There is a lot going on, things have definitely sped up. Some of these headlines may seem small but they are the beginning and feed into the big picture of what is happening all around us, that most that are asleep, have no idea are occurring as they are too distracted with the things of this world.
Maranatha, Lord come quickly!
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Christian Persecution
Egypt’s coup puts fearful Christians in a corner
It was nighttime and 10,000 Islamists were marching down the most heavily Christian street in this ancient Egyptian city, chanting “Islamic, Islamic, despite the Christians.” A half-dozen kids were spray-painting “Boycott the Christians” on walls, supervised by an adult.
Surprise! IRS assault on churches started with Holder
The seeds of the IRS targeting of conservative groups were planted by Eric Holder in 2001 when as deputy attorney general under President Bill Clinton he convinced incoming Attorney General John Ashcroft to seize the building of a conservative megachurch, says the church’s retired pastor.
Shameful: Even Putin calls to end Christian persecution, as Obama is ‘silent’
..you know “it’s a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world” when Russian president Vladimir Putin becomes the leading voice for stopping the violent persecutions against Christians while the president of the United States stands silent.
One World Government / Oligarchy / Police State
Congress Gets Their Obamacare Exemption
When Congress passed the health reform law known as Obamacare in 2010, an amendment required that lawmakers and their staff members purchase health insurance through the online exchanges that the law created. They would lose generous coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
Agent: IRS Still Targeting Tea Party Groups
The Internal Revenue Service is still targeting tea party and conservative groups in their applications for tax-exempt status, a full three months after the scandal first erupted. “In plain English, the IRS is still targeting tea party cases,” an aide to Rep. Dave Camp, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, told The Washington Examiner.
Rand Paul OpEd: Obama Should Be Held Accountable For Benghazi
CNN now reports that at least 35 American agents were in Benghazi and the CIA is doing everything possible to prevent them from testifying to Congress. Did Clinton lie because the CIA program was classified? Is it OK to lie to Congress about classified programs? Obama’s national intelligence director, James Clapper, lied to the Senate in March of this year when he testified that no American records were being collected by the NSA. He tried to explain his prevarication by saying that he responded in the least untruthful way he knew how because the program was classified.
Obama Diminished Presidency by Talking National Security on Leno
“The president of the United States went to a late-night comedy show for his first-ever statement about this increased terror threat. A late-night comedy show.” Limbaugh added that though there is “nothing wrong with late-night comedy shows,” this “would not have happened with any prior president.” “Matters of such consequence, matters of such seriousness would have been dealt with in a far more serious and appropriate way and forum and time of day,” Limbaugh said. “There were serious items on the agenda in our relationship with Russia, and all of it was treated as a joke. All of it was treated as unserious, halfhearted, nothing to really be concerned about.”
Obama’s Putin snub puts new focus on Moscow’s China ties
When leaders of the G20 assemble in St Petersburg next month, all eyes will be on the body language between the host Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama, who this week snubbed the Russian leader by cancelling a separate summit in Moscow. But the cameras will also be keen to capture the chemistry between Mr Putin and Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader who has quietly encouraged the growing rapprochement between the two nations.
Obama administration using housing department to compel diversity in neighborhoods
…the Department of Housing and Urban Development is imposing a new rule that would allow the feds to track diversity in America’s neighborhoods and then push policies to change those it deems discriminatory. The policy, “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing,” will require HUD to gather data on segregation and discrimination in every single neighborhood and try to remedy it.
Exclusive: IRS manual detailed DEA’s use of hidden intel evidence
Details of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration program that feeds tips to federal agents and then instructs them to alter the investigative trail were published in a manual used by agents of the Internal Revenue Service for two years. The practice of recreating the investigative trail…is now under review by the Justice Department. Two high-profile Republicans have also raised questions about the procedure.
Court to Feds: Explain Marine’s Facebook-Postings Arrest
A federal judge in Richmond, Va., has refused to dismiss from a lawsuit several FBI and Secret Service agents as well as local police officers who arrested a military veteran based on an opinion from a counselor who had never met him that he might be a danger. The officers had confronted the veteran, Brandon Raub, after he expressed criticism of the U.S. government on a social networking page. They arrested Raub and kept him in custody for an evaluation based on the long-distance opinion from Michael Campbell, a psychotherapist hired by the local county. But when the case came before a judge, his ruling found the concerns raised by the officers were “so devoid of any factual allegations that it could not be reasonably expected to give rise to a case or controversy.” Raub then sued the officers for taking him into custody.
