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Iranian cruise missiles blow up life-size replica of American
aircraft carrier
Iran tests naval missiles as part of fresh war games in Persian
Gulf
Iran opposition unveils 'secret' Tehran nuclear site
Iran pursuing nukes in underground complex despite talks with
West, dissident group claims
Kerry Cautions Critics of Nuclear Talks With Iran
White House denies 10-year agreement with Iran
EU Foreign Policy Chief: Deal with Iran is 'At Hand'
Israel concerned by emerging 'bad deal' with Iran
Israeli officials: The world is allowing Iran to keep enrichment
centrifuges
Report: Saudis might help Israel attack Iran in exchange for
progress in peace process
Poll: Americans slightly in favor of Palestinian state
Ya'alon: We see Iranian influence in Gaza
False 'Israel drowns Gaza' claims sweep internet
Forced from Damascus, Hamas establishing itself in Turkey
The East Jerusalem powder keg
West Bank mosque torched by settlers, Palestinians say
Israel cutting power to parts of West Bank, for second time this
week
Israel's housing crisis: Massive price increases across the
country
IFCJ donates $500,000 for aliya
After attacks, European rabbis train self-defense in Prague
Poll: Some UK Muslims support Paris attack motives
Report: Arab ambassadors reject Netanyahu invitation to attend
Congress speech
Obama Aide Calls Netanyahu's Planned Visit 'Destructive' to
U.S.-Israel Ties
Dershowitz: Democrats' Boycott of Netanyahu 'Appalling,
Irresponsible'
Hitler's Mein Kampf Will Be Reprinted in Germany for the First
Time Since World War II
Amnesty urges halting arms to Israel, others guilty of 'mass
atrocities'
Liberman: Arab lawmakers trying to impose Islamic State rule
on Israel
Islamic State: Egypt wakes up - when will America and Russia?
Libyan PM criticizes US, UK and EU for failing to supply
weapons
Libya crisis: UN talks between rival governments suspended
US-led coalition targets ISIS with 21 air strikes
Syrian Kurds cut IS supply line near Iraq; fears for Christians
mount
Syria barrel bombings 'continue despite UN ban'
Wave of bombings in Baghdad kills 28 people
Jordan's King in Saudi Arabia for Talks With New King Salman
UN repeatedly failed to prevent mass killings, 2014 a
'devastating' year, says Amnesty
US military trains African armies ahead of Boko Haram
campaign
Feds' relocation of Somali refugees stresses Minn. welfare,
raises terror fears
Muslims Predict Jesus Will Defeat ISIS, Beginning in 2015
Vladimir Putin: War with Ukraine would be 'apocalyptic' but
unlikely
N.Korea may have 100 atomic arms by 2020: US experts
US Embassy reports threats to Americans in Afghanistan
U.S. military decimated under Obama, only 'marginally able' to
defend nation
Fireballs spotted over western U.S. as Chinese rocket burns up
Drones hover over Paris landmarks and U.S. Embassy
overnight
Secret Service to conduct drone exercises over Washington
NYC councilman wants to ban drones
GOP lawmakers clash over DHS shutdown
FBI: 60 documented cyber threat groups linked to world
governments
How the FCC could use an obscure Internet power to change
the pay-TV market
China's model for a censored Internet
F.C.C. Net Neutrality Rules Clear Hurdle as Republicans
Concede to Obama
How Twitter is changing the national Common Core debate
Zero-sum game? Bank of Israel sets interest rate at historic low
Yellen: No rate hike for next couple FOMC meetings
JPMorgan to start charging some big clients deposit fees
Obama vetoes Keystone oil pipeline bill
Oil rises to $59 as Saudis say demand growing
Russia expects no cut in EU gas supplies, no decision on Kiev
cut
5.9 magnitude earthquake hits near Hachijo-jima, Japan
5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Pandan Niog, Philippines
5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Bitung, Indonesia
5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Luau, Angola
2.1 Magnitude Earthquake in Eastern Connecticut
Mysterious Quakes Rattling Coral Gables Homes In Florida
Iceland Volcanologist: End of Holuhraun Eruption Not
Necessarily Good News
Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 30,000ft
Colima volcano in Mexico erupts to 25,000ft
Kliuchevskoi volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 22,000ft
Shiveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 20,000ft
Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 13,000ft
Tropical cyclone Glenda developes in the the Indian Ocean
Afghanistan snow storms kill more than 80, but ease drought
fear
February heat wave sets more Alaska temperature records
Outgoing UN IPCC Chief reveals global warming 'is my religion
and my dharma'
Cholera feared in Syria due to dirty water, WHO warns
Indian city bans gatherings over swine flu outbreak
Poll: Majority of Americans want vaccines to be required as
measles outbreak grows
Britain becomes first nation to legalize three-parent babies
HIV pill: Scientists hail discovery of 'game-changer' that cuts
the risk of infection among gay men by 86%
Flower Power: Christian florist rejects attorney general's offer,
wont betray her religious beliefs over gay wedding
Ontario Schools to Start Sex Ed in First Grade, LGBT Issues in
Third Grade
Senior State Dept. official arrested for allegedly soliciting sex
from a minor
Prosecutors: UIC student charged with assault said he was reenacting 'Fifty Shades of Grey'
D.C. mayor: Despite legal pot, city will not become 'like
Amsterdam'
Season of the witch: why young women are flocking to the
ancient craft
Rev. Graham: America is 'Morally Crumbling Within ... We
Have Turned Our Back on God'
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Secret Iranian nuke facility revealed
Saudis 'would let Israeli jets use their air space
to attack Iran'
Why Is The EU Parliament Building Modeled
After The Cursed Tower Of Babel?
