More California Foreshadowing

We have been watching the state of California and wondering if their problems could be giving hints of what is coming for the entire country. Remember that bell bottom pants, skateboards and RayBan sunglasses all started in California....and then 5 years later finally made it to Midwest.

Today there is an article about California's bond auction that gives more hints.

Remember when a state or country is out of money, they need to sell bonds. Bonds are really just promissory notes.....they promise to pay a stated amount of interest over a stated period of time and at the end of that time they pay the principal back in one lump sum.

The worse the credit risk...the higher the interest rate that investors are going to demand. The higher the interest rate....the more of your cash flow goes out the door to service it. Think about a credit card that is charging 6% and then jumps to 20%. It becomes near impossible to keep making the payments....which can cause a snowball effect because it becomes difficult to keep making the payments on the house, car, boat, ATV's and everything else if more of your money is going towards your credit card payment.

That's what IS happening in California.

For example, the 13-year bond in this week’s deal will pay an annualized tax-free yield of 4.85%, compared with the 4.47% yield on the 13-year issue in the previous bond sale. Higher interest rates mean servicing the debt takes a bigger chunk of the state budget.

Read article here; http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2009/10/california-muni-bond-sale-erb-general-obligation-muni-tax-free.html

We actually thought that the rates demanded would have been higher than 4.85% seeing what a hole the state is in. But with banks paying less than 1% on savings accounts, investors are currently desperate for some other options. So for now California can continue to keep spending today with plans to keep kicking the can ever further down the road.

But someday.....the piper will have to be paid.

Brutal Lovers of Violence

Paul tells us in 2 Timothy 3, "But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lover of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, with out self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God...."

Certainly we have all noticed the daily headlines of mothers killing their kids, children killing children for the $100 shoes, drug pushers disguising Meth as candy and giving it to young kids just to see them suffer, teenage girls flushing their newborn babies so they can get back to the dance....the list goes on and on.

Today's headline is just more of the same....it's just getting more over the top and unbelievable.

Police: As many as 20 present at gang rape outside school dance

Investigators say as many as 20 people were involved in or stood and watched the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside a California high school homecoming dance Saturday night.

"Based on witness statements and suspect statements, and also physical evidence, we know that she was raped by at least four suspects committing multiple sex acts," Gagan said.

"As people announced over time that this was going on, more people came to see, and some actually participated," Gagan said.

The attack occurred on school grounds as the annual homecoming dance was under way inside the school Saturday night, authorities said.

Read it here; http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/27/california.gang.rape.investigation/

Did you catch that?? As this girl was being raped in the alley, someone ran into the dance and announced the rape was happening....and others came to watch and/or participate!!

These are 15 year old kids!! Where would they learn to have such an utter lack of morals?? How could it be possible that so many people in our country have no idea what the difference is between right and wrong?? How long will it be until the utterly perverse people totally swamp the few remaining that have any morals what-so-ever?

Of course the answer isn't far away. I would bet that the majority of those kids have never had a father at home to exert discipline. And watch the TV shows that are spooned out to our kids every single minute of the day....and watch the violent porn that is accessible into every one of their laptops and cell phones.

Satan is certainly having a hay-day for a while longer. One thing for sure...we are one day closer to Christ's return than we were yesterday.

Playing God

There is a passage in the book of Daniel when Gabriel is giving Daniel a vision about the Last Days. In it he says, ".....and knowledge shall increase." I realize that there are some different interpretations of what Gabriel was talking about when he said this. But one of the ideas is that mankinds technological knowledge would increase exponentially as the return of Christ drew near.

Think about it....100 years ago, most people were still running around on horses and were pretty much living like we had for hundreds of years. And literally in the last hundred years we have gone from horseback to driving remote controlled vehicles on Mars. The technology jump is staggering....and we know it will keep coming.

Evidence of this is in today's headline;
No men OR women needed: Scientists create sperm and eggs from stem cells

But it raises a number of moral and ethical concerns. These include the possibility of children being born through entirely artificial means, and men and women being sidelined from the process of making babies.

Read it here; http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1223617/No-men-OR-women-needed-artificial-sperm-eggs-created-time.html

That is right out of a Star Trek show.

If God doesn't come down and judge man soon...we may soon be making all sorts of strange beings as we tinker with the foundational building blocks of life itself.

Israel a Threat to All Nations

Ahmadinejad is making his fiery statements again towards the Jews.

"The Zionist regime is a threat to all nations ... it cannot tolerate the existence of any strong country in the region," said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday, according to Teheran news agency Press TV.

The big prophetic news in this article is the strengthening relationship between Turkey and Iran. Remember, just a few short months ago, Turkey and Israel enjoyed a good relationship. And today, Turkey is falling into the arms of Iran and Russia.

Iran's president praised Erdogan's stance over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying the Turkish leader's "clear stance toward the Zionist regime has had a positive impact on the world of Islam."

