Trump planning Temple Mount visit

ISRAEL - Republican US Presidential candidate and real estate mogul Donald Trump is planning a visit to the Temple Mount when he comes to Israel for the first time at the end of the month. A source closely connected to organizing the trip confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday that Trump’s staff is looking into the logistics of visiting the holy site and point of conflict between Israel and the Arab world.

Putin Warns US Citizens DO NOT GIVE UP YOUR GUNS

RUSSIA - Putin gives a history lesson from Russia on why when the final hour comes and the US government TRIES to confiscate or make guns illegal DO NOT GIVE UP YOUR GUNS. No doubt Russia will be staying amply by to help those who resist as well.

 
EU in danger, return to nation-based thinking will be fatal – EU Parliament President

EUROPE - The European Union is tangling with forces that are trying to disintegrate it from the inside, believes EU Parliament President Martin Schulz. He insists the fall of the EU and return to nation-based thinking will become a disaster for Europe. “The European Union is in danger,” Schulz told die Welt, adding that there are forces in the EU which want to drive the EU states apart. “We must prevent this because the consequences would be dramatic,” Schulz said.

Downed Su-24’s black box to reveal truth about Turkey’s treacherous strike – Putin

RUSSIA - The flight recorder of the Russian Su-24 recently downed by Turkey in Syria has been recovered and presented to President Putin, who said it must be opened in the presence of international experts to reveal truth about the treacherous “stab in the back.”

Someone Will Eventually Use CRISPR to Try to Make a Dragon or Unicorn

USA - The world's top geneticists decided to spend the vast majority of last week discussing how to keep new genetic editing tools from ultimately destroying the human race. A noble goal, sure. But considerably less time has been spent discussing how genetically editing other species might change the idea of "nature" as we know it.

[CRISPRs - "clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats"]

Going to pot? Canada leads way in legalizing marijuana

CANADA - Justin Trudeau raised eyebrows when he admitted to having dabbled in marijuana while a member of parliament, but his pledge as prime minister to legalize pot has been broadly cheered.

This Christmas, more than ever, Britain needs to remember its Christian roots

UK - As our supposed religious leaders call for a more pluralist Britain, Christmas is in danger of becoming the holy festival that dare not speak its name. This evening, I will be attending a carol service in Canterbury Cathedral, one of the oldest, most majestic Christian structures in the world. Someone has said a prayer there every single day since 597. An awful lot of human hoping is contained within those walls. And into all this loveliness and wonder and people doing something warm and communal for a change instead of shopping 'til they drop comes the Commission on Belief and Religion in Public Life (Corab).

Bacteria Resistant to ALL Drugs Show up in Denmark

DENMARK - Bacteria resistant to ALL antibiotics have arrived in Europe, and experts fear it could be the start of a global epidemic of untreatable infections. Last month, we reported on a gene mutation called MCR-1 that had shown up in bacteria in China. The mutation is resistant to all antibiotics, including colistin, a last-resort drug used to tackle tough bacteria when all other antibiotics have failed.

The 10 countries that could DISAPPEAR in the next 20 yearsComment

UK - BRITAIN and America could cease to exist as countries within the next 20 YEARS because of deepening cultural divides and independence movements, a viral Internet video has sensationally claimed.

EU will FALL APART in a decade, admits European Parliament head

EUROPE - The European Union is at risk of falling apart over the next 10-years due to the migrant crisis, the head of the European Parliament suggested. Martin Schulz said the EU was in danger as there are forces trying to rip it apart. He was responding to a recent warning from Jean Asselborn, Luxembourg's foreign affairs and migration minister, the union might break apart.

The Foundation is Crumbling

EUROPE - Demands to halt EU expansion and even begin to scale it back are being raised in several northern and northwestern European countries. In last Thursday's referendum, the Danish population rejected the proposal for Denmark to adopt EU domestic and judicial policies.

Front National’s historic result should be a wake up call to the EU

EUROPE - The result obtained by Front National in the first round of the French regional election is nothing short of historic. Marine Le Pen’s party finished in the lead, winning nearly 28 per cent of the nationwide vote – its highest score ever. Front National candidates topped the polls in six out of thirteen French mainland regions, outperforming both Nicolas Sarkozy’s centre-right alliance and President François Hollande’s Socialist Party.

With interest rates, watch out for the unexpected

UK - Commodity prices and interest rates may turn much more violently than anticipated. In stock market parlance, there is a concept known as “capitulation”, where investors give up on hopes of a rebound in prices, surrender to bearish sentiment and sell. Oddly, it also tends to be a key indicator of recovery to come. When the last bull turns bearish, it is time to buy.

Guess What Happened The Last Time The Price Of Oil Plunged Below 38 Dollars A Barrel?

USA - On Monday, the price of US oil dropped below 38 dollars a barrel for the first time in six years. The last time the price of oil was this low, the global financial system was melting down and the US economy was experiencing the worst recession that it had seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s. As I write this article, the price of US oil is sitting at $37.65.

Marco Rubio: Obama's speech 'made things worse'

USA - Senator Marco Rubio, who’s been rising recently in the polls for president, said President Obama’s speech on ISIS was not just subpar in terms of assuaging Americans’ fears, but also damaging. “I think not only did the president not make things better tonight,” Rubio said, in a 10-minute live response segment to Obama’s Sunday speech, via Fox News.

“Just what is an APOSTLE?”
Just what is an Apostle?

Today we find the Church of God in a “wilderness of religious confusion!”

The confusion is not merely around the Church – within the religions of the world outside – but WITHIN the very heart of The True Church itself!

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Listen to Me, You who know righteousness, You people in whose heart is My Law: …I have put My words in your mouth, I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, “you are My people” (Isaiah 51:7,16)