White House suggests Iran sanctions bill could draw U.S. into war
"WASHINGTON -- The White House launched a harsh attack on supporters of a Senate bill to impose fresh sanctions on Iran, suggesting that they have a hidden goal of drawing the country into another Mideast war.

If supporters “want the United States to take military action, they should be up front with the American people and say so,” Bernadette Meehan, a spokeswoman for the National Security Council, said in a statement. “Otherwise, it’s not clear why any member of Congress would support a bill that possibly closes the door on diplomacy and makes it more likely that the United States will have to choose between military options or allowing Iran’s nuclear program to continue.”"

The Obama mis-administration is proceeding full bore in applying window dressing to the Iran negotiations. Every knowledgeable observer sees that the current negotiations are merely a ruse by Iran to get sanctions relief. Much of that relief will soon be delivered by Russia and China. Current sanctions have already broken apart and Iran has little need to cooperate in ongoing talks.

Plainly spoken: Iran's theocracy is nuts! The Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei would like nothing better than to cause world chaos to return his Al Mahdi to the earth in power, and with nuclear weapons to threaten Israel's existence, an extremely strategic overview of the Strait of Hormuz's oil shipments, a compliant Iranian population, and an unwillingness by the rest of the world to intervene in Iran's plans and instead they increase trade with Iran - there is little to stop Iran from fulfilling Ezekiel 38 and from bringing about the end of the age.

What's happening here? The end result was long ago predicted in the Bible -- Iran attacks Israel, or Israel first attacks Iran's nuclear facilities, and the whole Middle East will go up in flames and take the rest of the world with it. It will end this way:

Ezekiel 38 NLT:
"19 In my jealousy and blazing anger, I promise a mighty shaking in the land of Israel on that day. 20 All living things—the fish in the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the people on earth—will quake in terror at my presence. Mountains will be thrown down; cliffs will crumble; walls will fall to the earth. 21 I will summon the sword against you on all the hills of Israel, says the Sovereign Lord. Your men will turn their swords against each other. 22 I will punish you and your armies with disease and bloodshed; I will send torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and burning sulfur! 23 In this way, I will show my greatness and holiness, and I will make myself known to all the nations of the world. Then they will know that I am the Lord."

Ariel Sharon, brilliant general, divisive politician, is dead

Ariel Sharon, brilliant general, divisive politician, is dead
Former Israeli leader Ariel Sharon has passed away at the age of 85. The former prime minister, defense minister, and general was among the last surviving members of the generation that founded, and fought for, the State of Israel in 1948.

Losing the war on terror

Aleppo

Bergen: Al Qaeda controls more territory than ever in Middle East - CNN.com: "From around Aleppo in western Syria to small areas of Falluja in central Iraq, al Qaeda now controls territory that stretches more than 400 miles across the heart of the Middle East, according to English and Arab language news accounts as well as accounts on jihadist websites.

Indeed, al Qaeda appears to control more territory in the Arab world than it has done at any time in its history."

Obama's military threat is toothless and the Iranians know it

Iran blatantly defies five key Geneva Pact commitments - heads for nuclear arsenal
" Iran has not even started implementing any part of the Geneva accord it signed last November 24."

Netanyahu has some big, lonely decisions to make, which will change the world.

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Iraqi diplomat wants Obama engagement in al Qaeda crisis - Washington Times
"Asked whether the White House could do more to facilitate a tighter relationship with Iraq, Mr. Faily said, “to a certain extent they can. But we are no longer in a period in which we had President Bush, who took ownership of that relationship.”"

BBC News - Pentagon ex-head Gates criticises Obama's Afghan tactics

BBC News - Pentagon ex-head Gates criticizes Obama's Afghan tactics:
The president "doesn't consider the war to be his", Mr Gates writes of a March 2011 meeting in the White House. "For him, it's all about getting out."

This just gives the Iranians even more comfort that Obama poses no threat to their nuclear weapons program. America poses no military threat to Iran. Israel is on its own...except she has the God who parted the Red Sea and created everything seen and unseen, of course.

