Sunday, 20 October 2013

ANOTHER SPLENDID ARTICLE BY TERRY JAMES OF "RAPTURE READY", THIS TIME ON "WHEN THE ORWELLIAN ORGY BEGINS"!!

New post on Terry James Prophecy Line

When the Orwellian Orgy Begins

by Terry James
Anyone who has read George Orwell’s 1947 novel, 1984, can’t forget the draconian methodologies the tyrannical regime inflicted upon the people of the areas of London and other places. “Big Brother” was watching everyone and everything. That ominous terms continues to reverberate within today’s vernacular. So does the concept of the ever-vigilant watchers of the citizenry continue to haunt us?
Government kept everyone under its eyes and thumb while Planet Earth divided into separate spheres of total domination. Chaos on a global scale drove people to first accept, then welcome, such controls, although the time came when the order became much worse than the chaos it quelled. Many will remember the hoopla –particularly those who read the prophecy books leading up to that much ballyhooed year. I was one such reader (and writer) of the speculation on how close we might be to the mark of the beast, etc. The Cold War was in full bloom, and Ronald Reagan was accused by his opponents, both in this country and around the world, of having an itchy trigger finger. Computers were on the rise, technology and knowledge was on the exponential increase. All looked in place for world crisis that might call for Orwell’s Big Brother to raise his ugly head.
It is easy, in retrospect, to see that much had to come into the mix of endtime elements, before the Orwellian-like society prophesied by John, under Holy Spirit inspiration—could come to fruition.
It is with recognition that those speculations leading up to 1984 presented room for all the phenomenal developments since, that it is wise to not go overboard, thinking and proclaiming that there is nothing else in the sense of stage-setting that can come about in order to issue in the time John foretold: “And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six” (Rev. 13:16-18).
Development of the Internet; satellite and other communications technologies; the saturation of personal computer knowledge and use; the intertwining of banking through instant electronic funds transfer: all have come so far since 1984 as to make it clear that the decade of the 1980s –even the 1990s, comprised but a pioneering era. The analogy of those years could be made to the development of the steam engine and trains of the 1900s, leading to the age of modern technologies that gave us jet travel and beyond.
The factor that now enters into the equation of calculating when might arrive the God-foretold Big Brother system given in Revelation 13: 16-18 is the worldwide terrorism that threatens us. Nowhere has the threat been more pronounced than in London, which was the setting for much of Orwell’s novel. One such report from a number of years ago indicated the threat that still exists there today.
“LONDON - Police thwarted a devastating terrorist plot on Friday, discovering two Mercedes loaded with nails packed around canisters of propane and gasoline set to detonate and kill possibly hundreds in London's crowded theater and nightclub district…” (Paisley Dodds, "London police foil major terror plot," Associated Press, June 28, 2007).
Britain, in particular, has been the target for the Mid-East and other terrorist organizations. Whether this was an act of amateurs or from the mind of Al Qaida types, the fact seems to be that London, in particular, is the favorite targets in the western world for those who are determined to get their way through deadly violence.
It isn't merely coincidental that England –particularly London, has governmental eyes in ubiquitous fashion like no other place on the planet. The news article reported further:
“[The London authorities] had the benefit of footage from closed-circuit TV cameras, hoping the surveillance network that covers much of central London will help them track down the driver of the Mercedes. The CCTV footage would be compared with license plate recognition software, British anti-terror police Chief Peter Clarke said. There are 160 security cameras in the Westminster Council, the district encompassing Piccadilly Circus and the Haymarket area, alone” (Dodds, AP).
Orwell, uncannily, had the city pegged that would have the most Big Brother like set up from his perspective of looking at the future. It is interesting to wonder if terrorism might one day soon provide the desperation and chaos that will cause the citizens on a global scale to cry for “peace and safety” in a loud enough collective voice to bring in the prophesied regime of Revelation 13.
Jesus foretold the time when that Orwellian orgy of control gets fully underway.
“For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be” (Matt. 24:21).

Friday, 18 October 2013

BLOOD RED MOONS, AND MUCH, MUCH MORE FROM THE EXCELLENT PROPHECY NEWS WATCH TEAM!