We Are There, in the Last of Days, the End of
Times!
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Secret Iranian nuke facility revealed - Jerome R. Corsi http://www.wnd.com/2015/02/secret-iranian-nuke-facility-revealed/
Throws wrench in Obama's negotiations with Islamic regime
As the Obama administration negotiates a controversial nuclear agreement
with Iran, a dissident group is revealing evidence Tehran is operating a
secret uranium-enrichment site northeast of the capital city.
The disclosure Tuesday at the National Press Club in Washington by the
National Council of Resistance of Iran, NCRI, threatens to undermine the
credibility of any nuclear agreement the Obama administration might reach
with the radical Islamic clerics that have controlled the government in Tehran
since Ayatollah Khomeni's revolution in 1979.
NCRI's deputy director, Alireza Jafarzadeh, said Iran cannot be trusted.
"How in the world can the United States expect to get an agreement from
Iran to end their nuclear program, when we continue to find Iran is developing
and operating secret nuclear facilities that are withheld even from the United
Nations International Atomic Energy Administration?" Jafarzadeh asked.
"Iran has lied repeatedly about its secret nuclear facilities, and then when
Iran is caught, the government gives you two more lies," he said.
Jafarzadeh and Soona Samsami, U.S. representative of NCRI, identified the
secret nuclear site as Lavizan-3, located in the northeastern suburbs of
Tehran.
They said it operates advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges under the
cover of an Intelligence Ministry center.
The NCRI disclosure was developed by the Mujahedin-e Klaq, MEK, the
group's political arm in Iran founded in 1965 to oppose Khomeini's radical
Islamic revolution.
NCRI has a track record of accurately disclosing secret Iranian uranium
enrichment sites. In 2002, NCRI revealed Iran's top secret uranium
enrichment plant at Natanz, some 100 miles north of Isfahan, and a second
top secret Iranian nuclear plant in Arak, approximately 150 miles south of
Tehran, designed to produce heavy water for the production of plutonium for
use in nuclear weapons.
The Lavizan-3 site is about 500 by 500 yards, with the primary nuclear facility
buried deep underground, NCRI said. It consists of four parallel halls, each
more than 200 yards long. The facility was constructed by the Iranian
Defense Ministry under the direction of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Brig.
Gen. Seyyed Ali Hosseini-Tash, then the deputy defense minister, and
Kalaye Electric Company, affiliated with the Atomic Energy Organization of
Iran, responsible for the enrichment of uranium.
Jafarzadeh said there is "no way to insure Iran is not developing secret
nuclear weapons if Tehran keeps nuclear sites like Lavizan-3 hidden even
from the IAEA such that the sites cannot be subject to international
inspection."
"This is especially important when you are talking about a regime that has a
track record of lying, cheating and deceiving the whole world," he said. "That
is why the U.S. government and the IAEA should take this information very
seriously."
Jafarzadeh emphasized the importance of the disclosure of yet another
secret Iranian nuclear site as the negotiations with the U.S. in Geneva are
approach a March 31 deadline.
"This site, Levizan-3, must be inspected and there should be no delay," he
said. "It is absolutely senseless to continue the negotiations discussing how
many centrifuges Iran will be allowed to have going forward when we have
these serious outstanding issues lingering out there."
Jafarzadeh said NCRI shared the disclosures with top levels of the U.S.
government and with the IAEA.
The disclosures were a "revelation" to the IAEA, he said.
"Under current IAEA agreements, the operation of Levizan-3 is in clear
violation of IAEA requirements to inform the IAEA of all developments in
Iranian nuclear research and development, as well as a violation of
numerous United Nations Security Council decrees, and the Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty," he said.
An NCRI statement said the "notion that the mullahs will abandon their
nuclear weapons program through nuclear talks is a misguided narrative,
which is the byproduct of the mullahs' duplicity and western economic and
political expediency."
"Those who hope to secure the regime's cooperation in the campaign against
fundamentalism by offering nuclear concessions to the mullahs are both
increasing the chances of a nuclear-armed Iran and contributing to the
spread of Islamic fundamentalism," NCRI said.
In a prepared statement she read at the press conference,
Samsami said in a prepared statement that research and development with
advanced centrifuges in secret sites are only intended to advance Iran's
nuclear weapons project.
"Why else would the Iranian regime deceive the world into believing it had
halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003, when Levizan-3 was in
preparation from 2004 through 2008?" she asked.
"If the United States is serious about preventing the Iranian regime from
obtaining nuclear weapons, the United States must make the continuation of
talks conditional on the IAEA's immediate inspection of the Levizan-3 site,"
she stressed. "Any delay in doing so will enable the Iranian regime to destroy
the evidence as it has done in the past."
In 2005, WND Books published "Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime
Bought the Bomb and American Politicians." The author, senior staff writer
Jerome Corsi, argued Iranian supporters in the U.S. of the Islamic regime,
including New York-based investment banker Hassan Nemazee, had
influenced U.S. politicians such as then-Sen. John Kerry to take campaign
contributions in exchange for accepting an Iranian promise of developing
nuclear capabilities only for energy.
In 2004, Nemazee served as the New York finance chairman for Kerry's
2004 presidential campaign, followed by serving as finance chairman for the
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
In her 2008 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton chose Nemazee to serve
as her national finance director.
