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Post Date 7-31-10
Final Signs Signaling the Arrival of the Kingdom of God
Middle
East War & Global Economic Collapse
The United
States is mentioned with outstanding clarity in Bible Prophecy, but few people are able
to recognize it's identity. The Ten Kingdoms of biblical renown are not developing in Europe as most
people are taught to expect by most popular religious sources, but already exist in another area of the world,
and few people recognize them.
What is the importance of this?
Because the Bible
explains that the Kingdom of God will arrive following the rise of an eighth major
world empire symbolized by the Second
Beast of Revelation 13, and during the simultaneous reign of Ten Kingdoms symbolized
by ten horns or crowns. When these come into existance, it is a sign that the
arrival of the Kingdom of God is very close, and because they already exist, the Kingdom of God is much closer to
arrival than most people think.
"And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for
ever"- Daniel 2: 44.
The European Union cannot be the location of the Ten
Kingdoms because there are twenty seven member nations. This
idea is based on a theory that the Roman Empire is the forth
beast/empire of Daniel, and the Ten Kingdoms represented by the ten horns, have their
beginnings in Europe, in a reconstructed Roman Empire. Twenty seven is a number far greater than ten
that the Bible very clearly defines over and over again. Yet, despite the obvious fact that there are more than ten member nations in the E.U.,
and the fact that Revelation
17 explains that the Ten Kingdoms will arise from an empire following that
of the Roman Empire, these beliefs are still clung to as
reality. However, when you dispose of these flawed understandings, the biblical identity of the
U. S., and the Ten Kingdoms spring prophetically into view.
Arrival of The Kingdom of God
The arrival of
the Kingdom of God is a literal event that will take place in the
very near future, and it will forever alter reality as we know it. It is an event that will be
led by the mass arrival of extraterrestrial
beings biblically referred to as Angels, and when Jesus Christ returns. It is mentioned numerous times in both the Old and New
Testament Bible, and is in fact the very purpose and foundation upon which
the Bible is based. It is the end of mankind's sojourn in this
sorrowful realm of birth and death, and the elevation to eternal life.
The Bible is a prophetic vision of empires, and nations, that
lead up to the arrival of the Kingdom of God,
and is a chronology of empires, symbolically represented, spanning the entire history of
humanity. It describes the development of eight
major empires, and ten smaller kingdoms, that precede the arrival of the Kingdom of God, the final Kingdom that will reign upon the
Earth. The first seven empires are represented by the seven heads of the First Beast of Revelation
13. These seven empires have already come and gone. They were the Babylonian, Media
Persian, Assyrian, Egyptian, Grecian, Roman and British Empires. The eighth
empire is represented by the Second Beast of Revelation
13, and is the United States of America.
The Ten Kingdoms that the Bible
foretold would arise during the same period as the arrival of the Kingdom of God
have already been formed, and remain in existence today. No, they are not member states of the European Union, a common misconception by
most. This theory is based upon the mistaken notion that the Ten Kingdoms arise
from an area of the old Roman Empire. Actually, the Ten Kingdoms are in the area
of the ancient Seleucid Empire, as foretold by Daniel ,
and now exist within eight nations located in the
Middle East.
The ten kingdoms are.......Syria,
Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Turkey, Iran, Egypt, (Basrah, Baghdad and
Mosul) = Iraq. The Ten Kingdoms were
formed as monarchies, after the defeat of the Ottoman Islamic Empire by the
British Empire during World War I. Basrah, Baghdad, and Mosul were later combined to
form the nation of Iraq, the little horn that uproots three, just as
Daniel had foretold. The British Empire is the forth beast of
Daniel, and not the Roman Empire as is popularly believed, and it is diverse from all the rest insomuch as it was
the first truly global empire. There was
a time when the sun never set on the British Empire.
By 1921 the British Empire held sway over a
population of about 458 million people, approximately one-quarter of the world's
population. It covered about 14.2 million square miles, about a quarter of the
Earth's total land area. This certainly qualifies the British Empire as the
forth beast of Daniel, and makes it very diverse from all the rest. The ten
horns of Daniel arising from the forth
beast are in fact the formation of ten
Middle East monarchies, as mentioned previously above, by the British Empire
after it gained control of The Middle East
During World War One, following the defeat of the -
Ottoman Islamic Empire, in conjunction with treaties involving France, and under
the guidance of the League of Nations.
The Ten Horns of Daniel
are also the Ten Horns and
Crowns mentioned within the Book of Revelation, and come into existence
during the period of a seventh great empire represented by the seventh head of the First Beast of
Revelation 13, and remain in existence during the succeeding period of an eighth
empire that is represented by the Second Beast of Revelation 13. The reason why the eighth empire is not within the body of the
first beast is because it exists in a completely different geographical
location, and on an entirely different continent, and is therefore represented
as The Second beast of Revelation 13.
It is the North American
Continent
to be more exact, and the United States is the eighth and last great empire before the
arrival of the Kingdom of God.
But wait, there is still more. Woven within the
prophecy of the eight empires, and the Ten Kingdoms, is another prophecy about a demonic manipulation of world events. The Bible explains
that Alexander the Great, the first king of the Grecian Empire, was empowered by what is described as the
dragon, and the beast that ascends from the
bottomless pit, a demon of war and conquest - See First
Beast of Revelation 13. This is evidenced by the
historical feats of Alexander, one of history's greatest conquerors, who forged the Grecian
Empire. Alexander was a man whom legend and history describe as having almost miraculous power
in his ability to conquer and make war, and of whom it
is said wept because there were no more worlds to be conquered.
With the sudden death of Alexander at a very
young age, the Grecian Empire, which was the fifth biblically prophesized empire
to exist prior to the arrival of the Kingdom of God, was divided into four smaller kingdoms,
and wounded the beast from the pit, because it's plans for world domination via
the Grecian Empire were
thereby stopped. However, the beast ascends once again from the pit during the
future reign of an eighth empire. His
deadly wound is healed insomuch as the beast from the pit commences it's
original plans for war, conquest, and world domination, by empowering another man who
presides over this eighth empire.
Here we have the basis of the so called
Anti-christ,
another popular misnomer, because he is actually never referred to as
Anti-christ in the Bible, but as the Beast. This means of course that because the United States is
the eighth empire symbolized by
the Second Beast of Revelation
13, that the Beast must then be a President
of the United States. Perhaps this is not symbolic of a specific man, but
any man who becomes President, or is President, during the final closing days of
this prophecy, because the eighth empire is covertly controlled by the
Dragon. Any man elected President during this time is only the puppet of a
secret ruling cabal, that actually gives the orders, and dictates policy, just
as Alexander was given his power, and seat, and great authority, by the Dragon, the same secret ruling cabal.
There are a number of biblical prerequisites
for the position of the Beast in this scenario. He must be the most powerful man in
the world, and rule over a great world empire. He must be preoccupied with war, military might, and empire
building. His name must be associated with money, because nobody can buy or sell
without the number of his name. He must also be the ruler of Iraq, the eyes,
and the mouth speaking great things, within the little horn that uproots
three of the ten to make a single kingdom. These are Basrah,
Baghdad, and Mosul = Iraq, just as described by
Daniel. All of these prerequisites now exist within
the definitive confines of the President of the United States.
The President of the
United States is the most powerful man on Earth, and rules over a great global
military and economic empire. He is commander and chief of
the greatest military machine in history. He is preoccupied with war and military
might by virtue of the war on terrorism, and a power base that demands he protect,
and expand
the U.S. Empire. Former Presidents are printed on the face of U.S.
currency, the world's reserve currency, and various Presidents represent the denominational amounts, so that nobody on Earth can buy or sell without
using U.S. Currency, the value of which is represented by a specific U.S.
President, and the number of his name. For example, Washington is one Dollar, and
Franklin is one hundred Dollars, and so on - US
Coins and Currency. The President of the United
States is also the ruler of Iraq by virtue of conquest and U.S. military occupation.
