SARKOZY PRESS CONFERENCE AT UN TEXT
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SARKOZY SPEECH AT THE UN
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PRESIDENT OF GEORGIA SPEECH AT THE UN
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ALL OTHER LEADERS SPEECHES AT UN SEPT 23,08
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UN RESOLUTIONS 1946 - 2007
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DAILY NOON PRESS BRIEFINGS
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France H.E. Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy, President 23 September 2008
Statement Summary
NICOLAS SARKOZY, President of France, speaking on behalf of the European Union, said that in the midst of so many difficulties, the global community had a political and moral responsibility. States must remember that they were gathered here today because, following one of the most terrible tragedies humankind had endured, men of goodwill had been determined to ensure that no one could say that when faced with misfortune, there is nothing we can do.We have a duty to act, not to endure, he said, adding that the world was beginning to gauge the tragic consequences of having waited too long. The international community could wait no longer to achieve peace, end tragedy in Darfur, and fight terrorism. To avert the food crisis and prepare for the post-oil world, fight global warming and allow everyone access to water and energy, he said: We can wait no longer.The twenty-first century could not be governed with twentieth century institutions, he said, stressing that enlarging the Security Council and the Group of Eight were not just matters of fairness, but also the necessary condition for acting responsibly. He specifically called for an enlarged G-8 that might include China, India, Mexico, South Africa and Brazil. We must not endure this world, we must build it. Let us learn to manage the most acute crises together that no one can resolve alone.
Turning to the world financial situation, he called for the leaders of countries directly concerned to meet before year’s end to examine the lessons of the most serious global financial crisis since the 1930s. It was necessary to rebuild together a regulated capitalism in which whole sections of financial activity were not left to the judgement of market operators, and in which banks did their jobs, which was to finance economic development rather than engage in speculation. In our globalized world, the fate of each is linked to that of all,he said.He went on to say that Europe wanted to set an example by acting to bring about peace, as it did so for Georgia. Europe did not want a war of civilizations, a war of religion or a cold war. Europe wants peace and peace is always possible when one truly wants it,” he said. Europe wanted links with Russia and to be Russia’s partner and he proposed building a continent-wide common economic space that would unite Russia and Europe. But Europe was also telling Russia with the same sincerity that it could not compromise on the principle of State sovereignty and independence, their territorial integrity, or respect for international law.Turning to Iran, he said Europe respected that country’s right to nuclear energy, but it would not accept a nuclear-armed Iran that would endanger the peace and stability of an entire region. It would not tolerate Iran calling for the destruction of the State of Israel.He said Europe would continue to stand by Afghanistan’s side, but would not permit a Taliban allied with Al-Qaida to again take a people hostage and turn an entire country into a terrorist base. Europe was committed to the co-development of Africa, and believed Africa had a place among the permanent members of the Security Council, he added.He said it was more than democracy that brought delegations to the Assembly; it was a respect for the dignity of one and all as we are, with the diversity of opinions, sensitivities, cultures and beliefs. This is what Europe wants: peoples united in respect, understanding and solidarity, working together for the great common cause of safeguarding the future of humanity.[Source: GA/10749]
GEORGE W SPEECH AT UN
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United States of America H.E. Mr. George W. Bush, President
23 September 2008
GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States, recalled that 63 years ago, world leaders had gathered in San Francisco to complete the United Nations Charter, and agree on a historic pledge to restore the faith and fundamental human rights of the world’s peoples. That noble pledge had endured trying hours, and still guided work today.At the same time, such ideals were being challenged by the global movement of terrorism, by those who showed contempt for all who respect life, he said. Terrorists rejected the Bible, the Koran, the Torah, and any standard of any conscience of morality. They impaired the justice and human rights that had given birth to the United Nations. Sovereign States had a responsibility to solve problems before they crossed borders; an obligation to respect rights and respond to their people’s needs.Multilateral organizations also had responsibilities, he continued. While there had been successes and setbacks, a clear lesson had emerged: the United Nations and other multilateral organizations were needed more urgently than ever. To be successful, the United Nations must be resolute. States must cooperate more closely to keep terrorist attacks from happening, and actively challenge the actions of tyranny and despair.The United Nations must continually confront terrorism, a mission that required clarity of vision, he said. Terrorists sought to impose their will on as many as possible, and bringing them to justice was the best way to protect people. No cause could justify the deliberate taking of life. Security Council resolutions said that terrorism was unlawful, and the Secretary-General earlier this month had stated that terror could never be justified. The Group of Eight (G-8) had declared that all terrorist acts were criminal, while the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) recently spoke out against terrorist bombings.
Like slavery, terrorism had no place in the modern world, he said, and nations were turning that idea into action, conducting joint operations and freezing finances. Such efforts had spared citizens from devastating blows. For seven years, Afghanistan and Iraq had transformed from regimes that sponsored terror into those that combated it. Some nations, including Syria and Iran, continued to sponsor terror. To think that the threat had receded would be wrong. The United Nations must be resolute in the fight against terror, and remain vigilant against its proliferation. In that context, he cited Security Council resolution 1540 (2004).
States must also confront the ideology of terrorists, who envisioned a world in which women were oppressed and dissent was crushed, he said. The Assembly must present an alternative that advanced the vision of freedom and the highest ideals. Doing so would serve security interests. When citizens chose their leaders, they were less likely to look to radical ideologies.Further, the United Nations must challenge tyranny as vigorously as it challenged terror, he said. From the voting booths of Afghanistan and the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, to the Rose Revolution in Georgia, people had chosen to demand their liberty. The truth was that when given a choice, people choose freedom. States had supported newly free societies through the United Nations Democracy Fund, and he urged the Assembly delegations to stand with them.The United Nations was an active civilian presence in Afghanistan, with experts facilitating humanitarian aid and protecting human rights, he said. In Iraq, the fight had been difficult, but life had improved dramatically thanks to the determination of Iraqis. He called on States to stand united for people in such areas as Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories and Georgia, where the Russian invasion was a violation of the United Nations Charter.The United States had worked with the European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to provide humanitarian relief in Georgia. He thanked Georgia, Ukraine, Iraq and other brave young democracies for their inspiring example. Freedom was a noble goal worthy of the United Nations and it should enjoy the support of all Members. Many had answered the call to help those in need, working to alleviate homelessness. Such goals advanced security interests, as terrorists found fertile ground in nations that were trapped in despair. In the shadow of hopelessness, radicalism thrived, he said, and overcoming that hopelessness required addressing poverty, disease and ignorance.
Describing his country’s launch of the Millennium Challenge Account, he urged adopting a model of partnership, not paternalism, and highlighted work to combat HIV/AIDS, notably in sub-Saharan Africa. Among the most powerful engines of prosperity were trade and investment, and many countries had conducted Free Trade Agreements. It would be most effective to tear down barriers at the global level, and reach a successful Doha agreement as soon as possible.We must open our economies, and stand firm against isolation, he said, ideas that were being tested today by turbulence in the United States financial sector. In recent weeks, the United States had taken bold steps to prevent economic disruption, and had promoted stability by preventing the disorderly failure of companies. Last week it announced actions to address the root causes of financial instability, including by purchasing assets. Congress was working to pass legislation to approve that strategy, and he was confident it would act in the urgent time frame.To have maximum impact, he called on multilateral institutions to work towards measurable goals, and be accountable for their actions. The world needed a confident United Nations. Among other things, he called for corruption to be corrected, the Human Rights Council to be immediately reviewed, stronger efforts to help the people of Burma, who lived under repression, and the Security Council to ensure that the Sudan addressed violence in Darfur.The United Nations is an organization of extraordinary potential and could affirm the promise of its founding, he said. Recalling the words of former United States President Harry S. Truman, he said success would be possible through an unshakable unity of determination. Together, States could defeat terrorism, and build a world that is freer, safer and better for generations that follow.[Source: GA/10749]
AHMADINEJADS SPEECH AMERICAN EMPIRE NEAR COLLAPSE
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23 September 2008
Text of the President Ahmadinejad's Speech Addressing the U.N. General Assembly
New York, September 23, 2008
In the Name of God the Compassionate, the Merciful (MAHUDI IRANS MESSIAH)
All praise be to Allah, the Lord of the universe, and peace and blessing be upon our Master and Prophet, Mohammad, and his pure household, and his noble companions.Oh God, hasten the arrival of Imam Al-Mahdi and grant him good health and victory and make us his followers and those who attest to his rightfulness.
Mr. President,
Excellencies,
I am grateful to the Almighty for granting me another opportunity to be present in this world Assembly.
In the last three years, I have talked to you about great hopes in the bright future of human society, and some solutions for achieving sustainable peace and expanding love, compassion, and cooperation. I have also talked about unjust systems governing the world; pressures exerted by some powers seeking to trample the rights of other nations, oppression imposed on the majority of the global community, especially on the people of Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon, Africa, Latin America, and Asia; about challenges we are faced with, such as efforts to shatter the sanctity of families, destroy cultures, humiliate lofty values, neglect commitments, expand the shadow of threats, as well as about the arms race and the unfairness and inability of the systems governing world affairs in reforming the status quo.
With the occurrence of various new developments, the debility of existing mechanisms has been revealed even more. However, at the same time, an encouraging trend, which has originated in the thoughts and beliefs of peoples, has blossomed and become stronger. Posed against the despairs caused by the new developments, this trend has ignited the ray of hope for a brilliant, desirable and beautiful future in the hearts of men.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Dear Colleagues,
Today I would like to talk to you about the main reasons behind the conditions ruling the world and the means to tackle them. Of course, you are already aware of what I am talking about, but I think it is necessary to remind ourselves.
It seems that the roots of problems lie in the way one views and perceives the world and humankind, as well as in the important issues of freedom, obeisance to God, and justice. The world, humankind, freedom and obeisance to God, and justice, have been of utmost importance to humans throughout history.
1. The World:
God Almighty purposefully created the world. This world is the bedrock for the evolution and growth of a creature called man, and the laws governing the world and all other creatures are at the service of man's quest for loftiness. The world should provide the needed opportunities for the fulfillment of the purpose behind man's creation. No phenomenon, creature, or indeed anything has been created in vain. Together they all pave the ground for the flourishing of mankind in a complex and purposeful system, and they are, each, one of the signs of God Almighty. All are His creations and He is the sole creator and ruler of the world. All existence including power, knowledge and wealth come from Him.
2. Humankind:
God created the world for humans and humans for Himself. He created humans from mud and in the soil, but He did not want them to remain in the soil and with animal instincts. He kindled the light of guidance in their souls and asked them to rise from the soil to the heavens and to Him with the help of wisdom, prophets and perfect men.
The world will ultimately disappear, but God has created man for eternity and has made them a manifestation of Himself. Creativity, mercifulness, kindness, knowledge, wisdom, zeal, concealment of sins, splendor, justice, bounteousness, generosity, greatness, love, glory, dignity, forgiveness, insight, kingship and all other goodness and beauty are attributes of God.
God has not created humans for aggression, bloodshed, rancor, selfishness and destruction. He made humans His vicegerents on earth and has asked them to, on the one hand, make earth prosper by using their God-given potentials and to prepare the ground for the growth of divine attributes in all humans, and to provide all with a life full of beauty, amity, freedom, justice and goodness; and on the other hand in pursuance of this path, to prepare for a prosperous, everlasting life endowed by God's mercy.
God has obligated humans to live divinely and socially, for it is only through social life and interactions with others that divine attributes may emerge.
3. Obeisance to God:
God Almighty has tied their perfection and true freedom of humans to their devotion and obedience to Himself. True freedom and obedience to God are in balance and in fact are two sides of the same coin.
Obeisance to God means confessing to monotheism and obeying His commands, and to be free from ungodly worship.
Obeisance to God means the acceptance of the absolute truth, the absolute light, and the absolute beauty.
Obeisance to God means abandoning selfishness and animal instincts, power-seeking and aggression, surrendering to righteousness, justice, love, and perfection.
And in this way, humans can achieve their true freedom and flourish, they can grow and manifest divine attributes, have affection for others, stand up for justice, and fear no power or threat, and defend the oppressed. In such an environment, one's freedom will not impinge on any others'. Contention and conflict are characteristic of materialistic freedom and animal instinct. The essence of all divine religions and obeisance to God and true freedom is disassociating from oppressors and instead obeying and worshiping God, for:
- God is omniscient and knows all that is revealed or kept secret, and He is kind and merciful.
- All creatures are humble before Him and resign to His will.
- God is alive and is the Creator of the universe and all life.
- God loves His creatures and desires nothing but goodness, blessings, and perfection for them, and is against bullying, injustice, selfishness and domination.
4. Justice:
Justice is the foundation of the creation of humankind and the whole universe. Justice is tantamount to placing every phenomenon in its own place, and providing humans with opportunities to actualize all their divine capabilities. Without it, the order of the universe will collapse and the opportunity for perfection will fade away. Without justice, it would be impossible for human society to taste real peace, beauty, joy and happiness. Justice is the main pillar of social life and without it, social life cannot continue or grow.
Humans need to know God in order to realize a prosperous society in this world as well as to strive for a beautiful eternal life, and to this end they first have to know themselves and strive for loftiness in themselves and their societies. However:
- as long as the world is construed as closed, limited and aimless,
- as long as eternal life is considered imaginary and illusory and afterlife and the Judgment Day as well as reward and punishment are thought of as fictional and unreal,
- as long as morals and commitment to them are called backwardness, and immorality, lies, deceit and selfishness are considered desirable, and humans are limited to a materialistic life in this world,
- as long as attempts are made to replace obedience to God and following His prophets and true freedom with servitude to materialistic tendencies and animal instincts and servitude to oppressing human beings, and contention reaches its pinnacle,
- as long as the aggressors, because of their financial, political and propaganda powers, not only escape punishment but even claim righteousness,
- and as long wars are started and nations are enslaved in order to win votes in elections, not only will the problems of the global community remain unsolved, but they will be increasingly exacerbated.
Friends and Colleagues,
Let's look at the situation of the world today:
Iraq was attacked under the false pretext of uncovering weapons of mass destruction and overthrowing a dictator. The dictator is toppled and WMDs are not uncovered. A democratic government is established by the votes of the people but, after 6 years, the occupiers are still there. They insist on imposing colonial agreements on the people of Iraq by keeping them under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter. Millions of people have been killed or displaced, and the occupiers, without a sense of shame, are still seeking to solidify their position in the political geography of the region and to dominate oil resources.
They have no respect for the people of Iraq and disregard any dignity, rights or status for them. The UN is not capable enough to solve the problems and to remove aggression, occupation and imposition.
In Palestine, 60 years of carnage and invasion is still ongoing at the hands of some criminal and occupying Zionists. They have forged a regime through collecting people from various parts of the world and bringing them to other people's land by displacing, detaining, and killing the true owners of that land. With advance notice, they invade, assassinate, and maintain food and medicine blockades, while some hegemonic and bullying powers support them. The Security Council cannot do anything and sometimes, under pressure from a few bullying powers, even paves the way for supporting these Zionist murderers. It is natural that some UN resolutions that have addressed the plight of the Palestinian people have been relegated to the archives unnoticed.
In Afghanistan, production of narcotics has multiplied since the presence of NATO forces. Domestic conflicts continue. Terrorism is spreading. And innocent people are bombarded on a daily basis in streets, markets, schools and wedding ceremonies. The people of Afghanistan are the victims of the willingness of NATO member states to dominate the regions surrounding India, China, and South Asia. The Security Council cannot do anything about it because some of these NATO members also happen to be the major decision makers in the Security Council.
In Africa, efforts are made to reestablish the relationships of the colonial era. By starting civil wars in large countries including Sudan, disintegration of those countries is planned in order to serve the interests of some corrupt powers. In case there is a national resistance, the leaders of the resistance are put under pressure by legal mechanisms created by the very same powers.
In Latin America, people find their security, national interests and cultures to be seriously endangered by the menacing shadow of alien domineering governments, and even by the embassies of some empires.
The lives, properties and rights of the people of Georgia and Ossetia and Abkhazia are victims of the tendencies and provocations of NATO and certain western powers, and the underhanded actions of the Zionists.
The never-ending arms race and the proliferation and stockpiling of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction and the threats to use them, and the establishment of missile defense systems, have made the situation unstable.
