For All, Here is God's Redemptive Plan in the Feasts of Israel  

8/27/2015 SAM NADLER  charisma news

Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur and the Feast of Tabernacles should be celebrated by Jews and Gentiles alike.

In preparation for the fall feasts of Israel, let's take a step back and look at the feasts as a whole. Are they merely fascinating historical occurrences, or do they hold deeper relevance for believers in Yeshua (Jesus) today, whether you're Jewish or Gentile? 

Throughout the ages, God has sought after the people of Israel, in order to bless them and to make them a blessing to many peoples (Gen. 12:2-3). He also gave Israel a sacred trust—to bear His Name and to be the nation from which His redemptive plan for the world would go forth (John 4:22). This plan is illustrated in the feasts He ordained. 

These annual feasts are called "moedim" in Hebrew, meaning, "appointments." In a sense, these "appointed times of the Lord" (Lev. 23:4) constitute God's agenda with His redeemed people. Ultimately, they provide a Biblical and historical foundation for faith in Yeshua. 

Messiah Yeshua was to be the fulfillment of the feasts; indeed, He is the purpose for their existence. "These (Feasts, Sabbath day ...) are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Messiah" (Col. 2:17). Even as all Scripture is inspired and profitable, these "shadows" are relevant for followers of Messiah today because they never stop pointing to Him! (2 Tim. 3:16).

So, what are these feasts and how do they outline God's redemptive program? God's seven annual appointed times are laid out in Leviticus 23. The first three feasts—Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, and Firstfruits—are celebrated in the springtime.  These feasts illustrate the redemption accomplished in Yeshua's first coming, when He became the "Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world," (John 1:29) and through His resurrection, our "Firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep" (1 Cor. 15:20).

The fourth feast, Pentecost (or "Feast of Weeks"), speaks of the establishment of the Body of Messiah when the Holy Spirit was poured out at this feast's fulfillment (Acts 2:1).  

The final three feasts come in the fall, during the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar. As the biblically significant number seven indicates, the fall feasts point to a time of completion and paint a prophetic picture of the coming fulfillment of God's redemptive program. 

The Feast of Trumpets (Lev. 23:23-25) is commonly called Rosh HaShanah or the Jewish New Year. When the Jewish people came out of Babylonian captivity, they adopted the Babylonian civil New Year as their own.

Even though it falls on the first day of the seventh month, it is called New Year's Day. Because there is very little biblical information on this mysterious feast, Jewish tradition teaches that the blowing of trumpets, or shofars, during this feast recalls the ram's horns Joshua and the Israelites used at Jericho, and of the ram that Abraham sacrificed in place of Isaac.

Scripture notes a time when Israel is gathered back to the land by the "blowing of a great ram's horn" (Is. 27:13), and in the New Covenant, Paul explains this mystery as a time when all believers will be gathered to Messiah (1 Cor. 15:51,52; 1 Thess. 4:16-18). And because none of us know the exact time of this future "blowing of the trumpet," the Feast of Trumpets should motivate us to readiness and service. 

The next fall feast is the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). In Jewish tradition, this day is for Jewish individuals to "get right" with God. Biblically, it was a day for Israel to be restored to God as a servant nation (Lev 16, 23:26-32). Prophetically, it points to the time when Israel as a nation will be gathered to Messiah Yeshua.

At the end of the coming tribulation period, Israel as a nation will "look on Me (Messiah) whom they have pierced and mourn for Him as one mourns for a firstborn son" (Zech. 12:10). In that day, Israel will receive "cleansing from sin and impurity" (Zech 13:1), be grafted back into "their own olive tree," and "thus all Israel will be saved!" (Rom. 11:23-26). The Day of Atonement reminds us that this national gathering of Israel is coming, motivating us to share the Good News of Messiah "to the Jew first and also to the Gentile" (Rom. 1:16). 

Finally comes the Feast of Tabernacles (or the "Feast of Booths"). This harvest festival is called "Booths" because God commanded Israel to live in booths each year during this feast, to remember the time in the wilderness and how the Lord alone is our protection and security. This feast is also called the "Feast of Ingathering" (Ex. 23:16).

