Today, unemployment rates have hit record highs. Britain just recorded a 7.8% unemployment rate, the highest level since Nov. 1996. Countries like the US have sort of resorted to trade protectionism. House Democrats want to require that all iron and steeel used in stimulus-funded infrastructure projects should be made in the US. Also, two Republicans sponsored a bill to impose tariff hikes on foreign-imported goods to drive people to buy local. This has generated a huge amount of negative reaction from other countries who promised retaliation if this protectionism gets worse, China amongst them. What does this mean to us?if

To those who believe in the word of God, this is just a precursor to the actual situation that is likely to occur in a few more decades. We all live in a globalised world, countries interdependent on one another. International trade is vital to each and every of our countries' state of the economy. All it takes is for one nation to practise trade protectionism and the others would follow suit. The economic decline brought about by this trade war would cause unemployment. Those out of jobs would make demands for a different economic system that places jobs, security and order over freedom and a free-market system. We could see what this would lead to - an opportunity for the antichrist to emerge.

This is precisely what happened in Germany in the 1930s, as the trade war and economic and political weaknesses helped bring Adolf Hitler to power and led to WWII.

All I'm saying is, this is a very likely scenario what would take place very soon, if not in this generation, the next. I urge all of you, readers of this blog and the word of God, to be aware of what's happening around us in these last days and realise for yourselves how God's prophecy is being fulfilled in the every passing of the days.

May God bless you with wisdom and discernment.

Today, unemployment rates have hit record highs. Britain just recorded a 7.8% unemployment rate, the highest level since Nov. 1996. Countries like the US have sort of resorted to trade protectionism. House Democrats want to require that all iron and steeel used in stimulus-funded infrastructure projects should be made in the US. Also, two Republicans sponsored a bill to impose tariff hikes on foreign-imported goods to drive people to buy local. This has generated a huge amount of negative reaction from other countries who promised retaliation if this protectionism gets worse, China amongst them. What does this mean to us?if

To those who believe in the word of God, this is just a precursor to the actual situation that is likely to occur in a few more decades. We all live in a globalised world, countries interdependent on one another. International trade is vital to each and every of our countries' state of the economy. All it takes is one nation to practise trade protectionism and the others would follow suit. The economic decline brought about by this trade war would cause unemployment. Those out of jobs would make demands for a different economic system that places jobs, security and order over freedom and a free-market system. We could see what this would lead to - an opportunity for the antichrist to emerge.

This is precisely what happened in Germany in the 1930s, as the trade war and economic and political weaknesses helped bring Adolf Hitler to power and led to WWII.

All I'm saying is, this is a very likely scenario what would take place very soon, if not in this generation, the next. I urge all of you, readers of this blog and the word of God, to be aware of what's happening around us in these last days and realise for yourselves how God's prophecy is being fulfilled in the every passing of the days.

May God bless you with wisdom and discernment.

Today, unemployment rates have hit record highs. Britain just recorded a 7.8% unemployment rate, the highest level since Nov. 1996. Countries like the US have sort of resorted to trade protectionism. House Democrats want to require that all iron and steeel used in stimulus-funded infrastructure projects should be made in the US. Also, two Republicans sponsored a bill to impose tariff hikes on foreign-imported goods to drive people to buy local. This has generated a huge amount of negative reaction from other countries who promised retaliation if this protectionism gets worse, China amongst them. What does this mean to us?if

To those who believe in the word of God, this is just a precursor to the actual situation that is likely to occur in a few more decades. We all live in a globalised world, countries interdependent. International trade is vital to each and every of our countries' state of the economy. All it takes is one nation to practise trade protectionism and the others would follow suit. The economic decline brought about by this trade war would cause unemployment. Those out of jobs would make demands for a different economic system that places jobs, security and order over freedom and a free-market system. We could see what this would lead to - an opportunity for the antichrist to emerge.

This is precisely what happened in Germany in the 1930s, as the trade war and economic and political weaknesses helped bring Adolf Hitler to power and led to WWII.

All I'm saying is, this is a very likely scenario what would take place very soon, if not in this generation, the next. I urge all of you, readers of this blog and the word of God, to be aware of what's happening around us in these last days and realise for yourselves how God's prophecy is being fulfilled in the every passing of the days.

