More than ever, the word “nuclear” is on the lips of world leaders around the globe.  It seems like everyone is either “going nuclear” or is talking about nuclear weapons.  The truth is that the world has been extremely fortunate that nuclear weapons have not been used to destroy an entire city since the end of World War 2.  But with tensions escalating dangerously in the Middle East and around the world, how much longer will it be before nuclear weapons are used by someone to wipe out large numbers of people? 

In fact, for many terrorist organizations around the globe, the thought of going nuclear is the ultimate dream.  A handful of terrorists really can’t do that much damage on their own, but one terrorist with a nuke can take out an entire major city in the blink of an eye.

Many jihadists speak openly of nuclear weapons as being the means by which they will take down the United States and Israel.  There are many jihadists who would set off a nuke in a major city today if they were able to.

And with nuclear weapons technology spreading to places such as North Korea, Iran and Syria, how much longer do you think it will be before a terrorist organization is able to get their hands on a nuclear weapon?

The truth is that nuclear weapons will almost certainly be used in the last days.  Entire cities will probably be destroyed.  Whether it is terrorists or governments who use them, the reality is that when they are used it will change the world forever. 

Leaders around the globe know how dangerous these weapons are.  Many of them understand that once Iran gets their hands on nukes it will be extremely hard to ever put the “nuclear genie” back in the bottle.  If radical Islamic terrorists are able to acquire nuclear weapons through Iran (or by any other source), all of our lives are going to change permanently.   

The threat of rogue nations and terrorist organizations going nuclear has made a lot of headlines just this past week.  Just check out some of them….

*Barack Obama said that the possibility of terrorists getting a nuclear device is the “single biggest threat” to U.S. security as he opened the international nuclear summit that included 46 world leaders from around the globe.

*Hillary Clinton said that she fears al-Qaeda is gathering material for nuclear weapons.

*According to a top Iranian nuclear official, Iran will join the “nuclear club” within a month.

*Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled a new generation of domestically made nucelar centrifuges in a ceremony in Tehran marking national nuclear day.

*It is being reported by international news sources that Iran’s bomb-making plutonium facilities are close to completion.

*French President Nicolas Sarkozy is warning global leaders that if the world doesn’t act to prevent Iran from attaining nuclear arms, it could be responsible for a war between Israel and the Islamic republic.

*An Iranian who once worked as a spy for the CIA is saying that the only way to avoid a nuclear war with Iran is to attack them now.

*Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is warning Israel against a military strike on Iran, saying that it might lead to a global nuclear war.

*The Turkish Prime Minister is urging other world leaders to start criticizing the Israeli nuclear arsenal.

*Hillary Clinton claims that North Korea now has as many as six nuclear weapons.

We live in very dangerous times.  We all take the peace and safety we are enjoying right now for granted.  But a time is coming when that will fundamentally change.

Nations that absolutely hate the United States and Israel are arming to the teeth and are developing nuclear weapons.  Just one suitcase nuke could decimate an entire city.  We often forget about how blessed and how protected we have been, but someday that could all change in the blink of an eye.

Let us pray for peace and hope that somehow nuclear weapons can be kept out of the hands of radicals and lunatics.

We truly live in extraordinary times.  Bible prophecy is being fulfilled at a pace that is absolutely mind blowing.  There were so many news stories related to the last days this week that it was literally very difficult to try to keep up with them all.  In fact, there are so many events happening out there right now related to the last days that it is hard to know where to begin.  So today we thought that we would highlight a bunch of the key news stories from this past week….

*Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Yaalon is warning that Israel might soon have to use military force to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

*The Iranian ambassador in Moscow stated on Thursday that Russia has assured Iran that it still intends to deliver long-range air-defense missiles.

*A large shipment of North Korean weapons recently intercepted in Thailand was bound for an airport in Iran.

*One new report claims that Egyptian military sources have put out information outlining Israel’s plans for a military strike on Iran.

*On Wednesday, Syrian President Bashar Assad directly accused Israel of “pushing the region towards war”.

