CDC: 110,197,000 Venereal Infections in U.S.; Nation Creating New STIs Faster Than New Jobs or College Grads
According to new data released by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 19.7 million new venereal infections in the United States in 2008, bringing the total number of existing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the U.S. at that time to 110,197,000. The 19.7 million new STIs in 2008 vastly outpaced the new jobs and college graduates created in the United States that year or any other year...

Australia’s Carbon Tax Contributing to Record Business Failures
The doomsayers, however, now have real-world evidence to back up their contentions. Australia instituted a carbon tax in the middle of 2012, and already it “is contributing to a record number of firms going to the wall with thousands of employees being laid off and companies forced to close factories that have stood for generations,”

Beast-Type Money Grab Serves as Prophetic Warning

By Bill Wilson

www.watch.org
 

Revelation 13:17 speaks of the mark of the beast -- commonly known these days as the Antichrist: "And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." Often prophecy is revealed a layer at a time, seemingly to give God's people more understanding of what is about to come.

The tiny island of Cyprus may well serve as a modern petri dish for what could happen under a "beast" empire. The European Union has required Cyprus to shut down its state-owned bank and raid 40% of accounts above $130,000 to raise about $5.5 billion in exchange for a $13 billion bailout. Leading up to the deal, Cypriots were only allowed $130 per day in bank withdrawals.

Cyprus is divided into two parts -- one is recognized by the United Nations as a "democratic republic" and the other part is recognized by only Turkey. UN peacekeepers provide a buffer between the Muslim and Christian sides. The Communist party controls the politics in Cyprus.

Cyprus is a popular destination for "Arab" visitors. Sex trafficking and slavery are a problem in Cyprus, according to the U.S. State Department Trafficking in Persons report. It is also considered a "Casino" economy. In other words, Cyprus, like the United States, is in a fallen moral condition as well as a debt-ridden economic state.

The Cyprus national debt is $21 billion, or about $18,000 per person living in Cyprus.

In comparison, the U.S. National Debt is $16.7 TRILLION. With interest, it is $59.2 TRILLION, which is $187,645 per taxpayer. This, according to U.S. Debt Clock, which obtains its figures via the US Department of Treasury.

If the European Union is willing to confiscate bank accounts over $18,000 of debt for every person living in Cyprus, what would the occupant of the Oval Office be willing to do over $187,645 in debt from each taxpayer -- 10 times the amount in Cyprus? The US is a large reflection of Cyprus--a tax and spend socialist government and moral decay combining for a "beast"-type government takeover.

The EU action in Cyprus should serve as a stiff warning to all of what a powerful government can do when the people are unable and/or unwilling to defend themselves against it. For example, Cyprus has the same gun policy that the federal government is proposing in America -- gun owners must be licensed and prove a genuine reason to possess a gun. The Cyprus population is essentially disarmed. It had no will nor ability to prevent the EU action.

While we cannot stop the march of prophecy, we can determine our place in it. As the people of Cyprus have determined their place in the EU, the citizens of America can look at this example and decide -- beast submission or self-determination.

Best decide before it's too late.

Cyprus bail-out: savers will be raided to save euro in future crises, says eurozone chief

Savings accounts in Spain, Italy and other European countries will be raided if needed to preserve Europe's single currency by propping up failing banks, a senior eurozone official has announced.

The new policy will alarm hundreds of thousands of British expatriates who live and have transferred their savings, proceeds from house sales and other assets to eurozone bank accounts in countries such as France, Spain and Italy.

The euro fell on global markets after Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch chairman of the eurozone, told the FT and Reuters that the heavy losses inflicted on depositors in Cyprus would be the template for future banking crises across Europe.

"If there is a risk in a bank, our first question should be 'Okay, what are you in the bank going to do about that? What can you do to recapitalise yourself?'," he said.

"If the bank can't do it, then we'll talk to the shareholders and the bondholders, we'll ask them to contribute in recapitalising the bank, and if necessary the uninsured deposit holders."

Ditching a three-year-old policy of protecting senior bondholders and large depositors, over €100,000, in banks, Mr Dijsselbloem argued that the lack of market contagion surrounding Cyprus showed that private investors could now be hit to pay for bad banking debts.

Full article:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9952979/Cyprus-bail-out-savers-will-be-raided-to-save-euro-in-future-crises-says-eurozone-chief.html

Oklahoma House Passes Bill to Ban UN Agenda 21
Following Alabama’s lead, lawmakers in the Oklahoma House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to approve popular legislation protecting private-property rights and banning a controversial United Nations “sustainable development” scheme known as Agenda 21, which critics say represents a serious threat to American values and liberty  

Drones to identify civilians carrying guns and track cell phone signals

Recently uncovered government documents reveal that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) unmanned Predator B drone fleet has been custom designed to identify civilians carrying guns and track cell phone signals.