May God bless you with wisdom and discernment.

Here are some signs of the last days

PERILOUS TIMES: The Bible tells us that in the last days, perilous times shall come.

“But realize this, that in the last days perilous times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.” 2 Timothy 3:1-5

These words were written nearly 2000 years ago but they perfectly describe the times in which we are presently living in. At no time in history were times more perilous on a global scale than they are now. There have always been wars, and rumors of wars, but never has the potential for the utter destruction of the human race been more profound. We are living in the last days according to the Bible.

We are living on borrowed time and we have gone beyond our expiration date...

Globalisation: boon or bane?

Globalisation brings to us the new age of computers. Globalisation itself is so irresistable, so wonderful that it is flawless. It has bound us to a new world and developed advanced technology far beyond that of human capabilities. Seriously, globalisation is totally welcoming, faultless and definitely not fearful at all.

Bananas in Pyjamas

This' my new favourite!!!

Are all indonesians like that?

Just yesterday, I met with this infuriating incident on the court.

My brother and I were playing against two indonesian brothers, one the same age as me, the other much much smaller, like around 9 years old. The older one passed the ball to the smaller one, but it brushed slightly against the smaller one's finger. It was kinda obvious but the freaking pig didn't see. So what did the smaller ass tell the bigger ass? 'The ball did not touch me.' They were conversing in their barbi language btw. So I was gonna get the ball for an out throw, but the bigger ass said, " He did not touch the ball." Then both of us said he did. Guess wtf he said? "Small boy don't know how to lie" And he pointed and sorta wagged his black and trotter finger at me. Don't know how to lie? Don't you know you people are all liars and crazy people? I felt like smacking his face, but I must be forgiving. I can't be violent. This kinda unreasonable people will be punished someday. It's only a matter of time. Vengeance is the Lord's.

Anw, my point is, indonesians, generally, are very narrow-minded. As long as they believe in something, they will stay deeply rooted to the belief and won't be critical of themselves. That's why they will never improve, and they never get out of violence. I hope we learn something from this. -.-

If You Died Today, Will You Be In Heaven?

'For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God' says God Almighty in Romans 3:23. Man have sinned. A barrier is created between us and God. What's more, God is holy. His holiness is too perfect for any tolerance of sin. Man thus cannot come into the presence of the Holy One.

This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1 John 4:10

So what is God's plan? Since we can't accomplish perfection in our doings, God has provided a way out for every sinner. He has compassion on us. In loving us, He sent his only begotten Son to die on the Cross 'as an atoning sacrifice for our sins'.

You might not believe it, but the whole Bible, from Genesis to Revelations, contains stories and sometimes mysteries that revolve around Jesus. God has planned this eternal salvation for man long before Jesus came to die for us. The Bible is full of golden nuggets about Jesus Christ, just that Man do not want to dig and sieve for them. They think the Bible is just filled with dirty sand until they really go into it to sieve out the hidden golden nuggets will they realise the Bible is such a rich source for eye- opening and intriguing truths and revelations about Jesus Christ.

Believe what the Bible says. Believe in Jesus Christ. Make him your personal saviour and you'll have eternal life, as simple as that. God has made this so easy that the devil wants God'
s beloved people to be deprived of it. Just say this prayer and your ticket to heaven is assured:

Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for loving me and dying for me on the cross. Your precious blood washes me clean of every sin. You are my Lord, my Saviour and my God, now and forever. I believe that You rose from the dead and that You are alive today. God, You are my Father and I am Your child because of Jesus Christ. Thank You for filling my heart with Your peace and joy. In Jesus' name, Amen.

Worry Is not Part of God's Plan For You

In the Bible, God dedicated a whole chapter to the subject on worry. How should a Christian respond when met with the tribulations of this meaningless and hasty life? Should a Christian burden himself with worry? No, that is certainly not God's will for you.

Matthew 6:25-34 says,

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O YOU OF LITTLE FAITH? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

What is the remedy then, to a life of rest and confidence? Trust in the Lord. Believe in the Lord. He is neither a poor God, stingy God, nor heartless God. When He sees you in trouble, His heart is moved with compassion and wants to help you. All you have to do is to invite him to your troubles, seek His divine help. Help from God transcends help from man.