Prophecy News Headlines

Pastor Mark Biltz, founder of the El Shaddai Ministries and proponent of the Hebrew Roots Revival, believes the Gregorian calendar is not in sync with God’s calendar. “The problem is that we have not been tuned in nor have we been on the right calendar. Our current calendar is based totally on the sun. It is a very accurate calendar. But it is not the calendar God uses..........  Click here for full story
Young American born-again believers are moving away from a biblically-centered worldview, with only one in three affirming that Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven, according to Steve Cable, senior vice president of Probe Ministries .......  Click here for full story
“It is well and good for the preacher to base his sermon on the Bible, but he better get to something relevant pretty quickly, or we start mentally to check out.” That stunningly clear sentence reflects one of the most amazing, tragic, and lamentable characteristics of contemporary Christianity: an impatience with the Word of God.. .......  Click here for full story
Christian Worldviews/Issues 
Brand-New Bible Movie To Bomb At Box Office?
Will “Noah” sink or swim at the box office? The latest Hollywood production of a Bible event is packed with big-name stars including Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Emma Watson and Anthony Hopkins, but test screenings across the country so far reportedly show audiences rejecting the film.. .......  Click here for full story
According to an analysis by Facebook, of the top 25 colleges where men are most likely to meet their spouse, all are private Christian institutions. For women, more than half (64 percent) of the top 25 colleges where they’re likely to find a husband are religious schools. The 12 schools that appear on both lists: They’re all Christian colleges.. .......  Click here for full story
One of the first times Americans over the age of twelve saw Miley Cyrus on television was an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show. During the Q&A, the 14-year-old Cyrus told Winfrey that her favorite Bible verse was Ephesians 6:10-11: "Finally, my brothers, come close to the Lord for if you put on the full armor of God you can stand against the wiles of the devil."........  Click here for full story
Today, megachurches (with attendance of 2,000 or more) are not only growing, they are growing in certain notable ways. To start, they are getting younger and more ethnically diverse, and they’re attracting more singles. .........  Click here for full story

Wednesday, 16 October 2013

SYRIA'S BASHAR AL-ASSAD STATES THAT "HE IS SATISFIED".....IN OTHER WORDS "HE IS STILL TICKING", BY WALID SHOEBAT!


Bashar Al-Assad: We are still Ticking!!



