Anti-Christian Violence Continues in Pakistan
"Anti-Christian violence continues in Pakistan and police are not pursuing the perpetrators, according to news reports."

US financial and military aid to Pakistan since 9/11: $20 Billion

India again denounces U.S. military aid to Pakistan
Pakistan has received $20.7 billion worth of U.S. assistance over the past decade, about two-thirds of it military aid.

Hamas: Russia pledges to back Palestinian bid for state recognition
"Russian FM Lavrov hosts representatives of recently reconciled rival Palestinian factions, praises unity deal"

Netanyahu: Israel cannot prevent UN recognition of Palestinian state

IDF source: Israel bracing for clashes along its borders ahead of planned protests
"Facebook-organized activists have called for demonstrations in Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan to mark the upcoming anniversary of the 1967 Six-Day War"

Activists prepare to confront Israel with second Gaza flotilla

'Obama trying to head off trainwreck at UN in September'
"Outgoing U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell tells Charlie Rose that the UN recognizing a Palestinian state would be 'very harmful for Israel, for the U.S., and not good for the peace process.'"

Cairo opens Gaza crossing, prepares to halt gas to Israel
Egyptian authorities plan to follow up on the permanent opening of the Gaza Strip Rafah crossing - so ending its four-year siege - by liquidating EMG (the East Mediterranean Gas Company which is under contract to deliver Egyptian gas to Israel and supplied 40 percent of its needs in 2010.

Arab League backs Palestinian state recourse to UN
"DOHA — The Arab League said on Saturday it backs seeking UN recognition for a Palestinian state, as Qatar proposed at a meeting that the Middle East peace process be suspended until Israel was 'ready' for talks."

Oppress Israel and veil it as "concern"

Blair: Obama anxious about Israel's fate
"Blair told an audience of business leaders gathered in central London on Thursday that Obama is 'frankly worried about the position that Israel is in.'"

No need to worry about Israel, Mr. President. A power infinitely higher than you is fully in charge of Israel's future.

Now that you have called for a further partitioning of Israel, I'd be much more concerned with your own position before the Almighty. God does not deal kindly with people who pressure His people into seemingly impossible corners (i.e. suggesting a return to pre-1967 borders). A Christian should know that. A simple reading of the Old Testament tells you that.

Dividing Israel's land post-1967 is utterly futile

Netanyahu in Congress: Jerusalem Must Remain Undivided
"Israel is the only country that has guaranteed freedom of all faiths in Jerusalem, which must remain undivided, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told Congress Tuesday. In unusually strong language, he told members of Congress that Judea and Samaria are part of the ancient Jewish homeland that our forefathers walked in and that the 650,000 Jews living there 'are not ‘occupying’ the region.”"

I sense a showdown of biblical proportions coming up between Obama, the EU, and the UN on one side; and Israel and the Creator of All Things on the other. How foolish and ignorant it is to fight against the God of Israel. How many times has man already tried this? The end has already been determined.

Obadiah:

¹⁵ “The day is near when I, the Lord,
      will judge all godless nations!
   As you have done to Israel,
      so it will be done to you.
   All your evil deeds
      will fall back on your own heads.
 ¹⁶ Just as you swallowed up my people
      on my holy mountain,
   so you and the surrounding nations
      will swallow the punishment I pour out on you.
   Yes, all you nations will drink and stagger
      and disappear from history.

 ¹⁷ “But Jerusalem will become a refuge for those who escape;
      it will be a holy place.
   And the people of Israel will come back
      to reclaim their inheritance.
 ¹⁸ The people of Israel will be a raging fire,
      and Edom a field of dry stubble.
   The descendants of Joseph will be a flame
      roaring across the field, devouring everything.
   There will be no survivors in Edom.
      I, the Lord, have spoken!

Zechariah 9:
⁸ I will guard my Temple
and protect it from invading armies.
I am watching closely to ensure
that no more foreign oppressors overrun my people’s land.

