Israel 14-17-08

Palestinians break through Gaza-Israel border for third time in two weeks
April 17, 2008, 1:24 PM (GMT+02:00)

DEBKAfile’s military sources report that a band of terrorists broke through the border barrier to the Kerem Shalom terminal in the southern border sector Thursday, April 17. Israeli forces challenged them, killing one infiltrator in the ensuing firefight. They are pursuing the others who fled.

Ten Qassam missiles were fired against Israeli locations; a Katyusha rocket aimed at the town of Netivot missed its aim.
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Exclusive: “Killing Field” was the name of Hamas assault which killed 3 Israeli soldiers, injured three Wednesday
April 17, 2008, 9:11 AM (GMT+02:00)


Israeli soldiers guard Gaza border
The fallen Israeli soldiers were Sgt. Mattan Ovdati, 19, from Moshav Patish, Sgt. Menhash Albaniyat, 20, from Kseife, both from the Negev region, and Sgt. David Papian, 21, from Tel Aviv. Hamas reported 5 dead.

A senior officer told DEBKAfile that Hamas used tactics first seen practiced by Hizballah in the 2006 Lebanon War battles of Bint Jbeil and Maroun al-Ras. Both terror groups receive advanced training in Syria and Iran.

Early Wednesday, April 16, eight Hamas operatives went into action after splitting into two teams – one crossed the Gaza border barrier into Israel, alerting the warning systems and sensors to attack, then pulled back 60 meters from the border to a hill inside Gaza and dug in. The second team had meanwhile taken up position at the top of the same hill 150 meters from the border.

The Israeli Givati Brigade unit, responding to the alert, advanced on the first Hamas line and opened fire, only to find it had run into an ambush. The first Hamas team had joined the second and, providing each other with covering fire, trapped the Givati unit between them. Two Israeli sergeants died in close-range fire on the spot, the third of his injuries. All eight Hamas operatives escaped unhurt. Heavy battles continued during the day - on both sides of the Gaza-Israeli border at the Nahal Oz fuel terminal sector and around Kibbutz Beeri - in which at least 4 Hamas terrorists were killed. The Palestinians aimed 23 Qassam missiles at Israeli targets. Later, Israeli air attacks accounted for an estimated 20 Palestinian dead in their central Gaza strongholds.

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Apr 17th, 2008 - 5:10 PM Re: Israel 14-17-08

PM: Iran will not be nuclear

By David Landau and Yossi Verter, Haaretz Correspondents


"I want to tell the citizens of Israel: Iran will not have nuclear capability," said Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in a pre-Passover interview. According to Olmert, the international community is making an enormous effort, in which Israel has a part, to prevent Iran from attaining nonconventional weapons capabilities. "And I believe, and also know, that the bottom line of these efforts is that Iran will not be nuclear," Olmert said.
In his holiday interview, his first to the print media in a year, Olmert declared that since the Annapolis summit in November, the possibility of reaching an understanding between Israel and the Palestinians during 2008 has grown. The prime minister said that the issue of Jerusalem has not yet been discussed at all, neither in his talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas nor as part of the talks headed by Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni with Ahmed Qureia.

As to Syria, Olmert said: "I know exactly what the Syrians want and I think the Syrians know what the State of Israel and I expect from the peace process."


Olmert said he intented to run again for the leadership of Kadima and to lead the party in the next elections. He did not rule out the possibility of a merger between Kadima and the Labor Party prior to elections.

Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu is not suitable for the post of prime minister, Olmert said, because of his positions. "We remember what happened here when he was prime minister."

Olmert also voiced unequivocal, public backing for Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann, calling him devoted to the rule of law. Olmert revealed that a few months ago he asked former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak to head up a committee that would be charged with drafting a law aimed at guaranteeing the independence of the Supreme Court, with Friedman's agreement. According to Olmert, Barak agreed, but later changed his mind.





Apr 17th, 2008 - 5:11 PM Re: Israel 14-17-08

Fatah official calls for halting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks


http://www.chinaview.cn 2008-04-17 19:15:27

Special report: Palestine-Israel Relations

RAMALLAH, April 17 (Xinhua) -- An official from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement on Thursday criticized the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) for not halting peace negotiations with Israel.
"I don't know why they still stick to the negotiations," said Qadoura Fares, referring to the PNA. "I don't see any advantage to keep on the negotiations with the Israelis as long as the Zionist crimes of killing, destruction and settlements go on." Fares' remarks were made a day after Israel killed 20 Palestinians in Gaza Strip in a series of operations. Three Israeli soldiers were also killed when Hamas fighters ambushed them during an incursion into eastern Gaza city.

Israel and the PNA resumed the peace talks in December following a U.S.-hosted peace conference held in Annapolis. The negotiations did not achieve any notable progress.

Meanwhile, Fares urged his movement and rival Hamas Islamists to start national dialogue leading to reconciliation. The two factions "must respond to the Palestinian, Arab and Muslim calls for dialogue" In June, Hamas fought President Abbas' forces in Gaza Strip and took over the territory, furthering political isolation between Gaza and the Fatah-dominated West Bank.





Apr 17th, 2008 - 5:13 PM Re: Israel 14-17-08

Palestinians fire at trucks transporting fuel to Gaza


Despite complaints of fuel shortages, terrorists attempt to disrupt fuel supply to Strip

Hanan Greenberg Published: 04.17.08, 18:45 / Israel News

Shooting themselves in the foot: Only a week after the lethal terror attack at the Nahal Oz fuel terminal, and after complaining of fuel shortages, terror groups are again targeting Israelis supplying fuel to the Gaza Strip.


Thursday afternoon, Palestinians opened fire at trucks transporting fuel to the Strip at the Nahal Oz fuel terminal. No injuries or damages were reported in the latest attack.
The fuel supply to Gaza was renewed on Wednesday, after the transport of diesel fuel was halted for a week. On Monday, Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered that the fuel supply to the Gaza power station be renewed. The decision was taken after Egyptian authorities requested the move.


Power outages in Gaza City

Two days ago, a temporary agreement was reached that would see IDF forces secure the fuel terminal until a permanent solution is found vis-à-vis the Dor Energy company, which operates the fuel terminal. The army secures the area on a permanent basis, but the agreement calls for the IDF to provide security within the facility as well.

Despite Palestinian complaints of fuel shortages, security officials have noted that fuel reserves are still available in the Strip. On Tuesday, the Palestinian electrical company cut out the power to some areas, prompting power outages in sections of Gaza City and in the northern part of the Strip.





Apr 17th, 2008 - 5:14 PM Re: Israel 14-17-08

Apr 17, 2008 16:25
Abbas calls for Moscow peace summit
By JPOST.COM STAFF AND AP


Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas appealed Thursday for greater urgency in reaching peace in the Middle East, saying a conference which Moscow hopes to hold in June must "save the peace process."

"We have great hopes the conference will move forward the peace process between Palestinians and Israel, and that it will lay the grounds for the overall peace process for the entire Middle East that will include Syria and Lebanon," Abbas said in a lecture at a Moscow university.

Abbas told students at the Moscow Institute for Foreign Relations that barriers to the peace process had arisen since talks in Annapolis, Maryland, in November. He did not elaborate.

Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Arye Mekel said Jerusalem has not yet decided whether it will participate in the conference, which Moscow would like to hold before the end of June. He said a decision would be made once the date, agenda and list of participants are known.

That may become clear Friday, when Abbas is expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of his three-day visit. A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Thursday that preparations for the conference were under way but no date had been set.

"Since the Annapolis conference we knew another stage would be needed," Abbas said at the university, dressed in a deep blue robe and mortar board after receiving an honorary doctorate at the Moscow Institute for Foreign Relations. "We just need to agree on the format and program."

He said peace between Israel and the Palestinians is possible by the end of 2008 because "90 percent of our problems with Israel are already solved."

Meanwile, in a televised address in Ramallah to crowds mark Palestinian Prisoners' Day, Abbas said the release of all Palestinian prisoners must be part of any peace deal with Israel.

According to Israel Radio Abbas said Israel was only willing to free a handful of the thousands of Palestinian prisoners.





Apr 17th, 2008 - 5:16 PM Re: Israel 14-17-08

Amnesty International Calls for Full Investigation Into Israeli Army Killing of Civilians
Children and Reuters Cameraman Among the Victims

WASHINGTON, DC - April 17 - The Israeli government should immediately order a full and independent investigation into yesterday's killings of Palestinian civilians by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, Amnesty International said today.


"Yesterday's strikes, which the Israeli army launched after the killing of its soldiers in combat, appear to have been carried out with disregard for civilian life," said Amnesty International. "There seems to be a culture of impunity within the Israeli forces which is contributing to routine use of reckless and disproportionate force."

At least 18 Palestinians, including children and other unarmed civilians, were killed. More than 30 others were injured in attacks by Israeli planes and by ground forces using tanks in the Gaza Strip yesterday. Three Israeli soldiers were killed in confrontation with Palestinian militants during an Israeli army attack within the Gaza Strip.

Those killed included Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana, who was struck by fire from an Israeli tank he was filming. He had travelled to the scene in a car clearly marked "TV-Press". He was killed as he started to film the tank.

"Fadel Shana appears to have been killed deliberately although he was a civilian taking no part in attacks on Israel's forces," said Amnesty International.

Amnesty International has repeatedly condemned and called for an end to rocket and other attacks on Israeli civilians by Palestinian armed groups, and for those who commit such attacks to be brought to justice.

"We condemn all attacks on civilians, including that by Islamic Jihad which killed two Israeli civilians at the Nahal Oz fuel terminal on April 9," said Amnesty International. "The continuing conflict between Israeli and Palestinian forces is having a disproportionate – and totally unacceptable – impact on civilians, in particular Palestinians in the Gaza Strip."





Apr 17th, 2008 - 5:17 PM Re: Israel 14-17-08

Arab League Condemns Israeli Strikes In Gaza Strip Wed -AFP



CAIRO (AFP)--The Arab League condemned on Thursday Israel's "holocaust" in the Gaza Strip the day after violence in the isolated territory killed 18 Palestinians, mostly civilians, and three Israeli soldiers.A statement from the General Secretariat of the 22-member pan-Arab body " denounced Israel's collective punishment policy as a 'holocaust'," the official MENA news agency reported.

The deliberate use of the word "holocaust" referred to a warning by Israel's Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai in April that rocket fire from Gaza would bring Palestinians "a worse catastrophe as we will use all means to defend ourselves."

