KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.
13 If a man also lie with mankind,(ANOTHER MAN) as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind,(ANOTHER MAN) as with womankind: it is abomination.
3 Without natural affection,(HOMOSEXUALS) trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate,(HARDENED SODOMITE RAINBOW GROUPERRS) nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
6 But whoso shall offend (HURT) one of these little ones (CHILDREN) which believe in me,(JESUS) it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.(THATS THE DEATH PENALTY FOLKS)
12 He that smiteth (MURDER)a man,(OR BABY) so that he die, shall be surely put to death.(THATS THE DEATH PENALTY PEOPLE)
Her filibuster attempt stalled about two hours short of the deadline
over a complaint that she violated rules, and the Republican-controlled
Senate then began voting on the bill to cries of protests from
spectators.
Republicans said they met the deadline but Lieutenant
Governor David Dewhurst, after meeting with lawmakers, said some of
their votes came in after midnight, the effective close for the 30-day
special session.
Dewhurst also bemoaned the “unruly mob” at the capitol, according to the Dallas Morning News.
The bill called for stricter standards for abortion clinics.Republican
backers said it would protect women’s health and that the ban on
late-term abortions would protect the fetus, based on disputed research
that suggests pain is felt by 20 weeks of development.Opponents said it would force nearly all Texas abortion clinics to close or be rebuilt.Gilberto Hinojosa, chairman of the Texas Democratic party, said Davis displayed courage in her filibuster bid.Davis,
who began speaking at 11:15 a.m. local time, was prevented by
procedural rules from deviating off-topic or taking a break by eating,
leaning against her desk, sitting down or using the rest room.Republicans
tried to disrupt her by charging that she meandered off-topic and, at
one point, received help adjusting a supportive back brace.Davis
whittled away chunks of time by reading testimony and messages from
women and others decrying the legislation, reciting previously suggested
changes to the bill and tapping into her own life history as a single
mother at 19.She said the bill would have choked off her own access to a local Planned Parenthood clinic.“I
was a poor, uninsured woman, whose only care was provided through that
facility. It was my medical home,” said Davis, now 50, several hours
into her speech.Lieutenant Governor Dewhurst, who is Senate
president, suspended the filibuster after roughly 10 hours, to cries of
“let her speak” from supporters.Democrats appealed the ruling, sparking a row over parliamentary rules.After the session, Davis said on social media: “An incredible victory for Texas women and those who love them.”But
Republican Governor Rick Perry, a strong opponent of abortion, could
still revive the proposal by calling the legislature into a new special
session.The U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion nationwide in
1973, but conservative states have enacted laws in recent years that
seek to place restrictions on the procedure, especially on abortions
performed late in pregnancy.Twelve states have passed 20-week
bans, including two states where the bans take effect later this year,
according to the Center for Reproductive Rights. Courts have blocked the
bans in three of the 12 states – Arizona, Georgia and Idaho.Earlier
this month, the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives
passed a bill banning abortions 20 weeks after fertilization. The
measure is extremely unlikely to become law because Democrats control
the U.S. Senate and the White House.The Texas proposal would allow exemptions for abortions to save a woman’s life and in cases of severe fetal abnormalities.“In Texas, we value all life, and we’ve worked to cultivate a culture that supports the birth of every child,” Perry said.The abortion debate simmers elsewhere in the United States.North
Dakota’s only abortion clinic on Tuesday filed a federal challenge to a
new state law, the most restrictive in the country, one that would ban
procedures to end pregnancy once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, as
early as six weeks.A Philadelphia jury last month convicted
abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell of murdering three babies during
abortions at a clinic in a high-profile case that focused national
attention on late-term abortions.
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(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).
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.
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
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 (PEACE TREATY) 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.
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)
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.
Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to a series of concessions proposed by US
Secretary of State John Kerry with the aim of kick starting peace talks
between Israel and the Palestinians, according to Israeli media.Netanyahu will reportedly set free 120 Palestinian terrorists jailed
prior to the signing of the "Oslo" peace accords in 1993. The
Palestinian insist that because these men carried out their crimes prior
to the signing of any agreements, they must be viewed as prisoners of
war, not criminals, despite their attempts to mass murder Jewish men,
women and children.Of course, the Palestinian regime also insists that terrorists jailed
the signing of the peace agreements are, in fact, not terrorists
either, since they merely killed Jews who were "occupying" their land.Netanyahu is also said to be ready to halt all Jewish construction
outside of major settlement blocs in Judea and Samaria, the so-called
"West Bank" that the Palestinians claim for their future state. Israeli
officials have already acknowledged that a de facto construction freeze
is in place.
