Date 2/1/15
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2/1/15
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Hamas no longer accepts Egypt as Israel mediator, source close to group says
Egypt court blacklists Hamas militants as "terror group"
Egypt's turning on Hamas won't solve Israel's Gaza problem
Report: Assassination of Hezbollah's Imad Mughniyeh was joint U.S.-Israeli
operation
White House: Settlement building isolates Israel in world, undermines chance for
2-state solution
'Little being done to repair US-Israel ties' after recent rift
Obama has agreed to 80 percent of Iran's demands in nuclear talks
ISIS executes second Japanese hostage
Japan PM Abe condemns Islamic State, vows justice for Goto
At least 1,375 Iraqis killed in January, most of them civilians: U.N.
US: 27 air strikes carried out against Islamic State in Iraq, Syria
Hagel: U.S. may need ground troops in Iraq
Islamic State seizes oil facility in northern Iraq, 15 workers missing
Iraqi libraries ransacked by Islamic State group in Mosul
Egyptian leader warns of 'long battle' against jihadists
Boko Haram is just as vicious. Why does the Islamic State get all the headlines?
African Union sending 7,500 troops to fight Boko Haram
Chad army says kills 120 Boko Haram militants in Cameroon
Suspected US drone strike kills 3 al-Qaida members in Yemen
Pakistan's Shia community protests Karachi massacre
Deadly clash in Philippines a setback to peace with Muslim rebels
Reuters: Ukraine peace talks collapse again as both sides blame each other
Ukraine Violence Escalates as Truce Talks Fail
Ukraine wants UN to label Russia as a sponsor of terrorism
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan: I want to be like Queen of UK
Germany's Merkel Rejects Demands to Cancel More Greek Debt
Tens of thousands fill Madrid square for anti-austerity rally
Compulsory income tax on Christians drives Germans away from Protestant and
Catholic churches
US crude oil stocks return to 1930s crisis levels
Oil surges 8 percent as U.S. rig count plunges, shorts scramble
Opec warns of $200 oil without investment despite recent slump
5.7 magnitude earthquake hits near Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Saint Paul, Alaska
5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Dili, East Timor
5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near South of Panama
5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Saint Paul, Alaska
5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near L'Esperance Rock, New Zealand
Major Winter Storm to Slam the Midwest Then Move East
Experts raise alarm as plague kills dozens in Madagascar
Nevada becomes sixth state to report bird flu
Amid growing vaccination debate, measles continues to spread and is now in
New York state
Schools in Minnesota consider screening for depression
GOP House to vote next week to repeal ObamaCare, after attacking law piece by
piece
Chile's President Bachelet proposes end to total abortion ban
Mary Cheney: Why is drag 'socially acceptable' and blackface isn't?
Alabama on a collision course with the Supreme Court over gay marriage
1/31/15
US, UK condemn latest Israeli plan for settler housing as 'illegal, illegitimate'
Abbas to visit Sweden after Israel shuns FM visit
Palestinian Christians call for peaceful solution to conflict
Israeli claims of major Obama concessions to Iran 'complete nonsense,' US says
Nasrallah confirms Hezbollah, Iran bolstering presence along Golan border
Liberman: Israel's policy toward Hezbollah spurring terror from Lebanon, Syria
Hezbollah says doesn't want war with Israel but not afraid of one
Lebanon to complain to UN over Israeli border shelling
Tourism business in northern Israel expected to lose millions
Islamic State chemical weapons expert killed in airstrike in Iraq
ISIS launches attack on oil-rich northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk
Islamic State attacks Kurdish outposts across Iraq
Jordan to ISIS: If you kill the pilot, we'll execute captive terrorists
Saudi Arabia faces ISIS threats during transition of new king
Open Jihad Declared in Egypt Following State Dept. Meeting with Muslim
Brotherhood-Aligned Leaders
Egypt blames Muslim Brotherhood for deadly Sinai attack
Report: Egyptian warplanes bomb Islamist terror bases in Sinai after deadly
attacks
Deadly Sinai attack undercuts Egyptian army claims of anti-IS success
Africans Open New Front in War on Terror to Fight Boko Haram
Boko Haram crisis: Chad 'captures Nigerian town from militants'
At least 56 dead in bomb blast at Shiite mosque in Pakistan
U.S. armed drone program in Yemen facing intelligence gaps
Qatar buys 10% stake in British Airways owner prompting security fears
Canada unveils law to give police, spies more anti-terror powers
Obama wins war on terror by saying it doesn't exist
Illegal immigrants released from custody committed 1,000 new crimes
Some Motorists Wait Months For DMV Appointments After Immigrants Law Goes
Into Effect
North Dakota may lose $5.5 billion in revenue as oil plunges
Stocks skid for second month; Dow falls 250 pts
Morgan Stanley thinks Russia's doomed
Russia says patrols near UK airspace were 'routine'
Ukraine peace talks aborted as civilians die in east
Gorbachev warns Cold War could heat up to all-out war
6.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Isangel, Vanuatu
5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Isangel, Vanuatu
5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Hihifo, Tonga
5.0 magnitude earthquake hits South of Africa
4.2 Magnitude Quake Recorded in Northern Oklahoma
Kliuchevskoi volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 17,000ft
Time Magazine's Jeffrey Kluger writes what might possibly be the stupidest
article about climate ever - climate change causes volcanoes
China reinforces its 'Great Firewall'
Swedish office puts RFID chips under staff's skin
U.S. to Develop DNA Study of One Million People
Flu hospitalizations of elderly hit record high, CDC says
H5N1 bird flu spreads to 11 states in Nigeria: govt
More than 100 cases of measles now confirmed in US
Olympic gold medalist to star in series about his gender
Super Bowl billboard campaign seeks acceptance for gay players
Venezuela Expo Tattoo 2015: Extreme body art from 'Vampire Woman' to
109mm earlobes
Proposed school policy would ban Satanic materials, Bibles
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Watchman's View: Israel in the Crosshairs of the Middle East
War Drums - Update III
No one immune from Israeli preemptive strikes, says
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Is Iran Preparing for a Two-Front War Against Israel?