The biblical prerequisites for the eighth and
final empire represented by the Second Beast of Revelation
13, are that it must be the most
powerful nation on Earth, dazzling the world with it's greatness, and a warlike nation that masquerades as peaceful,
with horns like a lamb but speaks like a dragon. It must be similar to the
ancient Grecian Empire, because it goes about forcing other nations of
the world to remake themselves in the same image and likeness of the first beast
that came before it, which is the fifth head of the First Beast of Revelation
13, the Grecian Empire of Alexander the Great - See Second
Beast of Revelation 13. It's monetary and financial system must be dominant worldwide, insomuch
as nobody on the earth can buy or sell without the use of it's currency and financial system.
All of the above prerequisites are met within the
definitive
confines of the United States of America. It is the most powerful nation on
Earth, militarily, financially, and economically. Although appearing peaceful on it's
exterior, the United States it is very warlike, with a history of many wars, and current wars waged on a global scale, and a military
budget second to none. It's military might is historically unprecedented. The
United States is very similar to the ancient Grecian Empire, the founders of democracy,
and the democratic republic, a collection of individual constitutional
republics, or city states, later ruled by a single federation, with Alexander as
the first king, not unlike the United States and the Federal Government presided
over by a President. The United States also goes about forcing other nations to remake
themselves in the same image of the democratic republic, which is a copy of
itself, and the first beast empire that came before it, the Grecian Empire of Alexander
the Great. The U.S. financial and banking system are used
globally, and it's currency, the dollar, is the world's reserve currency.
There is one other prophecy contained within
Revelation 17-18, that further identifies the eighth empire as the United
States of America. It describes the great city Babylon, and it's role as the
center of a global economic empire which can be none other than New York
City & Wall street. These passages also foretell of hatred
within the Ten
Kingdoms that bring ruin to the global economy, and the great city Babylon. This end time scenario is
referred to as the
Great Whore That Sits Upon Many Waters. The fall of the great city Babylon,
and the collpase of the global economy, are one
of the last events just prior to the arrival
of the Kingdom of God.
The United States is involved in a
territorial dispute between Israel and Muslims over Palestine and Jerusalem, and
arming Israel against Islamic Nations which include the Ten Kingdoms. It is engaged in a war on terrorism also
involving the same Ten Kingdoms. In addition, the United States currently rules Iraq, which contains three of the Ten
Kingdoms,
Basra, Baghdad, and Mosul, with an ongoing U.S. military occupation, and is threatening Iran, another of the Ten Kingdoms,
with economic sanctions, and
possible military action. The war on terrorism coupled with the military occupation of Iraq, and
the U.S. alliance with Israel, are causing great hatred of the U.S.
amongst the Muslim populations within the Ten Kingdoms, and contributing to a greater threat of
terrorism, and war. From these facts it can be
safely concluded that a growing hatred
of Mystery Babylon within the Ten Kingdoms
has already begun, and insomuch as U.S. financial interests in the world are coupled with U.S.
policy in the Middle East, it is no surprise that such hatred could lead to the collapse
of Babylon.
In addition to the above, the U.S. is also
dependant on Middle East oil supplied by the majority of the same Ten Kingdoms,
which also hold vast reserves of U.S. denominated assets such
as U.S Treasuries. The fact that oil is traded in U.S. Dollars gives the
Dollar it's strength as the world's reserve currency by forcing the nations of
the world to hold vast reserves of U.S. Dollars, and to invest in U.S. Dollar
assets such as U.S. Bonds, so as to transact the purchase of oil in U.S Dollars.
Here we have another fulfillment
of Bible Prophecy, "These have one mind and give their power and strength
unto the beast." - Revelation 17: 13. (These have one mind), which is to
say that the Ten Kingdoms are all Muslim
Nations, and (Give their power and strength to the beast), which is to say that
they give power to the Beast Empire by forcing global oil transactions to be only in U.S. Dollars, giving power and control
of the global oil
supply to the U.S., and strength to the Beast Empire by strengthening
it's currency. Given
these facts, it is easy to see how a growing hatred
of the U.S. by the Muslim populations within the Ten Kingdoms could
bring down the beast empire, and the global economy, so dependant on Middle East
oil, and the U.S.
Dollar.
The war on terrorism, and the U.S. Military
occupation of Iraq, is perceived as a war on Islam by many within the Ten
Kingdoms. As a result, much of the funding, and many of the guerilla fighters
used against the U.S. are recruited from amongst the Muslim populations within
the Ten Kingdoms. These extended and protracted wars are causing a deepening financial burden for the United
States, and further weakening the dollar in the face of other economic and financial
troubles now facing the nation. Muslims in the Middle East know this to be true, and will continue
the protracted guerilla wars indefinitely, or until the U.S. is financially
insolvent, and
the U.S. Dollar is severely devalued. The resulting devaluation of the Dollar
will cause a move out of the dollar, and a sell off of U.S. Dollar assets on a
global scale, and also result in a decision by the oil producing nations to trade oil in a basket of currencies other than the
U.S. Dollar. Such a move out of the dollar, will
bring down the Beast Empire almost
overnight, and the global financial and economic empire it supports. Just as
biblically foretold, hatred of Mystery Babylon by the Ten Kingdoms will bring
down the entire global economic system.
The biblical prophecies concerning the eight
great empires, and the Ten Kingdoms, foretold to
happen prior to the arrival of the Kingdom of God
have
already come to pass. This means that the arrival of the Kingdom of God is very
close, and
much closer than most people now realize. However, most people believe that the Ten Kingdoms are yet to happen in some future European
domain where the so called Anti-christ is yet to rule, despite the fact that at
last count there were twenty seven member states in the European Union, and not
ten as the Bible clearly defines. Perhaps that is why Jesus Christ said that
many people will be taken by surprise when the Kingdom of God
arrives. They are
still waiting for these biblical prophecies to be fulfilled, while they have
already come to pass right before them. I can only conclude that the false
prophet
mentioned in the Book of Revelation has everything to do with the false
interpretation of Bible Prophecy that blinds people to history, and keeps them
from viewing
their own nation, and their own leaders, as the fulfillment of these same
prophecies.
But
even so, there is one other prophecy related to the above that is yet to be
fulfilled before the Kingdom of God
arrives. It is the Abomination of
Desolation, spoken of by Jesus Christ, as a final sign of His imminent return.
The Abomination of Desolation
has nothing to do with the so called Anti-christ placing a statue, or profaning a newly rebuilt Jewish
Temple
as many people now believe. In fact, the Bible actually indicates that the Jewish Temple will not be rebuilt
- See Biblical Proof The Jewish
Temple Will Not Be
Rebuilt & The Reason Why.
The Abomination of Desolation is actually the armies,
Muslim armies to be sure, that stand in the
holy place = Temple Mount, as the abominable cause of the desolation of Jerusalem by
warfare. So, for those of you waiting for a final sign
that the end is near, and the arrival of the Kingdom of God
is at hand, I say to
you, "Watch Jerusalem!" When you see the Abomination of Desolation as described
by Jesus, Luke 21: 20-24,
the Kingdom of God, and the return of Jesus Christ will be at the door. See also
Holy
Place And The Temple Mount.
The Dragon/Beast Now
Rules
Focus Of Posted News Events
Two biblical prophecies foreshadow the arrival
of the Kingdom of God
(1)The Judgment of The Great Whore, coupled with
The
Fall of Babylon, symbolic of a global economic collapse, and the
fall of a great financial empire that is the center of global banking and trade - Revelation 18-19.
(2)A gathering of armies for war in the Middle East, resulting in the
desolation of Jerusalem by compassed armies - Revelation 19 & Luke 21: 20. These events are now
coming to pass in our time as evidenced in the news articles below.
The Global Economic Collapse Is Now Underway
War In The Middle East Fast Approaches
The Arrival of the Kingdom of God Is Very Near
At Hand
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please forward the headline and the web address to: wright@wrightworld.net.
