January 2019, When President Trump announced that he was withdrawing troops from Syria, shock and hysteria filled Washington DC. The screaming grew louder when it was reported that the president also intended to remove half of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, with the rest likely to come home at the end of 2019.
Afghanistan is the longest war in American history, outlasting the Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, and Korean War combined. U.S. soldiers will soon be deploying to a war that started before they were born. Today the Islamic terrorists alQaeda, Taliban, ISIS et al are advancing while the Kabul government is in disarray.

President Trump when a candidate disparaged US troops shedding precious blood in foreign wars of people who hate us! He said, “At a certain point, all of these other countries where ISIS is around — they’ve been decimated by the way, badly decimated — but all of these countries are going to have to fight them because do we want to stay there for another 19 years? I don’t think so.” He is trying to keep his word to extricate our precious kids out of these regime change foreign wars. Hoorah!!

About 2.7 million men and women [US citizens mostly (1)] have served in the post-9/11 wars: Iraq, Afghanistan, the Gulf States, horn of Africa and Syria. About 1.3 million have done multiple tours and 223,000 have gone four or more times. Never have so many soldiers done so many tours; but it is also true that America has relied on a core force the size of Fargo, North Dakota to fight the longest war in our nation’s history - AFGHANISTAN. Phillip Carter crunches these numbers for the Veterans Data Project at the Center for New American Security, a Washington think-tank. Using information provided by the Department of Defense’s Contingency Tracking System, he has analyzed the demographics of this post-9/11 cohort with a granularity not before possible. More here

(1) Non-U.S. Citizens in the United States Military
6-25-19, TheBalanceCareers.com -- Non-citizen can enlist in the US military. However, federal law prohibits non-citizens from becoming commission or  warrant officers. In order for a non-citizen to enlist in the military, they must first be a legal immigrant (with a green card), permanently residing in the United States.

2 Timothy 4:3-8

11-10-19, This week's prophecy update by John Haller is chock full of the world's news ... Islam, Israel, Homosexuality, Turkey, Syria, Germany, Iran... The world is bound up in a plethora of problems; and while it seems that confusion abounds, that confusion only exists in the mind of men who do not seek the wisdom of God. Instead they choose to supplant His Word for their own arrogant and prideful aspirations in their feeble pursuit of dominance and power.

Regardless of how tangled and bound up world events seem, they will unfurl and unfold just as God has planned eventually proclaiming the sovereignty of our Lord Jesus Christ and His protection of the Jewish state of Israel. Ezekie 37:21

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Golden Report here:

 Lyrics:

The Lord is my shepherd,
I shall not want for anything
Then my soul is thirsty Living water He brings.
In the righteous path My Saviour leads me
Jesus is all that I have, He's all that I need

Thou anointest my head with oil,
My cup overflows.
Thy rod and Thy staff comfort me
Everywhere that I go.
Though I walk through the valley of death,
He'll be with me.

Jesus is all that I have,
He's all that I need
Jesus is all that I have,
He's all that I need
Leads me besides still waters
And pastures of All the days of my life
His Mercy shall follow me.
Jesus is all that I have,
He's all that I need.
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Psalm 78:69, 87:1, 127:1; Exodus 15:17; Psalm 121:4​
 
11-9-19, * -- The Jewish nation of Israel is tiny; smaller than the US state of New Jersey. [Israel's land is approximately 8,019 sq mi, including 172 sq mi of inland water] with appx 8 million occupants. She's trying to exist in an area of the Middle East surrounded by 22 enemy Islamic nations [Iran alone is appx 636,000 sq miles] of over 300 million people who're determined to destroy it. 

However, the nation of Israel will continue to exist forever; it matters little how many people want to destroy it.
 
The Holy Bible explains God’s plan for the Jewish State of Israel and it’s quite a different picture than what the world seems to believe; end time Bible expert’s opinions [1] follow:
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…Israel is going to have to deal with a number of wars, like a future Psalm 83:2 war where she will have to deal with the surrounding enemy Islamic nations. However, the Lord Jesus Himself personally steps in Ezekiel 38:1, 39:2.
 
… Israel’s remnant of the Jews who remain alive will look at Him whom they have pierced their Messiah the Lord Jesus Christ, they will mourn for Him as one who mourns for an only son. [Romans 11:25] All the cursing of the Jews will turn to blessing; they will become exactly what God created them to do, which is to be kings, priests representatives of the Lord Jesus.
 