Israel has no negotiating partner

Heavily armed militias wrest control of West Bank Palestinian refugee camps from Palestinian Authority:
"DEBKAfile points to the strange paradox of the United States and Israel conducting negotiations with the head of a Palestinian ruling body, whose authority slides further day by day and whose signature on any accord would have little practical value."

'Nuclear Bomb Necessary to Put Down Israel' - Middle East - News - Israel National News

'Nuclear Bomb Necessary to Put Down Israel' - Middle East - News - Israel National News: "Iranian cleric and lawmaker reveals that Iran 'needs' a nuclear weapon to 'wipe Israel off the map'; also reveals US 'need' for Iran deal...

Steinitz stated that the sanctions had been one of the State of Israel's greatest successes. "If we would have continued sanctions [on Iran], we would have seen the Iranian economy collapse in a year or two," he said.

Iranian cleric: ‘Having a nuclear bomb is necessary to put down Israel’ | Fox News
"A top Iranian lawmaker and cleric said that the country’s uranium enrichment program could allow it to build a nuclear weapon “in two weeks” in order to “put down Israel,” according to multiple reports in the Farsi language press."

Fatah official: We demand clarity on Jerusalem | The Times of Israel: "US Secretary of State John Kerry has proposed designating “greater Jerusalem” as the capital of both Israel and the Palestinian state, a Fatah official reported on Sunday, claiming that Kerry is stuck in “a vicious circle” and will likely achieve no progress in his current visit to the region."


Zechariah 12:
3. And it shall come to pass on that day that I will make Jerusalem a stone of burden for all peoples; all who bear it shall be gashed, and all the nations of the earth shall gather about it.

Palestinian red lines make chances of US-mediated settlement slim

This time we really, really, really mean it.

Palestinian red lines make chances of US-mediated settlement slim | The Times of Israel
"Erekat’s statements demonstrate just how wide the gap between the two sides is, and suggest that Washington’s chances of reaching a framework agreement are slim — perhaps even very slim.

First of all, Erekat stressed in the interview that the Palestinians will not agree to have talks extended beyond the allotted nine months, set to end in April."

Interesting that the time currently allotted for peace talks is nine months - the same duration of pregnancy. There are some key prophetic bible verses which refer to birth pangs. Coincidence? Perhaps; perhaps not.

This one is currently my favorite. Very relevant to today's false-peace process:
 1 Thessalonians 5:3
3 When people are saying, “Everything is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall on them as suddenly as a pregnant woman’s labor pains begin. And there will be no escape.

Speaking of Israel's re-birth on one day on May 14, 1948:
Isaiah 66:
7 “Before the birth pains even begin,
    Jerusalem gives birth to a son.
8 Who has ever seen anything as strange as this?
    Who ever heard of such a thing?
Has a nation ever been born in a single day?
    Has a country ever come forth in a mere moment?
But by the time Jerusalem’s birth pains begin,
    her children will be born.
9 Would I ever bring this nation to the point of birth
    and then not deliver it?” asks the Lord.
“No! I would never keep this nation from being born,”

    says your God.

Of course Jesus says in Matthew 24:
7 Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world. 8 But all this is only the first of the birth pains, with more to come.

Day of the Lord mentioned in Isaiah 13:
6 Scream in terror, for the day of the Lord has arrived—
    the time for the Almighty to destroy.
7 Every arm is paralyzed with fear.
    Every heart melts,
8     and people are terrified.
Pangs of anguish grip them,
    like those of a woman in labor.
They look helplessly at one another,
    their faces aflame with fear.
9 For see, the day of the Lord is coming—
    the terrible day of his fury and fierce anger.
The land will be made desolate,
    and all the sinners destroyed with it.
10 The heavens will be black above them;
    the stars will give no light.
The sun will be dark when it rises,
    and the moon will provide no light.

I don't put much stock in the upcoming "lunar tetrad" stuff that Pastor Hagee has penned a recent book about, but it is nonetheless interesting that the first total lunar eclipse of the tetrad occurs on Passover, this April, which is the same month that the current 'false-peace process' with the so-called 'Palestinians' is set to conclude, and undoubtedly conclude in either frustration or false hope.

