This is HUGE!!

*Arab League envoys to visit Israel for peace talks
1 Now concerning how and when all this will happen, dear brothers and sisters,[a] we don’t really need to write you. 2 For you know quite well that the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night.

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. 4 But you aren’t in the dark about these things, dear brothers and sisters, and you won’t be surprised when the day of the Lord [note: it doesn't say "rapture followed by Daniel's 70th week"] comes like a thief.[b] 5 For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don’t belong to darkness and night.

6 So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be clearheaded. 7 Night is the time when people sleep and drinkers get drunk. 8 But let us who live in the light be clearheaded, protected by the armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-8 [NLT; emphasis mine]

Do a search on "Day of the Lord" to find out what the day of Christ's return will be like. It doesn't sound like what I've been hearing in today's churches - a mysterious disappearance of all Christians and a couple car and plane crashes, and the world carries on nonchalantly with quick explanations of "people-snatching UFO's" (or whatever).

I don't buy that - and neither should you! It will be the day of God's wrath, and every eye will see him (Revelation 1:7). There will be no mistake about who has come back to judge the earth, and transform His people (praise God!).

*Time running out for Iran strike - JPost

*Mideast war this summer Ezekiel 38-39 /Joel 3/ Revelation 16 Armageddon anyone? Don't anyone fall asleep now! It is after all, 40-years post the 6-day war, which was monumental on God's calendar.

GOLAN HEIGHTS – If Israel doesn't vacate the strategic Golan Heights before September, Syrian guerrillas will immediately launch "resistance operations" against the Golan's Jewish communities, a top official from Syrian President Bashar Assad's Baath party told WND

The Baath official, who spoke on condition his name be withheld, said Damascus is preparing for anticipated Israeli retaliation following Syrian guerrilla attacks and for a larger war with the Jewish state in August or September. He said in the opening salvo of any conflict, Syria has the capabilities of firing "hundreds" of missiles at Tel Aviv.


Isaiah 14:
1 But the Lord will have mercy on the descendants of Jacob. He will choose Israel as his special people once again. He will bring them back to settle once again in their own land. And people from many different nations will come and join them there and unite with the people of Israel. 2 The nations of the world will help the Lord’s people to return, and those who come to live in their land will serve them. Those who captured Israel will themselves be captured, and Israel will rule over its enemies

...

24 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has sworn this oath:
“It will all happen as I have planned.It will be as I have decided.25 I will break the Assyrians when they are in Israel;I will trample them on my mountains.My people will no longer be their slaves nor bow down under their heavy loads.26 I have a plan for the whole earth,a hand of judgment upon all the nations.27 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has spoken—who can change his plans?When his hand is raised,who can stop him?” [emphasis mine]

"ism" Experts

Here is a letter written by Ellis Skolfield about end time "-ism" experts who have saturated today's evangelical church. I can confidently say that I have run into the same "-ism" experts in most Christian circles I have visited (most recently at the Joel Rosenberg blog), as well. They are great at defending their own library of end time books, but not so great at squeezing the Bible into their "-isms". At some point, you gotta shake the sand off your sandals and move on.

Here's the letter:

Hello Brethren;

With the Jews back in Israel and Jerusalem again under Jewish control, we can now see Bible Prophecy in a totally new way! If the Church would teach what we can now prove from Revelation, we could stop Islam in its tracks and lead a lot more people to the Lord. But we have a serious problem. Over the years, I’ve visited hundreds of churches and even taught in a few. Many have leaders who claim to be Bible prophecy experts. It isn’t so. Most are just "ism" experts: Preter-ism, Dispensational-ism or Historic-ism and those "isms" have shut the door to any new studies in Bible prophecy.

I remember one church leader who typifies the problem. When I met this ism-ite, he was just bubbling over with the usual gossip about who the Antichrist might be, when the tribulation was going to start and whether there was going to be a pre, post or mid trib rapture. I asked if we could go to a church schoolroom where we could use a blackboard. Then we open our Bibles and read . . .

"Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed," 1Cor 15:51-52

On his blackboard I scratch in all caps, LAST TRUMPET, and ask, "Do you agree that the Church is taken to be with the Lord at the last trumpet?"

"Of course, that’s common knowledge," he replies, smiling.

"Great, then you’ll also agree that there can’t be any trumpets after the last trumpet?"

"Ummm -- sure," he says a little hesitantly, he knows where I’m going.

"Well then," I say, "If the Church is going to be on earth until the last trumpet, we’re going to be right here through six of the seven trumpets in Revelation."

"O no," he replies pontifically, "the seven trumpets of Revelation are trumpets of judgment and they are excluded from the last trumpet of 1 Corinthians 15:52."

"Oh, then you are saying that some trumpets will be blown after the last trumpet.

