Where we are in the end time. . .
What is written below is not meant to be a prophesy. Just a thought and alert.
The seals open up terrors and destruction against the making and creation of God. One that opens the seals need to have victory over darkness and destruction, able to conquer and shine forth even in the darkness and destruction these seals of authorities bring.
Christ has already won over death and darkness. He opens the seals and let evil run their courses(not one after another, but here and there) and He is still the emblem of peace and satisfaction. He is still the fortress, the foundation, and the strength of all the creation of God.
There was no chaos in Heaven throughout the openning of the seals.
All is under control. Alleluia! Praise God, and peace to His people.
Revelation啟示錄6vv1-11
6:1 我看見羔羊揭開七印中第一印的時候, 就聽見四活物中的一個活物, 聲音如雷, 說, 你來.
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
D.Lim
: The 4 living things invited John to view different scenes. The Lamb opened the seals, but they were there and the scroll was already formed.Storm follows thunder and lightning. Storm of change and storm of revolution(industrial) and progress.
The 4 living things come and appear together. The 4 horsemen come with overlapping times. John was directed to view different things/scenes, not that the previous scene has run its course or has disappeared. He was simply asked by one of the 4 living things/beasts to switch attention/scene.
John was compiling the revelation. We can pray for all situations. It is our participation to act upon the revealed events. Let us pray. Let us be Godward, and praise His victory. Let us bind evil spirits and preach the Gospel hard. Let us be faithful and fruitful believers. Let us preach the revelation of the Most High glorious God. Let us send out warnings and encouragement. Let God be God. Alleluia.
6:2 我就觀看, 見有一匹白馬, 騎在馬上的拿著弓. 並有冠冕賜給他. 他便出來, 勝了又勝.
And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
D.Lim
: Some expositors see this ridder as the false Christ or the anti-Christ as he was sitting on the majestic white horse, the only white horse amongst the 4 horsemen, with a bow for war and leadership, and was conquering.Actually, many leaders in both camps are conquering.
The British empire is a kind of anti-Christ as well. She brought with her much benefit, but at the same time glorifying herself. The most recent Prince Charles is preparing himself to lead Britain to other gods and play down Christian faith, even as the Anglican church is representing much of Christianity in the UK, and a continuation from the Apostolic Succession and with the Roman Catholic church.
Many UK citizens and sojourners are led away from Christ by the Anglican church which is largely Liberal, going against the Word of God.
D.Lim
: The 1st horse which is white, kingly, majestic is seen. Princes usually ride on white horses.D.Lim: Bow and arrow is the main weapon in the ancient battle field(not the sword). Generals and infantries are taken out with bows and arrows. The swords of the generals are less used than thought to have. A bow without arrow. A sign of power against leaders and generals.
British Imperialism has once conquered some land around the whole World. The British flag never came down from her colonies round the World at one time. Western culture of Great Britain, of Victorianism, dominated the whole World. British exploration reached the tallest mountain peak, and the poles. English has become the standard language for science, computer communication, language/linguistics and commerce.
Christianity of the West came to the World via(piggyback) British Imperialism and then via American Imperialism. It won the West which is North America, and then the Wild West won the East and the South.
English, the daily language of Britain and North America has become the commercial, medical, scientific and computing language of the World. English is being used worldwide, even by non-English speaking nations, such as Japan, Korea, and Saudi Arabia.
"These people left our churches because they never really belonged to us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left us, it proved that they did not belong with us. But you are not like that, for the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and all of you know the truth. So I am writing to you not because you don't know the truth but because you know the difference between truth and falsehood." 1 John 2:19-21
New Living Translation6:3 揭開第二印的時候, 我聽見第二個活物說, 你來.
And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
2nd seal. Communism. Red terror, the iron curtain, cold war.
D.Lim
: A change of scene; a change of angle from the scene of the 1st seal. The viewing of Imperialism has changed from the West to the viewing of Communism at the North(Russia, Poland, East Germany, Yogoslavia) and the East(China, Vietnam, Northern Korea).6:4 就另有一匹馬出來, 是紅的. 有權柄給了那騎馬的, 可以從地上奪去太平, 使人彼此相殺. 又有一把大刀賜給他.
And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
D.Lim
: An unnatural red horse. A machinery of the movement. The driving mechanism is red in color. The Communist flag is red in color. The horseman is ridding on stars and a sickle.The sickle can symbolise a great sword. Many died through the revolution of the peasant. The sickle is the weaponery of the peasants(symbol of the working class).
Children reported their parents, workers reported their landlords and employers, and relatives reported one another. They killed one another. This is still being a possible action in the remaining Communist countries.
The 3rd world war(its aspect and possibility) was in the conversation and estimation of common folks.
The thought of nuclear weaponry is enough to take away peace from the heart/mind.
6:5 揭開第三印的時候, 我聽見第三個活物說, 你來. 我就觀看, 見有一匹黑馬. 騎在馬上的手裡拿著天平.
And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
D.Lim
: A change of scene again. Black knights usually ride on black horses.D.Lim
: The black horse may symbolise:black market(including much of undertable dealings);
blackout due to lack of energy supply, war and energy grid breakdown(there was a major chain reaction breakdown between Canada and USA);
black gold, which is petroleum products including gasoline(energy crisis from time to time);
coal and charcoal for energy and heating(environmental crisis felling too many trees, Ozone hole, air pollution, soil pollution, sea pollution; meteor; global cooling and warming);
Ink and toner for communication(increase of printed matter, free newspapers, free flyers/ads);
Black flag for movement and ism;
Rise up of black people and black nations(Nelson Mandela has much lime light; Bishop Tutu of South Africa, Anan of UN, Colin Powell of USA; rise of many black actors and actresses in Hollywood; large number of Christian converts in Nigeria and nearby countries).
Terrorists and leaders of non-Christian religion who dress in black(eg: Imam of Islam, Iranian leaders).
Mourners who dress in black(for 911 and many killings/bombings; many deaths from natural disasters such as hurricain; continuous famine in poor countries; Aids in Africa).
Covering up of the true religion of God(Gay movement, Democracy, and Humanism).