On March 2010, Nemazee, then 60, pleaded guilty in federal court to
fraudulently applying for and receiving some $292 million in loans. As
chairman of Nemazee Capital, he received the loans from Citicorp, Bank of
America and HSBC to buy property in Westchester County, make campaign
contributions to Democratic Party politicians, donate to charity and to support
his lavish society lifestyle.
On July 15, 2010, U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein in the U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of New York sentenced Namazee to more
than 12 years in federal prison on multiple federal criminal counts of bank
and wire fraud.
Saudis 'would let Israeli jets use their air space to
attack Iran' - Avi Lewis - http://www.timesofisrael.com/saudis-said-to-mull-airpassage-for-israeli-jets-to-attack-iran/
Kingdom merely wants 'some sign of progress' on Palestinian issue,
according to unnamed senior European source in TV report
Saudi Arabia is prepared to let Israeli fighter jets use its airspace if it proves
necessary to attack Iran's nuclear program, an Israeli TV station reported
Tuesday, highlighting growing ties in the shadow of Tehran's nuclear drive.
Riyadh's only condition is that Israel make some kind of progress in peace
talks with the Palestinians, Channel 2 reported Tuesday, citing an unnamed
senior European source.
"The Saudi authorities are completely coordinated with Israel on all matters
related to Iran," the European official in Brussels said.
Jerusalem and Riyadh do not have diplomatic ties, but unconfirmed reports
have swirled for years of coordination between them against the common
enemy of Iran, a partnership that may ramp up should the world powers
reach a reportedly emerging deal that would allow Tehran to continue
enriching some uranium.
The report claimed the Saudi authorities had made their position clear in
various unspecified diplomatic discussions on the matter.
"The Saudis have declared their readiness for the Israeli Air Force to overfly
Saudi air space en route to attack Iran if an attack is necessary," the TV
report said. All that they ask is "some kind of progress" on the Palestinian
issue.
Being able to use Saudi airspace would allow Israeli planes a shortcut to
reach Iran without having to fly around the Persian Gulf, taking up precious
time and fuel.
According to the dispatch, Israel and Saudi Arabia also share intelligence on
Iran's nuclear program at a very intimate level and the Saudis are no less
worried by details coming out of the Geneva talks than Israeli leaders, who
have loudly spoken out against the talks.
Tuesday's report comes amid increased tensions between the White House
and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over how best to tackle Tehran's
nuclear program.
Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States and Germany - known as
the P5+1 - have been seeking a comprehensive accord with Iran that would
prevent Tehran from developing a nuclear bomb in return for an easing of
economic sanctions.
Netanyahu has warned repeatedly that the Islamic Republic must not be
allowed to acquire nuclear weapons, although Iranian officials insist the
nuclear program is purely for civilian use.
There is a heightened sense of urgency as the clock ticks down towards a
March 31 deadline to agree on a political framework for the deal.
Why Is The EU Parliament Building Modeled After The
Cursed Tower Of Babel? - Geri Ungurean http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=31123
The construction of the EU Parliament in the image of the Tower of Babel
sends the message that Nimrod had the right philosophy and his Tower of
Babel was a good idea.
"And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may
reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad
upon the face of the whole earth. And the LORD came down to see the city
and the tower, which the children of men builded. Therefore is the name of it
called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the
earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of
all the earth. " Genesis 11:4,5,9 (KJV)
Recently, we have been writing on a particularly interesting character, the
new PM of Greece, Alexis Tsipras. Many Christians are now looking at this
man with heightened interest. He seems to embody many of the Biblical
descriptions of the coming Antichrist. Time will tell, and we will be watching.
In this article, I will be reporting on something that I find as interesting as
Tsipras himself. We will look at the EU Parliament Building, and more
specifically at their building. Ever since it was completed in December of
1999, the EU parliament has raised questions and many eyebrows by its
peculiar architecture. Although it is meant to have a modernist look, many
say that it was fashioned after Nimrod's Tower of Babel from the Scriptures.
Why does it look unfinished?
Promoters say it reflects the "unfinished nature of Europe". However, some
research on the subject reveals the dark and deep symbolism of the building.
Exposing the real source of inspiration behind the Louise Weiss building is
exposing the esoteric beliefs of the world elite, their dark aspirations and their
interpretation of ancient scriptures.
We'll go straight to the point: the Louise Weiss building is meant to look like
painting "The Tower of Babel" by Pieter Brueghel the Elder in 1563. Story
says that the Tower of Babel was never completed.
So, the UN Parliament is basically continuing the unfinished work of Nimrod,
the infamous tyrant, who was building the Tower of Babel to defy God.
Do you think this is a good source of inspiration for a "democratic institution"?
The Story of Nimrod and the Tower of Babel
The story of Nimrod and the building of the Tower of Babel is found in many
ancient manuscripts from various cultures around the world. Genesis 11 in
the King James Bible starts off right after the end of the flood of Noah, and
lets us know that:
"And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech." Genesis
11:1 (KJV)
The bible tells us that there was worldwide unity and harmony, a good thing,
right? Wrong. No sooner is the whole world together then they immediately
plan to overthrow God and "build a tower to Heaven". That's the result of
bringing in World Peace without the King of Peace, Jesus Christ. We all know
the story, the build the tower, make some pretty good progress right up until
the moment where God confounds their speech with a multiplicity of
previously unknown languages., and they are scattered. It looks like the
modern-day European Union is headed for the exact same fate.
The official motto of the EU Parliament is this: "Europe - Many Tongues One
Voice". Now, add to their motto that their official headquarters is an updated
version of the biblical Tower of Babel and I think you begin to see not only
motive but intent as well.