"Yes, because the trumpet in Corinthians isn’t about those in Revelation."

"Well then, the last trumpet isn’t really the last trumpet, is it?" I’m trying not to smile.

We continue along that line of reasoning, or lack of it, until he gets a lot less friendly and his jaws start to tighten up. "The last trumpet of 1 Corinthians 15:52 refers to the Levitical trumpets only," he says in his most authoritative pastoral voice, "Revelation’s trumpets and seals take place during the Seven-Year Great Tribulation. Everyone knows that."

"Really? So you are telling me that a trumpet in the New Testament, stating it’s the last trumpet, doesn’t refer to any other trumpet in the New Testament and isn’t really the last trumpet, after all? By what kind of exegetical slight-of-hand did you come to that conclusion?"

You see the problem don’t you? I believe the Bible and take it at face value. This church leader could only see the Bible through his doctrinal filter. I try for a few more minutes to get him to take Scripture seriously, asking for biblical support for his position, but get nowhere. He is also getting pretty annoyed so I suggest, "OK, let’s change the subject and go on to something else."

Using the blackboard, I start graphing out the prophetic days. I show him how the days in Daniel 12 predict the coming of Islam 1200 years before Muhammad was born. I show him how Revelation predicts the first Islamic Jihad, the Crusades, the birth of new Israel in 1948 and Jerusalem again under Jewish control in 1967. I graph those events so clearly that they are virtually impossible to dispute.

And he accepts this hard evidence with great joy, right? Not a chance, he acts like I’d just shot his favorite bird dog. Then he starts screaming at me . . . and I do mean screaming: "YOU’RE DOING AWAY WITH THE TRIBULATION !!!"

Pointing to the graphs, I said, "Please calm down, my friend, I’m not trying to do away with anything, I’m just showing you another way to look at those verses; a way that we can now prove both scripturally and historically."

Same response: "YOU’RE DOING AWAY WITH THE TRIBULATION !!!" He was so deafening, my ears were beginning to ring. Reasoning with him was out of the question; I’d just threatened his end-time traditions and he was beyond reason. That had to be a unique experience, right? Though the above may have been the loudest example, unique it wasn’t. Defending questionable end-time "isms" is the norm in most of the churches I visited. Thankfully there are a few pastors out there with open hearts or I would not have been able to go on.

Another example: A few days ago, I chatted with a Christian author who had just written a major book on Bible prophecy. Thinking he might be interested, I showed him how most of the prophetic days had been fulfilled in new Israel. It seems that prophetic days didn’t fit in with his book so he disagreed. Even after showing irrefutable scriptural and historic support for prophetic days (Ezekiel 4:5-6), he kept on saying, "There’s no such thing as prophetic days." How can you relate to someone who willing to hold his doctrines above the Bible itself?

Not being one to give up easily, I try a different tactic: "OK, Sam, I can hear your total aversion to a prophetic days concept, so lets call them something else. How does ‘widgets’ sound to you?’" I show him how the 1290 "widgets" in Daniel 12:11 predict the coming of Islam 1200 years before Muhammad was born. I show how the 1260 "widgets" in Revelation 12:6 predict the birth of new Israel in 1948, and how the 42 months of "widgets" in Revelation 11:2 predict Jerusalem again under Jewish control in 1967 . . . all three events, right to the year!

Then I say, "But you now have me convinced. I won't believe in prophetic days anymore. From now on, I'll believe in ‘widgets’, because those ‘widgets’ fit Scripture and recorded history right to the year."

He was not amused. No matter how well presented, Sam could not hear prophetic truths that could be proved beyond any reasonable doubt.

The above accounts are hilarious, huh? Not really, there is no blindness as profoundly dark as the one you inflict upon yourself. Jesus had the same problem with the Pharisees of His day. He addressed it by saying, "By your traditions you make the word of God to no effect." Our prophecy traditions of today are also making the word of God to no effect.

I’ve pretty much given up on the established churches. There are a few open-hearted pastors out there, but not many. Over the past 20 years, I’ve written five books on Bible prophecy, none of which has been scripturally refuted by anyone. They are either of the Holy Spirit or they’re not. That’s for you to decide. If they are of God, they will change your life just like they changed my life and the lives of many who have read them.

Ellis Skolfield

The Ellis Skolfield site has free downloadable books on it. That site is on line for you folks, so that you can decide for yourself whether Skolfield is a servant of God, or just another heretic trying to lead the church astray.

