US pastor burns Koran again (even though Obama disapproves, I support that action)
Controversial US pastor Terry Jones has burned more copies of the Koran and a depiction of the prophet Mohammed to protest the imprisonment in Iran of a Christian clergyman.

US not reporting all Afghan attacks
The military is under-reporting the number of times that Afghan soldiers and police open fire on American and other foreign troops.

Former Mossad chief backs Shin Bet counterpart over criticism of Netanyahu, Barak
Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan backed on Sunday the former head of the Shin Bet security service, Yuval Diskin, who sharply criticized the Israeli leadership over the weekend.

Aerial Armada Assembles Off Iran

Aerial Armada Assembles Off Iran
The fighters join a growing naval armada that includes Navy carriers, submarines, cruisers and destroyers plus patrol boats and minesweepers enhanced with the latest close-in weaponry.

US deploys F-22 fighter jets to UAE in apparent message to Iran | The Times of Israel

US deploys F-22 fighter jets to UAE in apparent message to Iran
The ‘most sophisticated fighter in the world’ now stationed 200 miles from Iranian border.

Joel 3:

⁹ Proclaim this among the nations:
“Prepare for war!
Wake up the mighty men,
Let all the men of war draw near,
Let them come up.
¹⁰ Beat your plowshares into swords
And your pruning hooks into spears;
Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’”
¹¹ Assemble and come, all you nations,
And gather together all around.
Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O Lord.

Weaponizing the region. These weapons may be in the Persian Gulf, but ultimately the final battle will be against Jerusalem. Wars escalate exponentially when nuclear weapons are involved. Should Israel be afraid? Not at all.

Isaiah 17:

¹² Listen! The armies of many nations
    roar like the roaring of the sea.
Hear the thunder of the mighty forces
    as they rush forward like thundering waves.
¹³ But though they thunder like breakers on a beach,
    God will silence them, and they will run away.
They will flee like chaff scattered by the wind,
    like a tumbleweed whirling before a storm.
¹⁴ In the evening Israel waits in terror,
    but by dawn its enemies are dead.
This is the just reward of those who plunder us,
    a fitting end for those who destroy us.

Ex-intelligence chief Diskin says Netanyahu, Barak 'not fit to lead Israel' and wrong on Iran
Yuval Diskin, the former head of the Shin Bet, launched an unprecedentedly harsh assault on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Friday, saying they acted out of “messianistic” impulses, were misleading the public over the Iranian challenge, and that he had no faith in their capacity to launch a war on Iran or extricate Israel from one.

"Arab Spring"? More like the "Islamic Plague"

Egypt plans 'farewell intercourse' law - Israel News, Ynetnews
The "Farewell Intercourse" law is just one of many new laws being introduced to Egyptians recently by the Islamist-dominated parliament. Other laws call for the legal marriage age to be lowered to 14 and abolish women's rights to education and employment.

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Iran's Oil Ministry forms cyber crisis center
Islamic Republic aims to battle computer virus threatening to cripple oil exports; ministry forms special team of over 50 IT experts

Israel's "right" to hit Iran goes viral
A series of videos asserting that Israel is within its legal and moral rights to attack Iran have gone viral, and had been seen by over two million people as of Sunday.

DEBKAfile, Israel races against time on decision to strike Iran

I was praying for encouragement last night as I was feeling defeated. Every day it seems there's a new spiritual battle. I opened my Bible to:

Isaiah 35:
Even the wilderness and desert will be glad in those days.
    The wasteland will rejoice and blossom with spring crocuses.
² Yes, there will be an abundance of flowers
    and singing and joy!
The deserts will become as green as the mountains of Lebanon,
    as lovely as Mount Carmel or the plain of Sharon.
There the Lord will display his glory,
    the splendor of our God.
³ With this news, strengthen those who have tired hands,
    and encourage those who have weak knees.
⁴ Say to those with fearful hearts,
    “Be strong, and do not fear,
for your God is coming to destroy your enemies.
    He is coming to save you.”

That's how the Holy Spirit works in our day! The Lord is still good. The world is on its last legs, so to speak, but the victory has already been won for those who trust in the Lord Jesus.

'North Korea nuclear test may come within 2 weeks
S. Korean paper quotes government source as saying it is "highly likely" that North has installed a nuclear device inside tunnel.

Arab seller of Hebron house said sentenced to death 
 “It is appalling to think that property sales should be defined as a ‘capital crime’ punishable by death,” the Jewish leaders write in their letter. ” The very fact that such a ‘law’ exists within the framework of the PA legal system points to a barbaric and perverse type of justice, reminiscent of practices implemented during the dark ages.

The World has Gone Mad
Trial by Mass Media

Dershowitz Blasts Zimmerman Prosecution: 'Not Only Immoral, But Stupid'
 With ABC News’ release of the George Zimmerman photo showing blood flowing freely from his head, the question becomes whether Angela Corey, the prosecutor in the case, had access to the photo before charging Zimmerman with second-degree murder.

