The ‘curse’ of winning the lottery?

COGwriter Many people want to win the lottery. Even those who rarely get involved tend to get lottery fever when the jackpot gets high enough. In the past several months, various US states have encouraged people to get vaccinated by entering the names of the vaccinated into a lottery. They hope this will motivate more […]

I365: Jordanian intelligence foils ISIS attack on IDF troops’ COGwriter: Jordan will play prophetic roles

Islamic State supporters COGwriter Israel365 News posted the following report: Jordanian intelligence foils ISIS attack on IDF troops July 27, 2021 Jordanian intelligence agents have thwarted a potential Islamic State attack on Israeli troops on the border the two countries share, Jordanian daily Al Ra’i reported on Tuesday. According to the report, Jordanian intelligence agents […]

Are Christians supposed to ‘pray to the East’?

COGwriter Sometime back, the Catholic Herald reported the following: Cardinal Robert Sarah, the Vatican’s liturgy chief, has asked priests to begin celebrating Mass ad orientem, that is, facing east rather than towards the congregation. The proposed reform is arguably the biggest liturgical announcement since Benedict XVI’s 2007 motu proprio Summorum Pontificum gave greater freedom for […]

‘Manufacturing of unique red dye for Third Temple begins’

Tiny Kermes worms on plant (Spodek M, Ben-Dov Y) COGwriter Israel365 News posted the following: Manufacturing of unique red dye for Third Temple begins July 26, 2021 Bringing back the Temple service requires attention to the multitude of details described in the Bible. תּוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי (Tola’at shani) is usually translated as crimson wool but the […]

Drive: HWA’s Fourth ‘Law of Success’

COGwriter It is Monday. Some people do not Monday so much, a song was written against it years ago with lyrics including Monday, Monday, can’t trust that day. Some do not have the drive to go to work or school, which often starts with Monday each week. But, of course, Monday itself is not the […]

COVID restrictions and protests continue to harm European tourism–a step towards a possible banking crisis to trigger the rise of the Beast?

European Central Bank, Frankfurt (Eric Chan) COGwriter The Associated Press (AP) reported the following: Europe’s summer tourism outlook dimmed by variants, rules July 25, 2021 LONDON (AP) — Chaos and confusion over travel rules and measures to contain new virus outbreaks are contributing to another cruel summer for Europe’s battered tourism industry. Popular destination countries […]

Reuters: Vatican reveals property holdings for first time in transparency drive; COGwriter: Will Rome use some wealth to support the Beast?

COGwriter The Vatican released information about some of its wealth this weekend: Vatican Reveals Details On More Than 5,000 Properties It Owns In First-Of-Its Kind Financial Disclosures July 25, 2021 The Vatican revealed that it owns more than 5,000 properties last week after releasing information on its real estate holdings for the first time ever. […]