Does science prove Noah's flood?

World Net Daily:
"In the Eighth edition of his book “In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood,” Brown presents his hydroplate theory, which unfolds scientific evidence that the earth’s present geologic features and fossils were formed around 5,000 years ago — not untold millions or billions of years ago. He asserts that the global flood recorded in Genesis 7 is the mechanism that created the geologic, astronomical and biological phenomena witnessed today."

Opinion:
I have often wondered how scientists, even from a purely scientific view, could find it logical to believe in the 'Big Bang' theory of Creation. In my humble, non-scientific opinion, explosions cause things to scatter in all directions. The universe is in precise order.

An Economy Built to Stall

Wall Street Journal Op-Ed:
"On Friday the White House blamed the third slowdown of its four-year term on Republicans for blocking the President's policies, but what policies are they talking about? In his first two years in office, Democrats gave Mr. Obama everything he wanted, save for cap and trade and union card-check, which would have done even more harm to job creation. They passed stimulus, ObamaCare, multiple housing bailouts, Dodd-Frank and more."

Faith Leaders: Obama Losing Religious Americans

NewsMax:
"In 2008, candidate Barack Obama took aim at the "pew gap," the overwhelming Republican edge among voters who regularly attend church. But some religious leaders and scholars who backed Obama four years ago are skeptical. They say the Democrats have, through neglect and lack of focus, squandered the substantial gains they made with religious moderates and worry it will hurt Obama in a tight race against Republican Mitt Romney."

Opinion:
Skeptical?  That's it? It seems to me that after promoting and funding international and domestic abortions, voting to withold medical care for infants who survive abortion, forcing Catholics to fund contraception and abortion pills, if all they are is skeptical, at the end of the day, they will find a reason to vote for Obama again.

Religious leaders would do well to remember the wisdom of Solomon, "There is a way that appears to be right but in the end it leads to death."

In this case, it is the gruesome death of around 1.5 million children in the US each year. But hey, they're skeptical.

IRAQ POISED TO BE OIL GIANT & AN ECONOMIC POWER, REPORTS NEW YORK TIMES: Consistent with Bible prophecy?

Joel Rosenberg:
"In April, I noted on this blog the nation we know today as the Republic of Iraq — known variously in Scripture as Babel, Babylon, Babylonia, Mesopotamia and Shinar — will emerge as the global center of wealth, power and terrible evil in the End Times, according to Bible prophecy. In Revelation 18, for example, we learn that Babylon will rise to become the most wealthy place on the face of the planet, and develop into an existential threat to Israel and the Jewish people, and then face divine judgment during the Tribulation.

Many cynics and critics over the years have dismissed such Bible prophecies. But those who are wise should be watching for Iraq to: 1) begin rebuilding its offensive military capability; 2) begin rebuilding its economy; 3) continue rebuilding the actual ancient city of Babylon. As I explained in April, all three of these trends are actually currently underway."

Sunday Post: THE FORGIVENESS OF GOD

Many erroneous beliefs about God, Jesus, forgiveness and salvation are taught and accepted in the Christian world. A most grievous one is the 'universal salvation' that will eventually occur because a God of love surely won't send people to hell. Therefore, EVERYONE will be saved!

 A current book written by a hugely successful Christian pastor explains that Jesus can't possibly be the only way to salvation. After all, look at the number of great people who didn't believe in Jesus as the Son of God, but yet were tremendous examples of peace, love and charity. The author questions, "Really? Gandhi's in hell?"

Another doubter puts it this way, "My Grandma was the sweetest, most loving person I have ever known. But she wasn't a Christian. Do you mean to tell me that she won't get into heaven for that?"

 

God doesn't see Gandhi or Grandma as we see them. God sees either their sins that have to be judged by the Law, or He sees Jesus' blood, payment for their sins, and His righteousness on them.

Jesus told us the only way to be with God eternally is by accepting the pardon that He provided for us at the Cross.

Click on the blue link above for Oswald Chambers 'The Forgiveness of God."

Bilderberg To Push Carbon Tax

InfoWars:

The United Nations’ Agenda 21 project demands that member nations adopt “sustainable development” policies that are little more than a disguise for the reintroduction of neo-feudalism and only serve to reduce living standards and quality of life.

As part of this takeover, our source informs us that Bilderberg are keen on fully enforcing the United Nations’ Law of the Sea treaty, which would hand the global body control over all U.S. oceans and force ships to pay a tariff directly to the UN."