The Hebrew word for catastrophe is the same as the word for holocaust, which is usually used to refer to the mass murder of millions of Jews, Romas, homosexuals and others by the Nazis.

The Arab League said that "Israeli practices against the Palestinians are war crimes" and urged an end to aggression and bloodshed.

Palestinian militants ambushed Israeli troops near the Nahal Oz fuel terminal near the Gaza Strip, killing three soldiers and touching off a fierce Israeli incursion backed by helicopters.

Israeli troops killed 18 Palestinians, mostly civilians on Wednesday, making it the deadliest day in the Hamas-ruled territory since March 1, when more than 60 Palestinians were killed in an air and land blitz.


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Apr 17th, 2008 - 5:18 PM Re: Israel 14-17-08

Netanyahu: Abbas-Olmert peace deal will be invalid

By Haaretz Service

Tags: Ehud Olmert

Opposition leader and Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu hinted Thursday that if he were to be elected prime minister, he would not honor any peace agreement struck between current Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, if one should be achieved.

"The agreement that Olmert will or will not achieve is no more than a cynical invalid deal ? not in legal terms, but in terms of reality," Netanyahu said in an interview with the right wing affiliated newspaper Makor Rishon.

Olmert and Abbas promised U.S. President George W. Bush to try to reach a peace deal by the end of the year.


Netanyahu said in the interview that he would regard general elections as a referendum on the potential peace deal, saying "then the public would be the judge."

"If they [Olmert's Kadima] win the election - fine. But if they don't, they can't force upon the public, in a cynical and manipulative manner, something the public is not interested in," he added.

In response to the question whether he would honor a peace agreement calling for the division of Jerusalem between Israel and the Palestinians, Netanyahu said "I can say with certainty that I will not divide Jerusalem."
Netanyahu went on to say that he felt he had made an error in failing to establish a national unity government following his victory in the 1996 elections. According to him, he feared that a unity government, in cooperation with the rival Labor Party, would result in a 'two-headed monster', but said that "I have since learned to appreciate [then-Labor chairman] Shimon Peres on a personal level in a different way than I did back then. Today I think that we should have established a unity government, especially in light of the awful polarization that resulted from the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin" in 1995.

Olmert, in an interview with Haaretz to be published Friday, said that Netanyahu is competent enough to serve as prime minister, but that he is "unsuitable because of his views."

"He is an intelligent man with many abilities, but we saw what happened when he was prime minister. I fear very much that Netanyahu's political views, his stance on crucial issues that determine the fate of Israel, make him unsuitable to be prime minister," Olmert concluded.





Apr 17th, 2008 - 5:19 PM Re: Israel 14-17-08

Word From Yerushalaim
Simantov Allalouf simantov@wordfromyerushalaim.com
http://www.wordfromyerushalaim.com

Time to celebrate and give thanks to the Lord. Recently Word From Yerushalaim sent out a request for prayer for a supreme court hearing concerning citizenship being denied to Messianic Jews, because of their faith. The following news from The Jerusalem Institute of Justice confirms a landmark victory....
"Landmark decision today, the Supreme Court of Israel"
Justice in Israel - Important Legal Victory
In a landmark decision today, the Supreme Court of Israel ratified a settlement between twelve Messianic Jewish believers and the State of Israel, which states that being a Messianic Jew does not prevent one from receiving citizenship in Israel under the Law of Return or the Law of Citizenship, if one is a descendent of Jews on one's father's side (and thus not Jewish according to halacha).

This Supreme Court decision brought an end to a legal battle that has carried on for two and a half years. The applicants were represented by Yuval Grayevsky and Calev Myers from the offices of Yehuda Raveh & Co., and their legal costs were subsidized by the Jerusalem Institute of Justice.

All twelve of the applicants were denied citizenship solely based on grounds that they belong to the Messianic Jewish community. Most of them received letters stating that they would not receive citizenship because they "commit missionary activity". One of the applicants was told by a clerk at the Ministry of Interior that because she "committed missionary activity", she is "acting against the interests of the State of Israel and against the Jewish people". These allegations are not only untrue, but they also do not constitute legal grounds to deny one's right to immigrate to Israel.

This important victory paves the way for persons who have Jewish ancestry on their father's side to immigrate to Israel freely, whether or not they belong to the Messianic Jewish community. This is yet another battle won in our war to establish equality in Israel for the Messianic Jewish community just like every other legitimate stream of faith within the Jewish world.

http://jerusaleminstituteofjustice.creat...CB9CB5A1CE688CE

HALLELUJAH !!! THANK YOU LORD !!!!




Apr 17th, 2008 - 5:21 PM Re: Israel 14-17-08

Carter: Gaza residents 'starving to death'


Published: 04.18.08, 00:03 / Israel News



Former US President Jimmy Carter called the blockade of Gaza a crime and an atrocity on Thursday and said US attempts to undermine the Islamist movement Hamas had been counterproductive.

Speaking at the American University in Cairo after talks with Hamas leaders from Gaza, Carter said Palestinians in Gaza were being "starved to death", receiving fewer calories a day than people in the poorest parts of Africa. "It's an atrocity what is being perpetrated as punishment on the people in Gaza. it's a crime... I think it is an abomination that this continues to go on," Carter said. (Reuters)


Israel News



Former US President Jimmy Carter called the blockade of Gaza a crime and an atrocity on Thursday and said US attempts to undermine the Islamist movement Hamas had been counterproductive.

Speaking at the American University in Cairo after talks with Hamas leaders from Gaza, Carter said Palestinians in Gaza were being "starved to death", receiving fewer calories a day than people in the poorest parts of Africa. "It's an atrocity what is being perpetrated as punishment on the people in Gaza. it's a crime... I think it is an abomination that this continues to go on," Carter said. (Reuters)


So, did he bother to tell his friends hamas to cease and desist the attacks upon Israel? Did he tell his friends hamas to stop attacking the fuel trucks? Did he tell his friends hamas to stop using the aid given by Israel on A REGULAR basis, to share with the people as opposed to just seeing to the needs of the terrorists?
Did he tell his frineds hamas he would care for them ,as he too is seemingly an enemy of the USA and Israel?





Apr 17th, 2008 - 5:53 PM Re: Israel 14-17-08

Carter Meets With Hamas Leader Who Likens Israel to Nazi Germany
Thursday , April 17, 2008

Former President Jimmy Carter met another top Hamas official Thursday in a Cairo hotel, FOX News has confirmed.

In advance of Carter's planned meeting Friday with Hamas chief Khaled Meshal, 30 congressmen introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning Hamas for terrorist activities, including the murder of 26 Americans. Both the United States and Israel have designated Hamas a terror organization and refuse to negotiate with it.

The resolution, sponsored by Reps. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., and Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., is intended as a warning shot at Carter and follows letters from more than 50 congressmen urging the former president to abandon his visit to the Hamas head, who lives in exile in Syria.

In the face of such criticism, Carter traveled to Cairo to meet with Mahmoud Zahar, who controls Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Zahar wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post Thursday decrying the "hideous straitjacket of apartheid" in Gaza and compared Israel to Nazi Germany."Sixty-five years ago, the courageous Jews of the Warsaw ghetto rose in defense of their people," he wrote. "We Gazans, living in the world's largest open-air prison, can do no less."The Washington Post, in an editorial, criticized Carter for "lending what is left of his prestige to an avowed terrorist," and suggested that he not grant "recognition and political sanction to a leader or a group that advocates terrorism."

Rep. Joe Knollenberg, R-Mich., introduced legislation Wednesday to strip Carter's Georgia-based scholarly institution of taxpayer support because of his meetings with terrorists. Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Pa. presented a non-binding resolution that would urge former presidents to abandon "freelance diplomacy," in a direct response to Carter's visit.

Carter's visit to Cairo, during which he also met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, followed Gaza's worst day of violence in a month, in which at least 20 Palestinians and three Israeli soldiers died.

Wednesday's death toll was the highest since a broad Israeli military offensive in early March killed more than 120 Gazans, including dozens of civilians. Since then, Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers appeared to be honoring an informal truce, though punctuated with Palestinian rocket attacks, some Israeli airstrikes and minor border skirmishes.

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said the violence cast doubt on Egyptian cease-fire efforts.

"There can be no discussion of a truce in the midst of these crimes," Zuhri said, threatening revenge against Israel.

Egypt's efforts already are complicated by the fact that Hamas favors destruction of Israel, Israel considers Hamas a terror group and the two do not talk to each other.

Hamas officials said their meeting with Carter would add legitimacy to their group. Carter has drawn stiff criticism from the U.S. and Israel for meeting with Hamas, but Carter insists it is preferable to talk to all sides of the conflict.





Apr 17th, 2008 - 5:59 PM Re: Israel 14-17-08

Assad: US wants Israel to declare war on Syria

Syrian president says that while he believes chances for armed conflict with Israel are low, his country is preparing for worst. 'We know that there are those in the US administration that want this war,' he states
Roee Nahmias


Syria is preparing for a possible war with Israel, but believes that the prospects for such a conflict are slim, Syrian President Bashar Assad said Wednesday, according to Syrian news agency SANA.


Syria has recently boosted its forces on the border with Israel, fearing that a Hizbullah retaliatory attack against Israeli targets for Imad Mugniyah's death may lead to a military escalation in the region.



Speaking at a conference in Damascus, Assad said that the recent war with Lebanon has made Israel less assured of its existence in the Middle East.

"None of us can rule out the option of war, but it is arguable whether Israel will launch war against Lebanon or Syria, or whether the United States will launch a war against Iran.



"We should analyze the situation from the perspective of American interests, because the last war in Lebanon has shown that at some point Israel wanted to stop the fighting, but was forced by the US administration to pursue it further," he stated.



According to the Syrian leader, "We know that there are those in the American administration who want this war, and we are preparing for the worst. We're acting as if war is imminent and are preparing for it, but our intelligence does not indicate that such war is on the horizon."



Assad sounded very optimistic regarding the Arabs' future in the Middle East in view of Israel's "ageing" following the Second Lebanon War. "After the Lebanon war it was proved that we, the Arabs, are renewing our young generation, while Israel is entering stage of old age.



"Following this war, the question of the country's fate and continued existence has arisen in Israel. Let us let them deal with their issues… while we act according to our own interests."




Referring to the question of normalizing relations with Israel, Assad seemed skeptical: "What's happening in Egypt and Jordan proves that the public is not interested in normalization, and it cannot be forced on it. I know that the Syrian people reject normalization and will not force it on them."



Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Yedioth Ahronoth that Israel and Syria have been exchanging messages "on the issues at stake." In an interview set to be published Friday, the PM stated: "I can assure you that on the matters that concern us and the Syrians, they know what I want from them, and I know very well what they want from us."





Apr 17th, 2008 - 6:00 PM Re: Israel 14-17-08

War with Israel is possible and we are getting ready – Assad
April 17, 2008, 1:31 PM (GMT+02:00)

The Syrian ruler Bashar Assad made this statement in a speech in Damascus reported Thursday, April 17.

Earlier this week, DEBKAfile’s military sources reported that Damascus has deployed the 10th armored corps at the Massaneh crossing of Mount Hermon. It links up with the northwestern positions the 14th division took up last month on the Syrian-Israeli border which cuts through the Hermon range.

Syrian troops are now strung along a continuous crescent-shaped line from the central Lebanese mountains through Mt Dov on the western slopes of Mt. Hermon and up to southeastern Lebanon. This deployment, commanding Syria’s Israeli and Lebanese borders, is under the command of the president’s brother, Maher Assad.
The 10th armored corps was moved forward straight after Syria’s snap civil defense exercise which crashed after three hours last Thursday, April 10. The exercise was ordered without notice by president Bashar Assad on the last day of Israel’s five-day homeland defense drill.

DEBKAfile’s military sources are criticizing Israel officials for attributing Syria’s latest military movements to domestic troubles inside the Syrian leadership. They say this is throwing sand in the public’s eyes and at one with the government’s practice of playing down all the heightened military threats to Israel – whether from Syria, the Lebanese Hizballah or the Palestinian Hamas in Gaza.

The IDF’s Northern Command officers report that the Syrian army’s buildup opposite Israel has accelerated in April and warn that its units are arrayed for a quick transition to attack mode.

The link-up between Syria’s 10th and 14th divisions on the border running through Mt Hermon should have been a wake-up call for the government in Jerusalem, they say, and elicited counter-moves to show Damascus that Israel is ready to meet every contingency.
Sunday, April 13, prime minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas met briefly to rough out the position Abbas will put before President George W. Bush whom he meets at the White House in ten days. Olmert made the gesture of licensing the entry to Israel of 5,000 Palestinian construction workers. This gesture was challenged by security services as a carrying the risk of terrorist infiltration and by economic leaders who say the Palestinians will take Israeli jobs.



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Zawahiri says Iraq Will Become 'Fortress of Islam'
Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri urged Muslims to make Iraq a "fortress of Islam" in an audio message marking the fifth anniversary of the US-led invasion.-"Very soon Iraq will become the fortress of Islam, wherefrom will start missions and brigades for the liberation of Al-Aqsa Mosque" in Jerusalem, said Zawahiri
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=226473

Senior Iranian Cleric: Iran Should Defend Islamic World
A high-ranking Iranian cleric Friday said that Iran should grow into a military superpower to defend all Muslims, following an army parade at a time of mounting tension with the West. - "We must defend oppressed Muslims everywhere so that the enemies do not dare to attack Afghanistan, Palestine and Iraq."

Global food crisis looms as Asia's rice bowl empties and world price soars
THE crisis over rice showed no signs of easing yesterday as the price of the world's benchmark jumped 10 per cent in just one week, fanning fears that millions across Asia will struggle to afford their staple food.-"There's been a popular misconception that the world can produce as much food as it likes. Well, it obviously can't. And Asia can't feed itself at the moment,"

China evacuates 120,000 people as Typhoon Neoguri nears
About 120,000 people have been evacuated from fish farms and low-lying coastal areas to safer places in south China's Hainan Province as Typhoon Neoguri approaches the island.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/...ent_8004532.htm

Abbas sees greater role for Russia in Mideast peace process
A Moscow Mideast peace conference slated for June will strengthen Russia's role in resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview with a Russian daily.

Pope urges interfaith 'calmness'
"While always uniting our hearts and minds in the call for peace, we must also listen attentively to the voice of truth. In this way, our dialogue will not stop at identifying a common set of values, but go on to probe the ultimate foundation," said Benedict, addressing 200 leaders of different faiths..

Netanyahu Says Any Abbas-Olmert Agreement Will be Voided
Likud Chairman and former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says any agreement reached between PM Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is null and void.

Ex-President Carter in Syria to meet Hamas, Assad
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter arrived in Damascus on Friday for talks with exiled leaders of Hamas.

NATO offers Georgia support over Russian moves
NATO on Friday expressed its support to Georgian Vice Prime Minister Giorgi Baramidze over Russian moves to boost ties with the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

5.4 earthquake rocks Illinois; also felt in Indiana
A 5.4 earthquake in Illinois has rocked people awake as far away as Indiana, surprising residents unaccustomed to such a large temblor in the Midwest.The quake just before 4:37 a.m. was centered 6 miles from West Salem, Ill., and 66 miles from Evansville, Ind.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gxPvXBa...EsoE1QD90472KG0

POWER AT ANY PRICE
by Hal Lindsay
http://www.christian-forum.net/index.php?s...mp;#entry174183



Iran/Israel - Must Read!

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What Is This World Coming To?
April 16th, 2008
Jack Kinsella

While Nero Fiddled . . .

Sometimes, when I am watching the news, I become less certain of my grip on reality than is intended by the programmer. This occurs most often when I am watching TV opinion programming.

Guest host ED Hill was filling in for Bill O’Reilly when she was tasked with promoting an upcoming ‘debate’ between two people on the issue of gender: “Next week! Do husbands create more housework for wives? We’ll debate it.” Debate it? Let me settle the question. Yes. No matter what. No matter if the guy is a neat freak to the level of requiring therapy. The only way a husband could not create more housework for his wife would be if he lived next door. Conversely, wives create more housework for husbands. Nobody lives without leaving a trace.

Now that that’s settled, perhaps I might offer a suggestion for a better use of O’Reilly’s valuable airtime.

The Mad Mullah Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is hell-bent on developing a nuclear weapon he can fire at Israel in order to bring about the return of the Mahdi to lead Islam in the conquest of the West in a great end times victory that ushers in the Islamic Millennium. If it takes blowing up Israel and even Iran to wake the Mahdi, well, everybody’s got to go sometime, right? How is a guy with a suicide bomb different than a country with a suicide bomb? Let’s debate that.

Russia continues to supply Ahmadinejad with nuclear materials under the transparent fiction that oil-rich Iran requires nuclear energy to meet its peaceful domestic needs. The genocide in Darfur continues unabated. The UN babbles on about how America caused global warming, while we’re still running space heaters all over the house to keep warm in April. How about a debate on the ’settled science’ that isn’t?

Israel is conducting national emergency drills in preparation for an expected massive rocket attack from Syria, Lebanon and Gaza, including the eventuality of some of them carrying chemical or biological warheads.

The lunatics are in charge of the asylum in the Congress, Hillary wants to be in charge in the White House, and Obama thinks the only thing that will sweeten the bitterness of the churchgoing, gun-toting, xenophobic racists who inhabit the blighted Bible Belt is a bit of Jeremiah Wright’s preachin’.

Why not talk about that? Instead of a debate over the obvious about nothing. I need an Alka-Seltzer.

Mr. Prognosticators who are warning and causing fear, has California changed its name? What is it besides the fact that California has had thousands of earthquakes even this past week that told whoever said that California was getting ready for a big one to say that? I have a suggestion to give to all of the armchair halfbacks who are watching the earth move and give some kind of warning to places where there is some unusual shaking to SHUT UP.

Is it just because the California public is stupid enough to build a freeway interchange on a fault line, Mr. Swartzennager?

'I'll be back.'

Well, there has been some very telling rumblings where there at the end of the islands in the Aleutian chain, Alaska about 900 miles south of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. There is one volcano and two islands that have been rattled. On one of the ANDREANOF ISLANDS, Alaska, there was cluster of @41 earthshakes; a 2.6 just occured. Under the volcano 32 miles away there has been @107 eathshakes, the largest 6.4.

All of these earthquakes are happening on the side of the fault line that is being pushed up by the plate that is moving against it. All along the 'Ring of Fire' on the rising side of the fault line is where the earthquakes are happening. The middle of this ring, Hawaii, has just had one of 2.7.

Hawaii is in the center of the largest continuous body of water on earth; there are no continents and the weight of the water is collapsing the crust so I would predict that the oceans are about to be swallowed by the land as said in Revelation in the bible.

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(CNN) -- A magnitude-5.2 earthquake, centered 131 miles east of St. Louis, Missouri, shook southern Illinois early Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

There were few reports of damage immediately after the predawn quake, which struck at 4:36 a.m. (5:36 a.m. ET), but CNN affiliate WHAS-TV in Louisville, Kentucky, showed footage of rubble left in a street after a cornice fell off a brick building there.

The epicenter of the earthquake was about three miles below ground, six miles northwest of Mount Carmel, Illinois, and 38 miles north-northwest of Evansville, Indiana, according to the USGS.

At least 30 people reported feeling the quake in Clarksville, Tennessee -- 227 miles south of the epicenter -- according to the USGS Web site.

Buildings swayed in Chicago's Loop and people were shaken awake in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the AP reported.

People as far away as southwest Michigan and northeast Georgia e-mailed CNN to say they felt the tremor.

"It shook our house where it woke me up," David Behm of Philo, Illinois, told the AP. "Windows were rattling, and you could hear it. The house was shaking inches. For people in central Illinois, this is a big deal. It's not like California."

Radio talk-show host George Noory said he felt the quake in his St. Louis home.

"Everything shook," Noory said. "I thought the building was going to collapse."


Bonnie Lucas, who hosts a morning show at WHO-AM in Des Moines, told the AP she felt her chair move for five seconds.

The USGS said the largest historical earthquake in the region -- magnitude 5.4 -- shook southern Illinois in 1968
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/18/illinois....uake/index.html




I live just to the northwest side of Cincinnati. On our local news, many people claimed to felt the shaking. For myself, I did not feel anything, but I was laying in bed awake, and heard a loud crack in my house....kinda like what you hear when a HUGE gust of wind suddenly hits your house........but there was no wind. I lay there for several minutes trying to figure out what the heck it was.........when I heard the news, I knew.......

kinda scary.......

This earthquake .... wasn't its location at the upper part of the Madrid fault? They've been talking for some time its time for a big one for the Madrid fault line.......a bigger one than this one!




The quake woke me up here in St. Louis, I felt the bed shaking and heard a low rumble, and thought to myself, "what was that?" I had a notion it may have been a quake and figured I must have been dreaming and went back to sleep. Lo and behold.



