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            “So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore
                     you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me.    
Ezekiel 33:7.  
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    Pope Francis is Ireland’s favourite world leader.
   Pope Francis is the most popular world leader among Irish people, who rate British
  prime minister Theresa May and US president
Donald Trump poorly, an international
  opinion poll published today finds.


  Read More: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/pope-francis-is-ireland-s-favourite-world-leader-1.3339917  

                                                    “All the World Wondered…” Revelation 13:3.

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                           Cashless Businesses Becoming More Common. 
Cashless businesses are no longer an isolated phenomenon at a slew of small businesses and eateries in neighborhoods across New York City, The New York Times reported.

Read More:  https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/cashless-business-credit-card-cryptocurrency/2017/12/25/id/833654/

A cashless society will make it very easy to impose economic sanctions on those who will not go along with the national and universal worship laws as predicted in Revelation 13.
“And 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.” Revelation 13:3.

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  Russia’s Plan to Ban Jehovah’s Witnesses Puts                        Evangelicals in a Tight Spot. 
Jehovah’s Witnesses have never held much clout in Russia, where the Orthodox Church dominates both the religious and political landscape. But a government lawsuit now threatens any future for their faith in public life.

Read More:
http://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2344

Read More:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2017/march/russia-liquidate-jehovahs-witnesses-evangelicals.html
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​                         “And ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.” Matthew 24:9.

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          Callista Gingrich takes over as US ambassador to Vatican. 

Callista Gingrich, wife of the former House speaker Newt Gingrich, on Friday began her duties as the new US ambassador to the Vatican. 
Read More:
https://www.thelocal.it/20171223/us-callista-gingrich-takes-over-as-ambassador-to-vatican 

“The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the influence of this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience.” The Great Controversy, page 588.

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                California's Thomas wildfire now largest in state history. 
 

 The blaze known as the Thomas fire in Southern California is now the largest in the
 state’s recorded history, fire officials said Saturday evening.


  Read More: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/22/californias-thomas-wildfire-now-largest-in-state-history.html

   The judgments of God are in the land. The wars and rumors of wars, the destruction by fire and flood, say   
   clearly that the time of trouble, which is to increase until the end, is very near at hand. We have no time to lose.


                                         
http://www.whiteestate.org/devotional/mar/01_17.asp

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             Orthodox Patriarch warns of approaching end times, asks not
                                 to push for revolutionary change.  

In a public speech in the main Moscow cathedral, Patriarch Kirill said the signs from the Book of Revelation are now apparent.

      Read More:
http://www.newsweek.com/russian-church-says-end-history-near-717521

     Read More: https://www.rt.com/politics/410418-orthodox-patriarch-warns-parish-end/   

                   Men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth,
                       for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Luke 21:26



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                BNZ, Westpac and ANZ banks are reducing branches
                                  and opening hours.   
 
Three large banks in New Zealand are closing branches and reducing 
  hours to meet the growing use of digital banking.  

   Read More: 
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/personal-finance/news/article.cfm?c_id=12&objectid=11820201

  Read More:
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/313875/19-westpac-branch-closures-confirmed

   Read More:  http://www.nzherald.co.nz/personal-finance/news/article.cfm?c_id=12&objectid=11709660
                                                                                                                                                                                ​          And 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.”        Revelation 13:16, 17.


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             High Court rules TA shops can remain open on Shabbat.

In a landmark ruling on a deeply contentious issue, the High Court of Justice ruled
on Thursday that grocery stores can remain open on Shabbat in Tel Aviv.

In order to promote Sunday observance on a global scale, the enemy must depreciate the value of the Sabbath for Jews, so that they are more ready to comply with Sunday laws. “And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him.” Revelation 13:8.
     Read More: 
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Supreme-court-lays-down-the-law-on-Shabbat-businesses-508479


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       Shopping centres prepare to go cashless as ATMs disappear.   
 

The cashless society is here and shopping centre landlords and tenants are now
   bracing themselves for the next phase - the exit of ATMs from malls.
 
 
“And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their
    right hand, or in their foreheads: And 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.”        Revelation 13:16, 17.


Read More:  http://www.theage.com.au/business/property/shopping-centres-prepare-to-go-cashless-as-atms-disappear-20171130-gzvtk8.html?promote_channel=edmail&mbnr=NTMwMDMwNA&eid=email:nnn-13omn654-ret_newsl-membereng:nnn-04%2F11%2F2013-news_am-dom-news-nnn-age-u&campaign_code=13INO008&et_bid=29107162&list_name=44_age_newsalert&instance=2017-12-02--21-08--UTC

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   Same-sex marriage passes the Senate 43 to 12 in historic political moment. 

A bill to legalise same-sex marriage passed the Senate on Wednesday in a historic moment in Australian politics, setting up a final vote in the House of Representatives next week. 

Read More:
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/samesex-marriages-passes-the-senate-43-to-12-in-historic-political-moment-20171129-gzuyqx.html 

                                      “Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot.” Luke 17:28.

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                            Poland to End Shopping on Sundays by 2020.    
  
In a bow to its Christian culture and the government's desire for families to spend more
  time together, the Polish government has passed legislation that will end shopping on
 Sundays by 2020, reported the
Catholic Herald on Nov. 27. 

       
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book
        of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world
.” Revelation 13:8.


Read More: 
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/poland-end-shopping-sundays-2020?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWlRVeE5UUmxPVEpoWldSaSIsInQiOiJuV25RS0wrUHg2ZzRGdTVSdkw3OW1mTUFsRzVYckpnaWdoVXhVMW9JNUh1bUhCTHlTUExGRDcyeWxEem1mUHV5OWRVRzBSbVwvXC9ZakViYjVrUnVKSm5DelNxWklHVFg2bjdkdnhtZDltMys4NDVramdwYkFQY1o3d0VUMmVBMFpaIn0%3D

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                  Trump puts faith in religious right.
In recent weeks, the Trump administration has plunged into fights long sought by the religious right, issuing a 25-page memo bolstering legal protections for people of faith...  
Read More:
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/14/politics/donald-trump-religious-conservatives-appeals/index.html

         The unity of religious leaders is part of the fulfilling of prophecy.. Revelation 13:3.     

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                As high court term begins, Trump reshapes
                             federal judiciary from top to bottom.  

    The 'Trump effect' on law will begin to be felt in earnest during the high court’s term
    that begins Monday, with big cases on religious freedom...


               U.S. Federal judges will certainly play a role in the end-time conditions. They will have a lot to say
                about how worship laws, as predicted in Revelation 13.


                             Read More:
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2017/1002/As-high-court-term-begins-Trump-reshapes-federal-judiciary-from-top-to-bottom

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       Pope Francis walks religious, diplomatic tightrope in Myanmar. 
Pope Francis has arrived in Myanmar, becoming the first pope to ever visit the southeast Asian nation. The world's most high-profile Christian takes center stage in a staunchly Buddhist country accused of horrifying acts of brutality against its Rohingya Muslim.


          Read More: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/26/asia/pope-francis-rohingya-myanmar/index.html

                                           “All the World Wondered…” Revelation 13:3.

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                 Voluntary euthanasia is set to become legal in Victoria.  

  The bill passed the upper house with 22 votes to 18, after a marathon 28-hour sitting that
  began on Tuesday afternoon and ended just after 4pm on Wednesday.  

                              
“Thou shalt not kill.” (Exodus 20:13) 


Read More:
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/historic-euthanasia-laws-pass-victorian-upper-house-20171121-gzqc8n.html?promote_channel=edmail&mbnr=NTMwMDMwNA&eid=email:nnn-13omn653-ret_newsl-membereng:nnn-04%2F11%2F2013-news_pm-dom-news-nnn-age-u&campaign_code=13INO007&et_bid=29105660&list_name=44_age_newsalert&instance=2017-11-22--07-14--UTC

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                       Gov. Mike Huckabee succeeding Dr. Ben Carson.  
Gov. Mike Huckabee will now lead one of America’s largest grassroots voter movements, focused exclusively on the Christian electorate. During the 2016 Presidential Election, My Faith Votes was largely credited with activating a sizable percentage of the 25 million Evangelicals who were registered to vote in previous elections but had chosen not to, prompting a record turnout by Evangelicals.
                                                                               Read More: 
https://www.myfaithvotes.org/huckabee-about/

“When the churches of our land, uniting upon such points of faith as are held by them in common, shall influence the State
to enforce their decrees and sustain their institutions, then will Protestant America have formed an image of the Roman hierarchy.”                  Spirit of Prophecy, Vol. 4, page 277.