Excerpts from following article translated by Walid Shoebat
Syria: Bashar Al-Assad issued a statement this Monday, October 14th, 2013, and covered his viewson the entire Middle East “Russia, the chemical weapons, Hamas, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq, the situation on the ground… Are all present, and one conclusion: ‘We are satisfied’”. In other words, despite all his troubles, Bashar Al-Assad is still ticking.
Al-Assad: Where Syria stands today.
Al-Assad: Where Syria stands today.
When it came to his views on the Russians, Bashar said, via al-Akhbar:
“What they do, defending neither Syria nor its people nor its president. They are defending themselves. He recalled a meeting held in 2005 with President Vladimir Putin. This initiated the Syrian President to express his sense that the Cold War is still raging…”
“…Syria’s security and stability is protected by the policy, more than the military arsenal,” he says. He believes that the international balance and politics is the best guarantee. “Three vetoes from the Russians and the Chinese during the lifetime of the Syrian crisis is proof enough.”
Assad does not regret losing the chemical arsenal because it’s essentially passé for three reasons:
  1. The Syrian missile system development is itself quite the deterrent force and can be used from the first stages of war. “Chemical weapons are only used when the other side uses its nuclear arsenal.”
  2. The military’s effectiveness diminishes the relevance of chemical weapons.
  3. The effects of chemical weapons can be treated quite easily, especially as tensions rise between Israel and Syria. Masks are being distributed to Israeli citizens which would decrease the effectiveness of such weapons. For example, five Syrian soldiers were treated by an injection and returned to the battlefield after only two days.
Assad said Syria stopped manufacturing chemical weapons in 1997 and replaced them with conventional weapons, which he sees as a much more decisive factor on the field of battle. He went on to explain that fire power is what will cripple Israeli airports.
There is no doubt that there is a moral and political loss in giving up chemical weapons, says Assad. In 2003, the issue was raised. If Damascus was to be free of weapons of mass destruction, a bargaining chip existed that would be used against Israel’s nuclear program.
REGARDING THE WEST
The problem for the West is that the group they support negotiations with are disjointed and has no control on the ground. The west, in it’s war against Syria, had to join Islamic groups. What was left of the forces that support the West and the Gulf are only terrorists; they have no place in Geneva 2. How can the West give recognition of the existence of two thousand armed groups? Who then can control and ensure the implementation of any political agreement?
HAMAS-SYRIA RELATIONS
Hamas and Syrian relations have taken a toll. “Hamas betrayed us,” says Bashar Al-Assad. Eighty years ago, the Muslim Brotherhood was formed, caring only about its self-interest and treachery, he said. Hamas got Assad in trouble in the past since, “Europeans wanted to know why we allowed Hamas to operate in Syria. We told them it is nothing more than a resistance movement, which earned the group’s embrace by Syria.”
Hamas decided in the end to give up its status as “resistance” and become a part of the Muslim Brotherhood movement. For that Assad said, “This is not the first time they betrayed us. This happened before in 2007 and 2009. Hamas has a history of treachery and treason… Hamas has sided against Syria since the first day, they made their choice.”
REGARDING EGYPT
Al-Assad said that, “Egypt is back in the Arab camp” and that he has a better relationship with them today than even during the days of former President Hosni Mubarak. “During the era of deposed President Hosni Mubarak, we saw the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs just as we saw the U.S. State Department. Relations with Egypt are now better than they’d been over the last two periods.”
SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabia is “…nothing more than a tribal state. When its leaders differ with us, all Saudis differ with us. Saudis have harbored hostility towards the Syrians for the past 20, 30 years.” Of course, Assad forgot to mention that this is primarily because of the Sunni-Shia divide and that Saudi Arabia fears Syria’s alliance with Iran since Shia are “khawarij” or those who split from the true Islam.
TURKEY
The problem in Turkey, from the standpoint of al-Assad, is limited to its Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, since the Turkish people in general are against the policy in Syria. Recent opinion polls showed that the overwhelming numbers are against participating in any aggression against us. Even President Abdullah Gul began to publicly express his opposition to the policy of his prime minister. Gul felt that if Erdogan wants to destroy himself, there is no need to waste the AK Party with him. Assad blamed Foreign Minister Mohamed Davutoglu since the military channels between Syria and Turkey were open all the time until Davutoglu decided to put it under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; then it stopped.
CONCLUSION
Assad stressed that Syria will not follow a Lebanese or Iraqi model under any circumstances. Syria was and will remain a secular nation that it will remain a civilian government because this is the only formula that is appropriate for the cohesion of Syria, which has religious pluralism along sectarian and ethnic lines. For him, religion is an umbrella over all sectors, from politics, to economic, to cultural, etc., but not the politicization of religion in Syria because it is simply a recipe for dismantling it. Religion plays a spiritual and humanitarian role, and the role of religious institutions is for Da’wa (proselytization). The president praised the Grand National role here the role that was played by the national clergy in maintaining the unity of the Syrian fabric against the thoughts of takfirist. He praised Dr. Mohammed Saeed Ramadan Al Bouti, who was martyred for this cause.

Sunday, 13 October 2013

A MUST READ STORY FOR YOU ON THIS SUNDAY MORNING!! ELDERLY CHRISTIAN COUPLE IN CORNWALL PUT TODAY'S COMPROMISED PREACHERS TO SHAME!!




An Older Christian Woman Puts Today’s Compromised Preachers to Shame

At a time when so many of our Christian leaders are guilty of compromising the gospel before the media, dishonoring the Lord as they try to make God’s Word palatable to the world, it was an older British woman—nearly 70 and the owner of a bed-and-breakfast—who displayed a backbone of steel, a deep and consistent faith, and a theological clarity while being grilled on national TV. Cheers for Hazelmary Bull! Hazelmary and her husband Peter (pictured below) already in his 70s, owned and operated a bed-and-breakfast in Cornwall, England, for three decades.