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Latest
News - Middle East War & Global Economic Collapse
7-31-10
Bleak
outlook for economy as growth slows
WASHINGTON – The economy is still growing, just not by much. And until that
changes, don't look for the jobs to come back. Americans spent less and
businesses thought twice about restocking their shelves in the past three
months, making for a sluggish spring. And the government now says the recession
was a deeper hole to climb out of than previously known. The gross domestic
product, the broadest measure of U.S. economic output, grew at an annual rate of
2.4 percent from April to June, down from 3.7 percent the quarter before and the
weakest showing in nearly a year. Many economists say the economy is growing
even more slowly now. "The economy has lost some steam," said Sung Won
Sohn, an economist at California State University, Channel Islands. "Some
of the pistons in the engine are sputtering, and economic momentum is
slowing."
When Truth Is Blamed For The Recession:
Don't speak the truth about the non-existent economic recovery or you will be
accused of starting it - article below. In other words, it is better to go down
in ignorance than to be informed that the ship is sinking. Don't allow the
passengers to protect themselves against drowning by warning them in advance. In
similar regard, don't allow the American People to prepare for hard times to
come, just let them live in ignorance until the economy completely collapses.
Never mind that consumers don't have the money, and unemployment is at an all
time high, it's negative news about the economy that makes them stop spending. I
guess rising unemployment and the numerous bank closures are the result of
negative news as well. What nonsense.
When
Double Dippers become economic party poopers
WASHINGTON – They're a minority, but a vocal one, and they're hovering like
storm clouds over a brittle recovery. They're the Double Dippers — the
politicians, economists and analysts who foresee back-to-back recessions. Their
warnings could become self-fulfilling prophecies if they frighten enough people
into holding tightly onto their wallets. With consumer spending accounting for
two-thirds of economic activity, anything that further rattles consumers can
undercut recovery hopes. Recent data has shown that, after growing moderately
for most of the past year, the U.S. economy appears to be slowing. This was
underscored by Friday's government report that U.S. economic growth slowed to
2.4 percent from April to May, down from a revised 3.7 percent in the previous
quarter. Such statistics are providing more ammunition to the double dippers......more.
Regulators
close banks in Fla., Ga., Ore., Wash
WASHINGTON – Regulators on Friday shut banks in Florida, Georgia, Oregon and
Washington, lifting to 108 the number of U.S. banks to fail this year as the
industry has struggled to cope with mounting loan defaults and recession.
Israeli
airstrike kills senior Hamas rocket maker
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israeli warplanes fired missiles, killing a senior
commander of the Hamas military wing and wounding 11 people in five targets hit
across Gaza overnight, the group and the military said Saturday. The Israeli
military said the strikes were in response to a powerful rocket fired from Gaza
that hit the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon on Friday, causing damage but no
injuries.
Occupying Other Nations With Armies Does
Not Promote Peace: As we can see in the articles below,
anti-U.S. sentiment is growing in Afghanistan and Pakistan with each passing
day. The people don't want the U.S. in their nation yet it is being forced upon
them without regard for the consequences. The United States is not fighting
terrorism, it is causing it, by setting up conditions that promote greater war
and conflict. It is very possible that the continued U.S. military presence in
both Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the daily killing of innocent civilians
either by accident or as a result of drone attacks, or collateral damage as the
result of combat exercises, will cause the overthrow of the very governments
that the U.S. claims to be defending and supporting. Remember the Shaw of Iran?
When the people of these nations become angry enough, internal revolution will
be the inevitable result, and governments will topple. This can only lead to a
further destabilization of this area of the world, and a greater threat to
peace.
Civilian
Deaths in US Armored Vehicle Crash Spark Kabul Riots
US Convoy Slammed into Civilian Car
“Death to foreigners and death to Karzai.” Angry rioters took to the streets
of war-weary Kabul today, chanting such slogans while torching US embassy
vehicles and clashing with police in the wake of a deadly car accident involving
a US convoy. Reports from locals say that a civilian car was trying to merge
onto one of the Afghan capital’s major thoroughfares when one of the US
convoy’s armored vehicles slammed into it, killing all four civilians in the
car. When locals arrived at the scene, what is being called a routine traffic
accident turned into a violent clash, with locals throwing rocks at the American
vehicles and later setting a pair of them ablaze.
ANALYSIS-Sectarian
violence tears at Pakistan heartland
* Sectarian attacks on the rise
* Various groups are acquiring weapons
* Groups seen seeking social unrest
LAHORE, Pakistan, July 30 (Reuters) - Islamist groups are
stepping up sectarian attacks in Punjab, Pakistan's largest and wealthiest
province, trying to further destabilise the U.S. ally already battling al Qaeda
and the Taliban, analysts say. Over the past two months, Sunni Muslims militants
affiliated with both Islamist militant groups have increased their attacks on
adherents of opposing schools of Islam in Punjab, as their strongholds in the
northwest have come under intensified military offensives. In May attacks that
killed more than 80 people, militants targeted two Lahore mosques of the Ahmadi
sect, who consider themselves Muslims but whom Pakistan has declared
non-Muslims. A month later, militants attacked Data Darbar, the Sufi shrine for
Pakistan's most popular Muslim saint, killing 42 people. And in mid-July, a
suicide bomber attacked a Shi'ite mosque in the city of Sargodha, wounding 15
people. Analysts say the Punjab strikes share a common strategy
.
Radical
Sunni groups are trying to provoke Pakistan's various sects to hit back in an
attempt to inflame civil unrest, and ultimately destablise a government already
under pressure from the United States and other countries to crack down on
militants that often spread their violence outside Pakistan....more.
Poll:
Nearly 6 in 10 Pakistanis view US as enemy
AP National Security Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite billions in aid from
Washington and a shared threat from extremists, Pakistanis have an
overwhelmingly negative view of the United States, according to results of a Pew
Research Center poll released Thursday. The survey also found that Pakistanis
have grown less fearful of extremists seizing control of their country, perhaps
reflecting gains that government troops have made against militants since early
2009. Most Pakistanis want improved relations with the United States, according
to the poll. But most view the U.S. with suspicion, support for American
involvement in the fight against extremists has declined, and nearly two-thirds
want U.S. troops out of neighboring Afghanistan. Nearly six in 10 Pakistanis
polled described the U.S. as an enemy and only one in 10 called it a partner.
7-30-10
Backstroking On Previous Lies: In other
words, as the article points out below, the previous information regarding the
depth of the U.S. recession were all lies. If so, are the more recent statements
that the U.S. is undergoing an economic recovery also lies to later be revised
in similar fashion? Perhaps the word (was) in the Headline below should be
exchanged for the word (is). The recession (is) much deeper than the government
previously thought. After it is too late, the government and the Federal
Reserve, will reveal that previous statements concerning economic recovery must also
be revised, and what was called a recession, is now called a depression.
Recession
was deeper than gov't previously thought
WASHINGTON – The recession was deeper than the government previously thought.
The Commerce Department, in revisions issued Friday, estimates the economy
shrank 2.6 percent last year — the steepest drop since 1946. That's worse than
the 2.4 percent decline originally estimated. The economy's plunge underscores
why the unemployment rate surged to 10.1 percent in October, a 26-year high. The
revisions in gross domestic product, or GDP, now show zero growth in 2008. That
compares with a 0.4 percent gain previously estimated. The economy also grew
less in 2007 (1.9 percent) than earlier thought (2.1 percent). For all three
years, consumers spent less and home builders cut more deeply than had been
thought. Those factors help explain the downward revisions on the economy.
The revisions also show that struggling state
and local governments cut spending more last year than previously thought. And
they spent less in 2007 and 2008. The economy slid into its worst recession
since the Great Depression in late 2007. Many economists think the recession
ended last summer, although a panel of academics that dates the start and end of
recessions hasn't declared when this one ended. The panel usually does so well
after the fact. From the start of the recession in December 2007 until the
April-to-June quarter of 2009, the economy sank 4.1 percent. That was deeper
than the 3.7 percent decline previously estimated for the recession. GDP is the
broadest gauge of the economy's health. It measures the value of all goods and
services — from machinery to manicures — produced in the United States. The
Commerce Department's latest revisions reach back to 2007. They're based on more
complete data and on methodology thought to be more accurate.
