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    Endtime Magazine | March/April 2006 | Vol 16/No 2 $3.00

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    Israel

    DestroyGoal...

    Prophecy WatchBehold a Green HorseWorld Religion WatchWill the Real AntichristPlease Stand Up?Guest ArticleReinventing Jesus:

    A Globalist Fantasy

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    Euphrates River to Be Dried UpINREVELATION16:12, THEBIBLEPREDICTSTHATTHEEUPHRATESRIVERWILLBEDRIEDUPto prepare the way for the kings of the East to invade Israel. This

    will happen at the time of the battle of Armageddon according to verse 16 ofthe same chapter. The battle of Armageddon will be the nal battle at whichtime Jesus will return and ght on the side of the nation of Israel. Immediatelythereafter He will establish his kingdom and usher in His one-thousand yearreign of peace. On January 13, 1990, the Indianapolis Starcarried the headlineTurkey Will Cut Off Flow of Euphrates for One Month. The article statedthat a huge reservoir had been built by Turkey. While lling up the reservoir,the ow of the Euphrates would be stopped for one month and a concreteplug for a diversion channel built. These things have now been done. With thisnewly built dam, Turkey has the ability to stop the Euphrates River at will. Theconditions for fullling this 1,900 year-old prophecy are now in place.

    China Goes to WarINREVELATION 9:15-16, THEBIBLEPROPHESIESTHATANARMYOF 200 MILLIONSOLDIERSWILLLAUNCHAWARwhich will kill the third part of men. Never inthe history of the world until our present generation has there been a poweron earth that could eld 200 million soldiers. However, the late ruler of ChinaMao Tse Tung boasted in his diary that he could eld an army of 200 million.

    The CIA World Factbook reported that, in the year 2001, it was estimated thatChina had 200,866,946 men of military age and that this number is growingby 10 million per year.

    Worldwide Numbering System PredictedINREVELATION13,THEBIBLEPROPHESIESTHATAWORLDDICTATORWILLSOONRULE

    OVERAWORLDGOVERNMENT.He will cause all people on the earth to receivea number without which they will be unable to buy or sell. We are seeing thisprophecy fullled before our eyes in a most astonishing way. Nearly everyhuman being in the world has now been assigned a number. In America, it isour Social Security number. In the past few years, we have seen this numberextended to newborns. A child without a Social Security number cannot bedeclared as a dependent on an income tax return. We have seen the emergenceof electronic money, shopping with credit cards, and many people actuallyurging the abolition of cash. All of these things could not possibly have beenfullled until this present time. Only after the invention of the computer couldsuch a worldwide numbering system be administered.

    The Emergence of a New World OrderREVELATION13:7 ANDDANIEL7:23 PROPHESYTHEESTABLISHMENTOFAWORLDGOVERNMENT.The term New World Order has become a prevalent phrasein the worlds political culture. Mikhail Gorbachev made the term famous,and Pope John Paul II referred to it repeatedly. In the September 12, 1990issue of the Chicago Tribune, our former president George Bush said, Iraqis the rst test for the New World Order. He emphatically stated that theIraq War was Saddam Hussein against the world. The United Nations troopsare continually referred to as the multi-national forces. The decision has beenmade to establish an interdependent community of nations that will rule the

    world under United Nations authority. The Bible says that this will lead us intoa great world government. The formation of this government is at hand.

    Coincidence or Divine Providence?IS ITCOINCIDENTALthat all of these major prophecies pertaining to the lasttimes are being fullled simultaneously? Hardly!

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    Editorial

    IrvinBaxter Jr. Editor-in-ChiefEditor

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    ResearchPartner Relations

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    Graphic Design

    Irvin Baxter Jr.

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    March/April 2006

    REVEALING THE FUTURE THROUGH BIBLE PROPHECY

    PERSPECTIVE

    STATEMENT OF FAITH We believe that

    the Bible is the inspired Word of God, that

    Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world, and

    that He will come again to establish a kingdomthat shall never be destroyed (Daniel 2:44).

    Those who are born again (John 3:35) will

    have eternal life and rule as kings and priests

    with Christ forever.

    WHAT IS ENDTIME?In 1968, Irvin BaxterJr. discovered the United States and other

    modern nations in the Bible. He also found

    the Berlin Wall in the Bible and that one day

    it was to be torn down, re-uniting Germany,

    and that event would be the catalyst to spark

    an international movement called the New

    World Order. These things have now come to

    pass. Irvin Baxter Jr., a Pentecostal minister,

    began Endtime Ministriesin 1986 when he

    wrote A Message For The President, a book

    explaining the major prophecies of the Bible

    which he had been teaching since 1968. After

    the fall of the Berlin Wall, prophetic fulfillment

    accelerated rapidly. The decision was made

    to launch Endtimemagazine. The purpose of

    the magazine is to explain the prophecies of

    the Bible and to show that they are now being

    fulfilled in intricate detail. Articles focus on

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    COVER: Hamas supporters raise the green ag ofIslam over the Palestinian parliament in Ramallah1/26/2006 amid clashes with Fatah loyalists. Thetwo camps threw stones at each other, breaking windowsin the building. APPHOTO/MUHAMMEDMUHEISEN

    All This OverCartoons

    Has thegreen power of Islamreplacedthe red power of Communism as themost dreaded force on planet earth?

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    There is something quite foreboding about thousands ofpeople rioting, burning and killing over cartoonsespecially

    when those thousands represent one-fourth of the worldspopulation. No matter how many times I am told that Islamis a religion of peace, I cannot seem to ignore:

    1}All the Islamic suicide bombers.2}The crowds chanting Death to Israel! Death to the United States!3}The burning of embassies.4}The fact that 19 out of 19 of the 9/11 hijackers were avowedMuslims.

    Now, Muslim prayer leader Yousaf Qureshi has announced amillion dollar reward to anyone that kills the man who drew thecartoons! In India, a politician in that nations largest state hasoffered an $11 million reward for the killing of any of the Danishcartoonists! What kind of beast is rampaging among us?

    In this issue of Endtime, you will learn the implications of Hamastakeover of the Palestinian territories. What about Iranian PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejads belief that he is the forerunner of theMuslim messiah, the Twelfth Imam? Ahmadinejad believes that atime of international chaos will usher in the Twelfth Imam, and thatit should occur within the next two years. And this man wants anuclear bomb?

    Has the green power (Islam) replaced the red power(Communism) as the most dreaded force on planet earth? Is Islammentioned in the endtime prophecies of the Bible? Dont miss thearticle in this issue, Behold, a Green Horse.

    BECAUSE THE ENDTIME IS NOW,IRVIN BAXTER | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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    LETTERS & FEEDBACK

    WORLD REVIEW

    Will the U.S. bomb Iran?

    America begins the long war

    Japanese kids get RFID

    VeriChip goes public

    Are you being tracked?

    Egypt prepares war with Israel

    High priests robes ready

    Iran leader: Islam to rule world

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    Hamas Goal... Destroy IsraelAs shocking as it is, we must face the reality

    Hamas is in power in the Palestinian territories.

    They won four out of East Jerusalems six seats

    in the Palestinian Parliament. They control eight

    major Palestinian cities in close proximity to

    Israel. And their goal is to eliminate Israel.

    PROPHECYWATCHBehold a Green HorseCould the green horse of Revelation 6:8 be a prophetic

    symbol of Islam?

    WORLDRELIGIONWill the Real Antichrist Please Stand Up?The New World Order crowd plainly intends to answer all

    the worlds messianic expectations with one man. Who

    will he be?

    GUESTARTICLEReinventing Jesus: A Globalist FantasyAllow me to introduce to you the new Jesus. This isnt the

    Jesus Christ known to us from the pages of the Holy Bible.

    Rather, this Jesus is a new version cast into the arena of

    global politics and world citizenship. In fact, you wouldnt

    be out of place calling him the political Planetary Savior.

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    Endtimethanks you for your letters.These letters do not necessarily reflect

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    letters according to space and style.

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    * THE GREAT TRIBULATIONI have just completed Lesson 3 of Under-

    standing the Endtime. I understand the

    Abomination of Desolation and the road

    to Armageddon. I do not understand what

    the great tribulation is. Could you provide

    a brief explanation? Also, when the Con-

    rmation of the Covenant occurs, will the

    Antichrist rule for 3.5 years? And what ex-

    actly lasts 7 years? Will these questions be

    answered in upcoming lessons? Thanks.

    Denise Koehler

    Reply| In Matthew 24:1521, Jesus

    taught that the great tribulation would be-

    gin at the time of the abomination of deso-

    lation, which occurs 3.5 years before the

    Battle of Armageddon, and would culmi-

    nate at the time of Armageddon. Its at Ar-

    mageddon that the worlds kingdoms are

    removed and replaced with the 1,000-year

    kingdom of Jesus Christ and His church.During this three and one-half year peri-

    od of time, Satan will make war against the

    saints. Revelation 12:12 describes it this

    way: Woe to the inhabiters of the earth

    and of the sea! for the devil is come down

    unto you, having great wrath, because he

    knoweth that he hath but a short time.

