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Temple Institute Announces: High Priest's Crown is Ready! - israelnationalnews.com - February 17, 2008 - The Temple Institute in Jerusalem announces the completion of the Tzitz, the High Priest's headplate - now ready for use in the Holy Temple. The tzitz is made of pure gold, was fashioned over the course of a more than a year by the craftsmen of the Temple Institute, and is ready to be worn by the High Priest in the rebuilt Holy Temple in Jerusalem.
120 Sets of Linen Garments for Lay Priests is Presently Underway - March 13, 2008-www.templeinstitute.org/garment_manufacture.htm - For the first time in 1,938 years the linen garments of the lay priests are being produced in preparation for the rebuilding of the Holy Temple and the renewal of the Divine service. The last priestly garments to have been worn were those worn by the priests who were martyred by the Roman legions who brutally invaded and destroyed the Holy Temple on the ninth day of the month of Av, in the year 70 CE.
    Comment: Incredible! No other generation for almost 2,000 years has seen these developments. Zeal to rebuild the Temple tells us that the Antichrist, who takes his seat in it (II Thess. 2:4) is close at hand. It also tells us that the Lord who comes to stop Him (II Thess. 2:8) is close at hand. Maranatha, come Lord Jesus!

Grassley Probes Televangelists' Finances
   - CBS News - November 7, 2007 - Acting on tips about preachers who ride in Rolls Royces and have purportedly paid $30,000 for a conference table, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee said Tuesday he's investigating the finances of six well-known TV ministers.  Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said those  under scrutiny include faith healer Benny Hinn, Georgia megachurch pastor Creflo Dollar and one of the nation's best known female preachers, Joyce Meyer. Grassley sent letters to the half-dozen Christian media ministries earlier this week requesting answers by Dec. 6 about their expenses, executive compensation and amenities, including use of fancy cars and private jets.
    Comment: Jeremiah 5:30 & 31 deals with this tragic issue. They say, "An appalling and horrible thing has happened in the land: The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their own authority; And My people love it so! But what will you do at the end of it"? Also, the same atmosphere existed among the spiritual leaders in Micah's day. Micah warned, "Her heads judge for a bribe, Her priests teach for pay, And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on the LORD, and say, "Is not the LORD among us? No harm can come upon us. Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed like a field, Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins, And the mountain of the temple Like the bare hills of the forest" (Micah 3:11). A day of reckoning is coming because "judgement begins at the house of God" (1 Peter 4:17). God will hold all accountable for what is done in His name, including what was done with His money! 

More than 40 nations invited to Annapolis - YnetNews.com - November 20, 2007 - The United States issued formal invitations to some 40 nations and organizations on Tuesday ahead of the upcoming Annapolis peace conference...The list of confirmed invitees also includes the Arab League and Arab countries such as Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen, Kuwait, Iraq, Libya, Mauritania, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. Members of the international diplomatic quartet have also been given invitations. These include the UN, The EU, Russia, and Mideast envoy Tony Blair.
    Comment: It is absolutely amazing to ponder the list of  nations involved in the issue of what to do with Israel! God indicated that the world's attention would be on Israel, but more specifically, Jerusalem in the last days in Zechariah 12:1-3. It is!


Ahmadinejad Says Annapolis Summit Was 'Failure,' Israel is Doomed - Foxnews.com - November 28, 2007 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that the U.S.-brokered Mideast peace conference was a "failure" and that Israel is doomed to "collapse,"..."It is impossible that the Zionist regime will survive".
    Comment: "Nothing is impossible with God". Mr. Ahmadinejad needs to understand that the Lord God Almighty has proclaimed that Israel is back in their land to stay (Amos 9:15). No bomb, no army, and no politician will change this!

Israel says must trade Jerusalem areas with Arabs
- Reuters - December 9, 2007 - Israel's deputy prime minister responded on Sunday to U.S. criticism of plans to build homes on occupied land in the Jerusalem area by saying parts of the city must be given to the Palestinians to avoid losing U.S. support.
    Comment: Zechariah 12:3 warns that political tampering with Jerusalem is very risky business! "It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured...."

Bush hardens tone, urges end to Israeli occupation - Reuters - January 10, 2008 - U.S. President George W. Bush, hardening his tone towards Israel on Thursday, urged an end to "the occupation" of the West Bank and pushed for a peace treaty to be signed within a year to create a Palestinian state. The United States rarely uses the politically charged word "occupation" to describe Israel's hold on lands captured in a 1967 war. It is a term Palestinians seeking a state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip employ frequently to describe their plight. "The establishment of the state of Palestine is long overdue. The Palestinian people deserve it," Bush said in a statement he read to reporters in a Jerusalem hotel.
    Comment: Joel 3:2 warns retaliation against those who would "divide My land". Again, very risky business! Prophecy teachers who are aware of how the Lord feels about this, hold their breath and hope that the Lord's patience and mercy stay in place a little while longer. Eventually, no nation will survive not supporting Israel.  All nations will eventually turn against Israel and will be brought against Israel and the Lord, Himself will fight them (Zechariah 14:2-3). There is no guessing who will win this great coming contest.

