Monday, April 30, 2012

Progressing Signs: Daily News Tell The Story

Every day we see the generational signs progressing in a step-wise manner. The most amazing aspect of prophecy watching is how the generational signs never skip a beat and they never ever reverse course. Just as Jesus said, these signs would be like birth pains, and we all know how that works - the birth pains, or contractions only grow stronger and become more frequent as the process progresses. We see this process every single day:

"War and rumors of war"



"Our naval forces are so powerful that we have a presence in all the waters of the world and, if needed, we can move to within three miles of New York," The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi said Tuesday during a speech to the students of the University of Yazd in Iran.

Fadavi said dominance over the Persian Gulf is "the only tool for the Americans to rule the world" and that's why "they confront any other power that threatens their status" in the waterway.

"First, sinking an aircraft carrier is not a complicated task," Hajizadeh said. "Second, an aircraft carrier is equipped with so many advanced, delicate, and sensitive devices … that it could be incapacitated by even the smallest explosion."

IRGC naval commanders said in July 2011 that they would expand their mission into the Atlantic Ocean, and that the country had equipped a number of its vessels with long-range ballistic missiles.

In September, Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said Iran planned to deploy naval vessels in the Atlantic Ocean. "The Navy has a strong presence in the Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, Sea of Oman, Indian Ocean and international waters and soon it will be present in the Atlantic Ocean," Vahidi said.

Binyamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak are facing another of the periodic opposition campaigns to unseat them – this time by pressure for an early election a year before its October, 2013 date. New faces have joined the opposition lineup. They are focused on challenging the current government’s credentials for leading an Israeli attack to preempt a nuclear Iran.


In their drive to discredit Netanyahu and Barak, President Peres, Olmert, Dagan, Diskin and Ashkenazi failed to take note of Gen. Gantz’s words or what they portended – namely: In the past week, the United States has brought forward its operational preparations for an attack on Iran.
Instead, in Jerusalem, Israel’s opposition parties gathered for the push to corner Netanyahu into announcing an early election.
They got their wish sooner than they expected.
The prime minister, after turning the situation over for 48 hours, assented. He figured that the key weapon adopted by his rivals to knock him over was not in fact in their hands but in his: It is up to him and him alone to decide whether to attack Iran. In fact, if an election was forced on his government, he could defeat their scheme by bringing the attack forward.
So the impression of Netanyahu and Barak fighting with their backs to the wall against a body of generals is totally misleading.

Their opponents are beginning to realize that their anti-government offensive has missed its mark and may well blow up in their faces. The pressure for an election may therefore dissipate in the coming days - or not. That too is up to Netanyahu. He may decide that a successful operation against Iran would assure him of an election victory and wipe out his rivals. For now, he's got his foes guessing.


The readiness by President Obama to support Iran’s continuing enrichment of uranium to concentrations of 5 percent is in direct opposition to the position of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who told CNN earlier this month, “They have to stop all enrichment," including even 3 percent grade uranium.

The hawkish camp points out that Iran has a history of not keeping its word while conducting a policy of dragging out talks and negotiations in order to buy time for proceeding with development towards nuclear capability.




Such a deal would face formidable obstacles. Iran has shown little willingness to meet international demands. And a shift in the U.S. position that Iran must halt all enrichment activities is likely to prompt strong objections from Israeli leaders; the probable Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney; and many members of Congress.

That position is contrary to the mood of many in Congress. Lawmakers in both houses have begun circulating resolutions, with support from dozens of members, that demand an end to all Iranian enrichment. One senior Senate aide involved in the issue said any deal allowing continued enrichment "would be dead on arrival" in Congress.
The Rise Of Totalitarianism:


In short, the business of marketing drones to law enforcement is booming. Now that Congress has ordered the Federal Aviation Administration to open up U.S. airspace to unmanned vehicles, the aerial surveillance technology first developed in the battle space of Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan is fueling a burgeoning market in North America. And even though they’re moving from war zones to American markets, the language of combat and conflict remains an important part of their sales pitch — a fact that ought to concern citizens worried about the privacy implications of domestic drones.

“As part of the push to increase uses of civilian drones,” the Wall Street Journal reported last week, nearly 50 companies are developing some 150 different systems, ranging from miniature models to those with wingspans comparable to airliners.” Law enforcement and public safety agencies are a prime target of this industry, which some predict will have $6 billion in U.S. sales by 2016.

