Pentecostal Pastor in India Murdered

“This was murder. My brother had blood oozing out of his mouth, hands and legs tied in an unnatural way and his clothes were torn,” said Dushashan Pradhan.

Christians and Roman Catholics stand united against violence in India.

 

He is the brother of Pentecostal Pastor Saul Pradhan, 45 years old, who found dead on January 11 in the village of Pakala, in Kandhamal district, Orissa. The region has been the scene of repeated attacks on Christians by Hindu extremists since the anti-Christian massacres of Christmas 2008.

The pastor was found dead following still unresolved circumstances. Police have ruled that his death was accidental and caused by freezing. The official story is yet to be confirmed by an autopsy. Meanwhile, even before the results come back, two activists from a radical Hindu group, who were the last to be seen in the company of the pastor, were nevertheless arrested .

The pastor’s family categorically denies the explanation released by Indian authorities. Nimata, the wife of the pastor, in great pain, said “He was killed because he wanted to reconcile Christians and Hindus in the village. He tried to do so until the end, even reaching out to those who had set fire to the houses of Christians.””

Father Manoj Kuma Nayak, a Catholic priest involved in the rehabilitation of victims following the attacks, after having visited the village in question in recent days, notes with worry that “violence could explode again in the district if the authorities do not stop the hate campaign.”

Even Bipra Charan Nayak, representative of the Association of Survivors of Kandhamal, believes that the pastor was killed by Hindu radicals who “are putting in place a systematic plan to eliminate Christian leaders, labeling these murders as accidents.” The leader launches the alarm and urges the authorities to provide adequate protection to Christian leaders.

Source: Spero News

My Comment:

The amount of persecuted Christians resulting in death seems to be exploding at a rapid pace. I am sure there are plenty that do not ever get reported. Pentecostal Pastor Saul Pradhan was murdered for preaching to the Hindus, and everyone alike of Jesus Christ.

John 15:18-20

“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.’

Jesus Christ tells us in John 15 verses 18-20 that he chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. The bible also tell us that the “god” of this world is Satan, and scripture says he is a murderer and the father of all lies.

As a Christian, we must live a life in accordance to God’s Word and be ready to meet our Savior at any minute.

Written by: Gloria

US Diplomatic corps: “Stop defending Israel using UN-veto”

Letter to the President of the United States, Washington, DC — 18 January 2011.

Former US Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci, has become an Israel-bash'er.

Dear Mr. President,

In light of the impasse reached in efforts to revive Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and as the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) moves to consider a resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the Occupied Territory, we are writing to urge you to instruct our Ambassador to the United Nations to vote yes on this initiative

Respectfully yours.

56 former US Ambassador’s and security experts related to the Middle East, have joined the Islamic lobby, is their bid to convince President Obama that time is up. Time is up for Israel, no longer to be defended by the US using its veto in the United Nations.

Take a look of the list of dignitaries who signed this Nazi inspired letter, that demand a Jew free zone on the Mountains of Zion. That the district of of Judea and Samaria shall become “Juderein”. Two of them like to be called “Rabbi”.

The Hon. Edward Abington, former Consul General to Jerusalem

Amjad Atallah, Co-Director, Middle East Task Force, New America Foundation

Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University

Rabbi Leonard I. Beerman, Leo Baeck Temple, Los Angeles

Peter Beinart, Associate Professor of Journalism and Political Science, the City University of New York; Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation

Landrum Bolling, Senior Advisor, Mercy Corps

Hon. Everett Ellis Briggs, former US Ambassador, Portugal, Honduras, Panama; former special advisor to President George

H.W. Bush, National Security Council; former President, Americas Society and Council of the Americas

Hon. Richard Burt, former Assistant Secretary of State for Europe; former US Ambassador to Germany; chief US arms control negotiator

Hon. Frank Carlucci, former US Secretary of Defense

Hon. Wendy Chamberlin, President, Middle East Institute; former US Ambassador, Pakistan

Steven Clemons, Founder and Senior Fellow, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation; publisher, The Washington Note