    Another description of the great tribula-

    tion is found in Daniel 7:2122. I beheld,

    and the same horn (the Antichrist) made

    war with the saints, and prevailed against

    them; Until the Ancient of days came, and

    judgment was given to the saints of the

    most High; and the time came that the

    saints possessed the kingdom.

    A little later in verse 25, we are told

    exactly how long the great tribulation

    will last: And he shall speak great words

    against the most High, and shall wear out

    the saints of the most High, and think to

    change times and laws: and they shall be

    given into his hand until a time and times

    and the dividing of time. A time is one

    year, times is two years, and the dividing

    of time is half a yeara total of 3.5 years.

    How do we know this? Because the exact

    same prophecy about the great tribulationis given in Revelation 13:57: And there

    was given unto him a mouth speaking

    great things and blasphemies; and power

    was given unto him to continue forty and

    two months And it was given unto him

    to make war with the saints, and to over-

    come them: and power was given him over

    all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

    To summarizefrom the conrmation of

    the covenant to Armageddon will be seven

    years. The Antichrist will assume power

    halfway through this seven-year period.

    This begins the great tribulation.

    * RESTITUTION OF ALL THINGSThe times of restitution of all things is

    mentioned in Acts 3:21. Is this a possible

    reason the church goes through the tribu-

    lation (does the church have restitutions

    to pay for its sins)? What does this mean?

    Lanis Johnson | Memphis, TN

    Reply| Once we are born again, we do

    not have to pay restitution for our sins.

    Jesus paid for those in full by his death on

    the cross. What then is the restitution of all

    things? This refers to the Second Comingof Jesus when Satan will be bound and the

    earth will be as God originally intended for

    it to be before the fall. This speaks of the

    millennial reign when the will of God will

    be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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    &* QUANTUM LEAPIn Daniel 8, are the kings of Media and

    Persia the eastern nations, and the king

    of Grecia the western nations? Could this

    be the Islamic peoples (Iran, Syria, maybe

    even China) vs. the western union?

    Verse 17 says, at the time of the end

    shall be the vision. Is this the 2,300 days

    (the last 7 years) in verse 14? Does the 6th

    trumpet happen somewhere in the rst half

    of this week when the he-goat smote the

    ram? Verse 4 says the ram was pushing

    (not conquering) to the west, north and

    south, but the he-goat is broken and splitinto four parts where the Antichrist arises

    from. Then the sacrice is stopped and

    the abomination of desolation happens. Is

    there a specic lesson that explains this?

    Ive seen the level 1 lessons and several

    others but havent seen this explained.

    Dan Nordquist

    Reply| Daniel 8 is a long prophecy cover-

    ing the time from the overthrow of Babylon

    by the Medes and the Persians in 539 BC

    to the Antichrists destruction. Verses 18

    depict the ascent to power of the Medo-

    Persian Empire, and then its destruction

    by the Grecian Empire in 331 BC. They do

    not pertain to todays nations at all. The

    one great horn in the forehead of the Gre-

    cian goat was Alexander the Great. When

    he died, four generals took his place.

    Here the prophecy takes a quantum

    leap, moving to the latter times of the four

    divisions of the Grecian empire. The little

    horn described in verse 9 is the coming

    Antichrist. We know this because verse

    11 says that the daily sacrice was taken

    away by him. Daniel 9:27 and 11:31 tell us

    that it is the Antichrist who will take away

    the daily sacrice. Finally, in verse 25, theAntichrist stands up against the real Christ

    and will be destroyed by him.

    * ON EAGLES WINGSCan you give me scripture that states that

    America is in the seven-year period? What

    about America being the lions cub? Isnt

    the symbol of eagles wings coming out of

    the lion the symbol that Nebuchadnezzar

    used for the Babylon Empire?

    John | Indianapolis

    Reply| In Daniel 7, Great Britain is the

    lion, Russia is the bear, and the eagles

    wings growing out of the lion represent

    the United States. (See Lesson 1 of Under-

    standing the EndtimeLevel 1).

    The eagles wings dont show up again

    in prophecy until Revelation 12:14, where

    Israel is symbolized as a woman with 12

    stars about her head, representing the

    12 tribes of Israel. Satan is making war

    against the woman at the beginning of the

    great tribulation. The passage says: And

    to the woman were given two wings of a

    great eagle, that she might y into the wil-

    derness, into her place, where she is nour-

    ished for a time, and times, and half a time,from the face of the serpent. This appears

    to describe the U.S. protecting Israel, just

    before and during the great tribulation. It

    is highly signicant that the U.S. is Israels

    only friend and protector at this time.

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    * THE WISE SHALL UNDERSTANDMatthew 24:36 states that no man knows

    the day and hour. Yet you state that if certain

    conrming events happen, you will know the

    day and hour. You will count forward 3.5 or

    7 years forward from September 20, 2005

    and know the day and maybe even the

    hour. To me this seems to be a discrepancy.

    This is why I suspect that Christians will be

    raptured before the Conrmation of the

    Covenant. I would appreciate very much if

    you could explain this seeming discrepancy

    and your reasoning as to when the rapture

    occurs. Thank you.Fred Herschelman

    Reply| There are two possible answers

    to your question. In Daniel 12:1112 we

    are told: And from the time that the dai-

    ly sacrice shall be taken away, and the

    abomination that maketh desolate set up,

    there shall be a thousand two hundred and

    ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth, andcometh to the thousand three hundred and

    ve and thirty days.

    I have not yet heard a concrete explana-

    tion of the gap between the 1,290 days and

    the 1,335 days spoken of here. This variable

    makes it impossible to predict with certainty

    the exact time of the Second Coming.

    The second thing to consider is that

    some scriptures spoken to people 2,000

    years ago may not be true about us today.

    For example, in Acts 1:7, Jesus told His dis-

    ciples: It is not for you to know the times

    or the seasons, which the Father hath put

    in his own power. This was certainly true

    about that generation, since God told Dan-

    iel that the understanding of these things

    was reserved for the people of the time of

    the end (Daniel 12:9). Yet, when referring

    to the endtime, Daniel was told: and

    none of the wicked shall understand; but

    the wise shall understand.

    When the Apostle Paul spoke about the

    coming of the Lord in 1 Thessalonians 5:1

    5, he said that the day of the Lord would

    come as a thief in the night. But in verse

    45 he added, But ye, brethren, are not in

    darkness, that that day should overtake you

    as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and

    the children of the day: we are not of the

    night, nor of darkness. Paul explicitly states

    that the coming of the Lord would only be a

    surprise to those living in darkness.

    * A SPIDER IN THE CASTLESince the scriptures in Ezekiel indicate that

    Russia will command the Islamic nations

    in the battle of Gog and Magog, dont you

    think Russia is just playing possum, trying

    to be a spider in the castle or a y on

    the shoulder by attending the UN Security

    Council meetings, so it can know how best

    to lead those nations? How can the otherfour members be so blind as to believe that

    Russia wants Iran to be censured by the

    Security Council?Lynda Hughes Lowery

    Reply| Lynda, you and I have the advan-

    tage of understanding the prophecies of

    the Bible. Consequently, we know exactly

    what Russia is up to. The leaders of the

    world are not availing themselves of this

    advantage, even though they could. Your

    assessment of the situation is right on.

    * REVELATIONS DRAGONSince animals represent nations in scripture

    (i.e., the leopard symbolizes Germany and

    the eagle symbolizes the USA, etc.), could

    the dragon of Revelation represent China?

    I know it says the dragon is the devil, but

    could it also refer to a nation controlled by

    the devil?Belinda

    Reply| It is true that the dragon is the

    recognized symbol of China. However, the

    beast described in Revelation 13 depicts

    the world government of the endtime and

    portrays the nations that will be included

    in that world government. They include

    the lion (Great Britain), the bear (Russia),

    the leopard (Germany) and the ten-horned

    kingdom from Europe. Then it states that

    the dragon gave the world government

    beast its seat, power and great authority.

    Since this last-day world government is

    the satanically inspired government of the

    Antichrist himself and since Revelation

    12:9 identies the dragon as Satan, I have

    concluded that the dragon in Revelation

    13 refers to the Devil and not China.

    * MARK OF THE BEASTI thought I heard you say that the Antichrist

    is revealed half way through the last 7

    years. If that is true, does that mean thatthe mark wont be instituted until then? I

    know that the rapture of the church hap-

    pens at the last trump, so when does the

    mark happen in relation to the rapture?

    Daryl Williams

    Reply| You are correct. The mark of the

    beast cannot be implemented until the

    beast (the Antichrist) is revealed. Accord-

    ing to Revelation 13:5, the Antichrist will

    reign 42 months. The mark of the beast

    will be enacted some time during that 42-

    month period.

    As you pointed out, the rapture happens at

    the last trump. The last trump is described

    in Revelation 11:1519. That is when the

    kingdoms of this world become the king-

    dom of our Lord and his Christ. This hap-

    pens at the Battle of Armageddon.

