Foolishness

It seems that global warming has stopped.

This has to be frustrating for the scientists who spent 30 yrs of their careers building man-made models to predict how a warming earth would kill us all.

Otherwise, however, not much is happening with global warming at the moment. The Earth's average temperatures have stopped climbing since the beginning of the millennium, and it even looks as though global warming could come to a standstill this year.

Ironically, climate change appears to have stalled in the run-up to the upcoming world summit in the Danish capital, where thousands of politicians, bureaucrats, scientists, business leaders and environmental activists plan to negotiate a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Billions of euros are at stake in the negotiations.

With that last bold statement, we may have revealed one reason of why this issue is so vital to many.....because entire fortunes are waiting to be made by man's attempt to control the planet's weather.

Read it here; http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,662092,00.html

Can you imagine if earth's leaders actually pass some sore of multi-$$trillion dollar bogus cap and trade? It will certainly be another way to bankrupt us further and spend our last treasure on chasing fairy tales.

It just reveals again how pompous and prideful humans are....to believe we can trump God on how the weather works.

Isaiah 17 Draws Closer

The headline news today continues to be Syria and Israel.

Israel has said they will talk to Syria without any preconditions.

Syria says that they won't talk to Israel without Israel first saying they are going to give up the entire Golan Heights.

Yet Syria turns this around on Israel and claims it is Israel who is being an impossible peace partner.

"We will go to talks after Netanyahu gives us guarantees for the return of all Syrian land," Assad told Sarkozy, whom he met subsequently to Netanyahu's visit to Paris.

In response, Shaaban said, Sarkozy told Assad that Netanyahu had regarded his demands as a possible outcome of talks. But Assad insisted, "No, this is the location from which talks depart. The result of the talks is peace. If you want peace, the outcome will be peace."

Read it here; http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3808314,00.html

Remember, the Bible tells us that one day Damascus will be laid waste and totally annihilated...to never be inhabited again.

As these two countries fall further apart....they draw closer to war.

Jews Prepare for Messiah

Yesterday's post included some comments about a Jew who was watching a one-world-government form before her very eyes but went on to note that this was a sign that the Messiah was soon coming.


A reminder; the Jews have not accepted Christ as the Messiah. 2000 years ago, they were looking for a warrior king, not a man on a donkey, and stumbled in their prophetic blindness just as Zechariah said they would.


When the one-world-leader does show up on scene, they will be mistaken (again) about his identity...and will accept him as their Messiah.

This will prove to be a tragic mistake which will usher in a destruction of 2/3 of the entire Jewish race...and also 2/3 of the entire human race. Satan's hatred and God's wrath will be poured out on planet earth.

Jesus tells us that if these days were not cut short by his return to earth....that NO flesh would survive.

Today this headline comes to us from an Australian paper;
JEWS RAISE MILLIONS TO BE READY FOR COMING MESSIAH

JERUSALEM: Yehuda Glick is a 44-year-old American-born Jew who spends most of every day preparing for the arrival of the Messiah in Jerusalem.

Since he became the executive director of the Temple Institute, Mr Glick's main task has been to supervise the manufacture of the utensils the high priests will need when the day arrives.
Crowns and other instruments made of solid gold fill glass cases in the Temple Institute museum in Jerusalem's Old City.

Other artefacts include an array of copper urns, trumpets made of silver and garments to be worn by the High Priest, woven from golden thread.

Musical instruments, including hand-made harps and lyres, lie ready to be brought to life upon the Messiah's appearance.

Read article here; http://www.smh.com.au/world/jews-raise-millions-to-be-ready-for-coming-of-the-messiah-20091113-ieqk.html

It's also interesting to note that the Jews are preparing to build this temple for who they believe to be Messiah. But in actuality, it will only last a few years before it will be destroyed during the events of The Tribulation.

When Jesus shows up, he will build his own temple in Jerusalem where the world will come to worship him as he sits there on David's throne....thereby fulfilling the rest of prophecy.

Evil Times and Weak Leaders

Posted below is an interesting article from a Jewish woman who has a talk radio show in Israel.

It is interesting for a few reasons. One is that as a Jew she sees the world growing towards a day when there will be a one world government. Yes, so do we Christians. But where we are looking for the rapture of the church which ushers in the Antichrist....she believes that the Messiah will come and rule the coming one world government.

