July 10, 2009

  • Global Currency Talk…

    Most of the world leaders feel that a unified world currency is what we need… it appears just a matter of time before this become a reality.

    Soberly, Bee

    (Quote from Breit Bart News)

    “Even if Russia’s call for a global currency failed to gain much
    traction at a G8 summit, President Dmitry Medvedev took home a coin
    meant to symbolize that the dream may one day come true.



    The Russian leader proudly displayed the coin, which bears the English
    words “United Future World Currency”
    , to journalists after the summit
    wrapped up in the quake-hit Italian town of L’Aquila.




    Medvedev said that although the coin, which resembled a euro and
    featured the image of five leaves, was just a gift given to leaders it
    showed that people were beginning to think seriously about a new global
    currency.




    “In all likelihood something similar could appear and it could be held
    in your hand and used as a means of payment,” he told reporters. “This
    is the international currency.”




    Russia, along with China, has been a vocal proponent of diversifying
    the global currency system away from the dollar, which has dominated
    global finance and commerce since the end of World War II.




    French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the summit joined the band in
    favour of dumping the dollar as the international currency of
    reference, insisting that “we cannot stick with just one single
    currency.”



    Original article located here..  http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4eb2c06b46ea42dece225df0a3ec3799.641&show_article=1

June 27, 2009

  • Flaked!

    Well it looks like the Ethiopian officials flaked-out.   We may never know if the Ark really still exists or not.
    To be continued……. maybe.
    Bee

June 26, 2009

  • Today is the Day….

    Today is supposed to be the day of the unveiling of the Ark of the
    Covenant… or at least the announcement.  I hope we can get some “Ark” news today amidst all of the Michael Jackson stuff, (which
    was btw I think a sad end to a tragic life… but that is another
    story.)

    I came across another theory concerning the Ark.  It is the theory that
    Israel may secretly have it already… this comes from a fellow named
    Grant Jeffrey, (I am not very familiar with him, but below is what he
    says…..)

    Also, they interviewed a fellow who helped with Ron Wyatt’s search for
    the Ark.  He said he didn’t think the Ark was taken to Jerusalem
    because God dwelt on the “mercy seat”… and he would not be dwelling
    on a “replica”, so he essentially is saying he doesn’t think it has
    been found yet.

    Now, I do not think that God is still “dwelling on the mercy seat” of
    the Ark of the Covenant.  The Ark was only “a picture of Christ.”  It
    was an object lesson so to speak to point the Children of Israel to
    their coming Messiah….  The veil of the temple was torn from top to
    bottom at the crucifixion and all mercy and forgiveness of sin resides
    in the shed blood of Christ the Messiah who died that we may gain
    access to the Holy of Holies where God dwelt. 

    But if indeed… they do have the original Ark with the actual Ten
    Commandments and the other contents
    … there is no doubt something HUGE
    is going on, not only in archaeology, but in the Spirit realm also!

    Later… Bee

    “However, Grant Jeffrey, host of TBN’s Bible Prophecy Revealed and
    well-known author of “Armageddon: Appointment With Destiny,” does not
    believe claims that the Ark is in Ethiopia. He told WND
    he spoke extensively with Robert Thompson, former adviser to former Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie.



    Jeffrey said Thompson told him the Ark of the Covenant had been taken
    to Ethiopia by Menelik, purported son of the Queen of Sheba and King
    Solomon. When Menelik became emperor, he claims royal priests entrusted
    him with the Ark of the Covenant because King Solomon was slipping into
    apostasy. A replica was then left behind in Israel.




    “The Ethiopian royal chronicles suggest that for 3,000 years, they had
    been guarding the ark, knowing that it had to go back to Israel
    eventually,” Jeffrey said.




    He claims that after the Ethiopian civil war, Israel sent in a
    group of commandos from the tribe of Levi and the carried the Ark onto
    a plane and back to Israel in 1991.

    “It is being held there secretly, waiting in the eyes of the religious
    leaders of Israel, for a supernatural signal from God to rebuild the
    temple,” he said. “They are not going to do it before that. When that
    happens, they will bring the Ark into that temple.”




    Tennessee historian and “Time is the Ally of Deceit” author Richard
    Rives, searched for the Ark and participated in excavations beneath
    Mount Moriah outside the walls of ancient Jerusalem. His group was
    trying to verify claims by relic hunter Ron Wyatt that he actually saw
    the Ark there several decades ago after tunneling through a small
    passageway.




