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My heart goes out to Ukraine, especially those in the eye of the storm in Crimea (seemingly, virtually lost to Russia) and the eastern and southeastern portions of the country that both border Russia and boast large ethnic Russian populations. These are the areas that voted for the ousted former president that some, including me, think that Russia may like to bring  forcibly   back to power as a puppet.  This is a call to prayer for them.  See map below for the ethnic makeup of the country, i.e. Russian population:   The red areas are large percentages of ethnic Russians.  The darker the area, the higher the concentration. I have kept watch over the country and events that have transpired since the protests of November 2013, through the ouster of the president and the elected parliament's decision to go back to the 2004 constitution and Russian interference since then.  As an amateur historian, I see parallels with Hitler's taking of ...

Eyes and Knees on the Middle East (Watch and pray!) God makes clear through the prophet Ezekiel that there will be an end-times coalition of nations that is huge in nature moving militarily against Israel.  Ezekiel reveals that this coalition will have a major role for Iran (called Persia in the prophecy, Iran's more ancient and long-lasting name).  The prophecy also indicates that the world will do nothing but complain about the invasion , evidently including the West in general and the United States in particular.   Only an act of God against the coalition forces arrayed against Israel will save the nation.   What we are seeing in today's headlines may be building up to the fulfillment of that prophecy.  Whether Israel strikes Iran's nuclear forces, and whether it does so successfully, will not stop this coalition and thus this prophecy from occurring.  In fact, one could argue that the lack of a strike or even the strike itself could res...