"Jerusalem is 'unpleasantly surprised' that, as of Thursday afternoon, the Obama administration had not unequivocally condemned vicious anti-Israel statements made Wednesday morning by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, senior Israeli officials told The Times of Israel . In an address to an assembly of tens of thousands of Basij militiamen, Khamenei declared that Israel was doomed to fail and characterized the 'Zionist regime' as the 'sinister, unclean rabid dog of the region.' He also said Israelis 'cannot be called human beings.' Footage of the event showed the crowd shouting 'Death to America' and 'Death to Israel.' At a meeting Thursday morning with Jewish leaders in Moscow, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today's Iran reminded him 'of the dark regimes of the past that plotted against us first and then against all of humanity,' and thus had to be prevented from attaining nuclear weapons. ... Khamenei delivered the speech hours before the resumption of talks in Geneva between the P5+1 countries and Iran on thwarting Iran's rogue nuclear program. To Israel's dismay, the speech did not prompt an immediate condemnation by the United States, the officials said Thursday. ... US Secretary of State John Kerry did speak out against Khameini's address, yet stopped short of issuing a forthright condemnation. ... State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki called the comments 'not helpful.'" ("Israel unpleasantly surprised by mild US reaction to Khamenei's vicious speech," The Times of Israel, Nov. 21, 2013) Genesis 1:21a, 22a “And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind…And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas…” While it’s pretty easy to find an elephant’s ear, it’s not at all easy to find a frog’s ear. But how would you like to be one of the scientists who had to look for a sea anemone’s ear! Early scientists described their work as “thinking God’s thoughts after Him.” Those of us who believe in the Creator would agree and leave the evolutionists to try to fit all living things into their simple-to-complex scheme. The discovery that the supposedly very “simple” sea anemone has a more complex “ear” than any other creature is one such example. In fact, scientists remain mystified at how the sea anemone can hear certain sounds that are beyond any other known creature’s hearing. The discovery that sea anemones can hear was released only recently by scientists who were studying how anemones knew when to fire their microscopic, poisonous darts to kill their prey. They found that anemones not only hear, they can hear a huge range of frequencies by doing something no other creature can do; they can change the frequency range that their hearing receptors – which are similar to ours – can pick up. Our Creator is a God Who communicates. The Bible tells how He communicated with each of His creatures at the time of creation. But the Bible is His communication to you and me this very day! Notes: R. Weiss. “What tells anemones to kill their enemies?” Science News, Vol. 135. March 25, 1989. Creation Moments, Inc., P.O. Box 839, Foley, MN 56329 www.creationmoments.com On November 20, President Barack Obama bestowed America's highest civilian award to 16 people, including Bill Clinton and Gloria Steinem. The Presidential Medal of Freedom, founded by John F. Kennedy, recognizes individuals who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors." Bill Clinton was honored for his "public service in the White House." That would include, of course, turning the White House into a near brothel and morally degrading the office of the presidency in unparalleled ways. As for the feminist Steinem, Obama commented that she is a "game-changer" who has helped women "afford the respect and opportunities that they deserve." What he failed to say is that Steinem is an avowed enemy of biblical morality. She has said that "you become a semi-non-person when you get married" and "a liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after" ("Obama Gives Radical Feminist Medal of Freedom," Breitbart.com, Nov. 20, 2013). Of her own abortion, Steinem said, "I knew it was the first time I had taken responsibility for my own life." Two more of Obama's Medal of Freedom recipients are homosexual socialist Bayard Rustin and lesbian astronaut Sally Ride ("Obama Honors Gay Socialist and Lesbian Astronaut," CNSNews.com, Nov. 21, 2013). Also honored by Obama with the Medal of Freedom was Oprah Winfrey, who has been instrumental in popularizing the mythical god of the New Age. In the book Live Your Best Life, Oprah described her philosophy that everything is one, man is divine, and man can create his own reality. Her gospel is that man is not a sinner, God is not a judge, all is well with the universe, and I just need to surrender to the flow. In a nutshell, Oprah's gospel is ME. She says, "God wants you to love yourself. It starts with you." She says that gurus are here "not to teach us about their divinity but to teach us about our own" ("Why We Love Gurus," Newsweek, Oct. 20, 1997). "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" (Isaiah 5:20). (Friday Church News Notes, November 29, 2013, www.wayoflife.org, [email protected], 866-295-4143) |
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