Evidence of a Biblical city have been found by archaeologists as experts unveil secrets about the story of Moses leading the Israelites to the “Promised Land”.
Findings released by the Israeli Antiquities Authority, reveal artefacts such as stone walls and pottery from Zanoah – a town mentioned in the Old Testament.
The items date back more than 3,200 years, which coincides with the Bible when it stated that the Israelites reached the Promised Land – known as Canaan – around 1406 to 1407 BC.
More evidence of the Biblical story of Moses was also uncovered when a broken jar handle with the name of a king described in the Holy Book was found.
Teams located walls with rows of large, white rocks, which they believed were retaining walls for farming terraces.
The terraces were reportedly used to make level areas for planting and to protect steeper soil from erosion.
A piece of pottery which read “of the King,” was thought to be in honour of King Hezekiah’s reign in Judah in 701 BC.
The Department of Defense has informed the public this past Wednesday, July 10, that Pro-Life groups are terrorist organizations. They revealed this information at Fort Liberty’s Directorate of Emergency Services.
Citizen journalist Sam Shoemate on X revealed this fact in X posts where he said “An anti-terrorism brief was held on Fort Liberty (Bragg) today where they listed several Pro-Life organizations as ‘terrorist organizations.’ The slide you see here followed right after a slide about ISIS, a terror group in the Middle East.” The slide listed pro-life organizations and labeled them “TERRORIST GROUPS.”
The flipping of morality from one of finding shock at the very idea of murdering unborn children to finding shock at the very idea of being opposed to murdering unborn children is indicative of how far we’ve come as a people from valuing the sanctity of each individual life. Seeing our security institutions so dominated with such dark moralities should give all of us Americans pause, for if the government now openly seeks to criminalize the very thought of not sub-humanizing life, what chance is there it will value your human life?
The Biden administration’s Department of Defense has made a ridiculous move, labeling pro-life groups as “terrorist organizations” during an anti-terrorism briefing at Fort Liberty’s Directorate of Emergency Services (formerly Fort Bragg) on Wednesday.
This deeply concerning slide from an anti-terrorism brief was first exposed by citizen journalist Sam Shoemate on X.
“An anti-terrorism brief was held on Fort Liberty (Bragg) today where they listed several Pro-Life organizations as “terrorist organizations.” The slide you see here followed right after a slide about ISIS, a terror group in the Middle East,” Shoemate wrote on X.
The presentation slide, which has since circulated widely on social media, lists these pro-life organizations that oppose “Roe[sic] v. Wade” under a headline reading “TERRORIST GROUPS.”
The presentation specifically focuses on organizations such as National Right to Life and Operation Rescue, both longstanding pillars of the pro-life movement.
These organizations are dedicated to peaceful advocacy against abortion, grounded in the belief that every life is valuable and worth protecting…
The slide also displayed a New York license plate bearing the text “IM4IT” and a design promoting the “Choose Life” message.
“They also included a screenshot of a license plate with “IM4IT,” which is a plate many Pro-Life citizens put on their car which implies normal citizens are terrorists if they display this plate,” Shoemate wrote.
“Keep in mind they’re not labeling them as extremist organizations (which would still be crazy), but as terrorist organizations. The military and Dept of Defense are insanely out of control. Service-members are being indoctrinated to view Pro-Life groups as the enemy,” Shoemate added.
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An anti-terrorism brief was held on Fort Liberty (Bragg) today where they listed several Pro-Life organizations as “terrorist organizations.”
The slide you see here followed right after a slide about ISIS, a terror group in the Middle East.
(LifeSiteNews) — As Hungary assumed the rotating presidency of the European Union on July 1, self-styled “Christian illiberal democracy” leader Viktor Orbán has announced a new vision for Europe.
“What Europeans want is three things: peace, order, and development,” Orbán said on June 30. “And what they are getting from the elite in Brussels today is war, migration, and stagnation.”
Orbán addressed a huge pro-peace rally earlier in June in Hungary and has called for the return of Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency to secure peace in the world. Yet these are not values shared by the E.U., nor in the wider liberal-global West.
Trump said Rubio’s residency wouldn’t preclude the senator from being the pick, but said, “It makes it more complicated. There are people that don’t have that complication. Now, it’s fairly easily fixed, but you have to do something with delegates, or there has to be a resignation, you know, etc., etc.”
Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, is relatively moderate – but an Open Doors expert doesn’t think this will easily lead to religious freedom for Iranian Christians.
Josh Hawley’s Christian Nationalism is not authoritarian Christian nationalism, but Mediaite hopes you won’t notice that – “Where a Christian majority exists, public life should be rooted in Christianity and its moral vision, which should be honored by the state and other institutions both public and private.” – Hawley’s brand of Christian Nationalism
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) spoke at 2024’s National Conservatism conference — better known as NatCon — and made a bold declaration in support of Christian Nationalism.
Speaking from the podium during NatCon 4’s gala dinner on Monday, Hawley stated: “Some will say I am calling America a Christian nation, and so I am. Some will say I am advocating Christian nationalism, and so I am.”
…Hawley was one of several sitting U.S. Senators invited to speak at NatCon, which promotes far-right views on nationalism and states on its site: “Where a Christian majority exists, public life should be rooted in Christianity and its moral vision, which should be honored by the state and other institutions both public and
private.” (Just a couple of sentences later, it also states: “Adult individuals should be protected from religious or ideological coercion in their private lives and in their homes.”) While it does not specifically mention Christian Nationalism, it appears to go right up to the line. Hawley, on the other hand, appeared to step right on the line in his remarks.
Prosecutor Alessandro Diddi’s defense comes as the Vatican tribunal finalizes its written reasonings for its December 2023 verdicts. The tribunal convicted a cardinal and eight others of various financial-related crimes related to the Holy See’s 350 million euro investment in a London property, but has not yet explained its decisions.
The end of Chevron deference is already disrupting regulation meant to protect LGBTQ+ access to healthcare, with three federal judges blocking enforcement of a Biden administration rule prohibiting discrimination based on…
MILWAUKEE (BP) – A release of the Republican National Convention’s platform reveals a potential shift in the party’s focus on a federal abortion ban. The announcement came hours after the RNC’s platform committee met on Monday morning.
“We proudly stand for families and life. We believe that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees that no person can be denied life or liberty without due process and that the states are, therefore, free to pass laws protecting those rights,” according to a document released on The Hill.
The language clearly places the onus on state legislatures two years after the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe vs. Wade.
“After 51 years, because of us, that power has been given to the states and to a vote of the people,” the platform states. “We will oppose late term abortion while supporting mothers and policies that advance prenatal care, access to birth control, and IVF (fertility treatments),” according to the released document.
A story in the bible about the armies of the Assyrian King Sennacherib being slaughtered by the Angel of the Lord (Christ, to some) has been partially confirmed by new archeological evidence of the army camps that would have existed during that period. The story comes from the Old Testament in 2nd Kings chapter 19 and 2nd Chronicles chapter 32.
Archeologist Stephen Compton has claimed to discover the remains of the camps that would have existed at the beginning of the 7th Century BC. Compton wrote of his discovery “Each was a round site a little over a mile north of the respective old city walls and each bore the same Arabic name on at least one early map, ‘Mudawwara.”
Researchers have discovered an ancient military base that may corroborate a Bible story about God’s angels fending off an attack on Jerusalem.
The tale says that around 2,700 years ago, the Lord sent a messenger angel to fight an army of Assyrian soldiers who came to conquer the Holy Land.
The Angel of the Lord is then said to have descended on the invading military and killed 185,000 soldiers in a single night.
There has not been any archaeological evidence that the supernatural event – or even the battle – actually happened.
Now, using modern mapping techniques, archaeologist Stephen Compton claims he has found more evidence the epic battle took place.
King Sennacherib who ruled the Assyrian Empire from 705 to 681 BC laid siege on Jerusalem to capture all paths leading to the Mediterranean Sea. Pictured: (Top) A 1930s aerial image of Jerusalem (Bottom) The drawings found on Sennacherib’s palace wallThe carvings showed how the military base was laid out, allowing Compton to compare it to photos taken of the area in the 1910s
‘Horrifying’: ISIS Kills 80 Christians, Decapitating Victims in Democratic Republic of Congo
ISIS has claimed responsibility for recent attacks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that resulted in the death of more than 80 Christians and the closure of several churches in the nation.
The Islamic terrorist group said through a post on their Telegram channel, “More than 60 Christians were killed, including a Congolese army officer, in an attack by Caliphate soldiers in eastern Congo.”
