Boston Herald - Experts: Iran Able to Make Nuclear Bomb
As the EU and the U.S. try to determine the best way to deter Iran's nuclear program, this report gives a good overview of the crisis. Why is this a crisis? As the report states: It's a nightmare scenario for the West - a hostile Muslim state develops nuclear weapons, throwing the Middle East and the world into turmoil. :: Submitted for your files on Wars and Rumors of War (Matthew 24:6) and Persia (Ezekiel 38:5). Iran, as you may know, is the modern descendent of ancient Persia and the Ezekiel prophecy is one of those that have yet to be fulfilled.
Saturday, September 11, 2004
Friday, September 10, 2004
Religion Today - Pakistani Christian Tortured To Death By Police
This report from Religion Today reminds us that Christians are actively persecuted in many parts of the world. According to the report, "A young Christian man, died in prison on August 19 -- four days after being beaten and tortured by officers in two different police stations. When local Christians sought to have the police brutality investigated, 40 of the protesting Christians were arrested." :: Submitted for your files on Persecution (Matthew 24:8).
This report from Religion Today reminds us that Christians are actively persecuted in many parts of the world. According to the report, "A young Christian man, died in prison on August 19 -- four days after being beaten and tortured by officers in two different police stations. When local Christians sought to have the police brutality investigated, 40 of the protesting Christians were arrested." :: Submitted for your files on Persecution (Matthew 24:8).
Thursday, September 09, 2004
AFP - Thai man dies of bird flu: health ministry
According to this AFP report, "A Thai man who raised fighting cocks has died of bird flu, becoming the 28th fatality in an outbreak of a lethal strain of the virus that has swept Asia this year, according to a health ministry official." Health experts have warned that if this flu mutates it could become a pandemic. Submitted for your files on Pestilence (Luke 21:11).
According to this AFP report, "A Thai man who raised fighting cocks has died of bird flu, becoming the 28th fatality in an outbreak of a lethal strain of the virus that has swept Asia this year, according to a health ministry official." Health experts have warned that if this flu mutates it could become a pandemic. Submitted for your files on Pestilence (Luke 21:11).
Wednesday, September 08, 2004
AP - REVIEW: Microsoft Print Reader Delivers
Not really the Mark (Rev 13:16-18) at all, just another advance in ID tech.
Not really the Mark (Rev 13:16-18) at all, just another advance in ID tech.
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
ZDNN - RFID tags--demonic tools?
CNET.COM studied public opinion about the newest implanted chip technology and found that, "When it comes to radio frequency identification tags for humans, the people have spoken. They hate it." This report noted that it was not only Christians who dislike the idea of getting chipped, but also civil libertarians and people who simply distrust the good intentions of government. Submitted for your Mark of the Beast (Rev 13:16-18) files.
CNET.COM studied public opinion about the newest implanted chip technology and found that, "When it comes to radio frequency identification tags for humans, the people have spoken. They hate it." This report noted that it was not only Christians who dislike the idea of getting chipped, but also civil libertarians and people who simply distrust the good intentions of government. Submitted for your Mark of the Beast (Rev 13:16-18) files.
Sunday, September 05, 2004
Strong Earthquakes Rattle Western Japan
AP reports, "Two strong earthquakes, one magnitude 6.9 and the second magnitude 7.3, rattled western Japan within hours of each other Sunday night, injuring 14 people, shaking buildings in Tokyo and triggering tsunami waves." :: Submitted for your files on Quakes (Matthew 24:7).
AP reports, "Two strong earthquakes, one magnitude 6.9 and the second magnitude 7.3, rattled western Japan within hours of each other Sunday night, injuring 14 people, shaking buildings in Tokyo and triggering tsunami waves." :: Submitted for your files on Quakes (Matthew 24:7).
Saturday, September 04, 2004
Reuters - Global warming thaws Arctic, divides governments
Reuters reports, "Rising temperatures will disrupt life for people, bringing more storms and destabilizing everything from homes to oil pipelines. Melting glaciers could raise global sea levels and spoil habitats for creatures like polar bears..." Luke 21:26 is and interesting prophecy, it says that there will come a time when people will be apprehensive about the future, about what is happening to the world. Unfortunately for us, the prophecy does not say what people will be afraid of. I wonder if perhaps global warming and climate change might be one possible fulfillment of that? Scientists are split about the global warming phenomenon, about whether it reflects a natural cycle or is caused by humans, but I wonder if that really matters? The prophecy says that people will be fearful and apprehensive, it does not necessarily follow that what they are afraid of is real or valid. Fear is often irrational. Any thoughts or comments?
Reuters reports, "Rising temperatures will disrupt life for people, bringing more storms and destabilizing everything from homes to oil pipelines. Melting glaciers could raise global sea levels and spoil habitats for creatures like polar bears..." Luke 21:26 is and interesting prophecy, it says that there will come a time when people will be apprehensive about the future, about what is happening to the world. Unfortunately for us, the prophecy does not say what people will be afraid of. I wonder if perhaps global warming and climate change might be one possible fulfillment of that? Scientists are split about the global warming phenomenon, about whether it reflects a natural cycle or is caused by humans, but I wonder if that really matters? The prophecy says that people will be fearful and apprehensive, it does not necessarily follow that what they are afraid of is real or valid. Fear is often irrational. Any thoughts or comments?
Friday, September 03, 2004
AP - India, Pakistan to Review Peace Talks
AP reports, "Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan say they want to bury five decades of hostility, yet their arms race is accelerating, with ballistic missile tests continuing and defense spending rising." :: Although the world remains focused on the search for the missing and/or alleged WMD in Iraq and the rising concern over Iran's nuclear program, a nuclear arms race is taking place between India and Pakistan. The two nuclear rivals have gone to war several times in the past, though with far less powerful weapons at their disposal. :: Submitted for your files on Rumors of War (Matthew 24:6).