    While they found Roman ruins from the first century, Rives told WND
    they were unsuccessful in confirming Wyatt’s account. Nonetheless,
    Rives does not believe the story of Menelik obtaining the artifact or
    that Ethiopia ever had the real Ark.




    “God’s presence was on the mercy seat. That was the throne of God,” he said.




    If the account were accurate, Rives said God would have been dwelling on an Ark replica in Jerusalem.




    “I just don’t believe they could have persuaded him to sit on a fake Ark of the Covenant,” he said.




    Many theories exist about the ultimate fate of the Ark, including that
    it has been hidden in a still unknown location, it was destroyed by
    enemies of the Israelites, taken by Egyptian invaders to Egypt or
    removed by divine intervention.




    Cornuke said Ethiopians claim their purported Ark is kept in a large
    stone sarcophagus lined in ornately hammered silver. The Ark itself is
    made of acacia wood and laminated with a thin veneer of gold. The mercy
    seat sits atop the Ark and is made of pure, hammered gold and includes
    two cherubim facing one another.


June 25, 2009

  • Ark of the Covenant Unveiled?

    Now… this little news blurb was interesting!!  Especially in light of the fact that the Ethiopians believe that they will present the Ark of the Covenant to the Messiah when He comes to reign on the Temple Mount.  Some use the passage in Isaiah 18:7 to confirm that.  I am not sure what to think about it… but I guess time will tell!

    Keep Watchin’, Bee

    “The patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia says he will announce
    to the world Friday the unveiling of the Ark of the Covenant, perhaps
    the world’s most prized archaeological and spiritual artifact, which he
    says has been hidden away in a church in his country for millennia,
    according to the Italian news agency Adnkronos.


    Abuna Pauolos,
    in Italy for a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI this week, told the news
    agency, “Soon the world will be able to admire the Ark of the Covenant
    described in the Bible as the container of the tablets of the law that
    God delivered to Moses and the center of searches and studies for
    centuries.”


    The announcement is expected to be made at 2 p.m.
    Italian time from the Hotel Aldrovandi in Rome. Pauolos will reportedly
    be accompanied by Prince Aklile Berhan Makonnen Haile Sellassie and
    Duke Amedeo D’Acosta.”


    Read the rest here:  http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=102119



June 6, 2009

  • UN Flag over Holy Sites

    Hmm… back in the dark recesses of my news links, I had overlooked
    something.  It has been gnawing at me for the last few days and now
    after hearing Obama’s speech in Cairo I think I know why.  Here is
    the excerpt from several weeks ago, it is from Israel National News dated 5/22….

    “Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu vowed at the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva
    in Jerusalem Thursday night that the Israeli flag will continue to fly
    over the Western Wall (Kotel). The first prime minister in years to
    appear at the venerable yeshiva on Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day), he
    ignored
    U.S. President Barack Obama’s apparent trial balloon
    that he wants to see the United Nations flag fly over the Old City holy
    sites.




    Jordan’s King Abdullah II said the president put forward the proposal during his visit to the White House last month.




    Prime Minister Netanyahu declared, “The flag that flies over the Kotel
    is the Israeli flag… Our holy places, the Temple Mount — will remain
    under Israeli sovereignty forever.”

    Now isn’t this interesting!?  Especially in light of the comments (below) made by Obama in his recent speech in Cairo…

    “For human history has often been a record of nations and tribes —
    and, yes, religions — subjugating one another in pursuit of their own
    interests. Yet in this new age, such attitudes are self-defeating.
    Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail.”




    “…when Jerusalem is a secure and lasting home for Jews and
    Christians and Muslims, and a place for all of the children of Abraham
    to mingle peacefully together as in the story of Isra — (applause) — as
    in the story of Isra, when Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed, peace be upon
    them, joined in prayer. (Applause.)”




    “In fact, faith should bring us together. And that’s why we’re forging
    service projects in America to bring together Christians, Muslims, and
    Jews. That’s why we welcome efforts like Saudi Arabian King Abdullah’s
    interfaith dialogue and Turkey’s leadership in the
    Alliance of Civilizations.”


