Luke 21:28 (KJV) And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Any serious student of the Bible will understand this verse speaks volumes in the day we live; this verse is what our faith and hope is grounded upon.
Never in our history as a nation, has so many personal freedoms been taken, or are being taken away from us as it is today. Our private lives are being watched, our personal finances are being monitored, places we go are being tracked, our communications are being listened in on, our purchases, yes those you made today in the mall, are being recorded and our preferences and decisions are being archived in permanent computer files.
You might say, "no one has that right," but even as you are reading this blog, someone is watching. And we have no real say so as to who, what, or when they do it.
What we are seeing, is leading up to a "world dictator", who will be in complete control of the world's population. This is part of the prophecy spoken of in the verse just quoted from Lukes Gospel, which, ultimately speaks of the coming antichrist.
This will have a scary effect on most people, but to the believer, this is "the blessed hope and soon glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ." If it were to be today, at this moment, are you ready to meet Him? You can be, just by asking Him to save you from your sin of rejecting Jesus as your Savior by asking Him to come into your heart and give you a new life. He will do it if you ask Him, because He loves you, (John 3:16).
Than, and only than will you be able to say, "it is a good day to fly." See you in the rapture.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional
A federal judge in Wisconsin ruled the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional Thursday, saying the day amounts to a call for religious action. U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb wrote that the government can no more enact laws supporting a day of prayer than it can encourage citizens to fast during Ramadan, attend a synagogue or practice magic.
Congress established the day in 1952 and in 1988 set the first Thursday in May as the day for presidents to issue proclamations asking Americans to pray. The Freedom from Religion Organization, a Madison-based group of atheists and agnostics, filed a lawsuit against the federal government in 2008 arguing the day violated the separation of church and state.
The National Day of Prayer has never dictated who or what to pray to, it only acknowledges a time for those who choose to do so.
Slowly, everything that our Nation has stood for is being eroaded away from us, and we are letting it happen. As a Christian, we have a right, and a priveledge to stand for Biblical principles. If we don't, who will.
As we are in Israel this week, please to remember to 'pray for the peace of Jerusalem.' If ever Israel needed an ace-in-the-hole, it needs it now. With the Obama Administration's new Muslim favoring policy and the continued hostile attitude of the European Union toward the State of Israel, Israel has been left hanging in perilous winds without a friend. Today, the whole world is at best negative toward Israel, and at worst outright hostile toward its continued existence as a state. Many who teach prophecy believe the odds of Israel continuing as a state for more than ten more years are next to zero.
Truly, we are living in uncertain and difficult time, all around the world, not just in the US.
This would be a "good day to fly."
Congress established the day in 1952 and in 1988 set the first Thursday in May as the day for presidents to issue proclamations asking Americans to pray. The Freedom from Religion Organization, a Madison-based group of atheists and agnostics, filed a lawsuit against the federal government in 2008 arguing the day violated the separation of church and state.
The National Day of Prayer has never dictated who or what to pray to, it only acknowledges a time for those who choose to do so.
Slowly, everything that our Nation has stood for is being eroaded away from us, and we are letting it happen. As a Christian, we have a right, and a priveledge to stand for Biblical principles. If we don't, who will.
As we are in Israel this week, please to remember to 'pray for the peace of Jerusalem.' If ever Israel needed an ace-in-the-hole, it needs it now. With the Obama Administration's new Muslim favoring policy and the continued hostile attitude of the European Union toward the State of Israel, Israel has been left hanging in perilous winds without a friend. Today, the whole world is at best negative toward Israel, and at worst outright hostile toward its continued existence as a state. Many who teach prophecy believe the odds of Israel continuing as a state for more than ten more years are next to zero.
Truly, we are living in uncertain and difficult time, all around the world, not just in the US.
This would be a "good day to fly."
Thursday, April 15, 2010
The European Union
Another sign of the day we are living in is the EU.
The EU stands as the model of regionalization of sovereign states—a necessary step in the direction of globalization. Although the EU’s roots go back more than 60 years, the EU was officially created in June 1993, when a landmark treaty was signed in the city of Maastricht, Netherlands. The Maastricht Treaty established the basis for a common currency, a common judiciary, a common foreign policy, and a common military.
