Israel Turns 61 ... "An Ancient People Celebrate Modern Independence"

 --Israel Nat'l News    (Israel a Nation in 1948:   A remarkable MATHEMATICAL prophecy)     (Prophecies ... Israel after becoming a nation) 

Iran Canceled Air Show After Russia Warned Them Israel Planned To Destroy All 140 Warplanes ...

--Debkafile        (Prophecies ... Russia and allies will go to war ... and will attack and invade Israel)       (Prophecies ... The coming "Rapture") 

In Ezekiel 38 God speaks a prophecy to Russia (Magog) (which we are now seeing being fulfilled)  ...

   "Prepare yourself   (Russia  - "Magog")

     and be ready,

     you  (Russia)

     and all your companies that are gathered about you;

     and be a GUARD for them."   ("Them" is IRAN ("Persia") and the other (Islamic) nations listed in this prophecy)

     (Ezekiel 38:7)      (The Bible warns Russia would act as a guard (including weapons) for Iran and their allies.)

US-Iran Talks On Opening Iranian Corridor for US Troops and Supplies to Afghanistan On "Fast Track"...

--Debkafile     (Prophecies:  The US will be "neutralized"...  then Russia, Iran, and allies will attack Israel)     Afghanistan may become our next "Little Big Horn" ...

Turkey Set to Boost Trade With Iran ...

--Jerusalem Post     (Prophecies ... The coming "Rapture")        (Prophecies ... Russia, Iran, TURKEY, and allies will attack and invade Israel) 

Turkey Hopes To Buy Advanced S-400 Air Defense Systems From Russia ...

--Russia News Agency      (Prophecies ... The coming "Rapture")        (Prophecies ... Russia, Iran, TURKEY, and allies will attack and invade Israel) 

NATO Member Turkey and Iran-Russia Ally Syria Hold First Joint Military Exercises ...

--Debkafile       (Prophecies ... The coming "Rapture")        (Prophecies ... Russia, Iran, TURKEY, and allies will attack and invade Israel)      Many good Bible teachers have waited many years to read a headline such as this ... a headline showing TURKEY turning away from Israel (and NATO ... for Turkey and Israel have had strong military cooperation for many years) ... while turning towards the Russia-Iran Islamic camp ... for many, this is the last piece of the puzzle needed in place before this terrible war can "blossom" into its Biblical proportions  ... and what makes it even more important is that many (not all) good Bible teachers have taught the "Rapture" (when the Lord Jesus (Yeshua) will return "as a thief in the night" to suddenly remove all those who are waiting in faith to protect them from the coming Day of God's Wrath) will take place sometime BEFORE this coming war against Israel is either launched or culminated.

Turkey-Syria Joint Military Exercise Prompts Israel To Review Its Sophisticated Arms Sales To Turkey ...

--Debkafile     (Prophecies ... Damascus-Syria will be utterly destroyed)      (Prophecies ... Russia, Iran, TURKEY, and allies will attack and invade Israel) 

Israel "Shocked" By Obama's Approval of Large Turkish Arms Sale to Lebanon ...

--Debkafile       (Prophecies:  The US will be "neutralized"...  then Russia, Iran, TURKEY, and allies will attack Israel)   

Obama and Clinton Favoring Iran Over Israel and Moderate Arab Nations ... Trying To Force Israel To Divide Her Land

--Jerusalem Post/Caroline Glick      (Prophecies:  The US will be "neutralized"...  then Russia, Iran, and allies will attack Israel)  

Iranian Weapons Ship Carrying Weapons For Gaza (Israel) Sunk and Destroyed Near Sudan ...

--Israel Nat'l News     (Prophecies ... Russia, Iran, SUDAN, and allies will attack and invade Israel) 

Israeli Intelligence Warning On Obama Policy: "We Are More Than Irrelevant, We Have Become An Obstacle"

--World Tribune       (Prophecies:  The US will be "neutralized"...  then Russia, Iran, and allies will attack Israel)     "Neutralized"... means unwilling or unable to defend Israel against her enemies (for whatever reasons ... US political shift ... economics ... and/or war.)  The Bible warns Israel must stand alone ... with God.   Remember, the Bible warns "at the time of the end" all nations will turn against Israel (Zechariah 14:1-2 ... Joel 3:1-2 ...  Revelation 16:13-16) ... but, it is sad to see it happening ... it is like watching the water recede from the beach just before a great tidal wave ... remember ... Armageddon is in Israel.  

