Saturday, May 28, 2011

Dream - Fall of the dollar, HAARP and the New World Order

Dream given by Yahweh
You will find the dream typed in WHITE and the interpretation in another colour below.  This is what Yahshua/Jesus revealed to me in a dream before I was aware of the fall of the dollar and the current crisis in America/around the world.
DREAM
19th June 2010 – 6:50am

I flew up to Rustenburg to my parents and my family and I were driving around in the car.  We drove around one particular block at least 3 or 4 times and as we were driving I saw flower arrangements.  The flowers were perfect flower arrangements.  Each time we drove around the block, another flower arrangement was added.
Then I saw a shop and my sister mentioned, whilst pointing to the shop, that the clothes were really cheap and nice.  She wanted to go shopping there.  I saw men’s winter pajamas’ through the window and remembered that I wanted to buy some for my husband.  Begging my Dad to stop there we got out and went inside to have a look. 
The pajamas were not what I was looking for as all the bottom pieces were shorts.  I saw something that I liked and wanted to try it on.  I tried it on but my stomach was showing so I didn’t take it.
Interpretation: People are naked before the King of kings, God Almighty and the scripture says ‘Men of earth, you don’t know how poor, wretched and naked you are.  You might have much in earthly riches but truly you are poor and have nothing.   Yahshua/Jesus Blood saves us and covers us and through Him we are clothed with righteousness.
I found a wallet in the fitting room and in the wallet was dollar bills and rands.
Interpretation:  Yahweh/God showed me that the dollar would become weaker and eventually fall.  The rand has always been weak against the dollar bill but eventually the rand would be its equal.  The fact that the dollar bills were found in a cheap clothing store is that the dollar value will become very bad and eventually worthless.  A new currency would have to take its place.
When I found the wallet I tried to find a Manager who I could give it to, someone that could be trusted.  I went outside and there was a pool where a lot of people were swimming.  All of a sudden it turned night.  I was no longer the person who found the wallet but it was another lady with blonde hair.  She ran back to the clothing store where the pool was, that place seemed like a holiday resort.
Interpretation: Unfortunately people are enjoying the pleasures of this world and have forsaken Yahweh/God of the Bible and of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  People of earth have forsaken Yahshua/Jesus’s sacrifice and the Word of Yahweh/God.  Revelations says that the world drinks from the whore of Babylon and they have gone mad.  No longer is Yahweh/God feared and His Son Yahshua/Jesus is mocked.  People are too comfortable where they’re at, enjoying the rich and good pleasures of this life.  The enemy of this world, satan, has blinded the eyes of the unbelieving and lead astray in their hearts.  Yahweh says in the Bible that they will say peace peace, but there is no peace and sudden destruction will come from the Almighty.  The fact that the day turned to night suddenly, so suddenly will destruction come in one hour Revelations 18.  As people drink of idolatry, whoring, sexual immorality, witchcraft and drugs, removing the Word of Yahweh from every area of life, deception has crept in and no longer can anyone discern the difference between what is right or wrong.
The blonde head lady, who had the wallet, ran back inside to the shop but there were a whole bunch of men who followed her inside with the intention of raping her.  She was filled with fear.
Interpretaion:  We as people have settled for second best, we have allowed the governance of evil men and the works of the devil to rape us of our freedom and eternal salvation in Yahshua/Jesus for the pleasures of this life.
I looked outside and there was a river with marsh.  There was a hand seen in the marsh and water, that hand used something which created an electrical frequency that zapped a plant in the water and marsh.  Chaos immediately erupted, the very same plant/tulip erupted into a huge mountain and it grew suddenly and speedily into an enormous mountain. 
Interpretation:  The electrical current is the machine now known as HAARP which government authorities have made that can create earthquakes, volcanoes to erupt and storms.  They are tampering with creation and the way things were made to naturally run which is dangerous.  Man manipulating creation for his own purposes.
The mountain is a symbol of a government, a nation that will rise up suddenly.  Daniel 7 – One World Government.
Animals were running from their natural habitat with fear.  Suddenly four huge moons appeared behind the original moon, shining so bright that people could not look at it.
Interpretation: The four moons represent that in four coming months all these things given in this dream would take place. 
Dream given on the 19th June 2010 (original moon) + 19 July, 19 August (one month), 19 September  (second month), October (third month) and November (fourth month).
After the original month and an extra four months of this dream being given, major earthquakes started taking place in the world and up to date we have experienced tremendous amounts of storms, earthquakes and tornadoes erupting.  On the 24th November 2010 Russia and China shook hands on agreeing to quit the dollar and trade in their own currencies – why?

There were lots of Chinese people that started appearing in the dream.

Interpretation: China has one of the largest armies in the world next to America.  Unfortunately the American Governent has intentionally gotten involved with the affairs of other countries dispersing their troops making their army weaker.  Weak enough not to defend itself against an invasion?  America is so much in debt with China, America couldn’t print enough money to pay it back.  Aslo consider the Arab uprizing which has taken place, great civil unrest is happening all over the world.

This dream, given by Yahweh/God Almighty, has been fulfilled and I am being obedient to share it with you.  It says in Revelations that the enemy has been sent down to earth and he is filled with wrath because he knows his time is short.  Revelations explains the wrath of the devil and the wrath of Yahweh which  will come upon the face of the earth and it is called the great tribulation.  Revelations says that even though these things will come upon the whole earth, many hearts will be hardened and some will not repent of their abominations before the Almighty and against His Word.  The Bride of the Groom Yahshua, she is making herself ready, the virgins according to Matthew 25, having enough oil – obeying the Words of her Groom.

I pray that we prepare ourselves for the King and that we are kept in the great tribulation that is coming upon the face of the earth.  There is NO pre-tribulation rapture!!!  Yahweh says in Psalm 91 that He will keep His people through it. 

Yahweh sent the plagues against Egypt to reveal to the Egyptians and Pharaoh that He is the only living God and for them to repent and turn to Him, but Pharaoh’s heart was hardened and Pharaoh did not repent.

My prayer is that you come to know the goodness of Yahweh/God Almighty and the wonderful redemptive plan through Yahshua Messiah/Jesus.  I pray that if you know Him you will seek Him more and have an ever increasing intimate relationship with the Father.  It is not about religion, it is about relationship.  As a parent speaks to his or her children, so the Father wants to speak to you as his son or daughter.  Love Him as He loves you and obey the commandments He placed in His Word for us to have life and peace.  King David said that Yahweh’s Word was a light unto his feet and a lamp unto his path meditating on His Laws and Precepts Day and Night.