The Lies Continue: Despite
evidence to the contrary, and the fact that U.S. economic growth is actually
slowing - article below, government officials continue spewing a falsehood that
the U.S. is recovering from the recession. Note that the article states,
"The second quarter figure is a first estimate, and could be revised either
up or down in the coming months." Now revisit the article above. Does
anyone really believe that the figure for economic growth will be revised
upward? How can a number less than a previous number be viewed as a solid rate
of growth? Does this mean that three minus one now equals four? How stupid do
these people think the American People are?
US
economic growth slows to 2.4%
US economic growth slowed between April and June, with GDP growing by an
annualised rate of 2.4%, the US Commerce Department has said. This compares with
an annual rate of 3.7% in the previous quarter. The second quarter figure is a
first estimate, and could be revised either up or down in the coming months.
There are growing fears about the strength of the US economic recovery,
particularly concerning the country's high unemployment rate of 9.5%. Despite
the slower rate of growth, economic adviser to the White House Christine Romer
said: "This solid rate of growth indicates that the process of steady
recovery from the recession continues.
Recovery
loses speed as consumers turn cautious
WASHINGTON – The recovery lost momentum in the spring as growth slowed to a
2.4 percent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year and too weak to
drive down unemployment. Consumers spent less, companies slowed their restocking
of shelves and the nation's trade deficit dragged more on the economy in the
April-to-June quarter. In a separate report, the Commerce Department said the
recession was deeper than previously estimated. Together, the reports raise
doubts about whether employers will hire enough and consumers will spend enough
to invigorate the economy.
Trillions
for Wall Street
On Tuesday, the 30-year fixed rate for mortgages plunged to an all-time low of
4.56 per cent. Rates are falling because investors are still moving into
risk-free liquid assets, like Treasuries. It’s a sign of panic and the Fed’s
lame policy response has done nothing to sooth the public’s fears. The
flight-to-safety continues a full two years after Lehman Bros blew up. Housing
demand has fallen off a cliff in spite of the historic low rates. Purchases of
new and existing homes are roughly 25 per cent of what they were at peak in
2006. Case/Schiller reported on Monday that June new homes sales were the
“worst on record”, but the media twisted the story to create the impression
that sales were actually improving! Here are a few of Monday’s misleading
headlines: “New Home Sales Bounce Back in June”–Los Angeles Times.
“Builders Lifted by June New-home Sales”, Marketwatch. “New Home Sales
Rebound 24 per cent”, CNN. “June Sales of New Homes Climb more than
Forecast”, Bloomberg. The media’s lies are only adding to the sense of
uncertainty. When uncertainty grows, long-term expectations change and
investment nosedives. Lying has an adverse effect on consumer confidence and,
thus, on demand.
Global
stocks, dollar slip after weak U.S. GDP data
Sun
could set suddenly on superpower as debt bites
But there comes a moment when complex systems "go critical". A very
small trigger can set off a phase transition from a benign equilibrium to a
crisis. Complex systems share certain characteristics. A small input to such a
system can produce huge, often unanticipated changes, what scientists call the
amplifier effect. Empires exhibit many of the characteristics of other complex
adaptive systems, including the tendency to move from stability to instability
quite suddenly. But this fact is rarely recognised because of our addiction to
cyclical theories of history. The Bourbon monarchy in France passed from triumph
to terror with astonishing rapidity. The sun set on the British Empire almost as
suddenly. The Suez crisis in 1956 proved that Britain could not act in defiance
of the US in the Middle East, setting the seal on the end of empire. What are
the implications for the US today?
The most obvious point is that imperial falls
are associated with fiscal crises: sharp imbalances between revenues and
expenditures, and the mounting cost of servicing a mountain of public debt.
Think of Spain in the 17th century: already by 1543 nearly two-thirds of
ordinary revenue was going on interest on the juros, the loans by which the
Habsburg monarchy financed itself. Or think of France in the 18th century:
between 1751 and 1788, the eve of Revolution, interest and amortisation payments
rose from just over a quarter of tax revenue to 62 per cent. Finally, consider
Britain in the 20th century. Its real problems came after 1945, when a
substantial proportion of its now immense debt burden was in foreign hands. Of
the pound stg. 21 billion national debt at the end of the war, about pound stg.
3.4bn was owed to foreign creditors, equivalent to about a third of gross
domestic product.
Alarm bells should therefore be ringing very
loudly indeed in Washington, as the US contemplates a deficit for 2010 of more
than $US1.47 trillion ($1.64 trillion), about 10 per cent of GDP, for the second
year running. Since 2001, in the space of just 10 years, the federal debt in
public hands has doubled as a share of GDP from 32 per cent to a projected 66
per cent next year. According to the Congressional Budget Office's latest
projections, the debt could rise above 90 per cent of GDP by 2020 and reach 146
per cent by 2030 and 344 per cent by 2050. These sums may sound fantastic. But
what is even more terrifying is to consider what ongoing deficit finance could
mean for the burden of interest payments as a share of federal revenues.The CBO
projects net interest payments rising from 9 per cent of revenue to 20 per cent
in 2020, 36 per cent in 2030, 58 per cent in 2040 and 85 per cent in 2050. As
Larry Kotlikoff recently pointed out in the Financial Times, by any meaningful
measure, the fiscal position of the US is at present worse than that of
Greece......more.
Not Taking Sides: I post such articles as
the one below, not to demonize any particular group of people, Arab or Israeli,
but to point out that tensions are raising in and around the city of Jerusalem,
as a prerequisite to war in the region, that will ultimately lead to the
desolation of the city of Jerusalem, just as foretold by Jesus Luke 21: 20, - Abomination
of Desolation, as a sign of the impending return of Christ, and the arrival
of the Kingdom of God.
Settlers
seize home in Jerusalem's Muslim Quarter
JERUSALEM – Jewish settlers on Thursday took over a building in the Muslim
Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City and evicted dozens of Palestinian tenants,
residents and police said, prompting a sharp protest by the top regional U.N.
envoy. The takeover comes at a time when the U.S. is struggling to restart
Israeli-Palestinian talks. The international community, led by the U.S., has
urged Israel to refrain from any steps that could raise tensions in east
Jerusalem, including evictions and house demolitions. East Jerusalem's Old City
was captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast War. The Palestinians claim the
eastern half of the city for their capital. Over the years, about 2,000 Israeli
settlers have moved into buildings Jews bought in established Arab sections of
east Jerusalem, including the Old City, to make it harder to partition the city.
Before dawn Thursday, more than two dozen settlers from the Ateret Cohanim
settlement group entered the building in the Muslim Quarter, said Nasser
Quirresh, one of the evicted tenants. He said 90 members of his extended family
live in the house, which is just a few dozen yards (meters) away from the main
Muslim and Jewish shrines — the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Western Wall.
Poll:
Six in 10 Pakistanis View US as the Enemy
A new poll from the Pew Research Center shows a massive opposition among
Pakistani voters to US foreign policy in the region, with some six in 10
identifying the United States as “the enemy” compared to only one in 10
identifying them as a partner.Other key figures in the poll showed nearly two
thirds of the Pakistani population want the US to ends its occupation of
neighboring Afghanistan. Only 8% of Pakistanis have any confidence that
President Obama will make good decisions on foreign policy. Trust and support
for the US was down virtually across the board from previous tolls, while the
number who saw the Taliban as a threat dropped.
Iran
War Rhetoric: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?
But in Washington, the gloomy outlook on sanctions has been accompanied by a
growing rumble of war talk. My TIME colleague Joe Klein recently
reported that the military option was "back on the table" because
Washington was not prepared to settle for "containing" a nuclear-armed
Iran if sanctions failed and because U.S. officials believe that America's Arab
allies support a military strike. A steady parade of pundits — many of them
the same ones who advocated loudest for invading Iraq — is calling for
military action. Hawkish former CIA operative Reuel Marc Gerecht advocated
bombing as the "better safe than sorry" option, downplaying the
backlash throughout the Middle East and possibly beyond that the Pentagon
anticipates would result from a preemptive attack on Iran.
