For Such a Time as This

As you read these prayer concerns, some of which are quite disturbing, remember that these perilous times were prophesied for the last days. But take heart; this “convergence” of signs tell us that Christ’s return is near.

Increasing Extreme Weather and Natural Disasters

In Indonesia, the Anak Kracatoa volcano eruption is believed to have caused an undersea landslide that triggered a tsunami. At the time of this writing, there are 168 people known dead with many still missing, and over 700 hundred injured. Several hundred homes were damaged, plus a number of hotels and vessels. There were no significant seismic tremors to indicate a tsunami was coming.

In the US this week, flood watches were issued for the entire East Coast, and rainfall records were shattered. This has been one of the wettest years on record for the East Coast, and the wettest year ever in some places including the Washington DC area.

70 homes were damaged from possible tornadoes as severe weather ripped through Central Florida. Orlando shattered a 107-year-old record for rainfall.

On the West Coast, waves exceeded 50 feet in California. The National Weather Service tweeted in all caps: STAY WELL BACK FROM THE OCEAN OR RISK CERTAIN DEATH.

An extremely rare tornado that touched down west of Seattle and caused a lot of damage was the strongest to hit Washington State since 1986. Fortunately, no injuries were reported.

The UK experienced strong winds, heavy rains and flooding this week, including Friday as the Christmas travelers took to the roads. Britons travelling around the country have been warned to be prepared as another huge band of rain prepares to barrel through the country. Government officials across England and Wales have issued 31 flood warnings as many streams already at capacity threaten to overflow because of the new onslaught of rain.

In Sydney, Australia, after days of severe thunderstorm warnings indicating the risk of “giant” hail, an intense downpour delivered hailstones the size and shape of “poached eggs” as a succession of severe storms hit the city. The SES urged people to stay inside to avoid being hit by the massive hailstones, and move their cars under cover or away from trees. The warning came too late as many cars were damaged. Hail also smashed through skylights of homes. Reports say the super cell of storms left a trail of destruction.

A 7.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia. There were 149 quakes over 4.0 worldwide in the last seven days which includes dozens over 5.0.

Zero Hedge is not a religious site, but in a recent article it speaks of earthquakes happening where they usually don’t, and other events combined, all increasing in intensity and frequency, historic records broken left and right, and things happening so fast we can hardly keep up with them.

Plague/Disease

Somewhere among all the recalls issued, an avocado warning was missed. The FDA says it is now crucial to wash avocados before slicing and eating them. A portion of avocado skins tested are positive for bacteria such as salmonella and listeria.

The Congo’s outbreak of Ebola has become a nightmare. As of December 20, over 512 cases have been confirmed and 288 people have died, making it the second-largest outbreak in history. 20% of new cases have been reported in the past month alone. The upcoming election and holiday travel are mobilizing the population, making this already tough situation even harder to control.

They Worshiped Created Things Rather Than the Creator (see Romans 1:18-32).

As they assume control of the House, Democrats are pushing a carbon tax as part of a “Green New Deal” – another way of saying “new taxes.” This nature-worship and ruse for total government control will increase the cost of everything. Yellow Vest protestors are in the streets of France for the sixth weekend in a row over the high cost of everything the globalists have caused – exactly what the globalist Democrats in the US intend to do. Anti-globalist protests also have occurred in Germany and are now going on in Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Portugal, Ireland, and Taiwan.

Clemson University’s Todd May, a philosophy professor (in writing for the New York Times) contemplated whether extinction of the human race would be a positive thing for the earth. May wrote that human beings are destroying animals’ ecosystems and the planet with their population growth and contributions to climate change.

In Australia, the green Grinch is stealing the joy of Christmas, but it’s not the one you’re thinking of. A group of eco-radicals (aka Mother Earth Gaia worshipers) is politicizing Christmas. They’re changing the lyrics of cherished Christian Christmas carols into “climate change” Christmas carols such as Silent Night, Smoky Night; Away in a Coal Mine, etc.

Pagan nature worshipers celebrated the Dec. 21 winter solstice.

Days of Noah and Lot Returned

Teen Vogue, which also appeals to pre-teens, has an online article: “Winter Solstice 2018: Witches Offer a Look Into Their Yule Rituals.” The sub-header says, “See what rituals these witches are practicing to welcome longer days and bid 2018 goodbye.” Besides nature worship, the article strongly promotes all things dark as if they are light.

Police are warning parents about the Momo Challenge. Watch the warning video here if you can bear the disturbing Momo image), and be aware of this evil “game” on apps and social media that warns children to do what it says or it will kill them. It has even caused some children to commit suicide out of fear when they didn’t do what it told them to do.

Mattel is currently in discussions to make same-sex “wedding” dolls.

The company (nununu) behind Celine Dion’s gender-neutral clothing line for children is sinister to say the least. And their website is full of photos of celebrities with their children in these outfits with the all-seeing eye, skulls, and ones emblazoned with “New Order.” On her FB page, Dion says, “I’ve always loved nununu and what they represent…Celinununu unites two forces by one voice: fashion has the power to shape people’s minds.”

Sacha Baron Cohen said that, while taping Who Is America, he stumbled upon a possible pedophile ring for wealthy men in Las Vegas. Cohen turned the footage over to the FBI, but the FBI decided not to pursue it.