Hon. Walter L. Cutler, former US Ambassador, Saudi Arabia

Hon. John Gunther Dean, former US Ambassador, Cambodia, Lebanon, Thailand, India

Michael C. Desch, Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame; Contributing Editor, The American Conservative

Hon. James Dobbins, former Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs

Hon. Joseph Duffey, former Director, US Information Agency

Hon. Wes Egan, former US Ambassador, Jordan

Hon. Nancy H. Ely-Raphel, former US Ambassador, Slovenia; former Counselor on International Law, Department of State

Dr. John L. Esposito, Professor of International Affairs and Islamic Studies, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, Board of Directors, Rabbis for Human Rights – North America

Hon. Chas W. Freeman, Jr, former US Ambassador, Saudi Arabia; former President, Middle East Policy Council

Lt. General Robert G. Gard, Jr. (USA, Ret.) and former President, National Defense University

Hon. Edward W. Gnehm, Jr., Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs, George Washington University; former US Ambassador, Jordan, Kuwait

Hon. Brandon Grove, former US Ambassador to Zaire; former Consul General, Jerusalem

Hon. William C. Harrop, former US Ambassador, Israel, Guinea, Kenya, Seychelles, Zaire

Hon. Carla Hills, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and former US Trade Representative

Hon. Roderick M. Hills, former Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Hon. H. Allen Holmes, former Assistant Secretary of State, European Affairs; former Assistant Secretary, Political-Military Affairs; former US Ambassador, Portugal

Hon. Arthur Hughes, former Deputy Chief of Mission, Israel; former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Defense; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Near Eastern Affairs

Robert Jervis, Professor of International Affairs, Columbia University; former President, American Political Science Association

Christian A. Johnson, Professor, Hamilton College

Michael Kahn, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz

Hani Masri, Publisher, The Palestine Note

Hon. David Mack, Vice President, Middle East Institute; former US Ambassador, UAE; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Near Eastern Affairs

Hon. Jack F. Matlock, Jr., former US Ambassador, Soviet Union; former Special Assistant to President Reagan

John J. Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago

Hon. Richard Murphy, former Assistant Secretary of State, Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs; former US Ambassador, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Mauritania

William Nitze, former Assistant Administrator for International Activities, Environmental Protection Agency; Trustee, the Aspen Institute

Hon. Robert Pastor, former Senior Director, National Security Council; Professor of International Relations, American University

Hon. Thomas Pickering, former Undersecretary of State, Political Affairs; former US Ambassador, Russia, India, Israel, El Salvador, Nigeria, Jordan, United Nations

Paul Pillar, former National Intelligence Officer, Near Eastern Affairs; Director of Graduate Studies, Security Studies program, Georgetown University

Hon. Anthony Quainton, former US Ambassador to Kuwait and Peru; former Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security; former Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counter Terrorism, State Department

William B. Quandt, Professor, Middle East history, University of Virginia; former National Security Council Middle East Assistant, President Carter

George R. Salem, former Solicitor of Labor; Chairman, Arab American Institute

Jerome Segal, President, Jewish Peace Lobby

Hon. Roscoe Suddarth, former US Ambassador, Jordan; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs

Andrew Sullivan, Senior Editor, The Atlantic; Editor and Publisher, The Daily Dish

Hon. Nicholas Veliotes, former Assistant Secretary of State, Near East and South Asian affairs; former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt and Jordan; former Deputy Chief of Mission to Israel

Hon. Frederick Vreeland, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Near East Affairs; former US Ambassador, Morocco

Hon. Edward S. Walker, Jr., former US Ambassador, Israel, Egypt, UAE; former Assistant Secretary of State, Near Eastern Affairs

Stephen Walt, Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs/International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Universty; and blogs at ForeignPolicy.com

Hon. Allan Wendt, former US Ambassador, Slovenia; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, International Energy and Resources Policy

Hon. Philip Wilcox, President, Foundation for Middle East Peace; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Middle EasternAffairs; former Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counter Terrorism, State Department

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (USA, ret), former Chief of Staff, Department of State; Visiting Professor, College of William & Mary

Jeffrey A. Winters, Professor, Political Economy, Northwestern University

James Zogby, President, Arab American Institute

Source: The Washington Note.