Obama's Pentagon Adviser Rebukes Bush For "Mindlessly" and "Blindly" Supporting Israel ...

--Debkafile         "I (God) will bless those who bless you (Israel) and will curse those who curse you"  (Gen. 12:3)

Site of Joseph's Tomb In Israel Vandalized ...

--Jerusalem Post          (Prophecies ... Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation ... UPDATED)

Islamic (Palestinian) Faces Death Penalty For Selling Land To A Jew In Israel ...

--HopeForToday.org        (Prophecies ... Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation ... UPDATED)

From Israel ... To Israel:  "Hypocrites! Let the Swiss Alone"

--Israel Nat'l News/Nadia Matar          (Prophecies ... Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation ... UPDATED)

United Nations General Assembly President (From Nicaragua) Regrets Lack Of "Israel Condemnation..."

--Ynet News      (Prophecies ... Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation)     (The Bible warns "at the time of the end" all nations (nations united ... united nations) will turn against Israel (Zechariah 14:1-2 ... Joel 3:1-2 ... Revelation 16:13-16) ... but, it is sad to see it happening ... it is like watching the water recede from the beach just before a great tidal wave ... remember ... Armageddon is in Israel. 

All people of the world should be sitting on the edge of their seats with white knuckles watching these terrible prophecies slowly start to unfold ... while believing Christians (followers ... both Jew and Gentile ... of Jesus (Yeshua), the promised Messiah) are told to "examine" themselves in the Word and in faith to insure they are not just 'almost' Christians (Matthew 7:21-23) who are "lukewarm" in their faith in God's Word (Revelation 3:14-16) ... for Jesus (Yeshua) the Messiah warns all to, "Watch, therefore, and pray always (not just sometimes), that you will be counted worthy (through His worthiness) to escape all these things (the terrible events of the coming 'Apocalypse') that will come to pass" ... (Luke 21:36) ... for He also warns that never in the history of Mankind has there been (or will there be) anything as terrible as the coming "Apocalypse" (also called the "Great Tribulation"... Matthew 24:21 ... and "the time of Jacob's (Israel's) trouble"... Jeremiah 30:7) and only a small remnant of the world will survive ... yet, the Bible promises believing Christians (faithful and sincere believers in Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) who are alive at that time and have endured in their faith in God's Word are not "appointed" to this coming time of "God's wrath" that will be "poured out" upon the "whole world"... (1 Thessalonians  1:10 ... 1 Thessalonians 5:9-11)    (The assurance of life in Heaven  ... it's NOT too late!!!)    (Prophecies ... The coming "Rapture")      (Prophecies: The 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon ... UPDATED)

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The coming "Rapture". . .

     "Behold, I tell you a mystery:

       We shall not all sleep,

       but we shall all be changed

        in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye"

       (1 Corinthians 15:51-52)       (Prophecies ... The coming "Rapture")  

     "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)      (The assurance of life in Heaven  ... it's NOT too late!!!) 

Blasphemous Obama Art in NYC's Union Square...

--Drudge/WND        (Prophecies:  A generation of evil will rise ... the generation of Armageddon)       (Prophecies ... The coming Antichrist)   

More Blasphemous Obama Art ... This Time In New York City Union Square

   "Little children,

     it is the last hour;

     and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming,

     even now many antichrists have come,

     by which we know that it is the last hour."

     (1 John 2:15-18)       (Bible Prophecies ... The coming "Rapture")       (Prophecies: The 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon ... UPDATED)

Obama (and Those Directing Him) Threaten Free Speech On Radio, Internet, and Print...Plans to Silence Critics

--WND/Roger Hedgecock       (Prophecies ... Believing Christians will be hated)      (Prophecies ... The coming Antichrist)

Obama Choice For US Regulatory Chief Wants To Control Political Content of The Internet ...