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                  Russian Church Says 'End Of History' Is Near.   
                                                                                                                     
  The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church said Monday the world is on the brink
  of slipping into “the abyss of the end of history,” according to a state-run news
  agency. The apocalypse “is already visible to the naked eye,” Patriarch Kirill told 
  congregants after a service at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow. 
                                                                                                                               
          Men's hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming
  on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Luke 21:26

                
                                Read More: 
http://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/world/russian-church-says-end-of-history-is-near/ar-BBFq0nk?li=BBqdg4K&ocid=mailsignout

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               Death toll in Iran-Iraq earthquake climbs to at least 530.  
Iranian state media reported Tuesday that the earthquake near the Iran-Iraq border killed killed 430 people
in Iran and injured 7,460. Crews are digging through the rubble in Kurdish town of Sarpol-e-Zahab searching for victims and survivors.
Read More:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/11/14/death-toll-iraq-iraq-earthquake-climbs/861317001/?csp=breakingnews 

          Luke 21:11. And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences;
                                 and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.
         


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            Australia Votes for Gay Marriage, Clearing Path to Legalization.
  •     Of 12.7 million Australians who took part in the government survey, 61.6 percent voted  yes and 38.4 percent voted no, officials announced on Wednesday morning. Participation was high, with 79.5 percent of voting-age Australians sending back their postal ballots.
    Read More: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/world/australia/yes-same-sex-marriage-gay.html 
      Read More:  http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/samesex-marriage-postal-survey-love-has-had-a-landslide-victory-as-yes-wins-20171113-gzkk7f.html

                             “Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot.” Luke 17:28.

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                        Nepal Criminalizes Christian Conversion and Evangelism.

Last week, Nepal enacted a law to curb evangelism by criminalizing religious conversion, joining neighboring countries like India and Pakistan, where the region’s small-but-growing Christian minority faces government threats to their faith.  

    … Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?” Luke 18:8.

Read More:  http://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2017/october/nepal-criminalizes-conversion-christianity-evangelism-hindu.html

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                        Vatican in North Korea INTERVENTION:
           Pope Francis to TALK to Kim Jong to avert World War 3.   

    
The Vatican City is desperately attempting to open a dialogue between Pyongyang and the
       Holy See in order to avoid a nuclear war. 

   Read More:  
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/878874/north-korea-pope-francis-usa-war-world-war-3-nuclear

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           Same-sex marriage arguments may not have swayed postal
                                        survey vote, survey finds. 

    
Weeks of debate on same-sex marriage may not have shifted Australians' votes on the issue, according 
     to a poll that has found 60 per cent support for change.

  
Luke 17:27-28:  On the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and
                            destroyed
 them all. 30 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed. 




Read More:   
http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/samesex-marriage-arguments-may-not-have-swayed-postal-survey-vote-survey-finds-20171109-gzi41w.html?promote_channel=edmail&mbnr=NTMwMDMwNA&eid=email:nnn-13omn654-ret_newsl-membereng:nnn-04%2F11%2F2013-news_am-dom-news-nnn-age-u&campaign_code=13INO008&et_bid=29103577&list_name=44_age_newsalert&instance=2017-11-09--19-41--UTC

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      U.S. bishops to set agenda in era of Pope Francis, President Trump.      

     As the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops meets in Baltimore this upcoming week, the focus
     will be both on aligning its priorities with Pope Francis and its response to the policies of the Trump
     administration.

  Read More:
https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2017/11/11/u-s-bishops-set-agenda-era-pope-francis-president-trump/

 
                             Read More:  http://www.whiteestate.org/devotional/ofc/07_01.asp


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      Just 6 Commandments? Christians feel 4 no longer important.  
According to a poll by YouGov, only six of the ten are important to British Christians, with most saying the other four are not “important principles to live by” in the 21st century. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Read More:
http://www.wnd.com/2017/10/just-6-commandments-christians-feel-4-no-longer-important/ 

               Mark 7:7, And in vain they worship Me,Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

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     In Orange County, Bishop and pastor model Catholic/Evangelical ties.
  There are all kinds of ecumenical relationships, projects and partnerships among Catholics
   and Evangelicals in America. The friendship and partnership in Orange County, California
   between Bishop Kevin Vann and famed pastor Rick Warren is an example.

   Read More:
https://cruxnow.com/interviews/2017/09/14/orange-county-bishop-pastor-model-catholicevangelical-ties/

               The unity of religious leaders is part of the fulfilling of prophecy.. Revelation 13:3.            


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   Unity + Revival Celebrating a Year of Destiny.  
                                                                                                                                   October 2017, was an historic event with leaders from Catholic, Protestant & Orthodox Churches. This year is a year of destiny. We believe that GOD is
calling His people to unity in Christ, as Jesus prayed in John 17.


         Will there ever be world unity built upon man's Word?   NO.. Only in Christ and His Truth.

                             Read more and watch video clips: https://www.kairos2017.com/
                                                                                                                                                                                    ..they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.
   
        Daniel 2:42.                                             

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                Pope Francis receives Lebanese PM Hariri.   
                                                                                                                                                         Pope Francis received the Prime Minister of Lebanon, Saad Rafic Hariri on Friday
        morning, in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican.

         Read More:
http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/10/13/pope_francis_receives_lebanese_pm_hariri/1342787     

                                                           “All the World Wondered…” Revelation 13:3.

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 Trump's Spiritual Adviser Reveals the Main Thing Our World is Desperate For. 

Half a millennium ago this month, Martin Luther crafted a challenge to the Catholic Church that launched the Protestant Reformation. On behalf of the anniversary, The Washington Post connected with faith leaders to ask them an important question: 

Read More:
http://www.faithfamilyamerica.com/trump_s_spiritual_adviser_reveals_the_main_thing_our_world_is_desperate_for

For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. 1 Thessalonians 5:3

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.          President Trump Calls for Death Penalty for NYC Terror Suspect Sayfullo Saipov.  
     President Donald Trump has called for the death penalty for Sayfullo Saipov, the unrepentant 29-year-old Uzbekistan
      immigrant suspected of killing eight people and injuring at least 11 others in a terror attack in New York City Tuesday.
 
     Read More:  https://www.christianpost.com/news/president-trump-calls-death-penalty-nyc-terror-suspect-sayfullo-saipov-205207/?utm_source=newsletter
  “ that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the
     beast should be killed.”
Revelation 13:15


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               Most Church of England Christians never read the Bible, survey finds. 
The majority of Church of England Christians don't read the Bible, the church's own polling has revealed. Figures show that 60 per cent of self-declared followers of the Church admit they never read the Bible, and 36 per cent say they never attend church. One in three said they never pray. 

Read More:  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/14/church-england-christians-never-read-bible-survey-finds/  
Read More:   http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13537903.2014.945735

              … Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?” Luke 18:8.


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                                                   500 year Protestant Reformation.


            As we head towards the 500 year Protestant Reformation on 10/31/2017.. Kenneth Copeland leads the way for the 
            anti-Protestant Reformation.


                                        Watch U-Tube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWJM-tP90Zo   

                                   Read and understand more:   http://www.whiteestate.org/books/gc/gc35.html

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      First in Denomination to Appoint Openly Lesbian Head Pastor.  

A Mennonite church in New Mexico became the first church in its denomination to select an openly LGBT person as head pastor.
Read More:
https://www.christianpost.com/news/nm-mennonite-church-becomes-first-in-denomination-to-appoint-openly-lesbian-head-pastor-200073/?utm_source=newsletter

   ...lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power... 2 Tim 3:4-5.

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       At UN event in Rome, Pope Francis urges action on climate change,
                                conflicts to end global hunger.  

  
16 October 2017 – Food security for all requires tackling climate change and ending conflicts, His Holiness,
    Pope Francis, stressed Monday at an official ceremony for World Food Day held at the Rome headquarters 
    of the United Nations agriculture agency..

                  Read More:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=57897#.WflrcluCypo

                                            “All the World Wondered…” Revelation 13:3.

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          Pope to European civil and Church leaders: 
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Vatican City, Oct 28, 2017 / 10:36 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In a lengthy speech to civil and ecclesiastical leaders of Europe on Saturday, Pope Francis defended the family as being made up of a man and woman ​open to life – saying that this fundamental community is also a model for secular communities.

