My Way News - Palestinians Seek Conference on Israel
AP reports, "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Wednesday for an international conference to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict and urged Israel to drop its opposition to a meeting that would address all outstanding issues." [Covenant With Many, Daniel 9:27]

Yahoo News - Financial firms warned of al Qaeda cyber attack
Reuters reports, "The U.S. government warned American private financial services on Thursday of an al Qaeda call for a cyber attack against online stock trading and banking Web sites beginning on Friday, a source said." [Rumors of War, Matthew 24:6]

My Way News - Ericsson: Mobile TV Will Reach Masses
AP reports, "About one third of the world's mobile phone users will regularly be watching TV broadcasts on their handsets in two years, which will open up lucrative industries for both content producers and network distributors, said Per Nordlof, Ericsson's director of Product Strategy, at a joint press briefing with Sony in Stockholm." [Interactive Global Community, Rev 11:9-10]

My Way News - Jordan's King to Push Different Agenda
AP reports, "Moderate Arabs want the Bush administration to devote an equal amount of diplomatic energy on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process - stagnant since 2000 - as on Iraq." [Covenant With Many, Daniel 9:27]

Space War - Russia Must Remain A Major Nuclear Power
RIA Novosti reports, "An all-out war or armed conflict between the great powers no longer seems possible. However, the five official nuclear powers are in no hurry to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in their policy, a fact attested to by the US's new nuclear doctrine, loose rules of engagement for using nuclear weapons in the event of a crisis and greater regional tensions." [Rumors of War, Matthew 24:6]

Iraq War was good for Israel

Olmert avoided explicit comment on the Republicans' fortunes during Washington talks with Bush earlier this month. But in a speech to visiting American Jews, Olmert made clear he had few regrets about the changes wrought by the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

"I know all of his (Bush's) policies are controversial in America. There are some who support his policies in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq, and some who do not," he said.

"I stand with the president because I know that Iraq without Saddam Hussein is so much better for the security and safety of Israel, and all of the neighbors of Israel without any significance to us," added Olmert, who was speaking in English. - Reuters, 11/22/06

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Lebanese Christian politician killed

BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- Lebanese Cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel -- a key member of the anti-Syrian majority in the Lebanese parliament -- has been gunned down in an assassination that heightened tensions amid a showdown between opponents and allies of Syria.

Gemayel, Lebanon's industry minister and a member of the Phalange Party, had just left a church and was driving through his mainly Christian constituency of Jdeideh when at least one vehicle rammed his car, security officials said.

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My Way News - Spain, France, Italy Push Mideast Plan
AP reports: "Spain, France and Italy offered a Mideast peace initiative Thursday, asserting that Europe must take a lead role in trying to end years of Israeli-Palestinian bloodshed they called intolerable." [Covenant With Many, Daniel 9:27]

My Way News - Watch Cable TV on Your Cell Phone? Soon.
AP reports: "Embracing a technology that has unnerved media and telecommunications companies, a major European wireless provider will let customers watch their home cable TV on a cell phone if they also have a device called the Slingbox back at the house." [Interactive World Community, Rev 11:9-10]

My Way News - Hamas Insists It Won't Recognize Israel
AP reports, "Hamas insisted Tuesday it would not recognize Israel even after a unity government takes power in the Palestinian territories, complicating efforts to form a more moderate coalition that would clear the way for vital foreign aid. [...] On Wednesday, envoys of the so-called Quartet of Mideast mediators - the United States, the U.N., the European Union and Russia - were to meet in Cairo, in part to be briefed on the coalition talks." [Covenant With Many, Daniel 9:27]

My Way News - Iran Vows Retaliation if Israel Strikes
AP reports, "Iran's military will retaliate swiftly and strongly if Israel attacks any Iranian nuclear sites, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday." [Rumors of War/Persia, Matthew 24:6/Ezekiel 38:5]

WorldNetDaily: Bobblehead Jesus and a shrinking church

This article discusses the United Church of Canada, a deliberate syncretism cobbled together in 1925 from Methodists, Congregationalists, and Presbyterians (not all of them, however). The UCC accomplished this "Union" by totally ignoring questions of doctrine. And now the church is shrinking. It has lost 75% of its membership during a time when the population of Canada doubled.

If this is not a Church of Laodicea [Revelation 3:15-22], then I don't know what is.

