ISRAEL
- US ENVOY IN DAMASCUS DISCUSS ATTACKS
September 2, 2002 - (IsraelNN.com) US envoy David Satterfield
was in Damascus today to meet with senior officials and convey
the White House's position regarding ongoing attacks across the
international border between southern Lebanon and Israel. Cabinet
Minister Shalom Simchon called for a military offensive targeting
Syrian interests in Lebanon in response to daily attacks across
the border. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=29417
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- POLICE PREPARING FOR ROSH HASHANAH
September 2, 2002 - IsraelNN.com - Israel Police and other security
forces are preparing for the two-day Rosh Hashanah New Year holiday
that is observed this year on Saturday and Sunday (Sept. 7th
and 8th). Special attention will be focused on synagogues and
religious sites. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=29385
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- PERES ATTENDED WORLD SUMMIT
September 2, 2002 - IsraelNN.com - Foreign Minister Shimon Peres
during the night left for the world summit being hosted in South
Africa. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=29388
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- SOUTHERN WALL OF TEMPLE IN DANGER
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- August 27, 2002 - Is the southern wall of the Temple Mount
safe? The Jordanians don't think so, and neither does Archaeologist
Dr. Eilat Mazar of Hebrew University, a member of the Committee
to Prevent the Destruction of Temple Mount artifacts. A Jordanian
delegation arrived at the Temple Mount a few days ago to check
the situation of the wall (that which stands to the right of
worshippers at the Western Wall, visible to the right upon entry
from Dung Gate) - but Dr. Mazar says that both the problem and
its cause are obvious. "What's the problem with the southern
wall?" asked Arutz-7's Haggai Segal of Dr. Mazar. "The
problem is that it's about to fall," she responded, "within
a matter of months, and possibly even weeks; I have trouble believing
that it will last the entire winter. I am referring to the southern
wall, at its eastern corner."
- "Why is this?" Mazar: "It's not hard to guess,
actually. Precisely on the other side of the [bulge in the] wall
is where the major works of destruction were carried out by the
Waqf [the Moslem body that controls the Temple Mount] starting
in 1996, when Netanyahu allowed them to build the largest mosque
in the ancient site of Solomon's Stables, and the area was entirely
changed. Tractors worked there, and tremendous quantities of
fill - composed of ancient artifacts - were taken out. These
walls were not built to carry tractors and loaded trucks. The
path of the rainwater was also changed in the process, and water
is trickling down the walls and eating away at them. The bulge
can clearly be seen [not from the path to the Western Wall, because
the view is blocked, but rather] from the road around the southeast
corner of the Mount; if a year ago it was a 'fourth-month' bulge,
now it looks like it's in its 'eighth month.' It is shocking,
because it looks like it can fall on those standing below..."
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- "Doesn't the Waqf care about this?" Dr. Mazar:
"The Waqf? The only thing it cares about is Islamicizing
the Temple Mount, and absolutely nothing else. Let's not forget,
in the past five years the Waqf has only been destroying there
- their only goal is to build a mosque on the entire compound.
They claim that the entire area is Moslem, and that it's always
been that way, and that's it. Nothing else interests them - not
the Jewish connections, not what Christianity says, not the cultural
significance, and not the law... It's true that the massive destruction
of the past few years has stopped of late, but on the other hand,
Jews are not allowed in to ensure that under the surface nothing
illegal is being done... We have absolutely no idea what's going
on there under the surface. Prime Minister Sharon has no plan,
and has simply decided not to decide. The only thing that will
solve this problem is a public outcry against the continued destruction
of the Temple Mount." http://www.israelnationalnews.org/print.php3?what=news&id=28747
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- CATHOLIC LEADERS SAY JEWS SHOULD NOT BE EVANGELIZED.
