Jesus fulfilled the Righteous Requirements of the Law
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Posted:Nov 2, 2010 1:27 pm
Last Updated:Nov 2, 2010 1:29 pm 20005 Views
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The New Covenant of Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of the Old Covenant promises. Jesus fulfills the moral law and its demand which cannot be done by sinful man for Jesus in his sinless life lived Gods laws and by his death he took the wrath of God and the laws demands of justice for us. His resurrection brought a new and better way. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness the scriptures tell us for he is the wayto eternal life , not trying to keep the law.
The Old Testament contained types and shadows, which reveal and lead to Christ. Jesus is the fulfillment of all the righteous requirements of the law. Jesus has come (the OT messiah promise fulfilled) not to abolish. kataluô- "destroy," "demolish," "dismantle" but to Fulfill and complete the promise of God to send the Messiah that would take away sins.
For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. Romans 10:3,4
During Jesus Christ’s life the sacrifices in the Temple in Jerusalem were still valid. The law (Torah) were also still valid at that time. But after his death and resurrection the sacrificial system became obsolete and Jesus became the Christians’ righteousness without the deeds of the law. Jesus’ righteousness became ours for it was imputed (accredited on our behalf) to us by faith in Christ and not by any good deeds or moral lifestyles on our part. (Which if we have any are simply not good enough for the law demands absolute perfection) Once for all Jesus became the sacrifice for sins.
And therefore it was imputed to him (Abraham) for righteousness. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. Romans 4:22-25
During the lord’s life time on earth the law was still valid but at the cross Jesus said...”It is finished” ...completed...done...fulfilled. From that time on there was a transition from the Old Covenant to the New Covenant. This is in progress, till all the prophecies come to pass and Jesus returns to rule and reign on earth, but those in Christ are in him, in his righteousness, and holy for he has chosen them out of the world to be his own.
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and [that] your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. John 15:16
For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec
there ariseth another priest, Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament. Hebrews 7:14-22
Jesus has fulfilled, is continuing to fulfill the entire Old Testament until the end of this age. Jesus Christ supercedes the Old Testament law, fulfilling it in history, the present, and in the future. All the promises of God are in Christ for he is the fulfillment of the Old Testament without destroying it. The Old Testament remains until heaven and earth pass away and "until everything is accomplished."
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 2 Peter 3:10
I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished Matthew 5:18
May the Lord bless you with his grace in Jesus Christ.
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NEW GLOBAL RESERVE CURRENCY TO REPALCE THE DOLLAR OVER TIME
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Posted:Jun 14, 2009 9:38 pm
Last Updated:Jun 30, 2009 10:29 am 22513 Views
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By Alexander Nicholson
June 6 (Bloomberg) The International Monetary Fund said it’s possible to take the “revolutionary” step of creating a new global reserve currency to replace the dollar over time.
The IMF’s so-called special drawing rights could be used as the basis for a new currency, First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky told a panel discussing reserve currencies at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum today.
“There are many, many attractions in the long run to such an outcome,” Lipsky told a panel discussing reserve currencies at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum today. “But this is not a quick, short or easy decision,” he said, adding that it would be “quite revolutionary.”
The SDRs would have to be delinked from other currencies and issued by an international organization with equivalent authority to a central bank in order to become liquid enough to be used as a reserve, he said.
As much as 70 percent of the world’s currency reserves are held in dollars, according to the IMF, leading to calls for nations to diversify their cashpiles to avoid excessive exposure to the U.S. economy as it quadruples its budget deficit in a bid to counter the worst recession since the Great Depression.
The dollar fell on June 3 to its lowest level in 2009 against the euro on concern that the ballooning deficit would sap demand for Treasuries among foreign investors and central banks.
“The largest debtor is very unlikely to dominate any currency arrangement today,” said Ousmene Mandeng, head of Ashmore Investment Management Ltd.’s public sector investment advisory.
Medvedev Proposal
President Dmitry Medvedev yesterday questioned the U.S. dollar’s future as a global reserve currency and said using a mix of regional currencies would make the world economy more stable. Russia has proposed regional reserve currencies, including the ruble, as part of a response to the global financial crisis.
“Its an oddity that on the one hand we have an increasingly multipolar international economy, an increasing commercial diversification, and on the other hand we have a unique concentration in terms of monetary transactions,” Mandeng said. “That in itself creates a lot of instability.”
The reporter on this story: Alexander Nicholson in Moscow
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RFID Chips Are Here.....THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE THIS CHIP CANNOT BUY OR SELL....THE MARK OF THE BEAST
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Posted:May 21, 2009 11:18 am
Last Updated:May 28, 2009 12:42 pm 22574 Views
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RFID chips are being embedded in everything from jeans to paper money, and your privacy is at stake.
Bar codes are something most of us never think about. We go to the grocery store to buy food, the checkout person runs our selection over the scanner, there's an audible beep or boop, and then we're told how much money we owe. Bar codes in that sense are an invisible technology that we see all the time, but without thinking about what's in front of our eyes.