--WND        (Prophecies ... The coming Antichrist)        (Prophecies:  A generation of evil will rise ... the generation of Armageddon)

New "Hate Crimes" ("Thought Crimes") Bill ... Truth Is The New Hate Crime

--WND/Janet Porter        (Prophecies ... Believing Christians will be hated)      (Prophecies ... The coming Antichrist)

Miss USA Judge Calls Miss California An Obscenity For Saying Marriage Should Be Between A Man And Woman ...

--WND       (God's Law:  Homosexuality ... "Who Loves The Homosexual More?")         (Prophecies:  A generation of evil will rise ... )

Miss California Told "Not To Talk About Your (Christian) Faith"... Pressured to Apologize and Keep Quiet

--WND       (Prophecies ... Believing Christians will be hated)      (Prophecies ... The coming Antichrist)    Anti-Christian sentiment has now become mainstream ...

House Judiciary Committee Approves "Hate Crimes" Bill ... Refuses to Protect Christian Pastors From Charges

--WND      (God's Law:  Homosexuality and Abortion)      (Prophecies ... Believing Christians will be hated)      (Prophecies ... The coming Antichrist)

Senator Arlen Specter Switching To Democrats ...

--WND/Washington Post       (Prophecies:  A generation of evil will rise ... "traitors")        (Prophecies:  "Deceiving (Lying) ... and being deceived")

FDA Approves "Morning After" Abortion Pill For 17-Year-Olds Without Prescription or Parent's Approval  ...

--Fox News      (God's Law:  Homosexuality and Abortion)       (Called "a (government) blow to parental supervision of teens.")

The World's First Adoption of an Aborted Child ... Loving Christian Husband Helping Mother As Part of Memorial

--HopeForToday.org      (God's Law:  Homosexuality and Abortion)         (The assurance of life in Heaven  ... it's NOT too late!!!) 

Police Investigating Suicide of New Acting Chief Financial Officer of Mortgage Giant Freddie Mac ....

--Drudge/AP    

Earlier:  A List Of Around 50 Coincidental and Mysterious Deaths and Suicides Surrounding Bill-Hillary Clinton ...

--AmericanRetiredPersons.com    

The coming "Rapture". . . It might help to understand why God feels it will be important to remove this remnant (or 'body') of believers from the Earth in such a decisive and startling way.  We find the Rapture is somewhat analogous to a loving Bridegroom yanking His young wife ('betrothed') off the railroad tracks just as the train goes thundering by.  Prophet after prophet in the Bible warns us of a very specific period of time referred to by many names, including the "The Day of the Lord's Wrath," "The Time of Israel's (Jacob's) Trouble," "the Great Tribulation," and the "Apocalypse" (which actually refers to the 'Revelation'), when God is going to "pour out" His wrath on a "morally corrupt" and "violent" generation who has turned its back against Him and His Word in arrogance and unbelief.  We are also told all those who sincerely believe in Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew), and humbly wait for Him in faith, are not "appointed" to this coming 'Apocalypse' which will one day engulf the whole world . . .

     "Because you have kept My command to persevere,

       I also will keep you from the hour of trial       (Prophecies: The 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon ... UPDATED)

       which shall come upon the whole world,

       to test those who dwell on the Earth."

     "Behold, I come quickly!"

       (Revelation 3:10-11)       (The assurance of life in Heaven  ... it's NOT too late!!!)       (Prophecies ... The coming "Rapture")  

     "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!      (Prophecies: The 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon ... UPDATED)

       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."

       (Zephaniah 2:2-3)       (The assurance of life in Heaven  ... it's NOT too late!!!)      (Prophecies ... The coming "Rapture")  

North Korea Says It Has Restarted Its Nuclear Weapon Facilities ...

--Fox News      (Prophecies ... Russia and allies will go to war ... and will invade Israel)      (Prophecies...China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind) 

North Korea Has The World's Largest Artillery Force ...

--WND/AFP    (Prophecies ... Russia and allies will go to war ... and will invade Israel)      (Prophecies...China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind) 

Christians Imprisoned and Persecuted In North Korea ...

