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Satan is ruling the world - we all know this - but we have not seen the full manifestation of it.  Democracy and these kind of governments has softened the plight of people.  I think we cannot now imagine the kind of oppression which may come when we see the full impact of Satan's rule in totalitarian governments which will oppress the people and not value their lives. In this time it will be possible for governments to oppress all religion and any form of recruitment (preaching).

Tut... tut....

I tend to see the BIG picture in the study of ancient history.  No society lived in isolation but there was trade and social  interaction going on all the time.  Hence the different forms of Baal worship in areas that were geographically quite close in "moden" terms - if one drives a car. Influences spread fast and very wide!  Like the fashion industry.

Russell started his research just after society had broken away from the power of the church - and while others were shooting each other in the wild west and colonizing the east coast (USA).  They were preparing the way for those who would later become the discreet slave.

Although a great body of work had been done - no one had put it together just like A. Hyslop at that time.  So look at his contribution to society in the time frame it was written - do not look back at it with modern eyes.   Looking at history is like going back in a time capsule.... People who only focus on the small minute details always lose sight of this.

I have marveled at the 'timing' of his writings and wondered if Jehovah did have a hand in it. I think his book came out just at the right time: .....because it helped the future "slave" to clean up many of the pagan things that were accepted as 'Christian' in all of society at that time.  Most societies did not have a clue that some of the things they were practicing were at all from pagan origin. So - to me- it is logical that he lashed out at the Catholic church who had ruled the western world with an iron fist and the history of "her daughters" who broke away from the 'mother of all evils'. 

Many of the researchers in the middle east were German and French .... but here comes a 'pastor' writing in English and putting it in such a way that people started to re-evaluate the "churches" who had so much power in the past. And it is put in the hands of an organization that was determined to spread the "truth" as it became available at that time.

This is why I contend that Hyslop made a valuable contribution because he interpreted things that were out there and put them together in one book where it could be popularized.... and not everything he said can be thrown in the garbage.  

 I totally agree with all statements made above.  I have also had one very needy person (could not read or write from Iraq) who monopolized a lot of my time and later found fault with other sisters who did not do the same..... So I learnt through hard experience that we must focus on  "spiritual enrichment " first.

Because we really care, people can see this and take advantage.  Most other churches only focus on "social injustices" and these type of issues by having food banks etc.   I have had people directly ask me if we have "social assistance" because they think all Christian churches focus only on this.

This charity in itself is wonderful - but these Christians have not been given the job by Jehovah as the "faithful and discreet slave" to dispense spiritual food to the rest of the world. All of us has this important commission as those " who are grabbing the skirt of the Jew".   So I now try to imitate them by being "faithful" and 'discreet' - using good judgment regarding focus (and even your own safety) - in these communities. 

Many of them have been traumatized by war (or the way their society operates) and are truly pitiful - but they have no spiritual need.  Most come from communities where a standard of life (the family gold and how much you can pay for a wife) is important.  So we must learn how they think and learn to distinguish who wants "things" and who truly has a spiritual need. 

I have found some (mostly women) who cannot focus on a study because they have just too many emotional stresses because of extreme poverty. Women tend to show this kind of stress very quickly and some have husbands who beat them etc.  In these cases I have helped them fill out forms to get the appropriate social services. However,  I am very careful to come between a husband and wife because we cannot (by helping) be blamed for things that go wrong afterward - so I give only emotional support in these cases.

I sometimes watch how Imams preach (online in various countries).  They often preach politically against the West.  They say all Christians are vile -  highly immoral (rampant adultery, fornication,  etc) because anything is allowed and women are free without wearing the hijab.  They believe all Christians are idol worshippers because of the use of images and icons in the church and the kissing of statues etc. And believe that the cross is a pagan symbol (Isa will destroy it in the end of time) and also the trinity is a gross misrepresentation of god because God is almighty and only one!   So Christians are the worst of idolaters, except for the polytheists (India) - they are worse.  Jesus was not the son of god because god did not have sex to bring forth a son and the death of Jesus is a lie!