Bar codes have been with us so long, and they're so ubiquitous, that its hard to remember that they're a relatively new technology that took a while to catch on. The patent for bar codes was issued in 1952. It took twenty years before a standard for bar codes was approved, but they still didn't catch on. Ten years later, only 15,000 suppliers were using bar codes. That changed in 1984. By 1987 - only three years later! - 75,000 suppliers were using bar codes. That's one heck of a growth curve.
So what changed in 1984? Who, or what, caused the change?
Wal-Mart.
Right now, you can buy a hammer, a pair of jeans, or a razor blade with anonymity. With RFID tags, that may be a thing of the past.
When Wal-Mart talks, suppliers listen. So when Wal-Mart said that it wanted to use bar codes as a better way to manage inventory, bar codes became de rigeur. If you didn't use bar codes, you lost Wal-Mart's business. That's a death knell for most of their suppliers.
The same thing is happening today. I'm here to tell you that the bar code's days are numbered. There's a new technology in town, one that at first blush might seem insignificant to security professionals, but it's a technology that is going to be a big part of our future. And how do I know this? Pin it on Wal-Mart again; they're the big push behind this new technology.
So what is it? RFID tags.
RFID 101
Invented in 1969 and patented in 1973, but only now becoming commercially and technologically viable, RFID tags are essentially microchips, the tinier the better. Some are only 1/3 of a millimeter across. These chips act as transponders (transmitters/responders), always listening for a radio signal sent by transceivers, or RFID readers. When a transponder receives a certain radio query, it responds by transmitting its unique ID code, perhaps a 128-bit number, back to the transceiver. Most RFID tags don't have batteries (How could they? They're 1/3 of a millimeter!). Instead, they are powered by the radio signal that wakes them up and requests an answer.
Most of these "broadcasts" are designed to be read between a few inches and several feet away, depending on the size of the antenna and the power driving the RFID tags (some are in fact powered by batteries, but due to the increased size and cost, they are not as common as the passive, non-battery-powered models). However, it is possible to increase that distance if you build a more sensitive RFID receiver.
RFID chips cost up to 50 cents, but prices are dropping. Once they get to 5 cents each, it will be cost-efficient to put RFID tags in almost anything that costs more than a dollar.
Who's using RFID?
RFID is already in use all around us. Ever chipped your pet or cat with an ID tag? Or used an EZPass through a toll booth? Or paid for gas using ExxonMobils' SpeedPass? Then you've used RFID.
Some uses, especially those related to security, seem like a great idea. For instance, Delta is testing RFID on some flights, tagging 40,000 customer bags in order to reduce baggage loss and make it easier to route bags if customers change their flight plans.
Three seaport operators - who account for 70% of the world's port operations - agreed to deploy RFID tags to track the 17,000 containers that arrive each day at US ports. Currently, less than 2% are inspected. RFID tags will be used to track the containers and the employees handling them.
The United States Department of Defense is moving into RFID in order to trace military supply shipments. During the first Gulf War, the DOD made mistakes in its supply allocation. To streamline operations, the U.S. military has placed RFID tags on 270,000 cargo containers and tracks those shipments throughout 40 countries.
On a smaller level, but one that will instantly resonate with security pros, Star City Casino in Sydney, Australia placed RFID tags in 80,000 employee uniforms in order to put a stop to theft. The same idea would work well in corporate PCs, networking equipment, and handhelds.
In all of these cases, RFID use seems reasonable. It is non-intrusive, and it seems to balance security and privacy. Other uses for RFID, however, may be troublesome.
Visa is combining smart cards and RFID chips so people can conduct transactions without having to use cash or coins. These smart cards can also be incorporated into cell phones and other devices. Thus, you could pay for parking, buy a newspaper, or grab a soda from a vending machine without opening your wallet. This is wonderfully convenient, but the specter of targeted personal ads popping up as I walk through the mall, a la Minority Report, does not thrill me.
Michelin, which manufactures 800,000 tires a day, is going to insert RFID tags into its tires. The tag will store a unique number for each tire, a number that will be associated with the car's VIN (Vehicle Identification Number). Good for Michelin, and car manufacturers, and fighting crime. Potentially bad for you. Who will assure your privacy? Do you really want your car's tires broadcasting your every move?
The European Central Bank may embed RFID chips in the euro note. Ostensibly to combat counterfeiters and money-launderers, it would also enable banks to count large amounts of cash in seconds. Unfortunately, such a move would also makes it possible for governments to track the passage of cash from individual to individual. Cash is the last truly anonymous way to buy and sell. With RFID tags, that anonymity would be gone. In addition, banks would not be the only ones who could in an instant divine how much cash you were carrying; criminals can also obtain power transceivers.
Several major manufacturers and retailers expect RFID tags to aid in managing the supply chain, from manufacturing to shipping to stocking store shelves, including Gillette (which purchased 500 million RFID tags for its razors), Home Depot, The Gap, Proctor & Gamble, Prada, Target, Tesco (a United Kingdom chain), and Wal-Mart. Especially Wal-Mart.
The retail giant, the largest employer in America, is working with Gillette to create "smart shelves" that can alert managers and stockboys to replenish the supply of razors. More significantly, Wal-Mart intends for its top 100 suppliers to fully support RFID for inventory tracking by 2005. Wal-Mart would love to be able to point an RFID reader at any of the 1 billion sealed boxes of widgets it receives every year and instantly know exactly how many widgets it has. No unpacking, no unnecessary handling, no barcode scanners required.