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No-Go Zones
The Death Of The American Dream In 22 Numbers
The oven of adversity
Featured Article: God's Plan In A Nutshell
Watchman's View: Israel in the Crosshairs of the Middle East War
Drums - Update III - Jim Nash - http://watchmansview.com/Commentary__Israel_in_the_Crosshairs_of_the_Middle_East_War_Drums.html
It would appear, the fulfillment of Jeremiah 49, Isaiah 17 and Psalm 83 is clearly in motion and
tensions are escalating - it is imminent and likely to occur in that order. Consider the following
news reports of just the past couple of days:
Nasrallah confirms Hezbollah, Iran bolstering presence along Golan border
Hezbollah on Friday confirmed Israeli suspicions that it was establishing a greater military
presence near the Syrian-Israeli frontier on the Golan Heights...Nasrallah's remarks reaffirmed
the Hezbollah-Iranian effort to solidify another front in the struggle against its nemesis,
Israel...Nasrallah said his group no longer had rules of engagement in the conflict with Israel
and would hold it responsible for the assassination of any Hezbollah leaders or fighters...The
Iranian general killed earlier by the IDF, Mohammad Allahdadi, had been a senior figure in
Tehran's military effort to support the Syrian government in its battle against insurgents trying
to topple President Bashar Assad...
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Nasrallah-confirms-Hezbollah-Iran-bolsteringpresence-along-Golan-border-389523
Iran warns of new rules of engagement with Israel
Both Iran and its proxy Hezbollah effectively outlined a new policy on Friday, in which any
Israeli operation in Syria would be met with a powerful response. Both indicated "new rules of
engagement" on Friday during respective remarks in Beirut...According to the report, Iran was
seeking to solidify its hold on southern Syria and open a new front [against Israel] using
Hezbollah members operating under an Iranian umbrella..."From now on, if any member of
Hezbollah is assassinated, then we will blame it on Israel and reserve the right to respond to it
whenever and however we choose," he threatened Friday. "The resistance no longer cares
about rules of engagement and we do not recognize them in confronting the enemy."...
http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-warns-of-new-rules-of-engagement-withisrael/#ixzz3QM8k0M7P
Nasrallah to Israel: Accept "the mix of Lebanese and Iranian blood on Syrian soil in
Quneitra" or face war
He said Israel must give up the right it reserves to strike out against the presence of his
Lebanese Shiite organization and Iran on Syrian soil in Quneitra - or else, the war goes
on...DEBKAfile's military sources report that Israel's armed forces find they are pitched against
a dangerous concerted drive by Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Hizballah, local and Iraqi Shiite
militias, to seize and control a new pro-Iranian front line - a narrow strip 150-km long - which
runs from the Qalamoun Mountains of Syria up to Mt. Hermon and includes the Syrian
Golan. This line overlooks Israel and touches its borders at more than one point...
Comments from Eschatology Today - these comments are particularly helpful in
understanding where this is all headed...
http://eschatologytoday.blogspot.com/2015/01/global-sitrep-a8-15-has-war-erupted-on.html
The government of Israel is acting within the parameters and recommendations of a report
published two weeks ago by the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies which was written by
Maj.Gen. (Res.) Yaacov Amidror which states that Israel must be prepared to act alone to stop
the Iranian nuclear program during the coming year, as well as engage in conventional ground
warfare against the likes of non-state or quasi-state entities such as Hezbollah/IRGC-QF,
HAMAS and Islamic State operating from bases in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Judea and Samaria
and the Sinai. This also represents the most up to date assurance that Israel will launch military
strikes to halt the Iranian nuclear program irregardless of any agreement reached between the
United States, its European allies and Iran because the agreement will enable Iran to "pursue
nuclear military capabilities." ...Israel's planning and preparation for the coming conflagration is
matched by both Hezbollah's and Iran's insistence that their new warfighting front on the Golan
will be maintained and expanded according to pronouncements from Hassan Nasrallah and the
Iranian IRGC Commander, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari. The pair of Shi'a terrorists
made clear that neither the ongoing war in Syria nor the P5+1 nuclear negotiations would have
any effect upon future actions they will take at the time and place of their choosing.
Israeli PM Netanyahu's March talk to the U.S. Congress will likely have an embedded/inferred
forewarning to congressional members of Israel's impending attack on Iran, if the P5+1
agreement (also in March) is consummated allowing Iran to have Nuclear breakout capacity
(which it looks like, that will in fact be the case). The Obama administration "has given the
Iranians 80 percent of what they want" in the negotiations over Iran's nuclear program with the
P5+1 nations, according to recent Israel news report, and The Jerusalem Post reports that
Israeli officials believe the Obama administration has agreed to a deal that allows Iran to reach
nuclear "breakout capacity" within months. ISRAEL'S RED LINE WILL BE CROSSED!
