Posted in theology

We have hope, and that is enough

Posted on by elizabethprata

“For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. These, then, are the things you should teach.” (Titus 2:11-15a)

So we live as we should, we wait, and we do good. We are waiting for The Blessed Hope, therefore we have HOPE! Hope of a life eternal, a life transcendent above these puny worldly concerns, a life with and among the glory of God in the crystal city. Do not despair, do not be downcast, because we are rich,we have the Blessed Hope!

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Posted in after armageddon, global pandemic, judgment

How thin is civilization’s veneer? Thin, as this documentary shows

Posted on by elizabethprata

The following documentary from The History Channel is riveting. It depicts the beginning of, height, and aftermath of a global pandemic in which billions are killed. The famous phrase “nine meals from anarchy” is explained. It means that, grocery stores only have three days of food in stock at any given time, and when supply chains collapse, and no more food is delivered, people quickly will resort to anarchy when they go hungry. The veneer of civilization is very thin as Hurricane Katrina showed us, and this video illustrates how easily in this globally sophisticated world we can transmit a germ that causes a pandemic, and how soon after that, civilization collapses.

The documentary’s synopsis is- “What have past acts of destruction taught us about what will happen to mankind after the apocalypse? Is it inevitable that disaster will someday strike America on an unprecedented level? How has history prepared us? History’s most dramatic events–Hiroshima, 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and others are examined and analyzed with hard data gathered from their massive aftereffects.”

It is all the more vivid because though the documentary begins with the statement: “This film is a theoretical account of a worst case scenario for global disaster.” However, the worst case scenario for global disaster is all too real and the account is a good example of what is going to happen in the future, if you are not raptured. Revelation’s Seal Judgments unleash death on a massive scale and within months, billions die. A fourth of the earth, in fact. Then more after that. (Rev 9:15) One of the Judgments is plague, (Rev 6:8), a global pandemic, exactly like the one shown in the documentary. However, unlike the pandemic in the documentary, the remaining population in the real world Tribulation will also be dealing with wars, violence, and anarchy on a scale never seen before, no, nor shall ever be again. (Matthew 24:21).

Please watch the video with this in mind and turn to Jesus to avoid all the hell on earth that is coming your way. Reconcile with Him, He put eternity in your heart, after all, (Ecc 3:11) so you know you want to…

If you begin watching you won’t be able to stop, they’re that realistic.


 

Posted in earthquake data, earthquakes, more quakes

Are there more earthquakes (Updated)

Posted on by elizabethprata

The following quake chart was generated with USGS data and updated through November 6, 2011. According to comparison against the United States Geological Survey’s own annual averages for the last ten years, yes, there are more earthquakes and the number of quakes is increasing each year. For the last three years in a row quakes have consistently exceeded averages in every category of quakes above 5.0 magnitude. Click on chart to enlarge.

The LORD is shaking us from complacency. Are you ready to meet Him?
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Posted in bible jesus, end time, oklahoma earthquake

Large quake in Oklahoma (Updated)

Posted on by elizabethprata

Update from CNN regarding damage, at bottom.

While geologists have been monitoring the quake swarm in Arkansas, which has renewed lately, a surprise series of quakes shook up Oklahoma overnight. First, Arkansas:

Geologists closely monitoring surge in central Arkansas quakes
Official: Layout of quakes might suggest larger tremor coming
“The Arkansas Geological Survey says it is stepping up its monitoring of seismic activity in central Arkansas after dozens of small earthquakes in the region. Six minor quakes were recorded Friday near Quitman, the latest of more than 50 temblors in October. The Friday tremors began with a 2.0-magnitude quake around 7:45 a.m. and peaked with a 2.5 quake later in the morning.The shaking follows more than 1,000 earthquakes centered between Guy and Greenbrier from September 2010 to July of this year.”

The result of the research into the issue was to stop fracking. Fracking involves injecting pressurized liquid into the ground and geologists thought that was likely contributing to the shaking. Guess what? It wasn’t. The article continues:

“The quakes between Guy and Greenbrier tailed off significantly in August, but more quakes began occurring in October closer to Quitman. It sits about 10 miles northeast of Guy.That distance is potentially concerning, warned Scott Ausbrooks, geohazards supervisor for the Arkansas Geological Survey. The Quitman quakes are occurring along the same line as the Guy-Greenbrier ones, but there’s a miles-long gap between Guy and Quitman in which no quakes have been recorded. … So why is the shaking continuing if the drilling has stopped?”