Those who are far off I pray you will draw near and realize how much He loves you.  Yahweh says in His Word that He relents in sending calamity but rather that the nations should repent, turn back to Him and receive the salvation given freely through Messiah Yahshua/Jesus.

Be blessed on your journey and may we be kept from the hour of temptation coming upon the face of the earth.
Amein!



Friday, May 27, 2011

The Latest News from Israel - The CARMEL ALERT May 27th 2011

Out of Zion Ministries is under the spiritual covering of Kehilat HaCarmel (Carmel Assembly),
Pastor  Mike Fryer  &  Motte Sircus 
The CARMEL ALERT  May 27th  2011A compilation of news reports from the past week for the information of those committed to praying
for the Restoration of Israel & the Jewish People
  whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, "yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven."
This is just one verse of a selection that speaks of a shaking to come. Some people see the shaking as the coming seven year tribulation. While in total contrast others, (including  myself) , see it as a present shaking to awaken God’s people across the earth. And that would include both believing Israel and the Church. But even wider it will bring unbelieving Israel and many weak gentile church people and the unsaved to a renewal or new level of faith and experience in Yeshua Messiah.

In recent years there have been significant, Earthquakes, Floods, Hurricanes, Droughts and other natural disasters. It is as Yeshua said in Mathew 24.22  the summer is near and we should acknowledge the signs.  There is an increasing anxiety that the riots in the Middle East are the harbinger of the Muslim Brother hood taking over all the nations, then to make worldwide Jihad  destroying America and Israel. However the end times are not in the hand of Islam, antichrist or the politicians. They are in the hand of The Father who spoke through the prophets in the Old Testament and in the Hands of Yeshua who gave the details clearly in the New Testament.  While it is challenging to make sense of events at present or to know which way they will turn for democracy or for Sharia Law. We do not need to rush to either conclusion. That  any new democracy will give worldwide peace and Islam will be de-radicalised. Or that  an new Islamic empire will soon be destroying the world.   (although that may in some degree, come finally with Armageddon).

Some TV presentations are raising fear by reporting on Iran and their plans to unmask the Madhi. Islam’s teachings or the interpretations thereof; are however not our guide to the future. And we should not be allowing some “church prophecy teachers” to over influence our anxieties. Jesus warned of not heeding false messiahs that may be in the “desert place” (Mathew 24.26) ie. where Islam has its’ sway.

There is an alternative. The Lord God is in control of the natural disasters, the economic woes and the riots. These things He will have been aware of beforehand and are His means to get our attention.  When all else seems to be crumbling and we turn to Him, He will restore all things and bring a worldwide Holy Spirit Renewal or Revival. Then  Mathew 24.14 can be fulfilled before “the end comes”. And Acts 3.21 the restoration of all things will have been accomplished.

If democracy does not satisfy the Middle Eastern rioters, or fails to be fully achieved, Could it be that the Lord is preparing them to turn somewhere else, that being to the Gospel and Himself ? That is where the real future answers lie.  In the mean time it may get scary;  Luke 21:26  “men's hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken”.

Israel has been restored to the Land of Promise not to be destroyed, but to be restored to spiritual faith and relationship with their God. As borne out by another shaking verse.
Joe 3:16  The LORD also will roar from Zion, And utter His voice from Jerusalem; The heavens  and earth will shake; But the LORD will be a shelter for His people, And the strength of the children of Israel.
The Lord bless you as you bless Israel by standing in defense of her right to exist on the land given to the Jewish people by the God of Israel.  Lets pray that Israel will turn back to their God.  Do not be silent, but share this with your fellow Christians, share it with your pastors, and with anyone you have a chance to speak to. Lets also pray for that breakthrough to the Muslims,  and please remember to pray for all of the soldiers in the IDF -they are defending and fighting for the Kingdom of God.
Shabbat Shalom .... David & Josie
THIS WEEKS NEWS REPORTS   
1. Israeli Cabinet Supports PM Netanyahu's Rejection of Obama's Speech    Ha Arz News  May 22nd      After two days packed with meetings and peaking with his confrontation with President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has emerged stronger within Likud and became a uniting force for the Israeli right.  Netanyahu's adamant rejection of Obama's "1967 borders" speech restored calm to the right-wing coalition he heads; even the leftmost pole of his government, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, sent him a message of support Saturday.  "I don't think that the president's speech was such a bad thing," Barak said in an interview on Saturday with Israel's Channel 2 television news. "I think it's good that the prime minister brought attention to the fact that we expect the recognition of settlement blocs and that we want the refugees to be absorbed within the Palestinian state," Barak said.   "I don't think that the president said it was necessary to return to the 1967 lines, but rather that we need to start the discussion based on the 1967 borders," Barak said, stressing that the gaps between the United States and Israel on the peace process were smaller than they seemed. "[The Netanyahu-Obama meeting at the White House Friday] was a lot less dramatic than it appeared," Barak said. "I think the Americans know well the nuances of our positions."  Barak went on to explain that he is staying in the coalition as a guarantor for negotiations with the Palestinians.
   The rightmost poles of Netanyahu's coalition government, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Deputy Prime Minister Eli Yishai and Vice Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon, saw to it that the political front remained calm.   "Israel cannot permit itself to return to the 1967 borders, which are indefensible, or to a process in which it is giving more territory to the Palestinians," Ya'alon said.   Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon sounded a reassuring note Saturday. Like Barak, said he did not interpret the interchange between Obama and Netanyahu as a confrontation. "Obama's speech was positive for Israel, since he remained committed to Israel as a Jewish state and even demanded that the Palestinians explain the reconciliation agreement with Hamas," Ayalon said.  A senior source in Likud, speaking Saturday about the prime minister's right-wing coalition partners, said: "Netanyahu passed them on the right. No one can say he took a hard left. That's why no one on the right attacked him."
Please pray for continued national support for PM Netanyahu to encourage him to stand strong against the US pressure
2. Netanyahu's Speech  Red Lines    -  Ted Belman
1. Jerusalem will remain the undivided capital of Israel.
2. Israel won’t retreat to ’67 lines.
3. Israel must maintain a longterm presence on the Jordan.
4. Palestine must be demilitarized.
5. No right of return to Israel
6. Israel will keep all its settlement blocks around Jerusalem and Tel Aviv
7. Israel will evacuate some settlements
8. Fatah must blow off Hamas.
9. Abbas must accept Israel as a Jewish state

