Further to the last post regarding chemtrails and poisoning. We already considered the Greek word Pharmacology, which in its 'raw root' form is translated into English as Sorcery in the King James Bible and others and it literally denotes
Sorcery or Pharmacology means Poisoning
We've already established (above) that the Biblical word "sorcery" in Revelation 18:23, when properly translated, means "pharmacology", but is there really a connection between pharmacology and "poisoning"?
The book of Revelation contains references to the persons who actually dispense—or practice—sorcery:
"Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie." —Revelation 22:14-15
"But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolators, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." —Revelation 21:8
In these passages, the word "sorcerers" comes from the Greek word "pharmakos" (Strongs # 5332) which is derived from the Greek word "pharmakon". It is defined in Strong's Greek Dictionary of the New Testament as follows:
"a druggist ("pharmacist") or poisoner"
Thus, the etymology of the word itself fundamentally-associates the concepts of drugging and poisoning. It would stand to reason that a person who is called a "poisoner" is one who distributes "poison". Thus, we clearly see the fundamental connection between the Biblical word for "sorcery" (pharmakeia) and "poison".
Furthermore, since mercury is a potent poison, we can certainly conclude that the distribution of mercury (a poison) is considered "sorcery" (poisoning) by the Bible. If this is true, then the mercury in chemtrails can indeed be considered sorcery and therefore a fulfillment—at least in part—of Revelation 18:23.
Even if chemtrails only contain aluminum and barium, as a number of tests (both air and soil) have now indicated, these are still poisons to the body and would be considered Biblical "sorcery."
Aluminum is particularly known for interfering with brain function. When mixed with existing mercury, aluminum becomes about 100-times more poisonous to the body. ( Haley, et al.)
Barium interferes with potassium metabolism and can induce heart attacks and stomach pain.
Mercury: A Medicine?
Interestingly, mercury has been used in modern medicine for many years. Mercury was used as a treatment for syphilis as early as 1025 and—despite its know toxicity—continued to be used into the 20th century.
Mercury has also been used as:
•a diuretic,
•a disinfectant,
•a laxative,
•a dewormer,
•a teething powder,
•and a treatment for depression.
Ironically,
•Mercury causes swelling and water retention—the opposite of a diuretic (Moulden),
•Mercury is scientifically known to be an ineffective disinfectant (Ayoub),
•Mercury actually causes constipation by blocking magnesium metabolism, and is therefore the opposite of a laxative (Cutler),
•Mercury suppresses the immune system which facilitates continued growth of bacteria and parasites (Cutler),
•Mercury is known to facilitate gum disease, thus it is a particularly poor choice for a teething powder (Cutler), and
•Mercury causes depression (Cutler).
Mercury has been used in eye washes, cleaning solutions, and in other products that required an antiseptic.
One of the most well-known uses of mercury has been to fill dental cavities. Amalgam ("silver") fillings are considered the cheapest "cure" for these common dental problems.
The most controversial and well-known use of mercury has been as a preservative in vaccines, even though several standing studies declare mercury a weak and inadequate preservative (Ayoub).
What we know today is that mercury is a potent neurotoxin and is the cause for well over 130 common diseases and ailments, both physical and mental. Mercury is quite possibly the single largest cause of disease in the world today. What is shocking about this fact is that science has known the connection between mercury and numerous diseases for over 200 years.
The fact that mercury has a long history as being used as a "medicine"—a pharmaceutical—makes it fit even more perfectly within the framework of Revelation 18:23.
We have known these things for a number of years and try to stay away from serious drug medicine. We prefer Natural Medicines that not not poison the body.
Be warned as these poisons are used as 'ingredients' in many products.
Blessings
David
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Saturday, 27 April 2013
DOES THE BIBLE PROPHECY ABOUT CHEMTRAILS POISONING
As we are very concerned about health matters and focus mainly on Natural Healing methods, we are finding more and more people are complaining about symptoms that the Allopathic Medical establishment seem to have no answers for. Many modern illnesses seem to be linked to the every day use of deadly poisons such as mercury, fluoride, aluminium and other toxins
Does the Bible Contain Prophecies About Chemtrails?
Deadly Mercury Used In False Religion
In certain religious practices such as "Voodoo" and Santeria, mercury is believed to have special powers. Practitioners carry it around in pouches, sprinkle it on the floor, pour it into a bath, or burn it in candles.
Some use it for protection. Others use it for "spiritual enlightenment". Some believe that the resulting experiences they encounter as a result of mercury exposure are spiritual experiences. We know these to be schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, ADD, ADHD, autism, dizziness/vertigo, memory loss, and numerous other neurological diseases.
Biblical Position
The practice of utilizing poisons such as mercury is prohibited by Biblical law (Deu 18:11-12, Exo 22:18). This practice is often referred to as witchcraft or sorcery (Strong's #3784).
The book of Revelation contains several references to "sorcery", but when we take a careful look at the original language, we find something very interesting.
"...For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived." —Revelation 18:23
The word "sorcery" in this passage is the Greek word "pharmakeia" (Strongs #5331) (far-mak-i'-ah). This is the source of the English word "pharmaceutical".
As I will show later in this article, the use of mercury in the body (as a "medicine" or anything else) is equivalent to the practice of pharmakeia, or "sorcery", or "poisoning". We can easily relate this word "pharmakeia" to "poisoning" because the Biblical word for a person who practices pharmakeia is defined as "a poisoner".
So the verse above actually predicts that a global deception will take place. This deception will be facilitated by drugging people with known poisons. The target of this drugging is the people of the nations of the Earth.
Who is going to perform this drugging?
According to Revelation 18:23, the great drugging and the great deception will be performed by:
"...merchants (who) were the great men of the Earth."
The word "great" does not mean "good". It means "mighty" or "powerful" (Strongs #3175 derived from #3173: "mighty"). So who is perpetrating this great drugging? "Powerful merchants".
Today, the most powerful merchants in the world are men who own or control global corporations. The most powerful types of corporations in the world are:
1. Oil companies (most powerful)
2. Pharmaceutical companies (second most powerful)
These are not necessarily the only people who will be involved in this deception by drugging, but they certainly qualify. Furthermore, we should consider that the two most influential lobbies in the United States government are oil and pharmaceuticals. Mercury, Autism, and the Global Vaccine Agenda which is now kicking off again in the UK, as the recent measles outbreak is being blamed on parents not allowing their children from having the drug cocktail of 'so called' inoculation from these diseases. Recently our very good Christian brother in Cyprus broke his leg again and he had been taking a drug to 'prevent' osteoporosis and the surgeon told him that it CAUSES osteoporosis and he has been taking it for 5 years.
Are Chemtrails the "Sorcery" Spoken of in Revelation 18?
We are all familiar with the widespread use of pharmaceutical drugs today, but for the past 20 years, many people have been moving away from the use of drugs, vaccines, genetically-modified (GM) foods, and other known toxins. In fact, in the past few years, this reconstruction of health values has created a virtual stampede toward healthy, natural, organic lifestyles.
With so many people moving away from drugs, how can Revelation 18:23 be fulfilled? Are there actually enough people still using drugs, vaccines, or mercury-laden "silver" fillings to facilitate a global deception?
Certainly not. There must be more to the story. There must be something more invasive that literally "forces" people to take drugs and poisons so as to facilitate this massive global deception predicted by the Bible.
When you know that mercury and aluminum clearly facilitate the dumbing down of human populations, and when you consider the strong indications that chemtrails contain both mercury and aluminum, then it is reasonable to consider that the chemtrail spraying campaign is the fulfillment (at least in part) of this Biblical prophecy concerning the deception of the nations in the end times.
As this article is being written, there is widespread talk in the United States, Europe, and Australia about forced vaccinations, and this would certainly qualify as the fulfillment of this prophecy as well.