*Syria’s foreign minister is warning that a future war between Israel and Syria would be a “comprehensive” clash that would “come to your cities”.

*Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said this week that he hopes someday to see Israel as a member of the European Union.

*U.S. relations with China are quickly taking a big turn for the worse.

*On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly approved a record $1.9 trillion increase in the cap on how much the U.S. government can borrow.

*One newly released poll says that 86 percent of Americans are worried or angry about the growing U.S. budget deficit.

*Is “Housing Crash Part 2″ on the way?  A massive “second wave” of home mortgages is scheduled to reset beginning in 2010.

*Some analysts are projecting that Social Security is going to be the next federal program in need of a massive bailout.

*The death toll for the earthquake in Haiti has swelled to approximately 200,000.

*Is California next?  Northern California was rocked by a magnitude-6.0 earthquake on Thursday, but officials said there were no immediate reports of major injuries or damage.

*Over the last two weeks, more than 100 earthquakes a day, on average, have rattled Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.

*The CIA is telling Congress that “homegrown extremists” working for Al-Qaeda will strike the U.S. in the next three to six months.

*Pressure from radical Muslims has forced the closure of two Christian churches on Indonesia’s Java island.

*Turkish police have recovered the body of a 16-year-old girl that was apparently buried alive by Islamic relatives in an “honor” killing carried out as punishment for talking to boys.

*Barack Obama used the “National Prayer Breakfast” as an opportunity to promote his “gay” and “green” agendas.

*U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen told Congress on Tuesday that overturning the ban on gays in the military is the “right thing” for them to do.

*The Archbishop of York is warning that traditional Christianity in the U.K. is being wiped out from public life in the name of equality.

*There are concerns that the U.S. military is going way too far in attempting to create “super soldiers”.

*Hasbro and Toys-R-Us are actually marketing a new pink Ouija board for girls ages eight and up.

*Last of all, a U.S. Tax Court has ruled that a Massachusetts woman should be allowed to deduct the costs of her sex-change operation.

One of the things that we love about running a website is all of the great comments that we get from our readers.  Even if we don’t always respond to each one, please be assured that we do read each and every one of them.  Today there were several comments that we wanted to respond to, so we thought that we would make a post out of our responses.  The readers below have brought up some controversial issues, and that is perfectly okay.  As we follow the Lord God and look forward to the return of the Lord Jesus Christ, the truth is that we are not going to always agree on everything.  And that is okay.  If we let divisions over debatable issues divide us, then we are not going to be able to stand together when it really counts.  So let the major things be major and the minor things be minor.  There never will be a time when all of us agree 100 percent on every single detail in Scripture.  But we all should be able to agree on the major things such as who God is, what God’s Word is and what the plan of salvation is (hopefully). 

In any event, we have posted some reader comments and our responses to them below.  If you find something that you don’t agree with us about, that is okay.  In fact, we would love for you to send us your thoughts.  Hopefully we can all learn from each other.

So here we go…. 

A reader named Nuncio recently commented on our article entitled “The Equality Bill: Will A New Law Essentially Outlaw Evangelical Christianity And Roman Catholicism In The U.K.?” 

His comments about this article are posted below….

This is absolutely ridiculous, I have no problem with homosexuals but when did the minority get to speak for the majority? The same applies for the new smoking regulations, is the british government hell bent on waging war agaist those who do not agree with them. I was never a tory but I am now willing to change my mind.

Can you imagine the reprocussions in Northern Ireland? Unionists are mostly members of ProtestanT churches which condemn the act of homosexuality and the Nationalist/Republicans are mostly Roman Catholic, if the government think any laws which persecute the churches right to preach and follow the laws of JESUS CHRIST, they are in for a rude awakening.

This all stinks of aethiest militancy.

Anglicans as a majority do not agree with homosexual clergy and they are meant to be the state religion in the UK.

It all appears that Labour are trying to save their necks by appealing to the minorities.