The liberal-left media darling, 11-year-old Desmond Napoles from New York, who sashayed on Good Morning America in drag to thunderous applause, recently danced at a gay bar in drag where men tossed dollar bills at him. He, with full support of his parents, is setting up several ventures mentioned at this link. Napoles’ mother says he became interested in drag performances when he was two and watched RuPauls Drag Race. She says Desmond is on the autism spectrum, as if that’s an excuse for him claiming to be “gender fluid” and all the rest. In a recent report, a teacher from the UK said autistic children are being groomed into believing they’re transgender by older peers. Sounds like that’s exactly what Desmond’s parents have done to him.

36 people have been convicted in a massive international sex trafficking organization based out of Thailand, which sold women in a variety of US cities. This is the largest sex trafficking ring ever dismantled by the federal government. There were hundreds of victims and thousands of men who purchased these women.

State officials in Colorado won’t let Christian baker Jack Phillips alone even after the State Supreme Court ruled in his favor. They’re now going after him for refusing on religious grounds to bake a transgender celebration cake. Phillips says he’s been harassed, received death threats, and his shop was vandalized while the first LGBT wedding cake case went through the courts.

San Francisco, California, is using taxpayer money to create the world’s first transgender district called Compton’s Transgender Cultural District.

A mother whose daughter died while traveling in Mexico says her daughter’s body was returned to her with her eyes and all the organs missing except her lower bowel, having been taken by organ traffickers.

Both Planned Parenthood and the UN believe abortion is a “basic human right.” President Trump signed a bill defunding 50 to 60 million dollars that previously went to Planned Parenthood (abortion pushers and baby parts sellers). Instead he will give it to pro-life pregnancy centers.

Evildoers and Seducers Will Wax Worse and Worse, Deceiving and Being Deceived

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey bans conservatives who want to protect people from ISIS with things like border security, stronger vetting and discussions about Islam. He apparently believed he had a better solution: witchcraft. He sent his hair to rapper and witch, Azealia Banks, to protect him from ISIS. There is currently a dispute going on over his alleged failure to promote her on Twitter. In the meantime, she sent a photo of her bloody room full of dead chickens she has sacrificed.

Apostasy and Doctrines of Demons

The Church of Sweden has voted against the ban on the Islamic call to prayer so that “more people could encounter the love of Allah.” Love? The worshiped prophet and god of Islam (who is not the God of the Bible) commands Muslims to harshly treat and kill Jews and Christians and subdue all nations by migrating, populating, dominating and subjugating by any means necessary.

England’s Norwich Cathedral is adding a labyrinth, yoga mats, and a carnival slide called “Helter Skelter” to attract visitors. The supposed holy site will transform into a kind of amusement park from August 7-18 in a project called “Seeing It Differently.”

The number of Catholic priests accused of sexual abuse against children in Illinois is much higher than previously acknowledged. Accusations have been leveled against 690 priests.

Jesus said in the very last days there would be those claiming to be Christ. A cult calling itself the Church of Almighty God (aka Eastern Lightning), begun in China in 1991 by former physics teacher Zhao Weishan, claims that Yang Xiangbin (aka Lightning Deng) is the female reincarnation of Jesus and has returned to Earth to guide her followers. It is increasing its presence in the age of social media and has established its so-called “churches” in countries around the world, including the US where both of the above-named cult leaders moved. This cult is considered notoriously physically dangerous to life and limb of those who want to leave its membership.

Last Days False Accusers and Traitors

From an article in the Washington Times titled Trickery and Deceit as Legal Tools: Why the special counsel investigation must end immediately: “For too long, the Department of Justice and the FBI have pursued high profile investigations with virtually unlimited power. They often intimidate and humiliate subjects and terrorize their family, friends and associates. And the courts have even allowed them to use trickery and deceit as a legal tool during interrogation. But as the saying goes, “power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

Former FBI Director James Comey is back on the Hill for an encore, after a controversial appearance over a week ago in which he told lawmakers seeking answers over the FBI’s handling of the (obvious by now bogus) Trump-Russia collusion probe some version of “I don’t know” at least 245 times.

A writer touted by CNN as ‘Journalist of the Year’ was forced to resign. The German magazine Der Spiegel revealed that Claas Relotius, one of its top award-winning journalists, fabricated many of his articles, inventing characters, sources, and their quotes “on a grand scale” for many years.

The Leftist Global Agenda and its Consequences

The border wall: Despite no Democrats supporting it and eight Republican RINOs voting against it, a majority in the House voted on Friday to fund the border wall. But there is a wrench in the works in this “nightmare before Christmas,” hence the government shutdown. You can read about that here.

A Florida military veteran and triple amputee launched a GoFundMe campaign this week titled “We The People Will Fund The Wall,” with a $1 billion goal. After only a few days, donations are already nearing $16 million (as of this writing).

A transgender army veteran, Charlotte Clymer, who describes he/she-self as a “liberal feminist woman” and “proudly queer,” set up a gofundme in reaction to the above one in order to buy ladders to get over the border wall. That one has only raised $130 thousand so far.

The US pledged a total of $10.6 billion in aid for Central America and southern Mexico in an attempt to promote better security conditions and job opportunities as part of a plan to allow Central Americans and Mexicans to remain in their countries. However, since the globalists use these people as part of their agenda to take down the US, one is left to wonder if this aid will do any good and how much will go into pockets of the corrupt.