I read that it's not part of the New Madrid but of the Wabash Valley Fault, an article of which I am posting below. Also, interesting that this happened on the 102nd anniversary of the great San Fran quake, wonder if it means anything.


Wabash Valley Seismic Zone

Recent studies have indicated that the New Madrid Seismic Zone is not the only 'hot spot' for earthquakes in the Central United States. On June 18, 2002, a 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Evansville, Indiana with an epicenter between Mt. Vernon and West Franklin in Posey County, in an area that is part of the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone. According to the Indiana University Indiana Geological Survey, while there was minor damage associated with the earthquake, the tremor was a warning to residents of the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone that earthquakes can, and do, strike close to home.

The Wabash Valley Seismic Zone is located in Southeastern Illinois and Southwestern Indiana and it is capable of producing 'New Madrid' size earthquake events. Since the discovery of this seismic zone, earthquake awareness and preparedness have increased. Residents are seeing that moderate sized earthquakes are not just occuring to south, but occur right at home and can affect Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky.

Geologists in Indiana and Illinois have found liquefaction sites and sand dikes that shows the evidence of prehistoric earthquakes in the region. By examining the size of the dikes and sediment found within the sand dikes, geologists are able to estimate the size of the earthquake it took to create the formations. In the mid-1980’s, geologist Steven Obermeier found a liquefaction formation that was estimated, through carbon dating, to be 6,100 years old. The earthquake that produced the site was estimated to be a magnitude 7.0, large enough to seriously disrupt the area known as the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone.

Current research is still turning out new evidence of historic earthquakes in the zone. For further informaiton, browse through the links to the right.



According to the USGS , this map of the New Madrid and Wabash Valley seismic zones shows earthquakes as circles. Red circles indicate earthquakes that occurred from 1974 to 2002 with magnitudes larger than 2.5 located using modern instruments (University of Memphis). Green circles denote earthquakes that occurred prior to 1974 (USGS Professional Paper 1527). Larger earthquakes are represented by larger circles.

http://www.cusec.org/S_zones/Wabash/index.htm




Well, someone had predicted a Pessach earthquake for Saturday in the Madrid fault.

Perhaps this is the precursor.


Good Morning.
I remembered reading a prophecy from Dan Bohler regarding a "mercy earthquake" that would take place before a "judgement earthquake" in the middle of the US. This had something to do with the (US involvement with plans to split Jerusalem. What do you guys think about this? This certainly has my attention. I've added the link below.

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Dr. Bohler felt it necessary to remind you of the prophecy he gave
October 10,2005
I was laying down resting when all of a sudden I heard a LOUD SONIC BOOM!! It startled me, I thought that an earthquake had occurred. I sat straight up in bed, my hands shot straight up in the air and I cried out with a loud voice, GOD HAVE MERCY!! The Lord spoke to me and said, "What you have just heard is the plates of the earth shifting in the Central part of the United States. There will be a Mercy before Judgment Earthquake. When this happens you will know that the Earthquake that was prophesied will split this Nation right down the middle if Jerusalem is split. This will happen just as I have told you."

http://propheticwatchman.com/prophetic_word.htm

Rev 12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

am praying...Israel...etc....I didn't go back to sleep, just dozed for a few minutes around dawn...the new madrid earthquake is SIGNIFICANT and I'm not sure it is all over....watched POPE at UN and felt sick...all I could think is globalism this is the beginning!!!

Nothing is right and I have a very very unsettled sick feeling....


ugh....Jimmy Carter is in Damascus meeting with the devil...passover set to begin tomorrow...YIKES...TOO MUCH...PRAYING AND WATCHING AND PRAYING>>>oh Lord have mercy!!!

more newz .... over here....
http://www.christian-forum.net/index.php?s...mp;#entry174288

This is not a good thing to report at this time, especially since Loey has not slept any.




Netanyahu Warns World of a Nuclear Iran

Friday, April 18, 2008 11:45 AM

By: Newsmax Staff




Benjamin Netanyahu, the former and possibly future prime minister of Israel, said the “civilized community of nations” must not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons.

"This is not merely a local problem, this is a global problem. If Iran acquires nuclear weapons everything we have been talking about will pale in comparison," Netanyahu said on Wednesday.

"Their goals are unlimited. Whatever successes they have had so far, they don't intend to stop. The militant Shiites in Iran are openly boasting that they are racing to develop nuclear weapons with the explicit announced goal of wiping Israel off the face of the map, and of reestablishing the caliphate, of course under militant Iranian rule."

Netanyahu, head of the Likud opposition party, warned that a nuclear-armed Iran will put the oil reserves of the Persian Gulf under their control and could easily bring down governments or fold them into Iran's realm.

Iran's influence in the region is growing, Netanyahu said in comments reported by the Middle East Times.

Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite movement supported by Iran, now has some 40,000 rockets aimed at Israel.

"That's a lot more than they had before the Second Lebanon war," Netanyahu told the Times.

He said that Hezbollah's newer rockets have a much longer range and could now reach most of Israel. They are also far more lethal than those used in that Lebanon war two years ago.

"And this is all done by Iran. It cannot be understood as anything but an Iranian operation,” he added.

"I said a year and a half ago that the year is 1938 and Iran is Germany and it's racing to acquire nuclear weapons. If that's the case, were now 1939. There is about two years left before Iran becomes a nuclear power.

"The bottom line is that the army of Iran with nuclear weapons must be stopped.”

Netanyahu said "the first thing we must do – and by we, I mean the civilized community of nations – [is] to do everything in our power to prevent the arming of Iran with nuclear weapons.”

Talk has been heating up that the U.S. is preparing to take such a step. A Newsmax.com report first posted on Monday disclosed that contrary to some claims that the Bush administration will allow diplomacy to handle Iran’s nuclear weapons program, a leading member of America’s Jewish community told Newsmax that a military strike is not only on the table – but likely.

Vice President Dick Cheney’s recent trip through the Middle East came in preparation for the U.S. attack, the source said.

And President Bush said in a speech at the White House on April 10 that Iran, along with al-Qaida, are “two of the greatest threats to America.”

Iran announced on April 8 that it had begun installing 6,000 new centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plant in Natanz.

Centrifuges can enrich uranium to a low level to produce nuclear fuel — or a high level for use in weapons.


© 2008 Newsmax. All rights reserved.

There's something about Netanyahu that may be telling. Netanyahu is a 33rd degree Mason and he has to go by the Luceferian Doctrine.

http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/33rd.htm

There in the mix is Tony Blair, George Herbert Walker Bush, Jimmy Carter, Sir Winston Churchill, William J. Clinton (Blythe), Sen. Bob Dole, Gerald Rudolf Ford, Newt. Gingrich, John Glenn, Barry Goldwater, Mikhail Gorbachev, Al Gore, Rev. Billy Graham, Col. Edward Mandell House, King Hussein, Saddam Hussein, Burl Icle Ives, Jessie James, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Jack Kemp, Henry Kissinger, Helmut Kohl, Vladimir Lenin, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Karl Marx, Francoir Mitterand, Shimon Peres, Gen. Colin L. Powell, Yitzak Rabin, Ronald Reagan, Oral Roberts, Franklin D.Roosevelt, James Rothschild, Gerhard Schroeder, Rev. Robert Schuller, Senator Simpson, Joseph Stalin, Rudolph Steiner, Storm Thurmond, Leon Trotsky, Harry S Truman, Earl Warren, H.G. Wells, Brigham Young . . .

All of these men mentioned above are 33rd degree Scottish Rite Masons.

Albert Pike addressing the 23 Supreme Councils of the world on July 14, 1889:- "To you, Sovereign Grand Instructors General, we say this, that you may repeat it to the Brethren of the 32nd, 31st and 30th degrees: 'the Masonic Religion should be, by all of us initiates of the high degrees, maintained in the purity of the Luciferian Doctrine. . ."

It is said that only two U.S. Presidents: Abraham Lincoln and John Kennedy, were not either Masons or elite members of affiliated bodies.

This is from the site http://www.scottishrite.org/who/faqs.html

The Scottish Rite Fourteenth degree ring is a flat, plain band of gold, and embossed thereon is a plate in the form of an equilateral triangle and within the triangle is the Hebrew letter yud, the initial letters of Jehovah in Hebrew (yud he vau he). Inside the ring is inscribed the Fourteenth Degree Motto: Virtus Junxit, Mors Non Separabit (Virtue has united and death shall not separate). The rings circle expresses the unbreakable fraternal bond between Masons of all generations. Upon the death of the owner, the ring should go into the hands of his widow, eldest son, the friend who was loved above all others, or another Scottish Rite Mason.
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Now, that is why the sons of Saddam Hussein were killed, history will record, by George W. Bush, but which son is elder, George W. or Jeb? (George is elder) They are not yet a degreed Mason, I don't think, but the eldest gets the ring of power.
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Rev 12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Source: U.S. Strike on Iran Nearing
Methodists defer key Israeli divestment measure
Netanyahu Says Any Abbas-Olmert Agreement Will Be Voided!
Zawahiri says Iraq Will Become 'Fortress of Islam'
Netanyahu: Won't honor peace deal if elected
Report: Netanyahu says 9/11 terror attacks good for Israel
Palestinians tout Moscow peace summit; US lukewarm
PM: Iran will not be nuclear
Jimmy has a new friend
Qassam hits power lines in Sderot causing blackout
IDF places full closure on Gaza, W. Bank
Web Site Allows Participation in Passover Sacrifice
'Iran smuggling arms into Gaza by sea'
Carter Set For Day With Terrorists
Founding kibbutz breathes fresh air into Israeli socialism
We Will Survive
Saudi King Calls For Interfaith Dialogue
Senior Iranian Cleric: Iran Should Defend Islamic World
Carter: Gaza blockade is an atrocity
Carter arrives in Damascus for talks with Syrian president, Hamas

It would almost be sad when those who WANT the Tribulation, do not get it, right?

He probably meant that arabs die younger, which is a commonly known fact.

Gregg & Justice: TY for all your support




PASSOVER
http://www.christcenteredmall.com/teaching...ts/passover.htm
19 Apr 08

13 soldiers hurt, 2 moderately, as Hamas attacks Kerem Shalom
Two IDF soldiers were moderately wounded and 11 others were lightly wounded Saturday morning at the Kerem Shalom crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, when Hamas gunmen initiated a coordinated attack on the Israeli side of the crossing, which included heavy gunfire, mortar shell barrages and two car bombs.