Billionaire Hugo Salinas Price – Elites Plan to Control the World
Hugo Salinas Price told King World News in stunning fashion what he believes to be the frightening plan to control the world going forward. He described the people planning this as “barbarians,” and said, “this is not going to end well.” He also issued this ominous warning, “I have very serious doubts about the survival of our civilization under such people.” Hugo Salinas Price: “With regards to the social question in the world, in 1929 a Spanish thinker by the name of Ortega y Gasset wrote a book that really shook up the world titled, ‘The Revolt of the Masses.’ He was talking about the appearance on the world stage of new individuals.
200,000 mandatory RFID-chipped patrons enjoy slave-training at Lollapalooza in Chi-town
Hundreds of thousands of young and old alternative music fans have lined up and willingly received RFID micro-chipped non-removable wristbands to gain entrance to the Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago’s Grant Park, which began Friday August 2nd. On their website, festival organizers put a positive spin on the RFID tags, explaining “We’re saving paper and saving you the hassle of redeeming a paper ticket for your wristband!”
Al-Qaeda Leader: Egypt’s Coup Proof That Democracy Is Corrupt and the Only ‘Legitimacy is the Shariah’
Al-Qaida’s leader said Egypt’s military coup that ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi provides proof that Islamic rule cannot be established through democracy, and urged the Islamist leader’s followers to abandon the ballot box in favor of armed resistance. …Ayman al-Zawahri also lashed out at the Egyptian military, the country’s secular and liberal elites as well as the Coptic Christian minority…
Apostasy / Church Falling Away
African Bishop Anathematizes Episcopal Presiding Bishop
An Anglican Catholic Church (ACC) bishop from Southern Africa has anathematized the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church Katharine Jefferts Schori, saying that she has committed the one unforgiveable sin: that of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. He accused the Episcopal Presiding Bishop of saying that “all the writings of St. Paul are satanically inspired. I pronounce publicly that she is anathema!
Obama’s Congress Opens With Muslim Imam’s Prayer To Allah
One nation under Allah. On July 31, 2013, Imam Talib Shareef of Masjid Muhammad in Washington, D.C., opened a session of the United States Congress with a prayer on Capitol Hill. This is the America that Obama has been working so hard to create.
Is it hopeless? Should we give up?
So why should Americans today throw up their hands in apathy? Because they don’t believe in miracles. They don’t believe in the power of prayer. They don’t have the faith of a mustard seed. That’s what’s really lacking in us today.
Billy Graham: If Ever There Was a Time America Needed God’s Intervention, It’s Now
“If ever there was a time this country needed the intervention of God, it is now,” writes Graham in the letter published on the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association website. “We can and should pray for America as a whole, but remember that when God sets out to change a nation, He begins by changing people. It starts with individuals.” Graham said that there are a lot of things that his health and strength no longer permit him to do, but that there are still many things he can do, “and one of them is pray.” He writes that he is praying fervently for “a fresh spiritual awakening in America.”
Bedeviling Phenomenon: What Do You Make of the 1,200-Foot Wide Pentagram on Google Maps?
It’s found on the southern shore of the Upper Tobol Reservoir where there are almost no other signs of humanity; the closest settlement is the city of Lisakovsk, about 12 miles to the east, according to Yahoo News. Adding fuel to the proverbial lake of fire are reports that you zoom into the center of the pentagram on Google Maps, you can see two spots highlighted by previous visitors to the topographical app: “Adam” and “Lucifer”—and you know what figure that name is connected with…
94-year-old Billy Graham’s warning for America
At a time when many believe the midnight hour on God’s prophetic clock is fast approaching, major evangelists – Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Bonnke, Laurie, Chuck Smith, Banning Liebscher and others – are turning their attention toward America in the hope of helping ignite an end-times awakening.
Kenyan Man Tries to Overturn the Death Sentence of Jesus Christ
Kenyan lawyer Dola Indidis is on a mission: to get the International Court of Justice at the Hague to overturn the conviction and death sentence of Jesus Christ 2,000 years ago.
