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Weekly News Update
1/2/08
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This weekly news update is being sent because the Bible tells us to know the prophecies and to "watch" for their fulfillment (which can only be done by learning and knowing what is going on around the world) ... yet, many churches and synagogues today ignore and deny Bible prophecy (which in itself is a major fulfillment of Bible prophecy) ...
Now, a short Bible prophecy lesson to help show how close we are ...
+ Israel back in the Land as a nation (this started the clock ticking ...)
+ Iran and allies threatening war against Israel
+ Russia rising ... and acting as a 'guard' for Iran
+ China armed with weapons capable of quickly destroying 1/3 of mankind
+ Nations of the ancient Roman Empire (Europe?) reuniting and rising in power
+ Teachings of false 'Prophets' leading many
+ A Generation 'morally corrupt' and 'filled with violence'
(The Bible uses the word 'corrupt' - like smelly, rotting meat)
+ 'The falling away'... churches and synagogues no longer teaching or enduring sound doctrine
+ Israel and Jerusalem . . . trouble, troubles, and more trouble
+ All nations turning against nation Israel . . .
= The Generation of the ... Rapture ... the 'Apocalypse' ... Armageddon ... and Messiah's Return.
For the first time in history this prophetic 'equation' is nearly complete . . . and all in this generation!!!
Top Stories . . .
(Click on the headline for the full news story ... Click on the blue link for the Bible prophecy)
Russia’s Strategic Nuclear Bombers Trouble Europe ...
--Pravda (Russia) (Prophecies: The coming 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will go to war and will invade Israel)
Russian Strategic Bombers Probing Europe's Defenses - Pravda (Russia)
--Drudge/AP (Prophecies: The coming 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will go to war and will invade Israel)
--Debkafile (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...The US will be "neutralized" ... then Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)
Russia Adds Another Layer of Advanced Anti-Air Defenses To Protect Iran Nukes ...
--Debkafile (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...The US will be "neutralized" ... then Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)
Russia Denies Planning To Supply Iran With Advanced Missile Systems ...
China - 2008: The Year A New Superpower Is Born ...
--Drudge/Independent (UK) (Prophecies...China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind)
"Now the number of the army of the horsemen
was two hundred million;
(For the first time ever such an army could be raised in China ... it may also include an alliance or 'coalition')
I heard the number of them.
And thus I saw the horses in the vision:
those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red,
hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of the horses
were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire,
smoke, and brimstone [sulfur, or a kind of poisoned air].
By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed
by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone
which came out of their mouths.
For their power is in their mouth and in their tails;
for their tails are like serpents, having heads;
and with them they do harm."
(Revelation 9:16-19)
This prophecy says the "army of the horsemen was two hundred million." These "horsemen" may be a small division or group within that army, such as a strategic nuclear weapons division, or they may be brightly painted missiles sitting upon missile launchers. The "two hundred million" may be to help identify the nation or area they will rise out of. Also called "the kings of the East," it appears the Chinese military is someday going to use the top-secret missile and weapons technologies (which Clinton secretly and illegally gave and sold to them) - against us!!
Japan's New Prime-Minister Says Japan and China Must Work Together ...
--AFP (France) (Prophecies...China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind)
Russia and China's Global "Strategic Siege"...
--JR Nyquist (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will go to war and will invade Israel) (Prophecies...China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind)
This Week's News Headlines . . .
Finding Hope and Comfort ... For Those Going Through Difficult Times
--Alpha News Daily (Finding Hope and Comfort in Times of Trouble ...) (God's Promise ...)
Weekly News Update ... with Weekly News Archives
--Alpha News Daily (Read earlier "Weekly News Updates" from Alpha News Daily)
Olmert Hints Jerusalem Division Is Inevitable...
--Drudge/Jerusalem Post (Prophecies...Israel after becoming a nation) (The Bible warns the armies of the world will one-day come against Jerusalem ...)
--Israel Nat'l New (Prophecies...Israel after becoming a nation)
Israel's Prime-Minister Olmert: 'Judea and Samaria ("Yesha") Construction Stops Here'
--Israel Nat'l News (Bible Warning ...'Gaza shall be forsaken") (Prophecies...Israel after becoming a nation)
Israel's President Shimon Peres Says, 'Islam Not Our Enemy'...
Gaza Is Now An Islamic Terror Base ...
