5/21/07

 

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Today we have the following updates:

• Scriptures: "God's Promises & Answers", Chapter 65 (new chapter added every Monday)

• New article: A Land of Unwalled Villages by Jack Kelley

• Today's Prayer Requests - New request on Prayers for Other page.

• New Recipe - "Goulash"

• Today's Cute Animal picture!

• Monthly calendar - May 2007

NEW FOR TODAY:

CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION/ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIAS:

• Bible spared "indecent" classification in Hong Kong
  A Web site launched soon afterwards campaigned to have the Bible similarly classified, citing passages with sexual and violent content it claimed went beyond that of the sex column. But TELA said in its statement the Bible "had not violated standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable members of the community."

• Muslims Continue to Rage against Christianity <- FEATURE!!!
  Christian churches are being ordered closed and those who are steadfast in the faith are losing homes, families and jobs as the cost of being Christian in Pakistan is rising, according to new reports from the Voice of the Martyrs and others. Even the death penalty soon could be a possibility. The Voice of the Martyrs said, however, Christians are remaining faithful under the persecution, and are in need of prayer. Christian churches are being ordered closed and those who are steadfast in the faith are losing homes, families and jobs as the cost of being Christian in Pakistan is rising, according to new reports from the Voice of the Martyrs and others. Even the death penalty soon could be a possibility. The Voice of the Martyrs said, however, Christians are remaining faithful under the persecution, and are in need of prayer.

CHRISTIANITY:

• Creation Museum set for opening <- FEATURE!!!
  "Our whole theme is that the Bible's history is true and it's trustworthy and it makes sense," said Jason Lisle, an astronomer at the museum. "And therefore its message of salvation also makes sense. We ultimately want people to be saved. We're not bashful about that. That's our goal."

• Thousands pay their respects to the Rev. Jerry Falwell

DAYS OF LOT:

• Campaigners march for gay rights in Poland

END TIMES:

• "Timeline to Armageddon” (by Endtime Ministries - Irvin Baxter, Jr.) <- FEATURE!!!
  Here are some topics addressed in this audio: (1) When will Armageddon take place? ; (2) What IS Armageddon? ; (3) What are the current signs of the Second Coming? ; (4) How can we know when Armageddon “hits” us? ; (5) How does the United Nations fit in with Armageddon prophecies?; (6) What major sign will launch the final 7 years? Mr. Baxter also reports to us from Israel, where he is on tour.

ISLAM:

• Australian Muslims outraged at 'Judeo-Christian' tradition
  MUSLIMS are outraged that prospective citizens will have to acknowledge the Judeo-Christian tradition as the basis of Australia's values system.

• Islamophobia Worst Form of Terrorism, Islamic Foreign Ministers Say <- FEATURE!!! Welcome to OUR world!!!
  The ministers described Islamophobia as a deliberate defamation of Islam and discrimination and intolerance against Muslims. They accused Western media of misrepresenting Islam and Muslims worldwide, according to a report in Arab News.

ISRAEL HAPPENINGS:

Ezekiel 38-39/Armageddon Players -

• EU, Russia clash at summit over eastern members
  Russia and the European Union clashed over a string of issues at a summit on Friday, showing moves towards closer ties have stumbled.

• U.S. House seeks tighter U.S.-Israeli ballistic missile defenses <- FEATURE!!!
  The United States House of Representatives has adopted a measure aimed at weaving closer U.S. and Israeli defenses against ballistic missiles of the type that could be fired by Iran.

Israel's Enemies -

• Israel continues Gaza raids amid lull in factional violence
  Israel pounded targets across Gaza for a fifth straight day Saturday, killing one Palestinian amid ongoing rocket fire against the Jewish state and a lull in Palestinian factional fighting. The Israeli army said it carried out an air raid against "three members of a Qassam rocket-launching cell that had just fired a rocket towards Israel."

• Jordan mulls merger with Palestinian Authority - paper <- FEATURE!!!
  Jordan has proposed a plan for a Palestinian-Jordanian confederation, which calls for ending the occupation of Palestinian lands and their transfer under Amman's control, the Israeli daily Maariv reported Friday.

Jerusalem -

• Sovereignty has a price <- FEATURE!!!
  A decade ago, at the start of the events marking the 30th anniversary of the liberation of Jerusalem, the city's mayor warned: "We are approaching the time of the decisive battle for the very heart of Jerusalem." And how did the mayor at the time, who went on to become acting prime minister and is now the prime minister, carry out that "decisive battle.

