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Weekly News Update
3/18/08
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This weekly news update is being sent because the Bible tells us to know the prophecies and to "watch" for their fulfillment (which can only be done by learning and knowing what is going on around the world) ... yet, many churches and synagogues today ignore and deny Bible prophecy (which in itself is a major fulfillment of Bible prophecy) ...
Now, a short Bible prophecy lesson to help show how close we are ...
+ Israel back in the Land as a nation (this started the clock ticking ...)
+ Iran and allies threatening war against Israel
+ Russia rising ... and acting as a 'guard' for Iran
+ China armed with weapons capable of quickly destroying 1/3 of mankind
+ Nations of the ancient Roman Empire (Europe?) reuniting and rising in power
+ Teachings of false 'Prophets' leading many
+ A Generation 'morally corrupt' and 'filled with violence'
(The Bible uses the word 'corrupt' - like smelly, rotting meat)
+ 'The falling away'... churches and synagogues no longer teaching or enduring sound doctrine
+ Israel and Jerusalem . . . trouble, troubles, and more trouble
+ All nations turning against nation Israel . . .
= The Generation of the ... Rapture ... the 'Apocalypse' ... Armageddon ... and Messiah's Return.
For the first time in history this prophetic 'equation' is nearly complete . . . and all in this generation!!!
That Tiny Red 'Dot' is Israel ... God warns, 'Israel is His'...'Allah' and his vast armies (green) keep trying to prove Him wrong
The 'God of Israel' and the Bible . . . or . . . 'Allah' and the Koran . . . The Bible Warns One Is True . . . and One Is False
The coming Battle of Armageddon ('Hill of Megiddo') . . . Armageddon lies right in the center of that tiny Red 'Dot'
"I (God) will bless those who bless you (Israel) and will curse those who curse you". . . (Genesis 12:3)
Top Stories . . .
(Click on the headline for the full news story ... Click on the blue link for the Bible prophecy)
--Itar-Tass (Russia) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will go to war and will invade Israel)
Russia's Putin, Medvedev, and Zhirinovsky in Meeting - Moscow Times
Earlier: Russia's Zhirinovsky Calls For A Nuclear Attack Against Japan and Re-Occupying Alaska ...
--Moscow Times (Prophecies...Russia and allies will go to war and will invade Israel) (Prophecies: The coming 'Apocalypse')
Chinese Security Forces Swarm Tibet...
--Drudge/AP (Prophecies...China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)
Chinese Troops Parade Tibetan Prisoners In Handcuffs ...
--Drudge/TimesOnLine (Prophecies...China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)
Pentagon Official Warns China May Already Be At "Cyberwar" With the U.S. ...
--World Tribune (Prophecies...China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)
Murderous Mayhem In Mexico ... At Least 3,008 Killed During Brutal Crime Wave In Just 15 Months
--WND (Prophecies warn the Generation of Armageddon will be morally "corrupt" and "filled with violence")
After Finding Parts Of 6 Dismembered Bodies Mexican Cops Find 36 Bodies in Border City Backyard ...
--Koenig/Fox News (Prophecies: Generation of Armageddon will be "filled with violence") (Brutal Islamic tactics now being found in Mexico ...)
Note to Readers: "Easter"... "Feast of Firstfruits"... "Resurrection Day"... following this week's News Headlines below (and under the photos) you will find remarkable prophecies of the Messiah written by the prophets in the Tanakh (called the Old Testament by Christians) hundreds of years BEFORE the birth of Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) ... so, when you see people around the world celebrating 'Easter' (a non-Biblical term) this coming Sunday, consider how accurately (and literally) all these prophecies (concerning Messiah's first coming as 'the Passover Lamb of God') were fulfilled ... although it may seem a little long ... whether Jew or Gentile you will find it fascinating and worth the effort to read . . . and remember God warns all the prophecies found in the Bible (including the few listed on this page) will be fulfilled just as accurately (and literally) . . .
"Surely the Lord God does nothing,
unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets ..."
(Amos 3:7) (Especially concerning His promised Messiah ... see the special prophecy section after the Weekly News Headlines)
This Week's News Headlines . . .
(What to do in times of trouble ... Trust in the Lord, draw near to Him, earnestly pray for His guidance and direction, and seek His Will in your life.)