AP reports, "Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan say they want to bury five decades of hostility, yet their arms race is accelerating, with ballistic missile tests continuing and defense spending rising." :: Although the world remains focused on the search for the missing and/or alleged WMD in Iraq and the rising concern over Iran's nuclear program, a nuclear arms race is taking place between India and Pakistan. The two nuclear rivals have gone to war several times in the past, though with far less powerful weapons at their disposal. :: Submitted for your files on Rumors of War (Matthew 24:6).
WorldNetDaily: Muslim cleric: Some wives need to be beaten
You read that right, dear readers. In fact, the Koran does advise husbands, and highly specifically, too, on when and how to beat their wives.
In the months that followed the Manhattan/Pentagon Incident (September 11, 2001, or Jumada t'Tania 22, 1424 AH), I once asked Steve Arterburn and Paul Meier and their colleagues, on their radio program, to comment on the verses in the Koran that explicitly say, "Fight and slay the infidels wheresoever ye find them," etc. They responded, "But the Koran also tells a man to beat his wife. Do Muslims beat their wives today?"
Steve, Paul, and Boys, if you're reading this, I think you owe me an apology. Behold the Muslims today, as they get back to fundamentals--and those fundamentals are very ugly indeed. You ought not have been so quick to dismiss my concerns as you were. (Then again, I'm used to that. In 1996 I told some of my medical colleagues, at a hospital that shall remain nameless, that our hospital needed a contingency plan for a biological warfare attack upon the United States. Their reply: "You've been reading too many Tom Clancy novels." I think I'll ask them about that again. But I digress.)
God warned the world about Ishmael, the likely (and indeed claimed) progenitor of Muhammad. He said that he would be a wild man in the desert...with his hand against every man and every man's hand against him [Genesis 25]. And now the wild man is raising his hand, as the world gallops toward the Tribulation [Daniel 9:27] to come.
You read that right, dear readers. In fact, the Koran does advise husbands, and highly specifically, too, on when and how to beat their wives.
In the months that followed the Manhattan/Pentagon Incident (September 11, 2001, or Jumada t'Tania 22, 1424 AH), I once asked Steve Arterburn and Paul Meier and their colleagues, on their radio program, to comment on the verses in the Koran that explicitly say, "Fight and slay the infidels wheresoever ye find them," etc. They responded, "But the Koran also tells a man to beat his wife. Do Muslims beat their wives today?"
Steve, Paul, and Boys, if you're reading this, I think you owe me an apology. Behold the Muslims today, as they get back to fundamentals--and those fundamentals are very ugly indeed. You ought not have been so quick to dismiss my concerns as you were. (Then again, I'm used to that. In 1996 I told some of my medical colleagues, at a hospital that shall remain nameless, that our hospital needed a contingency plan for a biological warfare attack upon the United States. Their reply: "You've been reading too many Tom Clancy novels." I think I'll ask them about that again. But I digress.)
God warned the world about Ishmael, the likely (and indeed claimed) progenitor of Muhammad. He said that he would be a wild man in the desert...with his hand against every man and every man's hand against him [Genesis 25]. And now the wild man is raising his hand, as the world gallops toward the Tribulation [Daniel 9:27] to come.
Thursday, September 02, 2004
Space signal studied for alien contact
CNN reports, "An unexplained radio signal from deep space could - just might be - contact from an alien civilization, New Scientist magazine reported on Thursday." :: Submitted for your files on signs in the sun, moon and stars (Luke 21:25).
CNN reports, "An unexplained radio signal from deep space could - just might be - contact from an alien civilization, New Scientist magazine reported on Thursday." :: Submitted for your files on signs in the sun, moon and stars (Luke 21:25).
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Relgion Today - Imprisoned Protestant Pastors transferred to Unknown Location
According to this Religion Today report, "Three prominent Protestant pastors detained for months have been transferred from a police station jail in the capital of Asmara to an unknown location. Haile Naizgi and Kiflu Gebremeske, leaders of the Full Gospel Church, have been imprisoned since May 23, and Tesfatsion Hagos, who leads Rema Evangelical Church, has been jailed since May 26, Compass Direct reported." :: For your files on persecution (Matthew 24:14).
According to this Religion Today report, "Three prominent Protestant pastors detained for months have been transferred from a police station jail in the capital of Asmara to an unknown location. Haile Naizgi and Kiflu Gebremeske, leaders of the Full Gospel Church, have been imprisoned since May 23, and Tesfatsion Hagos, who leads Rema Evangelical Church, has been jailed since May 26, Compass Direct reported." :: For your files on persecution (Matthew 24:14).
Saturday, August 28, 2004
AllAfrica - Government Blamed for Famine
There are indeed famines (Matthew 24:7) taking place all over the world, though they don't get much media attention anymore. This news report deals with famine in Africa.
There are indeed famines (Matthew 24:7) taking place all over the world, though they don't get much media attention anymore. This news report deals with famine in Africa.
Friday, August 27, 2004
AP - U.S. Preparing for Global Flu Epidemic
This AP Yahoo News report details plans to combat a global flu pandemic. Epidemiologists say that it is only a matter of time before this happens again. Submitted for your files on Pestilence (Luke 21:11).
This AP Yahoo News report details plans to combat a global flu pandemic. Epidemiologists say that it is only a matter of time before this happens again. Submitted for your files on Pestilence (Luke 21:11).
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Webindia123.com - Earth's closest encounter with an asteroid
Scientists reported last Sunday that Earth had a very close call with an asteroid a few months ago. Keep watching for those Signs in the Heavens (Luke 21:11).
Scientists reported last Sunday that Earth had a very close call with an asteroid a few months ago. Keep watching for those Signs in the Heavens (Luke 21:11).
AP - Christian School in Pakistan Reopens
Here is some good news, for your files on the spread of the Gospel (Matthew 24:14).
Here is some good news, for your files on the spread of the Gospel (Matthew 24:14).
