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Weekly News Update
11/20/07
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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!!!
Note to Readers: Since (according to Bible prophecy) many of the prophetic events which now appear to be approaching will probably happen AFTER the coming "Rapture" it is worth taking the time to study the Bible prophecies (and these weekly news headlines) in order to decide for yourself whether these things are Biblically and prophetically significant ... for we are told after the coming Rapture the door will be closed ... and life on Earth will literally turn into a living Hell for all people (with the rise of the Antichrist and his 'religious' partner ... the 'Apocalypse'... and Armageddon) until Messiah returns after all these things ... and please don't take my word for it ... but search the Scriptures to see if all these things are true ... and please remember, the Bible warns it is our eternal destinies that are at stake ... (The most important prophecies ... Heaven or Hell ... the final separation)
Top Stories . . .
(Click on the headline for the full news story ... Click on the blue link for the Bible prophecy)
Russian Leader Putin Warns: Our Nuclear Forces Are Ready For Any Attack ...
--Ynet/Reuters (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then will invade Israel)
Report: Secret New High-Speed Rocket-Powered Torpedo Being Transferred From Russia To Iran ...
--World Tribune/Geo-Strategy Direct (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then will invade Israel)
Russia Abandons Key 'Cold' War Arms Treaty ...
--AFP (France) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then will invade Israel)
NATO Calls Russia's Decision To Suspend Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty 'Regrettable'...
--AFP (France) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then will invade Israel)
Putin Prepares Strategic Nuclear Forces To Stop NATO Along Russia’s Borders ...
--Pravda (Russia) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Yet it has been Russia and China who have been aggressively preparing for war ...)
--Drudge/AFP (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind)
China Demonstrates Power of Its Navy - Pravda (Russia)
China Demonstrates the Power Of Its Navy ...
--Pravda (Russia) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind)
China's Aggressive Spying In America Represents The Greatest Threat To U.S. Technologies ...
--Drudge/AP (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind)
China's Army Takes Aim at U.S. GPS System ...
--NewsMax/Charles Smith (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind)
US Plans New Space Weapons Against China ... Millions Spent To Counter Chinese Satellite Attacks
--WND/London Telegraph (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind)
US Moves Closer To Space-Based Combat With New Global Attack Space-Fighter ...
--Jerusalem Post (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies ... Knowledge and travel will increase "at the time of the end")
China Cuts Deals With Latin America To Secure Oil Supplies And Curtail U.S. Influence ...
--Pravda (Prophecies...China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind) (While blaming the US, China and Russia are aggressively securing global oil ...)
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)
Britain's Foreign Secretary Says The European Union (EU) "Should Expand Beyond Europe"...
--BBC News (Prophecies ... 10 nations of the Roman Empire will reunite and rise in great power ...) (The coming Antichrist)
--Ynet News
Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) gives us a stark warning concerning divorce ...
"The Pharisees (Jewish religious leaders) also came to Him (Jesus-Yeshua),
testing Him, and saying to Him,
'Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?'
And He (Jesus-Yeshua) answered and said to them,
'Have you not read the He (God)
who made them at the beginning
and made them male and female,''
and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave
his father and mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two shall become one flesh?'
"So then, they are no longer two but one flesh.
Therefore what God has joined together,
let not man (mankind ... men or women) separate."
They (the Pharisees) said to Him (Jesus-Yeshua),
"Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce,
and put her away?"
He (Jesus-Yeshua) said to them,
"Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts,
permitted you to divorce your wives,
but from the beginning it was not so.
And I (Jesus-Yeshua) say to you,
whoever divorces his wife,
except for sexual immorality,
and marries another, commits adultery,
and whoever marries her who is divorced
commits adultery ..."
(Matthew 19:4-9)
"For the LORD God of Israel says
that He hates divorce,
For it covers one's garment with violence,"
Says the LORD of hosts (armies).
"Therefore take heed to your spirit,
that you do not deal treacherously."
(Malachi 2:16)
We find throughout the Bible, God "hates divorce" and takes the marriage vows very seriously. We may forget that we made a commitment to Him (God) on that wedding day ... but, He won't forget ... and He holds all accountable to uphold the commitments they made to Him before witnesses ... no matter what we think or how we feel. That great (and mostly untaught and forgotten) sin of "covetousness" and "thou shall not covet" means being discontent in what we have been given in life ... whether it's a wife or husband (or job, house, money, car, kitchen, our look(s), or anything). We will all be held accountable in how we have treated our wife or husband. We are commanded to love them and endure the difficult times ... while treating them the way we would want to be treated with gentleness, patience, and respect, while obeying God's rules and law on the relationships between husbands and wives.