Friday Church News Notes, September 6, 2002 (David W. Cloud,
Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port
Huron, MI 48061-0368, fbns@wayoflife.org) - On August 16, the
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced that God's "saving
covenant" with Israel is still valid and there is no need
to evangelize the Jews. The statement, issued by a committee
headed by Cardinal William Keeler of Baltimore, said: "A
deepening Catholic appreciation of the eternal covenant between
God and the Jewish people, together with a recognition of a divinely
given mission to Jews to witness to God's faithful love, lead
to the conclusion that campaigns that target Jews for conversion
to Christianity are no longer theologically acceptable."
This is further evidence of Rome's ability to continually reinvent
itself. For centuries, Rome forced Jews to convert to Catholicism
at the point of the sword. That was ungodly and unscriptural.
Now they are saying that Jews don't need to be saved through
accepting Jesus Christ.
- That is equally ungodly and unscriptural. The Lord Jesus
Christ told Jewish leader Nicodemus, "Ye [plural] must be
born again," referring to the entire Jewish nation (John
3:7). Later in that same sermon, Christ explained how to be born
again. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life" (John 3:16). All men must be
born again through personal faith in Christ. The Apostle Paul
said of the Jews, "Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer
to God for Israel is, that they might be saved" (Rom. 10:1).
That means that they WERE NOT saved. Why? "For I bear them
record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about
to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves
unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law
for righteousness to every one that believeth" (Romans
10:2-4)
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- SENIOR PALESTINIAN OFFICIAL TAYYEB ABDEL ANNOUNCING PALESTINIANS'S
CABINET'S RESIGNATIONS IN RAMALLAH
By Amira Hass (Ramallah) and Akiva Eldar, Ha'aretz - 9.11.2002
- Palestinian Authority sources said Wednesday that the decision
by the members of the recently reshuffled Palestinian cabinet
to resign illustrated PA Chairman Yasser Arafat's political weakness.
- The ministers submitted their resignations to Arafat earlier
Wednesday, apparently to avoid being ousted by a parliamentary
vote of no-confidence. Palestinian parliament speaker Abu Ala
(Ahmed Qureia) said that Arafat had accepted the resignations.
- The opposition to the cabinet was sparked by the belief that
the new cabinet ministers named in a June reshuffle, specifically
recently appointed Interior Minister Abdel Razak Yehiyeh, were
nominated as a result of Israeli and U.S. pressure. The sources
said that the resignations of key Fatah members were proof of
Arafat's weakening power within the organization, as well as
the deep animosity felt toward the Palestinian leader for what
is perceived as poor leadership.
- Mohammed Horani, a Fatah member who for the past several
weeks has been pushing for a no-confidence motion, said that
the lack of leadership and strategy over the past two years has
led the Palestinians to their current crisis. Horani estimated
that 57 Fatah-affiliated lawmakers, either in Ramallah or participating
by video link from Gaza, were poised to vote against the new
cabinet. "He [Arafat] is our leader, but we are his partners,
and we will criticize him when he does things we think are unsuitable,"
Horani said.
- The fact that the no-confidence call has majority backing
is seen as a symptom of the rift within Fatah, in particular
between those from the local movement and those who came to the
territories with Arafat in 1994. "President Arafat has accepted
the resignation of the cabinet, so there is no need to bring
the cabinet to a vote," Tayeb Abdel Rahim, general secretary
of the Palestinian presidency, told a meeting of the Palestinian
legislature. "In the next 14 days, President Arafat will
appoint a new cabinet."
- "Our aim was to topple the government, and the government
now is toppled," Jamal al-Shobaki, a lawmaker from Arafat's
own Fatah faction who is nevertheless critical of the cabinet,
told reporters. Arafat okays January elections In a bid to head
off the no-confidence vote, Arafat signed a decree earlier Wednesday
setting presidential and parliamentary elections for January
20, 2003.
- Abu Ala read to the parliament what he said was a presidential
decree "inviting all Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza
and Jerusalem for free and general presidential and legislative
elections on the date of January 20, 2003." Arafat has said
in the past that the elections would be held in January, but
until Wednesday had refused to set a specific date. The Palestinian
leader's unexpected decree apparently was a result of a showdown
with Fatah members over his refusal to fire cabinet ministers
seen as corrupt or incompetent.
