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'ISIS sets sights on Libya as gateway to eventual invasion of
Europe'
Italy Mobilizes 5,000-Strong Military Force to Fight ISIS in Libya
Pope Francis Condemns Coptic Beheadings: They Are
Christians, the Blood of Our Brothers and Sisters Cries Out
ISIS Sends Out This Message To All Christians: 'You Will Soon
See An Ocean Of Blood For All The Nation Of The Cross'
White House Doesn't Mention 'Christians' in Condemning Latest
ISIS Beheadings
Report: ISIS Burns to Death 45 Near Base Where US Marines
Stationed
Iraq tells United Nations that Islamic State committed genocide
ISIS is suspected of selling human organs for money in Iraq
ISIS thugs chop off hands of convicted thieves in northern Syria
Iraq civil war leader rallies Shi'ite fighters against Islamic State
Uneasy alliance of Kurds, Shiites formed in northern Iraq
Kurdish forces repel ISIS offensive near Irbil
NGO: Battles in Syria's Aleppo kill scores on both sides
UN says Syria willing to suspend Aleppo air strikes for six weeks
Officials: US, Turkey could begin training Syrian opposition as
soon as March
Hayden: Obama 'Trapped by Own Words' on Islamic Terror
U.S. Expects to Quadruple the Number of Syrian Refugees
Brought Here
US Officials Admit Concern Over Syrian Refugee Effort
Man arrested for making bomb threat at Islamic center in Texas
capital
Police: Detroit man stabs two after asking about religious beliefs
Vandals set fire at Florida church, write 'Allahu Akbar,' draw
swastika
Norwegian Muslims to form 'ring of peace' around Oslo
synagogue as gesture of solidarity with Jews
Researchers: Cyber attacks on Israel traced to Gaza
Terrorists funded by PA: Getting Paid to Kill Jews
Defying IDF orders, four-year-old terror victim to be buried in
West Bank settlement
Poll: Most Americans say Republican invite to Netanyahu was
mistake
Hundreds of Golan Heights residents protest exploratory oil
drilling
IDF expects UGVs, robots to play ever-greater roles in combat
Iran's Houthis Start Battle to Control Red Sea Entry
Khamenei threatens world gas supply, vows firm Iranian nuclear
stand
Iran says accelerating nuclear progress
Ex-Obama aide says US should pass law mandating military
action if Iran violates nuclear deal
Argentina asks US to include 1994 bombing in Iran nuclear talks
Argentina: Witness 'Lives in Fear' as Charred Body Found Across
from Dead Prosecutor's Apartment
Argentina government orders no firearms at march to protest
mysterious death of prosecutor
Brawl in Turkish parliament injures five lawmakers
Afghanistan civilian deaths hit highest level since 2009
Suicide bombing kills 5 at Pakistan police complex
Putin urges Ukraine troops to give up Debaltseve
Putin tells Kiev to let troops surrender as Ukraine ceasefire
unravels
Ukraine troops begin retreat from battered railway hub as ceasefire crumbles
Ukraine crisis: US warns Russia as UN backs ceasefire deal
U.N. council endorses Ukraine peace deal, calls for
implementation
Oil Price Rally Helps Stablize Russia's Ruble Amid Uncertainty
Over Ukraine
Eric Holder To Media: 'We're Not In A Time Of War'
DHS suspends Obama order to delay immigrant deportations
Gun rights groups await judge's ruling on California's
'microstamping' law
Could the NSA turn your hard drive into a cyber spy?
US State Department sets new policy for drone exports
Port strike on US west coast hits shipping
Alien Star Missed Us by Less Than a Light-Year, Scientists Say
The sun has gone quiet again during the weakest solar cycle in
more than a century
5.9 magnitude earthquake hits near Lata, Solomon Islands
5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Miyako, Japan
5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near La Ligua, Chile
5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Buala, Solomon Islands
5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Georgetown, Saint Helena
5.2 magnitude earthquake hits the Northern East Pacific Rise
5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Curico, Chile
5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the Northern East Pacific Rise
4.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Kerman, Iran
Small Earthquakes Linked To Fracking Could Lead To Major
Ones, Government Scientist Says
Sheviluch volcano on Kamchakta, Russia erupts to 28,000ft
Kliuchevskoi volcano on Kamchakta, Russia erupts to 20,000ft
Colima volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
Chikurachki volcano in the Kurile Islands erupts to 15,000ft
Sinkhole Swallows Up Snow Plow Truck Along Snowy New
Jersey Street
Bill Nye Tells MSNBC To Say Climate Change, Not Global
Warming, When It's Cold Out
Chris Hayes: Global Warming Is the 'Single Most Important Thing
We Face'
At least 8 individuals have been monitored for Ebola in Nebraska
AIDS now a top killer of teens worldwide
Alabama's Roy Moore May Have Triggered Final Gay Marriage
Fight
Texas Judge Says State's Gay-Marriage Ban Is Unconstitutional
A surprising GOP voter turn-off: opposition to gay marriage
China shuts 'obscene and lascivious' dating websites
Sadly, 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Could Break 'Passion of the Christ's'
Record
How believing in the Bible can get you canned in today's America
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Information about the US-Iranian nuclear dialogue
is no longer "sensitive." For Obama it's a done
deal
Intel: ISIS planning attacks on U.S. soil
North Korea Flight Tests New SubmarineLaunched Ballistic Missile
Nearing Midnight: Moral Relativism
It's All About The Lie
Daily Jot: A terrorist threat of "presidential"
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Feasts and the Beasts
Information about the US-Iranian nuclear dialogue is
no longer "sensitive." For Obama it's a done deal www.debka.com
Some US and Israeli media have reported that the Obama administration
reduced the exchange with Israel of sensitive information about its nuclear
negotiations with Iran - because Binyamin Netanyahu has leaked "details of the
US position to the media."
