ISIS Declares War On Hamas in Gaza!! Oh My!

So what should the world do when a nasty bunch of demonic terrorists declare war on a bunch of other nasty, demonic, hate-filled terrorist?  Should we jump for joy and say, "Let the shooting of each other begin!!"?

Remember that there were a few times in the OT that God confused the enemies of Israel and had them start killing each other so they left Israel alone.

It makes me wonder what is actually going on here....

Could God be orchestrating the enemies of Israel to start killing the enemies of Israel?

The Egyptian wing of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has declared war on Hamas for failing to stop President Donald Trump’s Jerusalem declaration, in a new propaganda video released Wednesday that purports to show the execution of a man who ISIS claims worked with the Palestinian militant group’s armed wing. 

The video aims to ratchet up tensions between the two radical Islamist groups. In July 2015, ISIS released a video saying that it would overthrow Gaza’s “tyrants” for their perceived lack of religious fervor and lack of religious rulings in the coastal enclave.

Wednesday’s video shows a man on his knees in an orange jumpsuit, similar to those forced upon American and British hostages killed by the ISIS in Syria in 2014. Masked and armed men stand behind him, others are unmasked and stand in robes. 

“Never surrender to them. Use explosives, silenced pistols and sticky bombs. Bomb their courts and their security locations, for these are the pillars of tyranny that prop up its throne,” said one of the militants, who is seen holding a knife.

Another militant steps forward and is shown shooting the man dead. The nationality of the man is unclear.

The video says ISIS would defeat Hamas for allowing Trump to declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel, as well as for its crackdown on small Salafi groups in Gaza.

The propaganda video shows images of Khaled Meshaal, the former Hamas leader who stepped down in April, alongside Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran has backed Hamas in recent years, arming its missile stocks and funding its tunnel network in the coastal enclave that reached into Israeli territory.

Hamas has fought three wars with Israel, the last in 2014, but the group appears to be stepping away from a fourth round of conflict over the announcement of President Donald Trump to relocate the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the contested city that hosts some of the holiest shrines in both Islam and Judaism. Hamas has attributed recent rocket fire from Gaza into Israeli territory to Salafi groups, some whom are sympathetic to ISIS and opposed to Hamas’s rule.

The U.S. and the European Union have designated Hamas as an extremist organization. Israel’s far-right frequently compares the group to ISIS for its radical interpretation of Islam that stops short of calling for Sharia. The group, like ISIS, has carried out public executions on the streets of Gaza, including by gunfire, but says it does so for collaboration with Israel, its archenemy.

ISIS’s Egyptian wing, known as the Sinai Province, is arguably ISIS’s most brutal and effective affiliate outside of Iraq and Syria. It is responsible for the Sinai plane crash in October 2015 that killed all 224 passengers on board. In November 2017, it claimed the mass murder of more than 300 people at a Sufi mosque in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, the deadliest attack in modern Egyptian history.

Its members, which number in the thousands, include Al-Qaeda defectors, jihadis from Gaza and Egyptian radical Islamists who have returned from conflict zones in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan.

http://www.newsweek.com/gazas-next-war-looms-isis-vows-defeat-hamas-failing-stop-trump-770694

So of course the article starts with a Newsweek Video saying that protests are building all over the world against Trumps Jerusalem announcement.

Right......

That's yesterday's news!  A few Arabs throwing rocks or a few thousand Indonesians carrying signs is NOT cause for global panic. 

But as I read that ISIS is going to start killing Hamas....I think of these words, "Live by the sword, die by the sword."

Israel Approaching 70 Years & Jerusalem is Focal Point of World

Gary Stearman has been a favorite prophecy writer of mine.  Today he sent out these comments on Jerusalem and Trump's comments about moving our embassy their.

On Wednesday, December 6th, 2017, President Donald Trump made a simple statement: “Today, we finally acknowledge the obvious: that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital. This is nothing more or less than a recognition of reality. It is also the right thing to do. It’s something that has to be done.” 

Speaking from the White House, his statement also reminded listeners of the traditional failure of many past Presidents to make this declaration: “While previous presidents have made this a major campaign promise, they failed to deliver. Today I am delivering.”

Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu stated, “This is a historic day. We’re profoundly grateful for the president for his courageous and just decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and to prepare for the opening of a U.S. embassy here.”

At Prophecy Watchers, we have noted for some time, that as we approach Israel’s 70th Anniversary as a modern nation, there will be a quickening of prophetically significant events. And we have arrived: On May 14th, 1948 (Iyar 5 in the Jewish Calendar), Israel realized statehood on the 50th Anniversary of the First Zionist Congress in Basle, Switzerland.