Uniquely among U.S. manufacturers, VDI touts its ability to weaponize drones for local police departments. “If you think weaponized unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are still too new to combat zones for law enforcement to consider them for domestic use, think again,” said the editors of Special Weapons for Military and Police in February:

The Kevlar fuel tank mounted beneath the ShadowHawk allows it to stay in the air long enough to provide complete surveillance of an area and engage suspects with buckshot, tear gas, grenades and less-lethal capabilities.



Ever since 2010, when the Transportation Security Administration started requiring that travelers in American airports submit to sexually intrusive gropings based on the apparent anti-terrorism principle that "If we can't feel your nipples, they must be a bomb", the agency's craven apologists have shouted down all constitutional or human rightsobjections with the mantra "If you don't like it, don't fly!"

This callous disregard for travelers' rights merely paraphrases the words of Homeland Security director Janet Napolitano, who shares, with the president, ultimate responsibility for all TSA travesties since 2009. In November 2010, with the groping policy only a few weeks old,Napolitano dismissed complaints by saying "people [who] want to travel by some other means" have that right. (In other words: if you don't like it, don't fly.)


But now TSA is invading travel by other means, too. No surprise, really: as soon as she established groping in airports, Napolitano expressed her desire to expand TSA jurisdiction over all forms of mass transit.

In the past year, TSA's snakelike VIPR (Visual Intermodal Prevention and Response) teams have been slithering into more and more bus and train stations – and even running checkpoints on highways – never in response to actual threats, but apparently more in an attempt to live up to the inspirational motto displayed at the TSA's air marshal training center since the agency's inception: "Dominate. Intimidate. Control."

Earlier this month, the VIPRs came out again in Virginia and infested the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, also known as the stretch of Interstate 64 connecting the cities of Hampton and Norfolk. Spokesmen admitted again that the exercise was a "routine sweep", not a response to any specific threat. Official news outlets admitted the checkpoint caused a delay (further exacerbated by a couple of accidents), but didn't say for how long. Local commenters at the Travel Underground forums reported delays of 90 minutes.

Airports, bus terminals, train stations, highways – what's left? If you don't like it, walk. And remember to be respectfully submissive to any TSA agents or police you encounter in your travels, especially now that theUS supreme court has ruled mass strip-searches are acceptable for anyone arrested for even the most minor offence in America. If you're rude to any TSA agent or cops, you risk being arrested on some vague catch-all charge like "disorderly conduct". Even if the charges are later dropped, you'll still undergo the ritual humiliation of having to strip, squat, spread 'em and show your various orifices to be empty.

Can I call America a police state now, without being accused of hyperbole?

Paving the road: America's Financial Collapse:



(at the risk of 'stating the obvious')


When most people think of the economic decline that is happening in America, most of them think of states like California and cities like Detroit. In both cases, unemployment is rampant, government finances are a mess, and businesses and families are both leaving in droves. So what is causing this? What do California and Detroit have in common? Well, for one thing, both the state of California and the city of Detroit have been run by anti-business socialist control freaks for decades.

Once upon a time millions of young Americans that dreamed of a better life flocked to California and Detroit was one of the most vibrant manufacturing cities in the history of the world. But now both of them are in an advanced state of decline, and a lot of the blame can be placed at the feet of the politicians in both cases. Both California and Detroit have become very unfriendly places to businesses and families, so businesses and families have been leaving both California and Detroit in very large numbers. At the same time, the socialist welfare policies in both places have caused them to become magnets for those that enjoy being dependent on the government.

At one point, Detroit was one of the greatest cities in the world.

But today, 53.6 percent of all children in Detroit are living in poverty and 47 percent of all people living in the city of Detroit are functionally illiterate.

How does something like that happen?

Over the past 50 years, the population of Detroit has lost more than a million people as businesses and families have left in droves. The following is from a recent Economy In Crisis article....

Once the wealthiest city in America, known as the “arsenal of democracy,” Detroit was the fourth largest city in the U.S. in the 1960s with a population of two million. Now a microcosm of everything that is wrong with the American economy, Detroit has become nothing more than a devastated landscape of urban decay with a current population of 713,000.

