Sunday, 28 April 2019

WEEKLY NEWS ROUND-UP FROM CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL

26 April 2019
"Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God will shine forth."
Psalm 50:2
Zion Church, targeted in Sri Lanka, “has been praying for Israel every week”
A local from Batticaloa says the Zion Church, one of the churches targeted in the Islamic terror attacks in Sri Lanka, “has been praying for Israel every week”.

Caroline Mahendran, a Sunday School teacher at the church, shared the following heartbreaking account of what happened moments before the blast:

“Today was an Easter Sunday school at the Church and we asked the children how many of you willing to die for Christ? Everyone raised their hands. Minutes later, they came down to the main service and the blast happened. Half of the children died on the spot.”

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    Jewish siblings murdered in Sri Lanka attacks were members of Westminster synagogue
    The Jewish community in London is mourning the loss of a brother and sister that were among the eight Britons killed in Sri Lanka.
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    Israel stands in solidarity with Sri Lanka after terror attacks

    The city hall in Tel Aviv lit up with the Sri Lankan flag and Israel has offered assistance.
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    Sri Lankan Christian leader calls on “Christians around the globe” to pray for those grieving 

    A Christian leader in Sri Lanka is asking for prayers that Christians in the devastated country will be sustained by God’s grace.
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    What you've been saying about the above story:
    (Selected comments may be from multiple posts on the same subject and may not always necessarily represent the views of CUFI)
    I pray give comfort to the family of the deceased, God be with you the people of Sri Lanka๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’ž - DIANE
    I’m heartbroken for the CHRISTIANS killed in Sri Lanka, for all the souls take in Sri Lanka and their families. - ROSENBAUM
    Blessed are those who are persicuted for his name sake - ARUN
    Heartbreaking Father hear the cries of your people give them peace..Vengence is mine says the Lord our God.Amen. - DENISE
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    Germany: Man shouting “Allahu Akbar” storms Munich church during Easter service injuring 20

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    KENYA: Rabbi and wife violently beaten in their home in anti-Semitic attack

    A rabbi and his wife in Kenya were attacked at their home/synagogue in what has been described as a robbery featuring anti-Semitic abuse.

    Rabbi Shmuel Notik suffered light injuries, however his wife Chaya has undergone surgery after being badly beaten in her bedroom in which the attackers threatened to kill her, before she locked herself in the bathroom with her children.

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    THE STRONG DELUSION OF ISLAM IN THESE LAST DAYS OF THE END TIMES

    The Strong Delusion of Islam - By pastor Mike Taylor -

    20 "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
    21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! (Isaiah 5:20-21)

    "For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect." (Matthew 24:24)

    There is an overwhelming desire among this nation, and those around the world, to replace what is good and wholesome that is supported in the Bible, and replace it with the concepts that seem right in the unrepentant spirit of mankind. It has spread to all forms of morality such as homosexuality, idolatry, and all forms of sexual sin and lust of the flesh. This flows into a common stream that Jesus said that it would be as in the days of Noah and the days of Lot, so it is with this day.

    This same idolatry comes from religions that are pagan, or ones that proclaim another gospel, or from the lack of any moral underpinnings that convict mortal man to do what is right in the sight of God. Satan uses them to attempt to confuse the minds of men and women in these last days, as he has done since time began.

    There are many false religions in this world, and the wise and redeemed individual finds and attends the denomination that fulfills and supports what the Bible teaches. One of the most perverse religions, if you can call it that, which I would like to speak of in this message, is the "religion" of Islam.

    I had a member on a Christian forum I administer that proclaimed that Islam is in accordance with Christianity and that Jesus is a highly revered person in their Quran. But is that true, and is the lady who proposed such a belief deceived and willfully ignorant or is Islam a religion of peace as she proposed? Let us look at the history of Islam briefly and its modern theology that is found in the likes of the Muslim Brotherhood and ISIS to name but two that embrace this hateful ideology as it is not truly a religion, but a concept of war, conquest, and destruction.

