He warns the impact of the epidemic will last long after the West African outbreak ends.
“Health systems will need to be rebuilt, disease surveillance systems established, trust in health services and authorities rebuilt, orphans educated and protected, and economic losses restored,” he writes.
After all, he notes, there will be more obstacles.
“More Ebola outbreaks will follow, because the populations at risk in Africa are growing, as is their mobility. There is an urgent need to clarify the ecology and reservoir of the Ebola virus, as well as the human behaviors that trigger epidemics,” he says. MORE
As WND reported, the World Health Organization warned Monday that Ebola is “expanding exponentially” in West Africa, with the problem so severe in Liberia that many thousands of new cases expected in country over the coming three weeks.
Last Friday, WHO reported in Geneva that one in 10 health-care workers treating Ebola patients in West Africa has become infected with the disease. MORE
CMEs (coronal mass ejection) are sometimes associated with solar flares, the most explosive events in the solar system. The sun has released two CMEs in the past two days and both are linked to solar flares. NASA says the second flare is an X1.6 class, putting it in the most intense category.
The energy from those two CMEs is heading toward Earth.
Space weather experts aren't sure yet what this solar storm will do.
"This is a pretty strong solar storm and we just won't know until it gets here" what it will do, said CNN Meteorologist Chad Myers. MORE
Recently, I stumbled across a series on YouTube that I totally fell in love with! Pastor Steven Anderson is a bit eccentric, and I'll warn you that he says some things that can be a bit radical, but I LOVE how he allows scripture to translate itself and I LOVE that he has the passion so strong for this topic that he broke down every scripture in the book and made it understandable.
For the next few weeks, I'll be breaking down his series in a readable format. It is SO understandable! I'll also be using the King James Version Bible. If you're wondering why, you can scope out my post from a couple of months ago regarding the attack being waged on scripture in the form of other translations. I feel like the King James Version is the truest translation currently available.
I'll post a link to Pastor Anderson's chapter-by-chapter videos at the bottom of each blog so that you can see his message for yourself. I'm SUPER excited to plunge head first into a topic that we are not only fastly approaching, but we very well may already be in the middle of...
Just a side note, there is quite a lot of text here to read. I tried to highlight the hot spots with white font, so if you're overwhelmed by the volume of content, just read what's in white. There is a lot of scripture referenced to reinforce the validity.
ALSO - At the very bottom of the post, I'll always post a "Bottom Line" section. This section will cut straight to the chase and by-pass all of the details for those of you who just want everything summed up short and sweet.
Without further ado, let's get started with Revelations Chapter 1!
Rev 1:1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; The very first sentence of the book lets the reader know that the revelation (coming, disclosure, manifestation G602) of Jesus Christ is being showed/written specifically to his servants, US! If this book was to be read by his followers, why in the world would he make it hard to understand?!
Rev 1:1-2...and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
Rev 1:3Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
Rev 1:4John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; What are these seven spirits? Revelations Chapter 3 mentions them as well. Rev 3:1 "And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars;" Jesus is saying here that he has the seven spirits and the seven stars. Isaiah 11 actually backs this up. Isaiah 11:1-2 "And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: and the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;" Did you notice the 7 spirits that were mentioned? 1. Spirit of the LORD 2. Spirit of Wisdom 3. Spirit of Understanding 4. Spirit of Counsel 5. Spirit of Might 6. Spirit of Knowledge 7. Fear of the LORD
Rev 1:5And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Rev 1:6And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. My first comment here is regarding the usage of "and". Pastor Anderson clarifies that in our modern vernacular, we typically interpret "and" as connecting 2 different things, but in the Bible, "and" sometimes describes the same thing... just reiterated in two different ways. Case in point, "God and His Father". They are the same person.
Rev 1:7Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. Notice that this verse stands completely on it's own as one complete thought. Verses 1-6 were connected and closed with an "Amen". Verse 7 starts a new thought, but it too ends in "Amen". This tells the reader that this is important information, and if you look closely, you quickly realize that this one little verse is the main theme of the entire book of Revelations. The main points are all listed: Christ coming with clouds, every eye shall see him, and the earth is in great distress when he returns.
