Stand-off in Armenian capital ended

Terrorist attack in Uri in Indian controlled Kashmir. A Muslim-Hindu-Secular contest in this region of far North India is also affected by a dispute whether the region (Jammu and Kashmir) should be independent, under Pakistan's control or stay within India as at present. Of additional interest is the name of the city. It is the ancient word for 'city' found in the Bible ("Ur") amd in other ancient Middle East languages. Nagpur, also in India, retains the name 'Ur'. Along with Babel, Ur was a major city in ancient Babylon.

18/9/16, Jordanian politician enlists with Muslim Brotherhood to use its networks. This came from a report about Jordan's parliamentary elections. Another commentator said, "as soon as they are elected they will return to Amman and live on the high life there". Apparently there is mass disinterest in electoral politics amongst voters there. No doubt the assembly they vote for has little effective power. Thus cynicism being high on people's lists of concerns is a problem in Jordan too. Likewise, attempts to get Christian parties into NZ parliaments have usually relied on Roman Catholic networks in a similar way to the strategy indicated in this comment from Amman. In these Last Days, Christians are far better off pointing to the imminent arrival of Christ's Kingdom rather than try to reform the system or re-try previous failed attempts at governance. As an historian, one realises there are no other combinations left to solve world governance issues or problems. Only genuine world government remains untried. According to Bible Prophecy, it will then devolve to Ten Kingdoms. At that point an eleventh personality will arise to take over from the Ten Kings and he will rule the World. That is the Antichrist and it is his government that is the last before Christ's reign.

20/9/16, Latest Attempt at Syrian Ceasefire collapsing. Apparenty because the Russians believe the Americans do not have sufficient control over the rebels. Then the Americans mistakenly bombed some Syrian soldiers confronting ISIS. That matter is discussed below but it appears from this latest breakdown, the rebels are without sufficient support in Syria to hope to overthrow the Government. ISIS thinks it can control parts of Syria and Assad believes he can stay in power. Until these parties think there is no way they can achieve their objectives via war then and only then will they go to the negotiating table. Meanwhile there is a stalemate and it has been like that for the best part of five years now.

That indicates the Syrian crisis and others almost as intractible in Libya, Iraq, Yemen etc., are going to ramble on somewhat longer creating an even bigger refugee and dislocated civilian population in these countries, neighbours on borders and countries further afield. Our thesis that these wars are a preamble to the atttack on Israel gains strength. There is no way the normal agencies that bring peace and security to the world are going to solve these crises. Organisations like the UN, G20 etc., are conspicuously failing in that regard. Conspiracies deep in the bowels of various organisations are beyond control of management. Something like that may be the force fomenting a mischief, in the lands that 'Gog' leads that the Bible refers to in respect to the invasion of Israel in Ezekiel 38:1 to 39:16. The Bible says that at some point God Himself intervenes in that mischief and Himself pulls the invasion force into Israel for Him to destroy in the manner described by Ezekiel.

20/9/16, Pentagon sabotaged Syrian Ceasefire. That was the claim reported today from an American author of a book on Syria. He said there were indications the head of the Pentagon Mr Ashton, the American Defence Secretary had indicated his opposition to the State Department's negotiations with the Russians. According to the author's thesis, the Pentagon was worried cooperation with the Russians over the joint control centre to tackle ISIS and Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (formerly al Nusra) would necessitate handing over or revealing vital US military codes, secrets or communication protocols. This thesis would indicate why Messrs Labrov and Kerry are unable to cobble together any peace in Syria because they both have little control over their military cadres. Even Mr Ashton is probably just a puppet of the Pentagon. The incident, bombing the Syrian soldiers in a fort as they prepared to confront ISIS, shows that the politicaians and diplomats have little hope of controlling world affairs.

We submit weapons of mass destruction were in Iraq when the 2003 invasion went ahead under the authorisation of Tony Blair and George Bush. Neither man could do anything else other than to go into Iraq given what their military and other departments had done under cover of previous PMs and Presidents, George Bush's father in his embarrassing case.

What this further indicates is that the world is plunging ever deeper into the Lawlessness that Apostle Paul wrote of in II Thessalonians 2:6-7. Governments, and indeed governance, are everywhere being undermined. People are disobeying police, Maori in New Zealand refuse to obey "European Law", and many laws especially regulations are un-enforced often because of lack of resources. Laws are passsed but the governance agencies' ability to police them are minimalised with funding cuts. These things are examples of a process of undermining law.