VOA - Koisumi to Demand Increase in Permanent Security Council Seats
While most commentators in the prophecy community continue to promote the New Rome theory of the fulfillment of the Ten Kings (Rev 17:12-14) prophecy, I've always been convinced that the U.N. Security Council represents a far more likely candidate. We may be at a crossroads in time when one outcome will be favored over the other.
While most commentators in the prophecy community continue to promote the New Rome theory of the fulfillment of the Ten Kings (Rev 17:12-14) prophecy, I've always been convinced that the U.N. Security Council represents a far more likely candidate. We may be at a crossroads in time when one outcome will be favored over the other.
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
CNET News.com - Idea of implanting ID tags raises Orwellian fears
RFID is becoming something more than a supply chain innovation. As usual, submitted for your Mark of the Beast (Rev 13:16-18) files.
RFID is becoming something more than a supply chain innovation. As usual, submitted for your Mark of the Beast (Rev 13:16-18) files.
Sunday, August 22, 2004
Archeologists protest Temple Mt crimes
This article concerns the "construction" work done by the The Moslem Waqf on the Temple Mount. In this report from the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem a group of senior Israeli archeologists weigh in on the matter. The Temple Mount is a site of past and future prophetic events (Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15 & 2 Thessalonians 2:4) and the prophecy community follows events there with great interest.
This article concerns the "construction" work done by the The Moslem Waqf on the Temple Mount. In this report from the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem a group of senior Israeli archeologists weigh in on the matter. The Temple Mount is a site of past and future prophetic events (Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15 & 2 Thessalonians 2:4) and the prophecy community follows events there with great interest.
Saturday, August 21, 2004
AP My Way - China Detains Buddhist, U.S. Group Says
This news report is about China rounding up members of a Buddhist group, it also mentions the recent government crackdown on the underground Christian church. Posted for your files on persecution (Matthew 24:8).
This news report is about China rounding up members of a Buddhist group, it also mentions the recent government crackdown on the underground Christian church. Posted for your files on persecution (Matthew 24:8).
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Wired News - Internet Heading to Light Speed
Here is another report for your Mark of the Beast (Rev 13:16-18) files. Don't see the point? Well, if the mark turns out to be technology linking ID verification with commerce, then perhaps a faster global network will be needed. This reports suggests that a new optical network faster than our present internet may be on the way.
Here is another report for your Mark of the Beast (Rev 13:16-18) files. Don't see the point? Well, if the mark turns out to be technology linking ID verification with commerce, then perhaps a faster global network will be needed. This reports suggests that a new optical network faster than our present internet may be on the way.
Monday, August 16, 2004
Friday, August 13, 2004
AP MyWay - Biometrics Creeping Into Everyday Life
I received an e-mail from a woman who asked me if she should be worried that she used her debit card too much and can go weeks without using cash for her purchases. I told her no, not to worry. Every time I post a news report for your mark of the beast (Rev 13:16-18) files I feel like I should also post a warning, something along the lines of, "Don't panic, these are just interesting trends to watch." My position has always been that we don't know what the mark of the beast will be and so we watch the trends to keep up on what is happening. The last thing I want to do is inspire fear and anxiety, that is not what Bible prophecy is about. Be aware, be discerning, but don't be afraid.
I received an e-mail from a woman who asked me if she should be worried that she used her debit card too much and can go weeks without using cash for her purchases. I told her no, not to worry. Every time I post a news report for your mark of the beast (Rev 13:16-18) files I feel like I should also post a warning, something along the lines of, "Don't panic, these are just interesting trends to watch." My position has always been that we don't know what the mark of the beast will be and so we watch the trends to keep up on what is happening. The last thing I want to do is inspire fear and anxiety, that is not what Bible prophecy is about. Be aware, be discerning, but don't be afraid.
MSNBC - Russians add new twist to old UFO mythIn this excellent commentary, James Oberg reviews the history of the Tunguska Incident and of every theory, realistic or crackpot, that anyone has advanced to explain it. Specifically, he tells us that the newest "find"--that "metal box" of an allegedly unknown alloy--that the latest expedition recovered from the site--was probably a chunk from Vostok 5, which landed way off-target back in 1960. (Vostok 5, for you space buffs out there, carried two dogs into space in one of the Soviets' repeated attempts to stay ahead of the West in the Space Race. Those of you with a deep and abiding love for the more vulnerable of God's creatures, don't worry--the Soviet Army retrieved their errant capsule and rescued the two K-9 cosmonauts alive.)
More broadly, Oberg--who, as far as I know, is not a saved man himself--throws welcome buckets of cold water on the UFO theory, and on UFOlogy generally. He also tells us what really happened: The Tunguska Meteorite was a big rock, about 200 feet across, that blew up roughly five miles up, and with such force that ot knocked down trees up to sixty miles away, but left no debris at ground zero.
As refreshing as Oberg's commentary is, it is still incomplete--for neither Oberg nor anyone else who writes about meteors and meteoroids these days seems to have a clue to where they came from. If you really want to know, check out Walt Brown's excellent site where he explains his Hydroplate Theory of pre-Flood earth. Basically, meteoroids--and asteroids and comets, too--are ejecta from the Noachic Flood, and specifically from the breaking-open of the fountains of the deep [Genesis 7]. And I repeat: UFO's are either man-made hoaxes, or else they are demonic manifestations--exactly what we ought to expect as the baleful prophecies of Daniel, John the Revelator, and Jesus Himself, uttered two thousand years or more ago, now approach fulfillment.
More broadly, Oberg--who, as far as I know, is not a saved man himself--throws welcome buckets of cold water on the UFO theory, and on UFOlogy generally. He also tells us what really happened: The Tunguska Meteorite was a big rock, about 200 feet across, that blew up roughly five miles up, and with such force that ot knocked down trees up to sixty miles away, but left no debris at ground zero.