"Peace" Plan -

• Jordanian King concerned no solution for Mideast crisis <- FEATURE!!!
  King Abdullah of Jordan told the British newspaper Times in an interview that "the world was losing hope for establishing peace in the Middle East and there is danger that a solution to the crisis between Israel and the Arab countries will never be found. "Creating a Palestinian state is becoming less realistic owing to the settlements and the separation fence.. The Palestinians will be left not with a state but with "Swiss cheese" – a territory full of holes," Abdullah said.

LAST DAYS DECEPTIONS (MATTHEW 24:24):

• Greenpeace Pirating Noah's Ark For Global Warming <- FEATURE!!!
  Where the biblical vessel is said to have landed needs to be italicized. Irrefutable proof that the ark did land on Mount Ararat never did materialize.But that wouldn't matter much to Greenpeace.

LAST DAYS WALTZ (2 TIMOTHY 3):

• TULSA, Oklahoma (AP) -- Child in day care dies after being bound with tape <- FEATURE!!!
  A day care worker was being held Saturday in the death of a 2-year-old boy whose hands were bound and his mouth covered with masking tape, police said.

• Corpses sold for Chinese 'weddings of the dead' <- FEATURE!!!
  Chinese police have arrested a corpse trader who killed six women so he could sell their bodies for superstitious "weddings of the dead". The Xinhua news agency said the man - only identified by the surname Song - was part of a network supplying "ghost brides" to families seeking afterlife spouses for their dead sons.

• Japanese Man shoots children, takes woman hostage

• Pittsburgh Police Find Baby in Freezer

• Porn flowing into Christian bookstores <- FEATURE!!!
  An online company providing books to hundreds of Christian bookstores throughout Canada and the United States promotes XXX-rated materials, occult titles, manuals on homosexuality and lesbianism and satanism, according to a center that monitors the industry.

Church of Laodicea -

• Evangelicals Turning to Catholic "Spirituality"
  Many Evangelicals and Catholics are turning to Roman Catholic styles of spirituality (which in many cases they have borrowed from pagan sources), such as ritualistic, rote prayers, chanting, meditation, centering prayer, and "the daily office."

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NEW WORLD ORDER:

Globalization -

• North America 'partnership' fast-tracked in border bill <- FEATURE!!!
  The controversial "Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007," which would grant millions of illegal aliens the right to stay in the U.S. under certain conditions, contains provisions for the acceleration of the Security and Prosperity Partnership, a plan for North American economic and defense integration, WND has learned.

• Tax amnesty for illegals
  Whether the new bipartisan Senate immigration bill amounts to little more than amnesty for at least 12 million illegal aliens residing in the U.S., as critics charge, the measure does offer one kind of amnesty – tax amnesty – thanks to the insistence of the Bush administration that the pay-what-you-owe provision in Sen. Kennedy's initial bill be removed. Read the latest now on WND.com.

• Turkey angered by Sarkozy 'Mediterranean Union' idea
  Turkey has strongly criticised a proposal, floated by France's new president Nicolas Sarkozy, to set up a "Mediterranean Union" as an alternative to the country's bid for full EU membership, urging the French leader to respect the commitments of the past.

Mark of the Beast Precursor -

• Barcoding humans <- FEATURE!!!
  "First we locate a prime spot," he said. "The next thing is to release the button that triggers the  injection mechanism, and that's it, the cargo's been delivered."

• Do Micro-Chip Implants Protect or Violate Privacy?

• GPS Micro-Chip implant makes debut
  Applied Digital Solutions, a technology development company, yesterday said it has created and successfully field-tested a prototype of a GPS implant for humans.

One World Government -

• Bilderberg: The ultimate conspiracy theory <- FEATURE!!!
  In Yugoslavia, leading Serbs have blamed Bilderberg for triggering the war which led to the downfall of Slobodan Milosevic. The Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, the London nail-bomber David Copeland and Osama Bin Laden are all said to have bought into the theory that Bilderberg pulls the strings with which national governments dance.

• Global net censorship 'growing' <- FEATURE!!!
  The study of thousands of websites across 120 Internet Service Providers found 25 of 41 countries surveyed showed evidence of content filtering.

OCCULT:

• Witches, Wizards, and the Word of God <- FEATURE!!!
  One might expect murder, fornication, and theft to be widespread sins in the last days because we see a continual increase of these sins with every passing year. But notice that a fourth sin is mentioned as well: sorcery. According to God's word, we can expect to see an increase in sorcery as the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ draws near.

