Can You D isc
ern the Indicators of the Times in which We Live?
June 7, 2007
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Only God can bring a lasting Peace to the Middle East and the World – And His Word indicates that will not happen until the Second Advent of His Only Begotten Son!
Have you read the front page of the newspapers or listened to the news media since this century began?
Luke 12:51-56 – Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: [52] For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. [53] The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in
law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. [54] And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
[55] And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. [56] Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
II Timothy 3:1-4 – This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
[2] For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, [3] Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, [4] Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Luke 21:10,11 – Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: [11] And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Luke 21:27,28 – And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. [28] And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Ephesians 4:30 – And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Zechariah 14:8,9 – And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. [9] And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name
one.
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‘Hizbullah amassing long-range missiles’
JPost.com Staff and AP, THE JERUSALEM POST
June 7, 2007
Hizbullah is rearming with long-range missiles, in violation of the cease-fire agreement that ended the Second Lebanon War, Transportation Minister and former IDF chief of staff Shaul Mofaz said Thursday morning, a day after the Lebanese army seized a shipment of weapons earmarked for Hizbullah.
The confiscated arms included Grad rockets, machine guns, and ammunition. It was not clear whether the militants were transferring the weapons within the country or bringing the shipment in from neighboring Syria, as they have reportedly done in the past.
On Wednesday, Mofaz met with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met on Wednesday to discuss security issues in the Middle East.
While talks focused largely on Iran, the officials also discussed a possible Israeli peace initiative towards Syria.
“Iran continues a military nuclear program,” said Mofaz after the meeting.
“I believe diplomatic efforts should bear results by the end of
2007.”
The minister also requested that the US increase its involvement in retrieving kidnapped IDF soldiers Gilad Schalit, Ehud Goldwasser, and Eldad Regev.
“It’s been nearly a year and there is no solution on the horizon,” said Mofaz to reporters in Washington.
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said he was not aware of any discussion of a deadline for diplomacy during Rice’s meeting with Mofaz.
Rice’s discussions with Mofaz also touched on the possibility that Israel would re-launch peace efforts with Syria. The United States has frowned on that approach in the past, preferring to focus on peace prospects between Israel and the Palestinians and worried that Syria would use the contact as diplomatic leverage with the United States.
“We’re not going to manage Israeli foreign policy,” McCormack said later, adding that Israel will make its own decisions.
“But let’s take a look at Syria’s behavior over the recent past, and I don’t think you’re going to find many indications of Syria showing the rest of the world that they are interested in playing a constructive, positive role in trying to bring about a more peaceful, secure region.”
Mofaz said Israel is also focused on the Palestinian track, which he called “our first priority.”
Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Israel must probe any possibility of diplomacy with Syria.
“A diplomatic process with Syria could immediately and dramatically change the balance on three fronts [Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinian front],” he told Israel Radio, “so picking up the gauntlet, or exploring any chance for sincere negotiations with Syria is, in my opinion, an option that absolutely must not be neglected.”
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‘Syria, Iran, Hizbullah planning war’
JPost.com Staff and Herb Keinon, THE JERUSALEM POST
June 6, 2007
Syria, Iran and Hizbullah are preparing for the possibility of a war with Israel on the Syrian front, Channel Two reported on Wednesday night.
Reportedly, Damascus has set August as the month for final war preparations.
The report followed an earlier security cabinet meeting devoted almost exclusively to Syria, during which Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that Israel is working through various diplomatic channels to assure Damascus that Jerusalem wants peace and is not interested in a war.
His comments come amid a flurry of reports about a Syrian military buildup and concern in the defense establishment that if various Syrian overtures were not well received in Israel, the Syrians might initiate military action to try and retain the Golan, or a piece of it.
“Israel is not interested in a war with Syria, and we have to be careful about a scenario where a miscalculation could lead to a deterioration in the security situation,” Olmert said at the end of the meeting. He added that Israel has sent this message to Damascus through “different diplomatic channels.”
Housing and Construction Minister Meir Sheetrit told reporters after the meeting that Olmert called for direct negotiations with Syria, something that was not reflected in the statement the Prime Minister’s Office issued after the meeting.
“I want to make clear that we have no aggressive intentions at all against Syria,” Sheetrit said. “The prime minister made that clear, and even called for direct peace talks with the Syrians. All the comments about a possible war with Syria are unnecessary, everyone needs to cool down.”
The ministers received various intelligence and security briefings during the meeting, with military intelligence officials saying that the Syrians were on a defensive posture on the Golan.
The ministers also heard estimations that if a war would break out with Damascus, it would include a renewed confrontation with Hizbullah.
The security cabinet, which following the release of the Winograd Committee interim report has re-established weekly meetings, set up a subcommittee to oversee the IDF’s plans for possible military action against Syria.
In addition to Olmert, this committee includes Vice Premier Shimon Peres, Defense Minister Amir Peretz, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, National Infrastructures Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Industry and Trade Minister Eli Yishai, Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter, Strategic Affairs Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Justice Minister Daniel Friedman and Pensioners Affairs Minister Rafi Eitan.
Sheetrit came out against the establishment of the committee, saying that it sends the wrong message at this time to the Syrians.
Peretz also took pains to try and damp down tensions in the North, telling Army Radio that Israel had no plans to attack Syria. He said it was necessary for Israel to relay to Damascus that various military exercises under way now were “a matter of course” and did not reflect Israeli plans to attack Syria.
Peretz also reiterated that he was in favor of opening a diplomatic channel with Damascus.
In an interview with Israel Radio he said, “A diplomatic process with Syria could immediately and dramatically change the balance on three fronts, so picking up the gauntlet, or exploring any chance for sincere negotiations with Syria is, in my opinion, an option that absolutely must not be neglected.”
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