WorldNetDaily: Bobblehead Jesus and a shrinking church

This article discusses the United Church of Canada, a deliberate syncretism cobbled together in 1925 from Methodists, Congregationalists, and Presbyterians (not all of them, however). The UCC accomplished this "Union" by totally ignoring questions of doctrine. And now the church is shrinking. It has lost 75% of its membership during a time when the population of Canada doubled.

If this is not a Church of Laodicea

WorldNetDaily: The next end-times event

Greg Laurie gives a detailed apologetic for the Rapture, or "Big Snatch" as the term actually translates.

WorldNetDaily: Signs of the times

Greg Laurie mentions six specific signs that indicate that an end-times event is imminent:

1. A plethora of gurus "deceiving many."
2. More-frequent warfare.
3. Famine and pandemic.
4. The "natural disasters": earthquake, hurricane/typhoon, tsunami.
5. Religious persecution.
6. Jerusalem as the focus of international debate--and war.

My Way News - Arab Leaders Stress Need to Discuss HIV
AP reports: "Hundreds of religious and political leaders in the Arab world Tuesday called for the region to 'break the silence' on HIV, amid reports that cases of the deadly disease are on the rise." [Pestilence, Luke 21:11]

My Way News - Expert Says Oceans Are Turning Acidic
AP reports: "The world's oceans are becoming more acidic, which poses a threat to sea life and Earth's fragile food chain, a climate expert said Thursday." [Fear/Apprehensive for the Future, Luke 21:26]

WorldNetDaily: 'War within 10 months'Aaron Klein, Jerusalem bureau chief at WorldNetDaily, opens thus:

JERUSALEM – Syria and Hezbollah are likely to start a war with the Jewish state within 10 months, according to an assessment presented to the political leadership here by the Israeli Defense Forces.

See Ezekiel chh. 38-9 for the required prophetic perspective.

Note that the Rapture (I Thess. 4:16-18, I Cor. 15:51-2, Rev. 3:10, Rev. 4:1) can always be "next" and that Ezekiel's War need not precede the Rapture. But if this is Ezekiel's War, then the Rapture cannot be far behind.

BBC News - Blair goes on ID card offensive
BBC News reports, "Prime Minister Tony Blair has said he will push on with ID cards - insisting that as with CCTV and DNA the issue is one of 'modernity' not civil liberties." [Mark of the Beast, Rev 13:16-18]

My Way News - ANALYSIS: Mideast Peace Remains Elusive:
This AP report indicates that members of the Hamas government are suggesting a time-out in their war with Israel. Those of you who have questioned the notion of a time delimited peace agreement should carefully note this idea, called a hudna, of a ceasefire to last ten years. From the AP report:

The senior Israeli official confirmed back-channel contacts between Hamas representatives and members of Israeli civil society with close links to their government. He offered no details, but Palestinians with knowledge of the talks said Hamas reiterated its offer of a 10-year cease-fire, or hudna, during which Israel and the Palestinians could seek a more permanent settlement. Ahmed Yousef, political adviser to Prime Minister Haniyeh, has begun a media offensive to tout the hudna idea - Hamas's only diplomatic card. 'I hope that one day America will find time to read a hudna as a concept,' Yousef told the AP in a recent interview in Gaza. 'This concept could be at least a process to build confidence, and it might be a long strategy for peace.'

It would be interesting if they negotiated the ceasefire down to seven years. [Covenant With Many/Mideast Peace, Ezekiel 38:7-13; Daniel 9:27]

CNN - Seafood 'faces collapse by 2048'
CNN reports: If current trends of overfishing and pollution continue, the populations of just about all seafood face collapse by 2048, a team of ecologists and economists warns in a report in Friday's issue of the journal Science." [Fear/Apprehensive for the Future, Luke 21:26]

My Way News - Iran Test-Fires Longer Range Missile
AP reports: "Iran test-fired dozens of missiles, including the Shahab-3 that can reach Israel, in military maneuvers Thursday that it said were aimed at putting a stop to the role of world powers in the Persian Gulf region." [Rumors of War/Iran, Matthew 24:6/Ezekiel 38:5]

BBC NEWS - US issues Lebanon 'plot' warning
The BBC reports: "The United States has said there is 'mounting evidence' that Syria, Iran and Hezbollah are planning to topple the Lebanese government." [Rumors of War, Matthew 24:6]

My Way News - Iran Announces Military Maneuvers
AP reports: "Iran unexpectedly announced Wednesday that it would be holding military maneuvers in the Gulf this week, only days after U.S.-led navies held exercises in the same waterway." [Rumors of War/Iran, Matthew 24:6/Ezekiel 38:5]