New items have been added to my Daily Update pages for Monday morning, located here:

http://www.his-forever.com/daily_update_12_18_06.htm
 

 

and are as follows:

RECIPE:  "Gingerbread Cookies With Chocolate"

2 TIMOTHY 3:

Anglican/Episcopalians Are Reaching Point of Revolt

For about 30 years, the Episcopal Church has been one big unhappy family. Under one roof there were female bishops and male bishops who would not ordain women. There were parishes that celebrated gay weddings and parishes that denounced them; theologians sure that Jesus was the only route to salvation, and theologians who disagreed.

Five bodies found in Ipswich in just 10 days
The bodies of two further prostitutes were discovered in Ipswich yesterday, raising the number of deaths to five and reinforcing the belief that police are hunting a serial murderer.

AMERICA:

F-35 Stealth Fighter Test Flight Deemed a Success

CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION:

China Christians to stand trial

Eight Chinese Christians will stand trial on December 22, accused of inciting violent resistance to the law after they protested the government's destruction of a church, a Chinese dissident and a court official said on Friday.

Keeping Tabs
Russia: Clamping down on “foreign” influences, the Kremlin forces churches to report attendance and even cash donations :If Americans have to file their federal tax returns by April 15, the spring date is also gaining infamy among churches in Russia. For them, it is the day next year they have to account for their activities. Except now, the rules just became harder.

CHRISTMAS:

My Christmas 2006 page is up finally.  MUCH to see, for children AND adults!!! <- FEATURE!!!

DAYS OF LOT:

Africa's first legally married gay couple get rings

"I don't want to call it a publicity stunt because to me its a big thing. We've come a long way in this country over the last 10 years, and I see it as a continuation of liberalisation of human expression in this country," Louw said.

EU/UN:

A new Secretary General of the United Nations is now in place -- South Korean Ban Ki-Moon <- FEATURE!!!

The really big news is that, at this most important time in world history, Ban Ki-Moon might be a follower of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church - the man who claims to be Messiah.

EU summit on the European Constitution set for Madrid in January
At the European Summit on Friday, Spain and Luxembourg announced a joint initiative to try to recover the idea of a European Constitution.The announced a new EU summit between the 18 countries which have already ratified the document, to be held in Madrid on January 26.

EU Wants a Middle East Free of Nukes
The European Union called Thursday for a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction, responding to recent comments by the Israeli prime minister that have been interpreted as acknowledging his country has a nuclear arsenal.

Germans face pressure to revive EU treaty

GLOBALIZATION:

Fifth of farm animal breeds may face extinction-FAO

One breed is being lost each month, and the globalisation of livestock markets is the biggest single factor hitting farm animal diversity, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said in a statement on Friday.

ISRAEL HAPPENINGS:

Anti-Semitism -

Iran stirs up hatred with Holocaust conference <- OMG!!!

Iran's foreign minister questioned the right of Israel to exist yesterday at the opening of a provocative conference on the Holocaust. The two-day gathering in Teheran is being attended by dozens of international guests, including a British anti-Zionist rabbi, who will hear presentations debating the use of the gas chambers.

Ezekiel 38-39 Players -

Iran offers nuclear technology to Gulf nations-TV

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a Kuwaiti envoy that Iran was ready to share its nuclear know-how with other countries in the region, state television reported on Saturday. Alarmed by Iran's nuclear ambitions and Israel's presumed nuclear arms stockpile, Saudi Arabia and fellow Gulf Arab states recently announced plans to set up their own nuclear energy programme for peaceful purposes.

Report: Russia to Refit Nuclear Missiles

Russia defies West and goes ahead with nuclear fuel sale to Iran
RUSSIA is to begin supplying Iran with nuclear fuel early next year despite mounting concern in the West that this could accelerate Tehran’s plans to build a nuclear bomb.

Feasts -

Praying for New Chanukah Miracles

Fence -

Cement Barrier South Of Hebron Must Come Down

The High Court of Justice has accepted three petitions filed by Palestinians against construction of an 82-cm. high cement barrier erected along a 41-km. stretch of road linking Jewish settlements in the South Hebron hills.

Israel's Enemies -

Gaza slides closer to civil war

"Peace" Plan -

Blair: Peace Talks Critical for Mideast

British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Egypt for Middle East peace talks Saturday, saying the next few days and weeks would be critical in determining whether Israel and the Palestinians can break their cycle of violence.

EU Backs Peace Plan Worded By Spain, France, Italy
European Union foreign ministers on Thursday discussed a five-point plan to revive the Middle East peace process first put forward by Spain, France and Italy in mid-November.

Olmert: Willing To Trade Land For Peace <- FEATURE!!!
In an interview with the BBC, reported on the news agency's website, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel was prepared to "pull out from many, many territories". During the interview, he reaffirmed his support for a Palestinian state and said a new border would have to be determined, "hopefully through negotiations".

Religion -

Israel switches to kosher electricity for its orthodox Jews

Fifty years after a rabbinical ruling made it sacrilegious for orthodox Jews to use mains power on the Sabbath, Israel's national grid has come up with a bright idea for the observant: kosher electricity.

MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS:

Breast Cancer -

Pomegranate Seed Oil Causes Breast Cancer Cells to Self-Destruct <- FEATURE!!!

On the heels of the discovery by Israeli researchers that pomegranate juice has antioxidant properties, another Israeli team has found that the fruit could have important implications for breast cancer treatment and estrogen replacement therapy.

Diabetes -

Red Hot Chili Peppers Cure Diabetes <- FEATURE!!!

Diabetic mice became healthy virtually overnight after researchers injected a substance to counteract the effect of malfunctioning pain neurons in the pancreas.  "I couldn't believe it," said Dr. Michael Salter, a pain expert at the Hospital for Sick Children and one of the scientists. "Mice with diabetes suddenly didn't have diabetes any more."

NATURAL DISASTERS:

Australian bushfires leave grisly trail of environmental damage

Deadly winds cause havoc in Seattle, Vancouver

PESTILENCE:

Sugarcane Disease found in crop

PLAGUES:

300 Say They Got Ill From Olive Garden

Drug resistant TB 'more severe'

Super Germ Outbreak shuts L.A. Hospital

STRANGE EARTH SIGNS:

Bewilderment As Russian Winter Shrivels In Face Of Global Warming <- FEATURE!!!

Climate Change Melts Kilimanjaro's Snows

Global Sea Levels Projected To Rise Faster Than Expected

TERRORISTS/TERRORISM:

Fatah: Without diplomatic solution we'll lose to Hamas

Officials at Prime Minister's Office claim Israel has nothing to do with what is happening in Palestinian Authority, but Fatah officials say 'key is in Israel's hands. Without serious diplomatic agreement, we will not be able to fight against Hamas'

WARS & RUMORS OF WAR:

Japan creates first defense ministry since WWII

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Monday's article, "The Feast of Hanukkah... History To Prophecy" by Jack Kelley, will also be linked to the Daily Update page.
 

 

EXCERPT:

He will be succeeded by a contemptible person who has not been given the honor of royalty. He will invade the kingdom when its people feel secure, and he will seize it through intrigue. (Daniel 11:21)

In 175 BC Antiochus IV Epiphanes came to power in Syria by stealing the throne from the rightful heir, Demetrius II, the young son of Seleucus IV Heliodorus. The original Seleucus was one of the four generals who divided the Greek Empire between them following the death of Alexander the Great. Thus Antiochus Epiphanes became the eighth descendant of Seleucus to sit on the throne of Syria.

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I pray you are blessed by all, and that you have a blessed day in the Lord!

YSIY!
Peggy
www.his-forever.com