Looking for His glorious appearing! Titus 2:13

Yaalon: We Must Seek Peace, But not be Deluded About Our Enemies Intentions
Oct 5th, 2014
Daily NewsThe Jerusalem Post
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel

Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Sunday that while Israel's leaders are obligated to always seek peace with the Jewish state's neighbors, they must not delude themselves as to the intentions of the country's enemies.

Speaking at memorial ceremony for the fallen of the Yom Kippur War at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Ya'alon warned that "from far and near their are attempts by organizations, states and entities to harm us in various ways."

The defense minister said that the threats come in the form of rockets and missiles, terror, delegitimization and ambitions to develop nuclear weapons. "We must know how to battle back at any place and in any arena, whether militarily or diplomatically, if, heaven forbid, we are forced to do so," he said.

"This is our obligation to our sons and daughters who have fallen, and our obligation to you, dear families," Ya'alon said to the bereaved relatives attending the ceremony.  "You serve as an example to all of us, with your ability to return to a life of doing and creating. If this is not human heroism, I don't know what human heroism is," he concluded.

View God's wrath in the light of His Holiness
Oct 5th, 2014
Thought For The WeekA.W.Tozer
Categories: Commentary;Exhortation

The earnest and instructed Christian knows that the wrath of God is a reality, that His anger is as holy as His love, and that between His love and His wrath there is no incompatibility. He further knows (as far as fallen man can know such matters) what the wrath of God is and what it is not.

To understand God's wrath we must view it in the light of His holiness. God is holy and has made holiness to be the moral condition necessary to the health of His universe. Sin's temporary presence in the world only accents this. Whatever is holy is healthy; evil is a moral sickness that must end ultimately in death. The formation of the language itself suggests this, the English word holy deriving from the Anglo-Saxon 'halig,' 'hal' meaning well, whole.

Since God's first concern for His universe is its moral health, that is, its holiness, whatever is contrary to this is necessarily under His eternal displeasure. Wherever the holiness of God confronts unholiness there is conflict.

To preserve His creation God must destroy whatever would destroy it. When He arises to put down destruction and save the world from irreparable moral collapse He is said to be very angry. Every wrathful judgment of God in the history of the world has been a holy act of preservation.

God's wrath is His utter intolerance of whatever degrades and destroys!

....He that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. John 3:36

The UN and the Two State Solution
Oct 5th, 2014
Weekly CommentaryArt Sadlier
Categories: Commentary;Prophecy

The dark clouds that foreshadow the soon coming Day of the Lord are looming forebodingly on the horizon.  

For 130 years Satan has been waging a vicious war to prevent the restoration of Israel. His first objective was to destroy the Jewish people in the diaspora before a Jewish State could be born. He came perilously close to accomplishing his goal. He used the Ottoman Empire, the British betrayal of its mandate by the closure of Jewish immigration to Palestine. He used Hitler and his Nazi hordes to attempt to eliminate the Jewish people before the nation could be born.

The evil one failed in his attempt to prevent the rebirth of the Jewish nation.

Since 1948 he has sought to destroy the reborn Jewish State. He has used a number of different tools to accomplish this objective. He has used all-out wars, attacks by Hezbollah and Hamas, the intifada and terrorism. His greatest tool to accomplish this goal is the idea of a two state solution, divide and conquer is his mantra. To establish a Palestinian State within the God-given borders of the land promised to Israel would be the beginning of the end of the Jewish State and the accomplishing of Satan’s goal.

For twenty-five years, led by America, the world has been inching toward this objective. No matter what frustrations have appeared, the goal of an Islamic State of Palestine has never been forsaken.

War, intifada and diplomacy have failed as the Lord of Israel has obviously been frustrating the devil’s efforts.  Now a new approach is coming to the fore as the Palestinian Authority has mustered seven of the nine Security Council votes needed to approve a resolution that would force Israel to withdraw from the pre-1967 borders as well as East Jerusalem.

The alarming factor is that the US has requested that the issue be put off until after the mid-term elections. This would seem to be preparation for Obama to make his final betrayal of Israel with no electoral cost.

