Revelations 18:4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues;
The American Heritage Dictionary “plagues”
- A highly infectious, usually fatal, epidemic disease; a pestilence.
- A virulent, infectious disease that is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis (syn. Pasteurella pestis) and is transmitted primarily by the bite of fleas from an infected rodent, especially a rat. In humans it occurs in bubonic form, marked by lymph node enlargement, and in pneumonic form, marked by infection of the lungs, and can progress to septicemia.
- A widespread affliction or calamity seen as divine retribution.
Important Takeaways:
- Even as the nation is faced with blistering heat waves this summer, Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is already thinking ahead to cold and flu season this winter.
- “We’re going to have three bugs out there, three viruses: Covid, of course, flu and RSV,” Cohen said in an interview. “We need to make sure the American people understand all three and what they can do to protect themselves.”
- Spread of all three respiratory viruses is currently low, but the CDC has begun to detect slight increases in positive Covid tests and Covid-related emergency department visits. And the decline in Covid hospitalizations has stalled.
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Luke 21:11 “There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.”
Important Takeaways:
- US Weighs Covid-Prevention Measures for Travelers From China
- Japan is now requiring a negative Covid-19 test upon arrival for travelers from China, while Malaysia has imposed new tracking and surveillance measures. The US is weighing similar steps, the officials said, as a way to prevent further spread.
- Discontent with Covid Zero sparked protests in China, leading authorities to move rapidly toward ending those policies and three years of self-isolation from the rest of the world. Yet the speed of those changes has seen infections surge.
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Revelations 6:4 “Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword.”
Important Takeaways:
- Worldview With Amir Tsarfati: In The Midst Of Chaos
- A World in Chaos
- There were riots in Belgium, riots in the Netherlands, riots in Germany, and riots in Kazakhstan.
- In China, Iran, and Brazil, major protests were taking place as people voiced their anger and disgust at their governments.
- In northern Syria, the war continues. In northern Iraq, the war continues. And in Ukraine, the war continues.
- We as the church must fulfill our calling to not only pray for the soon return of our Messiah, but also to reach out to those around us with the truth of the Word of God so that they can begin to find peace in the midst of all this chaos.
- Israel Preparing to Remove Iran’s Nuclear Threat
- Israel will not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons. The threat of that kind of firepower in the arsenal of so radical a regime is simply too dangerous. However, the cost of stopping Iran could be steep. If Israel acts decisively, the international outrage will be great.
- Iran’s Islamic Regime Facing Battles on Numerous Fronts
- Terrorist Blast at a Madrassa in Afghanistan
- A bomb explosion tore through the Al Jihad Madrassa in Aybak, Samangan, Afghanistan yesterday killing at least 10 students and injuring 24 more. The religious school teaches mostly young boys.
- Leader of ISIS Killed
- Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, number one man in the Islamic State, was killed in battle recently, ISIS confirmed
- The newly named ISIS leader is Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurayshi
- Ukrainian Deaths Reach 120,000 – Maybe
- In a speech tweeted out by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, she condemned Russia for its aggression against Ukraine. To emphasize the horror of what has taken place, she stated that 20,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed and 100,000 Ukrainian military have lost their lives. However, a short time later, the tweet was removed.
- Saudi Arabia Makes Arms Deal with China
- Saudi Arabia purchased $4 billion worth of drones, missiles, and laser-based weapons systems from Beijing.
- Growing COVID Protests in China
- China’s draconian COVID restrictions have finally tipped the scales
- Unfortunately, in a nation not known for its human rights concerns, it is likely that a very harsh crackdown is on its way.
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Luke 21:11 “There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.”
Important Takeaways:
- China’s Covid revolution: Three years of growing anger over Beijing’s obsession with failing lockdowns is exploding across the country…. but Xi ‘will crack down and punish protesters severely’
- Protests against Xi Jinping and his zero-Covid policy are sweeping across China
- Explosion of anger as three years of failing lockdowns became too much to bear.
- Hundreds took to streets in an unprecedented display of anger against his rule
- Experts warn crackdown is ‘inevitable’ with activists facing ‘severe punishment’
- Clashes between activists and police have already taken place in Shanghai – which suffered through a months-long Covid lockdown earlier this year – with BBC cameraman Edward Lawrence arrested and beaten by officers in the city.
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Matthew 5:10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
Important Takeaways:
- ‘Slam Dunk Win’ for Canadian Pastor Artur Pawlowski Who Was Repeatedly Jailed for Church Meetings
- The saga surrounding Canadian Pastor Artur Pawlowski took another turn last week, when he secured a legal victory, with the Court of Appeal of Alberta overturning his convictions for civil contempt.