Opinion:

We have been just a bit skeptical of the power of the Bilderberg until now. Yesterday we published a Wall Street Journal article about 4 former Republican Secretaries of State who make the Law Of the Sea Treaty (LOST) sound like the best thing since... (fill in the blank).

Two of the four officials, Henry Kissinger and Colin Powell, are Bilderberg members; while George Schultz and Condi Rice are members of the Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) known for promoting a globalist agenda, ie. NAFTA.

Both Bill Clinton and George H. Bush are members of the CFR. When Democrat Clinton took the baton from Bush, Sr, and the Republican leadership of Congress shepherded the bill through with assistance from key Democrats, NAFTA  was passed seamlessly.

The job killing (approx 700,000) NAFTA agreement is one of the most clear instances that demonstrates that the two major parties are really quietly working together, not separately, for a common goal through these elite organizations.

So here we are, staring at the Law Of the Sea Treaty with Bilderberg, CFR, and probably several other shrouded bi-partisan organizations telling a mostly uninformed public to open wide, the globalist agenda will taste just like cherry.

We have said this many times, but here it goes again: the anti-Christ has only 7 years to dominate the globe. An infrastructure of laws, acts, agreements and taxes will have to be in place, for when he stands up he "will devour the whole earth," Daniel 7:23.

Pat Leahy’s Anti-Israel Extremism

Front Page Magazine:
"Last Thursday, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) targeted an amendment by Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) that would force the State Department to determine how many actual Palestinian refugees – not their children, relatives, friends, or distant relations – are being served by US tax dollars.
Leahy was upset because he knew, as most supporters of the Palestinian cause do, that the number of Palestinians who fled or were expelled from Israel during the 1948 war of annihilation launched by the Arabs against Israel is far smaller than the number of Palestinians now claiming redress."

Opinion:
I often wonder it it feels uncomfortable deep down, to be on the wrong side of God's word concerning the land He promised to Abraham and his descendants, even if you are a US Senator. These so-called Palestinians are left-over Jordanians and Egyptians from the Ottomon Empire that no Arab nation wanted. These same people and their childern are denied citizenship in both Arab nations today.

In addition, these descendants of Esau turned down every generous opportunity for an underserved  two-state solution since 1947, choosing war instead.  The Palestinian Authority has zero claim to Jerusalem or any part of the land of Israel.

There, if  that's not clear enough, try this Senator Leahy:
"I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you (Abraham) and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.  The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God. ” Genesis 17:7-8

Political Cartoon: Michael Ramirez

Obama (Again) Blames Bush For Bad Job News

Investors Business Daily:
"Economy: President Obama has been on the job for nearly three and a half years, but the White House says bad news on jobs is George W. Bush's fault. Time to own up to your own record, Mr. President."

Dow Plunges 275 Points, Wiping Out Year's Gains After Dismal Jobs Report

NewsMax:
"The stock market suffered its worst day of the year Friday after a surprisingly weak report about hiring and employment cast a pall of gloom over the U.S. economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 275 points."

'Israel’s Creation Worst Catastrophe To Hit World'

Jerusalem:
"Head of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Badie reminds followers of movement’s “sacrifices” in efforts to destroy the Jewish state."

Opinion:
Oh, those campaign speeches, when political parties say what voters want to hear!

One year ago, Director of the Dept. of National Intelligence, James Clapper, told us that the Muslim Brotherhood was a moderate, secular organization that eschews violence.

We were told that the Brotherhood would not run for the presidency.
We were told that the group who spawned al-Qaeda, Islamic Jihad and Hamas was nothing to worry about.
We were told that the group had changed and that it was fair and correct that they be invited to Washington and be given 1.7 billion in US taxpayer aid.

What we weren't told is that Egypt is prophesied to be the King of the South in apocalyptic wars of the last days and that we are watching Bible prophecy unfold, Daniel 11:40.

Ireland funds cultural boycott of Israel

YNet News:
"The Irish government has been funding 34 local artists who signed a petition calling for a cultural boycott against Israel, a classified Foreign Ministry report reveals.
These artists make up one-fifth of all performers receiving public funding in Ireland."

Opinion:
Steven Harper, Canada's Prime Minister is one national leader who stands up for Israel:
"When Israel, the only country in the world whose very existence is under attack, is consistently and conspicuously singled out for condemnation, I believe we are morally obligated to take a stand. Demonization, Double standards, Deligitimization - the three D's - it is a responsibility of us all to stand up to them. As long as I am Prime Minister - Canada will take that stand, whatever the cost." 

Is there another national leader who will stand up for Israel?