Court judges in black are removing Christianity from the open public and enforcing Humanistic ruling all over the World as the rule for all mankind. State laws and ruling becomes the modern day Idolatry.
State laws become the big brother.
'GLORIFICATION' of anti-Yhwh activities.
PERVERSION OF GOD'S LAW & INTENDED PLAN.
This is a time of a lot of black color for many reasons.
The rider carrying a balance. This is a time of much consideration. Consumerism is over in developed countries. People make lots of consideration and calculation and buy mainly essentials. Use of energy is highly regulated and restricted.
Lots of law cases(eg: Bill Clinton; UN cases for human rights; Gay issues).
6:6 我聽見在四活物中, 似乎有聲音說, 一錢銀子買一升麥子, 一錢銀子買三升大麥. 油和酒不可蹧蹋.
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny
/denarius, and three measures of barley for a penny/denarius; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.D.Lim
: In time scale we are at the 3rd seal.The rider says nothing. We are faced with cold facts. However the voice might sound like a rumour.
It is easy to have sudden worldwide famine. The latest tsunami in Dec 2004 stirred up the sea bed of Indian ocean. The heavy metals and other pollutants/poisons got stirred up and engulfed the sea animals especially the shellfishes and other sea bed animals. The poisons are ingested by these animals and passed into our foodchain. A repeat of tsunami could pollute the waters/seas/oceans so much as to render seafood poisonous and unsuitable for safe human consumption. A large portion of our food comes from the sea. This pollution would cut out much of our clean edible food supply, causing famine at a very wide spread scale that will not be reverted within a few years. A long term shortage of food supply is a famine so severe as not seen in human history before.
Just 1 April 2005, Islamic advocates are bringing up the topic of tsunami again, claiming that the USA will be destroyed by a tsunami greater than that in 2004 by 2007. The destruction of tsunami and earthquake, Divine Judgement and war, is clearly in our minds and news in the decade of 2010, and the beginning of this century.
D.Lim: Food price may increase, but maintain the price for oil and wine.
As the US dollar weakens, many countries that use US dollar as an industrial standard for buying food and raw materials face higher food prices and higher prices for finished products.
Both oil and wine/alcohol(ethanol) are used as fuel. We have insurance policies and plans to keep energy prices down and stable for a time.
This is a time of energy regulation, a time of much progress that need energy.
Energy conciousness is at its height in history.
A time of weather change that needs fuel for heating and cooling. Russia is in need of much fuel for heating. Warm places need mechanical cooling in summer season. Weather fluctuates and damages crops.
A time of travelling, that requires much fuel. A lot of driving and flying around. Countries are embarked upon space exploration by their citizens.
A time of virtual reality and self-indulgence in hi-tech requires greater energy consumption. Mass Escapism is under disguise leisure and relief.
This is a link event/phenomenon with the 4th seal.
Rise up, Christian praisers and sing praises with the heathens/people everywhere. Rise up, and prepare for praises Christian musicians, singers, intercessors, and royal priests.
A time of population increase that consumes much fuel
. We have population explotion.China went from 10 billion to 13 billion.
Islamic countries keep up with childbirth to rule the world in the game/system of democracy and Humanism.
We are at the threshold of much war, terrorism, nuclear attack and killing. Death is at the doorway. We have to consider personal safety anywhere we travel. Many kidnapping and killing taking place. The 4th seal is about to be opened.
The rapture is about to take place.
Our worry of famine and disease in large scales is about to become reality, and common facts of life.
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Loonie hits $.81 as greenback sinks
Oct. 22, 2004. 05:16 PM
The Canadian dollar topped 81 cents (U.S.) today for the first time since the autumn of 1992 as the price of oil hit new records and the American dollar weakened.
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High oil prices, high dollar to pressure GDP growth in 2005:
Bank of CanadaCBC - Last Updated Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:35:13 EDT
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CRACKS IN DECAYING SHELL OF CHERNOBYL REACTOR THREATEN SECOND DISASTER
JVIM April 28, 2005-=-=-
Nigerian unions declare Shell 'enemy of the people'
Strike will target oil exports
1:55 PM 31-10-04 G&M
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Low wages, cruel bosses, no rights
An army of Chinese migrant workers grows restless - 10:21 AM 24-10-04 Globe & Mail
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Typhoon kills 67 in Japan
Rescuers in Japan are still searching for more than 20 people missing after what the government is calling the worst typhoon to hit the islands in 25 years.
Thursday, 21 October 2004 18:12 EST
FROM OCT. 22, 2004: Japan counts cost of Typhoon Tokage
The real danger now, officials fear, is the possibility of landslides in a country soaked by a record 10 typhoons this year.
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Japan earthquakes kill 4, injure hundreds
Four people are dead and about 300 injured after a series of earthquakes rattled northwestern Japan Saturday. - Oct 23, 2004
Officials said the quake was the strongest to hit the region in 70 years.
Oct24,2004Japan hit by strong quakes - 21 dead, some 2,000 injured
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58 injured in Japan earthquake
At least 58 people were injured Wednesday when an earthquake struck southern Japan, knocking down homes damaged by a previous quake that hit last month.
Wednesday, 20 April 2005 6:50 EST
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WIDE AREA OF JAPAN SHAKEN BY POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE - August 16, 2005 JVIM
VOA News-=-=-
Tsunami danger passed
Monday's earthquake, although very powerful, was a fraction of the size of the Dec. 26 quake that caused the Indian Ocean tsunami. Technically, it was considered an aftershock of the December quake, according to the scientists.
People gather outside their apartment early Tuesday morning after tremors were felt throughout northwest Malaysia.
They say pressure created by the first quake caused the earth's plates to shift again. It's the first time in history two huge earthquakes have happened so close together.
"I would certainly say it's a fraternal twin," said Kerry Sieh of the U.S. Geological Survey in an interview with CBC News. "It's not a duplicate. It occurred a couple of hundred kilometres further south, but it's the same type of earthquake."
Officials issued tsunami warnings in Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia and other countries, but lifted them within a few hours.
The Dec. 26(2004) quake, which measured 9.0 in magnitude, caused a tsunami that killed an estimated 200,000 people and left at least 1.5 million homeless.