Zion’s Coming King

⁹ Rejoice, O people of Zion!
Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem!
Look, your king is coming to you.
He is righteous and victorious,
yet he is humble, riding on a donkey—
riding on a donkey’s colt.
¹⁰ I will remove the battle chariots from Israel
and the warhorses from Jerusalem.
I will destroy all the weapons used in battle,
and your king will bring peace to the nations.
His realm will stretch from sea to sea
and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.
¹¹ Because of the covenant I made with you,
sealed with blood,
I will free your prisoners
from death in a waterless dungeon.
¹² Come back to the place of safety,
all you prisoners who still have hope!
I promise this very day
that I will repay two blessings for each of your troubles.
¹³ Judah is my bow,
and Israel is my arrow.
Jerusalem is my sword,
and like a warrior, I will brandish it against the Greeks.

¹⁴ The Lord will appear above his people;
his arrows will fly like lightning!
The Sovereign Lord will sound the ram’s horn
and attack like a whirlwind from the southern desert.
¹⁵ The Lord of Heaven’s Armies will protect his people,
and they will defeat their enemies by hurling great stones.
They will shout in battle as though drunk with wine.
They will be filled with blood like a bowl,
drenched with blood like the corners of the altar.
¹⁶ On that day the Lord their God will rescue his people,
just as a shepherd rescues his sheep.
They will sparkle in his land
like jewels in a crown.
¹⁷ How wonderful and beautiful they will be!
The young men will thrive on abundant grain,
and the young women will flourish on new wine.

Speaking to reporters accompanying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his long flight to the United States tonight, Netanyahu spoke of the injustice and hardship Mexicans have endured since American forces annexed Texas in 1845. “Tens of thousands of ordinary Mexicans were driven out of their homes – the only homes they had known for centuries – and forced to live in poverty and squalor south of the border imposed by American aggression,” Netanyahu said. “The Israeli and Mexican people agree on this: This festering wound will never heal until America takes bold steps to return to the internationally accepted lines of 1845. Clearly the settlement activity that’s taken place in occupied Mexico since then is illegal. When I meet the President tomorrow I will tell him to halt all building activity in Texas immediately. Two lands for two peoples, yes, but not on land taken by force from Mexico,” the Prime Minister said.

CAUSE:
Obama seeks to soothe Israel on Mideast vision - Yahoo! News
"President Barack Obama on Sunday sought to soothe Israeli fury over his new Middle East peace proposals by making clear that the Jewish state would likely be able to keep some settlements in any final deal with the Palestinians."

EFFECT:
Joplin tornado death toll soars to 89
"A massive tornado that tore through the southwest Missouri city of Joplin killed at least 89 people, but authorities warned that the death toll could climb Monday as search and rescuers continued their work at sunrise."

Genesis 12:

³ I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.

May 21, 2011

1 Chronicles 16:

³¹ Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice!
      Tell all the nations, “The Lord reigns!”
 ³² Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise!
      Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy!
 ³³ Let the trees of the forest rustle with praise,
      for the Lord is coming to judge the earth.

 ³⁴ Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!
      His faithful love endures forever.
 ³⁵ Cry out, “Save us, O God of our salvation!
      Gather and rescue us from among the nations,
   so we can thank your holy name
      and rejoice and praise you.”

 ³⁶ Praise the Lord, the God of Israel,
      who lives from everlasting to everlasting!

   And all the people shouted “Amen!” and praised the Lord.

Obama is an Agent for the LBL Beast of Islam

President breaks US promise and cedes the West Bank to the mythical Palestinians

Military-Strategic Aspects of West Bank Topography for Israel's Defense

...Incapacitating and overrunning the coastal plain would terminate Israel's very existence. This is the primary factor affecting the strategic importance of the West Bank for Israel from a military perspective. Another aspect of the strategic importance of the West Bank emanates from its role as a barrier protecting the vulnerable coastal plain from armed attack from the east. The West Bank mountain ridge may reach only 3,000 feet at its highest point, but to its east is the Jordan Rift Valley which is the lowest point on earth, dipping down to 1,200 feet below sea-level. This means that the West Bank mountain ridge forms a 4,200-foot barrier facing eastward that is relatively steep for an attacking ground force

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Palestinians set on U.N. statehood bid in September - Yahoo! News
"Diplomats see majority support for the Palestinians in the U.N. General Assembly. But the statehood vote would have first to be approved in the Security Council, where the United States -- which insists on a negotiated Middle East peace -- has a veto.

'We urge President Obama to recognize the Palestinian state on the 1967 borders,' Shaath said. 'We are going to the United Nations in September, using all non-violent means.'"

