HEADLINES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH - PROPHECY UPDATE



Date 2/17/16? PROPHECY UPDATE NEWS HEADLINESYesterday's Prophecies - Today's HeadlinesHEADLINES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH?TRACKING BIBLE PROPHECY presents Israel, Palestinians with peace planFrench ultimatum to Israel: Accept PA demands or elseIsrael's Netanyahu pans 'baffling' French peace proposalNetanyahu in Berlin calls French plan 'surprising' as Merkel puts brakes on diplomatic efforts Merkel: Germany won't normalize ties with Iran unless it recognizes IsraelIsrael's rash behavior blew operation to sabotage Iran's computers, US officials say PA: Palestinians to 'never' again negotiate directly with IsraelSenior Palestinian official calls on Jews to 'return to country of origin' In a first, new Egyptian schoolbook teaches peace deal with IsraelRivlin to Samantha Power: Tell Abbas direct talks are urgentSamantha Power gets bird's-eye view of Israeli security threatsElliott Abrams: US Mideast policy will be more assertive under next president Netanyahu said worried Obama may go against Israel as term expiresObama to reluctantly sign trade bill that lumps together Israel and settlementsIsraeli group accuses US of labeling settlement productsAmid BDS protest, Jordanian parliament holds decisive discussion on Israeli gas deal 11% of terrorists in current wave of violence were womenNasrallah threatens 'nuclear attack' on Haifa ammonia tankHezbollah's Nasrallah outraged by Sunni states' warming Israel ties Nasrallah begs Arab leaders: Don't ally with Israel against Iran'Hezbollah is covertly watching us, waiting for the day of battle' The Latest: Hezbollah Leader Slams Turkey, Saudi ArabiaTurkey wants Syria ground operation, but says no consensus among alliesDutch fighter jets strike ISIS in Syria for the first time3 Americans Missing in Iraq Are 'Back Under U.S. Control': OfficialAssad casts doubt on Syria ceasefire prospects amid intensifying campaignReport: Assad built seven-story underground war bunkerRussia rejects Syria war crimes claim over hospital attacksRussia killed more Syrian civilians than Assad or ISIS in January, watchdog saysDefiant Iran ignores UN ban, hits up Putin for high-tech tanks, fighter jetsRussia, Iran ready to 'reinforce' military cooperationSniper Decapitates ISIS Leader Teaching Beheading ClassUN Says a 'Humanitarian Catastrophe' Is Unfolding in YemenU.N. to Deliver Humanitarian Aid To Besieged Parts of SyriaISIS, facing cash shortage, cuts back on perks and salariesSpring could bring a fresh surge of refugees. But Europe isn't ready for them.Man Arrested in Scotland for "Offensive" Facebook Posts About RefugeesArabic banner mysteriously appears on Texas buildingMuslim Woman Leads Prayer to Allah on Wisconsin Assembly Floor John Kerry Meets With Hollywood Studio Chiefs to Discuss ISISApple ordered to break into San Bernardino shooter's iPhoneFCC commissioner: U.S. tradition of free expression slipping awayHackers demand $3.4 million in Hollywood hospital data attackHospital hack reveals digital risk in medical worldWhy protecting critical infrastructure from cyberattacks is a global emergencyWhat Israel Could Teach the U.S. about CybersecurityUS Marshals arresting people for not paying their federal student loansMapped: Negative central bank interest rates now herald new danger for the worldFed's Kashkari Floats Breaking Up Big Banks to Avert Meltdown Saudis and Russia agree oil output freeze, Iran still an obstacleOil falls despite Saudi-Russian output dealBrazil could waive US dollar to bolster Iran trade - minister First Chinese train arrives in Tehran to revive Silk RoadChina sends surface-to-air missiles to contested island in provocative moveChina uproots 9,000 people for huge telescope in search for aliens 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Camana, Peru5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the Southern East Pacific Rise5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Taron, Papua New Guinea4.8-magnitude earthquake shakes Sierra Nevada communitiesKarymsky volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 11,000ftTengger Caldera volcano in Indonesia erupts to 10,000ftDoctors 3D-print 'living' body partsIsrael's abortion law now among world's most liberal8 Times Justice Scalia Affirmed There is No Right to Abortion in the ConstitutionDetectives question lack of autopsy in Scalia deathHarry Reid to GOP: Blocking Scalia Replacement Means 'Surrendering' to Cruz and TrumpGOP showing signs of backing down from vow to block Obama SCOTUS pickObama to nominate 'indisputably' qualified Supreme Court candidate South Dakota Becomes First State To Pass Anti-Transgender Student Restroom BillManny Pacquiao sorry for saying gays are 'worse than animals'Doctors prescribe drugs to tackle Britain's gambling epidemicJesus does not want you to be hit men, pope tells Mexican youthPROPHECY UPDATE NEWSLETTERSTAY INFORMED, GET EQUIPPED, BE ENCOURAGEDPre-Millennium - Pre-Tribulation - PrePARED*If you missed an issue or did not receive your daily copy - All Newsletters