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ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST
1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
ISRAELS TROUBLE
JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.
DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)
ISAIAH 14:12-15
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(SATAN HAS PROUD I PROBLEMS)
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.
12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(WW3 STARTS BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AND ISRAELIS UPROOTED FROM THEIR GOD GIVIN LAND)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(ATOMIC BOMB DISOLVED) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(ATOMIC BOMB DISOLVED) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(ATOMIC BOMB DISOLVED)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3 AFTER ATOMIC BOMBS SHOT ON THEM)
Rioters clash with police in northern Israel-Residents hurl stones, firebombs at police in Tamra, Nazareth; stretches of highway 70 closed to traffic; police gear up for further clashes-By Times of Israel staff July 6, 2014, 7:24 pm 1Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police reignited on Sunday afternoon for the fifth day running, shortly after the Shin Bet confirmed that several Jewish suspects had been arrested in connection with the murder of East Jerusalem teenager Muhammed Abu Khdeir, 16.A number of riots erupted in northern Israel, off of Routes 70 and 65, and in areas near Nazareth. Police were dispatched to quell the violence, but police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld maintained the area was “relatively quiet.”Some 200 Israeli-Arabs demonstrated at the entrance of the northern Israel town of Tamra, as residents hurled stones and firebombs at riot police on the scene.Police arrested 11 people in Tamra, the Ynet news site reported.Concurrently, dozens of others rallied at the Yabor junction off of Route 70. Stretches of the highway, as well as the main road in Nazareth were closed to traffic.Meanwhile, three Palestinians laborers were attacked in the Israeli town of Hadera. One was lightly injured in the scuffle, and police are investigating the incident.Police have beefed up their presence in the capital and up north, and anticipate further clashes in the evening after observers of the Muslim Ramadan break their fasts.The most recent wave of violence comes hours after the police and Shin Bet confirmed that several Jewish suspects are in custody in connection with the abduction and killing of Abu Khdeir. The Shin Bet security service says the slaying was likely nationalistically motivated, in response to the killings of Gil-ad Shaar, 16, Naftali Fraenkel, 16, and Eyal Yifrach, 19.On Saturday, the Palestinian Authority attorney-general, Dr. Muhammed Abed al-Ghani al-Aweiwi, said that Abu Khdeir was burned alive, according to the preliminary findings of the autopsy.Abu Khdeir’s killing sparked widespread violent protests throughout East Jerusalem and in other parts of Israel since his body was found.
Feels like a third intifada, but conditions are not ripe-A new Palestinian wave of violence is in the air, but a tired public and lack of bellicose leadership may prevent it from becoming a full-fledged uprising-By Elhanan Miller July 6, 2014, 6:06 pmIntifadas, our history teaches us, aren’t declared; they just happen. And the rapidly unfolding events of the past few days feel very much like the start of a third Palestinian uprising.It was a car accident in Gaza that sparked the first intifada in December 1987. Four Palestinian laborers were killed in a collision with an Israeli truck south of the Erez crossing. But rumors quickly spread that the deaths were caused intentionally, to avenge the stabbing of Shlomo Sakal two days earlier in Gaza’s central market. The riots following the men’s funeral quickly spread from the refugee camps in the Strip to the West Bank, and to Jerusalem.The official casus belli for the Second Intifada in September 2000 — which began with sporadic rioting across the West Bank and quickly degenerated into a gruesome series of suicide bombings across Israel — was the televised visit of then-opposition leader Ariel Sharon to the Temple Mount. Tensions were already high following the collapse of the Camp David peace talks two months earlier.Palestinian uprisings never happen in a void. There are always political and social circumstances which serve as the proverbial powder keg when the spark is ignited. But this time there is reason to believe the uprising won’t transform into a full-fledged intifada.The body of 16-year-old Muhammad Abu Khdeir was found scorched in a west Jerusalem forest just hours after gangs of inflamed teenagers roamed the center of Jerusalem chanting racist slogans, searching for Arabs to assault. The funerals of Naftali Fraenkel, Gil-ad Shaar and Eyal Yifrah were underway in Modiin, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invoked the memory of the 1903 Kishinev pogrom citing national poet Haim Nahman Bialik: “Such vengeance for blood of babe and maiden hath yet to be wrought by Satan.” Palestinian uprisings never happen in a void. There are always political and social circumstances which serve as the proverbial powder keg when the spark is ignited.Hours after the teens’ bodies were discovered on Monday, Noam Perel, the head of World Bnei Akiva, Israel’s largest national-religious youth movement, gave voice to the public’s cry for retribution for the three deaths when he wrote on Facebook: “The travesty will be atoned for with the enemy’s blood, not with our tears. A whole nation and thousands of years of history demands revenge,” a post he later deleted and apologized for.In the midst of all of this, posturing politicians have been playing a destructive role, with many on both sides fanning the flames of anger rather than calling for cool heads to prevail.