Obama has already (foolishly) stated he supports the pre-67 borders. September will be very interesting. Is September Obama's deadline for Israel to negotiate its borders?

Obama acting out of ignorance - just a pawn of the Almighty

Obama says Palestine must be based in 1967 borders
"WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is endorsing the Palestinians' demand for their future state to be based on the borders that existed before the 1967 Middle East war"

Palestinians call 'urgent' meeting after Obama speech
"'President Abbas decided to call the Palestinian leadership to an urgent meeting as soon as possible and consult with the Arab brothers to discuss US President Barack Obama's speech,' senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told reporters."

Pre-1967 borders are indefensible for Israel:
Military-Strategic Aspects of West Bank Topography for Israel's Defense

Due to its location and topography, the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) has played a vital role in Israel's national security since it was captured by the IDF in 1967.

Hosea 4:
² You make vows and break them;
      you kill and steal and commit adultery.
   There is violence everywhere—
      one murder after another.
 ³ That is why your land is in mourning,
      and everyone is wasting away.
   Even the wild animals, the birds of the sky,    
and the fish of the sea are disappearing.

Ecclesiastes 9:

¹² People can never predict when hard times might come. Like fish in a net or birds in a trap, people are caught by sudden tragedy.

 

News from a few months ago:

• Dead Birds Fall From Sky In Sweden, Millions Of Dead Fish Found In Maryland, Brazil, New Zealand
• Animal death mystery: Jackdaws in Sweden, fish in Brazil and New Zealand, crabs in England

'Die Welt': Iran building rocket bases in Venezuela
"The Iranian government is moving forward with the construction of rocket launch bases in Venezuela"

DEBKAfile, Obama to get tough with Assad. Syrian-Israeli flare-up expected
"Debkafile's military sources report that tough American measures targeting Assad will bring forth heightened Syrian-Israeli border tensions, potentially in the form of a limited Syrian military strike into Israel or Lebanon or both. Indeed [Assad's] cousin Rami Makhlouf threatened that instability in Syria would cause instability in Israel."

Nasrallah hails 'courage, bravery of Nakba Day protesters'
"Hezbollah leader predicts Israel's 'demise,' promises protesters 'right of return' will be realized soon; Iranian foreign minister condemns IDF actions"

Arab protesters descend on Israeli borders - Yahoo! News
"This was a surprise for everyone. I have been here my whole life and never saw anything like this," said Khatib Ibrahim, a 51-year-old resident who watched the clashes unfold as he worked in his family's grove.

Officials also said there were strong signs that Syria and its Iranian-backed Lebanese ally, Hezbollah, orchestrated the unrest.  "The Syrian regime is intentionally attempting to divert international attention away from the brutal crackdown of their own citizens to incite against Israel," said Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich, an Israeli military spokeswoman.
  
DEBKAfile, Palestinians, Syrians, Hizb'allah smash through three Israeli borders

Reuters, Israel-Palestinian violence erupts on three borders
"Violence erupted on Israel's borders with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday, leaving at least eight dead and dozens wounded, as Palestinians marked what they term 'the catastrophe' of Israel's founding in 1948."

Obama is a fraud (but God's using him anyways)

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Florida imams arrested for aiding Pakistani Taliban
"MIAMI - The imam of a Florida mosque and his two sons, one also a Muslim spiritual leader, were arrested Saturday on charges of financing and supporting the Pakistani Taliban"

Caroline Glick: Obama's newest ambush

"It is hard to believe, but it appears that in the wake of the Palestinian unity deal that brings Hamas, the genocidal, al-Qaida-aligned, local franchise of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, into a partnership with Fatah, US President Barack Obama has decided to open a new round of pressure on Israel to give away its land and national rights to the Palestinians."

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Reversals challenge hope of Arab Spring
When popular rebellions began erupting around the Middle East earlier this year, the outpouring of democratic fervor was quickly dubbed the Arab Spring, a phrase that captured the heady optimism of what appeared to be a new era of freedom and hope.

But as spring turns to summer, events across the region are taking an altogether darker and more sinister turn, one in which the prospect of a brighter future no longer seems so readily assured.

