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Archaeologists have discovered the location of Pilate’s judgment seat where Jesus was sentenced to die on the cross

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28 Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas into the Praetorium [Governor’s official residence], and it was early; and they themselves did not enter the Praetorium, so that they would not be defiled, but might eat the Passover. 29 Therefore Pilate came out to them and *said, “What accusation are you bringing against this Man?” (John 18:28-29 NASV) According to a YouTube video, Archaeologist Joel Kramer stated they have found the spot where Pontius Pilate judged Jesus and later the Romans soldiers flogged the Lord, God TV reports. Referred to as Pilate’s judgment seat it was located between the palace of Pontius Pilate who was governor of Judea and the barracks that housed the Roman guard. The palace had originally been constructed by King Herod, and became the governor of Judea’s residence after Herod’s death. “This [Judgement seat] is where Pontius Pilate would speak to the people, where he would sit on his judgment seat,” Kramer said. The Apostle John refers to Pilate’s judgment seat, also called Gabbatha, as being the location where Pilate sentenced Jesus to death …

100 | Will the Spirit of Jezebel rear its head in the end times?

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FOLLOW OUR PODCAST ON (search opentheword): PODCAST NOTES: Hi, my name is Dean Smith and in this podcast, I want to talk about the appearance of the Spirit of Jezebel in the end times. There is a theory circulating among those who study end-times theology, that as we near Christ’s second return we are going to see a revival of the ancient gods who once plagued Israel. This is the premise of Jonathan Cahn’s book, The Return of the Gods, where Cahn argues that we may not necessarily see Baal idols popping up around the world, but rather the spirits behind these idols will try to reassert themselves. Though these idols were typically manufactured out of wood, clay or stone to represent various gods, the Hebrews understood that there was more going on than just idol worship as there were demonic and evil spirits behind these gods. We read in Deuteronomy: “They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods; with abominations they provoked him to anger. They sacrificed to demons that were no gods, to …

Franklin Graham warns that every demon from hell has been unleashed on society

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In a keynote presentation to the National Religious Broadcasters on Monday, May 22, 2023, Franklin Graham warned that every demon from hell has been launched against society and Christians need to be prepared, Fox News reports. Graham, who is the son of evangelist Billy Graham and CEO of Samaritans Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Society added: “The world has deteriorated so quickly. We cannot be deceived and we can’t be fooled. We need to get ready and be prepared.“ “There’s a storm coming, and we’ve all got to be prepared.” Graham warned Christian organizations that there may soon be a concerted effort to shut them down both financially and technologically, with Banks and digital cloud companies looking to cancel services to Christian organizations that they don’t agree with. “We’re living in a cancel culture, and [big corporations] want to destroy Christian organizations,” Graham added. “They want us to shut our mouths. They don’t want to hear from us.” READ: Franklin Graham at Christian media convention: Every ‘demon from hell’ has been ‘turned loose’ in …

A word of knowledge and live stream prayer leads to the healing of two Alabama shooting victims at a Sweet 16 party

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Six people have been arrested after gunfire erupted at a Sweet 16 party in Dadeville, Alabama on Saturday, April 15, 2023, resulting in four deaths and 32 injured that included four hospitalized in critical condition. One of the deaths included the brother of the young woman who was celebrating her 16th birthday. But in the midst of this tragedy, evidence is emerging of the miraculous healing of two girls who had been critically injured during the shooting, God TV reports. Michael Koulianos who pastors Jesus Image Church in Orlando, Florida was speaking at a Friday evening service on May 5, 2023, and during the worship service the word ‘shooting’ repeatedly started coming to him. Koulianos sensed that the Holy Spirit was wanting to heal someone who had been injured during a shooting and began praying for their healing during the live stream of the service. The connection to the two Dadeville shooting victims was made when a woman who was watching the live stream, believed that Koulianos’ word of knowledge and prayer was intended for …

