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Netanyahu to EU: I support two-state solution
Rivlin: The whole world heard Netanyahu's commitment to
two-state solution
France to push 18-month timetable for Mideast peace
Hotovely to Mogherini: The Palestinians, not Israel, walked
out of negotiations
Netanyahu shelves Ya'alon's travel ban for Palestinians after
widespread criticism
Palestinian car rams two Israeli police, driver shot dead
US, Israel said to discuss 'compensation' in wake of
emerging Iran deal
Israel to Buy Bombs and Missiles from Washington
Iran to UN: Israeli defense minister threatened to nuke us
Iranian politician says country to unveil its own 'S-300'
missile system
Iran's leader rejects foreign access to military sites,
scientists
U.N. announces Yemen talks, Iran to allow ship inspection
Report: Iran stops cash flow to Islamic Jihad organization
With taking of Palmyra, ISIS now controls half of Syria
Anti-Islamic State coalition to meet in Paris on June 2
John Boehner Says Obama Will Not Receive Authorization
to Continue Fighting ISIS, Argues Obama Has No Strategy
Legion of foreign fighters battles for Islamic State
FBI Speaks To Bergen County High School Students About
ISIS Recruitment Threat
Islamic State finding it hard to gain foothold on Syria's Israel
border
App sets rebel groups a quiz on "law of war" to protect
civilians
Obama's 'red line' for Syria is written on water
Bin Laden 'focused on US to the end', papers show
Fear of surveillance haunted Bin Laden
Christians in the Middle East rank high on Peoples Under
Threat list
11 Christians Are Killed Every Hour, Says Irish Catholic
Bishop Who Warns Persecution Has Reached
'Unprecedented' High
Anti-Muslim Brotherhood judge sworn in as Egypt's justice
minister
Egyptian authorities using sexual violence on 'massive
scale'
Libyan Islamist leader proposes elections to end conflict
Algerian troops kill more militants in major assault, 25 dead
in total
Macedonia's Muslim uprising seen as flashpoint in EastWest energy war
Gunfire Rocks Burundi Capital After President Says Nation
Secure
Ukraine's Poroshenko talks of 'real war' with Russia
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North Korea says it has technology to make mini-nuclear
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China warns U.S. surveillance plane
Rand Paul filibusters NSA surveillance in Congress
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Greece must reach deal with lenders by early June, finance
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Ended
40 percent of unemployed have quit looking for jobs
Feds Spent $100 Billion on Food Assistance Last Year
Six Banks Pay $5.8 Billion, Five Guilty of Market Rigging
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New trigger for volcanic eruptions discovered using jelly
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Scientists cure disorders in mice by resetting their brains
What Aborted Fetuses Have to Do With Vaccines
Indian mother posts gay marriage ad for son in newspaper
despite homosexuality being illegal
United Methodist Body Votes to Change the Church's
Position on Homosexuality by Allowing Clergy to Be
'Practicing Homosexuals,' Perform Gay Weddings
Antigay Midland pastor outed for soliciting sex from men
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Study on gay marriage views retracted after allegations of
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Iranian embassy blown up in Damascus: Nusra Front
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Pope Francis is Aligning Himself against Israel
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Iran threatens '80,000 rockets at Tel Aviv and Haifa'
over distorted Ya'alon comment http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Iran-threatens-80000-rockets-at-Tel-Avivand-Haifa-over-distorted-Yaalon-comment-403750
Iranian officials have been thrown into a fit over distorted comments attributed
to Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon that have swept across the internet and
include popular anti-Israel sites.
A report by Iran's Fars news agency on Wednesday claimed that the defense
minister supposedly said "We are going to hurt Lebanese civilians to include
kids of the family. We went through a very long deep discussion ... we did it
then, we did it in [the] Gaza Strip, we are going to do it in any round of
hostilities in the future," while speaking at an unnamed "conference in
Jerusalem."
The quote was most likely based on Ya'alon's comments from the May 5
Shurat Hadin conference. He was recounting targeting decisions in which he
was involved when it first became apparent that Hezbollah was purposely
placing weapons in civilian homes in Lebanon. He said that "If we don't
intercept the rocket-launchers in advance, civilians will be hurt, if not killed. If
we hit the launchers, it will hurt or kill Lebanese civilians." He said a "long,
deep discussion" regarding the "moral and legal considerations" took place
before the final decision to strike the rocket launcher.
Another quote attributed to Ya'alon, for which a basis could not be found,
claimed that Israel would act "as the Americans did in 'Nagasaki and
Hiroshima, causing at the end the fatalities of 200,000.'"
In response, Iranian Major General Rahim Safavi threatened Israel with
violence, saying that "the Zionists and the US are aware of the power of Iran
and Hezbollah, and they know that over 80,000 (Iranian) missiles are ready to
rain down on Tel Aviv and Haifa."
