Obama Tells World "Remember the Crusades"

Just when you think our Commander in Chief can't do anything dumber....his response to ISIS burning a pilot alive is that we all need to remember that lots of people killed lots of other people during the Crusades in the name of Christ.

Good grief!!

The Crusades were a series of wars where Europe's kings paid soldiers to head into the Middle East to stop the advance of Islam.  Islam was butchering the Christian world soon after it became a "religion".  The entire Middle East was mostly Christian and Islam didn't like that...so they attempted to take over the world and Europe's kings wanted to stop them there before they came into Europe.

That's 500 pages of history summed up in one paragraph but you get the picture.

Evangelist Franklin Graham and Catholic League President Bill Donohue have condemned President Barack Obama for comparing the Islamic State's atrocities to the "terrible deeds" committed by Christians hundreds of years ago.

Obama made his controversial remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday in Washington, D.C., while referring to the actions taken during the Crusades and the Inquisition "in the name of Christ."

But, according to CNS News, Graham hit back at Obama in a Facebook posting, saying that Jesus Christ "taught peace" and did "not take life," while the prophet Muhammad "was a warrior and killed many innocent people."

Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, wrote: "Today at the National Prayer Breakfast, the President implied that what ISIS is doing is equivalent to what happened over 1,000 years ago during the Crusades and the Inquisition.

"Mr. President — many people in history have used the name of Jesus Christ to accomplish evil things for their own desires. But Jesus taught peace, love and forgiveness. He came to give His life for the sins of mankind, not to take life.

"Muhammad on the contrary was a warrior and killed many innocent people. True followers of Christ emulate Christ — true followers of Muhammad emulate Muhammad."

Here;  http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Franklin-Graham-Barack-Obama-prayer-breakfast-Muhammad/2015/02/06/id/623237/?ns_mail_uid=612513&ns_mail_job=1607108_02062015&s=al&dkt_nbr=pzymba3y

For any of you who are still holding out hope that Obama is a dedicated follower of Jesus Christ...you best think again.  This dude is dangerous in what he says and what he doesn't do.

Please remember to keep praying for Obama and all of our nation's leaders.

Crowds Cheer in Syria as Pilot Burned Alive

It takes a special kind of evil to cheer with glee as you watch a video of a man being burned alive.

 Of course this is simply more evidence that Islam is infected through and through by Satan and his demonic horde.

Crowds in Syria Cheer While Watching 'Burning of Pilot' Film

The Islamic State has released a video (see below) showing crowds cheering as they watch the terror group’s film on the burning of the Jordanian pilot. The film was shown on what appears to be a continuous loop in a public square in Raqqa, Syria, the Islamic State’s de facto capital.

Titled “Muslims’ Joy at Burning of Jordanian Pilot,” the Arabic video features interviews from those in attendance. Particularly chilling are the words of a child, who appears to be about eight-years old.

"I'm very happy that they burned him," he said, "Had it been me, I would have burned him with my own hands. I hope that other pilots come. We will catch them and burn them. If another pilot will come, I will burn him myself, insha’allah [if God wills].”

As the pilot is lit on fire, the crowds can be heard yelling over and over, “Allahu Akhbar [God is great]!”

The camera focuses on individuals in the crowd and asks for their comments. One man featured in the video says, “He got exactly according to what he did. He shot rockets on Muslim children and on Muslim countries. That’s why he should be killed by fire. We have waited for a long time for this joyous event. I don’t recommend pilots to fly over areas within the Islamic State’s control. Their fate will be the same fate as his.”

Another man says, “I’m thrilled! The thing I liked the most was the fire. Whatever they do to you, do to them. They burn innocent people. This will be a lesson to them that this will be the fate of whoever attacks Muslims. This will be the fate of all the pilots that will come, if not worse.”

Yet another says, “We thank the good Lord who put the ability in the hands of the soldiers of the caliphate – the soldiers of the Islamic State – towards that dog [the pilot], that dog the apostate, the dog of Abdullah II. We call upon the Lord to give us the ability against all of the soldiers of the tyrants, whether it is Jordan or Egypt or all of the soldiers of America and France and He will give the ability against the soldiers of the Jews. We will destroy them until the last one. We say to the tyrants, what you just saw, the burning of Muath [the pilot], the dog, is just a simple lesson.”