When God healed Carlie Terradez of epilepsy

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Having been divinely healed of epilepsy myself, this story about how God healed Carlie Terradez from this affliction caught my attention. Though my epilepsy was nowhere as serious as Carlie’s, I was having two to three epileptic seizures a month before God healed me. In Carlie’s case, her seizures were life-threatening. She started having the attacks and blackouts when she was 17 years old. When she had an epileptic seizure she had a 15-minute window when she needed to take her medication as failure to do so would spark a second attack, God TV reports. The road to her healing started when a friend invited Carlie to attend a Bible study. During her first meeting, the leader had a moment of silence, where people could listen to the Holy Spirit. Carlie who had never heard of this gawked at everyone who now bowed their heads. But during this brief interlude, God spoke to Carlie that if she gave her epileptic seizures to Him that she would be healed within two weeks. Carlie was uncertain if …

Does a small chalkstone help confirm Jesus’ writing on the ground in John 8?

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A chalkstone with inscriptions carved in it discovered in archaeological excavations associated with the City of David’s Pilgrimage Path is clearly hitting above its weight, the Times of Israel reports. The piece said to be 2,000 years old and dated to Christ’s day was found in debris from a marketplace along the 600-meter route that pilgrims took entering Jerusalem for one of Israel’s annual feasts. There was no significant message written on the stone and in fact, it is this insignificance that actually elevated its importance. Archaeologists often find state-sponsored monuments with extensive writing on them, but some have questioned how widespread writing was among the common people. Though there were only a few words scratched on the small chalkstone, it was obviously intended as a ledger keeping track of some type of financial arrangement. One of the lines reads ‘Shimon’, a term used to describe Herod’s Temple, and the second word ‘mem’ is an economic term, an abbreviation of the Hebrew word, ma’ot, for money. Along with this, several numbers were also scraped into …

It is a sign? Several homes hit by meteors in recent months

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13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. (Revelation 6:13 NIV) An interesting article on Israel365 News reported on the number of houses around the world which have been hit by meteors in recent months and suggests that the number of meteor strikes is on the rise. April 25, 2023: Four meteors hit the town of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. One of the meteors, which was about 2.6 inches (6.6 cm) in diameter, actually smashed through the roof of a home. Though the three other meteors did not hit property, one of them which just missed a garden weighed 3.5 kilograms. May 8, 2023: A meteor cut through the roof of a house in Hopewell Township, New Jersey. Fortunately, no one was injured by the metal meteor said to be 4 inches (ca. 10 cm) by 6 inches (ca. 15 cm) in size. It was part of the Eta Aquarids meteor shower that happens annually. November 7, 2022: It’s believed that a …

The Daily Mail’s ten most likely world-ending events

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There has been talk in recent months about apocalyptic events that could lead to the end of the world. Some of it has undoubtedly been sparked by COVID and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In an article for the Daily Mail, Sam Tonkin recently discussed the ten most likely scenarios that could result in the end of humanity, from a secular and scientific point of view. Of course, the Bible also warns of a series of horrific apocalyptic events that would devastate the world leading to the second coming of Christ. With that as the theme, I want to provide a Biblical perspective on Tonkin’s ten world-ending events. Giant Asteroid Hits Earth The first world-ending devastation that Tonkin had on his list was a giant asteroid hitting the Earth. Of course, many believe it was an asteroid that selectively killed off every dinosaur, but somehow spared the life of other creatures. This idea has become such a serious concern that NASA and other space agencies are now monitoring our solar system for potential asteroids and recently …

AI: Should we be afraid?

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“We have met the enemy, and he is us.” (Pogo) Have you heard the news stories about AI or Artificial Intelligence? Some people are worried. Should we be worried? AI can write for us, and soon we will have videos that seem real but are artificial creations of fake people speaking. Imagine if someone that you know sends you a video, with them asking you for money. If the voice and the appearance seem accurate, you might send the money, to help your friend. And then imagine that your actual friend contacts you. So, who got your money? Scenarios like this scare some people, as computer-generated technology becomes more sophisticated. How will we know what is real? I remember, many years ago, one person in my circle of friends was a law student at a university, and he was about to graduate. I remember that he smiled and told us, quietly, that in his entire university career, he had never written a single assignment. I didn’t ask if he wrote any exams. Of course, he …

The Apostle Paul’s run-in with the representative of the Nabatean King, Aretas IV