God help us all, I will not remain in this country if the state decide they can control the churches.

Any act against God is an act of war against the Lord of All Authority, yes I will willingly join all the sons and daughters of Christ in jail when they speak out against what is unnatural.

In our opinion, Nuncio is absolutely right.  This new “Equality Bill” threatens to systematically destroy traditional Christianity in the United Kingdom.  Political correctness is completely out of control over there right now, and this new law would open the door for a flood of discrimination lawsuits against churches and Christian organizations.  It would force churches and Christian organizations to hire gays, transvestites, porn addicts, swingers and every other kind of deviant that you can possibly imagine.

The dangers of this bill should not be underestimated.  In fact, this bill is so incredibly bad that even the Pope spoke out about it recently.  Now, we don’t put much stock in what the Pope has to say, but the fact that even he is speaking out about it shows just how alarming this piece of legislation is.

Moving on, a reader named Michael was thankful for our use of the name “Yahshua” but was concerned about our use of other English names for God….

I couldn’t agree more. Very insightful. I am so glad to see you use The Name of our Savior (Yahsuah). It would be equally respectful to do the same for our Creator (Yahweh) as well. Thank You. In His Name.

The truth is that this is a very controversial area.  When Yahshua (Jesus) was on this earth, His disciples did not call him “Jesus”.  In fact, the letter “J” was not even in the Hebrew alphabet.  Neither was it in the English alphabet until the Middle Ages.  So what did His disciples call Him?  Well, they called him “Yahshua” which means “God saves” or “God is our salvation”. 

However, there is much disagreement over the exact spelling and exact pronunciation of that name.  Some people believe it should be “Yeshua”.  Others believe that it should be “Yahushua”. 

Well, we believe that “Yahshua” is the correct rendering, but we certainly respect people who feel differently.  In addition, the reality is that sometimes we use the name of “Jesus” as well. 

You see, the truth is that God does miracles in the name of “Yahshua” and in the name of “Jesus”.  People have been raised from the dead in various areas of the world in recent years in the name of “Jesus”. 

So we do realize that this is a complicated issue, and we do try to use the proper Hebrew names, but there are times when we also use the English version of the names.  We hope that this will not cause too much confusion, and if you disagree with us on this point we certainly do understand.   

A reader named Terri was excited to see our support for the nation of Israel….

At last!!!! Someone who knows the truth and is happy to declare it for others to also read.

Thanks to folk like you who can see EXACTLY what is going on and how it relates to Biblical prophecies.

At last someone is speaking out to put the real picture of God’s heart and intentions for Israel into focus. God loves the Palestinians but the land of Israel was for Israel and is for Israel and always will be for Israel – for the Jews – His chosen ones. This means it can never be divided up or given away to anyone else for ANY REASON no matter how WE humans may look at it with our extremely limited understanding!! God will seriously judge anyone and any nation who will try to tamper with His plan. God’s ways are not our ways. When will people realise and respect this!!

If Christians read and BELIEVED their bibles they would start to defend the rights of the Jews to their own land – Israel belongs to God’s chosen people – the Jews. Let’s do things GOD’s way instead of getting caught up in the world’s ignorant, unbelieving ways!! There is a BIG difference. The truth sets you free.

Bless ya and keep up the great work!

Thank you Terri – we definitely stand with the state of Israel and we try to highlight the fact that God has a big plan for the land of Israel in the last days. 

Giving away the land of Israel (and especially the city of Jerusalem) is something that is very displeasing to God, and yet politicians all over the world seem determined to do it.

But not all readers agree with our views on the land of Israel.

For example, Gamla recently shared a unique perspective about the Palestinians….