Finding Hope and Comfort ... For Those Going Through Difficult Times
--Alpha News Daily (Finding Hope and Comfort in Times of Trouble ...) (God's Promise ...)
Weekly News Update ... with Weekly News Archives ... (More Added)
--Alpha News Daily (Read earlier "Weekly News Updates" from Alpha News Daily)
Levitating Woman ..."Clear-Cut Case Of Demonic Possession"
--WND (Prophecies ... The coming Antichrist) (Who is Satan?) The book (and movie) "The Exorcist" was based on actual case studies ...
There are at least two other classes of creatures (created beings) described in the Bible ... angels and demons. We are warned never to call on, pray to, or worship angels. It appears these two creatures are different (I could be wrong) ... for we find in the Bible angels can sometimes appear to look just like "men" (Genesis 19:1-15 ... Hebrews 13:2) ... while demons always seem to require a human body (or in one case a herd of pigs ... Matthew 8:28-31) to enter into and dwell within. Nowhere does the Bible say these creatures (or creature if they are both forms of angels) have the same three-dimensional space limitations as Man (physics and math majors with understand the significance of this), or are bound to Earth like Man. We are told at some point (around the time of Armageddon) Satan and his angels (which we are told number one-third of all angels) will all be cast down to Earth (Revelation 12:3-4 ... Revelation 12:9). We are also told that Satan now has access to God and Heaven (read Job 1:6-12 plus many passages throughout the Bible) and he is called our "Adversary" (or enemy) and also is called the "Destroyer" ("Abaddon" in Hebrew and "Apollyon" in the Greek ... Revelation 9:11).
Believing Christians are told not to fear him because "He who is in you (the Holy Spirit ... through Jesus Christ ... Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) is greater than he who is in the world (Satan)" ... 1 John 4:4). Remember, the Bible tells us Satan was created and is a created being (Ezekiel 28::13 ... Ezekiel 28:15), and the Bible also tells us Messiah (Jesus Christ ... Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) created all things in Heaven and on Earth (including Satan) ... Colossians 1:16 ... Revelation 4:11 ... John 1:1-3). Yet, we do pray always the Lord will protect us, guard us, shield us, defend us, and deliver us from the attacks, the snares, the traps, and the temptations of the "Evil One"... this mighty "Adversary"... Satan.
We are also told Satan (this "Great Red Dragon") is at war with Israel ... (the "woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars"... Revelation 12:1-8 ... also see Genesis 37:9) ... and will try to destroy Her... because Israel brought forth the Messiah ... and will be instrumental in His return ... Revelation 12:1-8. The news we are now watching as the world slowly turns against God's people and Land of Israel has far greater implications than we might think. (Prophecies: The coming 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon) (Prophecies of Messiah's Return) (Prophecies ... The coming Rapture)
Archbishop Kidnapped By Islamics In Iraq Found Dead ...
--WND/AP (Prophecies describing the 'Generation of Armageddon') (A note on Islam ...) ("Allah"... the ancient Babylonian Moon god)
Islamics Cut Off Fingers Of US and Austrian Hostages In Iraq ...
--Fox News (Prophecies describing the 'Generation of Armageddon') (A note on Islam ...) ("Allah"... the ancient Babylonian Moon god)
Rabbi Blasts His Father's Political Party ... "Jewish Party (Shas) Sold Jerusalem For $138 Million"
--WND (Prophecies...Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation)
--WND//William Federer (The most important Bible prophecies ... Heaven or Hell ... the final separation)
Now: Vicar Beaten in UK ... Attackers Taunt "This Should Not Be a Church, This Should Be a Mosque"
--WND/London Daily Mail (Prophecies ... Christians will be hated) (A note on Islam ...) ("Allah"... the ancient Babylonian Moon god)
--Koenig Int'l/Washington Times (Prophecies ... Christ (Messiah) and Christians will be hated) (Prophecies: The Generation of Armageddon)
Why To Believe In The "Resurrection"...
--DavidHocking.org (Prophecies of Messiah's Return) (The most important Bible prophecies ... Heaven or Hell ... the final separation)
Photo: free-stockphotos.com
Prophecies Fulfilled . . .
God
warned He would one day make a 'New Covenant' (translated New
Testament) with the children of Israel . . .
"Behold, the days are coming
(meaning this was a prophecy)
when I (God) will make a
NEW COVENANT (testament)
with the House of Israel
and the House of Judah
..."
