OIL TOPS $99 A BARREL

HAPPY THANKSGIVING AMERICA. GIVE THE GOD OF ISRAEL (KING JESUS)ALL THE PRAISE AND GLORY FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE AND PRAY FOR YOUR WHITE HOUSE TO STOP PRESSURING ISRAEL TO GIVE UP JERUSALEM AND LAND. AND PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.

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.

THE GREATEST EARTHQUAKE IN HISTORY OCCURS WHEN JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH BODILY IN THE FUTURE IN JERUSALEM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES TO BE EXACT.

Earthquake shakes Israel, West Bank
(AFP)20 November 2007

JERUSALEM - An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale shook Israel and the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, especially around Jerusalem, Israel’s national geophysics institute said.The quake did not cause any injuries and resulted in minor damage near its epicentre close to the Dead Sea, it said.In August, a quake measure 3.0 shook the Jordan Valley in the West Bank and in October 2005, an earthquake measuring 4.3 shook the same area.The Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea and Arava desert, and Red Sea further south lie on a Syrian-African fault line.

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.

Hail sets off Lebanon cluster bombs NOV 20,07

More than 213 civilians have been injured by the remaining bombs, according to UN figures [EPA] Hailstones from a storm in southern Lebanon have detonated hundreds of unexploded Israeli cluster bombs, the country's official news agency said.The ice chunks were as big as walnuts, the agency reported on Tuesday, detonating bombs in the Marjayoun and Tyre districts, and damaging crops. No injuries were reported.The cluster bombs were dropped by Israel during a war in Lebanon in the summer of 2006 against Hezbollah fighters.When cluster bombs burst, they spread bomblets over the ground and vegetation. Air- or ground-launched, the bombs often fail to explode on release, but denote when impacted by objects later or when they are moved.

Lasting effects

Dalya Farran, spokeswoman for the United Nations Mine Action Co-ordination Centre in southern Lebanon (MACC), said: We don't know exactly how many [cluster bombs] the Israeli forces dropped, but we know they dropped a few million.Mine Action Coordination Centre Southern Lebanon.Cluster bombs have killed more than 30 people since the war ended in August 2006, mostly civilians, according to MACC figures. More than 200 others have been injured, with some people losing limbs as a result.Farran said international clearance teams, working with the Lebanese army and the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (Unifitl) have removed about 135,000 bombs already, but as many as one million could remain undetonated.Al Jazeera is not responsible for the content of external websites.

Philippines, Vietnam ready for storms By OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer Wed Nov 21, 9:45 AM ET

MANILA, Philippines - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered the evacuation of thousands of people in the eastern Philippines ahead of a powerful tropical storm, officials said Wednesday. In one province alone, officials estimated that up to 200,000 people would be evacuated to gymnasiums, churches and schools by Friday when Tropical Storm Mitag was forecast to make landfall.And in Vietnam, the government said Tropical Storm Hagibis was expected to hit the country's southern region Saturday.Mitag could became a super typhoon with winds of more than 138 mph by the time it hits land in the Philippines, chief government forecaster Nathaniel Cruz said.It's still far, and that means we still have time to conduct preparedness, Cruz said. With two days in the open sea, it has a big potential to become a very strong typhoon.Recent rains have saturated the ground around Mayon volcano in Bicol, and the president was worried there could be a repeat of last year's landslides and flash floods that killed more than 1,000 people, said Anthony Golez, deputy director of the Office of Civil Defense.

Gov. Joey Salceda of Albay, where last year's Typhoon Durian unleashed tons of volcanic debris that wiped out entire villages, said some schools will be used as temporary shelters.The same communities devastated last year were again flooded Wednesday. A wooden bridge connecting two villages in Daraga township was washed away, local officials said.Evacuations also were reported from the provincial capital of Legazpi and nearby Daraga township, Cedric Daep, executive officer of the Albay disaster office, told The Associated Press.He said many residents were terrified after the devastation last time.If we don't prepare now, they will be more scared, he said.In neighboring Sorsogon province, radio announcements advised officials, community leaders and the public to prepare to evacuate, provincial disaster officer Noel Pura said.

Troops reach cut off cyclone survivors in Bangladesh NOV 21,07

DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh's army said Wednesday it had finally reached most parts of its cyclone-hit southern coastline where millions of desperate survivors were at risk from starvation and disease.Six days after cyclone Sidr smashed in from the Bay of Bengal, small amounts of aid were at last getting through to most places but villagers -- most of whom have lost family members and livelihoods -- said much more was needed.The storm, which brought furious winds, rain and a six-metre (20-foot) tidal wave, swept away everything its path, obliterating whole villages and killing as many as 10,000 people.Army major Emdadul Islam told AFP the relief effort was slow going.We have reached everywhere with relief materials and we are also continuing rescue operations, he said.But he added: We informed every government, non-government officials and local journalists to inform us if they find any unreached areas where relief materials did not go.Up to four million people in the area, one of the poorest places on the planet, have been left destitute and without adequate food and water.

The last six days we spent cooking rotten rice, said survivor Abdul Gafur, from Ashar Char, an island in the Bay of Bengal, as the first aid consignment arrived there.(Until now) we have not received any aid from anyone. No boat came to us as most of them had been damaged or washed away. Even our market which before was full of food items has been wiped out, said fishermen Ripon Molla.
The United Nations said 3,447 people were confirmed dead, a further 2,062 reported missing, feared dead and 6,611 injured. Many bodies, washed out to sea, are unlikely to be found.Aid agencies said it was now a race against time to provide assistance.
It is unbelievable how people have been surviving in these conditions. If they do not get timely relief they could die or face debilitating outbreaks of disease, said Wahida Bashar Ahmed of ActionAid.Bangladesh's interim government leader Fakhruddin Ahmed has described the cyclone as a national crisis.The destruction of houses, roads, trees and crops by the hurricane is unimaginable, the leader of the military-backed government said in a televised address late Tuesday.Army chief General Moeen U Ahmed has vowed to prevent anyone dying of hunger.Not a single man shall die without food as the government has sufficient stock of foodstuffs, Moeen said during a visit to the area.Bangladeshis are famed for their ability to withstand natural disasters such as cyclones and floods that often hit the low-lying country.But aid agencies said the sheer scale of the destruction -- described by the UN Children's Fund as beyond all imagination -- meant a huge, long-term relief and reconstruction effort would be needed.

Dhaka has received offers of international aid totalling 140 million dollars -- including 100 million from oil-rich Saudi Arabia and 5.1 million from former colonial power Britain.The World Bank said it would additionally provide up to 250 million dollars to help fund initial aid efforts and commence reconstruction.Two US navy ships carrying 3,500 marines and more than 30 helicopters were also expected to arrive in the affected area within days to help transport relief supplies.These people are in desperate need of dried food, drinking water and clothes. If we fail it will be a catastrophe, said Bangladeshi navy commander Bashir Ahmed, who is supervising the relief and rescue operation in the worst-hit Barguna district.The scale of the aid operation needs to be huge -- with some 100 kilometres (60 miles) of coastline badly hit. The fishing industry, the mainstay of the coastline's economy, has also been wiped out.Along the coast, villagers told AFP the majority of people had lost everything. Fishing trawlers, the only means of support for the whole community, lie smashed along the shore.In only 30 minutes, the whole area has become a cursed land, local government chairman Dulal Sarazi said of last week's storm.Even the worms in the ground have gone -- they are now buried under tonnes of sand, said resident Chin Teng Maung, a member of the Buddhist Rakhain community which usually relies on hunting wild boar, crabs, insects and worms to eat.

This Week with Rabbi Eckstein
November 21, 2007
Dear Friend of Israel,

In 1863, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation that created a cherished American holiday. Reflecting upon the year that was soon to close, which he said had been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies, he declared that the U.S. should observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.Note again the date of this proclamation: October 3, 1863. At this time, the nation Lincoln led was involved in the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in U.S. history and one that quite literally pitted brother against brother.

President Lincoln's job of seeing the war through to victory for Union forces and healing his nation afterward was one of the most formidable challenges faced by any president. At this date, he could not have been certain he would succeed. And yet, he told his countrymen to set aside time to give thanks to God.It is an example we would all do well to follow — in good times and bad, not just on tomorrow's Thanksgiving holiday, but every day. For my part, I look back on the year that is almost over with deep gratitude for each and every one of you who makes The Fellowship's work possible. Through your generosity, more Jews have been brought to their biblical homeland, more hungry Jews have been fed, more Jewish orphans been given safe, comfortable places to live, than ever before. And, as I reflect on this extraordinary fact, I cannot help but again echo Lincoln's proclamation: No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God …

Today, on behalf of Jewish people everywhere - in Israel, the former Soviet Union, India, Ethiopia, Argentina, and around the globe - I say thank you. Your generosity has done so much to ease the plight of Jews in need. May your Thanksgiving Day be full of blessings - and may you see in your own life the fulfillment of the promise given by God to those who bless the Jewish people (Genesis 12:3).

With prayers for shalom, peace,
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein
President International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.

DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE 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.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) 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 KINGS OR NATIONS).

Singapore: Trade talks between ASEAN and European Union

Singapore, 21 Nov. (AKI) - European Union trade commissioner Peter Mandelson has arrived in Singapore for talks with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) on a free trade agreement
Speaking ahead of his visit, commissioner Mandelson said he hoped that ASEAN countries were fully committed to a far-reaching and comprehensive agenda for the negotiations for our free trade agreement.The coming months will be crucial to see if the EU and ASEAN share the same level of ambition, he said. The benefits on offer are considerable for both sides, and we should work to realise them as soon as possible.Mandelson was scheduled to meet ASEAN trade ministers for talks on Wednesday. On Thursday, he will participate in the EU-ASEAN summit, with EU and ASEAN heads of state and other government officials. The summit will celebrate thirty years of formal EU-ASEAN relations.The Eureopean Commission stressed that the visit to Singapore was a further step in increasing links between the EU and the region. The EU and ASEAN established a framework for dialogue and regulatory co-operation, the Trans-regional EU-ASEAN Trade Initiative (TREATI), in 2003.

In May 2007, the two sides took the next step by launching negotiations for a free trade agreement, on the basis of an ambitious mandate from EU member states. ASEAN was established in Bangkok in 1967 with only five members Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Burma and Cambodia have also joined the regional group. The ASEAN region has a population of about 500 million, a combined gross domestic product of almost 700 billion dollars, and total trade worth about 850 billion dollars.It is the fifth largest export market of the EU and the fifth largest trading partner of the EU. ASEAN exports to the EU account for about 13% of its total exports while EU exports to ASEAN account for around 4% of its total exports.