are archived at:?? TODAY'S NEWSLETTER...?Featured Article: The Number of His Name??Special Israeli emissary to Moscow over Russian Syria air strikes near border??Hezbollah Threatens It Can Hit Israel with a Low-Tech Weapon That Will Pack the Punch of a Nuclear Bomb??MASSIVE Biblical Discovery is Proving Atheists... WRONG!??Nearing Midnight: Tribulation Light?21 New Numbers That Show That the Global Economy Is Absolutely Imploding??Daily Jot: Zika--Pandemic marketing at the cost of life??Daily Devotion: Pray with Persistence??The Number of His Name - Wendy Wippel - Sjostrom is vice president of the Swedish technology company Sogeti and according to his LinkedIn profile, a "trendwatcher, with a focus on digital transformation and its impact on customer experience". Last week, however, he stopped watching trends and set one. And its impact? For future humanity,, apparently, a matter of life or death.?Andreas, you see, a techno-geek since childhood and, familiar with microchips now commonly implanted in pets to monitor their location, decided to himself play guinea pig in a test-run of the use of microchips in humans.? So he got himself a microchip kit online and enlisted Scandinavian Airlines as a research partner, who agreed to? encrypt his frequent flyer number on the microchip, called a near field communication chip (NFC).?The chip being roughly the size of a grain of rice.?Then he found a nurse that would agree to inject the chip into his hand.?Now on to Paris. .? ?Andreas arrived at the Stockholm airport, checked in, and then proceeded to security.?Although the airline was in on it (they facilitated encryption of his frequent flier number on the chip, after all) security guards at the airport were not.? And as Andreas approached the crowded security queues, the posted guard-- before? scanning, or even seeing Andreas' passport or any other credentials, received? confirmation from her scanner to let Andreas through.?The news report describes her as being "confused". I'm thinking that is putting it mildly. .?Essentially Andreas himself (more specifically the microchip embedded in his hand,), verified his own identity.?Bottom line:? Andreas breezed through security with just a wave of that hand.?The technology isn't new-if you open doors with a security badge at work, or swipe your credit card at the grocery, you're using a form of it every day. But Sjostrom is the first human to have his credentials permanently attached to his future corpse by said technology.?Sjostrom, who wrote an essay at the age of 13 describing "writing code that helps people"? as the most satisfying thing in life, said he turned himself into a guinea pig because he just wanted to know if the embedded microchip would work in an airport setting. And as a really frazzled, really frequent flier, Andreas described the success of his experiment like this:?It's not battery powered so it can't run out of batteries. I can't lose it, it is awakened by the scanner when I get close to it.? "I am actually carrying the right to travel. You could strip me of everything and the system will let me in anyway."?Today's airport setting implied.?And as somebody who is routinely challenged by the material world (losing my keys and my cards on a daily basis), this sounds, on the surface of it, pretty attractive.?I saw a folksy sign for sale in Cracker Barrel yesterday that pictured a person holding a lariat that said "I'm so scattered I don't know if a found a rope or lost a horse".?I laughed real hard because that totally describes me.?But as good students of the Bible (and, specifically, of prophecy) are you thinking what I am thinking??In a wider context, the system could also keep you out:?? ?Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. 12 And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. 14 And he deceives those[e] who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. 15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or[f] the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Revelation 13: 11-17 NKJV?Sjostrom acknowledges that there are concerns with this with microchipping humanity, including possible misuse, but explains that it's only through the use of the technology that the problems will be revealed.?As for problems, I've seen enough political thrillers to recognize one right off the bat;? Heads and hands can be cut off and used by people who don't really own them.?Eventually, the technology would have to focus on analyzing DNA.? And that, ostensibly, would make the microchips, the "mark" obsolete.?Which, could only mean one thing: :?Soon and very soon.?Sjostrom, by the way, bought his microchip from a Seattle-based company called Dangerous Things.?I've said it before. You just can't make this stuff up.?Special Israeli emissary to Moscow over Russian Syria air strikes near border - view of the crisis building up on the southern Syrian-Israeli border, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu decided immediately on his return home from Berlin early Wednesday, Feb. 17, to send a special? emissary to Moscow to ask for