- Many of the PLC members were demanding that Wednesday's vote
apply to the entire cabinet, not only its five new members. Before
the parliament session, Arafat summoned Fatah legislators to
his West Bank headquarters in an effort to persuade them to approve
the new cabinet.
- As a compromise, they proposed that Arafat set a date for
elections, meaning the current cabinet would only be a temporary
one. In this case, the legislators said, they would be willing
to limit their vote to the five new ministers, appointed in June.
Many of the longer-serving ministers have been criticized as
corrupt and imcompetent.
- The 88-seat parliament is dominated by Fatah, which has 55
legislators. Thirty-seven Fatah lawmakers responded Wednesday
to Arafat's call, among them senior PA negotiator Saeb Erekat,
and met with him at his headquarters before the parliament session.
- Horani accused the Palestinian leader of meddling in the
parliament's affairs. "President Arafat is trying the affect
the decisions of the legislature, especially after he felt that
there was a large campaign within the legislature against the
new cabinet," he said.
- The vote had been postponed from Tuesday to Wednesday due
to a long legal and procedural debate, which some PLC members
thought was intended to prevent the vote.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=207227&contrassID=1&subContrassID=0&sbSubContrassID=0
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- PLC SLAMS PLAN TO 'ANNEX' RACHEL'S TOMB, ATORAT AIRPORT
September 12, 2002 Tishrei 6, 5763 - Ha'aretz Service - The Palestinian
Legislative Council on Wednesday blasted Israel's decision to
leave Rachel's Tomb and Atarot Airport under its control, the
Itim news agency reported. The decision to "annex Rachel's
Tomb and Atarot airport" goes against all agreements between
the two sides, the council said.
- The statement followed approval by the security cabinet Wednesday
afternoon for the Jerusalem security seam line plan and Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon's recommendation to leave Rachel's Tomb,
on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, under Israeli
control and to allow for free access to the tomb for all Israeli
citizens, Israel Radio reported.
- Sharon also ordered the ministers to start preparations for
the reopening of Atarot Airport in north Jerusalem, the radio
said.
- The cabinet decided to pave a new road in order to allow
for free access to the tomb and agreed that the Jerusalem municipality
and the IDF will be responsible for overseeing the project.
- Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer proposed to allow for
access to the grave from an overpass bridge or an escalator that
will end 500 meters before the grave.
- Sharon vehemently objected to the defense minister's plan
and said that Rachel's Tomb is an important site for the Jewish
people and access to it must be free. Most of the ministers agreed
with the prime minister.
- Mayor of Jerusalem Ehud Olmert said Wednesday that he supports
the prime minister's reccomendation to leave Rachel's Tomb under
Israeli control. "Rachel's Tomb always was and always will
be part of Israel," Olmert said. http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=207301&contrassID=1&subContrassID=0&sbSubContrassID
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- JEWISH ROOTS MOVEMENT
This report was written to demonstrate that the sources used
by the Hebrew Roots Movement (Talmud, Mishnah, Midrash, Halakah
and Haggada) evolved into and purvey the same occult teachings
as the Kabbalah/Zohar, the preeminent compendium of Jewish mysticism.
Schools of Kabbalah generally require a knowledge of these Rabbinic
sources:
"But the Scripture alone can not show the meanings within.
Rabbinic hermeneutics could find a wealth of meaning in the subtlest
details of the text, a characteristic that Kabbalistic writing
took over. To be able to deal with Kabbalistic texts, and at
least be conversant with the literary forms they take, and the
references they make to material which their authors assumed
'everyone' would know, the student should at a minimum be at
least marginally familiar with the following items...the Talmud
(Mishnah and Gemara)...The Midrash... The Siddu, or Prayerbook...
Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzchak)... and Rambam (Rabbi Moses
ben Maimon or Maimonides)."