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Aftershocks strike off Indonesian coast
Mar. 29, 2005. 10:19 AM
Toronto Star
GUNUNG SITOLI, Indonesia - Indonesians searched through smouldering rubble for survivors on Nias island today and relatives wept over the bodies of the dead after an 8.7-magnitude earthquake hammered the region, triggering a tsunami scare and killing at least 330 people. At least 13 aftershocks between magnitudes 5.0 and 6.1 kept nervousness high.
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Tornado injures 19 in Birmingham, UK
BBC News 28-7-05-=-=-=-
Record Rains Kill More Than 500 in India
BBC News 28-7-05SABC Floods kill 100 in India; Bombay under water - 21 hrs ago
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Disease fears
after India monsoon BBC News 29-7-05Authorities in India fear outbreaks of disease as the death toll from a monsoon climbs to 700.
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Flooding shuts DVP, sweeps man into river
Aug. 20, 2005. 01:21 PM - TS
A freak storm yesterday afternoon closed the Don Valley Parkway for hours as flooding stranded drivers and led to some dramatic rescues.
Two tornadoes confirmed
Aug. 20, 2005. 08:17 PM - TS
Residents of southwestern Ontario were picking up the pieces today, and in some cases waiting for the power to be turned on, after a string of fierce storms spawned two tornadoes a day earlier.
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The U.S. Supreme Court is about to remove every religious symbol and every religious phrase from all public buildings, squares, and parks in the United States of America.
23-10-2004
conservativepetitions@laptoplobbyist.comThese are the same justices who recently struck down all state laws against sodomy
a filthy, obscene practice that has led to over 500,000 American deaths and has cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars.These are the same justices who told the people of Colorado that they couldn
t pass a constitutional amendment banning laws that give homosexuals special privileges.These are the same justices who said that computer-generated kiddie porn was protected under the Constitution
thereby encouraging sexual predators in their monstrous appetite for innocent children.Justices Stevens, Kennedy, Breyer, Ginsburg, Souter, and O
Connor are out to cut America loose from its religious moorings.These six justices intend to establish the worship of Big Government as the official religion of the United States.
They
ve been working up to this for yearsand with each ruling their intentions become clearer:They intend to drive religion underground
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to force Christians and Jews to worship behind closed doors, as if they were performing some obscene act……
to remove religious pictures and words from schools so children wont be corrupted by them……
to make the public mention of God and Jesus an outrage to be condemned by the new self-appointed censors of society People for the American Way, the Rev. Barry Lynn, and the ACLU.They are trying to make sexual perversion, four-letter words, and pornography legal and respectable
while making worship, prayer, and the Bible unlawful and obscene!Orthodox Christians believe that the worship of Big Government is idolatry.
That
s why liberal politicians detest Christians and would love to shut down orthodox churches and send their congregations to psychologists and social workers for "re-programming."That
s why Teddy and Hillary and John have supported repeated filibusters to keep Christian conservatives off the Court.And that
s why they love Breyer, Ginsburg, Stevens, Souter, Kennedy, and OConnor because these six have dealt orthodox Christianity several severe blows in recent years, handing down decisions that all but outlaw conservative Christian belief.-=-=-
The White House wasn't always God's house | George W. Bush's presidency is the first faith-based administration in U.S. history (Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Los Angeles Times) Oct 2004
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Heat detectors don't infringe privacy: top court
Canada 29-10-04 G&M-=-=-
Firefighters watched a monstrous cloud of smoke approach as a 10-mile-wide wall of flames climbs the mountains in this Oct. 28, 2003 Island Packet Online
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Clues reinforce election-terror concerns
Published October 23rd 2004 Island Packet Online
WASHINGTON (AP) - FBI investigators have made new arrests and developed leads that reinforce concerns that terrorists plan to strike around the presidential election, officials said Saturday, even though the CIA has discredited a person who told its agents of such a plot involving al-Qaida.
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Oct 2004世界日報:
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河南礦災 罹難礦工或逾百•
趙曉:人民幣肯定要升值•
歐盟售北京武器解禁 遲早•
北約擬擴大阿富汗駐軍•
大陸當局否認房地產面臨泡沫化•
港人耗用資源 高出全球平均值一倍•
大陸西北疫情頻傳 28-10-2004•
準禁書禪機 再揭反右黑幕
2-11-04
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社會秩序失衡 危機一觸即發•
四川鎮暴 官方召開千人大會 Islamic problem•
特首表態:政改公投違法違憲•
日企業併購價值 豐田居冠•
大陸明年將進一步加強宏觀調控-=-=-
邊 境 驚 現 流 感 鳥 屍
2-11-04( 星 島 日 報 報 道 ) 踏 入 秋 季 , 候 鳥 南 飛 , 禽 流 感 威 脅 再 現 。 漁 護 署 在 落 馬 洲 禁 區 附 近 拾 獲 的 一 隻 蒼 鷺 鳥 屍 , 身 上 驗 出 H5 病 毒 , 懷 疑 牠 感 染 禽 流 感 , 署 方 已 派 員 監 察 附 近 兩 公 里 農 場 情 況 , 生 防 護 中 心 亦 為 七 名 曾 經 接 觸 該 蒼 鷺 屍 ......
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納坦凶猛罩全台 腳步再偏北 - typhoon
挾帶強風豪雨的中度颱風納坦,昨晚撞進台灣陸地,僅中南部因中央山脈屏障,風雨較小;且適逢農曆大潮,北部和東台灣嚴防海水倒灌。台北縣市等九縣市停止上班上課... - 中時電子報 24-10-2004 20:35
火線:利多推升,DRAM族群闊步走 - 中時電子報
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The World Bank says that 13 of the world's 20 most air-polluted cities are in China. Air pollution alone is estimated to cause 300,000 early deaths each year, and the problem could get worse as newly prosperous Chinese rush to buy cars and as coal-fired power plants work overtime to meet the energy needs of a booming economy.
Three-quarters of the rivers running through Chinese cities are so polluted that they cannot be used for drinking or fishing. Acid rain falls on one-third of the Chinese landmass.
In the semi-autonomous Chinese city of Hong Kong, air-pollution readings recently hit a new record as filthy air drifted into the territory from the industries of southeastern China.