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Archaeologists have reported discovering a Nabatean temple dated to the time of Christ and the apostles at the bottom of the harbor of the Italian city of Pozzuoli. The discovery included two altars that were part of the worship of the Nabatean god, Dushara. You may be familiar with some of the ruins of the ancient Nabatean kingdom, which was located in the desert area east of the Jordan River and extended to Petra, Jordan, where they carved out a city inside a mountain. These particular ruins were popularized in the movie, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. But what you may not be so familiar with is that during his missionary journeys, the Apostle Paul had a run-in with a representative of a Nabatean King by the name of Aretas IV: 32 In Damascus the ethnarch under Aretas the king was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me, 33 and I was let down in a basket through a window [a]in the wall, and so escaped his hands. (2 Corinthians 11:32-33 NASV) …

Study: Half of Chicagoans have witnessed a shooting by the age of 40

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According to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, by the age of 40 half of Chicagoans have seen a shooting, with 14 being the average age when they personally witnessed it, PJ Media reports. The study, conducted by researchers from Cambridge’s Institute of Criminology as well as Oxford and Harvard, tracked 2,000 Chicagoans for 25 years to middle age. The study found that blacks and Latinos, at 50%, were twice as likely to have witnessed a shooting than whites, where only 25% saw a shooting. Not all were just witnesses to a shooting, in the case of Blacks and Hispanics, 7% of those studied were actual victims by the age of 40, compared to just 3% for whites. READ: Half of Those Under 40 Have Witnessed a Shooting in Chicago at an Average Age of 14 Years Old Over the past few years, there has been a barrage of complaints about how the state and the city have taken a soft-on-crime approach to dealing with the criminal element which …

Did a mother’s prayer bring her deceased son back to life?

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Sammy Berko, who suffered a heart attack, while at a rock climbing gym, experienced a miracle after he came back to life after his mother prayed for him, Faithwire reports. Berko was near the top of the rock climbing wall when he passed out and fell to the ground. He had suffered a heart attack and was immediately rushed to the hospital in Missouri City, Texas, where doctors spent hours trying to restart his heart. Finally, when the medical staff were unable to permanently restart his heart, they told the parents that there was nothing more that could be done. Their son was dead. Sammy’s parents gathered around their son to say their last goodbyes, and Faithwire explains what happened next: “I [Sammy’s mother Jennifer] started talking to [Sammy], just telling him how much I love him and sorry that we didn’t know how to save him,” she said. “Suddenly, as I started praying, my husband said, ‘Oh my gosh, he’s moving.’” Jennifer and her husband began shouting, and doctors came in and discovered a …

Video: Mother unloads on District Attorney Alvin Bragg over brutal murder of her son

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Most of you have heard of the left wing New York County District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, who has brought forward 34 indictments against former US President Donald Trump. Well, here is another side of DA Bragg brought to you by a mother, whose son was brutally murdered in Harlem, New York by four people who he did not know and had not interacted with. It was a random and brutal murder. The victim’s mother explains what happened next to those criminals after Bragg became District Attorney. Jesus prophetically said that in the days leading up to His second coming, there would be a dramatic increase in lawlessness in the end times, and because of that people’s hearts will grow cold (Matthew 24:12). What is shocking is that we are seeing lawlessness increasing as woke, left-wing politicians and DAs are refusing to properly prosecute criminals.

Slain in the Spirit

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One of the more controversial manifestations associated with the Charismatic movement is what is referred to as being slain in the Spirit. This occurs when people are so overwhelmed by the Holy Spirit that they are no longer able to stand and collapse uncontrollably to the ground It usually takes place in a group setting and is often accompanied by prayer or laying on of hands. Though I have never personally experienced it myself, I have been in several services where I witnessed it happenings. Others who have experienced it, said they felt an electrical flow entering their body forcing them to fall to the ground, Part of the controversy surrounding being slain in the Spirit is that we have no actual teaching on the subject in the Bible and only a few recorded instances of it taking place. Perhaps the most notable took place in the Garden of Gethsemane when the Chief priests along with somewhere between 300 and 600 Roman soldiers showed up to arrest Christ. When Christ asked why they were there, …