Cutting short a visit to the United States, Jordan’s King Abdullah vowed to wage a “relentless” war against the Islamic State. “We are waging this war to protect our faith, our values and human principles and our war for their sake will be relentless and will hit them in their own ground,” he declared.

Here;  http://www.clarionproject.org/news/crowds-syria-cheer-watching-burning-pilot-film

I think the only "good" news that is coming out of this burning man is that Jordan's leadership has promised to redouble it's efforts to crush ISIS....we shall see.

It's interesting to me that the Arab/Muslims haven't put together some type of coalition that says, "ISIS is not Islam!  They are crazy butchers who are defaming the name of Islam!  Our mission is to go in and wipe them off the face of the map."

Why do you suppose that is?

Probably because the Arab nations really can't stand each other and they most likely couldn't agree on what road to use to get to Syria.

Also it makes you wonder how many citizens of the Arab nations are actually watching the brutality of ISIS and saying to themselves, "Go ISIS!  Get that caliphate set up!  We support you in spirit and prayer!  Allah Akbar!"

Men will be godless, brutal and lovers of violence.

ISIS Burns Pilot Alive

The extremist Muslims of ISIS have just taken their brutality to another level.  They doused a Jordanian Air Force pilot in gasoline while he was in a steel cage and then lit him on fire and video taped as he screamed and burned to death.

Jordan's population is mostly Muslim, but the King of Jordan is very Western looking and was educated in the United States....so Jordan might be considered one of the most Western, moderate Muslim countries.

Jordan is actually on the coalition team that has been launching air strikes against ISIS.  The pilot was captured when his plane was shot down.

So what might happen if the Muslims of ISIS go after the Muslims in Jordan...or vice versa?

King Abdullah of Jordan has vowed further action against the Islamic State after hanging two convicted militants in response to the burning alive of Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh.

It comes after the pilot's father Safi demanded that ISIS be 'annihilated' after the barbaric killing of his son in a highly choreographed 22-minute released yesterday.

The gruesome murder of the airman triggered international condemnation and prompted Jordan to execute two Iraqis on death row - female would-be suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi and al-Qaeda operative Ziad al-Karboli, by hanging them at dawn.

King Abdullah cut short a visit to the United States and flew back to Amman today, where he was greeted by large crowds at the airport before meeting security chiefs.

Afterwards, he was quoted by the royal court as saying: 'The blood of martyr Moaz al-Kasasbeh will not be in vain and the response of Jordan and its army after what happened to our dear son will be severe.'

Meanwhile Information Minister Mohammad al-Momami said the kingdom was 'more determined than ever to fight the terrorist group Daesh', using the Arabic acronym for ISIS.

The executions took place after gruesome footage emerged showing Jordanian pilot al-Kasasbeh being torched to death by his captors.

The gruesome death of 26-year-old Lt Al-Kaseasbeh, captured while participating in airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition, sparked outrage and anti-Islamic State group demonstrations in Jordan.

Newspaper headlines warned Jordan 'will take revenge' for his slaying as King Abdullah II, a staunch Western ally, rushed back to his kingdom from Washington.  

Here;  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2939338/Fears-mother-murdered-Jordanian-pilot-collapses-learning-son-s-horrific-death-ISIS.html

King Abdullah has publicly said that these barbarians of ISIS don't represent Islam....so kudos to him! A major, public Muslim who is standing up against more extremist Muslims.  We should pray for him.  He has made the difficult decision to send his air force to bomb ISIS and side with The West...and this HAS to put enormous pressure on him.  Remember that MOST of the "Palestinian" refugees are in the nation of Jordan....and there is no telling how many of them might actually be rooting for ISIS to take over the world and usher in sharia law, ISIS style.

Our National Cathedral Defiled

Last November we blogged about the National Cathedral and how the Muslims got to use the "Christian" place of worship to pray to their false god, Allah.  Talk about defiling what was once a building built for the worship of Jesus Christ!

