Syria and The Bomb

Let's all remember that earlier this year, Israel flew deep into Syria and destroyed a nuclear facility. This was a facility that Syria denied ever having but the world is now finding out that they were lying (surprise!). So the global community is sending the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) into Syria to find out if we have a problem and if so...how large is the problem?

But Syria is now saying that they will not allow the IAEA back into the country.

Read the article here; http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404800014&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Remember that Isaiah told us that a day was coming when Damascus (capital of Syria) would be totally anihilated and his description sounds eerily familiar to what a nuclear bomb would do to that city.

Slave to the Lender

I'm sure global financial people would tell me that these transactions go on all the time. But this headline just makes me a wonder; U.S. SEEKS 300 BILLION FROM GULF STATES. So why didn't we just sell bonds at auction like we usually do to finance our lifestyle that we can't afford? The idea of asking countries (who don't like us) for some quick cash to keep us afloat, reminds me of someone heading to the loan-shark as the lender of last resort.

Read article here; http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081120/bs_afp/financeeconomyusgulf_081120072928

With medicare, social security and the U.S. Government all being insolvent AND U.S. companies going bankrupt almost every day...I ask this question: How long will it be before the lenders of the world (countries with positive savings rates) realize that America is incapable of paying back it's debts and no one is willing to lend us any more money? What would that look like if America actually had to live off of money that it actually has? I fear that we would not like the answer.

Misery Loves Company

Lest you think things only look bad for the U.S., read the article below issued by U.S. intelligence pertaining to where Europe is heading. It sounds like a real mess is coming for western civilization. Europe has prided itself on cradle to grave health care, pensions and social services, but a system like that relies heavily on plenty of young workers paying for older retirees, and Europe's birth rate simply won't support it. It seems Europeans are having too much fun to bother with the hassle and expense of raising kids. The only people in Europe having children are muslim immigrants...and they are not assimilating to the ways of their host countries.

Read the full article here: http://euobserver.com/9/27158

Future for Planet earth...Not Good

One of the questions I get from people in Christian and non-Christian circles is, how can I focus on all the gloom and doom taking place on planet earth and still manage to be happy? That is a good question. My response if sometimes a question back to them...how can you read the bible and not understand that the future of planet earth is NOT GOOD? The bible is very clear that the love of many will grow cold, wars and famines and bloodshed will be on earth until Christ returns...so DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS EARTH! So how are we supposed to stay happy as we watch all of this transpire??...because we know the Master and He promises us that we will be saved from the wrath of God.

So when I see this article from U.S. Intelligence titled, "FUTURE IS NUCLEAR WAR AND FAMINE", I take comfort in knowing that the world seems to be about right on schedule for what the Master of the Universe has told us will happen. And that strengthens my faith in the Word of God...which in turn makes me happy.

Read the article here; http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24684836-12377,00.html

Mad Max and the Meltdown

This article was in the Wall Street Journal today and is very well written and goes right to the core of the problem facing this country...a healthy society will not survive when morals go out the window. Here is one paragraph from the article; "The point for a healthy society of commerce and politics is not that religion saves, but that it keeps most of the players inside the chalk lines. We are erasing the chalk lines."

He also references the fact that saying "Merry Christmas" is almost becoming politically incorrect and ties that together will the problems we now all face. This is pretty amazing that an article like this is getting published in the WSJ. Maybe even the business people who run Wall Street will start to wake up.

Read the full article here; http://sec.online.wsj.com/article/SB122714101083742715.html

Hindus Killing Christians

We know that persecution of Christians will continue to grow as satan prepares for his last stand. We already know that Muslim extremists advocate killing Christians, but now some Hindu extremists are also advocating it. We know this is happening because we recieved an email from YOUTH WITH A MISSION leadership in Orissa, India a few weeks ago saying they were fleeing for their lives.

Read the report here; http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5186703.ece

Pray for our brothers and sisters on the front lines of this satanic battle.

Shariah Law Increasing

Shariah law is the laws that are in the Koran and other Islamic writings. Fundamentalist Muslims believe that the ONLY law that is valid is Shariah law. As muslims move into western countries, many ARE NOT assimilating. In fact they are demanding that their host country change the rules to please them. I ask you...if you moved to Iran with your family...would you start protesting in the streets because the schools didn't close down for Christmas? If you moved to Saudi Arabia, would you start protesting in the streets that there wasn't any beer served with your pizza? Of course not!! So why is The West bending for Islam? Why are we not demanding that they assimilate just like the past immigrants of Germans, Irish, Norwegians, Swedes, etc...? Because we believe that "tolerance" will bring us love and peace with our neighbors...which is false.

This is not true. "Press 1 for English, 2 for Spanish" will NOT be a good thing to unify our culture. It will break it apart. Would America have survived if today all our phone calls said, "Press 1 for German, 2 for Swedish, 3 for Italian, 4 for Norwegian, 5 for Spanish, and 6 for English"??