--DavidHocking.org (Bible Warning ...'Gaza shall be forsaken") (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)
--Debkafile (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...The US will be "neutralized" ... then Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)
Russia's Putin Says Government Should Prepare For His Premiership ...
--Pravda (Russia) (Prophecies...The US will be "neutralized" ... then Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)
Iran and Egypt Moving Towards Normalization ...
--Jerusalem Post (Prophecies...The US will be "neutralized" ... then Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)
Egypt Defies Israel ... Lets 2,300 Islamic 'Gazans' Escape Israeli Security
--Israel Nat'l News (Bible Warning ...'Gaza shall be forsaken") (Prophecies...Israel after becoming a nation)
Egypt's Decision To Let Islamic Pilgrims Cross Border Unchecked Enrages Israel ...
--Jerusalem Post (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Another case of Egypt arrogantly breaking and ignoring its written agreements with Israel ...)
Egypt Issues Threat to Israel ...
--Ynet (Prophecies...Israel after becoming a nation) (Prophecies of Messiah's Return) (The Bible tells us Israel will one day rule over Her enemies ...)
Report: Israeli Defense Forces Failed In Lebanon ...
--Ynet (Israel) (If you followed that war you will find it was Israel's leaders who failed the IDF ... the IDF fought well in spite of Olmert-Livni et al))
Israel's Prime Minister Caves In to US ... No Jewish Construction In Jerusalem Neighborhoods
--Israel National News (Prophecies...Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation) (Prophecies: The coming 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon)
"For I (God) will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem,
(This is remarkable...since we are now seeing all nations turning against Israel.)
the city (Jerusalem) shall be taken,
the houses rifled,
and the women ravished (brutally raped).
Half of the city (Jerusalem) shall go into captivity,
but the remnant of the people
shall not be cut off from the city."
(Zechariah 14:2)
Israel Preparing for 'Weapons of Mass Destruction' War...
--NewsMax (Prophecies: The coming 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will go to war and will invade Israel)
Vietnam Veterans Angered After Hispanic Street-Gang MS-13 Vandalized Vietnam War Memorial ...
--WND (MS-13 is more of a Latin American guerilla group that has infiltrated and been deployed here in the US ... and as a note, the Chinese government never explained who was going to receive the thousands of AK-47s they were caught secretly off-loading from their ships in the port in Los Angeles.)
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The coming "Rapture" Note: Some churches teach this coming event, (sometimes called the "Rapture") is not found in the Bible ...
"Behold, I tell you a mystery: (A 'mystery' in the Bible is something that had not yet been revealed)
We shall not all sleep, (a term used for 'bodily death')
but we shall all be changed
in a moment,
in the twinkling of an eye"
(1 Corinthians 15:51-52)
"For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout,
with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God.
And the dead in Christ will rise first.
Then we who are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air.
And thus we shall always be with the Lord."
(1 Thessalonians 4:16-18)
At Least 30 Christians In Kenya Including Many Children Beaten and Then Burned Alive In Church ...
Hindu Fanatics Attack Christians and Torch Churches In India ...
--Jerusalem Post (Prophecies ... Christ (Messiah) and Christians will be hated) (Prophecies of the coming Antichrist)
Texas Woman Removed From Bus For Reading Her Bible Aloud To Her 2 Children On The Way To Church ...
--Fox News (Prophecies ... Christ (Messiah) and believing Christians will be hated)
U.S. Head Of Anglican (Episcopalian) Church Defends Her Stand Which Approves of Homosexuality ...
--BBC News (Prophecies ... Churches and church leaders will oppose and no longer 'endure' sound doctrine) (Bible Warnings: Homosexuality)
God clearly warns all those who simply tolerate or "approve of " these things will be held just as guilty as those who actually do them ...
"For the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven
against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men . . .
For even their women exchanged the natural use
for what is against nature (lesbianism).
Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman,
burning in their lust for one another,
men with men committing what is shameful (homosexuality) . . .
that those who practice these things are worthy of death (Hell),
and not only those who do the same
but also (all those) who approve of those who practice them!"
(Romans 1:18, 26, 27, 32)
(Note: Other offenses were also included which were not listed here.)
We are now seeing the 'apostasy' ... the 'falling away'... as most of the largest churches and church leaders today are no longer teaching or enduring 'sound doctrine'... exactly like the Bible said we would see just before the Rapture, the 'Apocalypse', Armageddon, and Messiah's Return ...