The goal of these concessions is to give Palestinian leader Mahmoud
Abbas something he can present as a "victory" in order to entice him
back to the negotiating table.According to Palestinian reports, it was only partly successful.While Abbas is reportedly ready to drop his preconditions for
renewing talks, he will only do so temporarily. In essence, according to
Palestinian media reports, Abbas will come to the negotiating table
with the intent of blackmailing Netanyahu.If Netanyahu fails to make a proposal that meets all Arab demands
right away, Abbas has threatened to again turn to the United Nations to
unilaterally recognize an independent Palestinian state.Despite what many in the region recognize as the same old intractable
positions, Kerry is hailing the deal as a historic opportunity and is
expected back in the region shortly.
for the PA, among other issues.But Abdullah said that unless final status talks are launched
quickly, it is more likely the region will see another round of Arab
Spring violence – this time started by the Palestinian Authority.The Hashemite monarch added that the Syrian civil war across his
northern border could also ignite a regional war unless the
international community is able to convene peace talks soon, according
to the London-based
newspaper.“It has become clear to all that the Syrian crisis may extend from
being a civil war to a regional and sectarian conflict...the extent of
which is unknown,” the king warned in the
.“It is time for a more serious Arab and international coordination to
stop the deterioration of the Syrian crisis. The situation cannot wait
any longer,” he added.Jordan has absorbed more than half a million Syrian refugees,
according to the United Nations. Most are being housed in U.N.-supplied
tent cities in the country’s northern Mafraq sector, near the Syrian
border.At least 1.5 million Syrian citizens have fled the country, and more
than two million others are homeless and displaced within the country.
In a letter sent to all leaders of European Union member states,
European Jewish Congress President Dr. Moshe Kantor has compared the
EU’s moves to label goods from Israeli companies operating over the
‘Green Line’ with the long overdue proscription of Hizbullah.“Firstly, this policy is seen as discriminatory as the European Union
appears to be singling out one disputed territory of the world for
special treatment, whereas the European Union has no similar policies
for the other tens of territories that are the subject of international
disputes.”“Moreover, the timing of the labeling issue is inauspicious as it is
diverting energies that could be better placed supporting positive moves
towards restarting direct negotiations between the parties,” Kantor
wrote. “I believe that the implementation of a policy which is seen as
one-sided and biased at this time will only serve to negatively affect
this positive momentum and increase ill-faith and bad feeling between
the parties.”The EJC also argues that this policy will also have a negative effect
on the Arab population, many of whom work or are supported by these
Israeli companies.“This policy will also have the additional problematic effect of
disenfranchising tens of thousands of Palestinians who work for these
Israeli companies, earning pay far greater than in the Palestinian
Authority, and their dependents, who would suffer an enormous financial
blow from the ramifications of this policy,” Kantor said.Kantor wrote in the letter that while the labeling of goods
originating over the ‘Green Line’ was problematic, it is made worse by
the comparative lack of traction on the issue of adding Hizbullah to the
EU list of terrorist organizations.“The greatest concern to us as European citizens is that while there
is a consensus and movement on the labeling issue, there appears to be
little movement on the goal of proscribing Hizbullah as a terrorist
organization within the European Union,” Kantor wrote in the letter to
the European leaders. “While the European Union’s oft-stated goal is to
achieve peace and security in the Middle East, these words will remain
hollow if an organization with a proven and undisputable record of
murder and terrorism in Europe and around the world, and whose goal is
to destroy the Jewish State, is allowed to act freely, recruit and raise
funds unimpeded on the European continent.”“I would urge you to prioritize the proscription of an organization
whose aim is to derail security and stability in the region and beyond,
and whose ongoing role will ensure that peace will not be achieved in
the Middle East. This is the greatest contribution the European Union
can make to US Secretary of State Kerry’s efforts, and the efforts of
those who wish to see a restart of negotiations which will lead to a
resolution of the protracted conflict,” Kantor concluded.
CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL 2ND WAVE OF WW3 (200 MILLION MAN ARMY)
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up,(AT THE ATATURK DAM IN TURKEY) that the way of the kings(CHINA,NORTH-SOUTH KOREA, of the east might be prepared.(THIS IS THE ATATURK DAM IN TURKEY,THEY CROSS OVER).
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) 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)
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
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(DEMONIC WAR) angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(4 WINDS OF THE WORLD-WORLDWIDE WAR)(TURKEY-IRAQ-SYRIA)(EUPHRATES RIVER CONSISTS OF 760 MILES IN TURKEY,440 MILES IN SYRIA AND 660 MILES IN IRAQ)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,(COULD ALSO MEAN THE 4 CORNERS OF THE EARTH OR WORLDWIDE WAR) 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)
BRUSSELS - EU diplomats met their
Chinese counterparts in Guiyang to discuss human rights on Tuesday (25
June) as minorities clashed with police in the north-western part of the
country, leaving scores dead.
The official Xinhua News Agency said riots in a remote town in the
Turkic-speaking Xinjiang left 27 dead by early Wednesday morning.Seventeen protestors were killed, including nine security officers and eight civilians. Police also shot and killed 10 others.A large population of Muslim minority Uighurs live in the region,
which has been the scene of previous deadly riots. In April, some 20
people were killed. Around 200 were killed in a 2009 uprising between
the Han Chinese and Uighur communities.The EU diplomats in Guiyang said they expressed concerns over a wide
rang of human rights issues, including those of ethnic and religious
minorities.Led by a director from the European External Action Service, the EU
delegation was taken on a field trip to a village in Guiyang - in south
east China - where 97 percent of the population belongs to the Buyi
ethnic group.The EU officials later met with the Guiyang governor.But for its part, the US-based NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the
remote location of the dialogue in Guiyang is a ploy by the Chinese to
weaken any meaningful dialogue.“This is precisely the kind of ‘dialogue’ the Chinese government
likes best: away from senior Chinese officials, away from the
international press, and with little ambition from either side to apply
rights protection to real life situations in China,” said Lotte Leicht,
EU director at HRW in Brussels, in a statement.HRW says the EU commitment last year to weave human rights into its foreign policy has netted few results.The organisation describes the EU pledge to back human rights
defenders as “an empty gesture as far as Chinese activists are
concerned.”It says the EU has accepted demands by the Chinese government to hold
human rights dialogue out of the public view in a low-level and
non-transparent diplomatic exercise.HRW says creating benchmarks to measure progress would be a more meaningful approach to the biannual dialogues held since 1995.The EU, for its part, notes that the next round of human rights
discussions will take place in Europe before the end of the year.
MUSLIM NATIONS (SLAUGHTERED BY NUKES FOR COMING AGAINST ISRAEL)
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
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.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages;(ISRAEL) I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil,(OIL IS IN SPOIL) and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
EZEKIEL 39:1-8,11-18
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
13 Yea, all the people of the land (OF ISRAEL) shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I (GOD-JESUS) shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment,(NUCLEAR BOMB EXPERTS) passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it,(WON'T TOUCH IT) till the buriers have buried it (PROPERLY) in the valley of Hamongog.(RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS NEW BURIEL SITE)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl,(500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THREW ISRAEL EVERY SPRING,FALL) and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF THE RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ARMIES)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye (MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL) shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.(RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS)
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I (GOD-JESUS) will set my glory among the heathen,(WORLD NATIONS) and all the heathen (WORLD NATIONS) shall see my judgment that I have executed,(AGAINST ISRAELS ENEMIES) and my (GODS) hand that I have laid upon them.(ISRAELS HATER ENEMIES)
JEREMEIAH 49:35-37 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR NUKE SITE SOME BELIEVE)
35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRAN/BUSHEHR NUCLEAR SITE) the chief of their might.(MOST DANGEROUS NUKE SITE IN IRAN)
36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven,(IRANIANS SCATTERED OR MASS IMIGARATION) and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(WORLD IMMIGRATION)
37 For I will cause Elam (IRAN-BUSHEHR NUKE SITE) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger,(ISRAELS NUKES POSSIBLY) saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:(IRAN AND ITS NUKE SITES DESTROYED)
EZEKIEL 35:3-6,11-15
3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir,(ARABS) I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.
4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred,(AGAINST ISRAEL) and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:
6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.
11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.
12 And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.
13 Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.