The European Union continued to expand its influence both politically and economically, emerging as a global power. In fact, Europe’s economy had grown steadily to surpass the GDP (gross domestic product) of the United States. The EU is currently comprised of 27 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Three additional countries are currently in the application for admittance process: Croatia, Macedonia, and Turkey
According to the Europa website, the 19 remaining European countries not included in the EU are: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the Vatican City State.
On December 1, 2009, the Treaty of Lisbon entered into force, thus ending several years of negotiation about institutional issues. The Treaty of Lisbon amended the existing European Union and European Commission treaties without replacing them. It lays the legal framework and tools necessary to “meet future challenges” by creating:
1. A more democratic and transparent Europe;
2. A more efficient Europe;
3. A Europe of rights and values, freedom, solidarity and security;
4. A Europe as an actor on the global stage.
I believe what we are seeing, is the beginning of what the anti-christ will be able to step up to and take over when the Rapture of the Church takes place
We are into our tour of Israel now. Please continue to keep us in your prayers.
It would be a "good day to fly." Maybe we'll see each other in the rapture, 'soon.'
The EU stands as the model of regionalization of sovereign states—a necessary step in the direction of globalization. Although the EU’s roots go back more than 60 years, the EU was officially created in June 1993, when a landmark treaty was signed in the city of Maastricht, Netherlands. The Maastricht Treaty established the basis for a common currency, a common judiciary, a common foreign policy, and a common military.
The European Union continued to expand its influence both politically and economically, emerging as a global power. In fact, Europe’s economy had grown steadily to surpass the GDP (gross domestic product) of the United States. The EU is currently comprised of 27 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Three additional countries are currently in the application for admittance process: Croatia, Macedonia, and Turkey
According to the Europa website, the 19 remaining European countries not included in the EU are: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the Vatican City State.
On December 1, 2009, the Treaty of Lisbon entered into force, thus ending several years of negotiation about institutional issues. The Treaty of Lisbon amended the existing European Union and European Commission treaties without replacing them. It lays the legal framework and tools necessary to “meet future challenges” by creating:
1. A more democratic and transparent Europe;
2. A more efficient Europe;
3. A Europe of rights and values, freedom, solidarity and security;
4. A Europe as an actor on the global stage.
I believe what we are seeing, is the beginning of what the anti-christ will be able to step up to and take over when the Rapture of the Church takes place
We are into our tour of Israel now. Please continue to keep us in your prayers.
It would be a "good day to fly." Maybe we'll see each other in the rapture, 'soon.'
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Iceland evacuates hundreds as volcano erupts again
Of an interesting note today is this news item.
A volcano under a glacier in Iceland erupted Wednesday for the second time in less than a month, melting ice, spewing smoke and steam, closing a major road and forcing hundreds of people to flee rising floodwaters.Authorities evacuated 800 residents from around the Eyjafjallajokull glacier as rivers rose by up to 10 feet (3 meters).Emergency officials and scientists said the eruption under the ice cap was 10 to 20 times more powerful than one last month, and carried a much greater risk of widespread flooding."This is a very much more violent eruption, because it's interacting with ice and water," said Andy Russell, an expert on glacial flooding at the University of Newcastle in northern England. "It becomes much more explosive, instead of a nice lava flow oozing out of the ground."
More and more, we are realizing that we are very close to the Rapture of the Church. This time before will be marked by Israel being surrounded and left out by itself. This is very evident concerning what our current administration is doing. We have been reminded agian by statments by former New York City mayor Ed Koch.
In an article this week, he said, "I weep as I witness outrageous verbal attacks and distortions on Israel. What makes them all the more painful is that they are being orchestrated by President Barack Obama."
"I weep today because my president, Barack Obama, in a few weeks has changed the relationship between the US and Israel from that of closest of allies to one in which there is an absence of trust. The contrast between how the president and his administration deals with Israel and how it has decided to deal with the Karzai administration in Afghanistan is striking."
He continues, "the Karzai administration, which operates a corrupt and opium-producing state, refuses to change its corrupt ways – the president’s brother is believed by many to run the drug traffic – and shows utter contempt for the US, yet is being hailed by the Obama administration as an ally and publicly treated with dignity. Karzai recently even threatened to join the Taliban if we don’t stop making demands on him.Nevertheless, The New York Times of April 10 reported “...that Mr. Obama had sent Mr. Karzai a thank-you note expressing gratitude to the Afghan leader for dinner in Kabul. ‘It was a respectful letter,’ General Jones said.”On the other hand, our closest ally has been demeaned and slandered, held responsible by the administration for our problems in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East. The plan I suspect is to so weaken the resolve of the Jewish state that it will be much easier to impose an American plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, leaving Israel’s needs for security in the lurch."
