Franklin Graham Has Fire-and-Brimstone Words for Atheists - JENNIFER LECLAIRE CHARISMA NEWS

Franklin Graham Has Fire-and-Brimstone Words for Atheists

 6/8/2016 JENNIFER LECLAIRE  charisma news

Graham had a fiery message for atheists. (Flickr)

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It's unreasonable. Scads of unbelieving atheists flocked to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Saturday to hold what they called a "Reason Rally."

At this humanistic political event, thousands of secularists rallied for major political issues like climate change, reproductive rights and LGBT equality in an election year. Their stated goal: "see reason taking precedence over religious-driven ideology."

Again, it's unreasonable.

"This liberal godless kind of what they call 'reason'; should concern every freedom-loving American," evangelist Franklin Graham said of the event. "Isn't it ironic that they met on the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial where these words are engraved in stone: 'We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom.'"

It's ironic because Lincoln clearly acknowledged the role Christianity plays in establishing freedom and justice for all. Lincoln is famous for the Emancipation Proclamation that set the slaves free.

"Now these atheists promoting secularism want to strip God out of America's past, present and future," Graham said. "Here's a warning—if you remove God, you remove God's hand of blessing. That's been shown over and over throughout history."

Graham is urging Christians to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with an ever-growing secular world.

"One day each of these people is going to stand before the God that they disown, and they will face an eternity in hell if they have not trusted Christ as their Savior," Graham said. "That's where this kind of 'reason' will get them. The Bible says, 'There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death' (Prov. 14:12)."

Jennifer LeClaire is senior editor of Charisma. She is also director of Awakening House of Prayer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, co-founder of awakeningtv.com, on the leadership team of the New Breed Revival Network and author of several books, including The Next Great Move of God: An Appeal to Heaven for Spiritual Awakening;Mornings With the Holy Spirit, Listening Daily to the Still, Small Voice of God; The Making of a Prophet and Satan's Deadly Trio: Defeating the Deceptions of Jezebel, Religion and Witchcraft. You can visit her website here. You can also join Jennifer onFacebook or follow her on Twitter. Jennifer's Periscope handle is @propheticbooks.

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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and discipline. Proverbs 1:7 (The Israel Bible™)   יִרְאַת יְ-הוָה רֵאשִׁית דָּעַת חָכְמָה וּמוּסָר אֱוִילִים בָּזוּ משלי א:ז yir-at a-do-nai ray-sheet da-at khokh-ma u-mu-sar e-vee-leem ba-zu

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Franklin Graham After Hillary Clinton Win: America Is in Serious Trouble - BOB ESCHLIMAN CHARISMA NEWS

Franklin Graham After Hillary Clinton Win: America Is in Serious Trouble

6/7/2016 BOB ESCHLIMAN  charisma news

Evangelist Franklin Graham is urging Americans to pray following Hillary Clinton's clinching of the Democratic presidential nomination. (Billy Graham Evangelistic Association photo)

Evangelist Franklin Graham congratulated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on securing the support of enough delegates to wrap up the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.

Then he offered a dire warning.

"It seems congratulations are in order to Hillary Clinton this morning," he wrote on social media Tuesday morning. "According to the Associated Press, she now has enough delegates to win the Democratic nomination, even though Bernie Sanders disagrees and pledges to fight on."

As things stand right now, he said, it appears the presidential election this fall will be between Clinton and Donald Trump. But as he has been saying for months during his Decision America Tour, he's not endorsing any candidate for the November general election.

And now, he's asking Americans to pray.

"This nation is in serious trouble," he wrote. "Both the Democratic and the Republican parties have lost the moral vision for this nation.

"I pray that God will give us a president who is a strong and courageous leader and who has a vision for the future. We need a president who can lead this nation back to being one nation under God so that we can truly say 'In God we trust!'

"May God bless America again!"

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Globally Respected Charismatic Leaders Confirm 2016 Prophetic Words - RICHARD BARKER CHARISMA MAGAZINE

C. Peter Wagner is among those who confirmed this prophetic word. (Twitter )

Globally Respected Charismatic Leaders Confirm 2016 Prophetic Words

6/7/2016 RICHARD BARKER  charisma magazine

One recent morning got kick-started before I was even awake! It was an eventful dream, which I'll relate shortly.

In fact, someone had already tried getting in touch in connection with the dream! That may seem astonishing but this sort of coincidence isn't at all unusual. 'God-incidents' always make me rejoice for we have a God of surprises.