So when I meet them I tell them that we do not participate in pagan traditions, no statues, idolatry of any kind.  We believe that God is ONE and Jesus is not God.  I also say that we are witnesses of Jehovah and totally different to other Christian religions.  We read the bible daily and therefore obey the bible completely and I add that the above false doctrines do not come from the bible but are pagan doctrines.  I demonstrate how all false religions have a history of violence and war and that Satan was very "smart when he created all the "false " religions which love violence and war - to confuse people. We are pure and clean and do not allow any form of idolatry.  Sometimes I mention that we do not celebrate Xmas, Easter, birthdays etc... and sexually clean!

Next I talk about the government of Jehovah - they also believe in a government and extreme muslims do NOT vote.  So I talk about the way which the government of Jehovah under Jesus as king will come rule and hint at the way that Muslims expect it to come to pass with the "sword."  I then give evidence of the violence in the history of Christians as well as Islam religion and mention that God will bring his government at the time when it is ready for HIM... and not when humans decide to bring the government by fighting (Muslim prophesy).  I also show that Jesus is already ruling invisible in heaven - he is not coming back in the flesh to fight with the sword -  Rev 12: 7- 12 and that his ruler ship began when he threw satan out of heaven and that is why there is such an escalation of violence now - time of the end... This is the sign that the time is short - we need a sign that he is ruling.   I demonstrate that God can read hearts and humans (who cannot read hearts) are not supposed to be judging each as heretics and then execute them (like ISIS) who judge others- even other muslims.  They do not have the right to do God's job for him... they are misled because God is strong enough to do his own job very quickly when the time is right for HIM.   I also show the difference between Sharia Law (which requires blind obedience, one does not have to think much) and the "principals of Jesus...(if one looks at a woman too much you have committed adultery, hate is the same as killing and show that one needs to have self control when one follows the law of self-sacrificing love...inspection of self.  I also show the principles of love in 1Cor 13 - because they only understand love as sexual love and are surprised when one can apply this principled love to ALL relationships.  I read many scriptures so they can see the difference between the Qur'an and the Bible.  They get tears when I read the scriptures on how we should treat each other with tender loving care .... so these are a few of the first things I discuss...  Usually I have a good response... I also have a way to demonstrate that Jesus is a son of god because god has heavenly sons and earthly sons because the word "father means life-giver"  and God is the creator of Jesus and heavenly sons and Adam - earthly son.  He created them (sex did not bring them forth). In this way they are "sons". I like to show the "logic of the bible because the Qur'an is such a mess.

I love this field because it is a challenge but very satisfying because these people think in such a different way than we do... I can go on and on about the differences and how I deal with them....

Catholics give a high place to Mary but the Greek orthodox much more!

I say " ilah" when I speak about god but it has become common among Christian Arabs to use Al Lah - which actually means "
the god" and has become so common everywhere.    It is almost as though it has become a higher form when speaking about god.  The reason why Arab Christians use Allah is because they deny the name of Jehovah - which is sad.  Sometimes it is harder to speak to them than to Muslims because they love their idol worship and will tell you directly that they want nothing to do with you because JWs do not worship Mary.  They see Mary as interceding for women and Jesus as interceding for men..  I was flabbergasted when I had a long discussion with a very religious Greek orthodox man and I gave him a good chance to explain to me where Mary fits in in his church!

I try to avoid Muslims greetings and stick to marxaba / aHlan was Sahlan instead of Salaam Alaykum and should consciously only stick to Jehwah Ilah (Jehovah God).  I also do not use the word Isa for Jesus but use Jeshua because Isa is a character who will come back and bow to Mohammad after he has fought the one-eyed jew - the antichrist (Dajjal) and his Jewish followers in battle.    

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin_(mythology)  - Sumerian moon god that spread through the entire middle east.

This is from the time of Nimrod - BEFORE Abraham and before Israel became a nation.  Hence the name 'Sin'ai (in Arabia -when Israel came out of Egypt as a nation).   1500 years later we see Nabonidus  (Nebuchadnezzar's grandson) building a temple to the moon god in Arabia - so moon worship was still as strong and insidious as ever!  As I said before - the body of archeology from the Sumerian and Babylonian time is huge and cannot be denied -  the worship dispersed as far as Greece. Each area developed their own version of the same god.

I read your contributions above and you guys carry on like you are scholars arguing back and forth (cherry picking the ideas you like) and not giving any clarity to anyone! ... the reason being is that you are keeping the Bible out of it and just debating for sake of debating..