(Jeremiah 31:31)
And
Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in
Hebrew)
fulfilled this when He said ...
"This cup (representing the third cup of Passover
which He was drinking)
is the NEW COVENANT
in My Blood ..."
(1 Corinthians 11:25)
The Cross was part of God’s Plan to provide the way to save us from our sins and from Hell ...
"Yet it was the Lord’s good plan to bruise him;
put Him to grief,
make His soul an offering for sin . . ."
(Isaiah 53:10 ... KJV paraphrased)
(The sacrificial Passover "Lamb of God"...once and for all ... prophecy fulfilled ... the Temple sacrifices were no longer needed )
Prophecies Fulfilled . . .
The Bible warned Messiah would be despised by the world ... and rejected by Israel
"The Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One,
To Him whom man (the world) despises,
To Him whom the nation (Israel) abhors."
(Isaiah 49:7)
"He was despised,
and we did not esteem Him."
(Isaiah 53:3)
The Bible prophesied He would be Crucified . . . a torturous and agonizing death
"All My bones are out of joint . . .
My tongue clings to My jaws;
They pierced My hands and My feet,
They look and stare at Me."
(Psalm 22:14, 15, 16, 17)
The Bible warned He would be mocked during His time of suffering and death . . .
"A reproach of men and despised of the people,
They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying
‘He trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him;’"
(Psalm 22:7-8)
The Bible predicted they would divide His garments and cast lots for His clothes . . .
"They divide my garments among them,
and for My garments they cast lots."
(Psalm 22:18)
Don't blame the children of Israel ...
the Bible warned Messiah would be beaten, bloodied, and would die for our iniquities (sins)
so we could escape the judgment . . . the darkness and torments of Hell
"But He (Messiah) was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities (sins);
The chastisement (punishment) for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes (whip lashes) we are healed.
And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity (sin) of us all."
(Isaiah 53:5-7) (The Hebrew noun used for 'He' was singular and cannot refer to the whole nation of Israel ...)
Photo: free-stockphotos.com
Prophecies Fulfilled . . .
The Bible warned Messiah would be buried in a rich man's grave . . .
"He (Messiah) was buried like a criminal in a rich man's grave;"
(Isaiah 53:9)
The Bible promised Messiah would be quickly resurrected (raised from the dead) . . .
"For You will not leave my soul in Sheol (Hell),
Nor will You allow Your Holy One (the Messiah)
to see corruption (decompose)."
(Psalm 16:10)
And Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) explained . . .
"These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you,
that all things (prophecies) must be fulfilled
which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets (the Tanakh ... Old Testament)
and the Psalms concerning Me."
And He opened their understanding,
that they might comprehend the Scriptures."
Then He (Jesus-Yeshua) said to them,
"Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ (Messiah)
to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
and that repentance and remission of sins
should be preached in His name to all nations,
beginning at Jerusalem."
(Luke 24:44-47) (Messiah was also given "as a Light unto the Gentiles"... Isaiah 49:6)
University Of Virginia Newspaper Mocks God and Mary With Obscene Vulgarities ...
--WND (Prophecies ... Christians will be hated) (Prophecies warn the Generation of Armageddon will be morally "corrupt" ... will mock and blaspheme God and Jesus)
The "I-Hate-America" Democrats ...
--WND/Joseph Farah (Prophecies describing the 'Generation of Armageddon' includes "traitors")
Weather Channel Founder Wants To Sue Al Gore for Fraud...
--Drudge/Fox News (The Bible warns one-day during the coming "Apocalypse" the sun will scorch the Earth ... Rev 16:8-9)
Democrats In Congress Have Already Prepared To Increase Our Taxes Significantly!
--NewsMax
New York Governor Spitzer (Democrat) Resigns In Wake Of Prostitution Scandal ...
--Fox News (Prophecies warn the Generation of Armageddon will be morally "corrupt")
--WND (Prophecies warn the Generation of Armageddon will be morally "corrupt")
--WND/New York Post (Prophecies warn the Generation of Armageddon will be morally "corrupt") (Clinton, Spitzer, Barney Franks, McCreevy, etc., etc., ... not since the deepest depravity of ancient Rome has a nation lifted up such immoral leaders ...)
"Perfect Storm" Hits Parents Who Want To Protect Their Children From California Public Schools ...
