Daily Doom: Thursday. Unexplained columns of light; avoiding aggressive Christianity, 666

Our busy news weeks are getting busier! Can you hear the Lord's footsteps? I can. I now pray for Him to hasten the day. It IS a joy to see the Lord at work. Experience Him getting our attention. What a time in which we live!

Enjoy,
Elizabeth

In this one, we've got half naked women prancing around in front of an international audience beamed to all the the world. Oh, how sinful the end times are!

2Tim:3:6- without self-control, ... haters of good, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, ...6For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses,

Sheer disaster for Renée Zellweger as she suffers a Bridget Jones moment on the Golden Globes red carpet

Renée appeared to be channeling her former alter ego Bridget Jones as she showed off her underwear in a transparent organza dress by Carolina Herrera.

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I love unexplained scientific phenomena that leaves scientists "perplexed" or "baffled" or "puzzled." And the headline's phrase 'beam me up' may be a LOT closer to the truth than the author thinks! Do click on the headline to see more of these photos of astounding columns of light!! They are beautiful!

What to file this under? This is such a definite sign but is so outside of the box..."Signs in the sun, moon, stars" Luke 21:25, maybe?

Beam me up: Scientists left baffled as mysterious columns of coloured light appear in the night skies

These stunning images show mysterious columns of light streaming into the sky above the town of Sigulda in Latvia at the end of last month.Taken by designer Aigar Truhins with a standard digital camera, the photographs have prompted excited online discussions among amateur astronomers all over the internet. 'My son exclaimed, 'The aliens are coming!'' Truhins was quoted as saying.

Quake of 7.3 magnitude hits off far eastern Russia
A large earthquake of 7.3 magnitude struck in the ocean off the Kuril Islands in far eastern Russia, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Thursday

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These are precursors to the mark of the beast in a Global Economic system (Revelation 13:14-18)

Foreclosure Filings Up 81 Percent in 2008
More than 2.3 million American homeowners faced foreclosure proceedings last year, an 81 percent increase from 2007, with the worst yet to come as consumers grapple with layoffs, shrinking investment portfolios and falling home prices.

NY Times: Latvian Capital Plunged Into Chaos as Economic Riots Explode >Violent protests over political grievances and mounting economic woes shook the Latvian capital, Riga, late Tuesday, leaving around 25 people injured and leading to 106 arrests. In the wake of the demonstrations, President Valdis Zatlers threatened Wednesday to call for a referendum that would allow voters to dissolve Parliament, saying trust in the government, including in its ability to deal with growing economic problems, had "collapsed catastrophically."

(oh-oh...)

Washington Post: Obama Adviser Presents Plan to Mastermind the Biggest Overhaul of the U.S. Financial System in Decades

A top economic adviser to the incoming Obama administration unveiled a plan today to radically rethink the global financial system, including a host of measures that would dramatically expand government control over the free market in the United States...

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This can't be good-

Iran uncovers US-backed coup plot, 4 arrested
Iran has arrested four Iranians accused of involvement in a US-financed plot aimed at toppling its Islamic system of government, the judiciary said on Tuesday.

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Mark 13:8- Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines.

Mozambique in food crisis warning
he UN has warned it is running out of funds to help the 350,000 people in Mozambique in need of food aid.

high magnitude eq's are becoming more common. There were two in the 7.0+ range last week.

Quake of 7.3 magnitude hits off far eastern Russia
A large earthquake of 7.3 magnitude struck in the ocean off the Kuril Islands in far eastern Russia, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Thursday.

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Oh the heartbreak. 'Trying not to be especially Christian.' Like it's a disease.

"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. But you be watchful in all things..." 2 Timothy 4:2-5

Gay Bishop Robinson says he will not use Bible at Sunday Prayer event
Robinson has indicated he will not use the Bible at the event, saying, “While that is a holy and sacred text to me, it is not for many Americans. I will be careful not to be especially Christian in my prayer.”

Mark of the Beast

According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) our gasoline inventories are the lowest since 1967. The southeast is running out of gas; Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in North Carolina has shut down; and AAA reports that Nashville TN has the worst gas shortage, 85% of the gas stations are closed, and where you can find fuel, the wait can be 4 hours long.

That's not all. Remember the flooding this spring that damaged wheat, corn and soybean crops? Our supermarket shelves already are thinning. Bush can declare himself a dictator at any time, according to PDD 51, and implement martial law for any reason, and he probably will. In early September an article from the Army Times appeared with little fanfare...or notice. They reported that troops will soon be patrolling our streets starting today:

"The 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team has spent 35 of the last 60 months in Iraq patrolling in full battle rattle, helping restore essential services and escorting supply convoys. Now they’re training for the same mission — with a twist — at home."

"Beginning Oct. 1 for 12 months, the 1st BCT will be under the day-to-day control of U.S. Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command, as an on-call federal response force for natural or man-made emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks." The article goes on to inform us the Brigade will be involved in "subduing unruly citizens', using non-lethal methods, though, of course.

Of all the gloomy news out there, and it is getting harder to 'choose' which articles to put in digest form because there is so much of it, so very much these days! but that even with all of that, today there is one snippet that just absolutely struck both fear in my heart and joy for the coming HOPE:

Foreign economists urge 'global financial plan'

"Leaders and economists from Western Europe to East Asia Tuesday urged the United States to go beyond reviving a failed domestic bailout and start working on a new global financial system."