Visiting Detroit is the closest Americans can come to viewing what appears to be a war torn city without leaving the U.S. This former powerhouse is a barren stretch of land, devastated by looters and and full of run-down, vacant houses. Rows upon rows of dilapidated structures line the streets; empty apartment buildings and factories consume the landscape. Almost a third of Detroit has been abandoned.

Just read the rest of this article. Its too depressing to post more. As they say "Read it and weep" most definitely applies.

On the other hand, Russia has it right and we can expect to see an economic boom to take place there.


From Russia With Love (of oil and gas)


Imagine a president who gets behind drilling, welcomes the cutting-edge technology of companies such as ExxonMobil, and offers generous 15-year tax breaks to ensure that new drilling projects move forward. That's the kind of energy policy America needs in order to achieve energy-independence. Unfortunately, it's not Barack Obama who's behind those positive energy policies; it's Vladimir Putin.


As Russian president-elect, Putin has made it clear that he intends to open his country's arctic and Black Sea regions to drilling. The potential is so great, and the necessaryinvestment so immense, that even Russia's giant state-run oil companies, Rosneft and Gazprom, lack the resources and technology to proceed. So, with Putin's blessing, Rosneft and Gazprom have entered into joint-production agreements with Exxon, Italian major Eni, and other Western companies. The stakes are huge -- not just for these companies, but for the Russian economy.

Instead of permitting delays, EPA harassment, Interior Department exclusions, and environmental lawsuits, drillers in the Russian arctic and Black Sea can expect considerable support from the Russian government.

The same thing and more could be happening in the U.S., but it is not. Because of Obama's hostility toward fossil fuels, America is missing the opportunity of energy-independence and all the blessings that come with it.


Meanwhile, back in the U.S. we see the continual efforts to become a Marxist country:

Are You Ready? This Week Will Be Huge In The World And Here Is Why

As much of the country thaws out and heads into spring and, in some places, early summer, the temptation may be to think major news is packing its bags and headed for its vacation home. It’s not. And this upcoming week will blast you back to reality.

Intrepid financial writer Joe Weisenthal over at Business Insider has put together a list of what’s happening this week and is calling it “one of the biggest weeks that anyone can remember.” That’s a bold statement, but he has the information to back it up. Here’s what he says:


Obama's Nakba

The Arab word "nakba" means catastrophe. Because the Palestinians live in an endless self-inflicted catastrophe, they have now been ordered to make "nakba" their word for Israel's Declaration of Independence.


But Jews living in their land is not a disaster for Arabs. On the contrary, it could be a bonanza if Muslims could ever tolerate Jews, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Bahá'ís, atheists, or each other. Muslim tolerance is on display today in Syria, where Sunnis and Shi'ites are killing each other. No Arab regime in history has been peaceful for long, because Islam means holy war.

Obama has been working with Samantha Power and Code Pink to undermine Israel. In that process, at least 20,000 Arabs have died in what the media call the "Arab Spring." It has turned into an Arab Nightmare. Twenty thousand dead is a lowball estimate from Strategypage.com.

This is Obama's Nakba.

The phony Arab Spring started with the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, our only Arab ally to keep the peace in the Middle East for 30 years. Obama publicly told 80-year-old Mubarak to get out, and now the Muslim Brotherhood is taking over the biggest Arab country. But the Moos killed Anwar Sadat, Mubarak's predecessor, for daring to make the only peace treaty with Israel. The Moos are Muslim fanatics, just like the ones who attacked the United States on September 11, 2001. The day after 9/11, they were dancing in the streets and passing out candy to celebrate.

Obama has surrendered the Middle East to our enemies. That follows his religion of third-world socialism, which grew out of Lenin's war ideology.

Obama had a huge window of opportunity to knock down Iranian nuclear facilities in the last four years, when Iran had no bomb and no long-range missiles. The U.S. had the power to do that. We did it four times in the last twenty years.

But Obama refused.

That window of opportunity has now slammed shut. If we end up fighting Iran, they will be armed to the teeth, because we lost the chance to pre-empt them.


The liberal PR machine is now working overtime to cover up the truth. But don't be taken in, please. The libs are going to announce a phony peace with Iran, just like Bill Clinton announced a phony peace with North Korea. Bill Clinton won his second term with smoke and mirrors, but the Norks went ahead and made nukes and ICBMs anyway. Surprise! Clinton didn't care that they violated promises made to him. He figured they would anyway, and he could sucker the voters. And he did.