As for how much land we would give them for a state, he said he would be generous. But he made it clear that we are giving them part of our homeland rather than returning to them what is theirs. I had the feeling that he was intent on hanging on to much more land than his predecessors have tried to do. Especially when he said we will give them “part of the land”.    The speech was extremely well received by the audience.  
Please pray that the Israeli people will stand firmly behind the PM
3. Colombia:  We Will Not Recognise Palestinian State       After suffering a series of diplomatic defeats to the Palestinians in Latin America, Israel won a rare victory on Wednesday when Colombia announced that it would not unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state.   Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón told a delegation of the World Jewish Congress in a meeting in the Colombian capital of Bogota that his governmentwould not recognize Palestinian statehood as "a matter of principle."   "We value your friendship and courage for Israel and the Jewish people," World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder said. "We also appreciate that you have withstood pressure from fellow Latin American leaders to prematurely recognize a Palestinian state."   In the past half year a string of Latin American countries, mostly with left-leaning governments, including Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Guyana have recognized Palestinian statehood. Chile, which has a right-leaning government, has also recognized Palestinian statehood with caveats.     Please pray that God will bless Colombia for this decision
4.  US Congress Sides With Netanyahu Over Obama's Speech    Israel Today News   May 24th    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech before the US Congress on Tuesday was seen by most Israelis as a resounding success, and as a rejection of President Barack Obama's policy speeches over the previous few days.   Speaking before a joint gathering of the House of Representatives and Senate, Netanyahu reiterated that Israel will not return to its 1967 borders, as Obama had insisted it must do for the sake of peace. The Israeli leader also adamantly restated Israel's position that Jerusalem must not be divided.   Netanyahu's strong statements won no fewer than 29 rounds of applause (26 of them standing ovations) from the lawmakers, despite the fact that he was seen to be defying the Americans' own president.
     Israel found support in resisting US President Barack Obama's dangerous peace policies not only in the US Congress, but also in America's northern neighbor, Canada.  On Monday, Canadian officials told Ottawa's Globe and Mail newspaper that Obama's adoption of the Arab position that peace must be based on the 1967 borders was out of place.  "Both the Israelis and the Palestinians have to decide on their bottom lines, which the Israelis have said will not include a return to the 1967 border," one official said.  
Please pray that more nations will turn to stand in defense of Israel
5.  Egypt Opens Rafah Crossing   ICEJ News  May 26th    Israeli Vice Premier Silvan Shalom spoke out on Thursday against the opening of the Rafah crossing from Gaza into Egypt, calling for international supervision of the crossing.  "This is a dangerous development that could lead to weapons and al-Qaida smuggling into Gaza," Shalom said.   Homeland Security Minister Matan Vilna'i also warned that the opening of the Rafah will be ve Corssingry problematic for Israel.  However, he added in an interview with Israel Radio, that Egypt did not break any agreements with Israel. Hamas welcomed Egypt's decision to permanently open the crossing from Gaza into Egypt.   "This decision reflects the spirit of revolution in Egypt and the depth of brotherhood between the Palestinian people and the Egyptian people, which has returned itself to its original role in the Palestinian matter," a statement released by Hamas read.   Egypt announced on Wednesday that it plans to open its border with the Gaza Strip "on a daily basis" to "ease entry restrictions for Palestinians."   Under former president Mubarak, Egypt only sporadically opened up the Rafah border crossing for food and medicine, or to let through people, mainly those seeking medical treatment or traveling to study.  "Egyptian authorities have decided to extend the working hours at the Rafah border crossing starting from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on a daily basis, except for Fridays and official holidays, starting on Saturday, May 28," Egyptian news agency MENA said.  It said the decision came as "part of Egyptian efforts to end divisions among Palestinians and to finalize their reconciliation."  Please pray that angels will patrol the Rafah crossing if no-one else does
6. Poll Shows Israelis Supportive of Netanyahu   ICEJ News   May 27th    A poll published by the Left-wing Haaretz newspaper on Thursday shows that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is returning to Israel after his visit to Washington in excellent political shape, enjoying high approval ratings from Israelis. The poll also showed that most Israelis felt "pride" while watching Netanyahu address the US Congress on Tuesday, as well as showing that most Israelis have a favorable opinion of US President Barak Obama and do not believe that the tension between the two leaders will cause long term damage to the Israel-US relationshipPlease pray that the Lord will continue to direct the son of is right hand  -  Benjamin Netanyahu
Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz signed an agreement on Monday approving the construction and operation of a new desalination facility near Ashdod, which upon completion will make Israel's domestic water consumption 65% reliant on desalinated sources. The $400 million project will be one of the world's largest desalination plants and is to be ready in 2013.
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7.  Israel Approves Construction of Huge Desalination Plant   Jerusalem Post   May 26th     Israel's Guest Comment:   The Lord is shaking all things!  How do we perceive His work ? by  Errol Francis - NZHebrews 12:26

Obama signs 4-year Patriot Act extension in France

YOU HAVE NO PRIVACY, BIG BROTHER AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS THE RIGHT TO SPY ON YOU!!!




NOTE: 9/11 was NOT and I repeat NOT a terrorist attack but an attack by the shadow government, the men and women who are playing the Americans like puppets as well as their "chosen" President!!!  The 9/11 attack caused 1. Bush having the excuse to invade Iraq 2. To invade the privacy of individual citizens in the US and 3. to always have an excuse to take the rights of citizens away for the sake of protecting America - RUBBISH!!!

Obama has now extended the four-year extension of post-Sept. 11 powers to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists.

RAND PAUL who opposed this extension, I salute you!!!

The following is a sentence from the below news article : Still, coming just a month after intelligence and military forces tracked down and killed Osama bin Laden, there was little appetite for tampering with the terrorism-fighting tools. NOTE: Strange how they "found" and "killed" Bin Laden just before this act needed to be extended?  How else could the President and Bankers who are working towards a New World Order get the Americans to go to war with Iraq, 9/11.  How else could they get the American people to accept the extension of this Act violating their privacy, "we killed Bin Laden" with these methods - HOG WASH!!!