--WND/Roger Hedgecock       (Prophecies ... Believing Christians will be hated)      (Prophecies ... The coming Antichrist)

Global Flu "Pandemic" Fears From World Health Organization (WHO) ...

--Fox News     (Prophecies ... Deadly diseases will spread ... will grow worse)    (Like "birth pangs" they will increase in frequency ...)

Understanding Russian KGB Subversion ...

--JRNyquist         (Prophecies:  The US will be "neutralized"...  then Russia, Iran, and allies will attack Israel) 

Suicide Of The West ... Disarmament 101

--JRNyquist         (Prophecies:  The US will be "neutralized"...  then Russia, Iran, and allies will attack Israel) 

5.6 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Mexico City ...

--WND/Fox News        (Prophecies ... Earthquakes in diverse places)

Israel May Concede Parts Of Jerusalem To The Vatican (Catholic Church) ...

--HopeForToday.org      (Prophecies ... The coming Antichrist)     (Prophecies ... Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation ... UPDATED)   

Islamic Calligrapher Writes Luke's Gospel for Pope's Visit To Bethlehem ...

--NewsMax       (Prophecies ... The coming Antichrist)     (The Bible warns a "One-World" religious system is coming ...)

Islamic Taliban Execute 2 Christians ... Protesting Muslim Graffiti Ordering Them To Accept Islam or Die

--WND    (Prophecies ... Believing Christians will be hated)    (Prophecies ... False Prophets would rise ...)       (A note on Islamic violence ...)

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The coming "Rapture". . . The actual word "rapture" is not found in most Bibles.  The original Greek word "harpazo" which was translated "caught up" in the King James version (see 1 Thessalonians 4:17), was translated in the Latin as "rapturo."  So, the term "rapture" comes from a Latin translation.  In fact, the original Greek word "harpazo" easily could have been, or should have been translated, "to seize, to pluck away, or to take by force."  There are two precedents in the Bible ... Enoch (the 7th from Adam in the book of Genesis) and the prophet Elijah were both taken ('raptured') before they died . . .

     "But of that day and hour no one knows,

       no, not even the angels of Heaven,

       but My Father only."

       (Matthew 24:36)       (Prophecies ... The coming "Rapture")  

     "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)

     "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)       (The assurance of life in Heaven  ... it's NOT too late!!!) 

Iowa's State Attorney General Threatens Local Counties ... "Marry" Homosexuals - Or Face Charges

--WND      (God's Law:  Homosexuality and Abortion)      (Prophecies ... Believing Christians will be hated)      (Prophecies ... The coming Antichrist)

The Bible warns Sodom and Gomorrah were given as an "example" and warning for coming generations  ...

 "As Sodom and Gomorrah,

   and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, ( 5 cities were destroyed including Sodom and Gomorrah)

   having given themselves over to sexual immorality

   and gone after strange flesh, (homosexuality)

   are set forth as an example,

   suffering the vengeance of eternal fire."

   (Jude 1:7)      (The assurance of life in Heaven  ... it's NOT too late!!!)      (Prophecies ... The coming "Rapture") 

 "And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes,

   condemned them (Sodom and Gomorrah) to destruction,

   making them an example

   to those who afterward would live ungodly ..."

   (2 Peter 2:6)        (Prophecies: The 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon ... UPDATED) 

A thousand years after Sodom and Gomorrah were judged and destroyed, God explains why (and remember, to God "a thousand years is as one day"... Psalm 90:4 ... 2 Peter 3:8).   God warns  homosexuality is a symptom (like a festering tumor) of a people who are filled with "arrogance" and  "pride" ("Nobody ... not even God ... is going to tell me what to do!")   ...

  "This was the sin (iniquity) of your sister Sodom:

   She (Sodom) and her daughter (Gomorrah) had pride,   ("NOBODY (including God) is going to tell ME what to do!")

   fullness of food,

   and abundance of idleness;   (sounds a lot like our generation)

   neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy,

   and they were arrogant (haughty) ...   ("I don't care what God says in the Bible!"... "I'll do what feels right to me!")