Read More:  https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-to-european-civil-and-church-leaders-men-and-women-are-different-69971
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                                                      “All the World Wondered…” Revelation 13:3.

                                   When church and Government work together there is always persecution.

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   North Korean UN envoy says 'nuclear war may break out at any moment' 

         North Korea’s deputy UN ambassador has warned that the situation on the Korean peninsula “has reached the 
         touch-and-go point and a nuclear war may break out any moment”.

    

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



Read More: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/17/north-korean-un-envoy-says-nuclear-war-may-break-out-at-any-moment?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=248273&subid=3504036&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2

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         Christian Filmmakers Must Work Gay Weddings Despite  
                      Religious Beliefs, Minnesota Court Rules.   

A Minnesota court has ruled that a Christian filmmaking couple must document gay weddings despite their religious beliefs that marriage is only between a man and a woman.


Read More: https://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-filmmakers-must-work-gay-weddings-despite-religious-beliefs-minnesota-court-rules-200184/?utm_source=newsletter 

                              “Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot.” Luke 17:28.

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       Over 250 Protestant Leaders Sign 'Reforming Catholic Confession'
                                     on Essentials of Christian Faith.   

"We don't like uncertainties as human beings, but to some extent I think God is patient with us as a Church," Vanhoozer explained. "And I think some of these disagreements, God is using them to work on us, to form us into the kind of holy nation that He wants us to become."   

 Read More:
https://www.christianpost.com/news/over-250-protestant-leaders-sign-reforming-catholic-confession-on-essentials-of-christian-faith-198747/page2.html 

                        The unity of religious leaders is part of the fulfilling of this prophecy..


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                Turkey: Religious officials to perform civil marriages.  

   The Turkish parliament has passed a law allowing muftis - religious civil servants - to perform civil marriages in the same
  capacity as other officials authorised to conduct such ceremonies. 

        
Luke 17:27-28:  On the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed
                                     them all. 30 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.  

      Read More:  http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/10/turkey-religion-officials-perform-civil-marriages-171019132948431.html

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  Pope to Methodists: Reconciliation is more than talk – it needs action.
  
   Marking 50 years of Catholic-Methodist dialogue, Pope Francis on Thursday told
   members of both traditions that when it comes to future relations, simply speaking
   about reconciliation is not enough – we must actually pray and work for it.

     
Daniel 2:42.  ...they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix
                               with clay.

Read More:  https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-to-methodists-reconciliation-is-more-than-talk-it-needs-action-96674

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          Donald Trump's top spiritual adviser says opposing him is
                                'fighting against the hand of God'  


Donald Trump's top spiritual adviser has claimed that opposing his presidency is   like 'fighting against the hand of God'.

        Read More:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/donald-trumps-top-spiritual-adviser-11049932
 
“In the last conflict the Sabbath will be the special point of controversy throughout all Christendom. Secular rulers and religious leaders will unite to enforce the observance of the Sunday; and as milder measures fail, the most oppressive laws will be enacted.” Maranatha, page 188.

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     The Religious Right Moves to Cement Political Power Under President Trump.  
  
    Conservative evangelicals have seen more victories in a Trump administration than
    they probably would have under any other Republican.  

        Read More:
http://prospect.org/article/religious-right-moves-cement-political-power-under-president-trump 

                                       The unity of religious leaders is part of the fulfilling of this prophecy..

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        All the president’s clergymen: Trump’s key religious players.   
Here’s a list of some of the key evangelical leaders — mostly men but also one woman    — who were on President Donald Trump’s campaign evangelical executive advisory   board and/or have served in an advisory role since his inauguration.  

Read More: 
http://www.sltrib.com/religion/global/2017/09/05/all-the-presidents-clergymen-trumps-key-religious-players/

            Daniel 2:42.  ...they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.

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   U.S. Supreme Court to hear Arguments in Masterpiece cake shop case.
   Two men filed a complaint with the state of Colorado after they asked cake artist Jack 
   Phillips to design a wedding cake to celebrate their same-sex ceremony.   
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Read More: 
http://www.adfmedia.org/News/PRDetail/8700

 
                           “Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot.” Luke 17:28.

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    "Rethinking Europe" Dialogue: COMECE met with Pope Francis.   
The common main subject of the meetings was “Rethinking Europe”, the major high-level Forum of Dialogue that COMECE is organizing in collaboration with
the Holy See and that will be held in Rome between 27-29 October 2017,


  Read More: http://www.comece.eu/rethinking-europe-dialogue-comece-met-with-pope-francis   

The dignitaries of church and state will unite to bribe, persuade, or compel all classes to honor
the Sunday.
The lack of divine authority will be supplied by oppressive enactments.” The Great Controversy, page 592.

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          Pope Francis To Meet Top Buddhist Monks In
         Myanmar, Address Military. 
  

    
      Pope Francis will say two Masses in Buddhist-majority Myanmar and one in
      Bangladesh, which is predominantly Muslim.  

                 
  The unity of religious leaders is part of the fulfilling of this prophecy..
                       
Read More:
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/pope-francis-to-meet-top-buddhist-monks-in-myanmar-address-military-1761182

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            Pope hits 40 million mark on Twitter. 
The pope has racked up 40 million followers on Twitter, the Vatican said on Wednesday, underlining the Catholic leader's status as one of the world's biggest social media players. The total, spread across accounts in nine languages, leaves Francis neck and neck with his occasional online sparring partner US President Donald Trump (40.3 million followers), but still trailing the likes of Barack Obama (95 million) and Katy Perry (104 million).
                Read More:
http://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/11/17/pope-hits-40-million-mark-on-twitter 

                                            “All the World Wondered…” Revelation 13:3.

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                   Fight over Protestant Reformation is history.   
  
In August 1948, I nearly got into a fight. It was at the corner of Eighth Avenue and 10th Street in  
    Marion, Iowa.

    The conversation started pleasantly enough. But Jimmy brought up the topic about who was going
     to be in heaven. He said only Lutherans were in heaven. I kindly corrected him. “I’m sorry,” I said,
    “but only Catholics are in heaven. We have all the tickets.”


            
Daniel 2:42.  ...they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.


Read More: http://www.winonadailynews.com/opinion/columnists/vince-hatt-fight-over-protestant-reformation-is-history/article_9f9025d2-dbaf-5504-8296-4b833c47fd36.html

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Migration, Reformation center of Pope Francis’s meeting with German president.

Pope Francis and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier spoke about both the economic and religious status of Europe, and the world as a whole.

Read More:
https://cruxnow.com/cna/2017/10/09/migration-reformation-center-pope-franciss-meeting-german-president/

                                                  “All the World Wondered…” Revelation 13:3

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         Why Sweden is close to becoming a cashless economy.
   
Sweden is the most cashless society on the planet, with barely 1% of the value of 
    all payments made using coins or notes last year. So how did the Nordic nation get
    so far ahead of the rest of us?

                                    Read More:  http://www.bbc.com/news/business-41095004

       And 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.” Revelation 13:15-17
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    Kirk Cameron says God sent hurricanes to teach us 'humility'.  
The former Growing Pains star and evangelical Christian has taken to Facebook to post a finger-wagging message that declares God sent the incredibly destructive and devastating Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma as divine punishment for our collective sins and to teach us “humility.”

Read More: http://ew.com/tv/2017/09/08/kirk-cameron-hurricanes-wtf/  
 
These calamities will increase more and more, one disaster will follow close upon the heels of another; and those who make void the law of God will point to the few who are keeping the Sabbath of the fourth commandment as the ones who are bringing wrath upon the world. This falsehood is Satan’s device that he may ensnare the unwary.” Signs of the Times, January 17, 1884.

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   Entire towns in Mexico flattened as scale of earthquake damage emerges  
    
   
Thousands of left homeless in towns and communities outside Mexico City as official    
     rescue and relief efforts struggle to cope with the widespread destruction. The death
     toll from Tuesday’s 7.1 magnitude quake
rose to 282.
    
          Luke 21:11. And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences;
                                 and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.


  Read More: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/21/entire-towns-in-mexico-flattened-as-scale-of-earthquake-damage-emerges?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=244655&subid=3504036&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2

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    After 500 Years, Reformation-Era Divisions Have Lost Much of Their Potency.   
                                                                                                                                                                                        As Protestants prepare to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, new Pew Research Centre surveys show that in both Western Europe and the United States, the theological differences that split Western Christianity in the 1500s have diminished to a degree that might have shocked Christians in past centuries.                             
  
