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Is it any wonder why the world sometimes sees Christianity as a violent “religion” when you have Catholic priests fighting in an open brawl over the sight where it is believed our Lord Jesus Christ was born, the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem? Catholicism is not Biblical Christianity at all, yet the world globalist media continues to associate the corrupt Roman Catholic Church, its popes, and its different sects with Bible believing Christianity, when the two, have nothing in common. Jesus did not establish the corrupt Roman Catholic Church, but was a practicing Jew who fulfilled the laws of Judaism. Jesus taught from the ancient Hebrew Scriptures, which the Catholic church denies, nothing else. If the Catholic Church had been around when Jesus was on earth, Jesus would have sternly rebuked it as He did the Jewish pharisees, and would have nothing to do with it. Jesus said His kingdom was not of this world. John 18:36.
This video speaks volumes about the truth of the corrupt Catholic Organization that calls itself a church. You can read the story here.
Jesus gives a stern warning in Revelation 18:4 concerning the fellowship with darkness which has corrupted the Catholic church since its beginning when it sabotaged true biblical Christianity. True biblical Christianity was founded by a Jew, Jesus Christ and His twelve Jewish Apostles and not the Roman Catholic Organization, who massacred untold numbers of Christians in the beginning and during its "church" history in the name of Christianity.
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues. Revelation 18:4
Priest Brawl At The Church of the Nativity - Bethlehem
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What better place to be in the coming storm than to be in the storm with Him? I'm a southern country girl and I love southern Gospel music. "In The Storm With Him" beautifully speaks to the times we are living in. Filled with strife, corruption and pain, the year 2011 is behind us and 2012 is at the door. There is no better place to be than safely in the storm with our Saviour, Jesus.
Learning from the great Apostle Paul, who encouraged us and said "Brethern, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do; forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Jesus Christ, we can now press on into 2012.
I would like to take this time to thank all those who visit here and wish all a most blessed and healthy New Year.
In The Storm With Him By Men Of Faith
I took my ship sailing On life's mighty sea
And storm clouds gathered
The winds picked up their speed
Angry waves crashed in sight
And I was tossed from side to side
There seemed to be no hope for me
But in Christ, I realized
When the storm around me rages
And the thunder sounds so deep
I don't worry about the waves
He won't let my ship sink
He'll shield me in the palm of His hand
Until the storm is gone
And I'd rather be in the storm with Him
Than in calm waters alone
When I look back On all the distant clouds
I know nothing short of a miracle
Could have brought me out
So when the tempest blows and darkness falls
It's on the Master I will call
'Cause in Him I place my trust
And to Christ, I give it all
When the storm around me rages
And the thunder sounds so deep
I don't worry about the waves
He won't let my ship sink
He'll shield me in the palm of His hand
Until the storm is gone
And I'd rather be in the storm with Him
Than in calm waters alone
He's my Comforter He's my Refuge
My Protector and my Shield
If He don't calm the storm
He'll be with me And keep my ship still
When the storm around me rages
And the thunder sounds so deep
I don't worry about the waves
He won't let my ship sink
He'll shield me in the palm of His hand
Until the storm is gone
And I'd rather be in the storm with Him
Than in calm waters alone
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No surprise here, friends. Sound familiar? We saw it in Egypt, we saw it in Libya and we will soon see it in Syria as the Obama Administration prepares to oust Syrian President Bashar al Assad with his globalist associates also known as the UN the EU and NATO as Obama secretly prepares to assist the opposition against Assad and his regime.
As the violence in Syria spirals out of control, top officials in President Barack Obama's administration are quietly preparing options for how to assist the Syrian opposition, including gaming out the unlikely option of setting up a no-fly zone in Syria and preparing for another major diplomatic initiative. Full story here.
I’ve said it before and I will repeat it here that the fall of these Middle East dictatorial regimes has been well planned for a long time until the right time for the dictatorial globalists to execute their plans of training and using these very oppressed peoples to carry out their devious plans. 1 John 5:19. Revelation Chapter 13 speaks of this evil one world government, also known as New World Order and globalism of which the EU, the UN and NATO are all a part of.
