Let's not forget Israel.Europe has controlled the headlines for months now, but in the background there is a rumble of thunder behind a storm which is ready to take the world.This week is the last chance for peace talks to be a success.It is actually today that the deadline was made, and the Palestinians have declared peace talks over.The international community is demanding Israel to give up lands it captured in the 1967 war.This includes East Jerusalem (E. Jerusalem).These lands were predicted by Jesus to experience massive Jewish persecution by the hands of the Antichrist (Matthew 24).The end of peace talks may be setting up a future persecution as Israel bucks the international community.If we are living in these times, then we must understand that the world will be against Christians and Jews.
As the world economy implodes, I believe Israel will be front and center in some type of deception or conflict to bring the nation to the hatred of the whole world.The EU's Foreign Minister Ashton has visited Israel, and the UN Chief will visit Israel soon.The EU is taken the lead to force Israel to give up her land.In time, the EU will send a man to E. Jerusalem to force Israel to give over her land, and the Gentiles will control E. Jerusalem for 42 months.Israel controls E. Jerusalem today.Remember, it is not the United States, but the European Union that will send a powerful figure.The United States will back up the European Union with troops and support as the Bible states the world will be against God's people.
In an uplifting moment, remember God is in control.Jesus Christ said these things will take place.Our redemption is drawing near.Our hopes and dreams will become a reality, and we will be taken out of this world to be placed in a world that was made for us.We are supposed to feel uncomfortable in this world for we were made for a higher calling.He has adopted us in His family, and Jesus brought the Kingdom of God to you and me through His Holy Spirit.Rejoice, you have the Kingdom of God in you, and that Kingdom can be found in every man and woman who trusts in His Son, Jesus Christ. There is hope among the darkness. Until next time.
Bro. Brian
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The time frame that the Palestinians have allowed for talks with Israel in Amman under Jordanian auspices expires on Thursday. According to diplomatic sources associated with the Middle East Quartet - the United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia - last-minute efforts are underway to head off the talks' collapse, but the prospects seem slim.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's representative to the Amman talks, Isaac Molho, met on Wednesday in the Jordanian capital for a fifth time with the head of the Palestinian negotiating team Saeb Erekat - but at this point no formula has been reached that would enable the talks to continue. Erekat made it clear that because Israel has not presented its position on the issue of borders with a Palestinian state, from the Palestinians' standpoint, the talks have ended.
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Before the latest Molho-Erekat meeting, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met in Amman with Jordanian King Abdullah and told the monarch from his standpoint talks with Israel had run their course without results. Abbas said that Israel had refused to recognize the borders of a Palestinian state, but if there was a change there was nothing preventing a return to the negotiating table.
Abbas said he would consult with Arab allies next week to figure out how to proceed. He is under pressure to extend the Jordanian-mediated exploratory talks, which the international community hopes will lead to a resumption of long-stalled formal negotiations on establishing a Palestinian state.
We are heading for a rough Greek default come March, maybe earlier.I believe as the article below states major printing will take place to cover most of the debt accrued in the last 80 years with Greece being the breaking point.The end result, as the article states, will be ugly as hyperinflation will take hold, and I believe the Middle East enters into a conflict somewhere in the near future.Using the Bible as our guide, we know a leader from the EU will come in and announce a new currency where the old ways of doing things will be put aside to a newer system where we, as Christians, know it as the mark of the beast.I believe this system is being talked about at Davos and elsewhere.Even on this site you can scan a barcode to put the website on your mobile device.Everywhere we go we can scan, and in turn take ownership.In time a currency will have an eternal price as we all have to decide to receive a mark on the forehead or right hand or not.We, who are believers, will know that time because we have to make a public declaration to reject Jesus Christ. All believers will reject hte mark.
I did listen to a few people I respect who explained Obama's speech afterwards.I usually watch it, and probably should have, but I watched the Kentucky Wildcat basketball game last night on ESPN instead.I do want to quote David Gergen on CNN, who said the speech was shrewd.We live in a world great with deception.The deception will get worse as the European project which started in 1950 turns into a nightmare.As Satan's grand project turns into a nightmare for everyone, God's people, Israel will continue to bless people through faith in Jesus Christ, which we are the spiritual seed of Abraham, and through the salvation of the Jewish nation before Christ comes back.
From now to March we will see much news coming out of the EU.Some will give the world hope, and some will give the world nightmares.In my twitter feeds there are reports Europe is already sliding fast into dictatorship, and elites at Davos are looking for a leader for the EU to save the world.There are also rumors that a second Barcelona Process may be in the offing, which is also in my twitter feed.I want to thank Matheiu for the emails to alert me to those two developments.Much of the news today was not heard of months ago.What will the next few months bring?Time will tell.