This is a skewed account of the situation. The fact is that US President Barack
Obama and Iran's President Hassan Rouhani have agreed on the final draft of
a comprehensive nuclear accord. Its terms are therefore an open secret. The
deal would be in the bag if Iran's paramount leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
could be brought round to endorsing it.
For now, Washington and Tehran are using media spin tactics in an effort to
persuade him. Those tactics were dismissed as "unprofessional media games,"
by Iranian Foreign Minister spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham Sunday, Feb. 15,
when she denied a Wall Street Journal report that Khamenei had answered a
letter from the US president.
"There has been no new letter from Iran's side," she asserted in reference to a
letter from Obama to Khamenei last October which, according to the US press,
suggested cooperation with Iran in fighting the Islamic State.
No reference was made to the nuclear issue in her remarks. The Iranian
leader preserves a sphinx-like silence, which has nothing to do with Binyamin
Netanyahu, but does in fact refute Obama's propaganda game that pins the
blame on the Israeli prime minister.
For five years, Obama ran a back-channel dialogue with Iran. Then too he kept
its content secret not just from Israel but from other closely affected allies,
Saudi Arabia and certain Gulf emirates. Israel at times offered Washington
relevant intelligence on Iran, but was rebuffed.
The Israeli opposition campaigning against Netanyahu and his Likud party for
the March 17 election has seized on this dispute to accuse him of jeopardizing
the country's strong ties of friendship with the United States - when in fact it is a
one-on-one brawl with the US president.
Relations would be seriously harmed only if Obama went all the way and cut
off military and intelligence ties, a step that would hurt America's strategic
interests no less than Israel's.
And indeed, Philip Gordon, the Middle East director for President Obama's
National Security Council, arrived in Israel Monday, Feb. 16 for meetings with
Israeli national security adviser Yossi Cohen and Intelligence Minister Yuval
Steinitz.
Only last week, Washington had to admit that US intelligence had been taken
by surprise by the fall of the pro-American regime in Yemen and Sanaa's
takeover by the Iranian-backed rebel Houthis. While reluctant to admit as
much, the administration was deeply disappointed by this act of deceit by
Tehran, on which the White House counts heavily for military and intelligence
cooperation as a trusted ally in the future war against the Islamic State.
Out of Obama's intelligence loop on Iran, Israel may be equally reluctant to
share its intelligence data on Yemen or even on the situation in Syria and Iraq.
Israel's Netanyahu is not the only Middle East stand-out against Obama's
Iranian policy. Other leaders are in even worse relations with Washington. The
Obama administration and Egyptian President Abdel-Fatteh El-Sisi are not
even on talking terms, much like the late Saudi monarch Abdullah who died
last month. His successor, King Salman has yet to make his intentions towards
the United States known.
Intel: ISIS planning attacks on U.S. soil - Aaron Klein http://www.wnd.com/2015/02/intel-isis-planning-attacks-on-u-s-soil/?cat_orig=world
Cells already in place for spring, summer offensive
Egypt, now at the forefront of fighting ISIS, is warning it has intelligence
revealing the global jihadist group is planning a worldwide offensive this spring
or summer that could reach targets within the United States.
Interrogations of ISIS members captured in recent weeks in the Egyptian Sinai
Peninsula Egyptian and information collected by Egyptian security forces
indicate ISIS is planning ground offensives this spring and summer aimed at
taking over more territory across the Middle Eastern and Persian Gulf, a senior
Egyptian intelligence official told WND.
Some of the information indicates the new offensive will not be limited to the
Arab world. Timed to coincide with its planned surge, ISIS is plotting possible
attacks using cells abroad.
ISIS and its jihadist allies could activate cells to carry attacks in Europe and
possibly within the U.S., the senior Egyptian official warned.
The official advocated the deployment of significant ground troops acting on
multiple fronts to stop ISIS' progression. He complained the Obama
administration and international community has been hesitant to take major
action against ISIS advances.
Egypt on Monday sent warplanes over the border into Libya to bomb ISIS
targets after the terror group's well publicized, savage attack on Egyptian
Christians.
Egyptian F-16 fighter jets reportedly struck ISIS training camps and weapons
depots along Libya's coast, including targets in Derna, where Islamic extremist
groups have joined with ISIS.
One day earlier, ISIS allies released a video that appears to show the
execution of 21 Coptic Christian prisoners. The Coptic Church is
headquartered in Egypt.
The Egyptian government reportedly dispatched its foreign minister to New
York in a bid to rally international support for their military intervention in Libya.
Last week, WND reported Egypt estimates ISIS and its allies currently boast an
army of about 180,000 fighters.
An Egyptian intelligence document, the contents of which were obtained by
WND, warns that while the U.S. has been attempting to maintain a coalition to
fight ISIS, the Islamic terrorist organization has itself been hard at work building
a sustainable coalition of jihadist gunmen.
The 180,000 figure is up to six times greater than a CIA estimate from last
September, which placed the number of ISIS fighters at between 20,000 and
31,500 fighters.
According to Egypt, ISIS has created an umbrella army with the Taliban, Al
Shabab, Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and local jihadist groups from
Yemen, Mali, Gaza, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the
Egyptian Sinai.
Cells inside U.S.?
There have been numerous claims of ISIS cells embedded in the U.S.
Earlier this month, Michael Steinbach, head of the FBI's counter-terrorism
division, was asked by CNN whether or not there are ISIS cells in the U.S.
Steinbach said, "[T]here are individuals that have been in communication with
groups like [ISIS] who have a desire to conduct an attack," and those people
are living in the U.S. right now.