At this posting, we are somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean heading to the Holy Land and will arrive in Tel Aviv sometime around 11:00 PM their time. Please be praying for our travel group this week.
It sure would be a "good day to fly."
A volcano under a glacier in Iceland erupted Wednesday for the second time in less than a month, melting ice, spewing smoke and steam, closing a major road and forcing hundreds of people to flee rising floodwaters.Authorities evacuated 800 residents from around the Eyjafjallajokull glacier as rivers rose by up to 10 feet (3 meters).Emergency officials and scientists said the eruption under the ice cap was 10 to 20 times more powerful than one last month, and carried a much greater risk of widespread flooding."This is a very much more violent eruption, because it's interacting with ice and water," said Andy Russell, an expert on glacial flooding at the University of Newcastle in northern England. "It becomes much more explosive, instead of a nice lava flow oozing out of the ground."
More and more, we are realizing that we are very close to the Rapture of the Church. This time before will be marked by Israel being surrounded and left out by itself. This is very evident concerning what our current administration is doing. We have been reminded agian by statments by former New York City mayor Ed Koch.
In an article this week, he said, "I weep as I witness outrageous verbal attacks and distortions on Israel. What makes them all the more painful is that they are being orchestrated by President Barack Obama."
"I weep today because my president, Barack Obama, in a few weeks has changed the relationship between the US and Israel from that of closest of allies to one in which there is an absence of trust. The contrast between how the president and his administration deals with Israel and how it has decided to deal with the Karzai administration in Afghanistan is striking."
He continues, "the Karzai administration, which operates a corrupt and opium-producing state, refuses to change its corrupt ways – the president’s brother is believed by many to run the drug traffic – and shows utter contempt for the US, yet is being hailed by the Obama administration as an ally and publicly treated with dignity. Karzai recently even threatened to join the Taliban if we don’t stop making demands on him.Nevertheless, The New York Times of April 10 reported “...that Mr. Obama had sent Mr. Karzai a thank-you note expressing gratitude to the Afghan leader for dinner in Kabul. ‘It was a respectful letter,’ General Jones said.”On the other hand, our closest ally has been demeaned and slandered, held responsible by the administration for our problems in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East. The plan I suspect is to so weaken the resolve of the Jewish state that it will be much easier to impose an American plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, leaving Israel’s needs for security in the lurch."
At this posting, we are somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean heading to the Holy Land and will arrive in Tel Aviv sometime around 11:00 PM their time. Please be praying for our travel group this week.
It sure would be a "good day to fly."
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Greater Risk of Nuclear War
In listening to and watching the news, and as one studies the Bible, we are very much aware that we are in the last day, and that these, 'signs' are very real. We look at what is happening around the world and see how everything is fitting into place. The day we are living in is one of great expectation for us who are saved, and who are ready to fly when the trumphet is sounded, yet we also know, that it is not very good for our own nation in the direction that we are going. It is as though we have turned our backs on God, just as we can see in Deuternomy where God warns the people what would happen if they turned to other Gods.
Speaking at the Nuclear Security Conference Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama told epresentatives of 47 nations that the risk of nuclear war in the world was much higher now than it had been in the past. "Two decades after the end of the Cold War, we face a cruel irony of history - the risk of a nuclear confrontation between nations has gone down but the risk of a nuclear attack has gone up," Obama said, adding that it would be a “worldwide tragedy” if terror groups like Al-Qaida got hold of nuclear weapons.
And on another note, Iran said Tuesday that it expects to join the “world nuclear club” within a month. A report quoted Behzad Soltani, deputy head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, as saying that “No country would even think about attacking Iran after Iran's membership in the club.” A 360 megawatt nuclear power plant that will produce nuclear power is almost finished, he said.
But what really caught my attention was the next statement. Soltani added that Iran would use its nuclear power not just for energy. “Our next step would be expanding use of this technology for purposes other than energy and fuel production so that foodstuff, proteins and vegetables are preserved for a longer time and with a higher quality through radiation," he said.
Now if you truly believe that, I have a piece of 'prime ocean front property' for SALE in Utah.