Muslims declare sovereignty over U.S., UK

Belarus Leader Promises Weapons Cooperation With Iran - Belarus is part of the Revelation 13 LBL beast territory

Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise departs Norfolk for 6-month Mediterranean-Persian Gulf tour, a deployment DEBKA-Net-Weekly 300 first revealed exclusively on June 1

July 8, 2007, 11:48 AM (GMT+02:00)

	USS Enterprise carrier

Four warships in the carrier’s strike group depart Norfolk Naval station Monday, July 9: the guided missile destroyers Arleigh Burke, Stout, James E .Williams and Forrest Sherman, as well as three more ships – with 7,500 sailors in all aboard. DEBKAfile’s military sources reported June 29 that the Enterprise CVN 65-Big E Strike Group will join the USS Stennis and USS Nimitz carriers, building up the largest sea, air, marine concentration the US has ever deployed opposite Iran.

12 Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great Euphrates River, and it dried up so that the kings from the east could march their armies toward the west without hindrance. 13 And I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs leap from the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet. 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.

Revelation 16:12-16

Link: The mathematical precision of prophesy.
This is so important to a proper understanding of Daniel's prophesies.

9 But he said, “Go now, Daniel, for what I have said is kept secret and sealed until the time of the end. 10 Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined by these trials. But the wicked will continue in their wickedness, and none of them will understand. Only those who are wise will know what it means.
Daniel 12: 9-10

The Revelation 13 LBL Beast of Islam continues to conquer...
and few even know who we're fighting.

Death toll rises to 115; 250 injured and many missing from suicide truck bombing in N Iraqi Turkoman town of Amerli Saturday

July 7, 2007, 8:47 PM (GMT+02:00)

A powerful bomb on a truck loaded with bricks exploded in a crowded market in the town which is near Tuz Khurmatu. The attack is attributed to al Qaeda.

In another attack, a suicide bomb hit a Shia Kurdish village in the Diyala province northeast of Baghdad leaving at least 25 dead. And a family of seven sleeping on a Baghdad rooftop was struck by a mortar shell.

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Twelve American soldiers, two British killed in different parts of Iraq in past three days

July 7, 2007, 4:30 PM (GMT+02:00)

Among them were four US soldiers killed by roadside bombs near their patrols in Baghdad and two Marines who died in combat in the western Anbar province Thursday. The British troops died in Basra, one attacked in an overnight patrol with arrests, and a second in an accident.

Source: Debkafile

*Update*
Only the Lord Jesus can save us now. The first three stories below declare that the U.S. is already defeated.

Bush removes shoes for Allah

Praying gets 7 Christians arrested in...(ready for this?): Elmira, New York

Praising Allah, man threatened to bomb Florida building
A Moroccan-born Muslim on Sunday threatened to blow up a building in Jacksonville, Florida, while proclaiming praises to Allah.“Allah is great.” “Allah will kill you.” I am going to blow this place up,”

Syria Winds up Planning for Campaign of Terror on Golan
On June 26, Syria opened the Damascus-Golan road to Quneitra to civilian traffic for the first time since the Six-Day War of 1967. No announcement was made. The dozens of military roadblocks studding the 60 km high road connecting the capital with the Syrian part of Golan for 40 years were removed, except for two – one at the entrance to Qunetra from the Syrian end and one at the town’s exit to Israeli Golan.

The Leopard-Bear-Lion beast is our enemy until Christ returns...soon!


New Bible for the Gay Community

Author Tim Fleming Offers a Free Download of a New Version of the Bible for the Gay Community [Excerpts]

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) February 14, 2007 — This is a new version of the Holy Bible that includes the New Testament, along with a new book entitled God’s New Law, which was introduced in the year 2000. This book contains testimony of prophecy fulfilled, prophecy to be, and the decommissioning of traditional religion so that God may dwell with all those who believe. God’s New Law is meant to be the last book of the Bible and to herald the birth of God’s religion without doctrine.

What's wrong with the old Bible?

24 So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies. 25 They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen. [i.e. worship of "mother earth" on Earth Day, or today's Live Earth concert] 26 That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. 27 And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.

Romans 1:24-27

9 Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, 10 or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10

20 What sorrow for those who say
that evil is good and good is evil,
that dark is light and light is dark,
that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter.

Isaiah 5:20

Israel-Syria war rumors rise

The editor in chief of Syria’s official daily newspaper Al-Thawra wrote Wednesday Damascus was expecting an attack at any time, and warned that an Israeli strike would be a mistake.

A year after the IDF went to war against the Iranian- and Syrian-supported Lebanese Hizb’allah; tension is rising in Israel, fuelled by media speculation and conflicting intelligence assessments about preparations for and the imminence of another Arab-Israeli conflict...“Syria has rearmed Hizb’allah to the teeth,” Ross said, without America doing anything to punish the Assad regime. Defense officials have warned that Syria could direct Hizb’allah to draw Israel into war.

Isaiah 14:
1 But the Lord will have mercy on the descendants of Jacob. He will choose Israel as his special people once again. He will bring them back to settle once again in their own land. And people from many different nations will come and join them there and unite with the people of Israel. 2 The nations of the world will help the Lord’s people to return, and those who come to live in their land will serve them. Those who captured Israel will themselves be captured, and Israel will rule over its enemies ...