He conceded the FBI finds it extremely difficult to track every American
traveling abroad who can join ISIS or receive training by foreign terrorist
organizations.
"I'm worried about individuals that we don't know about that have training,"
Steinbach said. "We know what we know. But there is a number that's greater
than that that we don't know."
"Once you get to Europe, you can easily get down to Turkey and into Syria," he
noted.
In August, former CIA officer Bob Baer told CNN he had been "told with no
uncertainty there are ISIS sleeper cells in this country."
CNN cited two unnamed U.S. officials rebutting the claim but still expressing
concern ISIS militants with passports might travel to the U.S. to launch attacks
on American soil.
North Korea Flight Tests New Submarine-Launched
Ballistic Missile - Bill Gertz - http://freebeacon.com/national-security/north-koreaflight-tests-new-submarine-launched-ballistic-missile/
Pentagon: KN-11 missile test fired from floating platform
North Korea conducted the first flight test of a new submarine-launched ballistic
missile last month, defense officials said this week.
The flight test of what the Pentagon is calling the KN-11 missile took place Jan.
23 off the coast of North Korea from a sea-based platform-not a submarinelocated off the coast of the communist state, said officials familiar with reports
of the flight test.
U.S. intelligence ships and aircraft monitored the test and tracked the
successful missile firing.
Additional details of the flight test could not be learned. A Pentagon
spokesman declined to comment on the test, citing the sensitivity of information
about North Korea's SLBM program.
The flight test followed a land-based ejection test of the KN-11 in November
from a static launcher located at the North's Sinpo South Shipyard in
November. Sinpo is a port city on North Korea's southeastern coast about 100
miles from the Demilitarized Zone separating North Korea from rival South
Korea.
The flight test is being viewed by U.S. intelligence analysts as a significant step
forward for Pyongyang's submarine-launched ballistic missile program. The
new program was first disclosed by the Washington Free Beacon Aug. 26.
Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Vincent R. Stewart, director of the Defense Intelligence
Agency, told the House Armed Services Committee Feb. 3 that North Korea's
nuclear weapons and missile programs "pose a serious threat to the U.S. and
regional allies."
"Pyongyang maintains that nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities are
essential to ensure its sovereignty," Stewart said in a prepared statement.
"Because of its conventional military deficiencies, the DPRK [North Korea] also
has concentrated on improving its deterrence capabilities, especially its nuclear
technology and ballistic missile forces."
Stewart added that DIA is concerned North Korea will conduct a fourth
underground nuclear test in the future.
The DIA director's testimony made no mention of the SLBM program. But he
said: "Pyongyang also is making efforts to expand and modernize its deployed
missile forces consisting of close-, short-, medium-, and intermediate-range
systems."
"It seeks to develop longer-range ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear
weapons to the United States and continues efforts to bring its KN-08 roadmobile ICBM to operational capacity.
Other analysts assess the SLBM missile will be developed as a nuclear
delivery system for Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal. A submarine-launched
nuclear missile would add a more-difficult target to U.S. regional deterrence
and missile defenses.
Since the SLBM program was disclosed last year, South Korea's government
has confirmed the program.
Rick Fisher, a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy
Center, said the use of a floating launch platform indicates the KN-11 could be
launched from a military or commercial ship as well as from a submarine.
Platform test launches also indicate that the weapon is in an early stage of
development and is not ready to be launched from a submerged submarine.
"For Pyongyang, using the KN-11 from ships as well as submarines rapidly
increases the number of potential launch platforms, as it also complicates U.S.
and allied efforts to monitor a new North Korean missile threat," Fisher said.
"Firing the KN-11 from a floating platform is still useful, as it would go far to
help verify whether the missile's guidance system is able to compensate very
quickly for wave motion in order to achieve the desired trajectory for the
greatest accuracy."
As for why Pyongyang is building the underwater missile, Fisher said: "The
advent of the KN-11 offers North Korea the means to launch missile strikes
against U.S. forces in Japan or against South Korea and Japanese targets,
from multiple directions, from land bases, and from the sea."
Fisher said in response to the missile that the Pentagon should urgently build
up additional missile defenses and revive U.S. sea-based tactical nuclear arms
in the region to bolster deterrence.
The Pentagon's retirement of submarine-launched Tomahawk missile in 2010
was a "major mistake," he said.
Bruce E. Bechtol, a North Korea specialist, said the major threat from any
North Korean ballistic missile is whether the weapon is mobile-thus more
difficult to target-and whether it can hit U.S. cities and carry a nuclear warhead.
U.S. intelligence agencies suspect North Korea in 2013 had developed a small
nuclear warhead for delivery on long-range missiles after its third nuclear test.
"The North Koreans appear to be moving toward at least two of the three key
parts of the threat a missile could pose to the United States," said Bechtol, a
former Defense Intelligence Agency official currently at Angelo State
University.
"If and when they are able to launch the SLBM from a submarine, it means a
platform that is mobile enough that it would likely be difficult for U.S. missile
defenses to track," he said. "The fact that the submarine could move to within
just a few miles of American coastlines such as Alaska, Hawaii, or the west
coast of the United States, means they could meet the second part of the
missile threat to the U.S."
North Korea probably obtained small nuclear warhead know-how from the
Pakistani nuclear supplier group headed by A.Q. Khan.
"The fact that the North Koreans have test-launched this missile-even though it
was not from a submarine-means that the DPRK is advancing their SLBM
program," Bechtol said. "This is a threat-a direct threat-to the United States that
should be taken seriously if it comes to fruition."
A U.S. think tank, 38 North, last year revealed satellite photos of the Sinpo
development site that included a land-based missile test stand and a Sovietera submarine capable of launching missile from its conning tower.
