Another Gay State on the Way

And here comes Florida!!

Please note VERY carefully what the U.S. District judge actually said in his reasoning to throw out Florida voter's wishes to keep marriage defined as one man and one woman.

US District Judge Robert Hinkle, in the Florida state capital of Tallahassee, said that the ban against same-sex marriages approved in a 2008 referendum was unconstitutional.

In explaining his ruling, Hinkle made reference to laws banning interracial marriages that were overturned 50 years ago.

"When observers look back 50 years from now, the arguments supporting Florida's ban on same-sex marriage, though just as sincerely held, will again seem an obvious pretext for discrimination," he wrote.

"Observers who are not now of age will wonder just how those views could have been held."

The ruling came in response to a case involving some 20 people, among them gay couples who wanted to marry in Florida and others who legally married out of state and wanted Florida to recognize their unions.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has said that she wants to wait on appealing the cases until the US Supreme Court weighs in on gay marriage.

The Supreme Court ruled in June 2013 that gay couples had the same federal benefits than heterosexual couples, but that marriage laws continued to be a state issue.

In the United States, gay marriage is currently legal in 19 states and the US capital.

Here;  http://news.yahoo.com/us-judge-rules-against-florida-gay-marriage-ban-012648327.html

Are you kidding me?!?!  Sodomizing another man IS NOT THE SAME THING as being born black!!!!

Oh my goodness!!!

I would love to take 20 pictures of black men and and ask the judge as I show him each picture, "Is this man black?"  Of course it is obvious for all to see!!

Then take 20 pictures of men and ask him, "Is this man gay or straight?" as I show him each picture.

Of course he would have NO IDEA which of the men (if any) were gay!!   But in his deluded mind he thinks that laws banning gay marriage are the SAME THING as laws we used to have that banned interracial marriage!!!!!

The ONLY explanation for this, since it lacks ANY logic, but yet we KNOW this judge is a smart man, is to go to the Bible for an explanation.

Isaiah 29:14
Therefore once more I will astound these people with wonder upon wonder; the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.”

Yep!  The intelligence of the intelligent will vanish!!  Today,the smartest people in our country simply can't understand something so basic and logical!

But of course, maybe only one American in 500 actually reads, studies and believes what the Bible says....so what might we expect AS A NATION who rejects God and His ways?

Isaiah 66:4
so I also will choose harsh treatment for them and will bring on them what they dread. For when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, no one listened. They did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me.”

Our World Is A Horrible Place

Should we just turn off our TV's. laptops, iPads, iPhones and cancel our subscriptions to all newspapers and magazines?  If we simply avoid the news of be-headings, wars, rapes, disease, family breakdowns, etc...  won't we all just be a lot better off?

I ran across this blog today which some of you may find interesting...but before I even post his stuff, let me offer up one idea we have all heard...."Life on earth is a BATTLEGROUND not a playground."....and if you look at pictures of the previous battlegrounds of war you find dead bodies, dead horses, scorched earth, dead trees, huge craters and collapsed buildings.  It isn't pretty.

Friends, we are NOT on this earth to be entertained and have fun. NO!

We are here to glorify God, make disciples for Jesus, use the gifts He gave us to be salt and light and combat the forces of darkness until either Jesus comes for us or we go to him.

With that little prelude...let's now see what infamous blogger, Matt Walsh, has to say about this topic about living in fear in this fallen world;

So let me tell you the thought that comforts and motivates me, and I think it addresses both the trust and the fear:

I must trust God that He put us here, in this place, in this country, at this time for a reason.

Sometimes, in my weaker moments, I’m tempted to look at all of the things you listed — the hatred, the death, the evil, the lies, the ignorance — and think that God drew up the blueprints for the human race back before the beginning of time, evenly distributed a healthy dose of just, virtuous, and righteous souls throughout every period of history, and then got to our civilization and realized that He did His math wrong and used up all of the good and intelligent people on the previous eras. Then He didn’t feel like going back and reworking everything so He just figured that He’d pack all of the weak, selfish, imbeciles into our spot on the timeline.