7-29-10
Who
Voted for War With Iran, Mr. Obama?
House of Representatives resolution 1553, introduced by Congressional
Republicans, and currently working its way through the system will endorse an
Israeli attack on Iran, which would be going to war by proxy as the US would
almost immediately be drawn into the conflict when Tehran retaliates. The
resolution provides explicit US backing for Israel to bomb Iran, stating that
Congress supports Israel’s use of “all means necessary…including the use
of military force”. The resolution is non-binding, but it is dazzling in
its disregard for the possible negative consequences that would ensue for the
hundreds of thousands of US military and diplomatic personnel currently serving
in the Near East region. Even the Pentagon opposes any Israeli action
against Iran, knowing that it would mean instant retaliation against US forces
in Iraq and also in Afghanistan. The resolution has appeared, not
coincidentally, at the same time as major articles by leading neoconservatives
Reuel Marc Gerecht and Bill Kristol calling for military action. AIPAC
thinks it is wonderful.
Four
Shocking Bombshells Bernanke Did NOT Tell Congress About Last Week
In his testimony before Congress last week, Ben Bernanke lifted the Fed’s
skirt and gave us a glimpse of the disasters now sweeping through the U.S.
economy. But there are four bombshells he did NOT talk about:
FIRST and foremost, what’s CAUSING the economy to sink? The
stock market has not yet crashed. Interest rates have not yet surged. Gasoline
prices have not skyrocketed. There has been no recent debt collapse, market
shock, or terrorist attack. So what is the invisible force that’s suddenly
gutting the housing market, driving consumer confidence into a sinkhole, and
killing the recovery that Washington was so avidly touting just a few months
ago? Bernanke won’t say. But the answer is clear: The recovery had very little
substance to begin with. Rather, it was, in essence, a mirage — a dead cat
bounce bought and paid for by Washington’s massive bailouts, stimulus
programs, and money printing. Put another way, the recession never really
ended.............more.
SECOND, Bernanke failed to point how that …The U.S. Housing
Market Is Now LOCKED Into a Chronic, Long-Term Depression...........Details.
THIRD, despite his now-famous quote that this is “the worst
labor market since the Great Depression,” Bernanke failed to reveal that
…Official Government Data GROSSLY Understates the Magnitude of Unemployment..Details.
FOURTH, Bernanke failed to point out that all this is
happening despite …The Biggest Government Interventions of ALL TIME!....More
National
Ocean Council
Thirty states will be encroached upon by Obama's Executive Order establishing
the National Ocean Council for control over America's oceans, coastlines and the
Great Lakes. Under this new council, states' coastal jurisdictions will be
subject to the United Nations' Law Of Sea Treaty (LOST) in this UN Agenda 21
program. America'a oceans and coastlines will be broken into 9 regions that
include the North East, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, the Gulf Coast, West
Coast, the Great Lakes, Alaska, the Pacific Islands (including Hawaii) and the
Caribbean....more.
Schwarzenegger
declares California fiscal emergency
In the declaration, Schwarzenegger ordered three days off without pay per month
beginning in August for tens of thousands of state employees to preserve the
state's cash to pay its debt, and for essential services.
Phony Excuse For Keeping Low Interest Rates
The real reason that the Federal Reserve is holding interest rates at near zero
- article below, is not to help the ailing economy, but because it is necessary
to prevent the United States from sinking further into financial insolvency. Figure it
out for yourself. The national debt now officially stands at a little over $13
Trillion - National Debt Clock. Unofficially
it is probably twice that amount when you add all of the related costs of the
government bailouts and economic stimulus over time - article second below.
United States federal tax revenue from all sources is just over $2
Trillion so far for this calendar year, and interest payments on the national
debt are nearly $200 Billion so far for this calendar year - National Debt Clock.
Now if you deduct from the gross tax revenue already received, the cost of
military spending, Medicare, and Social Security, that is now already over $2 Trillion
for the calendar year, it can be concluded that U.S. spending has already
exceeded available tax revenues, and that doesn't include U.S. Government
pension funds, financial bailouts, economic stimulus, and other miscellaneous
spending.
From these
figures it can be deduced that the United States is already teetering on the
brink of financial insolvency. Consequently, a rise in interest rates of just a few percentage
points will put the cost of borrowing way over the ability of the U.S. to
handle, and force the nation deeper into financial insolvency. That is why the Federal Reserve cannot raise interest rates
at the risk of it's own demise, because when the U.S. goes under, so does the
Federal Reserve.
This is going to happen anyway because the United States
continues to borrow over 40
cents of every dollar spent. This figure was arrived at in 2009, and it is
much higher than that now. At that rate, and with the continuing escalation of
the cost of military expansionism, and wars on multiple fronts, it will not be
long before the rapidly expanding national debt will by itself drive the amount
of interest paid ever higher, and force the nation into financial insolvency,
even with interest rates remaining at near zero. It is just a matter of time.
AP
survey: A bleaker outlook for economy into 2011
WASHINGTON – The U.S. economic recovery will remain slow deep into next year,
held back by shoppers reluctant to spend and employers hesitant to hire,
according to an Associated Press survey of leading economists. The latest
quarterly AP Economy Survey shows economists have turned gloomier in the past
three months. They foresee weaker growth and higher unemployment than they did
before. As a result, the economists think the Federal Reserve will keep interest
rates near zero until at least next spring......more.
U.S.
Rescue May Reach $23.7 Trillion, Barofsky Says (Update3)
July 20 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. taxpayers may be on the hook for as much as $23.7
trillion to bolster the economy and bail out financial companies, said Neil
Barofsky, special inspector general for the Treasury’s Troubled Asset
Relief Program. The Treasury’s $700 billion bank-investment program represents
a fraction of all federal support to resuscitate the U.S. financial system,
including $6.8 trillion in aid offered by the Federal Reserve, Barofsky said in
a report released today. “TARP has evolved into a program of unprecedented
scope, scale and complexity,” Barofsky said in testimony prepared for a
hearing tomorrow before the House Committee
on Oversight and Government Reform. Treasury spokesman Andrew
Williams said the U.S. has spent less than $2 trillion so far and that
Barofsky’s estimates are flawed because they don’t take into account assets
that back those programs or fees charged to recoup some costs shouldered by
taxpayers. “These estimates of potential exposures do not provide a useful
framework for evaluating the potential cost of these programs,” Williams said.
“This estimate includes programs at their hypothetical maximum size, and it
was never likely that the programs would be maxed out at the same time.”
US
Treasury is running on fumes
With the US bankrupting itself in wars, America’s largest creditor, China, has
taken issue with America’s credit rating. The head of China’s largest credit
rating agency declared: “The US is insolvent and faces bankruptcy as a pure
debtor nation.” On July 12, Niall Ferguson, an historian of empire, warned
that the American empire could collapse suddenly from weakness brought on by its
massive debts and that such a collapse could be closer than we think. Deaf,
dumb, and blind, Washington policymakers prattle on about “thirty more years
of war.”.....more.
Slipping
into war…
Yesterday, Ron Paul spoke on the House floor during
debate on a privileged resolution to invoke the War Powers Act and remove our
troops from Pakistan. We pay for these wars with an enormous amount of blood and
treasure and we can’t afford to increase either at this point.....More&Video.
The
Graveyard of Empires
They don’t call Afghanistan the graveyard of empires for nothing. Just ask
Great Britain and Russia. It seems that the U.S. Empire, however, is bound and
determined to prove that it’s the exception to that adage. No matter how bad
things get for the Empire, U.S. officials become more and more determined to
stay the course and let the chips fall where they may, including the possibility
of economic and financial bankruptcy for the United States.....more.
A
Plea for Common Sense
Why NATO Should Withdraw from Afghanistan
It is difficult for politicians to admit they were wrong. But when it comes to
Afghanistan, the consequences of not doing so could be high. It is time for the
West to cut its losses and withdraw......more.