FAMINE

REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

Crude Oil Prices Top $99 a Barrel - Nov 21, 9:27 AM (ET)
By PABLO GORONDI

(AP) Crude oil prices rose above a record $99 per barrel Wednesday as worries about inadequate winter supplies in the Northern Hemisphere and news of refinery problems stoked bullish sentiment.
The declining U.S. dollar and speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve will again cut interest rates also boosted prices. Some investors put their money into oil contracts, betting that gains in their price will offset dollar weakness.The market is now really looking at $100 a barrel as the next target to hit, said Victor Shum, an energy analyst with Purvin & Gertz in Singapore. The fact that we are having this surge in pricing in this short trading week underscores the strength of this bull run for oil.

Light, sweet crude for January delivery rose as high as $99.29 a barrel in electronic trading after the New York Mercantile Exchange closed, breaking the previous intraday record of $98.62 set Nov 7. The contract was trading at $98.24 a barrel - up 21 cents on Tuesday's close - at midday in Europe. Brent crude for January delivery was little changed at $95.88.The contract surged $3.39 during the floor session Tuesday in New York to a record close of $98.03 a barrel. The Nymex will be closed on Thursday for Thanks giving and close early on Friday.There were strong gains in almost all commodities (Tuesday), hence we will view the rise of the oil markets in that global context, said Olivier Jakob at Petromatrix in Switzerland. The mythical $100 per barrel is of course within reach for today with or without the help of the weekly statistics.Energy futures got a boost on news of problems at two oil facilities Tuesday. A Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) refinery in Memphis, Tennessee, that processes 180,000 barrels of crude a day has shut down for 10 days of unplanned maintenance. Also, a Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB) plant that converts bitumen from Alberta's oil sands region into 155,000 barrels a day of synthetic crude oil was temporarily shut down due to a fire.

Beyond these temporary concerns, investors are anxious that as global demand for energy grows, fueled by China and India's rapid development, oil supplies won't be able to keep up.Currently, oil producers are turning out about 85 million barrels a day, while the U.S. Department of Energy says consumption is between 85 million and 86 million barrels a day.The long-term underlying trend is that demand is powering forward and the supply situation looks tight, said Jeff Brown, managing director and chief economist at FACTS Global Energy in Singapore.Oil prices also got support after the Fed said it thinks U.S. economic growth will slow next year to between 1.8 percent and 2.5 percent, less than the Fed's previous projections. It also projected that U.S. inflation should fall next year to between a 1.8 percent and 2.1 percent increase.That could mean the Fed will cut interest rates further, and that could weigh on the dollar. On Tuesday, the euro hit an all-time high against the dollar, breaking through the $1.48mark.When the U.S. dollar hit a record low, oil also surged ahead. It's been an inverse relationship, Shum said. Also, the Fed indicating worries about the U.S. economy has caused worry that the Fed will cut interest rates.Crude prices are within the range of inflation-adjusted highs set in early 1980. Depending on how the adjustment is calculated, $38 a barrel then would be worth $96 to $103 or more today.

Oil product prices also fell back from higher level earlier Wednesday. December heating oil futures were down 0.01 cent at $2.6900 a gallon after closing in New York at $2.6901 a gallon, a record settlement. Gasoline prices were unchanged at $2.4715 a gallon.Natural gas futures gained 0.1 cents to $7.478 per 1,000 cubic feet.Traders were also closely watching for the release of Wednesday's petroleum inventory report from the U.S. Energy Department's Energy Information Administration.Analysts surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires, on average, predict that crude oil inventories rose by 800,000 barrels last week, while refinery use grew by 0.4 percentage point to 88.1 percent of capacity.Gasoline likely grew by 700,000 barrels, the analysts predicted, while inventories of distillates, which include heating oil and diesel fuel, fell by 400,000 barrels.Associated Press Writer Gillian Wong in Singapore contributed to this report.

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.

Putin reacts to NATO 'muscle-flexing'
ReutersPublished: November 20, 2007

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin warned Tuesday that Moscow would not remain indifferent to NATO's muscle-flexing and said that Russian nuclear forces would be ready with an adequate response to any aggressor.Putin, speaking to generals less than two weeks before Dec. 2 parliamentary elections, said the NATO military alliance had built up its forces close to Russia's borders.We see that military resources of certain states and members of the NATO alliance are being built up right by our borders and in contravention of previously reached agreements, Putin said in remarks shown on state television. We cannot allow ourselves to remain indifferent to the obvious muscle-flexing.He said strategic nuclear forces, which control Russia's long-range nuclear missiles, should be ready to deliver a swift and adequate response to any aggressor.Putin, who has increased military spending substantially over the past eight years, has sought to boost Russia's international influence after the chaos following the fall of the Soviet Union.

Talking tough about Russia's military is popular locally. Polls show it strikes a chord with millions of Russians who crave for the Soviet Union's once mighty military and superpower status.
NATO is viewed with suspicion in Russia, where Kremlin officials say expansion eastwards into the Baltic states and Central Europe shows the alliance is being used by the United States to threaten Russian interests.Moscow and Washington have clashed over U.S. plans for a missile defense shield in Europe, differing views of Russian democracy, the future of the Serb province of Kosovo and the war in Iraq, though on Iran there has been some cooperation.
Putin said Russia's suspension of the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty, a key arms treaty limiting forces in Europe, was one way to counter NATO's muscle-flexing.We are not going to fulfill anything unilaterally; our partners did not ratify the treaty and some did not even sign it, Putin said, adding sarcastically: It was a nice affair.Russian generals say the issue of flank limits, which restrict Moscow's ability to deploy heavy armor on parts of its own territory, must be solved if Russia is to return to the treaty.Russian proposals to set up a single missile defense system under joint control have not had an answer from the West, Putin said.He praised the military potential of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, or SCO, a regional grouping of Russia, China and four Central Asian states that held joint military exercises in August in Chebarkul in the Urals.The growing defense potential of the SCO was shown in practice at the Chebarkul range, Putin said.At the August exercises, Putin said security threats had forced Russia to resume regular airborne bomber patrols across the world, bringing back memories of the Cold War.Putin has been keen to show off his close ties with the military, visiting a nuclear submarine, flying a bomber and calling for better wages for soldiers.

Putin cleared to lead party

The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Putin to lead the United Russia party in parliamentary elections that could extend his political grip on Russia after he steps down, Reuters reported from Moscow.The court rejected a suit filed by a small party that says it represents urban, educated and liberal Russians, the Union of Right-Wing Forces, or SPS, which said Putin's name on the party list was a constitutional violation and should not be allowed.
Putin said in October he would head the list of candidates for the biggest political party in Russia, expecting that its victory in Dec. 2 elections could give him an instrument to influence politics after he quits as president next year.The Supreme Court decided to leave the SPS plea to cancel the registration of Vladimir Putin, the judge announced.The SPS is one of dozens of Russian political parties that have lost parliamentary seats and most of their influence during Putin's eight-year presidency. Putin's decision to head United Russia's campaign has all but killed SPS's chances in the election.We will indeed appeal against today's decision because we see many violations of law in it, said Boris Nadezhdin, one of the SPS leaders.

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)

EU defence ministers give boost to military spending
20.11.2007 - 08:54 CET | By Renata Goldirova

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – EU defence ministers have increased the European Defence Agency's annual budget by one third in a bid to improve the bloc's military performance. According to a deal reached on Monday (19 November), the EDA budget will see a significant jump from €22 million in 2007 to €32 million in 2008 - something that should also help fill the existing gaps in three areas: strategic transport, force protection and intelligence. In addition, EU ministers set a series of collective, but voluntary benchmarks designed to boost technologies that are crucial for future military capabilities.One of the benchmarks foresees 20 percent of defence spending going to new equipment purchases, compared to the current 19.4 percent. The other suggests that two percent of the overall budget should be invested in defence research and technology - at the moment it is 1.2 percent.

Investing in the right technology is critical for the future of European defence and the Strategy is exactly in line with the absolute requirement for us to spend more, spend better and spend more together, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said after Monday's ministerial meeting.According to EDA chief executive Alexander Weis, the decisions have put in place further building blocks for our common work of making Europe's armed forces and military budgets fit for the challenges of the 21st century which we must face together. But EU defence ministers failed to give more financial stability to the agency by setting a three-year-long budget - something pushed for by France. The UK vetoed the proposal - a move in line with the country's traditional scepticism of military institutional arrangements outside NATO. We don't back a budget without seeing what we are paying for (..) We need to be convinced there is a reason, one British official said, according to Reuters.

Chad, Bosnia and Herzegovina

At the same meeting, France called for fairer burden sharing in Chad, an African state which should see over 3,000 EU troops in place no later than in December. The planned mission - aimed at facilitating a long lasting solution to the conflict in neighbouring Darfur - is short of equipment and logistical support. We are asking for at least financial contributions to show that this is a European engagement, French European affairs minister Jean-Pierre Jouyet told journalists, describing the mission as important.However, Paris met British resistance again, with the country's Europe minister, Jim Murphy, saying we have offered to give political support, and where appropriate any technical advice, but we haven't made any promises to offer any money or forces.We've said to the French from the outset that it is for the French and others to do the heavy lifting in Chad, Mr Murphy said, according to AFP, stressing that London is already heavily involved in Iraq and Afghanistan. Apart from EU missions to Africa, the EU decided to retain its forces - currently numbering some 2,500 troops - in Bosnia and Herzegovina due to the volatile political situation there.While the security situation remains stable, the council is alert and concerned about the political developments, Portuguese defence minister Nuno Severiano Teixeira said. The EU [will] retain a military presence in the country for as long as necessary in order to continue to contribute to the maintenance of a safe and secure environment, the ministerial meeting concluded.

EU states clash with MEPs over new security measures
21.11.2007 - 09:26 CET | By Renata Goldirova

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – The European Union has failed to strike a deal on common aircraft security measures, including the idea of having armed sky marshals on flights across the 27-nation bloc.
On Tuesday (20 November), all three EU institutions - the council representing member states, the parliament and the commission - kicked off a process known as conciliation, which is aimed at thrashing out their differences over the draft regulation. The biggest disagreement centres around who should pay the bill for additional security measures, whether to make such measures permanent or temporary as well as whether MEPs should have a strong say in this area. There is a deadlock, German centre-right MEP Georg Jarzembowski, negotiating on the parliament's behalf, told EUobserver after the first round of conciliatory talks.

