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Weekly News Update
12/11/07
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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!!!
Sadly, the Bible warns the utter darkness, loneliness, and torment of Hell will be filled with those who were convinced to reject God's Word and with procrastinators who were convinced to ignore it … in God’s eyes there are no “spectators”…we have to choose a side … (The Most Important Bible Prophecies … "Who goes to Heaven?")
Top Stories . . .
(Click on the headline for the full news story ... Click on the blue link for the Bible prophecy)
World’s Leading Superpowers May Soon Launch War for Arctic and Antarctic Riches ...
--Pravda (Russia) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies: The coming 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon)
Former Russian Leader Gorbachev Delivers Weapons Warning ...
--Moscow Times (Russia) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then invade Israel)
--Debkafile (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then invade Israel)
--Itar-Tass (Russia) (Prophecies...The US will be "neutralized" ... then Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)
--WND (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then invade Israel) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)
US Jet Intercepts Ballistic Missile In Test ...
--WND/AFP (Prophecies ... Knowledge and travel will increase "at the time of the end") (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)
Japan Deploys Missile Shield Around Tokyo ...
--WND/AP (Prophecies ... Knowledge and travel will increase "at the time of the end") (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)
European Union (EU) Calls For Unity Against Resurgent Russia ...
--Koenig/Wash. Times (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies) (Prophecies ... 10 nations of the Roman Empire will reunite and rise in great power ...)
Preparing for War? Video Of Iran-Backed Hamas Training For War In Gaza Israel ...
--Fox News (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then invade Israel)
--BBC (Prophecies ... Churches will no longer 'endure' sound doctrine) (We are now seeing this being fulfilled in both Catholic and Protestant churches ...)
"Pope Benedict XVI Places Great Importance On Indulgences" - BBC News
--WND/London Telegraph (Read the Bible ... study the Bible ... try to find Purgatory in the Bible ... it's just not there!)
Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) rebuked religious leaders and teachers for following and teaching "traditions of men" rather than the Word of God ... God gave the Bible to Mankind and He expects us to learn it, know it, teach it, and to follow it ... He warns against anybody (or any church or synagogue) mixing in non-Biblical teachings with His Holy Word ... beware if your church or synagogue is mixing in, following, or teaching "traditions of men" that either ignore, add to, take away from, or contradict the Scriptures. There is safety between the covers ... the front cover and the back cover of the Bible!
Jesus (Yeshua) rebuked them, saying ...
"For laying aside the commandment of God,
you hold the tradition of men."
(Mark 7:8)
"He (Jesus-Yeshua) said to them (the religious leaders),
'All too well you reject the commandment of God,
that you may keep your tradition ...
Making the Word of God of no effect
through your tradition which you have handed down ...
And many such things you do.'" (How many non-Biblical "traditions" is your church or synagogue teaching?)
(Mark 7:9,13) (If your church or synagogue is teaching "traditions" of men that are not in the Bible ... get rid of them!)
"For by Grace you have been saved (from your sins and from Hell)
through faith (in Jesus Christ),
and that not of yourselves;
it is the gift of God, (‘Grace’ is getting something we don’t deserve … it's a gift which we have to receive thankfully)
not of works, (we can't earn it or buy it ... God looks into our hearts and our minds ... not our bank accounts)
lest anyone should boast."
(Ephesians 2:8) (Our 'salvation' is a gift from God … we just have to receive it in faith ... and with great thanksgiving!)
"For I (Jesus-Yeshua) testify to everyone who hears
the words of the prophecy of this book:
If anyone adds to these things,
God will add to him (or her)
the plagues that are written in this Book;
and if anyone takes away from the words
of the book of this prophecy,
God shall take away his part from the Book of Life,
from the Holy city (Heaven),
and from the things which are written in this book."
(Revelation 22:18-19)
"And as it is appointed for men to die once,
but, after this the Judgment" (No reincarnation ... no 'Purgatory' ... the Bible warns there is only Heaven or Hell)
(Hebrews 9:27) (The most important Bible prophecies ... the final separation ... who goes to Heaven?)
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)
US Marines Give Their Lives ... NBC TV Gives Them Nothing
--WND/Barbara Simpson (Prophecies describing 'The Generation of Armageddon' includes "traitors")
Earlier: NBC Refuses To Air Ads Thanking Our Troops Over the Holidays ...