The Bible warns we all will need a "Savior" to save us from our sins and from Hell. The Bible also promises us we have a Savior (this same Jesus-Yeshua, the Messiah and "Savior") ... for we will all sin ... but we need to acknowledge it, confess it before God, seek His forgiveness, and repent, which means turning away from our sin and sincerely trying to stop doing all those things that are against God's Law (and pray for His help, His strength, and His power when we are having a difficult time separating ourselves from our sinful acts and activities) . . . and then trust in our Lord Jesus Christ (Messiah) to have completely paid for all of our sins when He lovingly and willingly suffered and died (as God's "Lamb of God") who was sacrificed "once and for all" for all the sins of all people (which is why God then removed the Temple and the sacrifices right after Messiah completed His first prophetic mission) ... and we only have to receive God's complete forgiveness through faith and trust in the One who graciously paid for our (huge) debt of sin.
We are warned a new Jewish Temple will one day be rebuilt in Jerusalem (the first one will be through the help of a coming world leader (the Antichrist ... a counterfeit Messiah) ... and then the final one by Jesus-Yeshua, the Messiah of Israel), yet, we (believing Christians) are also promised all our sins have been washed clean, "white as snow" ... not just covered by the blood of sheep or bulls ... but by the innocent blood of the "Lamb of God" who stepped forth in the likeness of Man to fix what Adam had broken so we (both Jew and Gentile) could once again have fellowship with God ... "it is finished"... "paid in full"... we can't add anything to it other than to love (and if you love you will obey) the "good Shepherd" (John 10:11) who willingly, obediently, and lovingly "gives His life for the sheep"... and "who for the joy that was set before Him endured the Cross, despising the shame"... (Hebrews 12:2)
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"Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord delivers him out of them all . . . "
Psalm 34:19
--WND (Prophecies ... "In the last days evil men will wax worse and worse"... "deceiving (lying) and being deceived") (French court sees more of the video)
--Debkafile (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then will invade Israel)
--Drudge/Wall Street Journal (Prophecies ... Christians will be hated) (She will soon call it a "hate crime" if they don't ...)
Seattle School District Pressured To Back Down On Their Definition That "Racists Are White"...
--WND (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war ... nation against nation ... and "ethnic against ethnic")
From Iraq's WMDs ... To Iran's State-Sponsored Global Terrorist War Against Jews ... To Armageddon
--Jerusalem Post/Caroline Glick (Prophecies: The 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon) (Bible Warnings: We Will Know When We Are Close ...)
Gulf States Back Dollar As Iran and Venezuela Mount Attack Against US At OPEC ...
--World Tribune (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then will invade Israel)
Venezuela's Russia-China Backed Chavez Makes 4th Trip To Iran ...
--Drudge/AP (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then will invade Israel)
Other Independent Experts Believe Iran May Already Be Producing Enough Material For Atom Bombs ...
--Debkafile (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then will invade Israel)
--JRNyquist (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)
Israel May Be Forced To Apologize (To Her Enemies) For Her Very Existence ...
--DavidHocking.org (Israel Back In Her Land ... A Remarkable Mathematical Prophecy)
Two Earthquakes Felt Across Israel and Jerusalem ...
--Ynet (Israel) (Prophecies ... Earthquakes in diverse places)
--DavidHocking.org (Prophetic Warning ...'Gaza shall be forsaken") (Prophecies...Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation)
"Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed (distressed),
for the Lord God is with you wherever you go."