"Now the Spirit expressly says
that in latter times some (churches and church leaders)
will depart from the faith,
giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons
(denying the truth of God's Word, saying "all roads" lead to Heaven, homosexuality and abortion are okay, etc.)
speaking lies in hypocrisy,
having their own conscience seared with a hot iron,
forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods . . ."
(1 Timothy 4:1-3)
"For the time will come (which we are now seeing)
when they (many churches, church leaders, those who call themselves Christians)
will no longer endure sound doctrine,
but according to their own desires,
they have itching ears,
they will heap up for themselves teachers (ministers, priests, reverends, rabbis, pastors)
(who will tell them only what they want to hear and not what the Bible teaches)
and they will turn their ears away from the truth,
and be turned aside to fables. (Such as the 'DaVinci Code')
But you (simple, believing Christians) be watchful in all things,
endure afflictions,
do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry."
(2 Timothy 4:3-5)
"Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you
concerning our common salvation,
I found it necessary ('compelled') to write to you
exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith
which was once for all delivered to the saints.
For certain men (and women) have crept in unnoticed, (church leaders, ministers, priests, reverends, rabbis, pastors)
who long ago were marked out for this condemnation,
ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness . . .
(who twist, ignore, deny, resist, and refuse to teach or believe God’s Word in the Bible)
But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, (Sabbath and Sunday school students ...)
that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt,
afterward destroyed all those who did not believe."
(Jude 1:3-6)
The 'falling away' (apostasy) of churches and church leaders, the 'Rapture', the rise of the 'Antichrist', and the coming 'Apocalypse' are all closely related in Bible prophecy ...
"Now brethren,
concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew)
and our gathering together to Him ... (the coming 'Rapture')
Let no one deceive you by any means,
for that Day (the coming 'Apocalypse')
will not come unless the falling away ("apostasy" of churches and church leaders) comes first ..."
(churches and synagogues turning away from the Word of God like we are now seeing)
and the man of sin (the Antichrist) is revealed,
the son of perdition (another title of the coming Antichrist)
who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped,
(a powerful 'one-world' religion is coming)
so that he sits as God in the Temple of God, (a new Jewish Temple will be built in Jerusalem)
showing himself that he is God.
(Jesus warns this coming event will trigger the last half (3 1/2 years) of the 'Apocalypse'... the 'Great Tribulation.')
Do you not remember that when I was still with you
I told you these things?"
(Paul was only with them for only 3 weeks and still taught them about the Rapture, Antichrist, and 2nd coming!)
(2 Thessalonians 2:1-10) (Prophecies ... The coming Rapture) (Prophecies ... The coming Antichrist) (The time draws near ...)
The Bible warns the Day will come when it will be hard to find a church or synagogue who will faithfully teach God's Word ...
"Behold, the days are coming,
says the Lord GOD,
That I (God) will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine of bread,
Nor a thirst for water,
But of hearing the words of the LORD.
They shall wander from sea to sea,
And from north to east;
They shall run to and fro,
seeking the Word of the
LORD,
But shall not find it."
(Amos 8:11-12) (Those few churches left who faithfully teach and obey the Word of God are getting hard to find ... )
The Bible is not ambiguous in its message concerning homosexuality. Homosexuality is not new. God never calls for capital punishment, or calls anything "profane" or an "abomination" if it is simply "genetic." When we study the passages concerning Sodom and Gomorrah, it appears homosexuality, or sodomy, is symptomatic of a people who have willfully rejected and defiantly mock God’s laws in order to do "that which is right in their own eyes." Sodom and Gomorrah were given as warnings . . .
Who Loves the Homosexual More?
The Christian (a follower of Jesus-Yeshua, the Messiah of Israel) is commanded to 'love others and treat them as we would want to be treated.' According to the Bible, a person living in homosexual sin "will not inherit the Kingdom of Heaven" and those who "approve of those who do such things" will be held just as guilty. Jesus-Yeshua, the Messiah's first command was to 'repent' (turn away from those things which are in opposition to God's Law) and then to trust in Him alone to save us from all our sins. He said He came to 'save sinners' ... lots of them ... both Jew and Gentile ... any who would believe and trust in Him. The Bible warns until we acknowledge we are sinners and we desperately need a Savior (to save us from our sins ... past, present, and future) we won't be saved from Hell . . .
