May 17

*Huffington Post - "Moderate 5.1 magnitude quake ripples through Toronto, Canada ... 4.0 rattles Los Angeles ... 4.2 hits Canterbury, New Zealand"

*Examiner - "IRS asked pro-life group about 'the content of their prayers' "

.... If anyone still thinks Christians are immune to government scrutiny ....  think again! ... It's here!

May 18

*The Sunday Times - "Mexico's 'Popo' volcano erupts ... Mexico City on alert"

*Reuters - "Shallow 4.8 quake strikes in Yellow Sea off coast of North Korea"

*Santiago Times - "Hundreds of dead animals litter Chilean beach --- No explanation"

*Reuters - "6.0 magnitude quake strikes off coast of northern Japan'

.... Wonder how the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant held up? .... Anybody's guess ....

May 19

*USGS - "Tension mounting on Pacific Plate:  Region of Kamchatka rocked by scores of earthquakes"

Comment from article:  "A massive earthquake swarm has occurred in the region of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia. ... More than 20 quakes have struck the region in the last 22 hours, the strongest of which was a 5.9 magnitude."

*ABC News - "Alaska's Pavlof volcano ejects lava 100's of feet into the air"

*BBC - "Italy's civil unrest: Thousands rally in Rome against austerity cuts"

..... This unrest was led by the trade unionists .... I don't understand why they don't understand .... They are broke ... their leaders can't print money like we can ... the economically 'healthy' countries (Germany) won't give them a dime until they get their financial act together  ..... How can these unions expect things to stay the same? .... Guess it'll be like that here when the printing presses break from 'overload' ....

*Haaretz - "Syria's Assad preparing missile strike against Tel Aviv in case attacked again:  Israel's Netanyahu says Israel will keep stopping weapons transfer to Hezbollah"

... One spark could set this whole thing in motion ......

May 20

*CTV News - "Shallow 6.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Aisen, Chile"

*Reuters - "Four fireballs fall over U.S. in 24-hour period"

*Your Health - "Evolving:  Deadly H7N9 virus develops drug-resistance to Tamiflu"

*CNN - "Quiet tornado season unwinds with rampage:  Many tornadoes rip through at least 5 states in midwest:  Death & destruction mounting"

*Fox News - "4.4 quake rattles Canada, northern U.S."

*CBS - "Civil unrest:  5 dead, 18 wounded in weekend violence in Chicago"

Comment from article - "Teen mobs run wild in downtown streets"

.... No jobs ... no hope ... how sad!

May 21

*Yahoo News - "Alaska's Pavlof volcanic eruption grows more violent:  International air traffic disrupted by ash cloud"

*Bernama - "5.3 earthquake jolts eastern Caribbean Islands"

*The Daily Beast - "How 'Hope & Change' gave way to spying on the press"

Comment from article:  "Much of the 4th Estate (press) shrugged when the Obama Administration attacked Fox News. ... But now it's coming for them, too." .... This article was written by Kirsten Powers, a liberal pundit on Fox News ..... Sounds like 'Chicago Politics' is alive & well  .... or maybe a more appropriate label would be the 'KGB' or 'Gestapo' .......

*The Times of Israel - "The Mid-East escalating:  Yaalon (Israel) ... we destoyed Syrian Golan position:
Damascus (Syria) ... we fired on Israeli patrol"

May 22

*ABC News - "Mystery respiratory illness infects 7, kills 2 in Alabama"

*Ottowa Citizen - "WHO warns Saudi coronavirus may be spreading:  Calls for urgent search for source"

*Reuters - "WHO chief warns, the world is unprepared for a massive virus outbreak"

.... These last 3 articles remind me of the 4th Horse of the Apocalypse ... Revelation 6:7-8 says this ...
"When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, 'Come!'  8) I looked, and then there before me was a pale horse!  It's rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him.  They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague ....."   .... I believe we are seeing the prelude of these coming pestilences ....