House
Vote on Afghan War Funding a Disgrace
In a 308-114 vote Tuesday the House of Representatives ignored a massive influx
of new evidence underscoring the futility of the conflict in Afghanistan,
approving a massive new appropriation of emergency war funding....more.
7-28-10
So Called Experts Move To Cut Social Programs As
A Means To Fund Wars
Notice that there is no mention of cutting war spending, only social services -
article below, and therefore any savings obtained by cutting social services
will be redirected to military expenditures as the wars grow ever more expensive
with each passing day. It is not social services that need to be capped, it's
military and war spending that must be curtailed. The U.S. Government, in league
with the Dragon, is so obsessed with war, and military expansionism, to the
exclusion of all else, that it will destroy society, and the U.S. infrastructure
first, before reducing the funding for war and the expansion of the empire
abroad. This is obvious by the fact that military expenditures are never
mentioned as a means to reduce spending.
The Dragon now rules the United States, which has
become the beast empire of biblical renown. Within these events however, are
planted the seeds of self destruction, as the nation moves inexorably towards an
eventual downfall. I say this because history shows that any nation/empire that
has proceeded down this same path has ended in total collapse. Greece, Rome, The
British Empire, Nazi Germany, and The Soviet Union, are to name just a few. The
lesson to be learned is that any nation or empire that promotes unlimited
military expansionism, and perpetual war, is ultimately destroyed as a result,
whether it be directly by conquering armies, or indirectly by the ever expanding
cost of war, which slowly eats away at the social structure, and the infrastructure
of the nation, as ever more wealth is redirected towards an ever expanding
military empire.
The 9/11 attack was not a military issue. It was
a result of lax immigration policies, open borders, faulty intelligence, and incompetent
government and police agencies, that allowed the perpetrators to enter the
country in the first place. These same conditions still remain I might add, and
the danger of another terrorist attack has not been lessened despite all of the
U.S. military expansionism abroad. It would be far better and less expensive to
bring the troops home, and secure the borders, rather than chasing boogiemen
terrorists all over the globe. It is like a man that lives in a bad
neighborhood, and leaves his door unlocked, and his home is entered and vandalized
as result, who then runs all over the neighborhood seeking the culprits, and
passing the blame, when he should have locked his door in the first place.
Experts
warn Obama panel: Fiscal crisis is getting 'closer'
The government should consider capping what it pays in benefit programs such as
Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, experts told President Obama's
fiscal commission today. Without tough new controls to bring down a $1.5
trillion budget deficit and $13.2 trillion national debt, a fiscal crisis such
as Europe is facing could force even more draconian changes, the 18-member,
bipartisan panel was warned.
"It could be startlingly abrupt," said Maya MacGuineas,
president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal
Budget. "We're receiving more and more warnings that we may be getting
closer.""We do not have the ability anymore to have totally uncapped
programs," said Barry Anderson, a former top official at the White House Office
of Management and Budget. Despite those concerns, the commission doesn't
appear any closer to agreement on a path forward. Obama charged it with
producing recommendations that could be voted on by Congress in December. First,
at least 14 of the 18 members must agree.
Consumer
confidence dims
Job worries drove July U.S. consumer confidence to its lowest since February,
with one in six people expecting lower income in the next six months,
underscoring the precarious state of economic recovery. Home
prices rose in May but display no signs of a sustained rebound as long as
unemployment flirts with 10 percent and a record stockpile of foreclosed houses
looms over the market, a separate report showed on Tuesday. Single-family house
prices remain 29.1 percent below peaks four years ago, according to a Standard
& Poor's/Case-Shiller index. The deepest housing crash since the Great
Depression dragged the U.S. economy into recession, and is doing little to
stimulate broader growth as many economists fret about a possible double-dip
recession. The Conference Board, a New York-based business and economics
research group, reported that consumer attitudes worsened this month as did
expectations about jobs being hard to get.
Double-dip
recession fear
Consumer
confidence plunged to its lowest level in five months, prompting investors to
sell off riskier assets including oil and equities. The
confidence index fell in July to the lowest level since February on worries
about a stagnant job market in the world's top economy. The data stoked fears
that a U.S. economic recovery was stalling, and prompted U.S. benchmark oil
prices to back down sharply from a new 11-week high of $79.69 a barrel earlier
Tuesday.
Text
of H.R. 5741: Universal National Service Act
To require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 42 to
perform national service, either as a member of the uniformed services or in
civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security,
to authorize the induction of persons in the uniformed services during wartime
to meet end-strength requirements of the uniformed services, and for other
purposes.........more.
US
Navy investigating reported blast on Japanese tanker in Hormuz
Possible
False Flag? Japanese Say Oil Tanker Attacked Near Hormuz
“If it turns out to be an attack it will have implications for ships going in
and out of the Strait of Hormuz, and would lead to delays and rising tanker
rates,” said Ben Goggin, a freight derivatives broker at SSY Futures Ltd., a
unit of the world’s second-largest shipbroker.
In July, 2008,
Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Seymour
Hersh told an audience at the Campus Progress journalism conference that
Bush administration officials held a meeting Dick Cheney’s office to discuss
ways to provoke a war with Iran. “There was a dozen ideas proffered about how
to trigger a war. The one that interested me the most was why don’t we build
— we in our shipyard — build four or five boats that look like Iranian PT
boats. Put Navy seals on them with a lot of arms. And next time one of our boats
goes to the Straits of Hormuz, start a shoot-up,” said Hersh.
7-27-10
Cut Social Security To
Expand Wars
The money saved will only be spent on more war.
Consequently, the argument that Social Security cuts will lower the U.S. budget
deficit - article below, is a ruse set up to provide greater funds for military expansionism.
Only if there are meaningful cuts in military spending coupled with domestic
cuts will any savings be realized. Otherwise, every dollar saved on the domestic
side will be spent on the military side. It's all smoke and mirrors. Americans
must decide between a crumbling social structure or war. The United States is
not the first nation/empire
to undergo this same transformation. As empires grow, the cost of military expansionism
consumes a greater portion of government revenue, and the public sector is
slowly bled dry, as social programs are cut or curtailed, and the infrastructure
is left to disintegrate, while military expenditures eventually expand beyond
the ability of the empire to continue anyway. Then comes the inevitable collapse.
This has happened over and over again throughout time. What a waste.
The
Dragon never tires of seeking global domination and imperialism, and never
learns that such a dream may be possible to achieve in the short run, but
impossible to hold on to in the long run. All such efforts are for naught, and
only end in death and destruction to many. No empire in the history of the world
has ever stood the test of time. In my opinion it is already too late to change
or stop the inevitable destruction and negative consequences to the United
States that perpetual war has and will visit upon the nation. Affluence breeds
collective apathy and arrogance that eventually leads to collapse. We are in the
final days before the collapse of this empire as all of the other previous
empires that were also dedicated to war, conquest and imperialism. In the eyes
of God and history the United States is no different than any of the rest. It is
self delusional to think otherwise. History always repeats itself because those
who fail to learn from history always repeat it. New management never makes a
bad idea good.
For those of us who see
the signs there is only a short remainng period to wait. These are the times
foretold to arrive in Bible Prophecy - Revelation 13-19, that immediately precede
the return of Christ, and the arrival of the Kingdom of God. This empire will collapse,
and Babylon will fall, and the global economy will soon collapse, as war drums
beat louder, and all of the Middle East will be plunged into war. Read the news
articles posted on this page if there be any doubt. The city of Jerusalem will
be at the heart of the war just as foretold by Jesus - Luke 21: 20. We can see
this actually happening before our eyes as the situation in Israel, and Palestine,
and Jerusalem continue to deteriorate on a daily basis. The wars in Iraq, and
Pakistan, and Afghanistan are but extensions, and a forewarning of what is yet
to come in the Middle East. The entire region will be engulfed in war, and it
will grow to endanger the entire world. But, fear not because all of these
things are the signs of a new reality to come. The arrival of the Kingdom of God
will put and end to all of these things, and there will be a much brighter
tomorrow, as the plaque on the wall beside me so states:
"And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed
away." - Revelation 21: 3-4.