--WND (Homeschooled students tend to score higher academically than public school students and are better adjusted ...)
Dutch To Legalize Homosexual Sex In Public Park ...
--WND/London Telegraph (Bible Warnings: Homosexuality and Abortion) (Prophecies ... The 'Generation of Armageddon' will mock God's Word)
--WND/Guardian (UK) (Prophecies warn the Generation of Armageddon will be morally "corrupt" and "filled with violence")
Obama's Pastor Theology: Destroy "The White Enemy"...
--WND (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war ... "ethnic against ethnic") (Prophecies ... Churches and church leaders will be corrupted)
Contradicting His Denial, Report Shows Obama Did Attend "White Arrogance"... "Hate America" Sermon
--NewsMax (Prophecies ... "In the last days ... "deceiving (lying) and being deceived") (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war ... "ethnic against ethnic")
Obama's "Minister" Says, "God Damn America ... US To Blame For 9/11"...
"Beware of false teachers (prophets),
who come to you in sheep's clothing, (they will look like Christians and will have religious titles)
but inwardly they are ravenous wolves." (Many spiritual lives will be lost because of false teaching in the churches)
(Matthew 7:15) (The most important Bible prophecies ... Heaven or Hell ... the final separation)
"Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you
concerning our common salvation,
I found it necessary (compelled) to write to you
exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith
which was once for all delivered to the saints.
For certain men have crept in unnoticed, (church leaders)
who long ago were marked out for this condemnation,
ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness . . .
(who corrupt, twist, ignore, deny, or refuse to teach God’s word in the Bible)
But I want to remind you, though you once knew this,
that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt,
afterward destroyed those who did not believe." (God's Word ... the rules are the same for every generation.)
(Jude 1:3-6)
"Now the Spirit expressly says
that in latter times some (church leaders)
will depart from the faith,
giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons
speaking lies in hypocrisy,
having their own conscience seared with a hot iron,
forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods . . ."
(1 Timothy 4:1-3)
"For the time will come (and we are now there)
when they (many men and women who call themselves "Christian")
will not put up with (endure) sound doctrine. (What the Bible teaches ...)
Instead, to suit their own desires,
they will gather around them a great number of teachers
to say what their itching ears want to hear.
(who will only tell them what they want to hear and not what the Bible says)
They will turn their ears away from the truth
and turn aside to myths. (Such as the 'DaVinci Code')
But you (simple, believing Christians)
be watchful in all things,
endure hardship, (for many "Christians" and church leaders today no longer want to hear what the Bible says ...)
do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry."
(2 Timothy 4:3-5)
Presidential Candidate Barack Hussein Obama Feels Comfortable With "God Damn America??"...
--WND/Hal Lindsey (Prophecies describing the 'Generation of Armageddon' includes "traitors") (This church is a front for something very unBiblical ...)
--Drudge/AP (Prophecies describing the 'Generation of Armageddon') (A note on Islam ...) ("Allah"... Is the ancient Babylonian Moon god ..."Sin")
US Ambassador To Israel Warns, "US Concerned Over (Jews) Building In Jerusalem"...
--Jerusalem Post "I (God) will bless those who bless you (Israel) and will curse those who curse you"... (Genesis 12:3)
--Drudge/Wall Street Journal (More "curses" ahead as our ungrateful nation turns its back on God and God's Word ...)
From Russia: Robert Gates and Condoleezza Rice Come to Moscow For Nothing ...
--Pravda (Russia) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel) (The days of "negotiating" with Russia are over ... Russia senses victory)
Our World: Germany's "Pro-Israel" Power Play ...
--Jerusalem Post/Caroline Glick (Prophecies...Israel after becoming a nation) (Prophecies...Russia and allies will go to war and will invade Israel)
Notable Israeli Political Figure Moshe Feiglin Responds to Being Barred from England ...
--Koenig Int'l (Prophecies...Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation)
Israel To Hold Massive National Emergency Drill ...
--Jerusalem Post (Prophecies...Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation) The time draws near ...
Turkish Court Takes Up Demand To Ban Ruling (Islamic) Party ...
--AFP (France) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, Turkey, and allies will go to war and will invade Israel)
Hamas Offers Israel Deal On Cease Fire ...