clarifications. Tuesday, Intensified Russian air strikes came to within 6 km of the Israeli border, sparking a growing exodus of Syrian refugees heading towards the Qoneitra border crossing to Israel.?debkafile's sources reveal that the envoy is Dr. Dore Gold, director-general of the Foreign Ministry and one of the prime minister's few trusted confidantes.?? It was still not clear whom Gold will meet in the Russian capital, but it is assumed that it will be one of Moscow's senior decision-makers in the loop on its military operation in Syria.?The fact that Netanyahu decided to dispatch a top diplomat rather than a senior military or intelligence officer is a sign that the prime minister is not of one mind with the IDF's intelligence assessments of the situation on the ground.?Netanyahu's concerns grew after the Russian air force on Tuesday widened its massive bombing of southern Syria from the city of Daraa to the Golan town of Quneitra, in order to help the Syria army's 7th armored division push the rebels east, so they will not attempt to cross the border and seek shelter in Israel.?debkafile's military sources report that that 12 of the 15 targets bombed by the Russian air force across from the Israeli border were new rebel positions that had not been attacked before, even by the Syrian army. Military sources monitoring the war said Tuesday night that there is no doubt that the Russians are in the process of wiping out the rebel positions along the Israeli border by means of an offensive comparable to their operations in the northern Aleppo sector.?Our sources report that Israel's concerns grew when, as the Russians bombing raids neared the Israeli border, Syrian officials threatened Jordan with serious consequences if Amman gave the Saudi air force a base for attacking eastern or southern Syria.?The threats began Tuesday, after Jordanian forces took over the Syrian-Jordanian border crossings formerly held by Syrian rebels, as a measure to stem the volume of Syrian refugees in search of sanctuary in the Hashemite Kingdom. But this step was interpreted by the Syrians and their Russian ally as clearing the way for Saudi intervention in the Syrian conflict using Jordan as a jumping-off base.??Meanwhile, Western military sources reported a sub substantial presence Tuesday of both Russian and Israeli warplanes in the skies over and around southern Syria.? ??Hezbollah Threatens It Can Hit Israel with a Low-Tech Weapon That Will Pack the Punch of a Nuclear Bomb - Sharona Schwartz????????? - ? leader Hassan Nasrallah has threatened to attack an ammonia storage facility in northern Israel, a move he said would pack the punch of a nuclear weapon, resulting in hundreds of thousands of fatalities.?"This would be exactly as a nuclear bomb, and we can say that Lebanon today has a nuclear bomb, seeing as any rocket that might hit these tanks is capable of creating a nuclear bomb effect," Nasrallah said, according to a translation published in the Times of Israel.?Addressing his message to Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, Nasrallah said, according to quotes posted by Ynet, "It's simple mathematics. A few missiles on a few ammonium plants equals the same amount of death as an atomic bomb."?Israel's military chief Eizenkot on Wednesday responded to Nasrallah's threat, acknowledging that among the groups surrounding Israel, Hezbollah has developed the most significant military abilities, including developing the means to hit Tel Aviv in central Israel.?Though it is a formidable adversary, Eizenkot noted that the Lebanon border has been Israel's quietest for the past 10 years since the 2006 conflict known as the Second Lebanon War.?Ynet reported that following the 2006 conflict, the municipality of Haifa - where the ammonia facility sits - ordered a study, which concluded that in the event the plant were to be hit, it would release a 10-mile diameter cloud, an area that would cover both Haifa and Acre, a city 10 miles north along the Mediterranean coast. Both cities are home to Jewish and Arab residents.?Ynet quoted professor Amos Natua from the Technion Institute of Technology who said, "Researchers who conducted the studies in the 1990s concluded that there could be 70,000 casualties."?"The State Comptroller released a statement in 2003 that the number will likely be much higher," he added.?Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav pointed to Nasrallah's threat as a reminder to the Israeli government that it must move the plant out of the city, which has a population of nearly 300,000.?"We are happy for help" in raising the issue, Yahav said, "even if it arrives from a frightened man hiding in his bunker."