"I am very concerned that this technology will be used against law-abiding American firearms owners," said founder and executive vice president of the Second Amendment Foundation, Alan Gottlieb. “This could violate Fourth Amendment rights as well as Second Amendment rights."

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) obtained a partially redacted copy of Homeland Security’s drone requirements through a Freedom of Information Act request; CNET uncovered an unredacted copy.

Homeland Security design requirements specify that its Predator B drones “shall be capable of identifying a standing human being at night as likely armed or not” and must be equipped with “interception” systems capable of reading cell phone signals.

The first known domestic use of a drone to arrest a U.S. citizen occurred last year in the small town of Lakota, North Dakota when rancher Rodney Brossart was arrested for refusing to return six of his neighbor’s cows that had wandered on to his property. Critics say the fact that domestic drones are being used in such minor matters raises serious concerns about civil liberties and government overreach.

"That drone is not just picking up information on what's happening at that specific scene, it's picking up everything else that's going on," says drone expert and Brookings Institution senior fellow Peter Singer. "Basically it's recording footage from a lot of different people that it didn't have their approval to record footage.”

Others, like progressive author Naomi Wolf, have warned that domestic drones may soon be weaponized. The military version of the Predator B drone carries 100-pound Hellfire missiles, but the Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says the 10 drones in its domestic fleet are unarmed.
Last month, NBC News uncovered a confidential 16-page Justice Department memo that concluded the U.S. government may execute a drone strike on an American citizen it believes to be a “senior operational leader” of al-Qaeda or “an associated force.”

The Obama Administration defended the use of drones to kill Americans thought to be working with terrorists.  “These strikes are legal, they are ethical, and they are wise,” said White House press secretary Jay Carney.

The Bible Miniseries: Hollywood Heresy

Unfortunately the producers of the miniseries did not follow The Bible closely.

With much critical acclaim and fanfare, History Channel’s “The Bible” miniseries debuted as the highest rated program in the network’s history. A 10-hour mini-series that covers popular Bible stories from Genesis to Revelation, has been a commercial success. The Christian Post online news site proclaimed: “This Time, Hollywood Got It Right.” Christiancinema.com wrote in its review: “This 10 part mini-series is a must-see epic of Biblical proportion. It is a wonderful testament to the enduring power of the Holy Bible, and the importance it plays in the history and eternal destiny of mankind.”

Yet watching the mini-series with a Bible-based perspective, it becomes obvious that this mini-series is full of unbiblical heresies, changes a great deal of the Bible’s details and ignores the message of salvation and forgiveness of sin in Jesus Christ that is the main purpose of the entire Bible itself. And what is even more dangerous is that many churches have adopted this series for teaching and sharing the Word of God in their services, continuing the fall of many Christian churches into spiritual apostasy.

http://beginningandend.com/the-bible-miniseries-hollywood-heresy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BeginningAndEnd+%28Beginning+And+End%29&

Google Glass: The opposition grows
...the people behind this anti-cyborg movement claim that there's no way you'll ever know that someone wearing Google Glass is recording your every word and movement. There's no way of even knowing if someone else is recording you through their glasses from somewhere in the cloud.  

Americans get serious about impeachment
Not only have voters begun to connect the dots between the faltering economy and global insecurity to Obama’s administration in significant numbers, they also have begun to join him in calling for “change.” Only this is the impeachment type of change, not the type Obama has so often preached.  

Ruins Of Ancient City Found In Antarctica?
A California TV crew missing since November 2002, a video they left behind and a mission by U.S. Navy SEALs are the key elements in a story that claims extensive ancient ruins have been found under the ice of Antarctica. That's according to archaeologist and adventurer Jonathan Gray of World Education Research Ltd in his free newsletter Archaeology News Flash.  

We found the Ammo and the Armored Vehicles at Homeland
Add to this perplexing outré purchase of ammo, DHS now is showing off its acquisition of heavily armored personnel carriers, repatriated from the Iraqi and Afghani theaters of operation. As observed by “paramilblogger” Ken Jorgustin last September: [T]he Department of Homeland Security is apparently taking delivery (apparently through the Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico VA, via the manufacturer – Navistar Defense LLC) of an undetermined number of the recently retrofitted 2,717 ‘Mine Resistant Protected’ MaxxPro MRAP vehicles for service on the streets of theUnited States.” These MRAP’s ARE BEING SEEN ON U.S. STREETS all across America by verified observers with photos, videos, and descriptions.”  