In fact, there is nothing in this prophecy to indicate that there is any single event that accomplishes this mass poisoning. The prophecy simply says "...by your sorcery..." indicating the general method in which this deception takes place.
It is likely that several things including pharmaceutical drugs, chemtrails, and mass vaccinations all play a role in the fulfillment of this end-time prophecy concerning the poisoning of the nations to facilitate a great global deception.
More will follow regarding this very important subject, also see our side link to ARE CHEMTRAILS REAL
Blessings
David
Thursday, 18 April 2013
BEARING FRUIT IS NOT AN OPTION FOR CHRISTIANS
Many believe that once they speak out the ‘Sinners Prayer’, get baptised and go to Church regularly that they are saved and that is it. So many accept the false teaching of Once Saved Always Saved….so how does this teaching square up with the teachings of the Lord himself?
There is a portion of Scripture that should convict every Christian deeply. This is where Jesus said, “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
If we read and re-read these powerful words of Christ, we cannot escape their convicting power. The Holy Spirit has impressed upon us the importance of understanding these words,” My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away;”
Therefore the matter of Christians bearing fruit is not optional with God. He watches over His vine and all the engrafted branches with great jealousy and concern, patiently waiting for the branches to bring forth fruit. He stands beside it with pruning knife in hand, lovingly watching for the slightest evidence of corruption, blight or disease which could hinder growth. God expects fruit from every branch. Without fruit, it is impossible to honour and glorify Him or be a true disciple of Christ. Jesus said: “By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples." John 15:8.
So bearing fruit has everything to do with pleasing God and fulfilling our mission in Christ and with having our prayers and petitions answered. Jesus said, "You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you " verse 16.
Actually, bearing fruit concerns what we are becoming, rather than simply what we are doing. I am bearing fruit when there is nothing hindering the flow of the life of Christ into me. That is what Jesus
meant when He said, "Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you" (John 15:3). He is saying, "Because you believed My word totally and have allowed it to reveal every hidden secret, bringing to light every dark thing, allowing the Word of God to purge and refine you the hindrances are all gone!
Blessings
David
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CYPRUS CRISIS
Most people will be aware that for the past few days Cyprus has been virtually crippled by the terrible action of the EU bullies who want to 'steal' money from our Bank savings accounts. This came as a total shock to the population on Saturday 16th March 2013.
We recently changed our Bank for one that we were told is far more secure in Cyprus and now the EU want to punish this little Island, because 2 greedy Banks bought useless Bonds from the Greeks that had been offloaded by the Germans.
Now the EU Polititians want to steal 9.9% from every ones Bank Savings over 100,000 Euro to give to the EU so that they can borrow a few Billion to rescue the Banks that caused all the trouble in the first place.
The fact that Cyprus is sitting on Billions upon Billions of Oil and Gas may just be a part of this money grab...in order to terrorise the population, so that they will willingly sign over their future riches.
I believe this is all a part of the 666 Beast coming out of the Sea spoken of in Revelation....the Bible talks about a Beast called 'Leviathan' and that is exactly what the Oil & Gas fields under the Sea are called...they are shared by Israel, Cyprus and Lebanon
I believe that this has the number 666 because it is Mans number and revolves around everything that is evil and corrupt...Oil and Wealth at the expense of anyone who gets in the way....
We pray that Cyprus will wake up and repent and trust in the one who does have the answers...this Island was very important in the early days of Christianity and it still is to those of us who want to see the Lords name lifted up in this place...
Blessings
David
We recently changed our Bank for one that we were told is far more secure in Cyprus and now the EU want to punish this little Island, because 2 greedy Banks bought useless Bonds from the Greeks that had been offloaded by the Germans.
Now the EU Polititians want to steal 9.9% from every ones Bank Savings over 100,000 Euro to give to the EU so that they can borrow a few Billion to rescue the Banks that caused all the trouble in the first place.
The fact that Cyprus is sitting on Billions upon Billions of Oil and Gas may just be a part of this money grab...in order to terrorise the population, so that they will willingly sign over their future riches.
I believe this is all a part of the 666 Beast coming out of the Sea spoken of in Revelation....the Bible talks about a Beast called 'Leviathan' and that is exactly what the Oil & Gas fields under the Sea are called...they are shared by Israel, Cyprus and Lebanon
I believe that this has the number 666 because it is Mans number and revolves around everything that is evil and corrupt...Oil and Wealth at the expense of anyone who gets in the way....
We pray that Cyprus will wake up and repent and trust in the one who does have the answers...this Island was very important in the early days of Christianity and it still is to those of us who want to see the Lords name lifted up in this place...
Blessings
David
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
MORE LAST DAYS DECEPTION
An excellent article was sent to me on the 24th December and I felt it was important to put on this blog. Very much in line with my own observations within the Church....
May you share this word by Dave Hunt of The Berean Call amongst fellow believers.
John, as ever reporting.
Christmas as generally celebrated today is one of many carry-overs from Roman Catholicism that survived the Reformation. Historian Will Durant reminds us that Roman Catholicism grew out of the merger between paganism and Christianity which took place under Constantine in the early 300s. Commenting upon the resulting "Christianization" of the Roman Empire , which Reconstructionists such as Coalition on Revival (COR) director Jay Grimstead look back to fondly as a model of what they hope to achieve, Durant wrote:
Paganism survived...in the form of ancient rites and customs condoned...by an often indulgent Church....Statues of Isis and Horus were renamed Mary and Jesus...the Saturnalia [Festival of Saturn in celebration of the winter solstice] was replaced by Christmas celebration... [I]ncense, lights, flowers, processions, vestments...which had pleased the people in older [pagan] cults were domesticated and cleansed in the Ritual of the Church....
In spite of its pagan/Roman Catholic origins and crass commercialization, we can rejoice that Christmas annually brings a reminder of the Savior's birth. Unfortunately, however, Christmas festivities generally perpetuate the confusion concerning who Jesus Christ really is, why He came and what He accomplished. This is not surprising, considering the misunderstandings even among His own disciples at the first advent—and the far greater confusion which the Bible warns will precede His second coming. Indeed, the whole world—including millions of "Christians"—will follow and worship the Antichrist, convinced that he is the true Christ.
Christmas celebrations remind us that the same misunderstandings which prevented so many from recognizing Christ when He came to earth will prevail when He returns. The causes of confusion 1,900 years ago remain the key issues today: What is the Messiah's true mission—and the nature of His kingdom? When, how and by whom will the Kingdom be established—and what is its relationship to Israel and the church? Many "Christians" today are blind in the same way as those early "disciples" who turned from Christ because He didn't meet their false messianic expectations.
Even John the Baptist became so disillusioned that he demanded of Christ, "Art thou he that should come, or look we for another?" (Mat:11:3). Such doubts seem impossible for the one whom God had sent to "prepare the way of the Lord"! Already filled with the Holy Spirit as a six-month old embryo, John had leaped in the womb of his mother Elizabeth upon hearing the voice of the virgin Mary, who had just learned that she would give birth to the Son of God. Called and inspired of God to be the "forerunner of the Messiah," John testified, "He that sent me to baptize...said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he...and I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God" (Jn:1:33-34). Confident in that supernatural revelation, John boldly declared, " Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world! " (Jn:1:29). Yet the day came when, in despair, he sent two disciples to ask Christ whether He really was the Messiah after all!
Although given supernatural revelation as to His identity, John totally misunderstood Christ's mission. Hadn't the prophets said that the Messiah would set up His kingdom and reign in Jerusalem ? Then why was he , the herald of the Messiah, in prison! John did not understand that Christ had come to die for our sins so that both Jew and Gentile, united in one church, could go to heaven. Nor did he comprehend that there had to be a Second Coming.