The Financial Times announced that its 2018 person of the year is George Soros. The newspaper called him “father of the hedge fund industry and one of the world’s most prominent philanthropists,” who has “tirelessly supported” a liberal democratic order around the globe. [He supports a demonic order around the globe]. The article noted that the selection of Soros is a reflection of his achievements and also “about the values he represents.” [He has no values. He puts money into causes that further his agenda and deliberately incites chaos. And this atheist and hater of his own people has stated that he feels no guilt whatsoever for everything he has done and continues to do.

The Scottish parliament has banned calling the gingerbread man a man. He must now be called a gingerbread person.

Liberals need to wake up to this global agenda also: Socialism (as well as Marxism) always leads to Communist dictatorship. Venezuela’s citizens who voted for free goodies for all have had their lives ripped apart by displacement, starvation, disease, desperation and torment. Without passports or work permits, the Venezuelans – many with university degrees or decent jobs in what was once the wealthiest nation in Latin America – are now resorting to whatever it takes to survive. The situation is heartbreaking.

Other Consequences of the Global Agenda: Terrorism and Islamization of the Nations

Due to globalist leaders and leftists in the education system indoctrinating the public and students to believe we should have open borders and that Islam is a peaceful religion, two Scandinavian young women (Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway) were stabbed and beheaded on camera by Muslim terrorists while on a camping vacation in Morocco (which is 99% Muslim). The terrorists shared the video online and spammed one of the victims’ mother’s Facebook page with hundreds of the gruesome images. Moroccan authorities have arrested several of the terrorists.

In Texas, police in Winnsboro said they’d received FBI info that there may be attacks on Texas churches from lone wolf ISIS members. The threat came from a social media post. Twitter declined to provide records (citing lack of threat specificity and imminence) but was ultimately served with a grand jury subpoena. The IP address was a dark web exit relay. The e-mail account belongs to a ten-minute e-mail service which provides discrete disposable e-mail accounts. Authorities are asking churches to have security teams on alert for the next few weeks, and the WPD says their officers will be on alert as well.

ISIS has issued a new threat to plague the US and the EU with drone attacks.

Four Nigerian stowaways on the Italian ship Grande Tema threatened its crew and demanded to be taken to the English coast. The ship’s crew locked themselves in the ship’s bridge for safety. The men have now been taken into custody, but the incident is not being treated as a hostage, piracy or terror-related incident.

Professor emeritus of the University of Louvain, Felice Dassetto, says that the number of secular Muslims in Europe is in steep decline and more are becoming radicalized. But this is exactly how it goes. The more the population increases, the worse the trouble gets. As I said before, the percentage where the trouble starts is low, and it keeps escalating as the population increases.

Hatred of Christianity

The management at Providence Place, a senior residence in Washington State, has banned saying “Merry Christmas,” Christmas decorations, Christmas carols that mention Jesus, etc., – claiming the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development requires the ban. However, there is no such legal requirement.

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, in criticizing a graduate from Liberty University becoming a Justice Dept. spokesperson, said Liberty is not a real university since it was founded by a televangelist. Jerry Falwell Jr. responded that Liberty is fully accredited and that “she needs to study her history.” He said, “Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, most of the Ivy League schools were founded by preachers and evangelists, and that’s a long tradition in this country, and she just shows her ignorance and religious bigotry by making comments like that.”

On Tuesday, President Trump signed a law combatting genocide of Christians in the Middle East. Christians are literally being wiped out in Iraq and Syria.

In Pakistan, two Christian brothers, Qaiser and Amoon Ayub, have been sentenced to death under questionable circumstances, as was the case with Asia Bibi.

In India, villagers tried to stop Pastor Sojan from showing a film about Jesus and wanted him removed from the village, so they accused him of attempted force conversions. False accusations against Christian pastors/evangelists are common in India, used to justify physical assaults or stop them from presenting the Gospel. Anti-conversion laws are abused in countries like India (majority Hindu), Pakistan (majority Muslim), Nepal (majority Hindu) and Sri Lanka (majority Buddhists) in order to curtail religious freedom and prevent anyone leaving the majority religion.

The Chinese Communist Party continues to step up its crackdown on Christianity. Police in China have been given quotas for arrest of Christian citizens in order to keep their jobs, and all Christmas displays have been banned.

Hatred of the Jewish People

8,000 Gazans gathered at various spots along the Israeli border on Friday, burning tires and launching incendiary devices at soldiers, resulting in the deaths of four Gazans.

In Israel, a bill that would allow Israel to deport family members of terrorists passed its first reading in the Knesset. It would allow removing them from their town or city, or demarcating an area in which they’re not allowed to enter. It would apply to cases in which the family knew of the terrorist’s plans and encouraged them. The terrorist would have had to have killed or attempted to kill someone. This should be done, but is of course enraging those who hate Israel.

Muslim cleric Sheikh Osama Al-Tibi said in a sermon last Friday, which aired on “Palestinian” TV, that “Allah had turned Jews into apes and pigs.” Anyone who believes Allah and God are the same is just as willfully deceived as they are. God lets us know in Romans 1 that all are without excuse, for He has shown Himself to the world.

A chant first used in 2015 about literally burning Jews has spread in the Netherlands and Belgium in recent years, even being chanted at soccer games – even at a high school graduation party near Amsterdam.

Surveillance Society

New research is making Amazon’s Alexa device better mimic the human response, Reuters reported. However, this sometimes results in creepiness. According to one surprised user, Alexa said: “Kill your foster parents.” It’s not an isolated incident according to Reuters. There are instances of Alexa chatting with users about graphic sex acts. The report also showed sources noting that a hack of Amazon traced to China likely exposed some customers’ data.