With regard to Iran's peaceful nuclear program, despite the inalienable right of all nations including the Iranian nation, in producing nuclear fuel for peaceful purposes, and despite such facts as the transparency of all Iranian activities and our country's full cooperation with the inspectors of the IAEA and the Agency's repeated confirmation of the fact that Iran's activities are peaceful, a few bullying powers have sought to put hurdles in the way of the peaceful nuclear activities of the Iranian nation by exerting political and economic pressures against Iran, and also through threatening and pressuring the IAEA. These are the same powers that produce new generations of lethal nuclear arms and possess stockpiles of nuclear weapons that no international organization is monitoring; and, the tragedies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were perpetrated by one of them.
Indeed, they are not against weapons, but they oppose other nations' progress, and tend to monopolize technologies and to use those monopolies in order to impose their will on other nations. But it is very natural that the great Iranian people, with their trust in God, and with determination and steadfastness and with the support of its friends, will resist the bullying and has defended and will continue to defend its rights. The Iranian nation is for dialogue. But it has not accepted and will not accept illegal demands. The time has come for the IAEA to present a clear report to the international community on its monitoring of the disarmament of these nuclear powers and their nuclear activities, and for a disarmament committee to be established by independent states to monitor the disarmament of these nuclear powers.
The theories of development that are in line with the hegemonic system and not in accordance with the true needs of humankind and human societies, have turned into repetitive and bland tools for assimilation of economies, expanding hegemonic domination, destroying the environment and destroying the social solidarity of nations. There is no end in sight to this. Poverty, hunger and deprivation are hurting more than one billion of the world's population and have dashed their hopes for a decent life.
The dignity, integrity and rights of the American and European people are being played with by a small but deceitful number of people called Zionists. Although they are a miniscule minority, they have been dominating an important portion of the financial and monetary centers as well as the political decision-making centers of some European countries and the US in a deceitful, complex and furtive manner. It is deeply disastrous to witness that some presidential or premiere nominees in some big countries have to visit these people, take part in their gatherings, swear their allegiance and commitment to their interests in order to attain financial or media support.
This means that the great people of America and various nations of Europe need to obey the demands and wishes of a small number of acquisitive and invasive people. These nations are spending their dignity and resources on the crimes and occupations and the threats of the Zionist network against their will.
Friends and Colleagues,
All these are due to the manner in which the immoral and the powerful view the world, humankind, freedom, obeisance to God, and justice.
The thoughts and deeds of those who think they are superior to others and consider others as second-class and inferior; who intend to remain out of the divine circle, to be the absolute slaves of their materialistic and selfish desires, who intend to expand their aggressive and domineering natures, constitute the roots of today's problems in human societies. They are the great hindrances to the actualization of material and spiritual prosperity and to security, peace and brotherhood among nations. I explicitly state that the Iranian people and the overwhelming majority of peoples and governments are against those deeds and perspectives of the world- domineering powers. Establishment of justice requires people who have achieved moderation and justice inside themselves, and have restrained their domineering attitudes and actualized their attributes of self-sacrifice and are at the service of humanity. The complete and full-scale manifestation of such characteristics can happen only under the rule of the righteous and perfect human being who is obedient to God and who is promised by the divine Prophets.
Dear Colleagues,
Of course with the grace of God Almighty a hopeful trend is flourishing in the heart and soul of human societies. The universal eagerness for justice, purity, and love for others, monotheism and the quest for perfection is clearly and increasingly on the rise. A universal resistance against the acquisitiveness, aggression and selfishness of the bullying powers is being formed. Today, the bullying powers' thoughts, practices and strategies are rejected by nations and governments, and all are seeking to establish new human relations based on justice with a view to attain prosperity, perfection, security, and sustainable welfare. This is the very auspicious phenomenon that all the traditions of creation and the ruling laws of the universe emphasize and support.
Today, the Zionist regime is on a definite slope to collapse, and there is no way for it to get out of the cesspool created by itself and its supporters. The Islamic Republic of Iran, while fully respecting the resistance of the oppressed people of Palestine and expressing its all-out support for it, submits its humane solution based on a free referendum in Palestine for determining and establishing the type of state in the entire Palestinian lands to the distinguished Secretary General of the UN.
American empire in the world is reaching the end of its road, and its next rulers must limit their interference to their own borders. Today, the thought of hegemony quickly becomes a demerit.
And now a few words with the expansionist governments ruling global relations:
Be aware that living with obedience to God and carrying out His orders, compassion for people and striving for the fulfillment of justice is to your advantage too. I invite you to return to the path of God, the Prophets and to the path of the people of the world and to the truth and justice.
The only route to salvation is a divine straight path. Otherwise, God's hand of power will emerge from the sleeve of oppressed nations and will make your life difficult, and will put an end to your hegemony.
Let's love the people of the world and respect their rights. Rectify past behavior. This will benefit you and the human community. The Iranian people are prepared, along with other nations, to help you be rescued from your current situation and to establish peace and prosperity.
My Friends,
Fortuitously, opportunities are accessible. With the grace of God Almighty, the existing pillars of the oppressive system are crumbling. Great developments in favor of humankind as well as its true and real rights are on the way. A golden and brilliant future is awaiting mankind.
A global community filled with justice, friendship, brotherhood and welfare is at hand, as I have elaborated. A community which will tread the path of beauty and love under the rule of the righteous and perfect human being, the One promised by all divine prophets and the One who is the true lover of humanity. A community that will be devoid of any fear, despair and privation. Such a community will soon be ours. The community promised by the great divine Prophets Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus Christ and Mohammad (PBUH) is about to materialize.
Let us, hand in hand, expand the thought of resistance against evil and the minority of those who are ill-wishers. Let's support goodness and the majority of people who are good and the embodiment of absolute good that is the Imam of Time, The Promised One who will come accompanied by Jesus Christ, and accordingly design and implement the just and humanistic mechanisms for regulating the constructive relationships between nations and governments.
Oh great Almighty, deliver the savior of nations and put an end to the sufferings of mankind and bring forth justice, beauty, and love.
Friends,
Let's have a proper share in the establishment of that illuminated and promised divine age.[End item. Isna News Code: 8707-01248]
BUSH SPEECH TO REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
ISRAELS LAND - ARAB-MUSLIMS DEFEAT
I MUST THANK JESUS THE GOD OF ISRAEL AND THE WHOLE EARTH FIRST AS WELL AS CHAIM RICHMAN OF TEMPLE TALK FOR REVEALING THIS TRUTH TO ME THAT GOD (JESUS)HELPED ME PUT TOGETHER HERE.
HERES THE SHOW I GOT THE INFORMATION (INSPIRATION) FROM SEPT 16,08 SHOW.
PART 1
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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.
12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
EZEKIEL 47:13-23,48:1-35
13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.
14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.
15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;
16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.
17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.
18 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.
19 And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.
20 The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.
21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
22 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD.
1 Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.
2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher.
3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali.
4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.
5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim.
6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben.
7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah.
8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.
10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.
11 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
12 And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.
13 And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.
14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD.
15 And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.
16 And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.
17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
18 And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.
19 And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.
20 All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.
21 And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.
22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.
23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion.
24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion.
25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion.
26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion.
27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion.
28 And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.
29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD.
30 And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.
31 And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.
32 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.
33 And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.
34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.
35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.
ISAIAH 54:1-10 (PROPHETIC VISION OF JERUSALEM)(ISRAELIS REDEMPTION)
1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
ISRAELIS SAY THE BARREN ONE THAT HAS NOT GIVEN BIRTH IS JERUSALEM. ITS A PROPHECY OF JERUSALEM IN THE TIME OF THE REDEMPTION. THE PROPHET MAKES A COMPARISON TO JERUSALEM AS A BARREN WOMAN, WHOS SITTING DESOLATE AND IN THE END SHE GIVES BIRTH AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THE TREMENDOUS JOY SHE FEELS. AT THE TIME OF THE REDEMPTION ALL OF HER CHILDREN WILL COME BACK INTO HER AND IT WILL BE AS SHE GAVE BIRTH.
2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
SO WHEN DOES ISRAELS INHERITED LAND ENLARGE? THROUGHT WW3 GOD WILL GIVE THE GENTILE LAND, ARAB - MUSLIM LAND TO ISRAEL IN WW3 DURING THE 7 YEAR PEACE TREATY OF DANIEL 9:27 OR DANIELS 70 WEEK IN DANIEL 9:24-27. LEFT OF JERUSALEM ON A WORLD MAP IS EGYPT AND LIBYA,SUDAN AND ETHIOPIA. AND RIGHT ON THE WORLD MAP IS SAUDI ARABIA, SYRIA, IRAQ AND IRAN.
I BELIEVE THIS VERSE IS TALKING ABOUT WAVE 1 OF WW3 WHEN THE RUSSIA-MUSLIM HORDE MARCH TO JERUSALEM BUT GOD DESTROYS 5/6TH OF THEIR ARMIES AND GIVES ISRAEL THE LAND PROMISED THEM IN THE BIBLE OR MOST OF IT BECAUSE ALL THESE MUSLIM NATIONS ARE MENTIONED IN EZEKIEL 38:5-7 AS BEING LEAD BY RUSSIA AND COMING AGAINST ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM.
WW3 THE 1ST WAVE THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL
DANIEL 11:40-43
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
EZEKIEL 38:4-7
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-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.
THIS THEN GIVES US A CLUE THAT THE 1/6TH OF THE ARMIES LEFT FROM THE RUSSIA-MUSLIM HORDE WILL BE FROM RUSSIA,GERMANY,TURKEY AND AFICAN NATIONS. NOW HOW COULD I POSSIBLY KNOW THAT? WELL ALL THE NATIONS MENTIONED IN VERSE 5 ARE LEFT AND RIGHT OF JERUSALEM ON A WORLD MAP. AND THE REMAINING COUNTRIES SHOULD BE THE 1/6TH THAT SURVIVE AND GET PUSHED BACK TO THE SIBERIAN DESERT FROM VERSE 6.
THIS THEN FITS PERFECTLY WITH WAVE 2 OF WW3 ALIGNMENT WHEN CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST AS WELL AS RUSSIA-GERMANY,TURKEY AND AFRICAN NATIONS MARCH AGAINST ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM.
REVELATION 16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THIS IS THE ATATURK DAM IN TURKEY,THEY CROSS OVER).
DANIEL 11:40-44
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA 2ND WAVE OF WW3) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
ISN'T JESUS OUR GOD AWESOME, HE LITERALLY PUT TURKEY IN VERSE 6 INSTEAD OF VERSE 5 BECAUSE THE 2ND WAVE WILL COME TO THE MIDEAST VIA TURKEY. HERES THE REST OF THE RESULT OF WW3 2ND WAVE.
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past;(WW3 WAVE-1) and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.(WAVE 2 AND 3 OF WW3)
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(IRAQ-SYRIA)
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
The Third and Final Wave of WW3 is when all Nations march to Jerusalem, but JESUS bodily returns to earth and destroys them,sets up his KINGDOM OF RULE FOR 1000 YEARS THEN FOREVER.
ISAIAH 54-4-10
4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
6 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
FOR A SMALL MOMENT HAVE I FORSAKEN THEE, THE THEE HERE IS THE 7 YEAR PEACE TREATY OF DANIEL 9:27 WHEN ISRAEL IS DECIEVED INTO THINKING THE EU WORLD DICTATOR IS THE MESSIAH. ITS DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION OR PEACE TREATY THAT THE JEWS FROM NEW YORK WILL FLOCK TO ISRAEL BY THE MILLIONS. AS IT SAYS IN VERSE 7-10. THE WRATH OF THE LORD IS THE 2ND HALF OF THE TRIBULATION PERIOD AND GOD WILL SHOW HIS MERCY AND BRING THE ISRAELIS HOME.
ISAIAH 54:7-8
7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
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.
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
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.
ISAIAH 54:9-10
9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
AND WHEN WILL THE DAYS OF NOAH BE OUR DAY (THE LAST DAYS) WHEN THE SEA AND WAVES WILL BE ROARING.
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.
MATTHEW 24:27-30
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
28 For wheresoever the carcase is,(WW3) there will the eagles be gathered together.
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
MATTHEW 24:37-39
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
THEN AT THE END OF THE 7 YR TRIBULATION OR PEACE TREATY THE TRUE MESSIAH JESUS COMES TO EARTH BODILY TO RULE FROM JERUSALEM AND COMFORT THE ISRAELIS AS WELL AS REBUILDING THE 4TH TEMPLE 25 MILES FROM JERUSALEM AS THE 4TH TEMPLE IS TO BIG TO FIT ON THE TEMPLE MOUNT. THIS TEMPLE IS IN EZEKIEL CHAPTERS 40-48 WERE JESUS WILL RULE FROM FOR THE THOUSAND YEARS, THEN FOREVER.
ISAIAH 54:11-17
11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH BODILY TO RULE AND REIGN FROM DAVIDS THRONE FOREVER AND WE COME BACK WITH HIM ON WHITE HORSES.
ACTS 1:10-11
10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
ZECHARIAH 14:4
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.
REVELATION 19:11-16
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
JUDE 14-16
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
HERES THE SHOW I GOT THE INFORMATION (INSPIRATION) FROM SEPT 16,08 SHOW.
PART 1
mms://msmedia.a7.org/arutz7/shows/rr/temple080916-1.mp3
PART 2
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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.
12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
EZEKIEL 47:13-23,48:1-35
13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.
14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.
15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;
16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.
17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.
18 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.
19 And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.
20 The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.
21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
22 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD.
1 Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.
2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher.
3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali.
4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.
5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim.
6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben.
7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah.
8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.
10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.
11 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
12 And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.
13 And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.
14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD.
15 And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.
16 And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.
17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
18 And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.
19 And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.
20 All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.
21 And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.
22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.
23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion.
24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion.
25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion.
26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion.
27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion.
28 And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.
29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD.
30 And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.
31 And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.
32 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.
33 And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.
34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.
35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.
ISAIAH 54:1-10 (PROPHETIC VISION OF JERUSALEM)(ISRAELIS REDEMPTION)
1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
ISRAELIS SAY THE BARREN ONE THAT HAS NOT GIVEN BIRTH IS JERUSALEM. ITS A PROPHECY OF JERUSALEM IN THE TIME OF THE REDEMPTION. THE PROPHET MAKES A COMPARISON TO JERUSALEM AS A BARREN WOMAN, WHOS SITTING DESOLATE AND IN THE END SHE GIVES BIRTH AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THE TREMENDOUS JOY SHE FEELS. AT THE TIME OF THE REDEMPTION ALL OF HER CHILDREN WILL COME BACK INTO HER AND IT WILL BE AS SHE GAVE BIRTH.
2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
SO WHEN DOES ISRAELS INHERITED LAND ENLARGE? THROUGHT WW3 GOD WILL GIVE THE GENTILE LAND, ARAB - MUSLIM LAND TO ISRAEL IN WW3 DURING THE 7 YEAR PEACE TREATY OF DANIEL 9:27 OR DANIELS 70 WEEK IN DANIEL 9:24-27. LEFT OF JERUSALEM ON A WORLD MAP IS EGYPT AND LIBYA,SUDAN AND ETHIOPIA. AND RIGHT ON THE WORLD MAP IS SAUDI ARABIA, SYRIA, IRAQ AND IRAN.
I BELIEVE THIS VERSE IS TALKING ABOUT WAVE 1 OF WW3 WHEN THE RUSSIA-MUSLIM HORDE MARCH TO JERUSALEM BUT GOD DESTROYS 5/6TH OF THEIR ARMIES AND GIVES ISRAEL THE LAND PROMISED THEM IN THE BIBLE OR MOST OF IT BECAUSE ALL THESE MUSLIM NATIONS ARE MENTIONED IN EZEKIEL 38:5-7 AS BEING LEAD BY RUSSIA AND COMING AGAINST ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM.
WW3 THE 1ST WAVE THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL
DANIEL 11:40-43
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
EZEKIEL 38:4-7
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-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.