You know, it’s sort of like when you have a big bag of mixed nuts and you eat all of the good stuff — walnuts, almonds, cashews — in the first couple of days, until there’s nothing but peanuts left.

We are the cosmic equivalent of a picked-over bag of nuts. We are the peanuts. Or, in another snack analogy, the purple Jolly Ranchers. The rejects.

At least, that’s what I think when I’m feeling especially sorry for myself.

However, the truth couldn’t be further from this.

The truth is that God knew what challenges we would face before we faced them. He knew where our society would be before we were born into it. He knew of the despair, violence, and misery before we felt it.

He knew that our time would call for warriors, and so He sent us.

He sent us — you and me and everyone. He sent us here, now, today, because we have work to do. We have a mission to complete, a purpose to fulfill.

Read more at http://themattwalshblog.com/2014/08/20/the-world-is-a-horrible-place-and-youre-in-it-for-a-reason/#PPhGIlcaYBkvwPyF.99

Yes!  We ARE here for a reason!  Jesus placed us on earth at this specific time FOR A REASON!

So what are we you and I going to do about this...once it has been made plain to us?

UN Decides to Tackle Israel Conflict

With Muslims chopping heads off, Syria death toll at over 190,000, (most of them civilians), and numerous Middle East countries near a tipping point...WHOM do you suppose the United Nations is going to focus its attention on today?

YEP!  ISRAEL!

Friends, this is the #1 headline on Google News this morning!

EU states and U.S. pursue UN resolution to end Israel-Gaza fighting

Haaretz reveals document in which Germany, France and Britain seek return of Gaza to Palestinian Authority control, lifting of restrictions, international supervision and restart of peace talks based on '67 borders.

Germany, France and Britain have begun working on a UN Security Council resolution that would end the fighting in the Gaza Strip.

On Tuesday, they circulated a document to diplomats at UN headquarters in New York outlining the elements they thought such a resolution should contain. These include returning Gaza to the Palestinian Authority’s control, reconstructing the Strip under international supervision to prevent Hamas from rearming, and restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks on the basis of the pre-1967 lines.

The two-page document, a copy of which was obtained by Haaretz, bears the laconic title “Elements.” 

On Friday, diplomats said the U.S. joined the initiative.

Both senior Israeli officials and European diplomats — all of whom requested to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the issue — said German, French and British officials briefed top Israeli figures on the draft but did not give them a copy. Jerusalem obtained the document through other diplomatic channels.

The document proposes that the resolution condemn “all violence and hostilities directed against civilians, as well as indiscriminate attacks resulting in civilian casualties, and all acts of terrorism.” The resolution should also call for an “immediate, sustainable” cease-fire that would include an end to all rocket fire from Gaza and all offensive military operations in Gaza, it said. This cease-fire would be based on the following principles:

* The return of control of the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority.

* Security arrangements to prevent the resumption of hostilities.

* The prohibition of the sale or supply of all weapons and munitions to the Gaza Strip, unless authorized by the PA.

* A commitment to prevent the financing of terrorism.

* The lifting of “economic and humanitarian restrictions” on the Gaza Strip in order to enable the reconstruction, economic rehabilitation and development of the territory.

* The full reopening of all border crossings with the Gaza Strip, “taking into account the 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access.” This U.S.-brokered agreement between Israel and the PA was supposed to govern the operation of the crossings following Israel’s 2005 withdrawal from the Strip.

Here;  http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.611911

Not good people!  The US has joined the Europeans and are going to look to redraw the lines for Israel....knowing full well that the 1967 lines will be almost indefensible against a bunch of crazy Muslims, hell-bent on destroying Israel...so that the nation will be remembered no more.

Zechariah 12 

A prophecy: The word of the Lord concerning Israel.

The Lord, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person, declares: 2 “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. 3 On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves.

