1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS.2-THE DIVISION OF JERUSALEM. 3-Wintry weather impacts the South. 4-War protesters allowed to spray paint the U.S. Capitol. 4-Rabbi Slams Back At Jews For Jesus. 5-Report: US May Back 40,000-Man Fatah Army. 6-Proof Temple Mount belongs to Muslims.
The Division of Jerusalem
[Dee Ann a Messianic Jew ] The Bible tells us that in the Day of the Lord (Joel 1:15, 2:1, Zechariah 14:1) (a term which describes the days of tribulation) that the land of Israel will be divided (Joel 3:2) by removing Jews from their borders (homes) (Joel 3:6) when the enemy would say that the mountains of Israel (West Bank) (Ezekiel 36:1-2) would be theirs by dividing the city of Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:2) (by making East Jerusalem the capital of a PLO state).
Pat Robertson on his show said this will be the year for the battle of Jerusalem, when the World will try to divide it.
If this is the case we will really see trouble as we get closer to the 7 year tribulation period. Pats exact quote is - As I was in my time of Prayer at the end of the year, what the Lord was telling me: this is going to be a major push to take Jerusalem away from the Jews, this year. And quote it would signal the end of the Gentile Powers. Where talking about a clash of Civilizations. Where talking about a vision, either the Christian view announced by Jesus Christ or were going to have the view of Radical Islam. But theres no way that some minor concession for property along the way is going to appease Ahmadinejad and his followers to say this is the end. The only end will be when they control and rule the earth or else they are soundly defeated in that quest, nothing else is going to do it.
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 = Fri Feb 2 12:00 AM EDT
FEB 02,07
MAP 2.8 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 3.3 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 2.9 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
FOB 01,07
MAP 3.4 MOUNT ST. HELENS AREA, WASHINGTON
MAP 2.8 WASATCH FRONT URBAN CORRIDOR, UTAH
MAP 2.8 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 5.2 MOLUCCA SEA
MAP 4.6 OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA
MAP 4.6 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 5.7 MOLUCCA SEA
MAP 2.5 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.4 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP 3.0 MAUI REGION, HAWAII
MAP 4.8 KURIL ISLANDS
JAN 31,07
MAP 2.9 WESTERN KENTUCKY
MAP 2.7 WASHINGTON
MAP 3.0 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 2.8 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 5.8 JAVA, INDONESIA
MAP 3.5 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 3.4 GULF OF ALASKA
MAP 3.4 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 3.7 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
MAP 2.9 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 5.3 SOLOMON ISLANDS
MAP 3.0 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.8 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.8 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.1 NEAR THE COAST OF OREGON
MAP 4.4 OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
MAP 2.6 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.8 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 5.3 KYRGYZSTAN
MAP 4.7 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 3.0 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 4.9 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 2.5 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 2.5 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP 3.6 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP 6.5 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
MAP 5.2 VANUATU
MAP 3.1 PUERTO RICO REGION
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.
Wintry weather impacts the South Wayne Verno, Meteorologist, The Weather Channel FEB 01,07
South
A winter mess will impact parts if the south as a low pressure tracks from the northern Gulf of Mexico, into the Southeastern States today.
Snow and sleet will move across the Tennessee Valley, into the Carolinas, affecting areas from Tulsa and Little Rock, through Memphis and Nashville to Raleigh and Charlotte. Accumulations will generally range from 1 to 3 inches, with locally higher amounts in the mountains. Freezing rain and sleet will impact areas around the northern suburbs of Atlanta, changing to rain later in the day. The snow and sleet across parts of the Carolinas may change over to freezing rain during the afternoon. In these areas, a coating of ice will be possible.
Rain, heavy at times, will move across the southern states from New Orleans to Jacksonville, with a few thunderstorms possible along the northern Gulf Coast. By Friday, the storm system will move northeast of the area, with showers lingering across Florida. Partly cloudy skies will dominate the rest of the southeast, while a few snow showers linger over the southern Plains. High pressure will build across the southern Plains, into the South Saturday, resulting in dry conditions. Rain showers will linger across southern Florida.
Midwest
Snow showers will move across the southern Plains, into the Ohio Valley region today, as low pressure tracks across the southern states.
This will impact areas from St. Louis, through Louisville to Cleveland. Another arctic cold front will be moving into the High Plains and Upper Midwest, which will generate windy conditions along with snow showers from Rapid City to Fargo. On Friday, the front will move southeast into the Great Lakes, increasing the chance of snow showers and windy conditions from the Dakotas through the Minneapolis, Green Bay, and Chicago areas. Temperatures will be the big story over the next few days, as highs in the single digits and teens over the Upper Midwest today, spread into the western Great Lakes Friday and toward the Upper Ohio Valley by Saturday. With the windy conditions expected, wind chills may become dangerous, especially during the morning hours, when temperatures drop well below zero into the weekend.
Northeast
An area of low pressure tracking across the Southeastern States, in combination with a cold front approaching from the Great Lakes will spread wintry precipitation into the southern Mid-Atlantic today.
Snow showers will spread across Pittsburgh and Washington, DC, reaching into the Philadelphia and New York areas by late day. A wintry mix will impact across further south. By Friday, low pressure will track northeast, off the eastern coast, being close enough to bring some rain and snow to eastern areas from Baltimore and Philadelphia, north through New York and Boston, with light snow further inland from Pittsburgh and Buffalo, north to Burlington. On Saturday, much colder air will spill across the Northeastern States, with highs in the teens and 20s along and west of the Appalachian Mountains, with 30s along the eastern areas. Lake effect snow showers will also increase off Lakes Erie and Ontario, with snow showers and flurries spreading as far east as the Appalachians.
West
A surge of arctic air will spill into the northern and eastern Rockies today and Friday, behind a cold front moving through that area. Upslope flow will also increase the chance for snow and snow showers from the Front Range, into the northern Rockies today. A few inches of snow may accumulate in the Denver area, with up to a foot in the higher elevations. Snow showers will linger into the weekend over the central Rockies, but in general, high pressure will build across the entire west. Dry conditions will develop along the west coast, from Portland and Seattle, south to Los Angeles. Afternoon highs will range from the 20s and 30s north, warming into the 60s and 70s south.
War protesters allowed to spray paint the U.S. Capitol FEB 01,07
Capitol Chief of Police tell officers not to arrest anyone
Dear Stan,
During last Saturday's Washington rally protesting the war in Iraq, hundreds of anti-war protesters were allowed to desecrate government property by spray painting the Capitol with anarchist symbols.
I did not see or hear any report of this in any of the mainline media outlets! Capitol Police Chief Phillip Morse ordered his officers to fall back and allow the protesters to exercise what he called their First Amendment rights to spray paint the Capitol steps with graffiti. Defending his actions, Morse said, The graffiti was easily removed by the staff. It is our duty and responsibility to protect the Capitol complex, while allowing the public to exercise their freedom of speech. He even ordered his officers not to arrest anyone! The war protesters were given access and leniency to deface government property. According to Family Research Council, public employees had to come in on their day off, at taxpayers' expense, to clean up the mess the protesters left behind.
To see comments on this issue by Sen. Wayne Allard of Colorado.
http://allard.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Print&PressRelease_id=232108&SuppressLayouts=True
The Capitol Chief of Police takes his orders directly from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, one of the demonstrators' most outspoken allies!
Take Action
E-mail Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi - (https://secure.afa.net/afa/activism/takeaction.asp?id=233) and ask that she take action to have those who spray painted our Capitol arrested. Furthermore, she should publicly state that this kind of activity will not be condoned in the future. If you desire to speak with her office in addition to sending the e-mail, her direct number is 202-225-4965.
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Sincerely,
Donald E. Wildmon, Founder and Chairman
American Family Association
ZECHARIAH 13:7-9,14:1-21
7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts (2/3RDS) therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.(1/3RD)
9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name,(JESUS) and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2 For I (GOD) will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled,(TRASHED) and the women ravished; (RAPED)and half of the city (JERUSALEM) shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then shall the LORD (JESUS) go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.
11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.
15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.
16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.
18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD’S house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.
Rabbi Slams Back At Jews For Jesus
By Baruch Gordon (INN) FEB 01,07
Radio Show Host Rabbi Tovia Singer Fires Back at Missionaries Targeting Jews for Conversion with Educational Audio Series Now Made Available Free Online Outreach Judaism, a leading counter-missionary organization based in New York, has launched a new website, www.OutreachJudaism.org, offering a free, exhaustive library of information regarding Jews for Jesus’ multimillion dollar worldwide missionary campaigns, including a point-by-point audio response to their plans to convert Jews to Christianity.
In the last year alone, Jews for Jesus engaged in a 65-city tour any city that has more than 25,000 Jews within it primarily targeting Jewish youth and the elderly for conversion.
To combat this aggressive assault, Rabbi Tovia Singer, founder of Outreach Judaism and show host on Israel National Radio, is now making available his 20-part tape series, Let’s get Biblical free via mp3 download to anyone seeking answers to questions posed by Christian missionaries.The tape series, which has been available until now for cost, has hit the missionary effort head-on. Rabbi Singer has numerous letters from Messianic Jews who after hearing his series returned to authentic Judaism.
Threatened by Singer's initiative, Jews For Jesus formulated a plan to mitigate the impact of Singer's audio series: the organization dedicated part of its website to answering points that Singer raises. Rabbi Singer, in return, refutes their counter arguments on his Outreach Judaism site.Jews for Jesus has launched a deceptive campaign to convert the most susceptible segments of our community to their ranks, said Rabbi Singer. In their spiritual assault on Jewish communities in the US, Israel and Europe, Jews for Jesus deliberately blurs the distinctions between Judaism and Christianity in order to lure Jews who would otherwise resist a straightforward Christian message. Now, Jews worldwide finally have the answers to Jews for Jesus’ claims at their fingertips.
Jews for Jesus has declared their staggering goals, stated Rabbi Singer.
According to their marketing materials, Jews for Jesus exists, To make the messiahship of Jesus an unavoidable issue to our Jewish people worldwide. As part of their recent effort to convert the Jewish elderly in New York, Jews for Jesus distributed more than 80,000 copies of a conversionist film translated into Yiddish to homes in Brooklyn, Queens and Monsey, New York. Jews for Jesus is expanding its efforts to convert survivors of the Holocaust. The testimonials of those who managed to survive the Holocaust, yet became ensnared by the Baptist missionary group are broadcast on the Jews for Jesus website.This spiritual war against the most vulnerable members of our community is deeply troubling, and cannot go unanswered, says Rabbi Singer. Outreach Judaism is responding to Jews for Jesus’ unyielding assault upon the Jewish faith with point-by-point answers to their arguments. This is an all-out, no-holds-barred spiritual war instigated by Jews for Jesus that Outreach Judaism is responding to with an effective response.The audio series is available for free mp3 download at www.OutreachJudaism.org
Report: US May Back 40,000-Man Fatah Army
By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (INN) FEB 01,07
The U.S. is quietly entrenching itself deeper in the sands of Gaza with a plan to back the entire Fatah-led security force. Hamas and some analysts warn the Americans will get stuck in a quagmire. The Bush administration already has committed itself to give $86 million to finance training and equipment for the personal Presidential Guard of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. However, it now is considering to fund all of the PA security forces in order to counter the Hamas militia, Reuters News Agency reported Thursday. Israel, the PA and the U.S. government have not commented.The security forces include at least 40,000 members, more than twice the number allowed by the Oslo agreements, and include many convicted terrorists whom Israel has freed. It also is common for Fatah security officers to simultaneously be members of Hamas and other terrorist organizations.
Extending aid to all of Abbas's forces and weeding out known terrorists could create havoc for Abbas, but officials maintain that a review process would ensure that the PA forces who receive American training have no ties to terrorist groups, Reuters added.The rival Hamas terrorist organization, which comprises the majority of the PA legislature, as well as independent analysts, have warned that the U.S. may be setting itself up to appear as an enemy and not a friend of Arabs in Judea, Samaria and Gaza.Hamas media spokesman Ghazi Hamda charged that the American aid is aimed to promote conflict between Hamas and Fatah in order to allow the Bush administration and American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to be the dominant force in the area. A second Hamas spokesman, Ismail Radwan, was more blunt. Whenever the United States sees that the Palestinians are about to achieve a unity agreement, it sends Condoleezza Rice to the region, or publicly announces sending weapons and money to Abbas, because it does not want unity among the Palestinians, he asserted. Political analyst Bassem Zubeide of Ramallah's Bier Zeit University said, Most Palestinians will think that the United States is getting heavily involved, and that will definitely weaken the Abbas point of view.
The U.S. has committed $86 million for the Presidential Guard and another $42 million to promote programs aimed to counter Hamas. The Americans maintain that its aid does not go for weapons but instead is used for training and for uniforms, radios and other equipment. However, massive American aid to Egypt and Jordan has made it easier for those countries to ship rifles, with Israel's approval, to Abbas.Lt. Gen. Keith Dayton, the special American military envoy to the PA, claims that the training by American army officers is meant to build up the Presidential Guard and not for the purpose of fighting Hamas. However, the guard has been the main fighting force in the Fatah-Hamas force militia war that broke out two months ago. Regardless of the source of the weapons, Hamas has vowed they will be used against Israel. The more weapons Americans give to Abbas, the more we will have to use against the Israelis when we go back to carrying out operations together, one Hamas leader predicted.Abbas himself has urged fighting factions to stop warring with each other and to aim their rifles at the occupation, the same phrase used by Islamic Jihad terrorists who took responsibility for this week's suicide bakery bombing in Eilat.American State Secretary Rice remains optimistic.
She recently said at a press conference, I want everyone to know how much we admire the leadership of President Abbas. We have made a lot of progress because of [his] hard work.
