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Palestinians to change tack at ICC and ask court to investigate settlement building

Bombing victims testify at US trial on PLO role in Israel attacks

Head of UN inquiry into Gaza conflict to quit over Israeli

bias claim

Expect many more rounds of fighting after Gaza war, IDF Northern Command chief warns

Giuliani backs Netanyahu: If someone threatens to kill you, you don't give them the gun

Video: Iran says it launches domestically-made satellite into orbit

Jordan to return ambassador to Tel Aviv, citing Israel's steps to ease Temple Mount tensions

European Union Slams Egypt For Mass Death Sentences

ISIS bodies line Kobani streets after Kurdish forces take control of destroyed city

Obama says US deploying all available assets to free US woman in ISIS captivity

Female Iraqi militant held by Jordan is heroine to jihadists

ISIS leader warns unauthorized tweets don't speak for caliphate

US Drone Strike Kills 4 al-Qaida Rebels in Yemen

Bangladesh petrol bomb attack leaves seven dead

Spain to pass measures to tackle homegrown Islamist militants

Dutch journalist to be tried in Turkey on 'terror propaganda' charges deepening feers over press freedom

Obama budget allocates $8.8 bln to fight Islamic State, help Iraq

New techniques emerge to track terror threats on social media

Obama seeks $14 billion to boost U.S. cyber-security defenses

FCC chief prepares to overrule state Web laws

Chicago College Students Hosting Campus Fundraiser for Convicted Terrorist

School suspends nine year-old for making 'terroristic threats' with 'Hobbit' ring

Ex-SS Man To Face Trial Over 300,000 Murders

Iranian contest has cartoonists denying Holocaust

Ukraine run by 'miserable' Jews: rebel chief

Ukraine throws reinforcements at Debaltseve, separatists vow to escalate war

Ukraine rebel leader Zakharchenko 'wants 100,000 men'

Proxy war? Obama facing rising pressure to send lethal aid to Ukraine

Calls for louder global 'voice' as China, India, Russia meet

UN official says North Korean regime must be 'dismantled' for human rights to thrive

U.S. expands sanctions against Venezuela officials

Obama Quietly Adds 5.46 Million Foreigners To Economy

January's Market Volatility: Blip or Omen?

Oil up 11 percent after two-day rally; trade volatile on stock builds

Earthquake with 6.3 magnitude hits Argentina

5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Ile Hunter, New Caledonia

5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Panganiban, Philippines

5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Tocopilla, Chile

5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Pasauran, Indonesia

With Monday's Snowfall, Boston Breaks Its Record for Snowiest Week

'Medical mystery' still stumps doctors amid outbreak of poliolike paralysis

Ebola vaccines testing starts in Liberia

Vaccination debate flares in GOP presidential race, alarming medical experts

RiAus director Dr Paul Willis says children whose parents refuse to vaccinate them should be isolated from others

Mexican opium farmers expand plots to supply US heroin boom

Three-person babies technique voted on by MPs

Obama's Budget Includes Social Security Benefits for LGBT Couples

ICE: Transgender Illegals Guaranteed 'Right to Hormone Therapy' in Detention

'Inside Edition' Hires First Transgender Television Reporter

Portland strippers head to Salem to lobby for better work conditions

Iceland to build first temple to Norse gods since Viking age 

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Hezbollah Hamas Renews Alliance with Iran, Hezbollah

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Iran boasts of rocket aid to Palestinians, Hezbollah - Stuart Winer - http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-boasts-of-rocket-aid-to-palestinians-hezbollah/   Commander of aerospace force says technology to mass-produce missiles exported to Tehran's anti-Israel allies The commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp's missile division boasted on Monday that his country has provided short- and mid-range ballistic rocket technologies to its allies, including the Palestinians and Hezbollah in Lebanon.  IRGC aerospace force commander Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said that information and skills to locally produce military rockets were also given to the governments of Syria and Iraq.  "The IRGC's Aerospace Force has developed to a stage in the field of missile industries that it can mass-produce different types of short- and mid-range missiles," Hajizadeh said, according to a report by the semi-