But surprising residents in a large swathe of the Midwest last night a series of quakes occurred in Oklahoma, shaking up the state.

3.2 OKLAHOMA
3.0 OKLAHOMA
3.4 OKLAHOMA
3.9 OKLAHOMA
4.0 OKLAHOMA
3.4 OKLAHOMA
2.7 OKLAHOMA
3.2 OKLAHOMA
3.8 OKLAHOMA
3.0 OKLAHOMA
3.6 OKLAHOMA
5.6 OKLAHOMA
3.4 OKLAHOMA
3.3 OKLAHOMA
3.3 OKLAHOMA
2.7 OKLAHOMA
2.7 OKLAHOMA
3.4 OKLAHOMA

Quakes shake up state
NORMAN — Oklahoma was rocked by a series of earthquakes this weekend, with quakes being reported both early Saturday morning and late Saturday evening. The earthquakes knocked pictures off walls and woke people and pets as they shook an area that stretched into Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Texas. The U.S. Geological Survey said on its website Saturday that at 10:53 p.m., a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck approximately 21 miles northeast of Shawnee in Pottawatomie County, approximately 44 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. “We all felt it down here, and right after we felt it we were inundated with 911 calls,” Norman Police Lt. Lance Arnold said immediately following the earthquake Saturday evening. “So far, we’ve not had any structural damage or injuries reported, just people calling to verify what they felt was an earthquake. We took hundreds of calls in a matter of minutes.” Earlier in the day, a 4.7 magnitude earthquake struck at 2:12 a.m., with an epicenter about six miles north of Prague in Lincoln County. That’s about 50 miles east of Oklahoma City. A 3.4 magnitude aftershock was reported at 2:27 a.m. from the same location, as well as a 2.7 magnitude aftershock at 2:44 a.m.” article continues at link.

USGS officials in this article simply state of the Oklahoma quakes that while they are not on a plate boundary and some quakes do occur in OK, “We’re unsure what that origin is,” McCarthy said.”

Update
“Crews in central Oklahoma were out early Sunday morning assessing for damage from the largest quake to hit the state since record-keeping began. … [T]he quake caused at least three sections of U.S. Route 62 to buckle, said Aaron Bennett of the Lincoln County 911 and emergency management. … “They’re reporting that all the houses look like they’ve been ransacked,” Bennett said of the assessment crews.”

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Posted in end of days, prophecy

Why we study prophecy

Posted on by elizabethprata

It’s fairly obvious that the world is in its death throes. I get right to the point, don’t I? People who don’t know the bible understand that the times are wild and things are happening that aren’t consistent with an orderly progression of years and decades of human advancement and civilization. For bible believers, we understand that the birth pangs are gearing up to the moment when the birth begins, when the water breaks and the violent, bloody tumult of labor ends with a renewed world and sin addressed. Why do we watch the times and look up because our redemption draws nigh?

1. So we are prepared.
2. So we can tell others.

The entire word of God is inspired and good for us to study so we can hear what He has to say to us. I don’t mean just read, I mean study. Think deeply about what the scriptures are saying about you have just read. Do not give a cursory reading, shut the book and then go make a sandwich. Study. Ask questions. Learn the cross references. Mull and ponder the words and the meanings of what the verse is saying. The book is active, living. It breathes. (Hebrews 4:12). It is sharper than a two edged sword, and you don’t read this book, it reads you.

It will educate you by the power of the Holy Spirit when you pray for wisdom and understanding. But first, we need to diligently seek that understanding by applying all of our critical faculties to what it says.

The prophetic scriptures are often overlooked as being allegorical only (they’re not), as being irrelevant (it isn’t) as being fulfilled (not all of them) as being tinged with a stigma as not as important as the ‘real’ verses (nope, just as important). I’ve noticed that though the bible says we should be excited about the soon appearing of our Lord, encouraged by the imminence, (1 Thess 4:18; 1 Thess 5:11) in awe of the Lord’s deeds (Ex 15:11; Ps 66:5; Zeph 2:11…), the closer we get to rapture the more that rapture watchers say “I’ve changed my mind- I think it could be decades.”

