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Report: Palestinian goes on stabbing spree in Jerusalem's Old City, wounds
four
EU Calls For Palestinian State After Henkin Murders
Netanyahu to Kerry: World must condemn Palestinian lionizing of terrorists
Pressure grows on Netanyahu to act with 'iron fist' in light of Palestinian terror
onslaught
Netanyahu: Palestinians, our so-called peace partners must fight terrorism
Katz blames 'Abbas' incitement' for Jerusalem terror attack
Jerusalem mayor: Israel must arrest those inciting Palestinian 'lone wolf'
terrorists
Liberman: Jerusalem attack result of Israel's loss of deterrence
'Netanyahu lost control over security of Israeli citizens,' Herzog says
Agriculture minister says terror aimed at 'Jews who are guilty of being Jewish'
Back in Ramallah from UN, Abbas still silent on deadly attack
Israel 'playing with fire' on Temple Mount, Erdogan warns
Mass exodus of Jews from Europe feared after reported rise in Antisemitism
Khamenei: Iran will support anyone who strikes at Israel
American Officials: Netanyahu Has Ended Fight Against Iran Deal
Islamic State reportedly gains ground near Israeli Golan Heights
Syria claims Israel propping up rebel forces
U.N. not fixing Syria crisis anytime soon
'This is a major world event': The Syrian war is now fueling a 'global cold war'
Obama says Syria 'is not some superpower chessboard contest'
Egypt says Russia's intervention in Syria will counter terrorism
Russia says its air strikes in Syria have hurt military potential of terrorists there
In Assad's heartland, villagers see Russians as saviours
Russia bombs Syrian targets for 4th day as international concerns grow
France tells Putin to confine airstrikes to Islamic State
Netanyahu says Israel's relationship with Russia is good
Obama: World not fooled by Putin's strategy in Syria
US weighs new support for Syrian rebels against ISIS
Eurotunnel services suspended as migrants storm tunnel
British Teen Receives Life Sentence For Islamic State-Inspired Terror Plot
Islamic State claims responsibility for killing Japanese man in Bangladesh
Aid group phoned NATO, US officials as bombs hit Afghan hospital for nearly
an hour
UN rights chief says US bombing of Afghan hospital may be war crime
15 killed in multiple bomb blasts in Nigerian capital, officials say
Sheriff: Gunman who killed 9 at Oregon college committed suicide
To name or not to name: media wrestle with naming mass shooter
'Cyber banging' drives new generation of gang violence
Deaths Draw Attention to Wall Street's Grueling Pace
5.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Coquimbo, Chile
5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 22,000ft
Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
Colima volcano in Mexico erupts to 19,000ft
Karymsky volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 10,000ft
Flash Floods, 'Once in 200 Years Rainfall Event' Loom in South Carolina
Obama declares state of emergency in South Carolina
Hurricane Joaquin Remains a Severe Category 4 Hurricane, May Threaten
Bermuda Next
Tropical Storm Mujigae to Impact China and Vietnam by Sunday
Guatemalan mudslide death toll reaches 56, hundreds missing
California wildfire evacuees return to looted homes
More Than 70 Overdose Cases Reported in Chicago in 72 Hours
Abortion, birth control, race top Supreme Court's agenda
Pledging to Fight Injustices, Hillary Clinton Focuses on Transgender Rights in
Speech
Clinton assails Carson, Cruz on gay rights issues, warns about electing
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Israelis Fear Start of Third Intifada Following Series
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upsurge of Palestinian terror. Four Israelis dead
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Spirit of Fear - Jack Kelley - https://gracethrufaith.com/topicalstudies/prophecy/spirit-of-fear/
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a
sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7)
I first wrote an article by this name in October of 2014. The level of fear among
pre trib evangelicals was on the rise even then. From the number of emails I
have received lately, I've concluded that if anything, the spirit of fear has
gotten worse.
I believe this is largely due to all the hype we've heard in the past year from
preachers and writers who seem to be obsessed with a coming judgment.
Some base this on numerous signs in the heavens that the Bible never speaks
about. Others focus on a highly questionable interpretation of scripture meant
for a different purpose, a different people, and a different time. Although they
don't come right out and say so, it seems pretty obvious that they are warning
us about the time of God's wrath.