Bishop to apologise for abuse at Fort Augustus School
One of Scotland’s most senior clerics is to apologise for decades of physical and sexual abuse of pupils at a Catholic boarding school. The Bishop of Aberdeen, Hugh Gilbert, will address the parish at Fort Augustus in the Highlands. His statement comes after the BBC found evidence of physical and sexual abuse by monks at Fort Augustus Abbey School and its prep school in East Lothian.
Giant Pentagram Seen in Kazakhstan
Conspiracy theorists, start your engines: On the wind-blown steppes of central Asia, in an isolated corner of Kazakhstan, there’s a large pentagram etched into the Earth’s surface.
Former Archbishop Desmond Tutu Says He Would Choose Hell Over ‘Homophobic’ Heaven
Speaking recently at the United Nation’s launch of its “Free & Equal” campaign to promote fair treatment of LGBT persons, former archbishop and South African anti-apartheid activist Desmond Tutu declared that the issue was so close to his heart that he “would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven” and instead choose “the other place.”
Deception
Obama Lies To Leno: We Don’t Have A Domestic Spying Program
Obama tells comedian Jay Leno that “We don’t have a domestic spying program.” He made the comment during a taping of Leno’s TV show. Obama also says the U.S. is not overreacting by closing some U.S. embassies for a week. The president tells Leno, “The odds of dying in a terrorist attack are a lot lower than they are of dying in a car accident, unfortunately.”
Ex-Border Patrol Agents Warn: Politicians Helping Cartels in U.S.
In an open letter to the public in late July, several retired Border Patrol agents wrote on behalf of the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers to warn that Mexican drug cartels are actively operating inside the United States spending millions every year to try to build their networks here. They argued that American politicians are protecting their activities as well.
US Embassy Closings Expose Barack Obama’s Lies About Al-Qaeda & Benghazi
How is it that Al Qaeda, the group that Barack Obama stated many times during his re-election campaign were on the run and nearly wiped out, have now, just some 12 months or so later, bloomed into a huge threat that is not isolated but now encompasses nearly the entire Middle East? Obama did state that Al Qaeda was on “a path to defeat” just this past May, and yet it seems they are now powerful enough to cause the closing of scores of U.S. facilities in the very places Obama had stated they were on the run in! Just how can that be? Could that be because Obama is weak?
Raising More Benghazigate Questions
Jake Tapper peeked recently into that dark room wherein the Obama Administration and its allies in the MSM have consigned the Benghazigate Scandal. Tapper’s was the first and only major report to appear in the MSM, and CNN will air a special on Benghazigate tonight at 10:00 PM EDT. It should be a “must watch” for anyone interested in understanding the event, its genesis, and its consequences. The MSM (except in a blog here) has not touched Tapper’s report, and the special may serve as a second prod to get its members off their collective duffs. One little fact Tapper’s in piece is being said to have been unreported earlier other than in alternative media: that a total of seven persons were injured in the attacks.
Exclusive: U.S. directs agents to cover up program used to investigate Americans
A secretive U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unit is funneling information from intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, informants and a massive database of telephone records to authorities across the nation to help them launch criminal investigations of Americans. Although these cases rarely involve national security issues, documents reviewed by Reuters show that law enforcement agents have been directed to conceal how such investigations truly begin – not only from defense lawyers but also sometimes from prosecutors and judges.
Obama ‘Leaking Info on Israeli Strikes in Syria’
he U.S. intelligence community has been leaking information on Israeli air strikes in Syria, and U.S. President Barack Obama is behind the leaks, according to a report in the World Tribune.
Psalm 83 War Coming / Isaiah 17 / Zechariah 12:3
Obama’s $195 Million Aid Package for Al Qaeda-Led Syrian Rebels
President Barack Obama’s announcement of an additional $195 million in humanitarian and food aid to Syrian rebels came a day after Al Qaeda-linked forces led those same rebels in an offensive that landed them control over a strategic military airport. The aid package is the latest gesture of support…to forces that have become dominated by elements the U.S. has been fighting against since the days following 9/11.
US speaks to Israel over its approval of 147 new settler homes and plans for 949 more
The United States has called Israel over its approval of 147 new West Bank settler homes and its decision to advance plans for 949 other units just one week after direct peace negotiations resumed in Washington. The second round of talks is to be held in Jerusalem on August 14, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki confirmed on Thursday at a press briefing in Washington.