I am posting an article below that talks about Shariah law on the increase in Great Britain. The writing is on the wall for Europe and if Jesus tarries for another 20 years, I think we will see Spain, France, and Great Britain be taken over by Islamic majorities. The Muslim voters will simply use the democratic tolerance allotted to them by their host countries to vote in the politicians of their choosing...who will roll back freedoms for non-muslims and institute laws as stated in the Koran.

It's already sliding that way. Read the article here; http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/19/europe/19shariah.php

Please remember to pray for Islam that the light of Christ will shine through and break the bonds that Satan has used to tie up the worshipers of allah...a pagan moon god.

Here Come the Locusts!

After years of drought in Australia, this year they finally had a decent crop. But according to this video the clouds of locusts have come. Reportedly, some clouds are up to 3 miles long and 1/2 mile wide. Many of our grandparents who survived the depression tell stories of clouds of locusts sweeping across the country and devouring everything in their path. Jesus told us to watch for pestilence, among other things. I wonder if these sightings of locusts will increase?

You can view the video here; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNOvAtlfvuw&feature=channel

Hat tip to James.

Who Will We Side With?

Soon the world will be forced to take sides. Tradgedy is all around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...and it is escalating. The world seems to be siding with the Palestinians and is quick to criticize Israelis. Personally, I have studied both sides of the issue and have come down on the side of the Jews. I am glad that my studies have led me to that conclusion as the bible tells us to bless the Jews.

Satan really seems to be working overtime to lie and deceive in Gaza and West Bank. The arabs there are masters at propaganda and the world is very willing to fall for it. I remember during the Israel-Lebanon war of 2006, the world would condemn Israel for bombing an apartment building and killing old people and children. When you looked closer at the facts and videos, it was discovered that Hezbollah was taking disabled people and mentally challenged people and forcing them into a building. Hezbollah would then go onto the roof and launch rockets at Israel knowing full well that Israeli fighter jets would take out the building. When, subsequently, the civilians were killed who Hezbollah had used as human shields...arab photographers were there before the dust cleared and had pictures of the injured and dead emailed to CNN and Al Jazeera for world wide consumption.

So when the world is now blaming Israel for cutting power to Gaza and crying "foul" on Israel...I automatically look a little deeper. It doesn't take much digging to realize that quite possibly, Hamas is faking blackouts and staging little kids carrying candles in an attempt to keep building world opinion against the Jews.

Read the article here that just made Google headline from the Jerusalem Post http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404771503&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Now read the same story reported by Al Jazeera; http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2008/11/20081118232525803162.html

Who side are you going to take? Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.

Climate Change

Seriously...could somone (anyone?) please answer me this question...What caused Minnesota to be under 1/2 mile of ice during the last ice age? Furthermore, what caused the earth to warm enough so that the ice melted and left us with the land we all live on today?

If I was an Eskimo 10,000 years ago happily hunting wooly mammoths across the glaciers...is it possible that I would have bought into Al Gore's panic about the world getting warmer...especially as I saw the ice receding from my mammoth hunting grounds?

As humans do we truly believe we are smart enough to start controlling the atmosphere? We can't even predict the weather 12 hours in advance...why do we believe that we (and our computer models) are now smart enough to say what is going to happen 50 or 100 yrs from now?

All of those questions are good ones and no one has been able to give me an adequate answer...so if you have one, please tell me. I honestly want to know.

President-elect Obama recently had this to say, “Few challenges facing America and the world are more urgent than combating climate change,” Mr. Obama said. “The science is beyond dispute and the facts are clear. Sea levels are rising. Coastlines are shrinking. We’ve seen record drought, spreading famine, and storms that are growing stronger with each passing hurricane season.”

Read the full article here; http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/us/politics/19climate.html

I'm sorry Mr. Obama but the science is far from being "beyond dispute". Having a consensus is a poor substitute for scientific fact. Just because the majority of the world has a consensus that God doesn't exist doesn't make it true.

As watchers of prophecy, we know that there will be some sort of catalyst that is going to bring the world together in an attempt to solve problems too large for any one country. It will require the "global community" to combat these things. Once that global community is organized, it will obviously need a leader. And we know that leader will be the anti-christ. Can you imagine how the global community will need to pull together after the rapture of the church? With millions of people vanished and the U.S. suddenly without leadership...what will the global community do? You can see how a smooth talking man with plenty of charisma will enter the scene...and decieve the world.

U.S. Poll Supports Israel

In spite of the bad news about our government pressuring Israel to give up land for peace, here is some good news from a recent poll that asked American voters to respond. It appears the results are strongly in favor of supporting Israel and also understanding that a nuclear Iran is not only a threat to Israel...but also a threat to us.

Read the poll results here; http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128431

Most on Record

In our continuing attempt to watch for extremes that seem to be happening on a daily basis, this headline was on Google this morning, "U.S. Producer Prices Decline 2.8%, Most on Record".