14 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.(ARAB,MUSLIMS)
15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir,(ARABS) and all Idumea,(ARAB,MUSLIMS) even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
ISAIAH 17:1,11-14
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations,(USELESS U.N) that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
14 And behold at evening tide trouble; and before the morning he is not.(ASSAD) This is the portion of them that spoil us,(ISRAEL) and the lot of them that rob us.
JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23 Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27 And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN DAMASCUS)
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
JEREMIAH 47:1-7
1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines,(PALESTINIAN/ARABS) before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
2 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north,(NORTHERN TSUNAMI POSSIBLY) and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses,(ISRAELS ARMY) at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;(ISRAEL POSSIBLY NUKES GAZA)
4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines,(PALESTINIAN FAKE ARABS) and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
5 Baldness is come upon Gaza;(NUKED POSSIBLY) Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
6 O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? (MEDITTERANEAN SEA) there hath he appointed it.
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.
JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS-MUSLIMS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them,(BEFORE THE NUKE GOES OFF) and behind them a desolate wilderness;(AFTER THE ATOMIC BOMB GOES OFF) yea, and nothing shall escape them.(EVERYTHING NUKED)
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,ARAB,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate,(SIBERIAN DESERT) with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(FOR COMING AGAINST ISRAEL)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
JEREMIAH 8:7
7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times;(MIGRATION TIME) and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming;(IN MIGRATION SEASON) but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.(WW3 MIGRATING BIRDS EAT ISRAELS ENEMIES FLESH AND BLOOD)
Syria death toll tops 100,000, rebels lose border town
By Dominic Evans and Oliver Holmes | Reuters – 44 mins ago JUNE 26,13
By Dominic Evans and Oliver Holmes
BEIRUT (Reuters) -
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's
forces have retaken a town on the Lebanese border as they press an
offensive against rebels in a conflict that has now cost more than
100,000 lives, activists said on Wednesday.The army took full control of
Tel Kalakh,
driving out insurgents and ending an unofficial truce under which it
had allowed a small rebel presence to remain for several months.The fall of Tel Kalakh, two miles from the border with
Lebanon,
marks another gain for Assad after the capture of the rebel stronghold
of Qusair this month, and consolidates his control around the central
city of Homs, which links Damascus to his Alawite heartland overlooking
the Mediterranean coast.Like Qusair, Tel Kalakh was used by rebels in the early stages of
the conflict as a transit point for weapons and fighters smuggled into
Syria to join the fight against Assad.Pro-Assad websites showed video footage of soldiers patrolling the town in armored cars and on foot."Terrorist groups infiltrated and terrorized the local people," an
army officer said in the video. "In response to the request of the local
people, the army entered Tel Kalakh to cleanse the area and restore
security."The British-based
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,
a pro-opposition monitoring group, said rebels left the town on
Tuesday, retreating towards the nearby Crusader fort of Crac des
Chevaliers. Three rebels were killed as the army moved in.Six months ago, Assad's opponents were challenging the president's
grip on parts of Damascus, but are now under fierce military pressure
there, while their supply lines from neighboring Jordan and Lebanon have
steadily been choked off.
DEATH TOLL TOPS 100,000
In response to Assad's gains, achieved with the support of Lebanon's
pro-Iranian Hezbollah fighters who spearheaded the assault on Qusair,
Western and Arab nations pledged at the weekend to send urgent military
aid to the rebels.Hezbollah's involvement has highlighted the increasingly sectarian
dynamic in the Syrian conflict. Hezbollah and Tehran back Assad, whose
Alawite minority is an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam, while Sunni Muslim
states such as Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have stepped up support
for the mainly Sunni rebels.Radical Sunni militants from abroad, some of them linked to al Qaeda, are also coming in to fight alongside the rebels.Jordan's King Abdullah said the war could ignite conflict across the
Middle East unless global powers helped to convene peace talks soon."It has become clear to all that the Syrian crisis may extend from
being a civil war to a regional and sectarian conflict...the extent of
which is unknown," the monarch told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper in an
interview."It is time for a more serious Arab and international coordination
to stop the deterioration of the Syrian crisis. The situation cannot
wait any longer," he added.But prospects for proposed "Geneva 2" peace talks look bleak. Talks
on Tuesday between the United States and Russia, which support opposing
sides in Syria, produced no agreement on who should attend the
conference or when it should be held.Saudi Arabia, which views Shi'ite Iran as its arch-rival, has
stepped up aid to Syrian rebels in recent months, supplying
anti-aircraft missiles among other weapons.