Symbolism of the EU Parliament
The construction of the EU Parliament in the image of the Tower of Babel
sends the message that Nimrod had the right philosophy and his Tower of
Babel was a good idea.
What we can expect to see from the EU on this path:
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A gradual introduction of tyranny
The elimination of the worship of God to introduce dependence on
power
All people speaking the same language and the same religion
Rejecting God while trying to become gods
You know what? Those are major precepts of the esoteric beliefs of the world
elite. Their belief system is based on the Mystery Religions (pagan rituals,
worship of the Sun, considering Lucifer as the one who gave light to the
human race, seeing God as a force wanting to keep humans in the dark).
Their New World Order will have evacuated all worship of God, introduced a
single language and changed democracy to tyranny.
Here is the OFFICIAL poster promoting the EU Parliament:
In the poster we see the people of Europe rebuilding the Tower of Babel, only
it's not the ancient Tower of Babel but a very modern-day counterpart, the
Louise Weiss building. It reminds me of the movie Jurassic Park where they
use DNA samples to recreate the ancient dinosaurs only to find themselves
as the prey of those same animals. Amazing how history repeats itself and
how bible prophecy is always correct. Every time.
Here's some points to note:
Point #1: We have a confirmation that the Louise Weiss building was truly
inspired by the Tower of Babel. The poster recreated the exact tower on
Pieter Brueghel's painting, even making sure to include the broken part of the
foundation. There is NO question there.
Point #2: The slogan: "Europe: Many Tongues One Voice" refers to God
confusing the people with many languages. Lessons learned since Genesis
11? Zero.
Point #3: Look closely at the stars at the top. Do they look strange? They are
upside down aka reversed pentagrams. The symbolism behind pentagrams
is extremely deep and complex but we can say that a regular pentagram
refers to "Good Ruling" and a reverse pentagram refers to "Evil Ruling".
This poster has been banned due to protests by numerous groups. It is
however extremely revealing and proves the esoteric mindset of the builders
of the European Union's Parliament.
In Conclusion:
The European Union is a superstate that currently includes 28 countries
(more in the future).
The same fate awaits American and Asian countries, who are bound to unite
under the same flag and currency to create other superstates. Those are the
building blocks towards a Single World Government, a goal actively sought
by the world elite.
The EU Parliament Building is the first monument representing a superstate
and reveals, through its intense symbolism, hatred of religion, plans for a
New World Order and their subtle endorsement of tyranny.
Are you as convinced of the demonic powers at work here as I am?
With this new information in hand, the Alexis Tsipras piece now is even more
intriguing, wouldn't you say?
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wars and rumors of wars, earthquakes, famines, pestilences, disease,
strange-weather and false Christ's just as Jesus predicted. Fast forward
nearly 2,000 years since Jesus made this prediction, and you have today's
headlines lining up exactly with the Word of God. The big thing isn't that
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We Are There, in the Last of Days, the End of Times! By Don Twobears - http://www.raptureready.com/featured/twobear/twobears211.html
I wonder how many people are able to see the writing on the wall today? Oh,
you can sit there and say that you don't see anything different going on, but
is that the truth? The question is this:
"Are we or are we not in the last days?"
Here is some Scripture to get those mental cogs moving and for some, those
cogs are a little rusty from sitting idle:
"This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come" (2 Timothy
3:1).
"But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and
being deceived" (2 Timothy 3:13).
"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after
their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto
fables" (2 Timothy 4:3-4).
My friends, let's not delude ourselves here. Here is the plain truth: We
are...indeed...in the last days. All of us around the world have seen the
tsunamis, the huge hurricanes, the tornado swarms, the ground opening up
in huge holes, so on and so forth. Nations are against nations and kingdoms
are against kingdoms...we are in the last days. Let's stop fooling ourselves
and call it what we all know it is.
Time and again we have seen big televangelists take the big fall from grace,
we see the people turning from their churches, for varying reasons, whether
true or not. So the question is, what do you call this? A falling away, the
Apostasy of the church. Is this not written in the Word of God?
"That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by
word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man
deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a
falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who
opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is
worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself
that he is God" (2 Thessalonians 2:2-4).
"That the day of Christ is at hand" means we are in the last days. And then
we read about the falling away, this is the Apostasy of the church of Jesus
Christ. It is where the people that once hungered for the Word of God have
turned their ears and minds from the Word of Truth, because their ears "itch"
to hear things that fulfill them in this day and time. We call this the
"prosperity" and the "feel-good" gospel.
The problem is this: If you chase after those types of teachings you are busy
hoarding stuff for yourself, stuff that is physical-NOT spiritual. You are tired of
hearing about SIN and the resulting destruction of it, so you hunger to hear
how wonderful you are; how God is going to bless you with more money and
how happy you will then be. That is a lie.
If that is what you want to hear, then know, that it is the gospel according to
Satan and his ilk. Know that you are being deceived...you are not inclined to
the absolute truth. The physical stays right here on earth...but you will not
stay here on earth. If you do not go in the Rapture, you will stay right here on
earth until you die. Once you join everyone else in the spiritual realm, you will
be judged by Jesus Christ.
You will go either to the Great White Throne of Jesus Christ or you will go to
the Bema Seat of Jesus Christ.
The Great White Throne of Jesus Christ is where they will look to see if your
name is written in the Lambs Book of Life. If it is not written there, guess
where you will go? The lake of fire!