    Well, that sounds very utopian and lovely but I afraid it is also dangerously naive.  I
    for one am convinced Obama wants  to be the one to finally bring peace
    to the middle east and he wants the United Nations to play a large roll
    in that plan.
      (The “Alliance of Civilizations” by the way is an initiative of the United Nations, so they are one in the same.) 

    Actually Jimmy Carter attempted this exact same thing… (remember the
    Camp David accords.. and the photo ops with Anwar Sadat and Yasser
    Arafat back in the 70s?)  Carter however never had the charisma, the muslim family
    background or the media backing that Obama does, so he might be able to
    pull off what Carter could not. On the other hand with Netanyahu in
    charge of Israel now this could very well counter some of the “Obama
    effect”…. but we shall see… this will be interesting to watch, that
    is for sure!

    Keep Watching, Bee

    P.S. If you have not been there take a peek at the web site for the “Alliance of Civilizations”… especially notice the logo.. interesting huh?!
    http://www.unaoc.org/

May 30, 2009

  • Laughing is Good For You!
    bobndolores

    Dolores Hope turned 100 years old this week…. Wow!  Her
    entertainer husband Bob also lived to be 100, (although he actually
    passed away about 6 years ago.)  Isn’t that amazing!? You know I think it really must be the
    laughter that makes a person live longer. (I recall George Burns lived
    to be 100 also even though he constantly smoked cigars!) It makes
    sense… take a look at what Proverbs says about a “merry heart”:

    Proverbs 15:13

    “A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.”




    Proverbs 15:15


    “All the days of the afflicted are evil, But he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.”




    Proverbs 17:22


    “A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.”



    Here are a few news excerpts concerning Dolores Hope’s birthday and the life she has lived.

    Love, Bee

    Bob Hope’s Widow Turns 100, Reveals Aging Secrets
    NEW YORK (Wireless Flash – FlashNews) – Bob Hope lived to be 100 and
    his widow, Dolores Hope, turns 100 today (May 27), so what’s their
    aging secret?

    According to Dolores, there are three main reasons for her and her hubby’s long lives: Massage, golf, and humor.

    The couple married in 1934 and Dolores says their wellness rituals
    always included relaxing massages and quality time on the golf course.  She says humor also prolongs life and since there was never a shortage
    of laughter in their home, Bob was able to live an entire century and
    she’s still truckin’.

    The birthday girl has kept just as busy as her late husband. Dolores
    has been singing in clubs since the ’30s, which is how she met Bob in
    the first place. She entertained U.S. troops overseas alongside Bob for
    decades, and recorded her first album – Dolores Hope: Now And Then – at
    age 83.”

    From the Palm Springs Desert Sun:

    “The Hopes arrived in Palm Springs when Dolores was in her 40s, and just before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

    They bought a getaway home on Buena Vista Drive just before Bob went
    off to entertain the troops. Dolores stayed home to raise their two
    adopted children, Linda and Tony. They adopted two more in 1946, a son,
    Kelly, and daughter, Nora.

    The shuttled back and forth between Palm Springs and Toluca Lake with an army of pet dogs in tow.

    “I had a dog and my sister had a dog and my brother had a dog, my
    grandmother had a dog,” recalled Linda. “When we traveled it was the
    caravan. They would all come with us. At one point, my mother decided
    there were so many dogs, she would bring a trainer in to train all the
    dogs. Well, it was just a disaster. But she loves the companionship of
    the dogs.”
    It was actually Bob and Dolores’ love of dogs that brought them together.

    It’s a well-known story that Bob and Dolores met in New York when Bob
    was co-starring in the Broadway hit “Roberta” while Dolores was singing
    in a nightclub. Bob’s co-star, George Murphy, who would later become a
    U.S. senator from California, asked Bob if he wanted to hear a pretty
    girl named Dolores Reade sing.

    “Dad was always interested in hearing pretty girls sing,” said Linda,
    “so he went there and, as he used to tell it, it was love at first
    song. He heard her singing ‘It’s Only A Paper Moon’ at this Vogue Club
    in New York. He said to her, ‘Why don’t you bring your mother and come
    to one of the matinees and see the show I’m doing?’ My mother thought
    he was a chorus boy. When they went, she was so embarrassed because he
    was one of the co-stars.”

