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COMMENTARY & OPINION - SPECIAL - MESSIAH



From the desk of
Bill Ramey

11/28/15

COMMENTARY & OPINION
SPECIAL

November 30, 2015

Putin Warns Obama That “Times of the Messiah” Have Started

By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers

A sensational report prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) states that President Putin, during a private meeting with President Barack Obama earlier today in Paris, presented to America’s leader a 23 November document written by the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church under the authority of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia proclaiming that the “Times of the Messiah” have now begun.


President Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama, Paris, France, 30 November 2015

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill (far right) at the 23 November 2015 meeting of the Supreme Church Council

According to this MoFA report, this extraordinary Supreme Church Council “end of times” document was initiated nearly 5 years ago at the behest of Israel’s top religious leader, Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, who even before this document was finished last week, became so concerned about it that he warned the Jewish peoples all over the world, this past July, that the Messiah was soon to come—and named a date of significance to be 12 September 2015, the exact date President Putin formally authorized Aerospace Forces to begin bombing in Syria—and which began on 30 September.   

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky (center, seated), July, 2015, Warning His Followers That The Arrival Of The Messiah Is Imminent

The main substance of this “end of times” document presented to President Obama by President Putin today, this report continues, concerns the prophecies made in the 18th century by one of histories most powerful Jewish scholars, Elijah ben Shlomo Zalman (Rabbi Elija ben Solomon) who is also known as Vilna Gaon—the genius of Vilna.

And most critical of these prophecies made by Vilna Gaon that exactly pertains to today’s world events, this report states, and examined in depth by both the Supreme Church Council and Rabbi Kanievsky, was the one he gave shortly before his death in 1797 that warned:


Contemporaneous wood block printed depiction of Vilna Gaon circa 1790

Important to note about this Vilna Gaon prophecy too, this report says, are that there are two translations of it, the second being:


Together with the Sea of Marmara and the Bosporus, this report explains, the Dardanelles connects the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea which is a vital transit route for Russian Naval ships conducting their mission against Islamic State terrorists, and which many believe Turkey may close—and should that happen would mean an immediate invasion of Turkey by Russia to reopen it.

As to the methods employed by Vilna Gaon in making this prophecy, this report continues, centers upon his genius level intelligence first exhibited when he was a child, and by the time he was an adult made him one of the greatest scholars of Jewish mathematical-religious studies the world has ever known—an art that was only recently rediscovered, in 1994, by the publication of the scientific article titled “Equidistant letter sequences in the Book of Genesis”.

Known more popularly in today’s culture as the Bible Code (or Torah Code), this report further explains, Vilna Gaon discovered a set of secret messages encoded within the Hebrew text of the Torah and this hidden code has been described as a method by which specific letters from the text can be selected to reveal an otherwise obscured message.


Contributing to this Supreme Church Council’s document now in the possession of President Obama, this report concludes, was the Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania, and the Federal Security Services (FSB) historical archives—and which upon these documents being discovered in 2014 Russian FSB researchers, were then provided not only to the Church, but also to the great-grandson of Vilna Gaon, Rabbi Moshe Shternbuch.

And even though this report doesn’t speculate on what President Obama will do with this “Times of the Messiah” document, it is important to note that with Russia’s retaking of Crimea in March, 2014, and now war appearing likely to occur at any moment between Russia and Turkey, one would surely hope that even in today’s world, God’s warnings and messages to humanity will be heeded.

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Ramey comments: 

So now the top theologians in Russia have weighed in on the "Times of the Messiah".  Are Russia's Christians less idolatrous than American Christians?  Or do they all comprise one of the legs, feet and toes of the 4th world ruling empire we are informed of in Daniel 2?  Are the religious communities beginning to join hands in order to usher in the counterfeit messiah? 

If it happens in blazing light, then we know it is counterfeit because the prophet Amos says it will be a dark day and not light.  But how could the Hollyweirders show their wares in darkness? 

Did the apostles carry such impressive titles as "The Right Reverend", "His Holiness" or "Papa"?  Are titles like these the mark of saints? 

Let's take a brief look at another of the errors they promote. The second interpretation of the prophecy of Vilna Gaon goes like this:
"Put on your Sabbath garments and get ready to welcome the Messiah".....  Is this in keeping with the teaching of the Messiah?

Perhaps we should check it out since the deception at the time of the end is going to be overwhelming. 

There is going to be an exodus from the end time Babylon (America) in the days just prior to its destruction and you can see this in Isaiah 52:10-12.  Check the context and you will see that this is the end time Babylon and could in no way refer to ancient Babylon.  This exodus is to be witnessed by the nations and what is it that gets the attention of nations?  Military skirmishes.  You can see that this exodus will be escorted by both members of the Elohim.  Will those in that exodus meet their Messiah and will they be dressed in Sabbath attire?  Or will they be dressed in work clothes?  Let's look at Matthew 24:40 and it doesn't take much research to see that this is the time of the gathering up of the saints.  "Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left."

Continuing in verse 41:  "Two women will be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken and the other left." 

