Important Takeaways:
- On Thin Ice With God: The Growing Betrayal of Israel And Obsession With Dividing Jerusalem
- This is just the beginning of the world’s obsession with Jerusalem and the Land of Israel (see Zechariah 12:1-4). In Joel 3:1-3, the Lord refers to the efforts of the nations to divide up His Land as a reason for His judgment of them in the final climatic battle, which is likely His destruction of the world’s armies at His Second Coming. God will severely judge those who seek to divide His Land.
- One website lists over a dozen occurrences of God displaying His displeasure at the attempts of the American government to facilitate deals that would divide up the Land of Israel. In each of the instances, calamities struck somewhere in the U.S. Some claim that these are merely “coincidences,” but it has happened far too many times for it not to be a warning from the Lord.
- That’s why I say the Biden administration is skating on remarkably thin ice with its devious support of solutions that would endanger the welfare of the people of Israel.
- I don’t know when the ice will break for the Biden administration or for other nations seeking to enforce the two-state solution upon Israel, but the Bible warns that it most certainly will not end well for them.
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Important Takeaways:
- Society is rapidly approaching a post-Christian status, wherein each individual’s darkest traits are encouraged and nurtured. What we are moving toward could be a world that has passed the point of no return…
- For folks who already show a greater propensity to carry out acts of violence—especially those whose inner predator appears manageable and dormant until something or someone pushes them past the tipping point—exposure to this kind of media could be the catalyst that creates the killer.
- …if the glimpses of the future captured in movies and television programs of the past are at all comparable to events and circumstances of our present lives (and we believe this is often true), then what we consider mere entertainment now has the potential of giving us a look at our own future. For this reason, it’s important for us to scrutinize and vet the content of present-day movies, books, television shows, magazines, and even marketing campaigns in order to protect our future generations.
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Important Takeaways;
- Joe Biden Gives Governor Greg Abbott A 24 Hour Ultimatum As The Border Standoff Intensifies
- …Texas Governor Greg Abbott is not backing down, and a whole bunch of other red states have publicly announced that they support what he is doing. In response, the Biden administration has reportedly issued a 24-hour ultimatum and is warning that Texas will “face the consequences” if the Texas National Guard does not stand down. I honestly do not remember the last time we witnessed a conflict of this magnitude between the federal government and a state government…
- If Abbott does not comply, what will Biden do? … Biden could attempt to federalize the Texas National Guard.
- Needless to say, Donald Trump was going to have something to say about all of this.
- He is calling for all “willing states to deploy their [national guard] to Texas” in order to help protect the border.
- Reporter Bill Melugin has posted a long list of red states that have publicly announced that they are standing with the Lone Star State…
- Updated list of states announcing they stand w/Texas in border dispute w/federal government.
- Florida
- Virginia
- Georgia
- North Dakota
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Alabama
- Montana
- Idaho
- Utah
- West Virginia
- Oklahoma
- Nebraska
- Louisiana
- Several of these states have also previously sent physical help, State troopers, etc.
- Since he posted that list, Arkansas, Iowa, Mississippi and Wyoming have also come on board.
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Important Takeaways:
- Freight through Suez Canal sinks 45% amid Houthi attacks
- About 39% fewer ships have passed through the canal than at the start of December, leading to a 45% decline in freight tonnage
- UNCTAD, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, which supports developing countries in global trade, says that 39% fewer ships than at the start of December transited the canal, leading to a 45% decline in freight tonnage.
- Container shipments through the canal tumbled 82% in the week to January 19 from early December, while for liquified natural gas (LNG), the decline was even greater. The drop-off for dry bulk was smaller, and crude oil tanker traffic was very slightly higher, the agency said, according to Reuters.
- The Suez Canal is a critical shipping lane, given that it offers vessels a direct route between the North Atlantic and northern Indian oceans via the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
- About 15% of world shipping traffic, including 30% of global container trade, passes through the Suez Canal. But to avoid being attacked or having their cargo stolen, many ships are instead sailing around the Cape of Good Hope, which is a much longer way around the continent of Africa.
