RUSSIAN PROXY WAR WITH U.S. IN SYRIA COMING
https://youtu.be/Q6cUK9y7qn8
Russian proxy war with U.S. in Syria coming
ON VIDEO [past posts- verses below]
.Our action in Syria, violation of international law?
.More on C.C. Nueces county
.Iraq, ISIS, Islam
.Is the U.S. destabilizing the world?
.NATO Treat to Russia is indeed real
.Assad was elected- again!
.Are we arming terrorists?
.Local corruption goes worldwide
.Even the Pope knows now!
Here are links to Russia military stuff
As I talk about Russia- and ‘WW3’- I want you to simply see
that all the evidence- and our history-
seems to show they are not ‘bluffing’ or ‘doing a show of strength’ in their
buildup of forces in Syria and along the European/Russian border.
Russia actually sees the US as a real threat.
Obama said the other day ‘they see us as a threat- we are
not’.
In short- I think Obama believes this- but the facts are we
have a history of siding with rebels in various countries- and for political theater-
at times- we back up rebels in these countries- with both U.S. air power- and troops
on the ground.
In Egypt- we sided with the overthrow of a longtime Ally-
Hosni Mubarak.
He was an ally- and we sided with his ouster.
In Libya- Gadhafi was too somewhat of an ally- because his
was the only country that willingly stopped trying to obtain Nukes.
We backed his murder- shown to all the world in a
disgraceful manner- with our planes flying overhead.
And off course Iraq- ‘he must go- he has weapons of mass destruction’
Not too long after- he was hanging from a noose.
Now- Putin sees all this- and sees us building up forces in
NATO countries right on his border [In violation of our word- we said we would
never do this- we changed our mind].
A few years back there were ‘protesters’ in Moscow- 0ne of
our ‘leaders’ [I think it was Hilary Clinton] said ‘maybe it’s time for him to
go’.
Which means ‘we might fly over your country- bomb you- and
back up the rebels’.
Yes- Putin sees our buildup along the NATO border as a
threat- and he is right!
I just read an article on CNN about the buildup of Planes
and surface to air missiles- by Russia- in Syria.
It’s only a matter of time before Assad and Putin say ‘U.S.
- you are illegally flying bombing missions over Syria- we give you a week’s
warning- stop’.
Now- if they warn us- what will we do?
I think we will indeed back down- because the ‘war’ over
Syria is not only a violation of ‘international law ‘[Syria is a sovereign
country whose leader was just again elected by the majority of the population].
Even our own congress believes Obama’s actions are also a
violation of U.S. law- because he never got a vote from congress.
Putin is ready to engage in a real- hot- ground war with the
U.S.
I heard one pundit say ‘he will never do that- we would
destroy him’.
How?
Nukes?
I don’t think Putin would launch them first- but he has the capacity
of doing so- the only other nation on earth with that capability.
So- I see Putin giving us an ultimatum to ‘get out’.
I see him willing to engage-
shoot down our planes- etc.
And it’s obvious he’s preparing for a real war.
Iran recently threatened to block the strait of Hormuz- a
key passage in the Persian Gulf.
China just blocked our ships from going to Hong Kong.
And that region of the world is going to move ahead in a way they feel is in their best interest.
The reality is- our military has been engaging in ‘real war’
on the ground for some time now [Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria] and to the dismay of
the watching world- we have actually lost territory to ISIS and the Taliban.
This has emboldened other nations.
So why would anyone think ‘Putin would never do it- we would
destroy him’.
Once again- by what threat?
The old defense ‘mutually assured destruction’ meant we
would both be afraid the other would launch Nukes- and therefore neither side
would do it.
Ok- if that’s the reasoning- and Russia feels the threat of our other actions [our sanctions against
their economy- for doing in Ukraine- the very same thing we do- Putin is
backing Russian Nationalists- who are in Ukraine. We back ‘rebels’ in countries
that are not even on our continent. But we slapped Putin with crippling
sanctions- and made lite of it in a national forum [Obama gave a speech and
kind of mocked him].
And we think he will not actually say ‘U.S. - your action in
Syria is a violation of international law’ [it is] and then engage in a hot
war?
Of course he would- and I predict when the ultimatum is
given- because of the lack of support in congress- we will indeed back down- or
Russia will ‘go to war’.
See?
PAST POSTS-
(594)
. Let me cover some church history. I have had
someone argue with me about the history of Islam. Not a Muslim, but a Christian
who was saying ‘why do you say Islam started in the 7th century, it
started around the 11th’. My answer was ‘Muhammad lived in the 7th
century’. Not to hard to see this. So I thought I should cover some history.