If you go before the Bema Seat of Jesus Christ, you will be rewarded for your
work for Jesus Christ while alive here on earth. You will be in heaven for
eternity.
I am not saying this to you, the Word of God is saying it. I am simply relaying
to you that YOU have a choice to make. To be able to make that choice you
need this information. You are not able to get to heaven by any other way
than through Jesus Christ and that means with His blood covering your sins.
You have heard that God is no respecter of persons. Do you know what that
means?
HE doesn't care how wonderful you think you are, HE doesn't care how
powerful you think you are. It does not matter how high your position is, if you
are NOT covered by the blood of Jesus Christ-you will NOT see heaven. You
must come to Jesus Christ, humbling yourself before Him and ask Him to
forgive you of your sins.
You must accept His gift of grace to you in all humility. You must bathe in his
blood from the Cross at Calvary and give up your life to Him. You must hang
your "old self" there on His Cross and become a "new creature." It is so
simple, it hurts. There is NO other way!
Priests are humans just like you and me and there is NO intercession to
heaven through them. They must accept the same as you and me, and that
is through Jesus Christ alone. No one is able to pray you into heaven, Mary
is not the queen of heaven. Jesus Christ is God and HE is the only way to
heaven.
If anyone tells you any differently...they are lying to you. Read the Word of
God...your Bible...and believe what is there. It is the absolute truth, from
God's lips to your ears and mine.
The Apostasy is here and now, the persecution of Christians is here and
now, the world is evil beyond compare, just as it was before the Flood of
Noah. Just as it was before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The
Rapture of the church of Jesus Christ is so close, that it hurts. And to be very
honest with you, the lack of this knowledge by the vast majority of people
pains my heart. I can't even begin to tell you how it must pain the heart of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
If you walk into a church and you feel like you are in the presence of the
Lord, if you feel humbled...do you listen to your feelings? Do you ever wonder
if God is trying to tell you something? Do you ever go to a funeral or a wake
and sense some sort of fear? Do you think the Lord is trying to tell you
something? Have you ever wondered if you are being called to, that God may
be trying to get your attention? Then wake-up and answer Him.
As you go about your day, as you hear the news of all the death and
destruction and you're still alive and doing fairly well, do you get the sense
that something BIG is about to happen? You see everyone across the planet
is screaming for peace and yet the wars escalate. Do you think to yourself,
something is very, very, wrong?
People on this planet will never be able to bring about any peace. That is
because everyone is as fallen as you are, we are of the exact same species
as everyone else and we humans are fallen from grace since Adam and Eve.
It's called SIN!
It is because of our SIN that this world is so corrupt, so fallen, so lacking
peace and harmony. And if peace and harmony are what you seek, then
Jesus Christ is the only One that has it and You must go to Him. Hatred,
anger, selfishness, death and perversion are here because of people
listening to Satan and his ilk. Why do you think the Word of God says this?:
"You must take up your Cross, deny yourself and follow me [Jesus]."
There just ain't NO other way! It's that simple.
I am going to say it again and I will keep saying it: There is no Allah, there is
NO other God, there is no one that can get you into heaven, pray you into
heaven; there is NO queen of heaven. There IS ONLY Jesus Christ.
"For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of
salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold,
now is the day of salvation" (2 Corinthians 6:2).
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you
rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in
heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my
burden is light" (Matthew 11:28-30).
I do NOT see any other name in Scripture...than Jesus Christ!
Jesus Christ IS God!
"And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man
according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and
the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments,
that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the
gates into the city" (Revelation 22:12-14).
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" (John
3:16).
All Scripture is quoted from the King James Version of the Bible (KJV) and all
emboldened Scripture is added by the author for emphasis.
You may reach the author at: dontwobears@sbcglobal.net
Oprah Showcases the Church's Apostasy - Belle Ringer http://www.salvationandsurvival.com/2015/02/oprah-showcases-churchs-apostasy.html
How does a so-called "Pastor" stray so far from God? The Bible is very
clear that every church needs a shepherd who will feed, and guide his flock
to spiritual growth and service for the Lord Jesus. God's Holy Book says a
pastor "must hold fast to the sure and trustworthy Word of God as he was
taught it, so that he may be able both to give stimulating instruction and
encouragement in sound (wholesome) doctrine and to refute and convict
those who contradict and oppose it [showing the wayward their error]." (Titus
1:9).
Instead, The Christian Post featured an article showing just how far the
"modern Church" has veered off the narrow path. Recently, Oprah Winfrey
featured radical churchman Rob Bell and his wife Kristen on her TV
show. They were there to promote their new book, The Zimzum of Love: A
New Way of Understanding Marriage. If you guessed that he is pushing an
agenda for same-sex marriage, you would be correct. In fact, they state that
the Church is just "moments away from embracing gay marriage." And, if
you are wondering what in the world "Zimzum" is, you may be surprised to
discover that it comes from the observance of Kaballah, the ancient Jewish
tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible. In Hebrew the word Zimzum
means "contraction".
Rob Bell and his publishers define it this way: "Zimzum is a Hebrew term
where God, in order to have a relationship with the world, contracts [pulls
back] -- creating space for the creation to exist. In marriage, zimzum is the
dynamic energy field between two partners, in which each person contracts
to allow the other to flourish. Mastering this field, this give and take of energy,
is the secret to what makes marriage flourish."