This year, May 14th on the Julian Calendar, Israel’s 70th Anniversary comes 24 days after Iyar 5. And so, whichever calendar you use, the period of late April through mid-May, 2018, will mark the passage of 70 years in which Israel has been a sovereign state.

If Israel’s years are compared to the life of a human being, the words of Moses tell a great story: “The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away” (Ps. 90:10).

Thus far, Israel’s short life has been marked by struggle, and it appears that her eighth decade may well be a fight for her very survival. Two things must now happen, amidst fierce and growing opposition: First the U.S. Embassy must be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Then, some sort of facility must be opened there to function as a capital building. Perhaps it could be built adjacent to the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament.

But one thing is certain: There will be well-orchestrated resistance from a variety of Islamic foes, who still regard the Temple Mount as their own, as well as much of Jerusalem. They will be loath to relinquish their foothold.

Still, the biblical view of Jerusalem is clear: Psalm 122 says it well:

“1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. 2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: 4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. 5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. 8 For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. 9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good” (Ps. 122 1-9).

David’s words are prophetic. Jerusalem will one day be united. Thrones of judgment will be set there. Justice will be established in the House of the LORD!

Large Man Dressed as Woman Elected to Minneapolis City Council

If you want to see how strange things have gotten in the leftist city of Minneapolis, then study this photo of our Muslim Congressman hugging a large black man who says he's a woman. It turns out that so many voters thought that transgender is "normal" that they elected him to City Council.

I don't want to be that guy who makes fun of how people look since most of us can't help how we look....BUT.....when a large black man decides to say he is a woman and then proceeds to dress and act like a woman....then I must take an exception.  So with that disclaimer....does this large black man, who calls himself Andrea Jenkins, actually look like one of the characters in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, who crawled out of the pit of the earth?  I think they call them "orcs".

Obama Betrayed Iranian People; Trump Stands with Them

We remember when the Iranians took to the streets to protest when Obama was President.  He was mute.  We guess that with the Arab Spring in full riot he didn't want one more Muslim nation imploding and giving him a headache.

Not so for President Trump!  He calls a spade, "a spade" and lets the chips fall where they may.

As a long-time Iranian, I can tell you that the support of the US and President Trump is invaluable to the ordinary Iranians: they feel helpless and alone in the face of the monsters who have been oppressing them for so long.

Remember, just eight years ago, that the people of Iran rose up in their millions against their Islamist dictatorship. The US administration at the time stayed abhorrently silent. People on the streets chanted, "Obama, Obama, are you with them [mullahs] or with us?"

Washington did not offer support. The administration's dismissal not only enabled the mullahs brutally to crush the demonstrations with impunity; the mullahs were even rewarded with a deal that would enable them to have a legitimate nuclear weapons capability down the road, as well as billions of dollars.

Obama and the Iranian regime sold the world the idea that the nuclear agreement, appeasement policies towards the mullahs, and the lifting of UN sanctions would supposedly help the Iranian people and make the Iranian government a constructive player. All facts show, then as now, that the opposite took place.

People are suffering financially in oil-rich Iran (as they are in oil-rich Venezuela). Unemployment among the youth has reached a record-high of roughly 31%, while approximately 60% of the Iranian population is under 30 years of age. Many of the youth are highly educated and tech-savvy but they cannot find jobs. Those who are older cannot afford medicine, food or shelter. Inflation has been skyrocketing.

Suppression of freedoms, and human rights violations have escalated, according to Amnesty International and other human rights groups. The extra billions of dollars in revenue, thanks to the wretched nuclear agreement that should have been cancelled months ago, are going not into the pockets of the people, but into the pockets of the Revolutionary Guards, Syria's President Assad, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and other terrorist groups.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's proposed budget for 2018-2019 includes a significant increase for the military and ballistic-missile program while cutting subsidies for the poor.

US President Donald J. Trump, on the other hand, has been supporting and praising the bravery of the Iranian people, and publicly condemning any human rights violations committed by the Iranian regime against the people.

The Iranian regime, its agents and the mainstream leftist media is attempting to make readers and viewers believe that the US should be silent during this uprising.

How could a country based on freedom and civil rights be silent while other humans are being butchered because they desire that same freedom and those same rights? Is silence not a betrayal of justice, freedom and democracy? Is silence not a betrayal of the victims of Islamism, terrorism and violence, in the face of the acts being committed by the Iranian regime against innocent people in Iran and around the world? The Iranian regime is the top state sponsor of terrorism. It is ranked top in the world when it comes to executing people per capita. The regime, according to Amnesty International, is a leading executioner of children. As the regime continues to intensify its crackdown in the last few days, dozens of peaceful protesters have been shot dead.