“Israel should not be giving away one square inch of the land that God gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”

I agree…but the Jews who are occupying the land currently are descendants of only 2 (mostly) 3 tribes of the old nation of Israel which comprised of 12 tribes. The Jews have been named after the House of Judah (Judah, Benjamin, Levi) who ruled the southern kingdom after the split of the Combined Kingdom (ie 12 tribes) from the northern kingdom which included 10 tribes. The northern kingdom was actually called House of Israel because Jacob(Israel) has given the “birthright” of the kingdom to his son Joseph through his sons Ephraim and Manasseh (2 of the 10 northern tribes). See Genesis for a detailed explanation of the blessings Jacob/Israel gave his sons (the patriachs of 12 tribes of Israel) before his death.

Some of the people of the southern kindom of Judah returned to Palestine after their Babylonian exile but the 10 northern tribes NEVER returned after being taken captive by the Assyrians…we read in the Bible that these tribes were “lost” into the nations of the world.

so, to make a long story short…Biblically speaking, the house of Judah can never claim the whole of Israel as their land, for they would need to be re-united with the House of Israel (the 10 lost tribes of the north) for it to be accepted before God.

Further, through DNA evidence it has been shown that the current day palestinians are direct blood relatives of the northern kingdom…

the only solution in the eyes of God which would be just, would be for the Jews and Palestinians to live in ONE land…diverse in culture and language but united as a nation (see South Africa as reference on how divided “tribes” became one nation)

We agree with Gamla that the Jews living in the land of Israel today are descended primarily from the Southern Kingdom that returned from exile in Babylon, but we fundamentally disagree with the notion that the ten lost tribes are the Palestinians.  The truth is that much of the Northern Kingdom escaped the invading Assyrian armies by fleeing by sea to other points throughout the Mediterranean.  In fact, colonists from the Northern Kingdom (often in conjunction with their northern neighbors the Phoenicians) had been settling in areas around the Mediterranean Sea for centuries even before the Assyrian invasion.  Other groups from the Northern Kingdom were able to travel by land into Europe.  A large group was taken into exile when Assyria did finally conquer the Northern Kingdom, but they never came back. 

So while there may be a few Palestinians that are related by blood to the Northern Kingdom, the truth is that it is probably very, very few.  As far as “DNA tests” go, where did they find a descendant of the ten lost tribes to test to compare with the Palestinians?  We believe that it is a fundamental error to try to connect the Palestinians with the ten lost tribes of Israel.  They are primarily Muslims of Arabic descent and they have no claim on the land that God gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

If you have other comments or questions for us we would love to hear them.  We will try to do a better job of answering them as we move forward.  We thank all of you for being readers of our site, and we hope that you will help us by spreading the word about our site to as many people as you can.

Michael & Meranda

Friday was the 37th anniversary of the infamous U.S. Supreme Court decision known as Roe v. Wade.  In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court (dominated by justices who had been nominated by Republicans) handed down a decision which basically legalized abortion-on-demand nationwide.  Since that decision, more than 50 million babies have been murdered in abortion mills across America.  However, if recent polls can be believed, there may be signs that America is finally starting to wake up and realize that what we are doing is incredibly wrong.

According to the Pew Research Center, in 2007 and 2008 pro-abortion Americans significantly outnumbered pro-life Americans by a margin of 54 percent to 40 percent.  But 2009 was a different story.  Polling done by the Pew Research Center in 2009 revealed that now only 47 percent of Americans support abortion while 44 percent of Americans are pro-life.

A change from a 14 percent gap to a 3 percent gap is very significant.

But is it too late?

The Gallup polling organization also found a move towards the pro-life position in 2009.

A May 2009 survey by Gallup found that 51 percent of Americans stand for the sanctity of human life while only 42 percent consider themselves to be pro-abortion.

This is a huge change from 1995 when only 33 percent of Americans considered themselves to be pro-life.

So is this progress?

Operation Rescue President Troy Newman thinks so….

“The pro-life movement has made significant strides exposing and closing abortion clinics and shifting public opinion toward the pro-life position.”

Last month Operation Rescue revealed that just 713 abortion mills are open in the U.S. today compared to approximately 2,200 that were open in 1991.

That is great news, but the reality is that some of the abortion clinics are just getting bigger.