"We have displayed part of our military capabilities while we have kept many of
our achievements and capabilities hidden to outsiders," a comment which
comes just a month after P5+1 countries agreed to a framework deal with Iran.
"Our response will be crushing not just to the Zionist regime, but to any other
aggressor who intends to take action against us."
Iran's UN envoy Gholam Ali Khoshrou also mistook the exaggerated
statements for real and issued a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.
"Moshe Ya'alon's recent remarks and the Zionist official's implied reference to
the possibility of using nuclear weapons against the Islamic Republic like what
happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and also his threats against the
Lebanese civilians, including the women and children, shows more than ever
the regime's aggressive nature."
Iranian embassy blown up in Damascus: Nusra Front
suspected - http://www.debka.com/article/24613/Exclusive-Iranian-embassy-blown-upin-Damascus-Nusra-Front-suspected
A mighty explosion struck the Iranian embassy in Damascus Wednesday
night, May 20, debkafile's exclusive intelligence and counter-terrorism sources
reveal. First reports are of "heavy casualties" and serious damage to the
embassy compound. The Iranian and Syrian governments have clamped a
curtain of secrecy down over the disaster, although the thunder of the
explosion and rush of special forces and relief teams to the scene in the Syrian
capital could not be concealed.
debkafile's sources add: The explosion has initially been attributed to the
Syrian arm of al Qaeda, Jabhat al-Nusra. A day earlier, Tuesday, Ali Akbar
Velayati, senior adviser to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was
known to be present at the embassy building in Damascus. It is not known
whether he was still there when the explosion occurred or had meanwhile
departed for Tehran.
The Iranian embassy is a pivotal point for the Syrian conflict. As the
Revolutionary Guards general staff center, it is the venue for the joint IranianSyrian military and logistic decisions taken in the conduct of the war. It also
served as the Iranian command center for its operations in Lebanon, including
military liaison with the Lebanese Hezbollah, whose forces are fighting with
Bashar Assad's army in Syria. From there, Al Qods Brigades chief Gen.
Qassem Soleimani issued his war directives when he was present in the
Syrian capital.
The embassy building was therefore one of the most heavily fortified and
guarded premises in the Syrian capital.
Its destruction by a bomb explosion came on the heels Wednesday of the fall
of the ancient city of Palmyra to the Islamic State - the second devastating
blow for the Assad regime and its backers in a single day. The fate of its rare
heritage sites is not the only concern. With Palmyra ((Tadmor - est. pop.
120,000), the Islamic State also gained access to important military sites,
including the biggest Syrian air force base.
The disaster may be compared to the ISIS conquest in January of the northern
Syrian town of Raqqa, today the Islamists' headquarters in the country.
Palmyra is the second major Arab city to fall to the group this week after the
Iraqi town of Ramadi on Sunday.
For Iran, the loss of Palmyra is a major setback in the sense that it removes
from Syrian military control the main air base where Iranian flights delivered
war materiel for the Syrian army and Hezbollah day by day.
Pentagon approves massive $1.9 billion arms sale to
Israel - By Avi Lewis http://www.timesofisrael.com/pentagon-approves-massive-1-9-billion-armssale-to-israel/
US says thousands of missiles and bombs to be provided for self-defense
needs; Congress must okay deal
The US State Department indicated it will approve an arms sale to Israel worth
nearly $1.9 billion, adding thousands of bombs, air-to-air and air-to-surface
missiles to Jerusalem's armory for "self-defense" needs.
The details of the possible sale were sent for congressional review this week
after being approved by the Pentagon, the US Department of Defense said in
a statement Tuesday.
If the agreement is finalized, Israel will receive a supply of precision-guided
munitions consisting of 750 bunker buster bombs, 3,000 Hellfire missiles, 250
medium-range air-to-air missiles and 4,100 glide bombs, in a deal worth
$1.879 billion.
In addition, the package includes 14,500 missile guidance systems - known as
tail kits for Joint Direct Attack Munitions - which convert unguided bombs into
GPS guided missiles.
A shipment of these weapons will enhance Israel's military capabilities and
boost defense cooperation between Israel and the US, the Defense Security
Cooperation Agency, which coordinates major arms deals, said in a statement.
"The United States is committed to the security of Israel, and it is vital to US
national interests to assist Israel to develop and maintain a strong and ready
self-defense capability," the statement read.
According to the agency, Israel requested the sale, which only includes types
of weapons Israel already has.
"The proposed sale of this equipment will provide Israel the ability to support
its self-defense needs. These munitions will enable Israel to maintain
operational capability of its existing systems and will enhance Israel's
interoperability with the United States," the statement read.