Proof Temple Mount belongs to Muslims
Head custodian says site will never be returned to Jewish sovereignty
Posted: January 31, 2007 6:04 p.m. Eastern By Aaron Klein WorldNetDaily.com
JERUSALEM – The replacement tomorrow in the Al Aqsa Mosque of a key podium transported with the coordination of Israeli security forces is proof the Temple Mount belongs only to Muslims and will never be returned to Jewish sovereignty, according to the leader of the Wafq – the Muslim custodians of the Temple Mount. This historic occasion proves that the extremist Jews will never achieve their goals of taking over the [Temple Mount.] It shows that we are much closer to liberating the Al Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem from Israeli occupation, said Waqf chief Adnan Husseini.
Temple Mount in Jerusalem
At a ceremony in the Al Aqsa Mosque, the podium is set to be unveiled and installed at the exact spot Waqf officials state the prophet Muhammad went up to heaven to receive revelations from Allah. The podium will be used by Al Aqsa preachers to deliver sermons. The new stand replaces a 1,000-year-old podium believed to have been shipped to Jerusalem by the Islamic conqueror Saladin. That stand was destroyed in 1969, when an Australian tourist set fire to the Al Aqsa Mosque. The replacement stand, a near replica of the original, was funded by the Jordanian and Saudi governments. It took craftsmen four years to construct. The podium's nearly assembled parts were shipped to Waqf offices on the Temple Mount earlier this month with help from the Israeli police, and will be installed at the center of the Al Aqsa Mosque tomorrow. According to a Waqf official speaking to WND, the theme for tomorrow's installation ceremony will focus on exclusive Islamic domination of the Temple Mount. The official reason for the ceremony is to mark the installation, but unofficially it will be a celebration that this podium is proof we are the rightful owners of the Haram al-Sharif (Temple Mount). This podium solidifies our eternal presence here, the Waqf official said.
Al Aqsa Mosque built by angels?
The Temple Mount is the holiest site in Judaism. Muslims say it is their third holiest site. The First Jewish Temple was built by King Solomon in the 10th century B.C. It was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 B.C. The Second Temple was rebuilt in 515 B.C. after Jerusalem was freed from Babylonian captivity. That temple was destroyed by the Roman Empire in A.D. 70. Each temple stood for a period of about four centuries. The Jewish Temple was the center of religious Jewish worship. It housed the Holy of Holies, which contained the Ark of the Covenant and was said to be the area upon which God's presence dwelt. The Al Aqsa Mosque now resides on the site. The temple served as the primary location for the offering of sacrifices and was the main gathering place in Israel during Jewish holidays. The Temple Mount compound has remained a focal point for Jewish services over the millennia. Prayers for a return to Jerusalem have been uttered by Jews since the Second Temple was destroyed, according to Jewish tradition.
Jews worldwide pray facing toward the Western Wall, a portion of an outer courtyard of the Temple left intact.
The Al Aqsa Mosque was constructed around 709 to serve as a shrine near another shrine, the Dome of the Rock, which was built by an Islamic caliph. Al Aqsa was meant to mark what Muslims came to believe Muhammad, the founder of Islam, ascended to heaven. Jerusalem is not mentioned in the Quran. Islamic tradition states Mohammed took a journey in a single night from a sacred mosque believed to be in Mecca in southern Saudi Arabia to the farthest mosque and from a rock there ascended to heaven. The farthest mosque later became associated with Jerusalem. Most Waqf officials deny the Jewish temples ever existed in spite of what many call overwhelming archaeological evidence, including the discovery of Temple-era artifacts linked to worship, tunnels that snake under the Temple Mount and over 100 ritual immersion pools believed to have been used by Jewish priests to cleanse themselves before services. The cleansing process is detailed in the Torah.
According to the website of the Palestinian Authority's Office for Religious Affairs, the Temple Mount is Muslim property. The site claims the Western Wall, which it refers to as the Al-Boraq Wall, previously was a docking station for horses. It states Muhammed tied his horse, named Boraq, to the wall before ascending to heaven.
In an interview with WND, Kamal Hatib, vice-chairman of the Islamic Movement, which will take part in the podium installation ceremonies, claimed the Al-Aqsa Mosque was built by angels, and that a Jewish Temple may have existed, but not in Jerusalem. The Movement, which works closely with the Waqf, is the Muslim group in Israel most identified with the Temple Mount. When the First Temple was built by Solomon – God bless him – Al Aqsa was already built. We don't believe that a prophet like Solomon would have built the Temple at a place where a mosque existed, said Hatib. And all the historical and archaeological facts deny any relation between the temples and the location of Al Aqsa. We must know that Jerusalem was occupied and that people left many things, coins and other things everywhere. This does not mean in any way that there is a link between the people who left these things and the place where these things were left, Hatib said.
Al Aqsa official to WND: Jewish Temples existed
Last June, in a widely circulated WND interview, a former senior leader of the Waqf contradicted his colleagues, saying he has come to believe the first and second Jewish Temples existed and stood at the current location of the Al Aqsa Mosque.
The leader, who was dismissed from his Waqf position after he quietly made his beliefs known, said Al Aqsa custodians passed down stories for centuries from generation to generation indicating the mosque was built at the site of the former Jewish temples. He said the Muslim world's widespread denial of the existence of the Jewish temples is political in nature and is not rooted in facts. Prophet Solomon built his famous Temple at the same place that later the Al Aqsa Mosque was built. It cannot be a coincidence that these different holy sites were built at the same place. The Jewish Temple Mount existed, said the former senior Waqf leader, speaking to WorldNetDaily from an apartment in an obscure alley in Jerusalem's Old City. The former leader, who is well known to Al Aqsa scholars and Waqf officials, spoke on condition his name be withheld, claiming an on-the-record interview would endanger his life. He told WND true Islamic tradition relates the Jewish temples once stood at the site of the Al Aqsa Mosque. [The existence of the Jewish Temple at the site is obvious] according to studies, researches and archaeological signs that we were also exposed to. But especially according to the history that passed from one generation to another we believe Al Aqsa was built on the same place were the Temple of the Jews the first monotheistic religion existed.
He cited samples of some stories he said were related orally by Islamic leaders:
We learned that the Christians, especially those who believed that Jesus was crucified by the Jews, used to throw their garbage at the Temple Mount site. They used to throw the pieces of cotton and other material Christian women used in cleaning the blood of their monthly cycle.
Doing so they believed that they were humiliating, insulting and harming the Jews at their holiest site. This way they are hurting them like Jews hurt Christians when crucifying Jesus. It is known also that most of the first guards of Al Aqsa when it was built were Jews. The Muslims knew at that time that they could not find any more loyal and faithful than the Jews to guard the mosque and its compound. They knew that the Jews have a special relation with this place.
Temple Mount: No-prayer zone
Currently, even though the Jewish state controls Jerusalem, the Waqf serve as the custodians of the Temple Mount under a deal made with the Israeli government that restricts non-Muslim prayer at the site. The Temple Mount was opened to the general public until September 2000, when the Palestinians started their intifada by throwing stones at Jewish worshipers after then-candidate for prime minister Ariel Sharon visited the area. Following the onset of violence, the new Sharon government closed the Mount to non-Muslims, using checkpoints to control all pedestrian traffic for fear of further clashes with the Palestinians. The Temple Mount was reopened to non-Muslims in August 2003. It still is open but only Sundays through Thursdays, 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., and not on any Christian, Jewish or Muslim holidays or other days considered sensitive by the Waqf.
During open days, Jews and Christian are allowed to ascend the Mount, usually through organized tours and only if they conform first to a strict set of guidelines, which includes demands that they not pray or bring any holy objects to the site. Visitors are banned from entering any of the mosques without direct Waqf permission. Rules are enforced by Waqf agents, who watch tours closely and alert nearby Israeli police to any breaking of their guidelines.
Friday, February 02, 2007
Thursday, February 01, 2007
ISRAEL WANT BIBI BACK
1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS.2-Quake strikes under sea near N. Zealand. 3-Undersea volcano may have caused quakes. 4-More lake effect snow; icy South tomorrow? 5-Netanyahu Draws Likud Towards National Religious Party. 6-Europeans Fear US Attack On Iran. 7-Interfaith Sages Council Established for Jerusalem. 8-Prague faces head-on clash with pro-EU constitution camp. 9-PRAY THESE VERSES. 10-Israel wants Bibi back.
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 Feb 1 12:00 AM EDT
FEB 01,07 NO QUAKES YET
JAN 31,07
MAP 2.9 WESTERN KENTUCKY
MAP 3.0 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 5.8 JAVA, INDONESIA
MAP 3.5 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 3.4 GULF OF ALASKA
MAP 3.4 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 2.9 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 2.7 EASTERN KENTUCKY
MAP 5.3 SOLOMON ISLANDS
MAP 3.0 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.8 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.8 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.1 NEAR THE COAST OF OREGON
MAP 4.4 OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
MAP 2.6 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.8 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 5.3 KYRGYZSTAN
MAP 4.7 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 3.0 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 4.9 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 2.5 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 2.5 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP 3.6 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP 6.5 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
MAP 5.2 VANUATU
MAP 3.1 PUERTO RICO REGION
JAN 30,07
MAP 3.3 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.4 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 6.6 MAUG ISLANDS REG., NORTHERN MARIANA ISL.
MAP 2.6 ALABAMA
MAP 4.4 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.8 SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
MAP 4.6 FIJI REGION
MAP 4.6 SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
MAP 4.6 MOLUCCA SEA
MAP 2.9 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.8 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 4.4 IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 2.8 YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING
MAP 3.7 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 4.7 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 4.3 FIJI REGION
MAP 2.9 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 4.7 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 6.8 WEST OF MACQUARIE ISLAND
MAP 2.9 ONTARIO-QUEBEC BORDER REGION, CANADA
MAP 5.2 MOLUCCA SEA
Quake strikes under sea near N. Zealand Tue Jan 30, 11:24 PM ET
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A powerful earthquake struck under the Pacific Ocean near a remote and uninhabited New Zealand island on Wednesday, seismologists said. Officials said there was no threat of an ocean-wide tsunami. A magnitude -6.5 temblor hit about 25 miles south of Raoul Island in the Kermadec group that lies within a marine park far north of New Zealand, the U.S. Geological Survey said.The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said no destructive Pacific-wide tsunami threat exists based on historical earthquake and tsunami data.
Undersea volcano may have caused quakes By EDUARDO GALLARDO, Associated Press Writer Tue Jan 30, 6:04 PM ET
SANTIAGO, Chile - A wave of small earthquakes that has caused alarm in southern Chile may be related to the birth of an undersea volcano, officials said Tuesday. More than 1,700 tremors have been recorded recently in the rugged, sparsely
populated area dotted with volcanos and cut with fjords. Dozens of people slept outside or in tents on recent nights, fearing a larger quake might follow and topple their houses.
Most of the quakes have been too small to be felt, but some registered up to magnitude 4, according to the government's Emergency Bureau.
Volcano expert Juan Cayupi, part of a team that has been investigating the quakes, said scientists believe the quakes have been caused by a magma force that is pressing up toward the surface, and is fracturing the rock some 6 miles below the surface.Cayupi said in a telephone interview Tuesday with The Associated Press from the area that the movement will probably result in a small submarine volcano.But he said the reduced area affected means that if a volcanic eruption occurs, it should be relatively small.We can safely say that there is no danger for the population of some 35,000 people who live in Puerto Aysen and Puerto Chacabuco, the two towns closest to the Aysen Fjord.Cayupi said the epicenter has been estimated to be 12 miles north-west of Puerto Chacabuco.Aysen provincial Gov. Viviana Betancourt also said Tuesday that there is no danger to the population, which has remained mostly calm. She said authorities will continue to constantly monitor the situation.Chile is an earthquake-prone nation with some 2,900 volcanoes. About 500 of them considered active though only about 60 have erupted in historic times.
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.
More lake effect snow; icy South tomorrow? Mark Avery, Meteorologist, The Weather Channel Wed Jan 31, 9:25 AM ET
Northeast
More lake effect snows are possible today in western New York today.
The heaviest snows are possible at the eastern end of Lake Ontario between Watertown and Utica. Temperatures will remain chilly for this time of the year today, before returning close to seasonal averages for Thursday and Friday. Snow returns to the interior Northeast on Friday, with rain and snow possible in the Megalopolis from a coastal low riding up the coast, and just off-shore. Temperatures fall back to well below seasonal averages by the weekend and into early next week.
South
Texas has the precipitation in the South today, with rain in East Texas and rain/snow mix in the Red River Valley to the Texas Panhandle. Snow will be possible over much of Oklahoma and Arkansas. The precipitation will spread eastward tonight into the Tennessee Valley and increase in intensity. By Thursday, ice, sleet, and snow will be possible from eastern Virginia through the Carolinas into northern Georgia, and across much of Tennessee. Farther south, heavy rain will be possible from the Carolina coast to East Texas. Some lingering rain will be possible across the Southeast Coast southward to Florida on Friday, with more rain possible in Florida for Saturday and Sunday. Temperatures will be cool across most of the region, with Friday being the only day with a chance of near normal temperatures. Another reinforcing shot of cold air moves into the South by the weekend.
Midwest
The Midwest is still shivering with chilly temperatures in place. Some lake effect snows are possible in Upper Michigan today, and a few snow showers are possible over the lower Missouri Valley and Central Plains. By Thursday and Friday, snow showers will be possible in the Ohio Valley and Northern Plains/Upper Midwest with the arrival of much colder temperatures moving in from Canada. By Saturday and Sunday, snow should be confined to areas near the Great Lakes.
West
Showers continue to threaten portions of the Southwest, with snow possible in the higher elevations (above 4500 feet).
Snow will also be possible over northern New Mexico into southern Colorado in the Sangre de Cristo and San Juan Mountains, with the San Juans picking up the greatest snow. Snow and wind will move into the High Plains and Front Range on Thursday, with dry and sunny conditions along the West Coast. Snow will continue in the central and northern Rockies through Saturday before a storm system moves into the Pacific Northwest on Saturday and Sunday. Temperatures in the West will rise, and by the weekend the West will be the only part of the country with above average temperatures.