One World Government and One-World Religion

Pope Francis spoke against nationalism Tuesday and harshly criticized political leaders who speak about the many societal problems caused by en masse migration. He instead promoted the brotherhood of a “globalized world.” In another push for globalism, he compares Mary and Joseph’s visit to Bethlehem where Jesus was born to the ‘migrants’ of today. However, Joseph and Mary weren’t immigrants in Bethlehem. It was Joseph’s hometown where they had to return to be counted and taxed as Roman subjects. And they weren’t unwelcome there; the dwelling places were full. One Italian priest who disagreed with the pope’s statement said, “He is more like persecuted Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi.”

The “Peace” Plan

The EU and Russia say the two-state solution is the only way to peace. The resigning US ambassador to the UN, Nicky Haley, said she’s read the plan and told the UN Security Council that “both sides would benefit greatly from a peace agreement, but the ‘Palestinians’ would benefit more and the Israelis would risk more.” She said that moving forward to negotiations and peace “will need leaders with real vision to do it.” She declared: “The world will be watching.” As we know, there will be no ultimate deal until after the rapture. And the European Antichrist will be the one to bring it on.

Wars and Rumors of Wars

The US found Russia in “material breach” of the arms control treaty earlier this month and will suspend its treaty obligations in 60 days if Russia does not return to compliance. Putin denies being in breach of the treaty (of course he would) and blames the US for putting the world at risk of nuclear war. Meanwhile, Putin intends to strengthen his arsenal, which he was already doing anyway.

The US State Dept, in an attempt to stop Turkey from buying the missile system from Russia, agreed to sell Patriot missiles to Turkey “for their defense.” Turkey should be kicked out of NATO because Erdogan is a power-hungry dictator who believes he’s going to recreate the Ottoman Empire. These missiles will not be used for defense of Turkey; instead Erdogan will use them for his nefarious purposes, which also includes against Israel.

A US aircraft carrier sailed into the Persian Gulf on Friday, becoming the first since America’s withdrawal from the bogus Iran nuclear deal and breaking the longest carrier absence in the volatile region since at least the September 11 terror attacks. This comes as Iranian officials again keep threatening to close off the Strait of Hormuz through which a third of all oil traded by sea passes. Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels shadowed the carrier, at one point launching rockets away from it and flying a drone nearby.

The president said he is pulling US troops out of Syria. He said our job of defeating ISIS was done there. Sec. of State Pompeo said, “We’ve made the Caliphate in Syria go away.” The president said the pullout should come as “no surprise” given his 2016 campaign promises and arguing that America’s role as “Policeman of the Middle East” is not worth the sacrifice. Critics say a US withdrawal would allow Iran to consolidate a “land bridge” to the Mediterranean. The leaders of Iran and Turkey wasted no time consorting together after the US decision to leave Syria.

The US leaving Syria is very concerning to the Kurds who sided with the US and have been brave fighters against ISIS, suffering much loss of life in the process. Now Turkey’s Erdogan says he’ll take over the fight against any remaining ISIS pockets in Syria and will continue to go after the Kurds in northern Syria. The Kurds are mostly Muslim but their long suffering at the hands of their Islamic brothers has made them tolerant of other religions. Also a minority practice a variety of other religions. Pray for their safety and for them to turn to Christ, the only One who can save their eternal souls.

A US official speaking anonymously said the US is considering putting special forces in Iraq to respond to events in Syria.

The president also directed the Pentagon to withdraw thousands of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, heading towards a possible ending of the 17-year deployment of American forces there. Over 7,000 service members will begin returning from Afghanistan in the coming weeks.

Israel’s PM Netanyahu, in response to the US announcement of troop withdrawal from Syria, said, “We will continue to act very aggressively against Iran’s efforts to entrench in Syria. We do not intend to reduce our efforts. We will intensify them, and I know that we do so with the full support and backing of the United States.”

The coming months should be “interesting” as the movement towards the fulfillment of Isaiah 17 and Ezekiel 38-39 ramp up.

God is in Control

As we look forward to our soon redemption, let us celebrate this holiday season remembering the reason.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not…

“…He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth” (John 1:1-5, 10-14).

Too Much, Too Little, Too Late

Creation Groaning

A massive winter storm swept the US from the West Coast to the East Coast. Historic amounts of snow fell in the Southeast, leaving four people dead and one missing.

The UK is experiencing blizzards, freezing rain and black ice this weekend as temperatures plummeted. An amber weather warning – the second highest – is in place for the Midlands, the north of England and Scotland.

In Australia: Category 3 Cyclone Owen is now downgraded to a tropical low after it unleashed 17cm (6.6in) of rain in two hours across the north of the state. Authorities warn that Cyclone Owen could still reform offshore on Monday. Severe weather and flood warnings are in place.

In the US: There have been multiple earthquakes across Eastern Tennessee in recent weeks. A 4.4 earthquake was felt across East Tennessee and parts of Georgia and North Carolina on Wednesday. It was the strongest earthquake to hit Tennessee in 45 years. It was followed by a 3.3 earthquake and two other aftershocks. Two smaller quakes were reported on Thursday.

In Yellowstone National Park, the Steamboat Geyser broke a 54-year-old record when it erupted for the 30th time in 2018 last Saturday. The old record was 29 in 1964.

Satellite images revealed that Tehran, capital of Iran, is sinking at a rate of 10 inches per year.

