Absolutely not!
Yet, Iran would if she could. Israel believes her too.
Ahmadinijad is back in the news with his call to wipe Israel off of the map again. Doesn't the guy know what redundancy means!?! Obviously not because it's another Ramadan and another clarion call for Peace in Palestine if the whole world destroys Israel. He's absolutely convinced, based lately on Romneys trip to Israel, that "They(Zionists) are the decision makers, to the extent that the presidential election hopefuls [of the USA] must go and kiss the feet of the Zionists to ensure their election victory,” What he just doesn't "get" is that America is allies with Israel because Israel is the only Democracy in the Middle East. With our "Separation of Church and State" stance, America has never done well with Theocratic Countries. That could change, especially is Obama is reelected but it stands so far. (1)
Israel is taking him seriously. Benjamin Netanyahu told Leon Panetta, Americas Secretary of Denfense, that "time is running out to stop Irans nuclear programme." At least by "peaceful means". Panetta is trying to defuse the situation, particularly as Romney has that he "robustly supports military action" in a move by Israel to protect themselves from the dire consequences of not heeding Irans threats. Panetta came bearing another plan to curtail Iran within eighteen months, which is when Irans threshold is expected to peak. I don't see that as giving Israel much reassurance since a lot can happen even in a short period of time. Netanyahu hasn't made any final decisions yet but the word is definitely out that he is prepared to swing into motion at anytime it seems necessary to him....and Netanyahu don't play.(2)
As I watch all of this unfold, I'm immediately thinking of the prophecy that states that Iran will definitely come against Israel in an alignment with Russia. Not only Iran but the majority of the Muslim Countries surrounding Israel. In fact, I read somewhere the other day, or heard it on Christine Weicks radio show, (just don't remember)that where it states in Ezekiel 38 that "every mans sword shall be against his brother" could refer to the animosity between the Sunni and Shite Muslims. It's conceivable since it is well known that these two sects of Islam have been warring for years.
Be that as it may, were Iran really respectful of "thee Book" as they claim to be they would read, and understand, what is coming against them from God Himself. God has every intention of fulfilling His promise to Abraham and giving him all of the Land He promised. That will take another war such as the "6 day war" and the "Yom Kippur" war where Israels boundaries were extended. It will happen again and the fact that Israel is preparing for the eventually tells me that God is preparing them for the day of battle.
(1)http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=279864
(2)http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/01/israeli-pm-iran-nuclear-programme
Friday, August 3, 2012
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
The Third, and Final, Temple in Jerusalem
"MK Zevulun Orlev of the Jewish Home party has called for massive reforms, including new Basic Laws, in order to establish a Third Temple in Jerusalem.
In an article (PDF) published in advance of the fast of Tisha B’Av in the weekly Hebrew journal Olam Katan, entitled “Internal and Legislative Reform,” Orlev wrote that the Temple must be rebuilt in Jerusalem and that “fundamental changes” to Israeli society and government were necessary in order to realize the success of the project."(1)
Plans to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem have been in the works for many years, even to the point of having all of the tools needed, the clothing for the Priests and the red heifer bred for sacrifice. To quibble about there not being a Temple is to discount the fact that it is written in Scripture that the Anti-Christ will desecrate the Temple in the midst of the Tribulation, proclaiming himself to be God.(Daniel 9:27) Jesus, Himself, calls it "the holy place" (Matthew 24:15) and commands us to understand that when the Anti-Christ stands where "it does not belong"(Mark 13:14) Even Paul further interates the fact that there will be a Temple in his admonishion concerning when the Anti-christ sets himself up "in Gods temple"(2 Thessalonians 2:3-4) So, it is definitive that there will be a Temple.
The fact that there is now a Legal process that is calling for the rebuilding of the Temple to be made into a Law further solidifies it's building. The greatest problem is it's location and the fact that the Dome of the Rock as well as the Al Aqsa Mosque are where the Temple belongs. That is a sure basis for a political firestorm, as well as out and out war, to say the least. However, God said there will be one so He has plans afoot to the removal of the above so that it can be built.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Lesser of two evils?
The idea of voting for Mitt Romney has been a quandary for me. While he is to the right of Obama, he still has a lot of liberal viewpoints going for himself. Romneycare comes to mind right up front. But, his politics haven't been my real concern. It's his religion.
OK, I know. We can get into that whole "separation of church and state" discussion. Romney has made no moves to even indicate that he will preside as President over a newly contrived Mormon theocracy. Nor has he given his religion plenty of air play. In fact, he goes to some length to keep his religion out of the conversation entirely. That is a problem in itself. What? Is he ashamed of his religion or does he just know that too many people believe it is not "Christian" and therefore a sect or cult? Mormonism speaks of Jesus but He doesn't have the priority in their teachings that Joseph Smith has or even what their latest "Prophet" has. So, what to do.