So it was with the disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane . Amazed, they watched the One whom they thought had all power, as, seemingly powerless, He was arrested, bound and led away. Obviously Jesus of Nazareth couldn't be the Messiah after all! Dreams shattered, they fled for their lives. Likewise the two on the road to Emmaus: "We trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel ...[but they] crucified him!" (Lk 24:19-24). His death, which we recognize today is the very heart of the gospel and without which we have no life, convinced Christ's contemporaries that He could not possibly be the Messiah, the Savior of the world.
"If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him!" (Mat:27:40-44) was the jeering taunt of the bloodthirsty mob and the religious leaders gloating at the foot of His cross. "If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us!" echoed one of the thieves hanging beside him. Whom He came to save, from what, to what, and how was clearly not understood at the time by anyone—not even by His closest disciples.
When Christ tried to explain that He must die for the sins of the world, Peter rebuked Him for being so "negative." Yet Peter, only moments before, had declared by revelation from the Father that Jesus was the Christ (Mat:16:16-17). Obviously he didn't understand the Messiah's mission, even though he knew who He was. "Get thee behind me, Satan!" (Mat:16:22-23). Christ had retorted quickly to Peter, showing the importance He put upon correcting such a gross misunderstanding of His mission.
So it was with those in Jerusalem (Jn:2:23-25) who "believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did." They believed He was the Messiah but had a false view of what that meant. "Jesus did not commit himself unto them" because He knew what was in their hearts and that they would not believe the truth. We see the same error in those in John 6, who, because Christ had healed and fed them, wanted to "take him by force to make him [their] king" (Jn:6:15). There were many who called themselves His "disciples" (today they would be called "Christians") who had a false view of the Messiah, and when He tried to explain the truth to them, would not hear it but "went back and walked no more with him" (Jn:6:66).
We learn from Christ how to handle the multitudes who want to follow Him for the wrong reasons. We must do today what He did then. Many came "forward" to tell Jesus they believed in Him and would follow Him faithfully. Contrary to today's methods, Christ didn't have His disciples quickly sign up such persons as "church members" before they changed their minds, and get them involved in the choir or some committee in order to keep them active in the church. "The foxes have holes and the birds have nests, but I have nowhere to lay my head" (Mat:8:20). Jesus told the eager would-be converts. "Are you certain you really want to follow me?" Such "negativism"!
"So you want to follow Me?" Christ would say. "Then let Me tell you where we're going. I'm heading for a hill outside Jerusalem called Calvary where they'll nail Me to a cross. So if you would be faithful to Me to the end, you might as well make up your mind: take up your cross right now, and follow Me, because that's where we're going!"
Today we're far too sophisticated to present the gospel in such negative terms. We've studied success motivation, psychology and Dale Carnegie courses in "How to Win Friends and Influence People" and consider such new techniques to be ideal for "winning people to Christ." So we fill the churches with multitudes who imagine that Christ's mission is to make them feel good about themselves by building up their self-esteem, answering their selfish prayers and fulfilling their self-centered agendas.
The Reconstruction/Kingdom/Dominionists are more confused than John the Baptist, though their error is similar. They refuse to walk in the rejection of Christ, bearing the reproach of His cross, because that would be "defeatism." They imagine we're in the millennial kingdom already and are supposed to act like "King's kids." They think it is our task to establish that Kingdom through taking "dominion" over the media, educational institutions and political leadership. The "signs and wonders" promoters, from Oral Roberts to John Wimber, imagine they are in the process of taking dominion over all disease and even over death itself without the resurrection and return of Christ.
It is all very positive, and ecumenical. Christian lobbyists such as Bob Grant of Christian Voice and the American Freedom Coalition in Washington , D.C. are willing to work with Moonies and Mormons and all others who are in favor of bringing traditional values back to America . And at Christmas time once again, being able to publicly display a cross or a creche in public becomes a rallying point—a very low common denominator indeed for ecumenical agreement. In defense of such folly, Christian leaders stoutly defend the correctness of working with all those "who call Jesus Lord." Seemingly forgotten are the words of Christ: "Many will say to me... Lord, Lord, have we not...in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me..." (Mat:7:22-23). There are multitudes, such as Mormons and Catholics (to say nothing of many Baptists, Lutherans, Methodists, et al.) who call Jesus "Lord" but are not saved.
On October 17, Paul and Jan Crouch welcomed three Catholics to their "Praise the Lord" program, two priests and a woman lay leader. Paul displayed his usual naiveté and incredible ignorance of theology by smoothing over any differences between Protestants and Catholics as "simply matters of semantics." In his eager embrace of Transubstantiation, a heresy so great that thousands died at the stake rather than accept it, he declared: "Well, we [Protestants] believe the same thing. So you see one of these things that has divided us all of these years [Transubstantiation] shouldn't have divided us all along because we were really meaning the same thing but just saying it a little differently....I[am] eradicating the word "Protestant" even out of my vocabulary. ...I'm not protesting anything anymore...it is....time for Catholics and non-Catholics to come together as one in the Spirit and one in the Lord." But Catholics have a different gospel of salvation by works and ritual through the essential mediation of that Church.
Christmas, with its emphasis upon "baby Jesus," tends to perpetuate another serious Catholic heresy: the pernicious myth of Christ's subservience to His mother which Roman Catholicism has deliberately promoted for centuries. Mary certainly should be called "blessed" as the mother of our Lord—but she is not "Co-Mediatrix and "Co-Redemptrix" as Romanism teaches. In Catholic cathedrals throughout the world, for example, one quickly notices that the paintings, statuary and stained glass give Mary the dominant role. She is even at times shown on the cross as our Redeemer. Jesus is either a helpless babe on His mother's breast, a small child between her knees, or a lifeless victim of the Cross in her arms. Never is she in subjection to Him, and rarely if ever is He shown in the triumph of His resurrection. She is the "Queen of Heaven," where Jesus remains a child subject to her direction.
Typical is the beautiful thirteenth-century stained-glass window we recently observed in a church in France . At the top are the words Le Pergatoire , indicating that it is a depiction of "purgatory." Mary and Jesus are shown on a cloud (i.e., in heaven), with the tormented souls in the flames of purgatory below them, arms extended upward in supplication. Are they crying out to Christ for help? No, they are appealing to Mary. She wears the regal crown.
And Jesus, the Lord of Glory, who triumphed over Satan at the Cross and now sits at the right hand of the Father—how is He depicted? As a child about seven years old, standing between the "Queen of Heaven's" knees! No wonder the souls in "purgatory" do not appeal to Him for help. At the bottom of the beautiful stained-glass depiction of this abomination are the words: Mère Marie, sauvez nous! ("Mother Mary, save us!")
Such heresy does not originate in the imaginations of the artists but in tradition and dogma not only tolerated but promoted by the Roman Catholic Church. The fear of purgatory is very real to a Catholic, and "Mary" has provided an escape for those faithful to her. She allegedly appeared to St. Simon Stock on July 16, 1251 and gave him what is known as "The Great Promise": "Whosoever dies wearing this Scapular [two pieces of brown cloth containing Mary's promise on one, her picture with "Baby Jesus" on the other, worn one in front, one in back, connected over the shoulder by two strings] shall not suffer eternal fire." Like the Mormon's magic underwear, the Catholic's scapular will supposedly accomplish what the death, burial and resurrection of Christ could not. In 1322, Pope John XXII received a further promise from "Mary" known as "The Sabbatine Privilege": "I, the Mother of Grace, shall descend on the Saturday after their death and whomsoever I shall find in Purgatory [who died wearing the scapular], I shall free." St. Simon Stock's famous prayer ends thus: "O Sweet Heart of Mary, be our salvation !"