During the time of the rise of Islam, the Christian church was already dividing
from east and west. After Constantine [4th century Roman emperor]
consolidated the Roman Empire in the 4th century he set up the
capital city of the eastern empire, Constantinople [named after him]. As time
progressed the western church would take on the form of Roman Catholicism, the
eastern [Constantinople area. Modern day Turkey-Istanbul] would be known as
‘Orthodox’. Though the official split of eastern and western [Catholic-Rome!]
churches occurred in 1054 AD, yet the division started years before. The
official split is called ‘the great schism’ of the 11th century; it
would not be until 500 years later that the church would have her
‘reformation’. The official reason for this split was over a rather silly
thing. For centuries the Catholic church had an expression that said ‘the Holy
Spirit proceeds from the Father’ than they included ‘he proceeds from the
father and the Son’. Well the eastern brothers didn’t like Rome telling them
what to believe and used this as the official reason to ‘have the schism’. To
be honest the divisions were coming for years. After the Roman Empire
consolidated under Constantine, he tried to strengthen the eastern territories
of his empire and for centuries you had the struggle for which region would be
the most influential. At first you had 5 major areas that were divided under 5
main Bishops. As time went on the argument would be ‘which bishop has the most
say so’ and it was really a power struggle. Finally Rome said ‘the bishop of
Rome is the FIRST AMONG EQUALS [a term that many in the Protestant strain of
the discipling movement would later embrace] he holds Peters seat’ and this is
really where the divisions started. Eventually Muhammad would rise and Islam
would take control of the eastern capital. This later became the reason for the
crusades. The Catholic church wanted to regain the territories that she lost in
the east. The eastern churches are very much Catholic in many ways. They also
hold to a view of Christianity that sees man being ‘joined’ with God and
becoming pleasing to God thru Christ’s grace uniting with us and making us like
him. A perfectly scriptural view, but a different emphasis from the strong
intellectual power that you read about from the western fathers of the church.
The Catholic church is noted for her social action in ways that the eastern
church is not. So both of these communions have good things to bring to the
table. The Orthodox [eastern] churches would not be affected by the major
social and political upheavals that took place in the west. The Renaissance,
the Reformation and the Enlightenment had major impacts on western
Christianity, while not affecting the eastern church in the same way. During
the 13th- 15th centuries you would have ‘pre reformers’ rise up in
the western church. John Wycliffe, the great Catholic Priest who was at the
center of learning in France would become known for his translating the
scriptures into the common language. Then you have John Huss and John Knox [3
Johns, scripture says 3 fold cords are not easily broken!] who would have their
own influence in western Christianity. At this time you had whole movements of
believers who would be seen as neither ‘western or eastern’ but restorationist
[the restoring of the early practices and beliefs of the church] Peter Waldo
would be the Father of the Waldensians and in the 12th century you
would have the Albigenses in the south of France. These groups would be looked
upon as ‘cults’ [though the term was not used yet] by the traditional church.
So you can see how the church has been growing and reforming ever since the
first century. Even though we see many divisions that exist till this day,
there are strides being made for unity. The eastern and western church are very
close to‘re uniting’ once again. While I do not personally hold to the doctrine
of the Pope being the occupier of Peter’s seat, I also see him as a Christian
man who is striving for unity in Christ’s church. Some believe the whole
attempt for outward unity is futile. The more ardent Protestants see it as ‘the
one world church of the anti christ’ I reject that language out of hand. Well I
hope you got something out of this short overview of world history [real
short!].
[parts]
Part of the achievements of
Constantine was his development of the eastern half of the Roman empire- whose
capitol was named after him- Constantinople.
Over a period of years the early
Roman church fought over whose bishop would have more influence- the bishop of
Rome [Pope] or the bishop in the east.
Many bishops in the Catholic
Church have disagreed over the influence of one bishop being greater than the
others [the idea that all the bishops should have an equal voice at the church
councils is called Collegiality].
This has caused splits within the
Catholic Church thru the centuries [the last big one in the 19th
century].
Eventually the early church
split- and the Eastern Church separated from Rome.
The eastern empire [called
Byzantium- the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church] officially split in the
year 1054.
Now- in church history we call
this the Great Schism- even though the Protestant split which took place in the
16th century was greater in effect.
Okay- the Protestant reformers
split over various issues- I have an entire study on the blog about this.
But the main issue became what we
call justification by faith.
Over the centuries many good men-
and average church goers- lost the main message of the New Testament- which was
a message of being saved by the grace of God.
Many well meaning Christians were
struggling to do penance in a way that sort of earned them their salvation thru
works.
[parts]
ELI’S BOOK
ON VIDEO-
.Why did Paul work to support himself and others?
.Did I relapse?
.Will you pray for me?
.Baptist- Catholic- Orthodox
.House church?
.Should we tithe?
.Law or Christ?
.Bishops
.Church history
.Russia goes Orthodox
.Moscow the new Rome?
.The Papacy
.John of Damascus
.Icons
NOTE- It just so happened that I mentioned Istanbul Turkey-
and Moscow on this teaching- a day or 2 before the recent events. I posted a
short video yesterday about the downing of the Russian plane by Turkey. https://youtu.be/LLmMWnq8uQY
Brief overview- we [U.S.] are ‘in’ Syria because we are
supposed to be fighting terrorists- and nations that support them. Russia is
also in Syria to fight terrorists.