(Joshua 1:9)
--WND (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then will invade Israel)
--Inside The Ring (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then will invade Israel)
--DavidHocking.org/Israel Nat'l News (How dangerous, stupid, and corrupt is this??!! ... "Homeland Security" (who now oversees the FBI and CIA) allows Islamic foreign agents who are living in our country illegally to work in the FBI and have access to secrets in the FBI and CIA ... yet, every American baby and great-grandmother is now required to "show their papers" and be prepared to be searched before boarding an airplane to visit their families, and are threatened with prison if they stand up for what was once considered their rights in a free society ... all because those who now run our government care little about the individual freedoms (of our citizens) and are afraid of 'offending' our enemies. What we need is mandatory screening of all politicians who now run for office ... because those politicians we are now forced to choose between are not your average God fearing, "mom and pop," freedom loving American who is ready to fight for our freedoms ... but our current politicians are quickly and powerfully taking our freedoms away from us ... while aiding and abetting our enemies. Remember, our new head of Homeland Security sternly warned all those who work in his vast department never to refer to terrorists as "Islamics" ... for we might "offend" our enemies ... also remember the Socialist-Marxist slogan for the past two decades has been "Use Democracy" to destroy democracy ... "One man ... one vote ... one time"... then the end of Constitutional democracy. If you do your homework you will find Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and many Democrats in Congress are either currently members of or have been closely associated with the American Socialist (Communist) party ... Socialist-Communists (who believe that private lives, businesses, and religion must be controlled by the State) rabidly believe they must (by any means) defeat Democratic-Capitalism (which believes that private lives, businesses, and religion are to be free of intrusive government controls and regulation) ... and Socialists believe Democratic-Capitalism cannot be allowed to co-exist in a Socialist-Communism run nation or world. Now, make a list of freedoms in our nation that have been taken away by government regulations and control (including the freedom from crippling taxation) over the past 10, 20, 30, or 40 years ... in fact, (although seemingly small and insignificant) our government no longer even allows us the joy and freedom of riding in the back of an old pick-up truck down a quiet country road on a warm summer evening ...)
--WND (Prophecies Describing 'The Generation of Armageddon') (How many parents would allow this?! A very sick government now rules us ...)
--WND Who is running our government(s)?! 82% of citizens claim to be Christians ... (although the Bible warns only a "few" are believing Christians.)
Largest Religious Groups in the USA (Grouped By Religion and Percentage) ...
--Alpha News Daily/Adherents (Prophecies ... Messiah (Christ in English) and believing Christians will be hated by the world)
Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) gives us a stark warning ...
"Not everyone who says to Me,
'Lord, Lord,' (calling themselves 'Christian')
shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
Many ('most' or 'majority') will say to Me in that Day (the Judgment),
'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied (taught) in your Name,
cast out demons in Your Name,
and done many wonders in Your Name?' (... or
volunteered to help out at a church or charity in your Name?)
And then (at the judgment), I (Jesus) will declare to them
'I never knew you
Depart from Me (departing from Heaven ... and into Hell)
you who practice lawlessness'"
(ignoring God's Law in the Bible ... while doing those things that
"feel right")
(Matthew 7:21-23)
1. "I never knew you"... How
do we know if we 'know' Him?
"Now by this we know that we know Him,
If we keep His commandments.
He who says, "I know Him,"
and does not keep His commandments, is a liar,
and the truth is not in him.
But whoever keeps His Word, (we are told the Bible is
His Word)
truly the love of God is perfected in him."
(1 John 2:3-6)
2. "You who practice lawlessness."
The Bible is God's Word ("His Word") ... and God's Law. So, "you who practice lawlessness" includes all those who without 'repentance' ("nobody is going to tell me what to do!" ... "I don't care what the Bible says!") or willfully oppose, break, or ignore God's Word and God's Law as found in the Bible (many churches today are actually teaching it's okay to ignore parts of the Bible when it comes to some sin(s) and Hell). It doesn't matter whether something "feels" right or not ... the Bible warns throughout this life our 'flesh' (that part of us that wants to sin and rebel against God's Word) will war against our 'spirit' (that part of us that wants to do right and to follow God's Word.) We will all sin ... but we need to acknowledge it, confess it before God, seek His forgiveness, and repent, which means turning away from our sin and sincerely trying to stop doing all those things that are against God's Law (and pray for His help, His strength, and His power when we are having a difficult time stopping on our own) . . . and then trust in our Lord Jesus Christ (Messiah) to have completely paid for all of our sins when He lovingly and willingly suffered and died (as God's "Lamb of God" who was sacrificed "once and for all") for all the sins of all people (which is why God then removed the Temple and the sacrifices right after Messiah completed His first prophetic mission) ... and we only have to receive God's complete forgiveness through faith and trust in the One who graciously paid for our (huge) debt of sin.