The New World Order, bankers and government who are on the band wagon know exactly what they are doing and manipulating the American people as well as the world.  They are slowly but surely taking our freedom away - BIG BROTHER WILL SPY ON YOU!!!  Read Daniel chapter 7 + 9 of these events prophesied long ago by what the Almighty Yahweh revealed to Daniel that would take place in the future.  Exactly what Nimrod was trying to do in the past by building the Tower of Babel the New World Order, Bankers, European Union and United Nations is trying to do today.  Matthew 24 says that a New World Order will arise and one man will be given all the power over the nations.

Yahoo News - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110527/ap_on_go_co/us_patriot_act
WASHINGTON – Congress on Thursday passed a four-year extension of post-Sept. 11 powers to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists. Votes taken in rapid succession in the Senate and House came after lawmakers rejected attempts to temper the law enforcement powers to ensure that individual liberties are not abused.

Following the 250-153 evening vote in the House, the legislation to renew three terrorism-fighting authorities headed for the president's signature with only hours to go before the provisions expire at midnight.
With Obama currently in France, the White House said the president would use an autopen machine that holds a pen and signs his actual signature. It is only used with proper authorization of the president. Minutes before the midnight deadline, the White House said Obama had signed the bill.
A short-term expiration would not interrupt ongoing operations but would bar the government from seeking warrants for new investigations.

Congress bumped up against the deadline mainly because of the stubborn resistance from a single senator, Republican freshman Rand Paul of Kentucky, who saw the terrorist-hunting powers as an abuse of privacy rights. Paul held up the final vote for several days while he demanded a chance to change the bill to diminish the government's ability to monitor individual actions. The bill passed the Senate 72-23.

The measure would add four years to the legal life of roving wiretaps — those authorized for a person rather than a communications line or device — of court-ordered searches of business records and of surveillance of non-American "lone wolf" suspects without confirmed ties to terrorist groups.
The roving wiretaps and access to business records are small parts of the USA Patriot Act enacted after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. But unlike most of the act, which is permanent law, those provisions must be renewed periodically because of concerns that they could be used to violate privacy rights. The same applies to the "lone wolf" provision, which was part of a 2004 intelligence law.
Paul argued that in the rush to meet the terrorist threat in 2001 Congress enacted a Patriot Act that tramples on individual liberties. He had some backing from liberal Democrats and civil liberties groups who have long contended the law gives the government authority to spy on innocent citizens.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said he voted for the act when he was a House member in 2001 "while ground zero was still burning." But "I soon realized it gave too much power to government without enough judicial and congressional oversight."

Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., said the provision on collecting business records can expose law-abiding citizens to government scrutiny. "If we cannot limit investigations to terrorism or other nefarious activities, where do they end?" he asked.
"The Patriot Act has been used improperly again and again by law enforcement to invade Americans' privacy and violate their constitutional rights," said Laura W. Murphy, director of the ACLU Washington legislative office.

Still, coming just a month after intelligence and military forces tracked down and killed Osama bin Laden, there was little appetite for tampering with the terrorism-fighting tools. These tools, said Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, "have kept us safe for nearly a decade and Americans today should be relieved and reassured to know that these programs will continue."
Intelligence officials have denied improper use of surveillance tools, and this week both FBI Director Robert Mueller and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper sent letters to congressional leaders warning of serious national security consequences if the provisions were allowed to lapse.

The Obama administration says that without the three authorities the FBI might not be able to obtain information on terrorist plotting inside the U.S. and that a terrorist who communicates using different cell phones and email accounts could escape timely surveillance.
"When the clock strikes midnight tomorrow, we would be giving terrorists the opportunity to plot attacks against our country, undetected," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on the Senate floor Wednesday. In unusually personal criticism of a fellow senator, he warned that Paul, by blocking swift passage of the bill, "is threatening to take away the best tools we have for stopping them."

The nation itself is divided over the Patriot Act, as reflected in a Pew Research Center poll last February, before the killing of bin Laden, that found that 34 percent felt the law "goes too far and poses a threat to civil liberties. Some 42 percent considered it "a necessary tool that helps the government find terrorists." That was a slight turnaround from 2004 when 39 percent thought it went too far and 33 percent said it was necessary.
Paul, after complaining that Reid's remarks were "personally insulting," asked whether the nation "should have some rules that say before they come into your house, before they go into your banking records, that a judge should be asked for permission, that there should be judicial review? Do we want a lawless land?"
Paul agreed to let the bill go forward after he was given a vote on two amendments to rein in government surveillance powers. Both were soundly defeated. The more controversial, an amendment that would have restricted powers to obtain gun records in terrorist investigations, was defeated 85-10 after lawmakers received a letter from the National Rifle Association stating that it was not taking a position on the measure.
According to a senior Justice Department national security official testifying to Congress last March, the government has sought roving wiretap authority in about 20 cases a year between 2001 and 2010 and has sought warrants for business records less than 40 times a year, on average. The government has yet to use the lone wolf authority.
But the ACLU also points out that court approvals for business record access jumped from 21 in 2009 to 96 last year, and the organization contends the Patriot Act has blurred the line between investigations of actual terrorists and those not suspected of doing anything wrong.
Two Democratic critics of the Patriot Act, Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Udall of Colorado, on Thursday extracted a promise from Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., that she would hold hearings with intelligence and law enforcement officials on how the law is being carried out.
Wyden says that while there are numerous interpretations of how the Patriot Act works, the official government interpretation of the law remains classified. "A significant gap has developed now between what the public thinks the law says and what the government secretly claims it says," Wyden said.
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Associated Press writers Laurie Kellman and Pete Yost contributed to this report.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Al-Sadr followers rally in Iraq against US troops

BAGHDAD – Militiamen and followers of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr led a massive rally on Thursday, marching in Baghdad in a show of force as Iraqi leaders weigh whether to keep U.S. troops in the country beyond the end of the year.

At least tens of thousands waved Iraqi flags and shouted "No, no, America!" as the tight columns of the unarmed but ominous-looking members of the Mahdi Army, as al-Sadr's militia is known, marched through one of Baghdad's poorest neighborhoods.
"I am ready to fight the Americans whenever Sayyid (Muqtada) orders me to," Mohammed Moyad, 18, who said he skipped five days of school to train with his colleagues for Thursday's march.
U.S., Israeli and British flags were painted on the pavement to be stomped on by the marching protesters, and Iraqi military helicopters buzzed overhead while soldiers stood guard to keep peace if needed. Organizers said at least 700,000 militiamen and al-Sadr supporters had taken to the streets while the U.S. military estimated the crowd at about 70,000.