Numerous scriptures throughout the Bible describe this exact event.
Matthew 24:21, 29-30 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
http://mashable.com/2012/05/18/solar-eclipse/
Mark 13:19, 24-26 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be. But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/LEprimer.html
Luke 21:25-27 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. Andthen shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
Acts 1:9-11 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Now, skipping ahead to Revelations 6, with the opening of the 6th seal we see these same exact events happening: distress on earth, the sun and moon being darkened, stars falling and the tribulation coming to a close as the Son of Man comes to gather His people.
Rev 6:12-17 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
All of these scriptures describe the SAME events, and EVERY one of these passages say that immediately AFTER the Tribulation, these events take place and THEN the Lord returns in the clouds for his people.
http://jmilor.startlogic.com/summary.html
Did you catch that? Christ returns AFTER the Tribulation....
SO, what does the Tribulation entail, anyway? And what does "tribulation" even mean??
Matthew 13:21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended
Tribulation = persecution because of the word. In fact, Pastor Anderson implied that tribulation is almost always man's affliction against man, neverGod's affliction against man. Tribulation has nothing to do with God's judgement.
In fact, John even tells us that he is our companion in tribulation because of the persecution he endured for the word. Rev 1:9I, John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Christ, himself, said that we would all go through tribulation. John 16:33 In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
The tribulation period will consist of the first 5 seals being opened, including the Anti-Christ's reign over the earth and his persecution of the believers. Hence, we will still be here for it. Once Christ returns and gathers the elect, then the wrath of God is poured out on the remnants of earth. The tribulation doesn't last 7 years, it's only the opening act.
Rev 1:10-18John is immediately translated in the Spirit to this futuristic event in heaven, and he spends these verses describing what the Lord Jesus Christ looks like and the Lord's instructions to him. The mystery of the seven stars and seven goldensticks are actually interpreted in the final verse of Chapter 1 (Rev 1:20).
http://trackingbibleprophecy.com/revelation1C.php
Rev 1:19Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; Christ is telling John to write the things which have been seen (past), the things which are (present) and the things which will be in the future. Christ is outlining the book of Revelation in this verse.
The things which "have been seen" are the things that have been written so far. The events in Chapter 1.
The things which "are", are the things that Christ wants spoken to the seven churches. A present event that Christ requests John to take note of. (Chapters 2-3)
The things which "shall be hereafter", are all of the events that happen after that. (Starting in Chapter 4) Rev 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, "Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter."
Bottom Line: We will be here during the Tribulation. According to the scriptures, the tribulation doesn't last the full 7 years, it only lasts the first portion. AFTER the Tribulation, the sun and moon are darkened, the stars fall from heaven and the earth is in great distress. That's when Christ returns for his people. Once we are gathered together in heaven, God pours out His wrath on the remnants of the earth.
Here is a screenshot photo that is circulating around Facebook. I took this screenshot yesterday evening at 6pm. I'm not sure where this was taken or what date...
Intelligence reports of the stolen jetliners were distributed within the U.S. government over the past two weeks and included a warning that one or more of the aircraft could be used in an attack later this month on the date marking the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against New York and Washington, said U.S. officials familiar with the reports. “There are a number of commercial airliners in Libya that are missing,” said one official. “We found out on September 11 what can happen with hijacked planes.” MORE
It just so happens that this little town is only 30 minutes from where I grew up, and an HOUR from where I currently live. This world is becoming a scarier place to live by the second...
The Country of Birth (COB) is Romania. This where people fled to escape Bosnia during the Clinton Era. The Subject ID is a Texas number assigned to all prisoners. He arrived in this country on May 20, 2014. Less then two months later, he is out on the streets, whereabouts unknown after a stop at the local Walmart in Mineola, Texas. The woman contacted the authorities that arrested him and was alarmed at what she discovered.