Friends, God is in control of all things.  Nothing is outside of His sovereignty.  He told us clearly that Israel will be brought back to it's land in the last days before Jesus returns to set up His earthly Kingdom and reign on the throne in Jerusalem for 1000 years.  He also told us that the nations will be judged for how they treated His people, the Jews.  And furthermore He told us that He will bless those who bless the Jews and curse those who curse them..

Can it all be a coincidence that California and our West is being stricken with drought and fires, earthquakes are rumbling in various places in the US, immorality is taking over the land, just a handful of militant gays have succeeded in tearing down our God-given definition of marriage, our stock market just reached a NEW HIGH yesterday, (yeah for Mammon worship!) race relations between blacks, whites and Hispanics are showing signs of exploding, our public education system is fully broken, our kids are rejecting church (and Jesus) at record levels, our extreme weather has prompted a special segment on NBC News, our citizens consume more anti-depressant drugs than the rest of the world combined, our populace has armed itself in fear and the police forces of America have all bought military hardware as if they are ready for a war.

Are the curses already coming?

When a nation forgets God and then rejects God...you HAVE to know what is coming.

The Nations Judged
Joel 3

 “In those days and at that time,
    when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 I will gather all nations
    and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
There I will put them on trial
    for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel,
because they scattered my people among the nations
    and divided up my land.

More Lost Jews Coming to Israel

God clearly said that in the Last Days, HE would bring the Jews back to Israel.

Have any doubts?

Ezekiel 37
11 Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’ 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. 13 Then you, my people, will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. 14 I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and I have done it, declares the Lord.’”

Now that you have your Bibles open...open your newspaper and see.

More than 400 immigrants from the ancient and mysterious tribe of Bnei Menashe have made Aliyah to Israel thus far this year, and many more are due to come in the next few months. The driving force behind this initiative is Shavei Israel, headed by Michael Freund.

The Bnei Menashe are believed to be descendants of the tribe of Manasseh, one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel that were exiled from the Land of Israel by the Assyrian Empire in 722 BCE.

According to their tradition, the Torah scrolls which the Bnei Menashe had taken into exile were lost or stolen nearly 1000 years later. Since then, their tradition has been passed down from father to son across the generations.

Over the years, Shavei Israel has brought more than 2,500 Bnei Menashe to Israel, while another 6,500 are still in India, all of whom are hoping to make Aliyah.

Here; http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4561352,00.html 

Anti-Semitism is exploding in Europe and other places throughout the world.  As the Jews feel unwelcome and in danger, they will want to move to Israel.  And of course America is home to more Jews than any place other than Israel....so what will it take for America's Jews to yearn to move to Israel?

Ummm....I'm guessing that after the rapture of the church when the Bible believing, Spirit-filled people are removed from this country, some event will either make American Jews WANT to move to Israel...or they will cease to be welcome here so will be forced to leave.

Of course an event could happen BEFORE the rapture...but I'm guessing it will be after...either way, they WILL go back to Israel.

The Bible says it....and I believe it.

USA Will Crumble Without Water

As we read the Bible we discover that one way God dealt with Israel's disobedience was by stopping the rain.  With no rain there was soon no food.  Famine and death was the result.

Jeremiah 14

This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought: “Judah mourns, her cities languish; they wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem. The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns but find no water. They return with their jars unfilled; dismayed and despairing, they cover their heads.

If you have been reading my blog at all, you know that California is suffering through the worst drought in the state's recorded history.  And as the lakes and reservoirs go dry the desperate farmers and citizens start drilling more wells hoping to take the water out of aquifers below the ground.

So what happens when the aquifers go dry....and it still hasn't rained?

Check out this National Geographic article that was on Google News today;

If You Think the Water Crisis Can't Get Worse, Wait Until the Aquifers Are Drained

We're pumping irreplaceable groundwater to counter the drought. When it's gone, the real crisis begins.

A severe drought in California—now approaching four years long—has depleted snowpacks, rivers, and lakes, and groundwater use has soared to make up the shortfall. A new report from Stanford University says that nearly 60 percent of the state's water needs are now met by groundwater, up from 40 percent in years when normal amounts of rain and snow fall.