For generations the rapture has been referred to as our blessed hope and our
great escape, the time when Jesus will come in the clouds to snatch us away
from this dying world in advance of the most horrifying time of judgment ever
to be visited upon it. This view has been supported by several hints in the Old
Testament that the righteous would escape this judgment leaving the
unrighteous to suffer through it.
The clearest examples are Enoch, who was snatched away by God to walk
with Him before the great flood. Then there was Lot who had to be removed
from Sodom before the angels could bring judgment upon it. And let's not
forget Daniel who was unaccountably missing during the episode of the fiery
furnace. These are hints that tell us God planned for some of His people to
escape the end time's judgments all along. (For more detail on these and
other Old Testament references read Rapture References Part 1 ) https://gracethrufaith.com/end-times-prophecy/rapture-references/
During New Testament times, these hints became much clearer and more
specific, as the following references will show. In spite of this, some are
beginning to doubt the validity of the pre trib position. Others see everything
happening around them and are worried they will not qualify for the rapture.
Still others are afraid they may not even be saved. I believe much of this doubt
is due to the fact that the judgements seem so close, and yet there are no
signs to indicate the rapture is even closer. This is because:
1.The rapture is a signless event.
2.The teachers getting most of the attention are focused on the nearness of
the coming judgments. You hardly hear anything about the nearness of the
coming rapture.
With that in mind, lets take a quick look at the clearest indications that the
Bible does teach the pre trib rapture position. After that we'll review the
clearest passages confirming the security of our position in Christ.
Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be
saved from God's wrath through him! (Romans 5:9)
Doing a word search on the word "wrath" it seems clear that God reserves His
wrath for His enemies, those who disobey and rebel against him. Those He
has justified by His own blood are not His enemies. In fact, the word justified
comes from a Greek word that means "to render righteous." The word "from"
in Paul's statement above means a physical separation of time and place from
the event being referenced, which is God's wrath.
What Paul's saying here is that the Lord went to a lot of trouble to save us
from our sins. It took the shedding of His blood to do it in one of the most
selfless and heroic deeds in the history of man. Why would He then subject us
to God's wrath? And then, only one generation of all those He has saved. It
doesn't make sense.
... to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead-Jesus, who
rescues us from the coming wrath. (1 Thessalonians 1:10)
Here Paul said our time on earth is meant to be spent waiting for God's Son
from heaven. We're not supposed to be walking around waiting for some
terrible calamity to befall us. We're supposed to be waiting for Jesus to come
rescue us from that time. This time Paul used another word for "from." It
means out of, or away from, the coming wrath.
When we see the time of calamity coming we are to stand up and lift up our
heads for we know the time is near. "When these things begin to take place,
stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near."
(Luke 21:28)
...putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a
helmet. For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation
through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thessalonians 5:8b-9)
Our destiny is to be justified by the blood of Jesus and saved from the penalty
of our sins, not to endure the time of God's wrath. Therefore we walk by faith
not by sight, (2 Corinthians 5:7) even in the face of those who walk by sight
not by faith using incorrect interpretations of the Bible to instill a sense of fear
in our hearts.
Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you
from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the
inhabitants of the earth. (Revelation 3:10)
Here the Lord is speaking to the church in Philadelphia. This is the one church
about whom He could find no criticism to offer. That means they were perfectly
righteous in His sight. This is the church that remained true to His word and
was enduring patiently for His return. Many scholars see the church in
Philadelphia as a model of the body of born again believers at the end of the
age, with a righteousness from God that makes us perfect in His sight.
Accordingly, He has promised to keep us from the end time judgments. Just
like Paul did in 1 Thessalonians 1:10, Jesus used the word for "from" which
means out of, or away from, the coming wrath.
As these verses clearly promise, it's the destiny of the Church to be rescued
from this time. And yet a handful of teachers and writers have been trying to
persuade the Church that we're about to endure it. And judging by the quantity
of books, CDs and DVDs being sold, a great part of the Church has bought
into this.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the Bible promises that everything will
be gumdrops and lollypops until the day of God's wrath suddenly commences.
But what I am saying is that world wide economic collapse and wide spread
warfare, famine, and pestilence are things all associated with the time of His
wrath. Therefore, the Church is not to fear these things but to live in faith of
our coming rescue from them.