That these sources are stepping stones to
the occult is a fact of which every student of the
Hebrew Roots view of Christianity should be apprised, but all
seem to be totally unaware. It is our prayer that the Holy Spirit
will reveal to disciples of the Hebrew Roots organizations the
truths of Christian liberty expressed in the book of Galatians
and lead them out of this movement,
which otherwise will eventually deliver them into the Luciferic
initiation, the dreadful bondage of the Noahide Laws and the
global Kabbalist/Freemasonic New World Order. The Divine Inspiration
of Scripture Peter Michas of Messengers of Messiah Ministries
maintains that the original Gospels were written in Hebrew and/or
Aramaic, translated into Greek and are therefore unreliable,
especially having passed through successive translations to the
English New Testament used by English-speaking Christians today.
The solution to this problem, according to Michas, is to turn
to the Old Testament and Jewish traditions to determine the truth
of the New Testament. Peter Michas advocates reliance upon the
Jewish Mishnah, Haggadah, Halakah, Talmud and Midrash, along
with the Torah (first five books of the Old Testament), as better
commentaries on New Testament doctrine than the Greek and English
New Testaments themselves, which he claims are inferior translations
of the presumed Hebrew/Aramaic originals.
Is The New Testament Hebrew/Aramaic or Greek?
- "In summation, since existing New Testament manuscripts
are Greek, written to express Hebraic concepts, why be limited
to the Greek or English translations when we have Hebrew, now
a living language not very different than it was 2000 years ago.
The New Testament is in the pattern of the Jewish traditional
work of Torah, Mishnah, Haggadah, Halakah, Talmud and Midrash,
but inspired by God Himself for the common people. These Hebraic
works as well as the Inspired Scriptures were quoted from by
Jesus and all the writers of the New Testament. But even now,
to have full comprehension, we must read the scriptures in the
proper Hebraic context.
- "Most all of the Judaic writings have been preserved
for us and now translated into proper English directly from the
Hebrew, as well as explained in true Hebraic manner. Therefore,
why not go to this material and study ourselves approved before
God with full context and understanding?"[Note: The Messengers
of Messiah website is no longer on the Internet.]
Peter Michas and other Hebrew Roots organizations have connections
and conduct seminars with a non-Christian, Jesus-Seminar type
of institution called the Jerusalem School of Synoptic Research.
A book published in 1984 by David Bivin (Director of the JSSR)
and Roy Blizzard has formed the basis of much Hebrew Roots' doctrine.
The following excerpts from Understanding The Difficult Words
Of Jesus represent the JSSR viewpoint on the lack of originality
of the Greek New Testament:
"Why are the words of Jesus that we find in the Synoptic
Gospels so difficult to understand? The answer is that the original
gospel that formed the basis for the Synoptic Gospels was first
communicated, not in Greek, but in the Hebrew language. In spite
of this, today's modern translations are all based upon a Greek
text, derived from a still earlier Greek text, which is itself
a translation of an original Hebrew Life of Jesus. This means
that we are reading an English translation of a text which is
in itself a translation. Since the Synoptic Gospels are derived
from an original Hebrew text, we are constantly bumping into
Hebrew expressions or idioms which are often meaningless in Greek,
or in translations from the Greek. 1.
"Our reasons for writing this book are not only to show
that the original gospel was communicated in the Hebrew language;
but to show that the entire New Testament can only be understood
from a Hebrew perspective. 2.
"It cannot be overemphasised, that the key to an understanding
of the New Testament is a fluent knowledge of Hebrew and an intimate
acquaintance with Jewish history, culture, and Rabbinic Literature."
3.
The Jerusalem School of Synoptic Research, a "consortium
of Jewish and Christian scholars," is non-committal regarding
the divinity of Jesus Christ, identifying Him only as being "like
other Jewish sages of that time":
"The Jerusalem School of Synoptic Research is a consortium
of Jewish and Christian scholars who are examining the synoptic
gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) within the context of the language,
land and culture in which Jesus lived. Their work confirms that
Jesus was an organic part of the diverse social and religious
landscape of Second Temple-period Judaism. He, like other Jewish
sages of that time, taught in Hebrew and used specialized teaching
methods to teach foundational Jewish theological concepts such
as the kingdom of heaven, God's abundant grace, loving God and
loving one's fellow man." "[Note: The
Messengers of Messiah website is no longer on the Internet.]