21/9/16, Pope gets five religions to Assisi to pray for refugees. The current pope supposedly entitled himself 'Francis' in honour of Francis of Assisi. More likely, he named himself after Francis Xavier the jesuit. He is the first Jesuit Pope. Usually, Jesuits have been the power behind the throne not on the throne. He also has the suspicious birth name of 'George (God) Mario Bar Gog Lio'. We are not told from which 'five religions' he drew participants for this ecumenical stunt. But the event is proof of the ulterior agendas of the papacy.

21/9/16, Squabbling Afghan and African refugees burn down Lesbos camp. Their escapade also caused a neighbouring orchardist's olive trees to catch fire. The event shows again that as these refugees are gathered and eventually set on a path toward invading Israel as per Ezekiel 38:1 to 39:16, they will start fighting one another once they arrive there (Ezekiel 38:21 and c.f., II Chronicles 15:6, II Chronicles 20:22-3, Isaiah 19:2; and New Testament, Matthew 24:7, Mark 13:8, Luke 21:10).

21/9/16, Russia and USA blame each other for UN Aid Convoy bombing. The attack took place as trucks lined up awaiting Syrian Government approval to deliver aid to Aleppo. The truce that was set to allow aid convoys to enter cities like Aleppo now seems dead although the UN Security Counciul chaired today by NZ PM John Key seems hopeful the truce will hold so that some sort of political deal can be initiated. The Russians claimed an Americn drone was lurking around while the Americans say only Russian and Syrian war planes could have been in the area to do this anyway.

One of the awful revelations from this was that a Syrian Red Crescent Aid chief was killed as he directed the convoy. Worse, it emerged his son had been tortured to death by the Syrian regime. These people are awful monsters to do such a thing to their own nationals. How this President Assad look at himself and sit there in Damascus with his East Acton born wife, herself the daughter of refugees from some earlier Syrian crisis, clingung on and standing by. She, presumably, was born to refugees fleeing Assad's father's slaughter of 30 000 Syrians in a 1970's uprising. This nonsense defies imnagination. But the whole Syria Crisis in the context of similar nonsense in Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan, the Sudan etc., defies common sense.

That is why, even considering the complexities of many other wars such as the 113 year "One Hundred Years' War between France and England, or the Thirty Years War, and many other conflicts, this one in Syria paralleled by the other theatres just mentioned, has no satisfactorily explainable cause or rationale. The Russians have to keep the Syrian Government or Regime on course but the americans are required to coalesce many different ideologies in the various rebel groups and separate out the moderate onews from the more extreme terrorists who are mostly embedded on the various fronts with the so-called 'moderates'. Obviously Assad's Government, the Iranians and Moscow must see any of the rebels as terrorist. Yet for the sake of a truce the Russians seem prepareddd to accept some of the rebels have somne sort of legitimate interest. Yet obviously, the russians cannot find a way to put enough ppressure on Assad. But do they want to? If there is an ulterior motive or agenda here, one has to reiterated the words of Mr Kerry, "Is this all part of a ruse?"

More and more, in these pages, it seems to us that the Syrian crisis is the focus for many other diversions (Yemen, Libya etc.,) and is central to the mischief of Ezekiel 38:10. The Pope's antics (see abover) should be watched alongside this nonsense for clues to realise what may actually be happening.

23/9/16, "New Zealand sleighted Russia on Crimea", says Winston Peters. The MP, a former Foreign Minister, said the NZ Government joined the chorus of disapproval and put sanctions on Russia after President Putin offered a plebiscite to the citizens of the Crimea. They voted to re-join Russia and leave the Ukraine. The background was that Ukraine seemed to be levitating towards the West, the EU and away from economic cooperation with the Russian Federation. As far as Crimeans were concerned, a majority preferred to remain aligned with Russia with many Crimeans nowadays anyway being Russian. After the Crimean War in the 19th Century the Great Powers, in effect the UN of the time, agreed the Crimea should belong to Russia to govern. However, Kruschev transferred governance of the Crimea to the Ukraine because of infrastructure developments that necessitated linking the somewhat isolated peninsula, a virtual island, with Ukraine. That seemed sensible until the USSR broke up.

