21/04/2012

               Struggle for Jerusalem (Zechariah 12:3; Luke 21:20)

Israeli Official: Rockets Fired at Eilat Came from Libya

The rockets that were fired from Egypt toward Israel earlier this month were smuggled from Libya, an Israeli defense official told The Associated Press on Friday.The official was referring to the firing of two Grad-style rockets at the Israeli resort town of Eilat, right before the Passover holiday. Israel has said the attacks originated in the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt has denied the rockets were fired from its territory.

               Damascus, Syria (Isaiah 17:1-3)

Europe, Russia Disagree Over Resolution on Syria

European nations and Russia proposed rival UN resolutions on Friday, both calling for expanding the number of UN cease-fire monitors in Syria from 30 to 300, but disagreeing on possible sanctions and on how quickly the larger observer force should get on the ground. The Associated Press reported that after several hours of negotiations by Security Council experts, Russia circulated a merged text, and council ambassadors met behind closed doors to discuss it.

               Middle East (Psalm 83:1-4) (Rev 9:16) (Rev 16:12)

‘Egypt is on a collision course’

A range of Egypt’s political forces has joined the large-scale protests against the ruling military on Tahrir Square. With the SCAF reluctant to give up power and the people still pushing for true democracy, Egypt seems to be on a collision course.Tens of thousands of liberals, leftists and Islamists all protested on Friday on Cairo’s landmark Tahrir Square. They accuse the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces of manipulating the upcoming presidential elections in order to hold on to power.

            Magog Invasion – Iran, Russia (Ezekiel 38-39)

IRGC delivers new missile-launching vessel to naval forces in PG

 The domestically designed and manufactured Tondar-class vessel was launched into the waters of the Persian Gulf at a ceremony attended by IRGC commanders and staff, the public relations of the IRGC naval forces announced on Saturday. “Considering the importance of the Persian Gulf, particularly its northern and central areas, and the existence of valuable oil and gas resources, the defense capabilities to safeguard such resources should be enhanced to a satisfactory level,”

U.S. preparing alternative options for Iran if diplomacy fails

April 21, 2012 – WASHINGTON - America’s plan B for Iran “will be successful,” promises US defense secretary, Leon Panetta. Reports suggest this is no sable rattling, as the US strike groups deployed to the Persian Gulf may be carrying some 430 Tomahawk missiles. Washington has not yet dropped its “all options” stance towards Iran, who, they fear, may be building nuclear weapons. The confirmation was obtained by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer from Panetta on Thursday. 

      Decline of United States (Hosea 4-14) 

Washington is leading world into lawlessness: US analyst 

“US government officials routinely criticize other governments for being undemocratic and for violating human rights. Yet, no other country except Israel sends bombs, missiles, and drones into sovereign countries to murder civilian populations,” Craig Roberts said in an article published by the Global Research website.The author noted that in addition to violating the rights of other nations, the US even violates the rights of its own citizens.

One Nation Under Debt With Endless Debt Slavery For All

 Debt is a “soft” form of slavery. In America today, it is not legal to bind people up with chains and force them to work for you, but that doesn’t mean that there are not millions upon millions of slaves in this country. When you borrow money, you willingly become a servant to the lender. Sadly, there are millions of Americans that will spend the rest of their lives working to pay off their debts but they will never escape the endless debt slavery that they have gotten themselves into. When you add up all forms of debt in the United States at this point, it comes to more than 54 trillion dollars. That is more than $178,000 for every man, woman and child in America.

Famines, Drought, Floods, Earthquakes & Pestilences (Matthew 24:7-8) (Luke 21:11; 25) (Rev 6:5-8)

6.6 magnitude earthquake rattles Papua New Guinea

April 21, 2012 – JAKARTA - A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Papua region on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake struck at 10:16 am (0116 GMT) at a depth of 30 kilometers (19 miles), 83 kilometers southeast of Manokwari, the USGS added, revising down from 6.9. There were no immediate reports of damage. Earlier, a strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Sumatra Island on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake struck at 5:14 am (2314 GMT Friday) at a depth of about 34 kilometers (21 miles), 427 kilometers southwest of Banda Aceh on the northern tip of Sumatra.