An IDF attack on Iran is not speculation, but an imminent fact based on the Prophet
Jeremiah's warning in Jeremiah 49: 34-39 ...See the latest comments on this from Bill
Salus "Will the Israelis Strike Iran's Nuclear Sites?"
http://www.prophecydepotministries.net/2015/will-israelis-strike-irans-nuclear-sites/
...So this looks to be setting up for a domino effect - Israel strikes Iran (Jeremiah 49) - Iran's
proxies Hezbollah and Syria strike Israel - Israel destroys Syria (Isaiah 17) and Hezbollah
(Psalm 83) as well as others in the Psalm 83 Confederacy. The suggested sequence of 49-1783 assumes Israel may elect to conduct some level of preemptive strike on Hezbollah and
Syria to lessen their ability to retaliate for the Israeli IDF strike on Iran, however, Syria likely is
left with enough firepower and capacity (most likely WMD's they never gave up) to effectively
inflict a significant blow to Israel, for Israel in turn, to make it (and other Syrian cities) "a ruinous
heap" which "will cease from being a city." This may then unite the rest of the Psalm 83
confederacy to ban together and attack Israel..."For they have consulted together with one
consent; They form a confederacy against You: The tents of Edom [Palestinians and S.
Jordanians] and the Ishmaelites [Saudis]; Moab [Palestinians & central Jordanians] and the
Hagrites [Egyptians]; Gebal [Hezbollah & N. Lebanese], Ammon [Palestinians & N.
Jordanians], and Amalek [Arabs of Sinai]; Philistia [Hamas of Gaza] with the inhabitants of Tyre
[Hezbollah an S. Lebanese]; Assyria [Syria & N. Iraqis] also has joined with them; They have
helped the children of Lot [Moabites and Ammonites, thus the modern day Palestinians will be
the principal power engaged in the confederacy against Israel. The others come to assist
them]." ~ Psalm 83:5-8 and these together with (or it includes) ISIS...keep watching for 49-1783!!
"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May those who love you be secure. May there be peace
within your walls and security within your citadels." Psalm 122:6-7 ...May PM Benjamin
Netanyahu and his Cabinet members be like "the sons of Issachar who had understanding of
the times, to know what Israel ought to do"... I Chronicles 12:32
Be assured of the Biblically promised outcome: "And in that day will I make Jerusalem a
burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces,
though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it." Zechariah 12:3
"And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come
against Jerusalem." Zechariah 12:9
"No weapon formed against you shall prosper..." Isaiah 54:17a
The Bible (God's Word) has prophesied all of this, so you can absolutely count on it all being
fulfilled!
All things are becoming crystal clear in these end-times...WAKE UP CHURCH!!...Does anyone
know what time it is? "for the light is making everything visible. That is why it says, "Wake up,
sleeper! Arise from the dead" Ephesians 5:14NASB "Besides this you know the time, that the
hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first
believed" Romans 13:11ESV
"Blow a trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the
land tremble, for the Day of the Lord is coming; surely it is near." Joel 2:1
"Encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near." Hebrews
10:25b
Follow our continual rolling updates on all of this, in our "Is The Psalm 83 Confederacy (Islamic
Caliphate) Surrounding Israel?" Report here: http://watchmansview.com/Commentary__Is_The_Psalm_83_Confederacy_%28Islamic_Caliphate%29_Surrounding_Israel.html ...there
has been two significant updates at this link since our last Special Report.
No one immune from Israeli preemptive strikes, says PM http://www.timesofisrael.com/no-one-immune-from-israeli-preemptive-strikes-says-netanyahu/
In strongest hint yet of IDF's responsibility for Jan. 18 Golan attack, Netanyahu tells cabinet
Israel will 'continue to act'
Israel will continue to preempt enemy plans against the Jewish state, Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu vowed Sunday, all but publicly confirming the country's involvement in an airstrike
in Syria last month that left at least seven Hezbollah and Iranian operatives dead.
"We have proven that nobody is immune from our intention to foil attacks against us. Thus we
have acted and thus we will continue to act," he said at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting
in Jerusalem.
The comments constitute the strongest hint yet by a senior Israeli official that Israel had carried
out the January 18 strike on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights that killed six Hezbollah
fighters and an Iranian brigadier general, Mohammed Ali Allahdadi.
Hezbollah and Iran have spent the weeks since the strike threatening grave consequences for
Israel.
On Wednesday a Hezbollah cell fired five anti-tank Kornet rockets at a convoy of IDF infantry
commanders driving along the northern border, killing two soldiers and wounding seven.
"Today the cabinet will be briefed on recent events on our northern border," Netanyahu said at
the start of the meeting. "On Friday, the defense minister [Moshe Ya'alon] and I visited our
soldiers who were wounded in the terrorist attack on the northern border. I was very impressed
by their determination and their desire to rejoin their comrades at the front and defend our
country."
The exchanges of fire on the northern border last month highlighted Iran's growing role in the
Syria conflict and, through its proxy Hezbollah, on Israel's northern border with Lebanon.
Israel was witnessing "Iran's attempts to open another front against us on the Golan Heights, in
addition to the front it is operating against us in southern Lebanon," Netanyahu said Sunday.
Lebanese media reported over the weekend that a top Iranian general met with Hezbollah chief
Hassan Nasrallah late last month in the wake of the January 18 airstrike.
Qassem Soleimani, the shadowy chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps' Quds Force,
also visited the graves of Hezbollah fighters killed in the Golan Heights strike.
Among the dead in the Golan strike was Jihad Mughniyeh, son of the late Hezbollah military
chief Imad Mughniyeh, who was wanted in Europe and the US for terror activities and was
assassinated in Syria in February 2008 in an operation believed to have been conducted by
Israeli and possibly other Western intelligence agencies.