    ISLAM, FROM THE MIND OF THE DERANGED.

    If you start with its so called "prophet" it is revealed the man, Muhammad was most likely mentally, or demonically disturbed. "In 610 CE, Muhammad began receiving what Muslims consider to be divine revelations. Muhammad's message won over a handful of followers and was met with increasing opposition from notables of Mecca. In 618, after he lost protection with the death of his influential uncle Abu Talib, Muhammad took flight to the city of Yathrib (Medina). With Muhammad's death in 632, disagreement broke out over who would succeed him as leader of the Muslim community which was eventually resurrected leading to the First Fitna. The dispute would intensify greatly after the Battle of Karbala, in which Muhammad's grandson Hussein ibn Aliwas killed by the ruling Umayyad Caliph Yazid I, and the outcry for revenge divided the early Islamic community. Hence, we have fighting Shiite and Sunni Muslims.

    This Weeks Top Four Prophetic Headlines From PNW

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    New Concerns As Ring of Fire Coming To Life In Heavily Populated Areas
     
    In recent months, there has been a tremendous amount of seismic activity along the "Ring of Fire", and a couple of significant earthquakes on Monday got a lot of attention because they happened in very heavily populated areas.
     

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    Churches Have Become The #1 Target For Hate Attacks
     
    The bombings in Sri Lanka have once again put a spotlight on the rising tide of violence against Christians all over the world. According to Open Doors USA, an average of 105 churches and/or Christian buildings are burned or attacked every month.
     
     
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    The False God of Feelings: Mayor Buttigieg's Pro-Gay Christianity
     
    If there were an Americanized translation of the Apostle's Creed for today, it would be something like this: "I believe in God the Father, Almighty, who always supports my feelings."
     
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    'Jesus Was A Palestinian' - Islam's Plot To Rewrite World History
     
    It seems strange that Rep Ilhan Omar, who is neither a Palestinian nor a Christian, should espouse this theory however it is not the first time that Jesus' Palestinian identity has been incorporated into the Democratic Party platform.
     

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    Saudi Arabia Publicly Executes 37 ‘Criminals’ Under Sharia Law Including Teenager Who Sent Messages Over WhatsApp To Warn People Of Government Violence

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    Saudi Arabia Publicly Executes 37 ‘Criminals’ Under Sharia Law Including Teenager Who Sent Messages Over WhatsApp To Warn People Of Government Violence

    by Geoffrey Grider

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    Abdulkareem al-Hawa was put to death in front of a baying crowd along with 36 other men who were executed this week in the barbaric desert kingdom

    Pay close attention to this article and read it very carefully, this is what life is truly like when you live in a country that is governed by Sharia Law. The Law of Mohammed is cruel and unforgiving, justice is not a factor, it is only about exercising raw power to dominate and oppress.
    I am not against Muslims as people, they are free to come here to America and assimilate into our culture. I would love to see them all come to s saving knowledge of Jesus Christ as Saviour and avoid the fiery Hell that Mohammed has been burning since June 8, 632 AD. But I am resolutely against the tyrannical religion of Islam and its diabolical Sharia Law.
    Since 9/11, there have been over 34,911 Islamic terror attacks, in the month of March alone there were 132 Islamic terror attacks, resulting in 729 killed, 776 injured and taking place in 23 countries. Look closely at the man being crucified in the picture at the top of the article, that's not Jesus Christ paying for your sins. That's a petty criminal receiving "justice" from Sharia Law. Don't forget that.

    Saudi Arabia mass execution – Lad, 16, tortured with electricity and BEHEADED just for sending WhatsApp messages about protests

    FROM THE UK SUN: Abdulkarim al-Hawaj, 21, was a schoolboy when he was detained and accused of being a "terrorist" for sending texts online about an anti-government demonstration.
    He was a Shiite Muslim - which is a persecuted minority group in Sunni-dominated Saudi - living in the troubled Eastern province.
    Abdulkarim was beaten and tortured with electricity while his hands were chained above his head when he “confessed” to his crimes, human rights charity Reprieve said.
    According to Amnesty International, his trial was a farce because he was denied access to a proper defence lawyer and convicted on the forced confession. Aside from torture, the charity also claims that his captors threatened to kill his family if did not confess to the crimes.
    This week, he had his head cut from his body in front of a baying, bloodthirsty crowd along with 36 other men in the medieval country.