Of course going even further back in time, the Crimea was overrun by Tartars from Mongolia and Central Asia. They took the region off the Circassians whose descendants now live on Turkey's Black Sea Coast. President Putin at least let the people put the matter to the vote. A solid majority, a better one than the Brexit and Scottish Independence Referenda in the UK, opted to re-join Russia which now governs the region. It does seem New Zealand unnecessarily snubbed Russia by joining the sanctions regime arranged in the West to discipline Russia for this outrage as the West saw it.

Worse, New Zealand's biggest industry, the Dairy Sector, had to wear losses by diverting export products to other markets. The effect of EU and American sanctions also diverted other milk products onto world markets causing a glut and destabilising the international market. The basic Price for NZ dairy farmers slumped from about $8 to #3.50. In the intervening period, markets have begun to re-stabilise and NZ's farmers are looking at a price of $5.50.

Mr Peters pointed out that the NZ PM needlessly hurt the NZ dairy industry. But that decision also reflects naivity in NZ's Foreign Affairs Ministry. It also raises the question of attitudes toward Russia by 'The West'. Is there a serious miscalculation going on? Or do Western Leaders realise Russia and others are preparing for the Ezekiel 38:1 to 39:16 invasion of Israel? If they do realise that, they are not letting on. It may also indicate why churches are avoiding prophecy because the powers ruling 'The West' want to keep the public in the dark just as George Orwell predicted in 1984.

As we have discovered from a careful reading of the Ezekiel passage, Russia and Moscow are in fact underlings or subservient to Gog and his or its allies. After the 1917 overthrow of the Tsars and Czars (Caesar and Sar as in Bel Shazzar), the same year as the Balfour Declaration obliged Britain to allow Jews to re-establish a state in 'Palestine', The Cossacks of Kazakhstan put Lenin into power. The georgian Mafia with Stalin then took over and Kruschev and the Ukrainians took power in Moscow after that. It is not clear when a Russian has been in power in Moscow. The 'Romanov Czars' were hardly Russian either, originating in Byzantium as they did, so it may not have been until Putin that Russia has had a genbuin ely Russian strong man at the helm which may explain his popularity. Putin cannot be such a bad lad. He likes the Beatles!

After a brief light note, and more seriously, whatever the true situation, we can once again point out that the true believers who are studying God's Word are learning of His Plan for the world and are rapidly becoming aware of what is really going on behind the scenes. As one showed in another paper (Sundry Misuses) people in churches have become very narcissistic and are only concerned with "God's Plan" for their lives. Rather they should be devoting their lives to studying God's Plan. That is what one writing here endeavours to do.

29/9/16, Obama and Kerry naive to deal with Russia over Syria. That is the view of some of President Obama's own Cabinet according to a commentator on NZ's national public radio station. This reflects other reports that suggest the Pentagon was also opposed to the latest peace plan to stop fighting especially in Aleppo to enable aid to get through to hordes of people in dire straits. It seems that a similar situation to that faced by Kennedy and Kruschev exists where the millitary complexes of USA and Russia are outside the control of democratically elected officials. It also seems possible that automated or robotised weapons' systems are entering the fray outside the generals control. The shooting of a Malaysian civilian aircraft over Ukraine, see event in next item, shows that aside from automated weapons' systems being outside human control, rebels like Cossacks (Kazakhstanis) are also involved and Messrs Putin, Labrov, Obama and Kerry, Ashton et al can do nothing about these things.

29/9/16, Report says Russians shot down Malay airlliner over Ukraine. This emerged today but Russia vehemently denied it had anything to do with the accident. There is a possibility they are innocent of the crime if the report we received (refer 18/7/14, “Cossack militants boasting over radio they had brought down Malaysian airliner MH 17 over Ukraine”) is indeed accurate. This is further evidence, noted in the item above and elsewhere, that players including robots and computing equipment are independently acting in various events without the express or even conceptual knowledge of the generals and political authorities that have ultimate responsibilty for armaments. In this case, it is also possible the Cossacks had insufficient technical capability to handle the sophisticated weaponry they almost certainly illegally acquired, or acquired without any political authorisation.

Considering both these reported issues today, the identity of Gog in the Ezekiel 38:1 to 39:16 prophecy takes on even more interest. There are forces at play in many world issues that are very hard to detect, identify or explain. The Bible says at one point that God Himself puts hooks into the jaws of the invaders of that prophecy and God Himself draws them into Israel. But how does God manage that? Obviously we will see the effect but it will be impossible for us to explain it.