So, who loves the homosexual more? One who tells them it's okay to continue in a sin the Bible warns will condemn them to an eternity in Hell, or someone who is willing to endure the anger, ridicule, and hate to warn them and to try to get them into Heaven as a neighbor? In Proverbs 27:6 God says, 'Faithful are the wounds of a friend ... but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.' Jesus-Yeshua said more about Hell than He did about Heaven ... and the true believing Christian will try to get as many boys, girls, men, and women into the Kingdom of Heaven as possible. If a Christian truly hated the homosexual (or anyone willfully sinning against God's law) they would simply keep silent and let them suffer in the eternal darkness, loneliness, and torment of Hell. Yet, all believing Christians have had to come face-to-face with the fact we are all sinners and desperately need a 'Savior' to save us from our sins and from Hell. Jesus-Yeshua, the Messiah, commands us to 'love our enemies' ... and you can't love someone without warning them when they are in great and grave danger ...
Please remember, our God is a forgiving God who will forgive any and all who have sinned against Him. Any sinner, including those who have walked the path of homosexuality or have had an abortion, can be lovingly forgiven and washed clean through the blood of the Lamb. Jesus died for all sinners. And we are all sinners. God hates sin and He knows the consequences . . . that is why He pleads with all of His lost sheep to stop and repent from doing those things that are wrong, and with tears of joy He will richly forgive and welcome all back with the open arms of a loving Father.
Episcopal Congregations Leaving ... Won't Continue In a Church 'That Continued In A False Gospel'
--WND/Hartford Courant (Prophecies ... The 'falling away'... Churches and church leaders will no longer 'endure' sound doctrine)
The coming "Rapture"... (Early in the Bible God used both Enoch and Elijah as 'examples' of this coming event ...)
"Seek the LORD,
all you meek of the Earth,
Who have upheld His justice.
Seek righteousness, seek humility.
It may be that you will be hidden
in the day of the LORD'S anger." (The coming 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon)
(Zephaniah 2:3)
"Because you have kept My command to persevere, (by still believing and trusting in God's Word)
I also will keep you from the hour of trial
which shall come upon the whole world, (The coming 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon ... and NOT the Roman siege against Jerusalem in 70 AD)
to test those who dwell on the Earth."
"Behold, I come quickly!" (Suddenly)
(Revelation 3:10-11)
Al Qaida Pushed Out Toward Nineveh In Northern Iraq ...
--World Tribune (Nineveh was the capital of ancient Assyria ... and in the Bible we find Assyria will one day be blessed by God after the Messiah of Israel returns.)
Euro Gains On Dollar in Official Reserves ...
--Drudge/Financial Times (Prophecies ... 10 nations of the Roman Empire will reunite and rise in great power) (Prophecies ... The coming Antichrist)
Russia Expects Its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to Reach $1.25 Trillion This Year ...
--Itar-Tass (Russia) (Prophecies...The US will be "neutralized" ... then Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)
Israel's Total Population Rises To 7.2 Million in 2007...
--Jerusalem Post (Yet, 1.5 billion heavily armed followers of "Allah" can't remove them from the Land God gave to them.)
French President Severs Ties With Syria Until Further Notice ...
--Jerusalem Post (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies ... Damascus-Syria will one day be utterly destroyed)
Benazir Bhutto Assassinated In Pakistan ... Al-Qaida Reportedly Takes Responsibility
--WND (Lebanon ... Iraq ... all around the world ... Russia's 'chess board' military doctrine actively uses assassinations to gain strategic political advantage.)
Earlier: 'Is Al Qaeda a Kremlin Proxy?'
--JRNyquist (From an interview with high-level KGB defector Litvenko shortly before he was assassinated by Russia ...)
Shedding Some Light On Bhutto and Pakistan ... It's Not Personal, It's War
--Jerusalem Post/Caroline Glick (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)
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The coming "Rapture"... (Sadly, many churches and synagogues will still be almost filled after this coming "rescue" ...)
"But of that day and hour no one knows,
no, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only."
(Matthew 24:36)
"Then two men will be in the field:
one will be taken and the other left.
Two women will be grinding at the mill:
one will be taken and the other left."
"Watch therefore,
for you do not know
what hour your Lord is coming."