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    6TH TRUMPET WATCH

    6TH TRUMPET| Iran dees

    nuclear restraint

    Tehran resumed full-scale uranium

    enrichment after 27 of 35 IAEA member

    nations referred them to the UN Security

    Council. Condoleezza Rice told the Senate

    Foreign Relations Committee that the

    US would actively confront Iran and

    called for $75 million to fund anti-Tehran

    propaganda and opposition groups.

    6TH TRUMPET| Russia equips

    Iran for war

    Iran plans to buy 29 TOR-M1 systems from

    Russia. These surface-to-air missiles can

    bring down aircraft and guided missiles at

    low altitudes. The U.S. is pressuring Russiaon this missile deal. State Department

    spokesman Adam Ereli said, Its

    important to remember and underscore

    that Iran is a state sponsor of terror, they

    have engaged in actions that we think

    are hostile and unhelpful, and that we

    view this proposed sale in that context.

    6TH TRUMPET| Syria will hide

    Iran nukes

    Janes Defense Weeklyreported that Iran

    and Syria signed a strategic accord to

    protect either country from international

    pressure on their weapons programs.

    Syria agreed to store Iranian materials

    and weapons if Tehran comes under UN

    sanctions and supply Iranian-sponsored

    Hezbollah with weapons, ammunition

    and communications. Iran pledged

    to supply military aid to Syria, and to

    help upgrade Syrian ballistic missiles

    and chemical weapons systems.

    6TH TRUMPET| Chinese

    rms aid Iran military

    The U.S. has placed sanctions on

    several Chinese companies involved in

    selling missile goods and chemical-arms

    materials to Iran. Sanctions cover six

    Chinese government-run companies,

    two Indian rms and one Austrian

    company. China reacted angrily to thesanctions saying the U.S. move was

    not benecial to the two countries

    cooperation in the non-proliferation eld.

    6TH TRUMPET| Washington

    worries Iran targeting US

    Revolutionary Guards in Iran held a

    conference on the use of weapons of

    mass destruction, electromagnetic

    pulse weapons and other technologies

    under development for use against

    the U.S. A congressional panel says

    that even one nuclear weapon, used

    in an EMP-style attack, would prove

    catastrophic to the United States.

    6TH TRUMPET| Will U.S. bomb Iran?

    Republican and Democratic senators

    say the U.S. may have to strike to deter

    Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

    John McCain (R-AZ) called the nuclear

    standoff the most grave situation that

    we have faced since the end of the Cold

    War We may have no choice but to use

    military force, said Frank J. Gaffney Jr.,

    president of the Center for Security Policy.

    6TH TRUMPET| Attack in the works

    The New Yorker says American forces

    entered Iran in 2005 to mark targets for

    an assault. German Der Tagesspiegel

    says the North Atlantic Treaty Organizationis considering a strike against Iran.

    The U.S. is coordinating with NATO.

    CIA Director Porter Goss requested

    the Turkish Prime Minister to provide

    military bases to the U.S. from where

    they could launch an assault. Central

    Command is planning possible actions

    if diplomacy fails to thwart the Islamic

    Republics nuclear bomb ambitions.

    6TH TRUMPET| America

    begins The Long War

    The Guardianreports that U.S. defense

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    chiefs have unveiled their plan for

    battling global Islamist extremism.

    The Pentagon presented a four-year

    strategy to Congress called The Long

    War, replacing the war on terror. U.S.

    commanders envisage a war unlimited

    in time and space against global Islamist

    extremism that may be fought in dozens

    of countries simultaneously and for many

    years to come. The report exposes U.S.

    ambition to mastermind global security.

    EU WATCH

    EU WATCH| EU Constitution:

    Time is Ripe

    Pentagon Europes federalist leaders

    say time is ripe for reviving the EU

    Constitution. Ursula Plassnik, Austrian

    foreign minister, said, We need to look

    at what we want, how we want to live

    in Europe, in our re-unied Europe,which is coming closer together.

    The German chancellor said its

    government, which will hold the rotating

    presidency of the EU in the rst half

    of 2007, has the clear intention of

    reviving the European Constitution.

    EU WATCH| Belgium will

    be 14th to ratify

    Jacques Delors, a former European

    Commission president, is now helping the

    commission revive the EU Constitution.

    Thirteen countries have ratied it.

    Belgium is close to becoming the 14th

    EU country to ratify the EU Constitution,

    which was put on ice last year following

    the negative outcomes of French and

    Dutch referendums over the document.

    EU WATCH| European nations

    urged to harmonize laws

    The European Commission is pushing EU

    countries to create order in their various

    legal practices especially as governments

    step up cooperation in the ght againstterrorism. Different legal practices mean a

    court in one nation could dismiss criminal

    evidence collected by police in another

    country. Quick changes are not expected

    as public support for the EU is feeble, but

    with terrorist threats facing Europe, they

    recognize that EU cooperation is essential.

    MARK OF THE BEAST WATCH

    MARK OF THE BEAST| Real ID

    Act faces real challenges

    Opposition is building against the Real

    ID Act. Privacy-concerned groups fear the

    new rules could force states to include

    RFID chips on their driver licenses.

    The Real ID Act of 2005, passed by

    Congress last May requires standardized

    driver licenses by 2008. The National

    Conference of State Legislatures

    estimated the cost of implementing

    the REAL ID Act at $913 billion.

    MARK OF THE BEAST| Public

    accepts RFID

    MasterCard and Visa say 1.5 million

    RFID-enabled cards have been issued with

    no customer complaints. But Lee Tien,

    staff attorney for EFF said of RFID, These

    people dont even know that theyre

    carrying the [RFID] cards. If consumers

    wait and hope for the best, it might be

    too late. Privacy violations are not like a

    lot of other kinds of violations. You dont

    see them right away. He comparedprivacy violations with identity theft.

    According to Silicon.com, we could soon

    all be carrying credit cards with RFID

    chips. Banks would gather information

    on customer habits and interactions

    MARK OF THE BEAST| Company

    chips workers

    An Ohio company embedded silicon

    chips in two of its employees, becoming

    the rst in America to require it. The

    technologys defenders say the glass-

    encased chips are like identity cards

    planted in the upper right arm of the

    recipient, and read by a device similar

    to a card reader. Manufacturer VeriChip

    said the implants were designed

    primarily for medical purposes. Around

    70 people in the U.S. have had the

    implants so far, the company said.

    MARK OF THE BEAST| Couple

    implants chips for love

    Jennifer Tomblin and Amal Graafstra

    had a small electronic chip embeddedunder their skin, granting access to

    each others front doors and home

    computers. The couple saw the decision

    as a modern declaration of love. Graafsta

    plans to teach others how to follow suit.

    MARK OF THE BEAST| Japanese

    kids get RFID

    Some children in Japan are wearing 2.4

    GHz RFID tags to keep them safe on their

    way to and from school. The bracelet tags

    track children in a 1.6 mile area, can send

    a signal to access points as far away as

    1,000 feet, and trace children within 33

    feet of their location. The tag comes with a

    call button a child can press notifying the

    system he or she needs assistance. The

    manufacturer hopes to use the system at

    other schools in Japan and worldwide.

    MARK OF THE BEAST| VeriChip

    goes public

    VeriChip Corp. led for an initial public

    offering (IPO). The company did not

    release information on how many shares

    it will release or the share price. It is

    under re by privacy advocates who claim

    the companys human RFID chips could

    be unfairly exploited. VeriChip recently

    announced that 68 medical facilities,

    including 65 hospitals, had agreed to

    implement the VeriMed system for patient

    identication and for relaying patients

    medical history to hospital staff.

    MARK OF THE BEAST| RFID

    spending rockets in healthcare

    Analysts say that spending on RFID

    track-and-trace technology will skyrocket,

    and barcoding is likely to disappear

    by 2015. Revenue from RFID within

    healthcare and pharmaceuticals is

    projected to rise almost sixfold by 2011.

    Swift uptake of RFID technology is due

    to easily demonstrable benets like

    cutting the risk of drugs being misplaced

    or given to patients incorrectly.

    MARK OF THE BEAST| U.S. data

    mining eliminates privacy

    The U.S. government is developing a

    computer system to collect massive

    amounts of data to search for patterns

    of terrorist activity. It is called Analysis,

    Dissemination, Visualization, Insight,

    and Semantic Enhancement (ADVISE),

    with storage estimated at one quadrillion

    entities. Few public documents mention

    it. ADVISE involves data mining - collecting

    a vast array of corporate and publiconline information and cross-referencing

    it against U.S. intelligence and law-

    enforcement records. ADVISE looks

    very much like the Total Information

    Awareness (TIA) that was canceled in

    2003 due to public uproar. Data mining

    is at the core of the argument raging

    over government eavesdropping. It is the

    process of extracting trillions of bits of raw

    data from phone calls, e-mails, Internet,

    airlines, car rentals, stores, credit card

    records and a myriad of other sources.