Five years ago, they refused to rent a double-bedded room to a homosexual couple, since they only rent these rooms to married men and women, as stated plainly on their website………….. The two men were offended and took the Bulls to court, and this Christian couple was found guilty of hurting the feelings of the gay couple and were fined nearly $6,000!!!
THIS IS A MUST READ ARTICLE. PLEASE CONTINUE AT: An Older Christian Woman Puts Today’s Compromised Preachers to Shame

Friday, 11 October 2013

CHRISTIAN MAN CONVERTED FROM THE EVIL ISLAM RELIGION PRAYS FOR THE MEN STONING HIM!! WHAT FAITH!! PUTS US ALL TO SHAME IN OUR COMFY WESTERN WORLD!!

Muslim Convert To Christianity Prays For The Men Stoning Him!!!


Matthew 5:43-46a, “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you?”
Charisma News – “In a country that stresses religious freedom, it is often difficult for Americans to understand what it means to live and die for faith. Global Advance reports about Pastor Ibrahím, a man who knows firsthand the dangers of pursuing God.
Ibrahím lives in a community of radical Muslims. His country, unnamed for security reasons, is one of the ‘-stan’ nations, all of which are Islamic countries in which the persecution of Christians is not uncommon. The region, in general, is charged with violence.
When Ibrahím converted to Christianity, his Muslim friends decided it was necessary to kill him. It was their ‘sacred duty’ to stop the spread of Christianity, and this was the way to do it.
His friends informed him he could say goodbye to his wife before they stoned him. Ibrahím chose to keep the situation from his wife and told her he would be right back. He did not want to risk her life or alarm her.
The friends took the new Christian to the local dump. There they began beating him. One man picked up a large rock to complete the act of murder by hitting Ibrahím in the head. At this, Ibrahím launched aloud into prayer for his abusers and their children.
His prayer was not in vain.
The man holding the rock dropped it and yelled, ‘I cannot kill the man that is proclaiming blessing over my children!’ God was watching over His faithful child.
Many Christians around the world experience similar situations every day. Unfortunately, their stories don’t always end the way Ibrahím’s did.
According to one of Global Advance’s sources, February 2012 saw a 309 percent growth in Christian-targeted terrorist attacks in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
Pray for continued strength for Christians who are persecuted and for the increase of their faith. Pray for the success of the gospel in these countries so resistant to it.” Source – Charisma News.
A Few Simple Questions For Muslim Visitors - “… Does the Jesus of the Qur’an also teach this?  Does even Mohammed — the prophet of Islam — teach anywhere in the Qur’an or Hadith to love and pray for one’s enemies?  To the contrary, the Qur’an teaches that Muslims must war against non-Muslims.  That Muslims are not even permitted to befriend Jews and Christians.  The Hadith teaches that Jews and Christians can and will be forced to submit to Islam, or one day experience mass slaughter for the glory of Allah if they refuse.  It is no coincidence therefore that Jesus also forewarned us that ‘the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing a holy service for God’ (John 16:2b).  Christians are being persecuted and killed by Muslims in increasing measure today in the name of Allah, yet even despite this many Christians still choose to respond to their Muslim aggressors with forgiveness …” Read more.

Wednesday, 9 October 2013

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Friday, 27 September 2013

AN UPDATE ON THE HEALTH PROGRESS OF OUR GOOD FRIEND PAUL WILKINSON, WITH NOTES FROM HIS PASTOR ANDREW ROBINSON, AND FROM PAUL HIMSELF.

HAZEL GROVE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH 68, LONDON ROAD, HAZEL GROVE, STOCKPORT, MANCHESTER, SK7 4AF.
Tel: 0161 456 8393. Reg. Charity No. 10151785

Dear Praying Friends,

It is with grateful thanks to God that I bring you this report. Paul is settled in his new home, his
late-grandfather’s bungalow, which is directly opposite his parent’s home. On Sept 19th the steel
cast and clips were removed from his forearm. He met with the surgeon who said there is a floating
mass in the elbow which needs to be removed. Paul will have a follow-up consultation next
month. He has started physiotherapy and is making slow but steady progress. Due to the metal
plates, Paul has little movement in his forearm although he can move his fingers, praise the Lord.