So you can clearly see how the stage is being set for the Jews to accept the Antichrist as the Messiah....especially after the AC will be the first world leader to broker a peace agreement between Israel and her Arab/Muslim enemies. The cheering in the streets of Jerusalem on that day will be deafening....but we Christians will be watching it all unravel from our heavenly homes as this will take place after the rapture.

The world has been spinning on path towards the redemption without our even being aware of it. We are so involved in our daily routines and family obligations, that we tend to live in microscopic worlds not bothering to take a step back out of the circle and examining what is happening on a larger scale. We are headed towards a 'Centralized One World Government' whether we like it or not.

Now, we can take it in stride and say that it is all for the best, as anyway, when the Messiah comes, the whole world will be united anyway, and this is just a step in that direction, albeit under the wrong idea of unity. What I am saying is, that when the world is united under the Moshiach (Messiah), it will be united under G-d, The Almighty, The Creator, and not united under the god of trade, security and prosperity promises, or the god of money.

And it's doubly interesting to note her comments on Obama and the pressure he is exerting on Israel.

Where are our true leaders today and why can't they be honest, truthful and straightforward like we need them to be? Are they ALL sold out? Even today, at the request of the U.S. Obama administration, our leaders kowtowed to American pressure to not give a memorial speech in our own Knesset, for Rabbi Kahane. What's it Obama's business on what we do domestically (rehtorical, because I know it is to not wake people up to the suicidal 'peace process' they want shoved down our throats.) and what makes our puny leadership today acquiesce to this pressure? It's pathetic, and we are living in evil times with weak leadership.

Read it here; http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/3

It is truly supernaturally amazing to watch how this drama unfolds.....Christians watching for the return....Jews watching for the Messiah.....Muslims watching for the Mahdi.

Clearly, all the descendants of Abraham are watching for something....but take heart that only the Children of the Light were given "the rest of the story". (as Paul Harvey would have said.)

More Delusion

If you want to see how "smart" people view religion....there is an interesting piece in the New York Times today.

It's interesting to me how these smart people always come to the conclusion that all religions are made up...so none of them is any better than any other....and if it helps you sleep at night then just keep doing it....even though it is much like taking a placebo. (sugar pill)

This article is titled, THE EVOLUTION OF THE GOD GENE.

That's a really "smart" title because they fit their failed theory of evolution right into their failed understanding of the Power of the Gospel.

This and other research is pointing to a new perspective on religion, one that seeks to explain why religious behavior has occurred in societies at every stage of development and in every region of the world. Religion has the hallmarks of an evolved behavior, meaning that it exists because it was favored by natural selection. It is universal because it was wired into our neural circuitry before the ancestral human population dispersed from its African homeland.

For atheists, it is not a particularly welcome thought that religion evolved because it conferred essential benefits on early human societies and their successors. If religion is a lifebelt, it is hard to portray it as useless.

For believers, it may seem threatening to think that the mind has been shaped to believe in gods, since the actual existence of the divine may then seem less likely.

These last comments I put in bold are priceless. It reminds me of Paul's words that tell us the Gospel is foolishness to those who are perishing.

Please note the author of this article is the Science Reporter for the New York Times, so I am guessing his world view and understanding of Jesus Christ is about as deluded as it could get.

So let me offer an alternative answer based on a Biblical world view;
Yes, man was created for worship.
Yes, man fell because Satan and the fallen ones were already here on earth to tempt us.
Yes, early man then had deception running through his veins.
Yes, Satan used our internal worship design to set up false religions.(like the ones these folks dug up in Mexico)
Yes, those religions involved child sacrifice, perverted sex, blood rituals and contacting the spirit world...all of which are signs of Satanic worship.
Yes, God always had a redemption plan since before the world was created.
Yes, God chose Abraham (after the flood) to father a people called the Jews.
Yes, the Jews were handed the OT Word of God.
Yes, they were brought to the Holy Land and with the help of God killed all the Satanically-polluted people and animals in the land and were then set apart as Holy.
Yes, Jesus Christ completed the redemption plan when he shed perfect blood to atone for all.
Yes, all Christ followers will be taken away in the twinkling of an eye to be Christ's eternal bride.
Yes, Christ will come back and sit on David's throne and rule and reign over planet earth for 1000 years.

Amen!!...and come Lord Jesus!