And I saw this article concerning the temple.
The Temple Institute, engaged in education, research, and development towards the Holy Temple in accordance with Biblical law, recently held its 29th annual Temple Institute Passover Symposium, under the banner of "Integrating Modern Technology into the Holy Temple." Issues discussed included questions such as, “Will massive digital screens allow worshippers to observe the work of the High Priest from a great distance? Will computers be used to keep track of the sacrifices, public and private? Will special impurity-proof buses be used to transport Passover pilgrims and their Paschal offerings?” (IsraelNationalNews.com)
Now I can just imagine what those who are against overheads and power point presentations in worship services, will have to say about this one. I am laughing of course.
Well, tomorrow those going to the Holy Land will be flying out of Myrtle Beach, to walk in the paths where our Savior has walked. Be praying for the saftey and health of all going. Follow us on the blog each day.
It will be a 'Good Day To Fly.'
Speaking at the Nuclear Security Conference Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama told epresentatives of 47 nations that the risk of nuclear war in the world was much higher now than it had been in the past. "Two decades after the end of the Cold War, we face a cruel irony of history - the risk of a nuclear confrontation between nations has gone down but the risk of a nuclear attack has gone up," Obama said, adding that it would be a “worldwide tragedy” if terror groups like Al-Qaida got hold of nuclear weapons.
And on another note, Iran said Tuesday that it expects to join the “world nuclear club” within a month. A report quoted Behzad Soltani, deputy head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, as saying that “No country would even think about attacking Iran after Iran's membership in the club.” A 360 megawatt nuclear power plant that will produce nuclear power is almost finished, he said.
But what really caught my attention was the next statement. Soltani added that Iran would use its nuclear power not just for energy. “Our next step would be expanding use of this technology for purposes other than energy and fuel production so that foodstuff, proteins and vegetables are preserved for a longer time and with a higher quality through radiation," he said.
Now if you truly believe that, I have a piece of 'prime ocean front property' for SALE in Utah.
And I saw this article concerning the temple.
The Temple Institute, engaged in education, research, and development towards the Holy Temple in accordance with Biblical law, recently held its 29th annual Temple Institute Passover Symposium, under the banner of "Integrating Modern Technology into the Holy Temple." Issues discussed included questions such as, “Will massive digital screens allow worshippers to observe the work of the High Priest from a great distance? Will computers be used to keep track of the sacrifices, public and private? Will special impurity-proof buses be used to transport Passover pilgrims and their Paschal offerings?” (IsraelNationalNews.com)
Now I can just imagine what those who are against overheads and power point presentations in worship services, will have to say about this one. I am laughing of course.
Well, tomorrow those going to the Holy Land will be flying out of Myrtle Beach, to walk in the paths where our Savior has walked. Be praying for the saftey and health of all going. Follow us on the blog each day.
It will be a 'Good Day To Fly.'
Monday, April 12, 2010
We Are Getting Closer
Those who study and watch prophecy realize that each new day could very well be the day that we could fly.
Several news articles caught my attention today.
Who knew the most pro-abortion president in the history of the United States would so effectively obliterate the deceptive front the abortion movement has been able to sustain for nearly 40 years? But hats off to Mr. Obama for a job well done.
If nothing else, Barack Obama and company just accomplished proving something pro-lifers have been fighting to demonstrate for 40 years. The abortion movement has never been about choice. It's never been about privacy. It's never been about personal liberty. It's always been about a macabre obsession with advancing a legal right to kill kids for convenience. That's pure, unadulterated evil.
In another article, a scholar and bestselling author says it will be very difficult to reverse the socialist policies of Barack Obama, even if Republicans take over control of Congress next year.
Dr. Jerome Corsi is author of the 2008 New York Times bestseller The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality (Threshold Editions, August 2008), which was recently released in paperback. He says since taking office, Obama has taken the American government in an ideologically left direction, as he warned about in the book. Corsi says the president is determined to transform the United States into a European-style social welfare state. But he believes Obama's agenda has proven to be enormously unpopular and will cost the Democrats dearly in the upcoming midterm elections. "I'm not sure what it will take to reverse the United States back into a market economy after we're got this much entitlement programs," notes the author. "The social welfare state here is beginning to look like the social welfare state in Greece -- and they're very difficult to reverse." As he puts it, when that happens "people riot in the streets if you try to take away their benefits -- even when the government can't pay for it."