Over my years of study I've been persuaded that the Bible does not give us
options to choose from where the rapture is concerned. It teaches only the pre
trib rapture position, as long as you read it in the most literal way, staying in
the context in which it was given. And it was written the way it was, so the
diligent student could know God's plan for His Church in advance. I think the
reason we've been led off the path so easily is that most Christians get their
understanding of what the Bible says from what other people tell them, not
from their own study.
For the next year or so we'll have people giving us "proof" that certain years
and certain signs are coming to fruition. But our role is to live by faith, not by
sight. (2 Corinthians 5:7)
Now let's review the security of our position in Christ to reassure those who
are wondering if they are really saved, or if they really qualify to be included in
the rapture.
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever
believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)
In this verse Jesus identified belief in Himself as the condition for eternal life.
Nothing in the New Testament negates or contradicts that statement.
"Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me
has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life."
(John 5:24)
Here Jesus clearly indicated that those who believe in Him not only have
eternal life, but will not be judged.
Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?"
Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent."
John 6:28-29
And in these verses Jesus declared belief in Him is the only thing that God
requires of us.
"My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them
eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my
hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can
snatch them out of my Father's hand. I and the Father are one." (John 10:2730)
If you believe that the Lord's sacrifice paid the price for your sins, He has you
in His hands. In other words, you belong to Him now and no one can take you
away from Him. Not even you.
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,
neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of
God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-39)
This is Paul confirming and expanding on what Jesus said about no one can
take you away from Him. Notice in both these passages, "no one but you"
does not exist.
Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed
us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a
deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. (2 Corinthians 1:21-22)
Once you come to the Lord He accepts responsibility for your salvation. He
actually takes ownership of you and puts His Spirit in you heart guaranteeing
what is to come. You are not your own anymore; you belong to Him. And
nothing or no one can change that.
And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth,
the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with
a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance
until the redemption of those who are God's possession-to the praise of his
glory. (Ephesians 1:13-14)
Here Paul says the same thing in a different way, and added the duration of
the Holy Spirit's guarantee which is the day of your redemption. He confirmed
this by declaring it again in Ephesians 4:30. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit
of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
There are numerous other verses I could have used to make my point, that
once you are saved you are always saved. (So many, I've compiled them into
a free ebook) Nothing you or anyone else can do can ever change that. And if
you are saved you will go in the rapture. There's no further qualification. In 1
Thessalonians 4:17 Paul said that after the dead arise at the rapture then we
who are alive and are left will join them. He didn't say those of us who qualify,
or those of us who persevered in our belief. He simply said "we who are still
alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds."
It's essential that we remember that we are children of God. (John:1:12-13)
We have actually been adopted into His family and made heirs of His estate,
(Galatians 4:4-7) and are destined to dwell with Him forever. (Psalm 23:6) And
He has told us very clearly that when all these end times signs begin to take
place we're not to duck and run for cover, but to stand up and lift up our heads
because our redemption is drawing near. (Luke 21:28) We walk by faith not by
sight. That means our thoughts and actions are guided by what we believe
from our study of the Bible, not by what we hear from others or even see with
our own eyes.
Israelis Fear Start of Third Intifada Following Series of
Deadly Terror Attacks - By Lea Speyer
http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/50260/israelis-fear-start-thirdintifada-following-series-terror-attacksjerusalem/?utm_source=Breaking+Israel+News&utm_campaign=065db857edBIN_morning_10_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b6d3627f72065db857ed-86588445#DAbDI6c1wAfdq5g5.97
"Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will
strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
(Isaiah 41:10)
Israelis are bracing for what many have begun to call the start of a Third
Intifada following a series of deadly and violent Palestinian terror attacks
across Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria.
Late Saturday evening and early Sunday morning, two incidents in
Jerusalem's Old City left two Israeli men killed and three others injured.
Following the conclusion of the Sabbath, a Palestinian terrorist, identified as
19-year-old Muhanad Shafeq Halabi from al-Bireh, near Ramallah, stabbed
Rabbi Nehemia Lavi and Aharon Bennett to death. Bennett's wife and twoyear-old son were injured in the attack.
Israeli security forces responding to the attack shot dead the terrorist.
Bennett's wife remains in serious condition after undergoing emergency
surgery. The baby was lightly wounded and remains in stable condition.
The Islamic Jihad terrorist group took credit for the stabbing attack. Before
carrying out the attack, Halabi wrote a post on Facebook warning of a Third
Intifada.