One of the largest volcanos in the Western Hemisphere showing signs of activity

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Scientists are warning that one of the largest volcanos in the Western Hemisphere, Nevado del Ruiz, located just west of Bogotá, Columbia is showing signs of activity, the NY Post reports. A large swarm of earthquake activity (11,600 on March 30) at the site has prompted Colombia’s Geological Survey to issue the second-highest, orange warning, about potential volcanic activity at the site. This has resulted in a call to evacuate 57,000 people living within the shadow of the volcano. The last time Nevado del Ruiz erupted was on Nov 13, 1985, killing an estimated 23,000 people in the town of Armero in a matter of a couple of hours. At the time, people were unaware of what was happening on the mountain as it was obscured by dark storm clouds. Most were killed by the massive mud and lava flows, referred to as lahars, that covered the town located near the base of the volcano. READ: Deadliest volcano in Western Hemisphere shows signs of increased activity Speaking about the coming Day of the Lord, the …

Does an inscription on a 3,000-year-old jug validate the Biblical account of the Queen of Sheba?

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According to a recent study by archaeologist Daniel Vainstub published in the Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology, there is evidence of a long-standing trade relationship between Sheba and the nation of Israel, Christian Headlines reports. This in turn validates the Biblical account of the Queen of Sheba coming to visit King Solomon recorded in 1 Kings 10 and 2 Chronicles 9. In his paper, Vainstub, who is a professor at Israel’s Ben Gurion University, reported about the writing found on a large jug discovered in Jerusalem in 2012. While many believed it was Canaanite, Vainstub said that the wording is actually Sabaean, the language of the country where the Queen of Sheba ruled, located 1,200 miles (ca. 1,931 km) south of Jerusalem in what today is modern Ethiopia and Yemen. The jug is dated to the reigns of King David and King Solomon. The word simply described the contents of the jug, which was a ladanum, a brown resin obtained from the gum rockrose shrub and was used as an incense and creation of perfume. While …

Was COVID part of a strategic satanic attack?

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There is an interesting verse in the book of Mark that describes the events leading up to King Herod’s slaying of John the Baptist after Herod’s wife, Herodias, had her daughter ask for John’s head after performing what was essentially a strip tease for Herod and his cronies. The verse hints at the seditious nature of the spiritual conflict that we are involved in. 21 A strategic day came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his lords and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee; (Mark 6:21 NASV) The 1995 version of the NASV called Herod’s birthday celebration as a strategic day. Other versions translate the Greek word ‘eukairos’ as an opportune time. But the meaning is clear, it speaks of a well-timed assault and speaks of satanic forces strategizing in their attack on the Kingdom of God. And it’s obvious from this verse that this strategy involved manipulating political leaders. Herod’s wife Herodias wanted to take out John the Baptist who was publicly criticizing her marriage to Herod. Using her daughter, …

Did Arizona Governor’s press secretary call for violence against transphobes?

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The press secretary for Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has apparently resigned because of the backlash she received from a tweet that seemed to suggest transphobes should be shot, Fox News reports. Fox News provides more details: “Us when we see transphobes,” Hobbs press secretary Josselyn Berry tweeted just hours after 28-year-old Audrey Hale opened fire at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, killing three children and three adults.  Berry’s tweet included a GIF of actress Gena Rowlands in a scene from the movie “Gloria,” where she is pointing two revolver handguns. “The Governor does not condone violence in any form. This administration holds mutual respect at the forefront of how we engage with one another. The post by the Press Secretary is not reflective of the values of the administration. The Governor has received and accepted the resignation of the Press Secretary,” the governor’s office said in a statement released on Wednesday.  READ: AZ Gov. Hobbs’ press secretary resigns after tweet suggesting gun violence against ‘transphobes’ RELATED: Controversial group behind ‘Trans Day of Vengeance’ raised money …

ER doctor admits ‘This was a miracle’

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CBN recently had the story of incredible healing and what made the testimony even more intriguing is that it was given by Dr. Landon D. Vinson, M.D, who was a first-hand witness of what took place in a video along with Rev. Randy DePriest, the pastor of First Assembly of God in Coffeyville, Kansas. Vinson serves in the emergency room at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. In spring 2021, a woman who was not named was brought into the hospital’s ER. Her heart had stopped and for the next hour the ER’s medical team performed CPR, but nothing changed. The woman’s eyes were fixated. There was mottling taking place on her limbs and she had no gag reflex. The final step in this downward progression was the inevitable rigor mortise. From their perspective, the woman was brain-dead, and they were keeping her body alive through the constant injection of adrenaline and the use of a ventilator. At this point, it was time to turn off the life support. As they were about to pull the plug, …

So much religion. Did we just make it up?

