The following was from an AP story this morning: CAIRO, Egypt – Osama bin Laden urged sympathizers to join the “caravan” of martyrs as he praised one of the Sept. 11 suicide hijackers in a new video that emerged Tuesday to mark the sixth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. […]
Category: Prophecy
“Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets” (Amos 3:7)
Will Many Not Expect The End?
In the latest edition of Servants’ News was the following letter and with a response: LETTER: How is it that the world will have gone through uprisings (Mat 24:7), martyrdoms (Mat 24:9), famines (Rev 6:6), plagues (Rev 6:8), massive earthquake, darkening of the sun, meteor shower (Rev 6: 12-13), a third of trees being burned (Rev […]
Now Felix Becomes Category 5 Hurricane
Felix Becomes Category 5 Hurricane By MARGARET WEVER, AP Posted: 2007-09-03 06:44:08 Filed Under: World News ORANJESTAD, Aruba (Sept. 3) – Felix rapidly strengthened into a dangerous Category 5 hurricane and churned through the Caribbean Sea on a path toward Central America, where forecasters said it could make landfall as “potentially catastrophic” storm. Felix was […]
Fires in Greece
A Temple of Zeus in Athens, Greece The following news item was of interest: ‘Left at the Mercy of God’ Spiegel – August 27, 2007 [excerpts] Greece on Monday continues battling devastating blazes that have turned vast swaths of the country to smoldering ash…there is hardly a corner of the country that has been spared. “The […]
Japan, the Vatican, & Prophecy
Pope Benedict XVI The pro-Vatican newservice, Zenit reported: The Vatican: A Japanese Perspective Interview With Ambassador Kagefumi Ueno Zenit – August 23, 2007 VATICAN CITY – Japan and the Vatican have a lot of reasons to intensify relations in the coming years, especially regarding cooperation in Africa, says the new Japanese ambassador to the Holy […]
Ellen White, HWA, & the “Two-Horned Beast”
By COGwriter There was a major split between those in the Churches of God (COGs) and the Seventh-day Adventists (SDAs) in the mid-1800s (please see the article 5. The Sardis Church Era)–mainly due to the influence of Ellen White. This is still a major area of disagreement. In today’s post, I would like to show […]
USA: Weather and Financial Problems
While Hurricane Dean has mainly caused problems in the Caribbean (and still is in Mexico and other places), the USA itself is facing a variety of weather and other problems at this time. Notice what two news stories reported yesterday: The wrath of 2007: America’s great drought The Independent (UK) – June 11, 2007 America […]
Hurricane Dean Poised to Hit Land
Dean Poised for Direct Hit on Jamaica Filed Under: Natural Disaster, World News The Caribbean nation converts schools, churches and the indoor national sports arena into shelters and authorities urge people to take cover ahead of a hurricane that could rake the country with winds of 145 mph and dump 20 inches of rain. Interestingly, […]
7.9 Earthquake in Peru
Hundreds Die in Powerful Peruvian Quake By MONTE HAYES, AP Posted: 2007-08-16 07:22:45 LIMA, Peru (Aug. 16) — A powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook Peru’s coast near the capital, killing at least 337 people and injuring more 827 others, the Civil Defense said early Thursday. Civil Defense Commander Aristides Mussio released the figures on Peru’s state […]
Orthodox Must Reject Unity with the Roman Catholics
It is in the news again. The current Pontiff Benedict XVI is trying to become closer with the Orthodox: Meeting between Pope Benedict and Patriarch Alexy becoming more likely – Vatican official Interfax – August 7, 2007 Moscow – A meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II is becoming […]