Carter meets with Mashaal twice in Syria
Former US President Carter defied US and Israeli warnings and met twice this weekend with the exiled leader of Hamas and his deputy, two men the US government has labeled terrorists and Israel accuses of masterminding attacks that have killed hundreds of civilians.

IDF chief: Army prepared for any scenario
Alertness on the northern border has been increased recently due to the suspicion that Hizbullah would attempt an act of revenge for the assassination of its top commander Imad Mugniyah, which would lead to a severe response from Israel, and in turn perhaps a war with Syria.

Ahmadinejad Says Oil at $115 a Barrel is Too Low, Calls for Higher Prices
Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted Saturday as saying crude oil prices at $115 a barrel are too low, and that oil must "discover its real value." Oil prices have hit all-time highs above $115 a barrel in recent weeks, amid reports that oil and gasoline stocks in the United States were lower than expected and as the dollar sinks to record lows.

Pakistan test fires long-range missile
Pakistan - Pakistan successfully test fired a long-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead on Saturday, the military said. The Shaheen-2 missile was launched from an undisclosed location and has a range of 1,245 miles. The military said the missile has the capability to carry conventional and non-conventional warheads


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This is the Day - Consecrate Each Moment to Me!
April 19, 2008

Psalms 118:24
24 This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. NKJV

"Rejoice in the Day!

There is a creative power resident in the day for I have created it and I am in it. Do not despise the day of small beginnings.

Allow Me to direct your day. Do not allow your day to be held captive to your own wishes and desires, your vain imaginations. Let the day expand in Me and My desires for you and My plans for you.

The day is creative in Me! Don't waste time!

For each day that marches forward holds within it precious seconds, precious minutes and precious hours. Consecrate yourself in the day unto Me and give Me your time and I shall work My plans and purposes through it.

Do not look too closely at tomorrow for it is this day that I have called you, each of you, to rejoice in. Rejoice in Me in My day of creative power - this day.

Time marches on yet I interject eternity into each day, each moment so that it comes alive with eternity in Me. One day is not like the rest -for I am a creative God. Open your eyes to look at the day - for in it I shall reveal Myself in great and glorious ways.

Time marches forward into Me - into My return. It is then that in the dispensation of the fullness of time all shall be gathered into Christ. Time will be gathered into Me and captured by eternity and that which you did in time that was of eternal value shall remain. All else shall burn away. There is much to behold in the day.

I am in the day for I have created it for My glory. While the world orders its day by its own wisdom and schedule, I say to each of you, do not let time hold you captive to its own desires - the desires of the world. Release your time to Me and I shall use that which you give to Me for My glory and breathe eternity into it. This day is mine. I created it. I own it. Enter into where I am going and you shall never be disappointed."

Ephesians 5:15-16 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. NKJV

Proverbs 3:5-6 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. NKJV





5 Christian Fellowship: / End Time Topics / WHEN THE EARTH BEGINS TO SHAKE by FM Riley 4/19 on: Today at 07:32:55am
When the Earth begins to Shake

By Pastor F. M. Riley

Dear friends,

This is just a note to let everyone know that we are okay. Here in Columbia, Missouri we were not in the danger zone; that is, no damage. The first quake (5.4) struck at 4:34 a.m. It was large enough to wake me out of a sound sleep. It rocked the entire house and even my bed for several seconds. It was large enough to make an impression not soon forgotten. I immediately remembered that since we here in the Central Time Zone are about 8 hours behind Israel's time zone, this earthquake came about six hours before Passover is to begin in Israel. I just don't think that is "coincidence."
After the first shock this morning, I wondered if it would cause other fault lines to open up around the country. Apparently it is causing such. The second shaker (aftershock) occurred about an hour ago (4.5). It was located about a 100 miles north of St. Louis. I think this is just the start of more quakes. We live just 100 miles from the New Madrid fault line, one of the largest and most dangerous fault lines in North America, and it is 60 years overdue for a major quake.
Folks, we are right at the end of this present dispensation. Are you ready for the Lord to come? Really ready? Don't be a bit surprised if these quakes don't start happening every day now, for there is going to be a tremendous earthquake that will literally shake the whole earth the day the resurrection and rapture of God's people occurs. What makes me believe that? I'm glad you asked.....
When the Lord arose from the grave three days and nights after He was crucified on the Passover, the inspired Word tells us,
"And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it," Matthew 28:2.

"And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
And came out of the graves after His resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God," Matthew 27:52-54.

Folks, it is Scripturally obvious that a great earthquake occurred when the Lord Jesus Christ arose, and following that earthquake and the Lord's resurrection the bodies of many believers came out of their graves. It is not then unreasonable to believe that the resurrection and rapture of God's people will be accompanied by a great earthquake that will shake the entire earth.
The Jews who believe in the resurrection of the dead also believe this. Their Jewish tradition claims that when the Messiah comes to raise the dead the Trumpet of God will sound to a "thousand ells." If our readers do not understand this term, "ells" are a measurement of the decibels in music [the pitch or sound]. Look in nearly any hymnal and you will see the term used. A really good opera singer can reach four (4) "ells" with their voice, but rarely do because at four "ells" glass begins to shatter from the pitch and vibration of their voice. At just four (4) "ells." Then, if this Jewish claim is true; when the Jewish Messiah comes to raise the dead, the Trumpet of the Lord shall sound to a thousand (1000) "ells," then it is easy to see why the entire earth will shake as the bodies of the righteous dead are resurrected from the ground, and the living saints are changed. Praise the Lord!
Folks, the earthquakes have started here in the Midwest just before the beginning of Passover in Israel. The Lord Himself was raised from the dead three days and three nights after Passover. That would correspond with this coming Tuesday evening, April 22nd - 23rd, at 6 p.m., the beginning of Wednesday by Jewish reckoning. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the "big one" [earthquake] took place at that time, along with the dead in Christ being raised and the living in Christ being changed, and all of God's people being caught up to meet the Lord in the air? Wouldn't that be great? Folks, I don't know that such will happen, but I don't know that it won't either. What I do know is that we are in the time frame of the Lord's coming to rapture His people to glory. It could be any day now; any hour; any minute. Are you ready? Acts 16:31.

Pastor F. M. Riley fmrglbd5@yahoo.com


6 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / ARISE AND SHINE by Cynthia Ysasi 4/19 on: Today at 07:28:29am
Arise And Shine
Cynthia Ysasi
Apr 19 2008 12:00AM


"Behold, I make all things new this day for My precious own who have gone weary
causing apathy and sleepiness.
In this season of new birth I have cut off and thrown away to the dust the spirit of lullaby.
Just as the dried and rotted leaves have lain like rubbish on the cool ground of winter past,
with One Breath I freshen the sleeping ground with cooling moisture
waking My seed of renewal to blossom and reach for My Light.
I bring My warming winds of refreshment and cleansing rains for your healing and new life.
I send forth My Seed of vibrancy and laughter to energize your soul.
As tender beginnings sprout from the ground even now,
so it is I have planted these seeds inside of you while you were asleep.
Arise now and wake, open your eyes to see My goodness smiling upon you.
Let the sunshine of My glory illuminate your entire body, soul and spirit to lift you up.
Arise and shine beloved, for the new day has come."

Get up and Praise Him.
Rejoice in song and dance with your King.
Glory to the Most High Yahweh.

©CynthiaYsasi



7 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / USE YOUR FAITH FOR JOY by Frances Lloyd 4/19 on: Today at 07:18:30am
Use Your Faith For Joy
Frances Lloyd
Apr 19 2008 12:00AM


Daily Golden Footprints
Friday, April 18, 2008

The Lord began speaking to me early today about the necessity of joy in your life and the fact that you have to exercise your faith to receive it. Joy is available to you and totally necessary. Joy is a choice. The enemy will tell you all kinds of reasons why joy must wait until something. By that standard, the enemy will be sure that it never comes or it is delayed unnecessarily at the very least just to discourage from receiving. I have heard people say, I will be happy when my husband/wife gets saved. I will be happy when I get that raise. I will be happy when I meet my spouse. I will be happy when God does this or that. Happiness has to be attained by our faith, just like everything else. If we determine that we will be happy by some thing, then it is always put off in the future. We have to learn to believe God now for whatever we ask and praise God now in joy for the answer. In Mark 11:22-24 we find one of the greatest lessons of faith in the word of God. The key there is we have to believe it before we see it with our natural eyes. Then we have to speak it. Some folks think they can allow doubts and frustrations rule their hearts and mouths and if it is in the Word of God, it will happen. No, No, No! The Word of God makes it available to us. We have to agree with the Word of God. We have to declare its truth, not the doubts and fears the devil has told us.

(Nehemiah 8:10) ...the joy of the LORD is your strength. Then by that measure the lack of joy makes you weak. Right?

In this next verse, it is talking about our position in Christ after He died on the cross for our sins and we have accepted Him as our savior. His very death on the cross bought joy for us. Our joy comes from the cross, not the individual achievements of this or that circumstance.
(Isaiah 35:10) And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

We can learn so much from David’s life. He was called a man after God’s own heart. And yet David was an adulterer and a murderer. But you see he had the understanding of repentance and the joy of the Lord in his life. He knew how to praise God. He had joy and when he didn’t, he knew he had to seek God for it until he got it. He couldn’t stand to not have the presence of God in his life. It is our joy. We cannot let satan steal our joy from us.
(Psalms 34:1) ...I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Joy comes from giving thanks to God. You see, then you are exercising your joy by faith. Then the Lord is authorized to loose that joy to you. In other words, sometimes you might not feel that joy at first, but do it anyway by faith. Then you will feel it in the natural.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18) In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

When I think of this scripture, I realize that we have to resist depression, fear, doubt and sadness. They all come from the enemy. We have power over the enemy (1 Jn 4:4, Luke 10:19)
(1 Thessalonians 5:22) Abstain from all appearance of evil.

Joy is life and faith. You have to make that choice to be in joy; to be in strength.
(Deuteronomy 30:19) I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

(Joshua 24:15)…choose you this day whom ye will serve…as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

(Psalms 35:27) Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

I love this scripture about joy. It tells us that by receiving salvation, we have the oil of joy available to us. Oil is a name of the Holy Spirit. It also represents healing. Joy brings healing into our lives.
(Isaiah 61:3) To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

And yes, we have to make right confessions to bring on that joy that is available to us. (Proverbs 15:23) A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

When God does His Word for you, (and He will and does) your joy is full!
(John 16:24) Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

You see, you can’t separate the Holy Spirit from joy. They go together.
(Acts 13:52) And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.