"According to what I see, the Third Intifada has erupted. What is happening to
al-Aqsa is what is happening to our holy sites, and what is happening to the
women of al-Aqsa is what is happening to our mothers and women. I don't
believe that our people will succumb to humiliation," he wrote. "The people will
indeed rise up."
The second attack, which took place in the early morning hours of Sunday,
saw an Israeli teen injured after being stabbed by a Palestinian outside the
Old City near Damascus Gate. The terrorist was shot dead by security forces.
The 15-year-old victim remains in stable condition, suffering from wounds
inflicted to the back and chest.
Hamas affiliated media identified the terrorist as Fadi Aloon, a resident of the
East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya. According to reports, Aloon
expressed interest on Facebook in becoming a shahid (martyr), asking God to
forgive his sins.
The twin stabbing attacks come just three days after a horrific terror attack
Thursday, in which two Israeli parents were shot dead in front of their four
children while traveling in Judea and Samaria.
Fatah's armed wing, which comes under the jurisdiction of Palestinian
Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, claimed responsibility for the attack.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed a "harsh response" to the
latest uptick in terrorism across Israel. He blasted Abbas' Fatah party, who
praised Saturday's stabbing attack, calling the terrorist a "hero."
"Behold the 'moderates' of the Palestinian Authority and [our] alleged peace
partner," Netanyahu said on Sunday. "I am on my way to Israel and when I
arrive I will head immediately to the Kirya to meet with top security officials to
adjudicate a harsh response to Palestinian Islamic terrorism."
"We are waging a bitter war against terror - and we will do so vigorously."
Cutback of Israeli troops on West Bank led to upsurge
of Palestinian terror. Four Israelis dead http://www.debka.com/article/24928/Cutback-of-Israeli-troops-on-West-Bankled-to-upsurge-of-Palestinian-terror-Four-Israelis-dead
Amid a wave of terror that has hit Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria during the
holiday of Sukkot, and which has already resulted in the murder of four
Israelis, it is necessary to point a finger at some senior IDF officers and
members of the Israeli security establishment as partially responsible.
Putting all political issues aside, we point to a decision by IDF Chief of Staff
Gady Eisenkot to reduce the number of IDF forces in Judea and Samaria so
as to detach them for other missions, that we are unable to reveal here. It was
a serious error for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister
Moshe Yaalon to approve the troop reduction in the face of warnings
regarding a surge in terror attacks, especially in Jerusalem.
Yaalon and Eisenkot corrected this error on Thursday, October 1, immediately
after the murder of Eitam and Na'ama Henkin by killers who appeared to
function like professionals. They ordered the immediate redeployment of four
battalions to flashpoint areas in Judea and Samaria.
There is no way to immediately turn the clock back and restore security to
these areas overnight. It will take time and, meanwhile, there more terror
attacks are foreseen in the near future.
The general feeling in some military quarters is that the commanders
responsible for security in Judea and Samaria and Jerusalem, down to the
heads of regional brigades were not the right choices for dealing with complex
and sensitive security situations. The officials who made those appointments
must be held responsible for incorrectly presuming that the situation in those
areas would stay calm in the long term and therefore failing to instal officers
best able to handle the current threats.
In the space of 48 hours, during the Jewish festival season, two pairs of Israel
parents were attacked by Palestinian terrorists. After gunmen killed the first
couple Eitam and Na'ama Henkin in a drive-by ambush near Alon More
Thursday night, a second couple and their two-year old child were knifed in
the Old City of Jerusalem Saturday night, Oct. 3 by a another Palestinian
terrorist on their way to the Western Wall. They were among a large crowd
thronging through the main street to the Kotel.
The father and a second man died of their injuries before reaching hospital,
the mother is in grave condition.. The child was struck in the foot. A fourth
victim is in very serious condition. After his stabbing attack, the terrorist
snatched the sidearm of one of his victims and began shooting at passing
tourists before Border Guards police cut him down. The dead terrorist has
meanwhile been identified as Muhand Halabi, 19, from El Bireh near
Ramallah.
The victims were later named as Nehamia Lavi, 41, resident of the Old City of
Jerusalem and a rabbi at he Ateret Cohanim Yeshiva. Rabbi Lavi was married
with seven children, and Aharon Bennett, 23, an IDF serviceman, who lived
with his wife and two-year old son in Beitar Ilit. His wife and the second
woman injured in the attack are in grave condition. The child was slightly hurt.