--WND/Fox News ("Air"..."Airwaves"... Remember, one of Satan's titles is "the prince of the power of the air"... Eph. 2:2)
"Bushwhacked": US ... Iran ... Israel ... The New Dilemma
--Jerusalem Post/David Horovitz (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then invade Israel)
From Israel: Abandonment of the Jews ... By The US
--Jerusalem Post/Caroline Glick (Prophecies...The US will be "neutralized" ... then Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel) (According to the Bible, when this war takes place Israel must stand alone...with God. So, when Russia, Iran, and their 'coalition' of nations attack and invade Israel, the U.S. will (for reasons yet unknown) be unwilling or unable to help defend Israel ... "Neutralized" can mean politically ... economically ... militarily ... or any combination of the three. The Bible warns the US will NOT defend Israel when this coming war takes place. )
--Debkafile (The Bible warns just before Armageddon all nations will turn against Israel ... Zechariah 14:2...Revelation 16:12-16)
Dispute Over Iran's Nuclear Program Throws US-Israel Relations Into Grave Crisis ...
--Debkafile (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then invade Israel) (Olmert followed Putin ... not Bush ... during Lebanon War.)
Israel Says U.S. Is Wrong About Iran ...
--Debkafile (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then invade Israel)
Israel and Iran's Nuclear Threat ...
--DavidHocking.org (Prophecies...Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation)
European Union (EU) Slams New Jewish Housing Project In Jerusalem ...
--Ynet (Israel) (Prophecies ... 10 nations of the Roman Empire will reunite and rise in great power ...) (Prophecies ... The coming Antichrist)
US and UN Against Israel Building New Jewish Housing In Jerusalem ...
--Jerusalem Post (The Bible warns just before Armageddon all nations will turn against Israel ... Zechariah 14:2...Revelation 16:12-16)
--WND (Prophecies...Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation)
Palestinians' New Law About Jerusalem ...
--DavidHocking.org (Prophecies...Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation)
--Jerusalem Post (Prophecies...Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation)
"And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles
until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled" (We are told the "times" of the Gentiles will be ended at Armageddon)
(Luke 21:24) (The time draws near ...)
"Behold, I (God) will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling (anger, fear)
unto all the people (nations) round about . . ."
(Zech 12:2) (Prophecies: The coming 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon) (Remember, the coming Battle of Armageddon will be fought over Jerusalem!)
"And in that Day (the 'Day of the Lord' ... the coming 'Apocalypse')
I (God) will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone
for all people"
(Zechariah 12:3) (Bible Warnings: We Will Know When We Are Close ...)
Don’t miss this . . . God says He is the One stirring things up!
The Truth About Jerusalem ... From The Bible
--DavidHocking.org (Prophecies...Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation)
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From the ancient Bible prophets, written long before Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) was born ...
"But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
though you are little among the thousands of Judah, (southern Israel)
Yet out of you shall come forth to Me
The One to be Ruler in Israel,
Whose goings forth have been
from of old, from everlasting." (Eternal ... the Bible tells us Messiah, Jesus-Yeshua, would step forth from Heaven.)
(Micah 5:2)
British Prime Minister Tells British Troops in Iraq ..."War Is Over"
--Drudge/The Sun (UK) (Prophecies Iraq ... Southern Iraq will one day be left uninhabitable) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)
--Debkafile (Prophecies Iraq ... Southern Iraq will one day be left uninhabitable) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)
Earlier: British Military Pulls Back In Iraq ... Admission They Have Lost Control Of Their Assigned Area
--Debkafile (Prophecies Iraq ... Southern Iraq will one day be left uninhabitable) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, allies will 'neutralize' the US and invade Israel)
Earlier: Defeated British Army To Retreat From Southern Iraq ...
--Jerusalem Post/Caroline Glick (Prophecies ... Iraq) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US and will invade Israel)
Earlier: Britain Gags Their Military ... Soldiers Even Banned From Blogging
--Drudge/ThisIsLondon (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)
--Drudge/AP (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (A new 'Chamberlain' takes the helm of Britain ... just when a Churchill is needed.)
Only 12% Of British Now Know The Biblical Christmas Narrative Well ...
--WND/C. Post (Prophecies ... The "falling away") (That's why over 6000 churches in Britain have been turned into mosques ...)
Our World: Condoleezza Rice's Trip To Africa ... Empty ... And Leaves A Bad And Acrid Taste
--Jerusalem Post/Caroline Glick (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Our new foreign policy seems to be 'stab our friends ... kiss our enemies.")
--WND (Bible Warnings: Homosexuality and Abortion) (Bible Warnings: We Will Know When We Are Close ...)
From the ancient Bible prophets, written long before Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) was born ...
"Behold, the virgin shall conceive
and bear a Son,
and shall call His Name Immanuel"
(Isaiah 7:14) (Immanuel means "God with us"!)
Note: The Hebrew word used in this verse can be translated both 'virgin' and 'young maiden' ... however, when the 72 Jewish priests and scholars translated this same word into Greek for the 'Septuagint' around 270 B.C. they used the Greek word which can only mean a 'virgin' ... for in Greek there is a different word used for a 'young maiden.' (The "Septuagint" is the Hebrew to Greek translation of the Holy Scriptures completed around 270 B.C. ... around 270 years before Jesus-Yeshua was born in Bethlehem ... the city of King David ... exactly as the Bible prophets foretold.