I have no problem whatsoever seeing Bashar al Assad gone. This tyrant has allowed for every terrorist group under the sun to operate out of Damascus, Syria in a correlated effort to terrorize and murder innocent Jews at will. No question about it, he needs to be gone. The problem I see with Assad gone under the facade of democracy, is the reality that there aren’t any good guys to take over in the Middle East and a worse situation as we have seen in Egypt and Libya will come about in Syria as the Muslim Brotherhood, the parent organization to all of these smaller terror organizations headquartered in Damascus fills the vacuum and takes over completely.
It should be obvious to everyone paying attention that what we are seeing is a clear pattern being developed and a precedent set when it comes to taking out these Middle East tyrants and regimes. The common denominator for all of these countries is that they all would like to see Israel gone. Under the leadership of the MB, they will likely try to achieve their goal united as one together. As bad as they are and were, these individual tyrants, except for the former ousted President of Egypt, while they hate Israel and the Jews, wouldn't attack Israel again because they knew after being defeated in war after war with Israel that they started, they could not win a war with Israel after uniting together and losing each time. This is not the case with the MB, whose common goal is to destroy Israel and doesn't have a regime to protect.
When the time comes, I wouldn’t be a bit surprised that we will see the UN, including America, the EU and NATO uniting together to create a no fly zone in Israel, attack Israel when Israel defends herself against these Islamic enemies, over the fabricated ‘Palestinian’ problem under the UN Resolution “obligation to protect", as it did in Libya. ” Strange, the UN has never once felt an obligation and stepped in to protect the millions of Bible believing Christians being massacred in muslim countries in the Middle East, and arround the world on a daily basis.
When this happens, Israel will be called the oppressive regime by the UN, EU and NATO, and the fabricated Palestinians will be called the oppressed people, needed to be protected by these globalist world organizations.
Whatever happens, we can be assured as we watch these events that everything is being set up to fulfill the last of the last days biblical prophecy just before Jesus comes back. Maranatha!
Will Iran make good on its threat to cut off the oil flow through the strategic water ways known as the Straits of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf if the west imposes economic sanctions on Iran’s oil exports? That’s the latest threat coming out of Iran that bears watching because this could very easily trigger a regional war in the volatile region where things are getting worse with each passing day, and one has to wonder when the entire region of the Middle East will come completely unglued.
In the meantime, Iran’s and Russia’s good friend, Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria has been offered asylum in Russia according to a report coming out of an arab media, which if accepted by Assad will put the Russians in a very good position to fully take over a naval base in the Mediterranean Sea where the Russians already have a significant naval force off the coast of Syria.
Bashar al Assad is in deep trouble with the international community and the Arab League for the merciless murder of 5,000 people, at the latest count, in what started out as a mass crackdown on protesters against the Assad regime but has now turned into a civil war within Syria.
Moreover, the financial controllers of the international community wants Assad gone and for sure, Assad’s days are numbered. This is all a part of the planned takeover of the dictators in the Middle East by the financial controllers of the world, known as the Arab Spring, who are now dropping like flies to further take us into their satanic global government scheme which is setting the stage for the bigger wars that the Bible speaks of in Isaiah 17:1 and Ezekiel Chapter 38.
We can take comfort in knowing that our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is still in control of everything that happens in this world and our lives, and the fact that all of these events are leading up to His soon return to save us from this present evil system that we live in.
Christmas is a time to joyfully celebrate the birth of our wonderful Lord and Saviour, the Messiah, Jesus. Around the world Christians gather together to proclaim this most joyous and holy event in human history, without which human kind would be lost forever in total darkness.
In my own immediate family, we come together as one to give thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ for loving us enough to come out of eternity and into a world full of strife and sin, caring enough about us to suffer an unspeakable death and atone for the wrath that God required of Him, his only begotten Son, to take away the immeasurable burden of sin in the world. We thank God that we are so blessed to be free. This makes it a truly Merry Christmas for us.