It's not clear if the sale is intended to replenish Israeli arms stocks diminished
during the summer war with Gaza.
The Israeli Defense Ministry did not immediately respond to a Times of Israel
request for comment.
A Defense Ministry source told Israel Radio the deal had nothing to do with
Iran nuclear talks or any other conflict in the Gulf region.
A report in Israeli media Tuesday indicated the US and Israel were discussing
a so-called compensation package that would see Washington sell Jerusalem
advanced weapons, including more F-35 jets, in exchange for the Netanyahu
government's quiet acceptance of the emerging nuclear deal with Iran.
A previous package of precision guided missiles worth $647 million was sent
by the US to Israel in December 2012, according to Defense News. That deal
however contained smaller quantities of munitions.
Israel receives $3 billion per year in US military aid, most of which must be
spent on American-made arms.
Earlier this month, the US House of Representatives Armed Services
Committee approved $474 million for Israel's anti-missile systems.
Included in the US-Israel cooperative missile defense funds is $41.4 million for
the short-range Iron Dome rocket defense system, $165 million for David's
Sling, another short-range system, and the longer-range Arrow-3 missile
defense programs, as well as $267.6 million in research and development
funds.
Pope Francis is Aligning Himself against Israel - By Michael
Freund - http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/40827/pope-francis-is-aligning-himself-againstisrael-opinion/#R2ge1D4z1IhxbZZl.97
In a treaty that was finalized in Rome last week, the Catholic Church fired the
latest salvo in its 2,000-year-old struggle to disenfranchise the Jewish people.
Meeting with Palestinian officials at the Vatican, church officials agreed to
formally recognize the "State of Palestine" as part of a deal concerning
Catholic activities in the Palestinian-controlled areas.
And just in case anyone failed to get the memo, Vatican spokesman Rev.
Federico Lombardi went to the trouble of going on record as saying, "Yes, it's
a recognition that the state exists."
This outrageous step is a severe blow to Catholic- Jewish relations and it
cannot go unanswered.
Israel and the Jewish people should protest this measure in the strongest
possible terms and make sure that Pope Francis realizes the damage he has
done.
In biblical terms, by recognizing a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria, the
Vatican is effectively seeking to deny the eternal covenant between God and
the Jewish people, to whom this land was promised long ago. This is not only
offensive and disrespectful, but disingenuous too. Indeed, one cannot help but
wonder: what Bible is the Vatican reading? Whichever one it is, it must be
missing some pages, as even a cursory glance at the Scriptures makes clear
that God promised to give the Land of Israel to the Jewish people and nobody
else. In fact, there are over 150 biblical verses ranging from Genesis to Joshua
to Chronicles which state this and reaffirm that Israel would return from Exile to
this holy soil.
Take, for example, Isaiah 14:1-2: "The Lord will have compassion on Jacob;
once again He will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land." Or how
about Jeremiah 31:4, where God says: "You shall again plant vineyards upon
the mountains of Samaria." And there's Genesis 48:3-4. And Judges 2:1, and
Ezekiel 34: 11-13. And Hosea 3:4-5. And Amos 9:14-15. And Obadiah 1:17,
Zephaniah 3:19-20 and Zechariah 8:7-8.
Moreover, the Bible stresses that these were not merely assurances, but a
Divine oath, one that would never be broken.
"He remembers His covenant forever," says 1 Chronicles 16:15-18, "the word
He commanded for a thousand generations, the covenant He made with
Abraham, the oath He swore to Isaac. He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to
Israel as an everlasting covenant: 'To you I will give the land of Canaan as the
portion you will inherit.'" You get the point. But it seems that the Vatican does
not.
In fact, my Christian friends tell me that the words "Palestine" and
"Palestinians" do not appear anywhere in the New Testament. Hence, one
could argue that Jesus himself would be mystified by the pope's position.
After all, according to Christian belief, Jesus the Jew was born and raised in
Bethlehem, which means there was a Jewish community there, with
synagogues, ritual baths, rabbis and perhaps a kosher deli too, centuries
before Islam was even founded.
So would the Catholic Church now deem Jesus to have been a "settler" or
"occupier" of Palestinian land? For an institution that bills itself as "the Holy
See" and which claims to uphold sacred values, the Vatican's profane
involvement in Middle Eastern politics is simply unbecoming.
And given its sordid history of anti-Semitism, book-burnings, forced
conversions and Inquisitions, the Catholic Church should think a hundred
times over before daring to step on Israel's toes.
If anything, the pope should be down on his knees pleading for forgiveness
from the Jewish people and atonement from the Creator for what the Vatican
has wrought over the centuries.
The current attempt to undermine and deny Israel's right to Judea and
Samaria by recognizing Palestinian statehood smacks of "supersessionism,"
or replacement theology, a doctrine according to which the Church replaced
Israel as God's chosen instrument nearly two millennia ago.