The problem with this lunar tetrad hype is that the feast days were always based on the lunar calendar, so of course the moon will be doing interesting things on the feast days. Incidentally there are lunar tetrads also upcoming on the following dates according to NASA:

When four consecutive lunar eclipses are all total eclipses, the group is known as a tetrad. The following tetrads occur during this century:

                              1.  Tetrad:   2003 -  2004
                              2.  Tetrad:   2014 -  2015
                              3.  Tetrad:   2032 -  2033
                              4.  Tetrad:   2043 -  2044
                              5.  Tetrad:   2050 -  2051
                              6.  Tetrad:   2061 -  2062
                              7.  Tetrad:   2072 -  2073
                              8.  Tetrad:   2090 -  2091

I digress. Anyhow - keep your eyes peeled, it's a fantastic time to be alive, even if the world is falling apart all around us. Jesus is coming back soon to end this age, that is plainly obvious to those who are looking.

There is no "2-state solution"

A good Roman Catholic who reads his Bible would know that Israeli-Palestinian peace is "mission impossible". Only the War of Gog and Magog will solve this one.

US officials: Hezbollah upgrading its arsenal against Israel | The Times of Israel
"Under cover of Syria’s civil war, Lebanese Shiite group seen smuggling advanced weapons systems in pieces from Iran"

Guaranteed there won't be a sustained peace.

The key players, but no peace deal

After five hours with Netanyahu, John Kerry meets FM Lieberman 

DEBKAfile January 3, 2014, 11:26 AM (GMT+02:00)

US Secretary of State John Kerry spent five hours talking to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Thursday night. They will meet again before he leaves. Friday, Kerry held talks with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. He goes on to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas Friday night. On this visit Kerry planned to submit to both parties a proposed framework for an accord covering the core issues in the dispute for their comments. Ahead of his arrival, sources in the Israeli prime minister’s office said the pressure the US was applying to Israel for concessions was unfair, especially the threat of a European boycott, and it was disproportionately greater that US demands of the Palestinians.

Challenges for Israel in 2014

IDF barely ready for 2014  - Israel Opinion, Ynetnews
"Analysis: 'Jihadist tsunami' on Israel's borders, Hamas' underground system, renewed threat to strike Iran and possible violent conflict this summer are just some of challenges facing Israeli army in coming year"

Some simply don't want Israel to be in Israel. The God of all says otherwise.

Iranian: Without Deal, We Would've Attacked Israel - Middle East - News - Israel National News

Iranian: Without Deal, We Would've Attacked Israel
"Iranian political analyst: If a deal with the West had not been reached, Obama would've had to beg Khamenei not to attack Israel...

In fact, said Al-Hosseini, had a deal not been reached in Geneva, President Barack Obama would have had to kiss the hands of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in order to prevent an Iranian attack on Israel."

Do not mock the God of Israel

Ariel Sharon suffers 'change for the worse' after eight-year coma
"Mr Sharon, seen as a hard-line defence chief, made a dramatic political volte face in 2005 when he called for a unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip."

I have always thought that Sharon's surrender of the Gaza Strip resulted in God punishing him with this coma. Dividing Israel's land at this time in history, when Israel has since been re-gathered, is a foolish, foolish act. Somebody should try and convince John Kerry and Pres. Obama of that, but unfortunately they will most likely learn the hard way like Sharon did.

Obadiah:
20 The exiles of Israel will return to their land
    and occupy the Phoenician coast as far north as Zarephath.
The captives from Jerusalem exiled in the north
    will return home and resettle the towns of the Negev.
21 Those who have been rescued will go up to Mount Zion in Jerusalem
    to rule over the mountains of Edom.
And the Lord himself will be king!”

Happy (last?) New Year!

Jan Markell Podcast - excellent stuff here!

Understanding the Times with Jan Markell

Birth Pangs

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Jan and her co-hosts review the major "birth pang" stories of 2013. For Bible-believing Christians, major stories, particularly as they relate to "signs of the times", exploded. From Israel's isolation to the growing lawlessness, each day welcomed a new story that fit into things predicted in the Bible for the final days. From spying to the betrayal of Israel, it wasn't a good year but these things must happen to a final generation. We don't know we are that generation, but we could be. We use the mobile app fromwww.oneplace.com. Find it on their Home page.