It was the latest in a series of attacks where jihadists with the ISIS-affiliated Allied Democratic Forces launched coordinated assaults in North Kivu province.
Agence France-Presse reports nearly 150 people have been killed by the group since the beginning of June, including on June 7th where at least 41 were killed, some of whom were found “tied up” and “decapitated.”
A Congolese spokesperson told Reuters there were additional attacks in other areas including Masawu village on June 4 that left 15 dead, Mununze village where six were found dead in a river, and five bodies were found in Kabweli and Mamulese communities.
More than 120 terror groups “fight for power, land, and valuable mineral resources” in the DRC wrecking havoc in the region, African News reports.
Trans-identified woman Audrey Elizabeth Hale (L), 28, fatally shot three adults and three children at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 27, 2023. Among her victims are (clockwise L-R), Mike Hill, 61; Katherine Koonce, 60; Hallie Scruggs, 9; and Cynthia Peak, 61. Other victims not pictured are 9-year-old students Evelyn Dieckhaus and William Kinney. | MNPD; Screenshot NBC 4; The Covenant School
Warning: The following article contains graphic descriptions of sexually explicit diary entries.
Newly published excerpts from the purported diary of the trans-identified perpetrator behind the mass shooting at Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, show perverse sexual fantasies, homicidal impulses and hostilities toward her parents’ Christian beliefs.
In a lengthy X thread Wednesday, Daily Wire blogger Matt Walsh unveiled the contents of the diary belonging to Audrey Hale, the trans-identified shooter who killed six people at the Covenant School affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of America in March 2023.
A huge rally in Pakistan has backed the brutal murder of an elderly Christian accused of blasphemy – and warned others could face the same fate.
2,500 gathered in Sargodha where the murder took place, to show their support for the killing of 74-year-old Nazeer Masih Gil.
The rally, organised by Islamist extremists Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), also protested the arrest of those accused of killing the Christian shoemaker.
According to reports, TLP leader Muhammed Naeem Chattha Qadri demanded of the crowd: ‘Tell me if we were wrong in killing that chuhra who burned the Koran?’ Chuhra is a derogatory term levelled at sanitation workers and Christians.
The US Episcopalian Church (ECUSA) is reviving plans for potential full communion with the United Methodist Church (UMC) after the UMC voted to end restrictions on LGBTQ+ clergy and same-sex weddings at its General Conference last month.
UMC Delegates voted to lift a decades-long ban on ordaining “self-avowed practising homosexuals” as priests and marrying same-sex couples.
Last week, ECUSA’s General Convention vowed to “continue dialogue” with the UMC “with the goal of reaching full communion” and to “celebrate” the UMC’s “historic and sweeping changes” to its Book of Discipline and Social Principles.
A plan for unity between the two denominations was paused in 2020, after the UMC’s General Conference was postponed multiple times due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Prior to a vote on full communion, The ECUSA has called for plans to be drawn up that outline how ordained ministry will be recognised by each denomination, as well as “principles for the orderly exchange of ministers”.
(ZENIT News / Punjab, 06.16.2024).- Christians in Pakistan have demanded Punjab officials bring to justice the perpetrators of the brutal attack on Nazir Gill Masih in Sargodha, which resulted in his death.
In a recent report, the Catholic Church’s National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP) echoed a statement issued by the Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference condemning the murder and the “persistent misuse of blasphemy laws”.
The report stated: “swift and impartial justice must be served to restore faith in the legal system… and to hold police officials accountable for their inaction.”
It demanded that “no false blasphemy charges be registered against any Christian and that protection be provided to them.”
The Evangelical church’s place of worship, Breccia di Roma, is not an official church. The congregation should, therefore, pay taxes. On Thursday, the Supreme Court in Italy confirmed the Tax Agency’s decision, settling a five-year-old legal battle.
The Protestant church plant Breccia di Roma had been waiting for the Supreme Court to rule on whether its meeting house could officially be considered a place of worship and, as such, exempt from taxes, as the Italian law provides.
On Thursday, June 12, 2024, the court ruled against the church. After winning two previous rulings in lower courts, the church lost the final appeal.
The largest Protestant denomination in the country voted this week to oppose in-vitro fertilization (IVF).
FOX News reported that the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) “passed a resolution on Wednesday opposing the use of IVF technology due to the regular destruction of human embryos in the process.”