… There will be a concluding Arab-Israeli War prophesied in Psalm 83:2 followed by the Gog and Magog Invasion of Ezekiel 38:1 & 39:2 both of those would be predominately Islamic coalition of nations coming against Israel.  Apparently a genocide will take place of two-thirds of the Jews will be cut off; but, a faithful remnant of a third of the Jews will survive. Zechariah 13:8 

... After the Christian Church is taken out at the Rapture, Israel is going to undergo severe persecutions. Luke 17:34-37; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 
 
… From a pre-Rapture view, Israel is going to become more and more hated and more and more isolated she will have no friends not even the USA who has been forcing Israel to do things that they don't want to do ... like giving up God’s land when HE directly said that no one is to force them to relinquish [Genesis 26:2-3]. Zechariah 12:1-3 says Jerusalem will become a cup of trembling and a burdensome stone to the whole world, and certainly we see that developing. [See also Zech 14:2] 

God will fulfill all the kingdom promises that He has made to the Jewish state of Israel. The remnant of Israel will see their Messiah returning [Revelation 19:11] and all who believe Jesus is their Messiah will be saved. [Zephaniah 3:9]

The Jewish nation will serve as the prime nation of the world and through it all God's blessings will flow to the other nations.
This is why God’s word says: 
"…Let us go with you, for we know that God is with you!"
Zechariah 8:23
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[1] Experts: Nathan Jones, Jobe Martin, Andy Woods, Gary Fisher, Bill Salus, Don McGee, Terry James, Ed Hindson, David Reagan
*Excerpted and adapted full original report here

Greta Thunberg: Child climate activist given star status by lunatic adults
9-18-19, Daily Mai -- The child, Greta Thunberg is 16-year-old; she comes from a theatrical family in Sweden. Lunatic adults in the US Congress have given this child the stage to blather about global warming. She demanded that Congress “listen to the scientists” who were sounding the [phony] alarm on the threat of global warming. People have mean things to say about her ... but it's the stupid adults who should be scorned not the child ... 

Rand Paul defends Trump's "direct" call with Ukraine
10-10-19, CBSNews -- Rand Paul defended President Trump's July 25, 2019 call with Ukraine Pres Zelensky...
At Kentucky Trump Rally: Rand Paul Rigorously Defends President Trump
11-5-19, Lifezette.com -- Rapturous applause ensued when Senator Rand Paul urged Congress to back President Trump over the outrageous 'coup' impeachment folly and said the media were not doing their jobs.

Crime to Criticize Vaccines? Sen Pan 'Yes'
5-25-18, JOBH.com -- The chemical invasion of a vaccine injection might be the one final blow that sends the nervous system in a downward spiral of destruction. The facts cannot be denied: Our children are being neurologically poisoned by chemicals, and vaccines are one of …
Vaccines and free speech are in a battle
4-23-18, What on Earth has happened to California? At one time, they were a seat of cutting edge culture and creativity in America. These days they’re mostly known for government mismanagement and disastrous legislation – including one bill by senator Richard Pan is designed to make it a ‘crime’ for anyone to question vaccines.

Ukraine July 25, 2019 Telephone Conversation with Pres Trump Transcript
9-25-19, California Democrat and Trump hater, Nancy Pelosi says she has begun impeachment against Pres Trump ... reason? Apparently THIS July 25, 2019 telephone conversation between Pres Trump and Pres Zelensky of Ukraine. See all five page transcript of the conversation at Fox News here .
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Yo, “alleged name”, “alleged “whistleblower” Eric Ciaramella, is dat you?
11-7-19, Canada Free Press - Yes, that’s really YOU, Eric Ciaramella in the photo of mostly sore Democrat losers showing their scorn to the 2016 election of Donald J. Trump as America’s duly elected 45th—on Nov. 9, 2016. Doesn’t that photo prove for once and for all that you had animus for President Trump as far back as the first day after his election?
Caught up in the angst displayed by your close Obama colleagues, did you really think that the Nov. 9, 2016 Daily Mail photo would never resurface—at a time most inconvenient for you? [Strong Delusion, 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12]
Even mentioning your name is not supposed to be kosher, but people are now openly mentioning it—anyway.  Fox News management doesn’t get to tell Canada Free Press (CFP) , or other news sites what to do, so that’s why we’re asking.
According to a report Breitbart News, Nov. 6, 2019, “Fox News Channel management have ordered network hosts to refrain from using the alleged name of the so-called “whistleblower” — reported to be Eric Ciaramella — who sparked the House Democrats’ partisan impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump." ​More here 

Proverbs 27:1-2

11-30-16, * -- King Solomon, the wisest man to ever live (2 Chronicles 1:11-12)  wanted the people of God to know that bragging is not a good thing to do.  One should not seek to honor one’s self' (Proverbs 25:27) about who you are or what you have. 

In  Luke 12:16-21 the Lord Jesus told the parable about the certain rich man who said to himself:
"... you have plenty good things laid up for many years ..."
and The Lord told him: "You fool, this very night your life will be demanded from you."

If we brag about what we have, we may not get to enjoy it. 
"All such boasting is evil." (James 4:16) 

If we arrogantly boast and brag; we are taking credit for what God has allowed, blessed us with or caused to happen.  We are leaving God out of the equation. Personal aggrandizement, self-seeking honor and pride can lead to one's downfall. 