On Jan. 8, 38 North revealed additional satellite photos showing what it calls
the Sinpo-class missile submarine with one or two missile launch tubes.
"In addition, imagery over the past six months indicates that North Korea has
been upgrading facilities at the Sinpo South Shipyard in preparation for a
significant naval construction program, possibly related to submarine
development," 38 North stated in an article written by North Korea expert
Joseph S. Bermudez Jr.
"The presence of vertical launch tubes, if confirmed by additional evidence,
would signal a significant advance in North Korean naval construction
capabilities and could represent an embryonic step towards expanding
Pyongyang's missile threat to South Korea, Japan and U.S. bases in East
Asia," Bermudez wrote.
"It would also complicate regional missile defense planning, deployment, and
operations," he added. "North Korean missile-carrying submarines could be
challenging to locate and track, would be mobile assets with the capability to
attack from any direction, and would be able to operate at significant distances
from the Korean peninsula."
North Korea obtained from Russia SS-N-6 submarine-launched ballistic
missiles several years ago. The missile was adapted to North Korea's
Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile.
North Korea also has six KN-08 road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles
that were developed with launchers supplied by China.
The submarine North Korea plans to deploy the KN-11 on is not known.
North Korea obtained several decommissioned Soviet-era Golf II ballisticmissile submarines in the early 1990s.
Pyongyang may seek to copy or adapt the design of the Golf II for an
indigenous missile submarine.
In another development, North Korea's state-run news media reported Feb. 7
that the country's military conducted a test firing of a precision-guided anti-ship
cruise missile.
In addition, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un recently toured several military
units and urged troops to be fully prepared for combat.
"Since November when the North began to stage winter drills, Kim has visited
military units 10 times. While leading some aggressive exercises, he has
encouraged the military to complete their readiness this year to fight," South
Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo told legislators in Seoul, according to
the semi-official Yonhap news agency Feb. 7.
Earlier this month South Korea announced the creation of an upgraded
submarine command structure for its fleet of submarines. The command will
operate South Korea's 13 submarines that previously were subordinated to a
surface fleet.
Some 20 U.S. Marines and 200 South Korean Marines conducted joint
maritime infiltration exercises near the South's border islands with North Korea
on Feb. 10.
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Nearing Midnight: Moral Relativism - Terry James http://www.raptureready.com/rap16.html
By now most everyone has weighed in on President Obama's speech at the
National Prayer Breakfast that stirred the already boiling polemical pot. Obama
attempted --in his own cutting, revisionist way--to behead Christianity while
using the eviscerated corpse to rub sophistry-laden salve on the somewhat
wounded religion of Islam, without ever really mentioning it by name. It was the
most amazing dance around bringing up the name of that religion or its
founder, Mohammed, I can recall, even for this president.
His defense of the religion, whose holy book commands that infidels be
murdered (yes, especially by burning in some cases), came on the heels of the
fiery execution of the Jordanian Air Force pilot who had been held prisoner for
months by ISIS. Finally, it seems, the Arab world has been incited to the point
of turning on its fellow Islamists. Jordanian King Abdullah saw the handwriting
on the wall. His people were and continue to be agitated to the point of riot.
They raged through the streets with the same degree of passion against the
beasts of ISIS that much of Islamist populations of the Middle East
demonstrated when they turned out to celebrate the destruction of the World
Trade Towers when they fell on September 11, 2001.
Obama said while standing before the National Prayer Breakfast gathering in
Washington, DC, that claims to be under the banner of Christ: "Unless we get
on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that
during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the
name of Christ. In our home country, slavery and Jim Crow all too often was
justified in the name of Christ."
Cast aside the fact that the man who was acclaimed as like no other in
intelligence and ability to be elected president of the United States
demonstrated with the statement that he possesses almost no understanding
of history involving either the Crusades or the Spanish Inquisition. The thing
that staggers sensibility is his audacity that is an in-your-face embrace of Islam
and its violence at the expense of Christianity's message of love. His insult to
Christians everywhere has for the most part been unanswered, and is, to me,
absolutely stunning.
There has been a degree of reaction to be sure, but nothing compared to what
would be the reaction of Muslims if, say, the president of an Islamist state had
spoken in that manner about the Mohammed-spawned religion. Turning the
other cheek, maybe, applies here. But, it seems to me that it's time to show the
man who would slap us in the face, or more like spit in our face, the proverbial
door.
Mr. Obama didn't mind saying the name of Christ while pointing out that it was
in that name the Crusaders went about murdering people--Muslims, he meant-as a movement to enslave while they went forth conquering with the cross
before them. His tirade left out the truth that it was Mohammed's murderous
armies that had raped and pillaged while establishing their caliphate on behalf
of Allah, and that the Crusaders' intent was to liberate and destroy the beastly
Muslim hordes. The president never used the name of Mohammed or the
name of Islam in any of his castigating Christianity in the strongest terms--just
short of calling Christ a devil rather than who He is.
I mean in no way to either defend the Crusaders, who often were as beastly as
the Muslims they meant to vanquish. Neither do I mean to absolve the Catholic
Church of all wrong. But, the Catholic Church's part in the Spanish Inquisition
was most often secondary to the secular, political horrors perpetrated. Fact is,
Mr. Obama either didn't know the truth about all of that long past history, or -I
suspect--purposely intended to use that history in a totally misleading way in
order to defend Islam--which again, he never mentioned by name.
All of this gets me to the point I hope to make. Having been alive during the
early 1960s and at university, as they say--in college, that is--I recognize the
insidious philosophy in which professor Obama's mind has been simmering all
of his years in academia. I remember all of the ideological mumbo-jumbo going
on in those years--long before even our current president first stepped through
the doors of higher education. Let me tell you; it is satanic tripe of the first
order. I'm referring to the philosophical sludge churned up from times even
before Voltaire and the so-called Age of Enlightenment.