Over the past 50 years, since the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic
Church had slowly begun to acknowledge that the Jewish people are "a
covenanted people," thereby shifting away ever slightly from supersessionism.
But conferring legitimacy on a Palestinian state is akin to suggesting that the
Palestinians have replaced Israel as the rightful owners of the land, a position
that flies in the face of history, theology and common sense.
It is nothing less than supersessionism via diplomatic means, and a cruel insult
to the generations of Jews who longed for Zion while enduring Catholic
oppression and persecution.
Israel needs to respond to this affront forcefully. We cannot stand by and
watch as our national integrity is called into question. A good place to start
would be to withdraw our ambassador to the Holy See, curtail the number of
visas granted to Vatican officials, and rule out any possibility of giving the
Church the foothold it so sorely wants at the Tomb of King David on Mount
Zion.
What a shame it is that after so much progress in Catholic- Jewish relations
over the past few decades the Vatican would now betray all the headway that
has been made.
But Pope Francis needs to realize that by recognizing the fictitious "State of
Palestine" he is aligning himself against Israel, the Jewish people and the bible
itself.
And that is something we cannot forgive, nor soon forget.
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Is This Global Drought Being Caused By The
Systematic Destruction Of The Hydrologic Cycle? - By
Michael Snyder -
http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/is-this-global-drought-beingcaused-by-the-destruction-of-the-hydrologic-cycle
Have you noticed that severe drought seems to be gripping much of the planet
right now? You probably have. But why is this happening? Could it be
possible that we are doing this to ourselves? Many want to try to link the rise
and fall of precipitation levels to temperature variations, but there is something
much more obvious that they are overlooking. Trees play an absolutely critical
role in our water cycle, and every single minute the amount of land that is
deforested around the globe is equivalent to 36 football fields. By extracting
water from the soil and releasing it into the atmosphere, trees provide a critical
link in the hydrologic cycle that we all depend upon. If there were no more
trees, life on this planet would become exceedingly difficult for humanity. So
the fact that we are literally ripping the lungs out of the planet is a very big
deal.
Before we get more into deforestation, let's take a look at the damage that this
drought is inflicting all around the world right now. I have repeatedly written
about the worst multi-year drought in the history of the state of California and
about how we are headed for the worst water crisis this country has ever
seen. At this point, 1,900 wells have already gone completely dry in California,
and there has been so little precipitation that some toddlers have never
actually seen rain...
Should you touch it? Eat it? Run from it? The drought is so bad in California
that some young children have never seen rain.
When 22-month-old Grayson of Dana Point saw rain for the first time this
week, he had no idea what it was.
He was so fascinated by the idea of water falling from the sky, he couldn't
resist opening his mouth to taste a few raindrops.
Things are even worse down in South America.
Sao Paulo, the largest city in Brazil, is enduring the worst drought that it has
seen in decades. Things are projected to be so dire in Sao Paulo this summer
that authorities are considering bringing in the military to keep order...
An engineer for Sao Paulo state's water company said that "scenes from the
end of the world" would ensue if the city ran out of water.
The drought in the Brazilian metropolis of Sao Paulo has become so severe
that local authorities are considering bringing in military personnel to cope with
the possible social chaos.
With over 11 million residents, Sao Paulo is Brazil's most populous city and the
country's economic center. But senior officials at Sao Paulo's water facility said
residents might soon be evacuated because there is not enough water, to
bathe or to clean homes.
The water crisis is the worst is the last 84 years, and the dry season has only
just begun, with less water in the dams than in 2014, when restrictions on
water began and the authorities began to realize the seriousness of the
disaster.
But of course it isn't just Sao Paulo. That entire region of South America is in
the midst of a long-term water crisis. Since the year 2000, the amount of rain
the southeastern Amazon has been getting has fallen by approximately 25
percent. They desperately need a lot more rain, and they just aren't getting it.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the planet, much of the entire continent of
Australia is suffering through a devastating multi-year drought.
For example, the amount of territory currently enduring drought conditions in
Queensland is the largest ever recorded...
Queensland is suffering the most widespread drought in the state's history, as
drought declarations spread across more than 80% of its land.
The state government has added another four council areas to the list of
drought-declared areas following a patchy wet season and the weather
bureau's declaration of an El Niño event that will result in hotter and drier
conditions.
The total area of Queensland that's drought declared is 80.35%, eclipsing the
previous record of 79.01% in March 2014 - during the same drought.
The state's agriculture and fisheries minister, Bill Byrne, said one of the four
new declared areas, parts of Mareeba shire on the Atherton tablelands, had
not been in drought since 1979.