 Read More: 
http://www.pewforum.org/2017/08/31/after-500-years-reformation-era-divisions-have-lost-much-of-their-potency/

“When the leading churches of the United States, uniting upon such points of doctrine as are held by them in common, shall influence the state to enforce their decrees and to sustain their institutions, then Protestant America will have formed an image of the Roman hierarchy, and the infliction of civil penalties upon dissenters will inevitably result.” The Great Controversy, page 445.

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        Jewish leadership, Vatican discuss collaboration on common interests.    
    
    
The Vatican and European Jewish leadership discussed their mutual interests in
     combating racism and what they perceive as a disappearing freedom of religion. 

  
                                               “All the World Wondered…” Revelation 13:3

Read More: http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Jewish-leadership-Vatican-discuss-collaboration-on-common-interests-504083

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                 Trump Threatens to 'Totally Destroy North Korea.
President Donald Trump dispensed with diplomacy at the United Nations, vowing in his maiden speech to the General Assembly that the United States “will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea” if it is forced to defend itself or its allies. 

        Read More:
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/09/trump-un-speech/540264/

     Men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth.
                         Luke 21:26.
 

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        A stunned Puerto Rico seeks to rebuild after Hurricane Maria.   
 The extent of the damage is unknown given that dozens of municipalities remained isolated
 and without communication after Maria hit the island Wednesday morning as a Category 4
 storm with 155 mph winds, the strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in over 80 years.  
  The day of test and purification is just upon us. Signs of a most startling character appear, in floods, in hurricanes, in
  tornadoes, in cloudbursts, in casualties by land and by sea, that proclaim the approach of the end of all things. The
  judgments of God are falling on the world, that men may be awakened to the fact that Christ will come speedily.” 
    The Review and Herald, November 8, 1892.

Read More:
https://www.onenewsnow.com/ap/world/a-stunned-puerto-rico-seeks-to-rebuild-after-hurricane-maria?utm_source=OneNewsNow&utm_medium=email&utm_term=16788398&utm_content=85741766271506800&utm_campaign=31263

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Death toll climbs as volunteers join search for Mexico earthquake survivors. 
Rescue workers backed by an army of untrained volunteers searched for survivors buried under mounds of  rubble as the death toll from Tuesday’s powerful earthquake climbed to at least 237 across central Mexico.
         And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful
         sights and great signs from heaven.
Luke 21:11

Read More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/20/mexico-earthquake-volunteers-survivors-rescue?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=244496&subid=3504036&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2


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         France ramps up ‘hate speech’ laws for ‘transphobia’ offenders.     
    
Never say anything slanderous, insulting or that promotes discrimination against homosexuals or transsexuals in
    France, even in private. And remember that discrimination and hate speech have a much broader meaning than
    you might think:

   Read More:
  https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/france-ramps-up-hate-speech-laws-for-transphobia-offenders
                            
                                                 “Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot.” Luke 17:28.

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          Unregulated schools are incubators for terrorism, warns UK.    
Unregulated schools are a breeding ground for terrorism, a senior British official has warned as the government faced continuing questions over its ability to crack down on extremist mosque-run madrassas.  

Read More: 
https://www.thenational.ae/world/europe/unregulated-schools-are-incubators-for-terrorism-warns-uk-1.625905  

        The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. Genesis 6:11.


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                               'Undeniable': Hostility toward free religious exercise in U.S. 
   

   An updated survey documents the fact that 2016 was another banner year for violations of
   Americans' religious freedoms the Constitution is supposed to protect.   

   Read More:
https://www.onenewsnow.com/legal-courts/2017/09/15/undeniable-hostility-toward-free-religious-exercise-in-us

                                           ...lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,   2 Tim 3:4

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      Australia same-sex marriage vote: PM comes out for Yes.  
Australian political leaders, including Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, have come out in support of a campaign for same-sex marriage. More than 20,000 people gathered in Sydney to campaign ahead of a non-binding postal vote on changing Australia's marriage act.  

                             Read More:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-41217576    
  
    On the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed
    them all. Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
 Luke 17:27-28: 

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              Britain Forges Ahead With Anti-Extremism Commission.  

LONDON — Imagine an environmentalist, a pro-life Catholic, a street preacher, an investigative journalist, and a peace activist all sitting in jail awaiting trial for the same offense holding extreme views.                    

     Read More:  http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/britain-forges-ahead-with-anti-extremism-commission    

                        Then they will deliver you up to tribulation... Matthew 24:9

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       With Support of Parliament, Scotland Consecrated to Immaculate Heart of Mary.
​  

‘We consecrate Scotland to you, all that we have, all that we love, all that we are. ’Scotland
  has been consecrated to Our Lady, by the Scottish Bishops, with the full support of the 
  Scottish Parliament.


  “The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand
 of spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the influence of
 this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience.”
             
The Great Controversy, page 588.


Read More: http://www.ncregister.com/blog/joannabogle/with-support-of-parliament-bishops-consecrate-scotland-to-the-immaculate-he

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       After 500 years, Europe’s Reformation scars have all but healed, study finds.  
 
Five centuries after the Reformation triggered a series of long and bloody religious wars across
  Europe, modern-day Protestants and Catholics believe they have more in common theologically
  than they do differences, and most would be willing to accept each other as neighbours and
  family members.
                     
“All the world wondered…” Revelation 13:3.

                                     Read More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/31/reformation-protestant-catholic-europe-scars-healed-study

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    Gay people are to blame for Hurricane Harvey, Christian leaders say. 7th Sep.

Though evidence shows that the storm and flooding in Texas was caused mainly by climate change and the weather, a handful of evangelical leaders are suggesting it was because of
the LGBT community.


Read More: 
http://metro.co.uk/2017/09/06/gay-people-are-to-blame-for-hurricane-harvey-christian-leaders-say-6906447/

He will withdraw His blessings from the earth and remove His protecting care from those who are rebelling against His law and teaching and forcing others to do the same. The Great Controversy, page 589.

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  What’s changed in Britain since same-sex marriage? 7th September.  
  
​
Four years later, the very same people who made ‘heartfelt promises’, now work tirelessly to undermine them.
Equalities minister Justine Greening, has insisted that churches must be made to: Keep up with modern attitudes...

Read More:  https://www.spectator.com.au/2017/09/whats-changed-in-britain-since-same-sex-marriage/  


             “Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot.” Luke 17:28.​              

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  President Trump signs declaration making Sunday a 'National Day of Prayer'  1st Sep

President Trump signed a proclamation on Friday declaring Sunday a "National Day of Prayer" for the state of Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.   

Read More:
http://www.wkbw.com/weather/president-trump-signs-declaration-making-sunday-a-national-day-of-prayer 

All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.    Revelation 13:8.

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    Parolin, Kirill: we have reached a 'new stage' in Church relations.  23rd Aug     
   This stage, they said, is thanks not only to Pope Francis' meeting with Patriarch Kirill in Havana
   in February 2016, but is also due to the loaning of the relics of St. Nicholas to Russia over the
   summer, drawing millions of Orthodox faithful for veneration.    

      Read More:
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/parolin-kirill-we-have-reached-a-new-stage-in-church-relations-52456/  

                                                               “All the world wondered.” Revelation 13:3.

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Harvey to be costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, estimated cost of $190 billion.

   Hurricane Harvey could be the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history with a potential price tag of
  $190 billion, according to a preliminary estimate from private weather firm AccuWeather.


                                 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:
2 Tim 3:1

Read More: https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2017/08/30/harvey-costliest-natural-disaster-u-s-history-estimated-cost-160-billion/615708001/

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      WCC leaders meet Pope Francis in Rome.  4th August 
   
[WCC] In an audience with Pope Francis in the Vatican, the World Council of Churches Central Committee
   moderator, Dr Agnes Abuom, and WCC General Secretary,  Revd Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, discussed how
   Christian unity is vital in bringing a true sense of justice to issues the world is facing today.

          Read More:
http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2017/08/wcc-leaders-meet-pope-francis-in-rome.aspx

                     Daniel 2:42.  ...they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.

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      Twitter Censorship: Pastor's Ad for Book on Traditional Marriage
       is Labeled 'Hate Content'.   
Friday, July 28, 2017     

Twitter has reportedly denied the request of a pastor to use the social media network to advertise his new book which promotes a traditional view of marriage...    
"In fact, I address different issues — homosexuality, adultery, divorce, pornography and other like issues," he said. "I don't give any special weight to homosexuality. I do give tremendous weight to God's forgiveness, God's judgment versus our judgment."