Whether George Zimmerman is guilty or not, he's already been found guilty in the court of public opinion, whipped up by a media frenzy and a handful of black so-called leaders.

US, Israeli defense chiefs meet at the Pentagon
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta hosted Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak Thursday in their second Pentagon meeting in as many months as concern grows over Syrian unrest and Iran's nuclear ambitions.

The Iranian Government is Evil, Morally Bankrupt, and Needs to Disappear!

Iranian cartoons mock Holocaust
Tehran marks Holocaust Remembrance Day by running cartoons denying the crimes.

Egyptian presidential front-runner promises tougher line on Israel
 Under the article titled “returning to historic, honorable principles in dealing with the Palestinian question as a priority of Egyptian national security,” Moussa writes that Egypt has experienced “years of laxity” in its dealings with Israel.

Anders Breivik 'trained' for shooting attacks by playing Call of Duty
Anders Behring Breivik has described how he "trained" for the attacks he carried out in Norway last summer using the computer game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

One of the most popular games at my kid's school.

Israel trying to deport remaining 31 'flytilla' activists
Israel prevented a total of 79 foreign nationals from entering the country as part of the "Welcome to Palestine" fly-in campaign which began on Sunday.

Gog & Magog in Slo-mo'

Israeli TV report shows air force gearing up for Iran attack, says moment of truth is near
No order to strike is likely to be given before the P5+1 talks with Iran resume in May, the reporter, Alon Ben-David, said. “But the coming summer will not only be hot but tense"...

“Years of preparations are likely to come to realization,”... “the moment of truth is near.”

Retaliation from Iran = Potential Gog & Magog:

The attack, the report said, would presumably trigger a war in northern Israel, with missile attacks (presumably from the Iranian-proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon). “There will be no tranquility and peace anywhere in Israel,” Ben-David said.

This could be the first full-scale war the IAF has fought in nearly 30 years, the report stated.

Ezekiel 38:

⁵ Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya will join you, too, with all their weapons.

 

In bitter letter to Netanyahu, Abbas demands statehood and says PA has lost its raison d’être
PA president vows to seek solution via international law if Israel is not forthcoming.

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. 

Talks between Iran, world powers 'very constructive'
Officially, the international community’s long-term goal remains what it was when nuclear negotiations began eight years ago — persuading Tehran to stop all uranium enrichment and thereby relieve fears that it will use that program to create the fissile core of nuclear warheads. Tehran has long denied any weapons-related nuclear goals.

Israeli police and border guard officers at Ben Gurion airport

Israel prepares for pro-Palestinian activists at airport - CNN.com
Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israeli security forces are preparing to deport hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists expected to arrive at the country's main international airport beginning Sunday to protest Israel's policies in the occupied West Bank.

Iran, six world powers set for high-stakes nuclear talks - Haaretz Daily Newspaper
Senior officials from Iran and the big powers arrive in Istanbul ahead of Saturday's talks aimed at restarting stalled diplomacy after months of soaring tension.

Let the obfuscation begin!

North Korea's hyped long-range rocket crashes into sea
 North Korea’s much hyped long-range rocket apparently crashed into the sea a few minutes after launch on Friday, U.S. and South Korean officials said, dealing a blow to the prestige of the reclusive and impoverished state as well as to its new leader.

...or was it shot down? We wouldn't know the difference.

PM - North Korean missile launch plans cause concern
Today North Korea completed its preparations to launch what it's calling an "earth observation" satellite.
Despite worldwide condemnation it's likely that the rocket launch will go ahead sometime in the next 48 hours.

flashback:

Red Alert | Pentagon activates missile defenses for North Korean launch
The Pentagon recently activated its global missile shield in anticipation of North Korea’s launch of a long-range missile

Indonesian earthquake kills five, officials say

Earthquakes strike coasts of Oregon and California within minutes

Two earthquakes strike Mexico within hours, no tsunami warning‎

Matthew 24:

⁷ For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

'Iran's political rivalries cloud nuclear policy'
Internal political divisions in Iran seem to be impeding the Islamic Republic's efforts to present a united front vis-à-vis the West in the coming round of negotiations over its nuclear program.

US: Iran must halt nuclear program
WASHINGTON – After Iran rejected calls to reduce Uranium enrichment to a level of 20%, Washington on Monday put its foot down, saying that Tehran must bring uranium enrichment to a complete stop in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions.

Or what?

Answer:

Revelation 16:

¹⁴ They are demonic spirits who work miracles and go out to all the rulers of the world to gather them for battle against the Lord on that great judgment day of God the Almighty.

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.

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DEBKAfile: US-Arab Gulf air force exercise draws Iranian warning to stop at once:
At least 200 American and Arab Gulf fighter-bombers thundered overhead Sunday, April 8 at the outset of the biggest air force exercise ever conducted in the Gulf region. They are simulating war with Iran and an operation for reopening the strategic Straits of Hormuz if it is closed by Tehran.