He has two rods in his hip and leg, one of which runs the full length of his femur, but he should
soon be off his crutch and onto a walking stick. Paul is still in quite a lot of pain but has a very
positive attitude. He witnesses to the district nurses and physiotherapists who attend him regularly
at home and has been able to attend the last two Sunday morning services which has been a
great joy. Last week, Paul took the children’s talk, which was a real blessing.

Your brother in Christ Jesus,
Andrew Robinson.
_____________________________
Dear Friends,

I would like to express my heartfelt thanks for all the cards emails and gifts
which I have received since my accident last month. The Lord is so wonderfully
and graciously upholding me at this time and opening up so many opportunities
to share the good news of Jesus with people I would never have
met had this not happened.

The love and concern shown to me by my
brothers and sisters in Christ, not only in this country but overseas, has
been a source of great encouragement. I am not yet strong enough to resume
ministry and may have a long way to go in my recovery – the Lord
knows – and so pastor Andrew Robinson will continue to oversee my correspondence
for the time being.

As the Apostle Paul declares, we serve a
God “who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think"
(Ephesians 3:20). I look forward with renewed zeal and determination to all
that the Lord has prepared for my future, with complete confidence that “He who began a good
work in us will be faithful to complete it on the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 4:6). May God
bless you all for your love and concern.

Your brother in the Lord, Paul Wilkinson.

Wednesday, 25 September 2013

"MASS MURDER AND MORAL BLINDNESS" BY THE IMPRESSIVE FREELANCE AUTHOR, MELANIE PHILLIPS.


In response to the Nairobi atrocity, in which the Somali Islamic terrorist outfit al Shabab murdered at least 62 people in a shopping mall and injured at least 170 after separating out the non-Muslims and then killing them, the British Prime Minister, David Cameron said: 

‘These appalling terrorist attacks that take place where the perpetrators claim they do it in the name of a religion - they don’t. They do it in the name of terror, violence and extremism and their warped view of the world. They don’t represent Islam or Muslims in Britain or anywhere else in the world.’
Oh dear.
You know what he’s trying to say. He’s trying to make the necessary point that countless Muslims in Britain and elsewhere abhor such attacks. It is indeed important not to tar all Muslims with the same murderous brush. But the rest of his statement is simply false. Not just false, but also potentially lethal.
All attacks by Islamic terrorist groups are very explicitly made in the name of a religion. The perpetrators may recite Koranic verses, scream ‘Allahu akhbar’, declare they are acting in the name of God, proclaim Islamic holy war or single out non-Muslims for slaughter. These characteristics are all clues that such people act in the name of a religion.
The specific causes for which Islamic terrorist groups commit mass murder vary from country to country – Bosnia, Chechnya, Kashmir, Israel, al Qaeda incursions in the Horn of Africa, and so on. But they all have one thing in common. They are all carried out in the name of Islam. This is another clue that such people act in the name of a religion.
The jihad against ‘unbelievers’ has deep roots in Islamic theology and is mandated in all four schools of Islamic jurisprudence. This too is another clue that such terrorists act in the name of a religion.
If none of these facts convinces, then the terrible events of this week should surely show them all too clearly to be true. For on the same day as the Nairobi atrocity, Taleban human bombs blew up a church in Peshawar, killing 81 Christian worshippers and wounding about 140.
There was no local political ‘grievance’ behind this attack – merely the desire to murder as many Christians as possible on the basis that these were ‘enemies of Islam’.
This terrible atrocity follows countless attacks by Islamists on Christians in Africa: forcing them to flee their homes, converting them at gunpoint or burning them alive in their churches. What an amazing coincidence, Prime Minister, that the Nairobi attackers and the Peshawar bombers and similar persecutors of Christians in the Third World, no to mention al Qaeda and other similar groups attacking the west, are all waging the same holy war in the name of the same religion!
Mr Cameron’s mistake is to articulate the absurd non-sequitur parroted by so many in the British ruling class: that because many Muslims do not endorse Islamic terrorism, ergo such terrorism is not truly perpetrated in the name of Islam. This is as nonsensical as saying that because many Christians were the victims of the Spanish Inquisition, the Spanish Inquisition could not have been truly perpetrated in the name of Christianity; or that because most Jews are not ultra-Orthodox, the ultra-Orthodox are not truly Jews; or even that because most women are not man-hating feminists, man-hating feminists are not really women.
And this confusion is lethal. Those who cannot even bring themselves to call the force that is attacking them by its proper name will be defeated by that force. The Islamists know that; which is why such a reaction guarantees more such attacks. Moral blindness and mass murder are locked in a fatal embrace like a drowning couple in a whirlpool.