?Nasrallah spoke remotely from an undisclosed location transmitted to a rally honoring former top Hezbollah leaders who were assassinated. The event is known as "The Loyalty to Martyrs and Leaders Day," Israel's Ynet reported.MASSIVE Biblical Discovery is Proving Atheists... WRONG! - Cassy Fiano - vocal atheists will do whatever they can to undermine the beliefs of devout Christians. But a recent discovery in Jerusalem is helping to prove the atheists wrong.?In 2005, sewage workers began maintenance on pipes in the Old City of Jerusalem, never expecting they'd be the first to witness an age-old artifact which many of the most scholarly historians believed never existed.?The Los Angeles Times reports that the workers unearthed an unexpected freshwater reservoir, upon which they immediately contacted researchers for study. Archaeologists soon found that this long-lost pool was actually the ancient Pool of Siloam, a location once believed by critics to be a myth. However, the revelation doesn't end there.?The Pool of Siloam isn't only a sacred Christian site, but it is the very setting described in the Gospel of John in which Jesus Christ healed the blind man. According to John 9, the Son of God spat in the dirt, rubbed the mud on the man's eyes, and told him to go wash in the Pool of Siloam. When the man obeyed, he was instantly healed of his life-long affliction.?"Scholars have said that there wasn't a Pool of Siloam and that John was using a religious conceit" to illustrate a point, said New Testament scholar James H. Charlesworth of the Princeton Theological Seminary. "Now we have found the Pool of Siloam ... exactly where John said it was."?According to Charisma News, after extensive studies, scholars believe that this reservoir is undoubtedly the same that was named in the New Testament, further verifying the authenticity of the Bible.??"The point is that it's become increasingly clear that the default scholarly position of disbelieving the Bible because it is the Bible is untenable," Metaxas writes. "Of course, Christians should already know that. But it's still gratifying to see that other people are able to see it, as well. Even if they have to go to the Pool of Siloam to do it."?Historians have been able to substantiate more and more biblical stories. So while faith alone might not be enough for some people, there's archaeological fact and history to fall back on, too.NOW BOTH DVDs FOR ONLY $29.95NOW SHIPPING!!!MAGOG RISINGMore than 2,500 years ago, God gave?the prophet Ezekiel an astonishing prophecy to give to the world, one that would be fulfilled in "the latter days." Many Bible scholars feel that the prophesied events, found in Ezekiel 38 and 39, could be fulfilled in the near future, and that we might already be witnessing the stage being set and the actors being moved into place, in light of current events happening in the Middle East, right now.?In Ezekiel 38, Russia, Iran, and an alliance of Muslim nations invade Israel due to a "hook placed in the mouth of Russia" to bring Russia down to invade Israel. That hook could very well be the natural-gas fields discovered off the coast of Israel or the more recent finding of massive oil deposits in the Golan Heights.?With Russian and Iranian military forces now cooperating? and engaging in combat in Syria, just miles north of the border of Israel, people are asking if these events are setting the stage for the fulfillment of what Bible scholars call the "War of Gog & Magog" that is supposed to take place in the End of Days??Join us in this exciting new DVD as we examine Ezekiel 38 & 39 and the infamous war of Gog & Magog, and compare it to today's headlines and current events in the Middle East.The Fate of Damascus and the Psalm 83 War?About the time of the end the biblical prophet Ezekiel tells of a future invasion of Israel by a vast coalition of nations, known as the battle of Gog and Magog, we find this in Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39. As we read the headlines in the newspapers of today, and witness the conflicts in the Middle East, it's not hard to imagine that this invasion prophesied over 2600 years ago, could be fulfilled in the immediate future.? Ezekiel 36-37 predicts a gathering of the Jews to the nation of Israel, which will be followed by this massive invasion.? For 19 centuries, the Jewish people were scattered throughout the world, and until May 14, 1948, there was no nation of Israel to invade.? With the nation of Israel now a reality, the stage seems set for the war that will usher in the tribulation and the rise of the Antichrist; a war that will end with the destruction of Israel's enemies by God Himself, and lead to the signing of a peace treaty with the Antichrist.?As you read Ezekiel 38 and 39, it isn't just the creation of the nation of Israel that makes this prophecy seem likely to be fulfilled in the near future.? The nations that God tells us will form this coalition against Israel seem more likely now than perhaps ever before to form just such an alliance." The leaders of this coalition will be Russia and Iran, and currently both of these nations are right on Israel's doorstep, under the pretense of battling ISIS in Syria. I believe that there are a couple of unfulfilled prophecies that will lead-up to this massive invasion of Israel, and as we read today's headlines, we find that the fulfillment of these two prophesied events,?could happen very soon! ?The Fate of Damascus and the Psalm 83 War?TO ORDER THIS NEW DVDS - CLICK HERE?For every "Convergence" DVD that you purchase, you will receive a second one for FREE to out hand out or give away. For example, if you buy 5 DVDs, you will receive 10."CONVERGENCE of the End Time Signs" -?Bible Prophecy fulfillment is in a period of acceleration, a time of Quickening, the world is racing towards Armageddon, now more than ever we must be ready! We are about to enter a time like no other time, a time that no man has ever seen, a time like no other time in the history of this world, as a matter of fact we are about to enter the end times. Since the dawn of mankind, there have always been wars and rumors of wars, earthquakes, famines, pestilences, disease, strange-weather and false Christ's just as Jesus predicted. Fast forward nearly 2,000 years since Jesus made this prediction, and you have today's headlines lining up exactly with the Word of God. The big thing?isn't?that these events?are happening today, is that they are all happening at the very same time! Bible prophecy is being fulfilled right before our very eyes.? Fulfilled prophecy is increasing in frequency and intensity just like birth pains, and Jesus said when you see these know that I am near, even at the door.All the signs of the last days are converging at the same time. Bible Prophecy is happening right before our eyes and like birth pains, ?the predicted events are happening more frequently and more intently. Never, in the history throughout the world have so many forces, including economic, scientific, techno-logic, ecologic, cultural, geopolitical, moral, spiritual and religion, converged together to bring this world that's already teetering over the edge into the abyss, to a point of no return. "CONVERGENCE" brings it all together and will clearly show where all this heading and what people need to do!To Order this Video on DVD Click Here!Nearing Midnight: Tribulation Light - Terry James - the title above, I don't mean to imply light being shed on the Tribulation--although that is part of what I hope will be done. By using the term "Tribulation light," I mean we are now seeing issues and events occur in this Age of Grace much like, but not actually those prophetically scheduled for, the seven years of worldwide horror leading up to Christ's Second Advent--i.e., those issues and events are but similar to those much more horrific, apocalyptic events; foreshadows of things to come. ?There are several specific prophecies expounded upon by Jesus while giving His Olivet Discourse that I would like to examine as being "Tribulation light" events in our headlines today. ?The Lord gave these as recorded in the following prophecy: ?Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. (Luke 21: 20-21) ?I would like to probe a bit into the less-prominent "Tribulation light" prophetic indicators within the above Scripture before getting into that which I view as most pronounced in these days so near the end of the Church Age. ?Jesus was foretelling that these troubles will be unprecedented in their ferocity during the Tribulation era when God's wrath will fall upon incorrigibly wicked mankind. He exhorted that when those with discernment see these things begin to happen, they are to know that His return is drawing near. Note, the Lord said when these things "begin" to come to pass, those with discernment are to "look up...for your redemption draws near" (Luke 21:28). ?Jesus said as recorded in other places that these issues and events will be like birth pangs. They will come upon end-time's mankind like pains a woman experiences during the incrementally increasing contractions of having a baby. That is, these pains will begin in a milder manner than they will become the nearer the moment of birth. ?Earthquakes, Jesus said, will mark the beginning of "sorrows" (birth pangs). Again, these, obviously, staying within the birthing analogy, will be lighter in severity than they will become during the full-blown Tribulation when Christ's return is about to happen. We are told in Revelation that there will occur the ultimate earthquake as Christ is breaking through the black clouds of that terrible time. Every mountain will fall. That describes a mighty earthquake indeed!?Anyone who reads the news as presented in our Rapture Ready News section knows of the reports of tremblers from around the world. There seems no geographical region of the planet that isn't experiencing seismic activity on an increasing scale. All of these quakes are light in severity when compared to the Revelation description of the final quake that will bring every tall structure on earth crashing down. However, the cumulative effects have prophetic evidentiary significance, it becomes ever more obvious. ?Just within the past days, we have the following posts: \*5.7-magnitude earthquake felt in New Zealand capitalNew Zealand's capital city Wellington was rocked by 5.7-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday (Feb 9), according to the country's earthquake monitoring service.* Massive earthquake hits near Papua New Guinea island of BougainvilleA 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit near the Papua New Guinea island of Bougainville early on Tuesday morning. The undersea quake struck at 3.19am local time...