Netanyahu Draws Likud Towards National Religious Party
By Nissan Ratzlav-Katz JAN 31,07
Binyamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that he sees the national-religious community as a natural political and ideological partner in the struggle for the Land, People and Torah of Israel. Speaking before a gathering of National Religious Party (NRP)
activists, the Likud chairman and former prime minister ratcheted up the relations between his party and the religious Zionist party. His speech lent some credence to earlier rumors of political contacts made regarding potential unification of the Likud and the NRP-National Union Knesset factions. There is a natural partnership between the national-religious public and the nationalist public, Netanyahu declared, adding: This partnership has been through many tests over the course of a generation. It is natural and it is not an accident that we find ourselves together in the opposition. We must strengthen our mutual partnership...
We firmly believe in the triangle [connecting] the Land of Israel, the People of Israel and the Torah of Israel...
That is a clear point of agreement; that must be the platform of the nextgovernment, so that it will form the basis for the value system of every boy and girl in Israel, which will withstand great storms.Netanyahu further emphasized that those values will also be promoted in the Hareidi Orthodox school system. Turning to the political import of his address to the NRP delegates, Netanyahu concluded, An authentic, brave partnership must be given expression in very concrete plans. You must be a part of any government that arises; we are brothers and fellow-travelers. Knesset Member Eli Gabbai (NRP-National Union), who initiated the gathering on Tuesday, criticized the appointment of Arab MK Ghaleb Majadle as a minister in the Olmert administration. Defense Minister and Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz who chose Majadle for the position of minister of science, technology, sports and culture [though currently he is only a Minister Without Portfolio] did not bother to check if the new minister was appropriate to represent the culture and science of the nation of Israel, Gabbai said. At the same time, MK Gabbai intimated praise for the controversial economic policies of MK Netanyahu from his period as finance minister in the Sharon administration.
In spite of the security situation, Gabbai said, we see billions in surplus income, there is an [economic] growth rate of five percent, unemployment is down, there is no inflation and it is thanks to the economic policies implemented several years ago.In his speech, Netanyahu also addressed the Iranian threat to Israel: We must protect the state. And it is not protected by hiding our heads [and saying] it hasn't happened or it won't happen. He said that 60 members of the British parliament signed a document drafted by the former prime minister calling for the trial of Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad before an international tribunal.
Europeans Fear US Attack On Iran - Newspaper JAN 31,07
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Senior European policy-makers are increasingly worried that the U.S. administration will resort to air strikes against Iran to try to destroy its suspected nuclear program, The Guardian reports Wednesday.
As transatlantic friction over how to deal with the Iranian impasse intensifies, there are fears in European capitals that the nuclear crisis could come to a head this year because of U.S. frustration with Russian stalling tactics at the U.N. Security Council.The clock is ticking, said one European official. Military action has come back on to the table more seriously than before. The language in the U.S. has changed.Newspaper Web site: http://www.guardian.co.uk-London Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; +44 (0)20 7842 9330
Interfaith Sages Council Established for Jerusalem
By Nissan Ratzlav-Katz JAN 31,07
Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski declared that a local Sages Council will soon be established, comprised of religious and secular leaders representing the three predominant monotheistic faiths.Making the announcement during a municipality
reception this week marking the new year of 2007, Mayor Lupolianski explained that the council's role will be to improve and enhance the lives of the people of Jerusalem, to create dialogue and understanding between Jews, Muslims and Christians, and to overcome boundaries for all those living in the city.The council will ignore the so-called large, international politics, which often works in the name of anonymous interests, with no regard for the people living in Jerusalem, Lupolianski said. The council will set an example for peaceful co-existence and will enable us all to overcome difficulties, solve disputes, get to know each other better and share the vast knowledge we've all accumulated, all for one common goal - the [welfare of the] city of Jerusalem and its residents.Sages Councils such as that announced by the mayor were common in several cities long ago. Their role was to consolidate ideas for the improvement of their respective cities.
Mayor Lupolianski came up with the idea to create such a council in Jerusalem following meetings he held with Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious leaders from various denominations.
One of the topics raised in those meetings was the lack of direct dialogue between the various communities populating the city, which is one of the most diverse in the world. Sometimes, people who live just a few feet from one another needed a mediator in order to communicate, municipality spokesman Gideon Schmerling said. This lack of dialogue is one of the reasons Schmerling noted for tensions flaring occasionally between the various religious and ethnic denominations, with Mayor Lupolianski often called in to mediate. In light of this reality, Lupolianski believes that regular meetings of the council, several times a year, will promote inter-cultural dialogue and improve the quality of life for all the people of Jerusalem.
Prague faces head-on clash with pro-EU constitution camp
30.01.2007 - 17:33 CET | By Mark Beunderman
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The Czech Republic has emerged as a key opponent of the German EU presidency's plan to revive the European constitution, with its newly appointed negotiator Jan Zahradil telling EUobserver that Prague seeks to curb EU powers and re-open core parts of the charter. Mr Zahradil, who was recently picked as the personal negotiator on the constitution of the new Czech centre-right prime minister Mirek Topolanek, said that a new text is necessary after French and Dutch voters in 2005 vetoed the EU constitution. The Czech PM's appointee who also serves as a centre-right member of the European Parliament is known as an opponent of far-reaching EU integration, promoting an alternative Europe of Democracies as the constitution was being drafted in 2003. I am here to find a constructive outcome but at the same time I am not ready to agree to everything that the German presidency is proposing, Mr Zahradil stated, referring to German chancellor Angela Merkel's efforts to salvage the bulk of the constitution. That would not be any good, not for my country, nor for the EU. What is now desirable is critical reflection on the current state of the EU.All EU leaders were asked by Berlin to appoint so-called sherpas appointees for confidential talks on the constitution with Mr Zahradil so far being the only sherpa combining his job with that of an MEP.
The Czech sherpa directly challenged calls by Berlin to preserve the substance of the existing text meaning the constitution's key institutional reforms and the inclusion into the text of the EU's charter of fundamental rights.
Curb on EU court
Asked what should be done with major institutional innovations proposed by the constitution such as an EU foreign minister, a permanent EU president, and the removal of vetoes in justice matters Mr Zahradil signalled that Prague would seek
modifications.
I think they [the reforms] should be discussed but right now it is too early to say which one of them should be deleted. This will be a question in the negotiations.Mr Zahradil sees particular problems in the EU's charter of fundamental rights, which would get legal status as part of the EU constitution (currently it is a non-binding document.) He said a legally binding charter would open the door to a further expansion of EU powers through jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice
in areas touching on citizens' rights such as social security, health care and pension rights. If you make this charter legally binding, you open the possibility of European law to penetrate into national social and pension systems, Mr Zahradil stated.
Clear arrangements should be made to ensure that nothing like this is going to happen, he said, adding that this is a good example of how it remains completely unclear in the constitution how the division of powers is organised.A new text should be simpler, more transparent, more understandable for citizens and contain a clear definition of jurisdictions and competencies at the European level, he noted, summarizing Prague's starting position.
Challenge to the constitution's friends
The strong Czech stance against the constitution comes just after a Madrid conference of 18 pro-constitution states last weekend issued a clear message in defence of the treaty's fundamental content.
Mr Zahradil's comments reflect the mood in important parts of his own ODS party which took office in the government earlier this month and which includes eurosceptic Czech president Vaclav Klaus as its most prominent member. But the Czech Greens, the junior coalition partner of the ODS, are already unhappy with the anti-constitution noise coming from Prague, according to Czech press reports. In the actual re-negotiations in the constitution, Prague is unlikely to go so far as to push for the radical ideas of president Klaus who champions a new decentralised Organisation of European States replacing the EU.
Seventy percent of what is included in the constitution is also part of the [EU's] Nice and Amsterdam treaties, said Mr Zahradil. I do not expect we will deconstruct the current treaties.The Czech resistance against a full-blown EU constitution is expected to be echoed by Poland, which has seen its conservative government voicing similar ideas with both countries' presidents discussing positions over the issue last week. Some of the Czech thinking also bears resemblance to the debate in the Netherlands, where politicans are discussing how to curb EU powers amid ongoing talks on a new centre-left government.
KEY PROPHECY VERSES THAT GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISED COVENANT WITH ISRAEL. PRAY THESE VERSES BACK TO GOD.
PRAY THESE VERSES
By Stan Goodenough. JAN 31,07
Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah: (Jeremiah 33:14)
Then the LORD said to me, You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it. (Jeremiah 1:12)
The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; The God of my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, My stronghold and my refuge; My Savior, You save me from violence. For You are my lamp, O LORD;
The LORD shall enlighten my darkness. For by You I can run against a troop; By my God I can leap over a wall. As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the LORD is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him. (2 Samuel 22:2,3, 29-31)
Aliyah – Bringing them home
Now it shall come to pass, when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the LORD your God drives you, and you return to the LORD your God and obey His voice, according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul, that the LORD your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the nations where the LORD your God has scattered you. If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven, from there the LORD your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you. Then the LORD your God will bring you to the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it. He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers. (Deut 30:1-5)
Whose Promised Land?
Now the LORD had said to Abram: Get out of your country, From your family. And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you.
I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, To your descendants I will give this land. And there he built an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him. (Gen 12: 1-3; 7-8)
God’s Mercy & Faithfulness to Israel
For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples;
but because the LORD loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments; (Deut 7:6-9)
Israel wants Bibi back
By Stan Goodenough - January 31, 2007
The nation of Israel, reeling from the one-two punch of its famed IDF losing the battle against Hizb’allah last July, and of political leader after political leader being accused of corruption and immoral conduct in recent months, is ready to sweep
Likud Party leader and former prime minister, Binyamin Bibi Netanyahu, back into power.
This is according to a new poll whose results were published by the most widely-read Israeli newspaper, Yedi’ot Ahronot, Tuesday.The survey found that, were elections held today, the Likud would win a whopping 32 mandates while as candidate for prime minister, Netanyahu would thrash his closest rival with more than double the number of percentage points, taking 34.Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s ruling Kadima Party, which less than a year ago took the country by storm with a 29-seat victory, would plummet to 12 seats today.Olmert himself, who has been roundly criticized by Israelis for apparently achieving nothing during his first year in the chair, would not even feature as a serious contender for office, as just three percent of the voting public would want him to lead.
His Kadima colleague and foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, would win 16 percent as would Labor Party member Ami Ayalon. Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, a contender for the party leadership, would garner eight percent.
Netanyahu served as premier from June 1996 to July 1999. While in office he introduced and sought to insist on reciprocity from the Arab side in the often-stalled Israeli Palestinian diplomatic process. He was not able to stick to his guns, however. Stymied by a gridlocked coalition government he buckled a number of times under US pressure, surrendering most of Hebron to the PLO.He did earn the distinction of being the only leader since the 1993 Oslo Accords were signed during whose tenure not a single successful suicide bombing was carried out.Tuesday’s poll results reflect just how much the country feels let down by the Olmert government, and may indicate a waking-up on the part of the electorate to the political and security bankruptcy of unilateral withdrawal, disengagement and/or realignment policies embraced by Barak, former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and Olmert. Traditionally, however, Israeli voters are extremely fickle, swinging left when things are quiet and right when violence increases and danger looms.
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 Feb 1 12:00 AM EDT
FEB 01,07 NO QUAKES YET
JAN 31,07
MAP 2.9 WESTERN KENTUCKY
MAP 3.0 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 5.8 JAVA, INDONESIA
MAP 3.5 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 3.4 GULF OF ALASKA
MAP 3.4 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 2.9 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 2.7 EASTERN KENTUCKY
MAP 5.3 SOLOMON ISLANDS
MAP 3.0 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.8 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.8 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.1 NEAR THE COAST OF OREGON
MAP 4.4 OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
MAP 2.6 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.8 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 5.3 KYRGYZSTAN
MAP 4.7 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 3.0 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 4.9 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 2.5 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 2.5 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP 3.6 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP 6.5 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
MAP 5.2 VANUATU
MAP 3.1 PUERTO RICO REGION
JAN 30,07
MAP 3.3 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.4 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 6.6 MAUG ISLANDS REG., NORTHERN MARIANA ISL.
MAP 2.6 ALABAMA
MAP 4.4 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.8 SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
MAP 4.6 FIJI REGION
MAP 4.6 SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
MAP 4.6 MOLUCCA SEA
MAP 2.9 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.8 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 4.4 IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 2.8 YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING
MAP 3.7 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 4.7 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 4.3 FIJI REGION
MAP 2.9 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 4.7 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 6.8 WEST OF MACQUARIE ISLAND
MAP 2.9 ONTARIO-QUEBEC BORDER REGION, CANADA
MAP 5.2 MOLUCCA SEA
Quake strikes under sea near N. Zealand Tue Jan 30, 11:24 PM ET
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A powerful earthquake struck under the Pacific Ocean near a remote and uninhabited New Zealand island on Wednesday, seismologists said. Officials said there was no threat of an ocean-wide tsunami. A magnitude -6.5 temblor hit about 25 miles south of Raoul Island in the Kermadec group that lies within a marine park far north of New Zealand, the U.S. Geological Survey said.The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said no destructive Pacific-wide tsunami threat exists based on historical earthquake and tsunami data.
Undersea volcano may have caused quakes By EDUARDO GALLARDO, Associated Press Writer Tue Jan 30, 6:04 PM ET
SANTIAGO, Chile - A wave of small earthquakes that has caused alarm in southern Chile may be related to the birth of an undersea volcano, officials said Tuesday. More than 1,700 tremors have been recorded recently in the rugged, sparsely
populated area dotted with volcanos and cut with fjords. Dozens of people slept outside or in tents on recent nights, fearing a larger quake might follow and topple their houses.
Most of the quakes have been too small to be felt, but some registered up to magnitude 4, according to the government's Emergency Bureau.