Today it is celebrated as a final harvest festival, accompanied by great joy in the provision of God for His people. Zechariah prophesied that the nations will one day be "ingathered" to Messiah. One day all surviving nations which had once attacked Israel will honor the King of Kings, the Messiah of Israel, by celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem each year (Zech. 14:16-18).

We see the seventh month as pointing to the time when God will complete His redemptive plan, by gathering the Body of Messiah (the Feast of Trumpets), gathering the nation of Israel (the Day of Atonement), and gathering all nations (the Feast of Tabernacles) to Himself. 

I hope that this article has given you a clearer picture of the amazing, incomprehensible love of God as you consider His redemptive plan in the context of His appointed times. 

The Feasts of Israel are special times for all who trust in the One that they speak of, as we remember the great salvation He has provided for us, anticipate His glorious coming, and use them to share His great love and plan with Jewish and non-Jewish people who don't yet know Him!

Dr. Sam Nadler is a Jewish believer in Jesus and has been in Messianic Jewish ministry for over 40 years. Sam is the president of Word of Messiah Ministries, which is bringing the Good News to the Jew first but not to the Jew only, and planting Messianic Congregations in Jewish communities worldwide. To equip the Body of Messiah in our shared calling, Sam has written multiple books on Jewish evangelism, discipleship, and the Feasts of Israel. Sam mentors Messianic leaders around the world, and regularly holds leadership conferences to train and encourage congregation planters in their vital ministry. For more information and resources, visit: www.wordofmessiah.org. 

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Russia, Iran Close Ranks

By Tzippe Barrow

CBN News Internet Producer - Jerusalem

Thursday, August 27, 2015

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JERUSALEM, Israel -- While the Obama administration presses Congress to back the Iranian nuclear deal in September's vote, Russia and Iran are announcing all kinds of joint ventures, evidence of the increasingly close ties between them.

On Wednesday, two Russian space companies announced a joint venture with an Iranian corporation to build a satellite observation system.

The "earth remote sensing system" will reportedly help Iran gather information about the earth's surface, its oceans and atmosphere. One observer said, "Believe that and I have some oceanfront property to sell you in Kansas."

Within weeks after world powers signed a nuclear deal with Iran in July, Russian and Iranian navies conducted a three-day joint exercise near the Caspian Sea.

According to Iran's semi-official FARS news agency Iranian naval commanders welcomed the Russian fleet carrying a message of "peace and friendship."

Meanwhile, Russia says it will help Iran build several more nuclear plants, while the long-awaited delivery of an undisclosed number of S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems would take place by year's end.

The $800 million sale has been in limbo since its signing eight years ago, but the $150 billion sanctions-lifting windfall took care of that.

The S-300 can track and intercept multiple aircraft simultaneously, making an Israeli pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities that more difficult.

Earlier this month, former Pentagon advisor Michael Rubin said the joint naval exercises are part and parcel of the tight military alliance taking shape between Russia and Iran, which may also include North Korea.

"The Russian warship visit, combined with North Korea scoping out war game sites in Russia, suggest a new Axis of Evil is taking shape with Russia, the lynchpin between Iran and North Korea," the Free Beaconquoted Rubin.

It's no wonder Iran has no qualms about threatening the United States and Israel. With plenty of money in its coffers, the military cooperation deal signed with Russia last January is taking shape beautifully.

Israel Eyes US Presidential Frontrunners

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It’s still early to say who will be the Republican candidate to become American’s next president come next year’s election, but already the topic of Israel is getting major play in the nomination process, and Israelis are taking notice.

Frontrunner Donald Trump and crowd favorite Dr. Ben Carson have been particularly vocal in their support of Israel, and in their harsh criticism of current President Barack Obama over his handling of relations with the Jewish state.

Carson in an interview with Fox News charged that Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran was evidence of his disdain for the Jews and the survival of their national homeland.