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Ah, peace at last

"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."

US “framework” calls for 80,000 Israeli West Bank evacuations to the big settlement blocs
"Secretary John Kerry will discuss with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas a “proposed framework” to serve as “a guideline for addressing all core issues” in the decades-long dispute."

Only a matter of time...

Iran doesn't take Obama's military option seriously, says Oren | The Times of Israel
"Ex-ambassador to the US warns the Iranian nuclear program is a ‘multiple existential threat to Israel,’ says it’s ‘much harder’ now for Israel to intervene"

Excellent article which sums up where we're at with Iran.

Would you believe it? Iran-Russia-Obama alliance fighting al Qaeda in Iraq

Not surprisingly, Obama as waffler-in-chief, is also switching sides in Syria fighting FOR the Assad regime (which the West probably should have done from the beginning.)

The Times of Israel | News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World

The Times of Israel | 14 dead in second 'terrorist act' in Russia as Olympics loom: "New violence in southern Russian city, thought to be Islamist in origin, raises fears ahead of winter Olympics in nearby Sochi"

Israel Hayom | White House gives Iran the green light
"How could they embarrass U.S. President Barack Obama like this? Is this any way to thank the president responsible for easing sanctions? Is this the way to reward the one blocking new sanctions on Iran in the Senate? Is this what you do to the man Iranian President Hassan Rouhani wanted to honor?"

Vaccine against religious fundamentalism

From 2005, the Pentagon was/is looking at vaccinating against 'religious crazies', undoubtedly including those pesky fundamental Christians. After all you can't really be of sound mind if you believe in religion, right? (sarcasm intended)

Waffler in Chief

Saudis lament, 'we have been stabbed in the back by Obama'
"Too often, Obama’s speeches and actions don’t match."

Iran Says It Is Developing New Centrifuges

Iran Says It Is Developing New Centrifuges: "Iran's nuclear chief said the country is building a new generation of centrifuges for uranium enrichment but that they need further tests before they can be mass produced"

Another example of lunacy on earth: Mahmoud Abbas

Abbas says Jesus was a 'Palestinian messenger' - Yahoo News: "BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — In a Christmas message, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has referred to Jesus as a "Palestinian" messenger of hope."

Jesus' message to all Palestinians is to repent NOW and stop following the anti-Christ religion of Islam, because Jesus will destroy Abbas and the Palestinians along the Mediterranean coast and let Israel again reside in Gaza, and in all of ancient Israel on the last day...

Zephaniah 2:
4 Gaza and Ashkelon will be abandoned,
    Ashdod and Ekron torn down.
5 And what sorrow awaits you Philistines
    who live along the coast and in the land of Canaan,
    for this judgment is against you, too!
The Lord will destroy you
    until not one of you is left.
6 The Philistine coast will become a wilderness pasture,
    a place of shepherd camps
    and enclosures for sheep and goats.
7 The remnant of the tribe of Judah will pasture there.
    They will rest at night in the abandoned houses in Ashkelon.
For the Lord their God will visit his people in kindness
    and restore their prosperity again.

37 dead in Christmas Day attacks near Iraq churches - CNN.com
"BAGHDAD - Militants in Iraq targeted Christians in three separate Christmas Day bombings in Baghdad, killing at least 37 people, officials said Wednesday."

The Anti-Christ and his Muslim followers are once again attacking God's people, the Christians and Jews.

Merry Christmas!

Looking west from the Mount of Olives across the Kidron Valley

Zechariah 14:4
And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, Which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, From east to west, Making a very large valley; Half of the mountain shall move toward the north And half of it toward the south.