"Syria is facing a double-edged attack. It is facing genocide by the
government and an invasion from outside the government," Saudi Foreign
Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said on Tuesday. "(It) is facing a
massive flow of weapons to aid and abet that invasion and that genocide.
This must end."The Observatory, which monitors violence through a network of
security and medical sources in Syria, said the death toll from two
years of conflict had risen above 100,000 - making it by far the
deadliest of the uprisings to have swept the region.
It said the figure included 18,000 rebel fighters and about 40,000
soldiers and pro-Assad militiamen. But the true number of combatants
killed was likely to be double that due to both sides' secrecy in
reporting casualties, it said.In addition to the casualties, it said, 10,000 people had been
detained by pro-Assad forces and 2,500 soldiers and loyalist militiamen
had been captured by the rebels.The United Nations has put the death toll from the 27-month-old conflict at 93,000 by the end of April.The violence has fuelled instability and sectarian tensions in Syria's neighbors, particularly Iraq and Lebanon.At least 40 people were killed this week in the Lebanese city of
Sidon in clashes between the army and gunmen loyal to a firebrand Sunni
cleric who backs the Syrian rebels and has urged Sunnis to challenge
Hezbollah's military might in Lebanon.
On Wednesday, unidentified attackers stabbed at least five
passengers on a bus carrying Syrians in Beirut, security sources said.
None of the victims was seriously wounded, they said.(For an interactive look at the Syrian uprising - http://link.reuters.com/rut37s)(Editing by Alistair Lyon)
Mursi to make his move as Egypt protests loom
By Alastair Macdonald and Shadia Nasralla | Reuters – 49 mins ago JUNE 26,13
By Alastair Macdonald and Shadia Nasralla
CAIRO (Reuters) - President Mohamed Mursi
will speak to the Egyptian people on Wednesday in a televised address
that could determine his political survival as millions prepare to rally
to demand his removal this weekend.Fears of a showdown in the streets between Mursi's
Islamist supporters and a broad coalition of the disaffected have led
people to stock up on food. Long lines of cars outside fuel stations
have snarled roads in Cairo and other cities.The army and police are preparing to contain any trouble, adding men
and barriers around important public buildings. The government promises
to allow peaceful protests but many fear that, with huge crowds, any
trouble could spin out of control.The army has warned politicians
it could effectively take charge again if they fail to reconcile. Some
in the anti-Mursi camp might welcome that, but Islamists say they would
fight any "coup" against Egypt's first freely elected leader.Mursi, who marks his first year in office on Sunday, has given no
hint of the contents of what aides called an "important speech". It is
due to start around 9:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. EDT) at a Cairo hall before an
invited audience. Some speculate he may reshuffle his cabinet to try to
defuse the anger against him.Some observers fear Egypt may be about to erupt again, two years after the revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak. Politics are polarized between Mursi's disciplined Muslim Brotherhood and disparate opponents who have lost a series of elections.
The deadlock has contributed to a deepening economic crisis and the government is running out of cash.
Washington has urge Mursi to bring the opposition into the political process and to press ahead with economic reforms.Liberal critics worry about Islamist rule - a coalition of local
human rights groups accused Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday of
crimes rivaling Mubarak's and of setting up a "religious, totalitarian
state". But many Egyptians are simply frustrated by falling living
standards and fear chaos.
Lining up at a bank machine in downtown Cairo, IT trainer Amgad
al-Fishawi, 40, said he feared cash could be hard to find in the coming
days and echoed the resignation felt by many at the deadlock: "Mursi
won't promise too much," he said. "Nobody's paying attention. The people
don't expect anything from him."