    Dolores told a writer for Modern Screen in 1943 she decided she liked
    Bob after dancing with him that first night at a club called
    (naturally) The Haw Haw.
    She went back to see Bob in “Roberta” many times, but Bob apparently
    wasn’t convinced Dolores was the girl for him until his dog, Huck, gave
    her his seal of approval.

    “My dad had a little Scottie puppy,” Linda said. “I think he got it as
    sort of a come-on for all the chorus girls. It was a good magnet. But
    the little dog growled at everybody that came near it. So, Dad knew my
    mother was the one because she immediately had a rapport with the dog.
    She was very solicitous and the dog fell in love with her.

    “We’ve had dogs in the family ever since. Right now, she has a little
    Chihuahua that was given to her just before my dad died. He’s been a
    real little godsend and a great companion for her.”

    “She is amazingly sharp for 100,” said her daughter, Linda, from her
    Toluca Lake office. “She’s on top of all the stuff going on at the
    estate and the business and the disposition of Dad’s memorabilia.”

    http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090524/LIFESTYLES01/905240310/-1/lifestylesfront/Dolores+Hope+springs+eternal++

  • It just occurred to me…

    Maybe I am just a “romantic”… or it could be the cough meds I’m on… hahaha… But you know what I think Susan Boyle should sing tonight? She should
    look Piers straight in the eye and sing in her Scottish brogue …
    “Neeah … fah … whe… evah.. ya… ah….”  (My Heart Will Go On)   … Wouldn’t that make for good drama?

    Say… do you all think those shows are fixed?

    Random, Bee

May 24, 2009

  • Remembering the Sacrifice

    As we are reflecting this Memorial Day on sacrifice and honor, let us not forget to focus on the most important sacrifice of all!  The sacrifice of our Savior for the forgiveness of sins… and let us be thankful!!

    Below is a great devotional from Pastor Roy.  In it he asks an intriguing but simple question:
    “…
    if we really are living by faith in him, what is there for us to
    complain about?” 
    Hmmm.. this makes me think about what truly “living by faith” looks like when it is fleshed out.  What do you think it looks like?

    Love, Bee

    For those of us living in America, we are celebrating a holiday this
    weekend that is supposed to encourage us to remember the sacrifices of
    men and women over the years who have died so that we can enjoy the
    freedom that we have today.  Of course…. many instead of solemn reflection will see this as simply
    another long weekend for family, travel and special events.  The whole
    idea of being a sacrifice for anything has become a matter of words
    without experience.  Alas, for those of us who are a part of the
    family of God, we have also forgotten the importance of sacrifice. 
    Instead of thinking in terms of honor, we think of sacrifice in terms
    of pain.  In biblical terms, the sacrifices did have pain and death
    attached to them, but they usually were a part of dealing with the sin
    issues of God’s people.




    Joyfully, there is another sacrifice that all of God’s family can be a
    part of today.  The psalmist reminds us that giving God thanks for who
    he is and what he has done and will do is something that really does
    honor him.  We are a people who are living in a world that is always
    complaining about what they don’t have or what they do have that they
    don’t want.  Our Enemy does his best to focus us on the negatives of
    reality so that we will forget that every day of our life was planned
    out before we were even born. (Psalm 139:16)  It’s true that there are
    many challenges that come along with living a life of faith in God, but
    if we really are living by faith in him, what is there for us to
    complain about?
      We are loved by a loving Father and perfect Savior and
    strengthened by God’s perfect Holy Spirit.  All that is going on is
    wonderfully a part of our salvation and the adventure that God has
    built into our journey through time.  May the Lord help us to focus on
    the sacrifice of our Savior, the love of our Father, and the mighty
    strength of God’s Holy Spirit rather than the fearful things that may
    challenge our faith.



    Psalm 50:23
    “But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me. If
    you keep to my path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God.”

May 23, 2009

  • Saudi Earthquakes

    Thought I would share something interesting with you all since I have
    not seen it anywhere on our news yet. Yesterday I received some
    information from a missionary concerning new “cluster earthquakes” that
    have been going on in Saudi Arabia this past week. The article below
    was from a few days ago and at that time there had already been 46
    earthquakes in this area!
    I looked at the earthquake maps for today and
    they are still having them… every day, several per day! The Saudi
    officials are beginning to wonder if this mountain called “Al Ais”
    which was an ancient volcano is beginning to come back to life!
    Incidentally, the location of this area is between Medina and the Red
    Sea. From what I can gather the location looks like it might be near
    the “Great Rift Zone” that extends up into Israel (and Jerusalem in
    particular.)