Egypt crisis: US-EU call to end ‘dangerous stalemate’
The US and the European Union have called on all sides in Egypt’s political crisis to end “a dangerous stalemate” after the interim government said foreign mediation had failed. In a joint statement, they said the Egyptian government bore a special responsibility to begin this process. The army-backed government says it will break up sit-ins in Cairo being held by supporters of ousted President Morsi.
EU, Israel headed for showdown over settlement rules
Despite heavy criticism from Israel, the European Union will not cancel, modify or delay the implementation of recently published guidelines that block EU funding from Israeli institutions located beyond the Green Line, a top EU official said this week.
63% of Israeli Jews oppose major West Bank pullout, poll finds
Israeli Jews would oppose a peace agreement with the Palestinians if it included a full West Bank pullout with land swaps to let Israel retain major settlement population centers, according to a new poll that appears to contradict the conclusions of other recent surveys.
George Soros-funded Foundations Contribute to Anti-Israel Groups
The report by NGO Monitor tracks the finances of the Open Society Foundations (OSF), which are headquartered in New York City and provide grants to numerous domestic and international programs—including several in the Middle East. OSF’s global network spent almost $910 million in 2012. Several of the OFS-sponsored groups support boycott, divestment, and sanctions campaigns against Israel, equate Israel’s settlements in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with South Africa’s former apartheid regime, and in some cases deny Israel’s right to exist.
Disturbing report alleges killings of 450 Kurds in Syria
According to Iranian TV channel Al-Alam, militants from the Jabhat al-Nusra Front attacked the town of Tal Abyad on Monday, killing 120 children and 330 women and elderly near the Turkish border.
As al-Qaida grows, leaders remain a global threat
Far from being on the brink of collapse, al-Qaida’s core leadership remains a potent threat — and one that experts say has encouraged the terror network’s spread into more countries today than it was operating in immediately after 9/11.
Israel formulating response to EU settlement guidelines before start of Horizon 2020
The European Union is willing to discuss Israel’s objections to its recently published “settlement guidelines,” but its degree of flexibility on the matter is unclear, and Israel needs to draw its own “red lines,” a senior Israeli official said Monday. …Those negotiations are set to begin a week from Wednesday.
Lebanese Christian leader assails Hezbollah for provoking Israel
Ethnic tensions in Lebanon are resurfacing over what some say is Hezbollah’s destabilizing role in the region. In a local television interview, Samir Geagea, a prominent Lebanese Christian, accused the Iranian-backed Shi’ite militia on Sunday of “dragging the country into war against the wishes of its leaders,” Israel Radio reported.
Thousands rally to support embattled Tunisia government
Tens of thousands of Tunisians came out in a show of force for the country’s Islamist-led government on Saturday, in one of the largest demonstrations since the 2011 revolution. Supporters of the ruling Ennahda party crowded into Kasbah Square next to the prime minister’s office in the capital, Tunis. Ennahda officials said more than 150,000 attended. Fireworks flashed overhead and red Tunisian flags fluttered over a sea of demonstrators. “No to coups, yes to elections,” the crowd shouted, in a reference to the army-backed ouster of Egypt’s elected Islamist president last month.
Is Egypt On The Verge Of Engineered Civil War?
For thousands of years, Egypt has been one of the primary pillars of the Eastern world. When Egypt falls into turmoil, a shockwave is felt by all other nations that heralds great change and perhaps even great catastrophe. The West’s longtime interest in maintaining a solid foothold in Egypt is based on this reality; even in our modern age, when Egypt is in your corner riches can be accumulated, and power can be gathered.
Interpol issues global security alert, cites jailbreaks across Mideast
Interpol on Saturday issued an alert advising its 190 members to step up their vigilance against possible terror attacks after a series of recent prison breaks from Libya, Iraq, and Pakistan and six other countries that involve hundreds of terrorists and other criminals. The agency said al-Qaeda may have been involved in some of the incidences, and that it was trying to determine if the different events were somehow linked.
Hezbollah leader slams Israel in rare public speech
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah emerged from hiding on Friday to deliver his first major speech in years, addressing a rally in his southern Beirut stronghold in support of the Palestinian conflict against Israel. “Israel poses a danger on all people of this region…including Lebanon, and removing it is a Lebanese national interest,” Nasrallah told hundreds of supporters in his half-hour speech.