official FARS news agency. Israeli defense officials have often voiced concerns over the spread of mid-range missiles to Hezbollah and the Palestinians that put all of Israel within striking distance. "The Islamic Republic of Iran has helped Iraq, Syria, Palestine and the Lebanese Hezbollah by exporting the technology that it has for the production of missiles and other equipment, and they can now stand against the Zionist regime, the ISIL [Islamic State group] and other Takfiri [apostate] groups and cripple them," Hajizadeh said. He also claimed that Iran was developing its own radar and drone technologies that were being exported to other countries. In 2013 Hajizadeh made various claims as to the improved accuracy of Iranian ballistic missiles, including a supersonic anti-ship missile, the so-called Persian Gulf missile, which has a range of over 250 kilometers. Israel has vowed to prevent what it terms "game-changing" technologies from falling into the hands of Hezbollah. Several airstrikes over the past three years, attributed to Israel and carried out amid the continuing civil war in Syria, were said to have targeted advanced weapons shipments heading to the Lebanese terror organization. Last month a helicopter attack on a convoy near the Syrian town of Quneitra on the Golan Heights, apparently carried out by the IDF, killed six Hezbollah members and and at least one Iranian, Mohammed Ali Allahdadi, a decorated Iranian general who was reportedly advising the Syrians on their war effort. Hezbollah, Syria and Iran have all vowed to strike at Israel in the wake of the attack, and last week a Hezbollah attack along Israel's northern border killed two IDF soldiers. There have been conflicting reports as to whether Israel knew that Allahdadi was in the convoy hit during the airstrike. Along Israel's southern border, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have steadily increased the range of their rocket attacks on Israeli towns and cities. During 2014's Operation Protective Edge, in which the IDF battled Hamas, terrorists fired over 4,000 rockets at Israel including several that reached Tel Aviv and the outskirts of Haifa in the north, and threatened air traffic at Ben Gurion international airport. Last November Revolutionary Guard Brigadier General Sayed Majid Moussavi said that the Palestinians and Hezbollah had received Fateh-

class missiles from Tehran. The Fateh-110 missile has a range of about 200 kilometers (120 miles) and can carry warheads of around 500 kilograms. Fired from southern Lebanon, the missiles could hit as far south as the Israeli city of Beersheba. 

 

Hamas Renews Alliance with Iran, Hezbollah to "Destroy Zionist Enemy" - By Raphael Poch - http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/28967/hamas-pleas-with-big-brothers-iran-hezbollah-to-save-terror-group-middle-east/#jebJfzsm6LuedYK6.97  The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." (Genesis 6:5) In a recent plea to help further their goal of destroying Israel, Hamas reached out to their two "big brothers", Iran and Hezbollah. The Gaza-based terror group asked for more military supplies and an increase in financial aid to carry out more terror attacks against the "Zionist enemy." Senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar formally asked the two radical Islamic powers to help them in their fight against the only democracy in the Middle East. According to the Iranian Fars News Agency, al-Zahar told Al-Manar TV over the weekend, "We stretch our hand of cooperation for materializing the Palestinian cause, because Palestine is an essential issue and more efforts should be put into it." He noted that Hamas needs Iran's further financial and arms aid to continue its "resistance" against the Jewish state and "destroy the Israeli occupation." Using a somewhat different tactic than direct confrontation against Israel, al-Zahar called on Hezbollah to ready "Palestinian refugees" to take up positions outside of Israel's borders in order to be prepared for an armed struggle with Israel. The request came just weeks after deputy chairman of Hamas' political

bureau Mousa Abu Marzouk hailed Iran for its long-term and permanent support for the terrorist group. Last week, Hamas met with political leaders of Hezbollah in Beirut to discuss cooperation between the two groups. Doha-based Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal is expected to visit Tehran in the next few weeks to further cement the alliance.   

 Magog and the Kings of the East growing Energy Relationship - Nick Cunningham - http://time.com/3692820/russia-china-energy-relationship/  Russia has succeeded in capturing a larger share of the massive - and growing - Chinese oil import market Russia's economic free fall and isolation from the West has made it increasingly eager to build its relationship with China, even at the cost of lost leverage with Beijing. But new economic data from China shows that Russia has succeeded in capturing a larger share of the massive - and growing - Chinese oil import market. China's imports of Russian oil skyrocketed by 36 percent in 2014. The rapid rise in Russian oil exports to China is displacing other sources, such as Saudi Arabia and other OPEC members. The Wall Street Journal reports that China's oil imports from Saudi Arabia fell 8 percent in 2014, and imports from Venezuela fell 11 percent. The data suggests that Russia and China are finally forging closer trade ties based on energy. They share a massive border, but have been unable to capitalize on what has long appeared to be a well-matched economic opportunity - Russia is a huge energy producer and China is the world's largest importer of petroleum products. Historic animosity and mutual suspicion had long left a major deal off the table. The sticking point had been price. Years of negotiations over major natural gas trade stalled as each side held out for more favorable terms. 