Russia is fighting all of them [including the ones that
Turkey supports- and backs- also called ‘rebels’- some of these groups we too
support- because even though they are similar to ISIS- yet we overlook it-
because they are fighting Assad [strange- I know].
Now- Turkey is also a member of NATO- meaning we will ‘back
them up- like one of our own’.
So- in our war against terror- we will also theoretically ‘go
to war’ against any nation that threatens nations in the NATO alliance [meaning
we will defend nations that support terrorism].
Ok- Turkey shoots down a Russian plane [in Syrian airspace-
an act of war- which president Obama defended] because the Russians are also
bombing the terrorists that Turkey supports.
They shot down a Russian plane because the Russians are
killing terrorists [though the ones Turkey backs don’t have the title of ISIS].
Now- after the plane was shot down- the Russians sent in a
rescue helicopter- which too was shot at- by ‘rebels’ on the ground [who were
the terrorists Russia was bombing].
These so called rebels- shot at the helicopter- using U.S.
weapons- provided to them- wit U.S. backing [in theory- we supplied the
terrorists that killed the Russian rescue team].
Now- Russia is mad- and we are supposed to support Turkey-
even if it means war- because Turkey shot down a Russian plane- who were
targeting terrorists.
Utterly amazing to me.
PAST POSTS [verses below]
I told him ‘did you know that
Muhammad- the founder of Islam in the 7th century- had many of the
same protests that other Christian groups would later voice too’.
I explained that Muhammad’s rise
in defense of the poor and down cast [by the way- that’s actually a biblical
characteristic of prophets- in the bible] were similar to Christian movements
that would rise later on- like the Salvation Army.
I went on to show that he also
felt like the growing use of statues in Christian worship was a violation of
the commandment that says you should not make images/idols.
Now- to my Catholic friends- I
have taught the entire history of the use of art- and yes- statues- in Christian
worship.
I have also taught against the
Iconoclasts- those Protestants who destroyed the statues in the Catholic
churches- during the times of the Reformation [16th century].
So- I’m not ‘Catholic bashing’ at
all.
The point is- Muhammad had some
of the same objections- based on the bible- that later Protestants would have.
Gee John- I never knew this? That’s why I teach it- it helps to have less
of a negative view of Muslims as a whole.
So- after I try to look at some
of the good things that Islam has done [Hamas- in the Palestinian area. Why do
they garnish so much support among the populace? Because they start hospitals-
they feed the poor- they start welfare programs for the kids. Do they do this
as some sort of trick- a way to gain the hearts and minds of people? No- they
do this because it’s a basic tenet of their faith].
[parts]
St. Thomas and Augustine.
I mean these are 2 of my favorite
Catholic scholars.
Augustine- the 4/5th
century Bishop of North Africa- and Thomas- the great 13th century
Doctor Angelicas [Angelic Doctor].
Yes- these are some big players
in Theology and Philosophy.
So why have the media reported
that the pres used them in his war strategy?
They are also famous for the
development of the Just war Theory.
Yeah- people for centuries have
appealed to these great thinkers in their justification for war.
But Obama- how does he find the
time to read these guys?
I mean- unless their names are on
the golf balls [he just played his 100th round!]
I don’t see him having time to
read them.
So why mention it?
Because he fumbled the ball with
our Catholic friends [who just began a 2 week prayer and fast against the
repression of religious liberty- because of the presidents demands that they
provide birth control thru their institutions].
And he needs to make amends- so
lo and behold- he loves reading the Catholic scholars!
If you put all this together- the
ongoing scandals- not just one.
The actual lies- the ones they
have been caught in- on paper.
I mean even a mainline reporter
could not believe that the revealing of this was ‘no big deal’.
And now- the fact that the pres
came out the other day and addressed the nation ‘me and my Whitehouse have not
released any CLASSIFIED information’.
‘It’s an insult to think this’.
Then- one week later- on Friday-
they sent a letter to congress- declassifying the drone war
in Yemen.
They were basically saying ‘yeah-
we were behind the releasing of all the info- it’s just we ‘declassified it’
first’.
He is going to say when he
released the info- his office first ‘declassified it’.
But when he addressed you- and
me- he was outraged- he made it sound like he was not aware of the leaks.
And 99 % of the public took it
this way.
Look- when you get caught doing
this- over and over and over- I mean this is not a one time affair.
Then it does make the public
wonder about everything else.
And when the public asks for
answers- and you respond by playing the race card- then it’s time for some
people to resign.
VERSES-
But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for
whatsoever doth make manifest is light. Eph.
I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me. Jn. 8:18
3 In
those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
2 And
saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
3 For
this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one
crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths
straight.
4 And the
same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his
loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
5 Then
went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about
Jordan,
6 And
were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
7 But
when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said
unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath
to come?
8 Bring
forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
9 And
think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say
unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
10 And now
also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which
bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
11 I
indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that cometh after me is
mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with
the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
12 Whose
fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat
into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Matt
(For the weapons of our warfare are
not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 2nd
Cor. 10:4
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment,
saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. Rev.
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