As refreshing as Oberg's commentary is, it is still incomplete--for neither Oberg nor anyone else who writes about meteors and meteoroids these days seems to have a clue to where they came from. If you really want to know, check out Walt Brown's excellent site where he explains his Hydroplate Theory of pre-Flood earth. Basically, meteoroids--and asteroids and comets, too--are ejecta from the Noachic Flood, and specifically from the breaking-open of the fountains of the deep [Genesis 7]. And I repeat: UFO's are either man-made hoaxes, or else they are demonic manifestations--exactly what we ought to expect as the baleful prophecies of Daniel, John the Revelator, and Jesus Himself, uttered two thousand years or more ago, now approach fulfillment.
Thursday, August 12, 2004
WorldNetDaily: Did aliens save planet in 1908?That's the question to which a Russian research team thinks they have the answer. Searching at the site of the Tunguska Meteorite, they have found a large metallic block of unknown composition and have chipped off a chunk and sent it for assay.
For the record, in 1908 a large explosion felled trees for sixty miles around near Tunguska, Siberia, in the last years of Tsar Nikolai II--three years after the Russo-Japanese War. Witnesses described a fireball as bright as the sun, and then the explosion. The modern scientists are now actively speculating that an "enlightened" ET admiral sent a ship to destroy a meteor that, had it struck intact, would have created an Extinction-Level Event. The crew of that ship allegedly sacrificed themselves--hence the lump of metal of an unknown alloy.
But what these scientists do not mention--what such "scientists" never mention--is that they have no better explanation than any Christian might have for how such an ET fleet might have gotten here. Talking about their motives, and assuming those motives to be "enlightened," is not enough. It's bad enough that secular scientists blithely assume that with advancement in technology comes equal advancement in enlightenment and ethics and sensitivity and compassion. Gene Roddenberry, of Star Trek fame, asked us to buy that theory, this although he populated his "advanced technology" world with stand-ins for the Soviets ("Klingons") and the ChiComs ("Romulans"). But such assumptions violate everything that even a secular scientist must admit about the fallen nature of the cosmos and of every life-form in it.
But what is so stunning is that the same scientists who are so quick to claim that they have found crash debris from an ET scoutcraft--or even the space-borne equivalent of a SWIFT Boat--have no idea how such a craft--or the fleet of which it would have been a part--could have gotten here, or from where. The overwhelming consensus in astronomy today relies heavily on Einstein, who said that nothing could ever reach the speed of light in a vacuum, and that the closer anyone got to that speed, the heavier he'd get, with no limit--and once he got to that speed, he might never stop. While this is convenient for claiming that the cosmos must be older than six thousand years (though Einstein himself might quarrel with that view, since General Relativity suggests that space-time continual conditions were far different at Creation than they are today), it becomes most inconvenient to anyone who wants to speculate about extraterrestrial visitation! Here again is a perfect example of how "scientists" ignore their own earlier pronouncements whenever it suits them.
I submit this for your strong delusion [II Thessalonians 2:8ff.] files, as a sample of the kind of deluded theory that secularists will propound in order to explain certain soon-to-be-fulfilled biblical prophecies as having a cause other than Divine intervention.
For the record, in 1908 a large explosion felled trees for sixty miles around near Tunguska, Siberia, in the last years of Tsar Nikolai II--three years after the Russo-Japanese War. Witnesses described a fireball as bright as the sun, and then the explosion. The modern scientists are now actively speculating that an "enlightened" ET admiral sent a ship to destroy a meteor that, had it struck intact, would have created an Extinction-Level Event. The crew of that ship allegedly sacrificed themselves--hence the lump of metal of an unknown alloy.
But what these scientists do not mention--what such "scientists" never mention--is that they have no better explanation than any Christian might have for how such an ET fleet might have gotten here. Talking about their motives, and assuming those motives to be "enlightened," is not enough. It's bad enough that secular scientists blithely assume that with advancement in technology comes equal advancement in enlightenment and ethics and sensitivity and compassion. Gene Roddenberry, of Star Trek fame, asked us to buy that theory, this although he populated his "advanced technology" world with stand-ins for the Soviets ("Klingons") and the ChiComs ("Romulans"). But such assumptions violate everything that even a secular scientist must admit about the fallen nature of the cosmos and of every life-form in it.
But what is so stunning is that the same scientists who are so quick to claim that they have found crash debris from an ET scoutcraft--or even the space-borne equivalent of a SWIFT Boat--have no idea how such a craft--or the fleet of which it would have been a part--could have gotten here, or from where. The overwhelming consensus in astronomy today relies heavily on Einstein, who said that nothing could ever reach the speed of light in a vacuum, and that the closer anyone got to that speed, the heavier he'd get, with no limit--and once he got to that speed, he might never stop. While this is convenient for claiming that the cosmos must be older than six thousand years (though Einstein himself might quarrel with that view, since General Relativity suggests that space-time continual conditions were far different at Creation than they are today), it becomes most inconvenient to anyone who wants to speculate about extraterrestrial visitation! Here again is a perfect example of how "scientists" ignore their own earlier pronouncements whenever it suits them.
I submit this for your strong delusion [II Thessalonians 2:8ff.] files, as a sample of the kind of deluded theory that secularists will propound in order to explain certain soon-to-be-fulfilled biblical prophecies as having a cause other than Divine intervention.
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
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My Way News - Gov't Warns of Threats Against Buildings: "The federal government warned Sunday of possible terrorist attacks against 'iconic' financial institutions in New York City, Washington and Newark, N.J., saying a confluence of intelligence over the weekend pointed to a car or truck bomb."
Saturday, July 31, 2004
Iran Resumes Building Nuclear Centrifuges
AP reports, "A defiant Iran on Saturday said it had resumed building nuclear centrifuges, saying the move was retaliation for the failure of three European powers to get its file closed at the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency." :: Wars and Rumors of War (Matthew 24:6) & Iran/Persia (Daniel 11:43).