Regardless of the increasing lunacy of man here on earth, we can rest assured that Bible prophecy is completely reliable, and know that the God of Israel, the only God, will always be in control

Wake Up and Smell the Stench | Jerusalem Post
"I wish it were time to wake up and smell the roses.  However, it is time to wake up and smell the stench.  No, the United States government is not naïve.  Nor is it stupid.  Whether public officials are aware or not aware, from deep inside the bowels of American government, Middle East policy is being influenced by the Muslim Brotherhood inside America’s institutions.  That is extremely troubling and it is putting us all in danger"

Far From Happy Christmas for Christians in the Holy Land
"The Christians who still live in the Holy Land face a Christmas that will be far from happy, merry or bright. They are a persecuted minority."

Christians persecuted by Islamists, says Prince Charles
"Christians in parts of the Middle East are being deliberately targeted by Islamist militants in a campaign of persecution, Prince Charles has said."

Putin Envies Obama: 'He Can Get Away With' Spying
"He says that NSA surveillance is needed to fight terrorism, but that rules and norms must be followed. He says that he "envies" President Obama because — referring to the Snowden revelations — "he can get away it it.""

The LBL Beast of Islam is calling the world to a final war

Zarif: Iran can resume 20% enrichment in less than 24 hours 
"Iran can resume 20 percent uranium enrichment in less than 24 hours, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said a day before the resumption of talks in Vienna on how to implement an interim nuclear deal aimed at temporarily freezing Iran’s nuclear program."

Boasting about being able to continue 20% enrichment on short notice is not the way to instill confidence in your negotiating partners, the day before negotiations are to continue. Iran is not serious about peace talks; they want world chaos.

Revelation 16:
13 Then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 They are demonic spirits that perform 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.

15 “Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.”

16 Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

Stunning revelation from man who sued NSA
"“People began receiving from me emails that I had never sent,” Klayman told WND, suggesting harassment over his work. “The government just wanted me to know they were watching me.”"

Iran nabbed CIA asset Levinson, says witness (+video) - CSMonitor.com: "The last known man to see Robert Levinson alive in Iran now says that the CIA contractor who disappeared in 2007 was definitely detained by Iranian authorities and is almost certainly still in Iranian custody if he remains alive.

Dawud Salahuddin, an African-American convert to Islam who met with Mr. Levinson on Iran’s resort island of Kish in 2007, told the Monitor in Tehran that they were detained at the Maryam Hotel on March 9, 2007, by six plainclothes policemen and then separated."

If Iran is lying about knowing where Levinson is, could it be possible that they are lying about their nuclear ambitions as well? [/sarcasm off]

Israel accepts Lebanese explanation for killing of IDF soldier as “one-time” incident

Israel accepts Lebanese explanation for killing of IDF soldier as “one-time” incident: "Our sources report that the US, the UN and France, turned the heat on Jerusalem during the day to prevent the military encounter across the Israeli-Lebanese border from escalating into a major clash."

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Israel troops shot two Lebanese soldiers after IDF soldier killed 

DEBKAfile December 16, 2013, 12:38 PM (GMT+02:00)

The IDF spokeswoman Lt. Libby Weiss said Monday that Israeli forces had identified suspicious movement along the border and shot two members of Lebanon’s armed forces in the small hours of Monday. The shooting took place near the spot where a Lebanese army sniper killed Navy Master Sgt. Shlomi Cohen Sunder night. Weiss had no details on the condition of the Lebanese soldiers. Neither was any word forthcoming from the Lebanese army or UNIFIL, which was due to start investigating the first shooting in cooperation with Israeli and Lebanese liaison officers.

Iran returns second space monkey to earth, stages crisis in nuclear talks

Iran returns second space monkey to earth, stages crisis in nuclear talks
"Tehran had repeatedly threatened to break off nuclear negotiations if more sanctions were imposed.
And indeed, Friday, the Iranian delegation abruptly terminated the talks taking place with the six powers in Vienna, announcing they must return home for consultations.

The delegation left unfinished work on the practical applications of the Geneva accord and left before a date was set for the start of the six-month interim period and a freeze on their nuclear program."

There is no Geneva deal. If it is at all feasible, Netanyahu must have his finger on the trigger right now.

No legitimate peace deal is possible with the fanatical Iranian regime, so the only options are to go to war with Iran and bomb their nuclear facilities, or wait until they have nuclear missiles on the launch pad and Iran attempts to annihilate Israel. Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) doesn't apply to the Twelvers in the Iranian government. Once again the Bible will be proven correct.