--DavidHocking.org (Prophecies...Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation) (Prophecies ...'Gaza shall be forsaken")
Strategic Intention and Mass Man ...
--JR Nyquist (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will go to war and will invade Israel) (Prophecies...China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind)
Patrick Henry College ... Introducing The New Harvard
--WND (Ivy League quality with a Biblical foundation ... scholastic powerhouse with mostly home-schooled students)
Israel's Annual Intelligence Report ...
--DavidHocking.org (Prophecies...Israel after becoming a nation) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will go to war and will invade Israel)
Military Officers Welcome Admiral Fallon's Resignation From CentCom ...
--WND/Wash Times (Say he did not protect our troops by failing to stop foreign fighters and weapons from entering Iraq ...)
Euro Tops $1.55 For First Time ...
--BBC News (Prophecies ... 10 nations of the Roman Empire will reunite and rise in great power) (Prophecies ... The coming Antichrist)
How Russia's Putin Got His Grip On Russian Oil and Energy ...
--Moscow Times (Prophecies...Russia and allies will go to war and invade Israel) (Track the rise in oil prices after Putin took control over Russian oil ...)
Switzerland To Sign Huge Gas Deal With Iran ...
--Jerusalem Post (Prophecies...Russia and allies will go to war and will invade Israel)
5.9 Earthquake Reported Off Oregon Coast ...
--AFP (Prophecies ... Earthquakes in diverse places)
Alarm Over Venezuela's Arms Buildup ...
--WND/Business Week (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)
Our World: As Musharraf Surrenders Pakistan to the Taliban ... So Goes The US With Gaza
--Jerusalem Post/Caroline Glick (Prophecies...Israel after becoming a nation) (Prophecies...Russia and allies will go to war and will invade Israel)
From Israel: Attention Turns to Israel-Arab "Fifth Column"...
--Israel Nat'l News (Prophecies...Israel after becoming a nation) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)
'Israel Threatened To Attack Damascus' ...
--Jerusalem Post (Prophecies ... Damascus-Syria will be utterly destroyed) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)
The
following Bible prophecies of the Messiah were written in the Old Testament
(Tanakh) many hundreds of years BEFORE Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in
Hebrew) was ever born ... and were also translated into Greek (in the Jewish
'Septuagint' Bible) over 250 years BEFORE Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in
Hebrew) was born. . .
The Bible told us Messiah would ride triumphantly into Jerusalem . . .
Meek and lowly . . . riding on a donkey
"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Israel)!
Behold, your King (Messiah) is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation,
yet He is lowly and riding on a donkey."
(Zechariah 9:9) (A remarkable mathematical prophecy was also fulfilled on this day ... the book of Daniel's prophecy of the Messiah)
He would be betrayed by a friend
"Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, who
ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me."
(Psalm 41:9)
They would set a price on Him of 30 pieces of silver . . .
which would then be thrown into the potter's field
"So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
And the LORD said to me, ‘Throw it to the potter’ -
that princely price they set on me."
(Zechariah 11:12-13)
The Messiah would be despised and rejected . . .
He would deeply feel the pain of rejection
"He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief."
(Isaiah 53:3)
People would turn their backs on Him
"And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;"
(Isaiah 53:3)
The Messiah would be despised
"He was despised,
and we did not esteem Him."
(Isaiah 53:3)
The Messiah would be despised by the world and rejected by Israel
"The Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One,
To Him whom man (the world) despises,
To Him whom the nation (Israel) abhors."
(Isaiah 49:7)
He would suffer . . . brutally beaten and bloodied
"So His appearance was marred more than any man"
(Isaiah 52:14)
The Messiah would be beaten, bloodied, and would die for our iniquities (sins)
so we could escape the judgment . . . the darkness and torments of Hell
"But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes [whip lashes] we are healed.
And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity [sin] of us all."
(Isaiah 53:5-7) (The Hebrew noun used for 'He' was singular and cannot refer to the whole nation of Israel ...)
Yet, as the Passover Lamb of God, He would remain silent during His ordeal
"He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth."
(Isaiah 53:7)
He would be Crucified . . . a torturous and agonizing death
"All My bones are out of joint . . .
My tongue clings to My jaws;
They pierced My hands and My feet,
They look and stare at Me."
(Psalm 22:14, 15, 16, 17)
He would have stakes . . . nails . . . driven through his hands
"And someone will say to Him,