    BUTCHERED FOR SENDING TEXT MESSAGES

    Sentencing a person to death who is aged under 18 is banned under international law. Another victim, Mujtaba al-Sweikat, was a teenager who was set to start a new life in the US, studying at Western Michigan University, when he was arrested for attending an anti-government protest.
    The then-17-year-old – who had enrolled in English language and finance - was badly beaten including on the soles of his feet before he “confessed” to crimes against the state. Human rights charities claim he was also tortured into confessing and convicted in a "sham trial."

    Why are so many left-wing progressives silent about Islam’s totalitarian tendencies?

    People afraid of being called Islamophobes have created space for hardline Muslim men to promote sharia courts, the wearing of the full-face veil, arranged marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM), and gender segregation in public places.
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    THE GODLESS PROGRESSIVE LEFT IN AMERICA SUPPORTS SHARIA LAW
    Despite his university protesting his sentence, insisting he had “great promise,” Mujtaba was also beheaded this week. Reprieve Deputy Director Harriet McCulloch insists both men were sharing information about “peaceful” demonstrations.
    She said: “Many things can be used to justify a death sentence in Mohammed Bin Salman's Saudi Arabia, including ‘disobedience against the King’, ‘preparing banners with anti-state slogans’ and ‘incitement via social media’.
    “Mujtaba al-Sweikat and Abdulkarim al-Hawaj were teenagers sharing information about peaceful protests on their mobile phones. Saudi Arabia's western allies must act now, to prevent any more young people being killed for exercising their right to freedom of expression.”
    Another man, Munir al-Adam, was just 23, when he was arrested at a government checkpoint in 2012. His feet were so badly beaten he was forced to crawl on his hands and knees for days, it has been reported.
    Munir lost the hearing in one of his ears, following a childhood accident, but was left completely deaf after the horrific torture, it has been alleged. He told a judge that he agreed to sign the confession because he was exhausted by the brutal and relentless torture.
    The killings were carried out in Riyadh, the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina, central Qassim province and Eastern Province, home to the country's Shiite minority. Lynn Maalouf, Middle East Research Director at Amnesty International, said the mass execution was a chilling demonstration of the Saudi Arabian authorities callous disregard for human life.
    She said: “It is also yet another gruesome indication of how the death penalty is being used as a political tool to crush dissent from within the country’s Shiite minority.”
    For Abdulkareem al-Hawaj’s family, perhaps it was consolation their son’s decapitated head and body was not impaled and put on display as a warning to others. Others were not so fortunate.

    'CALLOUS DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE'

    The 37 citizens killed during  beheading bloodbath had all been convicted of terrorism offences in the hardline kingdom. It emerged one man had even been crucified. Saudi lawmakers insist the men were charged with "adopting terrorist extremist ideology, forming terrorist cells" and harming the "peace and security of society".
    Those executed had been involved in attacking a base killing a number of security officers, the Saudi Press Agency statement said. The slaughter of mainly minority Shiites is likely to stoke further regional and sectarian tensions between rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran.
    Saudi dissident Ali Al-Ahmed, who runs the Gulf Institute in Washington, identified 34 of those executed as Shiites based on the names announced by the Interior Ministry.
    "This is the largest mass execution of Shiites in the kingdom's history," he said.