He added that the council is not really moving to take any responsibility for the costs of security measures. According to the European Parliament, the costs should be shared by passengers and member states, but if a government wants to impose even more stringent measures, it should cover the whole bill. The council however says all costs should be borne by the airlines industry, which would almost certainly pass the extra burden on to passengers. The lawmakers argue that safety is a core competence of the governments, citing an example of policemen at a football match, who are paid through a national budget, not by football clubs or fans. Similarly, EU states are reluctant to grant MEPs a say over the technical implementation of the new rules - something that would have a great impact on whether those rules would be limited in scope or duration. For example, the parliament requires that security measures, such as the ban on carrying liquids on board, should expire after 18 months, unless a thorough re-evaluation of the security risks means they are needed.MEPs also suggest strict oversight of in-flight security officers known as sky marshals. They should be well-trained, have specific authorisation to carry weapons and no country should be obliged to accept them, unless the competent national security authorities consider it necessary.The committee now has six to eight weeks to reach the final wording on a joint text.But Mr Jarzembowski was sceptical about the prospects of a deal given the slow pace of the Portuguese EU presidency. They are not very engaged in finding a solution, he said.

Brussels seeks to charm citizens in EU market vision
20.11.2007 - 17:26 CET | By Mark Beunderman

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - It is time that ordinary citizens, and not just big business, feel the direct benefits of the EU's single market, the European Commission said on Tuesday confirming its subtle shift away from ever-more EU market legislation towards empowering consumers. The single market is not only for big business, it is for consumers and small business as well, commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said presenting Brussels' vision for a single market for the 21st century Europe.The commission identified 23 important sectors of the EU economy - accounting for 46.5 percent of EU employment - where there are signs of the market not functioning well. These sectors include distribution activities, financial services, post, telecom and professional services. But notably, the EU executive did not use these findings to come up with a raft of new directives and infringement procedures against member states - as it has often done in the past when presenting market shortcomings.

Legislation is not the answer, the toolbox we need now is much more complex, said Mr Barroso, with single market commissioner Charlie McCreevy admitting that there is not a long list of legislative measures in the package.The commission will instead focus on a series of citizen-friendly initiatives – continuing its citizens agenda which Brussels strategically adopted after French and Dutch voters rejected the EU constitution in 2005. After telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding vowed last week to make it easier for consumers to switch mobile operators, single market chief McCreevy announced Tuesday that it should also be easier to change your account from one bank to another.Consumers should be able shop around for the best deal in financial services, he said, not ruling out fresh regulation in the banking sector if voluntary commitments do not work. Brussels will also propose cross-border EU rules next year to allow consumers collective redress - a group of people from across the bloc would get the right to file the same complaint about a company and to pursue it.Mr Barroso was quick to add that this would not mean copying the system of US-style class action lawsuits – seen as primarily benefiting law firms, who pocket enormous sums of money. We have different tradditions of litigation in the EU and the US, he said. Other items on Brussels' pro-consumers agenda include an overhaul of consumer law, improving contractual rights for counsumers, and a Consumer Scoreboard designed to name and shame member states' achievements in the area. Ann Mettler, executive director of the Brussels-based Lisbon Council think-tank, said the commission package represents a very thoughtful contribution to the debate on the future of the single market.The single market is often associated with new legislative initiatives, but now we are at a stage where we have to reflect a little bit and link the single market project much more closely to consumer interests, she said.

Socialists angry

The commission's single market vision however drew sharp criticism from the socialist group in the European Parliament - primarily because Brussels did not propose new legislation to exempt public services from the EU market. In a paper on so-called services of general interest, forming part of the single market package, the commission makes clear it will not propose new legislation making sure that public services - such as health, social housing and education - will be explicitly safeguarded from EU competition and state aid rules. Mr Barroso said new legislation is not useful since a new public services protocol - included in the EU's new Lisbon Treaty - already clarifies that Brussels will not interfere in how member states organise their public services. Socialist group chief Martin Schulz said the statements of President Barroso today are a provocation...Legal uncertainties about our public services need to be cleared up.The commission's line is more to the taste of the parliament's centre-right EPP group, with UK conservative member Malcolm Harbour declaring we wholeheartedly support the commission's contention that there is no need for a framework directive on services of general interest.

EU single market norms worldwide

Meanwhile, the commission also announced it will push EU single market norms on the world stage, hoping that the EU will evolve into a trend-setter when it comes to market regulation. The [European] GSM standard is now used by almost two and a half billion mobile phone users worldwide. In CO2 emissions trading, aviation safety or chemicals, the EU has established new rules, which are gradually being adopted across the world, says the single market paper .The EU should now become even more active in international bodies such as the World Trade Organisation in ensuring that European norms are a reference for global standards, the commission said.

ANNAPOLIS
2007 by Dr. Asher Eder and Sheikh Abdul Hadi Palazzi

YERUSHALIYIM, Israelite Tribal Territories of Judah and Benjamin, Kingdom of David and Solomon, United Israelite Kingdom of Judah and Joseph, Tenth Day, Ninth Month (Kislev), (Shmittah/Sabbatical Year) 5768; Yom Shlishi (Third Day of Week/Tues-day, November 20th, 2007) Root & Branch Information Services [mailto:rb@rb.org.il] [www.rb.org.il]:

Respected Ladies and Gentlemen of the Planned Annapolis Conference,
May we, the undersigned, Jewish & Muslim Co-Chairmen of the Islam-Israel Fellowship of the Root & Branch Association, Ltd., bring to your attention the following:

1.Thinking and saying that Israel and the Western World are threatened by Islamic terrorism, is a fatal misnomer. It helps giving rise to the illusion that we are threatened merely by Salafi/Wahhabi terrorist groups such as that of Osama Bin Laden. This plays right into their hands as it lets most of the so-called Islamic Fundamentalists off the hook.

2. Groups such as Islamic Jihad and Abu Mazen's el-Fatah (in the West better known as the P.L.O./Palestine Liberation Organization) are integral parts of Islamic warfare against the very existence of Israel. In fact, they are the vanguard of such warfare. There is no sense in trying to make peace merely with the vanguard, regardless of what documents or treaties they sign.

3. Fostering the idea that bringing democracy to the Middle East will solve problems is another illusion. Democracy is a form of government, not an expression of the soul of a People. We should have learned this from examples such as:

A. Germany which elected Hitler in democratic elections in 1933.
B. Persia where its present President was elected in democratic elections.
C. Gaza with its democratically elected Salafi/Wahhabi Hamas government.

Please note that it took Europe 400 years of revolutions and wars to move from the Dark Middle Ages to modern democracy. How can one expect the Arab/Muslim world (now, according to its own calendar, in the Fifteenth Century) to swallow democracy like a miracle pill, and be healed?

4. Jihad against Jews (sic!) was first demanded by Mufti Amin el-Husseini in a live broadcast from Radio Berlin in 1943 (!). Then the principles of Jihad against Israel and its supporters -- strategy and tactics -- were laid down by the Fourth Conference of the Academy of Islamic Research held at Cairo's Al Azhar University in 1969. It convened on the behest of Gamal Abd-el-Nassr, then President of Egypt. The Conference proceedings were published in Arabic and in English by Egypt's Government Printing Office in 1970. Our present situation is simply an outcome thereof.

5. Real peace will only be achieved when Arab/Muslim nations declare that Jihad against Israel is illegal according to the Qur'an and Islamic Tradition, educate their Peoples accordingly, and put offenders in jail. Please see Peace is Possible Between Ishmael and Israel According to the Qur'an and the Tannach.
http://www.rb.org.il/RBIS/RBIS%202001/RBIS%202001.02.23.htm

6. Once the Arab/Muslim world adopts that stance, the suffering of both Peoples, Jews and Arabs, will end. Distrust will be dissolved and both Peoples can live side by side (to some degree comparable to Germany and France after World War Two; or to Serbia and Croatia).

7. Israel came into existence by Divine Decree, both according to the Qur'an and the Greek (New) Testament, irrespective of adverse theologies. Political attempts to achieve peace must take faith and theology into account.Jerusalem is not meant to be a bone of contention. It should become the City of Peace for all nations.
May your efforts find Divine Guidance and Blessing.

Sincerely,
Dr. Asher Eder,
Jewish Co-Founder and Co-Chairman

Sheikh Abdul Hadi Palazzi [www.amislam.com],
Muslim Co-Founder and Co-Chairman
Islam-Israel Fellowship,
http://www.rb.org.il/Islam-Israel/Islam-Israel%20Contents.htm
Root & Branch Association, Ltd.
www.rb.org.il

Israel OKs armored vehicles for Abbas By LAURIE COPANS, Associated Press Writer Wed Nov 21, 10:34 AM ET

JERUSALEM - Israel has approved a Russian shipment of armored vehicles and guns to help Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his fight against militants in the West Bank ahead of next week's Mideast conference, Israeli and Palestinian officials said Wednesday. In another conciliatory gesture, Israel will allow resumption of strawberry and flower exports from the Gaza Strip in the hopes of improving the economic situation for the 1.5 million Palestinians living there, Israeli Agriculture Minister Shalom Simchon said.Since the Hamas militant group took control of Gaza last June, Israel has blocked almost all exports from the area.

Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday received long-awaited invitations to the U.S. conference, where they are expected to relaunch formal negotiations on a final peace agreement for the first time in seven years. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that a peace deal with the Palestinians was possible as early as next year.Israel's decision to allow the Russian shipment of armored vehicles — along with 1,000 rifles and 2 million rounds of ammunition — came despite opposition from Israel's army and the country's internal Shin Bet security service.Security officials said they fear the vehicles and weapons will fall into the hands of Hamas. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of security concerns.A Hamas spokesman, Sami Au Zuhri, said the Israeli decision proved Abbas was working hand in hand with the occupation against (Palestinian) resistance.Hamas will remain committed to fight against the occupation and will not give up, Abu Zuhri said.During its takeover of Gaza, the Islamic group expelled Fatah forces loyal to Abbas and captured large quantities of weapons supplied to Fatah by the United States and others with Israeli approval.Since losing Gaza, Abbas and Fatah have been locked in a so-far quiet struggle with Hamas over control of the West Bank. Israel still has large numbers of troops in the West Bank that back Fatah, giving Abbas the upper hand. Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005.

Russia proposed shipping the armored vehicles to Palestinian security forces two years ago, but the deal was stalled because of Israeli opposition. No timeframe was given for arrival of the vehicles or munitions.The leader of the opposition Likud Party, Benjamin Netanyahu, objected to the deal, saying Abbas was not strong enough to receive weapons. We will one day see Hamas sitting on the armored vehicles, firing at us, Netanyahu told Army Radio.The Hamas takeover led to an Israeli ban on exports from Gaza, which the area's 40,000 farmers have repeatedly demanded be lifted. Simchon's announcement that flower and strawberry shipments will resume will bring in at least $14 million for farmers, the Palestinian Chamber of Commerce said.Israel also has halted imports to Gaza, except for food and humanitarian goods. Simchon said Israel will further ease trade with the area soon.