ARMY ALERT
The army is held in high regard by Egyptians, especially since it
pushed aside Mubarak following the 2011 uprising. Its chief issued a
warning on Sunday, urging compromise while also defending the legitimacy
of Mursi's election.One senior Western diplomat in Cairo said the army might try to
impose a solution, especially if the political deadlock turns violent:
"The margin for a political solution is definitely very narrow," he
said. "If (violence) crosses a certain threshold, the role of the army
might become by default more proactive."Islamists, oppressed for decades, fear a return of military rule and
hardliners warn of a fight if the generals intervene. They accuse
Mubarak-era institutions, including courts, state media, police and
civil service, of working to undermine Mursi.An officer in one of Egypt's internal security agencies told Reuters
this week that the country needed to be "cleansed" of the Islamists who
he described as terrorists. He said that the protest rallies could be
the trigger for change.The army, still heavily funded by Washington as it was under
Mubarak, and Western governments have been urging Mursi to bridge
differences with his non-Islamist opponents. He says he has tried. They
say he and his Muslim Brotherhood, along with harder line allies, are
trying to monopolize the state.Mursi says a petition demanding he quit - which liberal organizers
say has 15 million signatures - is undemocratic. In that, he has support
from Islamists, who have staged shows of strength in recent days and
plan a major Cairo rally on Friday.Nationwide opposition rallies, are due to start on Sunday but could begin earlier.
LOW EXPECTATIONS
"This demonstration is spontaneous and comes from the Egyptian
people. We hope that it will bring the government ultimately to a place
where the reforms are effected and choices that need to be made about
the economy are implemented," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on
Tuesday in Saudi Arabia.
"We will obviously hope that it will not produce violence and be a moment of catalyzing positive change for Egypt itself."The opposition have low expectations of the speech which Mursi
appears to be planning to make in front of a partisan crowd. Liberal
activists plan to watch it on a screen in Cairo's Tahrir Square, where
the revolt against Mubarak began in January 2011.Liberal coalition spokesman Khaled Dawoud said: "He missed several
opportunities in the past to build bridges with the Egyptian people. At
this point, it's too late for any possible measures, short of early
elections, to stop the demonstrations."Dawoud likened Mursi's address to speeches made by Mubarak during
the revolt. The army eased him aside after 18 days and took power itself
until Mursi took office on June 30 last year.Among criticisms of Mursi, a less than charismatic speaker who
became the Brotherhood's presidential candidate as a last-minute
stand-in, is that he has turned for support to harder line Islamist
groups, including former militants.The lynching of five Shi'ite Muslims on Sunday revived fears among minorities, including
Egypt's
several million Christians, and has been used by the opposition to
portray Mursi as tolerant of an extremist Sunni Muslim fringe.(Reporting by Shaimaa Fayed, Patrick Werr, Asmaa Alsharif, Tom
Perry, Maggie Fick, Yasmine Saleh, Omar Fahmy, Alastair Macdonald,
Alexander Dziadosz and Shadia Nasralla in Cairo; Writing by Alastair
Macdonald; editing by Janet McBride; Editing by Philippa Fletcher)
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).
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,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
Rotting corpses spark fears of epidemic amid India floods
By Nita Bhalla | Reuters – 1 hr 53 mins ago JUNE 26,13
By Nita Bhalla
NEW DELHI, June 26 (
Thomson Reuters Foundation) -
Rotting corpses contaminating
water sources and poor sanitation amid devastating floods in
northern India could lead to a serious outbreak of diseases such as cholera and dysentery, aid groups warned on Wednesday.The floods, triggered by heavy monsoon rains more than 10 days ago,
have killed at least 822 people in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand
and forced tens of thousands from their homes. Officials say the death
toll may cross 1,000 and thousands are still reported missing.Authorities have so far been focusing on rescuing thousands of
pilgrims who visit the region for its sacred Hindu temples and shrines,
but aid agencies, struggling to get past roads choked by landslides to
local villagers, warned of another disaster unfolding in form of an
outbreak of diseases.Aid workers said they were concerned that a combination of heavy
rains and corpses lying out in the open would contaminate streams and
rivers."We are getting reports from the
field that there are rotting bodies lying around, many of them
semi-buried in soil and rubble that came down from the mountains," said
Zubin Zaman, Humanitarian Manager for
Oxfam India, which is working in Rudraprayag, one of the worst affected districts."There are also carcasses of livestock in rivers and streams and
this has, of course, contaminated so many of their water sources. But
people are desperate and are being forced to consume water they wouldn't
otherwise."