For other Christians, though, it is not possible for them to be together at this joyous time. They can only hope and dream of what western believers in Christ take for granted -- being with those family members who mean so much to them. In certain parts of the world, such as the Middle East and countries controlled by Islamic and communist governments such as Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan North Korea, Loas and China to name just a few Christians are not as fortunate. In fact, being Christian is an automatic death sentence in the Middle East.
For instance, Asia Bibi, a Christian mother of three young children who was falsely accused of blasphemy against the Islamic prophet Muhammad in Pakistan remains in isolation in prison since 2009. A charge Asia denies, she was sentenced to death in 2010; and Asia is still awaiting an appeal with a very long wait anticipated.
The good news is that we are not without hope because we serve a God of miracles, and not a dead God. The miraculous conception of our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, is a miracle. Our Lord is the same yesterday, today and forever. Hebrews 13:8. Our God heals His people every day and our God sets people free every day.
In this most holy season that we celebrate the birth of our great God, Jesus Christ, when we gather with our families, let us remember to pray for our not so fortunate brothers and sisters around the world who are being held in prisons in extreme conditions because they love the Lord Jesus Christ that this will be the year that the Lord chooses to set them free once and for all.
Merry Christmas
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Our Messianic brother in Israel, Jerry Golden, has written an update of what he sees transpiring concerning the events happening in the Middle East, and of course as it concerns Israel.
The great Menorah kept on burning!! Hanukkah is the Feast of Dedication or Festival of Lights. and is mentioned in the New Testament in John 10:22. Here we see Jesus celebrating the Feast of Dedication with His disciples in Jerusalem. The first day of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is celebrated on the 25th day of Kislev. It is no coincidence that Jesus is called the light of the world in John 8:12, 9:5, 12:46. .
Hanukkah is the time the Jewish people celebrate an eight day festival by rejoicing and celebrating the deliverance from their enemies by the relighting of the menorah in the rededicated Temple, which according to the miraculous story, stayed lit for eight days on only one day's supply of oil. Thus we have eight candles on the great Menorah and one “servant” candle in the center which represents the Messiah!
The miracle of Hanukkah occurred during the time of an evil, antichrist type of ruler over Israel, Antiochus IV, Daniel 11: 21-35 who forced the Jews to convert to Hellenism or Greek Metrology. Many Jews obeyed the evil Antiochus and converted, but there were those Jews who refused to bow to Hellenism but instead choose to stay close to the laws of the Torah and worship the one true God of Israel. The evil ruler over Israel, Antiochus IV gave these Jews a choice, either give up the Torah law and their God and Jewish customs, such as Sabbath worship or die.
Antiochus had the Jewish Temple instruments such as the Menorah and alter destroyed and desecrate the Holy Jewish Temple by ordering a pig to be sacrificed upon the alter and after that, Antiochus ordered the Greek god Zeus to be worshipped in the Temple.
The Jewish people revolted against the evil ruler Antiochus IV. A priest named Mattathias with his five sons, one of whose name was Judah, killed the soldiers and overthrew the evil Antiochus IV. Judah, the new leader, became known as “Maccabee.
Now known as the Maccabees, these Jews cleansed the Temple and restored all of the Temple instruments so they could again worship their Jewish God, paying particular attention to the great Menorah, which symbolized God’s Light whom we know as Jesus Christ, “the light of the world.” John 8:12.
When the Maccabees went to light the great Menorah, they realized that they did not have enough special oil that the Menorah required; the Menorah needed special oil which took eight days to prepare. They only had enough of this special oil to burn for one day. The Maccabees decided to light the Menorah anyway to let the light of God shine forth to celebrate the victory over the Greek armies and the evil Antiochus IV. God gave them a mighty miracle and the oil lasted eight days until the special oil being prepared was ready!!
This is why there are eight candles on the great Menorah and the reason why Hanukkah is celebrated for eight days. The center, or ninth candle, which is taller than the others, represents the servant, or Messiah, whom Christians know a Jesus Christ.
My thanks goes to Jerry Golden of The Golden Report, a Jewish brother, for his knowledge of the history of Hanukkah .