Joy is listed as part of the kingdom of God. Then lack of joy, must be lack of God in our lives.
(Romans 14:17) For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

Here is another key. When we go to pray to the father, we must pray in joy believing His Word.
(Philippians 1:4) Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,

The most important thing that he gave us to cause our joy to be full and our strength at the max, is JOY.
(1 John 1:4) And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

So, make up your mind today. Decide that you believe the Word and you are happy about. Choose joy! If you don’t feel it in the natural yet, do it anyway, you will.

Several years ago, Jerry Savelle, of Crowley, Texas used to teach a sermon called “If Satan Can’t Steal Your Joy, He Can’t keep Your Goods.” I highly recommend that you get that book, it is a classic of information that you need to make big in your spirit because it is so necessary for your success as a believer.

In Him,
Pastor/Prophetess Frances Lloyd
Daily Golden Footprints
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www.dailygoldenfootprints.com


8 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / KEEP GOING ON AND ON AND ON by Chuck Pierce 4/19 on: Today at 07:15:44am
Keep Going On and On and On
Chuck Pierce
Apr 19 2008 12:00AM


EVALUATE NOW!
YOU ARE HALFWAY THERE IN THE SEASON OF NEW BEGINNING:
http://www.gloryofzion.org

One of my favorite verses is: The rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land (Song of Songs 2:11-12). This is read when the land of Israel is experiencing the warmth and beauty of springtime. We are right in the middle of the season of the New Beginning. Six months has elapsed from Yom Kippur when we began the year 5768, and now there is approximately six months before the next Yom Kippur. This suggests that the new, along with redemptive freedom is celebrated at Passover. Therefore, this is the perfect time for self-reflection. I usually do not tell people to be introspective, but this is the perfect time to do a Spring-Cleaning of your emotions and mind.

This is the perfect MIDDLE of the season. Do not let the winds and storms of your circumstances keep you from coming up to and moving through the gate the Lord has prepared for you. Mark 5 is a great chapter to read. Further below is an article from a dear friend that presents the proper way to evaluate where you are while still moving forward.

As we were worshipping recently, my daughter, Rebekah, had a revelation of how the Lord was protecting her, while yet in her mother's womb, from being destroyed. You can hear that full testimony on www.GOZRadio.net. A testimony creates the spirit of prophecy! When she was sharing this, the Lord said the following:

I am going back to reshow, reveal, and recreate portions in your history. I want you to know that I was there in your midst. You are allowing little things to keep you from seeing the magnanimous power that I am displaying around you and what I am doing to reorder your life into the future. Even during those severe trials that you have gone through and the losses that you have encountered, I have been right there all along protecting you from a greater and harder experience. There are times when I have protected you so I could propel you forward at My perfect time. There are times when I've allowed you to be touched by adversity to grow you, so that others can be touched and grow from your testimony. Allow Me to form the testimony in you that I am attempting to form at this time. See Me in your midst. Ask Me to reveal Myself and I can go back to when you were in the womb, being knit together, and show you My protective hand and the purpose of My heart. I can show you the enemy's divisive strategies against you so that you can overcome him fully in the next season and gain the spoils that he has hoarded that belong to you.

Rebekah then prophesied: You have a hidden testimony that I am revealing to you in this season. It is the hidden testimony. Violet Dickson then came forward and sang the following:

No eye has seen, nor ear has heard
All that I have purposed for you.
No eye has seen, nor ear has heard
All that I have purposed and destined and planned for you.
Is there anything impossible for Me?
Is My eye too dim that it cannot see?
Is My arm too short that it cannot save?
Is there anything impossible for Me?
So rise up...Go a little higher...Don't back down
I'm not through with you
So rise up...Go a little higher...
For there's nothing, absolutely nothing, that I won't do!

LeAnn Squier then began to sing a new song, On and On. This is where most of us are in our journey! You can get that new song on the MP3 Store listed under The New Song Breaks The Old Cycle. This is the month of Judah. Let your praises rise!

As I said, earlier, this is the time for self evaluation! A good friend of mine from Houston, Texas sent the following letter to me this week. Here is a perfect example of A Proper Self Evaluation at the Middle of this SEASON! by Penny Jackson.

I have found myself wondering during this very interesting season of our lives. We keep hearing change and it's clear that change is happening; I can just feel it in the atmosphere, in the undercurrents of life, within my own soul. And yet in some areas it is so life as usual that it's hard to deal with the dichotomy of it.

It's so perfect for the arrival of the new to correlate with spring, not just for the obvious connections between new growth and life in the natural world but also because of the similarity of this feeling I have to spring fever the same restlessness, the same yearning for something but what?

And truthfully, I am not always as spiritually on fire during this time as I wish I could be. I feel that I will scream if I have to go through one more routine day, waiting for things to change. On the one hand I hear that heaven is touching earth and that angels are ministering with us on earth; on the other hand I am sitting in five o'clock traffic surrounded by honking cars with impatient drivers and not an angel in sight or at least that I am able to see...yet. And so I feel frustration stirring within me.

I can't even determine the origin of the resultant discontent I feel too often. Is it my flesh because the intensity of things is cramping the lifestyle I have lived for years? Cutting into my time as well it should, but still, is that what's bothering me? I know that is part of it. I'm not proud of that, but I know that's the truth. And parts of me are still kicking and screaming over it not like they used to be, but I'm not 100% yet.

Is it the Spirit causing this discontent, leading me to a higher place by causing me to lose interest in those things that have held me earth-bound? While that may be the ultimate result, at this point there is just the boredom finding that things which used to satisfy don't anymore, but what is to replace them isn't quite there; it's surely hovering but just isn't quite in place now.

Of course spiritual warfare has a role in my struggles, I am sure. We are said by many to be in the age of the Laodicean church mentioned in Revelations 3. They were the ones guilty of lukewarmness and about to be spewed out of the Lord's mouth for being neither hot nor cold. Their reward for overcoming? The right to sit with Jesus on His throne. How awesome would that be?

But the Lord showed me something the other day that you probably had already figured out. There was for them (and is for us) a powerful assignment sent from the pit of hell to draw us toward lukewarmness. Passivity has a major role in this. And because we are rich and have need of nothing in a society where anything we want is at our fingertips, in season or out, and the gods of entertainment and information lull us into a stupor through devices that get bigger and better all the time, we easily settle into numbing ourselves when life gets challenging; it's just so easy to fall into, and all of hell is hoping we will.

I dreamed the other night that I was with a friend at some meeting at which there was writing on an overhead projector screen; the words were at an angle and I found that I couldn't read them. My friend was able to read them perfectly well as she stood next to me and kept saying, Can't you read that?!? as if there was clearly something wrong with me. And I couldn't. And I found I couldn't hear well either, something I wrestle with in the natural anyway. I haven't put it all together yet, but the Laodiceans were offered eye salve so they could see and told that He knocks, and if anyone hears His voice and opens the door, He will come in and eat with him. So clearly seeing and hearing are important, and in my dream I was deficient in both. Again, I'm not quite sure what it was saying, but it made me quite uncomfortable.

I don't doubt that amazing things are ahead of us. I don't. My spirit knows it. I even think that nature knows it, just a feeling I have this spring. There's just an excitement.

This reminds me of an image that the Lord gave me several weeks ago. I was saying to the Lord that I wanted to taste and see that He is good. I just felt myself drawn to this verse. He showed me that it was like two trapezes swinging toward one another. I was on one trapeze, my old life, holding on to the familiar, but in order to taste and see that the Lord is good, I would have to let go of the old trapeze completely and grab hold of the other one. I couldn't experience what I wanted until I had let go completely of the first trapeze. There was no holding one while I reached to the other. In fact, there would be a time in there where I was in mid-air, not holding on to the anything. I think it's where we are now in this transition to the new. We have to let go of the old, yet we are not quite seeing the new trapeze yet. We don't doubt that it's coming and that it will be wonderful, but right now we are in mid-air...just waiting, and it's uncomfortable and it's frustrating at times. But with a leap of faith we will grab the new as it comes, with our hands planted firmly as we soar into the heavenlies with our God.

We so appreciate you and wanted to encourage you today to keep going On and On. You are halfway there. Don't stop now! Evaluate and move again!

Blessings,
Chuck D. Pierce




9 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / MY SONS, I COMMEND YOU! by Grandma Anna 4/19 on: Today at 07:13:34am
MY SONS, I COMMEND YOU!
by Grandma Anna



My sons, why are you thinking that you aren’t measuring up to what I have asked of you? Be encouraged, dearest ones! Those are lies from the pit of hell. I commend you! You have wholly followed Me! I AM constantly guiding you, even if you are not aware of it. Hear My words and let them wash away those thoughts of condemnation. Internalize My words of praise to you. Sing a joyful song of victory about a job well done and smile!


“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” (Romans 8:14 KJV)






10 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT YOU SAY by Sandy Warner 4/19 on: Today at 07:08:39am
Accountable For What You Say
by Sandy Warner
www.thequickenedword.com


RHEMA 1/05/08 ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT YOU SAY



HEARD: The power of the spoken word.



PIX: I saw a scrabble game where the letters had been carefully laid down and scores were tallied.



HEARD: Rebellion.



Matt 12:34-37 NKJV

For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."



Eccl 12:14 NKJV

For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing,

Whether good or evil.



Eph 5:3-7 NKJV

But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; 4 neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. 7 Therefore do not be partakers with them.



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11 PROPHECY: / Praise and Devotionals / UNEXPECTED PLACES by Sally I Kennedy 4/19 on: Today at 07:06:04am
UNEXPECTED PLACES
By Sally I. Kennedy
Apr 19 2008 05:00AM


Suddenly, Jesus met them. "Greetings," he said. Matthew 28:9

Our neighbors had been out fishing. What a beautiful day. The good
catch made it all the better. Tired, happy hands threw the fish out of
the cooler, up onto the dock. One guy started cleaning the boat,
another started cleaning the fish.

The coconut telegraph was buzzing. Pelicans flew in, and floated over,
to be in reach of the fish scraps being tossed out. An expected and
familiar site. They always know, somehow, when and where there is
fish-cleaning going on.

So later in the week, out for a short boat ride, I was unprepared to see
pelicans, in an unexpected place. I did a double-take when we zipped by
the mangroves, where several were roosting. I would expect to see them
in the water, by the dock. But not up in the trees!