By the time my classmates and I landed in the middle of the ultimate outcome
time-frame of the Age of Reason, the prime directive was, in the view of
academia, to question everything. It was the time of no moral absolutes; values
clarification, moral relativism, and situational ethics. Truth did not come just
from the Bible. As a matter of fact, the Bible was, according to Voltaire and his
ilk, a book of restrictive, draconian dogma that should be avoided. One should
determine for one's self what is truth. As the term situational ethics implies, one
should determine what is right for any given situation, based upon what seems
most ethical or expedient at that particular moment.
Let me tell you that young people, with hormones and everything else raging,
take to heart that kind of satanically-engendered philosophy of life. "If it feels
good, do it, was the very well-accepted apothegm during those years, and the
philosophy is embraced even more heartily today.
It is easy for one who was fed that luciferic philosophy--that would be me--to
understand how a product of the academic world, like Mr. Obama, can now
look at Christianity and militant Islam and see both as equally responsible for
atrocity. However, what makes me know that he knows better in the deepest
regions of his philosophizing is the fact that he refuses to include the name of
Islam's prophet or even the name of the religion in trying to say he condemns
the evil that burned the Jordanian pilot to a cinder while he was alive.
The president, without any doubt in my mind, embraces the philosophy of
moral relativism. His philosophizing, however, is as phony--as specious--as the
Marxist dogma he obviously believes--that ends justify means. He apparently
believes it is okay to proclaim while in pre-election mode that he is a Christian,
then having no voter to answer to as he enters his third year of his second
term, he can equate Jesus Christ to being founder of a religion as vicious as
the Islamist murderers he is determined to protect and defend.
The Bible upon which he placed his hand and took the oath to protect and
defend not Allah, but the Constitution of the United States, has some very
strong warning for those who come down on the side of moral relativism: "Woe
unto them that call good evil, and evil good; that put darkness for light, and light
for darkness; that put bitter for sweet
It's All About The Lie - Belle Ringer http://www.salvationandsurvival.com/2015/02/a-lie-is-lie-is-lie.html
Want to understand why the world is in such an awful state? It's all about
the lies. According to author and political activist, David Horowitz, the radicals
within our government institutions have followed Saul Alinsky's Rules For
Radicals quite well. Horowitz should know. His parents were members of the
American Communist Party, and he, himself, was an outspoken adherent of
the "New Left" in the 1960's; working to agitate for class struggle, even to the
point of becoming closely involved with the Black Panther Party.
So when he says the Alinskyites seek a "utopia" on earth where social
justice and equality for all is to be achieved at all costs, he has the credentials
to back up his opinion. In fact, he is quoted in his writings as saying, "If the
radicals' utopia were actually possible, it would be criminal not to deceive, lie,
and murder to advance the radical cause which is, in effect, a redemption of
mankind. If it were possible to provide every man, woman, and child on the
planet with food, shelter and clothing as a right, if it were possible to end
bigotry and human conflict, what sacrifice would not be worth it?"
And while we're talking about Saul Alinsky, just read the dedication he
wrote for his notorious book: "Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder
acknowledgment to the very first radical: from all our legends, mythology, and
history (and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins - or
which is which), the first radical known to man who rebelled against the
establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom Lucifer." How fitting. The mentor to so many of our political leaders pays
homage to the Father of Lies!
And we cannot consider the effect of lies on the state of the world without
taking a look at Islamic Law: Reliance of the Traveler (p. 746 - 8.2)
- "Speaking is a means to achieve objectives. If a praiseworthy aim is
attainable through both telling the truth and lying, it is unlawful to accomplish
through lying because there is no need for it. When it is possible to achieve
such an aim by lying but not by telling the truth, it is permissible to lie if
attaining the goal is permissible (N:i.e. when the purpose of lying is to
circumvent someone who is preventing one from doing something permissible),
and obligatory to lie if the goal is obligatory... it is religiously precautionary in all
cases to employ words that give a misleading impression ... (One should
compare the bad consequences entailed by lying to those entailed by telling
the truth, and if the consequences of telling the truth are more damaging, one
is entitled to lie.) The two forms of acceptable lying are Taqiyya - Saying
something that isn't true, and Kitman - Lying by omission.
One cannot deny that the inherited freedoms of our nation have suffered
due to the amoral principles of the radicals in politics. And it is equally
apparent that the ideology of radical jihadists is contributing to widespread
terror across the world. Now compare what the Lord Jehovah has to say on
the subject: There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an
abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed
innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run
to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord
among brothers. Could there be any greater dissimilarities between these
three belief systems? In fact, the Bible says it is impossible for God to lie
(Hebrews 6:18).
Furthermore, God is the source of Truth, and His Son, Jesus, called Himself
the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6), and He expects those who follow
Him to be people of truth. Just think of how much destruction has come upon
the world since that first lie was told to Eve in the Garden. Nothing good has
ever come from a lie told in order to deceive for wicked purposes. Our current
reality finds us reaping the consequences of generations of lies from the one
whose very nature is false; the one whose lies will be his undoing. Call on the
Lord who is Truth; whose Word will set you free, and whose righteous rule will
endure forever.
John 8:44 "You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's
desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the
truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own
character, for he is a liar and the father of lies."
Daily Jot: A terrorist threat of "presidential"
proportions - Bill Wilson - www.dailyjot.com
ABC News reports that top US counterterrorism officials believe that the
"president's" program to bring Syrian refugees into the US may include Islamic
State terrorists who could establish cells here to attack Americans. At a
Congressional Homeland Security Committee hearing last week, National
Counterterrorism Center Director Nicholas Rasmussen said, "It's clearly a
population of concern." Committee Chairman Mike McCaul, R-Texas, said it
would be a "huge mistake" to bring refugees from the conflict to the US. The
State Department's refugee head, Larry Bartlett, said, however, that the
refugees must be allowed because "we care about others." Government
choosing emotionalism over national security.