THIS THEN GIVES US A CLUE THAT THE 1/6TH OF THE ARMIES LEFT FROM THE RUSSIA-MUSLIM HORDE WILL BE FROM RUSSIA,GERMANY,TURKEY AND AFICAN NATIONS. NOW HOW COULD I POSSIBLY KNOW THAT? WELL ALL THE NATIONS MENTIONED IN VERSE 5 ARE LEFT AND RIGHT OF JERUSALEM ON A WORLD MAP. AND THE REMAINING COUNTRIES SHOULD BE THE 1/6TH THAT SURVIVE AND GET PUSHED BACK TO THE SIBERIAN DESERT FROM VERSE 6.
THIS THEN FITS PERFECTLY WITH WAVE 2 OF WW3 ALIGNMENT WHEN CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST AS WELL AS RUSSIA-GERMANY,TURKEY AND AFRICAN NATIONS MARCH AGAINST ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM.
REVELATION 16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THIS IS THE ATATURK DAM IN TURKEY,THEY CROSS OVER).
DANIEL 11:40-44
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA 2ND WAVE OF WW3) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
ISN'T JESUS OUR GOD AWESOME, HE LITERALLY PUT TURKEY IN VERSE 6 INSTEAD OF VERSE 5 BECAUSE THE 2ND WAVE WILL COME TO THE MIDEAST VIA TURKEY. HERES THE REST OF THE RESULT OF WW3 2ND WAVE.
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past;(WW3 WAVE-1) and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.(WAVE 2 AND 3 OF WW3)
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(IRAQ-SYRIA)
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
The Third and Final Wave of WW3 is when all Nations march to Jerusalem, but JESUS bodily returns to earth and destroys them,sets up his KINGDOM OF RULE FOR 1000 YEARS THEN FOREVER.
ISAIAH 54-4-10
4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
6 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
FOR A SMALL MOMENT HAVE I FORSAKEN THEE, THE THEE HERE IS THE 7 YEAR PEACE TREATY OF DANIEL 9:27 WHEN ISRAEL IS DECIEVED INTO THINKING THE EU WORLD DICTATOR IS THE MESSIAH. ITS DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION OR PEACE TREATY THAT THE JEWS FROM NEW YORK WILL FLOCK TO ISRAEL BY THE MILLIONS. AS IT SAYS IN VERSE 7-10. THE WRATH OF THE LORD IS THE 2ND HALF OF THE TRIBULATION PERIOD AND GOD WILL SHOW HIS MERCY AND BRING THE ISRAELIS HOME.
ISAIAH 54:7-8
7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
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.
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
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.
ISAIAH 54:9-10
9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
AND WHEN WILL THE DAYS OF NOAH BE OUR DAY (THE LAST DAYS) WHEN THE SEA AND WAVES WILL BE ROARING.
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.
MATTHEW 24:27-30
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
28 For wheresoever the carcase is,(WW3) there will the eagles be gathered together.
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
MATTHEW 24:37-39
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
THEN AT THE END OF THE 7 YR TRIBULATION OR PEACE TREATY THE TRUE MESSIAH JESUS COMES TO EARTH BODILY TO RULE FROM JERUSALEM AND COMFORT THE ISRAELIS AS WELL AS REBUILDING THE 4TH TEMPLE 25 MILES FROM JERUSALEM AS THE 4TH TEMPLE IS TO BIG TO FIT ON THE TEMPLE MOUNT. THIS TEMPLE IS IN EZEKIEL CHAPTERS 40-48 WERE JESUS WILL RULE FROM FOR THE THOUSAND YEARS, THEN FOREVER.
ISAIAH 54:11-17
11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH BODILY TO RULE AND REIGN FROM DAVIDS THRONE FOREVER AND WE COME BACK WITH HIM ON WHITE HORSES.
ACTS 1:10-11
10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
ZECHARIAH 14:4
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.
REVELATION 19:11-16
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
JUDE 14-16
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
54,000 BABBIES SICK IN CHINA
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.
Typhoon Hagupit approaches Hong Kong SEPT 23,08
HONG KONG - Typhoon Hagupit spun closer to Hong Kong on Tuesday forcing the city to shut schools and halt flights. Typhoon Hagupit was expected to brush past Hong Kong late Tuesday before slamming into mainland China, the Hong Kong Observatory said.
Earlier, Hagupit brought heavy rain in Taiwan and the Philippines where 13 miners were trapped in a flooded gold mine shaft.Typhoon-driven rain is also expected to flood low-lying areas in Hong Kong, the weather forecaster said.Hagupit was centered about 130 miles south-southeast of Hong Kong and was expected to move west or west-northwest at about 17.4 miles per hour to the south China coast.The Hong Kong government closed all schools in the territory. At least 61 flights were canceled, according to the Airport Authority.
Typhoon kills 3 in Philippines, heads for China Tue Sep 23, 12:37 AM ET
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A typhoon was gathering strength in the South China Sea on Tuesday and heading toward Hong Kong after killing three people in the northern Philippines and trapping 13 people in a gold mine. The Hong Kong Observatory raised its strong warning wind signal number 3 with Typhoon Hagupit edging west-northwest at about 30 kph toward the south China coast.The observatory will consider the need for the No. 8 gale or storm signal around dusk today, it said.
The highest signal is 10.
Hong Kong kindergartens were closed for the day and the city's bustling container ports and terminals were due to suspend operations in the afternoon.Hagupit, which means lashing in Filipino, was estimated to be 380 km (236 miles) southeast of Hong Kong at 10 a.m. (10 p.m. EDT) and was expected to make landfall in China on Wednesday.In the Philippines, the coastguard rescued 21 people from three cargo and fishing vessels that sank in rough waters as Hagupit passed the north coast on Monday. In total, three people were killed and four were missing.Authorities in the northern province of Benguet said 13 gold miners were trapped when water levels rose after heavy rain.We are working on rescue operations and our priority is to suction out the water first, said provincial Governor Nestor Fongwan.The Philippine National Disaster Coordinating Council said about 120 people had fled their homes in a northern mountain village due to fears of landslide as the weather bureau lowered typhoon alerts. Taiwan also lifted its land and sea warnings after the typhoon brushed the island's southern tip overnight, causing no injuries or damage, officials said.Some areas in the northern Philippines remained isolated due to floods and landslides and without power and telephone service.Tropical Storm Watch (http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/) labeled it a category 3 storm on a scale of five.
In June, about 600 people were killed and about 15 billion pesos ($325 million) worth of property and farms were destroyed by a typhoon that hit the central Philippines. Seven cargo vessels and a ferry carrying 800 people also sank.Tropical storms in the region gather intensity from the warm ocean waters and frequently develop into typhoons that hit Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines and southern China during a season that lasts from early summer to late autumn.(Reporting by Manny Mogato, Nick Macfie, James Pomfret and Ralph Jennings; Editing by Nick Macfie)
Storm flooding kills four in Puerto Rico By John Marino
Mon Sep 22, 2:45 PM ET
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - A tropical disturbance dumped up to 20 inches of rain on Puerto Rico, killing four people and flooding scores of homes, businesses and roads, authorities said on Monday. Up to 12 inches more rain were expected and flash flood warnings were posted across the island. Schools and many businesses were closed and officials urged people to stay inside.We are expecting it to continue raining throughout the island and anticipate up to 12 inches in the southeast, Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila said at a press conference.The weather system has the potential to develop into a tropical storm by Wednesday as it moves northwest away from Puerto Rico, said National Weather Service meteorologist Sean Rossi.If the scattered mass of thunderstorms becomes well organized with winds of 39 miles per hour (63 km per hour), it would become Tropical Storm Kyle.Computer forecast models took it north-northwest over the Dominican Republic and Haiti and then into the Atlantic. Haiti has already been hit hard by recent hurricanes and tropical storms. About 700 people died when the impoverished nation was hammered by floods triggered by torrential rains from Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike.Some anticipated the latest tropical weather system would hit the Carolinas or the northeast U.S. coast, while other models kept it over the open seas. It was not expected to enter the Gulf of Mexico, where U.S. oil and gas facilities were still recovering from Hurricane Ike.In Puerto Rico, the U.S. territory's southern coast was hardest hit by flooding. Several rivers, including the Rio Grande de Arecibo and Rio de La Plata, surged over their banks.
Scores of roadways were flooded and two major highways were partly closed because of mudslides.A 52-year-old man drowned after his car was swept away by floodwaters on Sunday and a 44-year-old man drowned while trying to rescue another motorist whose car was stuck in a flooded road, police said.A third man was driving with his wife and suffered a fatal heart attack when their vehicle was swept up in floodwaters. The fourth victim suffered a fatal heart attack while trying to remove water from his flooded home, police said.
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
HALF HOUR STOCK MARKET RESULTS SEPT 23,08
09:30 AM +33.93
10:00 AM +59.42
10:30 AM +90.32
11:00 AM +22.78
11:30 AM +63.96
12:00 PM +36.80
12:30 PM +21.36
01:00 PM -72.24
01:30 PM -152.28
02:00 PM -73.75
02:30 PM -10.23
03:00 PM +35.00
03:30 PM -16.96
04:00 PM -161.52 - 10854.17 (DOW)
S&P 500 1188.22 - 18.87
NAS 2153.34 - 25.64
Bush, world leaders try to contain market fallout By Patrick Worsnip and Matt Spetalnick SEPT 23,08
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - President George W. Bush and other world leaders scrambled on Tuesday to contain the fallout from a financial crisis engulfing Wall Street and sending shock waves across the globe. In his farewell speech to the United Nations, Bush offered assurances of his commitment to stabilizing world markets, for the moment overshadowing international concerns about tense standoffs with Russia, Iran and North Korea.But he also faced criticism at the annual General Assembly gathering of world leaders over the excesses of global capitalism that Washington has long pushed as the path to economic growth and prosperity.Bush spoke amid intensive efforts in Washington to craft an unprecedented $700 billion bailout spurred by the worst upheaval in the U.S. financial system since the Great Depression.I can assure you that my administration and our Congress are working together to quickly pass legislation approving this strategy, and I'm confident we will act in the urgent time frame required, Bush said.But the main thrust of his speech, his eighth and final to the United Nations, was a call to redouble the international fight against terrorism -- a focus Brazil's president said was regrettable given the severity of the financial crisis.With investors still worried and the meltdown spreading internationally, other economic powers are also feeling the pinch. Poor countries fear this could lead to cuts in the aid budgets of their biggest donors.Speaking a few miles from Wall Street, U.N. Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon said financial turmoil endangers efforts to cut world poverty and demands a new approach with less uncritical faith in the magic of markets.His words resonated with delegates of leftist governments that have long opposed the free market orthodoxy the Bush administration has advocated.
BOUNDLESS GREED
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a former labor leader with close ties to Washington, blamed the crisis on speculators. We must not allow the burden of the boundless greed of a few to be shouldered by all, he said.Reflecting the depth of concern among dozens of world leaders assembled at U.N. headquarters, Lula gently chided Bush for not devoting more of his speech to what the U.S. government is doing to curb the financial meltdown.He opted to talk again about terrorism, Lula told reporters. I was expecting he was going to talk about the economic crisis because I think this is the most important thing at this moment.French President Nicolas Sarkozy called for a summit of world leaders by year's end to address the financial crisis.Let us build together a regulated capitalism in which whole swathes of financial activity are not left to the sole judgment of market operators, he said.
Invoking the pain felt in the Third World, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said, Economic uncertainty has moved like a tsunami around the globe, wiping away gains.Bush reasserted accusations that Iran and Syria sponsor terrorism -- charges they deny -- and urged U.N. member states to enforce sanctions against Iran and North Korea over their nuclear programs.Foreign ministers from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States are planning to meet on Thursday to discuss the possibility of drafting a fourth U.N. sanctions resolution against Tehran over its nuclear program. Previous rounds of sanctions and an offer of economic incentives have failed to budge Iran, which denies it seeks nuclear weapons and insists it only wants nuclear energy. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, an outspoken U.S. foe who was present for Bush's speech, was certain to contradict Bush when he addresses the assembly in the afternoon. Bush renewed U.S. support for Georgia, which Russia invaded in August after the former Soviet republic tried to retake control of its pro-Moscow breakaway region of South Ossetia. But Bush was less strident in his criticism of Russia than he had been previously. The United Nations Charter sets forth the equal rights of nations large and small, he said. Russia's invasion of Georgia was a violation of those words.Russia's military resurgence has added to an East-West chill not seen since the Cold War. But Bush must walk a cautious line. He still needs Moscow's diplomatic cooperation on issues such as reining in Iran's nuclear program. With Bush leaving office in four months, many world leaders are already looking beyond him to the next U.S. president -- Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama, locked in a close battle ahead of a November 4 election. (Editing by Chris Wilson) (Additional reporting by Jeremy Pelofsky, Sue Pleming, Louis Charbonneau, Isabel Versiani, Walter Brandimarte and Claudia Parsons in New York and Tabassum Zakaria in Washington)
Bernanke: Approve bailout or risk recession By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and JEANNINE AVERSA, Associated Press Writers SEPT 23,08
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke bluntly warned reluctant lawmakers Tuesday they risk a recession with higher unemployment and increased home foreclosures unless they act on the Bush administration's $700 billion plan to bail out the financial industry. Despite the warning, influential lawmakers in both parties demanded changes in the White House-backed proposal, and conservative Republicans recoiled at the prospect of federal intervention into private capital markets.Six weeks before the elections, both major party presidential contenders also insisted on alterations in the administration's prescription for the worst financial crisis in decades.Bernanke's remarks about the risk of recession came in response to a question from Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., who seemed eager to hear a strong rationale for lawmakers to act swiftly on the administration's unprecedented request.The financial markets are in quite fragile condition and I think absent a plan they will get worse, Bernanke said.Ominously, he added, I believe if the credit markets are not functioning, that jobs will be lost, that our credit rate will rise, more houses will be foreclosed upon, GDP will contract, that the economy will just not be able to recover in a normal, healthy way.GDP is a measure of growth, and a decline correlates with a recession.Dodd later spoke disparagingly of the administration's proposal. What they have sent us is not acceptable, he told reporters after presiding over a lengthy Senate Banking Committee hearing at which Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson urged swift action by Congress.
Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the panel's senior Republican, added, We have got to look at some alternatives to the administration's plan.The legislation that the administration is seeking would allow the government to buy bad mortgages and other troubled assets held by endangered banks and financial institutions.Getting those debts off their books should bolster the institutions' balance sheets, making them more inclined to lend and easing one of the biggest choke points in the credit crisis. If the plan works, it could help lift a major weight off the sputtering national economy.The White House and key lawmakers have been in negotiations since the weekend on terms of the legislation. It was not clear what impact the new congressional complaints would have on the discussions.Nobody is happy about the bailout request, said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., although he spoke of possible passage of legislation by the weekend.Nobody wants to have to do this, agreed Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the Republican leader. He said he was hopeful of a quick agreement.Presidential politics have become part of the debate.
Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate, called a news conference to urge changes in what he called the administration's stubborn inflexibility.He said Wall Street executives must not be allowed to walk away from the mess with multimillion-dollar severance packages, taxpayers who are bearing the risk of the bailout must benefit if it succeeds and homeowners should be able to get relief from unaffordable mortgages.Obama's Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain, has also said he wants steps to limit the compensation of CEOs who leave financially wrecked firms. The stakes were unmistakable. I understand speed is important, but I'm far more interested in whether or not we get this right, Dodd said at the hearing.
Later, he told reporters he hopes for legislation soon.
But it is not going to be a blank check or a simple signing on to a bill that sends a blank check to this secretary or any other secretary. He noted that either Obama or McCain would probably be appointing a new treasury secretary after he takes over in the White House. Across the Capitol complex, Vice President Dick Cheney and Jim Nussle, the administration's budget director, met privately with restive House Republicans, some of whom emerged from the session unpersuaded. Just because God created the world in seven days doesn't mean we have to pass this bill in seven days, said Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas. Added Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., I am emphatically against it.Still, prospects for legislation seemed strong, with lawmakers eager to adjourn this week or next for the elections. Differences include a demand from many Democrats and some Republicans to strip executives at failing financial firms of lucrative golden parachutes on their way out the door. The administration balked at another key Democratic demand: allowing judges to rewrite bankrupt homeowners' mortgages so they could avoid foreclosure. Paulson, seated next to Bernanke at the committee hearing, objected strongly when Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., asked if $150 billion might be enough to get the program started, with a promise of more to come. Paulson said that would be a grave mistake, and would fail to give the markets the confidence they need to rebound. Paulson repeatedly fielded questions from committee members asking why taxpayers should accept the burdens of a bailout. You worry about taxpayers being on the hook? he replied at one point. Guess what — they're already on the hook. Paulson suggested that the fallout from the credit crisis would hit everyone's pocketbook unless forceful action was taken. Moreover, a flawed and outdated regulatory system, which didn't catch abuses, needed to be overhauled, he said.