    
      Read More:  
http://www.christianheadlines.com/blog/twitter-censorship-pastor-s-ad-for-book-on-traditional-marriage-is-labeled-hate-content.html   

                                                 “Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot.” Luke 17:28.

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         European Bishops meet upcoming Estonian president of EU.  Aug 22nd 2017   
  
A delegation from COMECE met in Tallinn on August 18 with the Estonian Prime Minister, 
  Jüri Ratas, and the Minister of Internal Affairs, Andres Anvelt, in order to discuss common
  concerns as well as the most urgent priorities of the Estonian presidency of the Council of
  the European Union.  
                                  Read More: 
http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/33235    
               
                                              “All the world wondered…” Revelation 13:3.

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  Let Church teaching pervade your work, Pope Francis tells Catholic politicians. 
 

Pope Francis received a group of Catholic lawmakers from around the world on Sunday, telling them their work must build bridges with others and bring Catholic teaching into    public life. “As long as the contribution of the Church to the great questions of society in
our time can be put into discussion,” he said, “it is vital that your commitment be constantly pervaded by her moral and social teachings, in order to build a more humane and just society.

             Read More: 
http://www.ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/Vatican.php?id=16163           
                      ... And shall intend to change times and law. Daniel 7:25

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 Pope encourages Methodists and Waldensians to walk path to full Christian unity.  
     
      Pope Francis has urged Methodist and Waldensian Churches to continue to walk together with
      the Catholic Church on the path towards full Christian unity...   21/8/2017

    
        Read More:
http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/08/21/pope_methodists_and_waldensians__full_christian_unity/1331917  

                                      “All the world wondered…” Revelation 13:3.

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        First cash, now India could ditch card payments by 2020. January 19, 2017

  If you thought India's decision to ban 86% of its cash was ambitious, wait until
  you hear what it may do next.


     Read More: http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/19/technology/india-cash-biometric-payments-davos/index.html       

       And 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.” Revelation 13:15-17
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                 Spain gripped in nationwide manhunt after terror spree.  18th Aug 2017    
     
      Spanish police have launched a nationwide manhunt for a group of wanted
      Moroccan suspects after the terror attacks in Spain earlier this week. 
    

    Men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth.
                         Luke 21:26.
 
   Read More:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/08/18/spain-gripped-in-nationwide-manhunt-after-terror-spree.html


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           'God has given Trump authority to take out
                Kim Jong Un,' evangelical adviser says.   

 "When it comes to how we should deal with evil doers, the Bible, in the book
of Romans, is very clear: God has endowed rulers full power to use whatever    means necessary - including war - to stop evil," Jeffress said. "In the case of       North Korea, God has given Trump authority to take out Kim Jong Un."    

                                                                                                                                                    
But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled; for such things must
happen, but the end is not yet. Mark 13:7.
  

                Read More:  http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/

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               Christian unity in a multi-religious world.   May 2017.     
  The planners of the workshop stated that this year’s gathering was “a time to remember reforms, reformers and reformations in the life of the church. And it is a time
to work together on our common journey to heal the wounds of discord and separation so that the world may believe.”    

       All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life
       of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Revelation 13:8.


                    Read More:  http://catholicstarherald.org/christian-unity-in-a-multi-religious-world/

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   Evangelical Advisor to Trump Calls for Solidarity with the Vatican.   8/8/2017.   
Political tensions have maligned relationships between the evangelical and Catholic communities. Now evangelical leaders are pushing for unity with the Vatican.
    Johnnie Moore, evangelical advisor to President Donald Trump, has penned a letter to Pope Francis calling for a resolution of this conflict. Moore is an active advocate for the persecuted Church and hopes to resolve tensions so that the two Church sects can work harmoniously.   


                                                 “All the World Wondered…” Revelation 13:3

Read More:     https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2017/august/evangelical-advisor-to-trump-calls-for-solidarity-with-the-vatican

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             Australian leader says 'gay marriage' could be law this year.

        Australia’s prime minister said Tuesday that Parliament could legalize gay
         marriage this year if the nation’s voters endorse it in a rare nonbinding poll
         in November.  
7th August.
.

                     
“Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot.” Luke 17:28.


Read More:  https://www.onenewsnow.com/ap/world/australian-leader-says-gay-marriage-could-be-law-this-year?utm_source=OneNewsNow&utm_medium=email&utm_term=16787968&utm_content=85741766271506800&utm_campaign=30636

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 Wisconsin Software Co. Employees could use Microchips to make purchases.

Wisconsin software design company, Three Square Market, is the first U.S. technology company
to offer its employees microchip implants.  10th Aug

                                                                                                                                                       Many people think that microchip technology is the mark of the beast. While that is not the case (Revelation 13 makes it clear that false worship is the mark of the beast), a microchip could easily be used to help enforce the no-buy-no-sell law that the beast imposes on those who refuse to comply with the coming worship law. This would be a first step toward that ultimate outcome.

“And 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.” Rev13:17.

Read More:   http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2017/08/02/wisconsin-employees-able-to-make-purchases-with-implanted-microchip.html

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Twitter Bans Ad Promotion of 'One Man One Woman' Marriage Book, Calls It 'Hate'   


Twitter has rejected a pastor's request to use the social media site's advertising platform
to promote a tweet highlighting his new book advocating for a traditional Christian belief
in marriage.
                                    "Likewise also, as it was in the days of Lot…” Luke 17:28.


                                   Read More:
http://www.christianpost.com/news/twitter-bans-ad-promotion-of-one-man-one-woman-marriage-book-calls-it-hate-193466/

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     All faiths must unite to fight climate change, clergy urge. 27th July.     
 Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders meet at the Jerusalem Press Club during       a hot summer to encourage awareness and action.  
   On July 26, in the midst of a Jerusalem heat wave and heated conflicts over the Temple Mount, a group of Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders met at the Jerusalem Press Club to encourage people of all faiths to help curb climate change.
                          The unity of religious leaders is part of the fulfilling of this prophecy..

    Read More:    https://www.israel21c.org/all-faiths-must-unite-to-fight-climate-change-clergy-urge/

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              House: Who's Inside This Spiritual Awakening?  31st Sep
    Some of the most powerful people in America have been gathering weekly 
    to learn more about God's Word, and this Trump Cabinet Bible study is 
    making history.
       They've been called the most evangelical Cabinet in history – men and
    women who don't mince words when it comes to where they stand on 
    God and the Bible. 
                               Read:
The Great Controversy, page 591.

           Read More:
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2017/july/bible-studies-at-the-white-house-whos-at-the-heart-of-this-spiritual-awakening 

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                Callista Gingrich Nominated As Ambassador To The Vatican.  20th May..  

President Trump's choice to represent the United States at the Vatican, Callista Gingrich, has one especially prominent achievement as a Catholic: She is responsible for her husband, former House speaker Newt Gingrich, converting to Roman Catholicism in 2009. 

Read More:
http://www.npr.org/2017/05/20/529276806/callista-gingrich-nominated-as-ambassador-to-the-vatican  

“The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the
hand of spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the
influence of this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience.”
The Great Controversy, page 588.


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                                   Antifa Phenomena Growing Quickly.      
         
The election of President Donald Trump has seen a surge in activity from Antifa, 
        a radical collection of protestors whose confrontational tactics have spurred 
        controversy, violence, and confusion across the United States.     

     
“The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.” Genesis 6:11.
 
                                       Read More: https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/what-is-antifa/

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         Cardinal Says Separation of Church and State Doesn’t Work.   26th July 2017

One of Pope Francis’s closest advisers has said “a strict separation of Church and State will
“never work” and has appealed for greater co-operation between the two going forward. 


Jesus said, “Render unto Caesar, the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are Gods,”
 
                                     Matthew 22:21, effectively separating church and state.



Read More: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/separation-of-churchstate-never-works-says-popes-special-adviser-35929626.html

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                    People to be allowed to pick their own gender without doctor's
                                        diagnosis, under Government plans.  
July 2017
     The Government is planning to reform gender identity rules to make it easier for people to choose their own gender
      in law.  Under plans being considered by ministers, adults will be able to change their birth certificates at will  
      without a doctor’s diagnosis, while non-binary gender people will be able to record their gender as “X”.    
 