“In Qalansuwa and the Triangle [in central Israel] they are enacting a selection, attacking Jews’ cars,” wrote Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud), using the term for the Nazi’s dividing of Jews sent to extermination from those classified fit for forced labor. “In Gaza, Hamas is ignoring the ultimatum, firing rockets at Beersheba and placing conditions for a ceasefire. One thing is tied to the other; weakness invites aggression. As a government minister I oppose the policy of restraint and I will fight for my position in public and in governmental forums. I hope I can convince.”MK Ibrahim Sarsour (Ra’am-Ta’al), meanwhile, said the “Israeli escalation” was nothing but a premeditated attempt to divert public opinion from Israel’s economic woes.“The criminal Israeli aggression against Palestine is not surprising,” wrote the Israeli parliamentarian in an Arabic newsletter Friday. “The chief of staff and a large number of ministers close to Netanyahu have threatened such a war for months. They did not need an excuse; Netanyahu-Liberman-Bennett’s need for a war raises their shares in Israeli public opinion, deflecting the compass of interest from the burning economic and social issues from which Israel suffers.”“Arab audacity in Jerusalem,” commented MK Yoni Chetboun (Jewish Home) on his Facebook page Sunday morning, following a tour of the Pisgat Zeev neighborhood in northeast Jerusalem. “Because of Arab rioting, burning of [tram] stops and craziness, they have blocked the ability of 66,000 residents [of Pisgat Zeev] to move. It should be the exact opposite. I have promised to work with the police and Transportation Ministry to strike at the rioters and release the city’s transportation.”Around the same time, MK Hanin Zoabi (Balad) shared a video of Jews shouting “Death to the Arabs” on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Street last Thursday, posted on a Facebook page titled “Photos of the Third Intifada.”Zoom out for a moment, and consider the diplomatic climate. Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations having collapsed in April, American brokers are now engaged in a postmortem, releasing statements of desperation and dismay. With no prospect of renewed talks on the horizon, mistrust between the Palestinian and Israeli leaders is at an all-time high. In that regard, the current conjuncture is frighteningly reminiscent of September 2000.There are two main differences, however. The first, and more important, is the man at the Palestinian helm. Mahmoud Abbas, unlike his predecessor Yasser Arafat, is unabashedly and outspokenly opposed to a new violent intifada. True, he has remained worryingly mum in the last few days as violence has begun to spin out of control, but he will never give the political or logistical support for violence the likes of which Israel witnessed in the early years of the previous decade.Secondly, Palestinian society is still unprepared for a full-fledged intifada requiring both perseverance and a capable military leadership, both of which it currently lacks. As Palestinian legislator Khalida Jarar told a Hamas daily last October, the excellent security cooperation between Israel and the PA, coupled with the lack of Palestinian field command (most of which was arrested or killed during the second intifada), make the likelihood of a new protracted uprising unlikely.Meanwhile, some leaders are trying to calm spirits and prevent further escalation.“We need to regain the quiet, but the government cannot conduct itself like a talkbacker,” wrote Finance Minister Yair Lapid on his Facebook page Sunday afternoon. “Our role is to extinguish the flames, not fan them … we can’t allow the extremists, be they Jews or Arabs, to run the State of Israel.”Dov Khenin, the only Jewish member of Knesset in the socialist Hadash party, posted a photo of himself on Facebook during a joint Jewish-Arab demonstration in Haifa holding up a sign reading “Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies.”Post by דב חנין Dov Khenin.“If we do not stand together against this vile wave of incitement and hatred, it may drown us all,” he wrote.Meanwhile, MK Ahmad Tibi, the outspoken chairman of the Ra’am-Ta’al party, made a somewhat lopsided attempt to call for restraint.“It is our right to be angry and shout. Protest is allowed and wanted, but anarchy and the destruction of public buildings in our towns and villages are unacceptable, for they are ours and the not the fascists’,” wrote Tibi on his Facebook page. “Let us not fall into the trap of [Foreign Minister Avigdor] Liberman and his ilk.”
Abbas calls for international investigation of ‘settler violence’-PA president: Jewish attacks on Palestinians rose 41% since start of 2014 while Israel refuses to punish extremists-By Times of Israel staff July 6, 2014, 6:33 pm 4Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called on Sunday for an international investigation into attacks against Palestinians by Jewish settlers and Israeli security forces.During a meeting with UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry in Ramallah on Sunday, Abbas called for the establishment of an international investigative committee to examine “the murder of the youth Muhammed Abu Khdeir, the assault [by Israeli border policemen] against his cousin, the killing of 16 Palestinians in the past two weeks and the continued kidnapping attempts.”Palestinian media have reported several kidnapping attempts of Palestinians by Jewish extremists in the days since the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teens, Eyal Yifrach, Naftali Fraenkel and Gil-ad Shaar, on June 12.Tensions between Jews and Arabs were further inflamed with the kidnapping-murder last week of Abu Khdeir, a 16-year-old Palestinian from East Jerusalem, who police believe was burned alive by Jewish terrorists as a revenge attack for the murder of the Jewish teens.According to Abbas, attacks against Palestinians by West Bank Jewish settlers “have increased 41 percent since the beginning of the year, and Israel’s government refuses to seriously investigate and punish these groups, especially when it comes to treating [Jewish groups] called ‘price tag’ as terror organizations.” The Palestinian Authority was investigating every available avenue “to rein in the crimes of the settlers.”In his meeting with Serry, Abbas also asked that international organizations classify extremist Jewish “price tag” groups as illegal terrorist organizations.“I asked that international protection be given to the Palestinian people in all occupied Palestinian lands” against attacks by Jewish extremists and Israeli security forces, Abbas told Palestinian media following the meeting.