First of all, where is God in this Zimzum ... this dynamic energy field
between two partners? Does this pastor truly believe that God is going to
abandon His part in one of the most important relationships He has ever
instituted? Does that sound like the God of the Bible? Doesn't His Word say
He is Sovereign? And who is Rob Bell to think that he can 1) re-define God's
instruction for marriage, and 2) presume to suggest that God would change
(or contract, or pull back on) His position of Authority to accommodate man's
cultural desires?
This is what angers me the most about the new crop of "culturally
identified" ministers of the Gospel! They no longer separate themselves from
the world; and indeed, they cultivate a sympathetic connection with the
culture and society, thinking that will make them more relevant and
popular. And who better than Oprah Winfrey to help spread the "new
gospel"?
What is the basis for his call to redefine marriage? "One of the oldest
aches in the bones of humanity is loneliness. Loneliness is not good for the
world. Whoever you are, gay or straight, it is totally normal, natural and
healthy to want someone to go through life with. It's central to our humanity.
We want someone to go on the journey with." Presented in this manner, his
argument for same-sex marriage becomes all about LOVE. He then asks,
how could we, as Christians, deny another human being the opportunity to
love?
But he misses the bigger picture. Yes, God designed us in His image;
and the God of the Universe seeks not only an intimate, personal relationship
(centered in love) with each of us, but desires that we express love to each
other. But here's the deal, when it comes to MARRIAGE, He gives us a very
specific manner in which to conduct this sacred relationship. And His Word
is also very precise about how He feels about sex between two partners of
the same gender. But according to Rob Bell and pastors like him, "The
culture is already there, and the church will continue to be even more
irrelevant when it quotes letters from 2,000 years ago as their best defense
[against same-sex marriage], when you have in front of you flesh-and-blood
people who are your brothers and sisters, and aunts and uncles, and coworkers and neighbors, and they love each other and just want to go through
life with someone."
So let me get this straight ... as the Church of Jesus Christ, we should
follow the culture? Whatever is accepted of the culture should be adopted
and approved by the Church? The Culture now outranks God? As if that's
not a big enough slap in the face to us Christians who seek to live God's
values in the world, instead of being of the world, Bell has now decided that
the word "Christian has so much baggage" that he doesn't wish to question
whether his friend and mentor, Oprah, even is one.
These issues of the approval of homosexuality and same-sex marriage
are threatening to split apart the Body of Christ. I want to make it clear ... In
no way, do I sit here today and condemn a person for being
homosexual. That is not my place. And a person's sexual preference does
not dictate whether I like them, or whether I am able to love them. (To the
contrary, some of my dearest friends are gay and I honestly love them). But I
cannot deny what God's Word says, and I cannot compromise my faith and
approve of homosexual relationships or same-sex marriage. As a Christian, I
must submit to the explicit, straightforward teaching of Scripture, and I will not
be coerced to accept an unBiblical position in order to be "culturally
acceptable or relevant."
In this short video on the book they wrote together, Rob and Kristen Bell
actually paint this picture of what a relationship should be ... about the "pull of
dynamic energy" that draws two people together. "The art of marriage is
protecting that energy flow because it can become this extraordinary source
of life." Of course, this promo is designed to be vague (and non-threatening)
about who the partners are, while at the same time, inclusive to embrace
people of all gender combinations in this institution called "marriage". Plus,
did you notice that the primary "source of life" is the couple, and not God? I
don't know about you ... I love my husband more than anything or anyone on
this planet, but we both agree that our "Source of Life" (with capital letters) is
our Lord and Savior. Without Him, our marriage is earth-bound.
That's how Satan does it ... convincing us that marriage is meant to be
about "protecting that energy" between two people, no matter who they are -then get Christians to question each other about whether they are
demonstrating love for their fellow man -- followed by a pastor or two who will
accept same-sex marriage from the pulpit, thereby preaching false doctrine -and, hey, even elect homosexual priests and pastors and clothe them in
elegant robes and performing baptisms, weddings and sacred ceremonies.
For instance, Episcopalian Bishop Gregory Rickel is quoted as saying,
"Same-sex couples are not asking for special treatment. They are asking for
equal treatment. They are asking to be accountable, as a couple, in
community. To me, this is a conservative proposal. I am for it..." But here's
my question, Bishop ... aren't they forgetting who they are to be accountable
to? It's more than an issue of being answerable to each other, or the
community in which they live ... ultimately, we all have to be accountable to
the One who created us, and who gave us commandments on how we are to
live our lives! The modern Church only seems to be concerned with gaining
approval from the culture ... nobody is looking UP!!! So, do you see how it
will work? Before long, if you are not on that bandwagon, then you, my fellow
Christian, will be declared irrelevant and intolerant.
As sorrowful as I am about the apostasy of the modern Church, I am not
surprised. That same irrelevant book written 2000 years ago -- the very one
that Rob Bell demeans -- told us we would face this. But it also tells us that
there will be a True Church that will not falter and will stay faithful to God's
commandments. And no matter what Mr. Bell or Oprah Winfrey think, God is
still the Supreme Authority and Power in this world and the next. One day
they will see His "dynamic energy" and bow before His throne.
For another well-written article on Rob Bell's latest attack on the Bible and
the Church, click here.
2 Peter 2:1-2 "But false prophets also arose among the people, just as
there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive
heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon
themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their sensuality, and
because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed."
Daily Jot: The Church should follow God not men - Bill
Wilson - www.dailyjot.com
You have got to give credit where credit is due. These communists know how
to advance an agenda. They know what they want and they go after it in an
organized way. They don't care what the facts are or who they have to lie to,
they are all assigned their areas and they go after it. Communism by
definition seeks to abolish all religion and all morals and replace it with
government. Government becomes god; morals are defined by the
government. This is exactly the way of the current White House. When it
comes to foreign policy, it is directed by an Islamist Marxist agenda. When it
comes to domestic policy, it is directed by a Marxist communist agenda.