Job Growth Slows

BREAKING NEWS
Wall Street Journal:
"U.S. job gains decelerated sharply last month and the unemployment rate climbed, the latest indication of stalled momentum amid concerns about global growth."

Money flies out of Spain

Reuters News:
"Spaniards alarmed by the dire state of their banks are squirreling money abroad at the fastest rate since records began, figures showed on Thursday, and the credit ratings of eight regions were cut."

Four Republican Secretaries Of State Say It's Time to Join LOST

Wall Street Journal Op-Ed:
"The Convention of the Law of the Sea is again under consideration by the U.S. Senate. If the U.S. finally becomes party to this treaty, it will be a boon for our national security and economic interests. U.S. accession will codify our maritime rights and give us new tools to advance national interests."

Exerpts, Omega Letter:
"Painting in broad strokes, the Law of the Sea Treaty would establish, among other things, a new international legal regime, including an International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and an International Seabed Authority, to govern activities on, over, and under the world's oceans.

ALL of the world's oceans -- giving the UN governing authority over seven-tenths of the earth's surface. It would also have the authority to govern ALL of the ocean's traffic.

That would put the US Navy at sea under UN command. L.O.S.T also features environmental provisions that would provide a back door for the UN to impose environmental rules and regulations, both on the oceans and on dry land.

 Provisions of the Treaty give the UN the power to impose international rules and regulations governing economic and industrial activities on the remaining land area of the world in order to combat perceived pollution dangers.
 .
 The L.O.S.T. Treaty stipulates that the world's oceans shall be reserved for peaceful purposes and that "any threat or use of force, inconsistent with the United Nations Charter, is prohibited." What would that mean for the United States Navy?

As written, the Convention would prohibit the US Navy from sending out nuclear submarine patrols, and would limit the surface Navy from operating in international waters without the US's permission."

Opinion:
We are starting to think that the November Presidential election might not matter all that much. If the LOST treaty is signed, US sovereignty in, over, and under the seas is in the hands of a hostile UN.

That the world's leaders are trying to create a new world order under centralized leadership is right in line with Bible prophecy for the last days. Students of prophecy know that the prince who is to come   (Daniel 9:27) only has 7 years to completely dominate the world. Knowing all that, it still hard to watch.

'For Greater Glory' With Andy Garcia Breaks Every Rule In Hollywood

Investors Business Daily Op-Ed:
"Hollywood puts out a lot of rubbish, but now and then something unexpected breaks through. Such as "For Greater Glory," a film that opens Friday and portrays Christianity, of all things, as heroic. Lead actor Andy Garcia talked with IBD about why it's different.

After peaceful protests failed, Mexico's "Cristeros" formed an army to fight the government in the name of defending their religious freedom. The three-year war cost 56,000 lives, but in the end, the Cristeros mostly prevailed."

Swiss chain to label settlement products

YNet News:
"Migros supermarket chain says it doesn't support boycott calls by pro-Palestinian groups, but wants to let customers decide which products they want to buy."

Opinion:
Talk about a farce. The Swiss do not support boycotts but consider Jewish housing (settlements) in the Jewish capital of Israel, illegal.  

Kind of like: I am pro-life but feel abortion is ok in case of rape, incest or health of the mother. Or, I am a Christian but believe there are many paths to salvation.

Rule of thumb: everything preceding but is a lie.

Political Cartoon: Michael Ramirez

Enrichment 'not a step towards a bomb': Ahmadinejad

Yahoo News:
"Iran's enrichment of uranium to 20 percent "is our right" and "is not a step towards a bomb," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday in an interview with the satellite television network France 24."


Opinion:
Two definitions:
1. Hudna is an Arabic term meaning a temporary "truce" or "armistice" as well as "calm" or "quiet". A 'hudna' -- as it is understood by radical Islam -- is made for strategic tactical reasons rather than for the purposes of seeking an ultimate peace.

The prophet Mohammad struck a legendary, ten-year hudna with the Quraysh tribe that controlled Mecca in the seventh century. Over the following two years, Mohammad re-armed and took advantage of a minor Quraysh infraction to break the 'hudna' and launch the full conquest of Mecca, the holiest city in Islam.

2. Taqiyya literally means: "Concealing, precaution, guarding.” It is employed in disguising one's beliefs, intentions, convictions, ideas, feelings, opinions or strategies. In practical terms it is manifested as dissimulation, lying, deceiving, vexing and confounding with the intention of deflecting attention, foiling or pre-emptive blocking. It is currently employed in fending off and neutralising any criticism of Islam or Muslims.

Ok, so which is it?