24 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has sworn this oath:

“It will all happen as I have planned.
It will be as I have decided.
25 I will break the Assyrians when they are in Israel;
I will trample them on my mountains.
My people will no longer be their slaves
nor bow down under their heavy loads.
26 I have a plan for the whole earth,
a hand of judgment upon all the nations.
27 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has spoken—
who can change his plans?
When his hand is raised,
who can stop him?”

Canada's terror risk 'elevated'
The warning comes as Canadian and U.S. airport and border crossing security was upgraded over the weekend in response to the attempted terrorist car bombings in London and Glasgow.
Officials in both countries stress they have no specific information about pending attacks, although a secret U.S. law enforcement report, prepared for the Department of Homeland Security, warns that al-Qaeda is planning a terror "spectacular" this summer.

U.S. must drop European missile shield plans - Russian source

Even the secular media is talking about a Gog and Magog war

Fortunately for Israel, God is going to fight her battles from now on because Israel is not prepared for any war (I'm sure Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appreciates this fact). Even the retiring Assistant Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh is admitting that the Olmert government is weak, unprepared, and that the high level of U.S.-Israeli military co-operation is exaggerated. Are we about to see Ezekiel chapter 38 fulfilled? In my opinion Ezekiel 38 is talking about Armageddon, which most importantly includes the second coming of Christ. Obviously then, a upcoming war between Israel and Iran/Syria/Lebanon/Gaza/ and...Russia (because Putin may be unwillingly dragged into this - ?) has incredible implications in my opinion.

It's hard to stay focused on everyday life when the current order of all things could be immeasurably changed at any next moment.

Israeli Defense Official Highlights Israel’s Inadequacies in Face of Iranian Threat
DEBKAfile’s military experts warn that nothing is guaranteed. Iran may lead the group of allies with a missile barrage against Israel, to be followed then by Syria, Hizballah and Hamas, one by one.

Israel is not prepared to handle threats from Iran [missiles and potentially nuclear weapons] because the government headed by Ehud Olmert is holding back form its armed forces the requisite funding. [Sneh] maintained that international economic sanctions have failed to deflect Iran from its quest for the ultimate threat – a failure which has put the military option on the table.

Sneh dismissed the popular notion that Israel and the United States were closely coordinated militarily regarding Iran. “There is no coordination on an operational level between the Israel and US militaries on Iran,” he said. Bush has said that all options, including military action, remain on the table. But, said Sneh, “If sanctions had been adopted more firmly and quickly, we may not have needed to talk about other options.”

"Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man." - Luke 21:36

And a huge AMEN! Luke 21:36 is tagged onto my prayers every day.

DEBKAfile Exclusive: US counter-terror authorities fear major campaign in Europe, possibly even 9/11-scale mega-attack in America presaged by failed London and Glasgow bombings. Al Qaeda’s coded messages on internal forums announcing that preparations are now in place for attacks in the US during this summer are appearing with greater frequency than the traffic prior to the 2001 attacks in America and the 2004 Madrid rail bombings.

UN Spanish peacekeepers cut covert protection deal with Hizballah behind backs of UN secretary and UNIFIL commander

$50 says this is from the LBL Beast of Islam

Police find bomb in London, open terrorism probe
LONDON (Reuters) - British police defused a car bomb in central London on Friday and said the device made up of petrol, gas cylinders and nails could have caused significant loss of life, anti-terrorism authorities said.

DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources report the smoke indicates that the gasoline packed in the device may have begun to ignite and the suicide bomber at the wheel drove erratically, as a witness recounted, in order reach his target before it exploded. Alternatively, he may have crashed into the bins outside the nightclub hoping to detonate the car. When nothing happened, he ran.

The modus operandi recalls suicide car bombings by al Qaeda in Iraq and Middle East terrorist groups. It was timed to explode on Gordon Brown’s first day as UK prime minister and located to cause maximum casualties, an apparent warning that Tony Blair’s departure does not change the terrorist threat to Britain.

Five US soldiers killed in roadside bomb ambush on their patrol in S. Baghdad Thursday
June 29, 2007, 11:49 AM (GMT+02:00) Seven others were injured in the coordinated blast, smalls arms and RPG attack. Also Thursday, a car bomb killed 25 people, wounded 40, at a Baghdad bus intersection.The bomb, which exploded in rush-hour traffic in a mainly Shiite district of SW Baghdad, also set 40 vehicles ablaze. Three British soldiers were killed in Basra after dismounting from their vehicle. Twenty beheaded bodies were found south of Baghdad Thursday, the atrocity betraying the hand of al Qaeda

We're not fighting flesh and blood, we're fighting the Lion-Bear-Leopard beast of Daniel 7, as a revived beast in Revelation 13, and Revelation 16. Daniel tells us the nations that initiate the final battle of Armageddon are Iraq (Babylon represented by the Lion), Iran (Medo-Persia represented by the bear), and Turkey, Syria and the former Soviet Republics (Alexander the Great's territory represented by the Leopard). Read Ellis Skolfield's book The False Prophet for more details.