Yet God, in His infinite wisdom, put prophecy in His Word because He knows it is good for us to understand. The Lord has put prophetical truth into His Word because He wants us to know! Prophecy reveals His sovereignty more than any other scripture, in my opinion. He tells us thousands of years prior and then it comes true exactly the way He said. I never get over seeing that and reading it and knowing it.

“Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other;I am God, and there is none like Me,Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,’Calling a bird of prey from the east,The man who executes My counsel, from a far country.Indeed I have spoken it;I will also bring it to pass. I have purposed it;I will also do it.” (Isaiah 46:9-11)

Prophecy reveals His sovereignty also because it shows that His purposes cannot be set aside, diverted nor thwarted. He is over all, and He will bring it about as He has said.

Prophecy leads us to Christ. For who above anyone else can do these things. Who is like Him? None!

“Who then is like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare and lay out before me what has happened since I established my ancient people, and what is yet to come–yes, let him foretell what will come.” (Isaiah 44:7).

There is no God like our God, and He chose to reveal details of His plan and purpose from the ancient of times to now. Learn it! Study it! Be humbled by it! You will be in awe of Him, AND you will be comforted. He will bring about our redemption just as He brings about these other things. He will bring about our renewal from creatures of sin to creations of His glory. It is a comfort to remain in His truth, His word is a security blanket that comforts as much as it convicts.

“Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed. The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.” (Romans 13:11-12)
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Posted in bible, end of days. prophecy, facepalm, tartarus, the immortals

The movie The Immortals and the bible

Posted on by elizabethprata

I loved Greek Mythology growing up. I had a thick Bulfinch’s, the bible of myth books. I took classes, I read about them on my own. Greek myths were really interesting to me.

But now I know that there is one True God, that is El Shaddai, the Ancient of Days. All the rest are lies from satan, spawned upon gullible humans after he fell. Not convinced? Here is a short definition of the original Greek god myth:

“The Titans, also known as the elder gods, ruled the earth before the Olympians overthrew them. The ruler of the Titans was Cronus who was de-throned by his son Zeus. Most of the Titans fought with Cronus against Zeus and were punished by being banished to Tartarus. Since it is satan’s version, of course the gods of Olympus (new crop of underling gods) eventually defeated the Titans (original ones). Many of the Titans were cast into Tartarus.”

Oh, how satan would like to make a revisionist history like that one really stick!

Here is the bible:
“For God did not spare angels when they had sinned, but hurling them down to Tartarus consigned them to caves of darkness, keeping them in readiness for judgement.” (2 Peter 2:4 WNT).

Most versions of the verse say that they were cast down to ‘gloomy dungeons’ and there is usually a footnote at the bottom, and gloomy dungeons is defined “Tartarus.” So in the Greek myths version (satan’s) he won, and God is sent to Tartarus. In the bible, the truth is that God wins and satan’s henchmen are in Tartarus.

In The Iliad (c. 700), Zeus asserts that Tartarus is “as far beneath Hades as heaven is high above the earth.”

In the bible we read, “For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him;” (Psalm 103:11).

In Luke 10:15 we see “And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades!”

And in Isaiah we read, “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isaiah 55:9).

I visited a bible forum in the pursuit of quotes for this essay. In one forum, they were marveling that Greek myths were in the bible and therefore being taught as authoritative. It really stumped them.

The Greek myths were spawned from satan as a perversion of the Truth, people! The bible came FIRST! I didn’t write that on the forum, lol, but I really wanted to let them have it.

The new movie out called “The Immortals” is an updating of the ancient Greek myths. Look at the synopsis below and tell me that doesn’t sound familiar:

“Eons after the Gods won their mythic struggle against the Titans, a new evil threatens the land. Mad with power, King Hyperion  has declared war against humanity. Amassing a bloodthirsty army of soldiers disfigured by his own hand, Hyperion has scorched Greece in search of the legendary Epirus Bow, a weapon of unimaginable power forged in the heavens by Ares. Only he who possesses this bow can unleash the Titans, who have been imprisoned deep within the walls of Mount Tartaros since the dawn of time and thirst for revenge. In the king’s hands, the bow would rain destruction upon mankind and annihilate the Gods. But ancient law dictates the Gods must not intervene in man’s conflict. They remain powerless to stop Hyperion…until a peasant named Theseus  comes forth as their only hope. Secretly chosen by Zeus, Theseus must save his people from Hyperion and his hordes…”

“Fifth Trumpet: The Locusts from the Bottomless Pit”
“Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit, (Tartarus) and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit. Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.” Revelation 9:1-3.