Obama Insults 38 Million Poles

The Telegraph:

"President Obama has a long track record of insulting the Poles. In 2010 he chose to play golf on the day of the funeral of the Polish President Lech Kaczynski, the Polish First Lady, and 94 senior officials who perished in the Smolensk air disaster. Eight months earlier he humiliated Warsaw by pulling out of the agreement over Third Site missile defence installations in Poland and the Czech Republic. And last night Barack Obama caused huge offence in Poland by referring to a Nazi death camp in Poland as “a Polish death camp” while awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to a Polish resistance fighter."

Opinion:

What is it about our allies that our president doesn't seem to like? First, it was the bust of Churchill snub; then the Israeli PM was left alone while the president dined,  and then there was the Polish missile defense system cancellation to make the Russians happy, and now another insult to Poland.

However, there is one country to which the President has shown great diplomacy and respect... Iran. In the 2009 Iranian revolution the president said that he didn't want to "meddle."

US Bond Yields at Record Low—And May Keep Falling

CNBC:

"U.S. bond yields are likely to stay at record lows—and could move even lower—until European policymakers convince markets they have a grip on the potential contagion threatening the euro zone's banking system."

Opinion:
Risk appetite is deteriorating sharply as hopes for Chinese stimulus measures are diminished and concerns over Spain’s banking problems dominate the markets.
In the US, eurozone fears were compounded after a report showed pending home sales dropped by the most in a year, sending the S&P 500 index down more than 1 per cent. US stocks are on track to close the month of May 6 per cent lower.

On Iran, We'll Probably Get Fooled Again

Wall Street Journal:
And so it was last week, when the U.S. and its partners arrived in Baghdad for another round of talks with Tehran, confident they were at last about to turn the diplomatic corner. The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency had just announced that he and his Iranian counterpart had all but inked a deal to inspect sites suspected of illicit nuclear work. The looming threat of oil sanctions and the possibility of an Israeli strike were said to be weighing heavily on Iranian minds.
"The Iranians are in a position of needing to pursue diplomacy, if anything, even more than they did before," former diplomat Dennis Ross told Mr. Landler. "It's not like they have any other good news right now."

Opinion: . 
Neville Chamberlain's WWII quote that "National Socialist Germany wants peace because of its fundamental convictions" comes to mind again as Iran prepares for the next Holocaust.
By the way, those are not my words but the words of the president of Iran:
"I want to tell [Western countries] that just as the Soviet Union was wiped out and does not exist anymore, so will the Zionist regime soon be wiped out and humanity will be free."

Appeasement didn't work in 1941, and it won't work in 2012. We know Iran's role in the war of Ezekiel 38, what we don't know is the appointed time for the Iranians to be ready. First came the Stuxnet computer virus and now the flame virus. It will be interesting to see how long Iran will be forced to the sidelines as a spectator/benefactor to Arab aggression.

We look for the war of Psalm 83, which does not include Iran as a military power, to be the first of the end time wars.

Political Cartoon: Michael Ramirez

Selective Sex Abortion In The US

The Daily Caller:
"Live Action says Planned Parenthood and other U.S. abortion providers are willing to assist in the termination of baby girls for pregnant women who choose abortion because they want to have baby boys.
And the pro-life abortion watchdog says its video series and a new website will expose it all.
The first in what Live Action says is a series of videotaped incidents exposing American abortion facilities’ willingness to assist in sex-selection abortions took place at a South Austin, Texas Planned Parenthood clinic. In the footage, a Planned Parenthood counselor appears to readily assist and advise a Live Action actor who said she was trying to obtain an abortion if her baby is female."

Opinion:
Just last month we published a story about after-birth abortion and not to be outdone, our $500 million government-funded ghouls at Planned Parenthood, have borrowed one from the Chinese... selective sex abortion. There is simply no abortion that these folks don't like; and we the taxpayers are paying for it.

Click on the blue link above for a brief video and then pray that the people involved come to repentance. "“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you..." Jeremiah 1:5

JPMorgan Sells 25 Billion in Profitable Securities to Offsett Derivative Losses

CNBC:

"They really made two stupid decisions, said Lynn Turner, a consultant and former chief accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The first was taking risks with derivatives that they did not understand, the second is selling (profitable) assets with high income that they can't replace,"

Opinion:
I really hope I am wrong on this, but there seems to be a significant problem unwinding JP Morgan's derivatives trade.

On May 19 the WSJ said this  "J.P. Morgan's situation is complicated by the fact that it controls a big percentage of the outstanding trades on the index. According to data from Intercontinental Exchange Inc., which operates a clearinghouse for credit derivatives, positions on the index amount to about $785 billion."