Pestilence/Diseases

In Romania, the number of newborns diagnosed with a drug-resistant Staph superbug at a maternity hospital has risen to 39, triple the number from last month. It’s not clear how this outbreak began but poor hygiene standards are suspected. The government-run healthcare system in Romania is awful.

The much-feared spread of the highly contagious Ebola virus from rural regions of the Congo to larger cities and across the border into neighboring countries may be coming to pass. The CDC reports that the current Ebola outbreak is occurring in the worst of locations: provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, which are heavily populated, trade heavily across the border with Rwanda and Uganda, and are experiencing a “deteriorating security situation” due to a violent and chaotic insurrection. Todd Strandberg reports on concerns regarding this virus in his Nearing Midnight update on the Rapture Ready site.

Apostasy

There are a number of scriptures in God’s Word that warn against: covetousness (Luke 12:15), the love of money (1 Timothy 6:10; Hebrews 13:5), storing up treasures on earth instead of storing up treasures in heaven (Matthew 6:19-21), false prophets who exploit you in their greed (2 Peter 2:3), and those who put on a show of godliness as a means to financial gain (1 Timothy 6:5). “Prosperity preaching” is absolutely rampant these days. You cannot serve God and money (Matthew 6:24). Leaders in the church are not to be lovers of money (1 Timothy 3:3). Two of many examples of such are below:

Joel Osteen gave a sermon this week in which he encouraged people to break ties with people that aren’t advancing to the next level. He said God wants you to attach yourself to someone who is higher up than you so you can benefit from their blessings. He’s certainly benefitted from the people who donate to his “ministry” with his lavish lifestyle, including a 10.5 million dollar mansion.

A former pastor at Osteen’s Lakewood church, John Gray, who now has his own “ministry,” just bought his wife a 200,000 dollar Lamborghini.

The Church of England is encouraging its clergy to create baptism-style ceremonies for transgenders to welcome them into the Anglican faith and advises them to refer to transgenders by their new name and present them with gifts such as a Bible inscribed in their chosen name, or a certificate. (It’s one thing to witness to them; it’s quite another to teach them that their lifestyle is acceptable to God. That’s not helping them at all—far from it, and it speaks volumes about the state of this church).

Vatican villainy: expose us and we’ll expose you? In Australia, a court has reportedly convicted the Vatican’s finance chief, Cardinal Pell, of sexually abusing two choir boys in the 1990s while archbishop of Melbourne. He’ll face a 2nd trial on charges that he sexually offended two boys while playing games in a swimming pool in the 1970s when he was a priest in the area. He was originally charged with multiple historical sexual offenses but most were thrown out. When tapped in 2014 to conduct a reform of Vatican finances, he met with much resistance but still managed to uncover vast sums of money not recorded in Vatican financial statements.

Dozens of local and federal law enforcement officers conducted a surprise search of the offices of the Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston looking for evidence in a clergy sexual abuse case. Fr. LaRosa-Lopez worked for the archdiocese for decades. The local archbishop, Cardinal DiNardo, who also serves as president of the US Catholic bishops’ conference, assigned him to work in a parish and appointed him as vicar for Hispanics despite knowing LaRosa-Lopez had been accused in 2001 of molesting a teenage girl. The priest was arrested after a second alleged victim came forward to the archdiocese and to police this year. While searching, multiple files alleging details of child abuse by priests were located by investigators.

The Pope proudly says the Qur’an is a book of peace because Islam is not a violent religion. Even a cursory reading of the Qur’an proves his statement to be false.

In India: Anyone who has researched Islam and has seen what goes on knows it’s a sinister ideology. But what about Hinduism where they worship multiple strange gods? As in Islam, women are held in very low esteem in India.  “Bride burning” has been going on for hundreds of years but keeps increasing. The figure of 2,500 bride-burning deaths quoted in the linked article is too low. The figure is likely at least twice that amount. And the ones who do survive are horribly disfigured.

Before marriage, the families agree upon a dowry that the bride’s family generally will pay to the groom’s family. After marriage, the groom’s family threatens the girl and her family for more money. This leads to beatings, starvings, bride burnings, acid attacks, and leads some women to take their own lives. A woman’s caste or education level makes no difference regarding this practice.

Women in India also suffer from a widespread rape epidemic. Members of the so-called “untouchables” lowest caste class in India are also subject to discrimination, especially those who convert from Hinduism to Christianity. This also goes on in Pakistan in the Hindu culture. It occasionally happens with Hindus that migrate to other parts of the world, including the US.

Professing To Be Wise, They Became Fools

The NASA spacecraft Osiris-Rex has arrived at the Bennu asteroid, deemed a potential earth threat they say 150 years from now, but scientists believe it’s the bringer of life. They believe samples from the asteroid will allow them to test their theories that asteroids transport the necessary elements for life from planet to planet. As usual they choose names of false gods. Bennu is the ancient Egyptian deity linked with the sun, creation and rebirth. Osiris is the ancient Egyptian god of the dead and judge of the underworld. The word “rex” means “reigning king.” Guess they haven’t read Revelation which speaks of God’s judgment in the Tribulation:

“…a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood… and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters… many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter” (Rev. 8:8-11).