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- WHY IS THERE SO MUCH EMPHASIS ON THE JEWISH ROOTS MOVEMENT
- We have discovered that the Jewish Roots Movement is an intricate
part of the future and the bigger pitcture. It was one of the
most important discoveries we have made in eleven years. This
is very unexpected and shocking information but the evidence
is irrefutable and documented.
- Go to http://newsletters.cephasministry.com/pulse_12.2003.html
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- MEL'S CRUSADE
- The New York Times - By Richard Corliss - Not often does
a movie get the kind of prerelease raves that have greeted Mel
Gibson's 'The Passion of Christ.' "Could fuel hatred, bigotry
and anti-Semitism" (the Anti-Defamation League). "Could
readily promote anti-Semitism" (Sister Mary C. Boys of New
York City's Union Theological Seminary).
- Some critics predicted toxic damage: "Its real tinder-box
effect could be abroad," wrote Frank Rich in the New York
Times, "where anti-Semitism has metastasized since 9/11."
In the usually sober pages of the New Republic, Paula Fredriksen,
the Aurelio Professor of Scripture at Boston University, warned,
"When violence breaks out, Mel Gibson will have a much higher
authority than professors and bishops to answer to." That's
when, not if. Makes you wonder what they'll say when they actually
see the movie.Months before its release, now set for Ash Wednesday,
2004, Gibson's movie, starring James Caviezel as Jesus, has stoked
an incendiary debate on issues both fundamental and touchy: artistic
freedom vs. historical accuracy, Catholic traditionalism vs.
Jewish sensibilities.
Often these issues clash within the combatants, as Jewish rabbis
and writers, by nature defenders of the First Amendment, now
call for Gibson to edit his film to their wishes — and Jewish
movie people defend a project that has outraged their brethren.From
the outset, 'Passion' — a Jesus film that underlined the
story's physical and emotional violence — was bound to start
arguments.
- For extra realism, dialogue is in Aramaic and Latin (though
some scholars say the Romans in Palestine spoke Greek). To accent
the strangeness, there are no subtitles (that's being rethought).
A $25 million film directed, co-scripted and self-financed by
a famous Catholic conservative. The 'Passion' punch-up broke
out when Gibson's father Hutton, 85, a rabid Catholic traditionalist
who writes treatises on the perceived lapses of Mother Church,
denied the Nazi Holocaust in the New York Times Magazine.
- Now Gibson should no more be blamed for the sins of the father
than Arnold Schwarzenegger is. But Mel, who
attends Latin Mass, is outspoken against the Vatican's reforms
of the 1960s. Some say he saw 'The Passion' as his
own declaration of Catholic fundamentalism. He wanted to steamroller
the new Catholic orthodoxy, not steam up a host of biblical scholars.
Religious films are notoriously hard to market. The U.S. is stocked
with believers, but they don't often go to movies made for them.
Some films financed by Christian groups, like 'The Omega Code,'
have relied on grass-roots campaigns to spread the word, with
mixed results.
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- FOOD FOR THOUGHT - A NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT PROPHECY WHICH
IS A POSSIBILITY
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- THE BEAST AND THE TEN = ELEVEN
- Posted: June 27, 2003 - ".... And whereas thou sawest
the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, THE
KINGDOM SHALL BE DIVIDED; but there shall be in it of the strength
of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry
clay. And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part
of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken"
(Daniel 2:40-42).
"THE KINGDOM SHALL BE DIVIDED." Why are the feet
and toes divided into two groups? Because the Roman Empire did
in fact divide into two. O how accurately detailed is the Word!
O how literal is its fulfillment! Why? Because God is the author
of both! The image had two legs with feet and toes. The Roman
Empire divided into two, which formed the eastern leg and the
western leg. Constantinople was the capital of the Eastern Empire
and Rome remained the capital of the Western Empire. Surely we
agree that the entire image will continue to have a literal fulfillment.