Despite the unresolved issues, President Bush predicted the Democratic-controlled Congress would soon pass a a robust plan to deal with serious problems. He spoke before the United Nations General Assembly. In his testimony before the Banking Committee, Paulson told senators that quick passage of the administration's plan is the single most effective thing we can do to help homeowners, the American people and stimulate our economy.But even before Paulson could speak, lawmakers expressed unhappiness, criticism of the plan and — in the case of some conservative Republicans — outright opposition. This massive bailout is not a solution. It is financial socialism and it's un-American, said Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky. So far this year, a dozen federally insured banks and thrifts have failed, compared with three last year. The country's largest thrift, Washington Mutual Inc., is faltering. The U.S. has taken extraordinary measures in recent weeks to prevent a financial calamity, which would have devastating implications for the broader economy. It has, among other things, taken control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, provided an $85 billion emergency loan to insurance colossus American International Group Inc. and temporarily banned short selling of hundreds of financial stocks
Dodd: No second act to fixing financial mess By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and JEANNINE AVERSA, AP Economics Writer SEPT 23,08
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration urgently pressed Congress in public and private Tuesday to move quickly on a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry as Democratic and Republican lawmakers vented their anger over a crisis that pushed the nation's economy to the brink. Stocks rose in the opening hour as Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson went before the Senate Banking Committee to say that quick passage of the administration's plan is the single most effective thing we can do to help homeowners, the American people and stimulate our economy.But even before Paulson could speak, lawmakers expressed their unhappiness.We all recognize the gravity of the situation, said Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., the committee's chairman. He said a combination of private greed and public regulatory neglect had produced an economic maelstrom.Sen. Richard C. Shelby of Alabama, the panel's senior Republican, was even more blunt. I have long opposed government bailouts for individuals and corporate American alike, he said. Seated a few feet away from Paulson and Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal reserve, he added, We have been given no credible assurances that this plan will work. We could very well send $700 billion, or a trillion, and not resolve the crisis.Dodd and other key Democrats have been in private negotiations with the administration since the weekend on legislation designed to allow the government to buy bad debts held by banks and other financial institutions. Key details remain unresolved, although the Democratic-controlled Congress is expected to vote in the next several days on a far-reaching measure.The hearing unfolded as Vice President Dick Cheney and Jim Nussle, the Bush administration's budget director, met privately with House Republicans. Some members of the GOP rank and file have expressed concerns about the bailout proposal, either because they view it as an unwarranted government intrusion into the financial markets, or because the $700 billion price tag gives them pause.Just because God created the world in seven days doesn't mean we have to pass this bill in seven days, said Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas.Added Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., I am emphatically against it.Despite the bipartisan unhappiness, the prospects for legislation seemed strong.
Differences remained, though, including a demand from many Democrats and some Republicans to strip executives at failing financial firms of lucrative golden parachutes on their way out the door.The administration is balking at another key Democratic demand: allowing judges to rewrite bankrupt homeowners' mortgages so they could avoid foreclosure.The administration's plan is designed to let the government buy bad mortgages and other troubled assets held by endangered banks and financial institutions. Getting those debts off their books should bolster their balance sheets, making them more inclined to lend and easing one of the biggest choke points in the credit crisis. If the plan works, it should help lift a major weight off the sputtering economy.Buttressing Paulson's comments, Bernanke said in his prepared remarks that action by lawmakers is urgently required to stabilize the situation and avert what otherwise could be very serious consequences for our financial markets and for our economy.So far this year, a dozen federally insured banks and thrifts have failed, compared with three last year. The country's largest thrift, Washington Mutual Inc., is faltering.President Bush was in New York, his speech before the United National General assembly crafted to offer assurances to world leaders that the U.S. government has its financial problem under control.He said he is confident that Congress will pass the necessary legislation to deal with the problem and said he has assured other leaders that the financial package is a robust plan to deal with serious problems. He said there are ideas about how to change it, but that there is a desire to get a package done quickly.The U.S. has taken extraordinary measures in recent weeks to prevent a financial calamity, which would have devastating implications for the broader economy. It has, among other things, taken control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, provided an $85 billion emergency loan to insurance colossus American International Group Inc. and temporarily banned short selling of hundreds of financial stocks. Bernanke and Paulson defended their unprecedented steps — many just in the past few weeks — to stem the crisis. Even so, Bernanke said that global financial markets remain under extraordinary stress.In promoting the massive rescue plan, Paulson said the piecemeal approach the government has taken so far was necessary but insufficient.
We must now take further, decisive action to fundamentally and comprehensively address the root cause of this turmoil, the Treasury chief said. The root cause goes back to the rotten debts held by financial institutions, which are choking off the flow of lending, a crucial ingredient to the economy's health. Wall Street has been dramatically reshaped amid all the fallout. The Fed agreed to let Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley — the country's last two investment banks — become bank holding companies so that they can take deposits, like a commercial bank, in a bid to survive. Merrill Lynch agreed to be bought by Bank of America. Lehman Brothers sought bankruptcy protection, and Bear Stearns was taken over by JPMorgan Chase.
No need to regulate hedge funds, commission says
ELITSA VUCHEVA Today SEPT 23,08 @ 09:24 CET
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – Hedge funds and private equity should be watched closely, but no new regulation in the field is needed, EU internal market commissioner Charlie McCreevy told MEPs who called for legislation to make the way such funds work more transparent.I don't believe it is necessary at this stage to tar hedge funds and private equity with the same brush as we use for the regulated sector. The issues relating to the current turmoil are different, Mr McCreevy told parliamentarians gathered for a plenary session in Brussels on Monday (22 September).
He underlined that several recent market initiatives indicate that the need to remain vigilant is understood by the sector.Our role should be to monitor closely these and other developments in the market and be ready to respond if and when necessary, he said.The commissioner acknowledged the need to take measures in the face of the current crisis, which he said would eventually transform the financial sector.No one is out of the woods yet. There are difficult trading conditions ahead. The downturn in economies will have its effects, he said.However, he insisted that the investment funds should not be blamed for the turmoil and that one should rather focus on better monitoring of international banks.It has turned out that it was the regulated sector that had been allowed to run amok with little understood securitisation vehicles, the commissioner stressed, referring to the banking sector.
Criticism from the left
Mr McCreevy went further, pointing out the positive effects that their [hedge funds'] activities have.Let me be clear: The EU economy is going to need massive investment in the time ahead. Without sovereign wealth funds; private equity and the like, Europe's recovery from today's turmoil will be all the slower, he stressed.But his opinions were far from receiving universal backing from the parliamentarians, with some Socialist MEPs strongly criticising his stance.It's like hearing there is hurricane and tsunami coming and he's telling us we have to reflect on the positive things, Dutch Socialist Ieke van den Burg said, calling the commissioner's position ridiculous.It's leaving the mouse in charge of the cheese. Voluntary codes of conduct are useless, added her Spanish colleague Manuel Medina Ortega.MEPs are later this week set to adopt a report by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, president of the European Socialists, calling for the commission to prepare legislative proposals strengthening the control over all relevant financial market participants, including hedge funds and private equity.
Backing the US initiative
Meanwhile, the European Commission, as well as the Group of Seven industrialised nations – G7, welcomed the most recent measures taken by the US to counter the credit crisis, including a $700-billion rescue plan aiming to buy back bad debt from US banks and financial institutions.The announcement of the initiative was very positive but we need to know the details, EU economic and monetary affairs commissioner Joaquin Almunia told reporters during a visit to Bratislava, AFP reports.It is up to [EU] governments to consider if they can follow this initiative. The situation is not the same in Europe, he added.Additionally, the finance ministers and central bank governors of the United States, Japan, Canada, Britain, France, Germany and Italy - or the G7, stated: We strongly welcome the extraordinary actions taken by the United States to enhance the stability of financial markets and address credit concerns.We are ready to take whatever actions may be necessary, individually and collectively, to ensure the stability of the international financial system, they added, AFP reports.But some national leaders, such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, have shown some reserve towards the need to copy the US.
From the German government's point of view, a measure such as the one that the US has drawn up is not necessary at the moment, because the situation is not the same, a spokesperson for the chancellor was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.Ms Merkel would also like the 15 October EU summit in Brussels to tackle global finance issues in the wake of the crisis, Polish news agency PAP reports.
Iranian president blames US for market collapse By KRISTA LARSON, Associated Press Writer SEPT 23,08
UNITED NATIONS - Iran's president blamed U.S. military interventions around the world in part for the collapse of global financial markets and said the campaign against his country's nuclear program was solely due to the Bush administration and a couple of their European friends.President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's interviews, ahead of his speech to the United Nations on Tuesday, came after the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned that he could not determine whether Iran is hiding some nuclear activities.Last year, thousands rallied at the United Nations to protest Ahmadinejad's speech. When Ahmadinejad was ushered to the podium of the General Assembly to speak, the U.S. delegation walked out, leaving only a low-ranking note-taker to listen to his speech.In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Ahmadinejad said the collapse of global financial markets was due in large part to U.S. military interventions abroad.Problems do not arise suddenly, he said. The U.S. government has made a series of mistakes in the past few decades. The imposition on the U.S. economy of the years of heavy military engagement and involvement around the world ... the war in Iraq, for example. These are heavy costs imposed on the U.S. economy.The world economy can no longer tolerate the budgetary deficit and the financial pressures occurring from markets here in the United States, and by the U.S. government, he added.In a separate interview with National Public Radio, Ahmadinejad said he does not want confrontation with the United States. He said he wants diplomatic relations to develop between the two countries and was willing, for example, to cooperate on upholding security in Iraq.We do not have confrontations with anyone, he said. The U.S. administration interferes, and we defend ourselves.Despite U.N. sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, Ahmadinejad claimed vast international support for his position and said the campaign consisted of only three or four countries, led by the United States and with a couple of their European friends.
Iran insists its nuclear activities are geared only toward generating power. But Israel says the Islamic Republic could have enough nuclear material to make its first bomb within a year. The U.S. estimates Tehran is at least two years away from that stage.Ahmadinejad's speech will come just hours after President Bush made his final address to the General Assembly.In his speech, Bush said he realizes that other nations are watching how the United States deals with the financial meltdown that is shaking the global economy. He said that his administration is working with Congress to come to fast agreement on a $700 billion bailout bill, in addition to other recent actions he called bold steps aimed at stabilizing markets and keeping credit flowing.Bush said he is confident that the U.S. will act in the urgent timeframe required to prevent broader problems. He did not ask for any action by other countries.The U.S. president also met on the sidelines of the General Assembly with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.Pakistan is under growing pressure from the United States to act against al-Qaida and Taliban insurgents along its border with Afghanistan, a staging ground for attacks against coalition troops in Afghanistan and bombings in Pakistan. Pakistan accuses the U.S. of violating its sovereignty.Also Tuesday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for global leadership to restore order to international financial markets, make trade concessions and act on climate change.Addressing more than 120 world leaders and dozens of ministers, Ban painted a grim picture of a world facing not only a financial crisis but food and energy crises as well as new outbreaks of war and violence and new rhetoric of confrontation.We must do more to help our fellow human beings weather the gathering storm, he said. I see a danger of nations looking more inward, rather than toward a shared future. I see a danger of retreating from the progress we have made, particularly in the realm of development and more equitably sharing the fruits of global growth.Turning to the U.S. financial meltdown which has spread around the world, the secretary-general said the global financial crisis endangers all our work — financing for development, social spending in rich nations and poor, the Millennium Development Goals to improve life for the poorest. We need to restore order to the international financial markets, he said. We need a new understanding on business ethics and governance, with more compassion and less uncritical faith in the magic of markets. And we must think about how the world economic system should evolve to more fully reflect changing realities of our time.
I BELIEVE THE CRASH WILL FORCE ISRAELIS TO GO TO ISRAEL LIKE GOD SAYS WILL HAPPEN. HE WILL USE THE STOCK MARKET CRASH TO MAKE ISRAELIS REALISE JESUS IS GOD AND HIS WORDS ARE TRUTH AND ISRAELIS WILL FLOCK TO ISRAEL FROM NEW YORK AND FINALLY MAKE THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT REBUILD THE 3RD TEMPLE. WITH AT LEAST 3 MILLION ISRAELIS GOING TO ISRAEL FROM NEW YORK, THEY WILL OUT NUMBER ARABS AND CAN FORCE THE 3RD TEMPLE TO BE REBUILT. SO WE SEE GOD DOES NOT HAVE TO QUAKE THE DOME OF THE ROCK. ISRAEL CAN TAKE OVER THEIR MOUNT BY PURE NUMBERS.
With Wall Street in turmoil, some turn to religion Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:34pm EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As financial workers suffer through tumultuous times on Wall Street, some are turning to an old source of solace: religion.Religious leaders said attendance was up at lunchtime meetings in New York's financial district last week, with many more people in business attire than usual.That is hardly surprising, said Reverend Mark Bozzuti-Jones of Trinity Church Wall Street, given that people don't know if their employers will survive from one day to the next.The economic financial crisis is a reminder that we cannot put our faith in riches, that we cannot put our faith in money, Bozzuti-Jones said in his sermon at lunchtime on Friday, which he devoted to coping with the financial crisis.A handful of men in suits and ties and women in business attire were among dozens of people at the Episcopal church, which was hit by debris from the World Trade Center collapse on September 11, 2001.The church, which normally attracts tourists and a few financial workers, experienced an upturn in visitors this week, Bozzuti-Jones said. In the past few days he had requests for help to pay rent from those who had lost their jobs.People are just sitting there, praying or crying and definitely exhausted. There has definitely been an increase in the number of people who have come in, he said in his office after the service.The church was putting on special workshops and seminars over the next few weeks including Coping with stress in an uncertain time and Navigating career transitions.Just a few blocks away, St. Peter's Church has seen a slight uptick in attendance among people in suits, said Father Peter Madigan. St. Peter's, a Catholic church, displays a cross found in the rubble of September 11.
In the past couple of days there was high anxiety and trepidation, Madigan said. The situation we are faced with today by economic standards is very much unknown, uncharted territory and faith helps us deal with those situations.The Wall Street Synagogue is opening its doors nightly starting this week to accommodate Wall Street people. But rather than a rush of people last week, Rabbi Meyer Hager said he has noticed a change in his regular worshippers.I can see it on the faces of certain people who come here who are regular people -- some work for AIG and other large banking houses -- I can see the expression of strained concern, he said.He noted that the synagogue was founded in 1929, the year of the Wall Street crash.A mosque located in the financial district about a mile from Wall Street did not return a call seeking comment.Lou Janicek, who works as a financial adviser on Wall Street, said he had not considered attending a religious service, but said Wall Street would benefit if people applied the same morals they learned in church to the workplace.
What you do at work matters as much as whether you regularly attend church or the synagogue or whatever, said Janicek, who was brought up as a Christian. If you are an accountant or you find yourself in an unethical situation, you can't just stand by and let it happen -- then you have another Enron.(Reporting by Christine Kearney; Editing by Eddie Evans)
Are Bibles giants set for return? Author warns genetic engineering could bring back Nephilim September 19, 2008 8:04 pm Eastern 2008 WorldNetDaily
The benei Elohim saw the daughters of Adam, that they were fit extensions.