Read the whole "smart" article here; http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/weekinreview/12wade.html

Discernment Test

We've had other discernment tests on this blog and here is one more.

This prayer was plucked from Brian Mclaren's blog. Brian was mentioned in Sunday's adult education hour by our speaker as someone to watch. He is a popular author and Christian leader. I will let you read this and decide for yourselves whether his prayer lines up with scripture.

A Prayer for the Earth (Longer form)

Most gracious God, creator of all good things, we thank you for the precious gift of life, for the intricate cycles and the beautiful balances that sustain it, and for the unfolding story of planet earth and all creatures that share it.
We thank you for all earth’s people. You have inspired us to do much that is good and beautiful and true, but we have also chosen to act in ways that are destructive, selfish, ugly and false. Through ignorance and carelessness we have poisoned clean air and pure water.

For monetary gain we have reduced verdant forests to barren wastes. In our craving for more we have plundered your beloved creation and driven many of our fellow creatures to extinction. Only recently have we begun to realize the dangerous future into which our current patterns of consumption and waste are driving us, especially in relation to earth’s climate. Only recently have we begun to see our need to find a wiser and better way of life in the future, before it is too late and our choices are limited by the consequences of inaction.

We who join in prayer today believe the time has come, Lord. Please guide us now, our God, at this critical moment in history, to better fulfill our role as stewards of this fragile planet. Inspire us and empower us to turn from thoughtless consumption and greedy destruction, to embrace and choose instead lives of caring protection and sacred regeneration. Help us discover again a wholesome and sustainable way of life that reflects your wisdom, your compassion, your justice, and your love. Help us reject the lie that there is no alternative to greed and careless exploitation, and help us believe your truth -- that true prosperity, life in all its fullness, can only come from wise stewardship, mutual responsibility, and mutual care.

Guide the leaders of nations who (will) gather in Copenhagen (on December 6). Give them courage to set noble goals that reach beyond short-range political expediency, short-term economic profit, and short-sighted self-interest. Grant them foresight into a troubled future characterized by rising sea levels, spreading droughts and deserts, melting glaciers, suffering families and displaced populations, ravaging diseases, and catastrophic famines. Move them to choose a better future. Impress upon their conscience our sacred duty to bequeath to our children and grandchildren a healthy and thriving environment rather than a world in climate crisis.

If our leaders fail, Lord, if they fail to take the necessary action, they will violate both our trust and your calling to use their power for the common good. If they fail, every person will be affected, including generations not yet born. Please, God of justice and compassion, do not let the poorest and youngest among us, who have done the least to create this crisis, suffer the unchecked consequences of the reckless greed and arrogant complacency of the wealthiest and most comfortable. Instead, move the prosperous nations to bear their fair share of the solution, in just proportion to their contribution to the problem. Rouse us all to action for we are all woven together in the fabric of creation.

This is the moment, God, when a great turning of hearts must begin. So through this prayer, we of many traditions who follow Christ -- joined by friends and neighbors of many faiths – unite our hearts in a cry for change. At first a few of us, and then hundreds, and then many thousands, join together as one to pray to you on behalf of our leaders, in solidarity with the poor, in strong hope for the healing of this beautiful world, your creation and our home. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

We pray in the name of Christ, through whom you have given yourself to the whole world in incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection. Amen.

Hmmm....Does scripture tell us to snatch souls from the fire or to snatch earth from the fire?

Let's remember that Jesus, Paul and others told us to watch for wolves in sheep's clothing.

Dollar Warning From Asia

News is everywhere today regarding Obama's meeting with the Asians.

It appears that Obama may have gotten an earful behind closed doors before they all emerged smiling and shakings hands for the photo opp.

An earful on what?...you may ask.

On our pathetic attempt to restart our economy by printing copious amounts of paper money. The world is NOT HAPPY WITH U.S. LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE.

Let me explain briefly what is happening. Currently the U.S. is artificially keeping interest rates really low in hopes that the super-easy money entices all of us consumers to go spend like the wind and thereby lift ourselves out of this Great Recession. (the likelyhood of this happening are slim and none)

But that's not what is happening. Most of us are trying to find a job and pay our existing debts...but the Fed has no recourse but to keep holding interest rates low and hopes something changes....and we start our daily shopping binges once again.