The Israeli decisions were meant to improve trust ahead of next week's conference in Annapolis, Md.The U.S. has been pushing the sides to endorse a joint document laying out their vision for peace ahead of the conference.Negotiators say they have made little progress, casting a cloud over the summit. But Olmert on Tuesday offered an optimistic view of peace prospects with the Palestinians.I very much hope we can reach this agreement in the course of 2008, Olmert said in a news conference with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. However, Olmert also signaled that carrying out any peace deal would have to wait until Abbas regains control of the Gaza Strip from Hamas. Olmert's one-day trip to Egypt came ahead of a meeting in Cairo Friday of the Arab League, where Arab governments will decide whether to attend the conference. Arab participation is considered critical for the summit's success, and the states have been reluctant to commit over concern Israel is not serious about addressing the core issues of its conflict with the Palestinians. Mubarak said Wednesday he will be holding talks with the leaders of Jordan and the Palestinians in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheik on Thursday. Mubarak will likely hold separate talks with Jordanian King Abdullah II and Abbas, though there could be a three-way summit, Mubarak spokesman Suleiman Awad said, dismissing earlier reports that Syria and Saudi Arabia would attend as well. So far, Egypt, Israel and the Palestinians are the only Mideast players that have announced their attendance at the U.S. conference in Annapolis, though Jordan is also sure to attend. The two main question marks are Saudi Arabia and Syria.

NOVEMBER 27 TROUBLE DATE

DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE 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.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) 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 KINGS OR NATIONS).

PREMEDITATED MERGER
North American Union a couple years away.Bilderberg author who 1st exposed plot in 1996 sees EU replication as imminent November 19, 2007 - 10:00 p.m. Eastern - 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

WASHINGTON – The next giant step toward world government will be integration of the U.S., Canada and Mexico in European Union-style merger in the next few years, says the author of a best-selling book on the power of shadowy international organizations promoting the move. I would say [it's just] a couple of years away, reports Daniel Estulin, author of The True Story of the Bilderberg Group.

Estulin, a Canadian now living in Europe, says the original plans for a North American Union involved the U.S. and Canada as the prime participants. It was motivated primarily by the desire to harvest Canada's abundant natural resources. In his new book, Estulin reveals the first efforts in this plan date back to 1996 when the elite Bilderberg Group first discussed plans for the dismantlement of Canada as an independent nation and proposed its merger – minus Quebec – with the United States into a Greater North America. Actually, the North American Union, or rather a Canada-U.S. merger, was initially discussed shortly after the Reagan-Bush candidacy won the White House, he says in an interview with WND. Upon taking over the reins of the country, George Bush and Ronald Reagan called in the presidents of the key trans-national companies and asked them for the real picture. The money people told them that if the United States were a corporation it would have to be shut down immediately. It was bankrupt.

The solution proposed then, according to Estulin, was merger between the U.S. and Canada. Canada is virgin country with a multitude of natural resources, water, mines, oil, gas, etc., he explains. They decided that it was going to take 14 or 15 years to put the whole project together. In the interval, the economies, social programs and laws of the two countries would be quietly harmonized as much as possible.Back then, part of that harmonization plan involved the separation of Quebec as an independent state, he says. Actually, when all is said and done, it all comes down to money, Estulin says. Money makes its own rules. If your goal is to make the most money possible using Canada's natural resources, what would you ask for? Number one, give me control over the sun. Number two, give me control over the air. Number three, give me control over water. Now, we know we cannot control the sun, nor can we control the air. But we can control water. Water, after all, is the most important element that can be controlled.But the plot for a North American Union, as exposed in detail in Jerome Corsi's new bestselling book, The Late Great USA, is but a prelude, Estulin says, to the ultimate merger –one-world government.

Everything is in place, he says. Europe is now one country, one currency and one constitution. North America is about to become one. The African Union has had its working model going for over a decade. Asia is openly discussing the near-future Asian Union, being sold to us as an economic inevitability beneficial to all its citizens.Estulin sees the current focus in the U.S. on the presidential election of 2008 as something of a farce in light of this trend. Does it really matter who wins? he asks. As I make very clear in 'The True Story of the Bilderberg Group,' every politician of note and promise belongs to the Bilderbergers, CFR (Council on Foreign Relations) or the Trilateral Commission. Unless you are one of them, you can hardly hope to win the presidency. If we vote for the lesser evil, forced upon us by the secret oligarchies and the powerful men behind the curtain, we end up playing the game imposed upon us by them. Democracy, I guess what I really want to say, is a fallacy, an unattainable dream, a useless label trotted out and dusted off by the rulers every four years for the benefit of the great unwashed – us. There are two sides in this equation – the powerful elite who control the world's wealth and the rest of humanity.Estulin guarantees today's Republican front-runner Rudy Giuliani will not get the nomination of his party. With less certitude, he speculates the current mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, could still be positioned to head the GOP ticket. Bloomberg, according to my sources within Bilderberg, will emerge as a credible candidate of consensus for the discredited American political establishment, your virtual People's Choice candidate, he says. What is the agenda behind these groups, which Estulin says are comprised of self-interested elitists protecting their wealth and the investments of multinational banks and corporations in the growing world economy at the expense of developing nations and Third World countries"?

The policies they develop, he writes, benefit them as well as move us towards a one-world government.Those questioning Estulin's conclusion as mere speculation need only recall organizational financer David Rockefeller's own words as recorded in his Memoirs.
Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as 'internationalists' and conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure – one world, if you will, he wrote. If that's the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it.Estulin's book, first written in 2005 in Spain, has been translated into 24 languages, most recently this English edition. He has covered the Bilderberg Group as a journalist for more than 15 years. Why does he singularly devote so much attention to exposing their activities?

They cannot survive the light, and they know it, he says. This is why the powerful people have long insulated themselves from that possibility. You see, the greatest form of control is when you think you are free while you are being manipulated and dictated to. People have been disarmed through the greatest hypnotist the world has ever known – the oblong box almost everyone has in the corner of their living rooms known as the television. By persuading ordinary people that what they can see with their eyes is what is there to see, the men behind the curtain have ensured their own survival, because people will laugh in your face when you explain to them that there is a bigger picture they are not seeing.What is his personal prescription for fighting back? He offers a five-point program:

1. Understanding that governments do not represent the people nor have their best interests at heart.
2. Understanding that corporate media's main job is to hide the transgressions of the most powerful people in the world not shine the light of truth on it.
3. Understanding that the corporate media forms part of the world's elite societies such as the Bilderbergers, the CFR and the Trilateral Commission.
4. Understanding how money works and how through intelligent use of money we can destroy the Bilderbergers of this world.
5. Getting out of debt now.

EU DICTATOR (WORLD LEADER)

REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

REVELATION 6:1-2
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:(PEACE) and he that sat on him had a bow;(EU DICTATOR) and a crown was given unto him:(PRESIDENT OF THE EU) and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(MILITARY GENIUS)

REVELATION 13:1-10
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.(THE EU AND ITS DICTATOR IS GODLESS)
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.(DICTATOR COMES FROM NEW AGE OR OCCULT)
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;(MURDERERD) and his deadly wound was healed:(COMES BACK TO LIFE) and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE WORLD THINKS ITS GOD IN THE FLESH, MESSIAH TO ISRAEL)
4 And they worshipped the dragon (SATAN) which gave power unto the beast:(JEWISH EU DICTATOR) and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?(FALSE RESURRECTION,SATAN BRINGS HIM TO LIFE)
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.(GIVEN WORLD CONTROL FOR 3 1/2YRS)
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,(HES A GOD HATER) to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.(HES A LIBERAL OR DEMOCRAT,WILL PUT ANYTHING ABOUT GOD DOWN)
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,(BEHEAD THEM) and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.(WORLD DOMINATION)
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.(WORLD DICTATOR)
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.(SAVED CHRISTIANS AND JEWS DIE FOR THEIR FAITH AT THIS TIME,NOW WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE BUT DURING THE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH, PEOPLE WILL BE PUT TO DEATH (BEHEADINGS) FOR THEIR BELIEF IN GOD (JESUS) OR THE BIBLE.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come (ROMANS IN AD 70) shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMANS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he( EU ROMAN, JEWISH DICTATOR) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:( 7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,( 3 1/2 YRS) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

US announces date for Mideast talks By ANNE GEARAN, AP Diplomatic NOV 20,07

WASHINGTON - The State Department announced Tuesday that the U.S. will host a Middle East conference at Annapolis, Md., on Nov. 27, less than a week before the talks that President Bush hopes will put the Israeli-Palestinian peace process back on track. The announcement by spokesman Sean McCormack came after Israel and the Palestinians confirmed having received invitations to the event, which is intended to launch their first serious peace negotiations in more than seven years.McCormack told reporters that 49 countries, institutions and individuals, including select Arab states and other key nations with a stake in the Mideast peace process were invited.

President Bush will deliver a speech to open the meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the U.S. Naval Academy, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will host the talks, said David Welch, assistant secretary of state for near-Eastern affairs. Bush also will speak dinner with participants on the night before the parties head to Maryland.It will be a signal opportunity to launch the bilateral negotiations between the parties, Welch told reporters at the State Department.

JERUSALEM DIVIDED

ZECHARIAH 12:1-5 King James Bible
1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.

JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

ZECHARIAH 14:1-9 King James Bible
1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then shall the LORD 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.

Olmert hopes for peace in 2008 By LAURIE COPANS, Associated Press Writer Tue Nov 20, 3:13 PM ET

SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert flew to Egypt on Tuesday to rally Arab support for next week's U.S.-hosted Mideast peace conference, telling the leader of the largest Arab country that a peace deal with the Palestinians can be signed within a year. Olmert's statement was the closest he has come to providing a firm timetable for a peace deal, as the Palestinians have demanded. However, Olmert suggested that implementing such a deal won't be possible as long as Hamas militants control the Gaza Strip.Olmert's one-day trip to Egypt came ahead of a meeting in Cairo on Friday of the Arab League, where key Arab governments will decide whether to attend next week's conference in Annapolis, Md.Israel and the Palestinians received formal invitations to the conference from the U.S. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received his at his office in Ramallah, Palestinian and U.S. officials said. Olmert's office later said Israel also had been invited to the conference for discussions about advancing the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians.The U.S. hopes Annapolis will launch the first serious round of Israel-Palestinian negotiations in seven years and has been pushing the sides to endorse a joint document laying out their vision for peace ahead of the conference.