Christmas offers a rare opportunity to share the true gospel of Jesus Christ and to expose and correct the ecumenical and confused picture it presents annually to the world. Millions are seduced into thinking they are Christians because they have a sentimental feeling for the "baby Jesus." Let us remember what Christ said to those who believed on Him: "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (Jn:8:31-32). It is that truth which we are called upon to proclaim in clarity and power.
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT A LITTLE LEVEN (POISON) FERMENTS THE ENTIRE LUMP..... Lets be very careful of deception from every source... Have a blessed Holiday Season and a Good New Year David
May you share this word by Dave Hunt of The Berean Call amongst fellow believers.
John, as ever reporting.
Christmas as generally celebrated today is one of many carry-overs from Roman Catholicism that survived the Reformation. Historian Will Durant reminds us that Roman Catholicism grew out of the merger between paganism and Christianity which took place under Constantine in the early 300s. Commenting upon the resulting "Christianization" of the Roman Empire , which Reconstructionists such as Coalition on Revival (COR) director Jay Grimstead look back to fondly as a model of what they hope to achieve, Durant wrote:
Paganism survived...in the form of ancient rites and customs condoned...by an often indulgent Church....Statues of Isis and Horus were renamed Mary and Jesus...the Saturnalia [Festival of Saturn in celebration of the winter solstice] was replaced by Christmas celebration... [I]ncense, lights, flowers, processions, vestments...which had pleased the people in older [pagan] cults were domesticated and cleansed in the Ritual of the Church....
In spite of its pagan/Roman Catholic origins and crass commercialization, we can rejoice that Christmas annually brings a reminder of the Savior's birth. Unfortunately, however, Christmas festivities generally perpetuate the confusion concerning who Jesus Christ really is, why He came and what He accomplished. This is not surprising, considering the misunderstandings even among His own disciples at the first advent—and the far greater confusion which the Bible warns will precede His second coming. Indeed, the whole world—including millions of "Christians"—will follow and worship the Antichrist, convinced that he is the true Christ.
Christmas celebrations remind us that the same misunderstandings which prevented so many from recognizing Christ when He came to earth will prevail when He returns. The causes of confusion 1,900 years ago remain the key issues today: What is the Messiah's true mission—and the nature of His kingdom? When, how and by whom will the Kingdom be established—and what is its relationship to Israel and the church? Many "Christians" today are blind in the same way as those early "disciples" who turned from Christ because He didn't meet their false messianic expectations.
Even John the Baptist became so disillusioned that he demanded of Christ, "Art thou he that should come, or look we for another?" (Mat:11:3). Such doubts seem impossible for the one whom God had sent to "prepare the way of the Lord"! Already filled with the Holy Spirit as a six-month old embryo, John had leaped in the womb of his mother Elizabeth upon hearing the voice of the virgin Mary, who had just learned that she would give birth to the Son of God. Called and inspired of God to be the "forerunner of the Messiah," John testified, "He that sent me to baptize...said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he...and I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God" (Jn:1:33-34). Confident in that supernatural revelation, John boldly declared, " Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world! " (Jn:1:29). Yet the day came when, in despair, he sent two disciples to ask Christ whether He really was the Messiah after all!
Although given supernatural revelation as to His identity, John totally misunderstood Christ's mission. Hadn't the prophets said that the Messiah would set up His kingdom and reign in Jerusalem ? Then why was he , the herald of the Messiah, in prison! John did not understand that Christ had come to die for our sins so that both Jew and Gentile, united in one church, could go to heaven. Nor did he comprehend that there had to be a Second Coming.
So it was with the disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane . Amazed, they watched the One whom they thought had all power, as, seemingly powerless, He was arrested, bound and led away. Obviously Jesus of Nazareth couldn't be the Messiah after all! Dreams shattered, they fled for their lives. Likewise the two on the road to Emmaus: "We trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel ...[but they] crucified him!" (Lk 24:19-24). His death, which we recognize today is the very heart of the gospel and without which we have no life, convinced Christ's contemporaries that He could not possibly be the Messiah, the Savior of the world.
"If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him!" (Mat:27:40-44) was the jeering taunt of the bloodthirsty mob and the religious leaders gloating at the foot of His cross. "If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us!" echoed one of the thieves hanging beside him. Whom He came to save, from what, to what, and how was clearly not understood at the time by anyone—not even by His closest disciples.
When Christ tried to explain that He must die for the sins of the world, Peter rebuked Him for being so "negative." Yet Peter, only moments before, had declared by revelation from the Father that Jesus was the Christ (Mat:16:16-17). Obviously he didn't understand the Messiah's mission, even though he knew who He was. "Get thee behind me, Satan!" (Mat:16:22-23). Christ had retorted quickly to Peter, showing the importance He put upon correcting such a gross misunderstanding of His mission.
So it was with those in Jerusalem (Jn:2:23-25) who "believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did." They believed He was the Messiah but had a false view of what that meant. "Jesus did not commit himself unto them" because He knew what was in their hearts and that they would not believe the truth. We see the same error in those in John 6, who, because Christ had healed and fed them, wanted to "take him by force to make him [their] king" (Jn:6:15). There were many who called themselves His "disciples" (today they would be called "Christians") who had a false view of the Messiah, and when He tried to explain the truth to them, would not hear it but "went back and walked no more with him" (Jn:6:66).
We learn from Christ how to handle the multitudes who want to follow Him for the wrong reasons. We must do today what He did then. Many came "forward" to tell Jesus they believed in Him and would follow Him faithfully. Contrary to today's methods, Christ didn't have His disciples quickly sign up such persons as "church members" before they changed their minds, and get them involved in the choir or some committee in order to keep them active in the church. "The foxes have holes and the birds have nests, but I have nowhere to lay my head" (Mat:8:20). Jesus told the eager would-be converts. "Are you certain you really want to follow me?" Such "negativism"!
"So you want to follow Me?" Christ would say. "Then let Me tell you where we're going. I'm heading for a hill outside Jerusalem called Calvary where they'll nail Me to a cross. So if you would be faithful to Me to the end, you might as well make up your mind: take up your cross right now, and follow Me, because that's where we're going!"
Today we're far too sophisticated to present the gospel in such negative terms. We've studied success motivation, psychology and Dale Carnegie courses in "How to Win Friends and Influence People" and consider such new techniques to be ideal for "winning people to Christ." So we fill the churches with multitudes who imagine that Christ's mission is to make them feel good about themselves by building up their self-esteem, answering their selfish prayers and fulfilling their self-centered agendas.
The Reconstruction/Kingdom/Dominionists are more confused than John the Baptist, though their error is similar. They refuse to walk in the rejection of Christ, bearing the reproach of His cross, because that would be "defeatism." They imagine we're in the millennial kingdom already and are supposed to act like "King's kids." They think it is our task to establish that Kingdom through taking "dominion" over the media, educational institutions and political leadership. The "signs and wonders" promoters, from Oral Roberts to John Wimber, imagine they are in the process of taking dominion over all disease and even over death itself without the resurrection and return of Christ.
It is all very positive, and ecumenical. Christian lobbyists such as Bob Grant of Christian Voice and the American Freedom Coalition in Washington , D.C. are willing to work with Moonies and Mormons and all others who are in favor of bringing traditional values back to America . And at Christmas time once again, being able to publicly display a cross or a creche in public becomes a rallying point—a very low common denominator indeed for ecumenical agreement. In defense of such folly, Christian leaders stoutly defend the correctness of working with all those "who call Jesus Lord." Seemingly forgotten are the words of Christ: "Many will say to me... Lord, Lord, have we not...in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me..." (Mat:7:22-23). There are multitudes, such as Mormons and Catholics (to say nothing of many Baptists, Lutherans, Methodists, et al.) who call Jesus "Lord" but are not saved.