Volcano expert Juan Cayupi, part of a team that has been investigating the quakes, said scientists believe the quakes have been caused by a magma force that is pressing up toward the surface, and is fracturing the rock some 6 miles below the surface.Cayupi said in a telephone interview Tuesday with The Associated Press from the area that the movement will probably result in a small submarine volcano.But he said the reduced area affected means that if a volcanic eruption occurs, it should be relatively small.We can safely say that there is no danger for the population of some 35,000 people who live in Puerto Aysen and Puerto Chacabuco, the two towns closest to the Aysen Fjord.Cayupi said the epicenter has been estimated to be 12 miles north-west of Puerto Chacabuco.Aysen provincial Gov. Viviana Betancourt also said Tuesday that there is no danger to the population, which has remained mostly calm. She said authorities will continue to constantly monitor the situation.Chile is an earthquake-prone nation with some 2,900 volcanoes. About 500 of them considered active though only about 60 have erupted in historic times.
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.
More lake effect snow; icy South tomorrow? Mark Avery, Meteorologist, The Weather Channel Wed Jan 31, 9:25 AM ET
Northeast
More lake effect snows are possible today in western New York today.
The heaviest snows are possible at the eastern end of Lake Ontario between Watertown and Utica. Temperatures will remain chilly for this time of the year today, before returning close to seasonal averages for Thursday and Friday. Snow returns to the interior Northeast on Friday, with rain and snow possible in the Megalopolis from a coastal low riding up the coast, and just off-shore. Temperatures fall back to well below seasonal averages by the weekend and into early next week.
South
Texas has the precipitation in the South today, with rain in East Texas and rain/snow mix in the Red River Valley to the Texas Panhandle. Snow will be possible over much of Oklahoma and Arkansas. The precipitation will spread eastward tonight into the Tennessee Valley and increase in intensity. By Thursday, ice, sleet, and snow will be possible from eastern Virginia through the Carolinas into northern Georgia, and across much of Tennessee. Farther south, heavy rain will be possible from the Carolina coast to East Texas. Some lingering rain will be possible across the Southeast Coast southward to Florida on Friday, with more rain possible in Florida for Saturday and Sunday. Temperatures will be cool across most of the region, with Friday being the only day with a chance of near normal temperatures. Another reinforcing shot of cold air moves into the South by the weekend.
Midwest
The Midwest is still shivering with chilly temperatures in place. Some lake effect snows are possible in Upper Michigan today, and a few snow showers are possible over the lower Missouri Valley and Central Plains. By Thursday and Friday, snow showers will be possible in the Ohio Valley and Northern Plains/Upper Midwest with the arrival of much colder temperatures moving in from Canada. By Saturday and Sunday, snow should be confined to areas near the Great Lakes.
West
Showers continue to threaten portions of the Southwest, with snow possible in the higher elevations (above 4500 feet).
Snow will also be possible over northern New Mexico into southern Colorado in the Sangre de Cristo and San Juan Mountains, with the San Juans picking up the greatest snow. Snow and wind will move into the High Plains and Front Range on Thursday, with dry and sunny conditions along the West Coast. Snow will continue in the central and northern Rockies through Saturday before a storm system moves into the Pacific Northwest on Saturday and Sunday. Temperatures in the West will rise, and by the weekend the West will be the only part of the country with above average temperatures.
Netanyahu Draws Likud Towards National Religious Party
By Nissan Ratzlav-Katz JAN 31,07
Binyamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that he sees the national-religious community as a natural political and ideological partner in the struggle for the Land, People and Torah of Israel. Speaking before a gathering of National Religious Party (NRP)
activists, the Likud chairman and former prime minister ratcheted up the relations between his party and the religious Zionist party. His speech lent some credence to earlier rumors of political contacts made regarding potential unification of the Likud and the NRP-National Union Knesset factions. There is a natural partnership between the national-religious public and the nationalist public, Netanyahu declared, adding: This partnership has been through many tests over the course of a generation. It is natural and it is not an accident that we find ourselves together in the opposition. We must strengthen our mutual partnership...
We firmly believe in the triangle [connecting] the Land of Israel, the People of Israel and the Torah of Israel...
That is a clear point of agreement; that must be the platform of the nextgovernment, so that it will form the basis for the value system of every boy and girl in Israel, which will withstand great storms.Netanyahu further emphasized that those values will also be promoted in the Hareidi Orthodox school system. Turning to the political import of his address to the NRP delegates, Netanyahu concluded, An authentic, brave partnership must be given expression in very concrete plans. You must be a part of any government that arises; we are brothers and fellow-travelers. Knesset Member Eli Gabbai (NRP-National Union), who initiated the gathering on Tuesday, criticized the appointment of Arab MK Ghaleb Majadle as a minister in the Olmert administration. Defense Minister and Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz who chose Majadle for the position of minister of science, technology, sports and culture [though currently he is only a Minister Without Portfolio] did not bother to check if the new minister was appropriate to represent the culture and science of the nation of Israel, Gabbai said. At the same time, MK Gabbai intimated praise for the controversial economic policies of MK Netanyahu from his period as finance minister in the Sharon administration.
In spite of the security situation, Gabbai said, we see billions in surplus income, there is an [economic] growth rate of five percent, unemployment is down, there is no inflation and it is thanks to the economic policies implemented several years ago.In his speech, Netanyahu also addressed the Iranian threat to Israel: We must protect the state. And it is not protected by hiding our heads [and saying] it hasn't happened or it won't happen. He said that 60 members of the British parliament signed a document drafted by the former prime minister calling for the trial of Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad before an international tribunal.
Europeans Fear US Attack On Iran - Newspaper JAN 31,07
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Senior European policy-makers are increasingly worried that the U.S. administration will resort to air strikes against Iran to try to destroy its suspected nuclear program, The Guardian reports Wednesday.
As transatlantic friction over how to deal with the Iranian impasse intensifies, there are fears in European capitals that the nuclear crisis could come to a head this year because of U.S. frustration with Russian stalling tactics at the U.N. Security Council.The clock is ticking, said one European official. Military action has come back on to the table more seriously than before. The language in the U.S. has changed.Newspaper Web site: http://www.guardian.co.uk-London Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; +44 (0)20 7842 9330
Interfaith Sages Council Established for Jerusalem
By Nissan Ratzlav-Katz JAN 31,07
Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski declared that a local Sages Council will soon be established, comprised of religious and secular leaders representing the three predominant monotheistic faiths.Making the announcement during a municipality
reception this week marking the new year of 2007, Mayor Lupolianski explained that the council's role will be to improve and enhance the lives of the people of Jerusalem, to create dialogue and understanding between Jews, Muslims and Christians, and to overcome boundaries for all those living in the city.The council will ignore the so-called large, international politics, which often works in the name of anonymous interests, with no regard for the people living in Jerusalem, Lupolianski said. The council will set an example for peaceful co-existence and will enable us all to overcome difficulties, solve disputes, get to know each other better and share the vast knowledge we've all accumulated, all for one common goal - the [welfare of the] city of Jerusalem and its residents.Sages Councils such as that announced by the mayor were common in several cities long ago. Their role was to consolidate ideas for the improvement of their respective cities.
Mayor Lupolianski came up with the idea to create such a council in Jerusalem following meetings he held with Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious leaders from various denominations.
One of the topics raised in those meetings was the lack of direct dialogue between the various communities populating the city, which is one of the most diverse in the world. Sometimes, people who live just a few feet from one another needed a mediator in order to communicate, municipality spokesman Gideon Schmerling said. This lack of dialogue is one of the reasons Schmerling noted for tensions flaring occasionally between the various religious and ethnic denominations, with Mayor Lupolianski often called in to mediate. In light of this reality, Lupolianski believes that regular meetings of the council, several times a year, will promote inter-cultural dialogue and improve the quality of life for all the people of Jerusalem.
Prague faces head-on clash with pro-EU constitution camp
30.01.2007 - 17:33 CET | By Mark Beunderman
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The Czech Republic has emerged as a key opponent of the German EU presidency's plan to revive the European constitution, with its newly appointed negotiator Jan Zahradil telling EUobserver that Prague seeks to curb EU powers and re-open core parts of the charter. Mr Zahradil, who was recently picked as the personal negotiator on the constitution of the new Czech centre-right prime minister Mirek Topolanek, said that a new text is necessary after French and Dutch voters in 2005 vetoed the EU constitution. The Czech PM's appointee who also serves as a centre-right member of the European Parliament is known as an opponent of far-reaching EU integration, promoting an alternative Europe of Democracies as the constitution was being drafted in 2003. I am here to find a constructive outcome but at the same time I am not ready to agree to everything that the German presidency is proposing, Mr Zahradil stated, referring to German chancellor Angela Merkel's efforts to salvage the bulk of the constitution. That would not be any good, not for my country, nor for the EU. What is now desirable is critical reflection on the current state of the EU.All EU leaders were asked by Berlin to appoint so-called sherpas appointees for confidential talks on the constitution with Mr Zahradil so far being the only sherpa combining his job with that of an MEP.
The Czech sherpa directly challenged calls by Berlin to preserve the substance of the existing text meaning the constitution's key institutional reforms and the inclusion into the text of the EU's charter of fundamental rights.
Curb on EU court
Asked what should be done with major institutional innovations proposed by the constitution such as an EU foreign minister, a permanent EU president, and the removal of vetoes in justice matters Mr Zahradil signalled that Prague would seek
modifications.
I think they [the reforms] should be discussed but right now it is too early to say which one of them should be deleted. This will be a question in the negotiations.Mr Zahradil sees particular problems in the EU's charter of fundamental rights, which would get legal status as part of the EU constitution (currently it is a non-binding document.) He said a legally binding charter would open the door to a further expansion of EU powers through jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice
in areas touching on citizens' rights such as social security, health care and pension rights. If you make this charter legally binding, you open the possibility of European law to penetrate into national social and pension systems, Mr Zahradil stated.
Clear arrangements should be made to ensure that nothing like this is going to happen, he said, adding that this is a good example of how it remains completely unclear in the constitution how the division of powers is organised.A new text should be simpler, more transparent, more understandable for citizens and contain a clear definition of jurisdictions and competencies at the European level, he noted, summarizing Prague's starting position.
Challenge to the constitution's friends
The strong Czech stance against the constitution comes just after a Madrid conference of 18 pro-constitution states last weekend issued a clear message in defence of the treaty's fundamental content.
Mr Zahradil's comments reflect the mood in important parts of his own ODS party which took office in the government earlier this month and which includes eurosceptic Czech president Vaclav Klaus as its most prominent member. But the Czech Greens, the junior coalition partner of the ODS, are already unhappy with the anti-constitution noise coming from Prague, according to Czech press reports. In the actual re-negotiations in the constitution, Prague is unlikely to go so far as to push for the radical ideas of president Klaus who champions a new decentralised Organisation of European States replacing the EU.
Seventy percent of what is included in the constitution is also part of the [EU's] Nice and Amsterdam treaties, said Mr Zahradil. I do not expect we will deconstruct the current treaties.The Czech resistance against a full-blown EU constitution is expected to be echoed by Poland, which has seen its conservative government voicing similar ideas with both countries' presidents discussing positions over the issue last week. Some of the Czech thinking also bears resemblance to the debate in the Netherlands, where politicans are discussing how to curb EU powers amid ongoing talks on a new centre-left government.
KEY PROPHECY VERSES THAT GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISED COVENANT WITH ISRAEL. PRAY THESE VERSES BACK TO GOD.
PRAY THESE VERSES
By Stan Goodenough. JAN 31,07
Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah: (Jeremiah 33:14)
Then the LORD said to me, You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it. (Jeremiah 1:12)
The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; The God of my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, My stronghold and my refuge; My Savior, You save me from violence. For You are my lamp, O LORD;
The LORD shall enlighten my darkness. For by You I can run against a troop; By my God I can leap over a wall. As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the LORD is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him. (2 Samuel 22:2,3, 29-31)
Aliyah – Bringing them home
Now it shall come to pass, when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the LORD your God drives you, and you return to the LORD your God and obey His voice, according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul, that the LORD your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the nations where the LORD your God has scattered you. If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven, from there the LORD your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you. Then the LORD your God will bring you to the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it. He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers. (Deut 30:1-5)
Whose Promised Land?
Now the LORD had said to Abram: Get out of your country, From your family. And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you.
I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, To your descendants I will give this land. And there he built an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him. (Gen 12: 1-3; 7-8)
God’s Mercy & Faithfulness to Israel
For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples;
but because the LORD loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments; (Deut 7:6-9)
Israel wants Bibi back
By Stan Goodenough - January 31, 2007
The nation of Israel, reeling from the one-two punch of its famed IDF losing the battle against Hizb’allah last July, and of political leader after political leader being accused of corruption and immoral conduct in recent months, is ready to sweep
Likud Party leader and former prime minister, Binyamin Bibi Netanyahu, back into power.
This is according to a new poll whose results were published by the most widely-read Israeli newspaper, Yedi’ot Ahronot, Tuesday.The survey found that, were elections held today, the Likud would win a whopping 32 mandates while as candidate for prime minister, Netanyahu would thrash his closest rival with more than double the number of percentage points, taking 34.Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s ruling Kadima Party, which less than a year ago took the country by storm with a 29-seat victory, would plummet to 12 seats today.Olmert himself, who has been roundly criticized by Israelis for apparently achieving nothing during his first year in the chair, would not even feature as a serious contender for office, as just three percent of the voting public would want him to lead.
His Kadima colleague and foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, would win 16 percent as would Labor Party member Ami Ayalon. Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, a contender for the party leadership, would garner eight percent.