      The end-time prophecy of the Bible predicting the push for LGBT equality and recognition has reached a new level of fulfilment.


                                          “Likewise also, as it was in the days of Lot…” Luke 17:28.     

Read More:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/transgender-rules-reform-gender-dysphoria-changes-2004-gender-recognition-self-identify-a7855381.html

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 Voice and authority of religion is key in fight against extremism, says UN chief. 

But U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, a practicing Roman Catholic with a deep Christian faith, has addressed the faith community in New York on how it can help in combatting the violent extremism
of groups claiming religion is their motivation.    25th July 2017

“For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.”      1 Thessalonians 5:3.


Read More:
http://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/voice-and-authority-of-religion-is-key-in-fight-against-extremism-says-un-chief/60381.htm

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                     Visa Just Made Restaurants an Offer They Can’t Refuse.                         

      With 70% of the world, or more than 5 billion people, connected via mobile device by 2020, we have an
       incredible opportunity to educate merchants and consumers alike on the effectiveness of going cashless,
       according to Jack Forestell, head of global merchant solutions at Visa.    

       And 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.” Revelation 13:15-17
.
 

 
         Read More: http://fortune.com/2017/07/13/visa-just-made-restaurants-an-offer-they-cant-refuse/     
  

                                                     Read More: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/07/15/Visa-offers-500K-for-eateries-to-stop-accepting-cash/2291500133004/

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                     GOP moves to allow politics in the pulpit.  18th July 2017 

The religious right, with a big boost from President Donald Trump, is close to effectively ending a 63-year-old law banning churches from endorsing or opposing political candidates.
House Republicans have quietly inserted into a spending bill a provision that limits the Internal Revenue Service’s ability to investigate religious organizations for violating the law.

The dignitaries of church and state will unite to bribe, persuade, or compel all classes to honor the Sunday.
The lack of divine authority will be supplied by oppressive enactments.” The Great Controversy, page 592.


Read More: http://www.recorder.com/Trump-wants-to-legalize-politics-in-the-pulpit-The-GOP-House-is-quietly-helping-11357523

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  Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft join up to battle terrorist content.

     Amid concern about the recent spate of terror attacks, some of the world's largest technology
     companies are teaming up in an effort to put a stop to terrorist content on their platforms. 
            In a joint announcement on June 26, Facebook, YouTube, Microsoft and Twitter said they 
     were forming a global forum -- dubbed the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism to allow
     the companies "to take a hard line against terrorist or violent extremist content on our hosted
     consumer services."

     

                                            Read More: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/06/27/facebook-youtube-twitter-and-microsoft-join-up-to-battle-terrorist-content.html
                                
                                                       Read More: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/06/19/google-announces-youtube-terror-video-clampdown.html

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   Attacks On America’s First Freedom Increased 76 Percent In Three Years..     
Yes, the Hostility to Religious Freedom Is Growing. Generations later, hostility to religion in the public square of the United States has grown significantly. The changes may seem incremental until one compares the social situation at the time of our founding with our present state. Religion was embraced then, and is censored now. It was esteemed at that time; these days it is often disparaged
.    
                                                        Read: The Great Controversy, page 441.
               
                      
Read More:
https://thefederalist.com/2017/07/03/report-attacks-on-americas-first-freedom-increased-76-percent-in-three-years/

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      Germany approves plans to fine social media firms up to €50m.

   
Measure requires social media platforms to remove obviously illegal hate speech and
   other postings within 24 hours of receiving a notification.
Social media companies face
   fines of up to €50m (£43m) if they persistently fail to remove illegal content from their
   sites under a new law passed in Germany. 
30th June.    

​
 Read More: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jun/30/germany-approves-plans-to-fine-social-media-firms-up-to-50m#img-1

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      Donald Trump And Neil Gorsuch Have The Religious
      Right Thinking Big—Really Big.  4th July.

The U.S. President’s team of strategists are seeking to undo what they see as federal overreach are looking back as far as the New Deal, and some even further, to the Progressive era at the turn of the 20th Century. With Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court and hundreds of Gorsuch-like judicial nominations in the pipeline, they’re making big plans.
Read More:
http://www.nationalmemo.com/donald-trump-neil-gorsuch-religious-right-thinking-big-really-big/

When religious conservatives gain political power, religious laws will inevitably follow. “And he exercise all the power of the first beast before him, and causes the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.”          Revelation 13:12.

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    Trump promised to destroy the Johnson Amendment.

     President Trump signs an executive order aimed at easing an IRS rule limiting
     political activity for religious organizations on May 4 in the Rose Garden of the
      White House.
  30th June

     Political corruption is destroying love of justice and regard for truth; and even in free
     America, rulers and legislators, in order to secure public favour, will yield to the popular
     demand for a law enforcing Sunday observance. Liberty of conscience, which has cost
      so great a sacrifice, will no longer be respected.” The Great Controversy, Page 592.     
           
Read More:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/06/30/trump-promised-to-destroy-the-johnson-amendment-congress-is-targeting-it-now/?utm_term=.33dfb5cb2822

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  In China, A Cashless Trend Is Taking Hold With Mobile Payments. 29th June 
 

People in China have been paying cash for things for thousands of years, long before other civilizations. Now, increasingly, they're paying with their cell phones. Chinese spent $5.5 trillion through mobile payment platforms        last year, about 50 times the amount in the U.S., according to reports.

                              Revelation 13:17. ...That no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark...

Read More:
http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/06/29/534846403/in-china-a-cashless-trend-is-taking-hold-with-mobile-payments

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       At long last, Germany’s bells are ringing for same-sex marriage. 30th June

        Gay couples now have the same rights as everyone else to tie the knot and their families
         no longer need to feel second class and they will be able to adopt children. 


          Luke 17:27-28:  On the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed
                                    them all. 30 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
  


                 Read More:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/30/same-sex-marriage-bill-passed-germany-equal-family-rights      

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                            India leads globally in adoption of biometric tech. June 2017
With advancements in the field of biometric technology, India has topped globally in adoption of biometrics techniques, says a report. “On an average, people in India (9 per cent) are three times more likely than any other country (3 per cent) surveyed to have used ‘iris recognition’ to identify themselves...  

           And 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.” Revelation 13:17.


Read More: http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/india-leads-globally-in-adoption-of-biometric-tech-report-4677885/

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      Commonwealth Bank tech chief foreshadows cashless Australia.
8th June 2017

      Commonwealth Bank of Australia's top technology executive has tipped a cashless society in coming years, with the 
       possibility customers could soon be charged to make banking transactions in cash.


     Read more:
 
    
https://twitter.com/SaysSmithy/status/872699124998524928

                                   Revelation 13:17. ...That no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark...

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       Visakhapatnam To Become The ‘First Cashless City' In The World.
Visakhapatnam is reportedly all prepped up to become the ‘first cashless city’ in the world a span of 12 months. After Paytm setting up its office here, payment network Visa has joined hands with the Andhra Pradesh government at Davos for the same. 7th June 2017

                                Read More:  
https://www.yovizag.com/cashless-city-visakhapatnam/    

         And 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.” Revelation 13:17.


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                 Japan passes 'brutal' new terror law which opponents
                                    fear will quash freedoms. 
Thursday 15th June
      
     Japan
has passed a controversial law targeting conspiracies to commit terrorism
      and other serious crimes, despite a warning by the UN that it could be used to
      crack down on civil liberties.
  
But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the
   synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and rulers for My name’s sake. Luke 21:12


                    Read More: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/15/japan-passes-brutal-new-terror-law-which-opponents-fear-will-quash-freedoms

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    Theresa May: UK will change human rights laws if needed for terror fight.
British Prime Minister Theresa May says human rights laws will be changed “if they get in the way” of the country’s fight against terror. May said she would seek to introduce longer prison terms for those convicted of terrorist offenses and make it easier to “deport foreign terrorist suspects.” 
           Read More:
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/07/europe/theresa-may-terrorism-human-rights/index.html

                              We must work “while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.” John 9:4.

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                 Scottish Episcopal Church Approves Gay Marriage.  9th June 2017
  
The Scottish Episcopal Church voted on Thursday to redefine marriage to include same-sex couples, becoming the first major
    U.K. church to break from the Anglican majority, which defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman.
    The
change to canon law on marriage was agreed by the required two-thirds majority in each section of the synod — the
    bishops, clergy and laity. Sixty-seven percent of clergy and 80 percent of bishops and laity voted in favour of gay marriage.