Ezekiel 38:
5 Persia (Persia was renamed 'Iran' in 1939), Ethiopia, and Libya will join you, too, with all their weapons. 6 Gomer and all its armies will also join you, along with the armies of Beth-togarmah from the distant north, and many others.

7 “Get ready; be prepared! Keep all the armies around you mobilized, and take command of them. 8 A long time from now you will be called into action. In the distant future you will swoop down on the land of Israel, which will be enjoying peace after recovering from war and after its people have returned from many lands to the mountains of Israel. 9 You and all your allies—a vast and awesome army—will roll down on them like a storm and cover the land like a cloud.

Vote NO to House Resolution 418, Instead Ask Your Representatives to Condemn Jihad in Burma
"The Muslims have brought war to Burma. Bodh Gaya, the holiest site for the Buddhists the world over, was bombed in a series of Islamic terror attacks. Hamas-CAIR must be stopped from using the most powerful government in the world as its battering ram to impose Islam on small, defenseless countries. "

No US, EU objections to Iran holding nuclear-capable missiles able to reach Israel, Saudi Arabia and Turkey: "There was no objection, they said, to Iran retaining the Shehab missiles with a range of 1,500-2,000 km, which would be capable of striking Israel, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. They were only concerned about extending their range to cover America or Europe."

Norman Podhoretz: Strike Iran Now to Avert Disaster Later - WSJ.com
"Given how very unlikely it is that President Obama, despite his all-options-on-the-table protestations to the contrary, would ever take military action, the only hope rests with Israel. If, then, Israel fails to strike now, Iran will get the bomb. And when it does, the Israelis will be forced to decide whether to wait for a nuclear attack and then to retaliate out of the rubble, or to pre-empt with a nuclear strike of their own. But the Iranians will be faced with the same dilemma. Under these unprecedentedly hair-trigger circumstances, it will take no time before one of them tries to beat the other to the punch"

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Christians Are Being Burned Alive, Beheaded, Crucified, Tortured To Death & Imprisoned
"The “coming persecution of Christians” has already begun.  It is already here.  So why is the mainstream media in the United States almost totally silent about this phenomenon?  When some politician somewhere around the globe inadvertently offends homosexuals or Muslims, it instantly makes headline news."

'via Blog this'

US in quiet talks with Hizballah as Syrian rebels lose Qalamoun strongholds in crushing defeat

DEBKAfile:US in quiet talks with Hizballah

Geller: "Obama romancing Hezb'allah.
NRO calls it "deeply bizarre"; I call it treason."

Tens of Billions spent on Afghanistan for what? All hail Obumbler!

Atlas Shrugs - AFGHANISTAN AGREES TO PACT WITH IRAN, WHILE RESISTING US ACCORD: ""Afghanistan agreed on a long-term friendship and cooperation pact with Iran," Karzai's spokesman Aimal Faizi said, according to Reuters. "The pact will be for long-term political, security, economic and cultural cooperation, regional peace and security.""

'via Blog this'

We live in a police state - 'say cheese!'

Ex-Official Says FBI Can Secretly Activate an Individual’s Webcam Without the Indicator Light Turning On
"The FBI can secretly activate a computer’s webcam to spy on an individual without turning on the indicator light, a former official revealed to the Washington Post in an article published Friday."

Obama putting squeeze on Temple Mount
"TEL AVIV – The reports of stepped-up activism to ensure non-Muslim prayer on the Temple Mount comes as the Obama administrations continues to quietly push a plan in which the Palestinian Authority and Jordan will receive sovereignty over the holy site."

Zechariah 12:
3 And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.

Former CIA, AMAN chiefs: Iran is a nuclear threshold state and can no longer be stopped

Former CIA, AMAN chiefs: Iran is a nuclear threshold state and can no longer be stopped: "The former heads of two of the most powerful intelligence agencies in the world, speaking Sunday, Dec. 1, in different parts of the world, were of the same opinion: Iran has reached the point of a nuclear threshold state and can build several nuclear bombs in a matter of weeks.