However, the conflict in Ukraine and the near-severing of relations between Russia and Europe led to a breakthrough in the Sino-Russian energy relationship - in Beijing's favor. They agreed to a major natural gas deal in May 2014 that could see Russia export 38 billion cubic meters per year to China beginning in 2018, with the option of ramping those figures up to 60 bcm per year at a later point. Crucially, the two sides appeared to agree on a price in the range of $9-$10 per million Btu (MMBtu), much closer to China's preferred price point. The exact terms were not disclosed, but China may have even secured a lower price than Europe pays for Russian gas. On the other hand, the collapse of oil prices have also forced down the price of liquefied natural gas (LNG), another vital source of imports for China. LNG spot prices have dipped below $10/MMBtu. While LNG prices are highly volatile and may not stay low for long, for now the Russia-China gas deal (if it goes through) looks a bit better for Russia than it did last year, having potentially locked in a price higher than it might have otherwise received after LNG prices collapsed. Nevertheless, Russia is increasingly at China's mercy, as it offers a crucial lifeline. Rosneft has received advanced payments from China in exchange for future oil exports, and other Russian firms have obtained loans from Chinese companies, as they are unable to access international financial markets because of western sanctions. Moreover, not only was price a sticking point in the natural gas deal, but so was the issue over China taking equity stakes in Russian energy projects. Russia feared a geopolitical disadvantage if China acquired ownership in oil and gas fields within Russian borders. But that too appears to be changing in China's favor. In 2013, China's CNPC took a 20 percent stake in the Yamal LNG project, and agreed to jointly develop oil and gas fields in eastern Siberia with Russia's state-owned oil company Rosneft. And in November 2014, a subsidiary of CNPC gained access to a major oil field in Russia. CNPC will take a 10 percent stake in ZAO Vankorneft (a subsidiary of Rosneft), which is seeking to develop an oil field that could produce 1 million barrels per day by 2020. Such upstream equity stakes were something that Russia had opposed until recently. More upstream acquisitions by Chinese firms in Russia could be in the offing as Russia's economic and geopolitical position has weakened. As a result, Russia and China are forming a much stronger symbiotic relationship. Although for very different reasons, that suits both countries just fine.

 

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 Nearing Midnight: Lessons from the Ultimate Sin Stock - Todd Strandberg - http://www.raptureready.com/rap16.html   I recently read that Altria, which used to be called Phillip Morris, has been one of the best performing stocks on Wall Street. Since 1980, it has had a return of 15,000 percent; which is a 150 fold increase. I found this fact amazing, knowing that Altria's primary business is the selling of cigarettes.  Warren Buffet did famously say this about cigarettes: "You make a product for a penny. Sell it for a dollar, and you sell it to addicts." Buffet refused to invest in tobacco companies because they cause the death of many of their customers, and also because lawsuits filed by relatives of these dearly departed would seemingly put the bottom line at risk.  

Over the years, all tobacco companies in the U.S. have been the target of massive lawsuits and relentless efforts by the government to restrict the use of their product. By the late 90s, the legal action against Altria was so pervasive, it looked doubtful that the firm would survive.  A standard argument by the DOJ was that tobacco companies had engaged in a decades-long conspiracy to 1) mislead the public about the risks of smoking, 2) mislead the public about the danger of secondhand smoke; 3) misrepresent the addictiveness of nicotine, 4) manipulate the nicotine delivery of cigarettes, 5) deceptively market cigarettes characterized as "low tar," while knowing that those cigarettes were at least as hazardous as full flavored cigarettes, 6) target the youth market; and (7) not produce safer cigarettes. [1]  In 1998, Altria agreed with other cigarette-makers to pay more than $200 billion to states over 25 years to help cover the health bills of ailing smokers. To date, Altria has paid more than $60 billion to states.  The settlement did nothing to resolve class action lawsuits. In April of last year, Altria was found liable for a $10.1 billion award because it used the word "light" to promote cigarettes. About 1.4 million people are represented in the case filed in 2000. Altria has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to review the case.  There is also no love for tobacco companies in individual Jury awards. In July of last year, a jury in Florida awarded a staggering $23 billion against R. J. Reynolds Tobacco, the country's second-largest tobacco company, for causing the death of a chain smoker who died of lung cancer. The verdict was based on the belief that RJR had concealed the health hazards its product.  I think tobacco firms are doing the devil's work by selling cigarette to people. With that being said, I don't think anyone deserves a dime based on the idea that they didn't know smoking was bad for them. We might as well have awards for people who fall off hotel balcony because the person at the head desk didn't warn them about gravity. These government and private lawyers are not doing the Lord's work. They are just gumming up the legal system with cases that are mostly driven by greed.  In a strange economic twist all these large settlements and hefty taxes have allowed Altria to prosper. The average price of cigarette now totals $6.36 per 20-pack including Federal and state taxes averaging $2.50. As taxes forced up the retail price of cigarettes, Altria has been able to pass on its costs and take a large portion of an ever expanding pie.  