EU states promote settler boycott amid Israel crisis
04.07.14 @ 09:27-EUOBSERVER-By Andrew RettmanBRUSSELS - Twelve EU countries have warned investors not to do business with Israeli settler entities, amid a security crisis in Israel and Palestine.The group includes: Austria; Belgium; Croatia; Denmark; Finland; Greece; Ireland; Luxembourg; Malta; Portugal; Slovakia; and Slovenia.Portugal published its statement on Wednesday (2 July) and the others came out on Thursday. France, Italy, and Spain put out similar communiques earlier this week. Germany and the UK already did it months ago. Poland is expected to publish a warning shortly.The Irish foreign ministry said the action “has been co-ordinated at EU level”.The 12 warnings make similar points, with the Irish one, for instance, saying that “economic activities (including in services like tourism) in Israeli settlements or benefiting Israeli settlements, entail legal and economic risks”.It said investors could face lawsuits over “disputed titles to the land, water, mineral, or other natural resources”. It added that: “In case of disputes, it could be very difficult for [EU] member states to ensure national protection of their interests”.The communique noted that Ireland does not endorse “any form of boycott directed against Israel”.But it also said Irish businesses should beware of the “reputational implications” of indirect support for “possible abuses of the rights of individuals”.The warnings come after the EU last year blocked grants for Israeli projects on the other side of the Green Line - Israel's old border with Palestine.EU diplomats have also threatened to publish a code for retail labels on Israeli settler exports if Israel does not stop building more houses on Palestinian land.The new wave of business warnings come amid a security crisis caused by the murder of three Jewish teenagers in the West bank and the murder of a Palestinian boy in Jerusalem.They also come amid an escalating exchange of fire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza, including Hamas.Israel blames Hamas for the three murders and arrested more than 400 of its members in the West Bank in a crackdown which also saw Israeli soldiers shoot dead five Palestinians.It has long blamed the EU for what it says is taking the Palestinian side in the on-off peace talks, making it harder for the two parties to come to their own accord.On Friday, it also criticised the timing of the business warnings.A foreign ministry spokesman, Paul Hirschson, told EUobserver from Tel Aviv - a town in range of Hamas rockets - the EU “is renowned for bad timing. We’ve got a very delicate situation here and the last thing you should be doing is antagonising either side”.He said some Israeli calls for revenge against Hamas are “ugly” but represent a “fringe” view.“I don’t think we’re heading for a third intifada [Palestinian uprising] and we don’t want to enter Gaza [in a ground assault] if it can be avoided. But there’s a very sombre mood here. It’s a very tough time”.He added: “We don’t want to get dragged back into a fully fledged conflict, but we’re not scared of it either - the balance of power is such that Israel is the strongest country in the region and we do not face an existential threat”.The Palestinian Authority could not be reached for a comment on Friday.
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(THE EU (EUROPEAN UNION) TAKES OVER IRAQ WHICH HAS SPLIT INTO 3-SUNNI-KURD-SHIA PARTS-AND THE REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE IS BROUGHT BACK TOGETHER-THE TWO LEGS OF DANIEL WESTERN LEG AND THE ISLAMIC LEG COMBINED AS 1)
LUKE 2:1-3
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
MEPs to seal agreement on committee chair jobs
04.07.14 @ 09:28-EUOBSERVER-By Benjamin FoxBRUSSELS - After electing a new(ish) President and most of their administrative posts, MEPs will return to Brussels next week to complete unfinished election business – the chairperson positions of the Parliament’s 20 standing committees.The membership of committees was confirmed by MEPs in Strasbourg on Thursday (3 July) but the chairs will be formally elected when the committees hold their constitutive meetings on Monday.Under a deal between the Parliament’s seven political groups based on their size, the centre-right EPP group, which remains the largest faction with 221 of the Parliament’s 751 MEPs, has claimed eight chairman positions.German christian democrat Elmar Brok is expected to retain the chairmanship of the foreign affairs committee which, despite having no legislative powers, has long been regarded by deputies as a trophy.Elsewhere, Italian MEPs will be elected to chair the economic affairs and environment committees, two of the EU assembly’s main law-making committees. Centre-left deputy Roberto Gualtieri and the EPP’s Giovanni La Via have been nominated to take the posts.However, while Olli Rehn and Antonio Tajani were elected as one of 14 Parliament vice-presidents this week, the two other EU commissioners-turned MEPs will miss out on Parliament jobs.Polish centre-right MEP Jerzy Buzek is poised to take the chair of the industry committee, ahead of former budget commissioner Janusz Lewandowski, while three-term commissioner Viviane Reding, is likely to miss out on the legal affairs committee.In addition to economic affairs, the S&D group will also take the high-profile civil liberties, international trade and development committees.Despite renewed speculation about the UK’s continued EU membership, following David Cameron’s unsuccessful battle to prevent Jean-Claude Juncker’s nomination as the next European Commission, UK MEPs will secure at least three committee chair positions, fewer only than the five to be held by German deputies.For their part, Polish MEPs will also hold the chairs of the Constitutional Affairs and Agriculture committees - by Danuta Huebner and Czeslaw Siekierski respectively.Labour deputies Claude Moraes and Linda McAvan will claim the civil liberties and development committees, respectively, while Conservative MEP Vicky Ford is the next chair of the internal market committee.Meanwhile, German deputy Thomas Handel of the left-wing GUE group is set to become the chair of the employment committee.But although the committee chair positions are allocated according to the so called d’Hondt system, a calculus based on the size of the groups, a minor battle could ensue over the little-known petitions committee.The eurosceptic EFDD group of Nigel Farage and Beppe Grillo has been allocated the committee’s top job, but the Parliament’s centrist groups may oppose them in Monday’s vote.