As I said before in this forum - when Nimrod and his family turned away from Jehovah they had to fill the void and started a system of spiritism which turned to predictions and superstition inspired by Satan.  There were seven planets in out Solar system clearly visible to them (moon & sun) and the billions of stars.  Ancient Babylon mathematics became so advanced because they originated the Zodiac and the gods developed from the worship of moon, sun, planets and the zodiac - stars.  Moon, sun and star worship was everywhere and they did all their predictions on the movement of the planets.  Hence we find that most temples/ placement of stones/ high places etc.  in ancient Egypt and (over the world) were designed to favor the stars at certain times of the year /equinoxes etc-  read up about the pyramids all over the world!

This is what the high religious class did all the time - watch the 'heavens' and they wanted to be close to the "heavens' with their high buildings to predict when the king could go to war and when he could blow his nose.  This made for a very superstitious society and 'spells' and all kinds of nasty things related to spiritism.

I come from Africa - I know what spiritism looks like - it is nasty and one can be 'educated' but the practice of this keeps one hooked onto needless 'rituals and fears' - as all these religions were.  Many of these western scholars  make me laugh when they come up with their silly ideas sometimes.  They live in secluded little worlds and become big frogs in small ponds (academics) but have not seen the real thing!  Especially when they start going into denial of what their eyes see because they want it to be different and make a name for themselves.

Study ancient Sumerian culture (the predecessor to Babylonian, Assyrian, Arabian, Indian and even Egyptian belief systems) most of the worlds religions originated there!  Each scholar studies their little pocket of history and do not see the big picture.

Most of all - study the Bible!   I studied the Bible from the aspect of "intrinsic logic" and a whole new world opened up to me!   The name of Jehovah -  a name he chose for himself - was for a specific reason!   All other gods were given their name by humans but Jehovah chose his name himself because it had a specific meaning - it is not just a name!

"I am what I am"  - this translation is a travesty!  Because in all Semitic languages it is already accepted  that you exist. One does not get the word "is" in present tense in these languages!     So when the word "is" is used, it is usually in past tense "was" or in future it is "causative".    So the verb related to his name shows that "he shall prove to be" - by his causative actions! 

Some brilliant person just by chance stumbled on this name? or by chance it developed by a group of people from  a few letters someone started to use?  ... and other people said .... he has a good idea ... let ALL of us start using these letters too?  .... Really?  You believe this "research?" 

Well real life is not like that.  After Israel had been through so many miracles  (saved by Jehovah in Egypt) their uncircumcised hearts were stupidly going back to what they knew before - and we have proof in the Bible that Jehovah had to chastise them harshly, on several occasions, even by death (when they kept on going back to their own gods or rebelled) to get them to obey him to be forged into a single nation and only serving only HIM.  (Those who died are in sheol - so they probably will get a resurrection).  

At the time Jehovah intervened in mankind's affairs to bring forth part of his purpose - to create a nation, clean and dedicated to him for his son to be born in future and provide a genealogy of 4025 years (from Adam to Jesus) - so He had to deal with the constant rebellion of the Israelites - and not tolerate rebellion when it went past a certain level.  This is how they became a nation dedicated to him and his name.   It took a lot of effort from Jehovah to guide and chastise them to take this name as the only god - even after they had seen the fire cloud by night and many miracles!

So I take exception to those saying that Jehovah's name came from "evolution " of letters or other names!

I saw an article recently which talked about the 'abuse' and lack of staff in these prisons because there are too few wardens and no investment in prison infrastructure.  The prisons have become a place for open drug smuggling and the vilest of practices - in comparison to the time that government managed it.  Private companies do not care about the level of service / humanitarian issues because they are enriching themselves off the money from the government for providing a "service." 

No chance of anyone being reformed in places like those!

This is a good read!  

https://www.biblebelievers.org.au/moongod.htm

I attach a link to an an article about the connection between the moon god and Allah... and it proves that Allah is NOT Jehovah but the moon god.

Muslims teach that the bible has been changed and that Abraham started the city Mecca and Allah worship on his way to Egypt.... which is ludicrous... because Mecca only came into being AFTER 150 AD and the bible clearly shows that Abraham built an altar to JHWH before going to Egypt and he offered up on the same altar when he came back from Egypt.  Of course, Allah was around 2000 years before Christ but not as a singular deity.  Mohammad tried to distance Allah from his daughters (as indicated in the clip above) and establish The God - Al-ilia as the supreme being because it was the chief deity of his tribe.