Netanyahu served as premier from June 1996 to July 1999. While in office he introduced and sought to insist on reciprocity from the Arab side in the often-stalled Israeli Palestinian diplomatic process. He was not able to stick to his guns, however. Stymied by a gridlocked coalition government he buckled a number of times under US pressure, surrendering most of Hebron to the PLO.He did earn the distinction of being the only leader since the 1993 Oslo Accords were signed during whose tenure not a single successful suicide bombing was carried out.Tuesday’s poll results reflect just how much the country feels let down by the Olmert government, and may indicate a waking-up on the part of the electorate to the political and security bankruptcy of unilateral withdrawal, disengagement and/or realignment policies embraced by Barak, former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and Olmert. Traditionally, however, Israeli voters are extremely fickle, swinging left when things are quiet and right when violence increases and danger looms.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
IDIOT CALLS HIMSELF GOD
1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS.2-Earthquake rocks Australian island. 3-Frigid temperatures blanket U.S. Plains, Midwest 4-JACK VAN IMPE GOG AND MAGOG HAPPENINGS. 5-Chief Rabbinate to Reduce Use of Special 7th-Year Dispensation. 6-Egypt: PA Will Recognize Israel on Condition of Direct Talks. 7-The king can do no wrong By Shahar Ilan.8-Fear of US damaging EU-NATO relations, NATO chief says. 9-He Calls Himself God.
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 Jan 31 12:00 AM EDT
JAN 31,07 NO QUAKES YET
JAN 30,07
MAP 2.9 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.8 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 4.4 IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 2.8 YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING
MAP 3.7 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 4.7 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 4.3 FIJI REGION
MAP 2.9 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 4.7 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 6.8 WEST OF MACQUARIE ISLAND
MAP 2.9 QUEBEC BORDER REGION, CANADA
MAP 5.2 MOLUCCA SEA
JAN 29,07
MAP 2.7 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 2.7 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP 4.9 CATAMARCA, ARGENTINA
MAP 2.7 GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.6 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 5.3 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP 2.6 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 3.0 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
MAP 2.7 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 4.4 COSTA RICA
MAP 4.9 MARIANA ISLANDS REGION
MAP 4.3 OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
MAP 4.0 OFFSHORE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO
MAP 4.9 COLOMBIA
MAP 3.3 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.4 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.6 TONGA
Earthquake rocks Australian island Tue Jan 30, 2:06 AM ET
SYDNEY, Australia - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 rocked the coast of Australia's remote Macquarie Island Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake struck at 2:54 p.m. local time and was centered six miles below the seabed.Stuart Koyanagi, a geophysicist at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center at Ewa Beach, Hawaii, said the quake was unlikely to generate a major Pacific-wide tsunami.
Normally at this magnitude we don't expect any kind of destructive tsunami, he said.Clive Collins, a seismologist at Geoscience Australia, said the Macquarie Island earthquake involved two tectonic plates moving against each other horizontally, rather than vertically, and was unlikely to displace the large quantity of water needed to generate a tsunami.It's most unlikely there would be any tsunami, he said. It's a fairly large earthquake and it's fairly shallow, but we don't think there's any risk.The isolated, sparsely populated island lies about 835 miles south of the island state of Tasmania, and serves as a base for Australian expeditions to Antarctica.
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.
Frigid temperatures blanket U.S. Plains, Midwest JAN 30,07
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Frigid temperatures were blanketing the U.S. Plains and upper Midwest this week, but a break in the moisture was helping feedlots firm up after a series of storms, a private forecaster said on Tuesday.
The Southern Plains were expected to be cold and dry this week. Temperatures will be below to much-below normal, with lows in the single digits to teens Fahrenheit through the weekend. Highs will be in the mid-20s to mid-30s F.This dry, cold weather is a benefit in the feedlots ... it keeps the saturated ground firmed up. And it's not cold enough to cause any real impact on the animals, said Mike Palmerino, forecaster with DTN Meteorlogix.
The U.S. hard red winter wheat crop should be protected from the cold blast as the chilliest areas of the Plains are covered with snow after a month of storms, he added.The Southern Plains six-to-10-day forecast for Saturday through Thursday looked warmer, he said. Temperatures were expected to be near to above-normal in the west and near to below-normal in the east. Precipitation would be below-normal.The Northern Plains and upper Midwest will see below-normal temperatures this week with conditions dry or with just a few light snow flurries, he said.But there were some indications for colder weather to move into the Northern Plains and Midwest next week.The six-to-10-day outlook for the upper Midwest and Northern Plains called for below to much-below normal temperatures and below-normal precipitation.It could be the coldest weather of the winter next week with lows 5 to 15 degrees below zero, said Palmerino.
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.
JACK VAN IMPE GOG AND MAGOG HAPPENINGS
We want to continue our study where we left off last week.
The Unfolding Mystery
The purpose of this war has long caused questions for commentators .
Ezekiel explains the purpose to be twofold: to take a spoil and to take a prey. The poverty of Palestine has made this difficult to understand, but now the mystery is unfolding.The Jews have been the prey of persecutors for thousands of years. Today, if it were militarily possible, they would be the prey of their Arab neighbors. In the coming war with Russia, nearly all the Arab nations will be allies of Russia, and their primary purpose will be to take a prey Israel. The Russians, however, will be marching to the Middle East to take a spoil.
They will be pleased to cooperate in the conquest of Israel, knowing that when their military forces overrun the Middle East they will control all the wealth there, including the Arab oil.Recent history has demonstrated that those who become the allies of Russia are soon totally controlled by her; witness Eastern Europe. So while the Arabs will join the attack against Israel to take a prey, Russia will be invading to take a spoil.
And the spoil is oil.
In addition, the mineral wealth of the Dead Sea, valued at two trillion dollars, must be considere d, as well as the wealth being generated in Israel through industry and agriculture. The protest of Israel's allies makes this clear:Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchant s of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, and take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? (Ezek. 38:13) Sheba and Dedan represent a small number of Arabs who will not participate in the attack on Israel. The merchants of Tarshish are Western powers who by this time will be under the control of the Antichrist, soon to be revealed for who he is and to become the final world dictator.
Important Timing,When will this war take place?
There are four time factors that allow us to arrive at the approximate time of the war between Russia and Israel.The war takes place in the latter years (38:8), or the latter days (38:16). The war can only take place when the Jews are in their land. This prophecy could not have been fulfilled before 1948. Any invasion of the Middle East by Russia previous to statehood for Israel would have been meaningless in regard to this prophecy. The enactment of this scene in the last days also guarantees the survival of Israel until the war with Russia. Were the Arabs to succeed in destroying the Jews, it would be impossible to fulfill Ezekiel's prophecy. At the time of the invasion of Israel, Russia must be a major military power, a fact that guarantees the survival of Russia until the war with Israel. The increase of Russian military might is well known, but that immense and fearsome buildup would have no prophetic significance if the Jews were not in their homeland. Conversely, the gigantic Russian arms effort in view of the present Middle East situation must be seen as preliminary to an attack on Israel as prophesied by Ezekiel. This war between Russia and Israel must take place when the Jews are dwelling securely in their land.
The threat of Arab invasion will therefore have been removed to the point that the Jews feel safe: 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 (Ezek. 38:11).It seems likely that this Jewish security will come from enacting a treaty with the head of the Western alliance or the revived Roman Empire. It will be an agreement intended to last for seven years: And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week.(Dan. 9:27).
Since by the time of the Russian attack, the treaty of peace will have been in force long enough for the Jews to feel safe, it appears that the Russian inv asion will come at about the middle of the Tribulation period or approximately three and one-half years after its signing. There is also a hint that the Antichrist will come to world power at that point in time. The extension of his dominion over all the earth seems to follow the defeat of Russia and the armies of the East (Rev. 9:16).Russia's attack on Israel will be her greatest military blunder.
Though brief, the conflict will be one of the most destructive in history. Ezekiel's description of the battle is as follows:...Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. And I will call for a sword against him through all my mountains, saith the Lord God: every man's sword shall be against his brother. And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone (Ezek. 38:19-22).
The prophet's vision carries with it many of the characteristics of nuclear war. There are earth-splitting explosions. Mountains are toppled. Rain, hail, and fire become part of the picture as nature erupts in rebellion against the forces marching to bring destruction to the Jews.While details of military action in this war are few, something about the defeat of the northern invaders will make it clear to the Jews that God has protected them: Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD (Ezek. 38:23).The casualties of the Russian invaders are so great that only one-sixth of the fighting force is left after the battle: And I will turn thee back, and l eave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel (Ezek. 39:2).
Two important developments will follow the defeat of the invaders of Israel. First, the attack by Russia will give the Antichrist an excuse for full occupation of Israel under the pretense of protection and will, along with his defeat of the huge Eastern force (Rev. 9:16), extend his power over the entire world. Second, the divine protection of Israel as prophesied by Ezekiel and proclaimed to the world by evangelists and writers throughout the closing time will turn many Jews to their Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ.
The remaining forty-two months of the Tribulation will show man at his worst.The final world dictator will become the most evil of all earth's political and religious leaders. His blasphemy, oppression, and self-exaltation will surpass that of all tyrants before him.Persecution of believers in Christ will reach an all-time high. Millions will be martyred.Anti-Semitism will become the passion of those in power.And the world will continue its age-old march to the most fierce and foolish war of all the Battle of Armageddon.We will delve into the Battle of Armageddon in our next study.
Chief Rabbinate to Reduce Use of Special 7th-Year Dispensation
By Hillel Fendel JAN 30,07
The Chief Rabbinate plans to reduce its reliance on the controversial land sale dispensation for the upcoming Shemittah year of fallow.Following a special session of the Chief Rabbinate Council on the topic, the Rabbinate decided to make great efforts to reduce the reliance on the dispensation to a minimum.Every seventh year, the Land of Israel must lie fallow, forbidden to be worked to produce its fruits. The year is known as Shemittah, from the root meaning to drop or abandon. In the Shemittah of 1889, rabbis of the Land of Israel agreed to temporarily sell parts of the Land to non-Jews, so that certain agricultural activities could be carried out. As the national economy grew and the potential losses - including the very destruction of the fledgling Jewish community - became more threatening, the dispensation became more widespread and institutionalized.
The dispensation, called the heter mechirah, was never universally accepted, and continues to be a matter of controversy even now. Among the scholars who accepted it were Rabbis Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, Avraham I. Kook, Tzvi Pesach Frank, Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky and Shlomo Yosef Zevin, while Rabbis Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin, Yechiel Michel Epstein and the Chazon Ish opposed it. Among living rabbis, Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef supports it, explaining that Shemittah applies nowadays only by Rabbinic dictum, while Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv opposes it.The Chief Rabbinate's announcement states, Only in cases where it becomes clear that the national kashrut system could be harmed [by the introduction of agricultural produce resulting from overt violations of the Shemittah], or in cases where the sustenance of farmers would be dealt a severe blow, or where it is feared that Jewish farmers will abandon agriculture altogether, will the dispensation be implemented.The sale of the land will only be carried out, the Rabbinate resolved, on behalf of one who can prove that he is the true owner of the land, and when it can be guaranteed that Jews will not carry out Biblically-forbidden activities [such as planting and harvesting] on the land.The Chief Rabbinate has appointed Rabbi Ze'ev Vitman to coordinate its Shemittah activities. The rabbi of Tnuvah, Israel's semi-official dairy cooperative, Rabbi Vitman has written a book on the topic entitled, Public Shemittah, in which he
describes how Shemittah can be observed in modern-day Israel.
Alon Tennenbaum, Rabbi Vitman's assistant, told Arutz-7 that the intention this year is to map out the ownership of fields throughout the country, and not to automatically sell the entire land as has been done in the past.
He said that local rabbis will be asked to help so that as many land-owners and farmers as possible can be contacted.The heter is not the preferred solution, the Chief Rabbinate declares in a noted departure from past Rabbinate practice ,since there is no consensus that land belonging to a non-Jew is exempt from the laws of Shemittah. On the contrary; most Halakhic decisors feel that a Jew must not work land belonging to a non-Jew. The very sale of the land to a non-Jew is also problematic, from both the legal and Halakhic standpoints."Therefore, when possible, only the trees and crops will be sold... Farmers will fill out forms, and Chief Rabbinate representatives will meet with the farmers in order to review the need for a sale and reduce it to the necessary minimum.
Another Solution
In the past, Rabbi Vitman has promoted another large-scale solution, known as the Otzar Beit Din.
Based on the concept that produce grown in the seventh year is not forbidden, but is rather ownerless and may be taken for personal use, the Otzar Beit Din solution involves the gathering of fruits in a large-scale manner and their not-for-profit sale.This solution will not be promoted on a national scale this year, however, largely because Tnuvah no longer has a fruits-and-vegetables department. The solution requires a large body that can stand behind it, Tennenbaum explained, and which is willing to absorb losses. Tnuvah filled the bill in the past... Rabbi Vitman is consulting with great rabbis to see how the Otzar Beit Din solution can be
implemented on a smaller scale.
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.
Egypt: PA Will Recognize Israel on Condition of Direct Talks
By Hana Levi Julian JAN 30,07
The Hamas terrorist group that heads the PA government will recognize Israel if Jerusalem agrees to talks with its leaders, said an Egyptian official Monday -negating all Hamas declarations to date. Osama al-Baz, a political advisor to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, said that an unnamed Hamas leader told him, How can we recognize Israel when it refuses to sit with us at the negotiating table and when they refuse to recognize us?According to Cairo's semi-official Middle East News Agency, al-Baz said that an initiative by Israel might be met with recognition of the Jewish state - an act that Hamas has vowed it would never carry out.While Egyptian officials were trying to emphasize the need for direct talks between Israel and Hamas in order to advance negotiations between the Jewish State and the PA, the militia war in Gaza claimed three more lives on Monday, and one on Tuesday.
A leading Hamas man was killed Tuesday as he walked out of a mosque in Khan Yunis, near what used to be N'vei Dekalim in southern Gaza. This, despite news of a ceasefire reached between Hamas and Fatah negotiators Monday night.A loud explosion was heard near the home of Hamas PA Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh Monday night, apparently aimed at him. Haniyeh was unhurt.Heavy exchanges of gunfire between Fatah and Hamas supporters were also reported earlier in the evening, and a rocket propelled grenade was fired on the Gaza police station a few hours later. More than 30 have been killed since the latest outbreak of fighting that began Thursday.Germany, acting in its position as head of the European Union (EU), has called on Hamas and Fatah leaders to make peace and cease the escalating violence. The EU issued a statement which said it is extremely worried about the growing violence in the PA. More than 60 people, including several children, have been killed in the militia war that broke out in December.