The US ambassador to the UN has stated that they prefer to reach the goal by negotiations;  implying that the goal will be reached.

In recent days the Obama administratiion has scathingly rebuked Israel for allowing Jews to build or buy homes in East Jerusalem. Netanyahu correctly pointed out that preventing Jews from building in East Jerusalem so that the area would be Judenrein [“free of Jews”] is against the American tradition of pluralism. It is clear that American policy is dedicated to giving the West Bank and East Jerusalem to the Palestinians for a Islamic State on Israel's land.

The tide seems to be turning to the side of Palestinians as the Swedish Government has come out in support of a Palestinian State and the British government has done the same.

We know that the ultimate conflict over the land of Israel is between the God of Israel and Satan. We know who will be the ultimate victor, but we do not know what chastening may be inflicted on Israel before she finally turns to her Messiah in repentance and faith.  

Sweden Clarifies: Recognition of Palestinian State will Go Hand in Hand With Negotiations
Oct 5th, 2014
Daily NewsThe Jerusalem Post
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel

The newly-formed Swedish government, which took office on October 3, stirred up controversy on Friday when it it would recognize the state of Palestine, becoming the first major European country to do so.

"The conflict between Israel and Palestine can only be resolved through a two-state solution," the Tel Aviv-based Embassy of Sweden said in a statement on Sunday, clarifying that any recognition will go hand in hand with negotiations "in accordance with the principles of international law."

Report: Islamic State Wants to Get Its Hands on Irans Nukes
Oct 5th, 2014
Daily NewsThe Jerusalem Post
Categories: Today's Headlines;War

The British newspaper The Sunday Times reported on Sunday morning that Islamic State is calling on its members to brace for war with Iran in order to takeover its nuclear secrets. The newspaper cited a document believed to have been written by top Islamic State member Abdullah Ahmed al-Meshedani, a member of the group's highly secretive six-man war cabinet.

According to the Times' report, the so-called manifesto was uncovered when Iraqi forces raided a home of a senior official of the jihadist group.

The document is allegedly being looked into by western security personnel, who have so far deemed it authentic, according to the newspaper.

The jihadist organization plans to buy off Russia, the document states, exchanging its control of Anbar province's vast gas fields for information on Iran's nuclear program. 

The commander behind the manifesto also wants Russia to denounce its support for Iran and Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Report: IDF Clashes With Lebanese Army on Border
Oct 5th, 2014
Daily NewsArutz Sheva
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel

IDF soldiers on Lebanon border

Flash 90

Israeli and Lebanese forces clashed along the northern border Sunday afternoon, according to Lebanese media sources.

Unnamed security sources claimed that one Lebanese soldier was injured in the brief gunbattle, which took place close to the Har Dov (Shabaa Farms) area.

The IDF said troops had opened fire on suspects trying to infiltrate the north of the country. 

"Earlier today, during a routine activity along the Israel-Lebanon border, an IDF (army) force identified suspects crossing the border and infiltrating into Israeli territory," the army said in a statement.

"The force responded by opening fire towards the suspects, who escaped north, returning to Lebanon. The incident is currently being reviewed."

A Lebanese army source told AFP the Lebanese soldier was hit when an army patrol came under fire in Jabal Sadanneh, west of Har Dov.

The border has been the scene of periodic clashes between Lebanese and Israeli forces along the so-called "Blue Line" drawn up by the UN when Israel withdrew from southern Lebanon in 2000.

Last year IDF Master Sergeant Shlomi Cohen was shot dead by a rogue Lebanese soldier, who later handed himself in after a brief period on the run.

It is not clear if the wounded soldier was the suspected infiltrator.

More to follow.