This article quotes so many of the old respected archeologists from the 19th and 20th century (ie.Leonard Woolley) - and discusses so many of the archeological finds.....temples to the moon in Arabia!  The reasoning is sound... that Mohammad was not preaching a new god to them... they already knew this god!... However, he wanted them to leave the previous 'connections' of the moon god and all the other deities they were serving.

Islam has tried very hard to hide its connections to moon worship but one of my elderly bible students (if they are older Muslims) know of this. Modern apologists of course also try to hide this fact.  Many of the rituals etc. come from pagan worship.

Since islam originated from fertility worship of the moon it is not therefore surprising that there are many disgusting sexual practices in Islam:  They view Mohammad as the "perfect man" the "perfect example."  Here is just one of them practiced in Shiia Islam.  (

It is a well-known fact that Mohammad wore female clothes when he received some of his revelations - this was also in line with pagan worship.... it was not viewed as immoral.  There was an incident where his other wives claimed that they were not receiving their "due" and Mohammad chastised them and said that he receives his "revelations" when he is with Aisha, dressed in female clothes.  This is according to Hadith.

The sacred secret has now been revealed!   Eph 1:8-10-   Jehovah has been 'managing/ administering" his sacred secret throughout the millennia. We now understand the timeline of all the promises relating to Jesus as the future king of a government that will correct the "root-cause" of all of mankind's problems.

I like the phrase "one channel of truth" - well chosen words.   The 'only' sublime truth out there in the jungle of untruths.

One does not know where to find a little "truth" any more in the news. Many backroom mischief-makers are now jumping on the bandwagon and spinning out false stories since the word " fake news" has become a byword.  Far left and far right are each giving their 'versions' or "alternative facts " of world events.  There are very few respected news channels left where one can get the story as it happened without some political spin.

I realized it is time to cut my time on these things and focus only on the "one" truth!  Satan is out there gathering people together with the 'propaganda' for the great day of Armageddon. Everyone is becoming more fierce and confrontational....  Rev 16: 14-16. " It is expressions of demons going out.... to gather .....together for Armageddon"

Searcing for the truth!  I went to several churches to search for the truth and attended lectures by theologians at university. I was not impressed. I was reading the bible - a lot. I found scriptures which refuted the trinity and asked a professor about it. He gave me a book to read..  which did not answer my questions..  I then met a little old lady at the library and my life changed forever!

It is not coincidence that the word means permissible and also refers to the moon crescent!

They are not supposed to drink at all but smoking and drug abuse is rampant.  Many women also smoke the Hookah.  Anything goes when you are fighting the enemy - one may use drugs - especially when you are going to give up your life as a suicide killer.  They often find large stashes of drugs when ISIS fighters have fled.

Yes their view of the Western culture is one of gross immorality and they tout the superiority of Islam and its laws.  This is why it is good to know about "pleasure marriages" in Shia islam - legal pimping.  One of my studies told me that the women in these "pleasure marriages" are not supposed to get pregnant... if they do ... they usually have an abortion.

There is so much one can write about which is downright nasty in Islam because it was started by a man with no moral conscience at all!  and under the direct influence of Satan.  A demon grabbed him by the throat and told him to recite!    

But I focus on the suffering of the innocent people who are oppressed by this most vicious religion that is now penetrating most Western societies and gaining power everywhere.  The world is going to be a sorry place if this is allowed to spread much further.   But Jehovah has his own time to step in.  He will only step in when it has been proven beyond reasonable doubt that humans cannot rule the earth successfully without obedience to Jehovah - the only true God.  And the role of false religion in humankind's history and the suffering it has caused will be exposed - without a doubt!

The American world power pretending to be a " lamb" and being a "dragon" .  These conditions (as described above) are like eggs that are scrambled - one cannot separate the ingredients any more.   It will take intervention from Jehovah to correct what is going on.  This is why the powers of this unjust world have to be dismantled by Jehovah when the time is right - He is the only one that can do it because the powers of the people (so-called democracy) are ineffectual. Rule by humans for justice is a sham. Much suffering and poverty will unfortunately be the outcome for as long as these hidden things are going from bad to worse. "Get out of her my People."  Get out of Babylon the Great and out of all political entities which are serving the powerful purposes of Satan.

Thanks for the article and the replies.