"Associated Press Traders at MICEX, the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange, watch and wait during a tense session in Moscow on Tuesday when stock indexes sank despite a two-hour trading halt. "The Americans don't have a choice — they must absolutely have a global plan," Christian Noyer, head of the French central bank, said in Paris."

"David Smick, a global strategist and author of "The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers of the Global Economy," said the next U.S. president should immediately call for a second "Bretton Woods" conference to devise a new doctrine of international finance."

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'no choice'...'global financial plan' ... for students of the bible, we know this as end times promise of the institution of a global economy in which all will be forced to take the Mark of the Beast, a tangible marker indicting allegiance with satan, or else one cannot buy or sell.

If this doesn't spell Revelation 13:16, I don't know what does! A one world economy, cashless society, buying and selling forever changed. Watch for it, it is happening now and quickly.

Are we praying for Jesus to prepare hearts of believers to strengthen their faith, and for unbelievers to receive the seeds of faith in a softened heart? The power of prayer is everything! Do we believe that He is coming soon, and that His word is 100% true, the gentle parts as well as the judgment parts? Then let us be strong not only in the times of ease but in the times of tribulation, so as to offer a living, breathing, honorable example of His glory to others who have no hope!

"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name."

and now here is a daily praise:

Fireproof the movie has earned the 4th best overall box office for the weekend. Counting per-screen, it came in second, because it was released on only 869 screens yet grossed as much as those movies released on over 2000. This fact has stunned movie theater owners, Hollywood, and the movie industry in general. As Alex Kendrick the director said in the article below:

"America has two cultures. There's New York City and California — and there's the way the rest of the country lives."

I encourage all to see the movie and also right now to skip on over to the link and read the full article. Both are well worth it!

SHOWBIZ STOCK WATCH: How 'Fireproof' Used Power of Prayer to Stun the Movie Industry

by Steve Mason

"I'm not impressed with Hollywood in general. They don't make a lot of movies that lift our standards and morality." That's what director Alex Kendrick told me in a telephone interview on Monday after his new movie Fireproof (IDP Films/Samuel Goldwyn) generated a downright shocking $6.5 million opening weekend. Los Angeles and New York are filled with talented film professionals, who spend countless hours and millions upon millions of dollars making movies. The cost of development, production, a director, actors and marketing make the craft of filmmaking prohibitive. So how did a little church in Georgia score the fourth-best gross of the just-completed weekend?

The answer, according to director Kendrick, is prayer. "Before we shot a tough scene, we prayed. This movie was bathed in prayer."

edited, read the full article at the link. The power of prayer, ahhh, praise the Lord He listens and cares!

From the 'this can't be good' department

I wake up to find a war going on.

Russia sends forces into Georgian rebel conflict
Georgia Russian jets bomb air base by Tblisi

MEGVREKISI, Georgia (Reuters) - Tensions over Georgia's rebel territory of South Ossetia exploded on Friday when Georgia tried to assert control over the region with tanks and rockets, and Russia sent forces to repel the assault.

Georgia declared war on South Ossetia on Friday. Georgian airplanes launched attacks against the capital city Tskhinvali and the areas around. A line of vehicles with humanitarian aid was attacked as well. North Ossetian President Teimuraz Mamsurov was in one of the vehicles. There are skirmishes in regions where Russian peacekeepers are deployed. Many civilians are reportedly injured. The UN Security Council expressed concern about the worsening fighting in South Ossetia, but could not agree a Russian statement urging the warring sides to renounce the use of force.

Russian troops enter South Ossetia after Georgia offensive

MEGVREKISI, Georgia (AFP) — A Russian army convoy entered South Ossetia on Friday and Russian planes attacked a Georgian military base, reports said, after Georgian forces pounded the capital of the breakaway province and warned of "war" if Russia intervened.

Russia's three main news agencies said a convoy had crossed into South Ossetia.
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I wake up to find rumors of wars going on:

'2 US aircraft carriers headed for Gulf'
THE JERUSALEM POST

Two additional United States naval aircraft carriers are heading to the Gulf and the Red Sea, according to the Kuwaiti newspaper Kuwait Times. Kuwait began finalizing its "emergency war plan" on being told the vessels were bound for the region.

The US Navy would neither confirm nor deny that carriers were en route. US Fifth Fleet Combined Maritime Command located in Bahrain said it could not comment due to what a spokesman termed "force-protection policy." While the Kuwaiti daily did not name the ships it believed were heading for the Middle East, The Media Line's defense analyst said they could be the USS Theodore Roosevelt and the USS Ronald Reagan.

Within the last month, the Roosevelt completed an exercise along the US east coast focusing on communication among navies of different countries. It has since been declared ready for operational duties.
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By the way, that 'exercise' just completed was called "Operation Brimstone."

I have been saying for so long we are in the end times. By October we will be in the Tribulation. The end is near!!

Matthew 24:6- "And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet."

Revelation 6:3, 4 - "And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, Come and see. 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." -

NOW is the time to get right with Jesus. Ask Him to forgive your sins, and ask Him to be the Savior of your life and Lord. Dedicate your life to Him as your refuge and you will know eternal bliss in His presence on That Day!