"We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves.  When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise. v18 For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom The Lord commends." (2 Corinthians 10:12, 18) 

We must be humble, lifting up the Lord and He will lift us up.  We should not promote ourselves, promotions are blessing from God and He exalts whom He chooses. (Psalm 75:6-7; Proverbs 3:6) 

Ezekiel 38:2-3, 5-6
 
11-7-19, * --Major developments related to the prophetic changes in the Middle East this week.

1. Israel’s largest gas field, Leviathan, is about to become “hot”, as the giant rig is now completed. By the end of the year, it will start flowing oil towards Egypt, Israel, and Jordan. Recently Tel Aviv-listed gas company Delek Group and Texas-based Noble Energy announced a $520 million deal to acquire the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Co. (EMG) gas pipeline. Their Egyptian partner, Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), paid $150 million, while Delek and Noble who are the majority stakeholders in the Israeli natural gas fields, Tamar and Leviathan covered the rest. This deal gives the three companies a 39% stake in the pipeline and a way to import gas from Israel to Egypt and beyond.
2. Syria: Russia is very frustrated that President Trump isn't evacuating his troops from the Syrian gas and oil fields east of the Euphrates.  Pres Trump indicated the successful operation to eliminate al-Baghdadi, that he wanted US oil companies to manage the residual Syrian oil and gas fields. ExxonMobil was specifically mentioned, if such an arrangement were executed, it would probably be performed by a service sector firm, especially one of the mid-size firms, working with Kurdish authorities.
3. Turkey’s Erdogan is angry that he can’t find gas or oil in his territorial waters; thus, he invaded into the waters of the Greek side of Cyprus, and that has caused the Cyprian drilling efforts to come to a halt.
4. Lebanon has become very unstable financially and politically; thus, oil and gas companies are afraid to sign deals to explore gas and oil there, leaving Israel as the BIG winner in the region. Not only will Israel be the country to receive the gas, but now they can cut new deals. 
5. Karish natural gas field off Israel’s shore is significantly larger than initially believed. Greek gas producer Energean said that the appraisal of the Karish North discovery in the Mediterranean adds to the 2.4 trillion cubic feet of natural gas discovered at Karish and Tanin fields. They believe it’s an additional 0.9 trillion cubic feet!

The scriptures in Ezekiel 38-39 speak of a war, known as Gog and Magog, it's a war predominately based on financial gain. Yes, the Middle East conflict relates to much more; however, the financial aspect of this war is emphasized in its description [Ezekiel 38:13]. The countries that will protest the invasion are noted as saying to Russia and their allies, ‘Have you come to take plunder?' [Note: scripture doesn't definitively mention Russia... that is an interpretation that is probably error ... only Islamic nations are mentioned in Ezekiel 38:1-9.]

Israel Politics
As an Israeli, I am a bit concerned that we aren’t out of the political mess yet, even after two lengthy and costly elections. The prospect of a third election is becoming more and more realistic, and unless something super dramatic happens, even a third round of elections won't solve the problem. I guess the collapse of all of the allegations against Netanyahu could be the only miracle to bring about an end to this saga. That being said, as a Bible believer and a lover of the prophetic portion of God’s Word, I receive these rapid changes in the Middle East as nothing short of sheer excitement and joy that the redemption of our bodies from this world is very close.
 
The Lord God said, “Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.” Ezekiel 38:7-9

​*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Amir Tsarfati here See 36 min Video here

Pastor Yaghtin Handcuffed at Spokane WA Library 'Drag Queen Story Hour'
10-14-19, WND.com -- According to the Pacific Justice Institute [PJI] on June 15, 2019 in Spokane Washington USA Pastor Afshin Yaghtin was handcuffed and arrested as he approached the Spokane Library where LGBTQ people dressed in 'drag' would be reading to little kids. It was open to the public yet before Pastor Yaghtin even entered the library he was arrested for protesting. Yaghtin said he was there not to protest, but "to observe the Drag Queen Story Hour event and pray for the parents and children who would be attending." Even before he arrived the police had been separating people they believed were opposed to the event - LGBTQ people were allowed inside those opposed to the event were herded across the street.

Brad Dacus for PJI said: "The 'Pro-LGBTQ' group, as labeled by the officer in charge at the scene, was allowed to remain on the library side of the street, while protestors were forced to stay across the street. The officers determined Pastor Yaghtin's beliefs by his association and support of the individuals calmly expressing their dissent to the event. Based on their determination of Pastor Yaghtin's views, the police officers refused to allow him entry into the public library and arrested him."
"The number of criminal charges being filed against pastors and evangelists across the country in just the last few years should be alarming to every freedom-loving American. This arrest in Spokane is one of the clearest examples yet of viewpoint discrimination, and we will be vigorously contesting the charges. We must be able to peacefully disagree and voice our concerns in public places without fear of arrest and prosecution based on viewpoint." More here 

11-6-19, MOST RELEVANT BIBLE VERSES ABOUT HELLFIRE PUNISHMENT:

1. Isaiah 66:24 "Then they will go forth and look on the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me For their worm will not die And their fire will not be quenched; And they will be an abhorrence to all mankind.
2. Matthew 13:50 “and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
3. Matthew 18:8 "If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be cast into the eternal fire.
4. Matthew 25:41 “Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;
5. Matthew 5:22 "But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, 'You good-for-nothing,' shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, 'You fool,' shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.
6. Matthew 18:9 "If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be cast into the fiery hell.
7. Mark 9:43 "If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
8. Mark 9:48 where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED. 
9. Luke 16:24 "And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.'
10. Revelation 14:10 “he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed in full strength in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.”
11. Revelation 19:20 “And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone.
12. Revelation 20:10 “And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
13. Revelation 20:15 “And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.”
14. Revelation 20:14 “Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire This is the second death, the lake of fire.
15. Revelation 21:8 "But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."

Jesus is the Savior Who alone is able to save us from Hellfire. We must repent of our sin [Luke 13:3] and be born again  [John 3:3,7] as He is the ONLY Way to forgiveness and eternal life with God. [John 14:6]

Genesis 1:20-21, 9:3

In the Holy Bible's book of Genesis creation of both humans and animals occur. Creation and blessing of the whole swarming animal kingdom appears [Genesis 1:20-25]. Then in Genesis 1:26-28 man and woman were created in God’s image and given “dominion” over every other living creature. In Genesis 2:7 we see that God forms man from the dust of the ground and breathes life into “his nostrils” then God created woman from Adam’s rib. [..snip]

Regarding the word dominion and man's control or stewardship of the garden and animals [Genesis 2:15]; many people interpret Genesis 1:29 as emphasizing Adam and Eve’s vegetarian diet, with meat only becoming part of the table after Noah’s escape from the flood.

God told Noah and is family: "Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things." Genesis 9:3

All things were created by almighty God and for Him. Colossians 1:16

One of the most significant problems facing any ecosystem and the conservationists who work therein is the problem of non-native, invasive species. Goats nearly destroyed the Galapagos Islands; feral cats and foxes are devastating the rich diversity of marsupial species in Australia; and large species of Asian python are too much to bear for many creatures in the Everglades of Florida USA.

The same is true for the lionfish that grow to about 17 inches within the reefs of the western Atlantic Ocean. Stephen Gittings, a coral reef ecologist for the National Marine Sanctuary System reports that: “They can eat fish up to half their body size and a single lionfish can eat dozens of fish in a day. Since no native species prey on lionfish, so not losing very many of them over the course of time so they just dominate and take over.”

Red Lionfish
This species has red and maroon stripes over its white body. Its natural habitat consists of the coral reef regions of the Indian and Pacific oceans. Recently they are now found off the east coast of Florida in the United States. In 2010 Puerto Rico lionfish sightings were seldom, but the voracious fish are now a pretty common sight even in just 6-8 feet of water. People need to be aware of these dangerous fish and there is a call to 'cull the herd.' They are capable of delivering a painful puncture wound. 

A new method to rid the seas of the lionfish is
THE GUARDIAN VACUUM

Like the Roomba Vacuum, "The Guardian" is also a vacuum cleaner—only instead of dust and cat hair, it vacuums up the stunned lionfish into an onboard water tank that can hold up to 20 fish. Once full, the Guardian can return to the surface with its catch. Adam Cantor, director of engineering at Robots Service of Environment [RSE], explains that while many coastal communities in the United States host spearfishing competitions to see who can bag the most lionfish, it’s not enough to prevent the effects of the invasive species on nearby reefs because they breed at a depth of 200-400 feet, which is far past the diving range of humans. More here

Revelation 3:10
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11-5-19, * -- “Shadows communicate a reality, yet, they themselves are not really real. They indicate the thing that is coming, yet, they are not the things themselves.”  -- Pastor Ken Ortize, Calvary Spokane

There is a day coming, which will turn the world upside down. That day is known to us, as the Rapture of the Church. While it is true that no man knows the day or hour, it is also true that the Bible states we would see that day approaching. (Matt. 16: 1-4, Thess. 5:1-9, Hebrews 10:25, Rev. 3:3). The only way that is possible to know and not know, is to see the shadow of the event before it arrives. Non-believers look at the Rapture as a joke or something to mock and ridicule, if they think about it at all. To the believer, however, there is much divergence of opinion as to the nature and timing of the event. However, one would be hard-pressed to state that the Bible does not mention this event as a certainty. Only a true heretic would deny what the Bible clearly teaches, because it is found throughout scripture, both in word and type. To deny that, would be to deny what is clearly written in Holy Scripture. It is a divinely appointed happening showcasing God’s supernatural ability to rescue His own, prior to unleashing His wrath and judgment He pours out upon the earth.