With respiratory and water-borne diseases on the rise, the public is beginning to question the cost of China's pell-mell economic growth.
. . mysterious new complaints: headaches, vomiting, nausea, dizziness, itchy skin, dry coughs, teary eyes, hair loss.
. . the number of cancer deaths in the village of 2,000 people rose from one for 1990-1994, to 17 for 1999-2001. Meanwhile, average life expectancy fell from 68.3 years to 59.7.
Ms. Bao pulled up her five-year-old daughter's shirt to show how she had also suffered from the pollution. Her back and legs were covered in black spots, the remnants of the blisters that many children in the village have developed.
. . when a journalist for government television checked the waste water coming out of a drain in the middle of the night, it was running tomato-soup red. Tests showed levels of chromium 6, a chemical that has been shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals, at 20 times the allowable limit.
A lot of politically aware people have moved to the environment movement.
G&MGreen and black stuff pouring into the river from the factory
South East China 23 Oct, 2004The contaminated atmosphere is blamed for 300,000 premature deaths each year, and acid rain drenches one-third of China's land mass. Despite official harassment, a bold and growing band of environmental activists is challenging official complacency and raising awareness of the dangers of pollution.
..................................Particulate matter
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Rank....Cities..................1995 to 2001
1-Delhi, India........................187
2-Cairo, Egypt........................178
3-Calcutta, India......................153
4-Tianjin...............................149
5-Chongqing...........................147
6-Kanpur, India.......................136
7-Lucknow, India.....................136
8-Shenyang............................120
9-Zhengzhou...........................116
11-Jinan..................................112
12-Lanzhou..............................109
12-Beijing................................106
13-Taiyuan..............................105
14-Ahmedabad, India...................104
15-Chengdu..............................103
16-Jakarta, Indonesia....................103
17-Anshan.................................99
18-Nanchang..............................94
19-Wuhan.................................94
20-Harbin..................................91
SOURCE: 2004 WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
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Japan confirms 15th case of mad cow disease
Japan has confirmed its fifteenth case of mad cow disease, the government said Saturday.
Saturday, 26 February 2005 0:40 EST
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Toronto hospital reports C. difficile strain
A Toronto hospital is battling the same strain of bacteria that has been blamed for the deaths of more than 100 people in Quebec.
Friday, 25 March 2005 6:49 EST - CBC News
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SARS may spread through air, studies find
Two new studies have found evidence that the virus causing severe acute respiratory syndrome may spread through the air, not just through direct human contact, as was previously believed.
Friday, 25 March 2005 14:38 EST - CBC News
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NORTH KOREA CONFIRMS BIRD FLU OUTBREAK
March 27, 2005
CNN reports
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CHINA REPORTS THIRD BIRD FLU OUTBREAK IN 8 DAYS
LETHAL BIRD FLU FOUND IN CROATIA
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Bird flu 'set to hit Africa next'
- BBC News Wednesday, 26 October 2005, 17:33 GMT 18:33 UK
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WHO: MARBURG OUTBREAK NOT OVER; DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO 235
April 19, 2005
Voice of America News reports: The World Health Organization says the outbreak of deadly Marburg fever in northern Angola is not yet over. According to the U.N. health agency, the deadly hemorrhagic fever has so far killed 235 people - all of whom are believed to have contracted the disease in Uige province.
Marburg is transmitted through contact with bodily fluids.
Angola at critical stage in Marburg battle: WHO
Angola is at a critical stage in its battle against an outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus, the World Health Organization warns.
Saturday, 23 April 2005 18:37 EST
CBC NewsMARBURG OUTBREAK CLAIMS 253 LIVES IN ANGOLA
JVIM April 28, 2005From 235 to 253 = 18 people in 9 days.
Ebola resurfaces in Republic of Congo
Ebola has returned to the Republic of Congo, killing nine people since early May, the World Health Organization says.
Wednesday, 18 May 2005 18:17 EST - CBC News
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MARINE KILLED BY SCRATCH AND SUPERBUG
May 24, 2005 - JVIM
The Times Online reports:
A super fit Royal Marine collapsed and died within days of scratching his leg on a bush while on a training run ?victim of a mutated super bug one doctor described as the worst she had ever seen.-=
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August 26, 2005 - JVIM
BBC News reports: The number of cases of a potentially lethal hospital infection has rocketed since the 1990s, figures show.
The Department of Health has revealed there were 44,488 cases of C. difficile in over 65s in England last year.
In the early 1990s there were about 1,000 cases a year, but by 2003 the total rose to 35,536, England, Wales and Northern Ireland data showed.
However, this was only collected on a voluntary basis so the true figure may have been higher.
While MRSA has dominated most of the headlines, these latest statistics have showed that C.difficile is nearly seven times more common.
Office for National Statistics data has showed C.difficile was the underlying cause of 934 deaths in 2003. MRSA is linked to a similar number.
Chief nursing officer Christine Beasley said some of the rise in infections was down to better reporting, but it was largely because as health care had improved people were living longer when they were old and ill and were more susceptible to bugs.
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he immune system does not work as well and, therefore, people are more vulnerable.?p>She said the C. difficile, which stands for Clostridium difficile, will now be included in the government program to fight MRSA.The government introduced mandatory surveillance after a new and more virulent strain of the infection, which was first identified in 1978, emerged?
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BIRD FLU VIRUS 'CLOSE TO PANDEMIC'
May 26, 2005 - JVIM
The Guardian.co.uk reports:
A leading scientist warned yesterday that the avian flu virus is on the point of mutating into a pandemic disease and says that current estimates that such a pandemic could cause 7.5m deaths may understate the threat.His warnings come as experts writing in today's edition of Nature voice concerns about the world's inability to manufacture sufficient vaccines for a pandemic and warn of the impact that the virus - H5N1 - could have on the global economy.
In an accompanying editorial Nature argues that so far such warnings have
fallen on deaf ears? It backs a call by Prof Osterhaus and his colleagues at the Erasmus Medical Centre, in Rotterdam - one of the world's leading virus research labs - for a global taskforce to strengthen agencies on the ground.There have been 90 human infections in south-east Asia , from which 54 people have died. But while culling and the vaccination of poultry appears to have slowed outbreaks in Thailand and other parts of south-east Asia, this year Vietnam has seen a worrying number of human infections in the same family groups. According to Prof Osterhaus such clustering could mean the virus is becoming more efficient at infecting humans - a precondition for a pandemic.