RFID Issues
Right now, you can buy a hammer, a pair of jeans, or a razor blade with anonymity. With RFID tags, that may be a thing of the past. Some manufacturers are planning to tag just the packaging, but others will also tag their products. There is no law requiring a label indicating that an RFID chip is in a product. Once you buy your RFID-tagged jeans at The Gap with RFID-tagged money, walk out of the store wearing RFID-tagged shoes, and get into your car with its RFID-tagged tires, you could be tracked anywhere you travel. Bar codes are usually scanned at the store, but not after purchase. But RFID transponders are, in many cases, forever part of the product, and designed to respond when they receive a signal. Imagine everything you own is "numbered, identified, catalogued, and tracked." Anonymity and privacy? Gone in a hailstorm of invisible communication, betrayed by your very property.
But let's not stop there. Others are talking about placing RFID tags into all sensitive or important documents: "it will be practical to put them not only in paper money, but in drivers' licenses, passports, stock certificates, manuscripts, university diplomas, medical degrees and licenses, birth certificates, and any other sort of document you can think of where authenticity is paramount." In other words, those documents you're required to have, that you can't live without, will be forever tagged.
Consider the human body as well. Applied Digital Solutions has designed an RFID tag - called the VeriChip - for people. Only 11 mm long, it is designed to go under the skin, where it can be read from four feet away. They sell it as a great way to keep track of , Alzheimer's patients in danger of wandering, and anyone else with a medical disability, but it gives me the creeps. The possibilities are scary. In May, delegates to the Chinese Communist Party Congress were required to wear an RFID-equipped badge at all times so their movements could be tracked and recorded. Is there any doubt that, in a few years, those badges will be replaced by VeriChip-like devices?
Surveillance is getting easier, cheaper, smaller, and ubiquitous. Sure, it's possible to destroy an RFID tag. You can crush it, puncture it, or microwave it (but be careful of fires!). You can't drown it, however, and you can't demagnetize it. And washing RFID-tagged clothes won't remove the chips, since they're specifically designed to withstand years of wearing, washing, and drying. You could remove the chip from your jeans, but you'd have to find it first.
That's why Congress should require that consumers be notified about products with embedded RFID tags. We should know when we're being tagged. We should also be able to disable the chips in our own property. If it's the property of the company we work for, that's a different matter. But if it's ours, we should be able to control whether tracking is enabled.
Security professionals need to realize that RFID tags are dumb devices. They listen, and they respond. Currently, they don't care who sends the signal. Anything your companies' transceiver can detect, the bad guy's transceiver can detect. So don't be lulled into a false sense of security.
With RFID about to arrive in full force, don't be lulled at all. Major changes are coming, and not all of them will be positive. The law of unintended consequences is about to encounter surveillance devices smaller than the period at the end of this sentence.
Scott Granneman teaches at Washington University in St. Louis, consults for WebSanity, and writes for SecurityFocus and Linux Magazine
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AWAKE THOU THAT SLEEPETH......The Iranian Bear Will Arise At The End Time
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Posted:May 13, 2009 8:32 am
Last Updated:May 15, 2009 12:43 pm 21523 Views
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Regarding Persia as a member of the Russian-Islamic coalition of nations that attacks Israel in the Last Days (Ezekiel 38:5), the late Bible scholar John F. Walvoord wrote: “Persia has been easily identified as related to modern Iran which could easily supply an army, attacking Israel from the north, even though located to the east.”
John MacArthur writes about the “bear” nation in Daniel 7:5 & 12, “This is Medo-Persia, with the greater “side” being Persia...As the second advent [Coming of Christ] draws near, all 3 empires [including Persia] in their descendants [Persia’s descendants are the Iranians] will be a part of the Roman phase [the Antichrist Kingdom] in its final form (Rev. 13:2).
Iran is clearly shown in Bible prophecy to be an evil power in the Last Days. How remarkable that Iran is dominating today’s news, along with Israel, Jerusalem, and Iraq (Babylon).
John Walvoord, Major Bible Prophecies,writes:
Is there anything positive in the history of the Persians (Iran) toward God & His people Israel? Amazingly, the president of Iran has called for the extermination of Israel, but God put a different thought into the hearts of the early Persian kings.
The events of the Medo-Persian Empire are important for their relationship to the restoration of Israel [in the 5th-6th century BC]. In the very first year of Cyrus the captives of Israel were given permission to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple (Ezra 1:1-4).
Generally speaking, the Medo-Persian Empire was kinder to the Jewish faith than the Babylonians had been...It was Darius [the Great] who approved the final building of the temple. The fourth king, mentioned in Daniel 11:3, was probably Xerxes (486-465 B.C.), the one who appointed Esther [the Jewish woman of the Book Of Esther] as his queen.
Amazingly, because the Persians (Iranians) released the Jews to return to Israel and rebuild Jerusalem and their Temple, Jesus was born, as prophesied by Micah, in Bethlehem, rather than in Babylon]
Iran is now the only regional military power that poses a significant conventional military threat to Gulf stability. Iran has significant capabilities for asymmetric warfare, and poses the additional threat of proliferation. There is considerable evidence that it is developing both a long-range missile force and a range of weapons of mass destruction. It has never properly declared its holdings of chemical weapons, and the status of its biological weapons programs is unknown. The discoveries made by the IAEA since 2002 indicate that it is likely Iran will continue to covertly seek nuclear weapons.