   Therefore, I (God) took them away as I saw fit."     (He destroyed ('cleansed') them with fire ...)

   (Ezekiel 16:49)   

In these verses, God links open homosexuality in a society to sinful 'pride' and 'arrogance'... the sin of Satan.  Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed ('cleansed' with fire) because they were filled with pride and arrogance while flaunting their sexual immorality and their homosexuality openly before God.   They mocked God and they had no fear of God.   They were also found guilty of having 'fullness of food' without acknowledging God who provided it, and having 'an abundance of idleness' in the land (basically they ate, drank, watched TV, and allowed their 'Gay Pride' parades... the people had become so de-sensitized to sin they even stood by as their homosexuals tried to 'gang-rape' the two men/angels God sent to warn Lot ... while their worthless priests, rabbis, ministers, and 'reverends' were assuring the people in the pews that God's Word and God's Law didn't really mean what it said and didn't really apply to them and they could continue to do whatever felt good or right "in their own eyes," even when in direct opposition to God's Law.  All of this reflected their lack of belief and their arrogant and rebellious attitudes toward God and His Word.   Sin meant nothing to them and there was no fear of God.  Would these charges convict any people or nation(s) you know today?   God's judgment against Sodom was was given as a warning!   The Bible warns the coming "Apocalypse" will be like the judgment against Sodom (only worse), and this time it will come against the whole world!    Our time is short.   God is pleading with us to stop (repent of) our sinful ways and return to Him before it's too late.  With open arms and with tears of joy He will welcome any and all who willingly return to Him through the One He sent forth to save us sinners ... Jesus (Yeshua) ... the promised Messiah.   And, as with Lot (and as with Enoch before the Flood when God "cleansed" the Earth with water), God promises to remove ('Rapture') those who will sincerely return to Him in faith before the coming 'Apocalypse,' which the Bible also calls 'the Great Tribulation,' 'the Time of Jacob's (Israel's) Trouble,' 'the Day of the Lord,' and the 'Day of God's Wrath'  ...

Governor of Connecticut Signs Homosexual "Marriage" Bill ...

--WND/Hartford Courant       (God's Law:  Homosexuality)        (Prophecies:  A generation of evil will rise ... the generation of Armageddon)

From Israel:  Why Does Obama Smile At Socialist Dictators?

--Jerusalem Post/Shmuley Boteach          (Prophecies:  The US will be "neutralized"...  then Russia, Iran, and allies will attack Israel) 

Obama's Leap To Socialism ...

--Drudge/Dick Morris   ("Socialism"... iron-fisted government control over the people (not "by the people"... state-enforced atheism.)

Obama Signs New Democrat Party "Youth Brigades" Law ... Huge Expansion To "Manage" 8 Million "Volunteers"

--WND   (The Democrat Party is creating a new national Socialist "Youth Corp"... in Germany the term "NAZI" Party was the abbreviated term for the "National Socialist" Party ... all Socialist countries such as Soviet-Russia, Communist-China, North Korea, and Cuba form these "youth corps" to train their youth to march in lock-step with the "State" while wresting control from parents in teaching their children what is right and wrong ... and what is good and what is evil.)      (Prophecies ... Believing Christians will be hated)      (Prophecies ... The coming Antichrist)

Democrats Refuse to Allow Skeptic (Scientist) to Testify Alongside Al Gore At Congressional Hearing ...

--Drudge/ClimateDepot     (This "skeptic" is a real scientist ..  and was the former Science Adviser to Margaret Thatcher.)

News for "Earth Day" 2009 ...

--Washington Post    

Around 2,700 years ago the Bible gave us a peek into the then far distant future of Planet Earth  ...

   "The Earth will grow old like a garment ..."

     (Isaiah 51:6)

We are also told from Bible prophecies the Earth will be fully restored AFTER Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) returns ...

"Quiet Sun" Baffling Astronomers ...

--Drudge/BBC News     (Prophecies:  A prophetic "Weather Forecast" for Planet Earth ...)        (In the 17th Century it led to a "mini-Ice Age" ...)