One - World Church Uniting Against Climate Change
Oct 5th, 2014
Commentaryfbns@wayoflife.org,
Categories: Exhortation

There are many things uniting the end-time, one-world "church," including contemporary worship, charismatic enthusiasm, contemplative mysticism, and "social-justice" issues. One of the top ecumenical social causes is global warming or climate change. A massive rally in New York City on September 23 brought together Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Catholics, Muslims, Jews, Baha'i, pagans, and atheists ("Atheists, Baptists and Baha'i Come Together," ChristianityToday.com, Sep. 23, 2014). This frenzy to "save the earth" is a complete rejection of God's Word, which tells us exactly what will happen in the future. After Christ returns and rules for 1,000 years, the present earth will be destroyed by God because of man's sin and replaced with a new heaven and a new earth. I would much rather trust my future to God and to the Bible which has always been proven true rather than to arrogant scientists who make predictions about the next decades even though they can't forecast the weather next week with any degree of certainty. "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up" (2 Peter 3:10).

Netanyahu to Sweden: Unilateral Moves Won't Work
Oct 5th, 2014
Daily NewsArutz Sheva
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

Binyamin Netanyahu

Flash 90

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had a message for Sweden on Sunday, a day after Sweden’s Prime Minister said his country would recognize the “state of Palestine.”

Netanyahu clarified that unilateral actions will only reduce the chances of reaching a peace agreement with the Palestinian Authority (PA).

"Unilateral measures are contrary to agreements. They will not bring peace closer, they only move it further away, he said, adding, "An agreement will only be achieved in negotiations that will ensure Israel's national interests and, first and foremost, the security of Israeli citizens.”

Sweden’s announcement on Saturday raised the ire of Israel and the United States, and Israel said it would summon Sweden's ambassador to Israel over the move.

On Sunday, however, Sweden effectively retracted the statement from Saturday.

"The prime minister said that the conflict between Israel and Palestine can be solved through the two-state solution, by negotiations in accordance with the principles of international law,” the Swedish Embassy in Israel said in a statement.

The solution “must guarantee the legitimate demands of both Palestinians and Israelis, to self-determination and security. The two-state solution requires mutual recognition and the will to live together in peace. The prime minister summed up by saying that as a result, Sweden would recognize the Palestinian state,” the statement added.

Let the Headlines Speak
Oct 5th, 2014
Daily NewsFrom the internet
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

Officials locate possible Ebola patient contact

Authorities say they've located a homeless man who needs to be monitored because he may have had contact with the lone Ebola patient in the United States. Dallas city spokeswoman Sana Syed said the man was located Sunday, a few hours after officials first said he was missing.  

New Jersey boy's death is first linked directly to enterovirus
A New Jersey boy who went to bed last month in seemingly good health and died in his sleep is the first fatality linked directly to a strain of enterovirus that has infected more than 500 people, a local medical official said on Sunday.  

Jihadi Chatter Online, Social Media Using Ebola Weapon Against The U.S. And The West
jihadis online have referred to and discussed the possibility and ease of using Ebola, as well as poisons, as a weapon against the U.S. and the West.  

Hospital monitoring doctor cleared of Ebola virus
A Massachusetts hospital is awaiting test results on a doctor and missionary who was successfully treated for Ebola he contracted in Africa and now is back in the hospital with what appears to be a respiratory infection. The hospital stressed that doctors don't believe the virus has recurred. They are awaiting test results from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for confirmation, which they expect to have by late Monday. Meanwhile, Sacra is in isolation at the hospital.  

Earthquake hits southern Nevada
A 3.6 magnitude earthquake hit southern Nevada this morning. It struck approximately 22 miles south of downtown Las Vegas south of Sloan at 3:11 a.m.  

Court Rules Palestinian Authority Liable for Terrorist Murders
In a precedent-setting ruling, Vice President of the Jerusalem District Court, Judge Moshe Drori, ruled that the Palestinian Authority is civilly liable for the murder of three Israelis. "Pursuant to the Foreign Minister's papers filed in the case, the PA is not entitled to immunity. It is clear that there is not a state, nor a political entity.  

Kurds battle Islamist militants closing in on Syrian town
Kurdish forces battled overnight with Islamists trying to seize a hill overlooking a Syrian border town with Turkey as U.S.-led coalition warplanes carried out raids on the militants... A translator...Islamic State forces were hitting it with tank and mortar fire as they tried to seize Mistanour hill, a landmark whose capture would give them easy access to the town.  