But negotiators say they have made little progress, casting a cloud over the summit, which is to begin Nov. 26 with a dinner in Washington and continue with talks in Annapolis the next day, according to Palestinian spokesman Nabil Abu Rdeneh.Arab participation, particularly by governments that do not have relations with Israel, is considered critical for the summit's success. Arab countries have been reluctant to commit, seeking assurances that Israel is serious about addressing the core issues of its conflict with the Palestinians, including conflicting claims to the holy city of Jerusalem and the fate of Palestinian refugees and millions of their descendants.At a news conference with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Olmert sought to allay Arab concerns, saying that even if the summit does not address core issues, ensuing negotiations will.I want the Arab nations to know that the negotiations will tackle all the main issues, Olmert said. We won't try to avoid any problem or overlook any issue.I very much hope we can reach this agreement in the course of 2008, he said, the closest he has come to setting a firm timetable for a deal. In the past, he had said only that he hoped to make serious progress before President Bush leaves office in January 2009.He also he would take into account a Saudi-sponsored Arab peace plan — a key concern of Arab states. Israel has reacted cautiously to the plan, which offers full peace in return for a full withdrawal from all lands Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war.Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told Israel TV that the process is one of partition, with Israel giving up territory, while trying to maintain control of large settlement blocs in the West Bank.

However, Olmert also signaled that carrying out any peace deal would have to wait until Abbas regains control of the Gaza Strip from Hamas. The militant Islamic group, which is committed to Israel's destruction, violently overran Gaza in June and remains firmly in control there.Olmert said any peace deal must be based on the U.S.-backed road map, which requires the Palestinians to dismantle militant groups.There will be no implementation of the (peace) agreement before the road map commitments are fully implemented. These commitments apply to Gaza as well, he said. The Palestinians take for granted that Gaza is supposed to be part of the Palestinian state. So naturally, if it's part of the Palestinian state that must fight terror, that includes the Gaza Strip.Olmert's spokeswoman, Miri Eisin, said he was referring to the requirement of the Palestinians to fight terror, beyond stopping daily rocket attacks from Gaza, but she would not elaborate.In the TV interview, Livni said implementation of agreements with the Palestinians would be dependent on a war on terrorism.Abu Rdeneh would not comment on Olmert's remarks. The road map also requires Israel to freeze all construction in West Bank settlements — a step it has refused to take. Some 270,000 Israelis live in West Bank settlements, in addition to 180,000 Israelis in east Jerusalem. The Palestinians seek both areas, which Israel captured in the 1967 war, as part of their future state. Mubarak said the conference would be a beginning for serious negotiations but should ensure the talks include all the issues of the final situation within a time limit with a mechanism to monitor progress. I am looking forward to constructive positions from Prime Minister Olmert to establish the foundations (of peace) and ensure the success of the conference, Mubarak said.
Egypt plays an important leadership role in the Arab world, and Mubarak's views could influence the outcome of the Arab League meeting.

Egypt appears likely to send its foreign minister to the gathering, but other Arab countries — particularly U.S. ally Saudi Arabia — might balk or send only a low-level figure if they're not convinced it will produce results. Mubarak also said he thinks the foreign minister from Syria, which has hostile relations with Israel and the U.S., will attend. At Friday's meeting, Arab foreign ministers are to decide participation and draw up a unified stance on the Annapolis conference. The ministers could pressure Abbas not to make concessions in Annapolis without guarantees of progress. On Monday, Olmert and Abbas had what Israeli and Palestinian officials described as a difficult meeting as they tried to bridge differences on the pre-conference document. Israel has said Annapolis should provide a ceremonial launch for a resumption of peace talks, which broke down seven years ago, and that negotiations on final-status issues will begin immediately after the gathering. Associated Press Writer Maggie Michael contributed to this report.

ISRAELS INHERITED LAND IN THE FUTURE

And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.

Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.

ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.

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

JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

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

ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.

DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

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

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

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

US issues invitations for Nov 27 Mideast peace meet by Nasser Abu Bakr NOV 20,07

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Washington issued invitations on Tuesday for a much-heralded Middle East peace conference in the United States next week that aims to jumpstart dormant Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas was handed an invitation for the meeting to start on November 27 in Annapolis outside Washington by the US consul general in east Jerusalem, his spokesman told AFP.President Abbas received the invitation, Nabil Abu Rudeina said.The Palestinians were the first government to announce that it had received an invitation for the conference, which US President George W. Bush called in July hoping to revive peace talks after a seven-year freeze.They were swiftly followed by Israel. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert received his invitation on his return from talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh aimed at shoring up Arab support for the conference, his spokeswoman Miri Eisin said.In his letter of invitation to Abbas, US President George W. Bush made clear that the Annapolis meeting was intended to pave the way for comprehensive negotiations between the two sides, a senior Palestinian official said.This conference will signal broad international support for your courageous efforts and will be a launching point for negotiations leading to the establishment of a Palestinian state and the realisation of Israeli-Palestinian peace, in accordance with the roadmap, the official quoted Bush as saying.

The last was a reference to an internationally drafted peace blueprint that has made next to no progress since its launch in 2003.A senior Bush aide said the US president would join the Annapolis meeting and would also host a three-way meeting with Abbas and Olmert at the White House afterwards.But his spokeswoman Dana Perino stressed that he was not betting everything on Annapolis.The president is not a gambler, she said. We recognize that at the Annapolis conference we are not going to have instant results.Washington was due to announce the guest list and agenda for the meeting later on Tuesday.We have our invitation list, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said, adding there would be dozens of invitees including both governments and representatives of international organisations.The two sides are expected to kick off negotiations on the thorniest issues of their decades-old conflict after the Annapolis meeting.But their negotiators remain at odds over the wording of a joint statement supposed to serve as a basis for the negotiations, despite weeks of intensive talks.Nevertheless Olmert insisted after his meeting with Mubarak in Egypt that he hoped to reach a final peace deal with the Palestinians next year.

I hope to reach a definitive deal with the Palestinians in 2008, he told a joint news conference.The negotiations will not be simple. There will be differences, crises and arguments. But if we act with caution, there is a chance that we can reach a deal. Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni appealed to the Arab world to contribute to the success of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations because the significance of the Annapolis meeting lies above all in the fact that it will allow the relaunch of these negotiations.
Israel will have to accompany these talks with gestures towards the Palestinians, she told public television. But the Annapolis meeting will not prevent us from continuing our fight against terrorism and the Palestinian Authority has the duty to do the same.The joint document being worked on by negotiators is expected to mention the most intractable issues of the decades-long Middle East conflict -- borders, refugees and Jerusalem.But the two sides remain divided over how detailed the statement should be, the sequence of implementation for any agreements reached; and whether there should be a body to oversee the implementation. With some Arab states sceptical about the prospects for the meeting, Bush sought to lay the groundwork, telephoning leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi King Abdullah, the White House said. Arab foreign ministers are to meet in Cairo on Thursday to decide on their participation. Syria reiterated on Tuesday that it would stay away unless the return of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights is up for discussion. But the Israeli foreign minister said: The Golan is not on the agenda at the moment.

Sex Scandal Hits Atlanta-Area Megachurch - Nov 20, 3:15 AM (ET)By DORIE TURNER

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - The 80-year-old leader of a suburban Atlanta megachurch is at the center of a sex scandal of biblical dimensions: He slept with his brother's wife and fathered a child by her.Members of Archbishop Earl Paulk's family stood at the pulpit of the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit at Chapel Hill Harvester Church a few Sundays ago and revealed the secret exposed by a recent court-ordered paternity test.In truth, this is not the first - or even the second - sex scandal to engulf Paulk and the independent, charismatic church. But this time, he could be in trouble with the law for lying under oath about the affair.The living proof of that lie is 34-year-old D.E. Paulk, who for years was known publicly as Earl Paulk's nephew.I am so very sorry for the collateral damage it's caused our family and the families hurt by the removing of the veil that hid our humanity and our sinfulness, said D.E. Paulk, who received the mantle of head pastor a year and a half ago.D.E. Paulk said he did not learn the secret of his parentage until the paternity test. I was disappointed, and I was surprised, he said.Earl Paulk, his brother, Don, and his sister-in-law, Clariece, did not return calls for comment.A judge ordered the test at the request of the Cobb County district attorney's office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which are investigating Earl Paulk for possible perjury and false-swearing charges stemming from a lawsuit.

The archbishop, his brother and the church are being sued by former church employee Mona Brewer, who says Earl Paulk manipulated her into an affair from 1989 to 2003 by telling her it was her only path to salvation. Earl Paulk admitted to the affair in front of the church last January.In a 2006 deposition stemming from the lawsuit, the archbishop said under oath that the only woman he had ever had sex with outside of his marriage was Brewer. But the paternity test said otherwise.So far no charges have been filed against Earl Paulk. District Attorney Pat Head and GBI spokesman John Bankhead would not comment.The shocking results of the paternity test are speeding up a transformation already under way in the church after more than a decade of sex scandals and lawsuits involving the Paulks, D.E. Paulk said.It was a necessary evil to bring us back to a God-consciousness, said the younger Paulk, explaining that the church had become too personality-driven and prone to pastor worship.The flashy megachurch began in 1960 with just a few dozen members in the Little Five Points neighborhood of Atlanta. Now, it is in the suburbs on a 100-acre expanse, a collection of buildings surrounding a neo-Gothic cathedral.For years the church was at the forefront of many social movements - admitting black members in the 1960s, ordaining women and opening its doors to gays.At its peak in the early 1990s, it claimed about 10,000 members and 24 pastors and was a media powerhouse. By soliciting tithes of 10 percent from each member's income, the church was able to build a Bible college, two schools, a worldwide TV ministry and a $12 million sanctuary the size of a fortress.

Today, though, membership is down to about 1,500, the church has 18 pastors, most of them volunteers, and the Bible college and TV ministry have shuttered - a downturn blamed largely on complaints about the alleged sexual transgressions of the elder Paulks.In 1992, a church member claimed she was pressured into a sexual relationship with Don Paulk. Other women also claimed they had been coerced into sex with Earl Paulk and other members of the church's administration.The church countered with a $24 million libel suit against seven former church members. The lawsuit was later dropped.Jan Royston, who left the church in 1992, started an online support group for former members to discuss their crushed faith and hurt feelings.This is a cult. And you escape from a cult, she said. We all escaped.These days, Earl Paulk has a much-reduced role at the cathedral, giving 10-minute lectures as part of Sunday morning worship each week.My uncle is 100 percent guilty, but his accusers are guilty as well, D.E. Paulk said, declining to talk further about the lawsuits.

STORMS - ANAPOLIS - DISEASE

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.