Is Iran Preparing for a Two-Front War Against Israel? - Jonathan S. Tobin https://www.commentarymagazine.com/2015/01/30/is-iran-preparing-for-a-two-front-war-against-israel-hamashezbollah-tunnels-terrorism/
The outbreak of violence along Israel's northern border appeared to have died down by the end
of the week. Hezbollah claimed a victory with a cross border shelling that left two Israeli
soldiers dead. For the moment that appears to be enough for them and their Iranian
paymasters as they contemplate their next move in a struggle that is as much about defending
the Islamist regime's gains in Syria and its nuclear program as anything else. But for residents
of northern Israel, the attack was a reminder that at any moment, their lives could be turned
upside down by a decision taken in Tehran to either turn up the heat on the Jewish state or
perhaps even launch a war. The same is true of those living within range of Gaza, where
terrorists also rule. Though those who claim to be Israel's friends speak of its security concerns
as if they were fictions created by Prime Minister Netanyahu to justify his policies, this week's
events once more made it clear that a two-front war in which both missiles and terror tunnels
will play a major role are threats that cannot be dismissed.
The aftermath of the dustup along the Lebanese border has been characterized mostly by
renewed Israeli efforts to search for evidence of tunnels being dug across the border to
facilitate more terror attacks. The construction equipment that has been reported in the vicinity
of this week's assault was widely assumed to be a sign that Hezbollah is preparing for more
attacks perhaps this time aimed at killing and kidnapping civilians as well as soldiers.
The context was not just the usual tensions with the terror group but signs that Iran was upping
the ante with Israel as it continued to refuse to budge in nuclear talks with the United States
and its Western allies. Far from being separate issues, the ability of Iran to deploy its Hezbollah
auxiliaries to pressure Israel must be understood as integral to its overall goal of seeking
regional hegemony via the chaos in Iraq and the survival of its ally Bashar Assad in Syria.
Tensions with Hamas along Israel's southern border should be seen in the same light.
Hamas has recently begun moving to renew its alliance with Iran after their split because they
backed rival sides in the Syrian civil war. Assad's victory was achieved with Iranian and
Hezbollah help and Hamas has now conceded it made a mistake when it threw in with Saudi
Arabia and Turkey to back the rebels.
But it too, has been using the respite since last summer's war to rebuild. But the rebuilding has
not been of the homes of Palestinians who were used as human shields by Hamas. Rather it
has been rebuilding its military infrastructure of tunnels and shelters designed to protect its
leaders, fighters and arsenal. Talk about international donors being slow to pay their pledges
for the costs of rebuilding Gaza should be understood in the context of Hamas using as much
of the aid as it can for its own purposes rather than to help those who languish under their
despotic rule.
As for the residents of Gaza, Hamas isn't completely neglecting them. As the Times of Israel
reports, the ruling Islamist group has been operating camps for children in recent months. But
the kids aren't learning sports, fitness or arts and crafts. Some 15,000 teenagers have been
undergoing terrorist training by the Izaddin al-Qassam, Hamas's "military wing." Many of them
graduated the course yesterday.
Drills included weapons training and exercises simulating kidnapping IDF soldiers and
infiltration into Israel through tunnels. Portraits of Israeli leaders were used in target practice for
sniper training.
In case, the International Criminal Court is interested in investigating a real war crime as
opposed to compiling charges against Israel for having the temerity to defend itself against
terrorist assault, using children in this manner is an atrocity.
But the point of these two stories is that Israel must brace itself for a two-front war if Iran thinks
it is in its interest to start one. That should cause President Obama to rethink his reckless
pursuit of détente with Iran in which he has already sacrificed his former goal of dismantling
their nuclear program. Further appeasement of Tehran will not bring peace to the region. To
the contrary, Iran seems bent on expanding its reach and terrorism is the way to do it. With
more daylight opening up between Washington and Jerusalem these days, the temptation for
Iran to use the leverage it has acquired on Israel's northern and southern borders may prove
irresistible. If the U.S. wants to prevent such an outcome, it needs to be more realistic about
the nature of its negotiating partner and more supportive of an ally that remains under siege
from Islamist terrorists on two fronts.
CONVERGENCE of the End Time Signs
CONVERGENCE of the End Time Signs
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ever we must be ready! We are about to enter a time like no other time, a time that no man has
ever seen, a time like no other time in the history of this world, as a matter of fact we are about
to enter the end times. Since the dawn of mankind, there have always been 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 these
events are happening today, is that they are all happening at the very same time! Bible
prophecy is being fulfilled right before our very eyes. Fulfilled prophecy is increasing in
frequency and intensity just like birth pains, and Jesus said when you see these know that I am
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All the signs of the last days are converging at the same time. Bible Prophecy is happening
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No-Go Zones - By Daymond Duck - http://www.raptureready.com/featured/duck/dd160.html
Shortly after the Muslim terrorist attack that killed 17 people in Paris, France there were a flurry
of TV programs and articles about No-Go Zones (also called Sensitive Urban Zones, minicaliphates or little caliphates).
These are Muslim towns, communities and villages that non-Muslim city officials, police,
firemen and others often avoid in France, England and other parts of the EU. But these No-Go
Zones quickly became a subject that some politicians and media personalities didn't want
people to discuss.
Saying "No-Go Zones" is about like saying "Islamic terrorists" or "Muslim terrorists." Some
won't admit that there is such a thing. Some prefer to be politically correct, cater to the Muslims
and hope that the public will ignore the fact that these places actually exist. It is like the
Fort Hood incident that was called "work place violence" instead of a Muslim terrorist attack.
Others know that "No-Go Zones" exist because the subject can be Googled, anti-Islamic
movements have sprung up as a result of their existence, governments have published lists
and maps of these areas, there have been articles and police reports about these areas for
years, etc.
But some people don't want No-Go Zones tied to Muslims or the Islamic religion in any way.
