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Might the USA back China’s ‘road to Armageddon’?

Old ‘silk road’ routes COGwriter A reader tipped me off to the following: James Woolsey, a senior adviser to Trump on national security and intelligence, called Washington’s spurning of the China-led multilateral lender “a strategic mistake” and expected a “much warmer” response From Trump to President Xi Jinping’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative. The United [...]

Temple Institute’s ‘foundation stone’ views are in error

COGwriter A few years ago, I was able to visit the Temple Institute in Jerusalem. While I was somewhat familiar with this group, I had not fully understood certain aspects of its position related to the Temple Mount until I watched a presentation there. The Temple Institute believes that it must clear the Temple Mount [...]

Trumpocalypse? Could Donald Trump be apocalyptic?

Source of above ‘Trumpocalypse art’ apparently the Huffington Post COGwriter After election results were known, a French publication referred to it as the ‘Trumpocalypse: France reacts to Trump … Leading the media raction {sic} to Trump was left-leaning Liberation newspaper which had this to say. “Trumpocalypse… Shock. A thunder bolt. And dizziness at the thought that [...]

German police raid mosques: A prelude to the rise of the King of the North?

COGwriter Germany took a step against some promoting the so-called Islamic State: November 15, 2016 Police launched dawn raids across Germany on Tuesday on about 190 mosques, flats and offices linked to an Islamist group after the government banned the organization, accusing it of radicalising youngsters. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the DWR ‘True [...]

Did the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics change their view of the Holy Spirit?

Liberius, Bishop of Rome from 352-366 A.D. COGwriter Did the Greco-Romans change their view of the Holy Spirit? Certainly yes, though most do not seem to realize this. While the Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants like to act like every “Christian” long believed in the trinity, (even though that doctrine was not finalized for them until [...]

Moldova and Bulgaria move towards Russia

Moldovan Parliament COGwriter Voice of America and the EU Observer had the following about Moldova and Bulgaria: November 14, 2016 Moldova’s pro-Russian presidential candidate Igor Dodon has declared victory in Sunday’s presidential runoff. With nearly all the votes counted in the former Soviet republic, Dodon, who campaigned on promises to restore closer ties with Russia, [...]

‘America Has Abdicated Its Leadership of the West’

Frank-Walter Steinmeier COGwriter A reader sent me a link to the following from the German publication Der Spiegel: America Has Abdicated Its Leadership of the West 14 November 2016 For 100 years, the United States was the leader of the free world. With the election of Donald Trump, America has now abdicated that role. It [...]

Malachi’s message came from God, the PCG booklet did not

COGwriter Last year, PCG posted the following from its leader Gerald Flurry: The Malachi’s Message Warning November 8, 2015 The “little book” mentioned in the book of Revelation introduces the lukewarm Laodicean era of God’s Church. While the world catapults into self-annihilation, the little book discusses a deadly spiritual falling away. God gave His people [...]

‘Is A Real Civil War Possible?’

US-Mexico Western Beach Border Wall COGwriter The US President-elect says he wants to deport at least two million criminals upon taking office in January 2017: November 13, 2016 On entering office in January, Trump said he will deport as many as three million undocumented migrants. “What we are going to do is get the people that [...]

NATO head agrees with Donald Trump, but also strongly warns him

NATO in Green, Russia in Orange (Crimea should also be orange) COGwriter A reader sent me a link to the following: November 13, 2016 Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has warned US President-elect Donald Trump that “going it alone” is not an option for Europe or the United States. He said the West faced its [...]