Study Shows It's The Sun, Not Man, That Is The Main Cause of Climate Change ...
--NewsMax (Prophecies: The coming 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon)
"Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the Sun,
and power was given to him to scorch men with fire.
And men were scorched with great heat,
and they blasphemed the name of God
who has power over these plagues;
and they did not repent (turn back to God ... and turn away from their sins)
and give Him glory."
(Revelation 16:8-9) (Bible Warnings: We Will Know When We Are Close ...)
--WND (Prophecies...China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind) The Russia-China global axis grows strong ... Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Cuba ... now Panama and Ecuador. President Carter (who gave Iran to the Ayatollah) also gave the strategic Panama Canal to China ... Carter, Clinton, Bush ... our destructive government policies that now mock and oppose God and His Word have placed our nation in great and grave peril ... just watch as Russia, China, and Islam rise in great power ... and steadily tighten their noose around the United States ... from within and without ... our enemies grow strong and confident. (Prophecies: The coming 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon)
New Russia-Backed President In Ecuador Offers US Military Airbase To China ...
--World Tribune (Prophecies...The US will be "neutralized" ... then Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)
New Russia-Backed Leader In Bolivia Given Sweeping New Powers ...
--AFP (France) (Prophecies...The US will be "neutralized" ... then Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)
Iran-Mexico Meeting Deepens Ties To Islam ...
--WND Mexico has never been an ally of the US in any war ... WWI ... WWII ... Korea ... Vietnam ... Gulf I ... Gulf II ... yet our politicians have allowed over 10% of their population to infiltrate across our borders ... and Mexico usually opposes us (and Israel) in the UN.
Russia Opposes Iran Sanctions ...
--Ynet (Israel) (Russia has been acting as a "guard" for Iran in the UN ... exactly as the Bible warned they would!)
China Questions UN Iran Sanctions ...
--BBC News (The Russia-China-Iran axis now holds the upper hand in global politics ...)
China Signs $2 billion Oil Deal With Iran ...
--World Tribune (Prophecies...China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind)
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From the ancient Bible prophets, written long before Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) was born ...
"For unto us a Child is born,
unto us a Son is given, (Jesus-Yeshua ... Messiah)
and His Name will be called Mighty God ..." (Deny God you deny Jesus (Yeshua) ... Deny Jesus you deny God.)
(Isaiah 9:6)
From Israel: Should Jews Celebrate Christmas?
--Ynet/Rabbi Levi Brackman (From the Tanakh (sometimes called the 'Old Testament') ... Prophecies of the Messiah)
Christians' Plight In The Islamic Controlled Areas of Israel ...
--Jerusalem Post (A note on Islam ...) (Prophecies ... Christ (Messiah) and Christians will be hated) (Prophecies ... The coming Rapture)
--WND (Prophecies ... Christ (Messiah) and Christians will be hated) (Note On Islam ...) (Prophecies describing the 'Generation of Armageddon')
Book of Hate ... A List of Verses From Islam's Quran ...
--WND/Joseph Farah (A note on Islam ...) (Prophecies describing 'The Generation of Armageddon'...)
Islamics Given Prison Terms For Beheading Schoolgirls ...
--WND (A note on Islam ...) (Prophecies describing 'The Generation of Armageddon'...)
--Israel Nat'l News (A note on Islam ...) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)
Islamic 'Palestinians' Say "No!" To A Jewish State of Israel ...
--DavidHocking.org (Prophecies...Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation)
--WND (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Several of their leaders have already been prosecuted on terror-related charges ...)
Toyota's New Robot Can Play The Violin ...
--Drudge/AFP (Prophecies ... Knowledge will increase "in the last days")
What Was Going On At The Time Of Joe McCarthy? Why The Democrats Can Never Let Go ...
--WND/Ann Coulter (Once you get to the middle of the article it really gets interesting ... and very troubling.)
Teen Kills At Least 8 At Nebraska Shopping Mall ...
A (Biblical) Quest for Oil In Israel ...
--Jerusalem Post (In 1948 Israel was basically a barren wasteland ... nobody can ever accuse them of taking spoils.)
Iranian Leader Ahmadinejad Proclaims Iran's Nuclear 'Victory'...
--AFP (France) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then invade Israel)
Leaders Of Russia and Iran Agree To Permanent Russia-Iran Contacts ...
--Itar-Tass (Russia) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then invade Israel)
--Jerusalem Post/Daniel Pipes (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, Turkey, and allies will 'neutralize' the US ... then invade Israel)
Study: Abortion Fueling Breast Cancer 'Epidemic'...
--NewsMax (Bible Warnings: Homosexuality and Abortion) (Prophecies describing 'The Generation of Armageddon'...)
"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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Grace and Shalom,