RAAF suspends air operations over Syria after Russian threat to coalition forces

Threat comes after US shoots down Syrian SU-22 fighter jet it claims was bombing Syrian Democratic Forces fighters near Raqqa Australia has suspended air combat missions over Syria after Russia threatened that it would treat any plane from the US-led coalition flying west of the Euphrates river as a potential target. Russia said it was responding to US planes shooting down a Syrian air force jet on Sunday. The US said its planes had acted to defend US-backed forces seeking to capture Raqqa, the Islamic State (Isis) stronghold in north-east Syria. “As a precautionary measure, Australian defence force strike operations …

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Overcoming by the Blood

Reflections And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. (Rev 12:11) These are not three methods by which we overcome. They are all the same Truth. They all point to the fact that we overcome, not by fighting Satan, but by coming under the One in Whom is all victory, Jesus Christ. Practically speaking, this key to all victory in the Christian life is the losing of my life for Jesus’ sake in order to find Him as my life. Jesus said, …

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As We See the Day Approaching

Pete Garcia The Holy Bible expends a great deal of energy and effort, explaining both God and man’s relationship to time. God declares of Himself that He alone is omnipotent, omnipresent, and knows the end from the beginning. The Bible declares for man, that he is but a vapor or blade of grass compared to time, and that we are here for one fleeting moment, and gone the next. God, having created time for man, has existed in power and majesty for all of eternity, and if you were to compare our current existence, whether you believe our world to …

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