WORLD TERRORISM
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
2 PETER 2:5
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
2 PETER 3:7
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men
LEVITICUS 26:16
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you( sudden) terror(ISM), consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL) will be a wild man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
ISAIAH 33:1,18-19 Woe to thee that spoilest,(destroys) and thou wast not spoiled;(destroyed) and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil,(destroy) thou shalt be spoiled;(destroyed) and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
Preventing a religious war in the Mideast-Attacks on sacred Shiite sites by the Sunni militants creating an 'Islamic State" in Iraq and Syria are risking a wider war in the Middle East. The world should help prevent such a major war of religion by applying lessons from previous wars between competing faiths.Christian Science Monitor-By the Monitor's Editorial Board JULY 6,14-YahooNewsThe Sunni militant group that has created an “Islamic State” across a swath of the Middle East has begun to attack the sacred shrines of Islam’s minority Shiites. This tactic aims to incite a violent response by the perceived heretics and help unite all Sunnis behind the group’s leader, who calls himself “Khalifa Ibrahim,” or caliph Abraham, after the ancient prophet.The attacks run the risk of igniting a wider war of religion, perhaps drawing in Iran, which is largely Shiite, and Saudi Arabia, which is mainly Sunni. This would be a dangerous course. A major war of religion has not occurred on the world scene since the Thirty Years’ War in 17th-century Europe. That war saw different Christian faiths driving a conflict that ended up wiping out entire populations.If the Middle East now descends into a Sunni-Shiite conflagration over defining the true faith of Islam, the rest of the world can hardly remain as a bystander. For one, wars over theology and religious traditions are particularly brutal. Each side, in claiming divine superiority and setting up certain individuals as God’s chosen, may be prone to more easily fight to the death.A good example was the video released Saturday that shows a sermon by Khalifa Ibrahim (who has also used the name Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi). In it he tells Muslims: “I was placed as your caretaker.” By claiming he speaks for God to others, he in effect denies each person’s individual relationship with God. And by resorting to the force of arms, he denies that a person’s spiritual commitment should be won by peaceful means, such as invitation, grace, or by example of good works.World leaders must persuade those Muslims eager to fight over doctrinal differences to learn from previous religious wars. In Europe, the treaties that ended the Thirty Years’ War, known as the Peace of Westphalia, set the seeds not only for modern ideas about the role of state but also other ideas that blossomed during the Enlightenment. These included a charitable tolerance between faiths, the avoidance of using state power to impose particular religious views, and achieving national unity based on civic values that transcend demonstrations. In America, those lessons were enshrined in a constitutional provision to protect the free exercise of religion against government intrusion.Europe still grapples today with the challenges of religious tolerance and the rivalry of doctrines, such as whether Muslim women should be allowed to wear face veils in all public situations. In the United States, religious groups that oppose abortion are struggling not to be forced to participate in paying for abortions under Obamacare, even indirectly. Defining the boundary between private faith and public expressions of it, or between temporal authority and spiritual authority, is sometimes difficult. But resorting to violence to settle such disputes has been largely given up in the West and many other places.In the 1648 pact that helped end the Thirty Years’ War, the various parties agreed on a “universal peace” that would rely on seeking the welfare of one another and creating “a good and faithful Neighbourhood.” That remain a higher truth for all to learn. Europe had to pay a high price for its mistake. Yet the experience led to progress in embracing a more universal view of humanity. That lesson can now serve Shiites and Sunnis who may be drifting toward a larger war.
Iraq analyzing tape purported to show top militant-Associated Press-By SINAN SALAHEDDIN 2 hours ago-JULY 6,14-YahooNewsBAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials are working to determine the authenticity of a video that purportedly shows the leader of the Islamic extremist group that has seized large swaths of the country delivering a sermon this week in the nation's second-largest city, authorities said Sunday.The 21-minute video said to show Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of the Islamic State group, was reportedly filmed on Friday at the Great Mosque in the northern city of Mosul. It was released on at least two websites known to be used by the organization and bore the logo of its media arm.Iraqi military spokesman Lt. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi told reporters Sunday the country's security services are still analyzing the video to verify whether the speaker is indeed al-Baghdadi, and that the government will "announce the details once they are available."The sermon in Mosul would the first public appearance for al-Baghdadi, an ambitious and notoriously elusive Iraqi militant with a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head. Since taking the reins of the group in 2010, he has transformed it from a local branch of al-Qaida into an independent transnational military force, positioning himself as perhaps the pre-eminent figure in the global jihadi community.The purported showing in Mosul, a city of some 2 million that the militants seized last month, came five days after al-Baghdadi's group declared the establishment of an Islamic state, or caliphate, in the territories it has seized in Iraq and Syria. The group proclaimed al-Baghdadi the leader of its state and demanded that all Muslims pledge allegiance to him.Wearing black robes and a black turban, the man in the video said to be al-Baghdadi urges his followers to jihad, and emphasizes the implementation of a strict interpretation of Islamic law. He strikes an almost humble tone, telling listeners: "I am not better than you or more virtuous than you."A senior Iraqi intelligence official told The Associated Press on Saturday that an initial analysis indicated that the man in the video is indeed al-Baghdadi. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media.In Mosul, a government airstrike early Sunday afternoon targeted the Rashidiyah neighborhood, residents said. A medical official in the city said seven people were killed and 30 wounded in the attack.Both the residents and the official spoke on condition of anonymity over fears for their safety.It was not clear what the target of the air raid was, and the Iraqi military could not immediately be reached for comment.Over the past month, al-Baghdadi's fighters have overrun much of northern and western Iraq, adding to the territory they already control in neighboring Syria. The Sunni group's initial surge in Iraq has crested, at least for now, after having grabbed most of Iraq's predominantly Sunni Arab regions and reaching majority Shiite areas, where resistance is tougher.One of the main battlefronts now is the country's largest oil refinery near Beiji, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad, where government forces are besieged by Islamic State group fighters.Al-Moussawi, the military spokesman, said security forces repelled an overnight attack on the facility, killing around 20 militants and damaging eight vehicles. The casualty figures could not be independently verified.The Sunni militant offensive has ramped up the pressure on Iraq's political leaders to quickly form a new government that can confront the insurgents and keep the country from fracturing along ethnic and sectarian lines.Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite whose State of Law bloc won the biggest chunk of the vote in April elections, is angling for a third consecutive term, and vowed last week he would not withdraw his candidacy — despite calls for him to step aside.He has been widely accused of trying to monopolize power. Rivals and former allies alike say he has exacerbated the crisis by failing to pursue reconciliation with the country's Sunni minority, which complains it is treated like second-class citizens by al-Maliki's government.Late Saturday, Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr urged the State of Law bloc to put forward a candidate for prime minister other than al-Maliki, saying an alternative nominee "will help end the suffering.""It is necessary to demonstrate the national and paternal spirit for a higher and noble goal," al-Sadr said in a statement released by his office. "I mean changing the candidates, which will be a welcome and blessed step during this hard time the country goes through."The political bloc that al-Sadr used to head controls 33 out of the 328 seats in parliament. Al-Maliki's State of Law holds 92.Also, Iran's state news agency said an Iranian pilot named Shoja'at Alamdari Mourjani was killed while defending Shiite holy sites in the Iraqi city of Samarra, which is home to one of the most revered shrines in Shiite Islam. It said Mourjani was buried Friday in a village near Shiraz in southern Iran.It was not clear in what capacity Mourjani was fighting in Iraq, nor how he was killed.Iran, the regional Shiite power, has said it will provide any help necessary to help Iraq in its current crisis. Tehran has maintained close ties with successive Shiite-led governments in Iraq since the 2003 ouster of Saddam Hussein, a Sunni who oppressed the Shiites.___Associated Press writer Nasser Karimi contributed from Tehran.
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
2ND WAVE CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL
REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.(ITS AT THIS TIME I BELIEVE WHEN AMERICA GETS NUKED BY RUSSIA ON THE WAY TO THE MIDEAST)
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(4 WINDS OF THE WORLD-WORLDWIDE WAR)(TURKEY-IRAQ-SYRIA)(EUPHRATES RIVER CONSISTS OF 760 MILES IN TURKEY,440 MILES IN SYRIA AND 660 MILES IN IRAQ)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,(COULD ALSO MEAN THE 4 CORNERS OF THE EARTH OR WORLDWIDE WAR) which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
WARS AND RUMURS OF WARS.
MATTHEW 24:6-8
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:7
7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
N. Korea leader directs island assault drill: report-AFP-July 5, 2014 3:55 AM-KPA Navy commanding officers take part in a swimming ability assessment at an undisclosed place in North Korea, on July 2, 2014. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspected the drill-YahooNews.
Seoul (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un warned the South would "regret bitterly" any incursion of their disputed sea border as he directed a large-scale mock assault on an island, state media said Saturday.The joint landing drill involving the army, navy and air force followed a series of missile tests in the past week -- seen by some as a display of pique over Chinese President Xi Jinping's two-day state visit to Seoul.The mock assault is apparently aimed at five islands controlled by the South near the southwestern part of North Korea.Seoul suspects these islands, which provide outposts for the South, would be the first target for the North in case of an armed conflict."Participating in the drill were combatants, artillery pieces of various calibres, combat ships including submarines, and formations of pursuit fighters, bombers and transport planes of units," the North's Korean Central News Agency said.Kim watched the North Korean forces successively pounding the mock enemy positions through "the well-organised coordinated operation as required by the modern warfare"."Deadly firepower strikes" on the island were followed by infantry landings and paratroops, the agency said.It did not give the venue of the exercise which apparently took place on Friday when Xi was wrapping up his visit to Seoul.Kim said the North's southwestern waters were exposed to "frequent threats" from the South, repeating Pyongyang's allegations that shells fired by the South dropped in the North's territorial waters some days ago.KCNA said Kim took it very seriously and "strongly warned" that "should the enemies repeat the wrong choice on the wrong day in the hotspot waters, he would make them regret bitterly for their action".Kim was apparently referring to a live-fire exercise last month by South Korean marines based on islands near the disputed western sea border.The Chinese president's decision to visit Seoul before Pyongyang was seen as a pointed snub to North Korea, with Beijing's patience over the nuclear brinksmanship by its wayward ally wearing thin.Kim is still waiting for an invitation to Beijing.
FALSE POPE FROM THE VATICAN
REVELATION 13:11-13
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth;(FALSE VATICAN POPE) and he had two horns like a lamb,(JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD) and he spake as a dragon.(HES SATANICALLY INSPIRED,HES A CHRISTIAN DEFECTOR FROM THE FAITH)
12 And he (FALSE RELIGIOUS LEADER) exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,(WORLD DICTATOR) and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.(THE WORLD DICTATOR CREATES A FALSE RESURRECTION AND IS CROWNED LEADER OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER).