My prayer for all of you is to be able to put your faith in God, and He will carry you through life effortlessly and successfully.

Praise God in Everything You Do

What did I do today? Nothing. I had piano lesson and my teacher said my playing was not bad. But then I soon realised she said that out of courtesy cuz she discussed a lot about the piece I was playing. All the little little nuances I was so unaware of were brought to my knowledge. Truly she's a really good teacher, one of the best with really good hearing.

Other than that, I did nothing else except bballing for a while, practising the piano and onlining. Praise God for this wonderful day and all he has done for me.

Baroque

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j_pzgVyGNU

Here's a taste of baroque music. Anyone know who Johann Sebastian Bach is? That's wrong. He's a baroque music composer, well- known for his talent in contrapuntal technique used in his music. Such a talented composer is one-in-a-million. Why then, did this great destiny fall on this Bach guy? The reason is simple. He was a God-Zion-loving being.

David, an impersonation of Bach in that sense, was one too. Do you know that the book of PSALMS was written by David? He alone composed all those touching and heavenly Psalms which no one could possibly have done without godly inspiration. I believe, the Lord blesses those who love and worship him. Just like David, who plays on his harp and sing to the Lord whenever the spirit of worship fills his heart, he was blessed with this talent to make heavenly music soothing to the ears, comforting to the heart.

Bach composed music ranging from secular to religious works. The link up there is one example of his religious works. If you are listening to it right now, enjoy the sublime and exquisite harmony of the different parts coming together as one piece of music, AND know that God is behind these wonders.

My Share of the Pie on Health

God, the Alpha and the Omega, is the source for everything from A to Z. What I mean is vitamin A to Z. He is the source for health, prosperity and well- being. Here's a still fresh-from-the-intestines testimony. Today, I spent a wonderful wonderful time in the toilet cause I just relieved my intestines of its prolonged suffering due to the crumpled and cramped shit all stuck and compressed in the long and blubbery tube. The miracle was that I prayed for it the previous day. What a wonderful Lord I have. Haha.

Here's a song for our reminder that He still loves us though the world hates us.

To God be the glory, great things He has done;So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,And opened the life gate that all may go in.

My New Love

I don't know why but I seemed to have fallen for bball. It trains every major and minor part of your body, including ahem. Cuz you'll most likely get banged on your balls whenever you play with someone like me. It certainly can't be helped because I am a guy bursting with testosterone when you put me on the ball. For those of you who don't know the full extent of what this hormone can do to someone, testosterone is the male hormone responsible for a variety of uncontrollable features like aggression and excitement. It can even lead to sexual crimes and sins if the person suffering or enjoying the surge of testosterone can't beat it. Someone like me at least has got some self- control. So no worries. I'll not do any harm to you. I'm just a harmless fly BUZZing around, making a lot of noise and moanings, irritating but innocuous.

Look at me now. What should I do. I've digressed from bball to some substance secreted by the balls. I shall just stop here.

Change I Believe In

NOW is the time for drastic changes. NOW is the time to pull up my stinkin' stenchin' socks. NOW is the damn time to beat Lewis. Till now, I still can't get over my stinkin' stenchin' 17/30 compo mark cuz Duck got 24/30. His is not luck. It's entirely and purely SKILL. He got this helluva mark for his diagnostic also. Ok let's move on to a more interesting topic.

The importance of studies does not, and should not prevail over the importance of knowing more of our Heavenly Father, his Love AND His wonderful loving word. Jesus, my lifelong true friend, has been with me through all my years, since I became a believer. He has never failed me, never allowed the devil's hurting and poisonous darts to overcome me, never warranted my being in a state beyond repair and unable to return to my status quo. Lord, I thank you so muchh.

This is the first time I'm veering off the heavily- dominated religious content of my blog. Bear with the little spill-over of religious mention.