Politically speaking, Romney doesn't thrill me anymore than Obama does. When one has lived as long as I have they've heard it all before. There really is nothing new under the sun. Promises made become promises broken with a caveat soon after the Oath of Office is administered. Elections have become more about "anyone but _____" then a real effort to do what's best for all American people. So, there is that. And, "that" gets me to the bottom-line.
Holding his religion against him as a reason not to vote for Romney seems just petty to me now. So what if he believes he will one day be "a god". That doesn't mean he will be. And, so what if he believes that God was once just like Him and grew up to be God. Doesn't make it so. And, yet it is Romney who will have to face God Himself with those claims, not me. He already knows that if he even lets his religion seep into the Political Arena just a tad, he will get called on it and that will take away precious time in defense that could better be spent getting his policies past Congress.
And then there is the "Solomon test" that I just made up. If anyone could have been the perfect Ruler/King/President, it would have been Solomon. Yet, after he pondered the vicissitudes of life and came to a ho-hum conclusion, he turned his back to God and his face to idolatrous women and the worshiping of false gods. That from a man who had Wisdom galore and knew better! The problem was, he was still just a man. A man with a fallen nature whose sins were covered yet not taken away. He was foible and prone to vanity and he took more than one wrong turn in his life. Yet, God had chosen him with full knowledge.
Romney is no Solomon and whether or not God has chosen him to lead this Nation in it's last hours only He knows. But, if I'm to vote, then I will have to vote for Romney. Obama is nothing more than a destructive force blazing a broad swath of socialized just about everything across America. While Romney is pretty much the other side of the same coin, he, at least, will slow the destruction down giving time for a breather. And, when it's all said and done, the True Ruler of mankind will wrap it up.
OK, I know. We can get into that whole "separation of church and state" discussion. Romney has made no moves to even indicate that he will preside as President over a newly contrived Mormon theocracy. Nor has he given his religion plenty of air play. In fact, he goes to some length to keep his religion out of the conversation entirely. That is a problem in itself. What? Is he ashamed of his religion or does he just know that too many people believe it is not "Christian" and therefore a sect or cult? Mormonism speaks of Jesus but He doesn't have the priority in their teachings that Joseph Smith has or even what their latest "Prophet" has. So, what to do.
Politically speaking, Romney doesn't thrill me anymore than Obama does. When one has lived as long as I have they've heard it all before. There really is nothing new under the sun. Promises made become promises broken with a caveat soon after the Oath of Office is administered. Elections have become more about "anyone but _____" then a real effort to do what's best for all American people. So, there is that. And, "that" gets me to the bottom-line.
Holding his religion against him as a reason not to vote for Romney seems just petty to me now. So what if he believes he will one day be "a god". That doesn't mean he will be. And, so what if he believes that God was once just like Him and grew up to be God. Doesn't make it so. And, yet it is Romney who will have to face God Himself with those claims, not me. He already knows that if he even lets his religion seep into the Political Arena just a tad, he will get called on it and that will take away precious time in defense that could better be spent getting his policies past Congress.
And then there is the "Solomon test" that I just made up. If anyone could have been the perfect Ruler/King/President, it would have been Solomon. Yet, after he pondered the vicissitudes of life and came to a ho-hum conclusion, he turned his back to God and his face to idolatrous women and the worshiping of false gods. That from a man who had Wisdom galore and knew better! The problem was, he was still just a man. A man with a fallen nature whose sins were covered yet not taken away. He was foible and prone to vanity and he took more than one wrong turn in his life. Yet, God had chosen him with full knowledge.
Romney is no Solomon and whether or not God has chosen him to lead this Nation in it's last hours only He knows. But, if I'm to vote, then I will have to vote for Romney. Obama is nothing more than a destructive force blazing a broad swath of socialized just about everything across America. While Romney is pretty much the other side of the same coin, he, at least, will slow the destruction down giving time for a breather. And, when it's all said and done, the True Ruler of mankind will wrap it up.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Olympics of Old...and Today.
"Forget the Olympics - Here come the superhuman games for genetically enhanced athletes"(1)
One of the strangest parts of the Bible is the subject of Fallen Angels "marrying" human women, who then birthed "giants"; "men of renown"(the subject of mythological stories the world over). Just who were these people and how did that happen? Some say the "sons of God" were no more than the decedents of Seth. This theory was proposed beginning in the 5th Century while Jewish Leaders and Early Church Fathers had followed the plain reading of the Bible and continually adhered to the belief that, indeed, the "sons of God" were, in reality, fallen angels. This is substantiated by the Word of God, in verses where "sons of God" are listed, the context is evident in referring to Angels. Further, being "created in the image of God" (making them "sons of God"), directly refers to Angels, Adam, and the new-born children of God. All others are "born after the image of Adam". That is plainly revealed in Genesis 5:3 where it is written that Adam had "begot a son, in his own likeness, after his image and called his name Seth". Seth had the nature of his father, Adam, not the Nature of God so he could not be called a "son of God" at that time.