Read article here; http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1256557973032&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

I guess Ezekiel was right over 2800 years ago when he saw the day that this coalition of Russia, Iran and Turkey would turn on Israel.

What this coalition doesn't realize is that when they go out and gather to fight against Israel....God himself will supernaturally obliterate their armies....as He did in ancient days.

Asteroid Explodes Over Indonesia

Just when we thought global warming was going to kill us all....now we have to spend trillions of dollars trying to defend ourselves against space rocks. I hope Al Gore gets on his jet and starts sounding the alarm!

Check this out;

On 8 October an asteroid detonated high in the atmosphere above South Sulawesi, Indonesia, releasing about as much energy as 50,000 tons of TNT, according to a NASA estimate released on Friday. That's about three times more powerful than the atomic bomb that levelled Hiroshima, making it one of the largest asteroid explosions ever observed.

Read full article here; http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18046

Bible prophecy talks about strange things happening in the skies during the Last Days. Revelation tells us a meteor named Wormwood will crash into earth and poison most of the fresh water on the planet during The Tribulation. Keep your eyes on the skies!

Hat tip to Barb F.

Obama May Soon Anounce Aliens

We have been watching the fallen angels ("aliens") for some time. We have noticed the increasing frequency of alien movies and TV shows...as if conditioning us all to accept their existence. We have also noticed that demonic ("alien") websites have been trumpeting that aliens are very close to making their way onto the public stage of planet earth....maybe before the end of 2009.

Today we were handed an article that potentially ties up some interesting prophetic possibilities regarding aliens....and President Obama may soon be making the announcement that not only confirms aliens exist...but that we have been using their technology for quite some time.

An official announcement by the Obama administration disclosing the reality of extraterrestrial life is imminent. For several months, senior administration officials have been quietly deliberating behind closed doors how much to disclose to the world about extraterrestrial life. Dissatisfaction among powerful institutions such as the U.S. Navy over the decades-long secrecy policy has given a boost to efforts to disclose the reality of extraterrestrial life and technology.

And this announcement may be coming as soon as December. And when it does it may add to the building pressure for the earth to have a one-world-government. It would make perfect sense because if they can prove to us that different species of aliens exist....then all of us humans really should stick together as the human race and work together to be part of the intergalactic community.

If extraterrestrial disclosure does occur at the end of 2009 or early 2010, President Obama will lead an unprecedented effort to promote global governance through the United Nations. The Obama administration and its supporters are poised to take a bold step forward in helping our planet become an interplanetary culture that openly deals with the challenges posed by extraterrestrial life.

And remember that bomb we sent to explode into the moon a few weeks ago? We were all told it was to look for water. But is that really what was happening?

In addition, popular NASA and space researcher, Richard Hoagland, has publicly come forward to reveal that the October 9, LCROSS ‘bombing’ mission of the moon, discovered an ancient base at the moon’s South Pole. Reviewing the scientific data achieved by NASA’s LCROSS mission, Hoagland concluded, also on the popular late night Coast to Coast AM radio show, that “LCROSS is part of a carefully constructed campaign to prepare the populace for imminent disclosure. The President of the United States will soon announce that scientists have discovered ruins on the moon, he added. Nobody saw the LCROSS debris plume because the probes struck a building which swallowed the effects of the explosion.”

Did you catch that?? He says the plume never happened because the probes actually hit buildings on the moon!!

Read this amazing article here; http://www.examiner.com/x-2383-Honolulu-Exopolitics-Examiner~y2009m10d21-Official-disclosure-of-extraterrestrial-life-is-imminent

So is this all simply science fiction that will never happen in million years??....or is it going to happen in the next few months and change our paradigm of understanding in a monumental way?

Remember, the Bible tells us over and over again that there is much more in the universe and creation that we CAN'T see than creation that we can see.

For sure, all of us need to check ourselves and see what this potential news would do to shake our faith. The bible is very clear that in the last days, MANY will fall away from Christ.

Could it be because we end up believing the doctrine of demons?....or could they really be demons who are appearing to us as aliens?

"The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons." 1 Timothy 4:1

Iran Says Israel Won't Strike

Israel is front page Google news again.

This time it is a story headlined the same as the above post title.

If world powers are not successful in efforts to contain the Iranian nuclear threat, an Israeli strike on Iran could become a reality, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said during a visit to Beirut, the Daily Telegraph reported Monday.

Iran's Ambassador to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, left, speaks to media after talks between Iran and the United States, Russia and France on Wednesday.

The French foreign minister suggested that time was indeed short for a solution to the Iranian threat. "There is the time that Israel will offer us before reacting, because Israel will react as soon as they know clearly that there is a threat."

"Israel will not tolerate an Iranian bomb. We know that, all of us," said Kouchner, adding that for this reason the world must work to "decrease the tension and solve the problem."

"Hopefully we are going to stop this race to a confrontation," Kouchner said.