Holocaust could happen again, warns expert
In Israel today, as it does every year on the 27th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan, Israel came to a standstill at 10 AM as air raid sirens blared across the country commemorating the senseless massacre of six million Jews in the Nazi Holocaust.
As memorial ceremonies were held at several locations, a prominent Israeli-British historian warned that the slogan "Never Again" is fading, and that there is a very real possibility for a repeat of the Holocaust.
In his new book "A Lethal Obsession: Anti-Semitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad," Hebrew University Professor Robert Wistrich explains that the politics and social attitudes that gave rise to and allowed the Nazi Holocaust to occur are still very much with us. "We are in an era once again where the Jews are facing genocidal threats as a people," Wistrich said in an interview with Ha'aretz. "We have not been in that situation for quite a while. And maybe this is the first time since the Holocaust that Jews feel that this is palpable." Wistrich also acknowledged the enormous rise in anti-Semitism in Europe in recent years, fueled largely by more brazen Muslim populations there. An annual study done by Tel Aviv University titled "Anti-Semitism Worldwide" revealed that attacks on and harassment of Jews doubled in 2009, especially in Europe and Canada.
In 2008 there were 559 reported incidents of anti-Semitism worldwide. In 2009 that number jumped to 1,129. The UK was the biggest offender, with anti-Semitic incidents there increasing from 112 in 2008 to 374 in 2009. France was close behind, with 50 anti-Semitic incidents in 2008 and 195 in 2009. Canada saw an increase from just 13 anti-Semitic incidents in 2008 to 138 incidents in 2009. The report noted that the enormous jump in just one year can be attributed to the blurring of lines between hatred of Jews as a people and condemnation of Israel as a nation. In other words, and as many Israelis and friends of Israel have warned, anti-Israel sentiment is the new anti-Semitism.
In another note, a top US energy industry expert believes Israel is going to soon experience an "oil and gas rush" by major Western energy development companies. A natural gas field off Israel's Mediterranean coast had drawn the attention of every major Western energy company.
Israeli companies Delek and Isramco have already tapped the natural gas field, together with British energy giant Noble Energy.
That could mean an enormous economic boom for Israel and its transformation overnight into a major international energy exporter.
Is Obama targeting Israel's nuclear program? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided suddenly late last week to not attend this week's US-hosted nuclear arms summit. Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Atomic Affairs Dan Meridor will represent Israel in Netanyahu's stead.
According to Netanyahu's office, the decision was made after learning that Egypt and Turkey intended to turn the summit into an international effort to bring an end to Israel's nuclear program. Without the Israeli leader in attendance, it will be much more difficult to do that.
But Israel's Ma'ariv daily newspaper reported just before the weekend that it may not have been only Egypt and Turkey that planned to ambush Netanyahu.
Scientists at Israel's nuclear reactor in Dimona told the newspaper that for the past several months, they have been unable to obtain visas to enter the US and attend American universities, where in the past they regularly advanced their knowledge in the fields of physics, chemistry and nuclear engineering.
The scientists said the Obama Administration has placed an unofficial embargo on parts and supplies needed for the Dimona reactor.
Is it possible that Obama himself intended to strong-arm Netanyahu into finally signing Israel up to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty? Considering tensions between the two leaders in recent months and Obama's near-outright hostility toward Israel, many in Jerusalem believe that to be the case.
As is the case after a weekend, Monday mornings news headlines again reafirm that we are living in the last day. Along with the headlines of the latest earthquakes that are happening almost daily, the increase in unrest among the nations, the economic hardships, the breaking down of marriages and homes, the lack of being a witness of what God has done in our own lives, truly. it would "be a good day to fly." KEEP LOOKING UP!
Several news articles caught my attention today.
Who knew the most pro-abortion president in the history of the United States would so effectively obliterate the deceptive front the abortion movement has been able to sustain for nearly 40 years? But hats off to Mr. Obama for a job well done.
If nothing else, Barack Obama and company just accomplished proving something pro-lifers have been fighting to demonstrate for 40 years. The abortion movement has never been about choice. It's never been about privacy. It's never been about personal liberty. It's always been about a macabre obsession with advancing a legal right to kill kids for convenience. That's pure, unadulterated evil.
In another article, a scholar and bestselling author says it will be very difficult to reverse the socialist policies of Barack Obama, even if Republicans take over control of Congress next year.