Zaman said he was concerned of outbreaks of water-borne diseases
such as cholera, diarrhea and dysentery, adding that he had received
reports that 400 people were admitted to a medical camp in Sonprayag.The disaster - the worst floods
India
has witnessed since 2008 when around 500 died in the eastern state of
Bihar - has swept away buildings, washed away farmland and destroyed
major roads and bridges.The floods and landslides have been dubbed a "Himalayan tsunami" by
the Indian media due to the torrents of water unleashed in the hilly
region, which sent mud crashing down, burying homes and other buildings.Heavy rains over the last two days have hampered rescue operations
by the army and air force who have been air lifting survivors marooned
in and around the four temple towns of Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri
and Yamunotri since June 15.Television channels broadcast dramatic pictures of desperate
pilgrims scrambling to get aboard dozens of military helicopters which
have been ferrying people to safety. Around 96,500 people have so far
been evacuated by land and air, according to media reports.An air force rescue helicopter crashed on Tuesday, killing 20 people
on board. The air force said the helicopter was delivering wood for the
mass cremation of bodies found in and around the temple town of
Kedarnath.(Editing by Nick Macfie)
DRUG PUSHERS AND ADDICTS
1 PET 5:8
8 Be sober,(NOT DRUGED UP OR ALCOHOLICED) be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
REVELATION 18:23
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries (DRUGS) were all nations deceived.
REVELATION 9:21
21 Neither repented they of their murders,(KILLING) nor of their sorceries (DRUGS AND DRUG PUSHERS), nor of their fornication,(SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE OR PROSTITUTION FOR MONEY) nor of their thefts.(STEALING)
UN sounds alarm on widespread designer drug use
By GEORGE JAHN | Associated Press – 55 mins ago JUNE 26,13
VIENNA (AP) — VIENNA — The U.N.
drug control agency on Wednesday sounded the alarm on the spread of
designer drugs,
which are sold openly and produce legal but sometimes deadly highs,
while reporting that global drug use generally remains stable.Such substances "can be far more dangerous than
traditional drugs,"
the agency said in a statement accompanying its annual report. "Street
names, such as 'spice,' 'meow-meow' and 'bath salts' mislead young
people into believing that they are indulging in low-risk fun."A six-page summary of the report by the U.N. Office on Drugs and
Crime warned that "the international drug control system is foundering,
for the first time, under the speed and creativity" of their
proliferation.
It said countries worldwide reported 251 such substances by mid-2012,
compared with 166 at the end of 2009. The problem, said the report, is
"hydra-headed" in that as fast as governments ban the drugs,
manufacturers produce new variants.Nearly 5 percent of European Union residents aged between 15 and 24 have already experimented with such drugs, said the report.In the United States, 158 kinds of
synthetic drugs
were circulating during 2012, more than twice as many as in the EU, and
use was growing in East and Southeast Asia, including China, Indonesia,
Japan, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.Gil Kerlikowske, director of the
U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy, said the United States
faces "continuing challenges with
prescription drug abuse
and new synthetic drugs." But he also noted successes, saying on the
sidelines of a meeting in Vienna for the report's launch that U.S.
cocaine use has decreased by 50 percent since 2006, due in part to
better
drug education and increased amounts seized.In a statement accompanying the organization's 151-page report, UNODC
head Yury Fedotov said that while drug use and production overall
appears to be stable in recent years, illicit drug consumption still
kills around 200,000 people each year.However, the office lowered its estimate of the number of people
injecting drugs and those living with the HIV virus worldwide because of
such injections.It said 14 million people between the ages of 16 and 65 inject drugs
and of those, 1.6 million have the virus as a result of such injections —
12 percent and 46 percent less respectively than last estimated five
years ago.In other findings, the agency reported:
— heroin and opium use remains steady at around 16.4 million people, or 0.4 percent of the world's adult population.
—heroin use appears to be declining in Europe, with users aging and because of more efficient drug seizures.
—cocaine use, although still rare, appears to be growing in China and
Hong Kong as shown by seizures of the drug, apparently reflecting the
growth of a more affluent society.
—U.S. cocaine use fell by 40 percent between 2006 and 2011, due in
part to less production in Colombia, more efficient law enforcement and
disruptive turf wars among drug cartels.
—seizures of "amphetamine-type" drugs rose by 66 percent in 2011 compared with the year before, to 123 tons.
—the use of "ecstasy," one such drug, is declining globally but appears to be growing in Europe.
06/26/2013 VATICAN INSIDER
IOR: Francis takes action
Vatican City
Pope sets up Pontifical Commission to study IOR reform
Vatican InsIder Staff
Rome
The Pope wants to get right to the bottom of the
Vatican Bank’s affairs: He wants to be informed in person about all its
activities and receive copies of documents regarding all problem areas.