Iran is a significant military power by Gulf standards It has some 540,000 men under arms and over 350,000 reserves.They include 120,000 Iranian Revolutionary Guards trained for land and naval asymmetrical warfare. Iran's military also includes holdings of 1,613 main battle tanks, 21,600 other armored fighting vehicles, 3,200 artillery weapons, 306 combat aircraft, 60 attack helicopters, 3 submarines, 59 surface combatants, and 10 amphibious ships.
"...Iran has obtained new anti-ship missiles and missile patrol craft from China, midget submarines from North Korea, submarines from Russia, and modern mines."
The UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency is the world’s governing board that oversees and supposedly checks the proliferation of atomic weapons. It has unanimously passed a resolution demanding that Iran freeze its nuclear program. Yet in the face of all this international pressure, Iran maintains that it will continue to develop its nuclear program in defiance of the IAEA and the United Nations. Iran has also threatened to pull out of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty that it signed and appears willing to risk international economic isolation
Ezekiel foretells that the Russian invasion against Israel will come in the latter days, and intimates that it will be timed to be a post-event to the peace-and-safety covenant that the Antichrist makes with Israel and her Arab neighbors. After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them." So now, with the history of Iran completed, lets take a trip into the book of Ezekiel and review the Russian-Iranian alliance prophecy of Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39.
In the midst of all these world geo-political mechanisms stands the Axis of Evil. Iran and Syria stand poised to bring the entire world to the precipice of nuclear war.
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CHINA HAS BECOME A DEADLY FOE......WAKE UP THOU THAT SLEEPETH!
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Posted:May 8, 2009 10:11 am
Last Updated:May 13, 2009 8:17 am 22604 Views
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China’s growing military is increasingly a threat to U.S. interests, and to its Asian neighbors, especially the breakaway Democratic nation of Taiwan, according to an annual Pentagon study of the Chinese military. The People’s Liberation Army is currently engaged in seeking technology and weapons that would allow it to gain an advantage on America’s military.
China been boosting their military budget by double-digit percentages every year for the past decade. They've been expanding their arsenals of missiles, aircraft, air-defense weapons, surface ships, and submarines. They have expanded especially aggressively near the Taiwan Strait, to the point where the balance of forces with Taiwan is now "shifting in the mainland's favor." They're studying the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and are shifting their doctrine to focus on joint operations, "network-centric warfare," and offensive maneuvers.
China officially says it's spending $35 billion on its military, a 14.7 percent increase over last year's budget, amounting to 1.5 percent of its gross national product. China's growth "sustains a trend that has persisted since the 1990s of defense budget growth rates exceeding economic growth"–but read on–"although the growth of defense expenditures has lagged behind the growth in overall government expenditures over the same period of time.
According to the Pentagon, the Chinese army is currently seeking and developing weapons that would allow them to attack Taiwan and defend itself against American naval and air power. In addition, the Chinese military is also engaged in modernizing its nuclear arsenal and developing new technologies for cyber and space warfare. It is also expanding its conventional weaponry, adding submarines and new aircraft carriers to its naval fleet.
The report also cites a lack of dialogue among the two nations militaries as potentially dangerous. High level talks between the Pentagon and the PLA were called-off last October after the Bush administration sold $6.5 billion worth of military equipment to Taiwan.
“We have advocated time and again for more dialogue and transparency in our dealings with the Chinese government and military, all in an effort to reduce suspicions on both sides,” said Geoff Morrell, the Pentagon press secretary.
However, China’s military does not yet pose a direct threat to the U.S. Not until at least 2015 will the Chinese military have the capabilities to deploy and sustain even a small force outside of its borders, the report found. The capacity to deploy and maintain a large force will be at least a decade after that.
The report comes just after Chinese military vessels harassed an American surveillance ship in the South China Sea last week, perhaps signaling growing tensions between the two nations.
The Chinese government was quick to criticize the report, claiming the Pentagon was mischaracterizing the communist government’s military buildup, labeling it “peaceful development.”
"China has always unwaveringly taken the path of peaceful development," Hu Changming, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Defense. "We will not participate in any form of arms race and do not constitute a threat to any country."
However, the people of Taiwan would likely dispute that claim. The breakaway republic is under constant threat of Chinese military actions unless it accepts reunification. Chinese nationalists fled to the island after losing the civil war to the communists in the 1940s. That potential conflict holds the possibility of drawing the U.S. into it. For years, the U.S. government has vowed to support the island nation, even militarily if need be. On the same day that the Pentagon report was released, Congress passed a resolution confirming its “unwavering commitment” Taiwanese security.
The fact that the Chinese are able to effectively buildup their military with the enormous amount of domestic savings they possess is yet another example of the deficiencies of the American economy. Here in the U.S., the military relies on deficit spending, mainly funded by China to keep our military up to par. On the other hand, the Chinese are building their military to rival that of the U.S.’s while spending the money from its trade surpluses to fund America’s domestic spending.