Dr. Jerome Corsi is author of the 2008 New York Times bestseller The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality (Threshold Editions, August 2008), which was recently released in paperback. He says since taking office, Obama has taken the American government in an ideologically left direction, as he warned about in the book. Corsi says the president is determined to transform the United States into a European-style social welfare state. But he believes Obama's agenda has proven to be enormously unpopular and will cost the Democrats dearly in the upcoming midterm elections. "I'm not sure what it will take to reverse the United States back into a market economy after we're got this much entitlement programs," notes the author. "The social welfare state here is beginning to look like the social welfare state in Greece -- and they're very difficult to reverse." As he puts it, when that happens "people riot in the streets if you try to take away their benefits -- even when the government can't pay for it."
Holocaust could happen again, warns expert
In Israel today, as it does every year on the 27th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan, Israel came to a standstill at 10 AM as air raid sirens blared across the country commemorating the senseless massacre of six million Jews in the Nazi Holocaust.
As memorial ceremonies were held at several locations, a prominent Israeli-British historian warned that the slogan "Never Again" is fading, and that there is a very real possibility for a repeat of the Holocaust.
In his new book "A Lethal Obsession: Anti-Semitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad," Hebrew University Professor Robert Wistrich explains that the politics and social attitudes that gave rise to and allowed the Nazi Holocaust to occur are still very much with us. "We are in an era once again where the Jews are facing genocidal threats as a people," Wistrich said in an interview with Ha'aretz. "We have not been in that situation for quite a while. And maybe this is the first time since the Holocaust that Jews feel that this is palpable." Wistrich also acknowledged the enormous rise in anti-Semitism in Europe in recent years, fueled largely by more brazen Muslim populations there. An annual study done by Tel Aviv University titled "Anti-Semitism Worldwide" revealed that attacks on and harassment of Jews doubled in 2009, especially in Europe and Canada.
In 2008 there were 559 reported incidents of anti-Semitism worldwide. In 2009 that number jumped to 1,129. The UK was the biggest offender, with anti-Semitic incidents there increasing from 112 in 2008 to 374 in 2009. France was close behind, with 50 anti-Semitic incidents in 2008 and 195 in 2009. Canada saw an increase from just 13 anti-Semitic incidents in 2008 to 138 incidents in 2009. The report noted that the enormous jump in just one year can be attributed to the blurring of lines between hatred of Jews as a people and condemnation of Israel as a nation. In other words, and as many Israelis and friends of Israel have warned, anti-Israel sentiment is the new anti-Semitism.
In another note, a top US energy industry expert believes Israel is going to soon experience an "oil and gas rush" by major Western energy development companies. A natural gas field off Israel's Mediterranean coast had drawn the attention of every major Western energy company.
Israeli companies Delek and Isramco have already tapped the natural gas field, together with British energy giant Noble Energy.
That could mean an enormous economic boom for Israel and its transformation overnight into a major international energy exporter.
Is Obama targeting Israel's nuclear program? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided suddenly late last week to not attend this week's US-hosted nuclear arms summit. Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Atomic Affairs Dan Meridor will represent Israel in Netanyahu's stead.
According to Netanyahu's office, the decision was made after learning that Egypt and Turkey intended to turn the summit into an international effort to bring an end to Israel's nuclear program. Without the Israeli leader in attendance, it will be much more difficult to do that.
But Israel's Ma'ariv daily newspaper reported just before the weekend that it may not have been only Egypt and Turkey that planned to ambush Netanyahu.
Scientists at Israel's nuclear reactor in Dimona told the newspaper that for the past several months, they have been unable to obtain visas to enter the US and attend American universities, where in the past they regularly advanced their knowledge in the fields of physics, chemistry and nuclear engineering.
The scientists said the Obama Administration has placed an unofficial embargo on parts and supplies needed for the Dimona reactor.
Is it possible that Obama himself intended to strong-arm Netanyahu into finally signing Israel up to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty? Considering tensions between the two leaders in recent months and Obama's near-outright hostility toward Israel, many in Jerusalem believe that to be the case.
As is the case after a weekend, Monday mornings news headlines again reafirm that we are living in the last day. Along with the headlines of the latest earthquakes that are happening almost daily, the increase in unrest among the nations, the economic hardships, the breaking down of marriages and homes, the lack of being a witness of what God has done in our own lives, truly. it would "be a good day to fly." KEEP LOOKING UP!