They don't object to calling these areas poverty zones; areas of low education, areas of high
unemployment, areas of despair and things like that, but they strongly object to using the words
"Muslim" or "Islamic" in connection with these dangerous places.
Part of the problem is Globalists and their satanic desire for a one-world government and a
one-world religion. They categorize people as "citizens of the world" instead of citizens of a
nation or citizens of a religion. They want to pull people out of their religion and into a politically
correct religion. They want to integrate the cultures and religions of the world; and they are
trying to do this by opening borders and encouraging immigration.
Another part of the problem is that many Muslims are taught to place their religion above their
citizenship. Being a Muslim is more important to them than being in a nation, a world religion or
a world government (unless it is an Islamic world religion or world government). So when
Muslims cross those open borders to re-locate they don't assimilate.
They flock to Muslim neighborhoods where they are taught to cling to the habits, values and
religion they grew up in. They are taught to convert the nation they are in and not to let that
nation convert them. They are taught that every true Muslim has a responsibility to convert the
people in their area in one of two ways: through violence or through population growth,
persuasion and domination.
There are many more parts to the problem but I will just mention one more and move on. Islam
is not a religion of peace in the sense that the world thinks of peace. Islam teaches that
Muslims are at war with non-Muslims. It teaches that there won't be peace on earth until the
whole world is converted to Islam.
So when Muslims say they are a religion of peace they mean they are a religion that wants to
bring peace to the earth by converting everyone on earth to Islam. Violence (threatening or
killing non-Muslims) is an acceptable method for establishing peace (an Islamic one-world
religion and government).
I have not read the Koran, but I have read an untold number of articles about the Koran and
what it teaches. The Koran was written over a period of years, and it is my understanding that
some of the earliest passages clearly teach peace. And some of the later passages clearly
teach violence.
So there are contradictions in the Koran and I have read that when there is a contradiction in
the Koran it instructs those who read it to go by the last passage on the issue. Since the later
passages teach violence against non-Muslims, this means the violent passages supersede the
peaceful passages.
I have already said that Muslims can use violence or they can use population growth,
persuasion and domination to convert the world. Most Muslims choose to use population
growth, persuasion and domination, but some choose violence. Some establish terrorist cells.
Some recruit people to join terrorist cells.
Some attend mosques with radical clerics that preach jihad. Some want to keep non-Muslims
away from where these activities are going on so they deliberately turn their neighborhoods
into No-Go Zones. The violent and the non-violent are intermingled and that makes for a very
dangerous situation.
The U.S. president is pro-Muslim at best and a committed Muslim at worst. He has Muslim
advisors, Muslims in Homeland Security, a Muslim in charge of the CIA, allowed a Muslim in
the country that is establishing a Muslim political party and who knows what else?
According to a recent report, the FBI knows of at least 22 Muslim areas (communes or
compounds) in the U.S. that are recruiting trainees. The FBI knows that these trainees are
being taught guerilla tactics, Islamic doctrine, anti-Americanism, how to use weapons and
more.
In times past, some of these groups have been infiltrated and investigated. The FBI has issued
reports that say they are dangerous. But, as far as I know, the infiltration and investigation has
stopped because the U.S. government refuses to call these people terrorists.
All of the Muslims in these compounds may not be terrorists, but some of them are. So, in my
mind, there is no difference between the 22 No-Go Muslim compounds in the U.S. and the NoGo Zones in France and other countries.
Prophecy Plus Ministries
Daymond & Rachel Duck
daymond.duck@yahoo.com
The Death Of The American Dream In 22 Numbers - By Michael Snyder http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/the-death-of-the-american-dream-in-22-numbers
We are the generation that gets to witness the end of the American Dream. The numbers that
you are about to see tell a story. They tell a story of a once mighty economy that is dying. For
decades, the rest of the planet has regarded the United States as "the land of opportunity"
where almost anyone can be successful if they are willing to work hard. And when I was
growing up, it seemed like almost everyone was living the American Dream. I lived on a
"middle class" street and I went to a school where it seemed like almost everyone was middle
class. When I was in high school, it was very rare to ever hear of a parent that was
unemployed, and virtually every family that I knew had a comfortable home and more than one
nice vehicle. But now that has all changed. The "American Dream" has been transformed into
a very twisted game of musical chairs. With each passing year, more people are falling out of
the middle class, and most of the rest of us are scrambling really hard to keep our own
places. Something has gone horribly wrong, and yet Americans are very deeply divided when
it comes to finding answers to our problems. We love to point fingers and argue with one
another, and meanwhile things just continue to get even worse. The following are 22 numbers
that are very strong evidence of the death of the American Dream...
#1 The Obama administration tells us that 8.69 million Americans are "officially unemployed"
and that 92.90 million Americans are considered to be "not in the labor force". That means that
more than 101 million U.S. adults do not have a job right now.
#2 One recent survey discovered that 55 percent of Americans believe that the American
Dream either never existed or that it no longer exists.
#3 Considering the fact that Obama is in the White House, it is somewhat surprising that 55
percent of all Republicans still believe in the American Dream, but only 33 percent of all
Democrats do.
#4 After adjusting for inflation, median household income has fallen by nearly $5,000 since
2007.
#5 After adjusting for inflation, "the median wealth figure for middle-income families" fell from
$78,000 in 1983 to $63,800 in 2013.
#6 At this point, 59 percent of Americans believe that "the American dream has become
impossible for most people to achieve".
#7 In 1967, 53 percent of Americans were considered to be "middle income". But today, only
43 percent of Americans are.
#8 For each of the past six years, more businesses have closed in the United States than have
opened. Prior to 2008, this had never happened before in all of U.S. history.
#9 According to the New York Times, the "typical American household" is now worth 36
percent less than it was worth a decade ago.