AP reports, "A defiant Iran on Saturday said it had resumed building nuclear centrifuges, saying the move was retaliation for the failure of three European powers to get its file closed at the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency." :: Wars and Rumors of War (Matthew 24:6) & Iran/Persia (Daniel 11:43).
Thursday, July 29, 2004
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Friday, July 23, 2004
EU Vows It Will Help With Mideast Peace
AP: "EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana wrapped up a stormy two-day visit to Israel on Friday by saying Europe will play a role in Mideast peacemaking - whether Israel likes it or not."
AP: "EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana wrapped up a stormy two-day visit to Israel on Friday by saying Europe will play a role in Mideast peacemaking - whether Israel likes it or not."
Thursday, July 22, 2004
Japanese Carrier Makes Cell Phone Wallet
AP reports, "smart cards could be on their way out, their plastic presence overtaken by virtual-wallet technology now available in the everyday cell phone." :: Mark of the Beast (Rev 13:16-18) mobile commerce and RFID news. :: Is this cool, or what.
AP reports, "smart cards could be on their way out, their plastic presence overtaken by virtual-wallet technology now available in the everyday cell phone." :: Mark of the Beast (Rev 13:16-18) mobile commerce and RFID news. :: Is this cool, or what.
Green Goo: The New Nano-Threat
Wired reports, "Just as the threat of 'gray goo' recedes, a new biological nano-threat emerges: green goo. But even without doomsday scenarios, one insurance company says that current nanomaterials pose unknown risks -- and that's unacceptable." :: Fear for the Future (Luke 21:26). :: Beware the goo, lol.
Wired reports, "Just as the threat of 'gray goo' recedes, a new biological nano-threat emerges: green goo. But even without doomsday scenarios, one insurance company says that current nanomaterials pose unknown risks -- and that's unacceptable." :: Fear for the Future (Luke 21:26). :: Beware the goo, lol.
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Join The Team
The Prophecy News blog is a team effort and we would like to invite other Christian bloggers to join the team. Are you into Bible prophecy? Do you follow news events closely? If we say that this blog is like the Command Post meets Left Behind, would you know what that means? If so, then join our team and start posting today! Right now we only have a few team members and all of us have other projects, so we would like to expand the team. We would like to have a team large enough for frequent posts and to make sure that if there is breaking news it will be posted quickly. And if you join the team, we will provide a link to your home blog on our blog roll, sure to help boost your site traffic. For more info, go here. Join the team today!
The Prophecy News blog is a team effort and we would like to invite other Christian bloggers to join the team. Are you into Bible prophecy? Do you follow news events closely? If we say that this blog is like the Command Post meets Left Behind, would you know what that means? If so, then join our team and start posting today! Right now we only have a few team members and all of us have other projects, so we would like to expand the team. We would like to have a team large enough for frequent posts and to make sure that if there is breaking news it will be posted quickly. And if you join the team, we will provide a link to your home blog on our blog roll, sure to help boost your site traffic. For more info, go here. Join the team today!
100 church leaders arrested
WorldNetDaily reports, "Chinese police arrested more than 100 house-church leaders who were meeting for a retreat in the western Xinjiang Autonomous Region, according to a U.S.-based advocacy group." :: Believers Persecuted (Matthew 24:8).
WorldNetDaily reports, "Chinese police arrested more than 100 house-church leaders who were meeting for a retreat in the western Xinjiang Autonomous Region, according to a U.S.-based advocacy group." :: Believers Persecuted (Matthew 24:8).
Monday, July 19, 2004
WHO Warns of Cholera Outbreak in Darfur
VOA reports, "The World Health Organization says it is planning to start a cholera immunization campaign early this week in Sudan's western Darfur province to prevent an outbreak of the potentially fatal disease. The Head of WHO's Health Crises Operations, David Nabarro, says aid agencies hope to vaccinate about one-half-million internally displaced people in 40 of the biggest camps during the next two months." :: Pestilence (Luke 21:11).
VOA reports, "The World Health Organization says it is planning to start a cholera immunization campaign early this week in Sudan's western Darfur province to prevent an outbreak of the potentially fatal disease. The Head of WHO's Health Crises Operations, David Nabarro, says aid agencies hope to vaccinate about one-half-million internally displaced people in 40 of the biggest camps during the next two months." :: Pestilence (Luke 21:11).
Sunday, July 18, 2004
Sun Kicks Up Major Flare
Space reports, "Earlier this month the Sun was as quiet as can be and free of the dark sunspots that generate eruptions of magnetic energy and hot gas. Now the solar surface is dotted with brooding blotches, and overnight a major flare erupted. The strong eruption, labeled an X2, involved an intense flash of radiation late Wednesday evening (East Coast time). All X-flares are considered major, and the associated number denotes just how strong they are." :: Signs in the Sun (Luke 21:26).
Space reports, "Earlier this month the Sun was as quiet as can be and free of the dark sunspots that generate eruptions of magnetic energy and hot gas. Now the solar surface is dotted with brooding blotches, and overnight a major flare erupted. The strong eruption, labeled an X2, involved an intense flash of radiation late Wednesday evening (East Coast time). All X-flares are considered major, and the associated number denotes just how strong they are." :: Signs in the Sun (Luke 21:26).
Thursday, July 15, 2004
Chip Implanted in Mexico Judicial Workers:
AP reports, "Security has reached the subcutaneous level for Mexico's attorney general and at least 160 people in his office - they have been implanted with microchips that get them access to secure areas of their headquarters." :: Mark of the Beast (Rev 13:16-18) ID technology news.
AP reports, "Security has reached the subcutaneous level for Mexico's attorney general and at least 160 people in his office - they have been implanted with microchips that get them access to secure areas of their headquarters." :: Mark of the Beast (Rev 13:16-18) ID technology news.
Europeans Still Wait for Summer Weather
AP reports, "Snowball fights in July. Mulled wine instead of wine coolers. Thermostats set on high. Spring has come and gone, fall approaches - and Europeans are still waiting for summer." :: Fear for the Future (Luke 21:26) climate change news.
