I've got no problem with raising the age of ownership of semi-automatic weaponry, or for enhanced background checks, or requiring buyers to complete a firearm safety course. I have a BIG problem if I'm charged because someone misuses ANY of my possessions and hurts someone else.
No, I would not expect you would. It doesn't surprise me in the least that you would be willing to trade away the God given rights of other people for a little personal safety and comfort. May your chains rest lightly and all that.
Of course, we are not anticipating the first coming like the Jews are but this article is interesting nonetheless. Russia: A Friend of Israel or Prophetic Enemy From the North? By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz January 30, 2019 , 2:12 pm | https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/121187/russia-friend-israel-prophetic-enemy/ “And you will come from your home in the farthest north, you and many peoples with you—all of them mounted on horses, a vast horde, a mighty army.” Ezekiel 38:15 (The Israel Bible™) Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow. (Photo: Kobi Gideon/GPO/FLASH90) In the wake of Israeli airstrikes targeting Iranian military sites in Syria, Russia released what seemed to be conflicting statements; decrying “arbitrary Israeli airstrikes” on one hand while at the same time claiming they were deeply concerned about “ensuring a very strong security of the State of Israel.” With a major military presence in Syria, it is essential to understand Russia’s intentions for the region. Russia’s role takes on apocalyptic implications when considering verses that identify the pre-Messiah War of Gog and Magog which, according to the prophet Ezekiel, will be a war against Israel fought by a multi-nation coalition led by a nation from the north. Therefore prophesy, O mortal, and say to Gog: Thus said Hashem: Surely, on that day, when My people Yisrael are living secure, you will take note, and you will come from your home in the farthest north, you and many peoples with you—all of them mounted on horses, a vast horde, a mighty army. Ezekiel 38: 14-15 The Vilna Gaon (Wikimedia Commons) This was emphasized in a teaching from the 18th century Rabbinic sage known as the Vilna Gaon who singled out Russian aggression as a precursor to the Messiah. “When you hear that the Russians have captured the city of Crimea, you should know that the times of the Messiah have started, that his steps are being heard,” the Vilna Gaon told his followers just before his death in 1797. “And when you hear that the Russians have reached the city of Constantinople (today’s Istanbul), you should put on your Shabbat clothes and don’t take them off, because it means that the Messiah is about to come any minute.” It should be noted that in 2014, Russia annexed the Ukrainian territory of Crimea. Russia was also named as playing a major role in events leading up to the Messiah by the late Rabbi Haim Shvili, a Jewish mystic born in the early 1900s. He made some predictions about the messianic era recorded in his book, Heshbonot Hageula (Reckonings of Redemption), which he wrote in 1935. Although obscure and largely unknown, the predictions in the text were shockingly accurate, stating specific dates and names he described a final terrifying vision of Gog and Magog as a war waged against Israel by a Russian-led coalition. He based this on a verse in Ezekiel. O mortal, turn your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him. Ezekiel 38:2 In this verse, the Hebrew word for ‘chief’ is רֹאשׁ (Rosh), which Rabbi Shvili claims hints at ‘Russia.’ As an astute student of history, Rabbi Ken Spiro, a historian and Senior Lecturer and Researcher for Aish HaTorah Yeshiva, sees Russia’s intentions as more pragmatic than Messianic. Rabbi Spiro prefaced his statement with a quote from Winston Churchill. “I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma,” Churchill is credited with saying. Rabbi Spiro noted that there was good reason to see Russian President Vladimir Putin as having good intentions when it came to relations with Israel. “Putin has very good personal relations with Jews from his childhood,” Rabbi Spiro noted. “In addition, Netanyahu has worked very hard to cultivate a positive relationship with Putin. Until recently, the Israeli Defense Minister was Avigdor Liberman, a Russian ex-patriot.” But Rabbi Spiro added the disclaimer contained in the second half of Churchill’s statement. “Perhaps there is a key,” Churchill famously said. “That key is Russian national interest.” Rabbi Spiro cited a rule in politics attributed to many political figures throughout history. “There are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies,” he quoted. “Only permanent interests.”continued...