#10 According to one recent report, 43 million Americans currently have unpaid medical debt
on their credit reports.
#11 Traditionally, owning a home has been one of the key indicators that you belong to the
middle class. Unfortunately, the rate of homeownership in the U.S. has now been falling for
seven years in a row.
#12 According to a survey that was conducted last year, 52 percent of all Americans cannot
even afford the house that they are living in right now.
#13 While Barack Obama has been in the White House, the number of Americans on food
stamps has gone from 32 million to 46 million.
#14 The number of Americans on food stamps has now exceeded the 46 million mark for 38
months in a row.
#15 Right now, more than one out of every five children in the United States is on food stamps.
#16 According to a Washington Post article published just recently, more than 50 percent of the
children in U.S. public schools now come from low income homes. This is the first time that
this has happened in at least 50 years.
#17 According to the Census Bureau, 65 percent of all children in the United States are living in
a home that receives some form of aid from the federal government.
#18 In 2008, 53 percent of all Americans considered themselves to be "middle class". But by
2014, only 44 percent of all Americans still considered themselves to be "middle class".
#19 In 2008, 25 percent of all Americans in the 18 to 29-year-old age bracket considered
themselves to be "lower class". But in 2014, an astounding 49 percent of all Americans in that
age range considered themselves to be "lower class".
#20 It is hard to believe, but an astounding 53 percent of all American workers make less than
$30,000 a year.
#21 According to one recent survey, 62 percent of all Americans are currently living paycheck
to paycheck.
#22 According to CNN, the typical American family can only "replace 21 days of income with
readily accessible funds".
The key to the recovery of the middle class is jobs.
The truth is that without middle class jobs, it is impossible to have a middle class.
Unfortunately, more middle class jobs are being offshored, are being replaced by technology,
or are being lost to a slowing economy every single day. The competition for the jobs that
remain is incredibly intense. Just consider the following example...
In 2012, Eric Auld, an unemployed 26-year-old with a master's degree in English, decided to
find out what was on the other side of the black hole. He created a fake job ad as an
experiment:
Administrative Assistant needed for busy Midtown office. Hours are Monday through Friday,
nine to five. Job duties include: filing, copying, answering phones, sending e-mails, greeting
clients, scheduling appointments. Previous experience in an office setting preferred, but will
train the right candidate. This is a full-time position with health benefits. Please e-mail résumé if
interested. Compensation: $12-$13 per hour.
If you have ever applied for a job like that, I offer my condolences. You have better odds at the
casino. Auld received 653 responses in 24 hours. 10% of the applicants had more than 10
years of experience, and 3% of them had master's degrees. Presumably, one of them would
get the job. But what does that mean? It means that all the other experienced applicants and
master's degree holders would remain unemployed. That is about 64 experienced workers and
about 19 workers with master's degrees.
So how can we get this turned around?
How can we start to increase the number of middle class jobs in America once again?
The oven of adversity - Greg Laurie - http://www.wnd.com/2015/01/the-oven-of-adversity/
Pastor Greg Laurie answers post-tragedy 'Where was God?' question
When I was a boy, I lived with my grandparents for a number of years. They came from
Arkansas, and they were very old-fashioned in every way. I called my grandmother Mama
Stella, and my grandfather was Daddy Charles. My grandmother made every meal from
scratch. She was the greatest cook on earth. When she served chicken, it wasn't the frozen
variety. My grandfather would go out and kill a chicken, pluck it, and my grandmother would
prepare it. Everything was made from scratch. And Mama Stella's greatest specialty was her
biscuits. No other biscuits even came close to hers.
I would watch Mama Stella make them in the kitchen and try to unravel the mystery. How did
she make them so good? After I got married, I took my wife, Cathe, over to meet Mama Stella.
I told her, "Cathe, watch Mama Stella. You have to crack the code. We have to bring these
biscuits to the next generation."
Mama Stella didn't follow a cookbook. She just got out the flour and the buttermilk and all of the
rest of it. But it wasn't just the ingredients that were important. The biscuits had to be put into
the oven at just the right temperature for just the right period of time. And when they were
done, they were perfect.
Now, Mama Stella could have taken all of those ingredients, blended them together and served
us the raw dough, but that would not have been appealing. And certainly the individual
ingredients were not appealing in and of themselves. But when she took the right amount of
each of those ingredients and baked them in the oven at the right temperature, we had
incredible biscuits.
The difficulties of our lives are a lot like those ingredients for biscuits. In and of themselves,
they are not tasteful to us. We shun them, and certainly we recoil from the heat of the oven. But
when God, in His infinite skill, has blended them all together and baked them properly in the
oven of adversity, we will one day say it is good. Not all that happens is good, but "in all things
God works for the good of those who love him" (Romans 8:28 NIV).
God can take bad things and ultimately turn them into something good. That is not to say that
the bad thing was good. But it is to say that God can bring good in spite of the bad thing. As
the psalmist said, "Surely the wrath of man shall praise You" (Psalm 76:10). This means that
God can take the most wicked designs of humanity and use them for His glory.
The classic example of this is the story of Joseph in the Old Testament. His wicked brothers
turned against him and sold him into slavery for 20 pieces of silver. But through a series of
events that were brought about by the providence of God, not only was Joseph spared, but he
also became the second-most powerful man in the world. He was in a classic position to
execute major payback on his brothers. Instead, he forgave them and said, "You intended to
harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the
lives of many people" (Genesis 50:20 NLT). This means that God can take the most evil deed
and work in spite of it.