AP reports, "Snowball fights in July. Mulled wine instead of wine coolers. Thermostats set on high. Spring has come and gone, fall approaches - and Europeans are still waiting for summer." :: Fear for the Future (Luke 21:26) climate change news.
'Bin Laden' Terrorism Truce Expires
AP reports, "The three-month offer of a terrorism truce - made in April purportedly by Osama bin Laden - expired on Thursday, little noticed in European countries that had been invited to accept it." :: Wars and Rumors of War (Matthew 24:6).
AP reports, "The three-month offer of a terrorism truce - made in April purportedly by Osama bin Laden - expired on Thursday, little noticed in European countries that had been invited to accept it." :: Wars and Rumors of War (Matthew 24:6).
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Woman 'lied about swastika attack'
CNN reports, "Just days after claiming to be the victim of an attack that stunned France, a young mother confessed to making up the story, authorities said Tuesday." :: Just wanted to follow up, since I had posted a link to the original story.
CNN reports, "Just days after claiming to be the victim of an attack that stunned France, a young mother confessed to making up the story, authorities said Tuesday." :: Just wanted to follow up, since I had posted a link to the original story.
Systematic Slaughter Unfolds in Sudan
AP reports, "As the world's attention was turned to crises in the Middle East, a slaughter has raged for 17 months in Sudan's Darfur region. Arab gunmen on horses and camels, backed by bombers and helicopter gunships, have razed hundreds of black African villages, killed tens of thousands and driven more than 1 million from their homes...Now, with many more likely to die of hunger and disease in camps in Sudan and neighboring Chad, international pressure is mounting on President Omar el-Bashir's government to end the carnage." :: Famine (Matthew 24:7) & Pestilence (Luke 21:11).
AP reports, "As the world's attention was turned to crises in the Middle East, a slaughter has raged for 17 months in Sudan's Darfur region. Arab gunmen on horses and camels, backed by bombers and helicopter gunships, have razed hundreds of black African villages, killed tens of thousands and driven more than 1 million from their homes...Now, with many more likely to die of hunger and disease in camps in Sudan and neighboring Chad, international pressure is mounting on President Omar el-Bashir's government to end the carnage." :: Famine (Matthew 24:7) & Pestilence (Luke 21:11).
Monday, July 12, 2004
Powerful Quake Strikes Tibet; No Injuries
AP reports, "A powerful earthquake Monday struck an isolated mountainous region of western Tibet, and the government said there was no immediate information on deaths or injuries...The U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colo., put the magnitude of the 7:08 a.m. quake at 6. A quake that powerful can cause severe damage in populated areas." :: Quakes (Matthew 24:7).
AP reports, "A powerful earthquake Monday struck an isolated mountainous region of western Tibet, and the government said there was no immediate information on deaths or injuries...The U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colo., put the magnitude of the 7:08 a.m. quake at 6. A quake that powerful can cause severe damage in populated areas." :: Quakes (Matthew 24:7).
Sunday, July 11, 2004
Gang Attacks Mother on French Train
Yahoo News reports, "A gang of young men attacked a woman riding a suburban train with her infant, cutting her hair and drawing swastikas on her stomach. Other passengers watched but did nothing, police reported. French politicians issued denunciations Sunday as news of the Friday morning attack spread through the nation." :: Anti-Semitism - Wickedness Increases (Matthew 24:12).
Yahoo News reports, "A gang of young men attacked a woman riding a suburban train with her infant, cutting her hair and drawing swastikas on her stomach. Other passengers watched but did nothing, police reported. French politicians issued denunciations Sunday as news of the Friday morning attack spread through the nation." :: Anti-Semitism - Wickedness Increases (Matthew 24:12).
Annan Challenges Leaders to Act on AIDS
AP reports, "The International AIDS Conference opened Sunday with U.N. chief Kofi Annan challenging world leaders to do more to combat the raging global epidemic and warning that women are increasingly the unwitting victims of the disease." :: Pestilence (Luke 21:11).
AP reports, "The International AIDS Conference opened Sunday with U.N. chief Kofi Annan challenging world leaders to do more to combat the raging global epidemic and warning that women are increasingly the unwitting victims of the disease." :: Pestilence (Luke 21:11).
One Dead After Bomb Explodes in Israel
AP reports, "Palestinian militants detonated a bomb near a Tel Aviv bus stop early Sunday, killing a woman and wounding more than 20 other people, police and Israeli media said." :: Battle for Jerusalem (Luke 21:20 and lots of others).
AP reports, "Palestinian militants detonated a bomb near a Tel Aviv bus stop early Sunday, killing a woman and wounding more than 20 other people, police and Israeli media said." :: Battle for Jerusalem (Luke 21:20 and lots of others).
Friday, July 09, 2004
U.N.: 5 Million Infected With HIV in 2003
AP reports, "The world is losing the race against the AIDS virus, which last year infected a record 5 million people and killed an unprecedented 3 million, according to a United Nations report. The virus has now pushed deep into Eastern Europe and Asia, and tackling it will be more expensive than previously believed, according to the most accurate picture to date of the global status of HIV infections, released Tuesday." :: Pestilence (Luke 21:11).
AP reports, "The world is losing the race against the AIDS virus, which last year infected a record 5 million people and killed an unprecedented 3 million, according to a United Nations report. The virus has now pushed deep into Eastern Europe and Asia, and tackling it will be more expensive than previously believed, according to the most accurate picture to date of the global status of HIV infections, released Tuesday." :: Pestilence (Luke 21:11).
Israel May Discuss Nuclear-Free Zone
AP reports, "Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is ready to discuss a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East as part of future peace talks, the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog agency said Thursday." :: Covenant with Many (Daniel 9:27).
AP reports, "Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is ready to discuss a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East as part of future peace talks, the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog agency said Thursday." :: Covenant with Many (Daniel 9:27).