Let us remember, however, that this problem has not developed overnight,
although this "president" has ordered the breaking of immigration law and has
purposely allowed porous borders inviting high risks of terrorist infiltration. In
April 2006, under the George W. Bush Administration, there were massive
protests against US immigration laws. The news media portrayed these
protests as loosely organized, spontaneous demonstrations of support for
illegal aliens organized by religious organizations, human rights groups and
labor unions. Even public schools were giving students extra credit community
service hours if students participated in the protests.
A closer review indicated protest organizers were communists, socialists, and
liberal church organizations. American Values President Gary Bauer
investigated a bit further and found "some of the most extreme anti-American
groups in the country, including ANSWER - the Act Now to Stop War and End
Racism coalition. ANSWER's steering committee includes the following
organizations: the Free Palestine Alliance, the Muslim Student Association, the
Party for Socialism and Liberation, and the Mexican Solidarity Network, among
others." That was April 10, 2006--nearly a decade ago. Since then, there have
been continuous reports of radicals crossing into the US and alerts that terror
cell attacks are imminent.
The "president," is bringing in Syrian refugees from the hotbed of the Islamic
State to resettle in the US despite US officials admitting that their screening
and vetting capabilities are far from foolproof. McCaul and leading Republicans
sent a letter to Security Advisor Susan Rice saying that it is difficult to screen
these people and that the government "cannot allow the refugee process to
become a backdoor for jihadists." Letters are a nice way to say "I told you so"
when something goes wrong. What we need is a Congress that demands and
requires the "president" to enforce the laws. Jeremiah 51:14 says, "Surely I will
fill thee with men, as with locusts; and they shall lift up a battle cry against you."
The "president" probably heard this verse and thought it was a good thing for
America, and there are a lot of churches who think it's a good thing, too.
Daily Devotion: Run Lightly - Greg Laurie - www.harvest.org
All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful; all things are lawful for
me, but not all things edify. -1 Corinthians 10:23
I used to be one of those people who could eat whatever I wanted and never
gain weight. When I was in my twenties, I would eat something called a macho
combo burrito. It was the size of a sleeping bag, but I could eat it and never
gain a pound. Now if I even think about a macho combo burrito, I'll put on
weight. I just can't do what I once was able to do.
Hebrews 12:1 tells us, "Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so
great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so
easily ensnares us." What may be a weight to one person isn't necessarily a
weight to others. Sometimes we'll see another Christian doing something, and
we'll say, "Well, I'll go ahead and do that too." But what may not be a hindrance
to another person can be a hindrance to you.
Sin is sin. And sin is the same for everyone. But there are certain things that
some may have the freedom to do that others don't have. So we have to look
at those things and not simply ask whether they are permissible. We also need
to ask whether they are edifying. It is not a matter of asking, "Is this allowed?"
It's a matter of asking, "Is this going to build me up?" So ask yourself that
question.
The apostle Paul said, "All things are lawful for me, but not all things are
helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things edify" (1 Corinthians
10:23). In other words, just because something is permissible for a Christian
doesn't mean that you ought to do it. Maybe it could hurt you. Let's run as
lightly as possible in the race of life.
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Featured Article: Greek "Hope," the Pope, the Feasts
and the Beasts - By Cynthia Nuara http://www.raptureready.com/soap2/nuara28.html
"We have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to
pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place..." (2 Peter 1:19).
What does Tisha B'Av, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, have to do
with the new leader of Greece, who has just burst onto the world stage? What
does Yom Kippur, the most solemn of the seven appointed Feast Days of the
Lord, have to do with the pope? And what two things about the final blood
moon of the tetrad on the Feast of Tabernacles (coming in September) make it
different from the rest?
Of all the things I could have accidentally deleted that didn't get into my recent
article (Alexis the Great, Hope of Europe and the World?), was a section going
into more detail concerning Tsipras and his Syriza party's relationship with
Israel, the most important nation in Bible prophecy. However, there have been
some interesting developments in that regard since then.
"HOPE," YOU SAY? NOT ON THAT DAY!
From Jewish News Service, Jewish Leaders Express Mixed Feelings on
New Greek Government:
"Jewish leaders have expressed both hope and concern over the outcome of
the Greek election ...in which the radical left-wing Syriza party won... B'nai Brith
International told JNS.org in a statement that the group is concerned by some
past statements about Israel made by [Syriza] party leaders, but hopes that the
relationship with Israel, which had been building over the past decade in many
fields, will be unaffected by the outcome...Yet Rabbi Andrew Baker, AJC's
director of international Jewish affairs, told JNS.org that there are 'troubling
signs' from the election.'" - JNS.org
Alexis Tsipras, the new prime minister of Greece, was born on Tisha B'Av. I
might have picked up on this fact that one of my readers pointed out to me had
I realized that this day doesn't always occur in August, but can fall in late
July. Many calamities have befallen the Jews on this day throughout history,
but the reason Jews began acknowledging this as a day of mourning is
because it was the day their first temple (Solomon's Temple) was
destroyed. Also on Tisha B'Av (656 years later), the second temple was
destroyed. For thousands of years this has been the day the Jews mourn for
their lost temple.
Tsipras' birth on Tisha B'Av may not be a coincidence given how he and his
radical, far-left Syriza party feels about Israel and the Jews. No matter what
their relationship turns into now that he's in power, should we trust it?