As Supreme Court term begins, prospect of a gay-marriage ruling looms large
The 10th edition of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. begins work Monday with the prospect of a monumental ruling for gay rights that could serve as a surprising legacy of an otherwise increasingly conservative court. Whether the justices will decide that the Constitution protects the right of same-sex couples to marry dominates expectations of the coming term...  

Muslims stone 'devil' at hajj as Eid feast begins
Mina (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - Two million Muslims ritually stoned the devil Saturday in the last major rite of this year's hajj in Saudi Arabia, while fellow believers around the world celebrated Eid al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice. The stoning occurred in Mina, about five kilometres (three miles) east of the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca.  

Eleventh child in Colorado treated for virus-related paralysis symptoms
The number of children treated in Colorado for limb weakness or paralysis-like symptoms after coming down with a respiratory virus has risen to 11, a hospital official said on Friday. Melissa Vizcarra, spokeswoman for Children's Hospital Colorado, said the child in the latest case is suffering from muscle weakness but tests have not conclusively linked it to a nationwide outbreak of Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68).  

Hong Kong protesters regroup at main protest site
Demonstrators in Hong Kong appear to be withdrawing from some of the protest sites they have barricaded themselves into for more than a week. Local reports said some people were leaving secondary protest sites and heading to the main site, although others seemed to be staying put. Hong Kong's leader CY Leung had warned that police would ensure government offices and schools reopened on Monday.  

Canada to join anti-Islamic State air strikes
Canada plans to join the US-led campaign of air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq, its government has said. A motion authorising the mission is expected to pass on Monday in the House of Commons. The six-month mission will include CF-18 fighter jets and refuelling and surveillance aircraft, but not ground troops.  

Report: Islamic State is hatching plan to gain Iranian nuclear secrets
The British newspaper The Sunday Times reported on Sunday morning that Islamic State is calling on its members to brace for war with Iran in order to take over its nuclear secrets. The newspaper cited a document believed to have been written by top Islamic State member Abdullah Ahmed al-Meshedani, a member of the group's highly secretive six-man war cabinet.  

Media blitz on Khamenei's health raises questions about Iranian succession
Images of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appearing frail and in bed have raised questions about the seriousness of his condition, and who might eventually succeed him. In early September, Khamenei made a surprise announcement that he was having surgery and asked people to pray for his health. What followed was unprecedented in the 35-year history of the Islamic Republic.  

Pakistan Taliban vow support for IS in Syria and Iraq
The Pakistani Taliban have expressed their support for Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria and Iraq. In a statement marking the Muslim festival of Eid, the group appealed to Islamists there to unite against the "enemy" - the US-led alliance.  

Germany ponders troops for Ukraine monitor mission
Germany is mulling the deployment of 200 soldiers to Ukraine to help and protect monitors overseeing a shaky truce in the east of the country. Despite the ceasefire, fighting has continued around Donetsk and Luhansk.  

Typhoon Phanfone bears down on Japan, with Tokyo in its path
A strong typhoon is bearing down on Japan and has Tokyo in its sights. Typhoon Phanfone churned close to Japan's southern tip on Sunday afternoon with sustained winds as powerful as 167 kph (104 mph). It began to turn to the northeast and is expected to hug the country's southeastern coastline over the following hours.  

Two bombings kill 10 in Pakistan
A suicide bombing near a market in southwestern Pakistan killed five people and wounded at least 20 on Saturday, hours after a powerful bomb went off at a bus station in the country's northwest, killing five and wounding three, police said.  

Mexico missing students: Mass grave found near Iguala
A mass grave has been found on the outskirts the Mexican town of Iguala, where 43 students went missing on 27 September, officials say. It is not clear whether the bodies found in a pit are those of the missing students, who were last seen being forced into police vans.  

Syrian border town still under siege by Islamic State despite allied air strikes
Islamic State forces shelled the Syrian border town of Kobani on Saturday and its Kurdish defenders said they were expecting a new assault to try to capture it. U.S.-led coalition warplanes had struck at Islamic State targets overnight to halt the insurgents' advance and Saturday's barrages were less intense than the previous day.  