“All you have to do,” said Carson, “is, like I have, go to Israel, and talk to average people, on all ends of that spectrum. And I couldn’t find a single person there who didn’t feel that this administration had turned their back on Israel.”

When challenged over whether or not that made Obama anti-Semitic, as Carson suggested, he replied: “I think anything is anti-Semitic that is against the survival of a state that is surrounded by enemies, and by people who want to destroy them. And to sort of ignore that, and to act like everything is normal there, and that these people are paranoid, I think that’s anti-Semitic.”

Carson spoke out strongly against the Iran nuclear deal in July, warning that it puts the “whole country in jeopardy” and represents “a complete lack of common sense.”

In a separate interview with NBC’s Meet the Press, Trump warned that “Israel is in big trouble. Obama has really let Israel down.”

Implementation of the Obama-brokered nuclear deal, according to Trump, means that Iran is “going to be such a wealthy, such a powerful nation. They are going to have nuclear weapons. They are going to take over parts of the world that you wouldn’t believe. And I think it’s going to lead to nuclear holocaust.”

Unfortunately, Trump explained, it will be almost impossible for the next president to just “rip up” the nuclear deal signed by Obama.

Still, if elected, the real estate mogul vowed he would “police that contract so tough that they [the Iranians] don’t have a chance. As bad as the contract is, I will be so tough on that contract.”

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P. Parenthood Protests Expose 'Evil in Our Midst'

P. Parenthood Protests Expose 'Evil in Our Midst'

By Mark Martin

CBN News Reporter

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

The undercover video scandal exposing the sale of baby body parts caused pro-life groups across the nation to take the streets last weekend to protest Planned Parenthood. But did the protests make a difference?

National Director of Priests for Life Father Frank Pavone believes they did. He took time to thank and encourage the tens of thousands of people in hundreds of cities across America who took a stand against the abortion giant in a national day of protest.

"I just wanted to take a moment to thank each and every one of you who took part in this nationwide series of protests," he told participants.

"There's a voice of protest inside of us against the atrocities of abortion and Planned Parenthood. And I want to thank you for having let that voice inside of you come outside to the public," he said.

"And we are having these rallies, brothers and sisters, because there is an evil in our midst. There's an evil in our midst that must be exposed, that has been exposed, that is being exposed, and that will be exposed further," he said.

Pro-life groups hope the latest undercover videos released by the Center for Medical Progress exposing the harvesting of baby body parts and the recent nationwide protests will influence Congress when lawmakers return in September.

"We know that this is the body of a child," Father Pavone continued. "We know that this is the body of a person, and you don't kill the person, nor do you sell the body. And that's why we're here, and that's why we're in some 330 locations this morning because we are exposing the evil to the light of day. So many of our fellow citizens -- they haven't even heard about this yet."

The protesters, along with many others across the country, want to see Planned Parenthood investigated. Their immediate request, however, is for Congress to stop sending the organization half a billion dollars a year in taxpayer money.

Pavone believes the protests were a success.

"You're an encouragement to the entire pro-life movement, all those who are following these, these news stories but could not go out themselves," he said. "They have heard and will continue to hear of the great results, and you were part of that. You encouraged the movement."

It seems clear that movement is not backing down.

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It Is Time to Kick Prepping Into Overdrive, Because This Stock Market Crash Is Just the Beginning

8/26/2015 MICHAEL SNYDER  charisma news

As I have discussed repeatedly, I have more of a sense of urgency about the last six months of 2015 than I have ever had about any other specific period of time. (Reuters)

If you have not been preparing for what is coming, you need to get off your sofa and you need to start prepping right now. Just remember what happened back in 2008. That crisis took most people totally by surprise. Millions of Americans lost their jobs.

Most of them were living paycheck to paycheck. So all of a sudden, most of them couldn't pay the rent or the mortgage. Large numbers of families who once lived a comfortable middle-class lifestyle suddenly found themselves destitute. Well, this coming crisis is going to be even worse by the time it is all said and done, and it is not just going to be economic in nature.