I have to say this:  I love the Arabic speaking people - I love to work amongst them but I see how false religion has put a tremendous burden on them - especially the women.   There are wonderful men too, who love their wives and treat them well. Then you get the ISIS types who are full of false religion, fierce and destructive personality types.  But they are not happy!  Some of them are so warped in their personalities that they are prepared to die to kill others so they can go to a deprived heaven.

We must be as sincere a doves - but very careful.  I try to focus only one the ones who want to know more - Jehovah is the one who is directing his work!  Of course, by what we say we can stimulate interest and I have learnt to do this.  Honest hearted ones immediately respond when they get the gist of it.... so all of us must work hard to become better carriers of the most important message that will ever be delivered in the history of the universe!   It is here where the issue of Jehovah's universal sovereignty is being played out for the first time in the history of the universe and the outcome will be a precedent for all future, will-full disobedience to Jehovah!

I am grateful to be part of it but I realize that I have to keep my own spirit in control so that I can be of better use to Jehovah. That also means that I have to cut some of my chatting on this forum so that I can do more preparation for the field! LOL

My dear friend - to me all these things are not really important.  What is important is that Jehovah is going to remove all false religions and governments (including all the secret organizations and secret religious orders which has its hold on society) from the earth.

A lot of Arabs ask me about the illuminati... and now we see this article today about the 'deep state'.    It is good to know that it  exists (but one does not have to study it in detail to be sure of the details of its existence - because it is just another manifestation of Satans deceiving power. )  i.e. The dark net - there is proof that it exists, but not even the CIA knows the full extent of it and may never know it  ; but they say that only the top of the iceberg is visible.  ISIS and powerful criminals use encrypted messages on the dark net - it is larger than the regular internet .  They do all their criminal business/recruiting there and the CIA etc. cannot penetrate it.   Most decent people are not even aware of this!

When I encounter these questions in field service, awareness of it, has helped me  to answer,  I say :  Yes I know there are many secret organizations which are wielding great power on earth and many powerful governments are ordering assassinations and manipulate weaker governments and even arrange coo-de-tats, there are global (evil) corporations controlling large parts of the world through their money and lobbying - and then I briefly say what I know. But then the punchline comes:- Mankind does not have the power to stop it!  It is so integrated in society like a scrambled egg.  It cannot be undone! by mankind. Then I give the scriptures:  This is all proof that Jehovah will have to step in and destroy wickedness because these wicked practices are hurting good people and Jehovah will not allow this to go on forever! 

Regarding Islam - Satan inspired a man to take the Kingdom of Jehovah and make a false replica of it.  The eschatological beliefs of islam believe that Islam must rule all over the earth and Sharia law must prevail everywhere for there to be peace on earth for a period of time.  They believe that Jesus will come back to earth in flesh and fight the Dajjal (anti-Christ with the sword - weapon.... ) and submit to Islam. 

Of course the Muslims are killing each other (Shiia and Sunni) because their "theocracy" (such as in Shiia Iran) is actually human rule by Imams with their fatwas and "spiritual police" who check women's dress etc.   They follow the example of Mohammad as a perfect man just as we follow the example of Jesus.   If we became fundamentalist (go back to what Jesus taught) everyone would sell their possessions and no-one will lift a weapon and preach about the Kingdom all day....

If you read the life history of Mohammad you will be shocked at all the bad things he did and allowed in Sharia Law.   Because most Muslims learn these things from a young age they are not shocked at some of the things allowed in Islam.  When I read the Qur'an a red flag went up very quickly when I saw the attitude of superiority that is taught towards Christians and Jews... and I can give you the list of scriptures to read in an English Qur'an which creates enmity with all "unbelievers" and allows for killing.

Just as in Christianity - they attend mosque and do not read the Qur'an themselves - only those who understand arabic.  They trust their Imams to teach them.  Saudi Arabia has used their oil wealth in the last 40 years to send Imams into the world teaching the fundamental "Salafist" Islam and they also used front organizations to build mosques all over Europe and America... other countries too!  Some Mosques teach radicalized teachings and some do not.  Most Muslims believe in this future government of islam. Unfortunately they also believe that deceit about islam is permitted to "win" people to the faith...... so very nice people will not expose the "questionable" beliefs of the religion - and believe me -  there are many!.

