LAST WEEK had plenty to chew on for people who like a good dose of impending doom: As we prepare for the election of Pope Benedict’s successor, a 20-foot sinkhole swallowed a Florida man while he lay in bed, and a swarm of more than 30 million locusts ate its way across Egypt — interestingly, just three weeks before the start of Passover.
Also: Cardinal Bertone bugs the Vatican; DHS buys light-duty tanks and dozens of drones; Stuxnet beta’s devious attack on Iran; and we briefly discuss the work of Sue Bradley (article archive here).
Sharon and Derek are presenters at the upcoming Chicago Summit #3, with Russ Dizdar, L.A. Marzulli, Doug Woodward, Rob Skiba, Doug Hamp, and Tom Dunn of the Josiah Project. Details online here.
We will also be at the Pikes Peak Prophecy Summit July 26-28, 2013 with Gary Stearman, Tom Horn, Chuck Missler, L.A. Marzulli, Joseph Farah, Dr. Stan Monteith, Cris Putnam, and many more. Get information here.
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AS WE head into the final month of the 13th B’ak’tun on the Mayan Long Count, we discuss the numerological fascination of some professing Christians. Does God really work best on certain dates? Are Christians really called to open portals to engage in spiritual warfare?
Also: Middle East continues to simmer; NASA’s upcoming Mars presser; pope dismisses doomsday; Muppet-like beast shot in Namibia; and a horrific story exposes a cult in Kansas City.
Details on Future Congress 2 January 4-6, 2013 in Dallas are available here. And we recommend taking a long look at the information archived at the new website WatcherVault.com. It preserves the work of the late David Flynn, an out-of-the-box thinker whose research into the ancient alien and modern UFO phenomenon was years ahead of the curve.
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AN INTERESTING thing emerged into public view last week during congressional hearings and the vice presidential debate: The State Department and the White House are playing a game of C.Y.A. regarding the deadly attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The question is whether President Obama or Secretary of State Clinton will take the fall.
Both parties seem willing to let the other do the honors.
Note: We received this email from Rabbi Michael Bugg on 10/15/12 which clarifies the point we tried to make about President Obama’s ring:
Shalom, Derek and Sharon.
Assuming you didn’t get the answer later in the show, the Biblical equivalent to the Shahad would be the Shema (Deu. 6:4):
Shema Yisrael, Adonai Eloheynu, Adonai Echad.
Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.
Obviously, I’m substituting “Adonai” (“the Lord”) for the Tetragramaton here. Alternatively, you could translate it,
Hear O Israel, the Eternal One is our God, the Eternal One alone.
The very next verse is, “And you shall love the Lord your God . . .” Yeshua quoted both the Shema and the next verse together when asked what the most important commandment is in Mark 12[:29-31]. From that I would argue that the Shema is not only the most important creed in Judaism, but that it should be to Christians as well–and that if a Christian were to have it on a ring (and I know several that do) that it would not be a problem at all.
The problem with a Christian wearing or stating the Shahad, even if it doesn’t contain the second clause regarding Mohammed (and in this case, I’d want to see the inside of the ring’s band) is that in Islamic theology, Allah is not only a general word for “God,” but is also the personal name of the God of Islam, in opposition to the Tetragramaton, which is the personal name of the God of Judaism and Christianity. Therefore to wear it or say it is to declare that there is no god but the one proclaimed by Mohammed–whose personal attributes as described in the Quran are precisely opposite of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Just my two cents.
Shalom uv’recha b’Shem Yeshua,
Rabbi Mike
Details on Future Congress 2 January 4-6, 2013 in Dallas are available here.
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LAST WEEK had plenty to chew on for people who like a good dose of impending doom: As we prepare for the election of Pope Benedict’s successor, a 20-foot sinkhole swallowed a Florida man while he lay in bed, and a swarm of more than 30 million locusts ate its way across Egypt — interestingly, just three weeks before the start of Passover.