Earth / Weather Raging / Famine / Pestilence
U.S. declares ‘unusual mortality event’ as dolphin deaths rise
Federal scientists investigating an unusually high number of dead bottlenose dolphins washing up on the East Coast said on Thursday the carcasses are showing up at a rate that is seven times higher than usual. More than 120 dead animals have been discovered since June from New Jersey to Virginia, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Service said.
Deadly floods hit central US with Missouri worst affected
Up to three people have died in flash floods that have sparked alerts in several US states. A child was killed and his mother is presumed dead after their car was swept away in Missouri, which has suffered the worst of the deluge. Another woman died as her car drove over a bridge in rapidly rising waters in the same state.
Person-to-Person H7N9 Transmission: First Case Detailed in New Report
The case of a father and daughter in China who both became infected with H7N9 bird flu provides the strongest evidence yet that the virus can transmit from person to person, experts say.
Spectacular filament eruption & Earth directed CME – August 6, 2013
A spectacular filament eruption was observed…. A strong Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) has been seen following this energetic impulsive eruption and it does seem to have an earth-bound component which should impact the Earth late on the August 10.
Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near Pine Valley, Calif.
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Wednesday evening 16 miles from Pine Valley, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 6:15 p.m. at a depth of 3.1 miles.
Russian scientists: Earth can expect a new ice agel
“Everything on Earth is cyclical — a warm period is followed by a cold one, and vice versa. We are currently in a warm period. However, unlike past periods, it is advancing too quickly. Over the last 100 years, we have seen a drastic migration of animals and plants to the North.” Thus every year, trees are rising by about 1.5 feet toward the peaks of the northern mountains, and they are encroaching on the tundra.
Moderate earthquake strikes south of Mexico City, shaking buildings
The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 and struck at 3:17 p.m. local time Tuesday (2019 GMT) about 500 kilometers (310 miles) south of the capital. The epicenter was 8 kilometers (5 miles) northwest of the town of Xochistlahuaca in Guerrero state. It had a depth of 30 kilometers (18 miles).
Earthquake rattles Greek capital; no injuries, damage reported
ATHENS, Greece – An earthquake which the US Geological Survey says had a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 has rattled central Greece and was felt in the country’s capital, Athens. There were no immediate reports of any damage or injuries.
What caused a giant sinkhole in a Kansas pasture?
“Man had nothing to do with this. This is a God thing,” said Larry Townsend, Wallace County Sheriff. “There’s no oil well around here. There are no irrigation wells anywhere near. This is something that just happened.”
Kansas Sinkhole: Massive 200 Foot Sinkhole Still Growing, Locals Warned to Stay Away
The Kansas sinkhole has been measured at 200 feet across and 90 feet deep, but has still not stopped swallowing up the land. Officials have warned those in the local area that the sinkhole is continuing to swallow up the ground, and that those in the nearby proximity should be on alert and stay clear of the danger. The sinkhole is said to have made a massive pasture disappear in West Kansas. Officials are still waiting for experts to reach the area to examine the massive hole. At the moment they are still uncertain as to what exactly caused the huge sinkhole to appear, as there are no nearby irrigation wells or oil drilling happening anywhere in the region.
Bird flu strain in China ‘passed between humans’
Researchers have reported the first case of human-to-human transmission of the new strain of bird flu that has emerged in China. The British Medical Journal said a 32-year-old woman was infected after caring for her father. Both later died. Until now there had been no evidence of anyone catching the H7N9 virus other than after direct contact with birds.
The Sun’s Magnetic Field is about to Flip
Something big is about to happen on the sun. According to measurements from NASA-supported observatories, the sun’s vast magnetic field is about to flip. “It looks like we’re no more than 3 to 4 months away from a complete field reversal,” says solar physicist Todd Hoeksema of Stanford University. “This change will have ripple effects throughout the solar system.”
5.5 Magnitude Earthquake in Russia Rattled the Countryside
This is the area where the Pacific plate subducts into the mantle beneath the Okhotsk microplate, part of the larger North America plate. This subduction is responsible for the generation of the Kuril Islands chain, which are actually active volcanoes located along the entire arc, and the deep offshore Kuril-Kamchatka trench.