Nation (Ethnic) Shall Rise Against Nation (Ethnic)

South African political party leader, Andile Mngxitama, urged his followers at a rally to kill white people, saying, “We’ll kill their children, we’ll kill their women, we’ll kill their dogs, we’ll kill their cats, we’ll kill anything.” This inciting division is part of the Marxist ideology everywhere (though extreme in this case), in order to tear down nations and then rebuild them according to their plan. Marxists do this in a number of other ways besides this as well. The end goal of both Marxism and Socialism is Communism.

Ye Shall Hear of Wars and Rumors of Wars

Russia is allowing fighters from Hezbollah and other pro-Iranian Shiite groups operating in Syria to carry Russian flags in order to protect them from Israeli airstrikes.

Russia sent the corrupt government of Venezuela two bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons. US Secretary of State Pompeo said it amounted to “two corrupt governments squandering public funds.” Meanwhile, citizens of Socialist Venezuela are starving. The bombers flew over the Caribbean Sea during a training mission. The Russian Defense Ministry said they were escorted by Venezuelan fighter jets to practice interaction. Russia has decided to develop a long-term military presence in the Caribbean in conjunction with the Socialist nation of Venezuela, on one of its islands in the Caribbean Sea.

Two weeks after Russia fired on and seized three Ukrainian vessels in contested waters, satellite images show that Russia is  consolidating its military forces in Crimea, which it took from Ukraine in 2014. As I said last week, Russia needs warmer waters to be able to constantly maneuver its ships for its intended purposes. And Bible prophecy tells us what those are.

A key meeting took place last Saturday between Iranian President Rouhani and officials from China, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey and Afghanistan. Rouhani used the meeting to attack the US, the West and Israel, accusing these countries of supporting terrorists (ridiculous). He used what was supposed to be a ‘counterterror’ meeting into a push for a new global order. Russia’s President Putin said the world is in a state of transformation, and he urged Russia not to lag behind. The growing relationship between Russia, Iran, Turkey, and China, etc., is concerning. But it does align with endtimes Bible prophecy.

Israel’s PM Netanyahu said Israel does not rule out military action inside Iran if necessary for its security.

A senior member of the Chinese military, Dai Xu, made remarks indicating that the Chinese navy should carry out violent responses to US ships in the disputed South China Sea waters.

The Lebanese army has begun mobilizing troops to the ‎country’s border with Israel, claiming the Israeli military is operating on its side of the ‎border. ‎The IDF launched an ‎‎operation to expose and neutralize cross-border ‎‎terror tunnels dug by Hezbollah under the Israel-‎‎Lebanon border. The Israeli military issued a statement warning ‎Lebanese soldiers and Hezbollah operatives against ‎approaching the security fence or the tunnel grid. ‎PM Netanyahu said, “If Hezbollah makes a big mistake and decides to hurt us or disrupt our efforts, it will receive a blow that it cannot even imagine.”

Days of Noah and Lot Returned

The Star-Telegram discovered at least 412 allegations of sexual misconduct in 187 independent fundamental Baptist churches and their affiliated institutions, spanning 40 states and Canada. And that’s just the Baptists. No doubt it’s in all of them in these last of the last days before Christ’s return.

In California, a group of Santa Barbara parents and teachers filed a complaint in US District court over a biased school curriculum that indoctrinates rather than educates students from Kindergarten and up to be anti-Caucasian, anti-male, and anti-Christian. They’re also teaching children that there are many genders. Similar indoctrination is rampant in the liberal-left education system for all ages all over.

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) released a statement condemning attempts to define gender as biologically determined at birth, insisting that the traditional position regarding gender has been “thoroughly discredited by over fifty years of feminist, trans, queer, and critical race research and by lived experience.”

Germany’s parliament voted to recognize a third gender for government documents. Its citizens can now be recognized as male, female, or diverse.

A new law in Australia could make it illegal in Tasmania to use the wrong pronouns for transgenders. The bill would also allow parents to choose whether or not their baby’s gender is included on their birth certificate and make it possible for citizens to change their gender on their birth certificate from the age of 16. The reforms will be considered by the upper house in March.

The Democrat Party has introduced a bill that would require the US State Dept. to make abortion “a basic human right.” Sponsors of the bill believe the US should recognize abortion as a universal human right, and push for it to be accepted around the world. President Trump has said that a child’s human dignity begins at conception. “We must always remember that all children are blessings from our Creator,” he said. “They are endowed from conception with value, purpose, and human dignity.”

All the insanity waged by the left against the appointment of Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court because they feared he wouldn’t support abortion was for naught. He and John Roberts voted with the liberals in deciding not to hear the case for Medicaid to defund Planned Parenthood over reports that they sell babies’ body parts.

The poster for the movie, “Once Upon a Deadpool,” makes a parody of a painting of Jesus’ Second Coming.

Hatred of God’s Covenant People, the Jews

Pro-“Palestinian” groups are claiming victory after their public backlash caused the Vermont State Police and the Northampton, Massachusetts, Police Department to pull out of a training seminar in Israel that teaches how to prevent or thwart terrorism.

Israel Unwired posted an article/video about the increasing terror attacks in Israel and what should be done about them, plus a video from a year or more ago showing Muslims in Germany chanting “Adolph Hitler” and giving the Nazi salute.

In the US where Jews have previously been safe, anti-Semitic acts soared last year by 37%, according to FBI statistics.

Anti-Semitism is getting worse according to a major survey of 12 EU countries. Hundreds of Jews questioned by the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency said they’d experienced a physical, anti-Semitic attack in the past year, while 28% said they’d been harassed. 40% of European Jews have considered leaving their countries over the past five years with 90% of Jews saying anti-Semitism has increased.