Genesis 6:2 (Interlinear Hebrew Bible)
New experiments in genetic engineering could open the doors for the return of fearsome giants described in the Bible – the offspring of human women and fallen angels – warns author Thomas Horn in his best-selling book, Nephilim Stargates: The Year 2012 and the Return of the Watchers.In the Book of Genesis, beings of great stature called giants appear, which some biblical scholars believe came into existence after powerful angels known as Watchers' descended to earth and used women (or their biological matter) to construct bodies of flesh, which they used to extend themselves into the material world.The Apocryphal books of Enoch, 2 Esdras, Genesis Aprocryphon and Jasher support the Genesis story, adding that the sin of the angels grew to include genetic modification of animals as well as humans. The Book of Jasher, mentioned in the Bible in Joshua 10:13 and 2 Samuel 1:18, says, After the fallen angels went into the daughters of men, the sons of men taught the mixture of animals of one species with the other, in order to provoke the Lord (4:18).
This clear reference to the Genesis 6 record illustrates that animals were included in whatever cross-species experiments were being conducted, and that this activity resulted in judgment from God, explains Horn. The Book of Enoch also supports this species-crossing report, saying that the fallen angels who merged with women also sinned 'against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and fish' (7:5,6). The Old Testament contains associated reference to genetic mutations, which developed among humans following this activity, including unusual size, physical strength, six fingers, six toes, animal appetite for blood and even lion-like features among men (2Sam 21:20; 23:20).Now, in Nephilim Stargates: The Year 2012 and the Return of the Watchers, he asks, What if, by corrupting the species barrier in which each creature was to recreate after its own kind, Watchers (or demons) had successfully mingled human-animal DNA, creating something new, a construct that God had not made, manipulating genetic material and crossing the species barrier, which God had forbade, resulting in a body they could incarnate within? Horn believes the fact that these powerful angels blended species in this way is vital to understanding how they were able to leave their plane of existence, and to enter ours, activity that the New Testament writers Peter and Jude say led to the judgment of God (see 2 Pet. 2:4; Jude 6).The reason these beings had to blend species in order to create a suitable body into which they could extend themselves, he says, is because every creature as it existed at that time had its beginning in God. All life extended back to the Creator's divine order. God spoke living organisms into existence, something the angels could not do, setting the various species in motion and then commanding that each kind would reproduce after its own kind.Horn continues: This would have been problematic for the Watchers who wanted to leave their estate and to enter our three dimensional reality in bodily form. But they could no more displace the innate spirit of any of the creatures God had made than can an exorcist cast a person's innate spirit out of them. These rebel angels wanted to do more than possess humans, they wanted incarnation, and the divine order was keeping them from becoming embodied.Horn hypothesizes that, through genetic engineering, they created blended beings, not entirely human or animal – creatures that neither humans nor animal spirits would indwell, for they were neither man nor beast. This provided bodies into which they could extend themselves, just as is described in numerous ancient texts.
The results of this genetic modification were the giants known as Nephilim, he says.
Given what is happening in science today, Horn wonders if modern biotechnology may be about to repeat the science of Watchers, and, worse, provide a pathway for the return of the Nephilim.Today, molecular biologists classify the functions of genes within native species but are unsure in many cases how a gene's coding might react from one species to another. In recombinant DNA technology, a transgenic organism is created when the genetic structure of one specie is altered by the transfer of a gene or genes from another. This could change not only the genetic structure of the modified animal and its offspring, but its adaptive development, sensory modalities, disease propensity, personality and behavior traits among other things.Such transgenic tinkering already exists in many parts of the world including the United States, Britain and Australia, where animal eggs are being used to create hybrid human embryos from which stem cell lines can be produced for medical research. A team at Newcastle and Durham universities in the UK recently announced plans to create hybrid rabbit and human embryos, as well as other chimera embryos mixing human and cow genes. The same researchers have already managed to reanimate tissue from dead human cells in another breakthrough which was heralded as a way of overcoming ethical dilemmas over using living embryos for medical research. In the United States, similar studies led Irv Weissman, director of Stanford University's Institute of Cancer/Stem Cell Biology and Medicine in California to create mice with partly human brains, causing some ethicists to raise the issue of humanized animals in the future that could become self aware as a result of genetic modification. President Bush in his Jan. 31, 2006, State of the Union Address, called for legislation to prohibit … creating human-animal hybrids, and buying, selling, or patenting human embryos.Not everybody shares these concerns. A radical, international, intellectual, and cultural movement known as Transhumanism supports the use of new sciences including genetic modification to enhance human mental and physical abilities and aptitudes so that human beings will eventually be transformed into beings with such greatly expanded abilities as to merit the label posthuman.
Dr. James Hughes, executive director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, is a transhumanist who teaches at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn.. He is also the author of Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future, a sort of bible for transhumanist values.Over the last two years numerous law schools including Stanford and Oxford have hosted Human Enhancement and Technology conferences where transhumanists, futurists, bioethicists and legal scholars merged to discuss the ethical and legal ramifications of posthumans.In his book Life, Liberty and the Defense of Dignity: The Challenges of Bioethics, the former chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics, Leon Kass, provided a status report on transhumanism. He warned in the introduction that Human nature itself lies on the operating table, ready for alteration, for eugenic and psychic enhancement, for wholesale redesign. In leading laboratories, academic and industrial, new creators are confidently amassing their powers and quietly honing their skills, while on the street their evangelists are zealously prophesying a posthuman future. For anyone who cares about preserving our humanity, the time has come for paying attention.But imagine the staggering implications of such science if dead Nephilim tissue was discovered with intact DNA and a government or rogue agency somewhere was willing to clone or mingle the extracted organisms to make Homo-nephilim, says Horn. If one accepts the biblical story of giants as real, such discovery could actually be made someday, or perhaps already has been and was covered up. The technology to resurrect the extinct species may already exist, and cloning methods are being studied now for use with bringing back Tasmanian Tigers, Wooly Mammoths and other extinct creatures.Is the world on the verge of bringing back demonic giants? Horn believes so.
Rome bishops call on EU to protect Christians
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Italy's Roman Catholic bishops called on the European Union on Sunday (21 September) to put the persecutions of Christians on the agenda of the upcoming EU-India summit, warning against Christianophobia in many parts of the world.Today it touches the Catholics in India. Up until this summer the most dangerous country for the Christian community was Iraq ... Persecution is spreading like oil on water, the number of martyrs continues to grow in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, and hunting down Christians is an insane and bloody idea that finds more and more followers, the bishops' newspaper Avvenire says in a front-page editorial.Hailing the US government's firm stance on violence in India, the paper of the Italian Bishops Conference said Europe must urgently apply the right of humanitarian assistance to the relationship between the new and the old democracies.The occasion is at hand, say the Italian bishops - the upcoming EU-India summit to be held in Marseille on 29 September. Is it too much to hope that on the agenda there can be also the question of violences against Christians? asks the paper in a final remark.According to the Asian Center for Human Rights (ACHR), over 50 persons, mainly Christians, have been killed in the Indian region of Orissa, after a Hindu leader was murdered on 23 August by unidentified gunmen, which prompted aggressive Hindu attacks against the Christian community.Suhas Chakma, director of ACHR, stated that thousands of Christians have fled their villages and some 5,000 people are now living in seven relief camps at Chakapad, Tikabali. About 200 villages have been affected by the organized attacks and hundreds of churches have been burnt, he added.The official EU-India summit agenda focuses on trade, climate and energy issues, as well as the world food situation and is to revise a joint action plan adopted in 2004.
FROM WND'S JERUSALEM BUREAU Election of next Israeli leader a fraud? Probe finds illegalities in 431-vote victory by Livni September 22, 2008 9:21 pm Eastern
By Aaron Klein 2008 WorldNetDaily
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni
JERUSALEM – There were multiple irregularities in Israel's Kadima party primary elections last week in which Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni was said to have been victorious by a slim margin, according to an internal Kadima investigation obtained by WND.We cannot know who won this election. We need a new election, Kadima Knesset Member Ze'ev Elkin told WND.Following Livni's purported victory – by just 431 votes – ceremonial Israeli President Shimon Peres is expected to formally ask Livni to form a stable governing coalition. That means that if she can recruit enough political parties to maintain a plurality of the Knesset's 120 seats, she would finish out Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's term in office, becoming prime minister in his place until new elections are held as scheduled late next year.But a Kadima probe has found a number of problems, including possible illegalities, with last week's election, prompting Elkin to petition Kadima's internal court to hold off appointing Livni as head of the party until a new election can be held.According to the final tally, Livni won the Kadima primary election with 43.1 percent of the vote, or 16,936registered Kadima members. Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz came in a very close second with 42 percent, or 16,505 votes.Among the voting problems discovered by Kadima:
According to election committee protocols, 39,872 people cast votes but only 39,615 votes were actually counted, meaning 257 ballots may be missing. In one polling station in the city of Rahat, the entire station's ballots were disqualified after a man tore up the contents of a voting box and scattered hundreds of envelopes that were inside. The ballot box reportedly contained 430 votes, one vote shy of the margin of Livni's win. There were 70 polling stations in which ballots were unaccounted for. In 10 polling stations, the number of votes cast was more than the number of Kadima members who were slated to take part in the election in the given station. In a decision Elkin says was not coordinated with the other candidates, Kadima election committee chairman Dan Arbel granted Livni a requested extension of 30 minutes voting time at Kadima polling stations around the country.
The Kadima probe estimates the extra 30 minutes was key for Livni, because it allowed many Muslim voters to take part in the elections following a feast that ended the day of Ramadan fasting. Livni, who has been leading negotiations with the Palestinian Authority aimed at creating a Palestinian state before January, trounced Mofaz among Muslim and Arab voters in many villages.The Kadima probe concluded voters casting ballots in the last 30 minutes may have been influenced by the Israeli news media, which during the last 45 minutes of the vote wrongly announced that exit data showed Livni beat Mofaz by a wide margin of 10 percent.In the last 45 minutes, people who went to vote likely knew from Israeli radio or television that Livni won, so supporters of Mofaz may have decided there was no reason to vote for him, Elkin told WND.Elkin, who is a confident of Mofaz, said if the Kadima court rejected his petition for new elections, he would take the case to the Israeli public court system. Elkin pointed out there is precedent for reelections in Israeli parties. In 2001 in the Labor party primaries, then-Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer won a court case that contested the outcome of party primaries which claimed Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg won by 1,088 votes – more votes than Livni's 431.
Livni's team countered Elkin's petition by pointing out Mofaz already conceded the election.Elkin might not have enough time to affect the appointment of Livni. In what would be the speediest round in Israeli history of presidential consultation in forming a government, Peres last night already tasked Livni to form a new government.
If Livni goes on to lead the country, she will hardly have a mandate, as she was elected not by the majority of the Israeli public, but in internal party elections in which less than 0.5 percent of Israelis took part. More than 10 times that number vote in Israel's version of American Idol.Did 15,000 Arabs determine Israel's new leader.Assuming the Kadima election results are upheld, the question becomes who voted in the Kadima primary, in which registered party members who are regular citizens took part.About 14,000 of Kadima's 74,000 registered voters are not Jewish, according to polling data, including 6,900 registered Arab Druze and 4,600 Muslim Arabs. The rest are largely Bedouin tribe members.Poll stations reported that non-Jewish Kadima voters evidenced the highest turnout. Only about 50 percent of all eligible Kadima voters took part in the election.Kadima member and Deputy Foreign Minister Majalli Whbee, who coordinates party issues related to the non-Jewish sector, estimated that many Muslim voters would take part in the elections at night, following a feast that ended the day of Ramadan fasting.After the feast, voters will arrive (to polling stations) en masse, Whbee told Israel's YnetNews.Polling data showed the vast majority of Arabs who took part in the election voted for Livni, meaning her 16,936 votes included a large number of Arabs. This is disproportionate to the Israeli population, which is 75.5 percent Jewish.
Israel's pious Jewish press shuns images of Livni By Dan Williams SEPT 23,08
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Syrian state press has described her as a Mossad beauty. A Palestinian cartoonist compared her to the Mona Lisa. One Canadian report called her naturally blonde with eyes as blue as the Mediterranean.Yet Tzipi Livni, asked by Israel's president on Monday to form a government following Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's resignation, remains largely faceless when it comes to her country's powerful ultra-Orthodox Jews, or haredim.Citing concerns for feminine modesty, the ultra-Orthodox refuse to publish images of women in their newspapers -- a core source of information as the reclusive community generally shuns the television, Internet and most radio stations.That poses a unique challenge for Livni, the 50-year-old foreign minister, as she tries to piece together a governing coalition and campaigns for support among ultra-Orthodox who make up an estimated 8-15 percent of Israel's population.There's no doubt that we have our work cut out for us when it comes to the haredim, Avraham Kroizer, one of Livni's strategic consultants, told Reuters.Their media are never going to change the no-photograph policy, so it comes down to arranging face-time for her with leading haredi figures who can spread the word, Kroizer said.
At meetings with religious legislators on forming political partnership, Livni dons demure skirts and wrist-length jackets, not the pant-suits she usually favors.Such deference irks many Israeli feminists, who argue it risks papering over the cultural rift in a mostly secular Israel whose Supreme Court and parliament both have women presidents.Should she become premier, Livni, once a Mossad intelligence agent and a lawyer, would be the second woman in top office since Golda Meir in the 1970s.It's strange -- these people (ultra-Orthodox) bespeak an attitude whose origins are in the Middle Ages, while on a political level it looks like they are willing to work with Livni, Galia Golan, a veteran women's rights activist, said.She said Livni radiates something feminine, something fresh, which leads many Israelis to see her as a politician who can bring a new kind of governance.A senior editor at Hamodia, an ultra-Orthodox daily, said there was no plan to reconsider the ban on publishing women's pictures.We have always done things according to the Torah, said the editor, who declined to be named. This is the way it was since the beginning of the world, and the way it shall remain.(Editing by Janet Lawrence)
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).
China: Out of control dairy system led to abuse By TINI TRAN, Associated Press Writer SEPT 23,08
BEIJING - China's agriculture minister acknowledged Tuesday that the country's milk-gathering system was out of control and led to abuses that put contaminated dairy products in stores across Asia, sickening some 54,000 babies and killing four. At least six Asian countries banned or curbed imports of Chinese dairy products, and the World Health Organization warned of possible smuggling of melamine-tainted infant formula across borders. The European Union told customs authorities to keep a closer eye on food imports from China.Melamine, used to make plastics and fertilizer, has been found in infant formula and other milk products from 22 Chinese dairy companies. Suppliers trying to cut costs are believed to have added it to watered-down milk because its high nitrogen content masks the resulting protein deficiency.Since the discovery of tainted milk was made public, China's government has scrambled to respond. Recent days have seen a number of arrests and forced resignations of officials.Chinese state television reported that the company at the center of the scandal, Sanlu Group Co., received complaints about tainted formula beginning last December and waited eight months to tell the local government, which then waited another month before informing higher authorities.Agriculture Minister Sun Zhengcai told a meeting with the health and public security ministries that the industrial chemical melamine was likely added at stations that collect milk from small individual dairy farmers.Since milk stations began only in recent years, the country now has no specific method of supervising them, or clear-cut supervision department. The purchasing process of raw milk is basically out of control, Sun said, according to a summary of his comments posted Tuesday on his ministry's Web site.
We must crack down on them with the greatest determination and the toughest measures, Sun said in the meeting held late Monday.A group of 316 Chinese milk producers and retailers issued a joint statement promising to keep the dairy industry clean, state broadcaster China Central Television reported late Tuesday.
Among other things, producers promised to reject sub-standard raw materials, strictly inspect production, and take responsibility for product quality. Retailers also promised closer inspections.Sanlu had no comment Tuesday about the allegations on state television.CCTV reported Monday night that an investigation by the State Council, China's Cabinet, found that Sanlu had been receiving complaints about its infant formula as early as December 2007. The dairy company discovered melamine in its milk powder in June but did not report it to city officials until Aug. 2, it said.During these eight months, the company did not inform the government and did not take proper measures, therefore making the situation worse, CCTV said.The Shijiazhuang city government then failed to report the case to the Hebei provincial government until Sept. 9, CCTV said. Sanlu products were recalled from stores two days later and Shijiazhuang's top Communist Party official fired.Anthony Hazzard, the Western Pacific director of the World Health Organization, said 82 percent of the children made sick by the formula were 2 years old or younger.The sick included 12,892 babies in hospitals, 39,965 who have received outpatient treatment, and an additional 1,579 patients discharged from hospitals, he said, citing China's Ministry of Health.Hazzard said countries had been advised to focus particularly on smuggled formula by the International Food Safety Authorities (INFOSAN), a network of 167 countries organized by the WHO and the Food and Agriculture Organization.