GEOMAGNETIC UNREST
A solar wind stream is buffeting Earth’s magnetic field, causing minor geomagnetic storms around the poles. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras.
Study: MERS virus may be deadlier than SAR
Since last September, the World Health Organization has confirmed 90 cases of MERS, the Middle East respiratory syndrome, including 45 deaths. Most cases have been in Saudi Arabia, but the mysterious virus has also been identified in countries including Jordan, Qatar, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Tunisia. MERS is related to SARS and the two diseases have similar symptoms including a fever, cough and muscle pain. “At the moment, the virus is still confined (to the Middle East),” said Dr. Christian Drosten of the University of Bonn Medical Centre in Germany, who wrote an accompanying commentary. “But this is a coronavirus and we know coronaviruses are able to cause pandemics.”
El Ninos are growing stronger, NASA/NOAA Study Rob Guarino Mark Levitt August 2013
A relatively new type of El Niño, which has its warmest waters in the central-equatorial Pacific Ocean, rather than in the eastern-equatorial Pacific, is becoming more common and progressively stronger, according to a new study by NASA and NOAA. The research may improve our understanding of the relationship between El Niños and climate change, and has potentially significant implications for long-term weather forecasting.
Earthquake of 5.7 magnitude rattles Canada’s Vancouver Island
A moderate earthquake struck off Canada’s southern Pacific coast early Sunday, rattling parts of Vancouver Island. There were no reports of damage or injuries. Earthquakes Canada said the 5.7-magnitude quake hit about 6:20 a.m. local time. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the same magnitude and said it struck about 96 miles (108 kilometers) south of Port Hardy on Vancouver Island.
Sinkhole Takes On “Volcano-Like” Quality: Is This More Proof That The Louisiana Sinkhole Is Actually A Volcano?
The Bayou Corne sinkhole is now 20X bigger than it was this time last year, and “it has taken on a volcano-like quality”. We KNOW for a fact that an ancient volcano was in the area as shared in this story and the must watch 2nd video below. With the area receiving many recent tremors, has the ‘Louisiana Sinkhole Volcano’ come back to life again? John Boudreaux smelled petroleum in the air when he arrived at work at 5:30 a.m. on Aug. 3 of last year. More than two months into an emergency response for unexplained bayou bubbles and tremors, Boudreaux was working in Bayou Corne at a command post set up to investigate the mysterious goings-on that had baffled residents, Assumption Parish officials and state regulators.
Elevated seismicity continues at Mount Rainier and near Mount Saint Helens volcanoes – Washington Cascades, US
..elevated seismicity continues at Mount Rainier (station STAR) and near Mount Saint Helens (station SHW) volcanoes in the Washington Cascades, US. Event depths at Mount Saint Helens average around 13 km and form a radial pattern in relation to the volcano, nearly opposite the northeast-trending spoke of seismicity which had affected the volcano through most of this summer.
Strong earthquake M 6.0 struck near crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi plant
A strong earthquake registered as M 6.0 (JMA) on Richter scale struck northeastern Japan on August 4, 2013 at 03:28 UTC. JMA reported depth of 50 km. This earthquake was 41 km away from March 11, 2011 devastating M 9.0 “Tohoku earthquake” and about 109 km away from crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Hog Producers Battling to Contain Virus That Has Killed Piglets by the Thousands
The outside world is not allowed in a sanitized and isolated pig farm here, not far from the Iowa border. Visitors must shower before entering, scrubbing from head to toe, trading their street clothes for disinfected coveralls that have never left the premises. Everything inside the temperature-controlled barn housing 3,000 sows has been blasted with antiseptic.
Deaths from heavy rains up to 53 in Pakistan
Heavy rains that caused flash floods and collapsed houses in different parts of Pakistan have killed 53 people over the past three days, an official said Monday. Civil and military authorities have launched rescue and relief efforts to deal with the crisis, said Brig. Kamran Zia, a senior member of the National Disaster Management Authority. He said the deaths from the flooding span the entire country.
Ezekiel 38 War / Zechariah 12:3
EU refreshes diplomatic contacts with Iran
The EU has reacted to Iran’s appeal for better ties with a series of informal meetings and friendly statements. French foreign minister Laurent Fabius met with Iran’s ambassador to France, Ali Ahani, in Paris on Tuesday (6 August), while Italy’s deputy foreign minister, Lapo Pistelli, the same day went to Tehran for a two-day visit.