Jerusalem is beset for some weeks now by fast escalating aggressive
Palestinian terror.The heavily beefed up forces of Border Guards and IDF
troops are clearly failing to staunch or avert the rising violence.
The fatal stabbing attack in Jerusalem Saturday followed two overnight
attacks elsewhere in the city: gunfire on an Israeli vehicle near Maale
Adummim. In the southern district, gunshots from Jebel Mukabar reached the
neighboring Jewish neighborhood of Nof Zion. No one was hurt in both these
incidents. Saturday night, there was more shooting from Jebel Mukabar.
Police have imposed a curfew on the Old City of Jerusalem and shut all the
gates to Temple Mount.
The large-scale army raid of Nablus in pursuit of the murderers of Eitam and
Na'ama Henkin has rounded up a number of suspects.
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The Fate of Damascus and the Psalm 83 War
About the time of the end the biblical prophet Ezekiel tells of a future invasion
of Israel by a vast coalition of nations, known as the battle of Gog and Magog,
we find this in Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39. As we read the headlines in the
newspapers of today, and witness the conflicts in the Middle East, it's not hard
to imagine that this invasion prophesied over 2600 years ago, could be fulfilled
in the immediate future. Ezekiel 36-37 predicts a gathering of the Jews to the
nation of Israel, which will be followed by this massive invasion. For 19
centuries, the Jewish people were scattered throughout the world, and until
May 14, 1948, there was no nation of Israel to invade. With the nation of
Israel now a reality, the stage seems set for the war that will usher in the
tribulation and the rise of the Antichrist; a war that will end with the destruction
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As you read Ezekiel 38 and 39, it isn't just the creation of the nation of Israel
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now than perhaps ever before to form just such an alliance." The leaders of
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that there are a couple of unfulfilled prophecies that will lead-up to this
massive invasion of Israel, and as we read today's headlines, we find that the
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The Moscow-Washington-Tehran Axis of Evil - By Cliff
Kincaid - http://www.newswithviews.com/Kincaid/cliff941.htm
The conventional wisdom is that Vladimir Putin has blindsided Barack Obama
in the Middle East, catching the U.S. off-guard. It's another Obama "failure,"
we're told. "Obama administration scrambles as Russia attempts to seize
initiative in Syria," is how a Washington Post headline described it. A popular
cartoon shows Putin kicking sand in the faces of Obama and Secretary of
State John Kerry on a beach.
The conventional wisdom is driven by the notion that Obama has the best of
intentions but that he's been outmaneuvered. What if his intention all along
has been to remake the Middle East to the advantage of Moscow and its client
state Iran? What if he knows exactly what he's doing? Too many
commentators refuse to consider that Obama is deliberately working against
U.S. interests and in favor of the enemies of the U.S. and Israel.
In his U.N. address, Obama said, "As President of the United States, I am
mindful of the dangers that we face; they cross my desk every morning. I lead
the strongest military that the world has ever known, and I will never hesitate
to protect my country or our allies, unilaterally and by force where necessary."
This is laughable. We still have a strong military, but the inevitable conclusion
from what's recently transpired is that he doesn't want to protect the interests
of the U.S. or its allies in the Middle East. This is not a "failure," but a
deliberate policy.
The trouble with conventional wisdom is the assumption that Obama sees
things the way most Americans do. In order to understand Obama's Middle
East policy, it is necessary to consult alternative sources of news and
information and analysis. That includes communist news sources.
A fascinating analysis appears in the newspaper of the Socialist Workers
Party, The Militant, one of the oldest and most influential publications among
the left. You may remember the old photos which surfaced of Lee Harvey
Oswald selling copies of The Militant before he killed the American president.
The headline over The Militant story by Maggie Trowe caught my eye: "'Reset'
with US allows Moscow to send arms, troops to Syria." It was not about Hillary
Clinton's reset with Moscow years ago, but a more recent one.
Here's how her story began: "Moscow's rapid military buildup in Syria is a
result of the 'reset' in relations forged with the Russian and Iranian
governments by the Barack Obama administration. The deal-reshaping
alliances and conditions from Syria, Iran and the rest of the Middle East to
Ukraine and surrounding region-is the cornerstone of U.S. imperialism's efforts
to establish a new order in the Mideast, but from a much weaker position than
when the now-disintegrating order was imposed after World Wars I and II."