The SBC titled its resolution, passed during its annual meeting in Indianapolis, “On the Ethical Realities of Reproductive Technologies and the Dignity of the Human Embryo.”
“Southern Baptists have historically affirmed the value of every human life and opposed the use of technology that disregards the sanctity of human life,” it stated.
“The [IVF] process routinely generates more embryos than can be safely implanted, thus resulting in the continued freezing, stockpiling, and ultimate destruction of human embryos, some of whom may also be subjected to medical experimentation,” the resolution continued:
[IVF] most often participates in the destruction of embryonic human life and increasingly engages in dehumanizing methods for determining suitability for life and genetic sorting, based on notions of genetic fitness and parental preferences
A Missouri judge has determined that state lawmakers did not intend to impose their religious beliefs on residents when they passed a strict abortion ban. This ruling comes in response to a lawsuit from over a dozen Christian, Jewish, and Unitarian Universalist leaders who support abortion rights.
Last year, the groups sought a permanent injunction to prevent Missouri from enforcing its abortion law. They also requested a declaration that certain provisions violate the state Constitution.
One part of the statute in question reads: “In recognition that Almighty God is the author of life, that all men and women are ‘endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among those are Life.'”
Judge Jason Sengheiser noted in his ruling that similar language is found in the preamble to the Missouri Constitution, which refers to a “profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of the Universe.” He pointed out that the rest of the challenged provisions do not contain explicit religious language.
A civil lawsuit filed on
behalf of a 5-year-old adopted son of Brandy Blas and Thomas Blas, who were charged with the murder and abuse of 10-year-old Geanna Bradley, reveals he had numerous scars and bruises and suffered from malnutrition and developmental delays.
The complaint was filed Tuesday in Oahu Circuit Court by Stephen Lane, as guardian prochein ami (next friend) for the boy, listed as John “A.B.” Doe, against the state of Hawaii, its Department of Human Services and Catholic Charities of Hawaii on four counts of negligence, including breach of duty to protect A.B. to ensure his foster placement was safe and that he had adequate psychological, physical and medical care.
Instead their “breach of duty resulted in serious and permanent physical and emotional harm, disability and loss of enjoyment of life for A.B.,” the complaint
alleges.
First responders to the 911 call for Bradley, who was found dead Jan. 18 at the Blas house at 33 Karsten Drive, discovered that five other children were living there. The Blases’ four biological children appeared well nourished, healthy and developmentally matching their chronological ages, the complaint says.
But the first responders described 4-year-old A.B., who was about to turn 5 in February, as malnourished, unable to walk normally, underdeveloped and with multiple bruises, the lawsuit says.
The now 5-year-old is the subject of a protective proceeding in Oahu Family Court, the complaint says. Lane was appointed by a
Circuit Court judge as “next friend,” and as such is authorized to file claims and/or legal actions in the state courts and other forums against the people and entities responsible for injuries and damage A.B. sustained, and retain legal counsel to do so. Attorney Laura Ozak was retained and filed the lawsuit.
Lane said A.B. has no identifiable biological relative with legal authority to act on his behalf since his biological mother lost her parental rights, so he took this step “to ensure a horrifically abused young child who is otherwise voiceless, has someone to speak for him.”
Lane, who has been court-
appointed as special master in many high-profile cases on behalf of victims of child abuse, said, “What really concerns me about the little boy, they took as an infant child, was that he was a
special-needs child, and placed them with a family who has no experience with a special-needs child.
“Within a year the state arranges adoption by the Blas family of a special-
needs child who has all kinds of needs.”
Lane said, “That child could barely walk. I’ve seen this child. He weighed 20 to 25 pounds, with burn marks, like somebody used him as an ashtray, and bite marks.”
He said to move the child into a family with four adults in a tiny house, this is what they did in the (Isabella) Kalua (whose adoptive parents are charged with her murder and abuse) case, “who never had any child
of any sort. This is just a
rerun.”
Lane spelled out a likely motive: “At adoption the state’s obligation for care and supervision ends, and customarily, the compensation to the adoptive family goes up significantly, and that’s what I find most shocking about this whole thing. That was almost a death sentence.”
For Bradley the alleged tortuous abuse ended in death.