Extreme muslims do not vote - they believe in loyalty only to Allah and his future government.  ISIS was killing young kids that were playing music or football because fun is not allowed on earth and one must be prepared to give your life for the future 'government"...when you kill unbelievers in the act of giving your life you receive life in heaven immediately without suffering in hell.  You can then intercede for your family.  What this heaven entails - according to the Hadith - they will not tell you- because it is  shocking!

So Islam is a false replica of God's heavenly kingdom here on earth for a short period.... and then the final reward is heaven with many carnal pleasures!  The Imams have tremendous power.  One is not allowed to question the Quran, or a teacher of islam, because then you are a heretic or apostate - punishable by death in an Islamic country.  Read up, how many Christians are killed in Pakistan yearly because if some person does not like them - they can accuse them of saying something against the Qur'an or say they have burnt a page of the Qur'an -  and then the "perpetrator" faces execution - sometimes the  crowds take matters into their own hands... The father posesses his children and wife: so "honor killings " receive mild sentence.   I can go on and on.

It is not important to know these things unless you work amongst them and this knowledge is also not the most important - because it is Jehovah's spirit which draws the right ones to him.... however, some knowledge helps one to catch their attention by what you say when one first has the opportunity to talk to them.

I immediately show them that Jesus is already ruling ' Invisibly' in heaven (he is not coming back in flesh) and a sign of this is that Satan has been thrown out of heaven:  I read Rev 12 - 7-12.  Jesus is ruling in heaven already and there is a short period of time left for satan on earth... the sign of satan on earth is the escalation of wickedness (violence, war and killing on earth) which is part of false religion mixing in politics.  (ISIS is a political entity - caliphate - and according to prophecy they will have black flags.)

It has helped me to know what they believe so I can preach and show the differences of this future government and the differences between sharia and what Jesus taught.  I usually immediately tell them that we are different to all other Christian religions.  They are taught in the mosques that Christians are all idolaters because they believe in a trinity and kiss statues of Mary etc.  So I immediate tell them that we believe, like them, that God is one and Jesus is not god.  I also tell them that we do not have any pagan traditions, statues, or any form of idolatry.... they usually listen....

This opens the door to further discussions.

About the possibility of islam playing a large part in the time of the end..... we just need to build our spiritual strength because - if they do take over power - it will be something like Syria ..... and we will most probably have to be prepared to die for our faith - for our integrity.  Hopefully things go another way and Jehovah spares us this.... it is just speculation.... who of us can know what Jehovah will allow and what direction world affairs will take?  All I know is that the end will be the greatest tribulation ever -and people are now building violent attitudes (by means of Satans propaganda)  which will lead them to kill each other " brother killing brother." 

Thanks for reply. I cannot resist a good chat.  Islam is opportunistic - when other conflicts exist or where there is a vacuum - it may take power in ISIS-style maneuver in Europe when other problems become too much for current governments to handle.  The caliphs after Mohammad took over mega territories because many countries were exhausted by wars. (Satan chose his time  perfectly).

Russia (has 27 million muslims within its borders) but it controls them ruthlessly.  China also controls its Muslim province in the West of country with an iron fist.   It seems that Trump and Putin have this same goal in mind.

Russia's economy is not doing so well but Putin has managed to remain the hero by focusing on nationalism and the flexing of his muscles and showing his power. Russia is sitting on megaton nuclear arsenal and has now started a new arms race.  (while Trump is ignoring his generals and going behind their backs and making weapon deals (just as Hitler did).  We are in a new era of cyber warfare, satellite warfare, drone warfare, EMP, etc. apart from the information warfare going on.  If Trump wants to make America great he has to sit down with his generals and work out a comprehensive strategy and not go bargain hunting like a businessman!  He cannot afford to invest in old technology -  he has to keep up the façade of strength! China has vast financial interests all over the world.  It has bought much mineral rights in Africa for cell phones etc. It is also flexing its muscles but at present fears the loss of revenue. This situation may not last very long. 

Putin is building alliances with the renegade countries like Iran (providing weapons), Syria (he has access to the ports there) and now he is making overtures to Turkey - closer to Europe.  All these countries have little love for America and bring much pain to their subjects with their totalitarian and ruthless ruler ship styles (and call "death to America" every Friday in their mosques.)  We see totalitarian governments all over the earth ; while Europe and Canada  are like the clay... mentioned in Daniel.  We are seeing a rise of far-right parties and hysterical far-left parties - both militant in their outlook.