For example, an abortion “supercenter” – the biggest abortion clinic in the United States – is scheduled to open in Houston this upcoming March.

Many believe that if we could just vote out Obama and the Democrats that we would be able to stop abortion in this nation.  But as history has shown, unfortunately it is just not that simple.  The truth is that we gave the Republicans control of the entire U.S. government for years and they essentially did nothing to stop the abortion holocaust.  Former presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin did a great job of describing this sad truth in his recent article about abortion….

Consider still: the “pro-life” Republican Party controlled the entire federal government from the election of 2000 to the election of 2006: six long years of GOP domination of both houses of Congress, the White House, and the US Supreme Court. And in all that time not one single unborn baby’s life was saved. NOT ONE!

And, yet, each year, Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) would introduce the Sanctity of Life bill. And each year, the bill would sit in the document room of the Capitol Building and gather dust. What would Rep. Paul’s bill do? Two things: (1) It would define unborn babies as persons under the law. (2) Under the authority of Article. III. Section. 2. of the US Constitution, it would remove abortion from the jurisdiction of the court. Had the “pro-life” Republican congress passed Dr. Paul’s bill, and the “pro-life” President, G. W. Bush, signed it into law, Roe v. Wade would have been effectively overturned.

So, why didn’t President Bush trumpet the bill? Where was the Republican leader in the Senate? Where was the Republican Speaker of the House? Where was Orrin Hatch? Where was John McCain? Where was Lindsey Graham? Where was Glenn Beck? Where was Rush Limbaugh? Where was Newt Gingrich? Where was Sean Hannity? Where was the National Right to Life Committee? Where were the tens of thousands of “pro-life” pastors and Christians?

The truth is that we need to elect a whole different kind of Republicans.

We must require that all Republican candidates pledge to actively work every single year to pass legislation that would outlaw abortion-on-demand in the United States.

Republican candidates are famous for making promises and then not doing anything once they get into office.

We need to let them know that if they do not actively work to end the abortion holocaust that we will vote them out of office and put in another Republican.

The truth is that ending abortion needs to become our number one political priority.

Over the past 37 years we have been living a national nightmare.

Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood (who was also greatly admired by Hitler) said the following all the way back in 1922:

“The most merciful thing that a family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.”

The philosophy of the founder of Planned Parenthood is being carried out in virtually every city in the United States in 2010.

Honestly, it is inconceivable how anyone could be in favor of killing over a million babies a year in the United States.

Do you know what they do during an abortion?

One particularly gruesome form of abortion is known as a “partial birth” abortion.  The following are the five steps of a partial birth abortion….

1) Guided by ultrasound, the abortionist grabs the baby’s legs with forceps.

2) The baby’s leg is pulled out into the birth canal.

3) The abortionist delivers the baby’s entire body, except for the head.

4) The abortionist jams scissors into the baby’s skull. The scissors are then opened to enlarge the skull.

5) The scissors are removed and a suction catheter is inserted. The child’s brains are sucked out, causing the skull to collapse. The dead baby is then removed.

How incredibly sick is that?

But now U.S. health insurance companies are increasingly willing to cover the cost of abortions and are viewing them as a way to dramatially cut costs. 

Why? 

Because as one top local Planned Parenthood official recently admitted, abortions are far, far cheaper than live births. 

In an article on the website of Forbes magazine, Baltimore Planned Parenthood CEO John Nugent said that a first trimester abortion costs somewhere in the neighborhood of “$300 to $450″ and that this is much cheaper than the alternatives.

According to the article in Forbes, the difference in cost between an abortion and a live birth can be massive….

“Health Care Blue Book confirms the price difference. An abortion performed in an physician’s office typically costs $397. A vaginal delivery costs $5,992, while a c-section is $8,558.”

This is what human life has come down to in America today – a cost/benefit analysis.

The truth is that health insurance companies have a massive incentive to offer and promote abortion services.

After all, why should they pay out $6000 when they can only pay out only $400 instead?

Well, other than the fact that the $400 payment is for a murder.