He said authorities do not know at this stage what countries may have received the contaminated products. I think the greatest fear is if there has been illegal movement of the heavily contaminated products rather than the legal movement of products that may have very low levels of melamine, said Hazzard, speaking in Manila where the WHO's regional headquarters is located. The head of the Chinese agency that monitors food and product safety stepped down Monday. The resignation of Li Changjiang, who headed the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine since 2001, comes a year after he and the government promised to overhaul the system in response to a series of product safety scares. New regulations and procedures were introduced in an attempt to restore consumer confidence and preserve export markets after a string of recalls involving tainted toothpaste, faulty tires, contaminated seafood and in March 2007, pet food containing melamine that was blamed for the deaths of dogs and cats in the United States. According to the Health Ministry, of the 53,000 sickened children, 12,892 remain hospitalized, with 104 in serious condition. Another 39,965 children were treated and released. Baby formula and other milk products have been pulled from stores around the country and Chinese dairy products have been recalled or banned in Bangladesh, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Four Hong Kong children have been reported with kidney stones. European Commission spokeswoman Nina Papadoulaki said the EU's 27 member states do not import baby formula or other dairy products from China. But she said national customs authorities across the EU were asked last week to step up checks on imports of composite products, such as bread or chocolate, to ensure they contain no traces of contaminated milk. One of China's biggest milk producers, China Mengniu Dairy Co., saw its stock price plummet slightly more than 60 percent in Hong Kong trading Tuesday after its products were found tainted with the industrial chemical melamine. Mengniu, China's No. 1 dairy producer in total volume, said only a small portion of its products were contaminated and blamed the contamination on the illegal acts of some irresponsible milk collection centers and raw milk dealers.The board wishes to sincerely apologize for the incident and any inconvenience caused to the public, the company said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange.
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.
Typhoon Hagupit approaches Hong Kong SEPT 23,08
HONG KONG - Typhoon Hagupit spun closer to Hong Kong on Tuesday forcing the city to shut schools and halt flights. Typhoon Hagupit was expected to brush past Hong Kong late Tuesday before slamming into mainland China, the Hong Kong Observatory said.
Earlier, Hagupit brought heavy rain in Taiwan and the Philippines where 13 miners were trapped in a flooded gold mine shaft.Typhoon-driven rain is also expected to flood low-lying areas in Hong Kong, the weather forecaster said.Hagupit was centered about 130 miles south-southeast of Hong Kong and was expected to move west or west-northwest at about 17.4 miles per hour to the south China coast.The Hong Kong government closed all schools in the territory. At least 61 flights were canceled, according to the Airport Authority.
Typhoon kills 3 in Philippines, heads for China Tue Sep 23, 12:37 AM ET
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A typhoon was gathering strength in the South China Sea on Tuesday and heading toward Hong Kong after killing three people in the northern Philippines and trapping 13 people in a gold mine. The Hong Kong Observatory raised its strong warning wind signal number 3 with Typhoon Hagupit edging west-northwest at about 30 kph toward the south China coast.The observatory will consider the need for the No. 8 gale or storm signal around dusk today, it said.
The highest signal is 10.
Hong Kong kindergartens were closed for the day and the city's bustling container ports and terminals were due to suspend operations in the afternoon.Hagupit, which means lashing in Filipino, was estimated to be 380 km (236 miles) southeast of Hong Kong at 10 a.m. (10 p.m. EDT) and was expected to make landfall in China on Wednesday.In the Philippines, the coastguard rescued 21 people from three cargo and fishing vessels that sank in rough waters as Hagupit passed the north coast on Monday. In total, three people were killed and four were missing.Authorities in the northern province of Benguet said 13 gold miners were trapped when water levels rose after heavy rain.We are working on rescue operations and our priority is to suction out the water first, said provincial Governor Nestor Fongwan.The Philippine National Disaster Coordinating Council said about 120 people had fled their homes in a northern mountain village due to fears of landslide as the weather bureau lowered typhoon alerts. Taiwan also lifted its land and sea warnings after the typhoon brushed the island's southern tip overnight, causing no injuries or damage, officials said.Some areas in the northern Philippines remained isolated due to floods and landslides and without power and telephone service.Tropical Storm Watch (http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/) labeled it a category 3 storm on a scale of five.
In June, about 600 people were killed and about 15 billion pesos ($325 million) worth of property and farms were destroyed by a typhoon that hit the central Philippines. Seven cargo vessels and a ferry carrying 800 people also sank.Tropical storms in the region gather intensity from the warm ocean waters and frequently develop into typhoons that hit Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines and southern China during a season that lasts from early summer to late autumn.(Reporting by Manny Mogato, Nick Macfie, James Pomfret and Ralph Jennings; Editing by Nick Macfie)
Storm flooding kills four in Puerto Rico By John Marino
Mon Sep 22, 2:45 PM ET
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - A tropical disturbance dumped up to 20 inches of rain on Puerto Rico, killing four people and flooding scores of homes, businesses and roads, authorities said on Monday. Up to 12 inches more rain were expected and flash flood warnings were posted across the island. Schools and many businesses were closed and officials urged people to stay inside.We are expecting it to continue raining throughout the island and anticipate up to 12 inches in the southeast, Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila said at a press conference.The weather system has the potential to develop into a tropical storm by Wednesday as it moves northwest away from Puerto Rico, said National Weather Service meteorologist Sean Rossi.If the scattered mass of thunderstorms becomes well organized with winds of 39 miles per hour (63 km per hour), it would become Tropical Storm Kyle.Computer forecast models took it north-northwest over the Dominican Republic and Haiti and then into the Atlantic. Haiti has already been hit hard by recent hurricanes and tropical storms. About 700 people died when the impoverished nation was hammered by floods triggered by torrential rains from Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike.Some anticipated the latest tropical weather system would hit the Carolinas or the northeast U.S. coast, while other models kept it over the open seas. It was not expected to enter the Gulf of Mexico, where U.S. oil and gas facilities were still recovering from Hurricane Ike.In Puerto Rico, the U.S. territory's southern coast was hardest hit by flooding. Several rivers, including the Rio Grande de Arecibo and Rio de La Plata, surged over their banks.
Scores of roadways were flooded and two major highways were partly closed because of mudslides.A 52-year-old man drowned after his car was swept away by floodwaters on Sunday and a 44-year-old man drowned while trying to rescue another motorist whose car was stuck in a flooded road, police said.A third man was driving with his wife and suffered a fatal heart attack when their vehicle was swept up in floodwaters. The fourth victim suffered a fatal heart attack while trying to remove water from his flooded home, police said.
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
HALF HOUR STOCK MARKET RESULTS SEPT 23,08
09:30 AM +33.93
10:00 AM +59.42
10:30 AM +90.32
11:00 AM +22.78
11:30 AM +63.96
12:00 PM +36.80
12:30 PM +21.36
01:00 PM -72.24
01:30 PM -152.28
02:00 PM -73.75
02:30 PM -10.23
03:00 PM +35.00
03:30 PM -16.96
04:00 PM -161.52 - 10854.17 (DOW)
S&P 500 1188.22 - 18.87
NAS 2153.34 - 25.64
Bush, world leaders try to contain market fallout By Patrick Worsnip and Matt Spetalnick SEPT 23,08
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - President George W. Bush and other world leaders scrambled on Tuesday to contain the fallout from a financial crisis engulfing Wall Street and sending shock waves across the globe. In his farewell speech to the United Nations, Bush offered assurances of his commitment to stabilizing world markets, for the moment overshadowing international concerns about tense standoffs with Russia, Iran and North Korea.But he also faced criticism at the annual General Assembly gathering of world leaders over the excesses of global capitalism that Washington has long pushed as the path to economic growth and prosperity.Bush spoke amid intensive efforts in Washington to craft an unprecedented $700 billion bailout spurred by the worst upheaval in the U.S. financial system since the Great Depression.I can assure you that my administration and our Congress are working together to quickly pass legislation approving this strategy, and I'm confident we will act in the urgent time frame required, Bush said.But the main thrust of his speech, his eighth and final to the United Nations, was a call to redouble the international fight against terrorism -- a focus Brazil's president said was regrettable given the severity of the financial crisis.With investors still worried and the meltdown spreading internationally, other economic powers are also feeling the pinch. Poor countries fear this could lead to cuts in the aid budgets of their biggest donors.Speaking a few miles from Wall Street, U.N. Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon said financial turmoil endangers efforts to cut world poverty and demands a new approach with less uncritical faith in the magic of markets.His words resonated with delegates of leftist governments that have long opposed the free market orthodoxy the Bush administration has advocated.
BOUNDLESS GREED
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a former labor leader with close ties to Washington, blamed the crisis on speculators. We must not allow the burden of the boundless greed of a few to be shouldered by all, he said.Reflecting the depth of concern among dozens of world leaders assembled at U.N. headquarters, Lula gently chided Bush for not devoting more of his speech to what the U.S. government is doing to curb the financial meltdown.He opted to talk again about terrorism, Lula told reporters. I was expecting he was going to talk about the economic crisis because I think this is the most important thing at this moment.French President Nicolas Sarkozy called for a summit of world leaders by year's end to address the financial crisis.Let us build together a regulated capitalism in which whole swathes of financial activity are not left to the sole judgment of market operators, he said.
Invoking the pain felt in the Third World, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said, Economic uncertainty has moved like a tsunami around the globe, wiping away gains.Bush reasserted accusations that Iran and Syria sponsor terrorism -- charges they deny -- and urged U.N. member states to enforce sanctions against Iran and North Korea over their nuclear programs.Foreign ministers from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States are planning to meet on Thursday to discuss the possibility of drafting a fourth U.N. sanctions resolution against Tehran over its nuclear program. Previous rounds of sanctions and an offer of economic incentives have failed to budge Iran, which denies it seeks nuclear weapons and insists it only wants nuclear energy. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, an outspoken U.S. foe who was present for Bush's speech, was certain to contradict Bush when he addresses the assembly in the afternoon. Bush renewed U.S. support for Georgia, which Russia invaded in August after the former Soviet republic tried to retake control of its pro-Moscow breakaway region of South Ossetia. But Bush was less strident in his criticism of Russia than he had been previously. The United Nations Charter sets forth the equal rights of nations large and small, he said. Russia's invasion of Georgia was a violation of those words.Russia's military resurgence has added to an East-West chill not seen since the Cold War. But Bush must walk a cautious line. He still needs Moscow's diplomatic cooperation on issues such as reining in Iran's nuclear program. With Bush leaving office in four months, many world leaders are already looking beyond him to the next U.S. president -- Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama, locked in a close battle ahead of a November 4 election. (Editing by Chris Wilson) (Additional reporting by Jeremy Pelofsky, Sue Pleming, Louis Charbonneau, Isabel Versiani, Walter Brandimarte and Claudia Parsons in New York and Tabassum Zakaria in Washington)
Bernanke: Approve bailout or risk recession By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and JEANNINE AVERSA, Associated Press Writers SEPT 23,08
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke bluntly warned reluctant lawmakers Tuesday they risk a recession with higher unemployment and increased home foreclosures unless they act on the Bush administration's $700 billion plan to bail out the financial industry. Despite the warning, influential lawmakers in both parties demanded changes in the White House-backed proposal, and conservative Republicans recoiled at the prospect of federal intervention into private capital markets.Six weeks before the elections, both major party presidential contenders also insisted on alterations in the administration's prescription for the worst financial crisis in decades.Bernanke's remarks about the risk of recession came in response to a question from Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., who seemed eager to hear a strong rationale for lawmakers to act swiftly on the administration's unprecedented request.The financial markets are in quite fragile condition and I think absent a plan they will get worse, Bernanke said.Ominously, he added, I believe if the credit markets are not functioning, that jobs will be lost, that our credit rate will rise, more houses will be foreclosed upon, GDP will contract, that the economy will just not be able to recover in a normal, healthy way.GDP is a measure of growth, and a decline correlates with a recession.Dodd later spoke disparagingly of the administration's proposal. What they have sent us is not acceptable, he told reporters after presiding over a lengthy Senate Banking Committee hearing at which Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson urged swift action by Congress.
Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the panel's senior Republican, added, We have got to look at some alternatives to the administration's plan.The legislation that the administration is seeking would allow the government to buy bad mortgages and other troubled assets held by endangered banks and financial institutions.Getting those debts off their books should bolster the institutions' balance sheets, making them more inclined to lend and easing one of the biggest choke points in the credit crisis. If the plan works, it could help lift a major weight off the sputtering national economy.The White House and key lawmakers have been in negotiations since the weekend on terms of the legislation. It was not clear what impact the new congressional complaints would have on the discussions.Nobody is happy about the bailout request, said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., although he spoke of possible passage of legislation by the weekend.Nobody wants to have to do this, agreed Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the Republican leader. He said he was hopeful of a quick agreement.Presidential politics have become part of the debate.
Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate, called a news conference to urge changes in what he called the administration's stubborn inflexibility.He said Wall Street executives must not be allowed to walk away from the mess with multimillion-dollar severance packages, taxpayers who are bearing the risk of the bailout must benefit if it succeeds and homeowners should be able to get relief from unaffordable mortgages.Obama's Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain, has also said he wants steps to limit the compensation of CEOs who leave financially wrecked firms. The stakes were unmistakable. I understand speed is important, but I'm far more interested in whether or not we get this right, Dodd said at the hearing.
Later, he told reporters he hopes for legislation soon.
But it is not going to be a blank check or a simple signing on to a bill that sends a blank check to this secretary or any other secretary. He noted that either Obama or McCain would probably be appointing a new treasury secretary after he takes over in the White House. Across the Capitol complex, Vice President Dick Cheney and Jim Nussle, the administration's budget director, met privately with restive House Republicans, some of whom emerged from the session unpersuaded. Just because God created the world in seven days doesn't mean we have to pass this bill in seven days, said Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas. Added Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., I am emphatically against it.Still, prospects for legislation seemed strong, with lawmakers eager to adjourn this week or next for the elections. Differences include a demand from many Democrats and some Republicans to strip executives at failing financial firms of lucrative golden parachutes on their way out the door. The administration balked at another key Democratic demand: allowing judges to rewrite bankrupt homeowners' mortgages so they could avoid foreclosure. Paulson, seated next to Bernanke at the committee hearing, objected strongly when Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., asked if $150 billion might be enough to get the program started, with a promise of more to come. Paulson said that would be a grave mistake, and would fail to give the markets the confidence they need to rebound. Paulson repeatedly fielded questions from committee members asking why taxpayers should accept the burdens of a bailout. You worry about taxpayers being on the hook? he replied at one point. Guess what — they're already on the hook. Paulson suggested that the fallout from the credit crisis would hit everyone's pocketbook unless forceful action was taken. Moreover, a flawed and outdated regulatory system, which didn't catch abuses, needed to be overhauled, he said.
Despite the unresolved issues, President Bush predicted the Democratic-controlled Congress would soon pass a a robust plan to deal with serious problems. He spoke before the United Nations General Assembly. In his testimony before the Banking Committee, Paulson told senators that quick passage of the administration's plan is the single most effective thing we can do to help homeowners, the American people and stimulate our economy.But even before Paulson could speak, lawmakers expressed unhappiness, criticism of the plan and — in the case of some conservative Republicans — outright opposition. This massive bailout is not a solution. It is financial socialism and it's un-American, said Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky. So far this year, a dozen federally insured banks and thrifts have failed, compared with three last year. The country's largest thrift, Washington Mutual Inc., is faltering. The U.S. has taken extraordinary measures in recent weeks to prevent a financial calamity, which would have devastating implications for the broader economy. It has, among other things, taken control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, provided an $85 billion emergency loan to insurance colossus American International Group Inc. and temporarily banned short selling of hundreds of financial stocks
Dodd: No second act to fixing financial mess By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and JEANNINE AVERSA, AP Economics Writer SEPT 23,08
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration urgently pressed Congress in public and private Tuesday to move quickly on a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry as Democratic and Republican lawmakers vented their anger over a crisis that pushed the nation's economy to the brink. Stocks rose in the opening hour as Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson went before the Senate Banking Committee to say that quick passage of the administration's plan is the single most effective thing we can do to help homeowners, the American people and stimulate our economy.But even before Paulson could speak, lawmakers expressed their unhappiness.We all recognize the gravity of the situation, said Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., the committee's chairman. He said a combination of private greed and public regulatory neglect had produced an economic maelstrom.Sen. Richard C. Shelby of Alabama, the panel's senior Republican, was even more blunt. I have long opposed government bailouts for individuals and corporate American alike, he said. Seated a few feet away from Paulson and Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal reserve, he added, We have been given no credible assurances that this plan will work. We could very well send $700 billion, or a trillion, and not resolve the crisis.Dodd and other key Democrats have been in private negotiations with the administration since the weekend on legislation designed to allow the government to buy bad debts held by banks and other financial institutions. Key details remain unresolved, although the Democratic-controlled Congress is expected to vote in the next several days on a far-reaching measure.The hearing unfolded as Vice President Dick Cheney and Jim Nussle, the Bush administration's budget director, met privately with House Republicans. Some members of the GOP rank and file have expressed concerns about the bailout proposal, either because they view it as an unwarranted government intrusion into the financial markets, or because the $700 billion price tag gives them pause.Just because God created the world in seven days doesn't mean we have to pass this bill in seven days, said Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas.Added Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., I am emphatically against it.Despite the bipartisan unhappiness, the prospects for legislation seemed strong.