Another concern are reports which emerged from China last weekend that H5N1 was responsible for the deaths of 178 migratory geese at a wildfowl reserve in the western province of Qinghai earlier this month. Prof Osterhaus says the geese's deaths could be another indication that the virus is mutating and becoming more virulent. The problem is that countries such as China and Vietnam are not providing animal and human health officials with enough data, leaving scientists in the dark.
According to the WHO, within a few months of the pandemic 30 million people would need to be hospitalized, and a quarter could be expected to die. In his Nature commentary, Prof Osterhaus describes current estimates that a pandemic could infect 20% of the world's population and cause 7.5m deaths as
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WHO SAYS BIRD FLU OUTBREAK IN CHINA WORSE THAN REPORTED
June 29, 2005 - JVIM
Voice of America News reports:
The United Nations health agency says an influenza outbreak among migratory birds in Northwestern China is far worse than the government had reported.World Health Organization experts who recently visited China's northwestern province of Qinghai told reporters that five times as many birds have died of the avian flu there as originally reported.
The agency estimates five-thousand wild birds died sometime during the spring on an island in Qinghai. In late May, the Chinese government put the number of dead at only one-thousand.
Dr. Julie Hall, the WHO's coordinator for communicable diseases in China, said this is the first time that migratory birds have been found to die from the avian flu in such numbers.
She urged Chinese authorities to conduct immediate tests for the H5N1 virus, before the birds migrate to neighboring countries.
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o we feel that there's a window of opportunity here to study these birds, to understand which birds can carry the virus and which birds cannot. But this window of opportunity is very narrow, two to three months,?she said.Experts are worried that birds that carry the virus may spread it to other animals as they move from place to place.
Tens of millions of domestic fowl have already died or been killed in Southeast Asia to prevent the spread of the virus. Avian influenza can be transmitted to humans through close contact with infected birds. Since 2003, 54 people have died in Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia from the disease.
Health experts are worried that the virus may mutate to a form easily transmitted between humans, possibly sparking a global flu pandemic that could kill millions?
D.Lim: This is also one form and cause of people dying by animals. Diseases have been great armies of God.
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NEW SUPERBUG OUTBREAK SWEEPS SOUTHERN ENGLAND
July 21, 2005 - JVIM
The Independent.co.uk reports:
An outbreak of a superbug resistant to antibiotics has infected more than 1,000 people and caused dozens of deaths.The bug, which can lead to blood poisoning, is spreading in southern England and is more serious than Clostridium difficile, which hit the headlines last month after a virulent strain infected 15 hospitals.
The new superbug, an antibiotic-resistant strain of E.coli, put 357 people in hospital in the Southampton area in 2004, half of all those infected, and caused 29 deaths. It is still spreading through the community and attempts to control it have so far failed.
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Toronto Star 30-7-05China alerts farmers to pig fever - BBC News 31-7-05
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August 3, 2005
JVIM NewsVoice of America News reports:
Russian authorities have begun to slaughter poultry in nearly 20 villages in the Siberian province of Novosibirsk, where a deadly strain of bird-flu virus has just been confirmed. Government health officials say there is no cause for alarm, and that all precautionary measures are being taken.-=-=-
Bad behaviour 'linked to smoking'
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'American al-Qaeda' threatens renewed attacks
Suicide bombers trained and ready, warns Russian security chief
CBC 29-10-04TERRORIST ATTACKS IN ISRAEL UP 300% - April 22, 2005 - JVIM
WorldNetDaily.com reports: An internal Israeli defense report obtained by Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin shows Palestinian violence and terrorist attacks up 300 percent in the last 10 days.
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HEZBOLLAH: ALL OF NORTHERN ISRAEL IS IN RANGE OF OUR ROCKETS
May 27, 2005 - JVIMHa
aretz reports: "Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah Wednesday ackno...more-=-+-
But Israeli defense officials have noted
a rise in Hizbullah efforts to elicit IDF military responses with minor border infractions in order to justify increasing aggression against northern Israel."It should be emphasized that the Hizbullah terrorist organization uses these tactics to cause provocations along the Israeli Lebanese border and to provoke the IDF to respond," read an official statement released by the army after one such incident last week.
Senior army officials reported last month that their intelligence showed Hizbullah would soon attempt to instigate a major escalation of hostilities with Israel.
Regarding a UN Security Council resolution passed last September that demanded the disarming of all militias in Lebanon, Nasrallah insisted his group would never lay down its weapons.
"Any hand that reaches out to our weapons is an Israeli hand that will be cut off," he said.
Hizbullah receives the bulk of its financial, military, and logistical support from Iran and Syria.
(Jerusalem Newswire, www.jnewswire.com, May 25, 2005)
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June 1, 2005 - JVIM
BBC news reports: Israel's outgoing army chief of staff has warned of a possible new wave of Palestinian attacks after the planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
General Moshe Yaalon said that, unless Israel committed itself to subsequent withdrawals from the West Bank, a
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U.S. EXPECTS INSURGENCY OFFENSIVE
June 1, 2005 - JVIM
The Middle East Newsline reports:
The U.S. military has been bracing for a new offensive by Sunni insurgents.U.S. military sources said they expect the offensive to be led by Al Qaida operatives aligned with Abu Mussib Al Zarqawi. The sources said Al Zarqawi or his aides might order the campaign in an attempt to disprove reports that he has been severely injured.
In April and May, insurgency bombings reached their peak since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003. More than 620 people have been killed in a series of suicide bombings in Baghdad and major Iraqi cities.
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POSSIBLE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN INDONESIAJune 3, 2005 - JVIM
Voice of America News reports:
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NORTH KOREA SAYS US STEALTH BOMBER MOVE SIGNALS NUCLEAR WAR
June 3, 2005 - JVIM
Spacewar.com reports:
North Korea on Thursday said the deployment of 15 US F-117 Stealth bombers to South Korea was part of preparations for a preemptive nuclear strike on the country.The deployment announced by Washington last week was an unpardonable act, said the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, a state organization in charge of Korean affairs.