Here;  https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11664/iran-obama-trump

It's comical to see the leftists in the media go wild about Trump's comments on Iran and his Tweet about having a "bigger button" on his desk than 'lil rocket man" of North Korea.

The reason for this is that the vast majority of leftists are godless.  They believe that life on this planet formed from nothing and that if we aren't careful...we are going to blow ourselves up back into nothing!!

For this reason, they tiptoe around bullies like Kim Jong and they also are willing to appease tyrants in Iran.  Hence Obama's disastrous nuke deal with Iran.  "Oh please, please, please Iran!!....please take these plane loads of cash from us in exchange for you not building any more nukes for the next 6 months!!  PRETTY PLEASE!!!"

This is in sharp contrast to those of us (Trump?) that have a Biblical world view.  We know for certain that God has the whole situation under control and that no bombs will go off destroying the world because the Bible says it's not going to happen!  There is a much different ending coming for planet earth.

We also rest in the fact that there is NO COUNTRY and NO LEADER that God has not allowed.

So we laugh at little rocket man and take great joy in Trump's stupid Tweet about having a bigger button on his desk.

Think of "Little Rocket Man" of North Korea as you read this Psalm.  Focus on how God laughs at these people who believe they are so strong and so mighty.

Psalm 52
Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?
    Why do you boast all day long,
    you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
2 You who practice deceit,
    your tongue plots destruction;
    it is like a sharpened razor.
3 You love evil rather than good,
    falsehood rather than speaking the truth.[c]
4 You love every harmful word,
    you deceitful tongue!

5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
    He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent;
    he will uproot you from the land of the living.
6 The righteous will see and fear;
    they will laugh at you, saying,
7 “Here now is the man
    who did not make God his stronghold
but trusted in his great wealth
    and grew strong by destroying others!”

Video Game Addictions

Yep, it's true.  People can get addicted to video games.  When they are taken away these addicts can start to have tremors just like other addicts who have had their drug of choice taken away.

A new study concludes that children can become addicted to playing video games, with some youths skimping on homework, lying about how much they play and struggling, without success, when they try to cut back.

In what is described as the first nationally representative study in the U.S. on the subject, researcher Douglas Gentile of Iowa State University found that 8.5 percent of American youths ages 8 to 18 who play video games show multiple signs of behavioral addiction.

"For some kids, they play in such a way that it becomes out of balance. And they're damaging other areas of their lives, and it isn't just one area, it's many areas," said Gentile, a psychologist and assistant professor whose study was posted online Monday by the journal Psychological Science.

To get at gaming addiction, he adapted diagnostic criteria for pathological gambling into a series of questions about video game use. The questions became part of a 2007 Harris Poll survey of 1,178 children and teens. Gamers were deemed "pathological" if they reported at least six of the 11 symptoms.

Symptoms included spending increasing amounts of time and money on video games to feel the same level of excitement; irritability or restlessness when play is scaled back; escaping problems through play; skipping chores or homework to spend more time at the controller; lying about the length of playing time; and stealing games or money to play more.

Four times as many boys as girls were considered "pathological gamers."

Gentile said he started his research with doubts about the possibility of addiction. "I thought this was parental histrionics -- that kids are playing a lot and parents don't understand the motivation, so they label it an addiction," he said. "It turns out that I was wrong."

What he found, he said, was that children considered pathological gamers did worse in school, had trouble paying attention in class and reported feeling "addicted." They were twice as likely to report attention deficit disorder or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

The study found that 88 percent of the nation's children ages 8 to 18 play video games. With 45 million children of that age in the country, the study would suggest that more than 3 million are addicted "or at least have problems of the magnitude" that call for help, Gentile said.

Here;  http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-04-21/news/0904200538_1_addiction-video-games-pathological

So why would parents allow their kids to sit in the basement gaming for hours per day?

Because the parents are happy to have some silence and do what they want to do while the kids are gaming.  Also the kids say, "That's what everyone does these days mom!", and the mom says, "Well, OK then..."

Parents don't want to be parents anymore these days.  They would rather slap a movie in their drop down TV in the mini-van while they drive to grandmas, than they would talk to their kids.  And yes, DIVORCE AND SINGLE PARENTING probably plays a large part into teen boys being given permission by mom to play hours of video games....because she needs the quiet and rest...and she simply doesn't want to fight with her teen boy.

We are becoming a society of "screen zombies"....just the way Satan would love it to be!

If we are addicted to our screens, we are out of balance....and if we are out of balance there's a VERY good chance that we are ignoring our Bible reading and prayer time with Christ our savior.