Differences remained, though, including a demand from many Democrats and some Republicans to strip executives at failing financial firms of lucrative golden parachutes on their way out the door.The administration is balking at another key Democratic demand: allowing judges to rewrite bankrupt homeowners' mortgages so they could avoid foreclosure.The administration's plan is designed to let the government buy bad mortgages and other troubled assets held by endangered banks and financial institutions. Getting those debts off their books should bolster their balance sheets, making them more inclined to lend and easing one of the biggest choke points in the credit crisis. If the plan works, it should help lift a major weight off the sputtering economy.Buttressing Paulson's comments, Bernanke said in his prepared remarks that action by lawmakers is urgently required to stabilize the situation and avert what otherwise could be very serious consequences for our financial markets and for our economy.So far this year, a dozen federally insured banks and thrifts have failed, compared with three last year. The country's largest thrift, Washington Mutual Inc., is faltering.President Bush was in New York, his speech before the United National General assembly crafted to offer assurances to world leaders that the U.S. government has its financial problem under control.He said he is confident that Congress will pass the necessary legislation to deal with the problem and said he has assured other leaders that the financial package is a robust plan to deal with serious problems. He said there are ideas about how to change it, but that there is a desire to get a package done quickly.The U.S. has taken extraordinary measures in recent weeks to prevent a financial calamity, which would have devastating implications for the broader economy. It has, among other things, taken control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, provided an $85 billion emergency loan to insurance colossus American International Group Inc. and temporarily banned short selling of hundreds of financial stocks. Bernanke and Paulson defended their unprecedented steps — many just in the past few weeks — to stem the crisis. Even so, Bernanke said that global financial markets remain under extraordinary stress.In promoting the massive rescue plan, Paulson said the piecemeal approach the government has taken so far was necessary but insufficient.
We must now take further, decisive action to fundamentally and comprehensively address the root cause of this turmoil, the Treasury chief said. The root cause goes back to the rotten debts held by financial institutions, which are choking off the flow of lending, a crucial ingredient to the economy's health. Wall Street has been dramatically reshaped amid all the fallout. The Fed agreed to let Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley — the country's last two investment banks — become bank holding companies so that they can take deposits, like a commercial bank, in a bid to survive. Merrill Lynch agreed to be bought by Bank of America. Lehman Brothers sought bankruptcy protection, and Bear Stearns was taken over by JPMorgan Chase.
No need to regulate hedge funds, commission says
ELITSA VUCHEVA Today SEPT 23,08 @ 09:24 CET
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – Hedge funds and private equity should be watched closely, but no new regulation in the field is needed, EU internal market commissioner Charlie McCreevy told MEPs who called for legislation to make the way such funds work more transparent.I don't believe it is necessary at this stage to tar hedge funds and private equity with the same brush as we use for the regulated sector. The issues relating to the current turmoil are different, Mr McCreevy told parliamentarians gathered for a plenary session in Brussels on Monday (22 September).
He underlined that several recent market initiatives indicate that the need to remain vigilant is understood by the sector.Our role should be to monitor closely these and other developments in the market and be ready to respond if and when necessary, he said.The commissioner acknowledged the need to take measures in the face of the current crisis, which he said would eventually transform the financial sector.No one is out of the woods yet. There are difficult trading conditions ahead. The downturn in economies will have its effects, he said.However, he insisted that the investment funds should not be blamed for the turmoil and that one should rather focus on better monitoring of international banks.It has turned out that it was the regulated sector that had been allowed to run amok with little understood securitisation vehicles, the commissioner stressed, referring to the banking sector.
Criticism from the left
Mr McCreevy went further, pointing out the positive effects that their [hedge funds'] activities have.Let me be clear: The EU economy is going to need massive investment in the time ahead. Without sovereign wealth funds; private equity and the like, Europe's recovery from today's turmoil will be all the slower, he stressed.But his opinions were far from receiving universal backing from the parliamentarians, with some Socialist MEPs strongly criticising his stance.It's like hearing there is hurricane and tsunami coming and he's telling us we have to reflect on the positive things, Dutch Socialist Ieke van den Burg said, calling the commissioner's position ridiculous.It's leaving the mouse in charge of the cheese. Voluntary codes of conduct are useless, added her Spanish colleague Manuel Medina Ortega.MEPs are later this week set to adopt a report by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, president of the European Socialists, calling for the commission to prepare legislative proposals strengthening the control over all relevant financial market participants, including hedge funds and private equity.
Backing the US initiative
Meanwhile, the European Commission, as well as the Group of Seven industrialised nations – G7, welcomed the most recent measures taken by the US to counter the credit crisis, including a $700-billion rescue plan aiming to buy back bad debt from US banks and financial institutions.The announcement of the initiative was very positive but we need to know the details, EU economic and monetary affairs commissioner Joaquin Almunia told reporters during a visit to Bratislava, AFP reports.It is up to [EU] governments to consider if they can follow this initiative. The situation is not the same in Europe, he added.Additionally, the finance ministers and central bank governors of the United States, Japan, Canada, Britain, France, Germany and Italy - or the G7, stated: We strongly welcome the extraordinary actions taken by the United States to enhance the stability of financial markets and address credit concerns.We are ready to take whatever actions may be necessary, individually and collectively, to ensure the stability of the international financial system, they added, AFP reports.But some national leaders, such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, have shown some reserve towards the need to copy the US.
From the German government's point of view, a measure such as the one that the US has drawn up is not necessary at the moment, because the situation is not the same, a spokesperson for the chancellor was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.Ms Merkel would also like the 15 October EU summit in Brussels to tackle global finance issues in the wake of the crisis, Polish news agency PAP reports.
Iranian president blames US for market collapse By KRISTA LARSON, Associated Press Writer SEPT 23,08
UNITED NATIONS - Iran's president blamed U.S. military interventions around the world in part for the collapse of global financial markets and said the campaign against his country's nuclear program was solely due to the Bush administration and a couple of their European friends.President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's interviews, ahead of his speech to the United Nations on Tuesday, came after the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned that he could not determine whether Iran is hiding some nuclear activities.Last year, thousands rallied at the United Nations to protest Ahmadinejad's speech. When Ahmadinejad was ushered to the podium of the General Assembly to speak, the U.S. delegation walked out, leaving only a low-ranking note-taker to listen to his speech.In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Ahmadinejad said the collapse of global financial markets was due in large part to U.S. military interventions abroad.Problems do not arise suddenly, he said. The U.S. government has made a series of mistakes in the past few decades. The imposition on the U.S. economy of the years of heavy military engagement and involvement around the world ... the war in Iraq, for example. These are heavy costs imposed on the U.S. economy.The world economy can no longer tolerate the budgetary deficit and the financial pressures occurring from markets here in the United States, and by the U.S. government, he added.In a separate interview with National Public Radio, Ahmadinejad said he does not want confrontation with the United States. He said he wants diplomatic relations to develop between the two countries and was willing, for example, to cooperate on upholding security in Iraq.We do not have confrontations with anyone, he said. The U.S. administration interferes, and we defend ourselves.Despite U.N. sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, Ahmadinejad claimed vast international support for his position and said the campaign consisted of only three or four countries, led by the United States and with a couple of their European friends.
Iran insists its nuclear activities are geared only toward generating power. But Israel says the Islamic Republic could have enough nuclear material to make its first bomb within a year. The U.S. estimates Tehran is at least two years away from that stage.Ahmadinejad's speech will come just hours after President Bush made his final address to the General Assembly.In his speech, Bush said he realizes that other nations are watching how the United States deals with the financial meltdown that is shaking the global economy. He said that his administration is working with Congress to come to fast agreement on a $700 billion bailout bill, in addition to other recent actions he called bold steps aimed at stabilizing markets and keeping credit flowing.Bush said he is confident that the U.S. will act in the urgent timeframe required to prevent broader problems. He did not ask for any action by other countries.The U.S. president also met on the sidelines of the General Assembly with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.Pakistan is under growing pressure from the United States to act against al-Qaida and Taliban insurgents along its border with Afghanistan, a staging ground for attacks against coalition troops in Afghanistan and bombings in Pakistan. Pakistan accuses the U.S. of violating its sovereignty.Also Tuesday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for global leadership to restore order to international financial markets, make trade concessions and act on climate change.Addressing more than 120 world leaders and dozens of ministers, Ban painted a grim picture of a world facing not only a financial crisis but food and energy crises as well as new outbreaks of war and violence and new rhetoric of confrontation.We must do more to help our fellow human beings weather the gathering storm, he said. I see a danger of nations looking more inward, rather than toward a shared future. I see a danger of retreating from the progress we have made, particularly in the realm of development and more equitably sharing the fruits of global growth.Turning to the U.S. financial meltdown which has spread around the world, the secretary-general said the global financial crisis endangers all our work — financing for development, social spending in rich nations and poor, the Millennium Development Goals to improve life for the poorest. We need to restore order to the international financial markets, he said. We need a new understanding on business ethics and governance, with more compassion and less uncritical faith in the magic of markets. And we must think about how the world economic system should evolve to more fully reflect changing realities of our time.
I BELIEVE THE CRASH WILL FORCE ISRAELIS TO GO TO ISRAEL LIKE GOD SAYS WILL HAPPEN. HE WILL USE THE STOCK MARKET CRASH TO MAKE ISRAELIS REALISE JESUS IS GOD AND HIS WORDS ARE TRUTH AND ISRAELIS WILL FLOCK TO ISRAEL FROM NEW YORK AND FINALLY MAKE THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT REBUILD THE 3RD TEMPLE. WITH AT LEAST 3 MILLION ISRAELIS GOING TO ISRAEL FROM NEW YORK, THEY WILL OUT NUMBER ARABS AND CAN FORCE THE 3RD TEMPLE TO BE REBUILT. SO WE SEE GOD DOES NOT HAVE TO QUAKE THE DOME OF THE ROCK. ISRAEL CAN TAKE OVER THEIR MOUNT BY PURE NUMBERS.
With Wall Street in turmoil, some turn to religion Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:34pm EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As financial workers suffer through tumultuous times on Wall Street, some are turning to an old source of solace: religion.Religious leaders said attendance was up at lunchtime meetings in New York's financial district last week, with many more people in business attire than usual.That is hardly surprising, said Reverend Mark Bozzuti-Jones of Trinity Church Wall Street, given that people don't know if their employers will survive from one day to the next.The economic financial crisis is a reminder that we cannot put our faith in riches, that we cannot put our faith in money, Bozzuti-Jones said in his sermon at lunchtime on Friday, which he devoted to coping with the financial crisis.A handful of men in suits and ties and women in business attire were among dozens of people at the Episcopal church, which was hit by debris from the World Trade Center collapse on September 11, 2001.The church, which normally attracts tourists and a few financial workers, experienced an upturn in visitors this week, Bozzuti-Jones said. In the past few days he had requests for help to pay rent from those who had lost their jobs.People are just sitting there, praying or crying and definitely exhausted. There has definitely been an increase in the number of people who have come in, he said in his office after the service.The church was putting on special workshops and seminars over the next few weeks including Coping with stress in an uncertain time and Navigating career transitions.Just a few blocks away, St. Peter's Church has seen a slight uptick in attendance among people in suits, said Father Peter Madigan. St. Peter's, a Catholic church, displays a cross found in the rubble of September 11.
In the past couple of days there was high anxiety and trepidation, Madigan said. The situation we are faced with today by economic standards is very much unknown, uncharted territory and faith helps us deal with those situations.The Wall Street Synagogue is opening its doors nightly starting this week to accommodate Wall Street people. But rather than a rush of people last week, Rabbi Meyer Hager said he has noticed a change in his regular worshippers.I can see it on the faces of certain people who come here who are regular people -- some work for AIG and other large banking houses -- I can see the expression of strained concern, he said.He noted that the synagogue was founded in 1929, the year of the Wall Street crash.A mosque located in the financial district about a mile from Wall Street did not return a call seeking comment.Lou Janicek, who works as a financial adviser on Wall Street, said he had not considered attending a religious service, but said Wall Street would benefit if people applied the same morals they learned in church to the workplace.
What you do at work matters as much as whether you regularly attend church or the synagogue or whatever, said Janicek, who was brought up as a Christian. If you are an accountant or you find yourself in an unethical situation, you can't just stand by and let it happen -- then you have another Enron.(Reporting by Christine Kearney; Editing by Eddie Evans)
Are Bibles giants set for return? Author warns genetic engineering could bring back Nephilim September 19, 2008 8:04 pm Eastern 2008 WorldNetDaily
The benei Elohim saw the daughters of Adam, that they were fit extensions.
Genesis 6:2 (Interlinear Hebrew Bible)
New experiments in genetic engineering could open the doors for the return of fearsome giants described in the Bible – the offspring of human women and fallen angels – warns author Thomas Horn in his best-selling book, Nephilim Stargates: The Year 2012 and the Return of the Watchers.In the Book of Genesis, beings of great stature called giants appear, which some biblical scholars believe came into existence after powerful angels known as Watchers' descended to earth and used women (or their biological matter) to construct bodies of flesh, which they used to extend themselves into the material world.The Apocryphal books of Enoch, 2 Esdras, Genesis Aprocryphon and Jasher support the Genesis story, adding that the sin of the angels grew to include genetic modification of animals as well as humans. The Book of Jasher, mentioned in the Bible in Joshua 10:13 and 2 Samuel 1:18, says, After the fallen angels went into the daughters of men, the sons of men taught the mixture of animals of one species with the other, in order to provoke the Lord (4:18).
This clear reference to the Genesis 6 record illustrates that animals were included in whatever cross-species experiments were being conducted, and that this activity resulted in judgment from God, explains Horn. The Book of Enoch also supports this species-crossing report, saying that the fallen angels who merged with women also sinned 'against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and fish' (7:5,6). The Old Testament contains associated reference to genetic mutations, which developed among humans following this activity, including unusual size, physical strength, six fingers, six toes, animal appetite for blood and even lion-like features among men (2Sam 21:20; 23:20).Now, in Nephilim Stargates: The Year 2012 and the Return of the Watchers, he asks, What if, by corrupting the species barrier in which each creature was to recreate after its own kind, Watchers (or demons) had successfully mingled human-animal DNA, creating something new, a construct that God had not made, manipulating genetic material and crossing the species barrier, which God had forbade, resulting in a body they could incarnate within? Horn believes the fact that these powerful angels blended species in this way is vital to understanding how they were able to leave their plane of existence, and to enter ours, activity that the New Testament writers Peter and Jude say led to the judgment of God (see 2 Pet. 2:4; Jude 6).The reason these beings had to blend species in order to create a suitable body into which they could extend themselves, he says, is because every creature as it existed at that time had its beginning in God. All life extended back to the Creator's divine order. God spoke living organisms into existence, something the angels could not do, setting the various species in motion and then commanding that each kind would reproduce after its own kind.Horn continues: This would have been problematic for the Watchers who wanted to leave their estate and to enter our three dimensional reality in bodily form. But they could no more displace the innate spirit of any of the creatures God had made than can an exorcist cast a person's innate spirit out of them. These rebel angels wanted to do more than possess humans, they wanted incarnation, and the divine order was keeping them from becoming embodied.Horn hypothesizes that, through genetic engineering, they created blended beings, not entirely human or animal – creatures that neither humans nor animal spirits would indwell, for they were neither man nor beast. This provided bodies into which they could extend themselves, just as is described in numerous ancient texts.