Source The New York Times
China and allies will destroy 1/3 of Mankind . . .
A "200,000,000 man army" will one day rise and unleash their deadly weapons of mass destruction killing one-third of the world's population . . .
It appears that China, its allies, and its "sphere of influence" over surrounding nations and armies will continue to grow and their vast armies will someday march into the Middle East across the Euphrates ... towards Israel.
The following prophecy says the "army of the horsemen was two hundred million." These "horsemen" may be a small division or group within that army, such as a strategic nuclear weapons division, or they may be brightly painted missiles sitting upon missile launchers. The "two hundred million" may be to help identify the nation or area they will rise out of. Also called "the kings of the East," it appears the Chinese military is someday going to use the deadly missile and weapons technologies .... against the west!!
One-third of all mankind left on Earth will be killed . . .
"Now the number of the army of the horsemen
was two hundred million;
I heard the number of them.
And thus I saw the horses in the vision:
those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of the horses
were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire,
smoke, and brimstone [sulfur, or a kind of poisoned air].
By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed
by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone
which came out of their mouths.
For their power is in their mouth and in their tails;
for their tails are like serpents, having heads;
and with them they do harm."
(Rev 9:16-19)
The Bible tells us only a small remnant of the population on Earth will survive the coming 'Apocalypse.' Although, here, we find angels being released, much of the global terror will come from mankind destroying mankind, nation destroying nation, deadly wave after deadly wave. The Holy Spirit goes out of his way to let us know that the day and the hour is real and has already been set. Remember, our future is already history . . .IT IS WRITTEN....Are you spiritually ready?
Armageddon . . .
"Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice
from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet,
"Release the four angels who are bound
at the great river Euphrates." [see below]
So the four angels, who had been prepared
for the hour and day and month and year,
were released to kill a third of mankind."
(Rev 9:13-15)
"Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl
on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the East might be prepared. [A Chinese led invasion of the Middle East]
[The vast armies of the Anti-christ will then move to either counter or assist this Chinese led invasion]
And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs
coming out of the mouth of the dragon [Satan],
out of the mouth of the beast [the Anti-christ],
and out of the mouth of the false prophet. [the second Beast - see 'the coming Antichrist']
For they are spirits of demons, performing signs,
which go out to the kings of the Earth and of the whole world,
to gather them to the battle of that great Day of God Almighty ...
And they gathered them together
to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon."
(Rev 16:12-16)
The weapons will be used. Much of the world will be destroyed. Cities will disappear. Armageddon means the "Hill of Megiddo." Megiddo is part of the Plain of Esdraelon which is located in central Israel. Napoleon came through there and declared it to be the finest battlefield in the world. The whole world will be drawn into this war over Israel and Jerusalem. No nation will be spared. The Bible warns there will be several deadly waves associated with this conflict, including a massive Chinese led invasion of the Middle East from the "East" which will then be "joined" as the armies of the Anti-christ march out of Europe and around the world to the place called "Armageddon."
Jesus will return to engage this final battle Himself. He alone will destroy the enemies of Israel. We don’t know the time between these wars/battles/events. We do know that God has set aside a final seven years to complete His plan with Israel, and the nations of this Age . . .
Jesus shed His blood, suffered, and died on the Cross as the 'Passover Lamb of God' to save you from the utter torment and darkness of Hell. That is why Jesus (Yeshua) is called Savior. If you sincerely know that you have sinned (which means you will need a Savior) and sincerely believe in your heart that Jesus paid the debt for all of your sins on the Cross, . . .the Lord will save you.... It's God's Promise!
The only unpardonable sin is to reject God's love and His free offer of life in Heaven by rejecting Jesus Christ, the Messiah, who stepped forth from Heaven ... not to condemn the sinner, but to save the sinner (from Hell) and who willingly and lovingly shed His blood on the Cross so we can be washed clean of all of our sins. The Bible says there will be no peace in our lives until we make peace with God, through His , our Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible also says there will be no peace on Earth until Jesus Christ returns .....you cannot earn your way to heaven...obeying laws will not save you...it is a gift of grace. Only God can change your heart and cause you to walk in his ways!!
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OBAMA AND THE SHIITE PROPHECY
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Posted:May 6, 2009 10:19 am
Last Updated:May 8, 2009 9:40 am 27513 Views
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Does Satan make prophecies? Of course he does! He is a liar and the Father of lies! Does Satan have servants to do his evil bidding? Of course he does! Does God allow it? Of course he does! Remember that Satan has to come before Gods throne and ask permission to do any thing (read the book of Job) but Satan is allowed to perform what is written...SO THE SCRIPTURES WILL BE FULLFILLED! The bible says that the anti christ has no regard for the god of his fathers, but he certainly will use religion to his advantage!
Here is something interesting, I found on my Obama search.
"There is an amazing old Shiite prophecy that seems to fit Barack Hussein Obama personally. Notice what Forbes’ writer Amir Taheri reported: ‘Is Barack Obama the “promised warrior” coming to help the Hidden Imam of Shiite Muslims conquer the world?’