Of course, the idea that "U.S. imperialism" is served by giving the advantage
to Russia and Iran is ludicrous. Nevertheless, it does appear that a "reset" of
the kind described in this article has in fact taken place. The author writes
about Washington's "strategic shift to Iran and Russia" and the "downgrading"
of relations with Israel and Saudi Arabia. She notes that Moscow "seeks more
influence and control of the country [Syria] and its Mediterranean ports and a
stronger political hand in Mideast politics." Iran "has sent Revolutionary Guard
Quds forces to help prop up Assad, and collaborates with Moscow on
operations in Syria," she notes.
It is sometimes necessary to reject the conventional wisdom and instead
analyze developments from the point of view of the Marxists, who understand
Obama's way of thinking. They pretend that Obama is a pawn of the
"imperialists" but their analysis also makes sense from a traditional proAmerican perspective. Those who accept the evidence that Obama has a
Marxist perspective on the world have to consider that his policy is designed to
help Moscow and Tehran achieve hegemony in the region.
At the same time, the paper reported, "Since Secretary of State John Kerry's
congenial visit with Putin in May, it has become clear that Washington would
accept Moscow's influence over its 'near abroad' in Ukraine and the Baltics, in
exchange for help to nail down the nuclear deal with Tehran." Hence, Obama
has put his stamp of approval on Russian aggression in Europe and the
Middle East. This analysis, though coming from a Marxist newspaper, fits the
facts on the ground. It means that more Russian aggression can be expected
in Europe.
The wildcard is Israel and it looks like the Israeli government is being
increasingly isolated, not only by Obama but by Putin. The story notes that
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Putin in Moscow on
September 21, saying his concern was to "prevent misunderstandings"
between Israeli and Russian troops, since Israel has carried out airstrikes in
Syrian territory targeting weapons being transported to the Iranian-backed
Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon.
Some reports indicated that Israel had set up a joint mechanism with the
Russian military to coordinate their operations in Syria.
However, the Russian leader reportedly told Obama during their U.N. meeting
that he opposes Israeli attacks in Syria. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz ran a
story that Russia intends to "Clip Israel's Wings Over [the] Syrian Skies." The
paper added that Putin's remarks to Obama showed that despite Netanyahu's
meeting with Putin in Moscow, "Russia intends to create new facts on the
ground in Syria that will include restricting Israel's freedom of movement in
Syrian skies."
It hardly seems to be the case that Obama has been outsmarted in the Middle
East, or that Putin and Obama don't like each other. Instead, it appears that
Obama is working hand-in-glove with Putin to isolate Israel and that Obama is
perfectly content to let the former KGB colonel take the lead.
Israel has always been seen by most U.N. members as the real problem in the
region. Obama is the first U.S. President to see Israel in that same manner
and to act accordingly. This is why Putin has not caught Obama off-guard in
the least. They clearly see eye-to-eye on Israel and Iran.
Don't forget that Obama actually telephoned Putin to thank him for his part in
the nuclear deal with Iran. The White House issued a statement saying, "The
President thanked President Putin for Russia's important role in achieving this
milestone, the culmination of nearly 20 months of intense negotiations."
Building off the Iran nuclear deal, it looks like the plan is for Russia and the
United States to force Israel to embrace a U.N. plan for a nuclear-free Middle
East. That would mean Israel giving up control of its defensive nuclear
weapons to the world body. Iran will be able to claim it has already made a
deal to prohibit its own nuclear weapons development.
Such a scheme was outlined back in 2005 in an article by Mohamed
Elbaradei, the director-general at the time of the U.N.'s International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA). That's the same body that is now supposed to
guarantee Iranian compliance with the terms of the nuclear deal signed by
Russia and the U.S.
Elbaradei argued there would have to be "a dialogue on regional security as
part of the peace process," to be followed by an agreement "to make the
Middle East a nuclear-weapons-free zone."
The "dialogue" appears to be taking place now, mostly under the authority and
auspices of the Russian government, with President Obama playing a
secondary role.
The obvious danger is that Israel would be forced to comply with the plan for a
"nuclear-weapons-free-zone," while Iran would cheat and develop nuclear
weapons anyway.
Netanyahu told the U.N. that "Israel deeply appreciates President Obama's
willingness to bolster our security, help Israel maintain its qualitative military
edge and help Israel confront the enormous challenges we face."