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Why Israel Will Attack Iran - Forbes
Israel is beset with a Masada complex. If they do nothing,  they fear they may not survive very much longer. If they act now, they will more probably survive or die with honor.

This Forbes writer has no idea what the God of Israel has planned. Quite simply: when all looks hopeless, the only God will crush Israel's enemies. 

Isaiah 17 NLT 

12 Listen! The armies of many nations

roar like the roaring of the sea.

Hear the thunder of the mighty forces

as they rush forward like thundering waves.

13 But though they thunder like breakers on a beach,

God will silence them, and they will run away.

They will flee like chaff scattered by the wind,

like a tumbleweed whirling before a storm.

14 In the evening Israel waits in terror,

but by dawn its enemies are dead.

This is the just reward of those who plunder us,

a fitting end for those who destroy us.

Iranian "diplomats" getting ready to terrorize America

U.S. officials debate virulence of Iran-backed Hezbollah's threat | Reuters
In a 2003 incident, New York police patrolmen observed a group of men videotaping the tracks out of the front window of a subway train traveling between Queens and Manhattan at 2 a.m. The Iranians were arrested, but later released after they produced diplomatic credentials. The law enforcement source said they were asked to leave the country.

In a 2006 incident, the captain of a sightseeing boat became suspicious after a group of Iranians taking his cruise along the East River broke into two smaller groups and started snapping pictures of the undersides of the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges. The six men all turned out to be covered by diplomatic immunity, the law enforcement source said.

In September 2008, three more Iranians with diplomatic status were observed taking pictures of rail tracks going into Grand Central Station that are not routinely accessible to members of the public.

Beijing steps up pressure to prevent military strike on Iran - JPost
China official issues strongest warning yet against using force on Iran over nuke program, says a strike would incur retaliation.

Good chance that Chinese intelligence is better informed than the American mainstream media lets us be.

Iron Dome (aka Iran Dome)

Israel predicts few casualties from war with Iran
Israeli security officials have estimated the number of casualties in Israel as a result of a military conflict with Iran would be fewer than 300.

Senior Iran Lawmaker Nixes Turkey For Nuke Talks
The head of an influential foreign policy committee in Iran's parliament said the country does not want Turkey to host talks with world powers over Tehran's nuclear program, raising further questions Thursday about whether negotiations can begin as scheduled next week.

Healthy polar bear count confounds doomsayers
The debate about climate change and its impact on polar bears has intensified with the release of a survey that shows the bear population in a key part of northern Canada is far larger than many scientists thought, and might be growing.

Syrian Troops Increase Violence and Killings Ahead of Kofi Annan Deadline - International Business Times: Syrian government's troops have continued to ravage cities despite another promise by President Bashar al-Assad that the violence will stop.

The LBL Beast of Islam, specifically Iran and Syria, are calling the world to war - the last war. I believe this is happening today.

Revelation 16:
13Then I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon [satan], out of the mouth of the [LBL] beast [of Revelation 13] and out of the mouth of the false prophet [Who's the most popular false prophet out there? Answer: Mohammad and his 1.3 billion followers]. 14They are spirits of demons performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty. [Iran has an alliance with China and Russia and is instigating a war with the West over its nuclear activities. Syria has been butchering its own people for over a year and is encouraging the West to intervene. Russia and China are allies of Syria.]

15"Behold, I come like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes with him, so that he may not go naked and be shamefully exposed." [verse 15 seems out of context, 'out of place' - but I think Christ's coming is perfectly placed right here before vs.16's word "Then"]
16Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

Sabre Rattling

Joel 3:

⁹ Say to the nations far and wide:
    “Get ready for war!
Call out your best warriors.
    Let all your fighting men advance for the attack.
¹⁰ Hammer your plowshares into swords
    and your pruning hooks into spears.
    Train even your weaklings to be warriors.
¹¹ Come quickly, all you nations everywhere.
    Gather together in the valley.”

Russian warships launch drill from Tartus versus US-Israeli-Greek naval exercise
Not 24 hours after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned that a pre-emptive strike (by the US and/or Israel) would violate international law, Moscow put muscle into his warning: Tuesday, April 3, the Russian guided missile destroyer Smetliviy arrived in the Syrian port of Tartus from its Black Sea base for a naval exercise.

Red Alert | Pentagon activates missile defenses for North Korean launch: The Pentagon recently activated its global missile shield in anticipation of North Korea’s launch of a long-range missile

Report: Iranian cell planning attacks 'very soon' - Israel News, Ynetnews
The sources estimated that preparations have reached an advanced stage and that the plot will be carried out very soon.

Clinton: Syria may face 'serious consequences, or not
 Secretary of State says Syria must stop killing; Britain's William Hague warns Assad to follow plan or face UNSC IN-action.

21 dead in Syria despite 'end of uprising'
Clashes between government forces and protesters at funeral outside Damascus turn bloody

Signed Harry Truman