He was arrested in Penal County, Arizona on May 21st 2014. His arrest shows no details except N/A 13/ICE. I called the prisoner intake for Penal County and was informed he was released on June 4th into the custody of DHS immigration. They said it was a building down the road. I asked if that means they are to be deported out of the USA, and they said normally they are supposed to be. They said sometimes they are released back into the local community if someone pays a bond on them. They gave me the local DHS immigration phone number, but I am hesitant to call.
WHY ELSE WOULD THIS INMATE’S PRISON WRISTBAND SHOW UP OVER HERE IN EAST TEXAS? BECAUSE HE WAS RELEASED BACK ONTO OUR SOIL INSTEAD OF DEPORTED!!!!
Who pays the bonds on them? Shouldn’t we be worried about individuals or organizations with potential ties to terrorism paying for an inmates release when they should be deported? They came here illegally and are just released because someone or some corporation pays a bond. Obviously, if he was detained by ICE and DHS, he had no legal business to be in the country. This keeps getting deeper and deeper folks. So far, DHS hasn’t returned a phone call. MORE
As reported by the Washington Times, the king has a stark warning to America: “The Islamic State’s terror will visit American shores in one month if it is not confronted in Syria and Iraq. “If we ignore them, I am sure they will reach Europe in a month and America in another month. Terrorism knows no border and its danger could affect several countries outside the Middle East. […] It is no secret to you, what they have done and what they have yet to do. I ask you to transmit this message to your leaders: ‘Fight terrorism with force, reason and speed.”MORE
"Goldsmith told Popular Science: " Interceptor use in the U.S. is much higher than people had anticipated. One of our customers took a road trip from Florida to North Carolina and he found eight different interceptors on that trip. We even found one at South Point Casino in Las Vegas.”
The towers were found in July, but the report implied that there may have been more out there.
Although it is unclear who owns the towers, ESD found that several of them were located near U.S. military bases.
"Whose interceptor is it? Who are they, that's listening to calls around military bases? Is it just the U.S. military, or are they foreign governments doing it? The point is: we don't really know whose they are," Goldsmith said to Popular Science.
Not the NSA, cloud security firm SilverSky CTO/SVP Andrew Jaquith told us. “The NSA doesn’t need a fake tower,” he said. “They can just go to the carrier” to tap your line."MORE
Let me start off by saying that I finally saw the big NOAH movie recently. I realize that it's probably already on DVD... but life has been a bit busy this summer.
Let me just say... save yourself! Do not waste one PENNY of your money on this movie. It was horrible. There wasn't ONE shred of accuracy in it. It was so far out in left field that they should've named it something else. They re-wrote the entire story and made it incredibly depressing and dark and hopeless.
The video I'm sharing today is Pastor Joseph Prince's take on the movie. He NAILED it!!
Pastor Prince was SO on target here... I LOVE this video so much that it made my cry and I felt compelled to share it. In this video, he reminds us of the HOPE and GRACE and LOVE that were left out of the Hollywood film.
He said a phrase that really burned into my memory. At one point, when talking about God calling the animals to the ark, he briefly discusses the miracle of the natural migratory instinct of animals. He uses a specific species of butterflies as an example. These butterflies migrate from Iceland to Africa every winter, lay their eggs and when the babies are born each spring, they instinctively know to go back to the exact place in Iceland where the parents were from.
Joseph Prince comments, "How would they know to do that??? The parents have died! .....God leads them." Science can't explain it, so they call it "mother nature". Joseph Prince says that "mother nature" has nothing to do with it... it's FATHER GOD!
... God leads them. Pastor Prince talks about God making a way for Noah and his family to be saved. Noah didn't come up with the idea to build an ark on his own. GOD gave him the blueprint and the tools to protect himself. God protected the Israelites as they wandered through the desert. He was a cloud by day, and a pillar of fire by night. They didn't have to worry about where to go... they just had to follow HIM.
It reminds me of all the turmoil going on across the world with wars and rumors of wars and the pestilence that is spreading like wildfire across the globe... we don't have to be afraid of what we're going to do. If we look to God and keep our eyes solely on HIM, He will protect us and lead us to safety.
I posted an article back in June when this virus was first reported. The fact that they've transported these American patients back onto US soil - is deeply concerning, and the potential for this virus to spread is alarming.