When things are going well, we are good with the idea that "in all things God works for the
good of those who love him." Everything is going our way. The birds are singing, and it is green
lights and blue skies. Then tragedy hits. A crisis erupts. Something unexpected happens, and
we wonder, Where was God in all of this? What is going on? Yet God can take even the bad
things and blend them together with the good things and ultimately bring something good out of
it.
When a tragedy happens, we don't have to necessarily determine that it is the judgment of
God. In the gospel of Luke, for example, we find an interesting comment that Jesus made
about a tower that fell on a group of Gentiles. He said, "Were they the worst sinners in
Jerusalem? No, and I tell you again that unless you repent, you will perish, too" (13:4-5 NLT).
The common belief was that the tower fell on these people because they were Gentiles and
didn't have a relationship with God. But Jesus was saying they had it all wrong. He was saying,
"They weren't the worst sinners in Israel. Do you think they are worse than you? You'd better
repent. It could have happened to you." The point is that we are all sinners.
Horrible things happen in this world that we are living in. And when you get down to it, every
one of us deserves the judgment of God. In fact, the Scriptures say, "Because of the Lord's
great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness" (Lamentations 3:22-23 NIV). We need to realize that tragedies can
happen to everyone, including Christians.
It doesn't mean that God isn't in control if a Christian gets cancer. It doesn't mean that God isn't
in control if a Christian dies in a plane crash or an automobile accident. It doesn't mean that we
are in sin or that God has failed us. It means that death is a result of the curse upon humanity.
We all die. Every person's life will come to an end. The Bible says, "It is appointed for men to
die once, but after this the judgment" (Hebrews 9:27 NKJV). But if you are a Christian, you
have hope. You will go immediately into the presence of God.
May God help us to trust him when he does not do things the way we think he ought to do
them, when we are tempted to say, Why, Lord? We can only see the short term and what will
benefit us in this moment. God is looking at the long term, the big picture. And he knows what
he is doing.
It is during these times that we must trust him and cast ourselves at his feet and say, "Lord, I
admit to you that I don't understand. I don't know why. But I thank you that you are in control."
There are a lot of questions I would like to ask Jesus when I get to heaven. There a lot of
things that I don't understand: why he allowed certain things, why he did some things, and why
he did not do others.
But there are a lot of things that I do understand. I understand that God loves me and that he is
looking out for my best interests. I understand that he will work all things together for good and
that he will make it clear in that final day.
Until that time, we all need to trust him.
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Featured Article: God's Plan In A Nutshell - Perspective by Jack Kelley http://gracethrufaith.com/topical-studies/tough-questions-answered/gods-plan-nutshell/
You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were blameless in
your ways until wickedness was found in you (Ezekiel 28:12,15).
There is nothing in the Bible to tell us when the angelic realm was created. However, Job 38:47 speaks of the angels shouting for joy when God laid the Earth's foundation, so they had to
have been created before Earth existed. Neither is there a mention of the timing of Satan's
rebellion. All we know for sure is it had to have preceded Genesis 3, when the serpent
convinced Eve to disobey God. Satan was already God's adversary by then, although there's
no mention of his rebellion in connection with the creation. For this reason, I've concluded it
also happened before the creation story begins.
Here's How It All Began
The wickedness in the one we call Satan was no surprise to God. He knows the end from the
beginning after all. And like all the angels, Satan had been created with the power of choice,
which gave him the the potential for evil.
Since God knew Satan would rebel, many have wondered why He let it happen? Others have
asked, "Why didn't God just destroy Satan at the time? Why let him cause all this trouble?"
The Bible doesn't answer those questions directly, but maybe after reading this you'll conclude,
as I have, that if God had not allowed things to unfold as they did, you and I might never have
come to be, and would not be able to look forward to an eternity that surpasses all human
understanding.
We have no way of knowing how long it took for Satan's wickedness to reveal itself, but
through Ezekiel we learn that it was his pride in his beauty and splendor that triggered its
appearance (Ezekiel 28:17).
His pride apparently caused him to to believe that exalted as it was, his assigned place in the
order of creation was inadequate for someone of his talent and potential. Since no created
being was higher, he determined to make himself like the Most High God (Isaiah 14:13-14).
As I said, this introduction of a second will into the universe was no surprise to God, but He
couldn't let it stand. Knowing that one third of the angelic population had cast their lot with
Satan, He moved to put down this revolt and pronounced judgment on Satan and those who
had joined him.
Some have speculated that in response Satan accused God of being unjust and having no
love. I believe this speculation has merit based on what God did next. Remember, the following
was not God's reaction to Satan's accusation, but His rebuttal to an accusation He already
knew Satan would hurl at Him.
The Rebuttal
First, He created man, a being vastly inferior to the angels but having intellect, the power of
choice (free will), and eternal life just like they do.
To demonstrate His justice, He established a set of Laws with which to govern man's life.
These laws reflected His own standards of righteousness. He declared that all men would be
judged according to these laws and those who kept them faithfully would inherit eternal life with
Him. However, even one violation would condemn the offender to an eternity of punishment.
There would be no exceptions, and no appeal. From the highest to the lowest, all of mankind
would be equally subject to these laws and would reap the reward or punishment due him or
her according to its provisions.
Of course, God knew that mankind would not be able to meet the requirements of His Law and
left to their own devices everyone would be found guilty and condemned to death. But the Law
defined His righteousness, and to live in His presence man's righteousness had to equal it.
Also, in order to be just, the Law could tolerate no deviation from its standards. Every violation
had to incur the death penalty.
God didn't want all of mankind to be lost, but unless He lowered His standards, something His
righteousness would not permit, He couldn't change His Law. His solution to this seemingly
unsolvable problem was to pay the penalty Himself for all of mankind's violations. He would
come to Earth in the form of His Son and die for the sins of the world. His death would pay for
all of man's violations of His Law (John 1:29, John 3:16).