This must be his hope. But he must know that Israel's security is slipping and
that the survival of his country is in grave danger in the face of this MoscowWashington-Tehran axis.
Before Putin further consolidates his military position in the Middle East and
Iran makes more progress in nuclear weapons development, Netanyahu will
have to launch a preemptive strike on the Islamic state. "Israel will not allow
Iran to break in, to sneak in or to walk in to the nuclear weapons club," the
Israeli Prime Minister said.
In launching such a strike before the end of Obama's second presidential
term, Israel would bring down the wrath of the world, led by Russia and the
U.S., on the Jewish state.
Watchman Warning: Bully on the Block - By Hal Lindsey http://www.hallindsey.com/ww-10-2-2015/
Early Wednesday morning, the United States Embassy in Syria received a
surprise visitor - a Russian three-star general carrying a message. Pentagon
spokesman John Kirby explained. "A Russian official in Baghdad this morning
informed U.S. Embassy personnel that Russian military aircraft would begin
flying anti-ISIL missions today over Syria. He further requested that U.S.
aircraft avoid Syrian airspace during these missions."
The U.S. refused to comply and went on with air missions already planned.
The Russians went on with their mission, too. Now, two superpowers are
flying sorties over the same country at the same time. The escalating danger
is obvious.
Russia claims to be in Syria to help defeat ISIS, but their real purpose is to
prop up Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and further ingratiate themselves
with Assad's powerful ally in the region - Iran. Wednesday's air strikes prove it.
They attacked an area north of the city of Homs in Western Syria. ISIS is
generally located in the northern and eastern part of Syria.
CNN's Elise Labott reports that "a senior U.S. administration official" told her
Wednesday's air strike "has no strategic purpose" in regard to ISIS.
However, it does have strategic purpose in terms of helping Assad. The Los
Angeles Times reports, "While Russia announced that the raids targeted
Islamic State, the area reportedly hit is a stronghold of other rebel groups,
including some affiliated with the U.S.-backed Free Syrian Army." In other
words, the raids have nothing to do with ISIS, but everything to do with battling
the Free Syrian Army and others threatening Assad.
According to CNN, the senior administration official speaking to them "said the
U.S. had no intention of preventing the strikes."
President Obama met face-to-face with Putin the day before the attacks. Did
he at least warn Putin not to hit "the U.S.-backed Free Syrian Army"? If so,
Putin must have absolutely no concerns about Obama following through.
When Fox News broke the story that Russia was asking the U.S. to keep its
planes out of Syria during their operation, it added this telling line. "The
Russian demand also mirrors one made by Turkey this past July, when
Ankara asked U.S. planes to fly only in airspace south of Mosul, Iraq. In that
case, 24 Turkish jets bombed Kurdish positions, catching the U.S. off guard."
Turkey's assault on the Kurds may have caught the U.S. off guard (though it
shouldn't have), but Russia's action in Syria surely did not. It has been obvious
since the beginning of their arms buildup in Syria that the Russians were
gearing up for something more than a campaign against ISIS.
NATO's top General, Philip Breedlove, told the press what can be seen at
Russian installations in Syria. "We see some very sophisticated air defenses
going into those airfields. We see some very sophisticated air-to-air aircraft
[fighters] going into these airfields. I have not seen ISIL flying any airplanes
that require SA-15s or SA-22s [Russian missiles]. I have not seen ISIL flying
any airplanes that require sophisticated air-to-air capabilities. I'm looking at the
capabilities and the capacities that are being created and I determine from that
what might be their intent. These very sophisticated air defense capabilities
are not about ISIL. They're about something else."
On CNN, Christiane Amanpour played a clip of the general making those
remarks, then said, "That could not be clearer. What Russia is doing is not
going after ISIS. Russia is going in to prop up Assad."
While her conclusion is accurate, she's missing something crucial. The
general said, "These very sophisticated air defense capabilities are not about
ISIL. They're about something else."
What else could those air defense capabilities be for? They have guns aimed
at the sky even though ISIS has no presence in the sky. They have fighter
aircraft ready, not to bomb ISIS, but to attack other aircraft. Yet ISIS has no air
force.
There is a sixty nation coalition supposedly fighting ISIS under the leadership
of the United States. But the Russians did not warn other members of the
coalition about the attacks. For instance, France recently started flying sorties
in Syria, but got no warning.