Sunday, April 11, 2010
An Important Sign
An unmistakable signs of the Last Days is the rebuilding of the temple.
Almost two thousand years ago, after nearly two years of terrible seige, the brutally efficient legions of Rome destroyed Jerusalem and burned the Temple to the ground. Led by General Titus, the son of Emperor Vespasian, the Roman army completed its mission of destruction on the ninth day of Av (August) in A.D. 70.
The glorious temple, built by King Herod, was the second of the sacred temples to stand on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The First Temple had been built by King Solomon approximately 1000 B.C. and was destroyed by the Babylonians in 587 B.C.. The Second Temple that was built by the Jews who returned to Jerusalem following the Babylonian Captivity in 536 B.C. remains in ruins today.
However, exciting developments are taking place in Israel that will result in a Third Temple being built again on the ancient foundations that Solomon put in place nearly three thousand years ago. You and I are part of the prophetic generation that will live to see a Temple of God once again stand in Jerusalem, the spiritual crossroads o the world.
The rebuilding of the Temple has profound prophetic significance equal to the appearance of the Antichrist or the forming of the pagan armies to invade Israel in the coming Battle of Gog and Magog. Many students of biblical prophecy have debated the role that will be played by the Third Temple in end-times developments. But the scriptures make it clear that just before Christ returns, the Third Temple of God must stand once more on its original location on the
Temple Mount.
In his book, Grant R. Jeffrey looks not only at the advancing plans and preparations to rebuild the Temple, but also at closely related developments, such as the training of Levite priests, the discovery of long-lost Temple treasures, developments in locating the Ark of the Covenant and returning it to Jerusalem, and the discovery of ancient vessels and artifacts that are required for Temple sacrifice and worship. With a new Sanhedrin in place, with some five hundred Levites being trained in the requirements of Temple sacrifice, and with lost treasures from Solomon’s Temple being located and returned to Jerusalem, it is no longer just a dream that God’s Temple will once again stand on the Temple Mount.
It would be well worth your time to read this book, which is available through the ABI Class, or in our book store.
We look forward to seeing you in Sunday School and Worship today at Grand Strand Baptist Church. Truly today would be a 'great day to fly.'
Almost two thousand years ago, after nearly two years of terrible seige, the brutally efficient legions of Rome destroyed Jerusalem and burned the Temple to the ground. Led by General Titus, the son of Emperor Vespasian, the Roman army completed its mission of destruction on the ninth day of Av (August) in A.D. 70.
The glorious temple, built by King Herod, was the second of the sacred temples to stand on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The First Temple had been built by King Solomon approximately 1000 B.C. and was destroyed by the Babylonians in 587 B.C.. The Second Temple that was built by the Jews who returned to Jerusalem following the Babylonian Captivity in 536 B.C. remains in ruins today.
However, exciting developments are taking place in Israel that will result in a Third Temple being built again on the ancient foundations that Solomon put in place nearly three thousand years ago. You and I are part of the prophetic generation that will live to see a Temple of God once again stand in Jerusalem, the spiritual crossroads o the world.
The rebuilding of the Temple has profound prophetic significance equal to the appearance of the Antichrist or the forming of the pagan armies to invade Israel in the coming Battle of Gog and Magog. Many students of biblical prophecy have debated the role that will be played by the Third Temple in end-times developments. But the scriptures make it clear that just before Christ returns, the Third Temple of God must stand once more on its original location on the
Temple Mount.
In his book, Grant R. Jeffrey looks not only at the advancing plans and preparations to rebuild the Temple, but also at closely related developments, such as the training of Levite priests, the discovery of long-lost Temple treasures, developments in locating the Ark of the Covenant and returning it to Jerusalem, and the discovery of ancient vessels and artifacts that are required for Temple sacrifice and worship. With a new Sanhedrin in place, with some five hundred Levites being trained in the requirements of Temple sacrifice, and with lost treasures from Solomon’s Temple being located and returned to Jerusalem, it is no longer just a dream that God’s Temple will once again stand on the Temple Mount.
It would be well worth your time to read this book, which is available through the ABI Class, or in our book store.
We look forward to seeing you in Sunday School and Worship today at Grand Strand Baptist Church. Truly today would be a 'great day to fly.'
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