The deal that states made with big tobacco has been a money loosing arrangement. The $200 billion they will receive is only a fraction of the multi-trillion dollar health bill that will add up in the coming years. If smoking causes cancer and dozens of other health problems, the moral and economic thing to do would be to ban its use.  Sin and money can create strange conflicts of interest. I remember one of my High School teachers lecturing the entire class about the health risks of smoking. He then spoiled his entire argument by saying, "I would be happy to take a hit on my tobacco stock if some of you would quit or not take up the habit." Obviously, he only wanted to be party to causing the ill-health of strangers.  For now, the future of Altria looks bright. The government has become too addicted to taxes on tobacco and cigarettes to put them out of business. Many states use collections from tobacco taxes to fund their public school systems. Since our politicians are too cowardly to raise taxes openly and honestly, they rely on a vice they profess to despise. With smoking rates highest amongst the uneducated, it's the lower working class and poor that bares this burden. Senator Russell B. Long said it best, "Don't tax me. Don't tax thee. Tax that fellow behind the tree."  Endnotes  [1] http://tobaccofact.weebly.com/tobacco-company-lawsuit.html

 

 Propoganda To The Masses - Belle Ringer - http://www.salvationandsurvival.com/2015/02/propoganda-to-masses.html        If you wanted to transmit subliminal messages to the world, and get the most bang for your buck, where would you do it?  Why, the Super Bowl of course!  Millions of viewers tune in each year to watch this media extravaganza that has turned into a no-brainer for capturing the attention of mindless viewers who soak up commercial after commercial.  In fact, I would submit that even if people don't have a favorite team to root for, they will watch just to see the commercials!       Remember, we now live in a culture that is desperate to be

entertained.  We crave anything that appeals to our flesh ... excitement, emotions, or new concepts of how we should live our lives.        You all know that I see things from a Biblical worldview.  It is my belief that the world's Culture -- and that's with a capital "C" -- has tempted and seduced mankind towards a false destiny.  To Christians, the Culture has become like the Whore of Babylon mentioned in the Book of Revelation.  To the Secularist, the Culture is just a new and better way to live in the world; a "new world order", so to speak.  And the force behind this false message is none other than Lucifer, himself.       He's done a good job of showing us this "new order" through movies, TV, video games, social media, and the ever-expanding applications available on our computer devices.  And he was so clever in making it all addictive.  Our minds have been programmed to seek the latest stimulus and to be influenced by its message -- whether it be harmful or beneficial to us.        It is the job of those who are in the service of Satan's system to create the most engaging, captivating and alluring messages to woo us away from God's foundational principles.  The Super Bowl commercials do just that, and the massive audience who tunes in make it the best, biggest, and easiest way to push that agenda.        But if you take a serious look at the commercials, you can discern what the "underlying" message is meant to be.  Let me share just a few from the 2015 smorgasbord of false and tempting messages meant to inspire us and prepare us for a different destiny.       There was plenty of apocalyptic messages to go around.  There was a trailer for the next movie in the successful Terminator franchise, as well as one for Jurassic World.  It seems that both "The Singularity" of man and robot, and the Science of genetic manipulations were well represented.          And take the Carnival Cruise Line ad that ran a voice-over by President John F. Kennedy:  (Quote):  "I don't really know why it is that we are all so committed to the sea ... it is, I think ... because we all came from the sea.  We are tied to the ocean, and when we go back to the sea, we are going back from whence we came...".  (Closed Quote).  The spot ends with the words "Come back to the sea."  Keep in mind, that the entire 60 seconds of this spot is showing people of all ages, ethnic backgrounds, and countries; some holding hands, others smiling at each other.  "We are all one community", it seems to tell us.  Then there is the not-so-subtle message that we evolved from the sea.  Oh,