Also, because both temples were destroyed on this calamitous day in history, it
makes one wonder if Tisha B'Av has significance concerning the third temple,
when the Antichrist breaks his peace "covenant with many" and defiles the third
temple halfway into the seven-year Tribulation. The Jews will then recognize
him for who he truly is.
For more astonishing information on the many tragic event that have occurred
on Tisha B'Av, read that section of my Rapture Ready article
at: www.raptureready.com/soap/nuara12.html
From The Guardian, Alexis Tsipras: The Syriza Leader About To Take
Charge In Greece:
"As Greece descended into economic crisis, there were almost no signs that
the young ideologue, an ardent admirer of...Che Guevara, the Argentinean
Marxist revolutionary [and Castro's chief executioner], would emerge as the
wild card to challenge Europe or Athens' own dynastic politics and vested
interests. For his critics, who are legion, he is a dangerous narcissist...Last
week, the deputy premier and socialist leader, Evangelos Venizelos, likened
him to Harry Potter for making promises that could only exist in the realm of
fantasy" --- TheGuardian.com
The world would indeed be amazed if Tsipras miraculously turned this fantasy
into reality.
News of late tells us that something does appear to be changing regarding the
new leadership in Greece and its relationship with Israel. But "Can a leopard
take away its spots...?" (Jeremiah 13:23). Interestingly, Greece is represented
by a leopard in Daniel's vision. The following is from RaptureReady.com, What
are the four beasts of Daniel's visions?
"After this I looked, and there was another, like a leopard, which had on its
back four wings of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and dominion was
given to it" (Daniel 7:6).
The third beast is like a leopard with four wings and four heads, representing
the Greek Empire, which was divided into four parts after the death of
Alexander of Macedonia. The Greek army was the most efficient army up to
that time. Alexander the Great conquered all of Asia Minor (Turkey) in less than
two years... He defeated Darius III... taking control of the Persian Empire. That
is why it was symbolized as a leopard with wings."
A CHANGE IN TACTICS
Tsipras' Syriza Party supports the Palestinian cause and, during last summer's
Gaza conflict, he accused Israel of being the "brutal aggressor." The Jewish
community in Greece has experienced rising anti-Semitic sentiment due to the
country's economic crisis and the Gaza conflict. However, the incoming Greek
ambassador to Israel said that Greece could possibly mediate between Israel,
Palestinians, and Iran.
From The Times of Israel, New Greek PM Is Pro-Palestinian, But Envoy to
Israel Predicts Only Positive Things:
"...The new Greek government...might have some problems with some of
[Israel's] policies. But that will not change the overall target, which is the
stability of the region...beneficial to both countries. It is true that some voices
in Syriza (acronym for Coalition of the Radical Left) are leaning toward the
Palestinian narrative. But there are several indications that Jerusalem has no
need to worry. For one, politicians act differently once they are in charge of
running a country...much more responsible and careful in the policies they are
about to advocate." --- TimesofIsrael.com
Well, it looks like Tsipras and his new government is indeed wasting no time in
implementing a change in its relationship with Israel. Greek defense minister,
Kammenos, said that Greece, Cyprus, Israel and possibly Egypt would begin
joint exercises within the coming months aimed at improving regional security.
From The Times of Israel, Greece Plans Military Exercises with
Israel, Egypt: "Kammenos criticized as a clear provocation Turkey's sending
of a survey ship to the waters where (oil) drilling is taking place. 'We want
peace,' Kammenos told reporters, 'but we are also ready to respond to any
attempt against the national sovereignty or territorial integrity of the broader
defense area of Greece and Cyprus, if necessary.'"
AND THE POPE? NO WAY! AND ON WHAT DAY?
Francis is coming to the US on September 23rd. He will be the first leader of
the Catholic Church in history to address both houses of Congress. "It will be a
historic visit, and we are truly grateful that His Holiness has accepted our
invitation," House speaker John Boehner said in a statement. President
Obama said he is looking forward to welcoming him to the US.
Do you know what day that happens to be? It's The Day of Atonement (Yom
Kippur), the most solemn holy day of all the Jewish feasts and festivals. On
that day the Jews mourn and ask God for forgiveness of their sins. In the Book
of Leviticus, on this day the High Priest would perform sacred rites in order to
make amends for the people's sins.
Don't be deceived into receiving the wrong sign from the pope's visit on Yom
Kippur. Jesus is our High Priest, the only one who can forgive sins ((Hebrews
2:17; 3:1; 4:14-5:10; 6:20; 7:11-8:2; 10:12).
It is only through Jesus that we can come boldly to the throne of grace
(Hebrews 4:14-16).
"Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to
the Father except through Me'" (John 14:6).
"For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the
man Christ Jesus" (1 Timothy 2:5).
A SEPTEMBER TO REMEMBER
God put lights in the heavens "for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and
years" (Genesis 1:14).
Some discount or downplay any significance of the rare blood moon tetrads,
but they're even more rare when they all fall on feast days. Historically there is
evidence that such occurrences have taken place during a year where there
are world-impacting events surrounding Israel.
An article at WND.com, Blood Moons Expert: Watch 2014 and 2015, explains
the significant events surrounding the blood moon tetrads in history, as they
relate to Israel. Here is the link:
http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/blood-moons-expert-watch-2014-and-2015/
The blood moon tetrad began last year on the Feast of Passover and will
culminate on the final feast day of this year, The Feast of Tabernacles. Given
the events of last year and ones that appear to loom large for the near future, it
could be said that they have and will show prophetic significance. However,
this shouldn't be confused with the sixth seal judgment (Revelation 6:12), since
the rapture hasn't occurred, nor are we in the Tribulation yet.
