A Dangerous Escalation

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

1 John 2:15



“I assure you and most solemnly say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up from some other place [on the stone wall], that one is a thief and a robber. 

2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep [the protector and provider]. 

3 The doorkeeper opens [the gate] for this man, and the sheep hear his voice and pay attention to it. And [knowing that they listen] he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out [to pasture]. 

4 When he has brought all his own sheep outside, he walks on ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice and recognize his call. 

Of This World Stranger
with mucho GREAT
Pride

5 They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”

John 10

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Wuhan Flu Virus 

"According to recent clinical information, the virus' ability to spread seems to be getting somewhat stronger," 

"People in my hometown all suspect the real infected patients number given by authorities," said Violet Li, who lives in the Wuhan district.

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Three rockets hit US embassy in protest-hit Iraqi capital

Baghdad (AFP) - Three rockets slammed into the US embassy in Iraq's capital on Sunday in the first direct hit reported after months of close calls, as thousands of protesters kept up anti-government sit-ins across the country.

The attack marked a dangerous escalation in the spree of rocket attacks in recent months that have targeted the embassy or Iraqi military bases where American troops are deployed.

On Sunday, one rocket hit an embassy cafeteria at dinner time while two others landed nearby....

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You are greatly despised.
3 
“The pride and arrogance of your heart have deceived you,
You who live in the clefts and lofty security of the rock (Sela),
Whose dwelling place is high,
Who say [boastfully] in your heart,
‘Who will bring me down to earth?’
4 
“Though you build [your nest] on high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the stars,
I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.

Obadiah

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Me planting seedlings  in ISRAEL,  Ariel, Samaria 

Bennett: We won't allow even a centimeter of land to be surrendered

If it’s annexation, we’ll support it, if it’s not annexation we won’t support it,” said Bennett. “And under no circumstances will we allow the establishment of a Palestinian state or recognition of such [a state], and we will not permit the handing over of even a single centimeter of land.”

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Middle East Stock Markets Fall as Coronavirus Spreads: Inside EM

Saudi Arabian stocks fell the most among Gulf peers. Energy giant Aramco traded at its lowest level...

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BUT THESE ARE UNCERTAIN TIMES

In an unannounced tour of five US military bases in Syria stretching from the northeastern part of the country to the Middle Euphrates River Valley, McKenzie offered reassurances that the U.S. remains committed to its mission in Syria.

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6 “For the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts says this,

‘I am the First and I am the Last;
And there is no God besides Me.
7 
‘Who is like Me? Let him proclaim it and declare it;
Yes, let him confront Me,
Since I established the people of antiquity.
And let them [those supposed gods] tell those people [who foolishly follow them] the things to come
And the events that are going to take place.
8 
‘Do not tremble nor be afraid [of the violent upheavals to come];
Have I not long ago proclaimed it to you and declared it?
And you are My witnesses.
Is there a God besides Me?
There is no other Rock;
I know of none.’”

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Young idol worshiper praying to her busted up in many pieces god after earthquake, Kathmandu, Nepal
The blind & deceived follow many useless gods, especially here in America!

18 They do not know, nor do they understand, for God has muddied their eyes so that they cannot see, and their hearts (minds) as well so that they cannot understand. 

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God Forgives and Redeems

21 
“Remember [the foolishness of] these things, O Jacob
And Israel, for you are My servant!
I formed you, you are My servant;
O Israel, you will not be forgotten by Me.
22 
“I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud
And your sins like a heavy mist.
Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”
23 
Shout for joy, O heavens, for the Lord has done it!
Shout in triumph, you depths of the earth;
Break forth into jubilant rejoicing, you mountains,
O forest, and every tree in it!
For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
And He shows His glory in Israel.

24 For the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb says this,

“I am the Lord, Maker of all things,
Who alone stretches out the heavens,
Who spreads out the earth by Myself,
25 
Frustrating the signs and confounding the omens of boasters (false prophets),
Making fools out of fortune-tellers,
Counteracting the wise
And making their knowledge ridiculous,
26 
Confirming the word of His servant
And carrying out the plan of His messengers.
It is I who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall [again] be inhabited!’
And of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall [again] be built.’
And I will raise up and restore her ruins.
27 
“It is I who says to the deep, ‘Be dried up!’
And I will make your rivers dry.
28 
“It is I who says of Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd (ruler),
And he will carry out all that I desire—’
Saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall [again] be built,’
And of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall [again] be laid.’”

Isaiah 44

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