THE EU DICTATOR
REVELATION 6:1-2,13:1-3,7-9,16
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(THIS IS THE EU DICTATOR)
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(7 HEADS ARE THE 7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY (THE EU) AS WELL AS THE VATICAN WHICH IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS. 10 HORNS ARE 10 KINGS THAT ARISE FROM THE EU, THEN #11 COMES ON THE SCENE BECOMES THE HEAD OF 3 OUNTRIES AND THEN THE EU DICTATOR, COMES FROM 1 OF THE 3 COUNTRIES THAT RULE FOR THIS TERM. I BELIEVE THE 3 COUNTRIES RULING AT THE TIME ARE SPAIN AND 2 OF THE ORIGINAL 6 THAT STARTED THE EU.
FROM 1 OF THESE 3 COUNTRIES COME THE FUTURE EU DICTATOR PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN
UNION WHO GUARENTEES ISRAELS SECURITY FOR A LAND FOR PEACE 7 YEAR TREATY.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(THE JEWISH EU DICTATOR GETS HIS POWER FROM SATAN,HE COMES FROM THE OCCULT).
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE DICTATOR HAS A FALSE RESURRECTION. JUST LIKE JESUS HAD A LITERAL RESURRECTION THIS DICTATOR GETS MURDERED AT THE 3 1/2 YR MARK OF THR 7 YEAR TREATY AND COMES BACK TO LIFE. THIS IS HOW HE CAN CLAIM TO BE GOD AND GET AWAY WITH IT AND CONTROL THE WHOLE EARTH.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
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.
Tuesday January 30,07 The king can do no wrong By Shahar Ilan
The queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II, cannot be tried or summoned to testify in court. The guiding principle, explains Prof. Shimon Sheetrit of the Hebrew University, is the king can do no wrong. In Spain too, the king has complete immunity.
The sweeping immunity granted to kings, princes, heads of state and royalty essentially places them above the law: While a president can be tried after completing his term or being impeached, a king is king for life. Prof. Claude Klein of the Hebrew University law faculty says that the more authority a head of state has, the less immunity he receives.
Symbolic heads of state, such as kings or presidents in parliamentary regimes, tend to receive broader immunity based on the presumption, He has no authority, so what can he really do? A president with authority, explains Klein, cannot be protected so completely, because if you do not provide an option for impeachment, that contradicts every democratic process.Comparative documents prepared by the Knesset's Research and Information Center and the Israel Democracy Institute indicate that in cases around the world, the process of impeaching or trying a president is very complex, and necessitates a special parliamentary majority. The process varies from country to country, and in some cases, it is nearly impossible to try the president.
In Germany, the president can be impeached if he intentionally violates the constitution or federal laws, but this requires the approval of two-thirds of one of the houses of parliament. In Ireland, a decision by a two-thirds majority of one house is required to investigate a president for inappropriate behavior. The other house of parliament then launches the investigation, and it too must approve the impeachment by a two-thirds majority in the end. In Greece, as in Israel, a sitting president cannot be tried, and he must be first removed from office. This requires a two-thirds parliamentary majority. In Austria, the two houses of parliament must convene together in order to start legal proceedings against the president. Impeachment requires another decision by the assembly, with a two-thirds majority plus a national referendum. However, the process is a big gamble: If the impeachment is rejected in the referendum, the parliament is dissolved. In the Czech Republic, the president may not be either tried or arrested for a criminal offense, except for treason. Italy's president has immunity for every crime except treason or attempting to undermine the constitution.
Why investigate?
In Israel, a sitting president cannot be tried for a criminal offense, and a special three-quarters Knesset majority is required to impeach him. But it is relatively easy to open an investigation against a president. Dana Blander of the Israel Democracy Institute says, To this day, the legislature has not interpreted a criminal investigation against the president as a blow to his immunity. Sheetrit believes, however, If they were to uphold the spirit of the law here, ostensibly, it would not be necessary to open an investigation against Katsav, because if he cannot be tried, what is the point of investigating? There is some doubt regarding the legality of this matter.However, Sheetrit agrees that Katsav himself opened the door to an investigation when he approached the attorney general with complaints of attempted blackmail. A precedent was established in 2000 when President Ezer Weizman was investigated on suspicion of accepting funds from millionaire Edmund Serousi. Weizman acknowledged at the time: I accept the decision to open an investigation. I will be investigated like any other citizen, because no man is above the law.Contrary to the queen, Britain's prime minister does not have immunity from investigation. Indeed, the British police has been conducting a very comprehensive investigation into suspicions that Tony Blair recommended awarding titles of nobility in return for huge, unreported contributions to the Labour Party. The American constitution is very unclear on the president's immunity. The constitution calls for impeachment for treason, bribery, and serious crimes and offenses, which is open to interpretation. In 1982, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of Nixon vs. Fitzgerald that the president has immunity from civil suits over his actions as president.
But when Paula Jones sued Bill Clinton for sexual harassment, this ruling was not relevant because it related to acts that preceded his term as president. Nevertheless, there is no decisive precedent regarding whether a sitting American president may be tried for a criminal offense, or whether he must first be removed from office. In Italy, as in Israel, the prime minister can continue serving while a criminal trial against him is underway. And indeed, former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's long tenure was accompanied by corruption trials. He was found guilty of accepting bribes four times and was sentenced to a considerable number of years in jail. But all of the punishments were cancelled on appeals or due to statutes of limitations.
Even if the punishments had not been cancelled, it is doubtful he would have sat in jail because of his parliamentary immunity. In 2003, Berlusconi passed a law granting himself and another four senior government officials immunity from prosecution during their terms in office. The constitutional court of Italy disqualified the law. But that does not mean Berlusconi did not benefit. In the meantime, his trial on charges of giving a half-million dollar bribe to a judge in 1991 was delayed, and when it was renewed, Berlusconi was acquitted because of the statute of limitations.
No immunity for King David
The immunity delivered so generously in our country is very foreign to the spirit of Hebrew law, writes Israel prize laureate Prof.
Nahum Rakover in his book The Rule of Law in Israel. Rabbi Yehudah Zoldan, of the Jerusalem College of Technology?s Lev Institute, says, In general, immunity is foreign to halakha. Everyone is equal. there is no situation in which a president should not be investigated or a suit should not be filed.Halakha sources ostensibly stipulate the exact opposite: ?The king may neither judge nor be judged, reads tractate Sanhedrin 2:1. However, commentators including Rashi and Maimonides explain that the Sanhedrin granted immunity to the kings of the Hasmonean dynasty out of fear.They were afraid to deal with them, says Zoldan, and afraid that if the people saw the king flouting the Sanhedrin?s laws, the people would also flout them.
The kings of the House of David, however, did not enjoy immunity. If the leader sinned, halakha would not bar him from being tried, says Rabbi Zoldan. However, he feels that the halakha does provide a framework for setting up a forum of neutral public figures and jurists to investigate whether justification exists to indict public figures.
Can't live with him
The problem with the presidency is that although the last two terms have been tough, we couldn't do without it.
The president does not make many decisions that require judgment, and ostensibly all he does is symbolize and represent, i.e., serve as the head of state. But somebody has to receive credentials, swear in judges, grant pardons and sit in the dignitaries box at final cup matches.There have been calls to eliminate the presidency here. But Reuven Hazan, a doctor of political science at the Hebrew University, says the best argument against this is that no other country has done so. If Israel were to disband the presidency, it would once again be reinventing the wheel as in the direct elections method.Western countries have three models for a representative head of state: The presidential regime, where the head of the executive branch is the head of state. The United States and many Eastern European countries use this model. The parliamentary regime, where the head of state has little authority. He or she may be a president, king, queen or any other figure. In Europe, 11 countries are headed by a member of a royal dynasty. The British Commonwealth model, as practiced in Australia and New Zealand. In these countries, the head of state is the Queen of England, who is represented by a governor general. It is fairly common for countries to have foreign heads of state: In the principality of Andorra, for example, two co-princes share the role. One is the bishop of Seu Urgell and the other is the president of France, Jacques Chirac. Greenland?s head of state is the queen of Denmark.
Approximately half of European regimes are presidential, and the rest are parliamentary democracies. All the latter have a representative head of state. In Israel, the president has much less authority than in some other parliamentary democracies. But Israel Democracy Institute chairman Prof. Arik Carmon feels that the Israeli president?s power lies in his lack of authority. This is what enables him to rise above the many disputes and divisions in Israel.It's much more than a symbol,? he says. Carmon opposes eliminating the post.The president is of the utmost importance, but the right person must be found for the role.
EUROPEAN UNION ARMY
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2
YRS)
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 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) 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.
REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
Fear of US damaging EU-NATO relations, NATO chief says
30.01.2007 - 09:26 CET | By Lucia Kubosova
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - NATO and the EU are far from capable of tackling a world crisis jointly as their relationship is still problematic and sees a remarkable distance between them - partly due to European fears over US influence, NATO's
chief has said. Speaking to EU officials in a Berlin conference hosted by the German foreign ministry on Monday (29 January), the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance's secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said it is astounding how far from the envisaged strategic partnership the two institutions have remained despite attempts to bring them closer.Some deliberately want to keep NATO and the EU at a distance from one another. For this school of thought, a closer relationship between NATO and the EU means excessive influence for the USA.I do not share European instinctive fears about undue influence of the USA in European affairs anyhow. Europe is sufficiently self-aware – and they know it in Washington too, Mr De Hoop Scheffer argued.The NATO chief added that even the US has overcome original suspicions towards the EU's security and defence policy and does not view the policy as a potential danger or the alliance and the EU as rivals.But at the same time, differences in opinion due to differing membership structures of the two organisations still lead to formal wrangles over security agreements, the exchange of information or the format of meetings, Mr Scheffer said. We have been able to circumvent many of these hurdles through informal procedures But if those who put up these hurdles do not display more responsibility and flexibility, it will continue to place a heavy burden on NATO-EU relations.
Solana highlights EU's tiny budget on defence
According to Mr De Hoop Scheffer, conflict zones such as the Western Balkans and Afghanistan have proved that NATO and the EU are dependent upon one another for their operations to succeed.German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier agreed with the NATO chief that the potential for a strategic partnership between the two bodies has yet to be used.He added that the union's goal is to create a joint defence of Europe in a shared vision which would pool defence spending of individual member states and enable them to make savings.However, the EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana himself a head of NATO eight years ago - pointed out that defence spending still lags behind in Europe in contrast to the US.Only a handful of member states' defence spending is over 2 percent of gross domestic product, he said, stressing that the US spends twice as much with over 30 percent of budget put aside for research and equipment while Europeans invest less than 20 percent in new technology. Mr Solana was far less critical about the ties between the EU and NATO than the alliance's chief however, arguing instead that mutual operations have been successful.We have also worked closely and effectively side-by-side in Darfur, and we will be doing so in Kosovo and Afghanistan this year, he concluded.
FALSE TEACHERS,PROPHETS,DECIEVERS
MATTHEW 24:4-5,11,24-25
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
1 TIMOTHY 4:1-2
1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
MARK 13:22-23
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
2 TIMOTHY 3:13
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
He Calls Himself God JAN 30,07
A Puerto Rican minister says Christ integrated with him. Others call him a cult leader and a charlatan.By Arian Campo-Flores Newsweek
Feb. 5, 2007 issue - At first glance, the congregation gathered in a warehouse in Doral, Fla., seems like a typical Hispanic evangelical group. There's the 10-piece band, the singing and swaying, the whooping and hollering. But look a little more
closely. There's not a cross in sight. The lectern is emblazoned with a near replica of the U.S. presidential seal, except that it reads in Spanish, government of god on earth. Off to the side stand three burly guys in dark suits with Secret Service-style earpieces. When a door by the stage opens, the guards leap into action. They surround the man with slicked-back hair who emerges and escort him to his seat. When the crowd spots him, it goes wild. People chant, Lord! Lord! Lord! It quickly
becomes clear that they're referring to him. It's Jesus Christ himself! a preacher onstage announces. Let's welcome Jesus Christ Man! In the rapturous eyes of his flock, Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda is, in fact, the second coming of Christ. As the head of the Growing in Grace International Ministry, he presides over a sprawling organization that includes more than 300 congregations in two dozen countries, from Argentina to Australia. He counts more than 100,000 followers and claims to reach millions more through a 24-hour TV channel, a radio show and several Web sites. He is supported by the generosity of his devotees, who have launched some 450 businesses to pour cash into Growing in Grace's coffers. Though de Jesus' followers worship him, others denounce him as a charlatan. Everyone, however, agrees on one thing: his teachings are incendiary.All members of Growing in Grace are expected to tithe—which, along with offerings, yielded $1.4 million for headquarters last year. One of the first orders of business at every service is the collection of money (credit cards accepted). Those who have pledged their businesses to de Jesus donate much more. Alvaro AlbarracÃn, a savvy, successful businessman given the title Entrepreneur of Entrepreneurs by de Jesus, is an example. Over the course of AlbarracÃn's 14 years in the church, he estimates that he's given roughly $2.5 million. Such funds help underwrite a lavish lifestyle for de Jesus, including diamond-encrusted gold rings and fancy cars. But most of the money goes to his broadcast operation.
Some observers call Growing in Grace a cult. De Jesus exerts total authority over the ministry. As a result, many have defected over the years, including AlbarracÃn's mother, Regina, who initially turned her son on to the church.
They brainwash you, she says. Because of their disagreement, Regina and her son haven't spoken in years (she now attends an evangelical church). This is my only family, Alvaro says of Growing in Grace. Such submission concerns Daniel Alvarez, a religious-studies instructor at Florida International University. I hope [de Jesus] doesn't metamorphose into Jim Jones, he says, referring to the cult leader who led his followers to mass suicide in Guyana. He has that kind of control over people. (De Jesus responds that congregants are free to come and go as they please.) Over the past year, de Jesus has encouraged his followers to protest the alleged lies of other churches. In response, supporters have picketed Catholic congregations and burned religious materials, including crucifixes. Our purpose is to open up people's minds, says de Jesus' right-hand man, Carlos Cestero, who says that the group rejects violence. Jesus wouldn't have it any other way—the question is whether de Jesus feels the same.2007 Newsweek, Inc.