The second argument is that it is written that Angels do not marry. Jesus said that plainly. However that doesn't preclude sexual intercourse outside of marriage. It is possible that Angels can reproduce themselves in other ways, ie, genetic manipulation. This is shown in Daniel 2, where it says, concerning the last worldly kingdoms, "they" shall mingle themselves". Who are the "they"? They can't be human because that would change the whole meaning of the passage. There would be no reason to state that "humans" will mingle themselves with "the seed of men", "seed" meaning posterity, or children. So, somehow, Fallen Angels mingle themselves with the seed of men. As they can show themselves as ordinary men it would be an easy thing to do. That is well-proved where it is written that the Lord and two of His Angels came to Abraham before He was to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah.(Genesis 18) Abraham recognized them as who they were but, later on, the same two Angels went to Sodom to rescue Lot and his family and the Sodomites perceived the Angels as human males and wanted to "know them", an euphemism for sexual intercourse. Since these two Angels were righteous Angels they blinded the Sodomites and, soon thereafter, the Lord destroyed them in a blast of fire and brimstone. Obviously the Sodomites perceived the Angels as beings capable of intimacy.
That also explains why the Lord had the Israelites destroy all the Canaanite cities they came to, including men, women, children and animals. Their "seed" had been corrupted by the Nephillim, or offspring of the mixture of angels/daughters of men. It was a repeat of the days before God destroyed the earth completely and saved only Noah, who was found "perfect", meaning his DNA had not been corrupted. We know this because Noah was not a sinless man. Shortly after the flood subsided and Noah had established his home he was found drunk with wine. So even after God destroyed the world, the Fallen Angels again began to mix with humans. It will happen one more time.
Jesus said "But as the days of Noe were so shall also the coming of the Son of Man shall be". Not only were the people eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage but evil was rampant as it is written "And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." There is nothing there to indicate that the line of Seth fared any better than any other generation. And so it will be again. As the Olympics focus on the prowess of men(and women) to the point of physical worship of the body, so does the thoughts of man lean towards their own efforts at immortality. They want to live forever but without submission to the Lord God. Hence we have cloning, DNA manipulation and all the evils that go with it. They have succeeded in many ways but where does their inspiration come from? As Satan is known to have his own "seed",(Genesis 3:15) I believe that that is the source for all the genetic manipulation that is going on. Satan is making his own kingdom to fight against God with himself in the Person known as THE Anti-Christ. Genetically enhanced humans are only a small part of that as Satan uses then abuses all in his quest to "be God".
(1)Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2176077/Forget-Olympics--Here-come-Superhuman-games-genetically-enhanced-humans.html#ixzz21NPQelgC
One of the strangest parts of the Bible is the subject of Fallen Angels "marrying" human women, who then birthed "giants"; "men of renown"(the subject of mythological stories the world over). Just who were these people and how did that happen? Some say the "sons of God" were no more than the decedents of Seth. This theory was proposed beginning in the 5th Century while Jewish Leaders and Early Church Fathers had followed the plain reading of the Bible and continually adhered to the belief that, indeed, the "sons of God" were, in reality, fallen angels. This is substantiated by the Word of God, in verses where "sons of God" are listed, the context is evident in referring to Angels. Further, being "created in the image of God" (making them "sons of God"), directly refers to Angels, Adam, and the new-born children of God. All others are "born after the image of Adam". That is plainly revealed in Genesis 5:3 where it is written that Adam had "begot a son, in his own likeness, after his image and called his name Seth". Seth had the nature of his father, Adam, not the Nature of God so he could not be called a "son of God" at that time.
The second argument is that it is written that Angels do not marry. Jesus said that plainly. However that doesn't preclude sexual intercourse outside of marriage. It is possible that Angels can reproduce themselves in other ways, ie, genetic manipulation. This is shown in Daniel 2, where it says, concerning the last worldly kingdoms, "they" shall mingle themselves". Who are the "they"? They can't be human because that would change the whole meaning of the passage. There would be no reason to state that "humans" will mingle themselves with "the seed of men", "seed" meaning posterity, or children. So, somehow, Fallen Angels mingle themselves with the seed of men. As they can show themselves as ordinary men it would be an easy thing to do. That is well-proved where it is written that the Lord and two of His Angels came to Abraham before He was to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah.(Genesis 18) Abraham recognized them as who they were but, later on, the same two Angels went to Sodom to rescue Lot and his family and the Sodomites perceived the Angels as human males and wanted to "know them", an euphemism for sexual intercourse. Since these two Angels were righteous Angels they blinded the Sodomites and, soon thereafter, the Lord destroyed them in a blast of fire and brimstone. Obviously the Sodomites perceived the Angels as beings capable of intimacy.