The results of this genetic modification were the giants known as Nephilim, he says.
Given what is happening in science today, Horn wonders if modern biotechnology may be about to repeat the science of Watchers, and, worse, provide a pathway for the return of the Nephilim.Today, molecular biologists classify the functions of genes within native species but are unsure in many cases how a gene's coding might react from one species to another. In recombinant DNA technology, a transgenic organism is created when the genetic structure of one specie is altered by the transfer of a gene or genes from another. This could change not only the genetic structure of the modified animal and its offspring, but its adaptive development, sensory modalities, disease propensity, personality and behavior traits among other things.Such transgenic tinkering already exists in many parts of the world including the United States, Britain and Australia, where animal eggs are being used to create hybrid human embryos from which stem cell lines can be produced for medical research. A team at Newcastle and Durham universities in the UK recently announced plans to create hybrid rabbit and human embryos, as well as other chimera embryos mixing human and cow genes. The same researchers have already managed to reanimate tissue from dead human cells in another breakthrough which was heralded as a way of overcoming ethical dilemmas over using living embryos for medical research. In the United States, similar studies led Irv Weissman, director of Stanford University's Institute of Cancer/Stem Cell Biology and Medicine in California to create mice with partly human brains, causing some ethicists to raise the issue of humanized animals in the future that could become self aware as a result of genetic modification. President Bush in his Jan. 31, 2006, State of the Union Address, called for legislation to prohibit … creating human-animal hybrids, and buying, selling, or patenting human embryos.Not everybody shares these concerns. A radical, international, intellectual, and cultural movement known as Transhumanism supports the use of new sciences including genetic modification to enhance human mental and physical abilities and aptitudes so that human beings will eventually be transformed into beings with such greatly expanded abilities as to merit the label posthuman.
Dr. James Hughes, executive director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, is a transhumanist who teaches at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn.. He is also the author of Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future, a sort of bible for transhumanist values.Over the last two years numerous law schools including Stanford and Oxford have hosted Human Enhancement and Technology conferences where transhumanists, futurists, bioethicists and legal scholars merged to discuss the ethical and legal ramifications of posthumans.In his book Life, Liberty and the Defense of Dignity: The Challenges of Bioethics, the former chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics, Leon Kass, provided a status report on transhumanism. He warned in the introduction that Human nature itself lies on the operating table, ready for alteration, for eugenic and psychic enhancement, for wholesale redesign. In leading laboratories, academic and industrial, new creators are confidently amassing their powers and quietly honing their skills, while on the street their evangelists are zealously prophesying a posthuman future. For anyone who cares about preserving our humanity, the time has come for paying attention.But imagine the staggering implications of such science if dead Nephilim tissue was discovered with intact DNA and a government or rogue agency somewhere was willing to clone or mingle the extracted organisms to make Homo-nephilim, says Horn. If one accepts the biblical story of giants as real, such discovery could actually be made someday, or perhaps already has been and was covered up. The technology to resurrect the extinct species may already exist, and cloning methods are being studied now for use with bringing back Tasmanian Tigers, Wooly Mammoths and other extinct creatures.Is the world on the verge of bringing back demonic giants? Horn believes so.
Rome bishops call on EU to protect Christians
VALENTINA POP 22.09.2008 @ 09:43 CET
Italy's Roman Catholic bishops called on the European Union on Sunday (21 September) to put the persecutions of Christians on the agenda of the upcoming EU-India summit, warning against Christianophobia in many parts of the world.Today it touches the Catholics in India. Up until this summer the most dangerous country for the Christian community was Iraq ... Persecution is spreading like oil on water, the number of martyrs continues to grow in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, and hunting down Christians is an insane and bloody idea that finds more and more followers, the bishops' newspaper Avvenire says in a front-page editorial.Hailing the US government's firm stance on violence in India, the paper of the Italian Bishops Conference said Europe must urgently apply the right of humanitarian assistance to the relationship between the new and the old democracies.The occasion is at hand, say the Italian bishops - the upcoming EU-India summit to be held in Marseille on 29 September. Is it too much to hope that on the agenda there can be also the question of violences against Christians? asks the paper in a final remark.According to the Asian Center for Human Rights (ACHR), over 50 persons, mainly Christians, have been killed in the Indian region of Orissa, after a Hindu leader was murdered on 23 August by unidentified gunmen, which prompted aggressive Hindu attacks against the Christian community.Suhas Chakma, director of ACHR, stated that thousands of Christians have fled their villages and some 5,000 people are now living in seven relief camps at Chakapad, Tikabali. About 200 villages have been affected by the organized attacks and hundreds of churches have been burnt, he added.The official EU-India summit agenda focuses on trade, climate and energy issues, as well as the world food situation and is to revise a joint action plan adopted in 2004.
FROM WND'S JERUSALEM BUREAU Election of next Israeli leader a fraud? Probe finds illegalities in 431-vote victory by Livni September 22, 2008 9:21 pm Eastern
By Aaron Klein 2008 WorldNetDaily
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni
JERUSALEM – There were multiple irregularities in Israel's Kadima party primary elections last week in which Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni was said to have been victorious by a slim margin, according to an internal Kadima investigation obtained by WND.We cannot know who won this election. We need a new election, Kadima Knesset Member Ze'ev Elkin told WND.Following Livni's purported victory – by just 431 votes – ceremonial Israeli President Shimon Peres is expected to formally ask Livni to form a stable governing coalition. That means that if she can recruit enough political parties to maintain a plurality of the Knesset's 120 seats, she would finish out Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's term in office, becoming prime minister in his place until new elections are held as scheduled late next year.But a Kadima probe has found a number of problems, including possible illegalities, with last week's election, prompting Elkin to petition Kadima's internal court to hold off appointing Livni as head of the party until a new election can be held.According to the final tally, Livni won the Kadima primary election with 43.1 percent of the vote, or 16,936registered Kadima members. Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz came in a very close second with 42 percent, or 16,505 votes.Among the voting problems discovered by Kadima:
According to election committee protocols, 39,872 people cast votes but only 39,615 votes were actually counted, meaning 257 ballots may be missing. In one polling station in the city of Rahat, the entire station's ballots were disqualified after a man tore up the contents of a voting box and scattered hundreds of envelopes that were inside. The ballot box reportedly contained 430 votes, one vote shy of the margin of Livni's win. There were 70 polling stations in which ballots were unaccounted for. In 10 polling stations, the number of votes cast was more than the number of Kadima members who were slated to take part in the election in the given station. In a decision Elkin says was not coordinated with the other candidates, Kadima election committee chairman Dan Arbel granted Livni a requested extension of 30 minutes voting time at Kadima polling stations around the country.
The Kadima probe estimates the extra 30 minutes was key for Livni, because it allowed many Muslim voters to take part in the elections following a feast that ended the day of Ramadan fasting. Livni, who has been leading negotiations with the Palestinian Authority aimed at creating a Palestinian state before January, trounced Mofaz among Muslim and Arab voters in many villages.The Kadima probe concluded voters casting ballots in the last 30 minutes may have been influenced by the Israeli news media, which during the last 45 minutes of the vote wrongly announced that exit data showed Livni beat Mofaz by a wide margin of 10 percent.In the last 45 minutes, people who went to vote likely knew from Israeli radio or television that Livni won, so supporters of Mofaz may have decided there was no reason to vote for him, Elkin told WND.Elkin, who is a confident of Mofaz, said if the Kadima court rejected his petition for new elections, he would take the case to the Israeli public court system. Elkin pointed out there is precedent for reelections in Israeli parties. In 2001 in the Labor party primaries, then-Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer won a court case that contested the outcome of party primaries which claimed Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg won by 1,088 votes – more votes than Livni's 431.
Livni's team countered Elkin's petition by pointing out Mofaz already conceded the election.Elkin might not have enough time to affect the appointment of Livni. In what would be the speediest round in Israeli history of presidential consultation in forming a government, Peres last night already tasked Livni to form a new government.
If Livni goes on to lead the country, she will hardly have a mandate, as she was elected not by the majority of the Israeli public, but in internal party elections in which less than 0.5 percent of Israelis took part. More than 10 times that number vote in Israel's version of American Idol.Did 15,000 Arabs determine Israel's new leader.Assuming the Kadima election results are upheld, the question becomes who voted in the Kadima primary, in which registered party members who are regular citizens took part.About 14,000 of Kadima's 74,000 registered voters are not Jewish, according to polling data, including 6,900 registered Arab Druze and 4,600 Muslim Arabs. The rest are largely Bedouin tribe members.Poll stations reported that non-Jewish Kadima voters evidenced the highest turnout. Only about 50 percent of all eligible Kadima voters took part in the election.Kadima member and Deputy Foreign Minister Majalli Whbee, who coordinates party issues related to the non-Jewish sector, estimated that many Muslim voters would take part in the elections at night, following a feast that ended the day of Ramadan fasting.After the feast, voters will arrive (to polling stations) en masse, Whbee told Israel's YnetNews.Polling data showed the vast majority of Arabs who took part in the election voted for Livni, meaning her 16,936 votes included a large number of Arabs. This is disproportionate to the Israeli population, which is 75.5 percent Jewish.
Israel's pious Jewish press shuns images of Livni By Dan Williams SEPT 23,08
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Syrian state press has described her as a Mossad beauty. A Palestinian cartoonist compared her to the Mona Lisa. One Canadian report called her naturally blonde with eyes as blue as the Mediterranean.Yet Tzipi Livni, asked by Israel's president on Monday to form a government following Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's resignation, remains largely faceless when it comes to her country's powerful ultra-Orthodox Jews, or haredim.Citing concerns for feminine modesty, the ultra-Orthodox refuse to publish images of women in their newspapers -- a core source of information as the reclusive community generally shuns the television, Internet and most radio stations.That poses a unique challenge for Livni, the 50-year-old foreign minister, as she tries to piece together a governing coalition and campaigns for support among ultra-Orthodox who make up an estimated 8-15 percent of Israel's population.There's no doubt that we have our work cut out for us when it comes to the haredim, Avraham Kroizer, one of Livni's strategic consultants, told Reuters.Their media are never going to change the no-photograph policy, so it comes down to arranging face-time for her with leading haredi figures who can spread the word, Kroizer said.
At meetings with religious legislators on forming political partnership, Livni dons demure skirts and wrist-length jackets, not the pant-suits she usually favors.Such deference irks many Israeli feminists, who argue it risks papering over the cultural rift in a mostly secular Israel whose Supreme Court and parliament both have women presidents.Should she become premier, Livni, once a Mossad intelligence agent and a lawyer, would be the second woman in top office since Golda Meir in the 1970s.It's strange -- these people (ultra-Orthodox) bespeak an attitude whose origins are in the Middle Ages, while on a political level it looks like they are willing to work with Livni, Galia Golan, a veteran women's rights activist, said.She said Livni radiates something feminine, something fresh, which leads many Israelis to see her as a politician who can bring a new kind of governance.A senior editor at Hamodia, an ultra-Orthodox daily, said there was no plan to reconsider the ban on publishing women's pictures.We have always done things according to the Torah, said the editor, who declined to be named. This is the way it was since the beginning of the world, and the way it shall remain.(Editing by Janet Lawrence)
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).
China: Out of control dairy system led to abuse By TINI TRAN, Associated Press Writer SEPT 23,08
BEIJING - China's agriculture minister acknowledged Tuesday that the country's milk-gathering system was out of control and led to abuses that put contaminated dairy products in stores across Asia, sickening some 54,000 babies and killing four. At least six Asian countries banned or curbed imports of Chinese dairy products, and the World Health Organization warned of possible smuggling of melamine-tainted infant formula across borders. The European Union told customs authorities to keep a closer eye on food imports from China.Melamine, used to make plastics and fertilizer, has been found in infant formula and other milk products from 22 Chinese dairy companies. Suppliers trying to cut costs are believed to have added it to watered-down milk because its high nitrogen content masks the resulting protein deficiency.Since the discovery of tainted milk was made public, China's government has scrambled to respond. Recent days have seen a number of arrests and forced resignations of officials.Chinese state television reported that the company at the center of the scandal, Sanlu Group Co., received complaints about tainted formula beginning last December and waited eight months to tell the local government, which then waited another month before informing higher authorities.Agriculture Minister Sun Zhengcai told a meeting with the health and public security ministries that the industrial chemical melamine was likely added at stations that collect milk from small individual dairy farmers.Since milk stations began only in recent years, the country now has no specific method of supervising them, or clear-cut supervision department. The purchasing process of raw milk is basically out of control, Sun said, according to a summary of his comments posted Tuesday on his ministry's Web site.
We must crack down on them with the greatest determination and the toughest measures, Sun said in the meeting held late Monday.A group of 316 Chinese milk producers and retailers issued a joint statement promising to keep the dairy industry clean, state broadcaster China Central Television reported late Tuesday.
Among other things, producers promised to reject sub-standard raw materials, strictly inspect production, and take responsibility for product quality. Retailers also promised closer inspections.Sanlu had no comment Tuesday about the allegations on state television.CCTV reported Monday night that an investigation by the State Council, China's Cabinet, found that Sanlu had been receiving complaints about its infant formula as early as December 2007. The dairy company discovered melamine in its milk powder in June but did not report it to city officials until Aug. 2, it said.During these eight months, the company did not inform the government and did not take proper measures, therefore making the situation worse, CCTV said.The Shijiazhuang city government then failed to report the case to the Hebei provincial government until Sept. 9, CCTV said. Sanlu products were recalled from stores two days later and Shijiazhuang's top Communist Party official fired.Anthony Hazzard, the Western Pacific director of the World Health Organization, said 82 percent of the children made sick by the formula were 2 years old or younger.The sick included 12,892 babies in hospitals, 39,965 who have received outpatient treatment, and an additional 1,579 patients discharged from hospitals, he said, citing China's Ministry of Health.Hazzard said countries had been advised to focus particularly on smuggled formula by the International Food Safety Authorities (INFOSAN), a network of 167 countries organized by the WHO and the Food and Agriculture Organization.
He said authorities do not know at this stage what countries may have received the contaminated products. I think the greatest fear is if there has been illegal movement of the heavily contaminated products rather than the legal movement of products that may have very low levels of melamine, said Hazzard, speaking in Manila where the WHO's regional headquarters is located. The head of the Chinese agency that monitors food and product safety stepped down Monday. The resignation of Li Changjiang, who headed the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine since 2001, comes a year after he and the government promised to overhaul the system in response to a series of product safety scares. New regulations and procedures were introduced in an attempt to restore consumer confidence and preserve export markets after a string of recalls involving tainted toothpaste, faulty tires, contaminated seafood and in March 2007, pet food containing melamine that was blamed for the deaths of dogs and cats in the United States. According to the Health Ministry, of the 53,000 sickened children, 12,892 remain hospitalized, with 104 in serious condition. Another 39,965 children were treated and released. Baby formula and other milk products have been pulled from stores around the country and Chinese dairy products have been recalled or banned in Bangladesh, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Four Hong Kong children have been reported with kidney stones. European Commission spokeswoman Nina Papadoulaki said the EU's 27 member states do not import baby formula or other dairy products from China. But she said national customs authorities across the EU were asked last week to step up checks on imports of composite products, such as bread or chocolate, to ensure they contain no traces of contaminated milk. One of China's biggest milk producers, China Mengniu Dairy Co., saw its stock price plummet slightly more than 60 percent in Hong Kong trading Tuesday after its products were found tainted with the industrial chemical melamine. Mengniu, China's No. 1 dairy producer in total volume, said only a small portion of its products were contaminated and blamed the contamination on the illegal acts of some irresponsible milk collection centers and raw milk dealers.The board wishes to sincerely apologize for the incident and any inconvenience caused to the public, the company said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange.
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