and let's make sure that we suggest there is no Sovereign Creator.       The same could be said of the Jeep ad, titled "This Land is Your Land."  Great, you might be thinking ... a good old rah-rah American ad.  But after the opening lines and stunning images that refer us to California, New York, the redwood forests, and the Gulf Stream waters, the images move to scenes from around the world.  We are shown scenes of India, Asia, the Great Wall of China, the statue of Christ of the Andes in Argentina, the Middle East, and Australia.  Wait!  This was a song written by Woodie Guthrie about America!  But in the Super Bowl version, it is obvious that we are to take away the message that "this land" belongs to everyone ... we are all part of this "one world system".  In fact, the written message at the end of the ad is this:  "The World is a Gift.  Play Responsibly.  Water is Life.  Help Provide It."  So we get a little global warming message thrown in, along with the idea that Man -- not God -- is in control of our natural resources.     And Mophie Powerless Batteries ran an ad that featured various doomsday scenarios:  ashes falling from heaven; material objects being sucked up into the sky; trees spontaneously combusting; weather stations announcing "blizzards in Africa" and "tsunamis in Paris" while wild hyenas enter the studio.  It showed social chaos while meteors showered lawless cities, and the laws of matter and nature being displaced as satellites spun out of control.  The camera pans into outer space and we see God (who looks suspiciously like Lionel Richie in his Commodore days) peering at his failing cell phone battery.  This version of a gentle God mutters, "Gosh darn it" and we see the message on screen, "When Your Battery Dies, God Knows What Can Happen."       You can decide for yourself what we were supposed to take away from this 60 second mini-movie.  Is God a selfish God who is uncaring about the events that take place on earth?  Or is it that God is pro-technology; and without technological power, the earth descends into chaos?  You can bet that there was a specific reason that the powers-that-be chose to advertise a cell phone battery in this manner.       And speaking of technology and mobile applications, The Game of War was able to combine sex and a prophetic message in its ad.  As a meteor comes crashing into her castle, Super-model Kate Upton pronounces "The thing about empires ... is that the bigger you build them, the more your enemies want to knock them down.  Let them have their fun.  You and I will revisit them soon enough. Do you want to come and play?"  In the background, fire abounds and nephilim hybrids battle mankind.  But the average person watching is just thinking, "Wow!  Cool game!"  But I heard and saw something far more ominous in those words and images.

      And speaking of ominous sounds ... the ad for SquareSpace, a website builder, featuring actor Jeff Bridges chanting "Ooooom", was downright chilling.  "Om" is is a mantra and mystical sound of Hindu origin (geographically India and Nepal).  It is sacred and important in various religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism.  It is used in meditation to empty your mind and gain a realization of "The Highest".  There was no mistaking the intent of that commercial!      These are just a few of the ads that aired during the two-plus hours of the Super Bowl.  You might think that I am making too much of them; that what harm can be done by watching a 60-second commercial?  It is not the time period that is the danger.  It is the importance that we have given to endorsing what the Culture promotes, versus the decreased value we have given to God's message.  One of these ads by itself may not make an impact.  But when taken together -- when they are combined over hours of watching TV and movies, or playing the latest online video game -- and when the entire country can't wait to see what commercials will be shown to our addicted minds ... well, I just wish we were as hungry for God's Word, and His stories, and His content.  In the meantime, Lucifer has a winning strategy.  Why should he change the playbook?  To see these ads and more, click here.  How do you discern their message? 1 John 2:16    "For all that is in the world-the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions-is not from the Father but is from the world."    

 

Daily Devotion: Our Example to Follow - Greg Laurie - www.harvest.org   Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up on a high mountain apart by themselves; and He was transfigured before them. His clothes became shining, exceedingly white, like snow,