Monday, 23 September 2013

ALAN FRANKLIN FROM "THE FREE PRESS ONLINE" SPEAKING ON "THE REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE" AT ZION CHURCH, TALYWAIN, PONTYPOOL ON SATURDAY, THE 21ST SEPT



ALAN FRANKLIN CAME TO OUR ZION CHURCH HERE AT PONTYPOOL ON SATURDAY, AND DELIVERED TWO POWERFUL POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS FULL OF KNOWLEDGE, CUTTING EDGE INFORMATION, AND INSPIRATIONAL TEACHING.

HERE IS THE SECOND MESSAGE ON "THE REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE" RECORDED BY OUR GOOD FRIEND, PAUL FROM NEWPORT.

UNFORTUNATELY, ALAN DID NOT WANT HIS FIRST PRESENTATION RECORDED, BECAUSE IT WAS VERY HARD HITTING AT MANY OF THE FALSE TEACHERS PARADING THEMSELVES AS "CHRISTIAN LEADERS" TODAY, SUCH AS TODD BENTLEY, BENNY HINN, KENNETH COPELAND, JOYCE MEYER, JOEL OSTEEN, AND MORE LOCALLY RICHARD TAYLOR AND ANDREW PARSONS FROM THE FALSE "WELSH OUTPOURING" TAKING PLACE AT CWMBRAN.

ALAN HAS TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN HE SPEAKS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY ON SUCH TOPICS, ESPECIALLY WHEN NAMING NAMES! HE ALONG WITH OTHER BROTHERS SUCH AS JACOB PRASCH HAVE ENDED UP WITH LEGAL ACTION BEING TAKING AGAINST THEM OVER SUCH CONTROVERSIES, HENCE THE REASON FOR THIS POWERFUL TALK NOT BEING RECORDED.

Maranatha Blessings,
Nev.

Sunday, 15 September 2013

DEBKA FILE UPDATES AND LINKS TO THEIR EXCLUSIVE WEEKLY MIDDLE EAST REPORTS.