We... bitterly denounce the deployment of Stealth fighter bombers in South Korea by the United States as a... provocation of a war against the North and the worst malicious challenge to the Korean nation,?the committee said in a statement.
It was Pyongyang's first official reaction to the deployment, which Washington described as routine training?
This proves that the US scheme of preemptive nuclear attack is systematically going over from violent words to operational plan and from the plan to the stage of military action,?the committee said?
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'HIGH RISK' OF WMD ATTACK IN DECADE
June 22, 2005 - JVIM
CNN reports:
The chance of an attack with a weapon of mass destruction somewhere in the world in the next 10 years runs as high as 70 percent, arms experts have predicted in a U.S. survey.Most of the more than 80 experts surveyed in the report released on Tuesday believed one or two new countries will acquire nuclear weapons in the next five years, with two to five countries joining the nuclear club during the next decade.
The survey, commissioned by U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard Lugar, also showed that four out of five people said their country was not spending enough on non-proliferation efforts.
The most likely scenario for a nuclear attack would be for
terrorists to use a weapon they made themselves with material acquired on the black market, the survey said.The results underscore the need to improve security around tactical nuclear weapons and nuclear material in Russia and expand our ability to detect transfer of weapons or materials from rogue states to terrorist organizations,?said a summary of a report outlining the survey results.
Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) are designed to kill large number of people, using either nuclear, biological, chemical or radiological means?
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Repent!
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6:7 揭開第四印的時候, 我聽見第四活物說, 你來.
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
4th seal
.A change of scene and direction does not imply that the former scenes have ceased to play out. There is overlapping of events.
D.Lim: Come and see a new unfolded scene. There is a change of direction in development. Isa6vv1-3
6:8 我就觀看, 見有一匹灰馬. 騎在馬上的, 名字叫死. 陰府也隨著他. 有權柄賜給他們, 可以用刀劍, 饑荒, 瘟疫 ((瘟疫或作死亡)), 野獸, 殺害地上 四分之一的人.
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. (Eze 6v11,7v15)
D.Lim
: A black and white era/scene is a fast moving scene with lots of grey.Armies in grey uniform and equipment.
Grey/pale boxes instead of black boxes.
Reinforced buildings are usually grey or pale color.
Airfield runways are often grey or pale color.
People are dying when they turn pale.
Dark colored people turn pale when they have to live in environment without the sun for a long time.
Army uniform turned pale or grey color to hide and fight in smokes, fogs and smogs.
Sand storms are grey or pale color.
Clothing of the mass is grey or pale color in Pakistan.
D.Lim
: The grey/pale horse is ridden by him who is/was Death. This is Death in major scale. And power was given to a group of people killing a fourth part of the earth.The ridder advances on a culture and lifestyle that has a grey color overtone(in its representation).
Death appears at the 4th seal. Hades the abode of the dead follows Death. This is real death.
Black is contrasted with bright white, for the people of God shine forth in the period(Prov4v18, Jn14v12), and the times look dark/black. This is our time where the believers shine out with the Gospel. Many are attracted to the light(the truth, Christ Jesus) and get saved. In contrast, the opposing side look unusually black, so that death appears to be pale/grey instead of black. When after the rapture, and the light of the World, the church, be taken out in number and mass scale, death looks less dark and just appear to be grey/pale.
War
, famine and death/pestilence and beasts are their given weapons/tools to achieve death.These are specific kinds of death.
BSE poisoning meat.
Genetic manipulation/engineering of crops may fail in large scale, and cause crop failure and
famine and price increase. This is related closely with the 3rd seal.Genetic altered human may develop more disease and illness sweep the world. Lack of suitable medicine cause much death.
Human physical altered by genetic engineered crops/seeds causing weakness and increase death by diseases
.War increases
due to famine(lack of food). Humanism teaches survival of the fittest.Russia may invade
Israel at this time. The Rapture may have occurred. The whole Israel has not yet come to accept and worship Christ Jesus.War increases
due to drugs(price and the lack of certain drugs for pleasure and prolonging life and increasing hope), religion(Sunnis against Shiite), idealism, Islamic fundamentalism(Wahabism), Humanism(Gay bills/law against Biblical Christian Faith), Atheism(as in North Korea). Persecution against Christians increases in Laos.War increases
due to poverty(lack of capital, perchasing power for food and resources). Poverty increases caused by wars, population increase and famine.Dusts sent up from collapsing buildings create great grey clouds.
Poison mists can be grey clouds.
Concrete jungles look grey(off white) in color.
Genetic engineered crops cause rise of mutated beasts
harming human. Bacterea became out of control. Medicine cannot catchup with superbugs. Human immute systems weakened by genetic engineered crops. Many new diseases developed and appeared. Lack of funding to keep up with Medical and drug research and production.BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS POSE BIGGEST THREAT TO WORLD, SCIENTISTS WARN
(eg: 1918 Spanish flu; genetically engineered anthrax and a synthetic version of the polio virus) It is never been easier to develop biological weapons - all you have to do is look on the internet.
- the British Medical Association (BMA) October 26, 2004
Cats and dogs and mice could turn out to be killers, carrying diseases. Pets could turn into nightmares.
Killer insects may also be bred to carry deadly agents. The threat/
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Thursday, 23 June, 2005, 20:50 GMT 21:50 UK - BBC News:
Oil price hits $60 a barrel level
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Toronto Star 24-6-05No relief from $1 gas
front page of Metro News, Toronto 18-8-05Governments balk at lowering gas taxes National Post 18-8-05
Stock market indicators mostly negative as oil price moves higher
National Post 18-8-05
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Ezekiel 39:9-10
9 " 'Then those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and use the weapons for fuel and burn them up-the small and large shields, the bows and arrows, the war clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.
10 They will not need to gather wood from the fields or cut it from the forests, because they will use the weapons for fuel. And they will plunder those who plundered them and loot those who looted them, declares the Sovereign LORD."
