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WND headline ‘Statistician: Data proves biblical financial collapse’

New York Financial District COGwriter The DOW component of the US stock market dropped a lot yesterday.  World News Daily has an article claiming that the Bible basically predicted it: Statistician: Data proves biblical financial collapse? Get ready – because the best of times are over and the worst of times may have just begun. [...]

Should YOU keep the Fall Holy Days?

COGwriter The ‘Fall’ Holy Days will start soon for 2015. The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon which is at its ContinuingCOG channel. 1:08:14 Should you keep the Fall Holy Days? The ‘Fall’ Holy Days come every year in September and/or October on the Roman calendar. Some call them Jewish holidays, [...]

Amendment proposed for UK referendum on the European Union; Does the Vatican have a plan?

David Cameron (Official UK photo) COGwriter It appears that the intended vote for those in the United Kingdom to determine if they should leave the European Union will proceed: September 1, 2015 The elections watchdog has recommended a change to the question to be put to voters in a future EU referendum. The Electoral Commission [...]

Pope Francis temporarily to reduce his church’s penalty for abortion. Why is he coming to the USA this month?

COGwriter Pope Francis is offering a way and time for those who had abortions to more easily be reconciled to the Church of Rome: September 1, 2015 Pope Francis has made it easier for women who’ve had abortions to be granted absolution during confession. The pontiff decreed that during the Jubilee year of Mercy starting [...]

The September ‘harbinger’ convergence?

COGwriter September 2015 is here. Jade Helm 15 (watch Jade Helm, Captivity, and Prophecy) has been going on for six weeks and Texas still has not been taken over like some feared. Because of certain scheduled events, as well the book by Jonathan Cahn called ‘The Harbinger’ some are concerned about what will and what [...]

11 more states in USA considered likely to ‘legalize’ marijuana

Marijuana, Cannibis sativa COGwriter With increased acceptance of marijuana in the USA, more states seem : These could be the next states to legalize marijuana August 31, 2015 The likely candidates are those states where medical marijuana is legal and possession of a small amount of marijuana does not carry a prison sentence. There are 11 states [...]

Jewish Rabbi claims blood moons mean ‘messianic advancement’

COGwriter A Jewish Rabbi is pointing to the blood moons as having Messianic prophetic significance: Rabbi: Blood moons mean ‘messianic advancement’ The “blood moon phenomenon” has been the talk of the Christian world in 2014 and 2015, as four lunar eclipse tetrads all occurring on biblical holy days occur within 18 months, the last of [...]

The ‘ten kings’ of Revelation and the Great Tribulation

Territory in Green Covers the 28 Nations Currently Composing the European Union COGwriter Revelation 17:12-13 tells of two reorganizations that are to occur that will result in the rise of the final Beast power (a third happens later; cf. Revelation 17:15-17). Some claim that these passages refer to a gathering of 10 currently existing nations [...]

Turkey bombs ISIS and Kurds–what was the USA thinking?

COGwriter Turkey, after pressure from the USA and others, has been bombing some Islamic State targets: ISTANBUL—Turkish jets bombed Islamic State targets in Syria under the umbrella of the U.S.-led international coalition for the first time, the country’s government said Saturday, as Turkey expands its fight against the extremist group. The strikes started Friday evening [...]

‘Wall Street worries investors — is the worst yet to come?’

New York Financial District COGwriter Some are wondering if the worst is yet to come to the stock markets in the USA: Volatile week on Wall Street worries investors — is the worst yet to come? August 30, 2015 A chaotic week on Wall Street is finally over, in finishing with a flat close on [...]