SIGNS OF THE TIMES (MATTHEW 24):

Natural Disasters -

 Droughts 

• Drought Saps Florida Growers, Golf Courses

 Heavy Rains/Flooding/Tsunamis 

• Huge waves still pounding Indonesia <- FEATURE!!!
  MASSIVE waves that have damaged hundreds of homes and displaced thousands of people pounded Indonesia's coastlines for a third day today, forcing fishermen to stay on land and keeping tourists from the beaches.

• Hundreds flee high waves in Indonesia
  The waves have been generated by strong winds blowing across the Indian Ocean, the national meteorology office said.

 Tornados/Heavy Winds 

• Five dead as wild winds hit Indian Kashmir

 Wildfires 

• N.J. Wild Fire Stokes Tensions Near Air Range

• Raging 4,000-Acre Ariz. Wildfire <- FEATURE!!!

Plagues/Pestilence -

• Australian Health Alert over devastating mosquito virus
  WARNINGS about potentially fatal mosquito-borne diseases have been re-issued for the Northern Territory's Top End, after high numbers of the insects were detected across flooded coastal plains.

• China confirms bird flu outbreak

• Growing number of diseases jump from exotic beasts to humans <- FEATURE!!!

• Viral Disease Sickens Hundreds in China <- FEATURE!!!

Strange Earth Signs -

• The overcrowded ark <- FEATURE!!!
  Humanity's choices are getting harder and fewer. The Earth's population has doubled since 1950 and consumption has risen even faster. There has to be a reckoning. For many people, it is here already. The few first-class passengers on the planet that is our Noah’s Ark are safe for now on the upper deck. It’s a very different story down below. How much longer can the rich keep their feet dry?

 Global Warming 

• Global Warming Said May Alter Kan. Area <- FEATURE!!!
  Some experts think global warming will cause temperatures in Kansas to rise an average of 5 to 12 degrees in the next several decades.

• Scientists Foresee Extinction Domino Effect <- FEATURE!!!
  Birds, animals, insects and even plants are on the move around the Earth, trying to flee new and increasingly inhospitable local weather conditions. For some, including alpine species and polar bears, there is nowhere to go. And many others, like plants, lack the mobility to stay ahead of changing climatic conditions.

 Strange Events in the Animal Kingdom 

• Gorilla escapes zoo, attacks woman

Wars & Rumors of War -

• The Israel Report, 01/17/07 by Neil Cooper <- FEATURE!!!
  War predictions now say summer 2007, Insider says U.S. plans Iran Attack [NOTE:  Considering what Shelby Corbitt says in her book, 2007 Rapture, I find this REAL interesting!!!!!! Peggy]
  Posted 1/19/07

 Civil Unrest  <- NEW sub-category

• Gaza lurches towards civil war as leaders lose control of gunmen battling on street

• Hamas, Fatah reach new cease-fire deal <- FEATURE!!!

• Mexican bloodbath raises fears in U.S. <- FEATURE!!!

• Musharraf: Islamic Militancy Rising <- FEATURE!!!

• Outbreak of Violent Crime Unnerves Japan

WEIRD SCIENCE:

• Go-ahead for hybrid human-animal embryos <- FEATURE!!!
  THE government yesterday bowed to pressure from scientists to allow the creation of hybrid animal-human embryos for stem-cell research.

• U.S. Approves GMO Rice With Human Proteins
  The U.S. government gave approval on Wednesday for a biotech company to plant rice genetically modified to produce human proteins in Kansas.

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NEW FOR FRIDAY:

CHRISTIANITY:

• Watching, Warning, Waiting (by Pastor Dale Morgan)
  THE SCRIPTURES continually instruct believers to "watch and be sober."

ISRAEL HAPPENINGS:

Temple Mount -

• Temple Mount Controversy Continues <- FEATURE!!!
  Record numbers of Jews have ascended the Temple Mount since a large group of religious-Zionist rabbis issued a public call to visit Judaism’s holiest site in accordance with Jewish legal strictures.

ISRAEL HAPPENINGS:

Ezekiel 38-39/Armageddon Players -

• Iraq is on the verge of collapse: report

Israel's Enemies -

• Qassam Rocket hits Sderot synagogue after Olmert visit
  Shortly after prime minister ends night visit to southern town with Defense Minister Peretz, rocket hits synagogue just minutes after end of celebration; a number of people suffer from shock

Temple Mount -

• Ex-chief rabbi opposes new moves to visit Temple Mount <- Get a load of THIS article!!! <- FEATURE!!!
  "Next year we will visit the Temple Mount together, with the ash of a red heifer, without arguments and without questions."