In Kerry-Lavrov Syrian chemical accord scant punishment. Assad is free to pursue war
DEBKAfile Special Report September 14, 2013, 7:23 PM (IDT)
John Kerry and Sergey Lavrov close a deal on Syrian chemicals
John Kerry and Sergey Lavrov close a deal on Syrian chemicalsThe framework accord for destroying Syria’s chemical stockpiles, which US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced at a news conference in Geneva Saturday, Sept 14, covers important ground - but leaves even more important issues unaddressed. Its implementation depends on the full cooperation of Bashar Assad and his army for securing the process. He is therefore assured of staying in power and free to wage war unhindered.
This assurance was incorporated in Kerry’s words that the agreement can end the chemical threat to the Syrian people, its neighbors and the region only “if fully implemented.”
The US Secretary listed the six points of that accord:
1. It included a shared assessment of the amounts and types of Syrian regime’s chemical weaopons stockpiles.
DEBKAfile: Earlier reports spoke of a 40-percent disparity between the US and Russian assessments.
2. The Syrian regime has one week until Sept. 21 to submit a comprehensive listing, including names, types and quantities of its chemical weapons agents, types of munitions and local and foreign storage, production and research and development facilities.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-OPCW, which usually allows 30 days, has agreed to extraordinary procedures to assure the inspection and destruction of all CW stocks.
3. Inspectors must be on the ground by November and the destruction of CW completed by mid-2014.
--- On this point, the Russian foreign minister was less specific: Implementation of the agreed framework for the removal and destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons must be supported by an “OPCW investigation and a Security Council resolution,” he said, indicating a process of several months.
DEBKAfile: This timeline could stretch out even longer because of the technical difficulties of destroying not just stocks but also manufacturing plant and the facilities for mixing and loading the chemical and biological agents on weapons of delivery.
4. Syria must provide immediate and unfettered access to its CW sites.
5. All CW including stocks inside and outside Syria must be surrendered and destroyed on-site, or if necessary outside the country.
6. Non-compliance would entail the approval of Article 7 of the UN charter which provides for legally binding military or non-military sanctions.
Lavrov’s version
--- On this point, too, Lavrov elaborated on Moscow’s position: Violations must be first investigated and confirmed by the OPCW before coming before the UN Security Council for a new resolution mandating “concrete measures.” These may not entail military action, said the Russian foreign minister, “which would be catastrophic.”
Although this word was not mentioned, the accord leaves Moscow free to use its veto once again to bar punitive action against Syria.
In answer to a reporter’s question, Kerry later insisted that the Syrian regime would be held fully accountable for non-compliance with its commitments and the US president retained the power and right to pursue military measures ““commensurate with the [Syrian ruler’s] level of accountability” without UN approval if diplomacy failed to achieve its end.
At the same time, the US secretary allowed that the US and Russians were agreed that Syria would be disarmed of its chemical weapons by diplomatic, not military, means.
Lavrov departed from Kerry’s presentation of their accord on more points:
a) All chemical weapons must be destroyed – not just those in the hands of the Assad regime, but also the Syrian rebels. This laid the groundwork for the Syrian ruler to delay compliance by pointing a finger at Israel.
b)  Military action against Syria was ruled out a priori.
c)  The Russian-US accord on Syria’s chemical weapons must lead to an international conference to discuss the declaration of the Middle East as a region free of weapons of mass destruction, which is Moscow’s ultimate aim.
This supported Assad’s stipulation which has made his implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention contingent on Israel ratifying  the CWC which it signed in 1993, as a step on the road to demanding its  nuclear disarmament.
Secretary Kerry made no comments on this point.
d)  The US will contribute the funding and other resources for destroying Syria’s chemical weapons, and ask other world powers to participate.
More omissions
While the US secretary repeatedly praised President Vladimir Putin for initiating Syria’s handover of chemical weapons, Lavrov omitted to reciprocate with commendations of President Barack Obama.
DEBKAfile’s intelligence and military sources see five conspicuous omissions in the way of the “full implementation” of the US-Russian Geneva Agreement:
--- The timeline is left open. In none of his speeches and interviews did President Obama set deadlines for the eradication of Syria’s poison chemicals, and the dates set by Kerry Saturday in Geneva are unrealistic.
---  Russia and the Syrian ruler were left with the impression that Obama has opted against bringing Assad to account for using chemical weapons in order to keep his war afloat from a position of strength. Indeed the US president appears not to be averse to letting him stay in power.
Neither Kerry nor Lavrov answered the reporter who asked simply: “Why didn’t you first of all try and stop the war?"
---  Notwithstanding the impression Kerry tried to convey at the news conference, Obama has clearly discarded the military option as a means of keeping Assad under pressure to comply with his commitment to dismantle his chemical weapons. Even if Washington decided to invoke Article 7 to punish Syria for non-compliance with the accord, the Russian veto still hangs over this step.
---  Rescued from an  imminent American military threat, the Syria ruler is free to surrender only a small part of his chemical resources and, with the support of his Russian and Iranian allies, hold back sufficient poison gas to save himself if he risks losing the war.
He can continue to ignore the evidence found by US intelligence agencies that the Syrian army was guilty of using chemical weapons against civilians in Homs, Aleppo and Idlib – even before the poison gas massacre of Aug. 21 east of Damascus.
When on April 24, Brig. Gen. Itay Brun, head of Israeli Military Intelligence research stated publicly: "We have recently detected the Syrian army’s repeated use of lethal chemical weapons, apparently sarin,” the White House in Washington was up in arms and made Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon promise that such slips of the tongue would not recur.
Sunday, Sept. 15, Secretary Kerry is expected in Israel for a one-day trip.
He faces two uphill tasks: He must convince Israel that there is no danger of Syrian chemical weapons being passed to the Lebanese Hizballah and so diverted from international control; and that the US-Russian deal on Syria is not a template for letting Tehran off the hook on its nuclear program. That is the foremost of Israel’s concerns.
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Wednesday, 4 September 2013

FURTHER NEWS ON PAUL WILKINSON AND ADDITIONAL PRAYER REQUESTS.



THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD


 
 Prayer Request

Replies to: Pastor Andrew Robinson, 100 Kennerley Road, Davenport, Stockport SK2 6EY
Tel: 0161 456 2235.  Email a.robinson557@ntlworld.com


 
 Dear Friends,
I am writing to ask you to join with us in prayer for our dear brother, Dr Paul Wilkinson, who was involved in a serious road accident last Thursday evening. He was cycling near his home and was hit by a driver at a busy road junction, striking his front wheel, and sending Paul over the handlebars! Paul lay in agony for half an hour waiting for the ambulance to arrive, and was eventually admitted to hospital with a broken hip, damaged femur, and a smashed upper forearm and elbow. Although the damage is very serious and potentially debilitating, we thank God that Paul was wearing a helmet, and that the damage is restricted to the left hand side of his body (Paul is right handed).   

We understand the driver, whose fault it was, has been interviewed by the police. On Saturday Paul underwent 6 hours of surgery to pin his hip and insert several plates in his upper forearm. He may have to have an artificial elbow and has been told he faces multiple operations on his forearm and that he may never regain the full use of it. Yesterday (the Lord’s Day) the physiotherapist had Paul standing and he sat in a chair for a while. Although he is still on morphine, he says that the pain lessens each time he moves. He has taken a couple of steps today.

Paul has a very positive attitude and has been witnessing to all the hospital staff from the moment he was admitted. He has shown extraordinary courage and has a complete trust in God.  Please pray for a full recovery and that the Lord will use the situation to draw Paul’s parents and other unsaved family members to salvation. Coming the day after the funeral of his grandfather, a wonderful Christian man, Paul’s accident has been a double blow for the family.

We are aware that people may wish to send greetings cards to Paul. If you would like to do so please send them care of my address which is posted above. We are so grateful for the support of our brothers and sisters in the international Christian community and bless you for your loving concern. As Paul told his distraught mother just after the accident “God will bring good out of this situation.”  And of that we have no doubt!

The Lord bless you and thank you,

Andrew Robinson.

Your brother in Christ.

Hazel Grove Full Gospel Church, 68 London Road, Hazel Grove, Stockport  SK74 7AF. United Kingdom. 

Tel: 0161 456 8393. Reg. Charity No. 10151785 *

Monday, 2 September 2013

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DEAR BROTHER IN THE LORD, PAUL WILKINSON OF THE PWMI.

Dear Friends,

It has come as a great shock to us all, that our dearly beloved friend, minister,  and executive member of the PWMI, Dr Paul Wilkinson (pictured below) from Stockport has been seriously injured in a road accident, and is in in urgent need of our prayers. I have received this email today from another good friend, Ray Barton:

" Many of you will have been notified I expect of the accident to Paul Wilkinson (details below taken from Jacob Prasch's Moriel website Prayer column).  As an update (through Andrew Robinson – Paul’s pastor at the Hazelgrove Church in Stockport) I can say that he has had six metal plates put in his arms and he will need a new elbow.  He has a damaged leg which will probably require pinning, but I am unclear as to the extent of that at the moment. It goes without saying that he won’t be preaching for some time and needs our prayers. 
In Him
Ray
Jacob Prasch writes: "The accident of Dr. Paul Wilkinson, whose ministry against Christian anti Zionism and anti Semitism, is without doubt a satanic attack. Paul was riding his bicycle in Manchester, England when a vehicle sped through a  red traffic light striking his bicycle and leaving him very badly mangled in his back, legs, and arm. The accident could have easily resulted in a fatality. He has undergone prolonged surgical procedures and although not presently life threatening, the state he will be left in may prove debilitating. Please pray for divine intervention and wisdom for his physicians and thank The Lord he has survived a trauma that could have killed him.
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