    Keep Watching! Bee

    “Six large earthquakes (ranging from 4.6 and 5.7 in magnitude) took
    place in northwestern Saudi Arabia today. This has led to a mandatory
    evacuation of the villages around the Al-Ais (El-Eis) volcano, dormant
    but perhaps awakening. Some 60,000 people are now sheltering with
    friends and family or in apartments and temporary housing provided
    through Saudi Civil Defense.




    According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the strongest of the
    aftershocks measured 5.6 on the Richter scale at 8:10 p.m. yesterday.
    Earlier, a Saudi Geological Survey (SGS) statement said: “The magnitude
    of the earthquake has been rising notably from 3 to 4.81 on the Richter
    scale with a total of 46 earthquakes recorded between 2 p.m. Monday and
    2 p.m. today. The strongest tremor occurred 7.7 km beneath Harrah
    Al-Shaqah and its adjoining villages.” Aftershocks were felt in Umlaj,
    Wajh and Ula.




    An SGS team that is conducting an aerial survey of the quake-hit area
    found a large crack in the earth and opened a quake detection station
    at Harrah Al-Shaqah.”



    Read the rest here:

    http://xrdarabia.org/2009/05/19/saudi-earthquake-activity-rises/

May 12, 2009

  • Eugenics… my reply to the “Professor”

    My reply was so long… I thought maybe I should post it at my place
    and link to his question today.  It is a very fascinating question.  He
    ask what we thought concerning embryonic research and in particular the
    selection of particular embryos over others. 

    Visit his site here…. http://fkiprofessor.xanga.com/

    Now this is an interesting topic… Mr Vee and I have discussed this
    quite a bit.  “Eugenics” seems to be one of those sins that “reoccurs”
    in mankind similar to the sin of Babel (self exultation.)  We are
    thinking that scripture speaks of a tradition where the Lord would
    bring the woman to the man for marriage just like He did the first
    time with Eve. In other words, the Lord and what He desired was very
    much a factor in the selection of a mate.  Even culturally the
    “Father” was very much involved in the selection of the bride.  Gen.
    24:4 “but you shall go to my country and to my family, and take a wife
    for my son Isaac.”
    ... and… as you recall Samson “asked his Father”
    for a particular woman. (Judges 14:3)  Then of course we also see many
    cases where the “Father” was completely left out of the equation and
    they “took wives” from heathen tribes… like Esau.  Which brings us to
    what Mr. Vee and I are thinking is the first judgment of “Eugenics”….
     
    Gen 6:1-4

    Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the
    earth, and daughters were born to them,  that the sons of God saw the
    daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for
    themselves of all whom they chose.  And the LORD said, “My Spirit shall
    not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall
    be one hundred and twenty years.” There were giants on the earth in
    those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the
    daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty
    men who were of old, men of renown.”

    These men were choosing wives based on only beauty and genetic makeup
    so they could produce huge handsome warriors… (they also may have
    been “bred” for  bad temperament like pit bulls, who knows.)  This is interesting
    because I know there are genetic instances of pituitary problems that
    will produce “giants.”  The disorder is called Acromegaly.  The
    “polydactyly” (6 fingers and toes) as seen in Goliath may also be a
    part of this genetic malfunction that was being promoted by “selective
    breeding” or this early “eugenics.”  (BTW, I think someone is Noah’s
    family would have had to carry that gene for Goliath to come about.)

    But what is also interesting is that the judgment of God seemed to reflect that type of sin also….
    think about it… God shortened mans life.  He would no longer be able
    to genetically produce many offspring over and over!  Bottom line… I think we can
    count on God judging Eugenics.

    Now thinking about the ramifications of Eugenics today….. this is
    very interesting!  Check out this verse in Matt. 24:37 “But as the days
    of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.  For as in
    the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and
    giving in marriage
    ….”
    I always wondered what was so bad about
    “marrying and giving in marriage”… but this might be an explanation
    for it.  Eugenics will once again rear its ugly head at the time of the end and God’s judgment will be forthcoming!

    What do you think?  Bee