Relying on groundwater to make up for shrinking surface water supplies comes at a rising price, and this hidden water found in California's Central Valley aquifers is the focus of what amounts to a new gold rush. Well-drillers are working overtime, and as Brian Clark Howard reported here last week, farmers and homeowners short of water now must wait in line more than a year for their new wells.

In most years, aquifers recharge as rainfall and streamflow seep into unpaved ground. But during drought the water table—the depth at which water is found below the surface—drops as water is pumped from the ground faster than it can recharge. As Howard reported, Central Valley wells that used to strike water at 500 feet deep must now be drilled down 1,000 feet or more, at a cost of more than $300,000 for a single well. And as aquifers are depleted, the land also begins to subside, or sink.

Here;  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140819-groundwater-california-drought-aquifers-hidden-crisis/

For years now, we have wondered if California is going to be the state where the evidence of judgment on this nation shows up first.  After all, they have been the porn capital of the world for decades, the divorce capital, the Hollywood-trash capital, the "Free-love" capital, the Hedonism capital, the gay capital and in many other ways they have been the "Who needs God?" capital.  We believe the worship of Mammon may be MOST EVIDENT in California.

Now, all that being said, think about WHERE some of the best preachers in the world are preaching? Yep!....California!

Make a list and then I'm sure you can come up with more....David Jeremiah, Greg Laurie, Shane Idlemann, John Macarthur....ALL of these preachers are preaching repentance from sin, Jesus is the exclusive way to salvation and that the rapture of the church is the NEXT event on God's prophetic calendar....and they are preaching it LOUD in California!

But how many are listening?  How many are falling on their knees in repentance?

Of course I have no idea.  Maybe a huge revival is right around the corner?  Maybe the citizens of CA are going to repent and the governor is going to ask God to be the God of their state?  Maybe God will hear their prayers and heal their land?

Or maybe not....

Just imagine the TRILLIONS of dollars worth of real estate that make up California.  It will be worth $0 if their is no water to flush the toilets.

Hundreds Report UFO Over Houston

Some of my readers are skeptical about the millions of people who have reported seeing strange lights and moving ships in the sky....since they are unidentified, they are referred to as UFO's.

Thousands of folks worldwide have reported actually having contact with strange beings that have come off some of these ships.  Many of these people are credible witnesses including military officers and police officers.

Today we find another report coming out of Houston.

Hundreds of people report seeing a UFO over Houston, Texas

 FINALLY, a picture of a UFO that is not a badly photoshopped flying cigar.

And not just one image. Hundreds of people reported seeing a ring of blinking lights in the sky above Houston, Texas, during a lightning storm last week and plenty of them had cameras.

Photographs and videos of the event have been circulating on social media, generating so much interest on social media that the Huffington Post actually ran a poll on “The Texas UFO”.

The video, which shows a circle of brightly coloured lights moving around in the sky, has been declared both “amazing” and “nothing” by UFO-logists and sceptics alike.

“I think the trick with UFOs is figuring out what else they could be,” Dr. Carolyn Summers, vice president for astronomy at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, told KPRC-TV.

“It’s easy to say that it could be aliens. The more people who see it in different directions, the more likely we are to figure out where it is, what it is, and see if we can explain it.”

Check out photos here;  http://www.news.com.au/technology/hundreds-of-people-report-seeing-a-ufo-over-houston-texas/story-e6frfrnr-1227031236832

The last time I posted on a UFO one reader commented that he thought I was giving "Christians a bad name" by floating all these strange ideas about the possibility of demons/Satanic forces that could be responsible for many of these strange sightings in the sky.

I am convinced that SOME of these strange craft and beings are being manifested by Satan and his demons.  Remember the Bible calls him the Prince Of The Powers Of The Air....Hmmmmm....

"Dennis, that's just plain crazy talk!"

Really??