Noted Apologist Calls Out Evangelical Leaders Who 'Undermine the Word of God'
During his presentation Ham showed video clips of prominent evangelicals to illustrate how some modern Christian theologians are, what he calls, compromising the Word of God. He believes in a literal interpretation of the creation account found in the Book of Genesis. 

Obama Admin Wants to Deport Christian Homeschoolers
“The Obama administration is basically saying there is no right to home school anywhere,” said Michael Farris, founder of the Home School Legal Defense Association. “It’s an utter repudiation of parental liberty and religious liberty.” 

THE TRUTH ABOUT JOEL'S ARMY

by Andrew Strom

Why do some seem so keen to promote the concept of "Joel's Army", when the Scriptures openly declare it to be an army of LOCUSTS that devours and destroys every good thing in the land?

In recent years there has been much said and written about  theconcept of Joel's Army being the great end-times army of  Godlywarriors  who  bring  Revival  in the last days. However, it isvery clear from the Scriptures that the army in Joel that  theyare referring to is actually an army of LOCUSTS which God sendsas a JUDGEMENT upon the land. It is only later, after this armyof locusts has devoured and destroyed  every  good thing in theland, and has then been driven into the desert and the  sea  byGod, that He sends a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit and  amighty "harvest". In other words, this locust army of judgementand devastation sweeps through first, and it is only  after  ithas been driven away to destruction by God  that  true  Revivalcan come. This is very clear from the Scriptures.

I have no doubt at all that the book of Joel is truly  an "end-time" book, prophesying a series of events that  culminates  inthe end of the age and the return of Jesus Christ.  It is cert-ainly a very important book for us to study, and it is  clearlyvital  that  we  understand what it predicts will take place inthese last days.

Right from the beginning of Joel, it is clear that this devour-ing army coming upon the land is a judgement  from  God:  "Whatthe  cutting  locust  left, the swarming locust has eaten. Whatthe swarming locust left, the hopping  locust  has  eaten,  andwhat the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten."(Joel  1:4).  In  fact  it  is clear that it is GOD HIMSELF whoraises up and deploys this army against His own people and  theland:  "The  land  is  like the garden of Eden before them, butafter them a desolate wilderness, and nothing  escapes  them...They leap upon the city, they run upon the walls; they climb upinto the houses, they enter through the windows like a thief...The LORD utters His voice before his army, for His host is  ex-ceedingly great; he that executes His word is powerful. For theday of the LORD is great and very terrible; who can endure it?"(Joel 2:3-11).

But soon after this we read: "Then the LORD became jealous  forHis  land,  and  had  pity on His people. The LORD answered andsaid to His people, 'Behold, I am sending to you  grain,  wine,and oil, and you will be satisfied;... I will remove the north-erner far from you, and drive him into a parched  and  desolateland,  his  front  into  the eastern sea, and his rear into thewestern sea; the stench and foul smell of him will rise, for hehas done great things.'" (Joel 2:18-20).

And now that this devouring army has been driven away  to  des-truction, we read of the great Revival that God then sends uponthe land: "He has poured down for you abundant rain, the  earlyand  the  latter rain, as before. The threshing floors shall befull of grain, and the vats shall overflow with wine  and  oil.I  will  restore to you the years which the swarming locust haseaten, the hopper, the destroyer,  and  the  cutter,  my  greatarmy, which I sent among you" (Joel 2:23-25).

And  now  comes  that  famous  Scripture, prophesying the great'last days' Revival: "And it shall come to pass afterward, thatI  will  pour  out  my  Spirit on all flesh; your sons and yourdaughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams,  andyour young men shall see visions..." (Joel 2:28).

After this, Joel goes on to speak  about  the  great  judgementthat will overtake the whole earth at the end of the  age,  andthe return of Jesus Christ to establish His glorious kingdom.



THE FULFILLMENT OF JOEL'S PROPHECY?

In my view there can be  little  doubt  that  we  have  alreadyentered the period that the Bible calls the "last days"  -  thevery  time  that  Joel prophesied about (and also the time thatthe New Testament speaks of again and again as being  a  periodof  great  deception and danger for Christians - even the 'veryelect').

I find it very significant that for years, prophetic ministriesaround the world have been shown by God that  they  would  soonsee  the rise of "Joel's Army". Many of them have obviously in-terpreted this to mean an army of anointed ministries that  Godwill  raise  up  to  bring  in the great last-days "harvest" ofsouls. But as we have seen,  in  reality,  what  God  has  beenspeaking  of  here  is  the  raising  up of a devouring army oflocusts, to bring judgement upon the land (the  church,  I  be-lieve) immediately prior to the genuine Revival. Some have evenbeen told by God that they will "stand before Joel's Army" (ie.this army of locusts). But is this really a privilege?