"There is no known cure or vaccine for Ebola, which the World Health Organization says is believed to have infected 1,323 people in the West African nations of Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria between March and July 27.
Of those suspected cases, it is believed to have been fatal in at least 729 cases, according to the health organization.
It is believed to be the worst Ebola outbreak in history, and even in a best-case scenario, it could take three to six months to stem the epidemic in West Africa, Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the CDC, told reporters on Thursday.
The outbreak also prompted the CDC to issue a warning against all “nonessential” travel to the countries coping with an outbreak, Frieden said."MORE
"On August 29, the World Health Organization reported that more than "40% of the total number of cases have occurred within the past 21 days." In Liberia, where — according to the WHO — "the capacity to cope with the increasing caseload remains dramatically low," an even higher proportion of total cases (63%) have emerged in recent weeks, suggesting that the death toll there will continue to rise sharply.
Last week, the WHO warned that Ebola, which is spread via the bodily fluids of a sickened person, could ultimately infect 20,000 people before it is brought under control. The virus, Frieden said, "is moving faster than anyone anticipated." MORE
Ok, so this an article from a couple of months ago... but I've been SUPER busy so I wasn't able to post it. I LOVED this article!!
"She opened her piece by noting: “In October 1956, [Israel's first Prime Minister] David Ben Gurion was interviewed by CBS. He stated: ‘In Israel, in order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles.’”
Ordman also noted religious texts, specifically the Jerusalem Talmud, teaches Israelis not to depend on miracles for survival.
“It argues that we must not desist from our obligations and must not wait for miraculous intervention from the Supernatural,” she writes.
After her mention of the divine diversion of enemy rockets, she said, “When our God is not busy doing that, He is ensuring that the high-tech brain power of our ‘start-up nation’ is working overtime to produce yet another Iron Dome battery to help protect our cities and us.”MORE
"Of course, it must strike back hard, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears resolved that the Hamas that started this war will not be the same Hamas when it is over. How and when we get there remains unknown, but one thing we do know is how we got where we are.
The reality is that Gaza, an unoccupied Palestinian state with its own elected government, is a terrorist state. It does not want to live in peace with Israel, no matter the borders. It refuses to accept Israel’s right to exist within any borders.
That is the central fact fueling the conflict, and yet President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry continue to insist that Israel negotiate with a so-called unity government that includes Hamas and the West Bank leaders of Fatah. But as Israelis put it, how do you negotiate with someone whose single aim is to kill you?
Very, very carefully, that’s how. And you certainly don’t give up land that will make it easier for your enemy to attack you.
The demand that Israel negotiate with Hamas is especially rich coming from Obama. He refuses even to negotiate with Republicans, whom he seems to regard as terrorists because they don’t agree with him. Israel, unfortunately, has to deal with the real thing."MORE
I'll be the first to tell you that I do NOT watch American Horror Story... nor do I watch anything that is intended to be strange/demonic or scary. I'd rather not expose my spirit to that type of energy. I'm sharing this because I thought it was fascinating that they've named their entire upcoming season "Fallen Angel".
I have an entire section of my blog devoted to the story of the fallen angels found in the book of Enoch and also the book of Genesis. I find it incredibly fascinating that this name was chosen - and that the public is being exposed to the terminology of what Revelations says will one day return to earth at the end of days.
"It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” 15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. 16 The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number. 17 The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur. 18 A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths." ~ Revelations 9:14-18
Anyone who hasn't seen this movie, must get to the nearest theater to see it! It was a great movie that I highly recommend. It made me cry. We have such a beautiful country that, throughout history, has made some notable mistakes, but we are the greatest country that has ever been. The most giving, caring, hospitable and welcoming country in history.
"Box-office returns for “America” on Friday were up 60 percent from Thursday, with competitors, “Tammy” up only 17 percent, “Earth to Echo” up 5 percent and “Deliver Us From Evil” down 5 percent."MORE
Here is a brief clip from the movie: a snippet of Bono speaking about the beauty of the 'idea' of America.