It is said that, according to Jewish rabbis, total lunar eclipses are bad omens
for Israel, since they go by the lunar calendar, and total solar eclipses are bad
omens for the Gentile nations, who go by the solar calendar.
Just before the pope's US visit, there will be a "partial" solar eclipse on The
Feast of Trumpets (Sept. 13). Following his speech on the day of Yom Kippur
(Sept. 23), there will be a total lunar eclipse on The Feast of Tabernacles
(Sept. 28). The blood moon on this feast day is the last of the tetrad and will
be the only one seen in Israel. It just so happens that it will also be a Super
Moon. The Jews in Israel who observe this feast eat and sleep (the males do)
in hastily-constructed dwellings (succahs), with roofs that don't completely
obstruct their view of the sky.
If you've never watched the late Grant Jeffrey's program on The Phenomenon
of Biblical Anniversaries, you've really missed a fascinating study. Or, perhaps
you'd like to view it again. Here is the link to part two, which discusses events
that have occurred on the fall feast days.
http://www.itbn.org/index/detail/ec/d2OGQ2ODrW1lqAHHkFTI4MQ8KZ2tLXwF
Since I cannot find part one of the televised program, this link describes events
that have occurred on all the feast days/special observances, as discussed by
Grant Jeffrey, for those who would prefer to have this in writing:
https://endtimebibleprophecyblog.wordpress.com/tag/grant-jeffrey/
ABOUT THE RAPTURE AND THE DAY OF THE LORD
We shouldn't pin all our hopes on the rapture occurring during the Feast of
Trumpets. What we do know is that we are not destined for wrath and are to
comfort one another with that knowledge (1 Thessalonians 1:10; 4:18; 5:11;
Revelation 3:10). We're to keep ourselves ready as we await our Blessed
Hope, Jesus Christ, to come for us.
We know about the New Testament rapture scriptures, but the rapture is even
hinted at in the Book of Isaiah. Some say it's talking about the middle of the
Tribulation period, when the Jews go into hiding while God unleashes His
wrath. This cannot be the case, because this passage speaks of a
resurrection:
"Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake
and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth
shall cast out the dead. Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and
shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the
indignation be overpast. For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to
punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose
her blood, and shall no more cover her slain" (Isa. 26:19-21).
The Day of the Lord" prophesied for the future refers to The Tribulation and not
the rapture.
"Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy hill. Let all who live in
the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming. It is close at hand" (Joel
2:1; see also Zephaniah 1:14, 16).
PEOPLE, GET READY
"I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to
judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach
the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with
great patience and instruction" (2 Timothy 4:1-2).
"And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep;
for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far
spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and
let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in
revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But
put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its
lusts" (Romans 13: 11-14).
All the signs given by Jesus and His prophets are converging---coming
together at the same time. Never before has this been the case. As
prophesied for the end days, the players are all lined up to fulfill the prophecy
in Isaiah 17 and Psalm 83, and they're lining up for the fulfillment of Ezekiel 3839. Jews in Europe are fleeing to Israel due to rampant anti-Semitism. False
prophets are deceiving their flocks in an amazing number of churches.
A false unity of religions is coming together at a breathtaking pace and is
headed down the road to Rome. This is the end-time apostasy of which the
Bible speaks, preparing the way for the False Prophet, who comes onto the
scene like a lamb with an attractive manner and convincing words, deceiving
many. But he speaks like a dragon; his message is not from God (Revelation
13:11).
We see that the Mother of Harlots Mystery Babylon church is a one-world false
religious system in this passage: "Where the prostitute sits, are peoples,
multitudes, nations and languages" (Revelation 17:15).
"And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, 'Come out of her, my people,
that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For
her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities'"
(Revelation 18:4-5).
A LAMP SHINING IN A DARK PLACE
I want to conclude with reasons why it's urgent that you study Bible prophecy
and keep up with what is going on around you, even more now than ever.
We all have friends and family members who will refuse to accept Christ and
will be left behind after the rapture. The False Prophet (the second beast) will
cause all to worship the Antichrist (the first beast) and to receive his mark. If
they take this mark, they will be lost for eternity. If you know end-times Bible
prophecy, you will at least be able to warn them about what's coming. When
they see these things happening, hopefully they'll turn to Christ before it's too
late.
From Don Hooser at UCG Bible Study: "Jesus and the apostles exhort us to
actively 'watch'!
Peter warns us, 'Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil walks
about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour' (1 Peter:5:8). Staying
aware of the powerful behind-the-scenes role of Satan and his demons
enables us to understand the atrocious evil and madness of this world. It also
enables us to resist them (James:4:7).
In light of the above, we see that in addition to concern we should have in
personally drawing close to God and over what is happening in God's Church,
we are clearly also to watch, listen and read to keep up with world news,
events, conditions and trends."
Jesus' Warning to "Watch" - Just What Did He Mean?
http://www.ucg.org/bible-study/jesus-warning-watch-just-what-did-he-mean/
From Britt Gillette of RaptureReady.com: "Bible prophecy is the most powerful
witness to the divinity of Christ. So don't listen to those who claim that Bible
prophecy distracts us from the true Christian mission. Quite the contrary, all
Bible prophecy points to Jesus Christ Himself."
"For the essence of prophecy is to give a clear witness for Jesus" (Revelation
19:10, NLT).
Why Study Bible
Prophecy? http://www.raptureready.com/featured/gillette/study.html
In the Book of Revelation, God gives a special blessing to those who read and
heed the prophecy:
"The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servantsthings which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel
to His servant John, who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony
of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw. Blessed is he who reads and those
who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written
in it; for the time is near" (Revelation 1:1-3).
"We have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to
pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place..." (2 Peter 1:19).
Cynthia Nuara
www.facebook.com/propheciesinthebible
(articles at raptureready.com)
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