7 thunders of the Book of Revelation

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NASA has released a new atlas and catalog of the entire infrared sky with more than a half billion stars and galaxies many of which have never been seen before.
Scientists used the images taken by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission, which was launched in 2009.
"Today, WISE delivers the fruit of 14 years of effort to the astronomical community," said Edward Wright, WISE principal investigator at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
WISE mapped the entire sky in 2010 and collected more than 2.7 million images that provided scientists with more than 15 trillion bytes of data.
Astronomers analyzed the data and then combined them into an atlas of more than 18,000 images and a catalog of the properties of more than 560 million individual objects.
The new observations have helped astronomers and scientists discover a poll of near-Earth asteroids, new classes of stars as well as the first known "Trojan" asteroid.
"With the release of the all-sky catalog and atlas, WISE joins the pantheon of great sky surveys that have led to many remarkable discoveries about the universe," said lead WISE data processing expert Roc Cutri.
"It will be exciting and rewarding to see the innovative ways the science and educational communities will use WISE in their studies now that they have the data at their fingertips."
Scientists have so far published about 100 study papers on the results of the new observations.

TNC

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Millions of Evangelical Christians Want to Start WWIII to Speed the �Second Coming� � 
Neocons are Using Religion to Rile Them Up to Justify War Against Iran

By Washington's Blog

................. The Founding Fathers weren�t particularly anti-Islam.

But millions of Americans believe that Christ will not come again until Israel wipes out its competitors and there is widespread war in the Middle East. Some of these folks want to start a huge fire of war and death and destruction, so that Jesus comes quickly.

According to French President Chirac, Bush told him that the Iraq war was needed to bring on the apocalypse:

In Genesis and Ezekiel Gog and Magog are forces of the Apocalypse who are prophesied to come out of the north and destroy Israel unless stopped. The Book of Revelation took up the Old Testament prophesy:

�And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.�

Bush believed the time had now come for that battle, telling Chirac:

�This confrontation is willed by God, who wants to use this conflict to erase his people�s enemies before a New Age begins��

There can be little doubt now that President Bush�s reason for launching the war in Iraq was, for him, fundamentally religious. He was driven by his belief that the attack on Saddam�s Iraq was the fulfilment of a Biblical prophesy in which he had been chosen to serve as the instrument of the Lord.

And British Prime Minister Tony Blair long-time mentor, advisor and confidante said:

�Tony�s Christian faith is part of him, down to his cotton socks. He believed strongly at the time, that intervention in Kosovo, Sierra Leone � Iraq too � was all part of the Christian battle; good should triumph over evil, making lives better.�

Mr Burton, who was often described as Mr Blair�s mentor, says that his religion gave him a �total belief in what�s right and what�s wrong�, leading him to see the so-called War on Terror as �a moral cause��

Anti-war campaigners criticised remarks Mr Blair made in 2006, suggesting that the decision to go to war in Iraq would ultimately be judged by God.

Bill Moyers reports that the organization Christians United for Israel � led by highly-influential Pastor John C. Hagee � is a universal call to all Christians to help factions in Israel fund the Jewish settlements, throw out all the Palestinians and lobby for a pre-emptive invasion of Iran. All to bring Russia into a war against us causing World War III followed by Armageddon, the Second Coming and The Rapture. See this and this.

This all revolves around what is called Dispensationalism. So popular is Dispensationalism that Tim LaHaye�s Left Behind series has sold 65 million copies.

Dispensationalists include the following mega-pastors and their churches:

• Jerry Falwell

• Pat Robertson

• Billy Graham

They are supported by politicians such as:

• Newt Gingrich

• Joseph Lieberman

• John McCain

• Texas Senator John Cronyn

• Former House Minority Whip Roy Blunt

• Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay

• And others

Dr. Timothy Webber � an evangelical Christian who has served as a teacher of church history and the history of American religion at Denver Seminary and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Vice-President at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Lombard, IL, and President of Memphis Theological Seminary in Tennessee � notes:

In a recent Time/CNN poll, more than one-third of Americans said that since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, they have been thinking more about how current events might be leading to the end of the world.