    The data is stored, organized, searched

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    and analyzed. Every single search youve

    ever conducted - ever - is stored on a

    database somewhere, said Tim Wu, a

    professor at Columbia Law School.

    MARK OF THE BEAST| Lawsuits

    challenge Bush eavesdropping

    Civil liberties groups red lawsuits at

    President George Bush challenging the

    legality of his domestic eavesdropping

    program. An injunction was sought

    prohibiting government surveillance of

    communications in the United States

    without judicial warrants. This illegal

    activity is cloaked in the guise of national

    security, said Bill Goodman, director

    of the Center for Constitutional Rights

    (CCR). The wiretap program has sparked

    a debate about presidential powers. In

    2002 Bush enabled the NSA to monitor,

    without court warrants, the international

    telephone calls and electronic mail of U.S.citizens with suspected ties to Al-Qaeda.

    MARK OF THE BEAST| Are

    you being tracked?

    The industry that makes and markets

    RFID considers it the next logical step

    from bar codes. But privacy-rights

    advocates fear the tiny chips will invite

    corporations and government into our

    personal lives. In early October, privacy-

    rights advocates Katherine Albrecht

    and Liz McIntyre published a book,

    Spychips: How Major Corporations and

    Government Plan to Track Your Every

    Move with RFID, which holds up plenty

    of evidence to back up these fears.

    Simson Garnkel, Ph.D., an author and

    instructor at Harvard, said, The public

    is largely not participating in this debate,

    and unfortunately the decisions are being

    made right now. (Ed. Note: SPYCHIPS

    is available from www.endtime.com).

    MIDDLE EAST WATCH

    MIDDLE EAST| Study:

    Internationalize Temple Mount

    Israel and the Palestinians should allow

    the international community to supervise

    Jerusalems Temple Mount so says a

    study carried out by liberal Jerusalem

    think tank, the Jerusalem Institute for

    Israel Studies, according to a report

    in theJerusalem Post. Researchers

    concluded that entrusting the authority

    of the historical sites to an international

    body is the preferable and the most

    realistic option, provided that both sides

    put their faith in the international body.

    MIDDLE EAST|PA: Western

    Wall is Moslem Property

    The Palestinian Authoritys ofcial website

    claims Moslem ownership of the Western

    Wall, referring to the wall as the Al-Boraq

    Wall. According to Moslem tradition, the

    wall is the place where Mohammed tied

    his horse, named Boraq, before ascending

    to heaven. According to Rabbi Chaim

    Richman, Director of the International

    Department of the of the Temple Institute

    in Jerusalem, the PAs denial of the

    Jewish Temples existence is part of

    a campaign to totally eradicate, erase,

    and destroy all Jewish connection to the

    Temple Mount, Jerusalem, and the land

    of Israel. Richman said Islam has for

    many years been waging a campaign to

    destroy any evidence of a Jewish presence

    on the Temple Mount. By destroyingthe remnants of the Jewish temples,

    Richman said that the PA believes that it is

    strengthening its hand in the nal status

    negotiations with Israel over the status

    of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount.

    MIDDLE EAST|Olmert wants

    permanent borders

    Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

    told the 6th Annual Herzliya Conference

    that Israel would implement a second

    unilateral disengagement from the West

    Bank if the Palestinians fail to fulll

    their road map obligations. He called for

    full implementation of the U.S.-backed

    Roadmap and pledged to meet a

    commitment to remove unauthorized

    settler outposts. Olmert told conference

    attendees we support the establishment

    of a modern, democratic Palestinian state

    that will respect civil rights, but were

    tired of declarations and empty promises.

    Olmert added, the most important task

    facing Israel today is the establishment of

    the nal boundaries of the Jewish state.

    MIDDLE EAST|Security

    fence almost done

    Israels security fence, which roughly

    follows the Green Line will be nearly

    nished by the end of March. The total

    barrier is not expected to be complete until

    next year. Court petitions, construction

    permits and detailed on-the-ground

    surveying have all served to lengthen

    the fences estimated completion

    time. Work on the project began after

    Operation Defensive Shield in 2002

    and proceeded rapidly, with more than

    150 km. built during the rst year.

    MIDDLE EAST|Settlers

    face public wrath

    Shlomo Riskin, the chief religious

    spokesperson for theJerusalem Post,

    said that the settlers are becoming

    some of the most hated people in

    Israel. Sectors most hated by the Israeli

    population are the Palestinians, but

    settlers are a close second. Among

    left-wingers, hostility toward the settlers

    ranked higher than hostility toward the

    Palestinians. Settlers were sent as the

    agents of every government of Israel

    since the Six Day War, and successfully

    turned the desert into a garden of fruits,

    vegetables and owers, which were

    exported throughout the world. They

    have now become a demonized and

    de-legitimized sector of Israeli society.

    MIDDLE EAST|Egypt

    prepares war with Israel

    Knesset member Yuval Steinitz says that

    Egypts arms build up over the past few

    years has focused on the possibility of

    future war with Israel. Steinitz, a former

    professor of political science at Haifa

    University and Chair of the Knesset

    Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee,

    says Egypt is a major supporter of

    terrorism and that it is a mistake for

    Israel to view Syria as its principle enemy,

    while neglecting the Egyptian threat.

    MIDDLE EAST|High Priests

    robe ready for Third Temple

    The Temple Institute has completed the

    Techelet robe of the High Priest. The

    azure blue robe sports 72 golden bells

    alternating with 72 pomegranates. It

    was researched and made by skilled

    artisans over the past three years, and

    will join the already completed ephod

    and breastplate, featuring 12 preciousstones representing the twelve tribes

    of Israel. This is the rst robe woven

    entirely out of techelet in nearly 2,000

    years. The commandment to make such

    a robe appears in Exodus 28:31-35.

    MIDDLE EAST|Temple Institute

    will produce priestly garments

    The Institute plans to embark on another

    major project: the production and

    supplying of the Torah-specied white

    garments of the ordinary priests for every

    male Jewish descendant of Aaron. Every

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    Kohen from all over the world, will be given

    the opportunity to register and order his

    own uniform so that he can be ready to

    serve in the rebuilt Holy Temple, says

    Rabbi Chaim Richman of the Temple

    Institute. Photos of the garments already

    completed can be seen on the Institutes

    website www.templeinstitute.com.

    WORLD GOVERNMENT

    WORLD GOVERNMENT|India-

    U.S. nuclear deal in trouble

    Indias atomic energy establishment

    is raising objections to the terms of

    the deal. New Delhi had offered to

    separate its civilian and military nuclear

    programs and place the civilian part

    under international supervision, but the

    U.S., under pressure from Congress,

    wants to see more of Indias program

    under international supervision.

    WORLD GOVERNMENT|U.S. house

    urges halt to Palestinian aid

    The United States House of

    Representatives has passed a resolution

    urging that direct U.S. aid to the

    Palestinian Authority be stopped. The

    non-binding resolution was passed 418

    to one. As long as the militant group

    Hamas calls for Israels destruction

    they should not be getting aid.

    WORLD GOVERNMENT|Bosnia war

    crimes suspect walks on technicality

    A Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect is to

    go free on a legal technicality. Dragomir

    Abazovic was indicted in 2002 for war

    crimes against Muslims in his home area

    of Rogatica in eastern Bosnia. The court

    is saying that Abazovic was arrested on

    an old warrant that was no longer valid.

    WORLD GOVERNMENT|Milosevic

    trial resumes after health delay

    The much-delayed war crimes trial ofSlobodan Milosevic, 64, resumed this

    week. Milosevic is suffering from a heart

    condition and high blood pressure.

    The trial began almost four years ago.

    Milosevic has insisted on his right to

    self-defense but his poor health has kept

    him from the trial repeatedly. The court

    is hoping to wrap up the trial this year.

    Slobodan Milosevic is being charged with

    66 counts of genocide, crimes against

    humanity and war crimes in complex

    indictments covering conicts in Bosnia,

    Croatia and Kosovo in the 1990s.

    WORLD GOVERNMENT|Kyoto climate

    accord becomes operational

    The controversial Kyoto protocol became

    fully operational after a UN climate

    conference adopted it last week. The 34

    signatory countries, not including the

    United States or Australia, passed the nal

    regulatory measures. This is an historic

    step, said conference chairman Stephane

    Dion, Canadas environment minister. The

    34 agree to limit emissions of gases that

    cause global warming through 2012.

    WORLD RELIGION

    WORLD RELIGION|Iran leader:

    Islam to rule the world

    Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

    told a crowd of theological students

    that Islam must prepare to rule the

    world. He said that the return of the

    Shiite messiah, the Mahdi, is not faraway, and Muslims must prepare for

    it. According to Shiites, the 12th Imam

    disappeared in the year 941. When he

    returns, they believe, he will reign on earth

    for seven years before bringing about

    a nal judgment. Some people working

    closely with Ahmadinejad believe the

    Mahdi will return in the next two years.