But the truth is that U.S. tax dollars are being used to promote abortions, sterilizations and eugenics policies all over the globe.

Many major organizations affiliated with the United Nations actually celebrate abortions and anything else that serves to reduce the human population.  For these radical “environmentalists”, human life is a virus that is destroying the earth and they actually believe that our “herd” needs to be “culled” for the good of “Mother Earth”.

But the truth is that all we are doing is sacrificing our children to “gods” named “greed” and “convenience” and “sexual promiscuity” and “selfishness”.

In fact, as you reflect on the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade today, please take a moment to meditate on the following portion of Scripture….

“They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons; they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters… and the land was polluted with blood. Then the anger of the lord was kindled against his people, and He abhorred his heritage; he gave them into the hands of the nations, so that those who hated them ruled over them. Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their power.” (See Psalm 106:37-43)

The church in America is a complete and total mess.  A shocking new poll of the largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States has revealed that only 39 percent of the members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) believe that Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation.

39 percent?

Yes, 39 percent.

This figure comes from the latest “Religious and Demographic Profile of Presbyterians” report which was recently released by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

What is even more stunning is that when you look at only the pastors, the numbers are even lower.

Only 35 percent of the pastors surveyed agreed with the statement that “only followers of Jesus Christ can be saved.”

So almost two-thirds of the pastors in the largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States believe that there are other ways to be saved other than through Jesus Christ.

At this point it would be really east to jump all over the Presbyterians, but the truth is that this type of apostasy is common in many Christian denominations.

For example, USA Today recently reported on an almost unbelievable new survey that found that 52 percent of American Christians believe that eternal life is not exclusively for those who accept Jesus Christ as their Savior.

So not only do a majority of Presbyterians not believe that Jesus is the only path for salvation, a majority of Christians throughout the United States believe this as well.

In fact, a different survey taken last year by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life found that 57 percent of evangelical Christians in the U.S. believe that “many religions can lead to eternal life”.

What in the world?

What is happening in our churches?

How far have we gotten from the basics of the Christian faith?

In John 14:6, Jesus told us the following….

“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

There is no other way to salvation.

Just think about it for a minute.

If there was any other way for our sins to be forgiven, then why did Jesus need to die on the cross?

If there were many other ways to salvation, then the death of Jesus on the cross was totally unnecessary.

Jesus could have simply come down to earth, pointed out a bunch of other ways to get to heaven, and then could have gone back up to heaven without ever having to deal with the cross.

But the truth is that there was no other way for our sins to be paid for.

Jesus Christ, being the sinless Son of God, died on the cross to pay for the sins of all humanity.

All other religions reject this, and most of them involve jumping through “hoops” and doing good works of some kind or another in order to try to obtain the favor of a deity.

But the reality is that without the sacrifice of Jesus Christ there is no path to heaven.

Without Jesus to pay for our sins we are all still guilty.

Why can’t Christians in the United States understand this?

The truth is that the church in America is a complete and total mess.  But we knew that these days would come.  2 Timothy 4:3 tells us this…..

For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.

There were also other results from the PC(USA) survey that were almost equally as shocking.  Just consider these numbers….

*Only one in six members and even fewer ministers believe that the Bible is to be taken literally, word for word.

*Only 44 percent say that they have had a “conversion experience” when they committed themselves to Christ.

So what are we to make of all this?

The reality is that the PC(USA) is not the only denomination out there that is a total mess.

Most churches do not teach Biblical Christianity anymore.

Most churches do not teach the basics of the Christian faith.

Perhaps you attend one of those churches.

If you are confused about what the Bible says about God and about salvation, then we encourage you to check out the new website that we are putting together that answers some of the most basic questions about the Christian faith.

In particular, we would encourage you to read an article that we put together entitled “What Does The Bible Say About Salvation?”

The truth is that the Bible is very clear about God’s plan of salvation, and it is the most important message that any of us will ever hear.  If you do not know where you would go if you died tonight, please do not let another day pass without finding out what God has to say about your future destiny. 