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 Featured Article: War and Peace - Pete Garcia - http://www.omegaletter.com/articles/articles.asp?ArticleID=7981   Not a trace of trench left...One can see nothing for the smoke, fire, and spurting earth.  We sink down, dazed, upon the tortured earth.  A new day breaks, more horrible than the last...Men die of mud, as they die from bullets, but more horribly. Mud is where men sink and-what is worse-where their soul sinks.  Mud hides the stripes of rank, there are only poor suffering beasts.  Hell is not fire...hell is mud.   I came across this quote from an unknown soldier, at the World War I

museum in Kansas City awhile back.  It is a very powerful, yet disturbing depiction of what real war is.  I know the US has been at "war" for the last 13 years or so, but to me, this isn't war.  It's tough love nation building.  Real war, is total war...in the most Clausewitzian sense of the word.  It is where one side tries to totally annihilate the other side...by any means necessary. The History Channel capitalized on the 100th anniversary of WWI, by showing grainy black and white film clip montages from that era.  One thing that always intrigued me, was the war footage showing the disheveled masses, slogging along a dirt road away from their smoldering homes and villages.  Families, often wearing the only clothes they had, carried everything they could salvage from their homes in luggage or on small wagons.  Children walking, not sure what had happened, and the elderly, with the look of shock and disbelief in their eyes.  Hope departs, and the brutality of the reality of war, sets in.  I wonder, at the outset, did they ever think in a million years, that that's where they would end up? For when we think of World War I, we think of nations ignorantly marching into war with the preconceived notions of weeks, rather than years.  We think of trench and chemical warfare.  We think of mud and barbwire.  WWI really then was a watershed event for the world as it became the first war to use tanks and airplanes.  The world transitioned from fancifully-dressed uniformed men, marching in line across a battlefields against the enemy...to dirt-soaked, shivering men, hiding in trenches.  It went from horse and saber, to tanks and machine guns.  It went from cannonballs, to mustard gas.  It upped the ante if you will, to the depths of the depravity a nation would go to, to wage war.  It went from chivalrous, to horrifying.  And to add insult to injury, the 'War to End All Wars' (WWI), only set the stage for an even greater war, World War II. Assessment Having lived through the past 13 years of the War on Terror, one is amazed at how liberal pundits and politicians try to equate our most recent engagements as somehow worse, than those great wars of the past.  Even at the very the height of the Iraqi and Afghani insurgencies, they simply could not compare in the sheer volume of US deaths that occurred in the previous four 20th century engagements.

 *Two years at war: WWI-53,402 U.S. combat deaths*Four years at war: WWII-291,557 U.S. combat deaths*Four years at war: Korean War-33,686 U.S. combat deaths

*20 years at war:  Vietnam War-47,424 U.S. combat deaths*13 years at war:  War on Terror (both Iraq and Afghanistan)- 6,640 U.S. combat deaths The honor for the single most lethal battle in US history, goes to the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in World War I (September 26th - November 11th 1918), in which 26,277 American's died. Total war, is for lack of a better term, a generation-killing, meat grinder.  And for those lucky enough to live through it, you may escape with your life, but never your innocence.  Now what is the point of all of this you might ask?  Well, as bloody as the 20th Century may have been, the Bible points to even darker days to come, which will make these seem trivial.  Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?"  And Jesus answered and said to them: "Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.  Matthew 24:3-8 In context, the phrase beginning of sorrows, is one that is associated in biblical terms, with that of the birth pangs associated with pregnancy. (Isaiah 13:8, 26:16-18, 66:7-16; 1 Thess. 5:3)  It's not simply that there would be wars and rumors of war, because we've always had them throughout human history.  As so it is with pregnancy, these signs would increase in both size, intensity, and frequency as the end of the age draws nearer.  Certainly, if the 20th Century could yield up globally catastrophic events such as WWI and WWII, the 21st Century is destined to be even bloodier and more violent.  So if we've seen the escalation in the past century, of which the 20th century beat the previous twenty centuries combined, in total deaths attributed to war, then the 21st has to beat all that the 20th could offer up.  And the new century and the new millennium, offered up as a sacrifice in the first year, September 11th, 2001.  The beginning of the 20th century encompassed unbridled nationalism.  The beginning of the 21st century, marked a war against unbridled ideology.  And although Islam is a religion of violence, it still manages to encompass a global population of around 1 billion adherents.  Since the U.S. has an all-volunteer force (of around 1% of the US population), the impacts have not been as wide felt as the previous engagements, when the Draft was in effect.  The only way that the US can maintain an effective all-