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So, is religion just something that we made up? Are the Atheists correct, do we invent “spiritual” things to make us feel better? Yes. There is a story here, and it’s worth knowing: Jupiter by Jove. Here are some other god words: deity, dios, dieu, Zeus; or some very old names like Deva, Deywos, and Dyo. We also have Jupiter and Jove, and a very old form Dyo Pitr. That last one, from India, is an old form of Jupiter. We also have a related word “day” meaning the time when the sky is lighted. Those god words, in many languages, refer to a God in the sky, or heaven. “Pitr” or “Ju … piter” refers to a father, and we can see how our word “father” is related to “piter.” If you are wondering, our English word “God” comes from an ancient word “gudan” which means to call on, or to pray to. In history, and before history was recorded, tribal people lived on the grasslands of southern Russia, with herds of animals. They …

Israel’s red heifers will soon be of age to be sacrificed

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Orthodox Jews were excited about the arrival of five red heifers in Israel last fall as they are a necessary step in preparing for the construction of a third temple in Jerusalem. CBN reports, that the excitement is mounting as the red heifers have still not developed off-color hairs, white or black, that would disqualify them for the ritual sacrifice. The ashes from the red heifer are used to purify the priests and since a sacrifice produces such a huge reservoir, there have only been 9 red heifer sacrifices in Israel’s history. The red heifers are being kept at a secured location in Israel and are between 1.5 and 2 years of age. They will not be sacrificed until they are three years old and will not be used if they become ritually impure by growing a single black or white hair. They will be inspected with a magnifying glass to ensure their purity. According to Rabbi Mamo, the Temple Institute already has what he described as “nine pure priests” who are ready to perform …

2,500-year-old inscription of Persia’s King Darius found in Israel

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Eylon Levy serves as an advisor to Isaac Herzog, the president of the state of Israel. In December, he and a friend were walking among the paths at Tel Lachish National Park, when he saw a piece of pottery. Picking it up he realized immediately that it had writing etched on it, Israel365 News reports. When he saw this rare find, Levy immediately thought it had been planted, and he expected cameras to show up as part of an elaborate joke. However, they didn’t appear and Levy knew there was more to this discovery and turned it over to Israel Antiquities Authority. In a few weeks, he would find out how significant it was. Written on the shard, were the words “Year 24 of Darius”, a reference to one of the Persia’s greatest kings, Darius the Great, who ruled about 2,500 years ago. It was the first reference to this Persian king found in Israel. This is not the Darius mentioned in the book of Daniel, but rather the Darius found in the book of …

Evidence of ancient brain surgery discovered at Megiddo

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Israel365 News reports on the discovery of evidence of ancient brain surgery at the site of Megiddo in Northern Israel. Archaeologists discovered the remains of two brothers buried underneath the floor of a wealthy family home. They were dated to around 1500 BC. The bones revealed that both suffered from a chronic disease for most of their life. One of the brothers was in his early 20s when he died and the other was between the age of 21 and 46 years. After examining the bones, it was discovered there had been a three-centimeter square opening cut into the skull forehead of the older man. There was no indication of healing suggesting it had been removed shortly before his death, perhaps in a last-minute desperate attempt to save the individual’s life. The medical surgery, referred to as trepanation, has been used for thousands of years, and there is evidence of many surviving the procedure. It was performed as a cure for headaches, epilepsy, and madness. The first Biblical mention of Megiddo is in Joshua 12:21, …