Of course satan’s only human hope is the antichrist. Just like the ‘only hope’ character in the movie, the antichrist has a bow, too. “Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see.” And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.” (Rev 6:1-2)

I hope by now you see the parallels. The spiritual war that we know is occurring is being played out among us and soon it will be real and visible enough. Hollywood has been an aider and abettor of satan since the early days of film and The Immortals is just another example of how satan is preparing humanity to accept the lie. The themes of most of the movies we see nowadays are in some way parallel to the themes of the last days events that will soon enough be playing out in your front yard.

As far as movies in general go, use a simple question before deciding to sacrifice your time and your money at the altar of Hollywood moguls, “Does it honor God?” The rapture is soon. Please be engaged in some activity that you will be relieved to have been doing the split-second before you see Him!
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Posted in damascus, gog magog, middle east, prophecy, psalm 83

Events in the Middle East and Israel are moving fast

Posted on by elizabethprata

Folks, things are moving fast. It is hard to keep up. Joel C. Rosenberg used the word suddenly when he wrote about the current intensification of speculation about a possible preemptive strike by Israel against Iran. His very good and educational article outlining the current situation is called “Is Netanyahu Signaling a Preemptive Strike Against Iran?”

A week ago:
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: I Will Never Recognize a Jewish State

4 days ago:
Rocket fire rocks south
“South under fire again in wake of IAF attack in Gaza: Alarm sounds in various southern communities. Man hit by shrapnel in Gan Yavne; rocket hits school courtyard in Ashdod. Second barrage targets residential building, one injured. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility.”

3 days ago:
Ashdod mayor: “This Can’t Go On Much Longer“
“Ashdod Mayor Dr. Yehiel Lasri, whose city has been under a constant threat of rocket attacks, said on Sunday that the situation cannot continue and urged the government to take immediate action.”

Israel gets ready to unveil David’s Sling
“The Israeli air force is preparing to deploy a new air-defense system with the biblical name of David’s Sling, designed to intercept medium-range missiles, while the Iron Dome system deployed earlier battles Palestinian rockets.”

2 days ago:
UN: Syria complex bolsters suspicion of nuke ambitions
“U.N. investigators have identified a previously unknown complex in Syria that bolsters suspicions that the Syrian government worked with A.Q. Khan, the father of Pakistan’s atomic bomb, to acquire technology that could be used to make nuclear arms.”

1 day ago:
Will Israel Really Strike Iran?
“Benjamin Netanyahu is edging closer to launching a strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities. A firestorm of violence across the Mediterranean would follow. And Tehran is already threatening to retaliate against the United States, writes Bruce Riedel.”

Today:
Benjamin Netanyahu seeks cabinet support for Israeli strike on Iran
“Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, is seeking cabinet support for a military strike on Iran, Haaretz newspaper has reported after days of speculation on plans for such an attack.”

Today:
Salehi: Iran Ready to Push Back Enemy Attacks
“Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi on Thursday responded to reports claiming Israel is planning a military attack against his country, stating Tehran is “ready for war” with Israel.”

Today:
Israeli PM orders investigation into Iran attack leak
“Kuwaiti paper says Binyamin Netanyahu believes the heads of the Mossad and Shin Bet, respectively Israel’s foreign and domestic intelligence agencies, may have leaked plans for attack.”

Tomorrow: (or sometime in probably the near future):

The bible prophecies that wars will occur in the Tribulation. It prophesies these wars in Revelation 6:3-4 as one of the Four Horsemen. Wars and rumors of wars are prophesied in Matthew 24:6. However, war as a general state is not the only prophecy. There are specific wars prophesied to come. The question is not what those wars are. The questions is when. These wars are :

1. Damascus will be destroyed according to Isaiah 17:1.
2. Israel’s abutting neighbors will attack Israel as prophesied in Psalm 83.
3. Israel’s far neighbors will attack Israel. known as the Gog-Magog War of Ezekiel 38-39.

The only thing we know about timing of when these wars may occur is that by the very end of the Gog Magog war, the church will be gone. This is because the LORD God literally pokes His face through the veil and reveals Himself supernaturally, so that all nations know He is the LORD-

“In days to come, Gog, I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me when I am proved holy through you before their eyes.” (Ez 38:16)

“And so I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’ (Ez 38:23)

But more importantly, not only the nations will know it is the Lord that rescues Israel in this attack (that they are about to lose) but Israel knows.