(Matthew 24:40-42)
"Therefore you also be ready,
for the Son of Man is coming
at an hour you do not expect."
(Luke 12:40)
"But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren,
you have no need that I should write to you.
For you yourselves know perfectly
that the Day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night."
(1 Thessalonians 5:1-2)
--Fox News (Prophecies: The coming 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon)
Exposing Iran's Ruthlessness ...
--Jerusalem Post/David Horovitz (Prophecies...The US will be "neutralized" ... then Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)
Russia's Putin May Now Be Europe's Richest Man ...
--World Tribune/London Daily Telegraph (Prophecies...The US will be "neutralized" ... then Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)
The Truth About Global Warming ...
--DavidHocking.org (The Bible warns about the time of Armageddon the Sun will "scorch" the Earth ... Revelation 16:8-9)
Ann Coulter Sheds Some Light On Mike Huckabee ...
--WND/Ann Coulter (Bible Warnings: Homosexuality and Abortion) (Prophecies describing the 'Generation of Armageddon')
i-Snake 'Will Transform Surgery'...
--BBC News (Prophecies ... Knowledge and travel will increase "in the last days")
From Israel: Abortion Is Murder, But…
--Ynet News (Israel) (Bible Warnings: Homosexuality and Abortion)
"Were your acts of harlotry a small matter,
that you have slain My children,
[notice that God looks upon these little, slain babies as His!]
and offered them up to them [to other gods, idols]
by causing them to pass through the fire ..."
(Ezekiel 16:20-21)
"By causing them (babies) to pass through the fire ..." Back then, unwanted babies were 'offered' to a false god 'Molech' (a god of lust and pleasure) by placing the baby onto the glowing red-hot arms of a small bronze statue which was placed in the fire. Do a study of Molech (an idol, false god) or passing babies 'through the fire' in the Bible and you will find God will judge a nation (and a world) for the killing of babies for convenience. God says a lot about this killing of unwanted babies ('passing sons and daughters through the fire') in the Bible. The technology we now use to kill these 'unwanted' babies is different, but the intent is exactly the same. Now, instead of calling them 'priests' we call them 'doctors,' and instead of burning the babies alive (passing them 'through the fire'), we cut them into little pieces while they're alive and call it 'abortion.' God sees it and it causes Him to cry out in agony and anger. This is one more reason why the coming Apocalypse is also called 'the Day of God's Wrath' which will come upon 'a morally corrupt and violent' generation. Also, the Bible warns us that 'not only those who do such things, but also all those who approve of those who do such things' will be held just as guilty. Please remember, our God is a forgiving God who is filled with grace and mercy, and even those who have done or approved of such things can still be washed clean and forgiven through the 'blood of the Lamb of God,' our Lord, the only One who can now save us from our sins, Jesus-Yeshua the promised Messiah.
"For I am God, and there is no other.
I am God, and there is none like Me,
Declaring the end from the beginning,
and from ancient times
things that are not yet done . . ."
(Isaiah 46:9-10)
Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) commands all those who will follow Him to "watch" and be ready ...
"Take heed (to the prophetic warnings) ...
watch (what is going on) ...
and pray (see below);
for you do not know when the time is (the coming Rapture).
It is like a man going to a far country,
who left his house and gave authority to his servants, and to each his work,
and commanded the doorkeeper to watch.
Watch therefore,
for you do not know when the master of the house is coming --
in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning --
lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping.
And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!"
(Mark 13:33-37)
"When you see these things,
know that it is near - -
at the door!"
(Mark 13:29)
"Before the decree is issued,
before the day passes like chaff,
before the LORD'S fierce anger comes upon you,
before the day of the LORD'S
anger comes upon you!
Seek the LORD,
all you meek of the Earth,
who have upheld His justice.
Seek righteousness,
seek humility.
It may be that you
will be hidden
in the day of the LORD'S anger."
(Zeph 2:2-3)
"Watch therefore,
and pray always
that you may be
counted worthy to escape
all these things
that will come to pass . . ." (The Bible promises all who wait in faith are not "appointed" to the coming time of "Tribulation")
(Luke 21:36)
"When you see these things happening,
know that it (the 'Apocalypse') is near -- at the doors!
Assuredly, I say to you,
this generation will by no means pass away
till all these things take place."
(Mark 13:29)
... for He promises to protect and shelter all those who are found waiting in faith from the coming 'time of trouble.'
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