- This means Pawlowski’s punishment for hosting public church gatherings during COVID-19 restrictions was tossed aside, with the court ordering some fines be returned to him and his brother, Dawid Pawlowski.
- The win was announced via Twitter by Sarah Miller, an attorney for Pawlowski, who called the triumph a “slam dunk win.”
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Isaiah 1:23 “Your rulers are rebels, And companions of thieves; Everyone loves a bribe, And chases after rewards. They do not defend the orphan, Nor does the widow’s plea come before them.
Important Takeaways:
- CDC Tracked Millions of Phones to See If Americans Followed COVID Lockdown Orders
- Newly released documents showed the CDC planned to use phone location data to monitor schools and churches, and wanted to use the data for many non-COVID-19 purposes, too.
- (CDC) bought access to location data harvested from tens of millions of phones in the United States to perform analysis of compliance with curfews, track patterns of people visiting K-12 schools, and specifically monitor the effectiveness of policy in the Navajo Nation
- SafeGraph, the company the CDC paid $420,000 for access to one year of data, includes Peter Thiel and the former head of Saudi intelligence among its investors. Google banned the company from the Play Store in June.
- Zach Edwards, a cybersecurity researcher: “The CDC seems to have purposefully created an open-ended list of use cases, which included monitoring curfews, neighbor-to-neighbor visits, visits to churches, schools and pharmacies, and also a variety of analysis with this data specifically focused on ‘violence.’”
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Revelations 6:8 “And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.”
Important Takeaways:
- The biggest risk to the global economy no one is talking about
- Nearly 400 million people across 45 cities in China are under full or partial lockdown as part of China’s strict zero-Covid policy. Together they represent 40%, or $7.2 trillion, of annual gross domestic product for the world’s second-largest economy, according to data from Nomura Holdings.
- Analysts are ringing warning bells, but say investors aren’t properly assessing how serious the global economic fallout might be from these prolonged isolation orders.
- Most alarming is the indefinite lockdown in Shanghai, a city of 25 million and one of China’s premiere manufacturing and export hubs.
- The quarantines there have led to food shortages, inability to access medical care, and even reported pet killings. They’ve also left the largest port in the world understaffed.
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Revelations 6:8 “And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.”
Important Takeaways:
- Apocalyptic scenes in Shanghai’s rebellion against Zero Covid chaos: Residents attack police after being evicted to create quarantine centers and try to break barricades in hunt for food… while hazmat-clad Communist thugs still can’t stop cases going up
- Dozens of buildings in the city have been converted to makeshift isolation hubs as PPE-clad local officials struggle to contain record infection rates, which have surpassed 25,000 in recent days.
- Restrictions have seen residents confined to their homes and face food and water shortages, with other clips show locals bursting through barricades demanding food.
- Strict lockdown rules have been in place city-wide since April 3 in a bid to control the super-transmissible but milder Omicron strain. But cases in China are still on the rise.
- Pressure on the city to bring its outbreak under control is mounting from above, with President Xi Jinping warning on Wednesday that strict virus measures ‘cannot be relaxed’ and proclaiming that ‘persistence is victory,’ in a speech published by state media.
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Revelations 6:8 “And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.”
Important Takeaways:
- Two NEW sub-variants of the Omicron ‘stealth’ variant are discovered in NYC as cases jump 60% in the Big Apple and some experts warn they could be a setback for the US: HHS EXTENDS America’s Covid state of emergency until July
- New York health officials have detected two fast rising sub-strains of the BA.2 COVID-19 ‘stealth’ variant, which is itself a sub-variant of Omicron
- The ‘stealth’ variant makes up 86% of US Covid cases, the CDC revealed during its weekly data report earlier this week
- Some experts, including those at the WHO, warn that it is too early to put the pandemic behind up and it will continue to be a threat going forward
- The Department of Health and Human Services also extended the country’s Covid state of emergency into July as cases rise in some parts of the country
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Revelations 6:8 “And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.”
Important Takeaways:
- Philadelphia revives mask mandate as COVID-19 cases surge
- “Starting today, we’re asking businesses to dig up those ‘masks required’ signs and start hanging them in your windows,” Cheryl Bettigole, the city’s health commissioner, said in a news conference Monday afternoon. “Beginning Monday, April 18, our health inspectors will begin enforcing the mask mandate again,” she added, noting that the city is allowing a week’s grace period to get the word out.
- Philadelphia is now experiencing 142 new COVID-19 cases a day, a rate that is more than 50% higher than what the city was seeing 10 days ago.
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