Another possible candidate for the Pharaoh of the Exodus: Thutmose III

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Dating the reigns of Egyptian pharaohs is extremely challenging with few archaeologists agreeing with each other on suggested dates. Though movies of the Exodus have traditionally pointed to Pharaoh Ramses (1303 BC to 1213 BC) as the Exodus pharaoh, there is agreement among Bible scholars that it definitely wasn’t him because the Exodus took place much earlier than that date. Perhaps the best evidence of this is the Merneptah Stele. Discovered in Egypt by Sir Finders Petrie in 1896, it contains the earliest known reference to Israel outside the Bible. It was erected by Pharaoh Merneptah (1213 BC to 1203 BC), the 13th son of Ramses, around 1208 BC. On the ten-foot victory stele, he describes his great, somewhat exaggerated, victory over Israel: “Israel is wasted, its seed is not; And Hurru [Canaan] is become a widow because of Egypt.” As many have pointed out, if the Exodus is dated to the reign of his father, Ramses, as some have suggested, there would not have been enough time for Israel to have developed into a nation. After …

King Jehoiachin’s ration cards discovered at the ancient site of Babylon

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The last few verses of 2 Kings explains what happened to Jehoiachin, the king of Judah after Nebuchadnezzar hauled Jehoiachin and his family into captivity around 597 BC. King Jehoiachin was 18 years old when the Babylonians invaded after Jehoiachin’s father, who was serving as a vassal king to Babylon, decided to rebel and no longer pay tribute (2 Kings 24:1). At this point, Jehoiachin had only been on the throne three months and immediately surrendered to the invaders. Nebuchadnezzar installed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Mattaniah to serve as the puppet king of Judah and renamed him Zedekiah (2 Kings 24:8-17). But while Jehoiachin was in captivity we read that he was treated well by the Babylonians, particularly after Evil-Merodach (also known as Amel-Marduk) became king upon the death of his father, Nebuchadnezzar. Evil-Merodach released Jehoiachin from prison and placed him under soft house arrest and allowed Jehoiachin to eat with the King, treating him better than the other kings taken captive. We are also told that Evil-Merodach gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance. 27 Now it came about …

Catholic priest claims he was healed of a brain tumor after visiting Lourdes

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I have often been leery of claims by the Roman Catholic Church of miraculous healing because sometimes they attribute them to a myriad of things like the saints. In fact, you can’t become a saint in the Roman Catholic Church without performing at least two miracles after you are dead, which I believe is Biblical error. READ: How many miracles does it take to be canonized a saint? However, I do acknowledge, there was one instance of a dead man coming to life after touching the bones of the prophet Elisha (2 Kings 13:21), but I believe the healing came from the anointing remaining on his bones. It did not originate from the prophet in heaven. The Roman Catholic Church seems to agree because, ironically, it has NOT declared Elisha to be a saint. But at the same time, I also believe it’s possible for healing to take place under weird circumstances because of a person’s underlying faith in Christ. For example, we read of the strange occurrences that took place in Ephesus when the …

Turkey’s earthquake shifted the country by upwards of 10 feet

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In his vision of the end times, the Apostle John described seeing an earthquake that he described the biggest earthquake the world has ever seen (Revelation 16:17-20). It would split a city, that he called Babylon into three parts and destroy cities in neighboring nations. In the verse, Johns saw islands fleeing and mountains disappearing which suggests that the shake was so massive it caused islands and mountains to shift (Revelation 16:20) or perhaps to be wiped out by tsunamis. The Daily Mail reports that the recent earthquake in Turkey says it was so powerful that it actually shifted the nation of Turkey by upwards of 10 feet (ca. 3 m). According to one Italian seismologist, satellite images reveal that Turkey could have moved as much as 18 feet (5.49 m) in relation to its neighbor, Syria, also hit by the earthquake. Turkey was hit by two massive earthquakes, 7.8 and 7.5 magnitudes, on Monday, Feb 6, 2023. According to recent reports, the death toll is over 5,000 and still climbing. Despite all the devastation …