 The passing of time began to form a wedge between the believer’s eager anticipation of Christ’s return, and its certainty. During high times of persecution (60-312AD), the church fervently held to the belief Christ would return quickly and it sustained them. This served as a powerful preservative to those early Christians. Satan, who, having been defeated at the Cross, discovered that the more he persecuted the church, the faster it grew. Thus, he had to change his strategy. He needed a more subtle approach, much like he did with Eve in the garden. “Hath God indeed said…?” Genesis 3:1 and now he says: “He would indeed return?”
Satan knows humans are easily corruptible. If he couldn’t destroy the Church, he would need to neutralize the Church. Knowing human nature if he could get the Church focused on this life and not the next, he could corrupt them. This distraction came in the form of a hermeneutical (interpretational) corruption that began with the early church father Origen (184-253 AD) and continued with the conversion of Emperor Constantine in 312AD.
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His conversion (true or not) allowed for Christians to come out of the shadows and begin living openly in the still largely pagan empire. Eventually, a North African Christian convert named Augustine of Hippo (circa 390AD), produces a popular, yet heretical, form of eschatology known as amillennialism. It began to emerge as the predominant viewpoint within Christendom. This view (Amillennialism) posited that the Church was now both Israel (who was then in diaspora) and also the physical manifestation of the promised Kingdom-Come; thus, inheritors of all the Old Testament blessings and promises. This new variation of Christianity then began absorbing many of the Roman’s pagan rituals, temples, and even clergy as their own to make it more palatable to a still largely pagan empire in decline.

And the shadow grew.

However, this hijacking was not unforeseen by God. Christ had predicted as much in His seven Kingdom Parables (Matthew 13). The most obvious one was with the Parable of the Mustard Seed. Matthew 13:31-32

And the shadow grew.

Remember back to Jesus’ parting statement in Matthew 28. He still has all authority in both heaven and on earth. This worldly form of Christendom quickly assumed (and consumed) what had been the extents of the Roman empire. However, this was to be short-lived. Since Jesus knew Christianity would be hijacked into this whorish variation of paganism and Christianity, He allowed a new force to arise that would quickly put an end to the worldly-minded Holy Roman Empire - Islam. Muslims began to conquer and take hold of the lands that were once “Christian” (nations can’t be Christian-only individuals can). However, as Islam began to dominate, it too began to splinter into a million tiny factions, all vying for control. And as the persecution intensified, Christendom began to splinter into two factions; those who wanted to remain in the largely pagan Holy Roman Empire, and those who did not. While the Holy Roman Empire (now the Roman Catholic Church [RCC]) maintained its foothold largely in Europe, true Christians continued to spread throughout the world.
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From a sliver in the first century, to now taking some form, the shadow continued to grow slowly, but surely.

Christ’s return was given to us by Christ Himself in His Seven Letters to the Seven literal churches in John’s day [modern day Turkey] (Revelation  1:4  - 3:19). By 95AD, there were thousands of churches; the Lord could have used, literally, any number of churches as examples to convey His messages. However, He only uses seven with a specific reason. There were larger congregations at that time in places like Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Antioch, Jerusalem, etc.

Jesus gave them to John in a particular order because God does not do things arbitrarily or accidentally. These seven churches were not selected because they had issues unique only to themselves, but to all churches past, present and future. Even within each type of church, we can see the different types of believers represented by the corporate image of each church. For example, within the Sardis-era, (the era in which one type of church dominates Christendom) we can see Philadelphian or Laodicean types of believers. We also note that Jesus had seven kingdom parables, which overlap with His seven letters, which can be overlapped with Paul’s epistles to seven churches (excluding duplicates, personal letters, and Hebrews [which remained unsigned]).

Here at the end of the age, not only is this prophetic shadow present, but its darkness has covered the world. Things appear dark, because it is a foreboding time, pregnant with great horror, abominations, and wickedness that is only recognizable to those who have been filled with the Holy Spirit and have eyes to see, and ears to hear.
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The Bible emphatically states that the world at large, would not see the day coming, just as those Pharisees could not see their Messiah in front of them (Matt. 16:1-4). Just like before the flood, that antediluvian population assumed that things would continue on as it always had since creation. [2 Peter 3:4-7] “…Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.” Matthew 24:38-42; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-4
Philadelphia: (1730-Present). Out of the smoldering coals of the dying Reformation fires, came a Spirit-driven spiritual revival in Europe and America called the First Great Awakening with great missionary movements setting out unto the entire world, sharing the Light of the Gospel to every nation. As time moved on, the Awakenings would get smaller and smaller as the West became increasingly an Acts 19:5 culture (largely divergent without Judeo-Christian roots). Out of all the letters, only this one has a promise to remove the Church altogether from this world. The rest of the letters, when taken in context, offer no such promise. ​

11-4-19, * -- NATO member and Turkey’s President Erdogan has repeatedly attacked the Kurds in Syria, who — whatever reservations some may have about them – have been US allies against ISIS. Clearly Turkey has not. A short list of Erdogan’s unfriendly behaviors:

• He has carried on a campaign of vilification against the United States for refusing to hand over Fethulleh Gulen to Erdogan’s “justice.”
• He has discharged tens of thousands of people – judges, lawyers, professors, civil servants, military officers – whom he wildly accused of being part of the failed coup in July 2016.
• Turkey continues to jail more journalists than any other country on earth.
• Erdogan has bought Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile defense system, which U.S. and NATO officials fear would lead to security breaches (for the Russians could test how the S-400 performed against NATO missiles supplied by Turkey, and tweak their defense system accordingly).
• He kept the American pastor Andrew Brunson imprisoned for two years, after a Turkish court absurdly convicted the pastor of the Izmir Resurrection Church, a tiny congregation with 25 members — and gave him a 20-year prison sentence on assorted trumped-up charges, including that of being a C.I.A. spy and a member of the Kurdish “terrorist” group, the PKK, and worst of all, of being a “Gulenist” operative. Brunson was finally freed, most begrudgingly, and only after terrific American economic pressure (threats of more boycotts and tariffs) on Ankara. Erdogan’s plan was apparently to trade Brunson for Gulen; the Americans would have none of it.
• Erdogan has called the Germans “Nazis” for refusing to allow his men to campaign for votes from Turks living in Germany.
• When Austria shut down some Turkish-funded mosques, this led him to predict a coming war “between the crescent and the cross,” leaving no doubt as to which side Turkey would be on.
• Called for a gigantic pan-Islamic force to be created that could make war on, and presumably destroy, Israel. In Erdogan’s view, all 57 members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation [O.I.C.] would contribute, with Turkey taking the leading role. The plan was put forth in an article published by Erdogan’s most loyal mouthpiece, the newspaper Yeni Safak. The very detailed article included this:
  • What If An Army Of Islam Was Formed Against Israel? If the OIC member states unite and form a joint military force, it will be the largest army in the world. These countries’ total population is 1,674,526,931. The number of soldiers in active service in these countries is at least 5,206,100. Their [overall] military defense budget, of $174,728,420,000 is also worthy of emphasis.

As for Israel, it is significantly inferior; population is 8,049,314. Population of the city of Istanbul alone exceeds 14 million. The number of soldiers in active service in the [Israeli] occupation forces is 160,000, and [Israel’s] defense budget is approximately $15,600,000,000.

There is overwhelming superiority of the 57 Muslim states [coalition?] to Israel in their populations, in the numbers of their soldiers, in their defense budgets, and in their combined weaponry. Among the decisions that can be taken at the OIC [summit] is to form a ‘Jerusalem Task Group.’ If an Islamic army is formed, Israel will be under a siege involving 250,000 soldiers, and the establishment of joint land, air and naval bases for use in the short term. This task force would include: 500 tanks and armored vehicles, 100 war planes, 500 attack helicopters and 50 warships and submarines can be mobilized. When this was published not a peep of objection from other NATO members – clearly stated Islam coalition intends to destroy the Jewish State of Israel.
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Yet Turkey remains a member of NATO, in apparent good standing. Of what conceivable benefit, militarily, is Turkish membership in NATO to its other members?

• In 2003 Turkey prevented the Americans from using the Incirlik air base to invade Iraq from the north
• In 2010 Erdogan claimed that Israel is “the principal threat to peace” in the Middle East. Not al-Qaeda, not the Islamic State, not Hezbollah, not Hamas, not Islamic Jihad, not the Muslim Brotherhood, but Israel, that has been fighting only defensive wars imposed on it by Arab states and terrorist groups ever since 1948.

• In 2016 Incrilik was locked down and power cut by Turkey during the coup attempt
• Turkey threatens to “kick out the American troops from two critical military bases in Incirlik and Malatya.” The Turkish journalist Burak Bekdil notes that “The US nuclear warheads at Incirlik have remained at the disposition of the US military under a special US-Turkish treaty. The early warning radars stationed at the Malatya base, which are linked to the US Aegis system (deployed in the Mediterranean), provide a shield for Israel against any air or missile attack.” But that is all the more reason for Erdogan to want to close down the Malatya base, and shut off those radars.
• How likely is it that Turkey would allow its airspace or bases on its soil to be used by NATO forces should there be action against Iran or contribute troops to a coalition of NATO military forces?
• President Erdogan and his senior officials have repeatedly threatened Europe that unless it does Turkey’s bidding – and stops criticizing its policies (including sending troops into Syrian Kurdish areas), “We will open the gates and send 3.6 million refugees your way.”
• Turkey has never been interested in fighting ISIS. It was no secret that Turkey allowed ISIS fighters to cross freely into Syria from Turkey, no doubt because it preferred ISIS to the Syrian Kurds ISIS was fighting. And Turkey allowed wounded ISIS members to be treated at Turkish hospitals and then, instead of detaining them, let them return to the Islamic State.