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Important Takeaways:
- Most Americans cannot afford a $1K emergency expense
- A majority of Americans say a $1,000 emergency expense would be too great of a hit to their savings and that they could not afford it, according to new data released Wednesday.
- Bankrate’s latest survey results found 56% of U.S. adults lack the emergency funds to handle a $1,000 unexpected expense and one-third (35%) said they would have to borrow the money somehow to pay for it.
- Of those, 21% said they would likely put such an expense on a credit card, while 10% said they would borrow the funds from a family member or friend, and 4% said they would take out a personal loan. Sixteen percent said they would reduce their spending in other areas to cover the bill.
- “All too many Americans are playing with fire when it comes to their personal finances in the sense that they don’t have more in emergency savings,” said Bankrate senior economic analyst Mark Hamrich. “Inflation has been a key culprit standing in the way of further progress on the savings front.”
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Important Takeaways:
- The topic of abortion is very personal to me—not just because I am a pastor, but because I myself was not planned. I was conceived as a result of a one-night stand, and could have become another abortion statistic. Thankfully, that did not happen.
- God Planned Our Lives Before Birth
- Though it took me a while to discover it, my life was planned by God:
- Psalm 139:13–16 KJV – “For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.”
- Jeremiah 1:5 KJV – “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”
- Notice that God says, I formed you in your mother’s womb. God doesn’t say, I waited until you were born to have a plan for you, because you were not yet really a human, but only a mass of tissue.
- Each child is created by God and is granted the gift of life at conception
- God has a plan for every single baby conceived, regardless of the circumstances. There is no such thing as an illegitimate child. Illegitimate parents, perhaps, but not children.
- We read Paul’s words in Galatians, “But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace” (1:15)
- Since the passing of Roe v. Wade in the early 1970s, an estimated 63 million+ babies have been aborted.
- The abortion industry creates revenue in excess of $4 billion in the United States alone.
- Despite the fact that Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, many states have continued this practice, under the banner of “woman’s rights.” The truth is that abortion takes the life of an innocent child in the womb. It is, plainly speaking, murder.
- I think one of the reasons abortion has persisted is because we are so desensitized to murder. Our culture today is awash in violence. Everywhere we look, we see it: on our television screens, in theaters, in music, and in video games. But it’s sin. It’s the Sixth Commandment: “You shall not murder” (Exodus 20:13).
- Our Pro-Life Role as Christians
- With all the emotion and passion about this topic, let’s do everything we can to help any woman who finds herself pregnant to make the right decisions, so she doesn’t have to struggle with the aftermath of a wrong choice.
- Let’s also do everything we can to care for families who need it. Caring for moms and children should be a priority of the Church more than ever before.
- To refrain from voting is irresponsible and bad stewardship. Scripture tells us, “To him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin” (James 4:17 NKJV). We should vote for the candidates and policies that best reflect the values we find in Scripture, and that includes voting pro-life.
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Important Takeaways:
- Joe Biden Wants to Put 6 Pro-Life Americans in Prison for a Decade for Protesting Abortion
- In 2021, the US Department of Justice charged seven individuals with violating the FACE Act (Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances), which stipulates that individuals cannot block the entrance to abortion clinics or prevent individuals from accessing them. An additional four activists were charged with misdemeanor charges.
- If convicted in this week’s trial, the six defendants could face up to 11 years in federal prison and up to $250,000 in fines.
- One person in the Tennessee trial, Heather Idoni, a grandmother, was convicted in the Washington, D.C., trial. She was transported to Tennessee to face the charges in this week’s trial.
- Idoni, along with Zastrow and Gallagher, have been charged in a third FACE Act-related case. The three face charges for sitting in an abortion clinic in Sterling Heights, Michigan.
- If convicted of all three, Idoni could face 33 years in federal prison. Zastrow and Gallagher could face up to 22.