God comes to us in unexpected ways all the time. He is the God of the
"suddenlies" (a few examples, below). There are many
incidences, in the Bible, that tell of the Lord "suddenly" doing
something.

Yes, He comes in expected and unexpected ways. He breaks through into
our day, and whispers, "Here I am!" "With you!."

Lord, today, please help me to see you in unexpected ways and places.
Amen.

Matthew 8:26 Then he (Jesus) got up and rebuked the wind and waves, and
suddenly there was a great calm.
Luke 2:13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with
the angel, praising God and saying,
Luke 23:45 The light from the sun was gone. And suddenly, the curtain in
the sanctuary of the Temple was torn down the middle.
Luke 24:4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in
clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them.
John 6:19 They had rowed three or four miles when suddenly they saw
Jesus walking on the water toward the boat.
Acts 2:2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from
heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
Acts 9:3 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from
heaven flashed around him.

Sally I. Kennedy is the author of "Irish Thursdays", "Words
from the Heart", and "52 Little Parables from Ireland" . She
lives in south Florida, with her husband Ben


12 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / THE GREATEST AMONG YOU by Ras Robinson 4/19 on: Today at 07:03:09am
April 19, 2008. I see a crowd of My servants scrambling around and bickering as they walk along on this road. There is a chariot with them fit for a king. They chariot is empty. There is an argument is over who will be selected to ride in the chariot. They want to be assured of their place of honor. I tell you be careful when you begin to place honor upon one another. Most cannot handle the pressure of elevation in the eyes of peers. I say unto you, let all be My servants and allow Me to place My honor upon whom I choose. Anything other than this produces strife. Have I not said the greatest among you shall be servants? Honor Me! Mark 10:31-32 "But many who are first will be last, and the last, first." Matthew 18:3-4 "Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." Ras Robinson.

April 18, 2008. I saw a group of people scurrying around with distressed looks on their faces. I asked the Lord, what is this? He said, "They have much to do and not much time to get it done. What do I need to tell them? Tell them, "Don't be discouraged. Look and see what can be dropped, that which is not absolutely necessary right now. You can go back at another time and do that when you aren't under such time constraint. I know it has to be done, and I know it is important. I am sending help and all of you can work together. This will bring peace even joy. Colossians 3:15-16 "Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other. None of this going off and doing your own thing. And cultivate thankfulness. Let the Word of Christ—the Message—have the run of the house. Give it plenty of room in your lives. Instruct and direct one another using good common sense. And sing, sing your hearts out to God!" Bev Robinson.



13 Christian Fellowship: / NEWS Corner / WALL STREET BRACES FOR PINK SLIPS 4/18 on: April 18, 2008, 03:41:46 PM
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1827726720080418


14 Christian Fellowship: / End Time Topics / TWO MAJOR EVENTS JUST BEFORE PASSOVER by Jim Bramlett 4/18 on: April 18, 2008, 03:33:19 PM
Two major events just before Passover
Jim Bramlett
Apr 18, 2008


Dear friends:

The past two days, now just one day before Passover, have seen two stirring events:

1. On Thursday, the U.S. Army Chorus has received worldwide attention singing, "Battle Hymn of the Republic" at the White House welcoming ceremony for Pope Benedict XVI.

Note some of the prophetic words and exaltation of Christ as sung to the whole world, referring to His coming:

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword;
His truth is marching on....

He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat;
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet;
Our God is marching on.

He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave,
He is wisdom to the mighty, He is honor to the brave;
So the world shall be His footstool, and the soul of wrong His slave,
Our God is marching on.

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Our God is marching on.

Watch It At! The Battle Hymn of the Republic performed by the US Army Chorus

TV host Rush Limbaugh remarked:

"You have to hear it and you have to imagine a crystal-blue sky, a crisp day in Washington, the pope and the president on the reviewing stand with others,
the camera occasionally focusing on the US Army Chorus.

You realize, this is at the White House, and a song written in tribute to God is being played at the White House.

In this country there has been such an effort, and it has been way too successful, to remove God from anything public.

Not only was God present, but the largest White House welcoming ceremony ever participated in a ceremony thanking God and respecting God and offering up a tribute to God, and you just have to hear this.

It runs about 4:47. It's infectious, so well done." (Rush was very moved by this public recognition of God.)

2. A rare 5.2 earthquake hit the mid-west this morning, April 18, at 4:37 a.m. near W. Salem, Illinois.

In Hebrew, Salem is a root word for Jerusalem, around which world history and present world events revolve.

Is it on the Pope's agenda to pressure Bush to pressure Israel to divide or give up Jerusalem, the City of David, which God has given to the Jews?

Is the earthquake a warning? I suspect it is.

Jim

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irZmknvOB4I




15 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / BE PATIENT FOR ISAAC OR SUFFER YOUR ISHMAEL 4/18 on: April 18, 2008, 03:29:48 PM
BE PATIENT for ISAAC
OR SUFFER your ISHMAEL

-by Russell Durose


The promises of the Lord have a certain longevity that tries
anyone's patience.

The Lord gave me this Word just now, as I have just walked in the
door from a very full day, of challenges and grace challenges that
come with discipling a life in a troublesome life. The Lord is calling
us to wait for Isaac. Are you willing? Or are you wanting to produce
that is easy and natural? You see when our patience level reaches a
breaking point, we must at that point quieten ourselves, then hold
ourselves, until we dominate our flesh. It is here where our battles
lie...the impatience of our humanity abort many divine processes.


Between the promise of Isaac and his birth, I estimate that 25
years went by. But in between there was a great temptation that
came and manifested itself. The answer which was of divine
promised is polluted by a deceitful thought you must collaborate
with God...YOU MUST MAKE THAT FIRST MOVE, YOU MUST
DO SOMETHING...this was the greatest error ever made, and
today we live with its costly consequences.

Rather, let us compare for a moment two women...Sarah and
Hannah...Sarah was the initiator of impatience...Hannah was the
sufferer for the cause of the promise. For Hannah, the shame and
the plaguing of that which was natural, but closed to her, for a
season, yet she continued on until she surrendered herself, and
God granted her desire. But her wait for the seed promised, took
prayers, crying, fastings, torture, yet the benefits are felt today...
because Samuel brought in the reign of Saul, through anointing,
and then David through anointing.

Let us transport this to your ministry dream...are you willing to
wait for your Isaac? Or will you "help God out?" Ishmael spells
trouble and strife. He mocks the promise of God...He wars against
it. I am certain that in our churches there are so called Ishmaels,
who were never truly born again, but go through the religious
motions. Yet they cause so much strife. This strife even creates
wars, between tribes, creates states and divides worlds. So what
does it cost - our impatience? It can cost our very life.

~SOURCE: www.prayer-revival-initiative.com



16 PROPHECY: / Visions and Dreams / THE THRONE OF GRACE by DJ Dean 4/18 on: April 18, 2008, 03:26:13 PM
THE THRONE OF GRACE
by DJ Dean

Once again I was caught up in the Spirit. This time I was standing before
twelve steps. There were no handrails and on either side of the steps it
became increasingly dark. The steps appeared to be made of cement and
not very inviting. As I looked up to the top of the steps there were dark
thunder clouds hiding whatever was at the top of the stairs. I stood there
in quiet awe just looking at this sight. I then felt the Holy Spirit encourage
me to keep walking. I began to climb the steps. As I reached the top of
the steps, I passed through the clouds and stepped into the most brilliant
golden light imaginable. It was so bright and powerful, living, gold. Like
stepping into the sun itself without the heat. The power that surrounded
me was effecting my body like touching raw electric current. I just stood
there with my arms stretched out to my left and to my right. Wavering and
trying to stay on my feet. At one point I thought, “Lord I don’t know how
much more my body can take” At this point the Holy Spirit encouraged
me as if a hand was on my back to gently push me forward. Soon I could
see the swirling clouds, that appeared as liquid gold as they began to
part. As they parted I could see the most magnificent throne beyond
description. To this day, I can not find words to describe the throne itself.
As my eyes began to look up to the top of the Throne, I saw the Lord,
High and lifted up. He was there in regal power and authority. Now not
just, elder brother, friend, Savior, High Priest, He was the King, Lord of
lords and King of kings. He was the expression of ALL AUTHORITY IN
HEAVEN AND EARTH. As I stood there dumbfounded in awe that cannot
be put into words I heard Him say, ‘WHAT DO YOU NEED?” . I was
overwhelmed again, here is the Lord of Glory in this place of complete
power and He asks me, “WHAT DO YOU NEED?”. He then explained, “THIS
IS THE THRONE OF GRACE”. I knew in my spirit that I needed to boldly
make my requests known. So I told Him about five things that were
urgent. He then said, “I WILL GIVE YOU ALL THAT YOU HAVE ASKED FOR”.
The feeling I had was of son who had every right to be in the presence of
His Father. I mean there was no feeling that I didn’t belong here. I knew
that as a son I had every right to be here and to ask and make my needs
known. At this point He said, “Do you know how few sons and daughters
ever really come here?”. What struck me was that of all He had purchased
on the cross and through His Blood we make so little a demand. I heard a
certain sorrow in His voice. The sound of forsaken or ignored love. He
then said, “YOU MAY COME HERE AS OFTEN AS YOU LIKE”. Since that time
I have brought many requests to this throne. I have brought many people
to the throne. I have seen miracle after miracle as God has moved to
answer prayer. But the one thing that seemed to hit my spirit with great
power was this one thought, “ANYONE MAY COME HERE” anytime, no
matter what the need. The sons and daughters of the Kingdom are free to
come to the Throne of Grace anytime they want. No need is too small, No
need is too big.

__________________
Dj Dean, Director Oregon School of the Prophets


17 Christian Fellowship: / End Time Topics / Re: NEW MADRID FAULT QUAKE THIS MORNING IN IL 4/18 on: April 18, 2008, 03:20:18 PM
GOD SPOKE TO THIS NATION TODAY - LOUD AND CLEAR!
David Campbell
Apr 18 2008 01:07PM



Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. (Ezekiel 33:2-5)



GOD SPOKE TO THIS NATION TODAY - LOUD AND CLEAR!

But is our nation listening? Do we have ears to hear? We haven't yet.

Since this nation has striven against the Lord and has labored to give away part of Israel to her enemies:

We had 9/11 - An emergency wake up call!

The Space Shuttle Columbia broke up and scattered over Palestine, Texas; a Jewish astronaut onboard.

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit when we strong armed PM Sharon to evacuate the Gaza.