Deficit-cutting
ax may fall on Social Security
The Social Security system today faces a threat greater than the drive for
partial privatization by George W. Bush. "That's not hyperbolic," says
Nancy Altman, codirector of Social Security Works, a group dedicated to
preserving the system that provides income for 50 million retirees, the
disabled, millions of children, and more. Her fear is that President Obama's
bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform will
recommend cuts in Social Security benefits as one means to reduce the burgeoning
federal budget deficit. If 14 of 18 commissioners agree on a deficit-cutting
plan, it could be passed at a lame-duck session of Congress without the
extensive hearings and discussions that normally precede such an important
measure. "There would be little chance for the public to have an
influence," says Ms. Altman. Public opinion polls consistently show that
Americans don't want Social Security trimmed.
Ex-CIA
chief: Strike on Iran seems more likely now
WASHINGTON -- A former CIA director says military action against Iran now seems
more likely because no matter what the U.S. does diplomatically, Tehran keeps
pushing ahead with its suspected nuclear program. Michael Hayden, a CIA chief
under President George W. Bush, says that during his tenure a strike was
"way down the list" of options. But he tells CNN's "State of the
Union" that such action now "seems inexorable.".......more.
'If
Hizbullah strikes, we hit Lebanon'
Barak issues warning against resuming rocket attacks from North.
The IDF will attack Lebanese government institutions
if Israel
is again subjected to rocket attacks, Defense Minister Ehud
Barak said in an interview with The
Washington Post published Sunday. He told the newspaper that since the
Lebanese goverment is allowing Hizbullah
to rearm, "we will not run after each Hizbullah terrorist or launcher. . .
. We will see it as legitimate to hit any target that belongs to the Lebanese
state, not just to Hizbullah."
Israel's
harassment of citizens could ignite uprising, warns Arab politician
• State playing with fire, says member of Knesset
Israel could ignite a third intifada if it continues to push its 1.2 million
Arab citizens into a corner, claims Haneen Zoabi, the Arab member of the Knesset
vilified for joining the Gaza
aid flotilla.
Israel
demolishes Bedouin village
Israeli authorities have demolished the homes of about 300 Bedouins in a village
in the southern Negev desert. The entire village of al-Arakib was bulldozed
on Tuesday, with many of the former residents' cattle, trees and
belongings lost. Al-Arakib, which had about 40 homes, is one of 45
Bedouin villages not recognised by Israeli authorities. Haia
Noach, director of the Negev Co-existence Forum, was present at al-Arakib during
the demolition and said that at least five Israeli bulldozers arrived
around 5:30am (0230GMT). Israeli police used megaphones to order the
village residents to evacuate, and the demolishing process lasted around three
hours, he said. Speaking from a town near Beersheba, Noach said that many of the
residents had moved to a nearby graveyard to find shade.
Goldman
reveals where bailout cash went
Goldman Sachs
sent $4.3 billion in federal tax money to 32 entities, including many overseas
banks, hedge funds and pensions, according to information made public Friday
night. Goldman Sachs disclosed the list of companies to the Senate Finance
Committee after a threat of subpoena from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Ia. Asked the
significance of the list, Grassley said, "I hope it's as simple as
taxpayers deserve to know what happened to their money." He added, "We
thought originally we were bailing out AIG. Then later on ... we learned that
the money flowed through AIG to a few big banks, and now we know that the money
went from these few big banks to dozens of financial institutions all around the
world." Grassley said he was reserving judgment on the appropriateness of
U.S. taxpayer money ending up overseas until he learns more about the 32
entities.
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Power And Strength To The Beast
"And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the
beast"- Rev. 17: 12
If we understand that the Ten Kingdoms are ten
nation monarchies that were set up in the Middle East by the British Empire, the
seventh head of the First Beast of
Revelation 13, after the defeat of Turkey, and the Ottoman Islamic Empire,
during the final days of World War One, then the above prophecy contained in
Revelation 17, and elsewhere in the Bible, including Daniel of the Old Testament,
make perfect sense. These ten monarchies were Syria,
Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Turkey, Persia now called Iran, Egypt, Basrah, Baghdad and
Mosul. Later, Basrah, Baghdad and Mosul were merged to form the nation of Iraq,
the little horn that uproots three, exactly as described by Daniel. These ten
kingdoms are naturally of one mind insomuch as they are all Muslim Nations, just
as biblically foretold.
If we further understand that the United
States is the eighth and final empire biblically prophesized to appear before
the arrival of the Kingdom of God, and is described as the Second
Beast of Revelation 13, then the same above prophecy makes even more since,
insomuch as these ten kingdoms do in fact give their power and strength to the
Beast. The Ten Kingdoms give the United States, the beast empire, it's power and
strength by virtue of an agreement that the purchase of Middle East oil can only
be transacted in U.S. Dollars. This forces the global oil trade, and the nations
of the world, to hold vast reserves of U.S. Currency, and to purchase U.S.
Dollar assets, such as U.S. Treasury Bonds, thus making the U.S. Dollar the world's
reserve currency, and giving the beast empire it's power and strength as a
global empire.
It's
no wonder that the U.S. maintains strict military control over the Middle East,
through it's projected military might, it's navy, air force, and thousands of
U.S. Troops stationed throughout the region, and through it's ally Israel. It
is also no coincidence that the United States lead a military invasion, and
continues an ongoing military occupation of Iraq, and is now threatening Iran, despite
the cost, and it's own financial demise to maintain such vast military expenditures,
because both nations dared to transact the sale of oil in currencies other than
the U.S. Dollar, threatening the global power base of the beast empire, by
destroying the U.S. Dollar as the world's reserve currency.
According to biblical accounts, the Dragon, also known as the
beast that ascends from the bottomless pit, is a demon of war, conquest, and imperialism,
that once controlled the Grecian Empire, and gave Alexander the Great his power
seat, and great authority - Rev. 13: 2. Just as biblically foretold, this same
beast has once again ascended from the pit - Revelation 17, and is now represented by a satanic
cabal of global elitists, and bankers, that secretly control world events, and
who have now gained control of the United States, it's President, and it's
government, and covertly rules the nation, to make the U.S. the beast empire of
biblical renown.
From this perspective it is easy to understand why the beast
empire, it's government, and it's Presidents, are so preoccupied and obsessed
with war, and imperialism, and why the empire so feverishly defends it's
financial and military position in the Middle East, and surrounding near east
nations. It's all about maintaining control over the global oil supply, and
thereby insuring that the U.S. Dollar is maintained as the world's reserve
currency, so the beast empire can continue to grow and prosper as a global
empire. The forces of the Dragon will move against any nation that threatens the
future existence and expanse of the beast empire.
As is usual for such grandiose plans, they are failing. In the
process of maintaining it's global military might, and because of the internal
corruption that minions of the Dragon produce, the empire is now threatened with
destruction. As the global economy, and banking system of the Federal Reserve
collapse inward, the U.S. Dollar also faces serious devaluation, and dethronement
as the world's reserve currency, because of burgeoning U.S. Debt, and a growing
hatred of the United States throughout the nations of the world, and in
particular from within the Ten Kingdoms, because of the U.S. war on terrorism -
Rev 17: 16.
The Dragon sensing that the end is near, and with a gathering
of the Angels of Heaven for their mass arrival heralding in the arrival of the
Kingdom of God, the end game is now afoot. At a time when the beast empire is
very near collapse, and in desperation to maintain it's existence, the Dragon
will bring one final war to the Middle East that will ultimately threaten
the entire world with global thermonuclear war. This war will conversely bring about
the Dragon's own demise that much sooner, as God, and the Angels of Heaven are forced to
shorten the days before the arrival of the Kingdom of God to save all flesh on
the earth from total destruction - Matthew 24: 22
As the global economy nears final collapse, and the fall of
beast empire, and the global banking system centered in Wall Street and New
York City, biblically referred to as the great city Babylon, approach the final
demise - Rev 17-18, a greater war will escalate in the Middle East - Rev. 19,
and the city of Jerusalem will be desolated by warfare and surrounding armies
as foretold by Jesus - Luke 21: 20. This will be the final sign that the return
of Christ, and Kingdom of God is very near to arrival. After the Kingdom of God
arrives, it is then that the Dragon will be put in chains, and the resurrection
of the dead takes place - Rev. 20. Thereafter, mankind is elevated to a state of immortality
and eternal life, and a new relationship with God, and the Angels, and Earth itself
is transformed for ever more - Rev. 21-22.