We found some more disturbing news about the Cathedral.

“Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation – at least, not just. We are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, and a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers.” Barry Soetoro, aka Barack Hussein Obama, spoke those words in 2006. As disconcerting as it is to admit, this is one of the rare times that he’s told the truth. His diligent, largely unopposed actions ever since make his statement even truer today.

Our public Christian faith, our culture and our liberty, even the ability to think for ourselves has been wrested from us. We’ve been brainwashed, indoctrinated and desensitized to evil. We’ve been spiritually lobotomized to holiness, righteousness and the concepts of freedom, honor and courage.

What’s left of our virtues and liberties will, at some point, be taken by force. (At least they will try.)
“Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled” (Titus 1:15).

Telling, isn’t it? This is the great divide in our world. It’s what we’re up against.

As such, significant events in the death of this nation have recently occurred. Some might consider what I’m going to write, old news. I assure you, these are not fading events to God. They are worth your thought and contemplation.

 Let’s read our opening verse again:
“But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it” (Jeremiah 32:34).

As it was in Jeremiah’s day, so now it is again.

In the year 2013 we saw the start of homosexual marriages being performed in the “National House of Prayer.” That which God calls a grievous sin is nevertheless justified by what passes for rationale within the Cathedral’s hierarchy. What do I mean? Here’s a portion from the National Cathedral’s website:
"What does the Bible say about same-sex marriage?

The Bible pronounces various strictures against same-sex relations outside of wedlock, but the possibility of same-sex marriage was not contemplated. Jesus says nothing about same-sex marriage (or same-sex relations of any kind). The Cathedral’s decision (to marry homosexuals) honors the desire of many faithful LGBT couples to enter into a partnership sacramentally blessed by God and highly praised in Scripture."

The willful perversion of the Bible is astounding. I can’t help but think of Romans 1:22:
“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.”

The Bible indeed pronounces various “strictures against same-sex” sex, more precisely calling it an abomination. The nonsensical addition of “outside of wedlock” is found nowhere in Scripture in relation to homosexuality and thus, not a consideration in the Bible’s universal condemnation of homosexuality. The reprobate act itself is a sin, which cannot be redeemed in God’s holy eyes even by profaning matrimony to include it.

Here;  http://www.raptureready.com/soap2/wyett25.html

Let me restate what the Cathedral said for emphasis;
The Cathedral’s decision (to marry homosexuals) honors the desire of many faithful LGBT couples to enter into a partnership sacramentally blessed by God and highly praised in Scripture."

Wait...what?  Gay sex is highly praised in scripture?

"No Dennis, not gay sex, but gay love!  Love of all kinds is highly praised!  Gay sex is just an outpouring of gay love!"

Tragic....

Friends, I realize that some of us might be shaking the finger too vigorously at the homosexuals and their specific sin.  And that might be.  How many men curse the gays and their sin but yet go home and spend hours searching porn sites for stimulation, each time committing adultery in their minds?  How many women curse the gays but yet go home and spend hours reading romance novels or watching "The Bachelor" to get their own porn fix since they are unsatisfied by their husbands?

Yes, this is all true.  This is why Jesus told us to take the plank out of our own eye so we can see clearly to remove the sliver from our neighbor's eye.

But the church denominations have begun to cave.  When the church leadership starts to back away from what the Bible clearly labels as "sin"....then we are on a slippery slope.

So is fornication soon to be "blessed by God and highly praised in scripture?"  How about adultery?  How about bestiality?  How about polygamy?  Where does it end?

Evil will be called good and good will be called evil.

Men will surround themselves with teachers who tell them what they want to hear.

Watch Pakistan

Pakistan is getting more and more unsettled.  The Muslim majority is getting more angry and insulting towards Christians.  Persecution is building on that front.

At the same time, a massive explosion happened in a Mosque last week killing dozens.  So it would appear that certain Taliban Muslims would like Shi'ite Muslims killed.

Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack.
“Our target was the Shiite [Shia] community,” Fahad Marwat, a spokesman for the group, told Reuters. “They are our enemies.”

See that story here;  http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/dozens-dead-in-bombing-of-mosque-in-pakistan-1.2085936

So why should we folks in America give a rip about another Muslim country falling into the crap-bin of Satanic violence?

Ummm.....because they already have an arsenal of nuclear weapons.

Pakistan has managed to stay as a somewhat "moderate" Muslim country...but what happens if the "Death to all!" Muslims wrest control of the country from the moderates?

A country made for Muslims has turned into a nightmare for Muslims.

The wish of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the father of Pakistan, was that the country evolved into a modern democratic state where Muslims, as a majority population, could feel at ease.

But the modernizers who succeeded the colonial authorities in taking power aroused expectations that were simply beyond their abilities to deliver.

But religious authorities were agitating, warning the bewildered masses that these defeats were divine punishments for betraying the true message of Islam by not faithfully abiding by its requirements.

Qutb in his writings recast the division in the world from the classic Muslim one between the House of Islam and the House of War, to one between Islam and jahiliyya, a condition of paganism that preceded the coming of Islam to Arabia. Jahiliyya has now become all-pervasive in the modern world, supposedly sparing none, including Muslims, except for that small coterie of Muslims who took flight [hijra] from the corrupted world and prepared for jihad [armed struggle].

Together, Hasan al-Banna, Abul A'la Maududi and Sayed Qutb fashioned political Islam as a closed system, in opposition to all other competing ideologies.

The theology of takfir -- declaring other Muslims apostates or unbelievers; excommunication -- obsessed with "unbelief," has provided the politics of jihad [armed struggle] with the theological justification that arms any Muslim to freelance as a soldier of Allah.

The strategic requirement for advancing global jihad was to convince Muslims that they are liable to be found committing heresy if they support non-Muslim or infidel authorities, such as the United States and its allies, or if they wage war against Muslims, such as members of al-Qaeda.

The theology of takfir and jihad has now come full circle. Many Pakistanis, when they disagree, now find themselves trapped in denunciations that they are unbelievers.

It is from these madrasas that the jihadi fighters come forth as cannon fodder for an endless jihad that has become a growth industry in Pakistan. The entire political elite in Pakistan has profited, just as the Iranian elite continues profiting by doing the same.

For many, being "pure" required separating oneself from non-Muslims.

"The Taliban were not providing strategic depth to Pakistan, but Pakistan was providing strategic depth to the Taliban." — Ahmed Rashid, foremost scholar of the Taliban.

Here;  http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/5154/pakistan-civility-fanaticism

Muslims are becoming a nightmare for Muslims!...and it's happening all over the world!

Now take out your globe and start to turn it slowly.  Point to the countries that have become or are soon to become a mess!  Make sure you look at places like Greece too.  And don't forget France and the civil war the could breakout because the Muslims feel offended there.  And then look at places like Liberia and West Africa that are so impoverished and ignorant that Ebola can't be stopped without "Western" nations showing up to intervene.  And now look at the ENTIRE Middle East from Iran to Libya!  And then spin it to Russia and read about the massive ground troops they are moving toward Ukraine.  And then spin it to China and see how they are expanding their military even while they may have cooked a real estate bubble that could decimate them. And remember if the Euro breaks up that Europe is the most warring continent on the face of the earth!

The list of nations that are in turmoil or could soon be in turmoil is long.

So keep an eye on Pakistan and let's all remember to say The Lord's Prayer...."Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."

Birth Pangs of the Coming Great Depression

We have no idea exactly how this collapse is going to go down, and we certainly have no idea when it's going to go down....but we are starting to see some possibilities of how it might happen.