So we have records being shattered almost every day. Headlines with words like hottest, driest, coldest, deadliest, costliest, rainiest, strongest, etc...seem to be happening so often that the apathetic world hardly raises it's head to notice. The world seems to be in "catasrophe overload" mode. But to those with their spiritual goggles on, this is just one more birth pang that is announcing something large is about to be birthed. I believe the large thing is The Tribulation, also referred to Jacob's Trouble or the 70th Week of Daniel. If that event is casting it's shadows on us and we know that Christ will come and snatch all believers from the planet BEFORE that happens...how close must the rapture be?

Read the price decline article here; http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=aCC.aK6XbpoA&refer=home

Not Good

In this quote talking about an Israeli-Arab peace plan, President elect Obama reportedly told PA leader Mahmoud Abbas, "The Israelis would be crazy not to accept this initiative."

I see a few rather large problems with the ideas "for peace" that are posted in this article. First off, it is a Saudi Arabian plan so you know it has to have problems coming from a country that doesn't allow Bibles in the country. Secondly, it is saying the Israel has to give up control of Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. This territory was won by Israel fighting defensive wars that were started by the Arabs. The Arabs were confident in 1948 and 1967 that they would destroy the Jews and take ALL of Israel...but God had other plans and instead the Arab armies were humiliated.

Secondly, the plan calls for Israel to figure out what to do with millions of Arab refugees that are claiming they lost their land during the Israeli-Arab wars. Since the Arabs attacked Israel in both cases...why should it be Israel's job to fix this problem? The Arab-refugees were actually born in other Arab countries but those countries don't want them back. Boy, that sounds strange to me.

Read the full article here; http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128402

It may be that as America pressures God's chosen people to divide God's Holy land...the pressure could continue to increase on America which is already on the brink of financial and moral collapse.

Obama the Anti-Christ?

There was an email running around in the past months that pointed out that Obama could be the anti-christ. I had it sent my way a few times. I don't believe he is, as the book of Daniel tells us that the anti-christ will arise from the same group that destroyed the 2nd Temple in 70 A.D. We know that was the Roman empire but we have to remember that Rome controlled the world and had a very large empire. But I highly doubt it's Obama, who is of Hawaiian-Kenyan descent. Also remember that Thessalonians tells us that the anti-christ will not be revealed until the Holy Spirit is removed from earth. Since the rapture has not happened yet, all guesses on the anti-christ will be simply that...guesses.

This article is INCREDIBLY interesting because it appeared in Newsweek and talked about the anti-christ and Obama and also talked about the rapture. I'm sure the non believers (after reading this article) are thinking that anyone who believes in the rapture must be insane. So be it. That, in and of itself, fulfills even more prophesies.

Read the Newsweek article here; http://www.newsweek.com/id/169192

Russia Says Strange Times Coming for Earth

This is an interesting article to read for a number of reasons. Number one because they refer to Noah's flood as an historical event. Number two, because they say that there is a scientific reason for all the increased geologic activity like earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, etc... Number three because they give a reason for the earth getting warmer that has little to do with man and more to do with the earth's rotation slowing down. Number four because this article is out of a Russian paper.

The author asks the question if they should be preparing for another Flood like the one that happened in the days of Noah.

Read the full article here; http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20081113/118296502.html

Brainwashed by Satan

A woman was recently captured in Iraq whos is said to be the "Mother of all suicide bombers." She is reponsible for recruiting young girls to blow themselves up and attempt to kill all the innocent bystanders that they can...it doesn't matter if it's soldiers from her own country, little children, or shoppers at the market looking for dinner...just kill all you can in the name of allah.

Reportedly, the most recent bomber was a 13 yr old girl, and she killed 5 Iraqi guards on her way out. Here are some of the lies that they tell these little girls and women to get them to perform this horrendous act...what's even worse, their own mothers are telling them to blow themselves up!

"She said she is just one of many mothers who do the same job," he said. "And there are many girls who are willing to die. The mothers tell them that they will go to heaven, where they will sit by rivers of honey and have lunch with the prophet Mohammad and live in comfort."

"The girls are the wives of al-Qaeda members, so their husbands tell them that their martyrdom would be glorious and the husbands too will automatically get to heaven as a result of their wives willingness to kill themselves in the name of religion."

Read the full article here; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/3464411/Mother-of-all-suicide-bombers-warns-of-rise-in-attacks.html

I ask you a question...where are all the voices of outrage from the muslims around the world, and in this country, to this crime against humanity?

Please continue to pray against the forces of Satan that have captured these people in a huge lie. The believe they are going directly to some sort of heaven. What a terrifying thought to imagine that some young or man or woman who just blew himself up opens his eyes in eternity, but instead of seeing anything pleasant...he sees The Father of ALL Lies...and it's too late to change your mind.