Most Americans Now Say Christmas Isn’t a Religious Holiday

If you ever doubt the stupidity that is prevalent in the majority of Americans....look no further than this NY Times article.

Is Christmas a Religious Holiday? A Growing Number of Americans Say No

Combatants in the annual “War on Christmas” have some new data to chew on, thanks to a survey released this week by the Pew Research Center.

While many doubt that Christmas is embattled, as some conservative pundits contend, the new study does suggest American attitudes are changing.

The Pew study, based on interviews conducted in recent weeks with 1,503 adults, found that while a vast majority of Americans still celebrate Christmas, most find the religious elements of the holiday are emphasized less than in the past — and few of them care about that change.

Like much else in the United States, a strong partisan divide runs through the survey results, with responses from Republicans seeming to place an emphasis on religion and those from Democrats on secularism.

But the data complicate efforts to portray Christmas as either in mortal danger or in no trouble at all, a central issue in a yearslong debate over whether Christmas in America respects Christianity or has been undermined by liberalism.

The Bible story

The most seismic change captured by the survey, from a theological standpoint, may be the declining number of people who said they believed the biblical story of Christmas accurately reflected historical events.

The survey asked respondents about their belief in four parts of the biblical Christmas story: that an angel heralded the birth of Jesus; that it was a virgin birth; that wise men were guided to baby Jesus by a star; and that he was placed in a manger.

Only 57 percent of Americans believe in all four, down from 65 percent in 2014. There were two factors that contributed to the trend, researchers said. One was that atheists and the religiously unaffiliated appeared even less likely now than in the past to believe the story of Jesus’ birth. The second was “a small but significant decline” of roughly 5 percent “in the share of Christians who believe in the Christmas narrative contained in the Bible.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/13/us/christmas-less-religious.html?mtrref=www.raptureready.com&gwh=492193676A950F8430EFDAE0BC5C4B3B&gwt=pay

Holy smokes people!!  The word CHRIST is right in the word CHRISTMAS!!!  How can you be so stupid as to believe that CHRISTMAS has nothing to do with the RELIGION OF CHRIST??

And so the most amazing miracle in the history of the universe....GOD HUMBLING HIMSELF TO BECOME GOD IN HUMAN FLESH, EMMANUEL....has been reduced by most Americans to Happy Holidays!!  A time to run to the store to buy a bunch of crap for you and your family that you don't need, most can't afford and that will most likely be in a landfill a year from now.

No wonder the same majority of Americans find themselves depressed around Christmas!!  They have NO REASON FOR THE SEASON!!

Forgive them Lord, for they know not what they are doing.

2018 to Bring More Earthquakes

Jesus said that we should be watching for an increase of quakes.

Check out this Newsweek headline;

2018 COULD BRING INCREASE IN SEVERE WORLDWIDE EARTHQUAKES

The new year could bring an increase in massive and devastating earthquakes, research from October suggested. But as our prediction of earthquakes becomes better, so does our ability to prepare for these natural disasters.  

About four years ago, the Earth’s rotation slowed slightly. Although the decrease was not enough to notice, the Earth’s slower rotation may spark an increase in severe earthquakes for 2018, researchers from University of Colorado Boulder predicted in the fall.

According to the team’s research, which they presented at the Geological Society of America annual meeting in Seattle this October, there may be a trend between slower Earth rotations and more global earthquakes. Over the past 100 years, there was a 25 to 30 percent increase in the number of significant earthquakes associated with a slowdown in the Earth’s rotation.       

http://www.newsweek.com/earthquakes-earths-rotation-767266

        

2700 Year Old Jewish Artifact Confirming Jerusalem is Jewish

Wow!  Just when President Trump announces Jerusalem is Jewish, they find an artifact that proves it.

Here;  https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/2700-year-old-governor-of-jerusalem-seal-found/articleshow/62328260.cms

JERUSALEM: Israeli archaeologists unveiled today a 2,700-year-old clay seal imprinted with images and Hebrew words that may have belonged to a biblical governor of Jerusalem.


The round button-sized seal was found in a building in Jerusalem's Old City near the Western Wall and dates back to the 7th century BC, from the time of the First Jewish Temple, said the Israel Antiquities Authority.

Humans on Earth Are Like Zoo Animals to Alien Watchers

It would seem that headlines about advanced alien life forms now makes Google headlines almost every day.

This latest article proposes that the reason we see all the UFOs but yet they haven’t landed at the White House to introduce themselves, is because we are like zoo animals to them.

Read about this latest theory that continues to prep us for the arrival of “aliens” here;

https://www.morningticker.com/2018/01/new-alien-discovery-stuns-scientists/