That also explains why the Lord had the Israelites destroy all the Canaanite cities they came to, including men, women, children and animals. Their "seed" had been corrupted by the Nephillim, or offspring of the mixture of angels/daughters of men. It was a repeat of the days before God destroyed the earth completely and saved only Noah, who was found "perfect", meaning his DNA had not been corrupted. We know this because Noah was not a sinless man. Shortly after the flood subsided and Noah had established his home he was found drunk with wine. So even after God destroyed the world, the Fallen Angels again began to mix with humans. It will happen one more time.
Jesus said "But as the days of Noe were so shall also the coming of the Son of Man shall be". Not only were the people eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage but evil was rampant as it is written "And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." There is nothing there to indicate that the line of Seth fared any better than any other generation. And so it will be again. As the Olympics focus on the prowess of men(and women) to the point of physical worship of the body, so does the thoughts of man lean towards their own efforts at immortality. They want to live forever but without submission to the Lord God. Hence we have cloning, DNA manipulation and all the evils that go with it. They have succeeded in many ways but where does their inspiration come from? As Satan is known to have his own "seed",(Genesis 3:15) I believe that that is the source for all the genetic manipulation that is going on. Satan is making his own kingdom to fight against God with himself in the Person known as THE Anti-Christ. Genetically enhanced humans are only a small part of that as Satan uses then abuses all in his quest to "be God".
(1)Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2176077/Forget-Olympics--Here-come-Superhuman-games-genetically-enhanced-humans.html#ixzz21NPQelgC
Friday, July 20, 2012
Syria is Burning
Assad and his family have fled. Buildings are burned, torn and strafed with the wild anger of rebelling citizens. The drumbeat of war is a cacophony of terror. Damascus is on it's way to being a "ruinous heap" without life or livelihood as chaos reigns supreme. Russia and America are in a push-pull situation in the decision as to what to do concerning Syria. America is supporting the Rebels while Russia desires to maintain the status-quo, if not Assad himself all of which leads to a political stalemate as even the UN is not being heeded. And more people die daily.
It is written in Isaiah 17 that Damascus will be taken away from being a city and that appears to be happening as of now. I once thought that the Destruction of Damascus was part of the Gog/Magog War of Ezekiel 38/39 but now I'm not so sure. It isn't expressly mentioned as such. Now, I wonder if this is simply the first step in all the "wars and rumors of wars" leading up to the final conflict in the Valley's of Jehosophat(Jehovah has judged) and the Valley of Rephaim(Giants)?
The Players are all in position for the prophecies of God to be fulfilled. Russia and Iran are supplying arms to Syria and protecting them from Europe and the West as well as the UN sanctions. And that doesn't even count Israel, Who has the most to lose in all of this. Israel is prepared for a magnificent war if need be and she will not fail as God will fight for her just as He did during the 6 days war and the Yom Kippur war.
The Table of Nations that are listed in the Word of God concerning the Middle East conflagration are revealed in the daily headlines. Not only is there Russia, Iran, Syria and Lebanon but Egypt and the African nations that are all being aligned under the auspices of the Muslim Brotherhood. Even Iraq and Afghanistan are heating up again after Obamas supposed deescalating of the wars there. The whole Middle East is one boiling cauldron ready to erupt into earth shaking disaster. And folks just think they are in control.
It is written in Isaiah 17 that Damascus will be taken away from being a city and that appears to be happening as of now. I once thought that the Destruction of Damascus was part of the Gog/Magog War of Ezekiel 38/39 but now I'm not so sure. It isn't expressly mentioned as such. Now, I wonder if this is simply the first step in all the "wars and rumors of wars" leading up to the final conflict in the Valley's of Jehosophat(Jehovah has judged) and the Valley of Rephaim(Giants)?
The Players are all in position for the prophecies of God to be fulfilled. Russia and Iran are supplying arms to Syria and protecting them from Europe and the West as well as the UN sanctions. And that doesn't even count Israel, Who has the most to lose in all of this. Israel is prepared for a magnificent war if need be and she will not fail as God will fight for her just as He did during the 6 days war and the Yom Kippur war.
The Table of Nations that are listed in the Word of God concerning the Middle East conflagration are revealed in the daily headlines. Not only is there Russia, Iran, Syria and Lebanon but Egypt and the African nations that are all being aligned under the auspices of the Muslim Brotherhood. Even Iraq and Afghanistan are heating up again after Obamas supposed deescalating of the wars there. The whole Middle East is one boiling cauldron ready to erupt into earth shaking disaster. And folks just think they are in control.
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