The Messiah was not, is not and will not be involved in the hypocrisy of today's religions.  The world is about to be turned rightside up.  Those who destroy the earth, (and this includes religionists), come under the second item on the agenda of the Messiah as we can see in Rev 11:18. 

All the religious hypocrites, dressed in all their finery, wearing their gold crosses around their necks and living in sumptuous palaces with many servants, will be judged accordingly --- even those who claim to be prophets.  The Jews (descendants of Judah), will "fess up" to their error and cover-up of executing the Messiah before His next appearance.  (Matthew 23:39).

That time is getting near but will not be even remotely close to what the religionists of this world are envisioning.  It will be a day of His wrath and widespread destruction because of what mankind has done to planet earth.  And yes, those destroying the earth today will be themselves destroyed --- forever. 





World War III: Why Russia will bury the West

30 November 2015 Rakesh Krishnan Simha


Russia’s primary deterrent weapon is the mighty SS-18. Source:mil.ru

In June 2014, the Pentagon conducted a “table top” exercise – a sort of war game between Russia and NATO. The scenario was Russian pressure on NATO member Estonia and Latvia. Would NATO be able to defend those countries?

“The results were dispiriting,” Julia Ioffe writes in Foreign Policy. Even if all US and NATO troops stationed in Europe were dispatched to the Baltics – including the 82nd Airborne, which is supposed to be ready to go on 24 hours’ notice – the US would lose.

“We just don’t have those forces in Europe,” explains a senior US general. “Then there’s the fact that the Russians have the world’s best surface-to-air missiles and are not afraid to use heavy artillery.”

The Russian ‘victory’ was not a one-off. The Americans conducted the exercise as many as 16 times, under various scenarios, all favourable to NATO, always with the same conclusion. The Russians were simply invincible.

In this backdrop, Turkey’s rash act of shooting down a Russian Air Force jet portends grave tidings for NATO. Because Turkey is a NATO member, if the Russian Air Force pounds the living daylight out of the Turks, at least in theory all the other members of the US-led military bloc are treaty-bound to come to its defence.

Although the chances that the Americans will risk New York for Istanbul are smaller than small – which leaves a very nervous Turkey on its own – one can never rule out the possibility of a NATO hothead wanting to attack Russia.

A nuclear exchange will undoubtedly have catastrophic consequences for both sides – and perhaps the entire planet – but there are certain factors that could skew the fighting field in Russia’s favour.

Megaton capability

According to data exchanged on October 1, 2014 by Moscow and Washington, Russia has 1,643 deployed strategic warheads, compared with 1,642 for the US. Marginal difference in numbers but Russian land-based strategic forces have an explosive yield that is an order of magnitude greater than anything in the US armoury.

Moscow’s primary deterrent weapon is the mighty SS-18, a single one of which can destroy an area the size of New York – the state, not just the city. To get an idea of the destructive power of the SS-18, just look at the nuclear weapon the US used to destroy the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The Hiroshima bomb was a primitive 15 kiloton warhead and yet it wiped out a city of 70,000 in a few seconds. The SS-18 – code named Satan by NATO – carries 10 warheads, each having a yield of 750 to 1000 kiloton). Some of these missiles carry a single 20,000 kiloton warhead – that’s 1333 times Hiroshima.

At the same time, 80 per cent of the American population resides on the eastern and western seaboards, so a few well-aimed nuclear missiles can end all human life in these densely populated coastal strips. Russian has a population only half of the US but it’s dispersed widely across the country’s massive landmass so that pockets of human inhabitation can survive both a first as well as a second strike.

Russia has another trump card up its sleeve – its airborne supersonic bomber fleet of Tupolev Tu-160s. These Mach 2 plus aircraft can take off from well-defended airbases located deep in the heart of Russia, fly over the North Pole, launch nuclear-tipped cruise missiles from safe standoff distances over the Atlantic, and return home to watch the destruction on CNN.

That’s assuming CNN will be around. For, the Russian strategic bomber fleet can singlehandedly wipe out every major city in the US.

It is because the Americans know the capability of Russia’s nuclear forces that they have tried hard to eliminate the doomsday weapons like the SS-18 through arms limitation talks.

Tactical warheads

Before the use of strategic weapons, Russia could cripple forward NATO bases with tactical – or battlefield – nukes. Russian military doctrine emphasises the use of small-yield nuclear weapons as a war fighting tool early on in a conflict in order to stun and confuse NATO forces, impacting their ability to think and act coherently.

After tactical nuclear artillery decimates forward deployed NATO military troops, Russia could deliver small-yield warheads via intermediate range missiles that could devastate the next line of military bases, while limiting civilian casualties. At this point the US would be faced with the option of retaliating with strategic weapons and face a devastating response from Moscow. A good guess is the option won’t be used.

For, no American president would risk a single US city for a dozen European ones. John F. Kennedy didn’t risk it in 1962 for the same reason – the loss of even one city was too many.

State of US strategic forces

How reliable is the US Strategic Nuclear Command? If you are an American, you won’t feel so reassured after reading that Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton both “reportedly lost the launch code cards that presidents are expected to have on them at all times – Clinton for months, according to a former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Carter allegedly sent his out with a suit to the cleaners”.