Read full article here; http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1256150054404&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Israel has always known that if they capitulate and wring their hands...it will only be interpreted as a sign of weakness....and they live in a very rough neighborhood.

Time may indeed be short....in more ways than one.

Let Palestinians Have Nukes!

When Muammar Gadhafi was in New York a few weeks ago looking for a place to set up his tent while he attended the UN meetings....we all figured he was a little off his rocker.

Today he has come up with an idea that confirms this guy is way off his rocker.

Arab states, as well as the Palestinians, should be allowed to develop nuclear weapons as long as Israel retains its nuclear program, Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi said in a televised interview Sunday night.

"If the Israelis have the nuclear weapons and the nuclear capabilities, then it is the right of the Egyptians, the Syrians, the Saudis to have the same," the Libyan leader told the British Sky network.

Gadhafi also claimed that "even the Palestinians should have the same because their counterparts, or their opponents, have nuclear capabilities."

Read article here; http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1123644.html

Notice what Gadhafi says later when pressed on Iranian nukes;

Asked if he would advise Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to relinquish his nuclear arms, as his country did in 2003, the Libyan leader said that "Iran, up to now, hasn't said it is manufacturing a nuclear weapon: Iran says it is enriching uranium."

However, Gadhafi added, if "Iran were to manufacture nuclear weapons, nuclear arms, then all of us, including us, will be against them. But Iran has not said so."

Wow! That sure spells out the conditions for a nuclear arms race in the middle east. Can you imagine a world where Egypt, Syria, Hezbollah, Hamas, Saudi Arabia and every other corrupt, despotic government or terrorist sponsor has access to nukes??

Does anyone have any doubt that those same people who clap their hands in joy and hand out candy when their children blow themselves up killing others....would have any problems blowing up hundreds of thousands with nuclear weapons?

Temple Needs To Be Built--Now!

As watchers, one of the things we need to be watching for is the rebuilding of the 3rd Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount. Why, some may ask? Because it is very clear that the 3rd Temple will be standing during The Tribulation so that the Anti-Christ can stand in it and declare himself as god...thereby fulfilling numerous prophesies.

Let's all remember the good news about the day that the Anti-Christ does this.....we will all have been gone from planet earth and dwelling with Jesus for over 3 1/2 years!

Today there is an article on Ynet News that talks about many Jew's urgency to rebuild the temple.

Kiryat Arba Chief Rabbi Dov Lior said, "It is vital that the Israeli people visit the (Temple Mount). We are suffering because a large segment of the populations is indifferent towards this issue.

"Reclaiming our sovereignty over (the Temple Mount) will bring redemption closer," said the rabbi.

Remember folks, currently Arab riots are taking place around the Temple Mount. As in the past, a rumor gets started that Jews are thinking of visiting the Temple Mount....and that rumor is usually enough to start the Arabs rioting.

During a rightist event held in Jerusalem Sunday evening, just hours after Muslims rioted in and around the Temple Mount amid reports that Jewish extremists were planning to visit the site, Professor Hillel Weiss said, "The (third) temple must be built now. The mosques do not have to be destroyed in order for us to do this."

Read full article here; http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3795297,00.html

Notice also that this Professor is saying the the mosques don't have to be destroyed in order to build the 3rd Temple. Many believe what he is saying....that there is room enough for all on the Temple Mount.

This may be some serious foreshadowing and insight into what idea the Anti-Christ may use to get a peace agreement finally signed between the Arabs and Jews....which will be the event that starts the 7 years of Tribulation.

I love the words to that famous praise song; "People get ready, Jesus is coming...soon we'll be going home!"

Global Warming Means Global Division

Yesterday the activists of the world gathered to demand action on global warming. They are ordinary people who have never had a science class in their lives...but yet they are convinced that the climate is going to change and lead to all sorts of heinous outcomes. Why do they believe this? Because it has been repeated by our leaders so often that they reason it must be true.

Many of the events referred to the Copenhagen conference scheduled in December that will seek to reach a new global climate change treaty to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on carbon dioxide emissions. It has been billed as a last chance to avoid the impact of catastrophic global that could be felt for generations.
McKibben said there are lessons to be learned from the Kyoto Protocol, which the U.S. did not join.

"We saw what happened," he said. "Everybody walked away once it was done, and there was no real progress. We need to pick up the pace."

Read article here; http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jH3lrToq0EzchJIbXXLNKGJngWWwD9BHSA884

The pressure for the new Nobel Peace Prize winner, President Obama, to sign the document, will be immense when he shows up in Copenhagen.

None of the climate change people that I debate have been able to answer me the simple question, "How come the whole Midwest was covered with a mile thick glacier 10,000 years ago? Doesn't that mean that climate change has been with us forever?"

I believe that fallen man has entered such an age of vanity that he believes he can control the climate of planet earth. Clearly, this is God's domain.