Nuclear and energy weapon
with names/designation such as Shield (eg: Space/Air Defence Shield Star War), War Club, and Spear(eg: Lance nuclear missile, Arrow).No mentioning here that the wooden parts of traditional war clubs and spears are referred to here. Furthermore, traditional shields are usually made of bronze or iron, which is not for traditional fuel. The fact that this is substituting traditional wood related fuel, does not imply that they are just ordinary wood.
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hey you guys, i recently held something in my hands that finally cleared this passage up for me. I had always wondered how this could be... i mean, how does one burn weapons for fuel? can a tank or a rifle burn? well, it seems that they can, thanks to a dutch inventor in the 1970's.
he made a substance called lignostone. it is basically plywood compressed at intense pressures until it becomes something else... it seems that lignostone is wood. it is as light as wood and it burns. but it is stronger than steel. you can build a rifle out of it. you can build a tank out of it. you can build an airplane out of it. and it is already used in TODAY'S armies!!
you can google the word lignostone and you will find many, many companies that can fabricate custom machinary out of lignostone right now.
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The Middle East Newsline reports: Iran has completed the first launch of its enhanced Shihab-3 intermediate-range missile.
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Iran votes to push ahead with atomic program
Defiant legislators shouting "Death to America" unanimously vote to resume uranium enrichment
7:04 PM 31-10-04 G&M
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BIN LADEN REAPPEARS AHEAD OF U.S. VOTE
Osama's shadow
Oct. 30, 2004. 01:00 AM
WASHINGTONOsama bin Laden has brazenly injected himself into the waning hours of the U.S. presidential campaign, telling Americans that George W. Bush is "still misleading and deluding" them. Tim Harper reports. [Full Story]
? Excerpts from Oct. 29 tape ? Bin Laden rumours fly (Oct. 24)
? New tape aired (Sep. 10) ? Not Al Qaeda's financier (Sept. 2)
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IRELAND RECORDS FIRST HUMAN FORM OF MAD COW DISEASE November 11, 2004 -JVIM
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Nearly 50 Iraqi soldiers killed in ambush
Victims were unarmed - 9:33 AM 24-10-04
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Ottawa to track deadly bug
Oct. 22, 2004. 07:44 AM
Federal health officials will track the deadly bacterium C. difficile in 25 major teaching hospitals across Canada. The Public Health Agency of Canada made the announcement in the wake of a Montreal study that said Clostridium difficile killed 109 people in Quebec and contributed indirectly to another 108 deaths this year. Tanya Talaga reports.
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Famine and wars cause about 10% of hunger deaths, although these tend to be the ones you hear about most often. The majority of hunger deaths are caused by chronic malnutrition. Families facing extreme poverty are simply unable to get enough food to eat.
In 1999, a year marked by good economic news, 31 million Americans were food insecure, meaning they were either hungry or unsure of where their next meal would come from. Of these Americans, 12 million were children.
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QUAKE, ROARING SEA, ... NOW PESTILENCES
December 29, 2004
WorldNetDaily.com reports: The United Nations warns epidemics will break out within days unless health systems in southern Asia can cope with tens of thousands of corpses and hundreds of thousands left homeless in the wake of the 9.0 quake-induced killer tsunami that struck 11 nations.
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his may be the worst national disaster in recent history because it is affecting so many heavily populated coastal areas, so many vulnerable communities,?said the U.N.'s Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland. The longer term effects may be as devastating as the tsunami itself. Many more people are now affected by polluted drinking water. We could have epidemics within a few days unless we get health systems up and running.?p>The crisis cuts across all human needs, say experts ?water, sanitation, food, shelter and health.W
e've had reports already from the south of India of bodies rotting where they have fallen and that will immediately affect the water supply especially for the most impoverished people,?said Christian Aid emergency officer Dominic Nutt.Some affected areas have had communications cut. Others are so remote it is impossible to know the extent of the damage.
Governments in all 11 nations hit by the killer waves are still trying to determine how many were killed in the devastation wreaked by Sunday's quake and the tsunamis it caused.
But with relief officials warning of possible cholera epidemics and malaria, Dr. David Nabarro, head of crisis operations for WHO, told reporters in Geneva that
there is certainly a chance that we could have as many dying from communicable diseases as from the tsunami.?T
he initial terror associated with the tsunamis and the earthquake itself may be dwarfed by the longer term suffering of the affected communities,?Nabarro warned.Hospitals and health services already are overwhelmed and may not be able to cope with people who fall ill with disease, he said.
Relief organizations are distributing supplies over 11 countries in Asia and Africa, and the United Nations has said it will likely make its largest ever appeal for humanitarian funding in response to the disaster?p>The health of babies and young children is the greatest immediate concern. Estimates say one-third of those killed are children. Children are more at risk than adults from diseases that follow in the wake of polluted water, fractured sewers and exposure.
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ven simple diarrhea and chest infections can prove fatal,?said Dr. Vivien Walden, a health adviser to Oxfam. In many places it is still raining and families do not have shelter. They have lost everything. They have no means of cooking and there is overcrowding. In these circumstances, children under five are very vulnerable.-=-=-=-
Global warming worst in Arctic, report says
Eight-country scientific study finds accelerating pace of melting in North
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Killer bacteria battle costly
Oct. 29, 2004. 07:04 AM Toronto Star
Public-health experts warned yesterday of a lack of private hospital rooms, resources and even hand-washing measures to fight the deadly C. difficile outbreak. A panel of infectious-disease specialists released recommendations to curb a virulent strain of bacteria that has killed at least 109 people in Quebec this year.
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Patients to learn wait times online
Oct. 30, 2004. 01:00 AM
In a bid to reduce lengthy wait times, the province plans to publish information that will allow patients to see how long it will take before they can have cancer surgery, MRIs, cataract surgery, cardiac care and joint replacements in each Ontario hospital.
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Hacker attacked school computer
Oct. 23, 2004. 08:24 AM
A Northern Ontario university is advising students and staff to check their credit records for unauthorized loans, after discovering a hacker has been keeping tabs on the school's computerized administration system. Rachel Ross reports.
This is like plaque in electronics and communities.
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Pale color becomes a common color.
The sack cloth and the body bags are pale in color.