    WORLD RELIGION|Churches

    celebrate Darwins birthday

    Nearly 450 Christian churches celebrated

    the 197th birthday of Charles Darwin

    this week. Darwins theory holds that

    all life on earth developed over millions

    of years through natural selection and

    random mutation. Evolution Sunday

    drew participation from a variety of

    churches, including Methodist, Lutheran,

    Episcopalian, Presbyterian, United Church

    of Christ, Baptist and many more. The

    events creator, Michael Zimmerman,

    a former biology professor, collected

    10,000 Christian clergy members

    signatures on his project. (Ed. note:A Bible-based Creation Seminar is

    available from www.endtime.com)

    WORLD RELIGION|Vatican wants

    dialogue with Muslims

    The Vatican is exploring the possibility of

    expanding its interfaith Catholic-Jewish

    dialogue to include Muslims. According

    to Vatican ofcial, Monsignor Michael

    Fitzgerald, who heads the Vaticans ofce

    for interreligious dialogue, Rabbi Israel

    Singer discussed the initiative with him

    and other high-ranking Vatican ofcials.

    WORLD RELIGION|European

    women turning to Islam

    The number of Islamic converts

    in Europe is rising, most of them

    women. Pascal Mailhos, of the French

    domestic intelligence agency, says The

    phenomenon is booming, and it worries

    us. Mary Fallot converted to Islam three

    years ago after asking herself spiritual

    questions to which she found no answers

    in her childhood Catholicism. She says

    she liked the way Islam demands a

    closeness to God. Islam is simpler,

    more rigorous, and easier because it is

    explicit. I was looking for a framework;

    man needs rules and behavior to follow.

    Christianity did not give me the same

    reference points. Curiosity about

    Islam has grown since 9/11, say both

    Muslim and non-Muslim researchers,

    though only a fraction of converts are

    attracted to radical strands of Islam.

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    Talk about a political earth-quake! The world went tobed thinking that the terror-ist organization Hamas hadnished a few percentage

    points behind Fatah in the Palestin-ian elections. It awoke to the shockingnews that Hamas, who has openly takencredit for many horric suicide bomb-ings in Israel, had won the elections bya landslide.

    The vaunted Middle East peace pro-cess lay in tatters. How could civilizednations be expected to deal with anentity that had perpetrated 53 suicide

    attacks, killing 289 Israelis and injuring1,649 since September 2000? (See page11) How could Israel live side-by-side

    with a government whose charter spe-cically calls for her annihilation?

    Immediately, the international spin-doctors attempted to nd some way topick up the pieces of the internationalcommunitys Roadmap for Peace.

    The rescue effort resembled the manypictures we have seen of religious Jewsattempting to pick up the fragments ofbody parts blown to smithereens by aHamas suicide bomber. World lead-ers huddled frantically trying to decide

    what should happen next.The Palestinians depend on interna-

    tional welfare to exist. If the U.S., the

    EU and other international benefactorscut off Palestinian aid, the Palestinianpeople might begin to starve and the

    Palestinian territories disintegrate intochaos. Or worse yet, the Iranians mightstep in to make up the nancial short-fall, turning Palestine into an Iranian cli-ent stateif it wasnt already.

    Yet, how could America and othernations at war against terror continueto fund an organization that was onthe ofcial U.S. list of terrorist entities?Hamas was born out of the MuslimBrotherhood, which also gave birth toOsama bin Laden. Even Egypt had out-lawed the radical Muslim Brotherhood.Oh yes, one other problem: It is againstthe law for the U.S. to give funds to any-

    one on Americas ofcial terrorist list.So America openly declared, No mon-ey from the United States to Hamas.

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    How could Israel liveside-by-side with agovernment whosecharter specificallycalls for herannihilation?

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    Ex-president Jimmy Carter was quickto pronounce this as a mistake. By somesystem of convoluted logic, Carter be-lieves we should continue to fund amovement that nances the blowing upof women and children and the people

    who voted that terrorist movement intopower. Perhaps this should not surpriseus since it was Carter who enforced the

    embargo in 1979 that brought downthe government of Rhodesia (nowcalled Zimbabwe) and replaced it withthe reign of terror of avowed MarxistRobert Mugabe. Mugabe, faithful to hisMarxist principles, launched a programof land redistribution. Consequently,Zimbabwe has been transformed frombeing an exporter of food to a nation

    with rampant food shortages.

    Who is Hamas?The name Hamas stands for IslamicResistance Movement. The acronymcorresponds to an Arabic word, mean-ing: re, ardor, fervor, zeal, fanaticism.

    Hamas was born in the Gaza Stripand the West Bank in 1987. It started asan offshoot of Egypts Muslim Broth-erhood. The Muslim Brotherhood wasfounded by Hassan al-Banna, a Wa-habbi Sunni Muslim. Wahabbism isan extremely strict form of Islam, notdissimilar to the brand pushed by the

    Taliban.

    In the early 1970s, Sayyid Qutb, aMuslim Brother, reached out to Osamabin Laden, the prodigal son of one ofSaudi Arabias leading families. The restof that story is now history.

    In 1981, the Brotherhood assassi-nated Anwar Sadat for daring to makepeace with Israel. It had previously at-tempted the assassination of severalof Egypts leaders including President

    Gamel Abdul Nasser. As a result, theBrotherhood is outlawed in Egypt untothis day.

    The public face of the Muslim Broth-erhood is still based in Egypt, where theorganization continues to live and workdespite being banned by the govern-ment. It ofcially renounced violencein the 1970s. But the organization is

    believed to be structured to conceal itsmilitant and jihad aspects. Most observ-ers speculate with some justicationthat the Brotherhood still calls the shotsfor its militant splinters like Islamic

    Jihad and Hamas.

    So what does Hamas really believe?As shocking as it is, we must face therealityHamas is in power in the Pal-estinian territories. They control Beth-lehem, four miles south of Jerusalem.

    They won four out of East Jerusalemssix seats in the Palestinian Parliament.

    They control eight major Palestiniancities in close proximity to Israel.

    So what are their goals? What dothey believe? For straight and accurateanswers, here are exact quotes fromHamas founding charter:

    Israel will exist and will continue toexist until Islam will obliterate it, just asit obliterated others before it.

    The Day of Judgment will not comeabout until Moslems ght the Jews (kill-

    ing the Jews), when the Jew will hide be-hind stones and trees. The stones andtrees will say, O Moslems, O Abdulla,there is a Jew behind me, come and killhim.

    The Islamic Resistance Movementbelieves that the land of Palestine is anIslamic Waqf (trust) consecrated for fu-ture Moslem generations until JudgmentDay. It, or any part of it, should not be

    squandered: it, or any part of it, shouldnot be given up. Neither a single Arabcountry nor all Arab countries, neitherany king or president, nor all the kingsand presidents, neither any organizationnor all of them, be they Palestinian or

    Arab, possess the right to do that. This is the law governing the land

    of Palestine in the Islamic Sharia (law)

    and the same goes for any land the Mos-lems have conquered by force, becauseduring the times of (Islamic) conquests,the Moslems consecrated these landsto Moslem generations till the Day of

    Judgment. There is no solution for the Pales-

    tinian question except through Jihad.Initiatives, proposals and internationalconferences are all a waste of time and

    vain endeavors. The Palestinian peopleknow better than to consent to havingtheir future, rights and fate toyed with,as is said in the honorable Hadith:

    Secularism completely contradictsreligious ideology. Attitudes, conductand decisions stem from ideologies.

    That is why, with all our appreciationfor the Palestinian Liberation Organiza-tion and what it can develop intoand

    without belittling its role in the Arab-Israeli conictwe are unable to ex-change the present or future IslamicPalestine with the secular idea. The Is-lamic nature of Palestine is part of our

    religion, and whoever takes his religionlightly is a loser.

    The day the Palestinian LiberationOrganization adopts Islam as its way oflife we will become its soldiers and fuelfor its re that will burn the enemies.

    We should not forget to remindevery Moslem that when the Jews con-quered the Holy City in 1967, they stoodon the threshold of the Aqsa Mosque

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    WESTILLCANNOTDENYTHATAMAJORITYOFTHEPALESTINIANSVOTEDFORAMILITANT

    MOVEMENTWHOSESINGULARGOALISTHEDESTRUCTIONOF THE STATE OF ISRAEL.

    THEYVOTEDINFAVOROFTERRORISTATTACKSANDSUICIDEBOMBINGS. THEYHADTOKNOW

    THATHAMAS FAVORED SUICIDE BOMBERSBECAUSEITNEVERFAILEDTOPUBLICLY

    TAKECREDITWHENANATTACKWASSUCCESSFULLYCARRIEDOUT.

    WHO IS HAMAS?

    SO WHAT DOES HAMAS REALLY BELIEVE?

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    and proclaimed that Mohammed is dead,and his descendants are all women.

    EDITORS NOTE: The above is totallyuntrue. Instead, Israel invited the Muslims back,giving them control over the Temple Mount.

    The Islamic Resistance Movement(Hamas) considers itself to be the spear-head of the circle of struggle with worldZionism and a step on the road. The

    Movement adds its efforts to theefforts of all those who are active in thePalestinian arena. Arab and Islamic Peo-ples should augment by further steps ontheir part. Islamic groupings all over the

    Arab world should also do the same, sinceall of these are the best equipped for thefuture role in the ght with the warmon-gering Jews.