LAST DAYS DECEPTIONS (MATTHEW 24:24):

• Messiah mystery follows death of mystical rabbi <- FEATURE!!!
  A controversy is raging in Israel, in evangelical circles in the U.S. and on kabbalah web forums worldwide following the posthumous release of what a revered Sephardic rabbi claimed to be the name of the Messiah... About his encounter with the Messiah Kaduri claimed is alive in Israel today...

LAST DAYS WALTZ (2 TIMOTHY 3):

• Bible Classes Subject of School Lawsuit

• Company recalls 129,000 pounds of E. coli contaminated beef <- FEATURE!!!
  The meat products are made by Davis Creek Meats and Seafood and were made for Gordon Food Service stores, the USDA said Wednesday on its website.

• Father charged with burning baby in microwave <- How HORRID!!!
  Mauldin initially told police the baby was burned when he stumbled and spilled hot water on her, according to the Houston Chronicle. Later, he said he placed the baby into the microwave oven because he was under stress, the newspaper said.

NEW WORLD ORDER:

Mark of the Beast Precursor -

• Plan to Implant Micro-Chips in Alzheimer's patients causes protest <- FEATURE!!!
  At issue is the facility's plan to implant 200 patients with microchips manufactured and donated by VeriChip of nearby Delray Beach. When scanned, the chip reveals a unique ID number, which when entered into a password-protected database gives access to medical information about its owner.

• Would an implanted chip help to keep my child safe?
  In the wake of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, every type of child monitoring device is in demand

SIGNS OF THE TIMES (MATTHEW 24):

Natural Disasters -

 Severe Storms 

• Powerful spring storm lashes Northeast US. <- FEATURE!!!
  Wind gusts as high as 70 mph were recorded in Brooklyn, said Tim Morrin of the National Weather Service. He said weather service meteorologists would be examining the damage Thursday to determine if any tornadoes had formed.

Plagues/Pestilence -

• School's pet bat tests positive for rabies <- FEATURE!!!
  Two staff members at Trinity Lutheran School are getting a weekslong series of rabies shots after a bat kept in a locked terrarium tested positive for the disease.

Strange Earth Signs -

• Ocean Losing Ability to Soak up CO2

• Southern Ocean saturated with carbon dioxide-study <- FEATURE!!!
  The Southern Ocean around Antarctica is so loaded with carbon dioxide that it can barely absorb any more, so more of the gas will stay in the atmosphere to warm up the planet, scientists reported on Thursday.

 Strange Events in the Animal Kingdom 

• Australian mother with baby attacked by shark <- FEATURE!!!
  A woman and her baby survived a shark attack in knee-deep water at a popular Australian holiday beach, authorities said on Thursday.

Strange Heavenly Signs -

 Stars/Heavens 

• Merging black holes are cosmic train wreck <- FEATURE!!!
  Infrared images made by the Keck II telescope in Hawaii reveal the two black holes at the center of the galaxy merger known as NGC 6240 are each surrounded by a rotating disk of stars and cloudy stellar nurseries.

Wars & Rumors of War -

 Nuclear Weapons/Proliferation 

• N Korea 'tests new missile in Iran'

TERRORISM/TERRORISTS:

• Factional violence turns Gaza into 'hell on earth' <- FEATURE!!!
  But in Gaza, night and day, the city is a ghost town. Hardly anyone dares step outside. There are rumours Fateh gunmen are simply shooting at anything that moves, and some families have been trapped in their homes for four days. Electricity supplies are low, and fuel shipments were cut off following Tuesday's violence at the Karni checkpoint, Gaza's only supply line.

WEIRD SCIENCE:

• Monsanto India: GM foods, crops - preparing for worldwide genetic control

• Scientists allowed to experiment on hybrid embryos <- FEATURE!!!
  Research into potentially life-saving medical treatments using part-human, part-animal embryos is to be allowed after a rethink by ministers.

• Sweden Mulls Freeze-Drying As New Burial Method <- FEATURE!!!
  Under the new method, the corpse is taken to a temperature of minus 196 degrees Celsius in a liquid nitrogen bath and the body is broken down into a rough powder through mechanical vibrations.

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