Every day that agenda advances on many fronts.
Global warming, for example, is not about global warming. It is about
government wealth redistribution. The science of global warming has been
proven to be fabricated, yet the communists keep bullying their way to get
higher taxes. On February 24, UN Climate chief Rajendra Pachauri, resigning
under fabrication charges, said of global warming "It is my religion." Socialist
healthcare is another one. After implementation, there are still about the
same amount of people who do not have it. But the government is collecting
more taxes and redistributing a share of them to those who sign up for
socialist healthcare. Healthcare has thus become more expensive and less
affordable.
Immigration is another example. The idea is to bring in as many anarchists
as possible and redistribute wealth enough through education, healthcare
and other benefits to get their votes. These people unknowingly may become
slaves of the state, but their vote will keep the communists in power. There is
another element to all this: the church. These communists have been very
effective at coopting the church to believe in their social causes. Tugging on
the heart opens up the purse strings. Communists in our government have
become expert at getting the church to believe that God says to support their
godless humanistic agenda. Communism seeks to destroy God and country.
It is an ally of the devil.
So now here we are at another crossroads--the Islamist Marxist White House
(puts a knot in my stomach just writing those words) has decided it is in the
best interest to govern and tax the internet. It is selling it to the people with
the lie of "net neutrality" and "internet freedom." Both are antonyms for what
is really about to take place. You think Homeland Security and the IRS are
spying on you now, wait till this goes through--they will be snooping on
everything and you will be paying them to do it. It will be soft tyranny as many
will be cautious to speak their mind on what was once the last bastion of free
speech in the world. The "church" should stand against such evil.
Communism is humanism and godlessness. Peter and the Apostles said in
Act 5:29, "We ought to obey God rather than men."
Daily Devotion: Enough for Today - Greg Laurie www.harvest.org
"So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries.
Today's trouble is enough for today." -Matthew 6:34
Have you ever been gripped by fear? You know the feeling. Your blood goes
cold. You get that shiver down your spine. Your hair stands on end. (In my
case, that is singular, not plural.) Your stomach sinks. Your mouth goes dry.
Then there is the other emotion that is often coupled with fear, and that is
worry. There are a lot of things people can worry about today. The state of
our country. Our economy. Terrorism. The threat of a war. We are a nation
filled with worry.
But there is nothing productive about it. In fact, the word worry comes from
an old German word that means "to choke" or "to strangle." And that is
exactly what worry does. It chokes you spiritually. It creates an emotional and
mental stranglehold on your life. It doesn't ever make anything better. In fact,
it makes things worse. That is why Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount,
"Don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's
trouble is enough for today" (Matthew 6:34).
Paul tackled this problem in Philippians 4 when he wrote, "Don't worry about
anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank
him for all he has done" (verse 6). Where was Paul when he wrote those
words? He was incarcerated in Rome. He didn't know what was going to
happen to him. So there was Paul in a difficult situation, and what did he
say? "Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything."
What happens with worry is that our hopes pull us in one direction while our
fears pull us in another. When you worry about the future, you cripple
yourself in the present. Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it
empties today of its strength.
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Featured Article: Is America Facing A Spiritual
Crisis? - By Dr. David R. Reagan - http://www.lamblion.com/
Our nation is spiritually sick to the very core of its existence. We have lost all
sense of decency. We have been desensitized to evil. We are shaking our
collective fist at God. And in the process, we are literally crying out for the
wrath of God to fall upon us.
Here now I provide the evidence of our rejection of the very One who has
blessed us so richly.
There are many things that contribute to this problem of America's spiritual
crisis, but the fundamental problem is rooted in the apostasy that is in the
Church which today is running rampant. Here's an example of such rampant
apostasy which I actually saw advertised on a blasphemous church sign:
"Jesus had two dads and He turned out just fine." Can you believe a church
would put that on a sign? It's unbelievable!
I'm going to be touching on some very sensitive political issues, so I want to
begin with two disclaimers.
First, I am neither a Republican or a Democrat. I am a Monarchist. And I say
that because I have devoted my life to doing everything possible to prepare
the way for the coming of the King of kings and the Lord of lords. He's going
to reign with a rod of iron from Mt. Zion in Jerusalem. He's going to bring
righteousness, and justice and peace to this earth, and I can hardly wait.
Here's the way social commentator, Todd Starnes, recently put it in one of
his books: "We don't need more Americans bowing down to the Democrat
donkey or the Republican elephant. We need more Americans bowing down
to the Lion of Judah."
And that thought brings me to my second disclaimer. I do not believe that
either the Democrats or the Republicans are the hope of America. Rather, I
believe that Jesus is our only hope. And, because I believe Jesus is our only
hope, I therefore believe we have little hope because we have turned our
backs on God.
This point was illustrated after the horrible Connecticut school shooting when
someone designed a t-shirt which says: "Dear, God, why do you allow so
much violence in our schools? Signed, a Concerned Student. Dear,
Concerned Student, I'm not allowed in schools. Signed, God." That pretty
well sums it up.
I would like to begin with two foundational scriptures. The first is Psalm
33:12: "Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh." The second one is in
Proverbs 14:34: "Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any
people."