The question has made the rounds in Iran, when a pro-government Web site published a Hadith (or tradition) from a Shiite text of the 17th century. The tradition comes from Bahar al-Anvar (meaning Oceans of Light) by Mullah Majlisi, a magnum opus in 132 volumes and the basis of modern Shiite Islam.
According to the tradition, Imam Ali Ibn Abi-Talib (the prophet’s cousin and -in-law) prophesied that at the End of Times and just before the return of the Mahdi, the Ultimate Saviour, a “tall black man will assume the reins of government in the West.” Commanding “the strongest army on earth,” the new ruler in the West will carry “a clear sign” from the third imam, whose name was Hussein Ibn Ali.
The tradition concludes: “Shiites should have no doubt that he is with us.” In a curious coincidence Obama’s first and second names–Barack Hussein–mean “the blessing of Hussein” in Arabic and Persian. His family name, Obama, written in the Persian alphabet, reads O Ba Ma, which means “he is with us,” the magic formula in Majlisi’s tradition.
Since we are near the end of times and Barack Hussein Obama is considered to be black and he is the new “ruler in the West” and he will lead the “strongest army on earth”, it makes sense that a lot of Shiite Muslims apparently believe that he may fit that Islamic prophecy.
Is that a specific Barack Obama prophecy? That is difficult to know for certain, other than to say that some Shiites seem to believe that their writings have Barack Hussein Obama in prophecy. And the fact that his name also seems to closely fit that prophecy suggests that Barack Obama fits to some degree.
Now, lest I start any unfounded rumors, I do not believe that Barack Obama is a secret Muslim. Nor have I ever questioned his USA citizenship. I do, however, strongly believe that because of the timing of his election and how close humankind is to the end of its 6,000 years of rule on the earth primarily cutoff from the true God, that Barack Obama will (probably inadvertently) support policies that will lead to the rise of the Islamic King of the South and ecumenically-Catholic European King of the North as well as to the bankrupting and ultimate destruction of the United States and its Anglo-Allies. The United States and its Anglo-Allies will be destroyed and presuming he stays in office and wins a second term, there is a very high probability that this destruction will happen under a Barack Obama administration.” Wordpress
Time mag.
The notion that Obama is a Shi'ite may be traced to Iran. In the run-up to the U.S. presidential election, state-run papers published articles claiming that the Democratic nominee's paternal ancestors had hailed from southwestern Iran. In reality, of course, Obama's father and his ancestors came from Kenya, where Shi'a Islam is rare. Most Kenyan Muslims are Sunnis and leaven their faith with pre-Islamic African traditions and beliefs. Obama himself has said he has no idea if his paternal grandfather (who converted from Christianity) was Sunni or Shi'ite.
Undeterred, some Shi'ite scholars trawled through ancient texts to find proof and came up with increasingly far-fetched theories linking the rise of Obama to important Shi'ite figures like the Imam Ali. Some pointed to a prophecy sometimes attributed to Ali that the arrival of the Mahdi – a messiah-like figure who, Shi'ites believe, will ultimately defeat evil – will be presaged by the appearance of a messenger, a tall black man who will rule the West. Others read meaning into Obama's name. In Persian, O-ba-ma means "He's with us," and Barack Hussein can loosely be translated as "blessings of Hussein," an allusion to Ali's , another imam revered by the Shi'ites. Obama's strenuous denials made no difference to these theorists: they simply reasoned that he must be practicing al-Taqqiya, or dissimulation; Shi'ite jurists say believers may conceal their faith from infidels in order to protect themselves from harm. Prophecynewswatch
Israel shocked by Obama's approval of large Turkish arms sale to Lebanon
DEBKA file quotes senior Israeli military circles as staggered by the discovery that US president Barack Obama had approved a large Turkish arms sale to the Lebanese army, including the services of Turkish military instructors. This was taken as further proof that the US president is deaf to Israel's immediate security concerns.
Lebanese president Gen. Michel Suleiman has more than once threatened neighboring Israel. When he signed the arms deal in Ankara Tuesday, April 21, he once again pledged publicly to place the Lebanese army at the disposal of the Shiite terrorist Hizballah in any confrontation with Israel.
If that happened, said one Israeli source, Israel could find itself under attack not just by Hizballah as in the past, but by a Lebanese army, well trained and armed by Turkey. He noted that more than 50 percent of Lebanon's fighting manpower are Shiites loyal to Hizballah.
The conviction is growing in Jerusalem that the US president endorsed the transaction as a means of breaking up the long-standing military pact between Israel and Turkey, because it interferes with his Middle East objectives. Our sources note that neither Washington nor Ankara bothered to inform Israel of the transaction or its scope.
After meeting Turkish president Abdullah Gul, Suleiman at the head of a large Lebanese military delegation signed the contracts for the sale and declared with deep satisfaction: "We reviewed the new [US] policies towards the region in the light of President Obama's recent visit to Turkey."
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OBAMA WORSHIPPED AS MESSIAH.......SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
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Posted:May 4, 2009 11:04 am
Last Updated:Jun 14, 2009 9:32 pm 22925 Views
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The bible says that the antichrist will be a Charismatic speaker Worshipped By The Masses. The Book of Daniel says the Beast will arise in a country made up of "diverse" people from "all kingdoms" [which could describe the USA].