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
REVELATION 17:1-5,9,15-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,(VATICAN IN POLITICS) and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman (FALSE CHURCH) was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour,(VATICAN COLOURS)(ANOTHER REASON WE KNOW THE FALSE POPE COMES FROM THE VATICAN) and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.(VATICAN-CATHOLICS ALL AROUND THE WORLD OVER 1 BILLION)
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.(BOMB OR NUKE THE VATICAN)
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city,(VATICAN) which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
07/ 6/2014 -VATICAN INSIDER-A Frenchman at the helm of the Pope’s bank-The head offices of the IOR-The crew members of the IOR cockpit are changing: Exit Von Freyberg and the Institute’s board, enter Franssu, who was chosen by Pell. A “Vatican asset manager” will be in charge of the Vatican’s investments-ANDREA TORNIELLIvatican city-The IOR is changing. Unless there are any last minute surprises, next Wednesday, the Secretary for the Economy (the Vatican’s new “finance minister”), Australian cardinal George Pell, will announce the names of the men who are to become the new heads of the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR). The IOR is about to publish its second certified financial statement. The content is not positive: its net profit for 2013 fell from 86, 6 million to just barely 2, 8 million Euros. Many now see German lawyer-industrialist Ernst von Freyberg’s exit as a certainty. He was nominated in extremis, as Ettore Gotti Tedeschi’s successor at the helm of the “Vatican bank”, in the days following Benedict XVI’s resignation. The entire lay board of superintendence that has been running the Institute since September 2009 is also going.Von Freyberg should be replaced by the Frenchman Jean-Baptiste de Franssu, former Chief Executive Officer of Invesco Continental Europe and a former member of the now dissolved Pontifical Commission for Reference on the Organization of the Economic-Administrative Structure of the Holy See and currently a member of the Council for the Economy. He has been part of the Vatican family for over a year, having been one of the possible candidates for the presidency of the IOR during the long selection process that followed Gotti Tedeschi’s ousting. The process was concluded at the end of the sede vacante period, with Von Freyberg being selected as the “Vatican bank’s” head in February last year. This decision, which was fervently supported by Cardinal Pell, was taken following discussions held by the Council of Cardinals (the C8, renamed C9 after Pietro Parolin became a regular contributing member).The entire director’s board is being replaced and it is highly likely that structures will change as well as the people: the commission of cardinals overseeing the IOR, for example, could change name and set-up. As in the case of the Council for the Economy, which is made up of professional lay experts and cardinals, it is possible that in the future, the “Vatican bank’s” board could also have a mix of lay and religious members.All this officially stems from the reform of the Institute for the Works of Religion, which has sadly received quite a bit of bad press and whose activities have often been far from holy. Pope Francis and the cardinal advisors helping him with Curia reform decided it was opportune to keep the Institute going: it does in fact provide an invaluable service in terms of financial transactions with religious orders and institutes around the world. But in the future it will no longer handle big investments directly: this is why the new Vatican asset manager role has been introduced. Under the supervision of the Secretariat for the Economy, this figure will be in charge of optimizing the IOR’s assets, as well as those of the Administration of the Patrimony of Apostolic See, which is increasingly acting as a “central bank”.Efforts to increase transparency continue, with checks on current accounts, certified financial statements and the implementation of anti-money laundering regulations. Von Freyberg, who has been the embodiment of transparency in recent months, could stay for a week or so to guide the new president-designate and ensure a smooth transition. Circles close to the Institute’s current leadership put the major drop in the IOR’s profits down to mistakes made by the previous management. However, the fact remains that last year the IOR was able to donate an impressive 50 million Euros to the Pope, which went towards evangelization efforts. This year this kind of capital will not be available. If de Franssu is confirmed at the IOR’s new head next Wednesday, it will be a sign of Cardinal Pell’s consolidated power within the Institute. He wa stsrongly in favour of this solution and of choosing another up-and-coming figure in the world of Vatican finances, the Maltese Joseph F. X. Zahra, who also has ties with the Australian cardinal and is a member of the Council for the Economy.
07/ 4/2014 -VATICAN INSIDER-C9 to meet again in September and draft text on Curia reform is not available yet-the dome of St. Peter's Basilica-During this week’s meeting, the Council of Cardinals discussed the IOR, the Governorate, the Secretariat of State and the role of women, lay people and couples in the Vatican. Procedures for the appointment of bishops were also discussed.The overall tone of the meeting was “free, frank and friendly”-Iacopo Scaramuzzivatican city-The nine cardinals assisting the Pope with the reform of the Roman Curia and the government of the universal Church, the “C9” as it is called, will meet again in September following a four-day meeting, which ran from Tuesday to today, the fifth since the start of the pontificate. Other meetings will also be held in December and February but it is not certain that the February gathering will give birth to the new apostolic constitution that would replace the “Pastor Bonus”, the blueprint for the Vatican’s various congregations, pontifical councils and offices. The Pope and his cardinal advisors discussed the role of women, lay people and married couples in the Roman Curia and of the Nunciatures, with a focus on the process for the nomination of bishops. In terms of the IOR, changes are expected in the Institute’s governance and these will be presented at a press conference with Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican Secretary of the Economy, next Wednesday.The C9 will next meet from 15 to 17 September, from 9 to 11 December and from 9 to 11 