He feels the urgent need to face the Vatican Bank’s problems head on, in
order to allow the Gospel’s principles to permeate into economic and
financial activities. Francis has issued a document setting up a special
commission with broad powers, which will have the task of carrying out
an in-depth inquiry into the legal position and the activities of the
Institute for Religious Works.
This is an innovative decision and follows on
directly from Benedict XVI’s work on transparency in the Vatican Bank :
the commission answers directly to the Pope. All IOR offices and staff
and the Roman Curia are called to work together without divulging
confidential information concerning the bank and its operations. Those
who feel they have something to say or information to give are expressly
and explicitly invited to do so.The commission is composed of five members but
others can be added if needed and external collaborators can assist in
its work as well. Cardinal Raffaele Farina is charing the commission and
members include: Cardinal Jean-Luis Tauran and Professor Mary Ann
Glendon. Archbishop Juan Ignacio Arrietais the co-ordinator and the
Assessor for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State, Monsignor
Peter Brian Wells.
The IOR is not therefore being placed under the
administration o fan external commissioner, nor are any changes being
made to the internal governance equilibrium. Before going ahead with any
potential reforms, Francis wants to know everything there is to
know about the IOR. The new Pope’s decision is important because he
obviously did not rely blindly on the media strategy of Institute’s new
German president Ernst von Freyberg and his numerous interviews with the
international press. Nor on the theology lessons on the things that are
“essential” for the Church’s freedom, given in a surprising interview
with the IOR’s Director General, Paolo Cipriani.
Progress has been made in the field of
transparency. But it is not enough. The motu proprio seems almost like
an invitation to not to go making announcements and decisions without
consulting the Pope first.
FILE
Pope Francis' Chirograph on the IOR
Speaking at a ceremony marking the 109th anniversary of the death of the father
of modern Zionism, Theodor Herzl, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
stressed that any peace deal with the Palestinian Authority must be
based on Israel's ability to defend itself if the agreement breaks down.Speaking just hours before US Secretary of State John Kerry’s
arrival, Netanyahu said that, "Peace rests on security. It is not based
on good will or legitimacy as some think. It is based, first and
foremost, on our ability to defend ourselves.”Kerry is due back in Jerusalem on Thursday evening on his fifth trip
in as many months as he seeks to coax Israel and the Palestinian
Authority back to direct negotiations, which collapsed nearly three
years ago."Without security, without the army that Herzl called to establish,
we cannot defend peace, we cannot defend ourselves if the peace
unravels," Netanyahu said in remarks communicated by his office.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin
Welby, met local religious leaders in Jerusalem on Thursday and invited
them to visit him in London, Israeli officials said.Welby, who has Jewish roots, and is seen by some as a potential ally of the Jewish people,
is on his first trip to the Holy Land since taking office in March but
had visited the region before becoming the leader of the world's 80
million Anglicans, his office said."Archbishop Justin is making this trip early in his ministry because
of the significance of the region, the importance of the relationships
that his Office has there, and because he is keenly aware of the
particular pressures on the region at the moment – not least the
devastating conflict in Syria," it said.“The Archbishop, who has visited the Middle East several times prior
to taking on his new role, is deeply concerned for justice and for the
security of all the peoples of the region, and the pressures on its
Christian communities."Since arriving from Jordan on Wednesday, Welby has visited Christian,
Muslim and Jewish sites, including the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial."We hope that we will see the same kind of cooperation that we had
with his predecessor, both in terms of the relationship and in terms of
dialogue," the Israeli foreign ministry said.On Thursday he met Israeli President Shimon Peres and then had lunch with leaders of various faiths."He extended an invitation to them to come to visit," an Israeli official told AFP on condition of anonymity.Welby was due to visit Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmud Abbas later on Thursday and return home on Friday, the official said.
Great Britain has barred a pair of American anti-Islam activists from
entering the country, labeling them “extremists” whose “presence here
is not conducive to the public good,” The Hill reported.Pamela Geller and
Robert Spencer, co-founders of the organization Stop Islamization of
America, had been invited to speak at a rally of the English Defense
League, but the British Home Office informed them Tuesday that they were
not welcome in the country after the leftist group “HOPE not hate”
initiated a campaign against them.
MK Ayelet Shaked (Bayit Yehudi) visited Ramla on Thursday, and was guided by Michael Yomtovian, a rabbi in a local school.
