This Week in the News

by Norbert Link

We begin with the explosive news about the re-emergence of former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz; and we talk about Hungary’s and Britain’s future, as well as the future of the Euro.

We are reporting on the death and funeral of France’s former President, Jacques Chirac; the end of the German-American affair; and we show some frightening parallels between the time just before World War 2 and our current situation. We also speak on China and its brutal dictatorial rule for the past 70 years.

We publish an absolutely astonishing article about Israel which the main stream media completely missed. (Please see our new StandingWatch program, “Bombshell News—Coming…The Third Temple and Animal Sacrifices in Israel.”)

We speak on the ongoing impeachment circus against Donald Trump and his expected reaction; and we point out that most Americans are woefully unprepared for the coming recession.

We conclude with Pope Francis’ highly controversial conduct regarding an anti-American article attacking American Evangelicals; and the disturbing fact that more than half of unique European trees and other rare plants are facing extinction.  

Throughout this section, we have underlined pertinent statements in the quoted articles, for the convenience and quick overview of the reader.

Most of us live very busy lives with many activities taking up our time. And of course most of these activities are required as a part of living life. We strive after a great number of objectives. Early on it may be education. Later, employment to earn a living. Then we may seek a marriage and to start a family. Somewhere amongst all this we need a place to live, to either rent or buy. Later on we may look for a retirement accommodation.

All of these are usually necessary parts of life, but God gives us a direction in Matthew 6:31-33. “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ Or, ‘What shall we drink?’ Or, ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”

Verse 31 in other translations is rendered “Do not be anxious” or even “Do not be over-anxious”. Verse 32 reminds us that God is fully aware that we have certain needs. But the overall emphasis on this section of Scripture in Matthew 6…

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The prophet Jeremiah was told by God, “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations” (Jeremiah 1:5). We are told here that God the Father and Jesus Christ knew Jeremiah BEFORE he was formed in his mother’s womb, though we are not told how long before his birth God knew him. Several questions need to be answered: HOW LONG before his birth did God know and sanctify Jeremiah, and what is meant with the phrase that God “formed” him in his mother’s womb?

To answer the first question, we say the following in our free booklet, “Are You Predestined to Be Saved?”, when we explain Revelation 17:8, stating, “[Those] who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are NOT written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world”:

“The Revised Standard Version says: ‘… every one whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain.’ The New American Bible translates: ‘… all whose names were not written from the foundation of the world in the book…

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