OK.  How is that any more crazy than believing that Jesus is the Creator of the universe, or that God destroyed the world with a global flood, or that the Nephilim spoken of in the Old Testament were actually hybrids of demons copulating with women, or that Jesus was raised from the dead and is actually alive and is coming back to planet earth to rule and reign with us for a thousand years, or that Jesus is actually going to return and slay millions of people who rebelled against him at the end of battles of Armageddon, or that a trumpet is going to blow and Jesus is going to transform millions of people into eternal bodies in the twinkling of an eye?

"Well Dennis, I believe in all THAT stuff...but I don't believe in any crazy demons flying around in floating ships!"

Oh...OK....got it....that sounds TOTALLY rational to believe in some 'crazy' Bible tales, but not to believe in crazy UFO tales.

Friends, the book we hold so dear (Bible) is a SUPERNATURAL BOOK and only gives us a glimpse of the supernatural realm of God and His created angels....good ones and bad ones.

In these Last Days in which we live, isn't it possible that Satan is using some of these UFO's to deceive the people of planet earth into believing that there are beings from other planets who are visiting us?

Maybe these lights over Houston have a logical explanation....but maybe they don't.

American Journalist Beheaded by ISIS

Most of us know that Islamic State (ISIS) has been beheading lots of folks over in Iraq and Syria...even little kids.

But those folks are not Americans...so for most of us we shrug it off and say, "Wow, those people are crazy!", and then go back to our lives.

Yesterday we learned that a good looking white boy from New Hampshire was beheaded with a small steak knife and ISIS posted the video to YouTube.  So mark it on your calendars, August 19 was the first act of terrorism committed by ISIS against the USA.

U.S. officials on Wednesday confirmed the authenticity of a video showing the beheading of American journalist James Foley, making him the first American to be killed by the Islamic State since an uprising in Syria began in March 2011.

The video, titled “A Message to America,” surfaced Tuesday on a YouTube account believed to have ties to Islamic State militants, according to The New York Times. The four-minute, 40-second video, which has since been removed, shows Foley kneeling next to a masked Islamic State militant before he is beheaded.

“Today your military air force is attacking us daily in Iraq. Your strikes have caused casualties among Muslims. You are no longer fighting an insurgency,” the masked militant said, according to Reuters. “We are an Islamic army.”

Foley, a freelance journalist for online media outlet GlobalPost, disappeared while working in northern Syria in November 2012, according to The Wall Street Journal. He had reported in the Middle East for five years and had been previously kidnapped and released in Libya, according to Reuters.

“I wish I had more time,” Foley said in the video, according to the Journal. “I wish I could have the hope of freedom and seeing my family again. But that ship has sailed.”

At least one other American citizen is believed to be in Islamic State custody. Footage at the end of Tuesday’s video showed American freelance journalist Steven Sotloff, who disappeared while working in Syria in July 2013.

President Barack Obama has been briefed on the video but has yet to deliver a statement, according to the Times and Reuters. He is expected to make a statement Wednesday, according to The Associated Press.

Here;  http://www.usnews.com/news/newsgram/articles/2014/08/20/us-officials-confirm-islamic-state-video-of-journalist-james-foleys-beheading

I hope Foley knew Jesus.  If he did, he is now in the presence of his Creator.

If he didn't, it is terrifying to even think about the fear that would run through your mind as your murderer bends you over and begins to saw off your head....and then the ETERNAL FEAR of realizing your first thought as you enter the afterlife is that you made an enormous mistake by rejecting Jesus.

Honestly, I am 100% convinced that if all of us who call ourselves Christians would contemplate hell and eternity a little bit more we would all become evangelists for Jesus because we wouldn't want ANYONE to follow Satan to that place.

So what stops us from telling everyone we know about Jesus and eternity spent in heaven or hell?

"Well, I just don't want people to think I'm one of those weird 'Jesus freaks'"

"Honestly, I would but I just have been so busy chasing the kids to basketball and soccer!"

"Oh Dennis, you need to lighten up!  Don't become so heavenly minded that you become no earthly good!"

"Yeah, I would...but I honestly don't believe that there is a hell....a loving God wouldn't send anyone there....that's how I feel."