continued from above... “During the Cold War, Russia went into a decline and he [Putin] wants to reassert his country as a major player in the world. Rabbi Spiro said. “Russia has always wanted a presence in the region. It took decades during the Cold War for the U.S. to get control of the Middle East. Eight years of Obama’s administration allowed Putin to reassert Russia into the Middle East.” Spiro applied this rule of Russian practicality to its alliance with Syria and Iran as well. “The alliance with Iran and Syria is not ideological,” Rabbi Spiro said. “It is practical.” The rabbi emphasized that Russia was most likely being candid when they claimed to have Israel’s security interests at heart. “I don’t think Putin sees any reason to antagonize Israel,” he said. “A direct confrontation with Israel would make Putin’s job of reasserting Russia into the region just that much trickier. Russia does have our security interests at heart but only inasmuch as it serves their interests.” Though Spiro said that Russia’s interests are clear, the complicated situation on Israel’s northern border makes it tricky for them to achieve these interests. “The entire thing is surreal,” Rabbi Spiro maintained. “Russia put their army in Syria, covering Assad’s forces, while at the same time they are allowing Israel to come in and bomb stuff. It is a very delicate balance. Putin is doing a dance with everyone in the region: Syria, Turkey, Iran, and yes, even Israel.” Russian President Vladimir Putin with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan After news conference following a meeting of High-Level Russian-Turkish Cooperation Council, Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office www.kremlin.ru) Spiro recognized the prophetic aspect of events on Israel’s northern border but understands it in a moderate manner. “The north is a generic term for any country coming from outside the region,” he argued, “though it is interesting to note that Moscow in due north of Jerusalem. But at the same time, Russia is not Israel’s nemesis. During the Cold War, Russia supported the Arab countries only because Israel was America’s proxy.” Additionally, Spiro expressed a more general understanding of how Gog and Magog may play out. “The War of Gog and Magog doesn’t necessarily have to be a military confrontation,” he explained. “I understand the imagery includes chariots and that would imply a physical war but it could also be a war of ideologies. In that case, the multi-national war of Gog and Magog could be fought in the United Nations General Assembly, much like what we are seeing now.” On the ideological battlefield, Spiro sees Biblical conflicts being expressed in modern terms. “It is remarkable that the powers of Esav (Esau, i.e. the West and Europe) put aside their differences with Ishmael (i.e. the Arab nations) to unite against Israel,” Rabbi Spiro said. “On one hand, Jewish sources describe a pre-messiah scenario of Gog and Magog as a world alliance against Israel like we see in the UN.” “On the other hand, we have descriptions of Esav and Yishmael fighting each other,” Rabbi Spiro said. “In fact, these two scenarios aren’t necessarily contradictory. The reality is that they are both currently happening simultaneously. Radical Islam is going after Europe’s weak underbelly,, the post-Christian Esav. They don’t like each other but they put their differences aside to attack us. They feel more threatened by us.” “That is why we see these strange alliances of a Euro-leftist gay activist walking hand-in-hand on campus with a radical Muslim,” Rabbi Spiro noted. Rabbi Pinchas Winston, a prolific author and end-of-days expert, emphasized Russia’s claims to caring for Israel’s security should be treated with caution. “Russia only has their own interests at heart,” he told Breaking Israel News, agreeing with Rabbi Spiro. But he noted a Biblical reference as a guide: “In the Midrash, Esav is compared to an animal that has one of the signs of being kosher but not the other; like cloven hooves, but not the other, such as chewing its cud,” Winston said. “You might say that this is better than a totally non-kosher animal, that maybe it is half kosher. But the Midrash says this is even worse. The animal can be deceitful, hold out is hooves and try to convince the Jew that they are kosher.” Rabbi Winston applied this analogy to Russia. “Russia is trying to create the external appearance that they are our friends, that they have our back and care about our security,” he claimed “The worst tactic of Esav is when they act like our friend. When Esav wanted to accompany Israel he was only waiting until Jacob lowered his guard so he could stab him in the back.” “But Esav is enticing Israel, trying to make us sin with the negative trappings of technology that lead to improper behavior, or act like they are our allies so we can lower our guard in the Golan. In the end of days, Hashem is more angry at Esav than Ishmael. Ishmael comes at us directly with violence. Esav, on the other hand, is deceitful and lures us in, either to sin or to get us to lower our guard. This is precisely what Russia is doing.” “The moment that someone uses this Esav tactic, like what Russia is doing here, when they tell you they have your back, that’s when you need to turn around and defend yourself,” Rabbi Winston concluded.