    SHAM TRIALS

    In fact it marked the largest number of executions in a single day in Saudi Arabia since January 2, 2016, when the kingdom executed 47 people for terrorism-related crimes. The Interior Ministry's statement said those executed had adopted extremist ideologies and formed terrorist cells with the aim of spreading chaos and provoking sectarian strife.
    It said the individuals had been found guilty according to the law and ordered executed by the Specialised Criminal Court in Riyadh, which handles terrorism trials, and the country's high court.
    Amnesty International said 11 of the men were convicted of spying for Iran and sentenced to death after a "grossly unfair trial." At least 14 others executed were convicted of violent offences related to their participation in anti-government demonstrations in Shiite-populated areas of Saudi Arabia between 2011 and 2012.
    The Interior Ministry said the body of one of the executed men Khaled bin Abdel Karim al-Tuwaijri was publicly pinned to a pole. The statement did not say in which city of Saudi Arabia the public display took place. READ MORE

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    The King Of Vatican City Moves Against The United States Government As Pope Francis Begins Personally Funding 6 Illegal Immigrant Caravans In Mexico

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    The King Of Vatican City Moves Against The United States Government As Pope Francis Begins Personally Funding 6 Illegal Immigrant Caravans In Mexico

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    Pope Francis has donated 500,000 dollars to assist migrants in Mexico. The funds, from the Peter’s Pence collections, will be distributed among 27 projects promoted by sixteen Mexican dioceses and religious congregations, which requested assistance in continuing to provide food, lodging, and basic necessities to the migrants.

    From the moment Donald Trump became president of the United States, Pope Francis has been relentlessly attacking him personally and politically regarding illegal immigration. Pope Francis believes that illegals should have free access to the United States anytime they so choose, our laws regarding immigration notwithstanding. Now it has been revealed that the Roman pope has put his money where his mouth is, and has begun funding the migrant caravans that wish to illegally gain access to America.
    This is a pretty bold move considering that the Roman pontiff is supposed to be a "man of peace", but Jorge Mario Bergoglio is nothing of the kind. Remember that he is not only the pope of the Roman church, he is also the king of the Roman Vatican city state known as the Holy See. Francis is a man of war, a man of conquest, and will not sit idly by and allow America to operate as a sovereign nation.
    The Holy See is the universal government of the Catholic Church and operates from Vatican City State, a sovereign, independent territory. The Pope is the ruler of both Vatican City State and the Holy See. The Holy See, as the supreme body of government of the Catholic Church, is a sovereign juridical entity under international law.
    Pope Francis has just moved against the United States to assert his will on how America's borders will be operated by personally funding the caravans. No one, anywhere in the world, has the "right" to enter the borders of any sovereign nation. No one. We take in people when we can because we are a compassionate people, but entrance to the United States is not anyone's "right". So what should our response be to this obvious act of war by the Roman king of Vatican City?

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    FROM THE VATICAN: According to a statement from Peter’s Pence, “In recent months, thousands of migrants have arrived in Mexico, having travelled more than 4,000 kilometres on foot and with makeshift vehicles from HondurasEl Salvador and Guatemala. Men and women, often with young children, flee poverty and violence, hoping for a better future in the United States. However, the US border remains closed to them.”

    Diminished aid and media coverage

    In particular, the aid is intended to assist the more than 75,000 people who arrived in Mexico in 2018, in six migrant caravans. “All these people were stranded, unable to enter the United States, without a home or livelihood”, the statement reads. “The Catholic Church hosts thousands of them in hotels within the dioceses or religious congregations, providing basic necessities, from housing to clothing”.
    Although a great deal of attention was focused on the caravans at the time, the Peter’s Pence statement notes that “media coverage of this emergency has been decreasing, and as a result, aid to migrants by the government and private individuals has also decreased”.

    Transparent use of donations

    The statement from Peter’s Pence insists that “a regulated and transparent use of the resources, which must be accounted for, is required before the aid is assigned”. It notes that thirteen projects have already been approved, with another fourteen currently being evaluated.
    “Thanks to these projects”, the statement concludes, “and thanks to Christian charity and solidarity, the Mexican Bishops hope to be able to continue helping our migrant brothers and sisters”. READ MORE