29/9/16, "Out of control of professional military people". John Nance, leading expert on aviation matters commenting on the downing of Malaysian airliner MH 17. The launcher (a "BUK") and missies were definitely Russian. Apparently the launcher was smuggled into some rebel-held territory in Ukraine then quickly retrieved. That lines up with our report that Cossacks were involved. This expert advice also confirms our points in the above two items that military equipment is getting into the wrong hands which are invariably lacking in appropriate expertise to properly use it. It also demonstrates one of our primary themes that science and technology are getting outside our control, if they ever were within our control! That's what God warned Adam and Eve when they consumed from the touch-tronic computer, possibly embedded in a tree, in the Garden of Eden.

29/9/16, USA threatens to break-off talks with Russia over Aleppo Crisis. The US believes Russia is deeply implicated in bombing aid workers and two hospitals in recent days. Even if the Russians were not involved, their client Assad is the culprit. All this of course is dependent upon the veracity of data which is subjective, as is suggested in the latest reports of the fate of the airliner MH 17 shot down over Ukraine. The failure of the UN, deep-seated rivalries amongst diplomats and national delegations therein and unauthorised or unregistered weapons' systems in the hands of 'unknowns' are all contruibuting to near total failuure of the world's peace and aid institutions. It seems only a matter of time before new governance regimes must move in to take control. The invasion of Israel by Gog et al will help accelerate that.

29/9/16, 87% of Private NZ debt is tied up in property. Just another symptom of an isolated mass of people putting their trust in bricks and mortar. Money sloshing around in the pockets of international investors, including New Zealanders who managed to get their hands into some overseas troughs (well-paid jobs), is flooding into property markets, mainly houses, in NZ. But the national mantra that one should own one's first home by age thirty or thereabouts means that Kiwis will take on enormous, unwieldy volumes of debt to get into that house. New Zealand's 'Private Debt' is more than 100% of GDP so there is plenty of potential for trouble in these figures. On the other hand, the world situation is so dire that foreign lenders are prepared to let out risky loans at far lower levels of risk aversity to young NZ home owners. The foreign lenders may well have to flee their current domicile so if they can foreclose on a debt on a house in NZ at least they have a house to come to.

29/9/16, India attacks Pakistan border with "Kashmid". Taken from an Arab speaking nation's International television news service where the reader repeatedly quoting from a "Breaking News" piece, kept on saying "Kashmid" for "Kashmir". This is another case of this happening and again from the same source. The previous occasion was in resppet to a crisis at Madaya in Syria. However, on a couple of occasions when the television-studio anchor-person was speaking with someone on location, the local kept saying "Maraya" instead of 'Madaya'. Of course "Maraya", spelled in reverse, to account for transfer from a right-left writing-language into a left-right writing-language, is "Ayaram" or Aram the old and ancient name for what is now called Syria a name derived from the old Hebrew or Semite for Tzor-Tyre. If one thought the earlier occasion was coincidence, this event today is very interesting support for the thesis one holds in etymology and which one is promoting in these pages and in the 3-D Aleph-Tav Bible Study.

It is the Resh-Daleh thesis that points out in ancient Hebrew and Phoenician, the letters 'r' and 'd' are similar symbols within their respective alphabetic scripts. Although the letters in the Hebrew differ significantly from the Phoenician, a similar principle of style is found in both. The essential difference between resh ('r') and daleth ('d') in Hebrew is a tittle which Jesus spoke of. The tittle has the effect of squaring the letter 'd' (daleth) but it is omitted in the letter 'r' (resh). That gives the 'r' in Hebrew a visual rounded effect whereas the 'd' looks rigid, straight and square. That same style difference exists in the Phoenician where the 'r' is a sort of rounded 'd'. and became the 'ro' of the Greek. The Phoenician daleth or 'd' became Greece's delta These four letters, two from each alphabet, are easily mistaken for each other especially when the writer's handwriting was sloppy. Oddly, ironically or coincidentally, this only occurs between these four letters in their two respective alphabets. Other alphabets directly descended from the Hebrew and Phoenician, such as Aramaean and Arabic seem to have the same problem. Applied to the Latin word for 'Law' or Juria, we have Judia suggesting the Latin word for 'law' identified with the Laws of Judah and Israel. There are many interesting implications from that alone!

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