I BEG your pardon, sir! I think your comments are most uncharitable bordering on the un-Christian. I do not see how requiring a greater level of maturity in being able to own dangerous weapons is "trading away God-given rights." We require a certain level of maturity in being give permission by the state to operate motor vehicles. I must assume from your argument that this age requirement is also an infringement on "God-given rights." I do not see how making sure that the person purchasing the weapon does not have a criminal background, or a mental illness that would make his or her ownership of that weapon a possible danger to the community, to be "trading away God-given rights." I ESPECIALLY do not see how requiring that potential weapon owners complete a firearm safety course is "trading away God-given rights," when we require people who want to operate a motor vehicle ALSO must complete a course to show that they have the basic skills needed to operate the vehicle in public without endangering their lives or the lives of others. We also require that the vehicle in question pass safety examinations before being permitted out on the road. The list of occupations and equipment that require some form of certification or licensure to practice or operate would take up far too much space. By extension, your accusation means any and all of these laws to provide for public safety are infringements on God-given rights. And to assume that my example of my being charged with a crime because someone misused my property was simple selfishness, that I'm saying that these other rules apply to other people but not me, is the most insulting of all. If I, who was not operating the item when the injury or crime occurred, could be charged simply because it was I owned the item, then THAT poses a GRAVE danger to liberty. It brings to mind the Soviet practice of finding someone guilty of being a criminal simply because they were a relative of an enemy of the state. It is literally guilt by association. Shame on you.
You want local warnings? Try telling God what your secular deadlines are for things of THIS world. I was going to drive and hour east this morning for work. Instead we were hit with twice as much ice as the night before.
Yep. Seems lately we have to literally go one day at a time. God has His Own timetable for everything. Lots of" fiats" in the course of a day.
You got it! My boss texted me this morning "branches, trees, power lines, firetrucks. CHAOS!!" Perhaps he'll appreciate a very modest point of tell God your secular deadlines. He'll remind you of what's more important by getting your attention! He's in control.