February, the Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi said during a press briefing. But Fr. Lombardi did not confirm whether the Council of Cardinals would conclude its work at the last of these meetings: “It is too premature to say whether it is the final meeting,” he said. “No drafts have been produced for a new apostolic constitution,” Fr. Lombardi said. “We are moving along at a steady pace but more time is needed” before the Council concludes its work. The Vatican spokesman denied one journalist’s suggestion that the work of the C9 is slowing down. The downside of an assembly that “represents the Church and all its various components across various continents and throughout the world” is that meetings cannot “last that long” and the group’s work “cannot be completed quickly.” There is no sense of urgency in the process of Church reform but the Pope is, of course, free to decide to speed things up.The nine-member Council of Cardinals started off this week’s meeting by examining the Vatican Governorate, the Secretariat of State and the IOR. It ended by focusing on “the role of lay people, married couples and women” in the Vatican dicasteries that deal with the laity and the family, Lombardi said. He also mentioned the possibility of the two Pontifical Councils being merged into one single dicastery, stressing that the discussion about “the issue of the laity and the family” focused on the future “of these bodies, or this body, depending on how the project unfolds.”Following an initial screening of the Vatican dicasteries – Congregations and Pontifical Councils –the C9 is now looking at each individual dicastery to try to come up with a solution that may involve mergers and cutting back on Vatican bureaucracy. Another area of focus in the C9’s latest meetings (the last work session takes place this afternoon), were “the nunciatures and their work, and the procedures for the appointment of bishops,” Fr. Lombardi said. So far, Apostolic Nunciatures in individual countries have acted as the Holy See’s peripheral offices for the pre-selection of bishops from various parts of the world, who are then chosen by the Vatican Congregation for Bishops and appointed by the Pope.During the press briefing, Fr. Lombardi confirmed that the Council for the Economy, led by the German cardinal Reinhard Marx, will meet in the Bologna Hall, in the Vatican Apostolic Palace. The meeting will take place while Pope Francis is on his visit to the southern Italian region of Molise.A press conference is scheduled for Wednesday and will be attended by Australian cardinal George Pell, head of the new Secretariat for the Economy, the Vatican’s economy super-dicastery. Changes are also expected in the management of the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR). A statement recently expressed esteem for the president of the IOR, Ernst von Freyberg. Meanwhile, the new Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors will meet Sunday, with the Archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Sean O’Malley. The attendance of six European paedophilia victims at the Pope’s mass in St. Martha’s House on Monday morning has been announced but not officially confirmed. Cardinals O’Malley, Pell and Marx are members of the C9 and so the aim is to make the most of their presence in Rome that is why the bodies they are members of have tried to squash in so many meetings over the past few days.The overall tone of the Pope’s meetings with his nine advisors was “free, frank and friendly”, Fr. Lombardi said, quoting the words used by an Anglophobe cardinal: “There is freedom of expression, sincerity and cordiality,” the Vatican spokesman said, adding that “sometimes the English word “frank” is too strong, “sincere” would be a faithful translation.” The Pope participates naturally in the dialogue, promoting a climate of free expression and the development of dialogue, without trying to influence others” although “the Council obviously makes suggestions and then the Pope has the authority and the freedom to decide.”
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
Maritimes in cleanup mode after post-tropical storm Arthur ravages region-The Canadian PressBy Geordon Omand, The Canadian Press | The Canadian Press – JUNE 6,14-YahooNewsHALIFAX - The remnants of a waning post-tropical storm Arthur were moving across Newfoundland on Sunday as an official at the Canadian Hurricane Centre said the worst is over for Atlantic Canada.
Environment Canada lifted all storm warnings in the Atlantic region in the wake of the potent storm, which brought with it near-hurricane strength winds and torrential rains across the Maritimes.
Hurricane Arthur hits U.S. East Coast, Maritimes
A tree is down in Frederiction, N.B., as Hurricane Arthur hits the Maritimes.
"The storm has weakened significantly from 12 hours ago," said Chris Fogarty, manager of Canada's Halifax-based hurricane centre. "Most of the impacts are over, with just a few heavy showers lingering in Newfoundland. They do have some gusty winds there, but nothing like we saw yesterday."
Forecasters predicted strong winds of up to 70 kilometres per hour would linger around Cape Breton on Sunday, but only five-to-10 millimetres of rainfall was expected for Newfoundland, concentrated mostly on the Avalon Peninsula.Environment Canada downgraded the powerful weather system from hurricane status right before it slammed into the Maritimes on Saturday morning, but the storm still packed a punch, drenching parts of New Brunswick, toppling trees and knocking out power for more than a quarter-million people at its peak intensity.The strongest winds were measured at Greenwood, N.S., which was hit with gale-force gusts reaching nearly 140 kilometres per hour.Fogarty described these strong inland winds as unexpected and exceptional, saying the heaviest winds usually occur in coastal settings.New Brunswick experienced the most severe rainfall, including the southwest town of Saint Stephen, which by Sunday morning was soaked with more than 140 millimetres of rain.A number of communities in the province's southwest suffered from localized flooding — including Fredericton and Saint John — though none of the larger rivers rose to dangerous levels."They dodged a bullet in terms of the potential that was certainly there for some more extreme flooding," said Fogarty.Crews set to work on Sunday to restore power to nearly 140-thousand customers in New Brunswick, and more than 90-thousand in Nova Scotia. P.E.I.'s power utility estimates nearly five-thousand customers are in the dark on the Island.Some customers have been told it will likely be a few days before they are reconnected.