Over the past two trading days, the Dow has gone down more than 1,000 points. The shaking that so many have warned about has begun. As this shaking plays out, you and your family will need cash, food, supplies and a whole bunch of other things. If you do not already have everything prepared, then you need to kick your prepping into overdrive, because we are on a very compressed time frame now.

But don't just take my word for it. A top adviser to former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown named Damian McBride is saying the same thing:

"A former adviser to Gordon Brown has urged people to stock up on canned goods and bottled water as stock markets around the world slide."

And he didn't just speak in generalities. According to an article in one of the most important newspapers in the U.K., McBride is urging his fellow citizens to do some very specific things:

"Advice on the looming crash, No. 1: Get hard cash in a safe place now; don't assume banks and cashpoints will be open, or bank cards will work," he tweeted.

"Crash advice No. 2: Do you have enough bottled water, tinned goods and other essentials at home to live a month indoors? If not, get shopping.

"Crash advice No. 3: Agree a rally point with your loved ones in case transport and communication gets cut off; somewhere you can all head to."

All of that is great advice. But I wonder why he is so concerned about people being able to live a month indoors. Does he know something that the rest of us do not?

Others are issuing similar ominous warnings. The following is an excerpt from a recent article by Chuck Baldwin that seemed to be written with an unusual sense of urgency:

I suggest you have a supply of food and water to last at least three months. Many survival experts insist that a six-month supply is the minimum. Personally, I can live a long time on tuna fish or peanut butter. You can purchase MREs from a variety of sources, as well as camp-style packaged food from many sporting goods stores. Of course, bottled water is available everywhere during normal times. Stock up! Distilled water will store longer than spring water. Plus, I suggest you have some water purification tablets or a Katadyn water filter on hand. And if you are able, prepare to grow your own food. In cold weather climates such as we have here in Montana, people quickly learn how to construct and utilize greenhouses in which to grow food. Canning food is another very helpful hedge against deprivation. If your parents and grandparents lived through the Great Depression as mine did, this was standard operating procedure.

Get a generator. Keep a supply of fuel on hand. Stay stocked up on batteries, candles, portable lights, first aid supplies, and toiletries—especially toilet paper and toothpaste. I also suggest you never run out of lighters or matches. You never know when you'll need to build a fire. If you live in a cold weather climate, you probably already have some sort of wood stove or fireplace.

You can read the rest of that outstanding article right here.

Similar sentiments were expressed in a recent piece by prepper extraordinaire Daisy Luther:

• Take your money out of the bank ASAP. If you still keep your money in the bank, go there and remove as much as you can while leaving in enough to pay your bills. Although it wasn't a market collapse in Greece recently, the banks did close and limit ATM withdrawals. People went for quite some time without being able to access their money, but were able to have a sense of normalcy by transferring money online to pay bills or using their debit cards to make purchases. Get your cash out. You don't want to be at the mercy of the banks.
• Stock up on supplies. Make sure you are prepped. If you're behind on your preparedness efforts and need to do this quickly, you can order buckets of emergency food just to have some on hand. (Learn how to build an emergency food supply using freeze-dried food HERE.) Hit the grocery store or wholesale club and stock up there, too, on your way home.
• Load up on fuel. Fill up your gas tank and fill your extra cans also. Quite often, fuel prices skyrocket in the wake of a market crash.
• Be prepared for the potential of civil unrest. If the banks put a limit on withdrawals (or close like they did in Greece), you can look for some panic to occur. If the stores dramatically increase prices or close, (there will be) more panic. Be armed and be prepared to stay safely at home. (Although this article was written during the Ferguson race riots, civil unrest follows a similar pattern regardless of the cause.)
• Be prepared for the possibility of being unable to pay your bills. If things really go downhill, the middle class and those who are the working poor will be the most strongly affected, as they have been in Greece during that country's ongoing financial crisis. This article talks about surviving if you are unable to pay all of your bills.

Every family is facing a different set of circumstances, so "prepping" is not going to look the same for everyone. What may make sense for you may not make sense for me. But the truth is that we all need to get prepared for what is coming, because time is running out.