Notice that the Second coming of Jesus doesn't happen until Revelation 16:15, and that the LBL beast gathers the world to Armageddon up to His one-and-only second coming for his people described in that verse. The world is NOW being gathered around Israel for that battle. We are witnesses to that gathering, which is also described in Ezekiel 38 and Zechariah 12. You just need to be aware of current events to see the gathering taking place.

The Day of the Lord is coming. We could be the last generation on this earth - what a possibility!

Be ready; get people ready.

Turkish general seeks Iraq raids

The Middle East is about to blow up:

• PKK in Kurdistan vs. Turkey.
• Hamas in Gaza.
• Fatah al-Islam and Hezb'allah in Lebanon.
• Islamic Revolutionary Guards in southern Iraq.
• A third U.S. carrier headed to the Persian Gulf.

Gaza's Christians fear for their lives

Surprise! The "church of the anti-Christ" has no problem with Mary, but vehemently hates Jesus Christ.

"So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand..." Matthew 24:15


Inscribed on the Dome of the Rock, which stands on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem:

O People of the Book! Do not exaggerate in your religion
nor utter aught concerning God save the truth. The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, was only a Messenger of God

So believe in God and His messengers, and say not 'Three' - Cease!

God is only One God. Far be it removed from His transcendent majesty that He should have a son.

It befitteth not (the Majesty of) God that He should take unto Himself a son.

God, the eternally Besought of all! He begetteth not nor was begotten.

There is no god but God. He is One. He has no associate. Muhammad is the Messenger of God.

blah, blah, blah etc, etc you get the idea.

I believe the abomination of desolation has been standing in "the holy place" since 688AD. Dear Christians we are already facing the church of the Anti-Christ, knowing that one prophetic day is equal to one year (1 day = 1 year - see Ezekiel 4:5-6), and understanding Daniel's days prophesies aren't literal days but years, tells you that time is quickly coming to an end. Relatively soon we will all be living in eternity in one of only two places. Choose wisely!

Update:
John Bolton: Iran Can Now Make a Nuclear Bomb
Jerusalem claims Bolton is too pessimistic on Iran

The Doctrine of Mahdism - why Ahmadinejad with a nuke is not a good thing.

Israel braces for July war with up to five enemies
Israeli military intelligence has projected that a major attack could come from any of five adversaries in the Middle East. Officials said such a strike could spark a war as early as July 2007.

Iranian forces crossed Iraqi border: report
Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces have been spotted by British troops crossing the border into southern Iraq, The Sun tabloid reported on Tuesday. An unidentified intelligence source told the tabloid: "It is an extremely alarming development and raises the stakes considerably. In effect, it means we are in a full on war with Iran -- but nobody has officially declared it."

UN nuclear agency sending team to Iran (my headline would read: Iran continues to play games with the IAEA)

The invitation was linked to a recent Iranian offer to stop stonewalling the agency in its probe of more than two decades of Iranian nuclear activities, which were clandestine until 2002 when they were revealed by a dissident group... A European diplomat said the decision to invite an IAEA delegation was reached at those talks and that Larijani had asked for 120 days to clear up ambiguities -- a span that Solana rejected as too long.

Why does Larijani need 120 days to answer for past clandestine activities, when he could do so in one afternoon? Put bluntly - something stinks.

Other News:
Quartet said set to name Blair as its Mideast envoy
Thousands flee Pakistan cyclone
Flooding causes havoc in Britain
Moderate quake hits Iran

Update:
Eight more US troops killed on a bloody day in Iraq
Iran: We'll launch nuclear plant in Oct.

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Olmert intends to recognize Abbas regime, release terrorists, pay it $400M By Israel Insider staff June 23, 2007

US-Russian leaders regret tensions, offer new criticisms

US State Department: Anyone with a deathwish need apply (please, oh please apply):

US struggling to staff new Baghdad embassy

"When the new US embassy in Baghdad opens later this summer it will be one of the more noticeable achievements of the war.

	Computer image of new US embassy in Baghdad

The £300 million, 27-building complex on the banks of Tigris River will have its own water purification system, fire service, school and housing for more than 380 families.

Located inside the Green Zone, the already highly fortified government compound, it will be a state within a state within a country. The only problem is it may not have enough people.

The US state department is struggling to find diplomats to work at what, despite four protective walls, will still be regarded as the world’s most dangerous location and a severe risk to mental health."