Global Economic Collapse & The Fall Of
Babylon
Fulfillment of Revelation 18: The
current global economic and financial crisis is unprecedented in human history,
because never before has there been a time when the entire world was under a
single global economic system, and a single currency, the Dollar, of a single
nation, the United States, and a single banking system, the Federal Reserve. It
has taken a period of time since World War II, to develop the current economic and financial
system, and the causes for it's collapse, and it is unlikely that such a system
will again be implemented in our lifetimes. After the
existing global
financial/economic system fails, the world will move towards a multi-currency
system, which has already been suggested by many. Because of the unprecedented nature of
the global economic crisis, and when viewed along with the other biblical signs that have
already come to pass - Prophecies of Jesus, there is no doubt that this is the fulfillment of Bible
Prophecy - Revelation 18, that warns of such a global
economic collapse in the final days before the arrival of the Kingdom of God, as
follows:"the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man
buyeth their merchandise any more."
Revelation 18: 11.
Middle East War
Fulfillment of Revelation 19:
War in the Middle East will develop during the same period of global economic collapse so as to fulfill the biblical prophecies of Revelation 19. First, God completes the judgment of the great whore, symbolic of the
collapse of the global economic system, and the fall of Babylon, the center of
the global economic empire, and it's collapse - Revelation
18-19, and then follows a gathering of armies for war Revelation 19: 19-21, which is then followed by the arrival of the Kingdom of
God - Revelation 20. We know from other biblical prophecies contained in Revelation, Ezekiel, Daniel, and the
Prophecies of Jesus, that this war will be in the Middle East, in the area of the ancient Seleucid/Babylonian Empire, where now exists the Ten Kingdoms, but also in Palestine, and the area of ancient Samaria, the location of Armageddon, and in Jerusalem,
which will be desolated by surrounding armies -
Abomination of Desolation. "And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh."- Luke 21: 20. These are the final signs before the return of Jesus Christ, and the arrival of the Kingdom of God, "When they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory." "And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption drawled nigh." Luke 21:
27-28. The angels must now gathering in preparation for their coming mass arrival.
The Dragon/Beast Now Rules:
The Bible explains that Alexander the Great was given his power, seat, and great
authority by the Dragon - Revelation 13. The Dragon was wounded however, because
it's plans for world conquest were curtailed by the sudden death of Alexander at
a very young age, before his empire could be forged into a lasting unity.
Consequently, with the death of Alexander, the Grecian Empire was divided into
four smaller kingdoms, the Antigonid, Seleucid, Bactrian and
Ptolemaic Empires - Daniel 8.
His deadly wound is healed however in the later
days just prior to the arrival of the Kingdom of God, when the Dragon/Beast
rises from the pit once again to empower the leader or leaders of an eighth
great empire that would also rule the Seleucid = Babylonian portion of the Middle East, as
did the first seven empires of the First
Beast of Revelation 13, which have already come and gone - Revelation
13&17. They were (1)Babylon (2)Media Persia (3)Assyria (4) Egypt (5)Greece (6)Rome, (7)
British Empire.
The eighth great empire - Second
Beast of Revelation 13, that currently rules the Seleucid = Babylonian portion of the
Middle East by virtue of military conquest and occupation is none other than the
United States of America. The ancient ruins of Babylon are just some 20 miles
from modern day Baghdad, Iraq. There are over 150,000 U.S. troops, in addition
to many thousands of private U.S. contractors, including large military bases
and embassies, established in Iraq, and no matter what the internal political
structure of Iraq may be, as long as the U.S. maintains a military occupation
force in Iraq, it covertly rules Iraq by virtue of conquest, even as did the
first seven empires of the First Beast of
Revelation 13.
The attributes of Alexander the Great were those
of war, conquest and imperialism. Therefore, it is logical to assume that if
Alexander the Great was covertly empowered by the Dragon, then the same attributes
of war, conquest, and imperialism are those of the Dragon/Beast as well. Now
let's look at the recent history of the United States following the 9/11 terrorist
attack in new York. Something suddenly changed within the political structure of
the United States, and it's leaders, beginning with President George Bush, who
became obsessed with war, conquest, and global imperialism. It can therefore
be concluded that the same Dragon/Beast of biblical renown, has somehow covertly
obtained control of the United States, and now empowers and impels the nation
and it's leaders towards it's goal of world domination, via war, conquest, and
military occupation, just as the Bible foretold.
This trend is even more visible now, during the
current period of economic crisis, when despite the obvious signs of the
impending financial insolvency of the nation, and the collapse of the U.S.
Dollar, the U.S. continues to engage in multiple preemptive wars and military
occupation around the world, no matter what the cost, and in complete disregard
of the financial disaster that these expensive military operations will bring to
the nation. Those in power will cut Medicare, and other social programs, raise
taxes, allow the infrastructure to collapse, before they will discontinue the
wars abroad.
It is clear that some dark power has gained
control of the United States, and it is now on a course towards global imperialism,
and militarism, to the destruction of the nation. This can only be described as
an obsession, and it is clear evidence that a foreign power, other than the
legal constitutional government, now rules the United States, and this power is
obsessed with war, conquering, and world domination, to the exclusion of all
else. From this it can be concluded that the Dragon/Beast has once again
ascended from the pit, and is now on a course of world domination through it's
control of the eighth empire exactly as biblically foretold - The beast that
was, is not, yet is - Revelation 17.
The prophecies of Revelation 17-19 are now coming
to pass with increasing speed - articles below. The Dragon/Beast has already
gained control of the eighth empire, the United States, and is on course toward
global domination and imperialism. The judgment
of the Great Whore is also underway with the ongoing collapse of the global
economy, and the fall of Babylon is
now taking place with the collapse of the U.S. Dollar, and the impending financial
insolvency of the United States, the center of the global economic and banking
system. These are signs that the arrival of the Kingdom
of God is near at hand. However, there are yet more signs to be fulfilled
before that glorious day arrives.
There will yet come a greater war in the Middle
East, in Palestine, the location of Armageddon, and in Jerusalem, when the city
will be desolated by surrounding armies - Abomination
of Desolation. These prophecies are now coming to pass even as I write -
articles below. Tension continues to mount between the U.S./Israeli alliance,
and the Ten Kingdoms of the Middle East, (Syria,
Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Turkey, Iran, Egypt, Basrah, Baghdad and Mosul =
Iraq) because of the U.S. war on terrorism, and over the control of Palestine
and Jerusalem, and a war will ensue just as biblically foretold - Daniel
And The Middle East Wars. Soon war will erupt, and Jerusalem will be
desolated by warfare - Luke 21: 20, and afterward the Kingdom
of God will arrive just as foretold. Heed
the biblical warning to prepare.
Biblical Warning To
Prepare
"Come out of her, my people,
that you will not be partakers of her sins, and that
you not receive her plagues."Revelation 18:4
Biblical Warning:
The
warning above means that people must not be dependent on the global economic
system so they won't suffer after it's collapse. A global economic
collpase will mean a shortage of food and other essantials required for
survival. This is a warning from God to prepare.
Stock up on food and emergency supplies, and keep extra cash, or gold, so that you
aren't dependant on supermarkets, banks, or credit cards for your survival.
There is no telling how much time will elapse between the coming global economic
collapse and the arrival of the Kingdom of God. These things must happen because they have been
written in Bible Prophecy, and all that has been written must come to pass before
the Kingdom of God will arrive. "For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be
fulfilled."- Luke 21: 22.
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