While only 36 percent of all Americans believe that the Bible is God�s Word and should be taken literally, 59 percent say they believe that events predicted in the Book of Revelation will come to pass. Almost one out of four Americans believes that 9/11 was predicted in the Bible, and nearly one in five believes that he or she will live long enough to see the end of the world. Even more significant for this study,over one-third of those Americans who support Israel report that they do so because they believe the Bible teaches that the Jews must possess their own country in the Holy Land before Jesus can return.

Millions of Americans believe that the Bible predicts the future and that we are living in the last days. Their beliefs are rooted in dispensationalism, a particular way of understanding the Bible�s prophetic passages, especially those in Daniel and Ezekiel in the Old Testament and the Book of Revelation in the New Testament. They make up about one-third of America�s 40 or 50 million evangelical Christians and believe that the nation of Israel will play a central role in the unfolding of end-times events. In the last part of the 20th century, dispensationalist evangelicals become Israel�s best friends-an alliance that has made a serious geopolitical difference.

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THE WORD �BIBLE� AND ITS MEANING:

The Bible (from Greek ὰ βιβλία ta biblia "the books") is the collections of the primary religious text of Judaism and Christianity.

There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books (Biblical cannon), their contents and their order vary among denominations. Mainstream Judaism divides the Tanakh into 24 books, while a minority stream of Judaism, the Samaritans, accepts only five.

The 24 texts of the Hebrew Bible are divided into 39 books in Christian Old Testaments, and complete Christian Bible range from the 66 books of the Protestant canon to the 81 books in the Ethiopian Orthodox Bible, to the 84 books of the Eastern Orthodox Bible.

THE WORD �GOSPEL� AND ITS MEANING

     There are two Greek words which translate as GOSPEL which is �Euaggelizo / Euaggelion�; the literal meaning is �Good News�. So when you see the word �Gospel�, know it is the �Good News� If you don�t believe me, go and check it out on the net (lexicon). The Jehovah witness rightly translates it as �Good News� and not �gospel�. 

   Now, let us look at the usage of these two words �Euaggelizo / Euaggelion� which literally mean �Good News� and WAS mistranslates as �Gospel�.

In Luke Chapter 1: 1 -19 the Greek word �Euaggalizo� was used there for the �announcement� of the birth of John (S).

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 The angel answered and said to him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news. Luke 1:19

The same Greek word �Euaggalizo� was used for the �announcement� of the birth of Jesus (S) in Luke 2: 1-10

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But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; Luke 2:10

As you can see the word �Good News� is used for making special announcement of importance.

Now, let us see how Jesus (S) used it.

  It mentioned in Luke 20:1  And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders,

Also in Matthew 11:5 it mentioned:

�The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.�

  The same Greek word �Euaggalizo� was used there and was translates as �gospel�. As I have established before, the literal meaning of the word is �Good News�. The word �gospel� has no meaning.

  So the verse should read as follows: And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the good news, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders, Luke 20:1

  Now that we understand the meaning of the Greek word �Euaggelizo� which mean �Good News� and was wrongly translate as �Gospel� to deceive you, now, let us look at what was the �good News� Jesus (S) was preaching�what was that Good News of so importance?

This is what mentioned in the writing:

And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. Matthew 4:23

And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. Matthew 9:35

Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, Mark 1:14

  The same Greek word used there for �gospel� so the verse should read as follows:

 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. Matthew 9:35

    As you can see the Good News that Jesus (S) was preaching was about coming of the kingdom of God and not the BIBLE which is �THE COLLECTION OF BOOKS�. Jesus (S) never thought anyone to believe in a collection of books put together by human being nor does the Qur�an in anyway conforms for Christians to judge by the bible (a collection of books). The Qur�an mentioned that the people of the book will be judge by the �revelations� that was revealed to their prophets; and not a collection of books (BIBLE).

  What Jesus (S) really thought his people it to �REPENT� and believe the Good News of the coming of God�s Kingdom on earth.

Jesus told them: �... saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel�. Mark: 1:1

And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of god: and the twelve were with him, (Luke 8:1)

The same Greek word used for �Gospel and Good News� they translates it as �glad tidings� here.