Nothing could be more important.

The new full body scanners going into airports across the United States are being hailed as the next great innovation in airport security, but the truth is that most Americans do not understand what these machines actually do. The reality is that these machines produce an image that is the closest one can get to seeing someone’s exposed body without actually seeing their skin. Every curve, every crevice and every detail of the bodies of every passenger will be completely exposed to the eyes of gawking airport security officials. In addition, a number of scientific experts are now claiming that the technology used by these scanners actually is damaging to human DNA. But even with all of these concerns, new polls reveal that an overwhelming majority of Americans want these machines to be installed in U.S. airports.

So are you ready to walk through full body scanners that give security officials a crystal clear look at your completely exposed body?

Democratic political strategist James Carville apparently is….

“Let me buy a [security] card, then go and measure my *****, and let me get on the airplane.”

But is this the way that the new “Amerika” has to be?

A place where all dignity and all privacy is completely thrown out the window?

A place where there is no shame and where we are all reduced to little more than cattle to be herded around and embarrassed?

But not only are these new full body scanners a threat to privacy, they are also potentially dangerous to our health.

Many of these machines use terahertz waves in order to produce the images that security officials see.  Technology Review recently described how these new machines work this way….

Great things are expected of terahertz waves, the radiation that fills the slot in the electromagnetic spectrum between microwaves and the infrared. Terahertz waves pass through non-conducting materials such as clothes , paper, wood and brick and so cameras sensitive to them can peer inside envelopes, into living rooms and “frisk” people at distance.

This capability to see “inside” of clothing has security authorities very excited, but is there a downside to this technology? 

Yes, apparently there is.  According to Technology Review, there is now substantial evidence that shows that terahertz radiation actually damages human DNA….

The evidence that terahertz radiation damages biological systems is mixed. “Some studies reported significant genetic damage while others, although similar, showed none,” say Boian Alexandrov at the Center for Nonlinear Studies at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and a few buddies. Now these guys think they know why.

Alexandrov and co have created a model to investigate how THz fields interact with double-stranded DNA and what they’ve found is remarkable. They say that although the forces generated are tiny, resonant effects allow THz waves to unzip double-stranded DNA, creating bubbles in the double strand that could significantly interfere with processes such as gene expression and DNA replication. That’s a jaw dropping conclusion.

That is very frightening stuff.

The truth is that there have never been any clinical trials that indicate that multiple exposures to such terahertz waves are safe for humans.

If terahertz waves do “unzip double-stranded DNA”, then perhaps some testing should be done before millions of Americans are marched through these machines.

But right now Americans are so scared of another “underwear bomber” that they are overwhelmingly in favor of putting these full body scanners into U.S. airports. 

A new USA TODAY/Gallup poll says that 78 percent of Americans approve of these new full body scanners.

78 percent?

Are the American people that stupid?

Isn’t someone going to stand up and say that it goes way over the line to herd the American people into machines so that security officials can look at their private areas?

But this is what we are becoming.

We always knew that in the last days hearts were going to become hardened and people would lose their humanity and any sense of shame.

Thanks to these new scanners that process of stripping away our humanity and our dignity will certainly be accelerated. 

Say goodbye to the America that your parents and grandparents knew.

Say hello to “Amerika” – where individual liberties are a thing of the past and where the Big Brother security apparatus rules over all.

We love to get reader comments, and we publish as many as we can (as long as they are clean and not overly spammy), and we do try to take each one of them into consideration. In response to our last post, a reader named Filip posted the following comment: “…I love the articles on this website but man you guys are lazy! one article every 2 weeks and then for this one you make an article with links to most of your previous articles give me a break…”

This comment really made us reflect for a moment.

Are we actually lazy?

Maybe we are.

We certainly are not angry at Filip for his comment.

The truth is that we understand that it is frustrating to come to a good website and find that nothing has been put up in the last few days.

But on the days when we can’t get to this website we are actually quite busy.