The idealists who decided to throw away US$600 million greenbacks on this Iraqi fortress (read: white elephant) fail to see Iraq for what it actually is: the epicenter of a spiritual war. We're not fighting flesh and blood, we're fighting the revived Lion-Bear-Leopard beast of Daniel 7, Revelation 13, and Revelation 16. But since this fact doesn't fit in with a "LOVE creation:HATE the Creator" worldview, they'll just conveniently ignore it and hope for the best (good luck).

WWIII is on its way. Christ is on His way:

Revelation 16:
13 And I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs leap from the mouths of the dragon [satan], the beast [the lion-bear-leopard Islamic beast], and the false prophet [Who's the most influential false prophet to 1.3 billion people, and who says Jesus is not God's son, out there? Mohammad]. 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. [comments in parentheses and bolding are mine]

Forget about a tranquil, peaceful Iraq. Instead prepare your hearts to meet Christ on good terms, His terms, before He returns.

Remember that scenario I proposed two posts ago?

*IAF training for possible strike against Iran
Released for publication: IAF jets practice mid-flight refueling, long-range missions; new package of sanctions prepared by Israel, US.

*2-State solution you say? Ya, keep dreaming! It's them or us, and here's why: Palestinian official: Women must martyr themselves

from MEMRI: The video

*Ahmadinejad's getting nervous

*Good News! The test was a success: Russia tests missile able to 'penetrate' defences - Russia on Tuesday said it had successfully tested a new multiple warhead ballistic missile designed to overcome air-defence systems such as the US shield planned for deployment in central Europe.

Sorry, I'm in a bit of a facetious mood today.

Skill testing question: Do any readers out there know on what day (date) Moshe Dayan gave back administrative control of the Temple Mount, after the Six Day War in 1967? I'm interested on what day after the June 10, 1967 Israel victory, did Dayan officially do this?

I haven't been able to find this on the web, so a big thanks to anyone who can help me on this. (please leave a comment below) God bless!

Lastly, just in case there's anyone out there who thinks the US "war on terror" is winnable and that we're all going to live in peace with Islamists (as the media calls them) in the near future - this video is for you:

Death for the sake of Allah

I especially like the part where the kindergarteners shout: "What is your most lofty goal?" and they shout back: "Death for the sake of Allah!"

Those crazy kids. (??!!?!!!)

More Joel 3:9-11

DEBKAfile: A third US carrier, the nuclear-powered USS Enterprise Strike Group is speeding towards the Persian Gulf "The USS Enterprise CVN 65-Big E Strike Group, the US Navy’s largest air carrier, will join the USS Stennis and the USS Nimitz carriers, building up the largest sea, air, marine concentration the United States has ever deployed opposite Iran."

We're not that far from this scenario: Israel bombs Iran's known nuclear installations, and two of Iran's best customers, Russia and China, come to Israel's doorstep with a military response. The U.S. and UN (UNIFIL in Lebanon; UNDOF at the Golan) are already there. Note the DEBKAfile article mentions a possible fourth U.S. carrier.

Understand Daniel's prophesies in Daniel 7:25 and Daniel 12:7 (understand the significance of the time we're in); along with Jesus' words in Mathew 24:34 ("this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened), and I get pretty excited. I might not get to see the second half of a (God-willing) "normal" life - and that's completely alright with me.

Keep one eye in God's Word and two eyes on the greening fig tree (Matt 24:32) - summer is near.

China arming terrorists
U.N. renews observer force on Golan Heights
Russia begins delivering warplanes to Syria: report
Some 2,000 march in Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem - provoking the wrath of God.

Our generation: blind; no reverend fear

For he has set a day for judging the world with justice by the man he has appointed, and he proved to everyone who this is by raising him from the dead.” Acts 17:31 NLT

Rise up, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are your inheritance. Psalm 82:8 NIV

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. 2 Corinthians 5:10 NIV

He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen—by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name." Acts 10:41-43 NIV


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The big "T" Tribulation continues. (Pray for our brothers and sisters):

Christians warned: Accept Islamic law - 'New Hamas rule means real changes,' missionaries to be 'dealt with harshly'
Emails from Christians caught in the Gaza Strip