"It's not my job to tell people about Jesus....that's why I send my $20 per year to The Jesus Film Project...that's what THEY are supposed to do!"

"I don't really give a rip about what happens to anyone else!  I know what I believe and that's what counts!"

"I would tell people about Jesus, but I don't really know my Bible that well and I'm scared they would ask me questions I don't know the answers to."

So what's YOUR excuse today?

Red Heifer Disqualified

A few weeks ago we learned about a perfect red heifer that was born in America and was a candidate to serve as THE red heifer for a future Third Temple that is being planned for Jerusalem.

You can see the original post we did on the heifer here;  http://thetrumpetblows.blogspot.com/2014/08/check-out-red-heifer.html

This week we found out that the heifer had sprouted some less-than-perfect hairs and it has been disqualified.

Several months ago the Temple Institute was delighted to announce the birth of a perfect red heifer in the USA. This heifer was a proper and fitting candidate for the ‘ordinance of the red heifer’ (Numbers Ch. 19), which is a prerequisite for the restoration of purity and the ultimate resumption of the Divine service in the Holy Temple. The heifer was born to friends of the Temple Institute, who promptly notified the Institute and communicated their intentions to raise the animal in strict accordance with the requirements of Biblical law and ultimately, to donate the heifer to the people of Israel through the Institute.

The news of the red heifer’s birth generated tremendous interest internationally and created palpable excitement for many who understood the historical and spiritual significance of the event and its propitious repercussions for Israel and all mankind.

The Temple Institute began to make preliminary arrangements for the shipment of the heifer to Israel, as well as provisions for the heifer’s care upon arrival.

Unfortunately upon recent inspection it has become clear that Talia, as she is affectionately known, has become disqualified for use for the ordinance of the red heifer and is now unfit according to Biblical law. This is on account of a change of pigmentation in a patch of skin, as well as the appearance of white hairs in the affected area. Changes of this nature are not uncommon occurrences in the bovine world as a heifer matures, a fact that contributes to the rarity of finding a perfectly pure, kosher red heifer.

Here;  http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Blogs/Message.aspx/6154#.U_TBMPldX5N

The Jews will keep looking for the the red heifer and planning to build the Third Temple....while we followers of Christ will keep listening for the trumpet call that will summon us into the sky to meet our Savior in the air.

1 Thess. 4
16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.

Muhammad is Now Britain's Most Popular Boys Name

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that for the last 2,000 years some of the most popular names in Britain were James, John, Paul, Michael and Mark....but not anymore!!

As exclusively reported by Breitbart London last week, Muhammed has been crowned Britain's most popular boys name in figures published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) today. The name of the Muslim prophet beat Oliver as the most popular boys name chosen by parents in Britain in 2013.

As a result of the way the statistics are put together, the name does not appear to have won, as the ONS classifies each of the different spellings as a different entry on the list. This means that "Muhammad" came in 15th with 3,499 children but "Mohammed" was 23rd with 2,887 and "Mohammad" was 57th with 1059 given the name.

As a result the top three spellings alone accounted for the names of 7,445 boys, easily beating the second most popular name Oliver which got just 6,949. Also the statistics are only published for the top 100 names, so the even more obscure spellings of Mohammed are likely to push the total even higher.

News that Mohammed is the most popular boys name in Britain was first exclusively reported on Breitbart London following a leak at the ONS last week. At the time, Mohammed was already the most popular boys name in London by some considerable margin.

The scale of the result is likely to leave the public shocked, although much of the mainstream media  are expected to focus on the official ONS results. As a result, they will report that Mohammed only came in 15th, ignoring the multiple entries. In previous years, media outlets in Britain have not aggregated the various spellings and have only published the top 20 names, which makes it seem like traditional names remain dominant.

Here;  http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/08/15/Muhammad-IS-Britains-Most-Popular-Boys-Name

How tragic!  Parents in the Muslim world want to name their boys after an illiterate pedophile who spawned a Satanic religion that is responsible for MOST of the turmoil and bloodshed in today's headlines.