    Why did Hamas win the elections?As much as we might want to whitewashit and put the best possible face on theresults of the Palestinian elections, wemight as well face the truth. The people

    who voted Hamas into ofce knew exact-ly what they were voting for. They havelived with the followers of Hamas on adaily basis since 1987. The Palestinian ter-ritories are the birthplace of Hamas.

    Some have tried to say that peopledidnt really vote for Hamasthat they

    were really voting against the corruptionof the Palestinian Authority. While thecorruption of Fatah undoubtedly playeda role in the elections, we still cannot denythat a majority of the Palestinians votedfor a militant movement whose singulargoal is the destruction of the state of Is-rael. They voted in favor of terrorist at-tacks and suicide bombings. They had to

    know that Hamas favored suicide bomb-ers because it never failed to publicly takecredit when an attack was successfullycarried out. (See page 16)

    Present situationApparently, Hamas was as surprised as ev-eryone else when it realized it had won 74seats out of 132 in the Palestinian Parlia-ment. Knowing that it had no experiencein government, Hamas asked Mahmoud

    Abbas and his Fatah party to enter intoa national unity government. So far, theoffer has been declined by Abbas.

    Even though Hamas now controls theParliament, Mahmoud Abbas presiden-tial term runs for three more years. Ab-bas considered resigning in light of hispartys overwhelming defeat. However,the United States has asked him to remainas president, hoping to salvage somethingfrom the political tsunami. It appears that

    Abbas has decided to continue in thepresidency for now. It should be notedthat Hamas does have the power to im-peach him, if they so desired. This beingtrue, Abbas will either play ball with theHamas majority or else.

    Abbas has reminded Hamas that, as alegitimate succeeding government, it isobligated to honor agreements signed by

    the PLO. Hamas says that it will not rec-ognize Israels right to exist because thatdecision was a mistake.

    The UN Security Council has said thatthe new government must renounce vio-lence, recognize Israels right to exist andhonor agreements signed by the PLOsuch as the Roadmap for Peace.

    Where will the Hamas victory lead?We may not know the exact path thatfuture events in Israel will take. We dontknow whether Hamas will be in powerfrom now on, or whether the interna-tional community will cut off nancialassistance to the Palestinians, leading tothe collapse of the Hamas government.

    There are many other possible scenariosthat may or may not play out. However,

    we do know from scripture that ve spe-cic things will happen in Israel betweennow and the Second Coming:

    The Hamas has

    carried out 53 suicide

    attacks,killing

    289 Israelis and

    injuring 1,649 since

    September of 2000.

    The record of these

    attacks is listed on

    page 16.

    WHY DID HAMAS WIN THE ELECTIONS?

    PRESENT SITUATION

    WHERE WILL THE HAMAS VICTORY LEAD?

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    1}Great tribulation in JudeaIn Matthew 24:15-21, Jesus prophesiedthat the West Bank (Judea) will becomea place of slaughter three and one-halfyears before the Battle of Armageddon,and that Jews living there will have to runfor their lives.

    The West Bank area is the next areascheduled for handover to the Palestin-

    ians. Israel is building the security wallright now that will separate Judea from Is-rael proper. All three candidates for primeminister of Israel are in favor of the se-curity fence. The only reason for buildingthe fence is to withdraw to the west of thebarrier, providing security for the peoplein Israel, while leaving Jews in Judea vul-nerable to the terrible time of tribulationthat Jesus foretold.

    2}Sharing of the Temple Mount

    Revelation 11:1-2 describes a Jewish tem-ple on the Temple Mount three and one-half years before Armageddon. The areaon which the temple sits is described asbeing under Jewish control, but the outercourt of the temple is under Gentile con-trol. This obviously describes a sharing ofthe Temple Mount very much like Presi-dent Bill Clinton proposed at the CampDavid negotiations in 2000.

    3}Temple Mount underinternational supervisionPauls prophecy in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4describes the Antichrist sitting in the tem-ple of God claiming to be God, or claim-ing sovereign authority over the TempleMount. When proposing the sharing ofthe Temple Mount, world leaders haveagreed that the arrangement will have to

    be supervised by the international com-munity. Since the Antichrist will be theleader of the international community, itis only natural that he will lay claim to be-ing the ultimate authority there.

    4}A Jewish temple onthe Temple MountBoth Revelation 11:1-2 and 2 Thessalo-nians 2:4 refer to a temple standing on the

    Temple Mount three and one-half yearsbefore Armageddon. It is interesting to

    note that, in June of 2005, the recently re-born Sanhedrin in Israel announced plansto begin building the Jewish temple.

    5}World communitywill invade Israel.The Prophet Zechariah prophesied thatGod would gather all nations against

    Jerusalem to battle. (Zechariah 14:2)This speaks of the Battle of Armaged-

    don when Jesus will return to the earth,defeating the armies of the world com-munity and establishing his promised1,000-year reign of peace.

    Israel faces elections on March 28th.Would the nation be better off with Ben-jamin Netanyahu, Ehud Olmert or Amir

    Peretz as prime minister? Will the Pales-tinian courtship with Hamas be short-lived? Perhaps Hamas will change its radi-cal beliefs, becoming a legitimate peacepartner with Israel? Will Iranian PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad acquire nuclear

    weapons and use them against Israel? Orwill the War on Terror spread to Iran, ulti-mately escalating into World War III?

    The answer? There is no answerex-cept one. The entire Middle East situ-ation will continue to deteriorate untilthe worlds nations gather to solve it at

    Armageddon. When it appears that Is-rael will be crushed beneath the iron heelof the Antichrist and his world govern-ment, salvation will come from the east-ern skies. Jesus Christ will touch downon the Mount of Olives and Israel willnally say, Blessed is He that cometh inthe name of the Lord! Jesus Christ is theonly answer.

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    pr. 17 2004A border policeman killed, an Israeli

    vilian injured, and two border policemen injured,

    when a suicide bomber exploded himself at the work-

    rs terminal crossing at the Erez industrial area.

    Mar. 14 2004Two suicide bombers detonated an

    xplosive belt and an explosive bag at the Ashdod

    ort. Ten Israelis were killed, and 12 injured.

    Mar. 6 2004Suicide bombers traveling in three

    ehicles drove into the Erez crossing, and detonat-

    d two car bombs at Palestinian checkpoints, while

    ring at the Israeli checkpoint. Two Palestinian po-

    cemen were killed.

    an. 29 2004A suicide bomber detonated a bag

    aden with explosives on a No. 19 bus line on Aza

    treet in Jerusalem. Ten Israelis and one foreigner

    were killed, and 44 were injured.

    an. 14 2004A female suicide bomber wearing an

    xplosive belt detonated herself at the workers ter-

    minal in the Erez crossing, resulting in the death of

    our Israelis and the injury of ve.

    ep. 9 2003A suicide bomber detonated an ex-

    losive device at the entrance of the Hillel Cafe

    n Jerusalem. Seven Israelis were killed, and 70

    njured.ep. 9 2003A suicide bomber detonated an ex-

    losive device at a bus stop near the IDF Tzrin

    ase. Nine IDF soldiers were killed, and 10 were

    njured.

    ug. 19 2003A suicide bomber wearing an ex-

    losive belt blew himself up on a No. 2 bus line in

    erusalem, resulting in the death of 23 Israelis and

    he injury of 115.

    ug. 12 2003A suicide bomber wearing an ex-

    losive belt blew himself up near a bus stop at the

    ntrance to Ariel. Two Israelis were killed, and two

    thers injured.

    un. 11 2003A suicide bomber wearing an explo-

    ve belt blew himself up on the No. 14 bus line in

    erusalem. Seventeen Israelis were killed, and 104were injured.

    May 19 2003A Hamas terrorist on a bicycle blew

    imself up next to a military jeep in Kfar Darom in

    he Gaza Strip. Three IDF soldiers were wounded.

    May 18 2003A suicide bomber, with a bag lled

    with explosives blew himself up near the A-Ram

    unction in Jerusalem.

    May 18 2003A suicide bomber, wearing an explo-

    ve belt, detonated himself on a bus at the French

    ill Junction in Jerusalem. Seven Israelis were

    illed, and 20 were wounded.

    May 17 2003A suicide bomber dressed as a reli-

    ious Jew, and wearing an explosive belt, blew him-

    elf up in Hebrons Gross Square, killing two Israeli

    vilians.pr. 30 2003A suicide bomber detonated an ex-

    losive belt at the entrance to the Mikes Place

    ub on the Tel Aviv boardwalk. An additional suicide

    omber hurled an explosive device nearby. Three Is-

    aeli civilians were killed, and 62 were wounded.

    pr. 15 2003Two Israeli civilians were killed, and

    hree were injured when a terrorist armed with a

    alashnikov assault ries, grenades and an explo -

    ve belt penetrated the Karni crossing in the Gaza

    trip red and hurled grenades. The terrorist was

    hot and killed.