              Luke 17:27-28:  On the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed
                                         them all. 30 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.


Read More: http://www.christianpost.com/news/scottish-episcopal-church-approves-gay-marriage-opponents-broken-by-move-that-harms-unity-187162/#3kt1Lusk3XE6Y0gk.99

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                   It’s the end of the world and we know it: Scientists
                           in many disciplines see apocalypse soon.  
1st May 2017
Stephen Hawking is one of many scientists who see the possible near-term demise of our species. While apocalyptic beliefs about the end of the world have, historically, been the subject of religious speculation, they are increasingly common among some of the leading scientists today.

                                Luke 21:26.  Men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which
                                                  are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.


Read More:
  http://www.salon.com/2017/04/30/its-the-end-of-the-world-and-we-know-it-scientists-in-many-disciplines-see-apocalypse-soon/

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               Theresa May says the internet must now be regulated.   June 2017                   
    New international agreements should be introduced to regulate the internet in the light of the
    London Bridge terror attack, Theresa May has said.
       The Prime Minister said introducing new rules for cyberspace would “deprive the extremists
    of their safe spaces online” and that technology firms were not currently doing enough.

  
         Read More: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-internet-regulated-london-bridge-terror-attack-google-facebook-whatsapp-borough-security-a7771896.html             

                       We must work “while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.” John 9:4.

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           16 Killed and Hundreds Injured in Moscow Storm.    May 30 2017     
Sixteen deaths and more than 200 injuries have been reported following a massive storm that hit Moscow
on Monday. Eleven of the casualties occurred in the city itself, while five occurred in the surrounding suburbs. More than 100 people, including nearly
two dozen children, remain the hospital. Russia’s Interfax news agency is calling the storm one of the deadliest in more than a century.  
Read More:
https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/05/16-killed-hundreds-injured-moscow-storm/528564/   
   
The restraining Spirit of God is even now being withdrawn from the world. Hurricanes, storms, tempests, fire and flood, disasters by sea and land, follow each other in quick succession. Science seeks to explain all these. The signs thickening around us, telling of the near approach of the Son of God, are attributed to any other than the true cause. Men cannot discern the sentinel angels restraining the four winds that they shall not blow until the servants of God are sealed; but when God shall bid His angels loose the winds, there will be such a scene of strife as no pen can picture.” Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 6, page 408.

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                        Does America need a More Violent Christianity?     June 2017  
   Religious Right activist “Coach” Dave Daubenmire declared on his “Pass The Salt Live” webcast this
   morning
 that America needs “a more violent Christianity.” He cited President Trump and Greg Gianforte
   as examples of violent men who are properly “walking in authority.”  “The only thing that is going to save
   Western civilization is a more aggressive, a more violent Christianity,” he said.  

   Read More:
http://www.alternet.org/right-wing/leading-right-wing-christian-figure-calls-more-violent-christianity  

              John 16:2. yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service.

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        Pope Francis Receives President of Ireland. 22nd May 2017
The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins met with Pope Francis on May 22. According to a statement released by the Holy See Press Office, the discussions were cordial and highlighted the good existing relations between the Holy See and Ireland.
                            Read More:
https://zenit.org/articles/pope-francis-receives-president-of-ireland/      

                                                           “All the World Wondered…” Revelation 13:3


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                         Melania Trump: A Practicing Roman Catholic?      31 May 2017

  Melania Trump reveals she is Catholic: The First Lady shares her faith with the world after
  meeting the Pope as the first Catholic to live in White House since JFK
  Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4539392/Melania-Catholic-White-House-Kennedy.html#ixzz4i8LLVsJw    

                                                  “All the World Wondered…” Revelation 13:3


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          China Speeds Toward A Cashless Economy.   May 2017   
On April 17, one of China’s largest banks, the Bank of Communications, launched a new “mobile credit card” product making it the first bank to make a credit card’s features completely digital: from the initial card application, to approval, issue and use, the entire process occurs online.  
Read More:
https://www.worldcrunch.com/business-finance/china-speeds-toward-a-cashless-economy  

Also Read:  http://www.valuewalk.com/2017/05/bitcoin-cashless-society/?all=1

                          Revelation 13:17. ...That no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark...

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 Trump 'determined to pursue peace' after Pope meeting. 25th May

  US President Donald Trump has said he is "more determined than ever" to pursue peace in the world after 
  meeting Pope Francis at the Vatican.

  He was granted a short private audience with the head of the Catholic Church on the latest leg of his overseas trip.


              Read More: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/331550/trump-determined-to-pursue-peace-after-pope-meeting

But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. 2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them....  1 Thessalonians 5:1-3

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                     Trump to Pope Francis at the Vatican: 'We can use peace'  24th May
VATICAN CITY — President Trump promised Wednesday to take to heart privately exchanged words with Pope Francis, after the two met for the first time and put aside their clashing views.

“Thank you. Thank you. I won't forget what you said,” Trump told Francis at the end of the 30-minute, closed-door visit...

"Honor of a lifetime to meet His Holiness Pope Francis. I leave the Vatican more determined than ever to pursue PEACE in our world," Trump tweeted.

           And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, 
            whose deadly wound was healed. Revelation 13:12.

       Read More:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/24/president-trump-meets-pope-frances-vatican/102091342/?csp=breakingnews


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                    UK on the verge of becoming a cashless society.  3th May 2017
   Moving with the times: despite the release of the new £1 coin, the UK's move to a cashless 
   society is accelerating. The UK is swiftly becoming a cashless society. Despite the fact that
   the new pound coin was introduced into circulation a month ago on 28th March 2017, it’s
   taking a long time to penetrate into society with a large proportion (43%) of the UK
   population still yet received one.
   Read More:
http://www.information-age.com/uk-verge-becoming-cashless-payment-society-123466029/

                              Revelation 13:17. ...That no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark...

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                      Trump faces a higher authority: Pope Francis.
Historically, the relationship between American presidents and pontiffs is a complicated one. But seldom has a first meeting been as awkward as the upcoming one between Donald Trump and Pope Francis.
When Trump sits down with the spiritual leader of America’s 50-plus million Catholics next Wednesday, he’ll be face-to-face with perhaps the only person with a bigger global megaphone than his own.

                        Read More: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/19/trump-vatican-pope-francis-238522

                                                                     “All the World Wondered…” Revelation 13:3

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         More Americans Now Believe Bible Is a Book of Fables, Not Literal Word of God.       
  
  More Americans now believe that the Bible is a book of fables and history than those who believe
   it's the literal Word of God, a
Gallup poll released Monday has found, and even fewer than a third
   of Christians say it's to be taken literally.

  

                      Read More:
http://www.christianpost.com/news/americans-believe-bible-book-of-fables-not-literal-word-of-god-gallup-183718/#fIOVZJfY7BcFHOMi.99

“It is one thing to treat the Bible as a book of good moral instruction, to be heeded so far as is consistent with the spirit of the times and our position in the world; it is another thing to regard it as it really is—the word of the living God, the word that is our life, the word that is to mold our actions, our words, and our thoughts. To hold God’s word as anything less than this is to reject it. And this rejection by those who profess to believe it, is foremost among the causes of skepticism and infidelity in the youth.” Education, page 260.

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World faces worst humanitarian crisis since 1945, says UN official.
The world faces the largest humanitarian crisis since the end of the second world war with more than 20 million people in four countries facing starvation and famine, a senior United Nations official has warned.

Without collective and coordinated global efforts, “people will simply starve to death” and “many more will suffer and die from disease”, Stephen O’Brien, the UN under secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, told the security council in New York on Friday.

Read More: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/11/world-faces-worst-humanitarian-crisis-since-1945-says-un-official  

             Luke 21:11. And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences;
                                 and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.


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                Malaysia to open embassy in the Vatican.  9th May 2017       
        KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman will officially open the Malay­sian Embassy
        in the Vatican during a visit to the Holy See.

        “The opening of the embassy marks an important milestone and will elevate relations between Malaysia
          and the Holy See to greater heights,” the foreign ministry said in a statement.

         During this inaugural visit, which begins on Tuesday (May 9), Anifah is scheduled to meet his counterpart,
         the Most Reverend Archbishop Paul Gallagher, and Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
 
         Both sides are keen to collaborate on efforts to promote inter-religious dialogue and understanding.