volunteer force, is to make the incentives worth the investment.  But the US in finally coming to the realization, that it cannot print its way out of 18 Trillion dollars' worth of debt, neither can it afford to keep its promise to pay the 100 Trillion dollars in unfunded liabilities (future payments for retirement, social security, welfare, etc.) to those who have spent a lifetime paying into the system.  It is not a stretch to see the US bringing back the draft to cover those leaving the service, and reduce the incentives (as it's already doing) to its Armed Forces, in order to meet the ever increasing threats to the world today.  The reasons the numbers are so low for US casualties in over 13 years of war, is that our Soldiers today, have the best training and the best equipment money can buy.  Survival rates in this war, far exceed any of the previous.  All that to say this, the US way of war is not sustainable without a robust economy, and we are in the process of scaling back our capabilities, to remain the greatest fighting force on the planet.  And in our absence, others will step forward to fill that gap...whether it is militant Islamists, or the Chinese.  Nature hates a vacuum, and if the US isn't number one, someone will fight to fill that spot.  What is worse, is that the 21st century potential for Total War (with advanced technology and a higher density global population) could easily trump anything the prior century could do on its worst day.  The weapons of WWI, WWII, Korea, and even Vietnam were rather rudimentary in comparison to today's arsenal.  When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come and see." Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.  Revelation 6:3-4 In Revelation Chapter five, Jesus Christ is revealed in the throne room of God as the "a Lamb, as though it had been slain".  It is Christ who takes the Sealed Judgments from the right hand of God, and opens them.  The first Seal unleashes the Rider on the White Horse.  This man represents the final world dictator who will have the full backing of Satan.  (Luke 4:5-6)  We have seen this before, in where a man rises out of obscurity, and amasses great power...for a season.  This in part, is because Satan doesn't know when the Rapture of the Church will occur, so he must have a man waiting in the wings at all times.  We see these leaders rise, and then after a certain point, they began to make one seemingly disastrous mistake after another.  The two most recent examples in terms of attempts at world domination, were Napoleon and Hitler.  They were successful for a season, but then, Napoleon had his Waterloo.  Hitler invaded Russia, instead of finishing

off Great Britain and thus opened himself up to a two-front war.  After their brief rise to power, it is as if Satan realizes that his timing is off, and completely abandon's these men to their own devices.  This will not be the case with Antichrist.  After his release, the Second Seal is opened, and war, on a global scale happens.  What is not known, is whether his revealing leads to global war, or he simply takes advantage of the global situation already in motion. Following the red horse, comes the natural aftermath of global war, which is famine, pestilence, economic disparity, and death.  In these four Seal Judgments, a quarter (or 1.75 out of 7 billion) of the world's population dies.  The only ones who will be able to make it through comfortably, are those with the real wealth who have the means to weather these things.  It was reported recently, that around 1% of the population, controls over 50% of the world's wealth.  So it is that the vast populations that were left behind at the event known as the Rapture, will be forced into a global economic system due to absolute necessity.  The economic system, known by the manner in which it is implemented and enforced (Rev. 13:15-16), first requires the end-user to swear loyalty and/or worship the image of the beast.  Regardless, this act dooms the participant to eternal separation from God.  Something in the system itself either alters mankind's genetic makeup, or in the act of worship, seals the mind if you will, from ever coming to the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.  Conclusion Man, in his fallen state, is incapable of bringing global peace for any longer than a moment, simply because it is in the natural man's nature to steal, kill, and destroy.  This is because those who are not born again, remain in an unregenerate state, who's knowingly, or unknowingly allegiance lies with Satan.  (Luke 11:23; John 8:43-45; 2 Cor. 4:4).  Man's elusive search for 'peace on earth', will not find its fulfillment in or by any human endeavor.  Nations will not 'beat their swords into plowshares' until Christ Himself brings the Kingdom.  Daniel chapters two and seven, illustrate man's view of kingdoms (beautiful, multi-metallic statue), versus God's view of man's kingdoms (as ferocious beasts).  Interestingly, the multi-metallic statue is destroyed by a rock 'cut without human hands'.  The image of the statue, which is symbolic of real kingdoms, is not gradually chipped away at...it is destroyed all at once, in a single moment of time.  (Dan. 2:44-45)  So when Christ comes, and the saints with Him, all power, dominion, and authority will be given to Him by the Father.  And we too will sing a new song, because we shall finally be, in our glorified state, people of whom the Beatitudes speak of.  In Revelation 5:9-10, we shall sing a

new song to our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, saying... "You are worthy to take the scroll,And to open its seals;For You were slain,And have redeemed us to God by Your bloodOut of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,And have made us kings and priests to our God;And we shall reign on the earth." Even so, Maranatha! 

 

 

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