Obama: too soft on Islamic Terrorists; always apologizing for America


"After thinking it over for a day or so, President Obama decided against publicly releasing the pictures of a blood-soaked dead Bin Laden. The President compared releasing these photographs to excessively celebrating a touchdown (“spiking the ball”) and added that such gore would only inflame the “Arab Street” and make the U.S. even more unpopular. He also assured Muslims that bin Laden’s corpse was treated with respect and in accordance with Islamic law.

This is the wrong approach for it projects an image of weakness to a culture that worships strength. Foreign policy is not about gaining a few points in the latest Pew Middle East survey. What Obama (and his weak stomach advisors) fails to realize is that gruesomely punishing one’s enemy offers an all-too-rare teachable moment regarding what happens to bad guys who mess with Uncle Sam."

Romans 13 [NKJV]:

  ¹ Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. ² Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. ³ For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. ⁴ For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.

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Incidentally, The New Living Translation Bible gets the intended tone of Romans 13:4 all wrong:

"⁴ The authorities are God’s servants, sent for your good. But if you are doing wrong, of course you should be afraid, for they have the power to punish you. They are God’s servants, sent for the very purpose of punishing those who do what is wrong."[NLT]


Where's the "avenger to execute wrath" part?

Fayyad to Arab states: We need you more than ever; save us
"PA makes pleas to Arab countries for aid money following Israeli decision to stop transferring tax revenue; aid from Arab states decreases from last year; Palestinians call for pressure on Israel over funds.

Deputy Prime Minister Silvan Shalom told members of Knesset in Jerusalem that the 1993 Olso interim peace accords which set up the transfers states that "a group that calls for Israel's destruction cannot take part in the elections." "You can't come along and say: 'I want the part of the Oslo Accords that's convenient for me, and I don't want the part that isn't convenient for me,'" he said."

Diskin: I'm 'very worried' by September statehood bid
"Shin Bet chief warns of declaration of Palestinian statehood in UN; Ayalon warns, Israel cannot prevent General Assembly from granting state"

Unrest in Syria threatens regional stability
"“A collapse of the Syrian regime is a doomsday scenario for the entire Middle East.”"


Zechariah 12:

² "I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. ³ On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves.

Christian Church Burnings Are Happening All Over The World And The U.S. Media Is Deadly Silent About It
"Did you know that hundreds of church burnings have taken place all over the globe so far in 2011?"

Terror Expert Scheuer: Jihad Revenge is Certain
"Al-Qaida is much stronger than it was on 9/11 despite the death of Osama bin Laden and it's a virtual certainty that the growing terrorist group will launch a major revenge attack, according to author and former CIA bin Laden-expert Michael Scheuer."

Hezb'allah Terrorist Group Setting Up Operations Near US Border
"'If they really wanted to start blowing stuff up, they could do it,'"

Evidence at bin Laden's home raises nuclear concerns - Washington Times
"Politico first reported this week that CIA Director Leon E. Panetta told members of Congress that bin Laden’s clothing had two phone numbers sewn into it at the time of the raid. Those numbers and other contacts found at the compound are key clues in an effort to determine what elements of Pakistan’s national security establishment provided support to bin Laden and al Qaeda."

Reports of the Arrest of Ahmadinejad's 'Exorcist' Fuel Concerns About Iran's Leadership
"A mysterious man known by some as the Iranian president’s “exorcist” has been arrested, in the latest sign that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s involvement with purveyors of the so-called “dark arts” is raising concerns among Iran’s leadership."

“We don’t trot out this stuff as trophies,” Mr. Obama added…In explaining his choice not to release [bin Laden's] photo, Mr. Obama said that “we don’t need to spike the football.”

Spiking the football
Obama rallies the troops at Fort Campbell the day after laying a wreath during a solemn ceremony at Ground Zero.

Don't get me wrong, I think Osama's death is definitely something to celebrate. Somewhat akin to David cutting off the head of Goliath. However, Obama is hypocritically milking Osama's death for all its political worth.

Memo to President Obama: Islam is at war with you
Looks like the "terrorists" have some sort of religious affiliation(??)

 

UK News :: Furious bin Laden supporters vow to take revenge
"It was organised by controversial preacher Anjem Choudary, who told reporters after the 'service' that America had created a new generation of Islamic terrorists."