Think about this....
The USA has been hopelessly spending money for years.  Money that it doesn't have and money that we all know can never be repaid.  But all of a sudden, in spite of being on a trajectory that is UNSUSTAINABLE, America becomes the LEAST WORST PLACE to have your money.  The dollar actually starts getting stronger!  The investors of the world start desiring to own US dollars as they look at the Russian Ruble, Brazilian Real and even the Euro...and the value of the dollar goes up!  Who would have guessed this turn of affairs could have happened as we watched the carnage of 2008 put Lehmann Brothers out of business?!  So now just imagine that the world dumps even more of their "currency" into the US Dollar....and then the US Dollar has an epic collapse.  Where will everyone flee to?  The entire global financial system could implode as the derivatives markets reveal the massive house of cards that had been built.  The world will realize that there was no firm foundation...and the panic that would ensue could be tremendous.  Is it any wonder that the reports are coming in that the uber-wealthy are buying homes with airstrips in places like New Zealand so they can fly off and avoid the global unrest that they see coming?

The signs of the times are everywhere – all you have to do is open up your eyes and look at them. When a pregnant woman first goes into labor, the birth pangs are usually fairly moderate and are not that close together. But as the time for delivery approaches, they become much more frequent and much more intense. Economically, what we are experiencing right now are birth pangs of the coming Great Depression. 

As we get closer to the crisis that is looming on the horizon, they will become even more powerful. This week, we learned that the Baltic Dry Index has fallen to the lowest level that we have seen in 29 years. The Baltic Dry Index also crashed during the financial collapse of 2008, but right now it is already lower than it was at any point during the last financial crisis. In addition, “Dr. Copper” and other industrial commodities continue to plunge. This almost always happens before we enter an economic downturn. 

Meanwhile, as I mentioned the other day, orders for durable goods are declining. This is also a traditional indicator that a recession is approaching. The warning signs are there – we just have to be open to what they are telling us.

And of course there are so many more parallels between past economic downturns and what is happening right now.

For example, volatility has returned to the markets in a big way. On Tuesday the Dow was down about 300 points, on Wednesday it was down another couple hundred points, and then on Thursday it was up a couple hundred points.

This is precisely how markets behave just before they crash. When markets are calm, they tend to go up. When markets get really choppy and start behaving erratically, that tells us that a big move down is usually coming.

At the same time, almost every major global currency is imploding. For much more on this, see the amazing charts in this article.

In particular, I am greatly concerned about the collapse of the euro. The Swiss would not have decoupled their currency from the euro if it was healthy. And political events in Greece are certainly not going to help things either. Economic conditions across Europe just continue to get worse, and the future of the eurozone itself is very much in doubt at this point. And if the eurozone does break up, a European economic depression is almost virtually assured – at least in the short term.

And I haven’t even mentioned the oil crash yet.

There is only one other time in all of history when the price of oil collapsed by more than 60 dollars, and that was just prior to the horrific financial crisis of 2008.

Since the last financial crisis, the oil industry has been a huge source for job growth in this country. The following is an excerpt from a recent CNN article…

The oil sector has added over a half million jobs — many of them high paying — since the recession ended in June 2009. That’s 13% of all US job growth over that period.

Now energy companies and related sectors are laying off thousands. Expect that trend to continue, bears say.

But losing good jobs is just the tip of the iceberg of this oil crisis.

At this point, the price of oil has already dropped to a catastrophically low level. The longer it stays at this level, the more damage that it is going to do. If the price of oil stays at this level for all of 2015, we are going to have a complete and total financial nightmare on our hands…

For the first time in 18 years, oil exporters are pulling liquidity out of world markets rather than putting money in. The world is now fast approaching a world reserve currency shift. If we see 8 to 12 months at these oil prices; U.S. shale industry will be wiped out. The effect on junk bonds will cascade to the rest of the stock market and U.S. economy.

Read more at http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/2015/January30/301.html#lU2i2PymGsBBjrAO.99

We continue to quote Jan Markell as we read the daily calamitous headlines....World events are not falling out of control but instead are falling into place, exactly as the Bible said they would.

Jesus said that we aren't supposed to fear these things because we know where our eternal homes are...but he also says that the earthquakes, wars, famine, pestilence and wars will continue to worsen as His return nears.  So let's continue to "watch" in amazement!  We worship a God who knows the future!  He knew us before we were born and He knows us in eternity!

Amen!  Even so, come Lord Jesus!