When I got around to checking the weekend email, one near the top of my in-tray was from the senior leader of Falkirk Full Gospel Church in Scotland, Thomas Harry. In view of what I'd dreamed, his message stunned me! It reads:

"I have attached an urgent word from the Lord that has had an overwhelming number of confirmations ... regarding the new season we are in and ensuring we build on the biblical foundation of the Apostles and Prophets found in Ephesians 2:20.

"It has been confirmed by respected Christian leaders globally and the document includes 10 confirmations including from Catherine Brown, Sharon Stone, Cindy Jacobs, Peter Wagner & others.

"This will affect us all one way or another, so I felt it was vital I shared with someone like you. Most of us realize there's a great move of God coming and the Lord wants to ensure we have our foundations and houses ready for this ...'

"I believe it signals the biggest shift in the church since the reformation ..."

I agree with Thomas that this prophetic consensus warrants church-wide circulation to leaders and congregations for serious consideration and weighing with the Lord.

To read the full document use this link to 'Word for 2016 ...' and scroll for downloading it as a Word or PDF document. More easily, however, read it courtesy of James Bailey with extensive comments on his Z3News by clicking here.

Thomas' document begins:

"The Lord has confirmed that the church as a whole has shifted to a new season and consequently we must build on the Apostolic and Prophetic foundation laid out in Ephesians 2:20. The attached document has been collated by Thomas Harry, through the leading of the Holy Spirit in order to communicate this word to the global church. Due to the urgent nature of this word, please circulate this to believers and leaders both here in the U.K. and beyond. I urge every believer and leader to take the time to read through this, as it is certainly one of the most important words for the church in many years."

I'm grateful to Thomas for kindly quoting a couple of items from this blog. Furthermore, we know from recent posts there are many more confirmations than those he quotes. (Not to mention the content of daily Lion Bites from Glasgow Prophetic Centre.)

Moreover, this blog's A New Era for the Church lists over 40 prophetic promises made before November 2014 and building up over the following year, presumably leading to a tipping point!

A Revival-Related Dream

The dream I'd had a few hours before reading his email was this:

A crowd I supposed had come from a church were milling around and confused. One man of some standing sharply accused me, "You're not a Christian." Upon my addressing that issue, the scene changed and time seemed to pass, as though the dream's earlier part was about historical events.

At one point, my spectacle lens was about to fall out, so I used my special screwdriver to adjust and tighten it. (This symbolizes a change in clarity of vision in order to understand the dream's meaning—and what was about to unfold!)

Then I found I was looking into large hall inside a building—the ceiling was not visible, but I sensed it was open to the heavens. The distant walls resembled many side chapels in a large cathedral. One was noticeable and commemorated the period of Celtic saints in pre-Catholic British church.

And NOW—actually while typing—I'm getting distinct ripples and chills down my neck as Heather Clark sings, "For the Lord our God He is holy ... holy, holy, holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty" in her distinctive rendition of Exalt the Lord (from her Glorious Praise CD).

The hall in my dream was jam-packed with excited believers, quite the opposite of the earlier scenes. Someone nearby held his Bible to his mouth (signifying not only he will speak in accordance with Scripture but also as led by the Lord, with full prophetic anointing). And so I understood he was going to preach with a holy unction.

But then the alarm went off!

The dream's impact left a lingering impression. So I chuckled upon reading our morning prayer focus from Keep Praying and Bless. The day's Scripture is 1 Chronicles 16:29, "Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His Name!"

We decree that a day will come when every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord.

After the daily prayer of blessing for our family, friends, locality and that day's particular city came its specific blessing:

"We bless the nation to receive a spirit of worship, to give glory and honor to Almighty God, that His Glorious Name be praised by all men."

How appropriate—even more so when I read Thomas' email.

May you too be mightily blessed. 

Richard Barker researches and blogs about national and international events and developments within churches from a kingdom and prophetic perspective of the Holy Bible. Thus, the focus is upon revival and possible indicators of Jesus' promised return, plus contemporary prophecies from recognized prophetical voices.

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Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta) Jewish Festivals - Shavuot The Book of Ruth

Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta)