    Mar. 5 2003A suicide bomber blew himself up on

    he No. 37 bus line in Haifa. Seventeen Israeli civil-

    ans were killed, and 42 were wounded.

    an. 17 2003A raft laden with explosives anduided by a suicide bomber, exploded after Israeli

    avy ships red at the craft, four kilometers from

    Dugit, in the northern Gaza Strip.

    Nov. 21 2002A suicide bomber detonated an ex-

    plosive belt on the No. 20 bus line in Jerusalem.

    Eleven Israelis were killed, and 50 were wounded.

    Oct. 27 2002A suicide bomber wearing an ex-

    plosive belt detonated himself, despite being shot,

    at the gas station near the entrance to the city of

    Ariel. Three Israeli civilians were killed, and 17 were

    wounded.

    Oct. 11 2002A suicide bomber is arrested at the

    entrance to a cafe before he could detonate his ex-

    plosive belt.

    Oct. 10 2002A suicide bomber wearing an explo-

    sive belt detonated himself near a bus stop at the

    Bar Ilan Bridge in Ramat Gan. An Israeli civilian was

    killed, and 20 were wounded.

    Sep. 19 2002A suicide bomber detonated a bag

    laden with explosives on the No. 4 bus line on Al-

    lenby Street in Tel Aviv, in which six Israelis were

    killed, and 66 were injured.

    Aug. 4 2002A suicide bomber detonated an ex-

    plosive device strapped to his body on a bus travel-

    ing near Mt. Meron in northern Israel. Nine Israeli

    civilians were killed, and 48 wounded.Jun. 18 2002A suicide bomber detonated an

    explosives-laden bag on a bus traveling along Dov-

    Yosef Street in Jerusalem. Nineteen civilians were

    killed, and 50 wounded.

    May 7 2002A suicide bomber detonated an ex-

    plosive belt and an additional explosive device in a

    bag, at a club in Rishon Letzion. Sixteen Israeli civil-

    ians were killed, and 51 were wounded.

    Mar. 31 2002A suicide bomber detonated himself

    at the Matzah restaurant in Haifa. Fifteen Israeli

    civilians were killed, and 31 were wounded.

    Mar. 27 2002A suicide bomber blew himself up

    with an explosive belt in the Park Hotel in Netanya.

    Thirty Israeli civilians were killed, and 144 were

    wounded.Mar. 9 2002A suicide bomber detonated an ex-

    plosive device strapped to his body at the entrance

    of the Moment Caf in Jerusalem. Eleven Israeli

    civilians were killed, and 58 were wounded.

    Mar. 7 2002A suicide bomber attempted to deto-

    nate an explosive device strapped to his back in the

    Kat Caf in Jerusalem. Nobody was injured.

    Feb. 6 2002A suicide bomber boarded a bus trav-

    eling between the city of Maale Adumim and Jerusa-

    lem, and attempted to detonate an explosive belt.

    Dec. 12 2001Two suicide bombers detonate ex-

    plosive devices next to Israeli vehicles in the area

    of Ganei Tal in the Gaza Strip, while an additional

    explosive device is detonated near another Israeli

    vehicle. Three Israeli civilians were injured.Dec. 2 2001A suicide bomber detonated an explo-

    sive device concealed under a coat on a bus near

    Yad Lbanim in Haifa. Fifteen civilians were k illed,

    and 35 wounded.

    Dec. 1 2001Two suicide bombers detonated ex-

    plosive devices concealed in bags on Ben Yehudah

    Street in Jerusalem. Immediately following, a car

    bomb exploded nearby. Eleven civilians were killed,

    and 170 wounded.

    Nov. 26 2001A suicide bomber wearing an explo-

    sive belt detonated himself at the Erez checkpoint

    in the Gaza Strip. Two policemen were wounded.

    Nov. 8 2001A suicide bomber detonated himself

    in the area of Bakah Al Sharkiah, during an attempt

    to arrest him while on his way to enter Israel. TwoIDF soldiers were wounded.

    Sep. 9 2001A suicide bomber detonated an ex-

    plosive device strapped to his body at the Nahariya

    train station. An Israeli civilian and two soldiers

    were killed, and 46 were wounded.

    Sep. 4 2001A suicide bomber detonated an explo-

    sive device strapped to his body on Neviim Street in

    Jerusalem. Thirteen Israeli civilians were wounded.

    Aug. 9 2001A suicide bomber blew himself up at

    the Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem. Fifteen Israelis

    were killed, and 110 wounded.

    Aug. 8 2001A suicide bomber detonated a car

    bomb next to the Bekaot checkpoint in the West

    Bank. An IDF soldier was injured.

    Jul. 9 2001A suicide bomber detonated a car

    bomb near an IDF vehicle in the area of Gush Katif

    in the Gaza Strip, resulting in the injury of an IDF

    soldier.

    Jun. 22 2001A suicide bomber detonated a car

    bomb near IDF forces in Alei Sinai in the Gaza Strip.

    Two IDF soldiers were killed, and another soldier

    was wounded.

    Jun. 1 2001A suicide bomber detonated himself

    at the entrance to the Dolphinarium club in Tel

    Aviv. Twenty-two Israeli civilians were killed, and 83

    were wounded.May 29 2001Two terrorists approached an IDF po-

    sition at the Tofah Junction in the Gaza Strip. One

    terrorist detonated an explosive device strapped

    to his body, and the other hurled grenades and

    opened re. Two IDF soldiers were wounded.

    May 25 2001A suicide bomber detonated a con-

    tainer lled with 48 kg. of explosives and three

    gas balloons at the Netzarim Junction in the Gaza

    Strip.

    May 18 2001A suicide bomber detonated an ex-

    plosive device strapped to his body at the entrance

    to a mall in Netanya. Five Israeli civil ians were killed,

    and 86 were wounded.

    Apr. 29 2001A suicide bomber detonated a car

    bomb near a bus carrying children at the Dir SharifJunction.

    Apr. 22 2001A suicide bomber detonated himself

    near a bus stop in the city of Kfar Saba. An Israeli

    was killed and 45 were wounded.

    Mar. 28 2001A suicide bomber blew himself up

    near a gas station at the Neveh Yamin/Kfar Saba

    Junction. Two Israeli civilians were killed, and four

    were wounded.

    Mar. 27 2001A suicide bomber detonated an ex-

    plosive strapped to his body, near an Israeli bus at

    the French Hill Junction in Jerusalem. Twenty-one

    Israeli civilians were wounded.

    Mar. 4 2001A suicide bomber detonated a case

    laden with explosives on the main street of Netan-

    ya. Three Israelis were killed, and 53 injured.Mar. 1 2001A suicide bomber blew himself up

    while in a taxi, near the Me Ami Junction. An Israeli

    civilian was killed, and 10 were wounded.

    Jan. 1 2001A car bomb exploded in Netanya. Thir-

    ty-ve Israeli civilians were wounded.

    Dec. 22 2000A suicide bomber wearing an explo-

    sive belt detonated himself at the entrance to a res-

    taurant in the Jordan Valley, resulting in the injury of

    three IDF soldiers.

    Dec. 15 2000A suicide bomber attempted to det-

    onate an explosive belt near Israeli security forces

    close to the Erez crossing. The suicide bomber also

    attempted to stab Israeli security personnel.

    Nov. 6 2000A booby-trapped raft exploded close

    to an Israeli Navy Dabur near the Israel-Egypt bor-der in Rafah. Hamas publicly claimed responsibility

    for the suicide attack.

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    IRVIN BAXTER JR. | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

    The translation of Revelation 6:8 in the KingJames Version reads:And I looked, andbehold a pale horse.The Greek word that

    was translatedpaleis chloros. StrongsExhaustive Concordance gives the definition of

    chloros asgreen or pale.The word chlorosis the root word for chlorophyll, the pigment

    in plants that make them green. Knowingthis, we have to ask if the passage shouldntreally have been translatedBehold a green

    horse.The New Revised Standard Versionof the Bible actually renders the passage:I

    looked and there was a pale green horse.

    Hamas supporters celebratetheir election victory.

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    VICTORY

    PROPHECYWATCH

    ANDI LOOKED, ANDBEHOLDAGREEN HORSE: ANDHISNAMETHAT

    SATONHIMWASDEATH, ANDHELLFOLLOWEDWITHHIM.

    REVELATION6:8

    Beholda GreenHorse...Is Islamin the

    Bible?

    ABOVE Muslim paintingdepicts the Twelfth Mahdishorse with Islams green flag.Counter-clockwise spiralsymbolizes death.