In the last days of Gentile political world-dominion, immediately
preceding the Second Coming of Christ Jesus to Israel, from the
geographical area of the old Roman Empire will arise a ten-nation
alliance. It is significant that only the toes are revealed in
Daniel 2. Therefore, in the first half of the 7-year tribulation,
only the (ten) toes need be from the geographical area of the
old Roman Empire; not number eleven, which is the "little
horn" (the beast) of Dan. 7. I repeat, only the (ten) toes
need be from the geographical area of the old Roman Empire. Number
eleven, who is called "the little horn," "the
prince that shall come" and "the beast," need
not be from the geographical area of the old Roman Empire, but
is only said to be of (from) Roman ancestry.
(Daniel 9:26).
- I think it is very logical that at the end of each of the
two legs of the great image is one foot with five toes. I don't
think anyone would assume that there would be ten toes on one
foot and zero on the other. If the assumption of five toes on
each foot and leg is correct, and if God continues with a literal
fulfillment, then there will be five countries (toes) from the
eastern leg of the old Roman Empire united with five countries
(toes) from the western leg. I still agree with my former pastor
that this is exactly the way God will fulfill it. Now, here comes
the bombshell. Since five countries from the western leg will
unite with five countries from the eastern leg of the former
Roman Empire, the European Common Market (EU) "cannot"
possibly be the fulfillment because the majority of the EU are
from the western leg. Besides, the EU passed ten countries long
ago. Nevertheless, many Bible prophecy teachers are still futilely
trying to salvage a fulfillment by the EU. Please do yourself
a favor, beloved of Christ, and forget about the EU and forget
about the antichrist having to come from the geographical area
of the old Roman Empire. If you are still of that persuasion,
please broaden your scope.
- Old Constantinople is now Istanbul, Turkey. The area of the
old Eastern Roman Empire includes Turkey and extends East to
the Euphrates River. Most of the countries in the eastern leg
are Arab states. Some of these anti-Israel and anti-U.S. Arab
states produce much of the oil used by the U.S. and all the oil
used by Europe. The tribulation prophetic stage is rapidly being
set.
- Europe (the western leg) imports their oil from the eastern
leg and exports much produce and manufactured goods to the Arab
states of the eastern leg. Each leg is desperately dependent
on the other's goods. Also, Europe is within range of the anti-Israel
and anti-U.S. Arab states' missiles.
- When the Muslim Mosque is somehow removed from Israel's Temple
Mount to make room for the third Jewish temple; oil shipments
to the West will cease immediately, as in 1973. The Europeans
of the western leg will have no oil for gasoline, energy plants,
factories, etc., etc. The oil producing Arabs of the eastern
leg will soon find themselves without produce to eat and much
needed manufactured goods. It's not hard to envision the immediate
uniting of five European countries of the western leg with five
Arab countries of the eastern leg, as each has what the other
must have for survival.
- While the whole world is in utter chaos, and in particular,
the U.S., the ten-nation confederacy will be faring well and
thumbing their nose at the rest of the world. After this seventh
world head rules a short time, the beast, also called "the
little horn" will subdue three of the ten, and all ten will
then give their authority to the beast. See Daniel 7:8 &
20 and Revelation 17:10-17. During the time of suffering and
economic disaster in the U.S., the only logical choice will be
again to use the most powerful military in history to take the
oil away from them. After doing so, the U.S. president will be
an international hero.
- "….and all the world wondered after the beast"
(Rev. 13:3). Most will be waving their red, white and blue star
spangled banners all the way to hell. "And they worshipped
the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped
the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? Who is able to
make war with him" (Rev. 13:4)? They will be cheering their
hero as they line up to take a visible mark to identify with
their hero. The Bible says, "It is better to trust in the
LORD than to put confidence in princes" (Psalms 118:9).
As I typed these last two paragraphs, tears were trickling down
my cheeks. So sad for the world and for my fellow countrymen!
Even so, come Lord Jesus! http://www.mychristiansite.com/ministries/jmccutchan/teneleven.html.
"And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto
the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like
unto the beast? Who is able to make war with him" (Rev. 13:4)?