The 10-year-old, for whom the Blases had legal guardianship, was emaciated, bruised and scarred, with multiple open wounds, consistent with child abuse, the civil complaint says, as
similarly alleged in the murder, abuse, kidnapping and unlawful-imprisonment indictment against the Blases and Debra Geron, Brandy Blas’ mother. Geron lived in the same house with husband William Geron, who was not indicted.
The indictment says the Blases received $1,961 a month from the state for Bradley, also a special-needs child, Lane said, but it does not state how much they received for A.B.
The lawsuit alleges DHS, through its employees and its agent, Catholic Charities Hawaii, negligently breached their duty to protect A.B. to ensure his placement as a foster child, from the time he was 2 weeks old in late February 2019 in the Blases’ Wahiawa home, was safe.
In a response to a request for comment, Catholic Charities Hawaii said in a written statement, “Catholic Charities Hawaii has yet to be served and given an opportunity to review the lawsuit; therefore, we cannot comment at this time.”
DHS said in a written response, “The Department has not been served with the complaint, so we cannot comment at this time. If it is properly served, we will defer to the Attorney General for any comments on active litigation.”
A.B. was born premature February 2019, when his biological mother was 33 weeks pregnant, at Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women &Children. He was hospitalized due to suspected illicit drug exposure prior to birth.
He was discharged at
2 weeks of age in stable condition to his birth mother with a safe-plan agreement. The complaint says he was removed from his birth mother’s home in late February 2019 and placed in the foster home of the Blases, where Bradley was already living.
The Blases had legal guardianship of Bradley before A.B. was placed there, the complaint says.
After his birth, A.B. was referred to receive early
intervention services, the complaint says. That’s because he was born premature and was at risk of substance exposure, Ozak said.
The complaint alleges DHS and CCH failed to ensure he received early intervention services regularly after he was placed with the Blases, both before and after he was adopted by them.
The Blases adopted A.B. at age 15 months in May 2020, the complaint says.
The complaint shows multiple mandated reporters saw the boy but failed to seek medical attention.
On Jan. 18, the day of Bradley’s death, DHS’ Child Welfare Services social workers did not seek medical attention for A.B., and instead on Jan. 19 placed him in the home of Brandy Blas’ sister, according to the complaint.
He was taken to Wahiawa General Hospital on Jan. 22 and tested positive for influenza, the complaint says.
Brandy Blas’ sister advised CWS on Jan. 22 that she did not want A.B. in her home, so CWS transferred him to Hoomalu o na Kamalii, a temporary shelter.
It was the shelter staff who finally alerted CWS workers to his multiple bruises and took him to
Kapiolani’s emergency department Jan. 23, the complaint says. There he was given medical attention
and evaluated by Kapiolani Child Advocacy and Protection Center health care
specialists.
He was discharged from the hospital to the care of a medically trained foster parent attentive to his medical and psychosocial needs, the complaint says.
The complaint alleges that A.B. witnessed the “shocking cruelty” of Bradley by the Blases, “while at the same time he was himself subject to severe physical and emotional abuse and neglect.”
It alleges the boy suffered extreme emotional distress resulting from DHS’ and CCH’s negligent failure to protect his foster sister.
NEW CASTLE, Ind. (WISH) — A former youth pastor at a Henry County church is facing child sex charges after a parishioner contacted the pastor about possible misconduct, the sheriff says.
Bryan Crabtree, 35, of Sulphur Springs, was arrested this week shortly after sheriff’s detectives on Wednesday learned of the charges and interviewed him.
Sheriff John M. Sproles told News 8 that the Sulphur Springs Christian Church pastor who learned of the allegations gathered with church leadership, and the elders fired Crabtree.
Church members on Facebook said vacation Bible school classes have been canceled for the rest of the week.
ERITREA — Senior church leader was arrested without charge and jailed without ever going to trial. And now he has died behind bars in prison in Eritrea, the country some describe as the North Korea of Africa. Andrew Boyd of Release International reports on the life and death of one of the leading figures in the church in Eritrea.
A senior church leader in Eritrea has died in prison at the age of 83. Reverend Ghirmay Araya was never charged with any crime. He suffered from diabetes and related illnesses.
Rev Ghirmay was one of the founding fathers of the Full Gospel Church of Eritrea, which was banned along with many others in 2002.
Thousands of Eritreans have been imprisoned for their faith since then. Some have died from torture and medical neglect. Some have been detained for 20 years.