Bangladesh storm toll over 3,000 Mon Nov 19, 1:04 PMby Anis Ahmed

DHAKA (Reuters) - Four days after super cyclone Sidr killed more than 3,000 people in Bangladesh, rescuers struggled on Monday to reach isolated areas along the country's devastated coast to give aid to millions of survivors.The tragedy unfolds as we walk through one after another devastated village, said relief worker Mohammad Selim in Bagerhat, one of the worst-hit areas. Often it looks like we are in a valley of death.The confirmed death toll from the cyclone reached 3,113 by Monday, while 3,322 are injured and 1,063 missing, Lieutenant-Colonel Main Ullah Chowdhury told reporters in Dhaka.He said two C-130 aircraft of the U.S. Marine Corp arrived in Dhaka on Sunday night with medical supplies.Media reports said the death toll had already crossed 3,500, and was likely to rise sharply.We are trying to reach all the affected areas on the vast coastline as soon as possible, then we will know how many people exactly have died, a government official said.

While it would take several days to determine the number of dead and missing, about 3 million survivors who were either evacuated from the low-lying coast or whose homes and villages were destroyed would need support, the government said.Aid workers fear inadequate supplies of food, drinking water and medicine could lead to outbreaks of disease.Food, shelter and medicine are badly needed for the survivors, Renata Lok Dessallien, United Nations Resident Representative in Bangladesh told Reuters after visiting cyclone-hit areas.Grieving families begged for clothes to wrap around the bodies of dead relatives for burial. In some areas, they put corpses in mass graves.Reuters reporters said bodies were being discovered by the hour in the rivers and paddy fields and under piles of debris.The head of the army-backed interim government, Fakhruddin Ahmed, flew to devastated areas on Monday to reassure victims that his administration would provide enough aid.Your courage in facing the disasters like cyclones and floods give us strength and reinforce confidence in our ability to do the best we can, he said in Patuakhali, one of the badly hit districts.

SEEKING REFUGE IN TREES

Cyclone Sidr smashed into the coast of southern Bangladesh late on Thursday with 250 kph (155 mph) winds that whipped up a five-meter (16-foot) tidal surge.In its wake, bodies of people and animals floated down rivers and the stench of death filled the air. Relatives tried to identify and bring them ashore, before burying them hurriedly without proper ceremonies.Military ships and helicopters were trying to reach thousands of people believed stranded on islands in the Bay of Bengal and in coastal areas still cut off after the storm.The U.N.'s World Food Program and Bangladesh Air Force helicopters have begun dropping high-energy biscuits to people stranded in inaccessible areas.World Vision, one of many non-governmental groups working to help survivors, said on Monday about 1,000 fishermen were still unaccounted for.

Many of us climbed up in trees in the Sundarban forest, but I fell down in panic when I saw a tiger below, said a fisherman on Dublarchar island. The waves then swept me further into the mangrove and I found myself alive when the cyclone was over.The Sundarban forest, home to the endangered Royal Bengal Tiger and a World Heritage site, was badly hit. A forest official said Sidr had damaged trees over about 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres), but could not say how many animals had been killed.S.M. Nurul Alam, coordinator of Coast Trust, a non-government organization in Cox's Bazar, said about 5,000 fishermen from Cox's Bazar and nearby islands had gone to Dublarchar in recent weeks.Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, foreign affairs adviser to the government, said on Monday the authorities had taken all measures to prepare for Cyclone Sidr.Despite these steps, appalling damage has occurred, the assessment of which is still on-going, he said in a statement. We will welcome support from the international community.

AID PLEDGES

The Dhaka Foreign Ministry said the King of Saudi Arabia has announced a $100 million grant for the victims. Riyadh would also airlift 300 tonnes of food and relief materials.India said it would send a comprehensive relief package.Officials in affected areas say the death toll given by the ministry is far below the real numbers. Aid agencies have said the toll could rise beyond 10,000.The storm was the worst to hit disaster-prone Bangladesh since 1991 when nearly 143,000 people died in a cyclone and the tidal surge it triggered.A much improved disaster preparedness plan, including storm shelters built all along the coastline, has been credited with saving hundreds of lives.The extent of destruction is unimaginable, Reuters cameraman Rafiqur Rahman reported from a coastal village.In the 7 km (4.5 miles) I trekked this morning, I saw not a single house standing, he said. Only a few leafless trees and a couple of dogs reminded me it was once a village.(For more information on humanitarian crises and issues visit www.alertnet.org)(Additional reporting by Ruma Paul, Serajul Islam Quadir, Nizam Ahmed, Masud Karim and Azad Majumder, editing by David Fogarty)

Floods displace 2,000 in Malawi Mon Nov 19, 11:45 AM ET

CHIKWAWA, Malawi (Reuters) - Three days of heavy rains have triggered flash flooding and displaced more than 2,000 people in southern Malawi, authorities said on Monday. Lawford Palani, Chikwawa district commissioner, told Reuters that about 20 villages have been destroyed following persistent rains and hailstorms in the area, about 50 kilometers west of the country's commercial capital Blantyre.We are yet to establish whether the floods have caused any deaths and how much crop has been destroyed, Pelani said.Pelani said most of the displaced people have been housed in churches and schools. Relief was being provided by the Malawi Red Cross and international relief agencies.

Malawi's meteorological department has warned of heavy rains that may cause serious flooding in flood-prone areas such as the Lower Shire Valley district of Chikwawa.Malawi will this year receive above average rainfall that will cause heavy flooding, Donald Kamdonyo, the country's meteorological department's director, told Reuters.The government has been running advisories on state radio asking people living in low-lying areas to consider moving to avoid fatalities.(Reporting by Mabvuto Banda; Editing by Bate Felix)

DISEASES

REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).

Dominican disease outbreak kills 25 after storm
Mon Nov 19, 10:43 AM

SANTO DOMINGO, Nov 19 (Reuters ) - An outbreak of the waterborne disease leptospirosis has killed at least 25 people in the Dominican Republic and sickened nearly 200, the Caribbean nation's health minister said.Bautista Rojas Gomez confirmed the toll to reporters late on Sunday after talks with President Leonel Fernandez on ways to fight the disease, which spreads through exposure to water contaminated with the urine of infected rats and other animals.The outbreak, linked to flooding caused by Tropical Storm Noel last month, was initially limited to a region along the banks of the Ozama River north and east of the capital.But Rojas Gomez said cases had now been confirmed as far away as the Barahona beach resort on the southern coast.In addition to the 25 deaths, Rojas Gomez said 193 people had fallen ill with the disease.(Reporting by Manuel Jimenez; Editing by Tom Brown and John O'Callaghan)

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.

Russia cult members in cave siege NOV 19,07

Orthodox monks have been trying to reach the cave Police and clergy in southern Russia are trying to negotiate with members of a doomsday cult barricaded inside a cave and threatening to blow it up. The group calls itself the True Russian Orthodox Church. Members are waiting for the end of the world, which they are expecting to happen next May. They say they have enough food and water to last out the winter, as well as large quantities of petrol. The cult leader did not join them, and has been arrested by police. Russian television showed pictures of black-robed Orthodox monks scaling down into a snow-covered gully in a forest in the Penza region, about 650km (400 miles) south-east of Moscow.
Cult leader Pyotr Kuznetsov is undergoing psychiatric examination
They are hoping to make contact with the 30 cult members believed to have sealed themselves in the cave . Those inside are believed to include four small children. Cult members say they have hundreds of canisters of petrol and threatening to ignite them if the authorities try to force them out. The group was founded by a former engineer, Pyotr Kuznetsov, who had fallen out with the Russian Orthodox Church. He is thought to have ordered his followers into the cave but did not join them. He is now in custody and is undergoing psychiatric examinations.




FROM WND'S JERUSALEM BUREAU
Israel to allow Palestinian refugees to return?
Official: PM made deal analysts long warned is code for Jewish state's destruction - November 19, 2007 - 1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Aaron Klein - 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agreed in principle to allow a number of Palestinian Arabs living in what the United Nations terms refugee camps to enter Israel as part of an Israeli-Palestinian accord, according to a senior Palestinian negotiator speaking to WND. Palestinians have long demanded the right of return for millions of refugees, a formula Israeli officials across the political spectrum warn is code for Israel's destruction by flooding the Jewish state with millions of Arabs, thereby changing its demographics. Allowing any number of so-called Palestinian refugees to enter Israel would serve as an admission on Israel's part that millions of Palestinians living in U.N.-maintained camps are indeed refugees and have a legitimate right to live in Israel. The Palestinian negotiator, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Olmert's team agreed in principle let a select number of Palestinians living in U.N.-maintained refugee camps into Israel in a series of phases that could take up to 15 years. Though the negotiator said an exact number had not yet been determined, he indicated there could be as many as 20,000 Palestinians living in U.N. camps, with an initial phase of several hundred entering Israel with one year of an agreement. He said the first batch of entering Palestinian Arabs would consist of a sampling from the oldest residents of various U.N. camps. David Baker, a spokesperson for Olmert, had no comment on the report Olmert agreed to allow a number of declared refugees to enter Israel. The Palestinian negotiator said the Israeli and Palestinians teams have been hammering out the exact language to be used at a U.S.-sponsored summit slated for Annapolis later this month at which Olmert is widely expected to outline a Palestinian state in most of the West Bank in a joint agreement of principles signed by the Israeli leader and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

Various media reports – denied by Olmert – claimed in recent weeks Israel would also evacuate sections of Jerusalem and would negotiate what are considered core Israeli-Palestinian issues – primarily the status of Jerusalem and the so-called return of refugees. When Arab countries attacked the Jewish state after its creation in 1948, some 725,000 Arabs living within Israel's borders fled or were expelled from the area that became Israel. Also at that time, about 820,000 Jews were expelled from Arab countries or fled following rampant persecution. While most Jewish refugees were absorbed by Israel and other countries, the majority of Palestinian Arabs have been maintained in 59 U.N.-run camps that do not seek to settle those Arabs elsewhere. There are currently about 4 million Arabs who claim Palestinian refugee status with the U.N., including children and grandchildren of the original fleeing Arabs; Arabs living full-time in Jordan; and Arabs who long ago emigrated throughout the Middle East and to the West. Other cases of worldwide refugees aided by the U.N. are handled through the international body's High Commission for Refugees, which seeks to settle the refugees quickly, usually in countries other than those from which they fled. The U.N. created a special agency – the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, or UNRWA – specifically to handle registered Palestinian refugees. It's the only refugee case handled by the U.N. in which the declared refugees are housed and maintained in camps for generations instead of facilitating the refugees' resettlement elsewhere.