The correct answers are…. nobody. The beast is the king
from the West. The kings from the North, South and East will
oppose him in the last half of the tribulation. Since World War
I, the U.S. has been the super-power (king) of the West. Presently,
the U.S. has the most powerful military in the history of the
world and won't be conquered anytime soon. "And all the
world wondered after the beast," waving their red, white
and blue star spangled banners all the way to hell. Again I say,
Please don't be deceived! WATCH AND KNOW (Rev.
3:3)
- IS THE U.S. IN BIBLE PROPHECY?
- In the book of Revelation, chapter 13, some details are given
about the first beast, commonly known as the antichrist: "And
it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome
them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues,
and nations" (Rev.13:7). It is
an indisputable Biblical fact that the U.S. will be under the
authority of the first beast as he will have authority over "ALL
NATIONS." Yes, the U.S. is still A NATION. This means one
of two things must happen; either the U.S. will produce the beast,
or will be conquered by him. At this time the U.S. has the most
powerful military in the history of the world. For the first
time in its history, the U.S. has no formidable military foe.
The Bible also says:
- "And they worshipped the dragon which gave power
unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, who is
like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him"
(Rev. 13:4). NOBODY!!
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- A
Nation of Victims: The Decay of the American Character
by Charles J. Sykes
Publisher: St. Martin's Press; Reproduction edition (September
1993)
For more information click on the given links or the book: ISBN:
0312098820
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312098820/ichthusfasttrack
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- PRESIENT GEORGE BUSH PROMOTES HIS "ROADMAP TO PEACE."
- The generation that has seen the nation Israel established
again in the Promised Land again on May 14, 1948 will not pass
until "all these things be fulfilled" (Matthew 24:32-34).
Yes, the U.S. is in Bible prophecy. Yes, the Rapture must occur
immediately before the 7-yr. tribulation. Yes, the U.S. can produce
the antichrist beast. Is he in the White House now!? Time will
tell!? WATCH!! Presently, President Bush has introduced a "roadmap
to Israeli peace." Obviously, the president doesn't know
there will be no peace in Israel until the "Prince of Peace,"
the Lord Jesus Christ, returns to establish His kingdom on earth
for 1,000 yrs. President Bush is deceived, as are his many "Christian"
followers. "It is better to trust in the LORD than to
put confidence in princes" (Psalm 118:9).
Please, I beg of you again, don't be deceived dearly beloved
of Christ Jesus! Remember what Jesus said to the Church, WATCH
AND KNOW (Rev. 3:3)!
- http://www.mychristiansite.com/ministries/jmccutchan/latestarticle.htm
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- DAYS OF NOAH
Posted: September 11, 2003 - Now I ask you, can the antichrist
guarantee a treaty before there is a treaty? The obvious answer
is no. Therefore we must conclude that there must be a treaty
before he can guarantee it. Also I ask you, can the antichrist
confirm the treaty without having political authority before
he guarantees it? Again the answer is no. We then conclude that
the antichrist must be in a position of great political authority
before the 7-yr. tribulation begins. Have you noticed a Gentile
political leader from the West pressuring Israel to make a covenant
which would divide their "Promised Land" and make Jerusalem
the shared capital of an Arab/Muslim state? This blasphemer is
the enemy of God and Israel.
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- THIS COULD BE THAT MAN
"And he shall confirm (guarantee) the covenant with many
for one week (7 yrs.)" (Daniel 9:27)
- Although the antichrist must be in a position of political
power before the 7-yr. tribulation begins, he will not have world-wide
dominion until the middle of the tribulation. As we watch Israel's
"covenant with many" being developed, we know that
one day it will be ready for confirmation by the antichrist.
Remember, the confirmation ceremony, with the whole world watching,
is the event that begins the 7-yr. tribulation! "The covenant
with many" could be President Bush's badly tattered "Road
Map to Peace," revised and strengthened, to which all parties
involved have already agreed? Nevertheless, immediately BEFORE
the public confirmation ceremony on the first day of the tribulation,
something exciting is going to happen to the Christians!