On October 17, Paul and Jan Crouch welcomed three Catholics to their "Praise the Lord" program, two priests and a woman lay leader. Paul displayed his usual naiveté and incredible ignorance of theology by smoothing over any differences between Protestants and Catholics as "simply matters of semantics." In his eager embrace of Transubstantiation, a heresy so great that thousands died at the stake rather than accept it, he declared: "Well, we [Protestants] believe the same thing. So you see one of these things that has divided us all of these years [Transubstantiation] shouldn't have divided us all along because we were really meaning the same thing but just saying it a little differently....I[am] eradicating the word "Protestant" even out of my vocabulary. ...I'm not protesting anything anymore...it is....time for Catholics and non-Catholics to come together as one in the Spirit and one in the Lord." But Catholics have a different gospel of salvation by works and ritual through the essential mediation of that Church.
Christmas, with its emphasis upon "baby Jesus," tends to perpetuate another serious Catholic heresy: the pernicious myth of Christ's subservience to His mother which Roman Catholicism has deliberately promoted for centuries. Mary certainly should be called "blessed" as the mother of our Lord—but she is not "Co-Mediatrix and "Co-Redemptrix" as Romanism teaches. In Catholic cathedrals throughout the world, for example, one quickly notices that the paintings, statuary and stained glass give Mary the dominant role. She is even at times shown on the cross as our Redeemer. Jesus is either a helpless babe on His mother's breast, a small child between her knees, or a lifeless victim of the Cross in her arms. Never is she in subjection to Him, and rarely if ever is He shown in the triumph of His resurrection. She is the "Queen of Heaven," where Jesus remains a child subject to her direction.
Typical is the beautiful thirteenth-century stained-glass window we recently observed in a church in France . At the top are the words Le Pergatoire , indicating that it is a depiction of "purgatory." Mary and Jesus are shown on a cloud (i.e., in heaven), with the tormented souls in the flames of purgatory below them, arms extended upward in supplication. Are they crying out to Christ for help? No, they are appealing to Mary. She wears the regal crown.
And Jesus, the Lord of Glory, who triumphed over Satan at the Cross and now sits at the right hand of the Father—how is He depicted? As a child about seven years old, standing between the "Queen of Heaven's" knees! No wonder the souls in "purgatory" do not appeal to Him for help. At the bottom of the beautiful stained-glass depiction of this abomination are the words: Mère Marie, sauvez nous! ("Mother Mary, save us!")
Such heresy does not originate in the imaginations of the artists but in tradition and dogma not only tolerated but promoted by the Roman Catholic Church. The fear of purgatory is very real to a Catholic, and "Mary" has provided an escape for those faithful to her. She allegedly appeared to St. Simon Stock on July 16, 1251 and gave him what is known as "The Great Promise": "Whosoever dies wearing this Scapular [two pieces of brown cloth containing Mary's promise on one, her picture with "Baby Jesus" on the other, worn one in front, one in back, connected over the shoulder by two strings] shall not suffer eternal fire." Like the Mormon's magic underwear, the Catholic's scapular will supposedly accomplish what the death, burial and resurrection of Christ could not. In 1322, Pope John XXII received a further promise from "Mary" known as "The Sabbatine Privilege": "I, the Mother of Grace, shall descend on the Saturday after their death and whomsoever I shall find in Purgatory [who died wearing the scapular], I shall free." St. Simon Stock's famous prayer ends thus: "O Sweet Heart of Mary, be our salvation !"
Christmas offers a rare opportunity to share the true gospel of Jesus Christ and to expose and correct the ecumenical and confused picture it presents annually to the world. Millions are seduced into thinking they are Christians because they have a sentimental feeling for the "baby Jesus." Let us remember what Christ said to those who believed on Him: "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (Jn:8:31-32). It is that truth which we are called upon to proclaim in clarity and power.
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT A LITTLE LEVEN (POISON) FERMENTS THE ENTIRE LUMP..... Lets be very careful of deception from every source... Have a blessed Holiday Season and a Good New Year David
Sunday, 18 November 2012
MEDIA PROPAGANDA AGAINST ISRAEL
THIS IS CURRENT 'SLANTED' INFORMATION MAKING ISRAEL SEEM LIKE THE BIG BAD WOLF...WHEN IN FACT IT IS THE ISLAMIC HATRED THAT CAUSES ALL THE PROBLEMS AS WE HAVE SEEN IN AFGANISTAN, IRAQ, IRAN, EGYPT, LIBIYA, SYRIA and so on....and yet the Media always seem to blame the JEWS and ISRAEL...
Here we go...a report today on Yahoo and Sky and Euronews.
A toddler has been killed and his two brothers wounded in the latest Israeli airstrike on Gaza, emergency services said.
The 18-month-old Palestinian boy died in a strike east of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, spokesman Adham Abu Selmiya told the AFP news agency.
Health ministry spokesman Ashraf al Qudra said the two wounded boys, aged four and five, were "in critical condition".
The bombardment of Gaza by Israel entered a new phase overnight, with Israel shelling the Palestinian territory from the sea, as well as continuing its airstrikes.
The latest bombings come as Egypt's President suggested that there could be a ceasefire soon - and a Palestinian official said this morning that a truce is possible "today or tomorrow".
Mr Morsi said: "There are now intensive efforts through communication channels with the Palestinian side and with the Israeli side and there are now some indications that there is possibility of a ceasefire soon between the two sides."
Forty-eight Palestinians, about half of them civilians, including 13 children, have now been killed in Israel's raids, Palestinian officials said.
Militants in Gaza resumed firing rockets into Israel this morning, with at least one landing in Ashkelon in southern Israel.
More than 500 rockets fired from Gaza have hit Israel since the recent violence flared on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring dozens.
Two buildings housing local Arab media in Gaza were among the targets in the latest airstrikes.
Among the buildings hit was a media centre housing the offices of al Quds TV, often a voicepiece for Hamas. Three journalists were wounded.
Both buildings also contained offices used by foreign journalists, including Sky News.
"I think that this demonstrates just how dangerous and complex with aerial bombardment is," said Sky's Sam Kiley.
Two other pre-dawn attacks on houses in the Jebalya refugee camp killed one child and wounded 12 other people, medical officials said. These attacks followed a defiant statement by Hamas military spokesman Abu Ubaida.
"This round of confrontation will not be the last against the Zionist enemy and it is only the beginning."
The masked gunman dressed in military fatigues insisted that despite Israel's blows Hamas "is still strong enough to destroy the enemy".
On Saturday Israeli aircraft bombed Hamas government buildings in Gaza, including the offices of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and a police headquarters.
Israel has said it will keep schools in its southern region closed as a precaution to avoid casualties from rocket strikes, which have reached as far as Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in the past few days.
Israel unleashed its massive air campaign on Wednesday, killing a leading militant of the Hamas Islamist group that controls Gaza and rejects Israel's existence.
Israel says it is trying to stop militants in the coastal enclave from launching rockets that have plagued its southern communities for years.
The Jewish state has since launched more than 950 air strikes since Wednesday.
AND A COMMUNICATION FROM A MESSANIC JEWISH WOMAN LIVING IN ISRAEL
This Shabbat's prophetic portion (haftarah) speaks into a similar situation to the one we face now with Gaza. We [the intercessors]read from that and then praised God because of who He is - regardless of the events of the day.
The burden of the Word of YHWH to Israel by Malachi. I have loved you, says YHWH. But you say, How have You loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? Says YHWH; yet I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau and made his mountains a desolation, and his inheritance to be for the jackals of the wilderness. Edom says, we are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places. Yet YHWH of Hosts declares, they shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them the border of wickedness, the people with whom YHWH is indignant forever. And your eyes shall see, and you shall say, YHWH will be magnified from [and/or beyond] the border of Israel.
Malachi 1:1-5
We thank and praise YOU for being ever faithful to watch over YOUR word to do it (Jeremiah 1:12).