France is considered the biggest abuser of Jews. On Tuesday, 37 gravestones and a monument to Holocaust victims at a Jewish cemetery were sprayed with anti-Semitic graffiti, including swastikas.

Hatred of Christianity

United States: A Nativity scene that had been on display for the past 40 years has been removed from a public park in Woodland, Washington, after several complaints.

Chinese authorities are now targeting Christians more than they have in decades. 100 Christians who come from a church that bravely openly evangelizes were arrested this week in overnight raids.

In Italy, a 10-year-old girl launched a petition and won to get Jesus’s name put into a school’s Christmas song after it was left out so as not to offend others. However, they might as well admit that it was left out so as not to offend Muslims (who deny Jesus’ deity). They’ve never worried about offending Jews during the holiday, who’ve been in Italy for centuries, nor have Jews complained. It’s the Muslims who complain. Statistics show that once a Muslim population reaches a certain percentage, the trouble starts. And that percentage is low. Read this report from a book written by Islam expert Peter Hammond. Since the book was written in 2010, be aware that the percentages given are higher now.

Last Days Traitors

Former FBI director James Comey admitted under oath that the FBI never validated the (bogus) Russian Dossier that it used as an excuse to wiretap the Trump campaign. And they still hadn’t validated it when Trump fired Comey months later. Read the story from The Hill which is centrist but is said to lean more toward the left. However, leftism didn’t seem to rear its ugly head in this report.

New York Times bestselling author Jerome Corsi brought a lawsuit against special counsel Robert Mueller. Corsi alleges Mueller and his investigating team tried to coerce him to commit perjury in their unending attempt to destroy President Trump. A federal judge will hear the case after the holidays.

In Kentucky: The Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper partners with ProPublica, an investigative journalism outlet whose backers include George Soros. Kentucky’s Republican Gov. Matt Bevin said, “This is the same Courier-Journal, mind you, which, while it’s dying, continues to maintain that they are unbiased, that they are good journalists and that they are interested in transparency, and holding government accountable. Who’s holding the Courier-Journal accountable?”

Surveillance Society

Google is accused of having “programmed” bias against conservative views into its algorithms. Apple’s CEO who says he’s proud to be gay says the company will ban speech or news content it doesn’t like.

Islamic Terrorism has really ramped up in Israel.

A group of Israeli IDF reservists will file a complaint with the International Criminal Court in The Hague against Hamas and the “Palestinian” Authority for their use of human shields during their attacks. Hamas cares nothing for its own people; just their hatred of Israel.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah terrorist group’s deputy sec. general said the entirety of Israel is within range of Hezbollah missiles.

Israel’s IDF fired warning shots across its border with Lebanon to stop an infiltration. It has now uncovered a third Hezbollah attack tunnel. This was the first instance of gunfire along the border since the IDF began Operation Northern Shield last week to destroy Hezbollah tunnels.

Israel: Last Sunday, a car with “Palestinian” license plates drove up to a bus stop in Ofra, and the occupants opened fire at a crowd. A pregnant 21-year-old woman was left in critical condition, and six others also suffered injuries. Her baby had to be delivered (10 weeks early) but has since died due to multiple injuries from the attack. Hamas cheered the terrorist attack as they do all of them.

Wednesday night, Israeli security forces conducted a series of raids in Ramallah to find terrorists responsible for last Sunday’s shooting. At least four suspects were arrested, including those from previous terror attacks. Ofra shooting suspect Salih Omar Barghouti was shot dead after troops said he tried to attack them and escape. Hamas later claimed Barghouti as a member. Asraf Naalweh was also killed while trying to escape. Naalweh had been on the run after killing two Israelis and wounding another in October.

A gang of men took to the streets on Wednesday night, trying to attack the IDF in Ramallah as they were hunting down the terrorists; they were driven back with tear gas and rubber bullets. The Israeli military is still on a manhunt since they say that some terrorists may still be at large from the Ofra shooting.

From Israel Unwired: There were four more terrorist attacks in Israel on Thursday. A “Palestinian” gunman opened fire at a bus stop along the same Route 60 highway, killing two Israeli soldiers before fleeing. Two others were wounded: a 16-year old girl and another soldier who is in critical condition in a coma.

A Muslim terrorist ran through the Old City of Jerusalem and stabbed a Jewish civilian. The terrorist then ran to stab two Israeli border policemen who shot and killed the terrorist. Both of the border policemen were lightly injured.

Later that day, there were two car-ramming attacks that thankfully only lightly injured the Jews who were attacked. Jews across Judea and Samaria mainly, as well as in Jerusalem, took to the streets to protest, claiming too little is being done, saying that the Israeli legal establishment stops all the laws necessary for the State to properly stop terrorists and make them truly pay for their terror.

On Friday, a “Palestinian” man stabbed an Israeli soldier and bashed his head with a rock, critically injuring him. He appears to be improving, and the terrorist is now in custody.

Iran’s president is threatening the US, saying that it will be flooded with “a deluge of drugs, asylum seekers, bombs and terrorism” due to its sanctions against Iran.

The terrorist attack in France is discussed in the upcoming Global Agendas section.