• Egypt: Mobs Attack Churches Near Alexandria
Muslim rioters attacked two Coptic Orthodox churches, damaged Christian-owned shops and injured seven Christians in two unrelated incidents in northern Egypt during the past week, local Christians said.
Added: Jun 18th, 2007 4:48 AM
• Eritrea Christians Missing After Mass Detentions, Investigators Say
Twenty Christians, including young children, were reportedly still missing Wednesday, June 13, more than two weeks after being detained by Eritrean security forces for allegedly attending a prayer meeting of a banned independent church.
Added: Jun 14th, 2007 3:39 AM
• Lebanon Christians Fear Civil War As Anti-Syrian Legislator Is Assassinated
Lebanese Christians, already shaken by several bombings, faced the prospect of civil war Wednesday, June 13, as officials confirmed that a key anti-Syrian legislator and nine others were killed in an explosion in Beirut, apparently from a bomb-rigged car.
Added: Jun 14th, 2007 3:24 AM
• India: Hindu Mob Beats, Strips, Parades Pastor
A mob of Hindu extremists on Friday (June 8) beat a pastor and tried to set him on fire before parading him naked in the suburbs of Bangalore, capital of Karnataka state.
Added: Jun 13th, 2007 4:54 AM
• India Christian Workers Murdered Amid Spreading Anti-Christian Violence
Active Christians in rural areas of India, including pastors and evangelists, faced another potentially dangerous day Monday, June 11, after reports that two Christian workers were killed by suspected militants in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh while elsewhere Hindu extremists threatened to burn alive church leaders.
Added: Jun 12th, 2007 4:02 AM
• Philippines' Seminarian Stabbed To Death
A tense calm returned Saturday, June 9, to the Galas district of the Philippines' Quezon City after a seminarian was stabbed to death there by a lone assailant, police said.
Added: Jun 11th, 2007 2:37 AM
• Indonesian Sunday School Teachers Released From Prison After Two Years
Three Indonesian women who were serving a prison sentence for including Muslim children in a church program in West Java, Indonesia, were released early Friday, June 8, amid international pressure, BosNewsLife learned.
Added: Jun 11th, 2007 2:36 AM
• Vietnam Police "Publicly" Torture And Kill Degar Montagnard Christians To Warn House Churches
Police in Vietnam publicly torture and kill Degar Montagnard Christians in the country's Central Highlands as a warning to house churches to stop their activities, a major advocacy group alleged Wednesday, June 6.
Added: Jun 7th, 2007 12:50 AM
• India: Extremists Step Up Efforts for 'Hindu Nation'
Televised attacks on Christian workers and a spurt in persecution in various parts of the country point to a renewed attempt to win support for Hindu nationalistic goals, Christians say.
Added: Jun 7th, 2007 12:49 AM
• Sri Lanka: Christians Arrested for Destruction of Statues
A pastor and two associates from Mt. Carmel Theological College in Kandy, Sri Lanka, were arrested on May 27 and charged with destroying Buddhist statues.
Added: Jun 6th, 2007 2:05 AM
• Iraqi Christians Mourn Deaths Of Priest And Other Believers
Iraqi Christians are mourning the deaths of a Catholic priest and his three assistants who were gunned down by Islamic militants over the weekend, shortly after another Christian couple working for the US embassy was reportedly killed, BosNewsLife established Tuesday, June 5.
Added: Jun 6th, 2007 1:39 AM
• India Militants Threaten To Kill Missionary And To Harm Evangelicals
Suspected Hindu militants have threatened to kill a native missionary and to attack dozens of evangelical Christians in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, a major mission group has said.
Added: Jun 4th, 2007 1:43 AM

DEBKAfile Exclusive: Damascus ordered Sunday's Katyusha attack on N. Israeli Kiryat Shemona, causing no casualties. But there is more to come

Hamas Poised to Convert Captured Gaza Strip into Islamist Enclave


There's good reason why I permanently posted Joel 3:4 in the right margin of this blog. Please note that Joel 3 moves right into vivid Day of the Lord descriptions.

Be ready! Get people ready!

I thought I was done posting today, but I have to post this:

Micah chapter 5:


5b If the Assyrians come into our land
and tread upon our soil,
we will raise against them seven shepherds
and eight installed as rulers.
6 They shall rule the land of Assyria with the sword,
and the land of Nimrod with the drawn sword;
they shall rescue us from the Assyrians
if they come into our land
or tread within our border.
Israel gains the upper hand
7 Then the remnant of Jacob,
surrounded by many peoples,
shall be like dew from the LORD,
like showers on the grass,
which do not depend upon people
or wait for any mortal.
8 And among the nations the remnant of Jacob,
surrounded by many peoples,
shall be like a lion among the animals of the forest,
like a young lion among the flocks of sheep,
which, when it goes through, treads down
and tears in pieces, with no one to deliver.
9 Your hand shall be lifted up over your adversaries,
and all your enemies shall be cut off.


Is God far beyond awesome, or what?! He has made these things known to us WAY before their fulfillment. These are tomorrow's headlines (literally?). Only the Holy Lord can do that. Praise the Lord!