We take comfort in the fact that YOU are all-knowing and that there are never any crises in heaven.
Not to us, YHWH, not to us, but to YOUR name give glory, for Your mercy and for Your truth's sake. Why should the nations say, Where now is their God? But our God is in Heaven; He has done whatever He has pleased.
Psalms 115:1-3
The IDF's Operation Pillar of Cloud [the name is taken from Exodus 13:21-22], is a response to a huge numbers of various attacks from Islamic terror groups in Gaza. The operation started four days ago with the targeted assassination of Hamas' military leader who had much blood on his hands. It has continued with Israeli Air Force and Navy strikes. Hamas and other terrorist groups have responded by the firing of hundreds of rockets against the citizens of southern Israel. A few missiles landed very close to Tel Aviv, and one even hit the surroundings of Jerusalem last night. Israel could be sending in ground troops by the time you read this and that will make this operation very messy and more deadly - to both sides. In line with 1 Timothy 2:1-2, we prayed first for those in authority in the government.
Lord, we lift up the arms of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Ehud Barak.
Help them walk in one accord and receive wisdom from YOU concerning what Israel needs to do.
Bring government leaders into a unity in purpose and a desire to protect the Israeli people.
May You be glorified in all that goes on by having Your will done on earth as it is already settled in heaven (Matthew 6:9-10).
Lord, forbid the upcoming Israeli elections to intervene with Israel's leaders' decisions concerning how to run this operation.
Abba, YOU have raised up Netanyahu for just a time like this. Therefore, make him a statesman and do not allow political gain or lose impact his decisions.
Reveal to Israeli leaders YOUR goals for this time and YOUR plans on how to accomplish them.
A man's heart plans his way, but YHWH directs his steps.
Proverbs 16:9
There are many thoughts in a man's heart, but the counsel of YHWH shall stand.
Proverbs 19:21
Enable clear communication between Israel's governmental leaders and the leaders of its army.
Dampen all contradictory voices that would seek to take personal/political advantage of this operation - especially in the Israeli media and in the political opposition.
We then prayed for the leadership of the Israeli Defence Forces, the IDF, to receive the mantle from on high to lead the army in this time of crisis.
Abba, we do not trust in the Israeli IDF - but in the heavenly IDF - Israel's Divine Father!
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of YHWH our God. They have bowed down and fallen; but we have risen and stand upright. Save, O YHWH; let the King hear us when we call.
Psalms 20:7-9
Hear the Word of YHWH, nations, and declare it in the coastlands afar off, and say, He who scattered Israel will gather him and keep [guard] him, as a shepherd keeps his flock.
Jeremiah 31:10
Yeshua, Lord of the hosts of heaven, give the IDF leaders unity of purpose and courage.
Enable them to quickly adapt to changing scenarios on the battlefield.
Impart YOUR plans that will stand in the face of chaotic battle situations.
Rise up the wise advisors and remove all false or deceived ones from the ranks of the IDF leadership.
Purposes are established by counsel; and with good advice make war.
Proverbs 20:18; cp. 24:6
Like YOU gave to King David, give current IDF leaders an ability to hear and respond to Your specific directions (1 Chronicles 14:14-15).
We next prayed for the courage, protection and skills of the rest of the IDF.
Be strong and of a good courage. Do not fear nor be afraid of them. For YHWH your God is He who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.
Deuteronomy 31:6
We ask for YOUR covering to be on all of Israel's soldiers, sailors, pilots and spies.
Use them all to deal a debilitating blow to the terror organizations that thrive in Gaza.
They have prepared a net for my steps… they have dug a pit before me, into which they have fallen.
Psalms 57:6
Impart courage and wisdom to the mid-to-low level commanders throughout the IDF.
Protect and use the believers in the IDF for Your purposes.
Rise up more Messianic Jews to positions of influence.
Lord, Hamas said this past week that by assassinating their top military leader, Israel opened up the gates of hell. We say that the gates of hell will not prevail against Your Church (Matthew 16:18) - and since we are a growing remnant in Israel, those gates will not prevail against YOUR nation either.
We turned our focus in prayer to the people of Israel. The situation for the citizens in the south has been hellacious for many years now. Although there are very few deaths from the terrorist rocket fire, yet there are many injuries to one's emotional, mental and physical person. Some of these might never be healed and will impact negatively many of these Israelis and a whole future generation that has been traumatized for a decade.
Throughout Your Word, You say to the children of Israel, Fear not! Speak that to YOUR people in the night seasons, during the missile attacks, and many times during the day.
Father of all comfort; give YOUR divine comfort and courage to the children and teens.
Comfort all who have already lost loved ones and/or who are suffering from the terror they have had to endure during all these years.
We bless and thank YOU that the majority of this nation is standing in one accord with the government and this IDF operation. Continue to keep this nation unified.
Abba, use these times of tension and fear to draw many to Your Son Yeshua (John 6:44)
Anoint leaders of synagogues and messianic congregations to know what to say and what not to say.
Give Rabbis an ability to speak truth and turn their flocks to look to YOU.
Wake up the liberal left-wing to the reality of what Israel faces and confront them to take responsibility for this situation because of their support for the Gaza disengagement.
Protect supernaturally all of the communities bordering on Gaza.
We confessed, No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment, you shall condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of YHWH, and their righteousness is from ME, says YHWH. (Isaiah 54:17)
The two areas in which Israel seems to always lose the battle is in diplomacy and public relations. There are so many lies in the media, in governments and in the spirit realm, about Israel and her reasons for battling Hamas, or restricting what goes into Gaza, that it will take a miracle for most of the world's population to see this current operation as anything more than further Israeli aggression. Yet we believe in miracles.
Ah, Lord YHWH! You have made the heavens and the earth by YOUR great power and stretched out arm. Nothing is too great for YOU.
Jeremiah 32:17
Behold, I am YHWH, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for ME?
Jeremiah 32:27
Give much wisdom and revelation to those who are leading the fight to explain Israel's situation to the world at large.
Anoint PM Netanyahu and Public Diplomacy Minister Yuli Edelstein to take advantage of all media interviews to speak the truth boldly.
Use Israel's ambassadors in the nations and to the UN to state the facts clearly and openly - without the fear of man infecting them in any way (Proverbs 29:25a).
Enable Israel's use of social media to reach the younger generation - and even many in the Arab and Muslim worlds.
We thank YOU that up to this point, the US and Canada are standing behind the IDF operation (in fact, even the British foreign minister seems to understand!).
Because of the IDF moving many of its troops and equipment south - to the area around Gaza - the northern border might look enticing to Israel's enemies.
Lord, we ask for YOU to protect Israel's northern border.
Do not permit any attacks from either Hezbollah in Lebanon or Assad in Syria - unless it is absolutely YOU drawing them into YOUR trap (Isaiah 37:29)!
Keep the soldiers in the north - many of whom will be reservists - alert and protected.
Forbid any successful kidnapping attempts.
Give the IDF wisdom concerning the deployment of all of its troops.
Let the priests, the ministers of YHWH, weep between the porch and the altar, and pray, Spare YOUR people, O YHWH. Give not YOUR inheritance to reproach… Why should they say among the people, Where is their God? Then YHWH will be jealous for His land and pity His people. Yes, YHWH will answer and say to His people, Behold… I will no more make you a curse among the nations. But I will remove the northern army far from you, and will drive him into a barren and deserted land… Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice. For YHWH will do great things.
Joel 2:17-21
We ended by praying for the Israeli Messianic Body, and the worldwide Body of Messiah.
Yeshua, pour out YOUR burden on Your Body for this weekend.
Anoint Arab believers to know how to pray at this time.
Help us all too always and only pray in line with YOUR will.
Therefore let us not sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober-minded.