* Taiwan Quake Kills at Least 18 as Search for Missing ContinuesA strong earthquake rocked a region of Taiwan that's a hub for chipmaking suppliers to the likes of Apple Inc. and Qualcomm Inc., killing at least 18 people* 5.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Nepal, Tremors Felt In Bihar* Earthquake shakes Tokyo, no tsunami riskAn earthquake has struck close to Tokyo, shaking much of the metropolitan region. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, and no tsunami* Chile earthquake: Strong tremor strikes near Tongoy and La SerenaA strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 has struck off the coast of central Chile, centered off Tongoy and La Serena, seismologists say.* Strong earthquake hits Solomon Islands?A magnitude 6.4 earthquakes hit the Solomon Islands at 12.19am today, according to the Malaysian Meteorological Department.?Such reports continue in a never-ending cyberspace headlines crawl. The tremors are coming with increasing frequency and intensity. ?The second "Tribulation light" indicator I pluck from the Luke 21:20-21 Olivet prophecy Jesus gave is the matter of "pestilence." ?To be brief, I bring to your attention the things we have seen develop most recently in this regard. Remember the Ebola scare of a few months ago. Think of the HIV natter that was on the front pages and growing, seemingly, uncontrollably. And now it is the Zika virus that is apparently spread by mosquitoes and which has no medical defense to combat it. There is growing concern among the medical research community that many of the pestilences are in the process of mutating--developing resistance to antibiotics and other forms of combating disease. ?The Tribulation era will see these diseases become full-blown. The toll in human life will be beyond comprehension. ?All of these above-mentioned developments are but sidebars to the real story regarding signals that show how near this generation is to the Tribulation era. ?"Nation against nation and kingdom against kingdom": This is the real scriptural crux of proof in thinking on where we stand on God's prophetic timeline. ?"Nation" in the Greek language, as used here, is "ethnos" or "ethnic" in English. Jesus was predicting that the very end of the age would produce great ethnic upheaval. People will be raging against each other for reasons of race. Likewise, the Lord said that "kingdom against kingdom" will mark the era leading up to His Second Advent. ?Is there any doubt whatsoever that these indicators are in our headlines today? In the very streets of America, there is ethnic rage that sometimes boils to the uncontrollable level. The rioting in places like Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore, Maryland, leap instantly to mind. Such rage is at the heart of problems around the world. Religious fervor, inciting ethnic hatreds, mark this generation as the one Jesus must have had in His omniscient mind when giving this prophecy. ?We are experiencing today "Tribulation light" prophetic birth pangs on a moment-by-moment basis. It will be fascinating, as watchers on the wall, to see what 2016 will bring. We, as born-again believers, hope it brings the shout of the Lord Jesus: "Come up here!" (Revelation 4:1)?21 New Numbers That Show That the Global Economy Is Absolutely Imploding - By Michael Snyder - a series of stunning declines through the month of January and the first half of February, global financial markets seem to have found a patch of relative stability at least for the moment. ?But that does not mean that the crisis is over.? On the contrary, all of the hard economic numbers that are coming in from around the world tell us that the global economy is coming apart at the seams.? This is especially true when you look at global trade numbers.? The amount of stuff that is being bought, sold and shipped around the planet is falling precipitously.? So don't be fooled if stocks go up one day or down the next.? The truth is that we are in the early chapters of a brand new economic meltdown, and I believe that all of the signs indicate that it will continue to get worse in the months ahead.? The following are 21 new numbers that show that the global economy is absolutely imploding...?#1 Chinese exports fell by 11.2 percent year over year in January.?#2 Chinese imports were even worse in January.? On a year over year basis, they declined a whopping 18.8 percent.?#3 It may be hard to believe, but Chinese imports have now plunged for 15 months in a row.?#4 In India, exports were down 13.6 percent on a year over year basis in January.?#5 In Japan, exports declined 8 percent in December on a year over year basis, while imports plummeted 18 percent.?#6 For the sixth time in six years, Japanese GDP growth has gone negative.?#7 In the United States, exports were down 7 percent on a year over year basis in December.?#8 U.S. factory orders have fallen for 14 months in a row.?#9 The Restaurant Performance Index in the United States has dropped to the lowest level that we have seen since 2008.?