The Collin County town of Fairview is fighting back against the proposal by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to build a temple with a spire over 170 feet tall, according to recent reports.
The church wants to build the McKinney Texas Temple — first announced in October 2022 — next to one of its existing churches in Fairview, according to the church’s website. However, Fairviewresidents have come out strongly against the proposal.
The controversy is not due to the temple’s religious affiliation but rather its size.
The temple, is planned for a site that is a little more than 8 acres along Stacy Road, next to one of the church’s meetinghouses. It would be about 44,000 square feet and multiple stories, according to the church’s website.
Farrokh Kakai, a Christian convert from Kermanshah and resident of Karaj, remains in custody 19 days after his arrest.
According to the report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights Organization for Human Right, Farrokh Kakai, a 54-year-old father of two, was arrested by Iranian Intelligence forces in Karaj on Sunday, May 26, 2024.
An informed source reported that during Farrokh Kakai’s arrest, Iranian Intelligence forces searched his home and confiscated several personal belongings, including his phone and computer.
Since his arrest, Farrokh Kakaei has had only two brief phone calls with his family. During these calls, he indicated that he was unaware of his current location.
Multiple speakers and a venue have pulled out of a prominent Texas activist group’s July conference after The Texas Tribune reported on its plans to amplify white nationalist figures and rhetoric.
Billed as the 15th anniversary celebration for True Texas Project, the conference agenda claims that there is a “war on white America,” and urges attendees to embrace once-fringe ideologies such as Christian nationalism or the Great Replacement Theory, which claims that there is an intentional, often Jewish-driven, effort to destroy white people through immigration, interracial marriage or the LGBTQ+ community.
On Wednesday, the Tribune reported that the conference lineup features figures with ties to antisemites and extremists, including Paul Gottfried, a far-right author who mentored neo-Nazi Richard Spencer. Since then, at least three of the 12 listed speakers have said they will no longer partake in the event, two of whom said they were unaware of the themes and lineup when they agreed to participate.
Pope Francis delivered the first-ever papal address at a G-7 conference on Friday, warning about the ethical pitfalls of artificial intelligence.
The pope told the council of world leaders in Fasano, Italy, that AI offers immense benefit to the human race, but also threatens to dehumanize society.
“The question of artificial intelligence, however, is often perceived as ambiguous: on the one hand, it generates excitement for the possibilities it offers, while on the other, it gives rise to fear for the consequences it foreshadows,” Pope Francis said in his remarks.
The following is an update from Leonardo De Chirico and Clay Kannard, pastors of the Breccia di Roma evangelical church in Rome, Italy. Read about their legal process to defend their right to a recognised place of worship in this Evangelical Focus article from July 2023.
Quite unexpectedly, the Italian Supreme Court has decided to annul the two previous rulings in our favor and finally close the case. It ruled that our property is not a place of worship because, after purchasing it, no “structural changes” were made to make it so.
The underlying reasoning went against the previous two courts which, on the contrary, had recognised the principle of religious liberty that the faith community determines the appropriateness of its places of worship.
Amid the escalating Israel-Hamas conflict, many Religious leaders have been asking: Are we witnessing the biblical prophecy of the war of Gog and Magog? This ancient prediction from the Book of Ezekiel has captivated religious scholars and believers for centuries, forecasting a cataclysmic battle preceding the Messianic era. As the conflict in Israel intensifies, this question gains urgency and relevance.
The prophecy of Gog and Magog is found in the Book of Ezekiel (chapters 38-39), describing a future battle where a coalition of nations, led by Gog from the land of Magog, will rise against Israel. This event is said to precede the Messianic era, marking a climactic confrontation between good and evil. The prophecy details a catastrophic war followed by divine intervention, where God will decisively defeat the enemies of Israel, leading to a period of peace and recognition of God’s sovereignty.
ROME — The Rome LGBTQ+ Pride parade celebrated its 30th anniversary Saturday as tens of thousands of people in brightly colored outfits marched through the Italian capital waving banners, dancing and singing as they marked gay rights and poked fun at Pope Francis.
Many of the signs and banners at the parade made fun over a recent comment made by the pontiff.
The Pope had to issue an apology last month after Italian media quoted unnamed bishops saying that Francis jokingly used the term “faggotness” while speaking in Italian during a meeting. He had used the term in reaffirming the Vatican’s ban on allowing gay men to enter seminaries and be ordained priests.