And now we come to the killing of ISIS leader Al-Baghdadi. President Trump thanked Turkey for its assistance; it came second on his list, just after Russia, and the Kurds came last. But Turkey — like Russia — did nothing to help the Americans. One report said, lamely, that possibly Turkey’s contribution may have been to let the Americans fly over its territory. But if one looks at the flight plan of the planes coming from a base near Erbil, Iraq, they at no point flew over Turkish air space. There seems to have been absolutely no contribution by Turkey to the locating and killing of Al-Baghdadi. In fact, as Brett McGurk, who had been the Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, Turkey has “a lot of explaining to do.” How is it that Baghdadi managed to hide out just a few kilometers from the Turkish border, an area bristling with Turkish military outposts and troops? It strains credulity to believe that the Turks did not know where Al-Baghdadi was. It was the Syrian Kurds, Turkey’s enemies, who tracked Al-Baghdadi for months to his final lair. They ought to have been thanked first, not last, by President Trump. And Turkey need not have been thanked at all.
As the veteran Middle East correspondent Trudy Rubin has noted:

Baghdadi was found, not in ISIS’s traditional area of eastern Turkey, but far away in western Syria, near the Turkish border and Turkish military outposts. This suggests that Turkish military intelligence knew Baghdadi’s location and didn’t share it.
Shouldn’t all this matter?

Genesis 1:24-28 24

Exploring Adaptation of God's Creatures from an Engineering Perspective
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10-29-19, * -- For more than a century, biologists have appealed to Darwinian natural selection to explain how living organisms adapt to different environments. But research over the last several decades has consistently dethroned Darwin’s view of natural selection. Rather than corroborating the concept that environments mold creatures through “survival of the fittest,” the research supports the astonishing idea that to a great extent creatures actively sense their environments and adapt accordingly. Recent discoveries indicate that something radical and impressive is happening. Adaptation is a result of brilliant biological engineering rather than trial-and-error death and survival, which flips the mechanism of adaptation completely on its head. This approach views biological adaptation as primarily occurring through internal mechanisms (the ability to actively sense the environment and adapt) rather than external influence (the environment molds creatures through Darwinian natural selection). Abundant evidence can be found that creatures actively sense their environments and responsively adapt. Many such adaptations occur within one generation or less, which is far too rapid for Darwin’s notion of trial-and-error natural selection. ​

Examples of what studies have shown follows:
• Darwin’s famous finches rapidly adapted their beak shapes by sensing the environment rather than strictly through inherited genetic changes.1
• A species of carp expeditiously changed its morphology in the presence of predators. These changes made the carps’ bodies more difficult to devour and increased their speed and acceleration.2
• A study of over 1,000 pythons and boas demonstrated that they expressed similar traits to adapt to their environments, with no recorded mutations.3
• Certain populations of mice vary their tail lengths in response to eastern or western prairies and forests. This appears to happen by specific genetic mechanisms—not mutations.4
• Clutches of eggs for various reptiles sense environmental temperature and sand content and produce different ratios of male and female. The changes occur after the eggs are laid and are not a result of mutations. Specific sensors for this process were discovered in 2015.5
• When a certain species of sighted river fish lays eggs in a cave environment, the larvae indirectly sense the cave environment and produce fish with greater eye and orbit size variations. No inactivating mutation in regulatory genes have been identified.6
Many evolutionary scientists significantly disagree over the challenge this “warp-speed evolution” presents to Darwinism.7 Nature magazine published a 2014 point-counterpoint article on the issue titled “Does evolutionary theory need a rethink?”8 In sharp contrast with traditional Darwinian thought, attendees of an April 2016 conference at the University of Pittsburgh explored the possibility of examining biology in the light of engineering principles. [..snip]

In light of recent discoveries, ICR’s Dr. Randy Guliuzza has incorporated the newest research into a pioneering, design-based, organism-focused method of interpreting biological adaptation. So far, critiques of Darwinism have focused on the inadequacies of its mechanisms or the insurmountable hurdles it would need to overcome to actually work. But this criticism offers little alternative. As both a medical doctor and a registered Professional Engineer, Dr. Guliuzza has the education and experience to provide a solution with unique insights in the area of biological engineering.

• Paleobiochemist Dr. Brian Thomas says, “Dr. Randy Guliuzza’s research has bravely re-evaluated old ideas about the way animals adjust their biology.”
• Nuclear physicist Vernon Cupps, author of the recent book Rethinking Radiometric Dating, says, “Creationists in general and ICR in particular can look forward to a bright future in the study of biological engineering thanks to the work of Dr. Guliuzza.” 

​Dow soars to record high on trade optimism, joining other major US indexes
11-4-19, Business Insider -- The US stock market index was driven higher by new hopes for a partial US-China trade deal; also because of a positive 11/1/19 jobs report. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said the US economy added 128,000 payrolls in October, higher than the 85,000 estimate. The better-than-expected job gains eased worries of a slowing US economy amidst the trade war and a 40-day strike at General Motors.