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Important Takeaways:
- AI Leaders Tell Globalist Davos Crowd that ‘Artificial General Intelligence’ Will Be ‘Better than Humans’
- Top executives from major AI organizations including OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Cohere gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to discuss the imminent approach of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and its potential impacts. One CEO explained that AGI will be “better than humans at pretty much whatever humans can do.”
- CNBC reports that at the globalist Davos summit, a gathering of AI leaders from esteemed labs like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Cohere initiated a significant dialogue on the advent of AGI. This form of AI, equating to or surpassing human intellect, is a source of both enthusiasm and concern within the AI community.
- Aidan Gomez, CEO and co-founder of Cohere…“First off, AGI is a super vaguely defined term. If we just term it as ‘better than humans at pretty much whatever humans can do,’ I agree, it’s going to be pretty soon that we can get systems that do that,” Gomez said, adding that while adoption in companies might take decades, Cohere is focused on making these systems more adaptable and efficient.
- Jack Hidary, CEO of SandboxAQ, offered a differing view, pointing out that AI, while having passed the Turing test, still lacks common sense. “One thing we’ve seen from LLMs [large language models] is very powerful can write says for college students like there’s no tomorrow but it’s difficult to sometimes find common sense,” Hidary stated. He predicted a significant leap in AI, especially with humanoid robots using advanced AI communication software in 2024.
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Important Takeaways:
- Top Israeli minister says Iran is a ‘legitimate target’ for missile strikes as fears grow of an all-out war between the countries
- Iran is now a ‘legitimate target’ for missile strikes, a top Israeli minister has said, as fears grow of an all-out war between the countries.
- Israel’s economy minister, Nir Barkat, told The Telegraph that Palestinians from the West Bank would never be permitted to work in the country again and imported foreign workers would take their place.
- He also argued that the war against Hamas has not been aggressive enough
- Barkat, who is the favorite to take over from Benjamin Netanyahu as head of the ruling Likud party, said Israel has the means to pursue the conflict and open up a new front with Lebanon.
- Barkat told the newspaper: ‘Iran is a legitimate target for Israel. They will not get away with it. The head of the snake is Tehran.
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Important Takeaways:
- The formal, official groundwork is now laid for actual Civil War inside the United States. The Governor of Texas has declared, in writing, that the federal government has “broken the compact” with the states. He announced he has invoked the “Invasion” clause of the Constitution and says Texas has a right to self-defense which it will enforce with the Texas National Guard.
- Here are a few points from Governor Gregg Abbott’s Declaration:
- “The Federal Government has broken the compact between the United States and the States. The Executive Branch of the United States has a constitutional duty to enforce federal laws protecting states, including immigration laws on the books right now. President Biden has refused to enforce those laws and has even violated them. The result is that he has smashed records for illegal immigration.”
- “President Biden has violated his oath to faithfully execute immigration laws enacted by Congress. Instead of prosecuting immigrants for the federal crime of illegal entry, President Biden has sent his lawyers into federal courts to sue Texas for taking action to secure the border.”
- “President Biden has instructed his agencies to ignore federal statutes that mandate the detention of Illegal immigrants. The effect is to illegally allow their en masse parole into the United States.”
- By wasting taxpayer dollars to tear open Texas’s border security infrastructure, President Biden has enticed illegal immigrants away from the 28 legal entry points along this State’s southern border-bridges where nobody drowns-and into the dangerous waters of the Rio Grande.”
- The failure of the Biden Administration to fulfill the duties imposed by Article IV, 4 has triggered Article I, section 10, Clause 3, which reserves to this State the right of self-defense. For this reason, I have already declared an invasion under Article I, section 10, Clause 3 to invoke Texas’s constitutional authority to defend and protect itself. That authority is the supreme law of the land and supersedes any federal statutes to the contrary. The Texas National Guard, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and other Texas personnel are acting on that authority, as well as state law, to secure the Texas border.
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