1 Thessalonians 5:6
But the end of all things has drawn near. Therefore be sober-minded, watch and pray.
1 Peter 4:7
Blessings, peace and Shabbat shalom from Zion
You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on YOU; because he trusts in YOU. Trust in YHWH forever; for in the Yah YHWH is everlasting strength. Isaiah 26:3-4
END OF COMMUNICATION
My position on this is that I do not believe that WAR ever solves anything…in fact it just hardens the enemy against the other side.
In this case I know that Israel is a special land to our Lord Yahweh and that the descendants of Abraham…Israelites have the right to the land and they should be allowed to live in peace. In fact they have Arabs living in their Nation and treat them better than they would be treated in Arab lands. The Western Media fuel this hatred as it suits their agenda of anti- Semitism.
So I pray for BLESSINGS & PEACE upon Jerusalem
David
Here we go...a report today on Yahoo and Sky and Euronews.
A toddler has been killed and his two brothers wounded in the latest Israeli airstrike on Gaza, emergency services said.
The 18-month-old Palestinian boy died in a strike east of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, spokesman Adham Abu Selmiya told the AFP news agency.
Health ministry spokesman Ashraf al Qudra said the two wounded boys, aged four and five, were "in critical condition".
The bombardment of Gaza by Israel entered a new phase overnight, with Israel shelling the Palestinian territory from the sea, as well as continuing its airstrikes.
The latest bombings come as Egypt's President suggested that there could be a ceasefire soon - and a Palestinian official said this morning that a truce is possible "today or tomorrow".
Mr Morsi said: "There are now intensive efforts through communication channels with the Palestinian side and with the Israeli side and there are now some indications that there is possibility of a ceasefire soon between the two sides."
Forty-eight Palestinians, about half of them civilians, including 13 children, have now been killed in Israel's raids, Palestinian officials said.
Militants in Gaza resumed firing rockets into Israel this morning, with at least one landing in Ashkelon in southern Israel.
More than 500 rockets fired from Gaza have hit Israel since the recent violence flared on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring dozens.
Two buildings housing local Arab media in Gaza were among the targets in the latest airstrikes.
Among the buildings hit was a media centre housing the offices of al Quds TV, often a voicepiece for Hamas. Three journalists were wounded.
Both buildings also contained offices used by foreign journalists, including Sky News.
"I think that this demonstrates just how dangerous and complex with aerial bombardment is," said Sky's Sam Kiley.
Two other pre-dawn attacks on houses in the Jebalya refugee camp killed one child and wounded 12 other people, medical officials said. These attacks followed a defiant statement by Hamas military spokesman Abu Ubaida.
"This round of confrontation will not be the last against the Zionist enemy and it is only the beginning."
The masked gunman dressed in military fatigues insisted that despite Israel's blows Hamas "is still strong enough to destroy the enemy".
On Saturday Israeli aircraft bombed Hamas government buildings in Gaza, including the offices of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and a police headquarters.
Israel has said it will keep schools in its southern region closed as a precaution to avoid casualties from rocket strikes, which have reached as far as Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in the past few days.
Israel unleashed its massive air campaign on Wednesday, killing a leading militant of the Hamas Islamist group that controls Gaza and rejects Israel's existence.
Israel says it is trying to stop militants in the coastal enclave from launching rockets that have plagued its southern communities for years.
The Jewish state has since launched more than 950 air strikes since Wednesday.
AND A COMMUNICATION FROM A MESSANIC JEWISH WOMAN LIVING IN ISRAEL
This Shabbat's prophetic portion (haftarah) speaks into a similar situation to the one we face now with Gaza. We [the intercessors]read from that and then praised God because of who He is - regardless of the events of the day.
The burden of the Word of YHWH to Israel by Malachi. I have loved you, says YHWH. But you say, How have You loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? Says YHWH; yet I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau and made his mountains a desolation, and his inheritance to be for the jackals of the wilderness. Edom says, we are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places. Yet YHWH of Hosts declares, they shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them the border of wickedness, the people with whom YHWH is indignant forever. And your eyes shall see, and you shall say, YHWH will be magnified from [and/or beyond] the border of Israel.
Malachi 1:1-5
We thank and praise YOU for being ever faithful to watch over YOUR word to do it (Jeremiah 1:12).
We take comfort in the fact that YOU are all-knowing and that there are never any crises in heaven.
Not to us, YHWH, not to us, but to YOUR name give glory, for Your mercy and for Your truth's sake. Why should the nations say, Where now is their God? But our God is in Heaven; He has done whatever He has pleased.
Psalms 115:1-3
The IDF's Operation Pillar of Cloud [the name is taken from Exodus 13:21-22], is a response to a huge numbers of various attacks from Islamic terror groups in Gaza. The operation started four days ago with the targeted assassination of Hamas' military leader who had much blood on his hands. It has continued with Israeli Air Force and Navy strikes. Hamas and other terrorist groups have responded by the firing of hundreds of rockets against the citizens of southern Israel. A few missiles landed very close to Tel Aviv, and one even hit the surroundings of Jerusalem last night. Israel could be sending in ground troops by the time you read this and that will make this operation very messy and more deadly - to both sides. In line with 1 Timothy 2:1-2, we prayed first for those in authority in the government.
Lord, we lift up the arms of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Ehud Barak.
Help them walk in one accord and receive wisdom from YOU concerning what Israel needs to do.
Bring government leaders into a unity in purpose and a desire to protect the Israeli people.
May You be glorified in all that goes on by having Your will done on earth as it is already settled in heaven (Matthew 6:9-10).
Lord, forbid the upcoming Israeli elections to intervene with Israel's leaders' decisions concerning how to run this operation.
Abba, YOU have raised up Netanyahu for just a time like this. Therefore, make him a statesman and do not allow political gain or lose impact his decisions.
Reveal to Israeli leaders YOUR goals for this time and YOUR plans on how to accomplish them.
A man's heart plans his way, but YHWH directs his steps.
Proverbs 16:9
There are many thoughts in a man's heart, but the counsel of YHWH shall stand.
Proverbs 19:21
Enable clear communication between Israel's governmental leaders and the leaders of its army.
Dampen all contradictory voices that would seek to take personal/political advantage of this operation - especially in the Israeli media and in the political opposition.
We then prayed for the leadership of the Israeli Defence Forces, the IDF, to receive the mantle from on high to lead the army in this time of crisis.
Abba, we do not trust in the Israeli IDF - but in the heavenly IDF - Israel's Divine Father!
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of YHWH our God. They have bowed down and fallen; but we have risen and stand upright. Save, O YHWH; let the King hear us when we call.
Psalms 20:7-9
Hear the Word of YHWH, nations, and declare it in the coastlands afar off, and say, He who scattered Israel will gather him and keep [guard] him, as a shepherd keeps his flock.
Jeremiah 31:10
Yeshua, Lord of the hosts of heaven, give the IDF leaders unity of purpose and courage.
Enable them to quickly adapt to changing scenarios on the battlefield.
Impart YOUR plans that will stand in the face of chaotic battle situations.
Rise up the wise advisors and remove all false or deceived ones from the ranks of the IDF leadership.
Purposes are established by counsel; and with good advice make war.
Proverbs 20:18; cp. 24:6
Like YOU gave to King David, give current IDF leaders an ability to hear and respond to Your specific directions (1 Chronicles 14:14-15).
We next prayed for the courage, protection and skills of the rest of the IDF.
Be strong and of a good courage. Do not fear nor be afraid of them. For YHWH your God is He who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.
Deuteronomy 31:6
We ask for YOUR covering to be on all of Israel's soldiers, sailors, pilots and spies.
Use them all to deal a debilitating blow to the terror organizations that thrive in Gaza.
They have prepared a net for my steps… they have dug a pit before me, into which they have fallen.