As I have discussed repeatedly, I have more of a sense of urgency about the last six months of 2015 than I have ever had about any other specific period of time. That is why the book that I recently co-authored with survivalist expert Barbara Fix is titledGet Prepared NOW. The word "NOW" is in larger print than everything else on the front cover because I really wanted to emphasize the urgency of what we are facing.

If you think that you can wait until next year to start getting prepared, you are going to be too late.

This stock market crash is just the beginning. Next month we are witnessing a convergence of events that is pretty much unprecedented. If you would like to learn more, here are some places to get started:

-"The Big List of 33 Things That Are Going to Happen in September 2015"

-"The Russian Media Is Talking About What Is Coming in September, but the U.S. Media Has Been Strangely Silent"

-"The Mystery of September 23: Why Does 9/23 Keep Popping up all Over the Place?"

-"10 Things That Are Going to Happen Within 15 Days of the End of the Shemitah"

The relative stability of the past few years has lulled millions of Americans into a state of complacency.

And even our politicians are displaying a stunning level of complacency. For example, even though our nation is rapidly going down the toilet, Barack Obama has played more than 1,100 hours of golf while he has been in the White House.

It is time for all of us to awaken from our slumber, because life in America is about to dramatically change.

Do you have some specific tips to share with those that are trying to get prepared for what is coming? Please feel free to join the discussion by posting a comment below.

Michael T. Snyder is the publisher of The Economic Collapse Blog and author of The Beginning of the End.

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Israel's History - a Picture a Day - Painting of Jews Arriving to Ottoman Empire in 1492

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Painting of Jews Arriving to Ottoman Empire in 1492 Posted by the Ottoman Imperial Archives Posted: 25 Aug 2015 The Ottoman Imperial Archives continues to release amazing pictures, photos and documents from the rich Ottoman history.  The painting below is the latest example. We thank the archivists for their wonderful work which can be seen on Twitter @OttomanArchive as well as the archives' website. The modern-day caption says "More than 150,000 Spanish Jews Fled the Spanish Inquisition and Brought to the Ottoman Empire in 1492."  The painting shows Jews who escaped the Spanish expulsion and rabbis getting off their ship and meeting dignitaries. Turkish dignitaries meeting Jews at the dock (Ottoman Imperial Archives) The online reproduction is of low resolution and we cannot read writing on the bottom left of the painting. We have unsuccessfully searched for other copies or details that would indicate when the painting was drawn and the artist.

How to Avoid the Middle-Eastern Shuk (in dealing with Iran)

How to Avoid the Middle-Eastern Shuk

8/26/2015 SUSAN MICHAEL/ICEJ  charisma news

Why weren't Israelis like Benjamin Netanyahu brought in to help broker the Iran nuclear weapons deal? (Reuters file photo )

Two out of every three Americans, and 75 percent of Israelis, are opposed to the administration's deal with Iran because it does not block the world's No. 1 sponsor of terrorism from acquiring nuclear weapons. On the contrary, it legitimizes the very nuclear program Iran denied they had, and allows for their full acceptance as a nuclear state at the end of the agreement

There is a very good possibility that in early September, Congress will be able to muster the votes to at least bring about a show down with the administration, if not actually produce a veto-proof majority vote. One thing is for sure, during the week of the vote, the halls of Congress will be filled with thousands of American citizens lobbying their members of Congress against the deal thanks to a number of groups planning lobbying days, press conferences and rallies then.

Opposing the deal is one thing. But, the question that everyone wants answered is: What is the alternative? Its opponents say the alternative is to broker a better deal. However, the fact is that the American negotiating team will not be able to broker a better deal unless they learn to negotiate like an Iranian.

The Middle-Eastern Shuk

Most Middle Easterners can negotiate Americans under the carpet, because they literally grow up negotiating everything, from the cost of fruits and vegetables in theshuk (market) to higher-priced items like appliances and home goods. Americans only negotiate when they purchase a car or a house. So, what can we learn from the Middle-Eastern shuk?

No. 1: Never pay the stated price. A shopkeeper will not quote the price that he expects you to pay but an inflated price that leaves room for negotiating. Never agree to the stated demand. Always offer less.