Russia specifically warned two nations - the United States and Israel. That's
who they're thinking about. Those are the nations that rule the skies in that
region. With their action Wednesday, Russia announced to those two powers
that there's a new kid on the block... and he's a bit of a bully.
Meanwhile, ties between key members of the Ezekiel 38 coalition keep
growing stronger, and commitments deeper.
No time to waste! - Greg Laurie - http://www.wnd.com/2015/10/notime-to-waste/
Pastor Greg Laurie notes 'all things in moderation' is not universally applicable
Have you ever wasted your time? Or, let me restate the question: Do you have
a smartphone? Seventy percent of the world's population now own a
smartphone, which is effectively a pocket computer.
A poll was taken among Americans where 42 percent of those polled said they
couldn't live without their cell phones. Maybe you've felt that way. Have you
ever left home and suddenly realized you left your phone behind? If you're like
most people, you probably went back for it immediately. We've become so
dependent on them.
No one talks to anyone anymore. We just walk around, looking at our phones.
We're standing in line to get some coffee, and we're looking at our phones.
We're waiting at traffic lights, and we're looking at our phones. We're texting.
We're tweeting. We're updating Instagram. On it goes. There is a lot of wasted
time.
Then there is television. When I was a kid, we had three channels to choose
from: ABC, NBC and CBS. Also, our televisions were black and white, and we
had a very sophisticated, high-tech device on top of the television to help us
pull down a better signal. They were called rabbit ears.
I remember when the first color TVs came out. When neighbors up the street
bought one, we literally were looking through their window, marveling at the
color.
Now we have all kinds of sophisticated technology, with flat-screen televisions,
satellite dishes and a thousand choices for what to watch. You sit down and
start flipping through the channels, and before you know it, you look at your
watch and realize that an hour, maybe two hours, have gone by. You just
wasted a bunch of time.
But even worse than wasting time is wasting a life - a life with potential, a life
with God-given talent and giftedness. The Bible is replete with stories of
people who had amazing potential but squandered it. Saul, the first king of
Israel comes to mind, and so do Solomon and Samson. These people had
great potential, but they wasted it.
In Matthew's gospel we find the story of a woman who was accused of waste,
but in reality, she had done the very opposite of that. Things are not always as
they appear. In fact, I'm convinced that when we get to heaven, we will see
everything differently. Some things that we thought of as bad on Earth will be
seen as good from a heavenly viewpoint.
This woman was Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus. She perceived
something that no one else seemed to understand. She understood that Jesus
was going to the cross. At this time in the life and ministry of Jesus, his
disciples still thought he would establish an earthly kingdom. In fact, they
would argue about who would have the top spot in the kingdom. Although he
spoke repeatedly about his death and resurrection and gave them everything
they needed to know, it just went right over their heads.
Mary had a spiritual insight no one else seemed to grasp. She picked up what
the others missed: Jesus would die on the cross. She wanted to do something
significant for him, so she took the most valuable thing she owned, a bottle of
fragrant anointing oil, and poured it on his head. Mary did what she could
while she could.
Judas, with a first-century calculator in hand, instantly determined the value of
what she had just done. The special oil, all of which she had poured out on
Jesus, had a street value of $25,000 to $35,000. Judas declared, in effect,
"What a waste!" Surprisingly, the others chimed in and parroted his statement.
This is typical of so many today. They want to give God the bare minimum and
then get on with their lives. They will go to church once a week or maybe twice
a month. They will read the Bible if they find the time in their busy schedules.
They will pray briefly before meals and maybe before bed. They might put
something in the offering, but in many cases, they will give more to a waitress
than to the Lord.
All things in moderation might be a good motto for some things, but it isn't
good for our relationship with God. We should not follow Jesus in moderation;
we should follow Christ wholeheartedly.
Maybe this is why the world was changed by the early church, as modeled by
Mary. There was a sense of abandon to them. They didn't play it safe. They
took risks. God told Philip to go into the desert, and he went. God told Peter to
take the hand of a disabled man and pull him to his feet, and he did it. The
first-century church was willing to take risks for the kingdom of God.
When is the last time you took a risk for your faith? When is the last time you
said or did something bold for the kingdom? You might be thinking, What if I
fail?
What if you succeed?
Which do you want more in life: the approval of God or the applause of
people? If you have God's approval, then you won't always have human
applause. In fact, sometimes if you have God's approval, you will have human
opposition. But when it's all said and done, which do you care about the most?
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