Six-foot, dead snake found hanging on Virgin Mary statue in Jersey City JERSEY CITY — Cops in Jersey City see a lot but a dead Colombian red-tailed boa constrictor draped on a statue of the Virgin Mary may be a first. Police stumbled upon the desecration soon after 8 a.m. on Tuesday. The statue sits at the corner of Seventh and Brunswick streets in Jersey City, outside the Brunswick Center. The building includes a private preschool. It’s not unheard of for someone in Jersey City to desecrate a religious statue — it’s happened at Our Lady of Czestochowa several times — but the use of the snake is a new touch. View image on Twitter Irene Borngraeber handles animal control for Jersey City as executive director of Liberty Humane Society. Borngraeber told The Jersey Journal she believes this is the first dead boa constrictor Liberty Humane has recovered. “We’ve had live ones before,” she said. There were no obvious signs of injury on the snake, she added. Desecration of a venerated object is a misdemeanor crime punishable by up to six months in jail. The Brunswick Center is housed in a building that belongs to nearby Holy Rosary Church. A request for comment from the church’s spokeswoman was not returned. The statue was dedicated in 1952 to the parish’s dead veterans. https://www.nj.com/hudson/2019/02/s...ing-on-virgin-mary-statue-in-jersey-city.html
The earth awakening? The poles shifting? SOUNDS OF DOOM Mystery booming sounds shake houses and terrify residents across America after ‘flashes of light’ spotted leaving experts baffled Some homeowners even claim to have lost power as a result of the tremors MYSTERY booming sounds have been shaking houses and terrifying residents after "flashes of light" were spotted across America. Experts have been left baffled by a spate of seismic booms from Arizona to New York that appear to have gathered pace over the past week. The seismic booms have been felt across the US The string of phenomena was first reported last Thursday morning when locals in three separate Tennessee counties reported hearing loud booming noises. On the same day, North Carolinians contacted police reporting unexplained loud blasts and booms that kept them awake at night. Two homeowners said the booms were so powerful that they briefly lost power as a result of the tremors, Mysterious Universe reported. Mary Buck told The Sun Online: “There was a loud boom heard in Gum Spring, Virginia, on Wednesday February 7 around 7pm. “My neighbours and I heard it. We live close to interstate 64 so we just assumed something happened but there were no reported incidents. “It sounded like an explosion. Could be related to other ‘mysterious boom’ noises reported?” Similarly unexplained explosions have been reported happening in isolation over the past years, but rarely with this frequency. On Saturday, loud bangs were reported in Rhode Island, where Jeremy Braza's doorbell captured a video and audio of a loud noise over a three minute period. "The whole house shook," he told TurnTo10.com. "It woke my wife up, woke up all my children." The following night an explosion was heard in New York, accompanied by a mysterious flash in the sky. "What the heck was that boom or explosion in park slope Brooklyn?", asked Matt Wasowski on Twitter. Another wrote: "Extremely loud boom in Brooklyn.....? Wtf??????" 'CANNON-LIKE SOUNDS' Some speculated that the boom could have resulted from a manhole explosion, but the true origin is yet to be explained. These booms were followed by "strange cannon-like sounds" in Harahan and River Ridge in Louisiana, where they have also kept residents up at night. Residents say the sounds have been going on for weeks, and nobody seems to know what causes them. While Philadelphians were rocked by a series of mystery booms a week ago, and again on Tuesday. Mysterious Universe speculates that the phenomenon could be caused by cryoseisms or “frost quakes”, which could come about in extreme cold climates. But the explanation doesn't wash in areas where temperatures don’t typically plunge low enough for that to happen. "Could these anomalous sounds be sonic booms caused by undisclosed aircraft activity?," the author asks. "Any guess is as good as any at this point." https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8378268/booming-sounds-shake-houses-america-experts-baffled/
Satanism is everywhere. Satan has infiltrated everything, including sports. On Drudge report this morning it was with great sadness that I read Tom Brady is telling how he turned to witchcraft to win his games. His wife, the good witch, taught him how to use mantras, charms and even build an altar before every game. Does he realize he sold his soul? for football? how sad is that. I am speechless. I need to go pray . . .
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo...uses-in-food-industry-meets-visceral-reaction We have discussed this before on the forum. Looks like the Oklahoma Legislature has a bill pending to outlaw use of aborted fetal body parts in foods and flavorings and experiments in that category.
This is a extremely sad story... Watsonville cops: Vandal topples church crucifix in video | The State The State· 2 days ago (2/7/2019) A woman faces felony vandalism charges after police said she was caught on video Wednesday tearing...
Did anyone else notice she left her shoes behind? She set them down to topple the crucifix and ran away without picking them up. I wonder if that's how they tracked her down.
She left something on the organ(?) It wasn't her shoes, maybe a collapsible umbrella? I hope she repents. This and the news and photo of the snake draped on the Virgin Mary statue is really sad. Also it is because of people like her that the churches are locked up when there are no Masses because of the fear of vandalism and desecration. A few losers spoil it for the rest of us to make visits to pray in church.