My own belief is that this army of locusts which  "devours  theland"  in  these  last days, may well be strongly linked to themany warnings in the New Testament of a great 'apostacy',  withseducing  spirits and 'lying signs and wonders' that will sweepthrough the church in these latter times. The picture of a hugearmy of locusts devouring everything seems to me  to  fit  verywell with the concept of a great deception  or  apostacy  whichsweeps  through  the  church,  likewise devouring everything init's path. And the time-frame for  these  predicted  holocaustsseems pretty much identical also.

Jesus  Himself  declared  that in the last days, many deceivers"will come in my name". He said that the deception of that timewould be so great that if possible even the 'very elect'  wouldbe deceived (Mt 24:24). The apostle Paul prophesied that in thelatter days, "perilous times will come", and that men would  be"lovers of pleasures more than lovers  of  God".  He  predictedthat there would be great apostacy involving 'seducing  spiritsand  doctrines  of  devils' (1 Tim 4:1). And it is obvious fromthe above Scriptures that much of this will arise  from  WITHINTHE  CHURCH.  We  are  also  told in the Bible that in the lastdays, those who are not "lovers of the truth" will be  deliber-ately given over by God to 'believe a lie',  to  come  under  a"strong delusion" involving 'lying  signs  and  wonders',  etc.(2 Thess 2:9-12). And of course, as always, such judgement mustfirst begin in God's own house (1 Peter 4:17).

Many of you who have read my article on the Toronto Controversywill know that as both a Revival historian and a writer on  the'prophetic',  right  from the outset I have been implacably op-posed to this movement which has recently been sweeping throughthe church. As I wrote in that article, if Toronto is from  Godthen why does it seem literally identical to  many  counterfeitmovements  which  have  destroyed genuine Revivals down throughhistory? And why are the manifestations absolutely identical tothose found in the occultic Chinese 'Qigong' movement, as  wellas Franz Mesmer's occultic healing practise and the "Kundalini"manifestations found in the  Rajneesh  and  Ramakrishna  cults,etc?  Why  are such manifestations found throughout the New Agemovement worldwide, and yet nowhere in the Bible?

In some Christian circles today, the "peer pressure" upon lead-ers  to  accept  this  movement (or at least to keep any qualmsabout it to themselves) has been quite incredible at  times.  Ihave to say that I have been utterly staggered that such an ob-viously suspect and 'strange' movement has been able  to  sweepthrough  the  church so easily, when the Bible clearly warns usin  the  last  days  to  BEWARE OF DECEPTION, AND ESPECIALLY OF"LYING SIGNS AND WONDERS"! Surely it is obvious that we are now  paying a heavy price for all the  shallowness  and  experience-centred soulishness that we have  sown  in  the  years  of  the Charismatic  Movement. God has indeed seemingly given the Laod-icean church over to believe a lie,  a  "strong  delusion", and millions are now falling prey.

It is interesting to note the hidden strategy behind the spreadof this movement in the church. In America, it first  gained  apowerful  foothold  in  the "Faith/prosperity" movement throughthe likes of Rodney Howard-Browne and Kenneth Copeland, etc. Itwas then imported via some Vineyard pastors directly  into  theToronto Airport Vineyard church, which was a far more  "accept-able" platform from which to launch the movement worldwide. (Italso brought the American 'prophetic' movement on-side,  as  itis  closely aligned with the Vineyard in the USA). From Torontoit spread like wildfire to England and  many  other  countries.It had successfully 'distanced' itself from  it's  Faith/prosp-erity  roots.  And  now, in 1995/96 we hear of what seems to beyet ANOTHER version of this movement, right in  the  middle  ofthe  conservative American "Bible-belt" - the so-called 'Pensa-cola Outpouring'. Obviously, this  version  will  be  far  moreacceptable to the conservative Bible-belt  Christians,  and  sothe  Leopard changes it's spots yet again, in order to impact awhole new sub-culture, and distance itself from previous taintsor associations. And who can say where all of this will end, orwhat will finally emerge from it?