The rally was a message to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki about the staunch opposition by Iraq's most devout Shiites — and the ones who grudgingly helped him clinch a second term in office last year — to a continued U.S. military presence in 2012.
Under a security agreement between Washington and Baghdad, the 46,000 combat troops still in Iraq are required to leave by Dec. 31. But Iraq's widespread instability has led U.S. and Iraqi leaders to reconsider the deadline for the sake of the country's security.

Al-Sadr had not yet appeared nearly two hours after the start of the march, and his top aide, Salah al-Obeidi, said the cleric likely would not. Adoring crowds surged at a convoy of more than 10 white sport utility vehicles that was believed to be carrying al-Sadr, but it drove away without stopping.
Though the rally was billed as a peaceful demonstration, al-Obeidi said threats against the U.S. still stand if the troops stay. "We will be obliged to fight and do our best to liberate our country," he said.
Already, American forces in Baghdad and southern Iraq have seen an increase in rocket and mortar attacks as well as roadside bombs in recent months. U.S. officials have blamed the uptick on Shiite militias backed by Iran who are trying to take credit for driving American forces from Iraq.

Al-Obeidi said the point of the rally was to show that Iraqis are disciplined and can protect the country. A statement by parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, a Sunni, called the march "clear proof to Iraq's unity."
However, al-Nujaifi spokesman Mohammed al-Khalidi sought to distance the speaker from the specter of violence. Al-Khalidi said his presence at the rally did not necessarily mean al-Nujaifi opposes the U.S. presence troop but declined to elaborate.

U.S. officials counted more than 300 busloads — each carrying up to 70 passengers - who traveled from Iraq's south for the rally, and were joined by some of the roughly 2 million who live in Baghdad's northeast Sadr City neighborhood where it was held.
An estimated 24,000 militiamen from southern provinces wore matching T-shirts bearing the Iraqi flag as spectators burned American and Israeli banners. Small groups of youths along the parade route also struck Americans flags with twirling kickboxing moves to the delight of onlookers.
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Associated Press writers Rebecca Santana and Lara Jakes contributed to this report.

New wave of storms kill 14 as they move through the US


Note:  Yahweh/God, the Elohim of the Bible, says that He does not take pleasure in the death of the wicked but rather that man should repent of his wicked ways, repent of his disobedience against the Almighty and His Word.  Believe on Yahshua/Jesus who came to die for your sins and come to know the goodness of Yahweh and His Word.  Those who live by His Word are blessed and know the path of life but those who sin only walk down the path to destruction and death.  Yahweh says, why will you continue to be rebellious oh nations of the earth but let us reason together, rather receive the mercy of Yahweh and the blessings He desires to pour out.  Render your hearts and not your garments and turn to Yahshua/Jesus that you may be saved and know the present peace and the joy of eternal salvation.

People of earth prepare yourselves to meet your Maker!  Salvation is given through Messiah Yahshua/Jesus and the Blood He shed on the cross for you and redemption is to walk out your salvation with fear and trembling, obeying the Word of Yahweh/God Almighty!

25th May 2011
(CBS/AP)  KANSAS CITY, Mo - A violent storm system rumbled through the central U.S. on Wednesday, spawning tornadoes that turned homes into splintered wreckage, killing at least 14 people and hampering rescue efforts in a city slammed by a massive twister days earlier.

The new system, which followed closely behind the one that spawned the massive twister that struck Joplin, Mo., and killed more than 120 people, moved into the Oklahoma City area Tuesday evening as worried commuters rushed home from work.


Several tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma City and its suburbs, killing at least eight people and injuring at least 70 others, authorities said. Among those killed was a 15-month-old boy, and searchers were looking for his missing 3-year-old brother.


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The storms killed two people in Kansas and four others in Arkansas, to the east. The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning Wednesday for an area that includes downtown Kansas City, Mo., saying that storms such as one approaching the city from the south have a history of producing funnel clouds. The storm was expected to reach the city's downtown by 12:45 p.m.

The system was centered over Missouri and Arkansas and Illinois early Wednesday and moving into western Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. The National Weather Service placed much of Illinois and Indiana under a tornado watch, and said isolated tornadoes were possible throughout Ohio when the storms moved into the state Wednesday night.


The system moved into western Arkansas late Tuesday night, bringing with it a tornado that touched down in several small communities over the span of an hour, flattening or damaging houses and scattering roofing material and other debris over a wide area before dissipating at about 1 a.m. Wednesday.

Pictures: Joplin tornado
Pictures: On the ground in Joplin
Pictures: Joplin twister destruction

Winery owner Eugene Post, 83, said as he watched the tornado advance on the town from the porch of his home just outside Denning. He said the lights flickered before the area was plunged into darkness, leaving him only able to listen to the twister's deafening approach.

"I didn't see anything," Post said. "I could hear it real loud though."



















Brenda Murders and her husband rode out the tornado in their mobile home in Denning after her daughter called to wake and warn them.

"We jumped up, got as far as the kitchen. There was wind and hail, it destroyed the trailer."

The trailer was still standing, though the roof and wall panels had been peeled away.

Her daughter, Teresa Day, said she and her husband rent mobile homes in Denning. She said all of their renters survived.

"I don't know how, they don't know how. But they did," (survive) Day said.

In neighboring Altus, May Banhart said everything became really quiet before the hail came.




















"All I know is my old man (husband) told me to hit the floor," Banhart said Wednesday as she sat with her family under the section of her carport that still had a roof.

The tornado killed one person each in the towns of Denning, Bethlehem, Strawberry and Etna, authorities said. John Lewis, a senior forecaster at the National Weather Service in Little Rock, said new tornadoes were expected to develop later Wednesday in northeastern Arkansas, southeastern Missouri, and the western parts of Kentucky and Tennessee.

A rural fire station in Franklin County was left without a roof as emergency workers tended to the wounded. Downed trees and power lines tossed across roadways also slowed search-and-rescue crews' efforts.


Renee Preslar, a spokeswoman for the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, said the threat of more severe weather could delay efforts to assess storm damage.

The twisters that struck the Oklahoma City area killed five people in Canadian County, two in Logan County and one in Grady County, said Cherokee Ballard, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office. A weather-monitoring site in El Reno recorded 151 mph winds.