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 Jan 31 12:00 AM EDT
JAN 31,07 NO QUAKES YET
JAN 30,07
MAP 2.9 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.8 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 4.4 IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 2.8 YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING
MAP 3.7 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 4.7 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 4.3 FIJI REGION
MAP 2.9 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 4.7 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 6.8 WEST OF MACQUARIE ISLAND
MAP 2.9 QUEBEC BORDER REGION, CANADA
MAP 5.2 MOLUCCA SEA
JAN 29,07
MAP 2.7 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 2.7 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP 4.9 CATAMARCA, ARGENTINA
MAP 2.7 GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.6 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 5.3 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP 2.6 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 3.0 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
MAP 2.7 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 4.4 COSTA RICA
MAP 4.9 MARIANA ISLANDS REGION
MAP 4.3 OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
MAP 4.0 OFFSHORE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO
MAP 4.9 COLOMBIA
MAP 3.3 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.4 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.6 TONGA
Earthquake rocks Australian island Tue Jan 30, 2:06 AM ET
SYDNEY, Australia - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 rocked the coast of Australia's remote Macquarie Island Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake struck at 2:54 p.m. local time and was centered six miles below the seabed.Stuart Koyanagi, a geophysicist at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center at Ewa Beach, Hawaii, said the quake was unlikely to generate a major Pacific-wide tsunami.
Normally at this magnitude we don't expect any kind of destructive tsunami, he said.Clive Collins, a seismologist at Geoscience Australia, said the Macquarie Island earthquake involved two tectonic plates moving against each other horizontally, rather than vertically, and was unlikely to displace the large quantity of water needed to generate a tsunami.It's most unlikely there would be any tsunami, he said. It's a fairly large earthquake and it's fairly shallow, but we don't think there's any risk.The isolated, sparsely populated island lies about 835 miles south of the island state of Tasmania, and serves as a base for Australian expeditions to Antarctica.
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.
Frigid temperatures blanket U.S. Plains, Midwest JAN 30,07
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Frigid temperatures were blanketing the U.S. Plains and upper Midwest this week, but a break in the moisture was helping feedlots firm up after a series of storms, a private forecaster said on Tuesday.
The Southern Plains were expected to be cold and dry this week. Temperatures will be below to much-below normal, with lows in the single digits to teens Fahrenheit through the weekend. Highs will be in the mid-20s to mid-30s F.This dry, cold weather is a benefit in the feedlots ... it keeps the saturated ground firmed up. And it's not cold enough to cause any real impact on the animals, said Mike Palmerino, forecaster with DTN Meteorlogix.
The U.S. hard red winter wheat crop should be protected from the cold blast as the chilliest areas of the Plains are covered with snow after a month of storms, he added.The Southern Plains six-to-10-day forecast for Saturday through Thursday looked warmer, he said. Temperatures were expected to be near to above-normal in the west and near to below-normal in the east. Precipitation would be below-normal.The Northern Plains and upper Midwest will see below-normal temperatures this week with conditions dry or with just a few light snow flurries, he said.But there were some indications for colder weather to move into the Northern Plains and Midwest next week.The six-to-10-day outlook for the upper Midwest and Northern Plains called for below to much-below normal temperatures and below-normal precipitation.It could be the coldest weather of the winter next week with lows 5 to 15 degrees below zero, said Palmerino.
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.
JACK VAN IMPE GOG AND MAGOG HAPPENINGS
We want to continue our study where we left off last week.
The Unfolding Mystery
The purpose of this war has long caused questions for commentators .
Ezekiel explains the purpose to be twofold: to take a spoil and to take a prey. The poverty of Palestine has made this difficult to understand, but now the mystery is unfolding.The Jews have been the prey of persecutors for thousands of years. Today, if it were militarily possible, they would be the prey of their Arab neighbors. In the coming war with Russia, nearly all the Arab nations will be allies of Russia, and their primary purpose will be to take a prey Israel. The Russians, however, will be marching to the Middle East to take a spoil.
They will be pleased to cooperate in the conquest of Israel, knowing that when their military forces overrun the Middle East they will control all the wealth there, including the Arab oil.Recent history has demonstrated that those who become the allies of Russia are soon totally controlled by her; witness Eastern Europe. So while the Arabs will join the attack against Israel to take a prey, Russia will be invading to take a spoil.
And the spoil is oil.
In addition, the mineral wealth of the Dead Sea, valued at two trillion dollars, must be considere d, as well as the wealth being generated in Israel through industry and agriculture. The protest of Israel's allies makes this clear:Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchant s of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, and take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? (Ezek. 38:13) Sheba and Dedan represent a small number of Arabs who will not participate in the attack on Israel. The merchants of Tarshish are Western powers who by this time will be under the control of the Antichrist, soon to be revealed for who he is and to become the final world dictator.
Important Timing,When will this war take place?
There are four time factors that allow us to arrive at the approximate time of the war between Russia and Israel.The war takes place in the latter years (38:8), or the latter days (38:16). The war can only take place when the Jews are in their land. This prophecy could not have been fulfilled before 1948. Any invasion of the Middle East by Russia previous to statehood for Israel would have been meaningless in regard to this prophecy. The enactment of this scene in the last days also guarantees the survival of Israel until the war with Russia. Were the Arabs to succeed in destroying the Jews, it would be impossible to fulfill Ezekiel's prophecy. At the time of the invasion of Israel, Russia must be a major military power, a fact that guarantees the survival of Russia until the war with Israel. The increase of Russian military might is well known, but that immense and fearsome buildup would have no prophetic significance if the Jews were not in their homeland. Conversely, the gigantic Russian arms effort in view of the present Middle East situation must be seen as preliminary to an attack on Israel as prophesied by Ezekiel. This war between Russia and Israel must take place when the Jews are dwelling securely in their land.
The threat of Arab invasion will therefore have been removed to the point that the Jews feel safe: 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 (Ezek. 38:11).It seems likely that this Jewish security will come from enacting a treaty with the head of the Western alliance or the revived Roman Empire. It will be an agreement intended to last for seven years: And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week.(Dan. 9:27).
Since by the time of the Russian attack, the treaty of peace will have been in force long enough for the Jews to feel safe, it appears that the Russian inv asion will come at about the middle of the Tribulation period or approximately three and one-half years after its signing. There is also a hint that the Antichrist will come to world power at that point in time. The extension of his dominion over all the earth seems to follow the defeat of Russia and the armies of the East (Rev. 9:16).Russia's attack on Israel will be her greatest military blunder.
Though brief, the conflict will be one of the most destructive in history. Ezekiel's description of the battle is as follows:...Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. And I will call for a sword against him through all my mountains, saith the Lord God: every man's sword shall be against his brother. And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone (Ezek. 38:19-22).
The prophet's vision carries with it many of the characteristics of nuclear war. There are earth-splitting explosions. Mountains are toppled. Rain, hail, and fire become part of the picture as nature erupts in rebellion against the forces marching to bring destruction to the Jews.While details of military action in this war are few, something about the defeat of the northern invaders will make it clear to the Jews that God has protected them: Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD (Ezek. 38:23).The casualties of the Russian invaders are so great that only one-sixth of the fighting force is left after the battle: And I will turn thee back, and l eave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel (Ezek. 39:2).
Two important developments will follow the defeat of the invaders of Israel. First, the attack by Russia will give the Antichrist an excuse for full occupation of Israel under the pretense of protection and will, along with his defeat of the huge Eastern force (Rev. 9:16), extend his power over the entire world. Second, the divine protection of Israel as prophesied by Ezekiel and proclaimed to the world by evangelists and writers throughout the closing time will turn many Jews to their Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ.
The remaining forty-two months of the Tribulation will show man at his worst.The final world dictator will become the most evil of all earth's political and religious leaders. His blasphemy, oppression, and self-exaltation will surpass that of all tyrants before him.Persecution of believers in Christ will reach an all-time high. Millions will be martyred.Anti-Semitism will become the passion of those in power.And the world will continue its age-old march to the most fierce and foolish war of all the Battle of Armageddon.We will delve into the Battle of Armageddon in our next study.
Chief Rabbinate to Reduce Use of Special 7th-Year Dispensation
By Hillel Fendel JAN 30,07
The Chief Rabbinate plans to reduce its reliance on the controversial land sale dispensation for the upcoming Shemittah year of fallow.Following a special session of the Chief Rabbinate Council on the topic, the Rabbinate decided to make great efforts to reduce the reliance on the dispensation to a minimum.Every seventh year, the Land of Israel must lie fallow, forbidden to be worked to produce its fruits. The year is known as Shemittah, from the root meaning to drop or abandon. In the Shemittah of 1889, rabbis of the Land of Israel agreed to temporarily sell parts of the Land to non-Jews, so that certain agricultural activities could be carried out. As the national economy grew and the potential losses - including the very destruction of the fledgling Jewish community - became more threatening, the dispensation became more widespread and institutionalized.
The dispensation, called the heter mechirah, was never universally accepted, and continues to be a matter of controversy even now. Among the scholars who accepted it were Rabbis Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, Avraham I. Kook, Tzvi Pesach Frank, Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky and Shlomo Yosef Zevin, while Rabbis Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin, Yechiel Michel Epstein and the Chazon Ish opposed it. Among living rabbis, Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef supports it, explaining that Shemittah applies nowadays only by Rabbinic dictum, while Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv opposes it.The Chief Rabbinate's announcement states, Only in cases where it becomes clear that the national kashrut system could be harmed [by the introduction of agricultural produce resulting from overt violations of the Shemittah], or in cases where the sustenance of farmers would be dealt a severe blow, or where it is feared that Jewish farmers will abandon agriculture altogether, will the dispensation be implemented.The sale of the land will only be carried out, the Rabbinate resolved, on behalf of one who can prove that he is the true owner of the land, and when it can be guaranteed that Jews will not carry out Biblically-forbidden activities [such as planting and harvesting] on the land.The Chief Rabbinate has appointed Rabbi Ze'ev Vitman to coordinate its Shemittah activities. The rabbi of Tnuvah, Israel's semi-official dairy cooperative, Rabbi Vitman has written a book on the topic entitled, Public Shemittah, in which he
describes how Shemittah can be observed in modern-day Israel.
Alon Tennenbaum, Rabbi Vitman's assistant, told Arutz-7 that the intention this year is to map out the ownership of fields throughout the country, and not to automatically sell the entire land as has been done in the past.
He said that local rabbis will be asked to help so that as many land-owners and farmers as possible can be contacted.The heter is not the preferred solution, the Chief Rabbinate declares in a noted departure from past Rabbinate practice ,since there is no consensus that land belonging to a non-Jew is exempt from the laws of Shemittah. On the contrary; most Halakhic decisors feel that a Jew must not work land belonging to a non-Jew. The very sale of the land to a non-Jew is also problematic, from both the legal and Halakhic standpoints."Therefore, when possible, only the trees and crops will be sold... Farmers will fill out forms, and Chief Rabbinate representatives will meet with the farmers in order to review the need for a sale and reduce it to the necessary minimum.
Another Solution
In the past, Rabbi Vitman has promoted another large-scale solution, known as the Otzar Beit Din.
Based on the concept that produce grown in the seventh year is not forbidden, but is rather ownerless and may be taken for personal use, the Otzar Beit Din solution involves the gathering of fruits in a large-scale manner and their not-for-profit sale.This solution will not be promoted on a national scale this year, however, largely because Tnuvah no longer has a fruits-and-vegetables department. The solution requires a large body that can stand behind it, Tennenbaum explained, and which is willing to absorb losses. Tnuvah filled the bill in the past... Rabbi Vitman is consulting with great rabbis to see how the Otzar Beit Din solution can be
implemented on a smaller scale.
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.
Egypt: PA Will Recognize Israel on Condition of Direct Talks
By Hana Levi Julian JAN 30,07
The Hamas terrorist group that heads the PA government will recognize Israel if Jerusalem agrees to talks with its leaders, said an Egyptian official Monday -negating all Hamas declarations to date. Osama al-Baz, a political advisor to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, said that an unnamed Hamas leader told him, How can we recognize Israel when it refuses to sit with us at the negotiating table and when they refuse to recognize us?According to Cairo's semi-official Middle East News Agency, al-Baz said that an initiative by Israel might be met with recognition of the Jewish state - an act that Hamas has vowed it would never carry out.While Egyptian officials were trying to emphasize the need for direct talks between Israel and Hamas in order to advance negotiations between the Jewish State and the PA, the militia war in Gaza claimed three more lives on Monday, and one on Tuesday.
A leading Hamas man was killed Tuesday as he walked out of a mosque in Khan Yunis, near what used to be N'vei Dekalim in southern Gaza. This, despite news of a ceasefire reached between Hamas and Fatah negotiators Monday night.A loud explosion was heard near the home of Hamas PA Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh Monday night, apparently aimed at him. Haniyeh was unhurt.Heavy exchanges of gunfire between Fatah and Hamas supporters were also reported earlier in the evening, and a rocket propelled grenade was fired on the Gaza police station a few hours later. More than 30 have been killed since the latest outbreak of fighting that began Thursday.Germany, acting in its position as head of the European Union (EU), has called on Hamas and Fatah leaders to make peace and cease the escalating violence. The EU issued a statement which said it is extremely worried about the growing violence in the PA. More than 60 people, including several children, have been killed in the militia war that broke out in December.