And things are not looking good on the other end of the country either. Since
the mid-1970s, the amount of rain that has fallen in southwestern Australia has
declined by about 15 to 20 percent, and it is being projected that the amount of
rainfall will drop by another 40 percent over the next few decades.
Another continent that is deep in crisis is Africa. Most people know that the
Sahara desert just continues to grow and expand in the north, but most people
have not heard of the horrible drought that is now plaguing farmers all over the
southern half of the continent. In fact, things are already so bad that
authorities are warning of "food shortages" later this year...
Southern Africa faces possible food shortages over the next few months due
to a severe drought in the 'maize belt' of South Africa, where a lack of rain had
caused crop failure rates of over 50 percent, the World Food Program (WFP)
said on Monday.
In South Africa, the WFP said maize production was estimated to have
dropped by a third compared with last year, putting it on track for a harvest of
9.665 million tonnes, its worst in eight years.
Besides South Africa, which produces more than 40 percent of regional maize,
the drought was also likely to hit harvests in southern Angola, Namibia,
Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Malawi and Madagascar, the UN agency said
in a report.
Are you starting to get the picture?
Yes, there has always been drought, but have we ever seen a time when there
has been so much severe drought in so many diverse areas of the planet?
What we are observing is not normal. And what is especially troubling about
all of this is that it appears that we are at least partially responsible for what is
happening.
As I mentioned at the top of this article, our planet is being deforested at a
staggering pace. But there are consequences for all of this deforestation. You
see, the truth is that trees play an absolutely critical role in the hydrologic
cycle...
The removal of trees (deforestation) is having a major impact on the water
cycle, as local and global climates change.
Normally, trees release water vapor when they transpire, producing a localized
humidity. This water vapor then evaporates into the atmosphere where it
accumulates before precipitating back to the Earth as rain, sleet or snow.
Deforestation in one area can therefore affect the weather in another area
because if trees are cut down, there is less water to be evaporated into the
atmosphere and subsequently less rain.
At a local level, the land becomes drier and less stable. When it rains, instead
of the water being soaked up, there is increased run-off and leaching. Areas
can become more prone to both droughts and flooding, impacting on plants
and animals, and also humans living near deforested areas.
It has been estimated that our forests are responsible for producing
approximately 30 percent of the fresh water for our planet. Trees extract water
from the ground and release it into the atmosphere. When there are fewer
trees, there is less rain.
And that is why the deforestation that is going on all around the globe is so
deeply troubling. Just consider the following numbers...
-According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, about 18 million
acres of forest is lost every single year.
-As I mentioned above, the equivalent of 36 football fields is being deforested
every single minute.
-At this point, we have already lost about half of all the tropical forests in the
world.
Fortunately, many scientists are starting to realize how this deforestation is
contributing to the global drought. For example, scientists in Brazil are now
specifically blaming deforestation for the nightmarish drought the nation is
currently enduring...
Decades of destruction in the Amazon rainforest might be the reason that
Brazil's taps are running dry, Brazilian scientists say. Deforestation is crippling
the jungle's ability to pump moisture into the air, which could be causing
drought across broad swaths of the South American country, the Associated
Press reported Thursday.
"With each tree that falls, you lose a little bit more of that water that's being
transported to São Paulo and the rest of Brazil," Philip Fearnside, a professor
at the Brazilian government's National Institute for Research in the Amazon,
told AP. "If you just let that continue, you're going to have a major impact on
big population centers in Brazil that are feeling the pinch now."
So what do you think about all of this?
Do you believe that there is a solution?
Watchman Warning: Declining Christianity - by Hal Lindsey http://www.hallindsey.com/hlr-5-20-2015/
The Pew Research Center released the results of a poll last week showing a
dramatic drop in the number of people who claim to be Christians in
America. Over a period of only seven years, the number went down eight
percentage points - from 79% to 71%. Meanwhile, the number of those who
claim to be atheists, agnostics, or "nothing in particular" went up from 16% to
23%.
Headlines across the nation ballyhooed the news. But closer examination
shows that it's hardly a victory for the forces of secularization. National
Review's David Paul Kuhn put the poll in perspective. "The share of
Americans who identify as Christian has been declining for years," he
wrote. "The share of religious Americans has not. For about 75 years, despite
periodic fluctuations, the Gallup Poll has found that approximately four in 10
Americans say they attend religious services at least once a week. Religious
Americans made up the same share of the presidential electorate in 2012 as
they did twelve years earlier, 42 percent."
The eight percentage point drop that Pew found comes primarily from people
who weren't serious about faith in the first place. They didn't attend regular
services, and religious faith wasn't a big deal in their lives. Also, the old line,
extremely liberal denominations continue their decline.
The percentage of Americans who identify themselves as "evangelical" and/or
"born again" has remained constant for a long time. That's good news and
bad. It means we're keeping up with population growth, but not making much
headway.