The Beast "shall speak great words ...and think to change times and laws." The Beast will have "understanding [of] dark sentences," "shall magnify himself in his heart," and will talk of peace "and by peace shall destroy many." Daniel 7:23-25; 8:23-25.
The worldwide masses will worship the charismatic Beast/Antichrist who will have a "mouth speaking great things." Revelation 13:3-8.
Obama is a great orator who speaks of change and peace. He is worshipped throughout the world including in the European Union which is the successor to the Roman Empire. Germany's Der Spiegel magazine wrote in July 2008: "He wants to lay claim to become the president of the world."
In Berlin, Obama stated to the crowd that he was leading a movement to "remake the world."
Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi said Obama has been "hailed by world public opinion as the arrival of a messiah."
The advent of the Antichrist will be heralded by false prophets. Jeremiah Wright and Father Pfleger, who claim to be "prophets", compared Barack to Jesus. Louis Farrakhan called Barack "the Messiah" to whom the youth will listen.
November 05, 2008-9(German information Center)
European leaders on Wednesday, 5th November hailed Barack Obama's historic victory, saying they hoped the Democrat President-elect would usher in a new order of international cooperation between the EU and the US. They said they hoped for a "new deal" for the world after Obama's sweeping election victory which makes him the first African-American to lead the United States.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said Obama's victory heralded "a time for renewed commitment between Europe and the United States of America," adding that a new transatlantic bond must now be forged.
"I sincerely hope that with the leadership of President Obama, the United States of America will join forces with Europe to drive this new deal. For the benefit of our societies, for the benefit of the world," said Barroso.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday said she was "convinced that Europe and the United States will work closely and in a spirit of mutual trust together to confront new dangers and risks and will seize the opportunities presented by our global world."
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he would look to Obama for solutions to the financial crisis, praising him for "energizing politics with his progress values."
"I know Barack Obama, and we share many values," said Brown. "We both have determination to show that government can act to help people fairly through these difficult times facing the global economy."
In response to looming recession on both sides of the Atlantic, Europe has encouraged the US to reform the global financial system, particularly the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.
France says Obama win "raises hope"
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose country currently holds the rotating EU presidency, also touched on the major challenges facing Obama at the start of his presidency.
"With the world in turmoil and doubt, the American people, faithful to the values that have always defined America's identity, have expressed with force their faith in progress and the future," Sarkozy said.
Speaking to the American people, he said, "At a time when we must face huge challenges together, your election has raised enormous hope in France, in Europe and beyond. France and Europe will find a new energy to work with America to preserve peace and world prosperity."
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner wished Obama "the greatest possible success" but also urged greater transatlantic cooperation: "Together we must seize this historic opportunity to combine our efforts to meet the economic, climate and security challenges that also face us all."
On November 5, the day after the election, in Obama's home state of Illinois, the evening pick 3 lottery number was 6-6-6.
(snopes verifies this "coincidence" )
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THEY WILL DIE OF DEADLY DISEASES......I WILL SEND CONSUMING PESTILENCE AND A DEADLY PLAGUE
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Posted:May 1, 2009 9:41 am
Last Updated:May 4, 2009 10:23 am 22239 Views
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Never before has the world seen the accumulation of events as we have today. Although no one knows the day nor the hour that Jesus Christ the Messiah will return, no generation has had as many signs of the times as this generation. We have more reason to believe that Jesus could come in our lifetime than any other generation before us.
HIV, better known as AIDS, is a world wide pandemic. It began in 1985. More than 25 million people have died from this disease. It cannot be destroyed.
Ebola is a virus that prevents the blood from clotting. It is a rather physically disturbing disease, in the fact that the victim's body hemorrhages, causing bleeding from the mouth, nose, eyes and internal organs.
The Marburg virus is related to Ebola.Marburg is a biological safety level four agent, requiring the highest level of precaution. Diagnosis of the disease is difficult because it contains symptoms of other diseases such as malaria and typhoid.
SARS stands for severe acute respiratory syndrome. It is a very severe type of pneumonia first caused by a virus isolated in early 2003.
Avian flu H5N1 is a strain of bird flu that is found in domestic and wild birds as well as cats and pigs. the strain has the ability to mutate. Once someone is infected, the virus can spread by contact between cells, meaning that once it is caught, it spreads rapidly through the body. Death can occur between four to nine days after the infection.
Many researchers believe that the virus is smoldering in the United States and it is only a matter of time until it mutates into a lethal variant for humans. It is believed that a pandemic of avian flu could kill up to 150 million people. There is currently no vaccine to cure this disease and the government seems to be dragging its' feet to find and develop a large enough supply of vaccine before the time comes when the strain is mutated. Scientists have been warning us for years that an outbreak is inevitable, but no one seems to take up the challenge of finding a cure.
Influenza is a viral infection that affects mainly the nose, throat, bronchi and, occasionally, lungs. Infection usually lasts for about a week, and is characterized by sudden onset of high fever, aching muscles, headache and severe malaise, non-productive cough, sore throat and rhinitis.
The virus is transmitted easily from person to person via droplets and small particles produced when infected people cough or sneeze. Influenza tends to spread rapidly in seasonal epidemics.
