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(from article linked below) Let NATO Keep the Peace in Palestine (this article may help us begin to see what the Anti-Christ peace treaty would look like) Under a Bosnian model, the United States and its most capable European allies might form an ‘implementation force’ to fulfill the peacekeeping mandate for a limited period of two to five years [emphasis mine], followed by a longer-term ‘stabilization force’ that would include countries beyond the NATO alliance. He will confirm a covenant with many for one 'seven.' In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him." Daniel 9:27 (NIV) Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective  [Kindle Edition]  Randy Alcorn Free for a limited time 60 meditations that will inspire you to live each day with an eternal perspective. Spiritually spe...

Hard for NATO to defend Baltic states from Russia: Spiegel From the article:  NATO would struggle to defend the Baltic states from any Russian aggression "with conventional means" Russia is capable of building up a local or regional military threat at short notice and at an arbitrary spot, the draft document continued. However, Europe at the end of the Cold War had concluded that "it could reduce its capabilities for fighting conventional, large scale and high intensity conflicts in Europe." Large number of Chinese troops seen heading for China-Vietnam border POSTED BY CHANKAIYEE2 ⋅ MAY 18, 2014   source From the article: A large number of People’s Liberation Army troops have reportedly been spotted heading towards the China - Vietnam border as tensions between the two countries continue to escalate, Thousands of Chinese nationals living or on business in Vietnam have already fled the country amid anti-China riots, which were sparked by a tense ...

Update:  May 5, 2014:  Russia's Putin outlaws denial of Nazi crimes BY ALEXEI ANISHCHUK MOSCOW Mon May 5, 2014 12:14pm EDT Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Monday making the denial of Nazi crimes and distortion of the Soviet Union's role in the World War Two a criminal offence punishable by up to five years in jail. The law, described by critics as an attempt to curb freedom of expression to appease conservative Russians, the ex-KGB spy's main support base, also criminalizes the public desecration of war memorials. It has become increasingly risky for Russians to dispute an official line that glorifies the wartime achievements of the Soviet leadership and plays down its errors. The new law would ban "wittingly spreading false information about the activity of the USSR during the years of World War Two" [emphasis mine]. See  http://beacon2light.blogspot.com/2014/04/russian-invasion-appears-imminent.html  for links concerning other Russia...

NATO plans more support for eastern Europe RTE News: NATO will discuss new steps to reinforce eastern European countries worried by Russia's annexation of Crimea and on how to bolster Ukraine's armed forces. NATO members in blue  (source of graphic ) This may be the answer to Ukrainian Christians' prayers.  Think about this. NATO votes and approves a message to Russia:  either withdraw the troops from Ukraine's borders or we will install permanent NATO bases in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania (on your borders).  If Russia doesn't budge, move the troops and material there.  If they respond by putting troops on the borders there, remain strong and put some more in Hungary, Romania, etc.  Re-issue the demand:  you withdraw from Ukraine's borders and we will withdraw the new forces from the border countries.  I think it is a winning formula for everyone and we can be the next ones to bring victory without firing a shot (at least at ...

State Of War An article from the Kyiv (Kiev) Post March 28, 2014, 12:37 a.m. | Ukraine — by Christopher J. Miller , Mark Rachkevych Picture's description: Ukraine’s new National Guard trains on March 17. The nation is scrambling to mobilize 40,000 National Guard and reserve members to bolster a Defense Ministry with 180,000 personnel. Fears are high of a Russian invasion of Ukraine’s mainland, following its invasion and annexation of the Crimean peninsula. As you can see from this image from the article "State of War," Russian military units surround Ukraine from the North, South and East.        See expandable image from source The article states in part:  Estimates of Russian troops on war footing vary, from the West’s estimates of more than 30,000 to the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council’s calculations of 100,000 soldiers ready to strike. There are, in addition, 700 tanks and armed personnel carriers staging nea...

Ukraine fears Russia 'ready to attack' "The aim of Putin is not Crimea but all of Ukraine... His troops massed at the border are ready to attack at any moment," Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council chief Andriy Parubiy told a mass unity rally in Kiev. Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsya reaffirmed that message in an interview broadcast on Sunday on a top US political talk show. "We do not know what Putin has in his mind and what would be his decision. That's why this situation is becoming even more explosive than it used to be a week ago," Deshchytsya told ABC's "This Week". Crimea's Russia-backed prime minister Sergei Aksyonov said in an impassioned address he posted on Facebook and read out on local TV that Crimea began facing a "sad fate" the moment three months of deadly protests involving a mix of nationalist and pro-Western forces toppled the pro-Kremlin regime in Kiev. "But we resisted and won! Our...

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 ...