2023 Grammys: A ‘Tribute to Satan’?

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Many viewers of the 65th annual Grammy Awards held on Sunday night, Feb 5, 2023, in Los Angeles, described the performance of the duo, Sam Smith and Kim Petras, as a ‘tribute to Satan’, the Daily Mail reports. Grammys are described as music’s biggest night and the two gave the performance after winning the Best Pop Duo/Group performance award. Smith who wore satanic headgear and at times seemed to be accepting worship from the dancers prompted several tweets that talked about the heavy satanic themes seen during this year’s ceremony, which included other performers talking about Satan. It was so obvious that the ceremony host was even forced to jokingly talk about it. The Daily Mail provided several tweets of people’s responses to the performance: ‘I know we on the right probably use the word satanic too often but this performance from Sam Smith is literally a tribute to Satan.’ ‘You don’t have to be super religious to be disturbed by that Sam Smith devil-worshiping performance.’ ‘That Sam Smith performance was weird I had to …

Another ‘birth pang’: Massive earthquake hits Turkey and Syria

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A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria early Monday morning destroying countless buildings in both countries and killing at least 1,900 people, with that number expected to rise dramatically. It is estimated that there were over 5,000 people injured most of who were asleep in their homes when the quake hit. Rescue teams are searching for the hundreds of people still trapped beneath the rubble. It was followed a few hours later, by a slightly less powerful, 7.5 magnitude earthquake that demolished buildings damaged by the first. The second earthquake’s epicenter was 60 miles (ca. 97 km) north of the first, which was located north of the Turkish city of Gaziantep (population 2 million), near the Syrian border. According to reports the two earthquakes were unrelated, but the first quake may have triggered the second. There have been reports of smaller quakes in other areas of the world including a 3.8 magnitude earthquake in Buffalo, New York, leading some to suggest the Turkey earthquakes may have destabilized other faults. The Danish Geological survey …

Video: A Jewish man’s analysis of the Shroud of Turin

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I have never been exactly sure what to think about the Shroud of Turin, which some believe was the burial cloth used to cover Christ’s body in the tomb. The shroud has an image of a man somehow etched in the cloth, that not only includes blood stains but seems to reveal the wounds of a man who had been crucified. Some believe this image was somehow burned into the cloth at Christ’s resurrection. Note: burn is the wrong word to use to describe how it happened. Though I have tended to reject it as legitimate, this video by Barrie Schwortz, who was part of a team of experts called in to examine the cloth several years back, has caused me to at least reconsider my position. Schwortz is convinced of its legitimacy. But here is the catcher, he is not only Jewish, but he was also a skeptic when asked to help examine the shroud.

WEF speaker told not to use the words God, religion or faith in his talk about ‘keeping the faith’

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At the recent World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting held in Davos, Switzerland, the organization actually held a session on ‘keeping the faith’. However, there was one major caveat, the speaker, Farhan Latif, was told not to mention ‘God’, ‘faith’ or ‘religion’ during his speech, LifeSite News reports. “Before I jump in, I want to offer a trigger warning for the audience. As I was preparing for this session … they told me, ‘Don’t use the words religion, faith, and God,’ and so I just ask people to translate that to ‘mindfulness,’ ‘purpose-driven,’ ‘spirituality,’” said Latif who serves as president of the El-Hibri Foundation. It was probably a joke and though Latif’s comments were met with laughter from the crowd, some wonder if it represents a deeper sentiment about removing God from any discussions about the future of the world. As Emily Manigiarcina explains in her article for LifeSite, God is a threat to WEF’s globalist agenda writing: In fact, God and authentic religion are a threat to the WEF’s agenda, not only because they …

A bus-sized asteroid will miss earth by 2,100 miles on Friday

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It’s not mountain-sized, like the one the Apostle John saw in his vision of the end-times, but a bus-sized asteroid that will miss earth by only 2,100 miles (ca. 3,380 km) later this week. The asteroid, named 2023 BU, which is travelling at 33,300 miles (ca. 53,591 km) an hour, will skim by earth on Friday, Jan 27, 2023. According to NASA, its current trajectory indicates it will not hit the earth, but nevertheless, it is the fourth-closest recorded distance an asteroid has been to our planet. 2023 BU was only picked up by NASA the past weekend. At 12.4 feet (3.78 m) by 27.8 feet (8.47 m) in size, it is about half the size of the meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013. NASA added that 2023 BU would probably burn up if it did veer into our planet. So call it a warning shot across the bow, as the Apostle John warned of asteroids hitting earth during the end times apocalypse causing significant damage READ: Huge asteroid the size of a …