   The Kingdom of God was so important he thought his followers to pray for when it will come and the coming of it, the Most High name will sanctify.

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 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.10Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.� (Matthew 6:9 )

  Coming of God Almighty kingdom on earth �His� will� shall be done on earth. What is the will? God�s will is his divine law. The coming Kingdom is a message from God for all nations. He said:

�Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.�

    It is narrated that Jesus (S) said: �Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.�  Matthew 7:21-22

As we can see that the ticket to Heaven has a �condition� and that is, we have to �do the will of the Father� In other words, we have to be obedience to God Law according to Jesus (S) because he said: �Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.�

It�s all here in 1 Corinthian 6:9-10, I quote:

   Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not �inherit� the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers,  nor extortioners, shall �inherit� the kingdom of God. (1Co. 6:9-10)

What I have dome so far is to establish that Jesus (S) core message that he brought was THE GOOD NEWS OF THE COMING OF GOD�S KINGDOM ON EARTH. He goes on to explain to us how the Kingdom of God will come in Matthew6: 31-32:

�Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: 32Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.�

   The �grain of mustard seed� is a message; and the �man� is the one who will delivered that message, and coming of that message is the coming of God�s Kingdom on earth�God�s Law (his will) shall establish on earth. Meaning, the message will be a universal one. Revelation 14 conforms that:

�And I saw another angel fly in the midst of haven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people. Saying with aloud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come.� (Rev.14:6-7)

  That is the future tense!

  The book of Revelation Ch. 14: 6-7 which is a part of the Collection of books (The Bible), which is already here; it�s mentioned of an �angel� coming from heaven with the everlasting gospel for all nations. The same Greek word �Euaggelizo� which translates as Gospel which is also the Good News, it mentioned also in revelation 14 but this time it was an angel again, that angel was bringing The Good News from heaven, and it was an everlasting one.

It was describe as a �Judgment� to �preach� to all nations. That Judgment was the criterion between rights and wrong; that Judgment there is the Law (His will) to preach unto them that dwell on earth, all nations. What Jesus (S) said? He said: Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be don on earth!�

   Now, to conforming that �judgment� is the �law� that mentioned there and is a universal one I will just quote Isaiah. It mentioned:

�Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentile.� (Iasiah.42:1)

4- He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he has set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for His LAW. (Isaiah.42:4)

�And when he (the Comforter) is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.� (John.16:8)

This is what Allah (S) instructed the Prophet to say:

�Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion (of judgment between right and wrong) to His Servant, that it may be an admonition to all creatures.�

(Q.25:1) A book, whereof the verses are explained in detail-A Qur�an in Arabic, for people who understand-Giving Good News and admonition: yet most of them turn away, and so they hear not. (Q.41:3-4) �it is no less than a Message for all creatures (mankind and jinn). (Q.12:104)

Say, the Holy Spirit (Angel Gabriel) has brought the revelation from thy Lord in truth, in order to strengthen those who believe, and as a guide, and Glad Tidings to Muslims. (Q.16:102)

�This Qur'an is not such as can be produced by other than Allah. on the contrary it is a confirmation of (revelations) that went before it, and a fuller explanation of the Book - wherein there is no doubt - from the Lord of the worlds.� (Qur.10:37)

Without doubt it is (announced) in the reveled books (Torah, Gospel) of former people. (Q.26:196)

And this is a book which We have sent down, bringing blessing and conforming (the revelation) which came before it. (Q.6:92)

1. �so fear Allah and obey me. (Q.3:50)
2. ye who believe! Fear Allah as He should fear, and die not except in a state of Islam. (Q.3:102)
3. And glorify Him morning and evening. (Q.33:42)
4. Thus have We revealed it (the Qur�an) to be a judgment of authority in Arabic (Q.13:37)

  What Revelation 14-7 says? 

�Fear God and Give Glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come!�

Allah (S) said: �A book, whereof the verses are explained in detail-A Qur�an in Arabic, for people who understand-Giving Good News and admonition: yet most of them turn away, and so they hear not. (Q.41:3-4)

And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. Lu 13:29