Joel makes it clear that the great invasion of locusts that  heprophesies  for  the  end  times,  is  to  be a form of massive"judgement" upon God's own people. We are  told  in  the  Biblethat 'judgement begins at the house of God' (1 Pe 4:17). And itis interesting to note that the  word  'judgement'  very  ofteninvolves a 'separating' or a categorising. The sheep are separ-ated from the goats, the tares are separated  from  the  wheat,before judgement falls. (So that the  righteous  are  left  un-touched).  This 'separating' or dividing is very much a crucialpart  of  the  judgement process. And this is why we can expecta separating to take place through this current  deception,  ifit truly is a judgement brought upon the  Laodicean  church  byGod.  It is my strong belief that God is using this movement to"test" His people immediately prior to the great last-days  Re-vival  (just  as  the  wilderness tested the children of Israelbefore they could enter into the promised land  -  and  only  atiny remnant survived from that entire generation. The rest allperished in the wilderness).

In 1984 one of the major prophetic groups in America received aword from God to the effect that, just like the  king's  butlerand  the  king's baker in the story of Joseph, the church wouldbe placed in a 'dungeon' by God (a place of 'death', of waitingand of testing) for about the next ten years, and  at  the  endof  this  period,  part  of  the  church  (the butler) would beraised up as an honoured servant of God,  and  the  other  (thebaker)  would lose it's head. (Again we see here a 'separating'before judgement falls). Others, such as Howard  Pittman,  havelikewise  stated  that  God has shown them that there will be aprocess of "culling" before a remnant can  be  found  who  willpossess  the "promised land" (Revival) in His name. This is ex-actly the same as what the children of Israel went  through  (aprocess  of  testing  and 'culling' by God), so that only thosewho were worthy would inherit His promise. It seems harsh,  butthis  has  simply  always  been  the way. Judgement must alwaysbegin at the house of God.

While I certainly believe that Joel's Army is an  army  of  de-vouring  locusts,  I am also definitely a believer in the greatlast-days outpouring of God's Spirit upon "all flesh" which  isalso  prophesied in Joel. This great Revival is clearly to fol-low immediately after the plague of locusts has  swept  throughthe  land.  As  Joel states, this outpouring is to be a time ofabundant restoration and "harvest". And though the  thought  of"Joel's  Army"  itself doesn't thrill me too much, I do believethat God will Himself raise up  His own 'remnant' army (a  kindof  "Gideon's  three  hundred")  when genuine Revival falls, togather in this enormous end-times harvest. This is  clearly  tobe  the  final great "harvest" in history, immediately prior tothe terrible judgements of the end of the  age.  Such  a  greatoutpouring of God's Spirit "upon all flesh" just before the endis  entirely  in keeping with His character, because as historyshows, He has always brought great mercy before He has  broughtgreat  judgement.  Therefore if we are nearing the final "greatjudgement" of all time, then surely we can expect the  greatestever harvest immediately prior to it?

As  I  have recounted in my article on the Toronto Controversy,God warned us prophetically in New Zealand well before the term"Toronto" was even being spoken here, that before  the  genuineRevival  would  come  a "Laodicean revival" which would involvelaughing, falling, crying, etc. (This was all seen  in  a  veryspecific dream by a prophetic friend of mine). After this 'Lao-dicean revival' had swept through, he saw the beginning of  thetrue  Revival  (a separate movement altogether), with thousandsof young people gathered, etc. I believe that this was an exactpicture of what is occurring, and about to occur, in the church  right now. I have no doubt that genuine Revival is  now  immin-ent,  though  clearly  only  a  'remnant'  who  have not become "caught up" in deception will truly play a part in it.


http://crash.ihug.co.nz/~revival/joel.html

Politics Eric Holder: Drone strikes against Americans on U.S. soil are legal
“It is possible, I suppose, to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the Constitution and applicable laws of the United States for the President to authorize the military to use lethal force within the territory of the United States,” Holder replied in a letter yesterday to Paul’s question about whether Obama “has the power to authorize lethal force, such as a drone strike, against a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil, and without trial.” 


Homeland Security Drones Designed to Identify Civilians Carrying Guns
Recently uncovered government documents reveal that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) unmanned Predator B drone fleet has been customize designed to identify civilians carrying guns and track cell phone signals. "I am very concerned that this technology will be used against law-abiding American firearms owners," said...executive vice president of the Second Amendment Foundation Alan Gottlieb. 


Homeland Security Drones Designed to Identify Civilians Carrying Guns
Recently uncovered government documents reveal that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) unmanned Predator B drone fleet has been customize designed to identify civilians carrying guns and track cell phone signals.  

Rand Paul: Obama in guns-to-jihadists cover-up?
Charged Paul: “There has been a lot made of the political cover up of President Obama’s administration saying this (Benghazi attack) had something to do with a homemade film from some guy in Los Angeles. But in reality the question is, or the secondary quotation is, why would they do a cover up? What are they covering up?” Paul said he has “a feeling that it had something to do with the CIA annex.”