Month: March 2018

Saudi Crown Prince says American troops should remain inside Syria

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Staff writer, Al Arabiya EnglishSaturday, 31 March 2018 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wants the US military to maintain a presence in Syria, he told TIME on Thursday during his multi-city tour of the United States. “We believe American troops should stay for at least the mid-term, if not the long-term,” he said. Prince Mohammed said the US military presence is the last effort stopping Iran from continuing to expand influence with regional allies. The presence of the troops, which have a remote base at Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria, will also allow Washington to have a say in Syria’s future, …

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UN chief calls for independent investigation into Gaza deaths

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Emergency Security Council session convened after 16 Palestinians reportedly killed by IDF troops along Gaza border; top UN official warns violence may worsen By TOI STAFF and AGENCIES /03/31/2018 UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called Friday for “an independent and transparent investigation” into deadly clashes in Gaza between Palestinians and Israeli troops as Security Council members urged restraint and a lowering of tensions on both sides. Kuwait requested the emergency Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in Gaza, where Palestinians said Israeli fire killed 16 people in the conflict’s deadliest single day since the 2014 Gaza war. After the meeting, a top UN …

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Israel deploys drones to drop tear gas on Gaza protesters

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Friday’s violence was one of the first uses of the new technology, Border Police spokesman says By AGENCIES and TOI STAFF/ 03/31/2018 Israel on Friday used new technology to counter violent protests along the Gaza border, with Border Police using small drones to drop tear gas on Palestinian protesters. An AFP correspondent saw a drone release around 10 gas canisters as protesters on the border with Israel cursed the small craft. People quickly scattered when they saw the drones approaching. A police spokesman acknowledged operational deployment of the new technology. A number of people were injured by the containers, which fell from a height of …

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Freed from bondage to sin & spiritual death: 

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Freed from bondage to sin & spiritual death: By His death, Christ – the Lamb of God, freed His people (the ‘believing’ Church) from their slavery to sin, defeating Heaven’s most powerful adversary without an army, without a single casualty among His own, by the power of His sacrificial life. Billions of former slaves will walk out of this world one day soon, receiving wealth beyond measure. The sick will be healed, the lame will walk, and the weak will be made strong. Not a single one will be left behind. It’s the ultimate fulfillment of the Passover Prophecy. Through …

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The Heavens Opened to The Prophet Ezekiel

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The Heavens Opened to Ezekiel Ezekiel 1:1-3  “1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. 2In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity, 3the word of Jehovah came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Jehovah was there upon him.” (ASV, 1901) In the first …

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Light is Judgment

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Reflections   Light is Judgment   John 9:35-39   35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? 36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? 37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. 38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. 39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; …

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Jesus’ Path From Hades to Heaven

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FROM HADES TO HEAVEN By Dr. Thomas S. McCall What happened to the saints of the Old Testament when they died? What happened when Christ died and “descended in to Hades”? What happened between the time the risen Christ appeared to Mary Magdalene and the time He appeared to the disciples later that Sunday evening? What does the Scripture mean that Christ led “captivity captive?” Where do believers go today when they die? The purpose of this article is to find the answer to these questions in the Word of God. When Christ died, His body was in the tomb, …

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Jews worldwide to celebrate Passover Friday

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Friday evening will mark the beginning of Passover, a weeklong celebration and remembrance of the God’s deliverance of His people from slavery in Egypt and miracle of the Exodus. Jews worldwide will begin celebrating Passover on Friday evening.  Jews in Israel celebrate the holiday for seven days, while Jews in the Diaspora for 8. Passover, known in Hebrew as Pesach, begins on the 15th of the Jewish month Nissan through the 22nd. God chose Moses to lead the Israelites from captivity and decades of slavery to the Promised Land. When Moses came with God’s demand to the Pharaoh, he refused marking the …

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“I called him, but he gave me no answer.” Song of Solomon 5:6

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“I called him, but he gave me no answer.” Song of Solomon 5:6 Prayer sometimes tarrieth, like a petitioner at the gate, until the King cometh forth to fill her bosom with the blessings which she seeketh. The Lord, when he hath given great faith, has been known to try it by long delayings. He has suffered his servants’ voices to echo in their ears as from a brazen sky. They have knocked at the golden gate, but it has remained immovable, as though it were rusted upon its hinges. Like Jeremiah, they have cried, “Thou hast covered thyself with …

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God is thinking about you right now!

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Psalm 139:17-18 (KJV) 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. Have you ever tried to count the grains of sand on the seashore? For those of us who have tried it is absolutely impossible! There are so many in just a scoop of your hand that it becomes incomprehensible to think that we could even begin to count them. In this scripture verse, the psalmist tells us …

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The Desires of Your Heart

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God does want to give us the desires of our heart, but first He wants to purify our desires so they align with His The Desires of Your Heart Psalms 37:4 – 37:7 4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass. 6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of …

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MASSES OF GAZANS HEAD TO BORDER FENCE TO ‘DEMAND RIGHT OF RETURN’

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An organizer of the protest emphasized it will be “peaceful and nonviolent.” BY ADAM RASGON  MARCH 28, 2018 asses of Palestinians are expected to come to the Gaza border on Friday and move into tents there for a  planned six-week-long protest “to demand the right of return to the homes and villages that they were expelled from in 1948,” Ahmad Abu Ratima, an organizer of the protest, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. The beginning of the protest on Friday is scheduled to coincide with Land Day, which Palestinians annually commemorate the six Arab-Israelis who Israeli security forces killed during demonstrations in 1976 over …

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