No. 2: Never start where you want to end. Once a price has been stated, respond with an offer that is so ridiculously low that it is embarrassing. This is where many Americans stumble, because they do not want to look like they are cheap, nor do they want to insult the poor merchant. But if you do not counter low, you will end up paying too much.

No. 3: Make them think it really hurts. Middle Easterners love to play along with their opponent by telling how much the counter offer hurts while displaying great emotion and perhaps emphatic gestures. Compare this to the average American who usually avoids any display of emotion. They are not used to such reactions, so they will quickly give in and pay the high price thinking they may have insulted or hurt the feelings of their negotiating partner.

No. 4: Don't trust your opponent. Americans are at heart a very honest people, and look down on any type of lying. So, they assume everyone else is telling the truth like they are! In the Middle East though, truth can be sacrificed to achieve the goal of leaving the negotiations with honor and respect back home. Therefore, don't believe everything your opponent says.

No. 5: Be prepared to walk away. When the stakes are high, and the deal being brokered is just not good enough, then the buyer has to be willing to walk out the door. The merchant knows then that he has lost the sale, and he will run after the buyer with a new offer. Being too eager to make a deal is perceived as weakness and will be taken advantage of. Always be willing to walk away.

Only those privy to the negotiations know how well or how poorly the American team did. But, based on their eagerness to close a deal, and the response of the Iranians, who said they got everything they wanted, it appears the American team was out-negotiated.

To broker a better deal with Iran, perhaps we should consider bringing in the Israelis to negotiate for us. They have much more experience in the Middle Eastern shuk.

Susan M. Michael is U.S. Director of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, icejusa.org.

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Jonathan Cahn: America Is Racing Toward Judgment

 

8/26/2015 JENNIFER LECLAIRE  charisma news

With Asia's richest man losing $3.6 billion in China's Black Monday, some financial advisers are telling clients to get everything but operating cash out of the bank and exit the stock market before it's too late. (Reuters)

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It doesn't take a prophet to see the shaking. The Dow is volatile, with U.S. stocks rebounding after a punishing spurt even as China's market continuing to slide.

With Asia's richest man losing $3.6 billion in China's Black Monday, some financial advisers are telling clients to get everything but operating cash out of the bank and exit the stock market before it's too late.

I'm praying against a widespread panic, as many voices—some responsible and some irresponsible—are trumpeting the end of the world as we know it in September. Even if the worst happens, panic is not the answer. Our hope and our trust are in God and God alone, not in man and mammon.

Jonathan Cahn, author of The Harbinger and The Mystery of the Shemitah, has said (and continues saying) he believes we're standing at a critical time. He's not the only one. Many others in many different streams—including Franklin Graham, Rodney Howard-Browne and Rick Joyner—are echoing this statement.

"America is racing toward judgment," Cahn says. "Not one but multiple factors are converging."

Indeed, America long ago reached a tipping point. Our economy is on artificial life support. Economies in Europe are crashing. Economies in Asia are sliding. And it's not just fiscal issues raging. Our government is sanctioning sexual immorality and the secular media is ignoring shameless exploits of fetal harvesters like Planned Parenthood.

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What shall we do? Despite Cahn's strong and repeated warnings, he is not without hope. That's one of the differences between him and all the doom and gloom prophets who don't make room for the sovereignty or the mercy of God.

"I am led to call for a period of prayer, repentance and intercession for America, to end on Sept. 23, Yom Kippur," Cahn says. "It is crucial the people of God come before Him now on the foundation of 2 Chronicles 7:14: 'If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their evil ways, I will hear from heaven, I will forgive their sin, and I will heal their land.'"

As I've said before, I believe God's discipline is on this nation and I believe it will get worse before it gets better. But I also believe God is bringing a Third Great Awakening to the land. I believe the latter rain is coming. I interviewed many men and women of God in my book The Next Great Move of God: An Appeal to Heaven for Spiritual Awakening who believe the same things.