Bro. Brian
SCRIPTURE
Revelation 13: 3-6
"I saw one of his heads as if it had been [b]slain, and his fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast; 4 they worshiped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?" 5 There was given to him a mouth speaking [c]arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to act for forty-two months was given to him. 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, those who [d]dwell in heaven."
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"They're printing money but that doesn't work," Rogoff said. "I think they're printing money and buying time and that can work for a while although it leads to an uglier end-game."
The European Central Bank has come under pressure to print money, as the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England have done, to ease the crisis.
Although the EU treaty forbids the ECB to print new money to buy up government debt, many economists regard its recent longer-term refinancing operation to banks as an example of indirect money printing.
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"It's very slow and dangerous with Europe being ground zero but China could have problems. The United States doesn't live in an island so it's a year of sub-par growth," Rogoff said. "The International Monetary Fund, which really strikingly downgraded its forecasts, is probably a lagging indicator," he added.
Dark days my friends.For the first time in a long time, I will not watch the State of the Union.Maybe I should, but I cannot bear to watch the President knowing the true spirit in him.He is purposely dividing this nation for a greater cause of darkness, which will not be good or holy.He is working along with dark forces who are aligning this world into an epic battle that is a part of a greater war that started with Adam and Eve.Satan is using governments around the world for his great deception.It is here my friends.Too many people have their life built into the immoral laws and money system of this world.That is why it will be difficult to reject the mark of the beast.People have their life too connected to the world's evil system.The question each of us must ask ourselves, is whether we will be Lot or Lot's wife.Do we really want to leave this Sodom and Gomorrah, or will we miss it too much to go with God?As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.Don't ever think you are with Lot when you dabble too much into the system.
There are reports America is negotiating with Iran.This does not bode well for Israel.As America tries to prevent war (some sources say different), it will aid in the very war which will fulfill Scripture.Obama is no friend to Israel.The Middle Eastern nations are preparing for war, and it seems like it will be soon.The Iranian currency has already lost 80% of its value, and it won't be long until something has to give.The American dollar is being debased, and the Europeans are looking for a leader to lead the world out of the coming currency crisis.The church stands by as its members play with the immoral laws and monetary system, and so many Christians are trading their eternal life for the mortal.Dark days are here, and the European/Western monetary system is on the verge of collapse, the Middle East is on the precipice of war, while Christians are committing spiritual adultery with the harlot.I still believe Scripture speaks of a Middle East conflict which Israel will be blamed, and then economic collapse due to hyperinflation.Until the Middle East conflict, the economic engine will putter along.Dark days, dark days indeed.
Article at the bottom is a must read.One line says it all.That leader is waiting in the wings, and he may be Antichrist.
Bro. Brian
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"The main conversation (at Davos) will be about a deficit of leadership in Europe as a prime problem," he added.
The EU has voted to embargo Iranian oil.The EU is taken the lead in the war against Iran.Other reports show that major nations such as India and Japan have decided to trade oil not in dollars but in other currencies.This is significant because it is the trade of oil in dollars that supports the huge American debt.Both of these developments show us that the West (EU, US) and the East are waging a battle that centers in the Middle East. The EU and US are sending more naval forces to the Middle East as Iranian threats increase. Also, Jerusalem has told Washington that it will give it no more than a few hours notice of an attack on Iran.This does not sit well with Washington.As the Iranian situation deteriorates, look for Israel getting involved in one way or another.This in turn will bring the world against Israel.Whatever time frame we are in prophecy is coming together.
The EU and US are trying to keep Greece from an unordered default.Time will tell, but it seems they are running into trouble keeping Greece afloat.People are pulling money out of Greek banks, and Greece is turning into a depressed state.As the currency war escalates, look for the West to save itself by issuing a mark, the ultimate currency Christians are told not to take.What the West needs is leadership, and it is looking toward Europe.In time, it will happen.Interesting days ahead, my friends.
Bro. Brian
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"India and Iran have agreed to settle some of their $12 billion annual oil trade in rupees, a government source said on Friday, resorting to the restricted currency after more than a year of payment problems in the face of fresh, tougher U.S. sanctions." To summarize: Japan, China, Russia, India and Iran: the countries which together account for the bulk of the world's productivity and combined are among the biggest explorers and producers of energy.
And now they all have partial bilateral arrangements, and all of which will very likely expand their bilateral arrangements to multilateral, courtesy of Obama's foreign relations stance which by pushing the countries into a corner has forced them to find alternative, USD-exclusive, arrangements. But yes, aside from all of the above, the dollar still is the reserve currency... if only in which to make calculations of how many imaginary money one pays in exchange for imaginary 'developed world' collateral.