Report: Iran launch site ‘likely for testing ballistic missiles’
Iran has built a new rocket launch site which is likely to be used for testing ballistic missiles, The Daily Telegraph cites military analysts as saying. According to the report, satellite images of the structure taken last month and published by IHS Jane’s Military and Security Assessments shows a 23 meters tall launch tower sitting on a launch pad. The images also shows a 125 meters long exhaust deflector.
Israeli gas group in talks on pipelines to Turkey, Jordan, Egypt
A group of energy companies that discovered large amounts of natural gas off Israel’s Mediterranean coast said they were in talks to export the gas to Europe via a pipeline to Turkey, Reuters reported late Aug. 6. They were also studying options to export gas to Jordan, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority, Avner Oil & Gas said. -Recoverable gas in the Levant Basin, which lies largely in Israeli and Cypriot waters in the eastern Mediterranean, holds some 3.5 trillion cubic meters of gas, the U.S. Geological Survey has estimated.
Iran To Boost Relations With Turkey Under Rowhani
Iran’s new administration will boost bilateral relations with Turkey, Iran’s president Hassan Rowhani underlined during a phone talk with Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Mehr news agency reported. Iran will cooperate with Turkey in regional and global issues Rowhani said, adding that, “we all should effort for restoring peace and stability in the region”. He expressed hope that Iran-Turkey cooperation would prevent violence in the region.
Javier Solana suggests Iran and US to create communication channel
Reaching an international agreement is necessary because Iran’s nuclear issue is important for the international community, Solana said. He underlined that, Rouhani`s election as president is the opportunity for achieving a solution on Iran’s nuclear issue. -“I have no authority, but still have the influence which can be used for proceeding the negotiations,” he said.
Turkey appoints new military commanders as government asserts control
Turkey appointed new military commanders on Saturday in an overhaul of its top ranks that underlined the government’s control over armed forces which once dominated political life.NATO’s second largest army is facing multiple challenges as conflict in neighbouring Syria spills across the border and a peace process with Kurdish militants looks increasingly fragile. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who chaired the Supreme Military Council meeting, has eroded the army’s power since his Islamist-rooted AK Party first came to power in 2002.
Third Temple in Israel
Activists Demonstrate Against Temple Mount Discrimination
The mass protest was prearranged following an announcement by Police Commander Avi Bitton that the Temple Mount will remain closed to Jews and tourists at least until after the end of Ramadan’s closing festival of “Eid” which is to be next Sunday, the 11th of August. For many of the activists, showing solidarity today was a reminder that this is in fact the holiest place for the Jewish people. -“People have come far to be here early in the morning to make this statement, to make this prayer to the Almighty, as we begin this special month of repentance” said Rabbi Chaim Richman, the international director of the Temple Institute.
Report: State funds groups that advocate building Third Temple
“The Institute is dedicated to every aspect of the Biblical commandment to build the Holy Temple of G-d on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem,” the group’s website reads. “Our short-term goal is to rekindle the flame of the Holy Temple in the hearts of mankind through education. Our long-term goal is to do all in our limited power to bring about the building of the Holy Temple in our time.”
Feiglin Declares ‘It’s Time to Flood the Temple Mount’
n an “unprecedented” move, police on Wednesday informed Jewish groups that the Temple Mount will be closed to all non-Muslims until at least the end of Ramadan, on 11th August. The announcement has provoked renewed anger over anti-Jewish discrimination on the Temple Mount, and sparked calls by activists for a mass-protest on 7th August, at the start of the Hebrew month of Elul.
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In Romans 10 Paul lays out how salvation is open to all, Jew and Gentile. He writes:
“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.” – Romans 10:4-5
What he is saying is now it is not about works or how closely to a “T” you follow the law. But that it is through God’s gift of grace through faith in His Son, Jesus Christ. It is really that simple, and yet a hard step for some of us.
“That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” – Romans 10:9
Christ is the narrow gate (Matthew 7:13-14), through faith in Him you will be saved. It is the only “works” that God requires for eternal salvation.
It is The Gospel of Jesus Christ. To learn more check out the following link.
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