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    The rideron the blackhorse in

    Revelation 6:5had a pair of

    balances in hishand. Balances

    are a symbol oftrade and commerce. What

    international spirit in the

    world embodies the messageof commerce? Capitalism, ofcourse! The worlds capitalist

    nations enjoy higher standardsof living than the other nations

    of the world.This is reinforced in the next

    portion of this prophecy: And Iheard a voice in the midst of the four

    beasts say, A measure of wheat for apenny, and three measures of barley

    for a penny (Revelation 6:6). One ofthe things heard daily in the news of

    capitalist countries is, Dow Jones Indus-trialsup 3 cents; AT&T down a penny;Xerox is steady. This passage is a pro-

    GreenTHE COLOR OF ISLAM.WITHTHEPOWER-

    FULRESURGENCEOFISLAMINTHEWORLD, MANYPEOPLEAREWONDERINGWHYTHEMOVEMENTTHAT

    HOLDSSWAYOVERONE-FOURTHOFTHEWORLDSPOPULATIONISNOTMENTIONEDINTHEPROPHECIES

    OFTHEBIBLE. WOULDITSTARTLEYOUTOKNOWTHATTHEOFFICIALCOLOROFISLAMISGREEN?

    ANDISITPOSSIBLETHATTHISRELATESINANYWAYWITHTHEGREENHORSEOFREVELATION6:8?INORDERTOCONSIDERTHISPOSSIBILITY, LETS

    REVIEWWHATTHEOTHERTHREEHORSESINTHISPROPHECYSYMBOLIZE. ZECHARIAH6 GIVESANOTHERACCOUNTOFTHISSAMEPROPHECY. INVERSE5, THE

    ANGELTOLDZECHARIAHTHATTHEHORSESREPRE-SENTEDSPIRITS, WHICHGOFORTHINTOTHEEARTH.

    There is an international spirit in the earth today known as thered power. Nations who embrace communism (or socialism) areknown as red nations. Red China, Red Russia, and Red Romania arejust a few examples.

    Revelation 6:4 states that Power was given to him that satthereon to take peace from the earth. Everywhere communismhas raised its ugly head, revolution and war has broken out. Korea,Berlin, the Congo, Cuba, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Nicaragua arejust a few of the many examples.

    The prophecy says that those controlled by this red spirit would

    kill one another. It has been estimated that 80 million Chinese havebeen killed in political purges since the communists took over Chinain 1948. Twenty million were killed in political purges in Russia by

    Josef Stalin. Everywhere communist revolution has gone, there hasbeen bloodshed and death.

    Finally, in the same verse, therewas given to the rider of thisred horse a great sword. Whatg r ea t e r military might exists

    in the world today thanthe combined power

    of Russia and China? Isthere a nation that would like

    to go to war against these twogiants? The red spirit, whichtakes peace from the earth,

    is communism.

    THE RED HORSE

    THE BLACK HORSE

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    phetic stock market report! Obviously, thestock markets are at the center of capitalisteconomies.

    Finally, in the same passage, the Biblesays ... and see thou hurt not the oil andthe wine. One of the quickest ways fora man to lose ofce in the political worldof capitalism is for the economy of thatnation to suffer under his administration.One of the major issues of any politicalcampaign in the free-world countries is

    that of the economy. Bill Clintons sloganduring the 1992 U.S. presidential cam-paign was, Its the economy, stupid.

    The December 9, 1966 issue of Timemagazine, page 34, reported that a newcoalition government had recently beenformed in Germany between the Social-ist Party and the Christian DemocraticParty. In describing the union, Time said,... a grand coalition of the two majorpartiesthe Christian Democrats andthe Social Democrats, that have bitterlyfought each other for years...[has been

    made]. A union of black and red, it was amarriage of conveniencebut a stunningmatch nonetheless.

    In political and news circles socialism isreferred to as the red power. Likewise,democracy is referred to as the blackpower. God knew that this would betrue; so He let the red horse symbolizecommunism and the black horse symbol-ize capitalism.

    The black horse is the spirit of capital-ism foreseen by God 2,000 years ago!

    In political science book Communism,Democracy and Catholic Power, PaulBlanshard contends that almost everyconict between nations in modern histo-ry has been produced by conicts gener-ated among three forcesCommunism,Capitalism, and Catholicism.

    Catholicism perfectly ts the descrip-tion of the white horse rider of Revela-tion 6:2. It is Roman Catholic custom thatthe pope dresses in white. His helicopteris white; his jet airplane is white; and his

    pope-mobile is white. If he had a horse, Iwonder what color it would be?White is used as a symbol of peace. The

    predominant message of Roman Catholi-cism is the message of peace. The Vaticanhas become a diplomatic peace center forthe world. When peace is being negotiatedbetween rulers of our world, the pope andother high ofcials of the Roman CatholicChurch are often consulted. Newspapers,magazines, books, television and radio ap-plaud his efforts towards peace. Pope Paul

    VI was the worlds rst religious leader to

    speak before the United Nations GeneralAssembly. His message was, Lay downyour arms. War no more. Never again!

    A crown was given to the one sitting onthe white horse. History teaches that thepope originally had no crown, but todaythe popes crown is a tiara consisting ofthree crowns.

    Revelation 6:2 states that the rider ofthe white horse went forth conqueringand to conquer. Although Catholicismat present has no standing army, it is cer-tainly a conquering power. When the ma-jority of the people of a nation becomes

    Catholic, that nation is referred to as aCatholic nation. One of the Vaticansmajor goals is to conquer America. This isthe spirit of the white horse! Conqueringand to conquer is the spirit of the RomanCatholic Church.

    Could the green horse be a propheticsymbol of Islam?

    Islam certainly ts into the patternof the previous three world movementssymbolized by Catholicism, Communism

    and Capitalism. These are all powerfulinternational movements that affect thecourse of the nations that embrace them,and they each have symbolic colors thatmatch one of the four horses of theapocalypse.

    In his book, Militant Islam ReachesAmerica, Daniel Pipes describes the riseof Islam in a very interesting way: Thecollapse of the Soviet Union in 1991prompted loose talk about Islam replac-ing Marxism-Leninism as the Westsnecessary enemy. In symbolic terms, it

    was said that green (Islams color) hadreplaced red (communisms color) in theWests rogues gallery.

    Lets look at the entire prophecy aboutthe pale green horse: And I looked, andbehold a pale (green) horse: and his namethat sat on him was Death, and Hell fol-lowed with him. And power was given untothem over the fourth part of the earth, tokill with sword, and with hunger, and withdeath, and with the beasts of the earth.

    Since the color of the horse can legiti-mately be translated as green, and since

    the ofcial color of Islam is green, thataspect of the prophecy certainly ts.The rider of the green horse was Death.

    Islam has become synonymous with thedreaded suicide bomber. Almost daily weare receiving reports of deadly suicide at-tacks in Israel, Iraq, Spain, or London.

    The prophecy says that hell followed therider of Death. Islam teaches their suicidebombers that paradise follows their act ofmartyrdom. But scripture teaches that allmurderers will have their part in the lakeof re (Revelation 21:8).

    The spirit of the green horse is de-scribed as having power over the fourthpart of the earth. Estimates of follow-

    ers of Islam by country based on U.S.State Department gures yield a total of1.48 billion (Wikipedia Encyclopedia).

    This would be exactly one-fourth of theworlds population.

    The death horse rider was to kill withthe sword, hunger, and death. Each ofthese forces thrives where Islam reigns. Is-lamic countries are known for the prolif-eration of violence, poverty and disease.

    The prophecy of the green horse occursunder the 4th Seal. The 5th Seal that im-mediately follows (Revelation 6:9-11) isthe time of the great tribulation. The 6thSeal (Revelation 6:12-17) describes theSecond Coming of the Lord at the timeof the Battle of Armageddon.

    It is clear from many events that weare very near the beginning of the greattribulation right now. If the 4th horse rideractually is the present resurgence of Islam,the timing is absolutely perfect.

    In Zechariah 6, it states that the blackhorse went into the north country. Theprophecy is amazingly accurate sincecapitalist countries are located in thenorthern hemisphere.

    The passage then says that the fourthhorse went into the south country. Thistoo is amazingly accurate since over 96.5%of the worlds Muslims live in Africa andsouthern Asia, and Islams capital, Mecca,is south of Israel.

    The passage concerning the death ridersays that it will kill with the beasts ofthe earth. Exactly how killing with thebeasts of the earth would t under thereign of Islam is not exactly clear unlessit refers to the jungles of Africa where Is-lam is strong.

    In the Zechariah 6 account of thefour horse prophecy, there are white,red and black horses exactly as in Revela-tion 6. However, the horses that pulled

    the fourth chariot were not described asgreen. They were described as grizzledand bay, dappled, dappled gray or spotted(depending on the translation you use). Ifthis is the exact same prophecy as Revela-tion 6, and it certainly appears to be, thenthis discrepancy would cast doubt on thefourth horse representing Islam.

    I have always taught that the pale horserepresents exactly what it saysdeath.Unless further light can be shed on thefourth horse of Zechariah 6, I have to be-lieve that is still the correct understanding.

    However, we have to admit that manyaspects of the 4th Seal rider seem to referto Islam in a very interesting way.

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    THE WHITE HORSE

    THE GREEN HORSE

    FOURTH HORSES LOCATION

    PROBLEMS WITH THIS VIEW

    IS THE TIMING RIGHT?

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