Video: Rescue teams search for missing in Joplin, Mo.
Video: Joplin families cling to hope
Joplin, Mo. damage estimated at $3 billion


CBS News correspondent Rebecca Jarvis reports that up to 100 homes were splintered in the hard-hit town of Piedmont, some 20 miles northwest of Oklahoma City and vehicles were thrown about like toys tossed from a stroller.

Mayor Valerie Thomerson said searchers were looking for a 3-year-old boy whose 15-month-old brother was killed and whose mother and another sibling were seriously injured.




"My husband and I were driving around yesterday and went past a house and there was a vehicle in the pond in the front yard. The only way I could tell it was a vehicle was I could see four wheels above the water. It was a crushed ball," Thomerson said Wednesday.

"We have anything from houses that have shingles blown off, to half the house missing, to the house being completely wiped out, gone," Thomerson said.

Some residents said they had been warned about the impending weather for days and were watching television or listening to the radio so they would know when to take cover.

"We live in Oklahoma and we don't mess around," Lori Jenkins said. "We kept an eye on the weather and knew it was getting close."

She took refuge with her husband and two children in a neighbor's storm shelter in the Oklahoma City suburb of Guthrie. When they emerged, they discovered their carport had been destroyed and the back of their home was damaged.

Chris Pyle was stunned as he pulled into the suburban neighborhood near Piedmont where he lived as a teenager. His parents' home was destroyed, but the house next door had only a few damaged shingles.

"That's when it started sinking in," he said. "You don't know what to think. There are lots of memories, going through the trash tonight, finding old trophies and pictures."

His parents, Fred and Snow Pyle, rode out the storm in a shelter at a nearby school.

At Chickasha, 25 miles southwest of Oklahoma City, a 26-year-old woman died when a tornado hit a mobile home park where residents had been asked to evacuate their trailers, Assistant Police Chief Elip Moore said. He said a dozen people were injured and that hundreds were displaced when the storm splintered their homes.

In Kansas, police said two people died when high winds threw a tree into their van around 6 p.m. near the small town of St. John, about 100 miles west of Wichita. The highway was shut down because of storm damage.

In Joplin, Mo., late-night tornado sirens sent residents scurrying for cover, briefly hampering the painstaking search for survivors of Sunday's twister before brushing past the city without causing serious problems. Sunday's storm was the nation's eighth-deadliest twister among records dating to 1840.

The storms also blew through North Texas, but the damage seemed to be confined to roofs and trees and lawn furniture and play equipment.

"The hail was probably more destructive," said Steve Fano, National Weather Service meteorologist in Fort Worth.

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Sarkozy prioritises internet regulation at G8 summit

NOTE: Very interesting that the government such as France and the United States are wanting to have more control over the web.  Is that possibly to control our freedom of knowing the truth?







7:00AM BST 24 May 2011

The e-G8 event begins today and will bring together the likes of Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder and chief executive, Eric Schmidt, Google’s executive chairman, and Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive.
Sarkozy is expected to lead conversations around governance of the web, specifically focusing on increased regulation around copyright and privacy.
Last year the French government set up an independent commission in a bid to crack down on web piracy. The move was part of a continued tough stance from the country’s government as it attempts to protect copyright holders’ revenues.
However, Sarkozy is thought to be trying to open up dialogue with technology bosses, having recently acknowledged that the web economy has created 700,000 jobs in France alone over the last 15 years.
"The role of the state is to encourage laws to evolve to take account of the advances of technological innovation," Sarkozy said last month.
The G8 summit begins on Thursday, during which the conclusions of the eG8 meeting will be presented and debated.
The focus on privacy is a timely debate after the Twitter super-injunction row that has broken out in the UK during the last two weeks.

Egypt to open Rafah crossing permanently

NOTE: This is NOT good for Israel!!!

Yahoo News - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110525/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_gaza_border_3

CAIRO – Egypt will open its only crossing with the Gaza Strip this weekend, the Cairo military government announced Wednesday, significantly easing a four-year blockade on the Hamas-ruled territory but setting up a potential conflict with Israel.

Egypt's official Middle East News Agency said the Rafah border crossing would be opened permanently starting Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day except Fridays and holidays.
This gives Gaza Palestinians a way to freely enter and exit their territory for the first time since 2007, when Hamas overran the territory, and Israel and Egypt closed the crossings.
Israel's crossings are more significant, since they handle most cargo. A year ago Israel significantly eased its restrictions on cargo entering Gaza, but it still severely limits entry and exit of Gazans through its northern crossing into Israel.

MENA said the decision to open the Rafah crossing was part of efforts "to end the status of the Palestinian division and achieve national reconciliation."
The statement said rules in effect before the blockade would be reinstated. At that time, European observers had a role in operating the crossing, and Israel monitored people and cargo to keep out militants and weapons.

Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Elaraby told the Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera late last month that the closure of Rafah crossing was about to end, calling the decision to close it "a disgusting matter."

Gazans have circumvented the blockade by operating hundreds of smuggling tunnels under the 9-mile (15-kilometer) Gaza-Egypt border. The tunnels have been used to bring in all manner of products, as well as people. Israel charges Hamas has used the tunnels to import weapons, including rockets that can reach main population centers in Israel's center.

Ezekiel 20 + 23 - Learn from the past mistakes

24th May 2011

PROPHECIES IN SCRIPTURE ARE BEING FULFILLED AND THEY TELL US THAT WE MUST LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST.  WE MUST CHOOSE TO BELIEVE ON YAHSHUA/JESUS AND OBEY THE COMMANDMENTS OF YAHWEH/GOD SO THAT WE MAY HAVE LIFE AND LIFE ETERNALLY.

Whilst travelling to work, my husband waited upon Yahweh what it is He wanted us to read in the Scriptures and He laid upon my Husbands heart Ezekiel 20 + 23.  Scripture says that Yahweh does not change, (Malachi 3:6) He is yesterday, today and forever the same.  Scripture states that we are to learn from the past mistakes of Israel’s disobedience against Yahweh’s instructions/Word and Commandments when they were in the wilderness with Moses.  It is for us to learn from their mistake and not to do the same lest we be consumed by His Wrath to come.   Yahweh says that He sent His only Son, that whoever would believe on Him would not perish.  Yahweh made a way for us to be saved and to give us the ability, by His Spirit, to follow and obey His Word/Commandments.  Revelations 14:12 states : 12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of Yahweh/God and the faith of Yahshua/Jesus.   The Word of Yahweh and Yahshua go hand in hand, you can’t have one without the other. 