Who knows - maybe Russia and America will be part of the an alliance to turn against islam....and Christianity....How this will happen one can only speculate because time will tell!  All I can say is that Islam has already infiltrated most of the western world and could turn out to be the King of the North when it suddenly becomes opportunistic, takes over and starts to kill all opposition religions.

At present, Russia and China are challenging world alliances and testing Americas resolve to help old buddies.  America is financially in a bad place - trillions of dollars in debt and does not want to assist NATO or UN any more.  This could lead to a weakening of these organizations and their efforts to look powerful and keep renegade nations at bay.  Russia or China will not only act as a bully - it may become the bully.

We are definitely entering one of the most dangerous periods in world history - whole nations could face annihilation when things start to go wrong on religious as well as political fronts and there are no more safe places to run to!  The harlot is riding the beast and may soon control it completely!  So maybe islam remains part of the harlot until the beast turns against her - then she may turn violent!

Most countries import their foods from other countries - if the supply chain is disrupted and foods do not arrive by train, truck and boat we will see anarchy and chaos in shops and then demonstrations and looting. There are so many infrastructures that need protection (power grids) and internet for the banking sector. (in 2016 the US budget for cybersecurity was 36 billion.)  These infrastructures can be destroyed in an instant...

So everything is in place for Armageddon to happen.....,,, more time may only make the final fall of human  ideologies and ruler ships so much greater!  I do think that Trump has the personality to negotiate a so-called peace between arabs and Israel and then call out wide and far that we have reached a state of "peace and security" - which of course is totally false because everything will go  satirically wrong after that..... but there is speculation on the internet that he may be killed .... so he may not be the one to initiate this call!

Jehovah has his own time: Humans also need to reach a " point of no return" regarding the earth.  It must become clear, beyond reasonable doubt,  that mankind is ruining the earth!  Trump's new environmental executive orders come as no surprise - it will speed up the world's carelessness towards the environment because many countries take their queue from USA.  With fracking, the destruction of water resources, and so many other issues, it may become evident quicker than previously calculated.

Holland has become like Brussels - although large terrorist acts have not taken place there, many individuals have been murdered by Muslims who take revenge when anything is said to criticize islam.  A good example is the film-maker who made a film about the violence in islam.

My study in USA had a daughter in Holland who studied with JWs.  She was put in hospital and her house trashed when they found out she was studying.  So the situation is dire in places where there are many Muslim immigrants.  Riots, rapes, thefts, abductions and so forth all over Europe.  It does not come as a surprise to me since islam has the most depraved sexual laws:

Here is one of them which is a permitted practice in Islam: https://themuslimissue.wordpress.com/2013/08/03/fatwa-number-41409-surah-654-mufa-khathat-thighing-of-infants/

Wilders only mentioned demographics because the interviewer was interrupting him more that allowing him to speak:  With the European population growth at  -1 ; and most Muslim men allowed 4 wives who are having 6 - 8 children - we can predict an  Islamic government within the next 25 years.  This Muslims youth - when coming of age to vote - will vote in Muslim  candidates... and when these candidates are in power they will bring in full Sharia Law.  

Islam is not a race - it is an ideology.

So Christians who will not bow to islam are facing a dire situation.   Most Muslim countries do not allow freedom of religion and most do not allow Bibles, preaching, or Christian places of worship.  Jews will face immediate death.

My interest in this is merely to see where the world is going and the possible fulfillment of prophecies in the Bible.  A coalition of governments will turn against maybe one religion and then all the rest or against religion at the same time....  I understand that this clash of civilization/ religion / far-left versus far-right / is lying in the future of all governments and false religion.   True Christians will only keep busy with the work Jesus has given us and stay out of the fray when it blows up!

America has trillions of dollars in debt - so where will he get the money for this?  Take it away from the programs for the poor I guess!   Watched a program recently which demonstrated how we have had a silent coo-de-dat of democracy by corporate America.... and how the poor is getting poorer.

One is naive if one does not think this is going on all the time! 

I am of the opinion that WikiLeaks is being used as a pawn by some hostile/manipulative regimes to get information out only when they want it out!   I do not know if Assange has already realized this - or not!  The timing of some of his revelations are just too orchestrated.... or maybe he is manipulating things....