“‘I will make known my holy name among my people Israel.” (Ezekiel 39:7a).

From that day forward the people of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God.” (Ezekiel 39:22.)

It is this battle, prophecy students say, that calls Israel back to covenant with God, and the call for a Temple goes up and sacrifices resume after a 2000 year cessation. We know sacrifices begin because the antichrist stops them according to Daniel 9:26-27. So the wars will happen. We don’t know when- before the rapture, or after?

The wars are not long-drawn out affairs. In Isaiah 17, it explicitly says that in the evening Damascus will be there and by morning it will be gone. (Is 17:14).

The Psalm 83 war with near neighbors is thought to be one that occurs quickly and decisively. It seems that Israel regains the lands promised to her by God to Abraham. It is thought that Israel’s victory of all the near neighbors is so decisive that it causes the literal and mental relief and relaxation and thus will be living in a land of unwalled villages as Ezekiel 38:11- when the Iranians and the Russians come calling.

The entire scenario could be played out within months. The three battles, or wars, won’t take as long as the Afghanistan and Iranian wars the Americans have been engaged in. It would be more like Israel’s Six Day War.

Therefore we may indeed be around to see them. Or not. As the Lord wills.

The heat is incredibly turned up. Middle East is definitely at a boiling point when Israel is openly talking of an attack, and the US and UK are too. Iran will not take this lightly nor will Hezbollah or the Palestinian Authority.  As birth pangs will do, the cataclysms and paroxysms are coming one upon another now, the news s unfolding that fast. Pray you will be found ready to stand before the Lord. He is merciful and loving, but above all He is HOLY.
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Posted in atheists ten commandments, end of days. prophecy, penn

Atheist’s Penn’s 10 commandments suspiciously similar to God’s

Posted on by elizabethprata

On January 21, 2010, magician and showman celebrity Penn Jillette tweeted: “Glenn Beck asked me to write “The Atheist Ten Commandments.” He’s not the boss of me, but I decided to do it anyway. It’s pretty fun.”

It goes without saying that Penn is a serious atheist, libertine, liberal, and opposed to God and the idea of God. I have no idea of the backstory concerning the challenge from Beck to write an Atheists’ Ten Commandments, other than the mention that there was a challenge and I’ve looked. I only found the tweet. But Penn did write a book on it and it’s out. The book is called “God NO!”

The moral standards for atheists that Penn thinks people should live by are on the left, which are suspiciously similar to, you know, God’s? His are on the right. Click the image to go larger.

They are similar to but differ in one important way. Penn, and all of unsaved man, believe that the highest ideal is a good person is his intelligence and creativity. That we can achieve goodness on our own if we follow these rules … or work harder … or live in a world without the negative influence of religion … or follow certain steps … or speak certain mantras … Alas, none of these are true and none will succeed.

The failure of atheists is to understand what Christians know: we are rotten. We are no good. There is no good in us, not one of us does good. (Romans 3:12, Psalm 53:3). We are full of deceitful desires (Ephesians 4:22). We are bad trees bearing bad fruit. (Matthew 7:17).

You may balk, and say, “I do good! I give to the homeless and I volunteer in a hospital and I mentor an at-risk young boy!” Those are good things to be sure. But we are not looking at what is good based on a barometer like Penn’s that goes no higher that the most intelligent person. Comparing goodness of one person to another may certainly get you Goodness points on Penn’s scale. But who is Penn? Goodness is compared against the Holiness of God. Compared to THAT, none of us even come close. It is like a gnat saying they are stronger, smarter, better than a Mack Truck. It is like a drop of water challenging the Tsunami. And even those are puny analogies. God’s holiness is so bright and strong that if any man were to see it he would explode on the spot. (Ex 33:20). Every man who saw the glory of God unveiled – even a split second of it – fell on His face and wished he were dead, or fell down as he were dead, because he knew his sin was filthy compared to God’s holiness (Isaiah 5:21, Rev 1:17, Luke 5:8, Dan 10:5-9, Mark 4:41). If they didn’t fall down they became terrified.