The Blasphemy Response Challenge

2Pe 3:3

First, I want to remind you that in the last days there will be scoffers who will laugh at the truth and do every evil thing they desire. ___________________________________________________

Phl 2:9	Because of this, God raised him up to the heights of heaven and gave him a name that is above every other name,
Phl 2:10	so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
Phl 2:11	and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

What we're seeing in Gaza, Lebanon, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Darfur, Somalia, Algeria, France, Britain, etc. today (from the Quran):

Sura (8:55) - Surely the vilest of animals in Allah's sight are those who disbelieve

Sura (48:29) - Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are hard (ruthless) against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves

Sura (9:30) - And the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah... Allah (Himself) fights against them. How perverse are they!

Sura (8:12) - I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them

Sura (9:123) - O you who believe! Fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness

Sura (5:33) - The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His messenger and strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement

Pray for our enemies before the Messiah Jesus Christ returns as King, and it will be too late for them. To the traditional Christian dispensationalists: you better revise your theory to include the mosques of 1.3 billion Muslims worldwide - the greatest threat to the apple of God's eye, Israel, and to the followers of Jesus Christ.

Rev 11:15

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices shouting in heaven: "The whole world has now become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever."

Amen.

The big-T Tribulation is going on right now all over the Muslim world:
A man who raped a Muslim woman because she showed an interest in Christianity has been jailed for at least five years by a Sydney Australia court.
TheReligionofPeace.com

Home of the free, land of the terrorist
"Beyond Islamic prayer mats among the cacti, Jim Hogg County, Texas, Border Patrol agents found a jacket with Arabic-language patches. One reads "martyr" and "way to immortality." The other depicts a jet flying into a skyscraper."

I believe these implanted terrorists are what's behind Ahmadinejad's smirk and belligerence. He will not stop enriching uranium for a nuclear bomb. Yes, I said "nuclear bomb"! To think he is only interested in power generation is completely naive and absurd. This earth is in its final chapter:

• Ahmadinejad wants to create mass chaos and actually wants the U.S. to initiate this chaos in order to hasten the return of his 12th Imam Mahdi. The secular world hasn't clued into the seriousness of this yet.
  
• Ahmadinejad has said he would retaliate against an Israeli and/or U.S. attack by attacking Israel first.
• Ahmadinejad has openly, frequently called for the destruction of Israel.
  
• Islamic terrorists are primed for homocide bombings within the U.S. today (possibly dirty-bomb nuclear?).
• Hamas has just successfully formed a terrorist state in the Gaza with Iran and Syria's aid;
  
• Hezb'allah in Lebanon is re-armed with 20,000 rockets at Israel's northern border in Lebanon, under the eyes of UNIFIL.
• Israel is under extreme duress due to her enemies pressing in all around her; her politicians are weak; Ehud Olmert's coalition government may soon fall with the release of the final Eliyahu Winograd report on the 2006 Lebanon war.

Unbeknownst to Ahmadinejad and the rest of his ilk, the Sovereign Lord and Creator of all will not let Israel fall again:

Amo 9:14	I will bring my exiled people of Israel back from distant lands, and they will rebuild their ruined cities and live in them again. They will plant vineyards and gardens; they will eat their crops and drink their wine.
Amo 9:15	I will firmly plant them there in the land I have given them," says the Lord your God. "Then they will never be uprooted again."

Eze 39:23	The nations will then know why Israel was sent away to exile-it was punishment for sin, for they acted in treachery against their God. Therefore, I turned my back on them and let their enemies destroy them.
Eze 39:24	I turned my face away and punished them in proportion to the vileness of their sins.
Eze 39:25	"So now the Sovereign Lord says: I will end the captivity of my people; I will have mercy on Israel, for I am jealous for my holy reputation!
Eze 39:26	They will accept responsibility for their past shame and treachery against me after they come home to live in peace and safety in their own land. And then no one will bother them or make them afraid.
Eze 39:27	When I bring them home from the lands of their enemies, my holiness will be displayed to the nations.
Eze 39:28	Then my people will know that I am the Lord their God-responsible for sending them away to exile and responsible for bringing them home. I will leave none of my people behind.
Eze 39:29	And I will never again turn my back on them, for I will pour out my Spirit upon them, says the Sovereign Lord."

God's eyes are on Israel again. Understand Daniel's days prophesies (understand the time you are living in) and prepare to witness the holiness of your Creator (Eze 39:27)!

In Tehran's Martyrs' Museum, Iran courts new believers

Arab Media Reports Syria Making Preparations for War with Israel

"(IsraelNN.com) A Qatari newspaper, Al Watan, reported Friday that Syria is making concrete preparations for war with Israel, saying that the Syrian government has removed the Government and State Archives from the Damascus area. According to the paper, this move indicates preparations for war. Syrian parliament member Muhammad Habash confirmed on Al-Jazeera Arabic world news satellite TV last week that Syria is indeed engaged in active preparations for a war with Israel. The conflict, said the Syrian MP, is expected to break out during the summer months."