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Well known atheist and writer Christopher Hitchens is dead at the young age of 62 years. Hitchens, known to be a constant smoker, died of esophageal cancer.
Hitchen’s thoughts on religion as violent and irrational, among other things, are expressed in his book God Is Not Great. In a debate with William Lane Craig, Hitchens remarked “there are no good reasons to believe that God exists, and there are good reasons to believe that there is no God.”
To be honest, I have to say that Christopher Hitchens is right with this expressed thought on religion. Millions upon millions of people have been murdered in wars and acts of violence and hatred throughout history in the name of religion and God, right up to the present time.
However, the one problem with religion that Hitchens had in his search for truth and God was that he did not know the difference between an organized religion or religious belief system and a relationship with His creator Jesus Christ. At least as far as I could determine from what I have read about him. Therein lies the big difference.
If a man lives in this world and knows Jesus Christ, he has gained everything, but if a man leaves this world without knowing Jesus Christ, he has missed his reason for existing, and has lost everything.
In any event, Christopher Hitchen's life did matter to God. John 3:16. God is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9. Through his years on this earth, the Lord saw to it that many Christian people were brought into Hitchen’s path in his journey for truth. He had a chance to learn and accept the truth and chose his own path to follow.
I cannot help but think Christopher Hitchens knows the difference now. Hebrews 9:27
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The atheist, secular media is doing what it does best in this blessed season which Christians all over the world celebrate the first coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ-- mock the Lord Jesus Christ. The most recent mocking that I came across today was a Saturday Night Live skit that mocks Jesus and our Christian brother Tim Tebow because Tim Tebow is not ashamed to speak of or publically show his faith in Jesus Christ. You can watch the short skit at above link.
We have to feel sorry for these poor pathetic lost souls and remember that the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18. These poor fools don’t even know that they are fulfilling the words of the Apostle Paul and the words of Jesus Christ, who said “And you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endures to the end shall be saved.” Matthew 10:22.
The Immediate Vicinity of Tall el Hammam (yellow) 14 Km NE Of The Dead Sea
I don’t believe in coincidences when it comes to archaeological evidence that proves the Bible to be true.
When these types of biblical discoveries come to light, I think God is telling us something and we better pay attention.
What is being called a discovery of biblical proportion, new archaeological evidence for the location of Sodom, the biblical city and its people destroyed by God written about in Genesis Chapter 18 and 19 for its wickedness and sexual sins has been discovered. Read full story at link.
The new archaeological evidence of Sodom discovered actually shows the skeletal remains of those destroyed having met a violent, traumatic and quick death, with graphic descriptions. In the wicked and evil cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, there could not be found even ten righteous men to save the city. The men were so reprobate in Sodom that they wanted to sexually abuse the two angels who were sent to help and save the righteous Lot.
What were the sins of the people of Sodom? The Bible answers this for us. In Jude 1:7:
“Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.”
Speaking of “strange flesh”, the men of Sodom wanted to engage in sexual acts with the angels sent to save Lot. Angels are a species of created beings different from humans, which could mean bestiality, fornication would be unlawful lust or sex of either sex, which would also include homosexuality.
To go even further, Ezekiel is very descriptive of the sins of Sodom. In Ezekiel 16:49-50, we read
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me; therefore I took them away as I saw good.”
In Leviticus 18:22, the Lord calls homosexuality an abomination, which is a condemned, unlawful sexual behaviour by God.
As we celebrate the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, full of mercy, truth and grace, to save lost sinners who turn to Him in faith, and seek His forgiveness for sinning against God, at the same time, God is sending us a reminder that He is a holy and a just God and He does not tolerate sin; I think the Lord is also sending us yet another warning that He is about to intervene in the affairs of us humans on this planet in a way we have never seen before. When Jesus comes the second time, like Sodom, America, the world and its people will not escape God's destructive wrath. Warning after warning has been given and the time to turn away from sinning and turn to Jesus Christ for forgiveness is now.
But you, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. Daniel 12:4
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