Rabbis Warn US of Disasters to Follow Annapolis -israelnationalnews.com - November 6, 2007 - The SOS Israel organization dispatched a letter to US President George W. Bush warning him that American pressure for Israel to withdraw from parts of the Land of Israel and divide Jerusalem at the upcoming Annapolis Conference is liable to lead to disasters befalling America. The rabbi pointed out that they had made a similar prediction in 2005, prior to the US-backed Disengagement from Gaza and northern Samaria...Hurricane Katrina formed on August 23rd, 2005 – on the day the Disengagement was completed. "This time the Almighty is warning the US in advance: if the plague of water was not enough  now he shall send flames. While hundreds of thousands of families have already fled the terrible fires in California, and we ask you, will you really forge ahead with this malevolent plan?" the letter said.
    Comment: Since this warning, the US has seen rare winter tornadoes, more devalue of the dollar, more broadening of the failing US housing market, flooding, etc. All of these are coincidences?
First transatlantic flights land at Heathrow under 'Open Skies' - AFP - Mar 30, 2008 - A Continental Airlines flight from New York arrived at London's Heathrow airport Sunday morning, marking the beginning of the ground-breaking "Open Skies" agreement to free up transatlantic air travel. Comment: Travel will greatly increase - Daniel 12:4.

Saudi Arabia's Judiciary Defends Verdict Sentencing Rape Victim to 200 Lashes and Jail Time - FoxNews.com - November 21, 2007 - The Saudi judiciary on Tuesday defended a court verdict that sentenced a 19-year-old victim of gang rape to six months in jail and 200 lashes because she was with an unrelated male when they were attacked. The Shiite Muslim woman had initially been sentenced to 90 lashes after being convicted of violating Saudi Arabia's rigid Islamic law requiring segregation of the sexes. But in considering her appeal of the verdict, the Saudi General Court increased the punishment. It also roughly doubled prison sentences for the seven men convicted of raping the woman, Saudi news media said last week.
    Comment: And this is what we seem to want to embrace here in the West? Our White House is hosting Ramadan (Muslim Holy Event) and many are trying to convince us that Islam is a peaceful religion, and that Allah and Jehovah are the same God. This is some major deception going in our day! If Allah and Jehovah are the same God, why is it that the followers of Allah want to destroy Israel, and the Jehovah wants to restore it? Why is it that the followers of Allah turn their backs toward Mecca, away from Jerusalem, when they pray, and the followers of Jehovah pray toward Jerusalem and rever Jerusalem as their most holy city? If Allah and Jehovah are the same, why are Christian churches and Bibles not allowed in many Muslim countries?

Vatican: Muslims now outnumber Catholics - Associated Press - March 30, 2008 - Islam has surpassed Roman Catholicism as the world's largest religion, the Vatican newspaper said Sunday. "For the first time in history, we are no longer at the top: Muslims have overtaken us," Monsignor Vittorio Formenti said in an interview with the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano. Formenti compiles the Vatican's yearbook. He said that Catholics accounted for 17.4% of the world population — a stable percentage — while Muslims were at 19.2%.
    Comment: While Christianity still claims 33% of the world's population,  that is changing because in Christianity, there is a great falling away in progress (I Timothy 4:1). 

Spitzer steps down as New York governor - USA TODAY - March 11, 2008 - Gov. Eliot Spitzer, the nationally known do-gooder who suffered a jaw-dropping fall from grace this week after being accused of frequenting a high-price call girl ring, announced his resignation Wednesday.
Former N.J. Gov. McGreevey Confirms Reports of Three-Way Sex With Wife and Aide - FoxNews.com - March 17, 2008 - It's now a case of he said, he said, she said. Both former New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey and his one-time driver insist that they engaged in three-way sex with McGreevey's wife, Dina Matos McGreevey, who is in the midst of a nasty divorce from from the now openly gay ex-governer.
    Comment: Scandal and corruption continue to plague a people who are in rebellion against God. God said in the last days man's morality would grow from worse to worse (II Timothy 3:13).

Birthrate up for Jews, down for Muslims - Jerusalem Post - Nov 6, 2007 - The country's fertility rate continues to rise; the average number of babies born to Muslim women is falling; having babies before the age of 20 is less common, and the average age when women have their first child is up. These are some of the findings of the report on Patterns of Fertility in 2006 released this week by the Central Bureau of Statistics. A total of 148,170 babies came into the world last year: 71 percent of them were born to Jewish mothers and 23% to Muslims; 3% to women of undetermined religion; 2% to Druse; and 1% to Christians (81% of those Arabs).
    Comment: Isaiah 44:3&4 - "For I will pour out water on the thirsty land And streams on the dry ground; I will pour out My Spirit on your offspring And My blessing on your descendants; And they will spring up among the grass Like poplars by streams of water.' Deut 7:13 - "He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground..."

Canada orders ministry by Christians shut down - World Net Daily - March 21, 2008 - The Canadian government has ordered a Christian ministry that teaches doctrine and the differences between Christians and cults shut down because its reference materials were "critical" of the beliefs of those who are not Christian, WND has learned. "When a group such as Jehovah's Witnesses said of our doctrine we're worshipping a freakish three-headed God (the Trinity), we should be able to respond," she said. "We say, 'Here's the doctrine of the Trinity and here is where it is in the Scripture.'" That, however, violates Canada's hate crimes laws, and the ministry was ordered to either make wholesale changes in its  presentations, or shut down.
    Comment: At press time for this newsletter, many of the details were missing about this story. If time proves that the story stands as printed by World Net Daily, then it is consistent with the expectation that truth will become greatly contested in the last days. II Thessalonians addresses this issue when it says, "because they receive not the love of the truth...God will send them strong delusion". (II Thessalonians 2:10-11). If the story stands, then it is very alarming and unfortunate that standing for truth in our developing world would amount to "violating a hate crime law"!
Comment:
Our world is in turmoil as the Lord said it would be in the days before His return. Look up, redemption is drawing near (Luke 21:28)!
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