. In October 2005, Croatia and Turkey began accession talks.

Earlier this month, European Commission president Jose Durao Barroso discussed Croatia’s bid, saying, I cannot at this stage commit myself or the commission to a specific date. The key for the speed of the (EU accession) process is in the hands of Croatia.The Croatian government is looking at 2009 as the possible entry date, but the EU has urged the country to reform its judicial system and fight corruption.

Polling Data

Do you support the further enlargement of the European Union (EU) to include other countries in future years?
(Support answers listed)

European Union
46%
Poland
76%
Slovenia
74%
Greece
71%
Slovakia
69%
Lithuania
68%
Romania
68%
Bulgaria
67%
Cyprus
66%
Malta
66%
Czech Republic
65%
Hungary
65%
Croatia
64%
Latvia
63%
Estonia
59%
Portugal
54%
Sweden
53%
Spain
51%
Turkey
50%
Denmark
48%
Ireland
48%
Italy
47%
Belgium
46%
Netherlands
45%
Finland
43%
Britain
36%
France
34%
Luxembourg
32%
Austria
31%
Germany (takes over EU Presidency JAN 01,07)
30%

Source: TNS Opinion & Social / Eurobarometer
Methodology: Interviews with 29,152 people ages 15 and over in the 25 European Union (EU) member nations, two acceding countries, two candidate countries and the Turkish Cypriot Community, conducted from Sept. 6 to Oct. 10, 2006. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

JESUS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON

The Rest of the days Stories are after this main Story

CHRIST MAS WISHES TO THE WORLD 2006 (6006 YRS AFTER THE CREATION)

Dear WORLD, MERRY CHRIST MAS TO ALL

Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit…The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him – the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord... Isaiah 11:1-2)

May God grant you His wisdom, understanding, grace and peace as you celebrate this Christmas season.

STAN L BOWMAN JR ( Jesus came as a Baby the 1ST TIME, This 2ND TIME AS RULING KING.)

ISAIAH 9:6-7
6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:(1st Coming as a Baby) and the government shall be upon his shoulder:(2ND COMING) and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

LUKE 1:26-35
26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

LUKE 2:1-35
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.
18 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
22 And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
23 (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
24 And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him.
34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

JESUS IS THE REAL REASON FOR THE SEASON, NOT SANTA CLAUS OR SHOPPING. KING JESUS COME QUICKLY WE PRAY.

JESUS IS GOD

Who ever denies JESUS IS GOD is an Anti-christ.1 John 4:2-32 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

WHATS SO SPECIAL ABOUT CHRISTMAS? 1 John 4:14
14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

THE MAGI KINGS KNEW THE SIGNS, THEY KNEW BABY JESUS WAS THE PROMISED MESSIAH (ANOINTED ONE).
Matthew 2:22 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

Micah 5:22 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

Proverbs 30:44 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst
tell?

Isaiah 9:66 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

John 1:1-3,14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.2 The same was in the beginning with God.3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Romans 9:5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

Hebrews 1:8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

THE WORLD HAS ALWAYS HATED JESUS, THATS WHY ISRAEL IS HATED SO MUCH IN THE LAST DAYS.

No room in the inn. Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. Born in a barn, laid in a manger with animals.

WHEN JESUS WAS OLDER,THEY SAID ALL KINDS OF THINGS AGAINST HIM.

Matthew 9:34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.

John 8:41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

John 15:25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

John 10:20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?

And in our day 2 Peter 2:1-2 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

ALL CLONES ARE VIRGIN BIRTHS.SURELY THE GOD OF ISRAEL COULD PUT A SINLESS PERSON (JESUS) IN A BODY.

Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

Luke 1:34-35 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

WHY A VIRGIN BIRTH?

Because we all were guilty through Adams fall. Roman 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:Adams blood stream became polluted. Now for the Almighty God to by pass the polluted blood stream of Adam, he sent his son and Jesus said in Hebrews 10:5 A body my father prepared for me. And in that body was the precious blood.

1 Peter 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:Blood without taint, blood without sin. All the blood in a baby is stricktly from the man, no mother ever passes her blood, she only nurishes the child. Its the blood in the sperm. And so they had to avoid it, and they did through a virgin Birth. praise God.

Now this virgin born one came for one reason.1 John 4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

Theres only one way to be saved, thats through the cross of Jesus Christ. Isaiah 53:4-7 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

He came for this. He knew why he came. He was laid in that grave. Christ died for our sins. He was buried and he rose again the third day. Now without the resurrection, none of this would be true.

Why?

Because Romans 1:4 says Christ is declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of Holiness.

How?

By the resurrection of the dead. So you can trust him today. This one (JESUS) is soon coming back to set up his Kingdom for 1000 years. Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast,neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

THATS THE CHRISTMAS STORY.

IF YOU ARE NOT SAVED PRAY THIS FROM YOUR HEART.

Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord (GOD) JESUS CHRIST shall be saved Romans 10:13.

PRAYER

LORD JESUS, SAVIOR OF THE WORLD. YOU CAME TOOK A BODY. AND THAT BLOOD IN THAT BODY, WAS SHED FOR ME. TO WASH ME, TO CLEANSE ME AND TO SAVE ME. TODAY, I RECIEVE YOUR SACRIFICE FOR ME. LORD JESUS, COME INTO MY HEART. I PRAY THIS IN YOUR HOLY NAME KING JESUS. AMEN AND AMEN.

AND WE ALL PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM, AND COME QUICKLY LORD JESUS.