The U.N. officially restricts the definition of refugee status worldwide for nationalities outside the Palestinian arena to those who fled a country of nationality or habitual residence due to persecution, who are unable to return to their place of residence and who have not yet been resettled. Future generations of original refugees are not included in the U.N.'s definition of refugees. But the U.N. uses a different set of criteria only when defining a Palestinian refugee – allowing future generations to be considered refugees; terming as refugees those Arabs who have been resettled in other countries, such as hundreds of thousands in Jordan; removing the clause requiring persecution; and removing the clause requiring a refugee to be fleeing his or her country of nationality or habitual residence – allowing for transient Arabs who didn't normally reside within Israel to be defined as Palestinian refugees. Palestinian leaders including Abbas routinely refer to the right of return, claiming the declared right is mandated by the U.N. But the two U.N. resolutions dealing with the refugee issue recommend that Israel achieve a just settlement for the refugee problem. The resolutions, which are not binding, do not speak of any right of return, and leave open the possibility of monetary compensation or other kinds of settlements.

FAMINE

REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER

DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.

JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

Dow closes below 13,000 amid credit worries
Traders also discouraged by record low homebuilder sentimentNOV 19,07

NEW YORK - Wall Street resumed its slide Monday as investors absorbed a gloomy outlook for the banking sector as well as bleak news about housing. The major stock market indexes each fell more than 1.5 percent, with the Dow Jones industrial average giving up more than 200 points.Concerns about the banking sector dominated the session. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s downgrade of large banks, and its estimate that Citigroup Inc. would have to write down $15 billion over the next two quarters due to its exposure to risky debt, unnerved Wall Street.Other sectors suffered big hits during the session, including homebuilders and airlines.The latest concerns about the housing sector arose after a downcast survey from the National Association of Homebuilders and a lowered forecast from home-improvement retailer Lowe’s Cos. The worry on Wall Street is that the housing market is getting so weak it will crimp consumer spending, which accounts for about 70 percent of economic activity and has helped keep the economy afloat. Ahead of the holiday shopping season, any signs that Americans are pulling back could prevent a December rally.

The NAHB’s November housing forecast remained unchanged at its lowest-ever level even after the October figure was revised to 19 from 18. Economists polled by Thomson/IFR had expected the index would come in at 18. The survey began in 1985.I think that a lot of folks are digesting the news from last week and they’re worried about the economy and the ability to grow earnings at the larger companies in America, said Rob Lutts, chief investment officer at Cabot Money Management Inc. in Salem, Mass.The Dow industrials fell 218.35, or 1.66 percent, to 12,958.44.Broader stock indicators also declined. The S&P 500 index fell 25.47, or 1.75 percent, to 1,433.27, and the Nasdaq composite index fell 43.86, or 1.66 percent, to 2,593.38.The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 19.17, or 2.49 percent, to 750.33. The pullback left the Russell firmly in negative territory for the year, with a drop of 4.74 percent. Investors often view smaller companies as more likely to be hard hit in a slowing economy because they might not as easily get by on thin profit margins as would some big companies with overseas operations.With Monday’s decline, stocks have seen losses in seven of the past eight sessions. Last week, stocks ended higher after a string of volatile sessions. Many traders are wondering whether the major indexes will test the lows for the year that came in August.

Government bond prices rose sharply Monday as investors sought safety. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, fell to 4.08 percent from 4.15 percent late Friday. The 10-year note hasn’t gone below the 4.1 percent level since September 2005.The dollar fell against other major currencies and gold prices slipped.Crude oil futures for January delivery rose 80 cents to settle at $94.64 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.John Merrill, chief investment officer at Tanglewood Capital Management in Houston, contends investors are still grappling with the scope of the writedowns related to the housing market and the related ramifications, such a more cautious consumer.Certainly in the financial sector the concerns seem to be never-ending. The potential for write-offs seems to keep growing, he said. This is having to settle in and the process of settling in means you become more aware of how more meaningful and how restricting these writedowns are.One big area of concern for investors was again Citigroup, which said earlier this month it would likely write down $8 billion to $11 billion in the fourth quarter. The bank, one of the 30 stocks that makes up the Dow industrials, fell $2, or 5.9 percent, to $32 after the Goldman downgrade to a sell rating.Among other financial-services companies, Merrill Lynch & Co. fell $2.24, or 4 percent, to $53.87,while Morgan Stanley fell $1.77, or 3.4 percent, to $51.13.

Lowe’s Cos. posted a 10 percent decline in third-quarter profit Monday, slightly better than expected. But the home-improvement retailer lowered its forecast in anticipation of further deterioration in housing. Lowe’s fell $1.89, or 7.6 percent, to $23.12.Celgene Corp.’s announcement that it agreed to buy Pharmion Corp. for $72 a share in a cash-and-stock deal worth $2.9 billion failed to lighten the overall mood on Wall Street. Celgene fell 90 cents to $64, while Pharmion jumped $15.84, or 32 percent, to $65.12.Meanwhile, other sectors that could be bruised by an economic slowdown fell Monday. Delta Air Lines Inc. fell 96 cents, or 4.8 percent, to $19.01, while Continental Airlines Inc. fell $1.76, or 6 percent, to $27.82.The decline in the airlines helped push the Dow Jones Transportation index down 105.87, or 2.32 percent, to 4,457.97. The index also hit a fresh 52-week low.Among homebuilders, Lennar Corp. fell $1.67, or 8.7 percent, to $17.57 and hit a new 52-week low of $17.54. Its previous low was $18.90. Pulte Homes Inc. fell $1.04, or 8.1 percent, to $11.80. It likewise sank to a 52-week low of $11.76; the previous low was $12.15.Declining issues outnumbered advancers by 5 to 1 on the New York Stock Exchange, where consolidated volume came to 4.01 billion shares, compared with 4 billion traded Friday.Stock markets overseas also slumped. In European trading, Britain’s FTSE 100 closed down 2.71 percent, Germany’s DAX index fell 1.32 percent, and France’s CAC-40 slid 1.65 percent. In Asian trading, Japan’s Nikkei stock average fell 0.74 percent, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index decreased 0.56 percent.

DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE 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.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) 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 KINGS OR NATIONS).

East African bloc clinches interim trade deal with EU NOV 16,07

NAIROBI (AFP) — East African nations have reached an interim accord with the European Union to replace preferential tariff agreements due to expire this year, Kenya announced Friday, sparking fury from the civil society.The much feared disruption of trade... after December 31 has been put to rest, said David Nalo, a top trade ministry official.The deal, which is in form of an Interim Framework Agreement on the EPA (Economic Partnership Agreements) covers market access, development and fisheries, said Nalo, who led a Kenyan delegation to Brussels.Under the accord reached on Wednesday, East African Community (EAC) states Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda will enjoy duty free, quota free access to the EU for all products -- except sugar and rice -- from January 1.Trade deals giving preferential market access to the African nations have to be replaced by the end of the year because the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has ruled they are illegal.The EU had warned of imposing tariffs on goods from Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) nations if there was no agreement by December 31, raising fears of widespread losses and a collapse of local sectors.

Issues that were not covered in interim agreements, including customs and trade facilitations, agriculture, trade in services, technical barriers to trade, will be negotiated next year, Nalo explained.Nalo said EAC members had given themselves 10 days from November 14 -- when they reached the agreement -- to thrash out the details of the deal before it is signed on November 24.The interim deal opens up east African markets to European products as long as they do not affect sensitive agricultural and industrial products in the region.Rwanda and Burundi, who joined the EAC bloc this year, will be excluded from the deal until December 2009 to allow them to finish implementing the EAC customs union.In addition, the deal offered a 25-year transition period to prevent loss of revenues among the east African nations.But a coalition of grassroot civil society groups bristled with anger, saying the EU bullied its way into the interim deal that will undermine development in the five nations.Both the deal on the table now and the dirty tactics employed by the EU in the negotiations process represent a step backwards for the region's development, said Ruthpearl Ng'ng'a of Accord International.East-African countries stand to lose 162.5 million dollars every year in government revenue from signing an EPA, she added.Dirty tactics like blocking civil society groups from the debate, threatening to hike tariffs on imports into the EU, blanket funding of African EPA negotiators and linking EU development funding to the actual signing have influenced the process in a negative way, said Peter Aoga of EcoNews Africa.African nations should therefore refuse to sign the accord on the final hour and reign in the negotiators who are running away with themselves and, as a result, running Africa into the ground, the civil groups said in a statement.

The new deal is designed to help EAC countries develop while diversifying their economies and meeting WTO requirements that they allow some access to European goods and services.Officials said the EAC decided to negotiate as a group since the bloc is working to establish a common market and monetary union by 2012 while also planning to form a political federation.Originally established in 1967, the EAC collapsed a decade later amid diverging economic philosophies.It was resurrected in 2000 as Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda agreed to create a European Union-style common market for their 90 million citizens. Rwanda and Burundi became mebers in July this year.

JERUSALEM DIVIDED

ZECHARIAH 12:1-5 King James Bible
1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.

JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

ZECHARIAH 14:1-9 King James Bible
1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then shall the LORD 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.

Olmert will divide Jerusalem
16/11/2007

The city of Annapolis lies on the east coast of the USA. It was the first capital city of the United States of America, and is now the seat of government of the state of Maryland. Later this month it is destined once more to enter the history books, for it has been chosen by America’s Secretary of State, Dr Condoleezza Rice, as the setting for a conference designed to pave the way for a peace agreement between Israel and its Arab neighbours. In the run-up to any such negotiation it is only to be expected that the warring parties will fly various kites — that is, they will leak or cause to be leaked various bargaining positions which they may or may not officially adopt when the real talking begins. On the one hand, therefore, one might be inclined not to take these leaks too seriously. On the other, one would be foolish to ignore them entirely.

It is with that admonition in mind that I ask you to dwell on an extraordinary series of leaks that have come from the Israeli government of Ehud Olmert, and with his silent blessing. The immediate author of these leaks — indeed, the leaker-in-chief — has been none other than Mr Olmert’s deputy, Haim Ramon.At the beginning of October, Mr Ramon gave interviews on Israeli radio. His purpose was to urge the acceptance by Israel of the partition of Jerusalem as a central element in any deal hammered out at Annapolis. He was surprisingly frank and explicit. Speaking with the authority but without the approval of his boss (Mr Olmert), he declared that Israel should cede to a future Palestinian state practically the whole of east Jerusalem — certainly those neighbourhoods with an Arab majority.As for the Temple Mount, to the whole of which the Palestinian Authority has naturally laid claim, Mr Ramon announced that, in his view, some special arrangement should be worked out; in other words, the Palestinian claim was not rejected out of hand.I gasped when I read these words, because on June 12, 2006 I had been present at an invitation-only (though hardly secret) meeting that Mr Olmert had addressed in London. Asked specifically about the future status of Jerusalem, Mr Olmert gave a categorical, applause-drawing response: as long as he was prime minister, Jerusalem, undivided, would remain the capital of the Jewish state. Later that year, in a widely publicised speech to Christian tourists visiting Israel, Mr Olmert repeated this pledge: Jerusalem would remain the united and undivided capital of Israel. Whilst emphasising that of course the city would remain open to people of all faiths, he declared: This is the city that God has chosen to be the capital of the Jewish people and it will remain the capital of the Jewish people.