Fierce Typhoon Neoguri threatens Japanese island of Okinawa-By Jethro Mullen, CNN
updated 12:42 PM EDT, Sun July 6, 2014(CNN) -- A large, powerful typhoon is growing in force as it barrels toward the Japanese island of Okinawa.Typhoon Neoguri is expected to strengthen into a super typhoon over the course of Sunday, meteorologists say.By the time it nears Okinawa early Tuesday, it's likely to be generating winds as strong as a Category 5 hurricane.Okinawa, where multiple U.S. military facilities are situated, regularly finds itself in the path of big typhoons. Many of the buildings on the island are designed to weather the powerful winds that come roaring in off the Western Pacific.But CNN International Meteorologist Ivan Cabrera warned that Typhoon Neoguri could still be cause for concern for Okinawa residents."This is scary stuff because what could happen is that this storm could move just to the west of Okinawa," he said. "That would put Okinawa in the worst possible situation."Cabrera explained that such a trajectory could drive a significant storm surge over Okinawa's shores.The Joint Typhoon Warning Center projects that by Tuesday, Neoguri could be producing sustained winds as strong as 160 mph (260 kph) with gusts as powerful as 195 mph (315 kph). It could stir up waves as high as 30 feet (9 meters), the center predicted."There's nothing in its way" before it reaches Okinawa, Cabrera said. The storm is also expected to bring torrential rains with it.Astronaut Reid Wiseman in the International Space Center tweeted a dramatic photo of the typhoon viewed from above, showing vast bands of cloud spiraling out from its center."#Typhoon Neoguri nearing Japan. Takes up our entire view. Wow," he wrote.After passing near Okinawa, the typhoon is expected to weaken somewhat as it moves on toward the Japanese mainland. But it could still be packing strong winds when it's forecast to hit Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's main islands, late Wednesday or early Thursday.Each summer and autumn, heavy storms roll in from the Western Pacific, often causing damage in East Asian countries such as the Philippines, China and Japan.Tacloban in pictures: After Typhoon Haiyan and six months later
EARTHQUAKES
ISAIAH 42:15
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
37 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2014-07-06 14:00:42 UTC-04:00Showing event times using Local System Time (UTC-04:00)37 earthquakes in map area
4.9 Ascension Island region 2014-07-06 13:08:38 UTC-04:00 10.0 km 2.5 6km SE of Nikiski, Alaska 2014-07-06 13:05:21 UTC-04:00 72.5 km
4.7 286km SSE of Tabiauan, Philippines 2014-07-06 12:07:54 UTC-04:00 546.6 km
5.0 129km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji 2014-07-06 11:37:43 UTC-04:00 552.7 km 3.1 19km SW of Medford, Oklahoma 2014-07-06 11:22:05 UTC-04:00 2.4 km
4.2 67km E of Joshimath, India 2014-07-06 10:48:14 UTC-04:00 75.5 km
4.3 67km S of Corinto, Nicaragua 2014-07-06 09:26:25 UTC-04:00 38.6 km 3.1 49km WSW of Rincon, Puerto Rico 2014-07-06 08:43:26 UTC-04:00 93.0 km
4.9 19km SSW of Canas, Costa Rica 2014-07-06 07:42:44 UTC-04:00 65.6 km 2.9 117km W of Cantwell, Alaska 2014-07-06 07:36:59 UTC-04:00 0.0 km
4.7 27km E of Luganville, Vanuatu 2014-07-06 06:13:37 UTC-04:00 56.1 km 2.8 40km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-07-06 06:07:54 UTC-04:00 20.0 km
2.6 56km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-07-06 04:44:48 UTC-04:00 15.0 km
2.6 40km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands 2014-07-06 04:26:20 UTC-04:00 59.0 km
3.2 70km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico 2014-07-06 04:19:30 UTC-04:00 23.0 km
4.2 56km SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador 2014-07-06 02:33:45 UTC-04:00 68.4 km
4.2 105km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador 2014-07-06 01:47:43 UTC-04:00 35.0 km 2.8 57km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-07-06 01:44:45 UTC-04:00 5.0 km
4.7 158km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga 2014-07-06 01:21:02 UTC-04:00 34.5 km 3.5 47km WNW of Lordsburg, New Mexico 2014-07-06 00:24:56 UTC-04:00 5.0 km
4.2 Off the west coast of northern Sumatra 2014-07-06 00:20:22 UTC-04:00 28.1 km
4.0 Southern Xinjiang, China 2014-07-06 00:15:00 UTC-04:00 10.0 km 3.2 7km S of Medford, Oklahoma 2014-07-06 00:10:46 UTC-04:00 5.0 km
3.1 59km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-07-06 00:10:27 UTC-04:00 7.0 km
3.2 69km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2014-07-05 23:52:03 UTC-04:00 126.0 km
5.0 17km SSW of Layo, Peru 2014-07-05 23:08:47 UTC-04:00 61.2 km 3.1 85km WNW of The Valley, Anguilla 2014-07-05 22:42:20 UTC-04:00 31.0 km
3.3 22km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma 2014-07-05 21:44:18 UTC-04:00 5.0 km
3.4 52km S of Lone Pine, California 2014-07-05 20:54:56 UTC-04:00 4.7 km
4.4 226km N of Tobelo, Indonesia 2014-07-05 19:57:12 UTC-04:00 77.3 km 3.0 22km SE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska 2014-07-05 18:22:42 UTC-04:00 89.1 km
4.1 20km NW of Sidon, Lebanon 2014-07-05 17:41:38 UTC-04:00 14.8 km 2.8 61km ENE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska 2014-07-05 17:04:18 UTC-04:00 9.7 km
2.9 45km SE of Kodiak, Alaska 2014-07-05 16:37:25 UTC-04:00 12.6 km
4.8 55km ESE of Shizunai, Japan 2014-07-05 16:22:56 UTC-04:00 59.3 km 3.2 48km NW of Lordsburg, New Mexico 2014-07-05 15:30:07 UTC-04:00 5.0 km
3.0 53km S of Lone Pine, California 2014-07-05 15:05:46 UTC-04:00 4.6 km