Two If's:
If the markets keep going against JPM, the so called whale trade could go on indefinitely and the losses will continue to rise. If the bank's losses continue to rise, pressure on the bank to continue securities sales could increase, thereby limiting future trading profits.

Some analysts have said the total losses could exceed $5 billion while others say losses could be much higher since the credit derivative markets in which the trades were made are thinly traded, and current prices are not favorable to JP Morgan.

Keep in mind that this is a 'too big to fail' bank; the Federal government would be forced to bail it out with taxpayer money (as it did in 2008). Money that would have to be borrowed or created.

Christopher Columbus' Jewish Roots Examined By Historians

Huffington Post
"Over five centuries after the famed explorer's death, historians are taking a fresh look at what motivated Christopher Columbus to make his voyage across the Atlantic -- and how his faith may have played into those motivations.
Some scholars, after analyzing Columbus' will and other documents, have devised a new theory about the explorer. They believe he was a Marrano, or a Jew who pretended to be a Catholic to avoid religious persecution."

Opinion:
What motivated Columbus? If he was a Jew, there was a very good reason to get out of Spain in 1492.

 Fifteenth century Spain, under Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand, was the time of the Inquisition. The order was given on the 9th day of the fifth month of the Jewish calendar that all Jews be converted to Catholicism or be burned at the stake.

The 9th day of the 5th month of the Jewish calendar is a day (Tish B'Av) of mourning for Jews. On that day, the following tragedies occurred:

• 1. 586 BC, the first temple, Solomon's Temple, is destroyed beginning the Babylonian Captivity.
• 2. 70 AD, the second temple, Herod's Temple, is destroyed scattering the Jews to the four corners of the earth.
• 3. 135 AD, the Kochba Revolt, over 100,000 Jews are slaughtered rebelling against the Roman Empire.
• 4. 1290 AD, the Jews were expelled from England.
• 5. 1492 AD, the Inquisition began in Spain.

Zechariah 7:3 "...Should I weep in the fifth month and fast as I have done for so many years?"

 Footnote: Tish B'Av 2012 falls on July 28.

  

New earthquake in northern Italy kills 15

BBC News:
"A new earthquake (5.8) has struck the Emilia region in northern Italy, killing at least 15 people and leaving several others trapped under rubble."

Political Cartoon: Michael Ramirez

U.N. Law Of The Sea Treaty Must Be Stopped

Investors Business Daily Op-Ed:
"The administration begins the push for ratification of a 1982 treaty that would end America's sovereignty on the high seas, limit our freedoms on land and speed up the global redistribution of wealth and power.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Sen. John Kerry's Senate Foreign Relations Committee last Wednesday that the freedom of the sea once guaranteed by the British Royal Navy and then the U.S. Navy should be in the hands of United Nations bureaucrats in Montego Bay, Jamaica, enforcers of the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) he said we must ratify."

Opinion:
John Kerry almost became the President of the United States. He would have been responsible for our sovereignty. Just imagine that...

New Computer Virus Hits Iran, West Bank In Unprecedented Cyberattack

Haaretz:
"Internet security firm Kaspersky calls 'Flame' bug the 'most sophisticated cyber-weapon yet unleashed,' hints it may have been created by makers of Stuxnet worm."

Opinion:
Computer warfare became famous with the discovery of the Stuxnet virus in June 2010. Iran's massive Siemens nuclear computer network became infected, setting the country back several years and making the nation incapable of launching a war, as the whole system needed to be rebuilt.

Now - there's the Flame  virus.

The next war on the prophetic calendar is the Arab war of Psalm 83, followed by the war of Gog Magog (Ezekiel 38-39) which the prophet says happens to a people dwelling in peace and safety.

When the war of Psalm 83 concludes, Israel will have no enemies within immediate striking distance. Their wealth and land mass will increase with no need for a security fence, making Israel a land of "unwalled villages" (Ezekiel 38:11).

When Ezekiel’s Gog-Magog alliance launches a sneak attack against Israel, it does so without alerting the global satellite network. Also, in Ezekiel 38:15 the prophet says that horses are the mode of trasportation:
 "You will come from your place in the far north, you and many nations with you, all of them riding on horses, a great horde, a mighty army."


Suppose that a massive virus infecting the entire ME, or worse yet an EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse), were to put the entire region back to the 18th century. Spy satellites and all weaponry that utilize computer chips would be useless. Horses may be one of the only mass transportation that's still operational.


Footnote: Dispensational Theology teaches us to read the Bible literally, unless the Bible instructs otherwise.