US Ebola patient in critical condition, hospital says
The first man diagnosed with the Ebola virus in the United States is in critical condition, the Dallas hospital that has been treating him reported Saturday.  

Magnitude 5.5 quake shakes Eastern Samar
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook Eastern Samar at 1:38 a.m. Sunday, with no damage expected from the earthquake. The quake was felt at Intensity II in Surigao City.  

Mexico shaken by 5.4-magnitude quake: USGS
Mexico's National Seismology Service initially measured it at a strong 6.2-magnitude but later revised it to 5.6 strength.  

Islamic State: We will Fight Iran and Steal Their Nuclear Secrets
Oct 5th, 2014
Daily NewsArutz Sheva
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

The “Islamic State” (ISIS) is advising members to plan for war with Iran, with the intention of capturing Tehran’s nuclear secrets, as published in a manifesto which was supposedly written by one of its most senior members.

The document, which was typed on perforated sheets of paper, is believed to have been written by Ahmed al-Meshedani, one of the IS’s secretive six-man war council, according to the British Sunday Times.

Insurgents Clash With Hezbollah Near Syria - Lebanon Border
Oct 5th, 2014
Daily NewsThe Jerusalem Post
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel

BEIRUT - Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah clashed with Sunni Islamist insurgents trying to capture land in a mountainous area near the border with Syria on Sunday and both sides suffered casualties, security sources said.

The insurgents, believed to be linked to Islamic State, launched a major offensive on Hezbollah-controlled areas near the Lebanese border town of Arsal, the sources said.

At least two Hezbollah fighters were killed and many of the insurgents, they added, without giving an exact figure. Violence from Syria has often spilled over into Arsal and surrounding areas, where the Lebanese army has also fought insurgents.

Fighters from Iran-backed Hezbollah have been aiding Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Syrian civil war, fighting groups such as Islamic State and al-Qaida's Nusra Front. Islamic State has seized tracts of land in Syria and Iraq.

IDF Confirms Lebanese Squad Crossed Border and They Opened Fire
Oct 5th, 2014
Daily NewsArutz Sheva
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel

IDF forces stationed along the northern border earlier this afternoon (Sunday) detected a squad of Lebanese soldiers that had crossed over the border and opened fire on them, apparently wounding one in the skirmish.

Hezbollah - Jabhat Al-nusra Battle At Lebanon-Syria Border
Oct 5th, 2014
Daily NewsArutz Sheva
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

At least 16 members of the Al Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra were killed today in clashes with Hezbollah forces today (Sunday) in eastern Lebanon after the launching of a major offensive, according to a source close to Hezbollah, according to a report by Reuters.

Hundreds of the Sunni Muslims of the al-Nusra Front attacked at least 10 Hezbollah bases along a mountain range in the vicinity of the Syrian border, killing two of the Shi'ite Hezbollah fighters. 

According to the unnamed source fighters from Hezbollah in the Bekaa regions are joining into the areas where the clashes are taking place, referring to the region in eastern Lebanon.

Dallas Ebola Patient 'Fighting for His Life'
Oct 5th, 2014
Daily NewsThe Jerusalem Post
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

The Ebola patient hospitalized in Dallas is "fighting for his life," a top US health official said on Sunday, a day after the man's condition worsened from serious to critical.

"The man in Dallas, who is fighting for his life, is the only patient to develop Ebola in the United States," Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, told CNN's "State of the Union."

Frieden said that in the affected parts of West Africa, where ebola has killed more than 3,000 people, the disease is spreading so rapidly it is difficult for health officials to keep up. He said he was confident that the virus would not spread widely in the United States.

1st American Ebola Patient in Critical Condition
Oct 5th, 2014
Daily NewsArutz Sheva
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

Thomas Duncan, America’s first Ebola patient has deteriorated and is now classified as being in critical condition, the Dallas, Texas hospital treating Duncan announced.