So why, now, is his deputy reneging on this promise?

One reason might be that Mr Olmert is being pressured by the USA to say something that will look attractive to Arab eyes, and ensure that there is a convincing Arab presence in Annapolis. Once the talking begins, Mr Olmert can always repudiate Mr Ramon’s words: yes, Mr Ramon was speaking with his authority, but — alas — without his approval. If this is indeed Mr Olmert’s strategy, it is a highly dangerous one. If Annapolis turns out to be a failure (which is being widely predicted), Mr Olmert will be blamed, and Israel will be condemned. There is, however, a much more straightforward explanation, and that is that Mr Olmert really does intend to re-partition Jerusalem. Secular Jewish Israelis have no particular emotional attachment to the city. Anti-Zionist Charedim actually oppose Jewish control of the Temple Mount, fearing that this will pre-empt a restoration that God alone should properly determine. A poll conducted by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies earlier this year, to mark the 40th anniversary of Jerusalem’s re-unification, actually suggested that 58 per cent of Israeli Jews might be willing to divide Jerusalem as part of the price for a peace accord with the Palestinians. So an agreement to re-divide Jerusalem could well be a vote-winner, bolstering Mr Olmert’s own political fortunes and earning praise from the USA into the bargain.If I am wrong, Mr Olmert still has time to say so. If he does, I will lose no time in offering a fulsome apology.

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

JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

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

ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.

DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

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

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

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

This Week with Rabbi Eckstein
November 15, 2007
Dear Friend of Israel,

Once again, Israel and the Palestinians are headed to the negotiating table. U.S.-brokered peace talks are scheduled to take place in Annapolis, Maryland, at the end of November.Israel has been down this road before. In 1993, then Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin and Palestinian Authority head Yasser Arafat negotiated the Oslo Accords, which promised to set the stage for peaceful relations between Israel and a Palestinian state. Again in 2000, another Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, sat down with Arafat at the Camp David summit to negotiate a final status settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Neither of these efforts achieved its goal.

The difficulties in negotiating peace today are even greater than in years past because there is no single entity that represents Palestinian interests. Israel is committed to dealing only with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. But Abbas and his Fatah party control only the West Bank, and Abbas’ hold on power is tenuous at best. It is unlikely that he has the political power to enforce terms of any agreement that might be reached. Meanwhile, the terrorist group Hamas, which controls Gaza and does not recognize Abbas' authority, has no interest in negotiating with Israel. In fact, earlier this week one Hamas official declared that an Israeli departure from the West Bank - which will be one of the issues on the table at Annapolis - would mean a Hamas takeover of the area.Israel's dilemma is clear. Even if Abbas were serious about wanting peace, which is by no means certain, Israel would still have to deal with the Muslim fundamentalists of Hamas, who are committed to Israel's destruction. No wonder, then, that there is an air of pessimism surrounding these talks. In fact, a recent poll showed that a majority of the Israeli people do not believe the Annapolis conference will bring peace any closer.

I believe that we must hope and pray for the best possible outcome at Annapolis. But given the history of previous negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians we must also be realistic. As yet, no Palestinians not Fatah, and certainly not Hamas have shown that they are willing to recognize Israel's right to live in peace and security as a Jewish state. So, while hoping for the best, we must prepare for the worst, knowing that the final outcome is in God's hands.Please join me today in praying for wisdom for Israel's leaders as they once again seek the peace that Israel so longs for. And keep lifting your prayers for the peace of Jerusalem up to God.

With prayers for shalom, peace,
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein
President International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.

Bolton questions Annapolis peace talks Nov. 16, 2007 at 4:46 PM

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- The former U.S ambassador to the United Nations criticized the Arab-Israeli peace talks scheduled in Maryland, calling the timing a mistake.John Bolton spoke before an audience at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington-based think tank where Bolton now sits. He said the Arab-Israeli peace talks scheduled for late November or early December are premature, adding the situation is not ripe for a positive outcome, the Jerusalem Post reported Friday.It's a mistake to push ahead with the Annapolis peace conference in November or December, Bolton said. I just don't see this as the moment to make progress on Israeli-Palestinian matters.Bolton's criticism cited an Israeli government plagued with internal political difficulties and a Palestinian Authority broken perhaps beyond repair as handicapping any potential outcome of the scheduled talks.He criticized the lack of response by the Bush administration to the Sept. 6 Israeli strike on an alleged Syrian weapons facility. Bolton said the administration was so focused on diplomacy with North Korea, it overlooked Pyongyang's role in helping develop the Syrian facility, the Post said.Bolton also criticized U.S. handling of Iran and its nuclear ambitions, saying it was a mistake to allow Britain, France and Germany try to negotiate a solution.United Press International.

US finalizes Mideast conference plans By MATTHEW LEE and ANNE GEARAN, Associated Press Writers NOV 19,07

WASHINGTON - The United States plans to issue as early as Tuesday official invitations to a much-anticipated Middle East conference, to be held next week at Annapolis, Md., hoping for strong backing from a select group of Arab nations for the U.S. effort to relaunch Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. As the U.S. finalizes preparations, the State Department will start sending out invitations overnight for the event, U.S. officials said Monday. The conference will be held in Annapolis on Nov. 27 in between meetings in Washington. The main guests are the Israelis and the Palestinians, and the Bush administration also is inviting Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria and key international players in the peace process, the officials said.The invitations are to be sent by diplomatic cable to U.S. embassies in the countries concerned, with instructions to Washington's ambassadors to present them to their host governments' foreign ministries, the officials said. They will ask that each nation send its highest-ranking appropriate official to Annapolis.The White House has said President Bush will attend at least part of the event chaired by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who also will host a pre-conference dinner at the State Department on Nov. 26, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of the announcement.The State Department held off on invitations in an attempt to get as much done to prepare for the meeting before formally committing to the dates. Details about the meeting, including the guest list and agenda, are expected to be made public in the coming days.

State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said preparations for the meeting were nearly complete and Rice had spent a good deal of time over the weekend calling officials in the Middle East for last-minute consultations.Among others, Rice telephoned Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul-Gheit. She also called Lebanese President Fuad Saniora, with whom she discussed both peace efforts and Lebanon's upcoming presidential elections, McCormack said.Bush, who announced plans for the conference in July, and Rice hope Annapolis will launch the first serious round of Israel-Palestinian peace talks in more than seven years with the participants' endorsement of a joint document now being prepared by Israeli and Palestinian officials.We do have a sense that they are continuing to make progress, not only on the document but also on what comes after Annapolis, McCormack said.While awaiting the formal announcement of the conference, the State Department also welcomed pre-Annapolis steps announced Monday by Olmert's cabinet, including the release of Palestinian prisoners and a fresh commitment to not construct new settlements in the West Bank.

Our view is that the steps that the Israeli government have announced are positive confidence-building measures in the run-up to Annapolis, McCormack said, adding that such steps are points that both sides can build on, where they can build up that mutual confidence and try to improve daily lives on both sides, for both the Palestinians as well as the Israelis.Meanwhile, a large group of U.S. lawmakers urged Rice in a letter to make the most of the conference.Clearly, robust, hands-on U.S. leadership and diplomacy is necessary to frame not only on what transpires at the meeting, but on what takes place before and after it, said the letter, co-authored by Reps. Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y., and Charles Boustany Jr., R-La., and signed by 133 other members of Congress.Separately, former national security adviser Brent Scowcroft, a Rice mentor, and other well-known Washington advisers warned Bush and Rice in a letter last month that the session must tackle the substance of a permanent peace and that its failure risks devastating consequences.The letter is to be re-released Tuesday with more signatures, including Brookings Institution scholar Diana Villiers Negroponte, wife of Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte.The Annapolis invitation list has been a poorly kept secret since mid-September, when U.S. officials first began floating ideas about who should attend.The administration is hoping for significant representation from Arab countries, whose foreign ministers are to meet Thursday and Friday in Cairo to form a joint position on the conference.The U.S. has already said the 13 nations that make up the Arab League's follow-up committee on a broad Arab-Israeli peace settlement are to be invited. Aside from the Palestinians and Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa, the committee members are Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen.

Only two of the countries, Egypt and Jordan, have peace deals with Israel and some, notably Syria and Saudi Arabia, remain technically at war with the Jewish state. In September, Israel is alleged to have launched an airstrike on what some reports have said was a North Korean nuclear facility in Syria. Others expected to be invited include the members that, with the United States, make up the so-called Quartet of Mideast peacemakers — the United Nations, European Union and Russia. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will also be asked to attend in his capacity as the quartet representative to the Palestinians. Invitations may also go to select European states with a past role or interest in Mideast peacemaking such as France, Germany and Britain, along with G8 economic powers that were not covered by other invitations, such as Canada, Japan and Italy.

US welcomes Israeli promises ahead of peace meet NOV 19,07

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States welcomed Monday concessions to the Palestinians announced by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ahead of a Middle East peace conference outside Washington.
Ahead of the meeting in Annapolis, Maryland, Israel vowed to stop building new settlements in the occupied West Bank and said it would free hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the Israeli steps are positive confidence-building measures in the run-up to Annapolis.However, at talks in Jerusalem, Olmert and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas failed to agree on a joint statement ahead of Annapolis. They did vow to keep hammering away at a declaration for the peace meeting.Ultimately, these have to be efforts and a document that they are both comfortable with, McCormack said, arguing that outsiders could not bring an imposed solution to the vexed issues separating Israel and the Palestinians.That said, we are of course going to, where we can, help the sides bridge any differences in terms of their thinking, and do what we can to help them move along the pathway, the spokesman said.

He added that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke by telephone over the weekend with Olmert, Abbas, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.The US administration has said the conference will take place in the fall but has still to name a date, creating fresh criticism in the US media Monday about its goals amid skepticism from some key players like Saudi Arabia.McCormack again refused to give a date, a list of invitees or an agenda, despite statements from some foreign leaders that the conference could take place as early as next week.But he said rest assured that the governments involved have been briefed along the way, and they have a very good idea of exactly when the conference is going to be, what they need to do to get here, and what the agenda will be.While focussed on the peace process overall, the conference would also address efforts by former British prime minister Tony Blair to build up the Palestinian economy, the spokesman said.Blair, now the international community's special Middle East peace envoy, said at the weekend that he would soon announce projects to create jobs for tens of thousands of Palestinians.