UK Muslims are furious at the murder of Osama bin Laden, but President Obama assures us that Islam is not the enemy? They have declared war on the West, but we are not even to suggest the obvious: authentic Islam hates us.

Mahmoud is under pressure and getting flakier, if it were possible. Potentially perfect conditions for Ahmadinejad to begin hastening the return of his al Mahdi, the 12 Imam, creating world chaos and attacking Israel. Is Gog and Magog imminent?

Ahmadinejad allies charged with sorcery
"Close allies of Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have been accused of using supernatural powers to further his policies amid an increasingly bitter power struggle between him and the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...

Several people said to be close to the president and his chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, have been arrested in recent days and charged with being "magicians" and invoking djinns (spirits)."

The mainstream media calls it "sorcery". I call it demon possessed.

 Ahmadinejad: The era of Zionism is over
"“A new Middle East will emerge without the presence of the United States and the Zionist regime [Israel], and their allies in the near future,” Ahmadinejad said."

Living in the last days

Hamas chief at reconciliation ceremony: Palestinians' only battle is against Israel - Haaretz Daily Newspaper
"Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said at the ceremony that the Islamist group wanted the establishment of an independent, sovereign Palestinian state on land of the West Bank and Gaza Strip with Jerusalem as its capital."

The 'only' thing standing in their way is:

1. Israel, and 
2. the God of all.

What?! I thought Islam was the "religion of peace?"

Jerusalem imam: 'Obama will soon hang'
Al-Aqsa Mosque imam vows to avenge killing of Osama bin Laden in Youtube video. 'Dogs should not rejoice too much for killing lions'"

DEBKAfile, Gaza has six fortified villas just like bin Laden's Abbottabad compound
"Haniyeh condemned the killing of bin Laden as "the continuation of American oppression and shedding of blood of Muslims and Arabs." Although Hamas had its differences with Al Qaeda, his group, he said, condemns the assassination of 'a Muslim and holy Arabic warrior' and prays that bin Laden's 'soul rests in peace.'

The Hamas official was the only Muslim leader in the world to bluntly condemn the US for killing the master-terrorist – a telltale betrayal of Hamas's true nature behind its Western-contrived diplomatic façade."

In case you missed it - Osama bin Laden is confirmed killed by US special forces . A NBC news correspondent stated "...this is a major turning point in the war on terror, which has defined a generation."  I too think this is potentially a major turning point, however I think it will bring the Jihadists out of the woodwork. Now the murderers have a new reason to retaliate.

This is where it could go, which would rapidly hasten the end of this age...

Nuclear bomb to hit Europe if bin Laden is captured
"Organizers of the 9/11 attacks in the USA warn Al-Qaeda has hidden a nuclear bomb in Europe to explode if Osama bin Laden is caught, Wikileaks files reveal."

The LBL beast of Islam will lead the world to the last war:


Revelation 16:

¹⁵ “Look, I will come as unexpectedly as a thief! Blessed are all who are watching for me, who keep their clothing ready so they will not have to walk around naked and ashamed.”

¹⁶ And the demonic spirits gathered all the rulers and their armies to a place with the Hebrew name Armageddon.

Israel withholds Palestinian cash transfer
"Israel will hold up an $89 million cash transfer to the Palestinian Authority [PA] planned for this week because of a new unity deal between rival Palestinian factions."


NATO is assisting Muslim extremists (probably al Qaeda) and reportedly bombing Qaddafi's family. Meanwhile Assad in Syria is gunning down demonstrators in the streets with impunity. Why is the West concentrating all its efforts on Qadaffi and ignoring Syria and Iran? God's hand is obviously in control of all of this, even the inconsistent actions of the West. It will be interesting some day to look back, and see how it all came to a logical, divinely inspired solution.


Qaddafi Escapes NATO Missile Strike That Kills His Son, Grandchildren
"The commander of the NATO operation, Canadian Lt. Gen. Charles Bouchard, said he was aware of unconfirmed reports that some Qaddafi family members may have been killed and he regretted 'all loss of life, specially the innocent civilians being harmed as a result of the ongoing conflict.'"

 Russia Criticizes NATO Attack in Libya
"A Russian lawmaker who often expresses the Kremlin's views on foreign affairs has condemned the NATO air strike on Tripoli that Libyan officials said killed a son and three grandchildren of Muammar Qaddafi."