The reality is that my wife and I run over 50 websites by ourselves – many of them that need continual updating.

We find that having a larger number of outlets is a better way for our message to reach a larger audience, but it also makes it difficult to post on sites like this as much as we would like.

So then how can readers like Filip follow our work without going crazy?

Well, let us suggest the following ways to keep up with everything that we put out without having to run around to 50 different sites….

#1) Follow us on Twitter – our account is Revelation1217 and we post updates there on all the articles that we do related to the last days and Bible prophecy.

#2) Follow us on Facebook – you can friend us on Facebook here.  That is an account that we also use to post updates on all of our most important new articles.

#3) Check “The Most Important News” every day – We run a daily news website called The Most Important News, and five or six days a week (on normal weeks) we post the most important news headlines from all over the world.  That site posts a lot of stories that are very important to Bible prophecy, so it is an important site to check out every day.

#4) On our StumbleUpon profile you can find a list of most of the key articles that we have posted the last few days.  In fact, if you subscribe to our profile that will really help you keep connected with us.

#5) One of our new websites that is getting a TON of attention is The Economic Collapse Blog.  If you have not done so yet, please go check it out.

#6) To learn more about what we believe in (Biblical Christianity), please check out our statement of faith on another one of our new websites.

#7) Lastly, learning all of these things about the last days will not do you any good if you do not have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.  To learn how you can enter into a relationship with God, please read this recent article that we posted about what the Bible says about salvation.

2009 was truly a year when we saw the pace of the fulfillment of Bible prophecy really begin to pick up speed and accelerate.  The creation of a Palestinian state almost seems like a foregone conclusion now, and yet the next major war in the Middle East seems closer than ever.  Iran has continued to relentlessly pursue the development of a nuclear program even as Israel and the United States continue to insist that they will never allow Iran to have nuclear weapons.  Preparations for the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple have intensified and the developing world government continued to emerge this past year.  Not only that, but the decline of Biblical Christianity in both Europe and the United States  rolls on with no apparent end in sight.  So what does all of this mean for 2010?  It means that we had all better buckle up, because things are going to get very interesting very quickly.

But for today we thought that we would take a look back at some of the most important news stories from this past year.  The following are the 18 most significant stories posted on The Last Days during 2009….

#1) The Sacrificial Altar Is Being Rebuilt For The Future Temple In Jerusalem

#2) The Radical Population Control And Eugenics Agenda Of The Global Elite

#3) Why Israel Simply Cannot Allow Iran To Have A Nuclear Weapon

#4) The Temple Institute In Jerusalem Has Spent Approximately 27 Million Dollars On Preparations For The Rebuilding Of The Jewish Temple

#5) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Says That The United States Is Attempting To Block The Arrival Of The Mahdi

#6) Europe Rides The Beast: Official EU Symbols Tell Us Exactly What The Global Elite Plan To Do To Humanity

#7) Iran Has Successfully Tested A Long Range Missile And Is Closer To Producing Nuclear Weapons Than Ever

#8) The Equality Bill: Will A New Law Essentially Outlaw Evangelical Christianity And Roman Catholicism In The U.K.?

#9) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Endorses An Independent Palestinian State

#10) Hezbollah Has Stockpiled 40,000 Rockets Near Israel’s Border And They Have Now Acquired Chemical Warheads

#11) A Plan For Jews And Muslims To Share The Temple Mount?

#12) The Bezichin: The Temple Institute Unveils Two Golden Censors For The Coming Rebuilt Jewish Temple

#13) Pope Benedict: We Need A World Government

#14) A Play Depicting Jesus As A Gay Man Performed At A Packed Church In California

#15) The Mark Of The Beast

#16) The First President Of Europe, Herman Van Rompuy, Is Calling For A European Tax And Has Declared 2009 To Be The First Year Of Global Governance

#17) The Decline Of Christianity In America

#18) Will The Messianic Expectations Of All Major World Religions Pave The Way For Antichrist?

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