This current outbreak swine flu virus,has infected eight people in the United States matches samples of a virus that has killed at least 68 people in Mexico. The CDC first reported Tuesday that two California in the San Diego area were infected with a virus called swine influenza A H1N1, whose combination of genes had not been seen before in flu viruses in humans or pigs.
The first two cases were picked up through an influenza monitoring program, with stations in San Diego and El Paso, Texas. The program monitors strains and tries to detect new ones before they spread, the CDC said. Other cases emerged through routine and expanded surveillance.
The human influenza vaccine's ability to protect against the new swine flu strain is unknown, and studies are ongoing, Schuchat said. There is no danger of contracting the virus from eating pork products, she said.
The new virus has genes from North American swine and avian influenza, human influenza, and swine influenza normally found in Asia and Europe, said Nancy Cox, chief of the CDC's Influenza Division.
The new strain of swine flu has resisted some antiviral drugs.
Madhealth
Hundreds of deadly diseases are increasing as the world population rapidly expands. These diseases are a global threat. Rapid mutations highly increase the possibility of a pandemic of any of these diseases.
Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold Will be able to deliver them On the day of the Lord's wrath; And all the earth will be devoured In the fire of His jealousy, For He will make a complete end, Indeed a terrifying one, Of all the inhabitants of the earth."
Deuteronomy 32:23-25 I will send wasting famine against them, consuming pestilence and deadly plague; I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts, the venom of vipers that glide in the dust.
Luke 21:10-12 There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
Revelation 6 7 - 9 I looked, and there before me was a pale ! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
Revelation 18 7 - 9 Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning and famine. She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.
Mark 13 -9 "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains."
Jeremiah 16:3-5 "They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like refuse lying on the ground. They will perish by sword and famine, and their dead bodies will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth."
2 Timothy 3: 1-2 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy....
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OBAMA FUNDS $ 20 MIL. TO IMIGRATE HAMAS REFUGEES TO USA
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Posted:Apr 29, 2009 12:47 pm
Last Updated:May 6, 2009 10:25 am 22575 Views
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H.R. 1388 was passed yesterday, behind American's backs. You may want to read about it. It wasn't mentioned on the news... just went by on the ticker tape at the bottom of the CNN screen.
Obama funds $20M in tax payer dollars to immigrate Hamas Refugees to the USA. This is the news that didn't make the headlines...
By executive order, President Barack Obama has ordered the expenditure of $20.3 million in "migration assistance" to the Palestinian refugees and "conflict victims" in Gaza.
The "presidential determination", which allows hundreds of thousands of Palestinians with ties to Hamas to resettle in the United States, was signed on January 27 and appeared in the Federal Register on February 4.
Few on Capitol Hill, or in the media, took note that the order provides a free ticket replete with housing and food allowances to individuals who have displayed their overwhelming support to the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the parliamentary election of January 2006.
Let's review...itemized list of some of Barack Obama's most recent actions since his inauguration:
His first call to any head of state, as president, was to Mahmoud Abbas, leader of Fatah party in the Palestinian territory.
His first one-on-one television interview with any news organization was with Al Arabia television.
His first executive order was to fund/facilitate abortion(s) not just here within the U. S., but within the world, using U. S. tax payer funds.
He ordered Guantanamo Bay closed and all military trials of detainees halted.
He ordered overseas CIA interrogation centers closed.
He withdrew all charges against the masterminds behind the USS Cole and the "terror attack" on 9/11.
Now we learn that he is allowing hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refuges to move to, and live in, the US at American taxpayer expense.
AMERICANPATRIOT,WORDPRESS,ENDTIMES NEWS.
To verify this for yourself GO TO : thefederalregister
For more info on Hamas and their beliefs go to...themustardseed
WATCH ON YOU KNOW WHAT TUBE
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OBAMA will help bring in the ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT.
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Posted:Apr 27, 2009 9:52 am
Last Updated:May 6, 2009 10:27 am 22852 Views
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ALL OF THESE TITLES CAN BE VIEWED ON YOU KNOW WHAT TUBE.
CNN: OBAMA AND GORDON BROWN WANT NEW WORLD ORDER
“There is the possibility in the next few months of a global New Deal that will involve all the countries of the world in sorting out and cleaning up the banking system”, Mr. Brown said.
Obama calls for New World Order in Berlin
CNN: Obama wants New World Order
Gordon Brown calls for 'New World Order'
Sarkozy calls for New World Governance
Ron Paul Warns of One-Word-Bank
The Amero - North American Currency
No one is talking about this in the mainstream media. Mexico/Canada/USA are moving towards one currency.
North American Union Being Built?
CNN: Lou Dobbs on the NAU
Lou Dobbs discusses the little discussed proposal of the North American Union
Verichip Technology
RFID Chip Implants
"Verichip is a tiny RFID chip that is implanted in people for medical purposes. They are currently negotiating with banks and ATM's to use it for financial purposes."
RFID Chip Implants
These chips are implanted under the skin, and if Verichips or similar technologies become interlinked with a Global Banking system this could prevent buying and selling without it.
Ron Paul discusses G20 Summit and movement towards One-World-Bank
A global central bank with the power to create a truly international currency would give the international system the same power globally that the Federal Reserve enjoys domestically – the power to create money at will.
North American Union Being Built?
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