So, it may not seem like a big deal that a few seculars stopped calling
themselves Christian. But there are some disturbing factors for
America. While some of the nation's founding fathers and mothers were fullon followers of Jesus, others weren't. What you find on close examination,
though, is that in almost every case, non-believing leaders from that era in
U.S. history expressed a world view that was essentially Biblical. They
respected Christians and the Bible, and even if they didn't embrace all of the
Bible's teachings, they saw it as a source of moral guidance.
Secularism has fallen a long way since then. Today, the animosity of the antiChristian, anti-Bible crowd takes your breath away. To get a glimpse of their
vitriol, read the comments section on internet articles that deal with these
issues. It's all too easy to imagine some of these people cheering for the lions
as they rip Christians to pieces.
What would happen if Christian-haters came to be the majority, or even close
to it? That's not just a hypothetical question. We can look at history to get an
idea. The French Revolution was not only a revolt against the monarchy, but
against the Catholic Church. They outlawed Christianity. They stole NotreDame Cathedral and turned it into a "Temple of Reason." Accounts written at
the time tell of debauchery going on there that was anything but
reasonable. After that, the magnificent structure was turned into a wine
warehouse. It wasn't used again as a house of worship for several decades.
Similar things happened to churches all over the country during those years.
In the 20th century, scores of communist countries took the ultimate step
toward secularization and became officially atheist. The results were similar to
those in revolutionary France. It turns out that atheism is not a tolerant or
benevolent belief system. They killed, tortured, persecuted, and repressed
Christians in all sorts of ways.
To be fair, governments pushing religion have also been disastrous at various
times in history. But American history shows a remarkable balance - tolerance
and even good will for believers and unbelievers alike.
Now, even though a remarkably high 71% of the nation's adults claim to be
Christians, the faith of Christ is viewed in negative ways by the media and
academia. The word "Christian" began as a pejorative when it was first used
at Antioch in the early days of the faith. Today the word is regaining its old
taint. Without a new Great Awakening, the percentage of self-identified
Christians will continue to go down.
But my biggest concern is about the real Christians. There are enough of us
that if we refused to watch certain kinds of television programs, most of those
shows would disappear. But we rarely even complain. Christians make many
of the same secular lifestyle choices as their atheist, agnostic, and "nothing in
particular" neighbors.
Jesus said, "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be
hidden." [Matthew 5:14 NASB]
I'll be talking more about this poll and the implications of it on The Hal Lindsey
Report that will be airing this weekend on TBN, Daystar, Word, and other
outlets. Check your local listings for exact times and channels.
Prophecy unfolding: The Caliphate - Bill Wilson - www.dailyjot.com
There is much controversy within those who debate Christian eschatology. For
generations, the consensus was that a revived Roman Empire would rise up
under the Beast/antichrist and come against Israel. Now a growing number
point toward another possibility--an Islamic Caliphate. The Ottoman Empire
was the last to rule over most of the Middle East--far more of it than did the
Roman Empire. After 624 years, it was abolished in a day, March 3, 1924
(seemingly a death blow). Certainly, the nations that comprised the Ottoman
Empire include the nations that are mentioned in various prophecies about the
end times. The Islamic State could be an end time foreshadowing of ancient
prophecies.
End time prophecy is full of foreshadowing, partial fulfillments and precursors.
Throughout history, there has been rise and fall of those who were types of the
end time apocalyptic figure--what Christians call the "antichrist," what Holy
Scripture calls the "beast" or, more specifically, the "Assyrian." This antichrist
figure is alluded to as the Assyrian in Isaiah 10:5,10:24,14:25, 19:23, 30:31,
31:8, Micah 5:5-6, and Hosea 11:5. Ezekiel refers to him as Gog, chief Prince
of Magog. The Lord speaks of the Assyrian or Gog in Ezekiel 38:17, "Art you
he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel,
which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring ye against
them?"
There are an increasing number of news stories pointing to how the Islamic
State is growing into a legitimate caliphate. AP reports: "Abu Bakr AlBaghdadi, the group's leader, has appealed to Muslims throughout the world
to move to lands under its control - to fight, but also to work as administrators,
doctors, judges, engineers and scholars, and to marry, put down roots and
start families. "Every person can contribute something to the Islamic State," a
Canadian enlistee in Islamic State, Andre Poulin, says in a videotaped
statement used for online recruitment." AP reporters on five continents found
people born into the Islamic faith as well as converts, adventurers, and
educated professionals joining IS.
al Baghdadi claims to be a descendent of Mohammad and holds a PhD in
Islamic Studies. Significantly, he was born in Samarra, Iraq, home of the al
Askari Mosque, housing the 10th and 11th Imams and where the 12th Imam,
the Mahdi, went into occultation, according to Islamic eschatology. Ancient
Samarra was refounded by the Assyrian King Sennacherib, who is described
in Isaiah 10 as a type of the antichrist and whose army was destroyed by the
Angel of the Lord when it came against Judah and Jerusalem (2 Kings 19, 2
Chronicles 32). It is interesting that al Baghdadi was born in what was once a
part of the Assyrian Empire and he is the declared Caliph who is taking spoil
and threatening Israel. Watch and discern as the events unfold and the
prophecies of the Bible come into clearer focus.