Saddam, the Servant of Satan

As history suggests, Saddam was a man of rebellion and hatred:

'A few weeks after becoming president of Iraq in 1979, Saddam Hussein executed some of his closest friends and fellow members of the ruling Baath Party. Videoapes of the meeting at which the 'traitors' were named show Hussein reading heir names from a list, pausing to puff on a cigar while members of his audience squirmed in their seats. Once their names were called, the supposed conspirators were marched off and killed. Saddam Hussein had begun his pattern of rule by force.'

Another example of his bizarre behavior:

Refused to comply with the Gulf War agreements, refusing to permit UN inspectors access to his munitions plants and warehouses, threatened to shoot down the U-2 spyplanes of the US. Had abnormal hatred for the Jews, Jesus Christ, His followers, and anyone else who would stand in the way of his goal to conquer the world. This might best be understood by demonic possession - a virtual foretaste of the Antichrist to follow, who will be indwelt by Satan himself.

The point i'm illustrating here is simple yet contemptible: It is absolutely possible for a dictator to gather support through his religious background and belief, the utmost outcome being the head of UN himself. This political system ingrained in our modern society provides the stage for any charismatic being to be launched into glamor and power. What I am telling you is, such a thing can happen. Take heed. xD

Why must Babylon be rebuilt?? What is its significance?

1.Isaiah 13 and 14 and Jeremiah 50 and 51 descibe the destruction of Babylon as 'the day of the Lord.'

A careful reading of these four chapters will reveal that the prophecies concerning the destruction of Babylon use the law of double reference; that is, they refer to two overthrows of Babylon. The first occurred in the 70th year of Israel's captivity. The second will occur on the day of Yahweh, that is, the seven-year Tribulation.


2. The prophecies of Jeremiah and Isaiah indicate that Babylon will be suddenly and totally obliterated.

"Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed" says the prophet in Jeremiah 51:8. And Isaiah 13:19 states, "And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah"

A look at history reveals the city was never destroyed in the way these Hebrew prophets predicted it would be, which guarantees it must be rebuilt.

3.Isaiah 13:20 states that the ruins of Babylon are never to be inhabited

But Babylon was inhabited for much of ancient history even after the Medes and Persians conquered the Babylonian Empire.

No, in order for this prophecy to be fulfilled, Babylon must be rebuilt, then destroyed in a mighty display of God's righteous power.

4. An ancient rabbinic rule of interpretation says that when the Bible mentios an event twice, it means the event will happen twice

'Babylon has fallen, has fallen! All the images of its gods lie shattered on the ground!' " (Isaiah 21:9b)

A second angel followed and said, "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great, which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries." (Revelation 14:8)

Since the word 'fallen' is used twice in each of these passages, the rabbinic rule demands that the city fall twice. But if it is to fall again, it must first be rebuilt.

Maybe you might think, up till this moment after you've read all I've said above, that all of them is crap. -.- But before you jump to any conclusions, read the following article:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/13/news/babylon.php

What I've been reiterating time and time again on my blog is 100% true. Christ is coming again. He will lift us up with the sound of his trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first, followed by those who're still living(believers). Still not a believer? Do not procrastinate. HE will come anytime now. God bless you with a malleable heart~

Babylon, the future religious, commercial and governmental headquarter

Babylon is mentioned 280 times in the Bible- more than any city except Jerusalem. Today if you take a trip there to visit, all you'd see is ruins and ruins. However if you take a closer look, you'd realise that Saddam Hussein actually did something to this piece of 21 square mile ancient city. He was given 30 million dollars by an oil-rich citizen of Iraq to commence the rebuilding of the ancient city. When the Gulf War ended, Saddam wanted to build a modern palace over some old ruins; it was made in the pyramidal style of a Sumerian ziggurat. He named it Saddam Hill. In 2003, he was ready to begin the construction of a cable car line over Babylon when the invasion began and halted the project.

What has it gotta do with Bible Prophecy?

"In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. (Daniel 2:44)

God will establish a kingdom, not for a month, not for a year, not for a generation, but forever. It will crush all those kingdoms. What are those kingdoms? They're the ten kings who would loan their authority to one man, the antichrist, and the world will unite under them.

Revelations 17:12-14

The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast. 13They have one purpose and will give their power and authority to the beast. 14They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings—and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.

Horn speaks of authority in the Bible.

This event is coming very close to our time. To know more, look out for my next post :D