Your opinion is not important to me.... and neither would I waste my time to research items to paste here to debate with you.

Jesus did not answer opposers... he only answered them when it could edify anyone else who was listening.

Similarly - I mentioned Ishmael's connection to the "gold' moon crescents (because someone else may see the connection who reads the posts above and has deep respect for the Bible).  Mohammad claimed to be a descendant of Ishmael to give legitimacy to his prophet hood - so the connection is there  - the connection to the crescent moon. If you do not accept it , it is your prerogative. Halaal food (which Muslims eat) - Halaal refers to the crescent moon too!   The religion has too many links to the moon to be coincidence!

The figurine with the half moon mentioned in the research above - there were many of these found in Arabia!  Not just this one item.   And many of the figurines used in worship had symbols of the deity they represented on them!

I also mentioned that "Al"- means "the" in arabic so the translation is THE god.  Knowing the language helps a lot ..... but one can get a renegade person anywhere who desperately needs to have a published study and he will come up with some far- fetched etymology of "el"  (which is Hebrew) to try to refute it.  This is the level of research these days -  I'm afraid to say!

And there are always people who will go to Wikipedia and look for some obscure researcher who refutes what took someone else years to research!  It is easier to break down that to offer anything new!  

I would just like to add:  If one studies the bible and interesting idea comes to the fore.  God did NOT want them to build cities so early after the flood - he told them to spread out!

Nimrod was in opposition to Jehovah because he not only lead them to built 'many cities' in Babylon and Assyria (as indicated in genesis)  but started an empire.  Originally he hunted lions to keep people safe but became a leader and then became very powerful. In ancient Babylonian culture as well as the Assyrian culture, kings regularly hunted lions to prove their power as king.  Look at some of the Assyrian reliefs in the London Museum of antiquities.....(they are online). Later on ... they used to breed lions for the king to hunt. The word " Nimr " also has connections to the tiger. 

Why was it wrong to build cities which we today call "civilization?"     It immediately divides peoples into a class system.  A ruler with his religious leaders to back him up (as in ancient Babylon) with the  religious order controlling many sectors of the economy such as grain storage etc. These religious leaders then built an entire system of worship around a person or persons.... and they controlled the wealth.  In my studies of ancient Babylon I soon realized that the zodiac was paramount in their religious system and superstition and spells were the order of the day.  They studied every movement of the stars and planets and their mathematical calculations were extremely advanced so that they could use it for predictions - for the king.  When to go to war -when to make alliances etc.   

Within cities one also immediately gets diversification of permanent jobs...   The potter makes pottery (mass production); the cotton producer dies his material in massive urine dams.....   This not only leads to rich and poor but also brings dirt and disease in cities.  Hogs used to roam in Babylon's streets to clean up rubbish.   Massive food cultivation leads to depletion of the ground. 

Today Babylon is arid because of the salt in the ground due to over irrigation by the irrigation channels.  They built a network of irrigation channels to cultivate crops.   Yes - and you get slaves - because the king needs people to do the hard labor of building water channels  and palaces etc.  And what about the building of walls for protection because more wealth brings greater chance of being attacked!   It seems to be a vicious circle!

 Jehovah called Abraham out of a 'city' where the moon god was prevalent as the chief deity.  City-states became the norm everywhere and many of these made war against each other.  Soon after Abraham left Ur - Ur was attacked and had major destruction! 

Abraham trusted in Jehovah and had protection from him.  He also came out from the pantheon of Gods that were everywhere!  Babylon was famous for its shrines just like Rome had shrines everywhere to its gods.  Abraham looked forward to the 'city' of Jehovah (many city states had a king-priest because religion and the king were closely bound together.)

I love reading about agriculture and have read that small, diversified farms are the best way to farm.  Diversity of animals and diversity of crops....  I think we will do this in the new system.   Hi rise cities may become something of the past!

Yes, Babylon was responsible for many of the false teachings and most civilizations still adhere to many of its teachings in our modern era.  Fortunately - we only have to adhere to the bible to serve Jehovah well.  And while it is interesting to know where these things come from (1 Co 8:1 "now concerning food offered to idols....... knowledge puffs up.")  Knowledge of false religion is not the most important aspect of our worship to Jehovah. 

Like good English - one does not learn bad English to know what is good - one learns good English and then one can discard bad English when it is spoken.