- Will the Church enter into this time of trouble and wrath
of God? ABSOLUTELY NOT!! Christians will not enter the tribulation;
not even for one split second!! Unless a Christian understands
the difference between the Church and Israel, it is impossible
to understand Bible prophecy. The Church is not Israel! Israel
is not the Church! Israel has a Promised Land. The Church does
not. Israel has a holy city (Jerusalem). The Church does not.
http://www.mychristiansite.com/ministries/jmccutchan/daysofnoah.html
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- THE PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH
- Now, we need to learn the difference between the Rapture
of the Church and the Second Coming of Christ to earth, to Israel.
They are two distinct events. Let's look at some Scriptures that
reveal the Rapture of the Church: "For the Lord himself
shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the
archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ
shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be
CAUGHT UP together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord
in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord" (I Thess. 4:16 & 17).
- All Christians dead and alive will be CAUGHT UP to meet the
Lord IN THE AIR. The word rapture means to be CAUGHT UP. At the
Rapture the Lord does not return to earth. The Bible also says:
- "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep,
but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of
an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the
dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed"
(I Corinthians 15:51 & 52).
- Only Christians will be caught up. The unbelieving world
will be left on earth to face the wrath of God during the tribulation.
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- THE BIBLE SAYS:
- * Israel and the Palestinian State. After watching prophecy
being fulfilled on June 4, 2003, when President Bush, Prime Minister
Sharon and Palestinian Prime Minister Abbas joined in proclaiming
the goal of a Palestinian State, such war and bloodshed erupted
that the "Road Map" seemed all but dead. However, the
U.S. and Israel launched an intense propaganda diplomatic campaign
to salvage the Road Map under any conditions and under any illusions.
Thus, all parties are talking earnestly about accepting a Muslim
"Hudna" Ceasefire, which only means a cessation of
violence for the purpose of the Muslim force to regroup, rearm,
and redeploy for the next strike. Every single time in the past
22 years of terror, when Israel has seemingly had the Palestinian
terror machine on the ropes, poised for a knockout blow, she
has obediently pulled back at US insistence to allow the Palestinians
an unofficial "Hudna" breather... Of great interest
to me was a sentence Jerry Golden made in his most recent newsletter.
Jerry is a Christian Jew, a Messianic Jew. He made the following
remark: "... when we consider the so-called secret deals
Bush made with the Arab Countries to sit still for the Iraq war,
and he would deliver Israel to them on a platter."
- We shall have to watch events in Israel carefully, for the
true End of the Age clock is centered there.
- [ Source: http://www.cuttingedge.org
]
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- PERES RAISES 'WORLD CAPITAL' SOLUTION FOR JERUSALEM
- JERUSALEM - Reuters - July 22, 2003 - Shimon Peres, the head
of Israel's opposition Labor Party, has suggested resolving Israeli-Palestinian
conflict over Jerusalem by putting its holy sites under U.N.
stewardship, a spokesman said Tuesday. His
plan calls for declaring a holy area of sites sacred to Jews,
Christians and Muslims in Jerusalem's old walled city as a "world
capital," with the U.N. Secretary-General serving
as mayor, Peres' spokesman Yoram Dori told Reuters. Israel claims
Jerusalem as its capital, including the Arab eastern part captured
in the 1967 Middle East War and annexed in a move that is not
recognized internationally. Palestinians want to make East Jerusalem
capital of the state they hope to establish in the West Bank
and Gaza Strip under a U.S.-backed peace plan. Peres raised the
idea in a meeting with visiting Russian diplomats-in-training
when they asked how he envisaged a solution to conflicting Israeli-Palestinian
claims to the city, Dori said. Israel has previously rejected
proposals raised by the Vatican to internationalize Jerusalem.
Peres, a former prime minister and an architect of interim peace
deals with the Palestinians, has not raised the proposal with
Israeli or Palestinian leaders, Dori said. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&ncid=721&e=4&u=/nm/20030722/wl_nm/mideast_jerusalem_dc
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