So expect an "Obama Made Peace in the Middle East!" headline any day.


Nuclear Experts: Fukushima Crisis May Become a 'global catastrophe'

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Stocks are refusing to drop.

Dow down a lousy 14.

The end is delayed YET again.

Stephen >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

WVBORN56 said...

Good update Scott...lots of prophecy related packed news. Thanks for keeping us informed!

I agree with Ally... praying for the fullness of the Gentiles to come to Christ sooner rather than later.

Mrs.C said...

Aloha Brother Stephen, :)
Good to see you Brother
God Bless You!

Anonymous said...

People are in DENIAL since the Dow is in a MERRY MOOD above 13,000.

VERY FOOLISH

I know we have NOT cracked yet, but
read this >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/22-signs-that-the-collapsing-spanish-economy-is-heading-into-a-great-depression

ONCE WALL STREET GREEDY BULLS
realize the truth, it will BE
too late.

EWI has been warning for MONTHS
to be ready, but, as usual,
BULLS are selfish and never
listen.....much to their DEMISE.

Stephen >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Ally said...

Many years ago, the disciples were hanging out. Jesus was gone back to the Father and frankly, things weren't going to well for these guys. They were sitting around, the outside world was gettimg ugly, they weren't exactly sure what was going to happen to them, some of them were in a little bit of legal type trouble and on and on. All of a sudden, WITHOUT WARNING, flames come outta the sky and blammo..the Holy Ghost arrives on the scene!
Have you ever noticed, people want to argue, who is the restrainer? Is it the church, is it the Holy Ghost, is it the Holy Ghost workin in believers? I don't profess to know!
But....check it out guys...at some point the restrainer is removed right? And we all pretty much agree thats a church/Holy Ghost double whammy right? So just for kicks, bear with me for a sec.
Jesus was a Jew, celebrated Jewish Holy Days and then fullfilled some. So lets see, first fruits check, paschal lamb big checkaroo there, and one other holy day, I forgot whst the other one was now. sorry. Anyhow, the next thing coming up guys later this month is Pentacost! And this year Jews and Christians celebrate it the same day! What if the restrainer is removed on the same day he came? Oooooooooo not date setting folks, just pondering possibilities.
And oddly enough Pentacost is right around the time some really weird stuff is going on the other side. Hmmmmm. Cant help it guys, I think anout this stuff 24/7.
The labor pains seem to be sorta well, the world is really busy luning stuff up. The next few cintractions are gonna be monsters I bet. may is gonna be crazy for us watchers ;)
Msranatha!

Anonymous said...

Mrs. C >>>>>>

i wrote a hello to you BUT I am not sure what happenned to it ??

I hope it still gets posted.

Stephen >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

James N Nashville said...

Good morning everyone. Sorry I have been gone for awhile but the new job I took in November of 2011 is relentless with my time and has prevented me from being involved with friends, family, blogging and church. Since taking this job I have only been able to make one Sunday service in 6 months. Several of you have emailed me and I apologise for not getting back to you but just not enough time in the day. Please pray forme and my family that God's will is being done in this career for me and that I will eventually have a better schedule allowing me more fellowship time and witnessing opportunities for the Lord.

Ally I find it very interesting the correlation between Pentecost and the Rapture. No date setting here but I like what the significance of the day the church/Holy Spirit came in to this world being the day it is removed. Also, it would be hard for the rest of the world remaining to ignore the significance of the timing of the event. Although I cold also see the date not being used as well because God's word tells us that He is going to send a strong delusion at that time making those who are remaining very confused and therefore hard to come to know Christ.

Anyway, 26 more days before going home is just fine with me intact 26 seconds is even better. I love the way you think though.

Many thanks to whoever blogged about the Aloha Bible Prophecy April 29th update. I hadn't viewed his updates in awhile and I was very much comforted by that one. I guess,like most watchers, I get a little tired of waiting and just want to go home already. I'm going to kid Jesus a little bit about that telling Him it took Him long enough to come get us. LOL. He will probably reply with "it took me that long because you just wouldn't be obedient".LOL

Love all of you guys and can't wait for all of us to be together soon. Maybe just maybe it will be on Pentacost.

James N Nashville

Cary said...

Ally, thanks for the Aloha Prophecy link...sent it to everyone..Cary

Scott said...

JAMES - NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN!

Bac - thanks for the note; not sure what I can do (?)