THE EU DICTATOR
REVELATION 6:1-2,13:1-3,7-9,16
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(THIS IS THE EU DICTATOR)
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(7 HEADS ARE THE 7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY (THE EU) AS WELL AS THE VATICAN WHICH IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS. 10 HORNS ARE 10 KINGS THAT ARISE FROM THE EU, THEN #11 COMES ON THE SCENE BECOMES THE HEAD OF 3 OUNTRIES AND THEN THE EU DICTATOR, COMES FROM 1 OF THE 3 COUNTRIES THAT RULE FOR THIS TERM. I BELIEVE THE 3 COUNTRIES RULING AT THE TIME ARE SPAIN AND 2 OF THE ORIGINAL 6 THAT STARTED THE EU.
FROM 1 OF THESE 3 COUNTRIES COME THE FUTURE EU DICTATOR PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN
UNION WHO GUARENTEES ISRAELS SECURITY FOR A LAND FOR PEACE 7 YEAR TREATY.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(THE JEWISH EU DICTATOR GETS HIS POWER FROM SATAN,HE COMES FROM THE OCCULT).
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE DICTATOR HAS A FALSE RESURRECTION. JUST LIKE JESUS HAD A LITERAL RESURRECTION THIS DICTATOR GETS MURDERED AT THE 3 1/2 YR MARK OF THR 7 YEAR TREATY AND COMES BACK TO LIFE. THIS IS HOW HE CAN CLAIM TO BE GOD AND GET AWAY WITH IT AND CONTROL THE WHOLE EARTH.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
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.
Tuesday January 30,07 The king can do no wrong By Shahar Ilan
The queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II, cannot be tried or summoned to testify in court. The guiding principle, explains Prof. Shimon Sheetrit of the Hebrew University, is the king can do no wrong. In Spain too, the king has complete immunity.
The sweeping immunity granted to kings, princes, heads of state and royalty essentially places them above the law: While a president can be tried after completing his term or being impeached, a king is king for life. Prof. Claude Klein of the Hebrew University law faculty says that the more authority a head of state has, the less immunity he receives.
Symbolic heads of state, such as kings or presidents in parliamentary regimes, tend to receive broader immunity based on the presumption, He has no authority, so what can he really do? A president with authority, explains Klein, cannot be protected so completely, because if you do not provide an option for impeachment, that contradicts every democratic process.Comparative documents prepared by the Knesset's Research and Information Center and the Israel Democracy Institute indicate that in cases around the world, the process of impeaching or trying a president is very complex, and necessitates a special parliamentary majority. The process varies from country to country, and in some cases, it is nearly impossible to try the president.
In Germany, the president can be impeached if he intentionally violates the constitution or federal laws, but this requires the approval of two-thirds of one of the houses of parliament. In Ireland, a decision by a two-thirds majority of one house is required to investigate a president for inappropriate behavior. The other house of parliament then launches the investigation, and it too must approve the impeachment by a two-thirds majority in the end. In Greece, as in Israel, a sitting president cannot be tried, and he must be first removed from office. This requires a two-thirds parliamentary majority. In Austria, the two houses of parliament must convene together in order to start legal proceedings against the president. Impeachment requires another decision by the assembly, with a two-thirds majority plus a national referendum. However, the process is a big gamble: If the impeachment is rejected in the referendum, the parliament is dissolved. In the Czech Republic, the president may not be either tried or arrested for a criminal offense, except for treason. Italy's president has immunity for every crime except treason or attempting to undermine the constitution.
Why investigate?
In Israel, a sitting president cannot be tried for a criminal offense, and a special three-quarters Knesset majority is required to impeach him. But it is relatively easy to open an investigation against a president. Dana Blander of the Israel Democracy Institute says, To this day, the legislature has not interpreted a criminal investigation against the president as a blow to his immunity. Sheetrit believes, however, If they were to uphold the spirit of the law here, ostensibly, it would not be necessary to open an investigation against Katsav, because if he cannot be tried, what is the point of investigating? There is some doubt regarding the legality of this matter.However, Sheetrit agrees that Katsav himself opened the door to an investigation when he approached the attorney general with complaints of attempted blackmail. A precedent was established in 2000 when President Ezer Weizman was investigated on suspicion of accepting funds from millionaire Edmund Serousi. Weizman acknowledged at the time: I accept the decision to open an investigation. I will be investigated like any other citizen, because no man is above the law.Contrary to the queen, Britain's prime minister does not have immunity from investigation. Indeed, the British police has been conducting a very comprehensive investigation into suspicions that Tony Blair recommended awarding titles of nobility in return for huge, unreported contributions to the Labour Party. The American constitution is very unclear on the president's immunity. The constitution calls for impeachment for treason, bribery, and serious crimes and offenses, which is open to interpretation. In 1982, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of Nixon vs. Fitzgerald that the president has immunity from civil suits over his actions as president.
But when Paula Jones sued Bill Clinton for sexual harassment, this ruling was not relevant because it related to acts that preceded his term as president. Nevertheless, there is no decisive precedent regarding whether a sitting American president may be tried for a criminal offense, or whether he must first be removed from office. In Italy, as in Israel, the prime minister can continue serving while a criminal trial against him is underway. And indeed, former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's long tenure was accompanied by corruption trials. He was found guilty of accepting bribes four times and was sentenced to a considerable number of years in jail. But all of the punishments were cancelled on appeals or due to statutes of limitations.
Even if the punishments had not been cancelled, it is doubtful he would have sat in jail because of his parliamentary immunity. In 2003, Berlusconi passed a law granting himself and another four senior government officials immunity from prosecution during their terms in office. The constitutional court of Italy disqualified the law. But that does not mean Berlusconi did not benefit. In the meantime, his trial on charges of giving a half-million dollar bribe to a judge in 1991 was delayed, and when it was renewed, Berlusconi was acquitted because of the statute of limitations.
No immunity for King David
The immunity delivered so generously in our country is very foreign to the spirit of Hebrew law, writes Israel prize laureate Prof.
Nahum Rakover in his book The Rule of Law in Israel. Rabbi Yehudah Zoldan, of the Jerusalem College of Technology?s Lev Institute, says, In general, immunity is foreign to halakha. Everyone is equal. there is no situation in which a president should not be investigated or a suit should not be filed.Halakha sources ostensibly stipulate the exact opposite: ?The king may neither judge nor be judged, reads tractate Sanhedrin 2:1. However, commentators including Rashi and Maimonides explain that the Sanhedrin granted immunity to the kings of the Hasmonean dynasty out of fear.They were afraid to deal with them, says Zoldan, and afraid that if the people saw the king flouting the Sanhedrin?s laws, the people would also flout them.
The kings of the House of David, however, did not enjoy immunity. If the leader sinned, halakha would not bar him from being tried, says Rabbi Zoldan. However, he feels that the halakha does provide a framework for setting up a forum of neutral public figures and jurists to investigate whether justification exists to indict public figures.
Can't live with him
The problem with the presidency is that although the last two terms have been tough, we couldn't do without it.
The president does not make many decisions that require judgment, and ostensibly all he does is symbolize and represent, i.e., serve as the head of state. But somebody has to receive credentials, swear in judges, grant pardons and sit in the dignitaries box at final cup matches.There have been calls to eliminate the presidency here. But Reuven Hazan, a doctor of political science at the Hebrew University, says the best argument against this is that no other country has done so. If Israel were to disband the presidency, it would once again be reinventing the wheel as in the direct elections method.Western countries have three models for a representative head of state: The presidential regime, where the head of the executive branch is the head of state. The United States and many Eastern European countries use this model. The parliamentary regime, where the head of state has little authority. He or she may be a president, king, queen or any other figure. In Europe, 11 countries are headed by a member of a royal dynasty. The British Commonwealth model, as practiced in Australia and New Zealand. In these countries, the head of state is the Queen of England, who is represented by a governor general. It is fairly common for countries to have foreign heads of state: In the principality of Andorra, for example, two co-princes share the role. One is the bishop of Seu Urgell and the other is the president of France, Jacques Chirac. Greenland?s head of state is the queen of Denmark.
Approximately half of European regimes are presidential, and the rest are parliamentary democracies. All the latter have a representative head of state. In Israel, the president has much less authority than in some other parliamentary democracies. But Israel Democracy Institute chairman Prof. Arik Carmon feels that the Israeli president?s power lies in his lack of authority. This is what enables him to rise above the many disputes and divisions in Israel.It's much more than a symbol,? he says. Carmon opposes eliminating the post.The president is of the utmost importance, but the right person must be found for the role.
EUROPEAN UNION ARMY
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2
YRS)
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 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) 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.
REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
Fear of US damaging EU-NATO relations, NATO chief says
30.01.2007 - 09:26 CET | By Lucia Kubosova
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - NATO and the EU are far from capable of tackling a world crisis jointly as their relationship is still problematic and sees a remarkable distance between them - partly due to European fears over US influence, NATO's
chief has said. Speaking to EU officials in a Berlin conference hosted by the German foreign ministry on Monday (29 January), the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance's secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said it is astounding how far from the envisaged strategic partnership the two institutions have remained despite attempts to bring them closer.Some deliberately want to keep NATO and the EU at a distance from one another. For this school of thought, a closer relationship between NATO and the EU means excessive influence for the USA.I do not share European instinctive fears about undue influence of the USA in European affairs anyhow. Europe is sufficiently self-aware – and they know it in Washington too, Mr De Hoop Scheffer argued.The NATO chief added that even the US has overcome original suspicions towards the EU's security and defence policy and does not view the policy as a potential danger or the alliance and the EU as rivals.But at the same time, differences in opinion due to differing membership structures of the two organisations still lead to formal wrangles over security agreements, the exchange of information or the format of meetings, Mr Scheffer said. We have been able to circumvent many of these hurdles through informal procedures But if those who put up these hurdles do not display more responsibility and flexibility, it will continue to place a heavy burden on NATO-EU relations.
Solana highlights EU's tiny budget on defence
According to Mr De Hoop Scheffer, conflict zones such as the Western Balkans and Afghanistan have proved that NATO and the EU are dependent upon one another for their operations to succeed.German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier agreed with the NATO chief that the potential for a strategic partnership between the two bodies has yet to be used.He added that the union's goal is to create a joint defence of Europe in a shared vision which would pool defence spending of individual member states and enable them to make savings.However, the EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana himself a head of NATO eight years ago - pointed out that defence spending still lags behind in Europe in contrast to the US.Only a handful of member states' defence spending is over 2 percent of gross domestic product, he said, stressing that the US spends twice as much with over 30 percent of budget put aside for research and equipment while Europeans invest less than 20 percent in new technology. Mr Solana was far less critical about the ties between the EU and NATO than the alliance's chief however, arguing instead that mutual operations have been successful.We have also worked closely and effectively side-by-side in Darfur, and we will be doing so in Kosovo and Afghanistan this year, he concluded.
FALSE TEACHERS,PROPHETS,DECIEVERS
MATTHEW 24:4-5,11,24-25
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
1 TIMOTHY 4:1-2
1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
MARK 13:22-23
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
2 TIMOTHY 3:13
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
He Calls Himself God JAN 30,07
A Puerto Rican minister says Christ integrated with him. Others call him a cult leader and a charlatan.By Arian Campo-Flores Newsweek
Feb. 5, 2007 issue - At first glance, the congregation gathered in a warehouse in Doral, Fla., seems like a typical Hispanic evangelical group. There's the 10-piece band, the singing and swaying, the whooping and hollering. But look a little more
closely. There's not a cross in sight. The lectern is emblazoned with a near replica of the U.S. presidential seal, except that it reads in Spanish, government of god on earth. Off to the side stand three burly guys in dark suits with Secret Service-style earpieces. When a door by the stage opens, the guards leap into action. They surround the man with slicked-back hair who emerges and escort him to his seat. When the crowd spots him, it goes wild. People chant, Lord! Lord! Lord! It quickly
becomes clear that they're referring to him. It's Jesus Christ himself! a preacher onstage announces. Let's welcome Jesus Christ Man! In the rapturous eyes of his flock, Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda is, in fact, the second coming of Christ. As the head of the Growing in Grace International Ministry, he presides over a sprawling organization that includes more than 300 congregations in two dozen countries, from Argentina to Australia. He counts more than 100,000 followers and claims to reach millions more through a 24-hour TV channel, a radio show and several Web sites. He is supported by the generosity of his devotees, who have launched some 450 businesses to pour cash into Growing in Grace's coffers. Though de Jesus' followers worship him, others denounce him as a charlatan. Everyone, however, agrees on one thing: his teachings are incendiary.All members of Growing in Grace are expected to tithe—which, along with offerings, yielded $1.4 million for headquarters last year. One of the first orders of business at every service is the collection of money (credit cards accepted). Those who have pledged their businesses to de Jesus donate much more. Alvaro AlbarracÃn, a savvy, successful businessman given the title Entrepreneur of Entrepreneurs by de Jesus, is an example. Over the course of AlbarracÃn's 14 years in the church, he estimates that he's given roughly $2.5 million. Such funds help underwrite a lavish lifestyle for de Jesus, including diamond-encrusted gold rings and fancy cars. But most of the money goes to his broadcast operation.
Some observers call Growing in Grace a cult. De Jesus exerts total authority over the ministry. As a result, many have defected over the years, including AlbarracÃn's mother, Regina, who initially turned her son on to the church.
They brainwash you, she says. Because of their disagreement, Regina and her son haven't spoken in years (she now attends an evangelical church). This is my only family, Alvaro says of Growing in Grace. Such submission concerns Daniel Alvarez, a religious-studies instructor at Florida International University. I hope [de Jesus] doesn't metamorphose into Jim Jones, he says, referring to the cult leader who led his followers to mass suicide in Guyana. He has that kind of control over people. (De Jesus responds that congregants are free to come and go as they please.) Over the past year, de Jesus has encouraged his followers to protest the alleged lies of other churches. In response, supporters have picketed Catholic congregations and burned religious materials, including crucifixes. Our purpose is to open up people's minds, says de Jesus' right-hand man, Carlos Cestero, who says that the group rejects violence. Jesus wouldn't have it any other way—the question is whether de Jesus feels the same.2007 Newsweek, Inc.
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