I'm believing for a supernatural outpouring of the Holy Spirit. I'm believing for the wells of the Voice of Healing movement to be uncapped and for even mightier miracles to flow. I am believing for transforming revival to heal the land. Most importantly, I am believing for a great harvest of souls. I'll be ministering in Manchester, Kentucky, this weekend where God did all of this and more. It can happen in America.

Sid Roth, the host of It's Supernatural, seems to be sensing the same thing. He tells Charisma News there is great truth revealed in the Shemitah message about coming economic chaos. But God has just given him eyes for the impending great awakening.

"I believe that even though there will be challenges in America, the great awakening will trump the economic problems. I see the greatest creative miracles in history taking place," Roth says. "I see hospitals where people with missing limbs suddenly grow new limbs, and the miracles being reported on the evening news. I see college football stadiums jam-packed with worshipping Christians. I see God taking care of His people supernaturally. I see Jesus coming back soon!"

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 on Facebook or follow her on Twitter. Jennifer's Periscope handle is @propheticbooks.

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Judge: Videos on Fetal Parts Trafficking Legal

Judge: Videos on Fetal Parts Trafficking Legal

By Gary Lane

CBN News Senior International Reporter

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Following a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruling that the Center for Medical Progress has a constitutional right to release undercover videos on the trafficking of baby body parts, CMP released another video plus a trailer of those to come.

The latest video shows the CEO of StemExpress, the company that purchased aborted babies from Planned Parenthood, laughing about how her lab technicians were shocked when they received fully intact aborted babies.

"Tell the lab it's coming, and they open the box and go, 'Oh God!" StemExpress CEO Cate Dyer says in the video.

Dr.Deborah Nucatola, Planned Parenthood director of Medical Services, talked about the demand for fetal organs.

"Yesterday was the first time she said people wanted lungs," Nucatola explains. "And then, like I said, always as many intact livers as possible."

In CMP's newest video, Planned Parenthood Research Director Melissa Farrell talks about providing intact baby cadavers for harvesting internal organs.

"So, if we alter our process and we are able to obtain intact fetal cadavers...it's all just a matter of line items," Farrell explains.

CMP suggests those "line items" apparently mean greater profit for Planned Parenthood.

In an undercover video released in July, Dr. Mary Gatter says, laughing, "We agreed that $100 would keep you happy? I want a Lamborghini. I said I want a Lamborghini. Don't we all, right?"

The buying and selling of human fetal tissue is a violation of federal law.

While LA Superior Court Judge Joanne O'Donnell has allowed the public release of the undercover videos, a StemExpress violation of privacy lawsuit against CMP will move forward.

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Standing For Truth in a World of Deception

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STANDING FOR TRUTH IN A WORLD OF DECEPTION - Now Think On This – Book 4 are more messages that I have written for the Love For His People and Now Think On This blogs. They cover a variety of topics to encourage you, believers in Jesus, in your daily walk, while standing firmly committed for His plans and purposes in our nations.

As the Lord would give me a word or two in my spirit, I would begin to write what more followed. With a prophetic and inspirational edge, I trust that these messages will be an encouragement to you to stand strong in your faith, fulfill the call on your life, and be a light to the nations, beginning in your own family.

These simple words are meant to be an addition to your daily Bible reading and prayer time. With the days growing darker, each of us must be built up in the faith of our forefathers and the Jewish writers of the Written Word, as they were inspired by the Holy Spirit.

We must stand strong for truth in this world of deception surrounding us.

Here are a few of the 24 chapter titles:  Well Done,  Happy To Be God’s Treasure,  Expressions & Diversity,  Perspective, No More Restraints, Expectations,  Heart Growing Cold, Martyrdom, and Perception.

This is my 9th published book. By now I am quite sure you have read the previous ones, but if not, you can find them on the right and left hand columns of this blog. All are available on Amazon in print and Kindle versions. Or check the Martin Lighthouse Publishing page with this blog. The link is in the top left hand corner.

And thank you to those who have enjoyed my writings. I delight to use this gift of the Lord for His purposes.

Be blessed,

Steve Martin

Love For His People

My previous eight books.