And Penn, and atheists in general, elevate man’s intelligence to higher than a glory so great men can’t absorb it for a nanosecond? In Penn’s wrongful elevation of man to the top of the heap, he places man’s intelligence as the star on the Christmas tree. Thinking that there is no higher intelligence than man’s is foolish. “Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a “fool” so that he may become wise.’ (1 Corinthians 3:18).

“Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.” (Isaiah 5:21).

Here is the bottom line: we cannot be good but God is good. The reason we can’t be good is that we are sinners. We’re born that way. We’re born to sin. It is why we can’t know God, literally and figuratively. Man is SO craven that his blinded mind simply can’t even conceive of Godliness. It is literally not in his nature to think that way. So God draws us to Him. When we refuse Him, as Penn has (“God, NO!”) it is after wrestling with the conviction of the Holy Spirit, a hard-won, blatant refusal despite the grip the Spirit has on us all to draw us from sin toward forgiveness and then glory.

This rejection has eternal consequences. God first says ‘OK’. He then gives the person over to his desires, his degrading passions, and his sin. When that person dies, he has his wish granted to be separate from God forever, finally. He goes to hell, where God is not.

Penn’s moral rules are good. But without God in them, authoring them, molding us to them, they are only ashes in the mouth of a dying man.
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Posted in Palestinian Authority, UNESCO

UNESCO grants full membership to Palestinian Authority

Posted on by elizabethprata

UNESCO and the Palestinians-

The Palestinians had lodged a request to the UN Security Council to become a full member state in the United Nations. At the same time, they put in a request to be a full member state in the cultural and scientific organisation of the UN called UNESCO. The vote for the statehood-membership to the organization UNESCO was held this morning in Paris and they granted membership to the Palestinian Authority.

BBC News: UN cultural and scientific organisation, Unesco, votes to allow Palestinian Authority full membership
“The Palestinian move is aimed at gaining momentum ahead of a UN Security Council vote in November on whether Palestine should become a full United Nations member state. Membership of Unesco – perhaps best known for its World Heritage Sites – may seem a strange step towards statehood, says the BBC’s Jon Donnison, in Ramallah, but Palestinian leaders see it as part of a broader push to get international recognition and put pressure on Israel. The move comes a month after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked for Palestine to become a full UN member state.The UN Security Council is expected to vote on that bid in November. The United States has said it will use its veto.

107 votes for Palestinian UNESCO membership. 14 against. 49 abstain. US, Canada, Germany voted against Palestinian UNESCO bid; Russia, China, France voted in favor; UK abstained. Palestine gets UNESCO membership. Laughter in auditorium when Israel voted no. Huge applause when it passed.

CNN Reports: “22% of its funding in its regular budget comes from the United States, said Sue Williams of UNESCO’s press office. A spokeswoman for the U.S. Mission to UNESCO said U.S. funding stands at about $80 million annually. “Any recognition of Palestine as a Member State would not only jeopardize the hope for a resumption of direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, but (it) would endanger the United States’ contribution to UNESCO,” said an October 13 letter signed by members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, which appropriates UNESCO’s U.S. funding.”

The funding could be cut off based on this US provision of U.S. code which states: “No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or any other Act shall be available for the United Nations or any specialized agency thereof which accords the Palestine Liberation Organization the same standing as member states.”

I had read last week that the PA also plans to use UNESCO status to lay claim to Israel’s Holy and Historical sites. The American Thinker reported thoroughly on this. In that article, they wrote:

“Although UNESCO has no power to confer statehood, Palestinian admittance to this U.N. body will be a launching pad to attack all Jewish and Christian historical claims to the land of Israel. UNESCO has already been complicit in Palestinian historical revisionism when it voted that two of Judaism’s holiest sites, the Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel’s Tomb, are not Israel’s heritage sites, but mosques. Palestinians will most likely leverage their UNESCO membership to claim the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and the Western Wall of the Temple as wholly Palestinian heritage sites. The Palestinian Authority has already issued a paper denying Jewish connection to the Western Wall. Palestinian claims to sacred Jewish sites can’t possibly be based on religious connections. Consider that the Temple Mount is currently being used for picnics and soccer games by Palestinians, and when Palestinians gained control over Joseph’s Tomb, they tried to burn it down — twice. The purpose of laying claim to Jewish holy sites is to erase over 3,000 years of Jewish presence in the land. Denying Jewish history is a stepping stone to denying a Jewish future.”