We are to humble ourselves and turn back to Yahweh with all of our hearts.  Yahweh promised to restore Israel after the punishment for their sins was rendered.  He has fulfilled and is busy fulfilling His promises that He spoke through His prophets of old.  He said that He would scatter the Northen Kingdom of Israel throughout the world and the southern Kingdom would be taken by Babylon, it happened.  He spoke to return His people to their land and it is happening.  Israel is once again turning into a lush country where it was once barren and it is the centre of attention of the nations which is also found in the book of the prophets in Scripture. 

The Elohim of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is ALIVE and He is coming back to render to each one what is due, whether good or evil.  Romans 5 says that those who have believed on Messiah Yahshua and do what He commands, will be protected from Yahweh’s wrath to come.  Read Psalm 96 at the end of this page.  Yahweh says that He desires to show compassion and relents in sending His wrath.  If His people, who are called by His Name humble themselves and pray, He will heal, not send calamity, but heal our land.

Blessings Brothers and Sisters!  My prayer is that no matter who you are, that those who do know the King will draw closer and those who are far off will come to know His love and redemption plan for eternal salvation through Yahshua Messiah/Jesus.

Shalom from a fellow sister and servant in the faith!
Ezekiel 20
The Rebellions of Israel
 1 It came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me. 2 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 3 “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Have you come to inquire of Me? As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “I will not be inquired of by you.”’ 4 Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Then make known to them the abominations of their fathers.5 “Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “On the day when I chose Israel and raised My hand in an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob, and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I raised My hand in an oath to them, saying, ‘I am the LORD your God.’ 6 On that day I raised My hand in an oath to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, ‘flowing with milk and honey,’[a] the glory of all lands. 7 Then I said to them, ‘Each of you, throw away the abominations which are before his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’ 8 But they rebelled against Me and would not obey Me. They did not all cast away the abominations which were before their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said, ‘I will pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.’ 9 But I acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles among whom they were, in whose sight I had made Myself known to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. 10 “Therefore I made them go out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. 11 And I gave them My statutes and showed them My judgments, ‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them.[b] 12 Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. 13 Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they despised My judgments, ‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’;[c] and they greatly defiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them. 14 But I acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out. 15 So I also raised My hand in an oath to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, ‘flowing with milk and honey,’[d] the glory of all lands, 16 because they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, but profaned My Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols. 17 Nevertheless My eye spared them from destruction. I did not make an end of them in the wilderness. 18 “But I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols. 19 I am the LORD your God: Walk in My statutes, keep My judgments, and do them; 20 hallow My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’ 21 “Notwithstanding, the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, and were not careful to observe My judgments, ‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’;[e] but they profaned My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the wilderness. 22 Nevertheless I withdrew My hand and acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out. 23 Also I raised My hand in an oath to those in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the Gentiles and disperse them throughout the countries,(this is exactly what happened, Israel was scattered in all the earth) 24 because they had not executed My judgments, but had despised My statutes, profaned My Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on their fathers’ idols. 25 “Therefore I also gave them up to statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they could not live; 26 and I pronounced them unclean because of their ritual gifts, in that they caused all their firstborn to pass through the fire, that I might make them desolate and that they might know that I am the LORD.”’ 27 “Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “In this too your fathers have blasphemed Me, by being unfaithful to Me. 28 When I brought them into the land concerning which I had raised My hand in an oath to give them, and they saw all the high hills and all the thick trees, there they offered their sacrifices and provoked Me with their offerings. There they also sent up their sweet aroma and poured out their drink offerings. 29 Then I said to them, ‘What is this high place to which you go?’ So its name is called Bamah[f] to this day.”’ 30 Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Are you defiling yourselves in the manner of your fathers, and committing harlotry according to their abominations? 31 For when you offer your gifts and make your sons pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols, even to this day. So shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “I will not be inquired of by you. 32 What you have in your mind shall never be, when you say, ‘We will be like the Gentiles, like the families in other countries, serving wood and stone.’
God Will Restore Israel
   33As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “surely with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out, I will rule over you. 34 I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you are scattered, (This prophecy has been fulfilled in the past few years and even today.  More and more are returning to the land of Israel) with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out. 35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will plead My case with you face to face. 36 Just as I pleaded My case with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will plead My case with you,” says the Lord GOD. 37 “I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant; 38 I will purge the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the country where they dwell, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD. 39 “As for you, O house of Israel,” thus says the Lord GOD: “Go, serve every one of you his idols—and hereafter—if you will not obey Me; but profane My holy name no more with your gifts and your idols. 40 For on My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel,” says the Lord GOD, “there all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, shall serve Me; there I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and the firstfruits of your sacrifices, together with all your holy things. 41 I will accept you as a sweet aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you before the Gentiles. 42 Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for which I raised My hand in an oath to give to your fathers. 43 And there you shall remember your ways and all your doings with which you were defiled; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight because of all the evils that you have committed. 44 Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for My name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways nor according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel,” says the Lord GOD.’”
Fire in the Forest
   45 Furthermore the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 46 “Son of man, set your face toward the south; preach against the south and prophesy against the forest land, the South,[g] 47 and say to the forest of the South, ‘Hear the word of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree and every dry tree in you; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be scorched by it. 48 All flesh shall see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.”’” 49 Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! They say of me, ‘Does he not speak parables?’”
Ezekiel 23
Two Harlot Sisters
 1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying:
      
2 “ Son of man, there were two women,
      The daughters of one mother.
      
3 They committed harlotry in Egypt,
      They committed harlotry in their youth;
      Their breasts were there embraced,
      Their virgin bosom was there pressed.
      
4 Their names: Oholah[a] the elder and Oholibah[b] her sister;
      They were Mine,
      And they bore sons and daughters.
      As for their names,
      Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah.
The Older Sister, Samaria
    5 “ Oholah played the harlot even though she was Mine;
      And she lusted for her lovers, the neighboring Assyrians,
      
6 Who were clothed in purple,
      Captains and rulers,
      All of them desirable young men,
      Horsemen riding on horses.
      
7 Thus she committed her harlotry with them,
      All of them choice men of Assyria;
      And with all for whom she lusted,
      With all their idols, she defiled herself.
      
8 She has never given up her harlotry brought from Egypt,
      For in her youth they had lain with her,
      Pressed her virgin bosom,
      And poured out their immorality upon her.
      