*Volcano Discovery - Activity Update

   -Sangeang Api volcano (Indonesia):  Elevated seismic activity triggers alarm ...
   -Costa Rica's Turralba volcano emits massive ash & gas trail ...

*BBC - "Stockholm erupts in wave of violence for third night"

..... A couple of days ago it was Italy ... There's so much poverty in the Eurozone ... and as the current recession deepens, we will see more & more of this civil unrest ......

*Bancroft This Week - "5.2 magnitude earthquake rumbles through North Hastings near Ottowa, Canada"

*Yahoo Finance - "Feds to continue stimulus efforts:  Warns of premature ending would carry substantial risk"

...... Duh!!! ... This means we are going to continue 'pumping' some $85+ billion a month of totally worthless money into our economy! ... I don't know if many know this, but Bernanke's "Quantative Easing" has now, for the first time ever, injected over $1 trillion into foreign banks! .... Just how long can this madness continue?! ....

May 23

*Jerusalem Post - "Israel preparing to survive annihilation:  Warns of threat of surprise war & attacks on multiple fronts"

.... Certainly there will be "wars and rumors of wars" (Matthew 24:6) ... and there are several prophecies regarding 'the Sons of Ishmael'  (modern-day Muslims) attacking the revived Jewish nation ... Psalm 83 & Ezekiel 38 & 39 as examples ... and these wars WILL occur, ultimately leading to the 'Big One' ... Armageddon ....

*Forbes - "Bernanke's 'Quantative Easing' dance:  Fed could taper in next two meetings - Tightening would collapse the market"

.... This 'tightening' most likely WON'T take place right away, but eventually has to .... and when it does, the term 'collapse' will be a 'mild' response to the final result ... economic destruction .... Watch closely this fall or early 2014 .....

*The Balfour Post - "Texas mega-church welcomes Islamists to 'Global Faith Forum' "

.... Hey!  ... This sounds like a great title for the soon-coming world church, and partner of the also soon-to-arrive world leader, the Anti-christ .... The church is Northwood Church in Keller, Texas, and the event  will 'headline' several prominent Islamists ...... How tragic! ... inviting this false & deceptive, very violent belief system to the Pulpit of our churches .... This is a classic case of pure Blasphemy! 

*The Wall Street Journal - "U.S. stocks temper global market rout"

... Why worry? ... The market is up! ..... but seriously, the Fed's remarks about tapering off the $$$ pumping scared the rest of the world. ...... Other than Wall Street, which seems to be 'immune' to anything right now, most international markets were down by as much as 7+%! .... How fragile the world economy is!!!

This week's news highlights two obvious concerns relating to Biblical prophecies .... First is the rising concerns by scientists concerning the fragility of the earth's tectonic plates ..... There's no question we are seeing a very rapid increase in earthquakes & volcanoes right now ... and scientists are very worried about two possible mega-quake areas .... the Oregon coast and the New Madrid fault line in the American midwest .... Certainly this is speculation but the scientists we are talking about here are a very 'credible' group ..... I know there have always been these types of occurrences on planet earth, but not like now .... These signs, to me, are pure evidence of the "Birth Pains" spoken of by Jesus Himself in Matthew 24:8 ..... Watch these 'last-day' symptoms to increase both in frequency & intensity ....

.... and secondly this week are the obvious signs of the fast-approaching economic collapse .... I don't expect this to take place for a few more months, but it IS coming ... and soon! .... Watch for a much-increased level of civil unrest across the world this summer and beyond ......

.... And, as always, Mary & I want to thank you all for your continued support & prayers ... and please   pray that God will continue to open our eyes to the coming events relating to our Lord's soon return. ... Our only intent is to enlighten a 'sleeping' world as to the shortness of time and to try and reach as many as possible before that GLORIOUS DAY! ... Hallelujah !!! .... Know that we are praying for every one of you, and God knows exactly who each of you are .... Praise the Lord!!!

Until next time,

Red