Daily Devotion: Influencers - Greg Laurie - www.harvest.org
And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was
accounted to him for righteousness." And he was called the friend of God. James 2:23
Abraham is introduced to us in the book of Genesis as a great man of God,
and James describes him as "the friend of God" (James 2:23). It's a unique
description and a wonderful one at that.
One day the Lord came to His friend Abraham and said that He wanted
Abraham to follow Him. He also told Abraham to make a clean break with his
family and others. The family of Abraham was pagan and worshiped false
gods. But Abraham was especially attached to certain members of his familyspecifically to his nephew Lot. So Abraham obeyed God, but only partially.
Abraham took Lot with him and then began to reap the consequences.
The people you choose to surround yourself with and have as your friends is
really significant. These people either will build you up spiritually, or they will
tear you down spiritually. All too often we make friends with the wrong people,
and it negatively affects us.
What kind of influence do your friends have on you right now? Think about the
people you hang out with, the people you text throughout the day, and the
people you talk to on the phone or get together with for lunch or hang out with
on the weekends. Are they building you up spiritually, or are they dragging you
down?
At the same time, what kind of friend are you? Are you building up others
spiritually, or are you dragging them down? The Bible addresses this in 2
Timothy 2:22: "Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love,
peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart."
Those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart-is that a description of your
friends right now? And is that a description of you?
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Featured Article: Overcome Fear in Jesus Name - Ron &
Nathele Graham - twotug@embarqmail.com
We all face fear. Sometimes it manifests as a phobia, like the fear of spiders,
and sometimes it is an irrational fear of the unknown. Fear can freeze us in our
steps and render us silent when given the opportunity to share the Gospel,
and therefore fear is one of the enemy's favorite tools. The power of God
Almighty resides in every Christian and He is greater than anything in this
world, but we have to trust Him "Ye are of God, little children, and have
overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the
world." 1 John 4:4. The Apostle John wrote these words to Christians and the
warning is against spiritual dangers. John says we are of God and have no
need to be afraid. Fear can stop even the bravest person from witnessing for
Jesus because Satan has whispered lies into one's mind. Yet how many times
does God tell us not to fear? Our victory is through Him; God is greater than
any fear that may enter our mind.
When we're faced with the unknown we can become uncertain, even
disorientated and confused...afraid. Satan can recognize the symptoms of fear
and capitalize on it until he maximizes the fear within us. When fear is enabled
we become disabled. If we aren't fully grounded in Christ, fear of what others
might say can convince us to change course, take another path, and even
persuade us to discontinue our Christian walk. Fear can cause a Christian to
be consumed with doubt, doubt that will cause denial of the abundant life God
has promised to those who have faith. Jesus said "The thief cometh not, but
for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and
that they might have it more abundantly." John 10:10. When we allow fear to
become a factor in our lives the enemy will steal, kill, and destroy us by
causing doubt. As born again believers in Christ, God has sealed His Holy
Spirit within us so what have we to fear? God is greater than any of His foes.
His Holy Spirit is not a subset of a greater God, He is God and we are indwelt
by Him. "... greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world." Don't forget
that.
Satan can have no hold over us as long as we remember that Jesus our
Savior is our shield and in Him we find safety. When we keep our focus upon
our Lord and Saviour, the enemy cannot control us. There is no doubt that
there is a demonic supernatural presence alive in this world, but that power
trembles at the name of Jesus. "Thou believest that there is one God; thou
doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble." James 2:19. Most people
dismiss any thought of supernatural demonic evil as pure myth and will laugh
at anyone who believes that demonic presence is real. Satan is real and so
are the minions who follow him. This force of pure evil has one goal, and that
is to come between Christ and humanity. In the end Satan will not win, but for
now he is able to use fear to cripple many people. Christians need to be aware
of this evil force and come against it in the name of Jesus. Denial of satanic
forces won't make them go away, but they can be overcome in Jesus' name.
"Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the
LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake
thee." Deuteronomy 31:6. "Fear not", as well as variations, is a phrase which
appears numerous times in the scriptures. God does not want us to fear yet
many Christians are still quite fearful. Why? Perhaps you are not well
grounded in God's word. When Jesus went into the wilderness and Satan
confronted Him, Jesus answered every satanic attack with Scripture. God's
word is powerful. "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper
than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and
spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and the
intents of the heart." Hebrews 4:12. As believers in Christ we need not be
fearful of anything in this world nor should we fear the supernatural. Study
God's word and use it as a weapon against Satan. The two-edged sword is in
your possession, but you have to use it.