Psalms 57:6
Impart courage and wisdom to the mid-to-low level commanders throughout the IDF.
Protect and use the believers in the IDF for Your purposes.
Rise up more Messianic Jews to positions of influence.
Lord, Hamas said this past week that by assassinating their top military leader, Israel opened up the gates of hell. We say that the gates of hell will not prevail against Your Church (Matthew 16:18) - and since we are a growing remnant in Israel, those gates will not prevail against YOUR nation either.
We turned our focus in prayer to the people of Israel. The situation for the citizens in the south has been hellacious for many years now. Although there are very few deaths from the terrorist rocket fire, yet there are many injuries to one's emotional, mental and physical person. Some of these might never be healed and will impact negatively many of these Israelis and a whole future generation that has been traumatized for a decade.
Throughout Your Word, You say to the children of Israel, Fear not! Speak that to YOUR people in the night seasons, during the missile attacks, and many times during the day.
Father of all comfort; give YOUR divine comfort and courage to the children and teens.
Comfort all who have already lost loved ones and/or who are suffering from the terror they have had to endure during all these years.
We bless and thank YOU that the majority of this nation is standing in one accord with the government and this IDF operation. Continue to keep this nation unified.
Abba, use these times of tension and fear to draw many to Your Son Yeshua (John 6:44)
Anoint leaders of synagogues and messianic congregations to know what to say and what not to say.
Give Rabbis an ability to speak truth and turn their flocks to look to YOU.
Wake up the liberal left-wing to the reality of what Israel faces and confront them to take responsibility for this situation because of their support for the Gaza disengagement.
Protect supernaturally all of the communities bordering on Gaza.
We confessed, No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment, you shall condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of YHWH, and their righteousness is from ME, says YHWH. (Isaiah 54:17)
The two areas in which Israel seems to always lose the battle is in diplomacy and public relations. There are so many lies in the media, in governments and in the spirit realm, about Israel and her reasons for battling Hamas, or restricting what goes into Gaza, that it will take a miracle for most of the world's population to see this current operation as anything more than further Israeli aggression. Yet we believe in miracles.
Ah, Lord YHWH! You have made the heavens and the earth by YOUR great power and stretched out arm. Nothing is too great for YOU.
Jeremiah 32:17
Behold, I am YHWH, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for ME?
Jeremiah 32:27
Give much wisdom and revelation to those who are leading the fight to explain Israel's situation to the world at large.
Anoint PM Netanyahu and Public Diplomacy Minister Yuli Edelstein to take advantage of all media interviews to speak the truth boldly.
Use Israel's ambassadors in the nations and to the UN to state the facts clearly and openly - without the fear of man infecting them in any way (Proverbs 29:25a).
Enable Israel's use of social media to reach the younger generation - and even many in the Arab and Muslim worlds.
We thank YOU that up to this point, the US and Canada are standing behind the IDF operation (in fact, even the British foreign minister seems to understand!).
Because of the IDF moving many of its troops and equipment south - to the area around Gaza - the northern border might look enticing to Israel's enemies.
Lord, we ask for YOU to protect Israel's northern border.
Do not permit any attacks from either Hezbollah in Lebanon or Assad in Syria - unless it is absolutely YOU drawing them into YOUR trap (Isaiah 37:29)!
Keep the soldiers in the north - many of whom will be reservists - alert and protected.
Forbid any successful kidnapping attempts.
Give the IDF wisdom concerning the deployment of all of its troops.
Let the priests, the ministers of YHWH, weep between the porch and the altar, and pray, Spare YOUR people, O YHWH. Give not YOUR inheritance to reproach… Why should they say among the people, Where is their God? Then YHWH will be jealous for His land and pity His people. Yes, YHWH will answer and say to His people, Behold… I will no more make you a curse among the nations. But I will remove the northern army far from you, and will drive him into a barren and deserted land… Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice. For YHWH will do great things.
Joel 2:17-21
We ended by praying for the Israeli Messianic Body, and the worldwide Body of Messiah.
Yeshua, pour out YOUR burden on Your Body for this weekend.
Anoint Arab believers to know how to pray at this time.
Help us all too always and only pray in line with YOUR will.
Therefore let us not sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober-minded.
1 Thessalonians 5:6
But the end of all things has drawn near. Therefore be sober-minded, watch and pray.
1 Peter 4:7
Blessings, peace and Shabbat shalom from Zion
You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on YOU; because he trusts in YOU. Trust in YHWH forever; for in the Yah YHWH is everlasting strength. Isaiah 26:3-4
END OF COMMUNICATION
My position on this is that I do not believe that WAR ever solves anything…in fact it just hardens the enemy against the other side.
In this case I know that Israel is a special land to our Lord Yahweh and that the descendants of Abraham…Israelites have the right to the land and they should be allowed to live in peace. In fact they have Arabs living in their Nation and treat them better than they would be treated in Arab lands. The Western Media fuel this hatred as it suits their agenda of anti- Semitism.
So I pray for BLESSINGS & PEACE upon Jerusalem
David
Saturday, 10 November 2012
IS AMERICA BEING JUDGED?
The Presidental Showtime is over, so will things get better?
The same President has been voted back in office, so what is he going to do in the wake of the terrible events occurring to this Nation?
Obviously no one likes to see terrible disasters hitting Nations and the misery it causes for Millions of people. Our thoughts certainly go out to people caught up in these nasty events. However this question needs to be asked.
The Sandy 'Super-storm' was the worst ever recorded on the East Coast and the financial centre of the USA - was just one in a long line of "historic" catastrophes to hit the United States in the last 11 years. It follows right on the heels of one of the worst droughts ever recorded in America which occurred this summer - the most severe in more than half a century.
Quite a number of Christians are now asking whether the Lord has lifted His hand of protection off the USA and especially since September 9th 2011. Below is an astonishing list of major disasters that have occurred one after the other in America since that awful event in 2001….
2001 - TWIN TOWERS - The worst ever attack on American soil. The most shocking and devastating event in US living memory
2005 - HURRICANE KATRINA - The most destructive and expensive hurricane in US history.
2007 - MASSACRE AT VIRGINIA TECH - The worst school shooting in the history of the United States.
2007 - HOUSING CRISIS - Start of the worst (by far) housing crash in US history. Millions lose their homes across the nation.
2008 - FINANCIAL PANIC - The beginning of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. (still on-going).
2011 - TORNADO OUTBREAK - The largest outbreak of tornadoes ever recorded (Also the costliest and most devastating).
2012 - DROUGHT - The worst and most extensive US drought in more than half a century.
2012 - SUPER-STORM - A 1000-mile-wide hurricane that slams into New York and the East Coast harder than any ever recorded.
QUESTION - Is God allowing this terrible shaking in order to wake the nation from its deadly spiritual slumber? There was a time when America spread righteousness in the earth. But today the USA is the # 1 exporter of pornography and youth rebellion and homosexuality to the whole world. Does this have anything to do with what is happening? She has exported Coca Cola, McDonalds, Burger King and many other fast food operations that many of us would label Junk Food and along with that has been the Junk life style as well.
America is the ‘leader’ in so many things. Are there other reasons why she might be under judgment? (It is not that the USA is ‘worse’ than many other nations - but rather that she is a 'leader' in World events and influencing the whole earth with these things. It is this place of "leadership" that makes America a unique case).
Despite all the prayers from well-meaning religious groups, the US continues its slide into even more God dis-honouring practices and moral breakdown.
Great Empires of the past gradually fell apart because of similar lifestyles and ignoring of the ONLY TRUE GOD.
The Country will not improve until it REPENTS for what it has done to its own people and the World it influences. OUR LORD GOD WILL NOT BE MOCKED
Keep praying that the Lord will give the commanding call soon.
Bless you
David
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