• The S&P 500 gained 0.45%, to 3,080.71. 
• The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.41%, to 27,458.86.
• The Nasdaq Composite jumped 0.63%, to 8,438.96.

The Dow is up roughly 18% year-to-date. Chevron was the biggest gainer in the 30-stock index on Monday, rising as much as 4.9%. The doom & gloom media recently is nothing more than fake news as most of their news is.

11-4-19, * -- Today’s Democrat Party is not self-restrained by the said good and the bedrock principles that are foundations of America as it is disrespecting even some of those principles spelled out in the Constitution and its Amendments. In the heat of contested debate between the advocates of President’s Trump impeachment and his defenders, an issue of much larger importance than the fate of this ONE president. If the pro-impeachment House majority has its way and keeps investigating the President for possible “high Crimes and Misdemeanors” as it pleases … then how he, and future Presidents, who happened to be disliked by the House’s majority, are supposed to carry on their executive power vested in them by the Constitution?

The said majority political party in the US House of Rep may easily overwhelm the President with endless inquiries and subpoenas to the point that he and the Executive Branch will not be able to fulfill its Constitutional duties. This obstruction of Presidential executive power, if and when it takes place, will likely weaken the country to the point that it may no longer resist the external and domestic threats.

Although the Constitution gives the House of Representatives “the sole Power of Impeachment”, it does not give it an authority to investigate the President for possible impeachable offenses. In particular, the Constitution does not delegate to the House the power to engage in “fishing expeditions,” searching for possible crimes when there is no evidence that some specific crimes have been committed.
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Judicial misinterpretation of the existing
​power of Congress to investigate

There has been no Supreme Court ruling (not yet) regarding the authority of the House to investigate a President for possible impeachable offenses... In the worst-case scenario, the said future ruling may facilitate the fall of the Republic, unless the Court properly recognizes the likelihood of such a consequence under the current circumstances of one party attempting to use the Constitution as a weapon against its political adversaries and conflating the idea of checks-and-balances with hostility and contempt towards the duly-elected President.

A (non-exhaustive) list of proposed limitations needed to be expressly imposed on any Congressional investigation that pertains to political matters follows; currently none have been articulated and the House’s majority shows no signs of intention to self-constrain itself:

• No hypocrisy allowed. (What standards of conduct did the President violate that the majority party and its officials, in particular, past Presidents, are scrupulously following, and why does such violation fall into the category of “high crimes and misdemeanors”?)
• No selective prosecution allowed. (Are political adversaries prosecuted and sternly punished for every violation they might have committed, no matter how small, technical, or inconsequential, while political allies are not?)
• Presumption of innocence is mandatory.
• No weaponization of Congressional power for political or partisan advantage allowed.
• No tampering with evidence or witnesses allowed.
• No “fishing expeditions” (subpoenas, searches, and interrogations in search for a crime) and campaign “dirt” research allowed.
• Due process of law is mandatory.
• All 6th Amendment protections are mandatory, except that “an Impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been ascertained by law” is replaced by “The Senate of the U.S.”.

Granting the House of Representatives limitless investigative powers in impeachment cases seems reckless as it may likely turn the House into modern-day “Inquisition” to perpetually investigate a President that the House’s majority doesn’t like. [..snip]

The framers of the Constitution did not envision that branches (or their parts) of the US Federal Government may become hostile to each other, or to the Republic, to the point that they would actually attempt to weaponize their powers for their own political advantage rather than exercising them in good faith for the good of the Republic and the Nation.
The Supreme Court may have an opportunity to weigh-in on this critical issue in the context of Congressional pre-impeachment investigations; if they decide it wrong then the Republic may fall and the Court will forever share the blame for it.
 
*Excerpted and adapted full original report here from Canada Free Press, Mark Andrew Dwyer here https://canadafreepress.com/article/judicial-misinterpretation-that-may-facilitate-fall-of-the-republic

2016 Poll: Disrespect for American Trump Supporters - They Are the Stupidest People!
5-10-16, PoliticUSUSA -- Donald Trump is just a symptom of the conservative movement’s rejection of facts and knowledge. A new poll revealed that depth of bigoted stupidity of Republican voters who are supporting businessman Donald John Trump. Trump is leading a revolution of stupid within the Republican Party. The presumptive 2016 nominee represents all of the fear, bigotry, and bias that has been pumped into the Republican Party by conservative media. The Trump supporters are out of touch reality on every level, and they have taken over the Republican Party.

11-3-19, John Haller's update this week includes:

1. an analysis of the "confusion" in Syria and the Middle East
2. a look at the efforts by Jared Kushner to roll out the Trump Peace Plan with Israel
3. the Kurdish alliance with the Syria
4. Turkey's leader Erdogan and his plans for the Middle East
5. The horrific moral decay of the USA and more. 

​One hour eleven minute video here