SIGNS AND WARNINGS!

Now, after many reports that Prime Minister Olmert, President Bush and Secretary Rice have agreed with the PA to divide Jerusalem and the agreement is being drawn up for a possible May signing, when President Bush arrives back in Israel, we have an earthquake, centered in the midwest - epicenter: West Salem, Illinois.

HELLO! Are we listening?

From dictionary.com: Salem:

an ancient city of Canaan, later identified with Jerusalem. Gen. 14:18; Psalms 76:2.

From the Bible:

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. (Genesis 14:18)

In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion. (Psalms 76:2)



5.2 quake in Ill. shakes large part of Midwest

'This is a fairly large quake for this region,' USGS says
Video


Quake shakes Illinois, Indiana
April 18: A 5.4-magnitude earthquake centered in Illinois shakes the Midwest.


updated 2 hours, 10 minutes ago
WEST SALEM, Ill. - Residents across the Midwest were awakened Friday by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake that rattled skyscrapers in Chicago's Loop and homes in Cincinnati but appeared to cause no major injuries or damage.

The quake just before 4:37 a.m. was centered six miles from West Salem, Ill., and 66 miles from Evansville, Ind.

"It shook our house where it woke me up," said David Behm of Philo, 10 miles south of Champaign. "Windows were rattling, and you could hear it. The house was shaking inches. For people in central Illinois, this is a big deal. It's not like California."

Bonnie Lucas, a morning co-host at WHO-AM in Des Moines, said she was sitting in her office when she felt her chair move. She grabbed her desk, and then heard the ceiling panels start to creak. The shaking lasted about 5 seconds, she said.

The quake is believed to have involved the Wabash fault, a northern extension of the New Madrid fault about 6 miles north of Mt. Carmel, Ill., said United States Geological Survey geophysicist Randy Baldwin.

For the rest of the article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24195650/



THIS MAY BE OUR LAST WARNING BEFORE THE BIG ONE THAT DIVIDES OUR NATION.

David Wilkerson saw an earthquake in a vision the Lord gave him that was so powerful and so devastating, news coverage in this country only reported on the destruction and death of it for weeks.

WAKE UP! It is time to seek the Lord until He comes and reigns righteousness down on us.

Prep spiritually: Confess your sins to God, receive Jesus as your Saviour and Lord while we still have time. Read you Bible and pray everyday so you will truely be ready for anything that happens.

Warn your family, friends and neighbors.

I can verify this: President Bush and Secretary Rice have been warned not to give the West Bank (Biblical Judea and Samaria/mountains of Israel) to Israel's enemies and especially East Jerusalem or any part of Jerusalem. They will not listen.

Will you listen? I pray so!

www.soundanalarm.net



18 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / SHAKING OUT HIS GARMENTS! 4/18 on: April 18, 2008, 03:17:18 PM
Shaking out His garments! April 18, 2008

We were in intercession across the Golden Gate Bridge on a prayer watch assignment at the Presidio Base as the Olympic Torch came through San Francisco. I had a vision of the Lord standing up from His seat shaking out His long white robes. I was praying for the mighty shaking of the Lord at the western gates. He is about to execute His judgments for the sake of redemption. The Lord is confronting the idolatry in the land and the church.

"Then I shook out the fold of my garment and said, "So may God shake out each man from his house, and from his property, who does not perform this promise. Even thus may he be shaken out and emptied, "And all the assembly said, "Amen!" and praised the Lord. Then the people did according to this promise." Neh 5: 13 & 14

The above Scripture refers to the people in the land who exploited and oppressed those without food, who mortgaged lands and vineyard and houses for grain due to famine, for land taxes, those were charged exorbitant interest rates, so much so that they resorted to selling their children into slavery and they did not walk in the fear of God. There is exploitation and oppression within the church.

"And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet. Assuredly, I saw to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for the city!" Mathew 10:14 & 15

Then He began to rebuke the cities in which most of His mighty works had been done, because they did not repent. . . . But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you." Math 11:20-24

God has come many times in mercy to the church and sent His servants out to speak the word of the Lord but where is the hearing and true repentance. God has come many times with His mighty works but where are the lasting transforming changes in communities and lives? It is back to business just the same as it was before. We go back to the same old modus operandi.

To the Church:
"Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah." Jude 11

"But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner-not even to eat with such a person."

"Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth." I Cor 5: 11; 7 & 8

God speaks in times and seasons and He is speaking now for us to prepare for the Bridegroom's return. It is the Passover Season Lord pass over us, the decree of death upon us for the sin in our lives. We are to put off the leaven and purge out from us the unclean that defiles the Ecclesia your called out ones.

Ask Me for the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of repentance, conviction of sin, righteousness, and the coming judgment.
Father we blow the trumpet,
Father we sound the alarm, the trumpets are being blown now,
That the move of Your Holy Spirit would come, that you are shifting and shaking,
that you are taking and breaking
Apart our lives Father God.
We come before you in that place Lord God.
You are going through and Your eyes are examining us.
Your examining us to make us pure, holy, spotless, and white without stain or wrinkle.
You are trying to remove every spot, Father God, every spot.
Father God, every blemish every part that doesn't please You
In our lives Lord is surfacing.
Your taking us through the purging out of the leaven.
Your telling us to clean out the leaven in our homes.
Father, you are showing us that when the bitterness comes,
It comes because you are testing us to see if we are going to be faithful to You,
By the bitter waters of Meribah,
To see if we are going to turn towards You or against You.
Lord, You are testing our hearts Lord!
You are purifying our hearts!
We thank you and praise you.
Lord, We bless, we bless Your Name Lord!
We don't want to curse.
We want you to come in.
We don't want to curse our families Lord.
We don't want to curse our precious ones Lord.
We rebuke that spirit!
We turn it around under the blood of Yeshua.
We apply the blood of Yeshua!
We apply the cross!
We lift up the cross!
We lift up the bronze serpent that we might turn and be healed,
From the stinging fiery serpents.
The flying serpents that are trying to
cause us to sin
And turn away from You Lord!
But we turn to You Lord!
We say we are weak.
We are broken, we're broken, and we're broken.
We humble ourselves.
We repent Father God.
We come in Father,
To Bridal intimacy.
I am dark but lovely Lord,
But you will clean.
We are doing house cleaning now.
You are coming through Your house to clean now.
Lord, Your coming through with the judgments of Your cross.
It is nailed.
We speak the blood of Yeshua over us and over those we love.
Father God, over, over, over all our circumstances and situations
We push back the darkness.
We say the death angel of sin and sickness has to depart
There is no place to land here.
We Praise You and worship You God that You are faithful to us,
That You will strengthen us Lord.
We cry out to you.
We cry out to you.

Let all the earth be silent before His throne!

Hag Samech, In Yeshua's love, Kathleen Pirl www.kdpirlministries.org

kdpirl@sonic.net
www.kdpirlministries.org

Shaking the garments, or shaking the dust from off them, was a
sign of renunciation (Acts 18:6); wrapping them round the head,
of awe (1 Kings 19:13) or grief (2 Sam. 15:30; casting them off,
of excitement (Acts 22:23); laying hold of them, of supplication
(1 Sam. 15:27). In the case of travelling, the outer garments
were girded up (1 Kings 18:46). They were thrown aside also when
they would impede action (Mark 10:50; John 13:4; Acts 7:58).






19 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / A DAY OF RECKONING by Mary Clark 4/18 on: April 18, 2008, 03:14:18 PM
A Day of Reckoning
Mary Clark barnabessie@embarqmail.com
April 18, 2008

2 Corinthians 5:9 & 10 Wherefore we labor, that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

A day of reckoning is coming, beloved. It is surely coming! What will you say on that fateful day? What will you do as you stand before My judgment seat? Will you try to explain your actions? Will you make excuses to Me? Why would one even attempt to make excuses to the Almighty One? Why would one even attempt to explain? No, it will all be laid out before you. You will see clearly. You will know clearly, and you will look into My eyes of love and weep, weep for your past, weep for the lost time spent in worldly pursuits.

So I tell you, beloved, that a time of reckoning is surely coming. You will stand before Me. You will look into My eyes of love. You will see your shortcomings. You will see your actions in glaring detail, and you will regret, regret all those hours spent in vain pursuit of happiness, all those moments when you could have followed Me, but chose instead to seek the world.

I am calling you to come to Me. Come to Me. Draw near to Me. Pursue My will for you with a vengeance. For the time of reckoning is at hand, beloved. It is surely at hand!!!




20 Christian Fellowship: / NEWS Corner / CARTER AND HAMAS 3/18 on: April 18, 2008, 09:57:32 AM
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21 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / THIS IS THE TIME TO DIVERSIFY by Marsha Burns 4/18 on: April 18, 2008, 09:52:09 AM
April 18, 2008: Beloved, this is a time to diversify in many areas of your experience. I will offer to you a variety of ways that will help you increase spiritually, mentally, emotionally, physically and financially. But, you must be willing to accept diversity. This is not a time to be stuck in a rut of past patterns or old mindsets. Every area of pride and prejudice will be exposed and challenged so that you can be free from this bondage. And, I will bring truth and revelation to release you into absolute liberty, says the Lord.

Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.




22 Christian Fellowship: / End Time Topics / Re: NEW MADRID FAULT QUAKE THIS MORNING IN IL 4/18 on: April 18, 2008, 09:49:54 AM
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23 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / EXTRACTING BITTER ROOTS by Sandy Warner 4/18 on: April 18, 2008, 09:38:12 AM
{Word2Ponder} Extracting Bitter Roots
~ The Quickened Word ~

WORD TO PONDER: EXTRACTING BITTER ROOTS 1/03/08
Precious one, what you have overcome, through so much soul wrenching
brokenness and loss, is so precious to Me because You chose to trust
and believe in Me regardless of the bitter cups. I have felt the
deep grieving of your soul, the bitter wrenching of agony as you
swallowed bitter and disappointing loss. I have seen every little
thing that has impounded the bitter roots and I ask that you trust
Me as I begin the process of uprooting and pulling them out for
good. I have waited many years to pull out bitter roots within My
beloved. The roots were too deep and entrenched to be able to
excise without harm to your soul.

Remember that even as I hung on the cross, laying down My life, even
though the cup was bitter, it was My greatest act of love. Once I
felt the vinegar in My mouth, the cup was full and it was time to
yield My life back to My Father. As you go through your own death
to self, accepting that the Father alone is Sovereign and His plans
are much greater th