                            
                                  Read More:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/malaysia-to-open-embassy-in-the-vatican-8829670
  
                                                                          “All the World Wondered…” Revelation 13:3

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         The Graven Image of Fatima to Visit the United Nations in New York..    May 1st 2017

May 12, 2017 will be the second time that the statue of “Our Lady of Fatima will visit the United Nations. May 13 is the 100th anniversary celebration of the Fatima apparitions. The first visit of the statue to the UN was in 1952...

Read More:  http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/our-lady-of-fatima-is-coming-to-the-united-nations-87835/

Also notice in the story that the emphasis is all on Mary, not on Christ. The commandments of God are mentioned, they are really of no significance in light of the graven image that will be visiting the UN in New York. 

                                                                             “All the World Wondered…” Revelation 13:3

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                                   DGB boss Hoffmann promotes Sunday's rest.   10th May 2017
The chairman of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), Reiner Hoffmann, has spoken out for Sunday's rest. Der DGB sei in dieser Frage „ganz eng bei den Kirchen“, sagte er der „Westdeutschen Allgemeinen Zeitung“. The DGB is "very close to the churches", he told the "Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung". 
 Read More: 
http://translate.google.com/translate?act=url&depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&nv=1&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=http://m.paz-online.de/Nachrichten/Wirtschaft/Uebersicht/DGB-Chef-Hoffmann-wirbt-fuer-Sonntagsruhe

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Donald Trump hoping to use first foreign trip to unite religions against extremism.   4th May

Donald Trump will travel to Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican later this month on a mission to unite three of the world's most prominent religions against intolerance, terrorism and Iran. Speaking from the Rose Garden during an event dedicated to religious liberties, Mr Trump said he would use the trip - his first foreign foray since becoming president - to build cooperation between Muslims, Christians and Jews for fighting terrorism.

Read More: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/04/donald-trump-hoping-use-first-foreign-trip-unite-religions-against/

                        But they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.” Daniel 2:43

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         'We Will Be One People, Under One God, Saluting One American Flag'.
    
​         Donald Trump, promising in a speech in Philadelphia on Wednesday to return prosperity and security                 to the U.S., vowed to create "one American nation" that will be "under one God."
          "We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag," Trump declared from a podium
            in front of a half dozen American flags
.   10th May 2017

               Read More: http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/trump-flag-one-god/2016/09/07/id/747125/
                
    Although church and state will unite their power to compel "all, both small and great, rich and poor, free
    and bond" (Revelation 13:16), to receive "the mark of the ...                                                 
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 www.whiteestate.org/devotional/mar/06_29.asp 

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                                                Cashless Society Getting Closer.

More than a third of Europeans and Americans would be happy to go without cash and rely on electronic forms of payment
if they could, and at least 20 percent already pretty much do so, a study showed on Wednesday.
The study, which was conducted in 13 European countries, the United States and Australia, also found that in many places where cash is most used, people are among the keenest to ditch it.

  Read More: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-economy-cash-idUSKBN17S001

       April 26th 2017             Revelation 13:17. ...That no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark...

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   Trump order frees tax-exempt churches to be more politically active.
     Thursday 4th May
    
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that allows
      tax-exempt churches to more actively participate in politics and could free religious
      organizations to deny employees insurance coverage for birth-control pills.
      Read More:
    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-religion-idUSKBN18025T
  
Although church and state will unite their power to compel "all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond"
                                                                                          (Revelation 13:16), to receive "the mark of the ...        
      www.whiteestate.org/devotional/mar/06_29.asp

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         Pope Francis and Trump to meet despite disagreements.

Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Francis will receive US President Donald Trump at the Vatican on May 24, the first official meeting for the two leaders who have found themselves starkly at odds on issues including migration and climate change.

Trump's morning audience with Francis will come just days before he is scheduled to attend a G7 summit meeting in Sicily.

      And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound
      was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. Revelation 13:3.


 Web Link:     https://www.yahoo.com/news/pope-francis-receive-donald-trump-may-24-vatican-162818459.html             

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                    Russia Bans Jehovah’s Witnesses.   25th April

     In a blow to religious liberty, Russia’s Supreme Court has banned Jehovah’s Witnesses from
     operating anywhere in the country. The high court accepted a request from the justice ministry
     identifying the religious organization as an extremist group.
The court ordered the closure of the
     group’s Russian headquarters and its 395 local chapters, as well as the seizure of its property.


    Will your church also face the same challenges some day in countries all around the world? The Bible
    predicts that those who do not go along with the ecumenical movement and the soon-coming worship laws 
    will be considered extremists, experience religious discrimination and suffer persecution.
                                        See Psalm 94:20-  22 and Revelation 13:15-17.

Web Link: http://www.wral.com/supreme-court-bans-jehovah-s-witnesses-in-russia/16655354/

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                              WARNING TO PARENTS
                                     Disney shows gay kiss in a children’s cartoon for first time.
The Walt Disney Company pushed the LGBT envelope a little further by airing its first on-screen gay kiss on an animated children’s program. This comes the same week that the children’s entertainment giant announced there will be an “exclusively gay moment” featured in the new live action version of Beauty and the Beast.   17th April.   Read more on link:
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   Web Link: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/disney-shows-same-sex-kissing-in-a-childrens-animated-series-for-the-first

                              “Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot…” Luke 17:28.

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                                                          Divine intervention!
 
EU leaders will turn to the POPE over plans to revive struggling bloc. March 1
One pro-EU think-tank official said that, with Barack Obama gone from the White House, the head of the Catholic Church was the “only moral authority” European politicians had left to follow. The news that the EU’s most powerful men and women are seeking divine intervention from the Pope may raise eyebrows amongst critics who feel they have no answers to the bloc’s growing problems.

         Web Link: https://outlook.live.com/owa/?id=64855&path=/mail/inbox/rp

                                             Revelation 13:8. And all the world will worship him....

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       Sending US warships is to North Korea 'prudent', says US, 
       as world braces for further missile tests.
 8th April, 2017
The Pentagon announced on April 8, that a Navy carrier strike group has been order to move toward the Western Pacific Ocean to provide a physical presence near the Korean peninsula. The carrier group includes the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, with support from several missile destroyers and missile cruisers.

                                        "And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars…” Matthew 24:6


Web Link:   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/09/sending-us-warships-north-korea-prudent-says-us-world-braces/

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          Pope meets with Catholic-Muslim delegation from Britain.  5th March 2017
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Pope Francis met on Wednesday with English Cardinal Vincent Nichols and four Muslim leaders from Britain who came to highlight the deep-rooted interfaith relations among the different religious communities in the UK today.

Read More:
​http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/04/05/pope_meets_with_catholic-muslim_delegation_from_britain/1303640

​                                          Revelation 13:8. And all the world will worship him....

Read more: http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/04/05/pope_meets_with_catholic-slim_delegation_from_britain/1303640

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                             Britain Files for Divorce from the EU

The United Kingdom filed for divorce from the European Union, overturning four decades of integration with its neighbours, demolishing the notion that EU expansion is inevitable. The letter, hand carried to the president of the European Council Donald Tusk formally triggered the two-year countdown to the split.  4th April 2017.     

                      But they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.” Daniel 2:43

https://www.onenewsnow.com/ap/world/its-over-britain-files-for-divorce-from-the-european-union?utm_source=OneNewsNow&utm_medium=email&utm_term=16786737&utm_content=85741766271506800&utm_campaign=28857

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      Catholic-Protestant unity on Reformation shows 'power of forgiveness.

In a world of "my tribe", "my nation" and "my religion" first, the joint Catholic Protestant commemoration of the Reformation in Germany is a sign of unity the world can take note of say global church leaders.  31 March 2017.

                                         Revelation 13:8. And all the world will worship him....


http://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/catholic-protestant-unity-on-reformation-shows-power-of-forgiveness-german-gathering-hears/59729.htm


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      Is Australia on the brink of becoming a completely cashless society?
                          March 2017: 
The Reserve Bank is introducing new technology this year which will push Australia even further towards being
a cashless society....
     Professor Holden estimates Australia could be cash free as early as 2020.
     http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-27/is-australia-on-the-brink-of-becoming-cashless-society/8377288

                                      Revelation 13:17. ...That no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark...

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Hundreds gather for Wellington Pride Parade.   March 18, 2017.
   
Labour MP Louisa Wall was greeted with a loud cheer when she called out to the crowd "every day's a gay day". Police officers marched in uniform, with police dogs wearing superhero capes
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             http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11820936

Luke 17:27-28:  On the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.