This was first reportedly happening in Malmo, Sweden some years ago...and now it has moved to Britain.

I wonder when it will come true in Detroit and its surrounding areas?

Huge Number of Americans Have No Savings

If you ask most Americans when they think they will retire they will tell you, "60 to 65."

If you ask them how much planning and savings they have put into that goal, many will say, "Not much."

More Than a Third of Americans Have a Goose Egg for a Nest Egg

For many Americans, their nest egg is just a shell: 36 percent have no retirement savings, new research from Bankrate finds. The problem is particularly acute for adults under the age of 30. Nearly 70 percent don’t have any money saved towards retirement, although this age bracket feels the most financially secure. “They also feel more secure in their jobs and more optimistic about their current financial situation than any age group,” Bankrate said.

While the minority of people who are saving are getting an earlier start, a significant percentage have lost valuable time for saving: A third of 30- to 49-year-olds have no retirement savings, along with more than a quarter of 50- to 64-year-olds. Two factors that increase the likelihood someone is saving for retirement are a college degree and a full-time job.

Here;  http://www.nbcnews.com/business/retirement/more-third-americans-have-goose-egg-nest-egg-n183271

So who do you suppose is going to pay for MILLIONS of people who have nothing in savings when they are 65, 75, 85, 95 years old?  Who is going to pay $8,000 per month for millions of elderly to go into nursing homes?  Who is going to pay millions of senior-apartments?  Who is going to fund the millions of folks who can't afford groceries?

"Umm...Dennis...the government will have to pay for those people who haven't saved."

Ummm....the government doesn't have any money.

"Ummm...Dennis...the government will then have to print the money or take it from the people who HAVE saved it!"

Hmmmm.....I wonder how long that will work?

Clearly, even a person of average intelligence (such as myself) can discern that BIG PROBLEMS are on the horizon for the American Dream.

More Evidence Points to 2nd Coming

The buzzword in prophecy circles over the past year has been CONVERGENCE.  Never have so many prophetic signs been visible at one time.

While on the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached Jesus and asked Him, "What are the signs of your coming and the end of the age?" (Matthew 24:3). Jesus replied by giving them a list of signs and events to look for, such false prophets, earthquakes, wars, and desecration of the Temple. But Jesus said once they see one sign in particular, they should “look up” because redemption draws near. Fast forward almost two thousand years, and our generation is witness to the #1 sign Jesus said to look for. So what is it?

Convergence

That’s right. The #1 sign is not a single sign, but the convergence of all the signs Jesus, Moses, and the Old Testament prophets said to look for. Jesus said, “When you see all these things occur, look up. For your salvation is near!” (Luke 21:28). Note that Jesus didn’t say, “When you see one or two of these signs.” He said, “When you see all these signs.” In other words, the convergence of all the signs He spoke of are what we should be looking for.

The Converging Signs

“There's a great deal to say in the Bible about the signs we’re to watch for and when these signs all converge at one place we can be sure that we're close to the end of the age. And those signs, in my judgment, are converging now for the first time since Jesus made those predictions.” —Billy Graham, World Net Daily, 10/20/2013

Our generation is unique among all those before us because we see the convergence of the signs Jesus and the prophets said to look for. Here are just a few:

See the signs here;  http://www.raptureready.com/featured/gillette/bg58.html

Remember, NO MAN KNOWS the day or hour...BUT...Jesus made it very clear that if we are paying attention we WILL NOT BE SURPRISED when He comes to snatch his bride from this fallen, Satan filled and perverted world.

Even Billy Graham recognizes that for the FIRST TIME, since Jesus made those predictions, all the signs are converging.

Please remember that the RAPTURE is a sign-less event...we just know that it precedes the 2nd Coming at at least 7 years.

Are we ready to meet our Lord in the air?  Are we excited that the Bridegroom could be coming for us at any hour?  Are we living our lives with anticipation?  Are we sober?  Are we awake?  Are we ready to explain to our Savior what we have done for the Kingdom since he saved us?