Yet, we are warned in the Bible that the 'world' won't like it ... and the 'world' won't like those who follow and trust in the Word of God ... but, we are also told in the Bible not to be concerned with what the "world" says or thinks when we try our best to do what the Bible tells us to do ... and when we try our best to stay away from those things the Bible tells us to stay away from ...
“Enter (into Heaven) by the narrow gate;
for wide is the gate
and broad is the way (for the 'broad-minded'... it's easy when you simply pick and choose what to believe in the Bible)
that leads to destruction (called the "second death" ... Hell),
and there are many ('most' ... 'a majority')
who go in (to Hell) by it.
Because narrow is the gate (through Jesus Christ ... Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew)
and difficult is the way (believing in and following God's Word (Jesus) in spite of what the world thinks ...)
which leads to life (in Heaven),
and there are few who find it."
(Matthew 7:13-14)
Standing in faith in God's Word is much more difficult than bowing down to the Golden Calf(s) of this generation ...
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"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish (in Hell)
but have everlasting life (in Heaven)
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world through Him might be saved.
He who (sincerely) believes in Him is not condemned (to Hell);
but he who does not believe is condemned (to Hell) already"
(John 3:16)
US Lawmen Under Siege Along Mexico Border ... And We Are Not Doing Much To Help Them
--Drudge/Wash Times (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Over 10% of the population of Mexico has now been allowed to infiltrate into the US.)
--WND (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Over 10% of the population of Mexico has now been allowed to infiltrate into the US.)
--Drudge/AP (Yet we force peaceful American great-grandmothers to endure intrusive and physically demanding security screening at the airport ...)
USAID Mistakenly Sends US Taxpayer Funds To Islamic Terror Related Groups ...
--Fox News (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then will invade Israel)
More Bribes ... Democrat Congressman William Jefferson (D-Louisiana) Charged
--Rush Limbaugh (Prophecies Describing 'The Generation of Armageddon')
Pakistan Moves Tens of Thousands of Troops To Tribal Lands For Major Counter-Terror Operation ...
--Debkafile (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)
Ann Coulter Defends Pakistan President ... Rips Harvard-Educated Bhutto
--WND/Ann Coulter (Bible Warning Signs: We Will Know When We Are Close ...)
Hillary Clinton ... A Dangerous Demagogue ... Exposing The Clintons' 'Criminal Syndicate'
--WND/Joseph Farah (Prophecies Describing 'The Generation of Armageddon')
7.7. Magnitude Earthquake In Chile ...
--Drudge/USGS.gov (Prophecies ... Earthquakes in diverse places)
US: Record Number of Sexual Disease Cases ...
--Drudge/AP (Prophecies ... Deadly diseases will spread)
--Fox News (Prophecies ... Knowledge and travel will increase "at the time of the end")
Shock: Islamic Saudi Arabia Punishes Young Female Gang-Rape Victim With 200 Lashes ...
--Drudge/AFP (Prophecies ... False Prophets would rise and lead many) (Islam and Biblical Christianity are as different as night and day ...)
"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;"
(Isaiah 5:20) (Note: "Woe" is a terrible, terrible, curse or torment ...)
Iran Secretly Deploying Air Defense Batteries Around Damascus ...
--Debkafile (Prophecies ... Damascus-Syria will be utterly destroyed) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US...then will invade Israel)
Georgia Detains Russian Military Train ... No Explanations
--Itar-Tass (Russia) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then will invade Israel)
--Debkafile (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then will invade Israel)
Top Iran-Backed Hamas Leader Supports Hillary Clinton ...
--WND (Prophecies...Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation) (Prophecies: The coming 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon)
Russian "Shadowy" Cybercrime Gang Suddenly Vanishes ...
--Fox News (They are starting to discover a lot of the Russian 'Mafia' and crime-lords are Russian KGB agents ...)
From Israel: Dividing Jerusalem 'Crisis'...
--Jerusalem Post (Prophecies...Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation) (The Bible warns Armageddon will be fought over Jerusalem ...)
US Sec'y of State Rice Warns Israelis Must Be Prepared For "Difficult and Painful Sacrifices"...
--Debkafile "I (God) will bless those who bless you (Israel) and will curse those who curse you"... (Genesis 12:3)
--WND (Prophecies...Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation) (Prophecies: The coming 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon)
DECISION TIME OVER IRAN THREAT ...
--Drudge/Guardian (UK) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then will invade Israel)
"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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