#10 This month the Baltic Dry Index fell below 300 for the first time ever.?#11 It is now cheaper to rent a 1,100 foot merchant vessel than it is to rent a Ferrari.?#12 Orders for Class 8 trucks in the United States dropped by 48 percent on a year over year basis in January.?#13 Due to a lack of demand for trucks, Daimler just laid off 1,250 U.S. workers.?#14 Even though Saudi Arabia and Russia have agreed to freeze oil production at current levels, the price of U.S. oil has still fallen below 30 dollars a barrel.?#15 It is being reported that 35 percent of all oil and gas companies around the world are at risk of falling into bankruptcy.?#16 According to CNN, 67 oil and gas companies in the United States filed for bankruptcy during 2015.?#17 The number of job cuts in the United States skyrocketed 218 percent during the month of January according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas.?#18 All over America, retail stores are shutting down at a stunning pace.? The following list of store closures comes from one of my previous articles...?-Wal-Mart is closing 269 stores, including 154 inside the United States.?-K-Mart is closing down more than two dozen stores over the next several months.?-J.C. Penney will be permanently shutting down 47 more stores after closing a total of 40 stores in 2015.?-Macy's has decided that it needs to shutter 36 stores and lay off approximately 2,500 employees.?-The Gap is in the process of closing 175 stores in North America.?-Aeropostale is in the process of closing 84 stores all across America.?-Finish Line has announced that 150 stores will be shutting down over the next few years.?-Sears has shut down about 600 stores over the past year or so, but sales at the stores that remain open continue to fall precipitously.?#19 The price of gold is enjoying its best quarterly performance in 30 years.?#20 Global stocks have fallen into bear market territory, which means that about one-fifth of all global stock market wealth has already been wiped out.?#21 Unfortunately for global central banks, they have pretty much run out of ammunition.? Since March 2008, central banks have cut interest rates 637 times and they have purchased a staggering 12.3 trillion dollars worth of assets.? There is not much more that they can do, and now the next great crisis is upon us.?Without any outside influences, the global economy and the global financial system will continue to rapidly fall apart.?But if we do have a major "black swan event" take place, that could cause the bottom to fall out at any moment.?In particular, I am deeply concerned about the possibility that World War III could be sparked in the Middle East.? In an article that I published earlier today entitled "Turkey Is Asking The United States To Take Part In A Ground Invasion Of Syria", I included a quote from Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu that reveals just how eager Turkey and Saudi Arabia are for war to begin...?"Some countries like us, Saudi Arabia and some other Western European countries have said that a ground operation is necessary," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told Reuters in an interview.?However, this kind of action could not be left to regional powers alone. "To expect this only from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar is neither right nor realistic. If such an operation is to take place, it has to be carried out jointly, like the (coalition) air strikes," he said.?The Turks and the Saudis very much want the United States to take a leading role in any ground invasion of Syria, but the Obama administration is not likely to do that.?So we shall see if the Turks and the Saudis are willing to go ahead without us.? Let us hope that they do not decide to invade Syria, because that could start the biggest war in the Middle East that any of us have ever seen.?Unfortunately, Turkey is already attacking.?Turkey has been shelling Kurdish and Syrian military positions in northern Syria for four days in a row even though the Obama administration has been urging them to stop.?The first month and a half of 2016 has already been quite chaotic, and the stage is set for global events to greatly accelerate during the months ahead.?Sadly, the mainstream media in the United States is largely ignoring the preparations for a ground invasion of Syria, and they keep telling us that the global economy is going to be just fine, so most ordinary Americans are going to be absolutely blindsided by what is about to happen.?Daily Jot: Zika--Pandemic marketing at the cost of life? - Bill Wilson - ?Every few years there is a new pandemic panic. Remember SARS (2003), avian flu (2004), and swine flu (2009)? Now it's Zika. This is the time of the year that somewhere on earth an old pandemic arises or a new one is discovered. Lives are lost. Solutions are found. Untested new vaccines often are introduced within short periods of time after these diseases become well-known. There is always speculation that governments will force vaccinations on people--and