“Iran is a nuclear threshold nation and we can’t stop this,” he said. America has moved its red lines and “all but conceded Iran has the right to enrich uranium.”

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The War of Gog & Magog is at hand. Unfortunately for the naysayers it's just as the Bible predicts. Just as Israel became a nation again on one day per Isaiah 66:8 we can be sure that this final war will happen. Stay obedient; don't be lukewarm like so much of the Laodicean church today.

There's the all familiar John 3:16:

16 “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

..but there's also John 3:36

36 And anyone who believes in God’s Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn’t obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God’s angry judgment.”

Revelation 3:
14 “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Laodicea. This is the message from the one who is the Amen—the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s new creation:

15 “I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other! 16 But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth! 

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Iran on cusp of getting the bomb, ex intel chief says

Amos Yadlin says Tehran now a ‘nuclear threshold state’ and that it made critical advances before deal with West; Likud MK calls interim agreement ‘surrender’

BY ADIV STERMAN December 1, 2013, 7:41 pm 4

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Amos Yadlin attends his final session at the Knesset's Security and Foreign Affairs Committee as head of military intelligence, November 2, 2010. In the background: Then-committee chairman Tzachi Hanegbi (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

The interim deal between Iran and world powers didn’t push back Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon, former military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin said Sunday, warning that the Islamic Republic is now a “nuclear threshold state” and is on the verge of producing an atomic bomb.

Speaking at a conference organized by the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, Yadlin said the West had turned a blind eye to Iran’s nuclear ambitions for years, and hadn’t taken the necessary steps to curb such aspirations.

The recent interim agreement between the P5+1 world powers and Iran did not postpone Tehran’s ability to produce nuclear arms, Yadlin said, as Iran had made crucial advances in its nuclear program before its delegates arrived in Geneva last month.

“The fact that Iran is a nuclear threshold state does not derive from this agreement, but because the Iranians have developed capabilities for years, and no one can stop them,” Yadlin said.

“Iran is on the verge of producing a bomb. It’s sad, but it’s a fact,” he added.

Representatives of Iran and the P5+1 nations are set to meet in Geneva later this week to iron out unresolved aspects of the agreement, which was reached early last Sunday in the Swiss city after a weekend of intensive negotiations.

Likud MK Tzachi Hanegbi, who also attended the conference, criticized the Geneva deal, calling it a “moral defeat,” and accused the West of “accepting a final agreement which would allow Iran to enrich uranium.”

“If this is not moral defeat, what is moral defeat? If this is not surrender, what is surrender?” he inquired.

The Likud MK, one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s closest confidants, went on to reiterate Yadlin’s assertion that Iran was only a few months away from reaching nuclear weapons capabilities.

Netanyahu has slammed the Geneva deal as a “historic mistake” and said Israel is not bound by it.

On Thursday, the former head of the Israeli National Security Council railed against the nuclear deal between world powers and Iran in an op-ed piece in the New York Times, calling the accord a diplomatic failure that missed the mark in diverting Tehran’s nuclear weapons program.

“Iran made only cosmetic concessions to preserve its primary goal, which is to continue enriching uranium,” Yaakov Amidror wrote. “The agreement represents a failure, not a triumph, of diplomacy,” he said.

“Might economic relief, reduced isolation and new goodwill lead to greater pressure on the Iranian regime to reach a fuller agreement later?” he asked. “I doubt it… Anyone who has conducted business or diplomatic negotiations knows that you don’t reduce the pressure on your opponent on the eve of negotiations. Yet that is essentially what happened in Geneva.”

Israel Hayom | Rouhani says Iran will intensify nuclear work: "Not only is Iran not going to dismantle any of its nuclear facilities as part of an effort to reach a long-term agreement to limit its nuclear development, it will also construct a second nuclear reactor at Bushehr, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says."

Obama's weak leadership is empowering America's enemies.

Is this agreement enough to hold off Israel?

Final Iran deal needs to balance out the concessions - The Washington Post
"What the White House didn’t report is that the text of the accord makes several major concessions to Tehran on the terms of a planned second-stage agreement. "