In any conflict – more so in a high stakes nuclear standoff – morale, training and discipline are key factors. Russian officers who have the job of deciding when and where to aim their nuclear missiles include PhD holders who are required to think on their feet. On the other hand, American personnel who have the same role are beset with alcoholism, depression and cheating.

Nothing can sugar coat the crisis plaguing the US strategic forces. In October 2013, Major General Michael Carey, responsible for the command of 450 nuclear missiles, was fired after drunken behaviour on a visit to Russia. Days earlier, another military officer, Vice Admiral Tim Giardina, with high-level responsibility for the country's nuclear arsenal, was relieved of his duties after he was caught using counterfeit gambling chips at an Iowa casino.

Think that’s frightening? Check this out. A US Air Force general who supported the command mission to provide nuclear forces for the US Strategic Command was an alcoholic. General David C. Uhrich kept a vodka bottle in his desk and repeatedly drank on duty, so much so that another officer told investigators that “if he did not have his alcohol, the wheels would come off”.

The rot has trickled down to US missileers who have a culture of cheating on competency tests, endangering the readiness off American ICBMs. Again, in February 2014, the US Navy revealed it was looking into allegations that enlisted sailors cheated on tests involving the nuclear reactors that power its submarines and aircraft carriers.

The US strategic forces are also suffering from systemic neglect, with its ICBM bases in North Dakota and Montana reporting “leaking roofs”. The missileers, who work in blast-proof bunkers located 60 feet underground, are forced to defecate in buckets and urinate in jugs, and bring it all back up at the end of 24 hours. How ready these personnel will be when they have to react to a Russian missile strike is questionable.

On the other hand, Russian Strategic Forces are treated as the very elites in the military. The quality of Russian personnel can be deduced from the actions of Russian strategic forces officer Lt Colonel Stanislav Petrov. On September 26, 1983, a Russian early-warning satellite indicated five US nuclear missile launches. Tensions were high between Washington and Moscow after the downing of a South Korean airliner weeks earlier, and Petrov had only minutes to respond. With little additional information to go on, he deemed the readings a false alarm, reasoning that “when people start a war, they don’t start it with only five missiles”.

This is precisely why highly qualified personnel matter. When you’re placed squarely in the cross hairs of the enemy’s nuclear missiles and you’re holed up in a bunker 60 feet below the earth’s surface, then nervousness, insomnia and depression are part of your daily life. Unable to cope, less educated personnel will abuse alcohol and drugs and even exhibit criminal behaviour. On the other hand, educated and motivated officers will keep their cool even in the event of a thermonuclear showdown.

For, a nuclear war may not necessarily involve a quick exchange of ballistic missiles. According to War Scare: Russia and America on the Nuclear Brink, by Peter Vincent Pry, Director of the US Nuclear Strategy Forum, the Russian Strategic Forces are trained to “launch pre-emptive or retaliatory nuclear strikes, survive a hammer blow from a massive enemy nuclear attack, launch follow-on nuclear strikes, and supervise military operations in a protracted nuclear war, expected to last weeks or months”.

In such a drawn out, harrowing scenario, Russia’s nuclear warfare specialists clearly have the edge.

Reflexive Control: Ultimate Weapon

Disinformation, camouflage and stratagem are some of the ways one can influence the outcome of a war. The Russians have taken these ancient arts to another level through the use of the theory of Reflexive Control (RC).

Developed by Russian military strategists in the 1960s, RC aims to convey information to an opponent that would influence them to voluntarily make a decision desired by the initiator of the action. It can be used against either human or computer-based decision-making processors. Russia employs it not only at the strategic and tactical levels in war but also in the geopolitical sphere.

Russian Army Major General M.D. Ionov was among the early proponents of RC, having pursued it since the 1970s. In an article in 1995, he noted that the objective of reflexive control is to force an enemy into making decisions that lead to his defeat by influencing or controlling his decision-making process.

Ionov considers this a form of high art founded of necessity on an intimate knowledge of human thinking and psychology, military history, the roots of the particular conflict, and the capabilities of competing combat assets.

Timothy L. Thomas writes in the Journal of Slavic Studies: “In a war in which reflexive control is being employed, the side with the highest degree of reflex (the side best able to imitate the other side’s thoughts or predict its behaviour) will have the best chances of winning. The degree of reflex depends on many factors, the most important of which are analytical capability, general erudition and experience, and the scope of knowledge about the enemy.”

If successfully achieved, reflexive control over the enemy makes it possible to influence their combat plans, their view of the situation, and how they fight. RC methods are varied and include camouflage (at all levels), disinformation, encouragement, blackmail by force, and the compromising of various officials and officers.

According to Robert C. Rasmussen of the Center for International Maritime Security, “It is exactly this type of application of Reflexive Control that a young Vladimir Putin would have learned in his early development at the 401st KGB School and in his career as a KGB/FSB officer.”

Because every battle is first fought in the head before a bullet is fired on the ground, Russia’s long experience with RC would be a key factor in its existential struggle with the US.

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