often they do. Politicians receive money from drug companies. Drug companies make a lot of money from vaccinations. Sometimes vaccinations cause terrible side effects and drug companies make even more money. The truth behind Zika is startling.?Zika is being handled no differently than other so-called pandemics. The media is whipped into a frenzy predicting horrible events aimed at provoking fear among populations. Drug companies come to the rescue with a new vaccine. Some time later, the side effects of the vaccine are often worse than the pandemic because the pandemic never reaches the estimations of catastrophic damage. It's a noteworthy propaganda machine. The Zika virus is being blamed for microcephaly among infants. In Brazil, for example, babies born with unusually small heads (microcephaly) have increased from about 150 a year to about 5,000 a year since October 2015, causing a panic worldwide.?An investigation of this phenomenon by Dr. Joseph Mercola reveals that "Of the more than 4780 reported cases, only 404 infants have been confirmed as having microcephaly, and only 17 tested positive for Zika virus." Furthermore, Mercola's findings indicate "Far more likely culprits contributing to microcephaly increases among infants born in Brazil are lack of sanitation, widespread vitamin A and zinc deficiency, environmental pollution, toxic pesticide exposures, and Tdap vaccination now mandated for all pregnant women." Mercola says widespread exposure to Atrazine (the 2nd most used pesticide after Roundup) and pyroproxyfen also causes birth defects. Get it--mosquitos, pesticides, microcephaly--??Mercola says the US is overreacting to Zika, "Leaders of the public-private partnership between industry and government are quickly blaming the rise in microcephaly on disease-carrying mosquitoes in order to sell more GE (genetically engineered) mosquitoes, to sell more toxic insecticides, and to have an excuse to develop and sell more vaccines. All the while, they are keeping hidden some of the most likely culprits--poor nutrition and toxic environmental exposures like pesticides, as well as vaccines given during pregnancy when the fetus is most susceptible to harm." Jesus said in Matthew 24:4, "Take heed that no man deceive you." Certainly, Zika and these other "pandemics" should be researched thoroughly before making decisions that will impact the life-long health of loved ones.?See Dr. Mercola's research here:? ?Daily Devotion: Pray with Persistence - Greg Laurie - ?"However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them."? -John 6:37?Sometimes people will say, "I am just not worthy to approach God." I hate to break this news, but we never were worthy. We are not worthy. And we never will be worthy. So let's get over that. It is not about worthiness; it is about the grace of God.?Do you think you are more worthy to go to God when you read your Bible every day or pray regularly than when you have messed up or have had an impure thought or have said an unkind thing? We don't approach God on the basis of our worthiness. We approach God on the basis of His grace.?When the pagan mother approached Jesus, begging Him to deliver her demon-possessed daughter, she didn't say, "Have justice on me." Rather, she said, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David!" (Matthew 15:22). Don't ever say, "God, deal with me justly," because hell is what we deserve. Rather, say, "Have mercy on me," like this woman did. Jesus said, "Those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them" (John 6:37).?So whatever your problem is, bring it to Jesus. Whatever you are struggling with will not come as a shock or surprise to Him. And when you pray, seek to find the will of God. The reason Jesus gave this mother everything she asked for was because she aligned her will with His. We find the will of God by reading the Word of God, the Bible. Then we will understand the heart, mind, and purpose of God.?Pray according to God's will, and don't give up. Pray with persistence. It may seem like He is not listening. But there may be a barrier that He wants you to hurdle. So don't back down. ?One way we can be certain we are praying according to God's will is by praying for the salvation of those who do not yet know Christ. As 2 Peter 3:9 tells us, '[God] does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.'"FROM THE HEART??IF YOU HAVE BEEN BLESSED THROUGH THIS MINISTRY, THEN WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD PLEASE REMEMBER PROPHECY UPDATE IN YOUR GIVING - WE ARE TRULY,?TRULY,?THANKFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT??Prophecy Update has no corporate sponsors. This ministry is paid for and prayed for by readers and supporters. Without your support, there would be no Prophecy Update, Please pray about becoming a monthly supporter - thanks!??If ever there was a time to invest in God's Kingdom, it's now!What on earth are you doing for Heaven's Sake?"Share in the Blessings and Rewards that will last Forever!""Folks, it's all beginning to unravel. 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