Do Not Divide God’s Land

Mohammed Dahlan, considered one of the candidates to succeed the ailing Mahmoud Abbas, is strongly committed to Fatah and believes (PLO/PA terrorist) Yasser Arafat was a great leader. He proposes a one-state solution, establishing a joint state for Israelis and “Palestinians” with Jerusalem as its capital, “belonging to both nations.” “Our bigger dream is, of course, an Independent Palestinian State in the West Bank and Gaza,” he said.

The Australian government expects to announce that it recognizes West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on Saturday, but it also will be dedicated to recognizing a future state of Palestine with its capital in East Jerusalem.

The Trump administration’s peace proposal may be delayed until March or April as it trains new staff on a team dedicated to the coming diplomatic effort. Good. Let it keep being delayed till the rapture. We don’t want the US involved in dividing God’s land.

Global Agendas and Their Consequences

United States: New Jersey: Four individuals in the US illegally who have Interpol warrants based on crimes they committed in their home countries were among 105 foreign nationals taken into custody during a five-day operation that targeted at-large criminal aliens, illegal re-entrants and other immigration violators. Of those arrested, 80%  had prior criminal convictions and/or pending criminal charges.

A migrant group from Central America is demanding Trump either let them in or pay them each 50 thousand dollars each to turn back. They’re also demanding they be processed through the asylum system more quickly and in greater numbers, as well as for deportations be halted.

Approximately 280 migrants from Central America have been arrested by police in Mexico’s border city of Tijuana in recent weeks. The arrests are connected to drug possession, public drunkenness, and now “breaking and entering” into homes.

President Trump said if Democrats don’t approve the $5 billion he wants to build the border wall, he’ll have the military do it.

Think sex trafficking by migrant gangs is just in Europe? Think again. In North Carolina, a man with a Muslim name, Rahim Nader-Fayez Olabi, who has tried to groom young teens in Raleigh, was caught in a routine traffic stop trying to transport a 13-year-old girl across state lines after talking to her on social media. Last year Raleigh parents had complained that he was contacting their children to join a youth club without parental permission. He’s been charged with kidnapping and statutory rape. The policeman is thankful to God that he made that traffic stop after Olabi acted suspicious and made an illegal lane change.

Finland: We heard about the Muslim gangs in the UK (some of whom were recently convicted) grooming and raping girls as young as eleven. They were often picked up in their school uniforms. Now a gang has shown up in Oulu, Finland, raping girls as young as ten.

The UN Global Migration Pact passed this week to a several minutes long applause. There has been strong criticism of this pact over the past few weeks, and several countries withdrew. But criticism came too late. The agreement promotes more migration and restricts the national sovereignty of states. It makes no distinction between refugees and illegal migrants, and migration is made a human right.

In Ottawa and Alberta, Canada, people turned out to protest against the UN Open-Borders Migration Pact. In Ottawa, dozens of violent Antifa leftists also turned out to attack them; Antifa also attacked police.

France: The globalist Emmanuel Macron is out of touch with the people with his Jupiterian rule, and his high carbon taxes to “save the planet” (a global government ruse) are further impoverishing France’s citizens. Yet he recently donated 8 million euros (20 million dollars) to the so-called “Palestinian” government’s 2018 general budget, which is nothing but a terrorist organization bent on destruction of Israel. Macron backed down a bit this week, but citizens believe it’s too little too late. The yellow vests are out in the streets protesting again this weekend, the fifth one in a row.

Eleven generals, an admiral and colonel, and former French Minister of Defense Charles Millon warn that Macron’s signing the UN Global Migration Pact strips France of even more sovereignty, providing an additional reason for “an already battered people” to “revolt.” They’re accusing Macron of treason for signing the migration pact without putting it to the people.

Belgium and Netherlands: Yellow vest protests have now spread here. Police used pepper spray on a group of protesters who tried to break through a barricade blocking access to the European Parliament and the European Union’s other main institutions. Unlike France, there are no higher fuel taxes there. The people say they’re unhappy with government policies.

Sweden: Swedes are now beginning to unite in protest for the same reason as Belgium and the Netherlands (although peacefully so far). One said, “The government is not there for the people. It is there to protect its own interests.”

France: Islamist terrorist Chérif Chekatt (who has 27 convictions in his criminal record, mostly in France but also in Switzerland and Germany) shouted “Allahu Akbar” (means “Allah is greater” not God is great as the media constantly claims) as he fired at Christmas shoppers, killing three and wounding 13 more in Strasbourg, half of them seriously. He’s since been killed in a shootout. French police say he was one of 12,000 ‘gangster-jihadists’ who existed under the radar. Of the 20,000 currently on a watch list, only a dozen are believed to be under constant surveillance. Chekatt had been watched in a “relatively serious manner.” Apparently not seriously enough.

From Israel Unwired, speaking of the terror attack in Strasbourg and the thousands of jihadists: “This is the result of open immigration policies in France over the last few decades. It is not only about Muslim terror. Any policy which allows a free flow of people into a country will deal with the negative ramifications for generations. So, how does one keep the problematic elements out? A fence. A wall, or whatever works. But, it is crystal clear today that nearly all of Europe is now a danger zone for the worldwide terror that has spread from other parts of the world.”

People have finally begun to wake up to the sinister policies of the globalist agendas, but too many allowed it to happen and get this far; now it’s too little too late. Global governance will take over; that we know. And it won’t end up to be the global peace and safety utopia that is promised. Let us pray that it won’t progress any further toward its inevitable conclusion until after the rapture.

“For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness… For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians 5:3-9).

“Seek ye the Lord while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near” (Isaiah 55:6).