How God Relates to Nations
In 2003, a book of mine was published entitled America the Beautiful? The
sub-title was, The United States in Bible Prophecy. The third edition was
published in 2009, and most of what I'm going to share with you is in this
book and a DVD entitled The Twilight of America, both of which are offered
as Special Offer 651.
I began the book by outlining some principles that the Bible reveals about
how God relates to nations. In the book I go into each one of these in detail
and provide all the scripture references, but here I will only mention each one
briefly.
First, God establishes nations and defines their boundaries. Consider
these words of Paul, spoken in his sermon at Athens: "God made from one
man every nation of mankind having determined their appointed times and
the boundaries of their habitation."
Second, God determines when a nation will cease to exist. A nation can
be the most powerful one on the face of the earth, like ancient Babylon or
modern day Russia, but all of its power will be of no avail when the Lord
decides the time has come to bring it down. And that can happen overnight,
regardless of the nation's power.
Third, God has a purpose for each nation, both general and specific.
The general purpose of all nations is to enable their citizens to seek God by
providing an atmosphere of freedom, security and tranquility. Additionally,
God will call nations to perform specific duties. The greatest example of all, of
course, is the nation of Israel, a nation called to be a witness of God. But, it's
interesting to note that God has called other nations to relate to Israel in
specific ways. For example, He called some nations to bless Israel, some to
test Israel, some to discipline Israel, and some to judge Israel.
In regard to specialized purposes, have you ever stopped to ponder what
was the unique role that God might have had in mind for the United States
when He raised up this nation? As I look back on the last 200 years of our
history, I have concluded that God's special purpose for America was to
evangelize the world for Jesus, working through our incredible natural
resources and technical ingenuity. Of course, another special purpose for us
was to serve a key role in the establishment of the nation of Israel and the
protection of its security.
Fourth, God blesses and disciplines nations in accordance with their
obedience to Him and their treatment of the Jewish people. With regard
to the Jews, God told Abraham, "I will make you a great nation, I will bless
you, I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse those who curse you."
Accordingly, history is literally littered with the corpses of nations that came
against Israel or who persecuted the Jewish people. Those that survived, like
Spain, Britain and Russia, were stripped of their world empires.
Fifth, God holds nations in contempt. Now, on the surface, this may
seem contradictory in nature. After all, God is the one who creates the
nations and He is the one who has them for His purposes. Why then does He
hold them in contempt, as we are told very plainly in Isaiah chapter 40 that
God holds the nations in contempt? Why is that? Well, it's because of their
pride and their rebellion and because they serve as idols.
This is beautifully illustrated in the book of Daniel in the contrasting visions
that God gave Nebuchadnezzar and Daniel, which were visions of great
world Gentile empires. The vision that Nebuchadnezzar had was a great
statue with a gold head and silver chest, and so forth. It was magnificent. It
was beautiful. It was glorious because this is the way man sees the kingdoms
of the world. But, when He gave the same vision to Daniel, it was a vision of
ravenous animals devouring each other. That is the view of the nations in
God's eyes.
Sixth, God forgives and blesses a nation when its people repent. The
only thing that touches God's heart as deeply as faith is repentance. This is
illustrated throughout the Bible. One of the greatest examples is that of
Jonah. God sent Jonah to Nineveh to tell them of their impending judgment.
The king put on sackcloth and ashes. He repented before the Lord. He called
the entire nation to repent. The result was that God relented from destroying
them.
Seventh, God destroys a nation when its rebellion becomes
entrenched, reaching a point of no return. I want to look at this particular
point in more detail because it is one that is very important for our nation. I
want us to see how God deals with a rebellious nation, for the Bible says
there's a definite pattern that God uses when dealing with such a nation.
Firstly, God will always raise up prophetic voices to call the nation to
repentance. He does this because God never pours out His wrath without
warning.
Secondly, if there is no repentance, God will place remedial judgments
on the nation. These can take many forms. For example, in Deuteronomy
28 there is a long list of the types of remedial judgments God will place on a
nation, including such things as natural disasters, political confusion and
corruption, crop failures, economic calamities, rebellious youth, rampant
disease, even epidemics of divorce, defeat in war, among many other things
including giving the nation the kind of leaders it deserves. Think about that.
That's sobering.
If the people of the nation still refuse to repent, God will deliver the
nation to destruction. In this regard, the Bible makes a chilling revelation,
namely, there is a point of no return. Thus, many years after Jonah, God
raised up another prophet to send to Nineveh, a prophet by the name of
Nahum. This time Nahum was told that Nineveh had a (notice these words)
"an incurable wound." And, sure enough, there was no repentance as before
and the nation was destroyed.
Later, the prophet Jeremiah used the same terminology of "an incurable
wound" with reference to the nation of Judah. In fact, Jeremiah was told by
God to stop praying for Judah! Ezekiel was told the same thing, but he was
told it in even stronger terms. Ezekiel was told that if the most righteous men
who had ever lived - Noah, Daniel and Job - were to intervene for Judah, it
would be of no avail except for themselves and their families, because the
nation had reached the point of no return and was going to be destroyed.
There is a point of no return. When the wound becomes incurable, God
delivers the nation from judgment to destruction.
God is patient. He is long-suffering. But, He cannot be mocked. God will deal
with sin sooner or later. Consider these words from Nahum 1, "A jealous and
avenging God is Yahweh; Yahweh is avenging and wrathful. Yahweh takes
vengeance on His adversaries. He reserves wrath for His enemies. Yahweh
is slow to anger and great in power; and Yahweh will by no means leave the
guilty unpunished."
Now let's quickly apply these particular principles to the United States...
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