Clothings and fashion may be dominated with pale color; like the clothing in Islamic countries. Off-white color to reduce the use of bleach. A culture of Environmentalism and Conservationism. Even recycled papers(these are usually slightly tinted with color partly due to lack of bleaching) are widely used.
The environment and weather may turn off-white, filled with smog, smoke and mist.
This in turn induces fashion and utility articles to follow with their color schemes.
Cars and other vehicles may be dominated by pale color; eg: silver grey, sand, off white.
Warships are pale/grey in color.
Missiles may be pale/grey in color.
Glass windows that are unattended to may be covered with dust and look pale/grey.
A new flag which is pale color may appear.
Computer casings have pale colors(off-white yellowish and greyish).
6:9 揭開第五印的時候, 我看見在祭壇底下, 有為神的道, 並為作見證, 被殺之人的靈魂.
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
D.Lim: Speedy to instant access to information will be hailed as god and godly. Many are confident of their knowledge and power as information is readily available. There is a feel of unity of mankind and ability to conquer. Common concensus can be reached and voted for quickly. Censorship can be effected quickly to force submission. Police forces can be dispatched in real time. Peace statistics can be manipulated like a card/poker game.
Gurus are politicians (acting as actors and entertainers) posing as friends, informing people in real time things they like to know.
D.Lim
: Death for the word of God already occurred. Note that the Word of God is the material designate for holiness, honor, reference, doctrine, belief, and practice. Extra-Biblical materials such as church tradition and teaching, are not considered or relevant.The Word of God is of prime importance. There is nothing beside it. Religions with extra-Biblical doctrine and material are not considered. Believers of such probably would not die by the same rule.
Dear friends, come to the Biblical Faith and be with God, even that you might be killed for the sake of holding to the Word of God. The Truth of God is worth dying for. The white robes are worth wearing. They are the fashion of God.
6:10 大聲喊著說, 聖潔真實的主阿, 你不審判住在地上的人給我們伸流血的冤, 要到幾時呢.
And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
D.Lim
: Our Lord God is both holy and true. Pilate technique practicianers like to ask, "What is truth?" Well, for the believers, The Lord God Almighty is true; He is the Truth; He is the reference point. He is the centre of our thoughts and purpose.Christians come to state the references and reference point. Christians do not come to change and adapt reference points for the sinners and the swayful. Sinners could repent or face judgement and punishment one day.
We appeal to He who is true. His judgement is truth; therefore fair and meaningful.
The Word of God is Truth. Jesus Christ is The Way, The Truth and The Life.
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Report Details Hostility to Religious Expression in America
Jody Brown
Agape Press
Thanks to the efforts of a Texas-based legal group, the nine members of one Senate subcommittee now have in their hands a document that outlines literally hundreds of examples of violations of individuals' religious freedoms
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U.S. law called a privacy threat
Oct. 30, 2004. 01:00 AM Toronto Star
VANCOUVERCanadians' personal information cannot be protected from the prying eyes of U.S. intelligence agents if it's handled by American firms, a new report says.
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BILL IN U.S. SENATE PROPOSES TO STANDARDIZE STATE IDS October 29, 2004
EU LEADERS SIGN NEW CONSTITUTION October 29, 2004 BBC
IRS: CHURCHES CAN'T PRAY FOR BUSH VICTORY October 28, 2004 - WorldNetDaily.com reports
UK PRESSES ON WITH COMPULSORY ID CARD PLANS October 28, 2004 - Silicon.com reports
BIOCHIP SPOTS SINGLE VIRUSES October 28, 2004
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Oct. 23, 2004. 08:25 AM
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On November 4, Carminalis Ndele, one of the leaders of Pinedapa village near
Poso, was murdered by an unknown assailant. His head was found the next
day, severed and thrown from a car. Inside the bag with his head was a note
threatening to target the heads of one thousand Christians. -VOM 2004
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6:11 於是有白衣賜給他們各人. 又有話對他們說, 還要安息片時, 等著一同作僕人的, 和他們的弟兄, 也像他們被殺, 滿足了數目.
And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
D.Lim: White robes given. Righteousness and holiness given, and not earned. This is the redemption of Christ the Lamb.
They are told to wait for a while. We are told and taught to have patience. God has good plans that are unfolding. We keep praying until answered. Then we praise God and pray for something else. Honour God Almighty and glorify Him alone.
God is already and again showing us that He is in control and the spirits/souls of the saints are in His good care. God will act and judge in His good timing.
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o/One thing I learned early in my flying career was that I could not rely on the professional weather forecasters if I was going to be a safe pilot. I was certainly thankful for the professional meteorologists who gave themselves to knowing the present conditions and making forecasts, but I had to know the weather myself and I had to be able to foresee conditions which the professional weather forecasters might not see from their remote offices.
My goal was to never be surprised by the weather conditions which I found en route or at my destination. We need to have this same goal for understanding the times.
I have watched with curiosity as some of these people seized a single missed forecast to re-enforce their opinion, not seeming to regard at all the overwhelming majority of amazingly accurate forecasts.
We just have to keep getting better at knowing the Lord
s voice. We also need to view every mistake as an opportunity to learn, and to humble ourselves knowing that the Lord gives His grace to the humble. We are going to need much more grace for what is to come.July 2003 MorningStar Publications
http://www.morningstarministries.org/pages/bulletins/2003/PB_7_28_03.html\o/
招 致 強 勁 的 敵 對
Churches in modern days leaving our first love:
Over the last 35 years I have been deeply sadened by the depths of manipulation and even hipocrosy in so many churches. Please pray for our brothers and sisters in established churches to rekindle their first love of Jesus and minister the word of God with power from the Holy Spirit!
- Love in Christ (Posted on November 10, 2004, 3:32 pm)
Rev. John L. Garretson
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Posted by Pastor Joel on August 20, 2005, 2:20 pm, in reply to "The Pope"
The world will be "CHRISTIAN" again, but not until Jesus returns. Now, that doesn't mean we shouldn't perptetuate the gospel or advance His Kingdom in the meantime....but until Jesus appears - sin will not disappear. Amen?
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Need forgiveness? Need restoration? Don
t we all? Why not accept His forgiveness on His terms today?