So what's happening is that investors from around the world are borrowing U.S. dollars at 3% annual interest and then taking them over to China or Japan and investing them where they can get a higher rate of return than 3%. It's called a "carry trade".

This could prove to be a catasrophe for Asia as huge asset bubbles are building as the cheap U.S. dollars are used to buy everything in sight in Asia...and when they burst it will blow up on us...and the world will be even more miffed at our irresponsibility.

This is a dangerous game that could lead to some serious economic policy mistakes, not the least of which is the imposition of capital controls as countries try to stem the incoming tide of "hot money." Brazil did this last month, and Taiwan followed suit last week, freezing foreign investors' ability to place money in time deposits. Other countries may be tempted to follow. This impedes the capital liberalization that so many developing economies desperately need.

Americans may be tempted to take John Connally's view that none of this is our problem, especially when U.S. stocks are rising and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke says there's nothing to worry about.

But that's a mistake. Asset bubbles that build and burst in Asia will eventually cause trouble here, much as they did in the Asian monetary crisis of 1997. And if Chinese leaders conclude the U.S. is deliberately squeezing their currency as a way to devalue away America's rising debt burden, they will find ways to return the offense—perhaps on Iran, or North Korea.

The larger mistake is to believe that any nation can devalue its way to prosperity. As other currencies rise in value and force productivity gains, the U.S. economy will become relatively less efficient. American living standards will decline, as those in Asia rise. This is the real lesson of the Connally-Nixon devaluations of the 1970s and the inflation that followed.

Read it here; http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704431804574540052282519972.html

Make no mistake about it folks...conflict is coming. Furthermore Jesus himself guarantees that the conflict will only grow worse as His return approaches. So encourage each other with these words.

Aliens and Jesus

Last week, some friends and I went to the movie THE 4TH KIND. It was a movie "based" on a true story about alien abductions taking place 8-9 years ago in Nome, Alaska.

Remember that I believe that all the evidence points to the fact that "aliens" are really fallen angels and demons who are here on earth to lie, deceive and confuse humans.....thereby leading them AWAY from Jesus Christ.

If that is true, the the Holy Spirit and the name of Jesus should be powerful enough to protect born again Christians from demonic- "aliens".

Today, I stumbled upon this article by a PhD who claims, in fact, that the name of Jesus does cause these "aliens" to tremble.

Dirk Vander Ploeg, the Publisher of UFO Digest, recently asked me if I knew of alien abductions having been stopped by the utterance of the name of Jesus. He told me that “apparently this information is being withheld by Mufon and other reporters, investigators etc.”

I reminded him that I had written about the possibility of such occurrences in several articles including, Extraterrestrials Tremble at the Name of Jesus, UFO Digest March 29, 2007, and more recently The Birth of Christ caused the Extraterrestrial Fallen Angels to Tremble, UFO Digest, December 3, 2008.

The word of God tells us that demons (as well as fallen angels, i.e. extraterrestrials) tremble at the name of Jesus (James 2:19) because God highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name which is above all names (Philippians 2:9). At the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow of those on the earth, and those under the earth and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father (Philippians 2:10).

Read full article here; http://www.ufodigest.com/news/0109/abductions-stopped.html

Friends, I will remind you that there is plenty of evidence in the Bible and in extra-Biblical writings that point to the fact that these fallen angels have been here on earth, over the earth and under the earth since before man was created.

If you dismiss this current Satanic deception as "hog wash"....you simply are choosing to ignore a large part of what they Bible may be warning us to "watch" for.

Iran and 2012

With all the hype going on concerning 2012 (type in 2012 on this blog search if you are clueless on the hype) and now a major motion picture by that name selling out theatres across the country....this headline caught my attention.

Iran 'could have bomb by 2012'

Iran could have enough uranium to produce a nuclear bomb by 2012, experts have warned.

The International Atomic Energy Authority believes Iran will start enriching uranium at a former top secret plant in two years time, according to sources.

Iran denies it wants a nuclear weapons programme, saying it is creating only nuclear fuel.

See it here; http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/iran+could+have+bomb+by+2012/3425307

Again, just to be clear; the Bible says NOTHING about the year 2012. It's just very interesting to watch all the various sources from around the world from scientists to astronomers to the Mayans....all calling for catastrophe in 2012.