Just like the penalty for violating the Law would be the same for everyone, so would the
remedy. Anyone, from the highest to the lowest, who accepted the Son's death as payment in
full for his or her sins would be granted a full pardon and a place in eternity with Him . It would
impute to them a righteousness equal to His own (Romans 3:21-24). Because He had created
man with the power of choice, He wouldn't impose His solution on anyone, but would grant it
without exception to everyone who asked to receive it (Matt. 7:7-8).
These two actions, implementing a Law no one could keep, and offering a pardon no one could
earn, were God's rebuttal to Satan's accusations. It combined perfect justice with perfect love.
Man was free to choose either alternative. He could strive to live up to God's impossibly high
standards and earn His way into eternity through his own works or he could accept the Son of
God's death on his behalf and be granted eternal life by faith.
The Implementation
After creating man, God implemented the Law portion of His plan to provide an example for all
of humanity to study. His purpose was two-fold. He wanted mankind to see the blessings that
came from the level of obedience we are capable of, but He also wanted us to learn that the
level of obedience His Law required for our salvation was unobtainable (Romans 3:20). These
two points were quickly proven when the first two humans broke His Law soon after being
placed in the most blessed environment humanity has ever enjoyed.
This was also no surprise to God. To prevent mankind from becoming obsolete before we got
started, He initiated a sacrificial system to teach mankind that we would ultimately be saved
through the shedding of His innocent blood. In the mean time, the shed blood of certain
innocent animals would set their sins aside temporarily.
Protecting them from destroying themselves through their own sinfulness was no small task. It
took the most elaborate religious system ever devised and the sacrificial deaths of untold
numbers of innocent animals. He chose one people, the descendants of Abraham, to be the
principal participants in this religious system, blessing them enormously when they obeyed and
punishing them without mercy when they didn't, all as an example from which the rest of the
world could learn about His nature (Romans 15:4).
When the time finally came for God to send His Son to die for our sins, He made His one
sacrifice sufficient for all time (Hebrews 10:12-14). Those who died in faith before He came
would receive eternal life along with those who died in faith afterward. The Son's one righteous
life was of sufficient value to save all of mankind's unrighteous ones, from the first one to the
last (1 Peter 3:18).
The Judgment
God determined that His plan would have a fixed expiration, after which He would bring it to a
conclusion. At that time all of mankind will stand before Him. If they have died He will bring
them back to life, never to die again. Everyone will be shown the point in his or her life when
the two choices available were made clear to them. Remember, part of God's plan is to
demonstrate that He's a just God (Deut. 32:4). Therefore He can neither reward nor punish
anyone who didn't get an opportunity to choose. The one exception involves those children
whose lives came to an end before they had become intellectually mature enough to
understand their choices. A just God cannot punish those who are unable to comprehend, so
He declared all such children innocent and counted them as His own (Romans 7:9).
Those who have accepted by faith the pardon He purchased for them will be granted an
eternity of unparalleled blessing. Those who have chosen to earn their place in eternity through
their own works will be shown their shortcomings and condemned to eternal punishment (Rev.
20:15). Since these are the only two choices available to mankind, those who will have opted
out altogether will receive the same destiny as if they had refused the pardon God made
available. Receiving the pardon requires a conscious choice to accept it (Romans 10:13).
Refusing to choose at all is equivalent to rejecting it.
At that time Satan will receive his final judgment and will be condemned to eternal punishment
along with all those who had refused to accept the pardon (Rev. 20:10).
The Conclusion
It's sad to think that many who chose to earn their own way or refused to choose at all will have
thought they were preserving their independence, exercising their freedom of choice. When it's
too late to change their minds they will finally realize that they were actually following Satan's
will, not their own. Remember, there have only ever been two wills in the universe, God's and
Satan's. If we don't choose God's will for us, we've chosen Satan's will by default. In the
spiritual sense, free will is simply the option of choosing between God's will and Satan's. God
wants us all to choose His will (2 Peter 3:9), but He won't force us to do it.
I believe this is the secret of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, from which God
commanded Adam not to eat (Genesis 2:16-17). As I've said, there was only one will on Earth
at that time, and that was God's will, which was "Good." Eating the fruit of the forbidden tree
introduced a second will, which was "Evil." This was Satan's will. By getting Adam and Eve to
disobey God's will, Satan was getting them to obey his will. In doing so, they acquired the
Knowledge of Good and Evil. Somehow this altered their genetic make-up in such a way that
this knowledge was passed to all their progeny. Today we call this the "flesh" or the "sin
nature." But I think it's really the Knowledge of Good and Evil, the realization that there are two
wills in the universe. We can choose which one to follow, but if we don't consciously choose
God's will, Satan's will becomes the default choice.
1 Cor. 15:24-28 tells us that the Lord Jesus will reign until He has put all of God's enemies
under His feet, including death.
Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has
destroyed all rule, authority and power (1 Cor. 15:24).
Before the Lord turns the kingdom over to His Father, He will destroy all rule, authority and
power. The primary meaning of the Greek word for destroy is "to put down, deactivate or
render inoperative." The one for rule is "the origin, or active cause." The one for authority is
"the power of choice, the liberty of doing as one pleases" and the one for power includes
"strength" or "ability."
This means in eternity we who have accepted the pardon He purchased for us will no longer
have the ability to disobey God's will. The origin and active cause of our disobedience will have
been rendered inoperative. The disastrous effects of Adam and Eve's disobedience will have
been reversed. The Knowledge of Good and Evil will be no more and there will finally be only
one will in all of creation again, the will of God. That's God's plan in a nutshell.
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