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Jewish Festivals - Shavuot The Book of Ruth Recreated 100 Years Ago This feature is one of our most popular posting Posted: 07 Jun 2016  Reposting a popular feature Photo portrait of "Ruth the Moabitess" (Library of Congress) Ruth said, "Do not entreat me to leave you, to return from  following you, for wherever you go, I will go... Your people shall be my people, your God my God" And Naomi and Ruth both went on until they arrived at Bethlehem The Jewish holiday of Shavuot -Pentecost is celebrated this week.  The holiday has several traditional names: Shavuot, the festival of weeks, marking seven weeks after Passover; Chag HaKatzir, the festival of reaping grains; and Chag HaBikkurim, the festival of first fruits.  Shavuot, according to Jewish tradition, is the day the Children of Israel accepted the Torah at Mt. Sinai.  It is also believed to be the day of King David's birth and death.    Ruth came to a field that belonged to Boaz who was  of the family of Naomi's deceased husband The reading of the Book of Ruth is one tradition of the holiday.  Ruth, a Moabite and widow of a Jewish man (and a princess according to commentators), gave up her life in Moab to join her Jewish mother-in-law, Naomi, in the Land of Israel.  She insisted on adopting Naomi's God, Torah and religion.  A central element of the story of Ruth is her going to the local fields where barley and wheat were being harvested so that she could collect charitable handouts.  She gleans in the fields of Boaz, a judge and a relative of Ruth's dead husband (as such he had a levirate obligation to marry the widow).  The union resulted in a child, Obed, the grandfather of King David.    Boaz said to his servant, who stood over the reapers,  "To whom does this maiden belong?"  The members of the American Colonywere religious Christians who established their community in the Holy Land.  They were steeped in the Bible and photographed countryside scenes that referred to biblical incidents and prohibitions.    Boaz said to Ruth, "Do not go to glean in  another field...here you shall stay with my maidens"  Boaz said to her at mealtime, "Come here and partake  of the bread..." He ordered his servants "Pretend to  forget some of the bundles for her."  Ruth carried it to the city and Naomi saw what she had gleaned We have matched the pictures with corresponding verses from the Book of Ruth. We present a few of the dozens of "Ruth" photographs found in the Library of Congress' American Colony collection.   See more of the pictures here.   Ruth came to the threshing floor and Boaz said, "Ready the shawl you are wearing and hold it," and  she held it, and he measured out six measures of barley.... A major effort was made by the photographers to re-enact the story of Ruth, probably in the fields near Bethlehem.  "Ruth," we believe, was a young member of the American Colony community; the remaining "cast" were villagers from the Bethlehem area who were actually harvesting, threshing and winnowing their crops. Unfortunately, we don't know when the "Ruth and Boaz series" was photographed, but we estimate approximately 100 years ago.   Click on the pictures to enlarge.   Click on the caption to view the original.

Rare hoard of coins found in Modi'in, Israel - Israel Today Staff

Rare hoard of coins found in Modi'in, Israel

Wednesday, June 08, 2016 |  Israel Today Staff

Rare hoard of coins found in Modi'in, Israel

Wednesday, June 08, 2016 |  Israel Today Staff

The search for the Hasmonean city of Modi'in has been ongoing for decades with many interesting finds being discovered including a Byzantine settlement and Byzantine era monastery.

Some of the Byzantine era ruins were discovered to have been built on ruins of an earlier settlement. It was during the excavation of these ruins by the Israel Antiquities Authority that the hoard of second century BCE coins was discovered.

The treasure was hidden in a rock crevice, up against a wall of an impressive agricultural estate that was discovered and date to the Hasmonean period (126 BCE).

Excavation director, Avraham Tendler said, "the cache may have belonged to a Jew who hid his money in the hope of coming back to collect it, but he was unlucky and never did return".

"This rare cache of silver coins from the Hasmonean period comprised of shekels and half-shekels (tetradrachms and didrachms) were minted in the city of Tyre and bear the images of the king, Antiochus VII and his brother Demetrius II. The cache that we found is compelling evidence that one of the members of the estate who had saved his income for months needed to leave the house for some unknown reason. He buried his money in the hope of coming back and collecting it, but was apparently unfortunate and never returned. It is exciting to think that the coin hoard was waiting here 2,140 years until we exposed it".

Dr. Donald Tzvi Ariel, the head of the Coin Department at the Israel Antiquities Authority added, "The cache, which consists of 16 coins, contains one or two coins from every year between 135–126 BCE, and a total of nine consecutive years are represented. It seems that some thought went into collecting the coins, and it is possible that the person who buried the cache was a coin collector. He acted in just the same way as stamp and coin collectors manage collections today".

Numerous bronze coins minted by the Hasmonean kings were also discovered in the excavation. They bear the names of the kings such as Yehohanan, Judah, Jonathan or Mattathias and his title: High Priest and Head of the Council of the Jews. The finds indicate that the estate continued to operate throughout the Early Roman period. The Jewish inhabitants of the estate meticulously adhered to the laws of ritual purity and impurity: they installed ritual baths (miqwe’ot) in their settlement and used vessels made of chalk, which according to Jewish law cannot become ritually unclean.

The unique finds revealed in the excavation will be preserved in an archaeological park in the heart of the new neighborhood slated for construction in Modi‘in-Maccabim-Re‘ut.

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