Thursday, July 08, 2004
Sunspots reaching 1,000-year high
BBC News reports, "A new analysis shows that the Sun is more active now than it has been at anytime in the previous 1,000 years. Scientists based at the Institute for Astronomy in Zurich used ice cores from Greenland to construct a picture of our star's activity in the past." :: Signs in the Sun (Luke 21:25).
BBC News reports, "A new analysis shows that the Sun is more active now than it has been at anytime in the previous 1,000 years. Scientists based at the Institute for Astronomy in Zurich used ice cores from Greenland to construct a picture of our star's activity in the past." :: Signs in the Sun (Luke 21:25).
Ridge Warns of Election Terror Plot
AP reports, "The United States is tightening security in the face of a steady stream of intelligence indicating al-Qaida may seek to mount an attack aimed at disrupting elections, the White House and Homeland Security officials said Thursday." :: Rumors of War (Matthew 24:6) and Fear for the Future (Luke 21:26).
AP reports, "The United States is tightening security in the face of a steady stream of intelligence indicating al-Qaida may seek to mount an attack aimed at disrupting elections, the White House and Homeland Security officials said Thursday." :: Rumors of War (Matthew 24:6) and Fear for the Future (Luke 21:26).
Saturday, July 03, 2004
Fears grow over al-Qaida gassing American subways
World Net Daily reports, "As the FBI warns police across the country that al-Qaida continues to show interest in attacking U.S. subways, new intelligence has emerged that al-Qaida has trained operatives to dispense poisonous gases such as cyanide in ventilation systems." :: Rumors of War (Matthew 24:6), Fear for the Future (Luke 21:26).
World Net Daily reports, "As the FBI warns police across the country that al-Qaida continues to show interest in attacking U.S. subways, new intelligence has emerged that al-Qaida has trained operatives to dispense poisonous gases such as cyanide in ventilation systems." :: Rumors of War (Matthew 24:6), Fear for the Future (Luke 21:26).
Friday, July 02, 2004
China Extends Text Message Surveillance
AP reports, "Chinese authorities plan to employ new technology to improve surveillance of mobile phone messages amid efforts to intensify the policing of private communications, reports said Friday." :: Mark of the Beast (Rev 13:16-18). :: This is not the usual Mark type news report, it does not deal with commerce or identity verification technology, but it does demonstrate the power of a totalitarian government to control communication, even in the information age.
AP reports, "Chinese authorities plan to employ new technology to improve surveillance of mobile phone messages amid efforts to intensify the policing of private communications, reports said Friday." :: Mark of the Beast (Rev 13:16-18). :: This is not the usual Mark type news report, it does not deal with commerce or identity verification technology, but it does demonstrate the power of a totalitarian government to control communication, even in the information age.
Thursday, July 01, 2004
10,000 may die in Darfur in July - WHO official
Reuters reports, "Some 10,000 people in Darfur could die of cholera and dysentery in July alone unless a massive aid operation can be set up to helicopter in food and medicines, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday...Darfur has become the world's worst humanitarian crisis after Arab militias drove African farmers from their villages on a campaign of ethnic cleansing, the United Nations says." :: Pestilence and Nations in Distress (Luke 21:11).
Reuters reports, "Some 10,000 people in Darfur could die of cholera and dysentery in July alone unless a massive aid operation can be set up to helicopter in food and medicines, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday...Darfur has become the world's worst humanitarian crisis after Arab militias drove African farmers from their villages on a campaign of ethnic cleansing, the United Nations says." :: Pestilence and Nations in Distress (Luke 21:11).
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
Airports turn to fingerprinting, biometrics for security
Salt Lake Tribune reports, "Fingerprinting was chosen as the easiest to use following 1 1/2 years of testing biometric measures including eye scans and mapping hand forms..." :: Mark of the Beast (Rev 13:16-18).
Credit Cards Enter the Micropayment Game
AP reports, "If your image of a typical video-game arcade customer is a teenager emptying quarter-filled pockets into a machine to do battle with space aliens, think again. Today's high-tech games increasingly appeal to an older set. And soon those customers will be able to use credit or debit cards as a payment option." :: Mark of the Beast (Rev 13:16-18).
AP reports, "If your image of a typical video-game arcade customer is a teenager emptying quarter-filled pockets into a machine to do battle with space aliens, think again. Today's high-tech games increasingly appeal to an older set. And soon those customers will be able to use credit or debit cards as a payment option." :: Mark of the Beast (Rev 13:16-18).
Report: Warming May Lower Rice Yield
AP reports, "Global warming could mean bad news for one of the world's most important crops, rice. Increased nighttime temperatures were associated with significant declines in crop yield at the International Rice Research Institute Farm in the Philippines, according to a report in Monday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences." :: Fear for the Future (Luke 21:11).
AP reports, "Global warming could mean bad news for one of the world's most important crops, rice. Increased nighttime temperatures were associated with significant declines in crop yield at the International Rice Research Institute Farm in the Philippines, according to a report in Monday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences." :: Fear for the Future (Luke 21:11).
Minister: Iran Won't Stop Nuclear Program
AP reports, "Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi on Wednesday rejected international pressure to halt his country's work on centrifuges for its nuclear program." :: Rumors of War (Matthew 24:6), Persia (Ezekiel 38:5).
AP reports, "Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi on Wednesday rejected international pressure to halt his country's work on centrifuges for its nuclear program." :: Rumors of War (Matthew 24:6), Persia (Ezekiel 38:5).
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Floods Hit Guam As Typhoon Strikes Area
AP reports, "The Northern Mariana Islands were under a typhoon warning Monday as Tropical Storm Tingting was upgraded to typhoon status. As the storm moved through the region, it dumped record-breaking rains, causing flooding and mudslides on neighboring Guam." :: Fearsome Events (Luke 21:11).