My comment:

There must have been a lot of  “wine and dine” in the circles around these 56 US noble men, before they managed to come up with the wrong conclusion.

56 might seems like a limited number, but is it substantial.

Since President Obama has spoken about Islam as a “great religion of peace”, this kind of letters will make it easier for Obama to change the present US Policy on the use of Veto Power in the United Nations.

The US is now a part of a small group of nations defending Israel in the United Nations. Obama will quickly loose more fans in the Islamic World, if he do not use political muscles against the Jewish state.

The truth is obvious. Even if the whole World agrees, God of the Bible might be of the opposite opinion. In particular in regards to the ownership to Zion, the International community is on the wrong path.  And going against God Father, Son and Spirit is stupid.

Joel 3:2
I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will put them on trial for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel, because they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land.

Neither Barack Hussein Obama not his Diplomatic corps is the final authority in these matters. But they will side will the wicked, and all nations will march together into the final war. They are up against their creator God, and they will surely loose.

Be on the right side. Stand up for Israel.

Written by Ivar

Jordanian King promotes “Global Solution” to Middle East conflict

His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday called on the world community to “reach a consensus” on immediate steps that should be taken to salvage the Middle East peace process.

The King of Jordan and the leader of the UN are in agreement about disregarding the Word of God

During a meeting with French Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie, His Majesty said there is not much time left to waste more opportunities to make peace in the region. Unless the peace process moves forward, the region and the world will suffer more tension and conflict, the King told the French top diplomat.

He underlined the role of France and the European Union (EU) in supporting the Middle East peace process, which, he said, should lead to the establishment of a Palestinian state, on Palestinian national soil, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Ways to end the Middle East conflict and Jordanian ties with partner countries were also on the agenda of a meeting King Abdullah held yesterday with ambassadors of 20 countries.

During the meeting, His Majesty urged intensified efforts to overcome obstacles to the resumption of “serious and effective” direct talks between the Palestinians and Israelis.

The talks, he said, should resolve all final status issues on the basis of well-defined terms of reference to achieve security and stability in the region and work out a settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on the basis of the two-state formula, the statement said.

The Monarch also called for bringing an end to all Israeli unilateral measures, including settlement construction, which aims at changing facts on the ground and constitutes an obstacle to peacemaking efforts, according to the statement.

Source; Jordan Times

My comments;

It is no surprise that the Moslem King of Jordan would be opposed to Israeli Jews living in Judea and Samaria (known to most of the world as the “West Bank”) nor is it any mystery why he is encouraging the creation of a Palestinian State.

The population of his desert kingdom is over 60% Palestinian and he would very much like to have someplace to send them. His father tried to get rid of them several times, going back to the attempt Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat made to overthrow the government in the 1970 Black September incident.

But, like so many other people in many countries, the King of Jordan has made a fatal mistake and forgotten that the Children of Israel have been given that area as an eternal possession by God Himself.

Genesis 17: 8 says;

I will give to you and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

God keeps His side of bargains, even when human beings don’t.  Even if the King of Jordan, and the UN, and the EU, and all the nations of the Earth want to give Judea and Samaria to the Palestinians to form a state there, the God who created this Universe and everything in it will not agree. He made a promise to the Jewish People through their father Abraham, and He cannot do otherwise than to keep it.

Written by Aaron

Southern Baptist withdrew from an interfaith coalition that protects Muslims

An artist's rendering of a proposed mosque in Temecula, California.

An influential Southern Baptist withdrew from an interfaith coalition that assists in protecting Muslims against discrimination with regard to building mosques in the U.S.

Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, made the announcement Friday after fellow Southern Baptists had expressed concerns with his involvement in the Interfaith Coalition on Mosques, established by the Anti-Defamation League.

“While many Southern Baptists share my deep commitment to religious freedom and the right of Muslims to have places of worship, they also feel that a Southern Baptist denominational leader filing suit to allow individual mosques to be built is ‘a bridge too far,” Land wrote in a letter to the ADL, according to Baptist Press.