Malnutrition and Climate Change

The world is gearing up to all meet in Copenhagen next month to discuss all that can be done to combat global warming. Of course, America will be looked at as the leaders of this charade and we will be expected to bring a lot to the table as far as solutions go.

Of course, any "fix" will be incredibly expensive and seeing as we don't have any money in the first place....it will be doubly disastrous for the U.S. to have to borrow money from others so that we can spend it today to fix a problem that we supposedly are going to have in the future.

Did you get all that?

Today's Wall Street Journal has an excellent article on what the folks in Ethiopia think about global warming. The author went to a shack that has hungry children where both parents bring home a total of $70/mo working in a government owned factory.

Let me ask you before you read this; Do you think these folks would be better off if the Copenhagen party decided to send them some food and money or would they be better off if the money is spent on trying to cool the world by 1/4 of a degree over the next 50 years?

As the author points out....it's immoral to focus on global warming at the expense of food aid.

Poor families in Ethiopia struggle to survive, and global warming will make it tougher for them. In some of the poorest areas on earth, global warming is expected to increase hunger in the future. Mr. Mekonen has heard talk of global warming but, he said, "it does not affect our lives."

What does affect his life is high food prices. His family can afford to eat meat just once a month. Global food aid is at a 20-year low. Prices soared in 2008, partly because rich countries' biofuel mandates—designed to fight global warming—have meant that land once used to grow crops to feed people is now being used to grow crops to feed cars.

Read it here; http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704431804574537391296901758.html

Is it becoming more obvious every single day that man is TOTALLY OUT OF ANSWERS?

Is it becoming move obvious every single day that we are hungry for a savior?

The world will accept anyone with answers...including the Antichrist...but we followers of Christ should be about the Master's work as we excitedly await His calling for us.

Major False Teacher Coming?

Jesus warned us that in the last days many will come in His name claiming to be the messiah...but don't believe them.

That trend has definately started.

With that being said, the unsaved world is looking for one specific man called Maitreya. The powers behind him tell us that he will be a savior to all.

He has been expected for generations by all of the major religions. Christians know him as the Christ, and expect his imminent return. Jews await him as the Messiah; Hindus look for the coming of Krishna; Buddhists expect him as Maitreya Buddha; and Muslims anticipate the Imam Mahdi or Messiah.

Although the names are different, many believe that they all refer to the same individual: the World Teacher, whose personal name is Maitreya (pronounced my-tray-ah).
Preferring to be known simply as the Teacher, Maitreya has not come as a religious leader, or to found a new religion, but as a teacher and guide for people of every religion and those of no religion.

At this time of great political, economic and social crisis Maitreya will inspire humanity to see itself as one family, and create a civilization based on sharing, economic and social justice, and global cooperation.

Read report here; http://www.share-international.org/maitreya/Ma_main.htm

Did you catch all those buzz words like "social justice", "sharing", "global cooperation"?

Did you catch the similarities to what the Bible describes as the Antichrist?

Did you know that his coming is said to be announced by a bright star in the sky?

Did you know that many people around the world are seeing that star and sending in pictures to prove it?

Did you know that the website that publishes all this info is called "Share International" and gets it's funding in part from the United Nations?

The World is Buzzing About Israel

If you turned on Google News this morning you would have seen what I did...Israel was the 3rd headline from the top. The world just can't seem to get it's hands around this problem of land, Jews and the descendants of Ishmael.

The topic of today's hand wringing is Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Remember the West Bank is the land that pretty much surrounds Jerusalem. There is absolutely no doubt this was the Biblical land of Judea.

The Palestinians seem to have been working on a plan with the United Nations to unilaterally declare statehood and include all this disputed land within their planned state.

Israel has responded that if the PA does that then Israel will also respond with unilateral decisions.

Read article here;
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1258027295871&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Most of this disputed land was taken by Israel in the 1967 war. They gave Egypt back the land they lost in exchange for peace. They did the same with Jordan. They would probably be willing to do the same with Palestine, but Hamas and the Palestinians who elect them, don't seem to want that.

Note Gaza as an example. Israel gave Gaza back to the PA for total self rule and withdrew all IDF troops. Within days Palestinian militants saw this as an opportunity to attack Israel and proceeded to launch 8000 missiles into civilian territory in southern Israel.

It appears that peace will not come to this region until one man can figure out a way to appease both sides. The Bible says that man will be the Antichrist...and that peace will only last for 3 1/2 years.