David knew where his strength dwelt. "The LORD liveth; and blessed be my
rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted." Psalm 18:46. Jesus is the
Rock of Ages and the shield for all those who follow Him. When the enemy
attacks, Jesus is our strength and shield. Carnal weapons will do us no good
against supernatural attack. When we are compassed about by the enemy and
his minions of the supernatural darkness, God and His holy angels are there
as well and ready to fight for you. You need to believe this and call upon
Jesus. Head knowledge tells you that God is real, but it is total faith and belief
within your spirit that gives you power. The enemy will make a speedy retreat
when you wield your two-edged sword. God has already won every skirmish
and battle, so don't allow fear to come between you and victory. When we
allow doubt to creep in through fear, the enemy finds an easy target to weaken
us and render us ineffective. While filling the children of God with fear, Satan
can hinder the commission by our Lord to spread the Gospel. By flooding us
with fear of persecution, our silence may pave the way for many people to
spend eternity in Hell because we are too afraid to tell them the truth.
"Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution." 2
Timothy 3:12. We who follow Jesus with all our heart are His ambassadors,
and as such we carry a message from God to be delivered to anyone who God
chooses to place in our path. "And for me, that utterance may be given unto
me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the
gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak
boldly, as I ought to speak." Ephesians 6:19-20. The Gospel is a message of
hope. No matter how tough it gets while we sojourn this world we mustn't allow
fear to stop us from sharing the Gospel. Your confidence will grow when you
study the Bible and understand answers to common questions. Is Jesus God?
(Yes). I'm a nice person so I will go to Heaven, right? (Not without Jesus as
your Saviour). Why does God allow suffering? (Don't blame God...blame
Satan). You need to settle these questions and more in your mind and be able
to defend God's truth.
Satan attacks in other ways than just making us fearful to stand up for Jesus.
Demons are real, and don't doubt for a moment that they won't manifest before
you. Demon possession, can easily happen so don't open any doors to them.
Stories that are dismissed as myths and legends have their origins with Satan.
If confronted by an unseen spiritual force that instills fear in you, rebuke it in
the name of Jesus. "That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of
things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;" Philippians
2:10. Don't hesitate to call on the name of Jesus when you encounter
something you don't understand. It is better to rebuke and be wrong, than
keep silent and regret not calling on our Lord.
Many people are afraid to acknowledge that there is supernatural evil around
even though the Bible makes it clear that Satan is real. They like the good that
comes from God, but live in a dream world where there is only good and no
evil. Because of that fact, God's power is ignored and the evil grows stronger.
"Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn
away." 2 Timothy 3:5. Paul was warning about life in the last days. He was
right; many people no longer hold fast to God's truth and deny His power. This
will only get worse as we draw nearer to the Rapture. After the Rapture those
who are left here will face real fear...horrors that you and I can only speculate
upon today.
Jesus told us that the end times would be frightful. Like a woman about to give
birth, the birth pains become closer and more painful. High magnitude
earthquakes are now commonplace, war is everywhere, disease is
widespread. The pains are getting closer and the time of the end is near. We
are approaching a time that Scripture tells us will be like none other in history.
Because we have been spoon fed a diluted view of Scripture, many people
don't understand that evil is a real force and it will soon be unleashed upon the
world with no holds barred. We need not be afraid as long as we understand
the power of God. "And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and
in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and
the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after
those things which are coming on the earth." Luke 21:25-26. This is just small
example of what people will experience in the last days before the Lord's
return. There will be many manifestations of evil and fear will rule the hearts of
men. We can see that it is drawing nearer today. Today Christians are being
persecuted and beheaded by men who follow Satan. Christians have never
been exempt from persecution, but we cannot allow fear to lead us to deny our
Lord. Jesus knew we would experience persecution because of Him. "Blessed
are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute
you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake. Rejoice,
and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted
they the prophets which were before you." Matthew 5:10-12. A state of fear
placed upon the "in Christ" believer will only serve the enemy during those
times of persecution. As we face these days filled with persecution and
supernatural evil, remember that to overcome fear we must call upon Jesus'
name.
"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love and of a
sound mind." 2 Timothy 1:7. All the evil Satan has to throw at us can't create
an atmosphere of fear in any of us unless we allow it to happen. Fear is of the
enemy...overcome fear in Jesus' name.
God bless you all,
Ron & Nathele Graham
twotug@embarqmail.com
www.straitandnarrowministry.com
ron@straitandnarrowministry.com
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