Very true.

It is interesting that the PA attempted several times before to gain membership to UNESCO and failed. It seems that it passed quite easily today.

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Now to prophetic meaning–

The time of the West is declining and the time of the Muslim nations is rising. This is prophesied. The Time of Jacob’s Trouble as it is known (the Tribulation last 7 years) is about Israel. Israel is the hand on God’s prophetic clock. These things must come to pass as it is prophesied that Israel on that last day will stand alone with all her enemies around her.

“A prophecy: The word of the LORD concerning Israel. The LORD, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person, declares: “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves.” (Zech 12:1-3).

Why? So that they turn to their Messiah, the One whom they rejected but now call upon!

“For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery, lest you be wise in your own estimation, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; and thus all Israel will be saved; just as it is written, ‘The Deliverer will come from Zion, He will remove ungodliness from Jacob'” (Rom. 11:25-26).

That verse tells us that Jews in Israel will be accepting Jesus as Messiah during the Tribulation.

“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit[a] of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.’ (Zechariah 12:10).

What a glorious God we worship. Though rejected for 2000 years, on that Day He will pour out grace. Not mete it out, not dribble it out, but POUR it out upon those who refused to know Him but now clamor for His grace.

The rapidity with which it is all lining up is stunning and more than awe-inspiring. It seems to me to be like a Mack Truck bearing down on a stranded turtle in the middle of the highway. I’m not looking for it. I’m not hoping for it. But if indeed this report is true that there are nukes in Libya; (and with all that yellowcake it was obvious that there likely would be) unstable, Sharia instituting, al-Qaeda flag planting, Libya- prophesied to be so much a part of the war and horror of the last days, then these wars seem more likely than ever to be near to us in time.

Why do we read & study prophecy and stay attuned to the news of the world in relation to it? Because we are commanded to be ready.

“So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.” (Matthew 24:44).

“When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” (Luke 21:28).

We study these things so we are not surprised.

“But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled.” (1 Thessalonians 54-6).

We study these things so we can tell others.

“We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts.” (2 Peter 1:19)

The Word is more sure than personal experience. The Word is more sure than even the news. The Word is the surest thing there is, the Word IS Jesus:

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.”

Friends, the Word is sure. These things will come to pass. And there will only be two kinds of people, friends of Jesus in the Light (believers) and enemies of Jesus in the dark (unbelievers). The rift is growing and the time is coming to make sure of your salvation. In these uncertain times, two things are certain: they will happen exactly as foretold, and Jesus is our Holy God coming to retrieve the saved (1 Thessalonians 4, 1 Corinthians 15) and punish the wicked. (Isaiah 13:11). Make sure you are in the first group! Email me if you are not sure how. Or visit this link, “The Plan of Salvation.”
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Nuclear weapons found in Libya

Posted on by elizabethprata

We know that massive quantities of yellowcake were found in Libya during the revolution/ousting of Gaddafi. I reported that here on September 27.

Then 4 days ago, Ynet News from Israel reported chemical weapons were found.

‘Chemical weapons in Libya under guard‘
“NTC finds chemical weapons, secures them following death of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. ‘They are from Gaddafi’s era and are under guard, until they can be handed over,” says NTC official.”

Tonight, Ynet News reports that “banned weapons” have been found.
“Libya’s National Transitional Council chairman Mahmoud Jibril announced that banned weapons have been found in his country, reported Al Arabiya. (Roee Nahmias)”

The Jerusalem Post goes further and reveals that the banned weapons discovered were in fact nuclear weapons.
“The outgoing premier of Libya’s NTC, Mahmoud Jibril said Sunday that nuclear weapons were found in the country, according to the Al Arabiya TV network, Israel Radio reported. Jibril also said that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will provide further details on the weapons found in the next few days, according to the report.”

I really don’t see how the world will avoid what seems like the prophesied massive wars of the last days in the Middle East within 6 months. Or sooner. It seems to me to be like a Mack Truck bearing down on a stranded turtle in the middle of the highway. . I’m not looking for it. I’m not hoping for it. But if indeed this report is true that there are nukes in Libya; (and with all that yellowcake it was obvious that there likely would be) unstable, Sharia instituting, al-Qaeda flag planting, Libya- prophesied to be so much a part of the war and horror of the last days, then war seems more likely than ever to follow.
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