9 “ Therefore I have delivered her
      Into the hand of her lovers,
      Into the hand of the Assyrians,
      For whom she lusted.
      
10 They uncovered her nakedness,
      Took away her sons and daughters,
      And slew her with the sword;
      She became a byword among women,
      For they had executed judgment on her.
The Younger Sister
   11 “Now although her sister Oholibah saw this, she became more corrupt in her lust than she, and in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister’s harlotry.
      
12 “ She lusted for the neighboring Assyrians,
      Captains and rulers,
      Clothed most gorgeously,
      Horsemen riding on horses,
      All of them desirable young men.
      
13 Then I saw that she was defiled;
      Both took the same way.
      
14 But she increased her harlotry;
      She looked at men portrayed on the wall,
      Images of Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion,
      
15 Girded with belts around their waists,
      Flowing turbans on their heads,
      All of them looking like captains,
      In the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea,
      The land of their nativity.
      
16 As soon as her eyes saw them,
      She lusted for them
      And sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
      
17 “ Then the Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love,
      And they defiled her with their immorality;
      So she was defiled by them, and alienated herself from them.
      
18 She revealed her harlotry and uncovered her nakedness.
      Then I alienated Myself from her,
      As I had alienated Myself from her sister.
      
19 “ Yet she multiplied her harlotry
      In calling to remembrance the days of her youth,
      When she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
      
20 For she lusted for her paramours,
      Whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys,
      And whose issue is like the issue of horses.
      
21 Thus you called to remembrance the lewdness of your youth,
      When the Egyptians pressed your bosom
      Because of your youthful breasts.
Judgment on Jerusalem
   22 “Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord GOD:


      ‘ Behold, I will stir up your lovers against you,
      From whom you have alienated yourself,
      And I will bring them against you from every side:
      
23 The Babylonians,
      All the Chaldeans,
      Pekod, Shoa, Koa,
      All the Assyrians with them,
      All of them desirable young men,
      Governors and rulers,
      Captains and men of renown,
      All of them riding on horses.
      
24 And they shall come against you
      With chariots, wagons, and war-horses,
      With a horde of people.
      They shall array against you
      Buckler, shield, and helmet all around.


      ‘ I will delegate judgment to them,
      And they shall judge you according to their judgments.

      
25 I will set My jealousy against you,
      And they shall deal furiously with you;
      They shall remove your nose and your ears,
      And your remnant shall fall by the sword;
      They shall take your sons and your daughters,
      And your remnant shall be devoured by fire.
      
26 They shall also strip you of your clothes
      And take away your beautiful jewelry.
      
27 ‘ Thus I will make you cease your lewdness and your harlotry
      Brought from the land of Egypt,
      So that you will not lift your eyes to them,
      Nor remember Egypt anymore.’
28 “For thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Surely I will deliver you into the hand of those you hate, into the hand of those from whom you alienated yourself. 29 They will deal hatefully with you, take away all you have worked for, and leave you naked and bare. The nakedness of your harlotry shall be uncovered, both your lewdness and your harlotry. 30 I will do these things to you because you have gone as a harlot after the Gentiles, because you have become defiled by their idols. 31 You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will put her cup in your hand.’ 32 “Thus says the Lord GOD:


      ‘ You shall drink of your sister’s cup,
      The deep and wide one;
      You shall be laughed to scorn
      And held in derision;
      It contains much.
      
33 You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow,
      The cup of horror and desolation,
      The cup of your sister Samaria.
      
34 You shall drink and drain it,
      You shall break its shards,
      And tear at your own breasts;
      For I have spoken,’
      Says the Lord GOD.
35 “Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:


      
‘ Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back,
      Therefore you shall bear the penalty
      Of your lewdness and your harlotry.’”
Both Sisters Judged
   36 The LORD also said to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations. 37 For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and even sacrificed their sons whom they bore to Me, passing them through the fire, to devour them. 38 Moreover they have done this to Me: They have defiled My sanctuary on the same day and profaned My Sabbaths. 39 For after they had slain their children for their idols, on the same day they came into My sanctuary to profane it; and indeed thus they have done in the midst of My house.

40 “Furthermore you sent for men to come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and there they came. And you washed yourself for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with ornaments. 41 You sat on a stately couch, with a table prepared before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil. 42 The sound of a carefree multitude was with her, and Sabeans were brought from the wilderness with men of the common sort, who put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads. 43 Then I said concerning her who had grown old in adulteries, ‘Will they commit harlotry with her now, and she with them?44 Yet they went in to her, as men go in to a woman who plays the harlot; thus they went in to Oholah and Oholibah, the lewd women. 45 But righteous men will judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands. 46 “For thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Bring up an assembly against them, give them up to trouble and plunder. 47 The assembly shall stone them with stones and execute them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn their houses with fire. 48 Thus I will cause lewdness to cease from the land, that all women may be taught not to practice your lewdness. 49 They shall repay you for your lewdness, and you shall pay for your idolatrous sins. Then you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.’”
Psalm 96
23rd May 2011 - This Psalm was given to me by the Spirit of Yahweh.  He came as the silent Lamb to the slaughter but now will again return, shaking both Heaven and Earth, as the GREAT LION OF JUDAH, roaring like never before.
A Song of Praise to Yahweh/God Coming in Judgment
 1 Oh, sing to Yahweh/the LORD a new song!
         Sing to Yahweh/the LORD, all the earth.
 
2 Sing to Yahweh/the LORD, bless His name;
         
Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.
 
3 Declare His glory among the nations,
         His wonders among all peoples.
        
 
4 For Yahweh/the LORD is great and greatly to be praised;
         
He is to be feared above all gods.
 
5 For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
         But Yahweh/the LORD made the heavens.
 
6 Honor and majesty are before Him;
         Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.
        
 
7 Give to Yahweh/the LORD, O families of the peoples,
         Give to Yahweh/the LORD glory and strength.
 
8 Give to Yahweh/the LORD the glory due His name;
         Bring an offering, and come into His courts.
 
9 Oh, worship Yahweh/the LORD in the beauty of holiness!
         
Tremble before Him, all the earth.
        
 
10 Say among the nations, “Yahweh reigns;
         The world also is firmly established,
         It shall not be moved;
         He shall judge the peoples righteously.”
        
 
11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad;
         Let the sea roar, and all its fullness;
 
12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it.
         Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice
 
13 before Yahweh.
         
For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth.
         He shall judge the world with righteousness,
         And the peoples with His truth.