AP reports, "The Northern Mariana Islands were under a typhoon warning Monday as Tropical Storm Tingting was upgraded to typhoon status. As the storm moved through the region, it dumped record-breaking rains, causing flooding and mudslides on neighboring Guam." :: Fearsome Events (Luke 21:11).
Palestinians Fire Rockets As Sharon Visits
AP reports, "Palestinian militants rocketed this Israeli border town Tuesday during a visit by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, underscoring Israel's helplessness in stopping the crude projectiles launched from the Gaza Strip."
AP reports, "Palestinian militants rocketed this Israeli border town Tuesday during a visit by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, underscoring Israel's helplessness in stopping the crude projectiles launched from the Gaza Strip."
Children, Pregnant Women Face Great Risks As Famine Approaches
OneWorld reports, "With the paucity of humanitarian response and the onset of seasonal water-borne diseases, relief agents are warning that pregnant women and children under five in refugee camps may not survive the on-coming famine." :: Famine (Matthew 24:7).
OneWorld reports, "With the paucity of humanitarian response and the onset of seasonal water-borne diseases, relief agents are warning that pregnant women and children under five in refugee camps may not survive the on-coming famine." :: Famine (Matthew 24:7).
Sunday, June 27, 2004
Israel Fires Missiles at Gaza After Blast
From the AP, Israel strikes back at Palestinian terrorists.
From the AP, Israel strikes back at Palestinian terrorists.
Report: 5 Israeli Troops Killed in Blast
AP reports, "Palestinian militants set off a huge explosion at an Israeli army outpost in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, collapsing a concrete building. Paramedics reported at least 30 casualties, and Arab satellite stations said at least five Israeli soldiers were killed...In a call to The Associated Press, Hamas and the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a violent group with ties to Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, claimed responsibility."
AP reports, "Palestinian militants set off a huge explosion at an Israeli army outpost in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, collapsing a concrete building. Paramedics reported at least 30 casualties, and Arab satellite stations said at least five Israeli soldiers were killed...In a call to The Associated Press, Hamas and the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a violent group with ties to Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, claimed responsibility."
Saturday, June 26, 2004
Intel chief: Palestinians still want Israel destroyed
WND reports, "After three years of watching their society be ripped apart by launching the Intifada, the Palestinian people and their leadership still maintain the goal of destroying Israel, according to an assessment released yesterday by Israel's Military Intelligence research chief." :: Battle for Jerusalem (Ezekiel 38:8; Zechariah 12; Luke 21:20).
WND reports, "After three years of watching their society be ripped apart by launching the Intifada, the Palestinian people and their leadership still maintain the goal of destroying Israel, according to an assessment released yesterday by Israel's Military Intelligence research chief." :: Battle for Jerusalem (Ezekiel 38:8; Zechariah 12; Luke 21:20).
Calif. Combats West Nile With Pesticides
AP reports, "Workers sprayed pesticides Friday in a neighborhood where five family members contracted West Nile virus, hoping to control an outbreak that has spread to heavily populated Southern California...The disease first appeared in the United States in 1999 in New York and has since expanded westward. It has killed more than 560 people in the past five years." :: Pestilence (Luke 21:11).
AP reports, "Workers sprayed pesticides Friday in a neighborhood where five family members contracted West Nile virus, hoping to control an outbreak that has spread to heavily populated Southern California...The disease first appeared in the United States in 1999 in New York and has since expanded westward. It has killed more than 560 people in the past five years." :: Pestilence (Luke 21:11).
Friday, June 25, 2004
Japan ponders biometric screening of visitors
ZDNet reports, "Japan will consider using unique biological data about individuals such as fingerprints and facial features to tighten immigration controls..." :: Mark of the Beast (Rev 13:16-18).
ZDNet reports, "Japan will consider using unique biological data about individuals such as fingerprints and facial features to tighten immigration controls..." :: Mark of the Beast (Rev 13:16-18).
HIV/AIDS Striking Young Women More
AP reports, "HIV/AIDS is increasingly striking young women, including married women previously thought to be at low risk of contracting the disease, a U.N. official warned Thursday." :: Pestilence (Luke 21:11)
AP reports, "HIV/AIDS is increasingly striking young women, including married women previously thought to be at low risk of contracting the disease, a U.N. official warned Thursday." :: Pestilence (Luke 21:11)
N. Korea Threatens to Test Nuclear Weapon
AP reports, "North Korea told the United States on Thursday that it would test a nuclear weapon unless Washington accepted Pyongyang's proposal for a freeze on its atomic program, a senior administration official said." :: Rumors of War (Matthew 24:6).
AP reports, "North Korea told the United States on Thursday that it would test a nuclear weapon unless Washington accepted Pyongyang's proposal for a freeze on its atomic program, a senior administration official said." :: Rumors of War (Matthew 24:6).
U.S. Launches Airstrike in Fallujah
AP reports, "The U.S. military launched its third airstrike in a week Friday in Fallujah, using precision weapons to destroy a suspected safehouse for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terror network." :: Wars and Rumors of War (Matthew 24:6).
AP reports, "The U.S. military launched its third airstrike in a week Friday in Fallujah, using precision weapons to destroy a suspected safehouse for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terror network." :: Wars and Rumors of War (Matthew 24:6).
Thursday, June 24, 2004
A Crowning at the Capital Creates a Stir
The New York Times reports, "As a shining symbol of democracy, the United States capital is not ordinarily a place where coronations occur. So news that the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the eccentric and exceedingly wealthy Korean-born businessman, donned a crown in a Senate office building and declared himself the Messiah while members of Congress watched is causing a bit of a stir." :: False Christs (Matthew 24:4).
The New York Times reports, "As a shining symbol of democracy, the United States capital is not ordinarily a place where coronations occur. So news that the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the eccentric and exceedingly wealthy Korean-born businessman, donned a crown in a Senate office building and declared himself the Messiah while members of Congress watched is causing a bit of a stir." :: False Christs (Matthew 24:4).
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