The coalition was formed in September amid what it called “a disturbing rise in discrimination against Muslims trying to legally build or expand their houses of worship.” Religious leaders from various faith traditions – Catholic, Protestant, evangelical, Muslim and Jewish – shared mutual concerns over the “hostility” and “hate speech” surrounding recent mosque building projects in Tennessee, Wisconsin and California.

“We believe the best way to uphold America’s democratic values is to ensure that Muslims can exercise the same religious freedom enjoyed by everyone in America,” the coalition affirms in its statement of purpose. “They deserve nothing less than to have a place of worship like everyone else.”

Land has been vocal in his call for the respect of religious freedom, though he opposes the planned Islamic cultural center and mosque in New York City, calling it inappropriate. Still, his decision to join the interfaith coalition to “stand together to fight for the rights of our Muslim neighbors when they are being violated” was met with criticism from fellow Southern Baptists.

Source: Christian Post

My Comment:

Let me first say this: As a Pentecostal Christian who believes in Jesus Christ completely, I do not condone hostility nor speeches filled with hate against Muslims, Catholics, or against anyone. The Bible tells us exactly how our Lord Jesus Christ feels against violence.

Psalm 11:5

The Lord tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.

Americans have the right and freedom to worship whomever they want. But on the flip side of that coin, myself as a Christian and a person who believes completely in Jesus Christ, I would not go out of my way to help Muslims build a mosque. I would however go out of my way to tell them how Jesus Christ died for our sins, and how he resurrected and is coming soon.

To claim to stand for everything Jesus Christ taught us, then in the next breath fight for individual mosques to be built, brands Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s, a hypocrite.

With love and respect, you can preach to every non-believer alike that Jesus Christ is the one who saves. That God loved the world so much, he gave up his one and only son that whoever believe in Him, shall not perish but have eternal life. Wouldn’t any true Christian leader rather do this, then sit there and support mosques being built?

The end of age is near which means Christ is very close to coming. We have no more time left to sit there and pretend that “compliance” with other religions means the same as trying to save them from the eternal pit of hell.

Mark 1:15

And saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

Written by: Gloria

Iran: Warships to sail to Mediterranean

Fleet of ships may soon enter waters very close to Israeli coast as part of drill, says admiral‬‬.

The Old Iranian submarines are hardly seaworthy, beyond the Persian gulf.

A senior official in the Iranian navy revealed Sunday that the Islamic Republic plans to extend its naval range to Mediterranean waters near Israel.

Rear Admiral Gholam-Reza Khadem Bigham says an Iranian fleet of warships will soon set sail for the Mediterranean and Red seas. It will be the first time Iranian ships stray so far from home.

Bigham says the move is part of a year-long drill. “In addition to the drill the fleet will also collect intelligence in the region,” he was quoted by the Fars agency as saying.

The admiral did not say how many ships would participate in the drill. It remains unclear whether Egypt will allow the fleet to pass through the Suez Canal.

Bigham added that a fleet of submarines would also be launched soon, though the Islamic Republic is currently known to have just a small number of submarines with conventional abilities under its command.

Source: Ynetnews.com

My comment:

That Iran want to move its naval forces into the Mediterranean, does not mean that this would happen. Iran has said so before. But the Persian Navy is not very impressive, with small and outdated vessels. So if its moves, few if any will be to worried.

The Northern Part of the Indian Ocean is the base for the US Seventh fleet. The US do surely not want competition from Iran, to look after the security of the Middle East.

Egypt can not hinder Iranian warship from entering the Mediterranean through the Suez canal, but where will they go?

The one who offers naval bases for Iran beyond the Suez canal in going to face the military might of the IDF.

Zephaniah 1:14
The great day of the LORD is near— near and coming quickly. The cry on the day of the LORD is bitter; the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.

Written by Ivar

Obama: “All nations must build Global regime”

Barack Hussein Obama wants a New World Order:

This is what the President said in TV: “All nations must come together and build a stronger global regime”.

Posted by Ivar