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Is God Judging America?

Since before 9-1-2001Americans have seen devastating events through weather and other disasters.

Recently some have observed Harbingers of Judgment paralleling Israel and America (Isaiah 9:10).

 Most storms crossing America are laced with hail and tornadoes of record breaking stature (Joplin, MO for example); This moisture is causing record flooding (Mississippi River, for example); and drought conditions causing record fires (Arizona, for example).

A search on the internet of these topics brings up millions of links, and while many of these links are unrelated, there are a large number of them that do associate pertinent links to this subject. A number of them indicate this weather is a judgment from God.

I have witnessed many things since coming online in 1998 that certainly justify God's Judging of America. I do not believe every weather related tragedy, or any natural tragedy for that matter necessarily correlates to God judging nations or peoples as a whole for their transgressions. But it is certainly profitable to go to the Bible and be taught by it. Please notice the following verses which I have underscored that emphasize the judgment doctrine and what is really meant by these verses.

Luke 13:  1 ¶ There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And Jesus answered and said to them, "Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things? 3 "I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. 4 "Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? 5 "I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish."
6 ¶ He also spoke this parable: "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 7 "Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, ‘Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why does it use up the ground?’ 8 "But he answered and said to him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it. 9 ‘And if it bears fruit, well. But if not, after that you can cut it down.’"

This passage is obviously dealing with tragedies that were current in Jesus day. It is interesting to note He said "I tell you, no; two times here and then He follows the answer with (see yellow highlight above) unless you repent you will all likewise perish.

Conclusion:

We take this to mean that while it is no direct cause to judge others, the personal responsibility is this: You REPENT, or You will perish. When this is applied to a nation, it means all the peoples of the nation are included. This means that sitting beside actions taken by governments and not acting to cause repentance is cause for the nation's judgment which results in doom ( "perish." )
 

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Weather Disasters in US 2011

Relation of 2011 Weather Disasters to American Conduct Since 2001

WASHINGTON (AP) — America smashed the record for billion-dollar weather disasters this year with a deadly dozen — and counting.
With an almost biblical onslaught of twisters, floods, snow, drought and wildfire, the U.S. in 2011 has seen more weather catastrophes that caused at least $1 billion in damage than it did in all of the 1980s, even after the dollar figures from back then are adjusted for inflation.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration added two disasters to the list Wednesday, bringing the total to 12. The two are the Texas, New Mexico and Arizona wildfires and the mid-June tornadoes and severe weather.
NOAA uses $1 billion as a benchmark for the worst weather disasters.
Extreme weather in America this year has killed more than 1,000 people, according to National Weather Service Director Jack Hayes. The dozen billion-dollar disasters alone add up to $52 billion.
The old record for $1 billion disasters was nine, in 2008.
Hayes, a meteorologist since 1970, said he has never seen a year for extreme weather like this, calling it "the deadly, destructive and relentless 2011."
And this year's total may not stop at 12. Officials are still adding up the damage from the Tropical Storm Lee and the pre-Halloween Northeast snowstorm, and so far each is at $750 million. And there's still nearly a month left in the year.
Scientists blame an unlucky combination of global warming and freak chance. They say even with the long-predicted increase in weather extremes triggered by manmade climate change, 2011 in the U.S. was wilder than they predicted. For example, the six large outbreaks of twisters can't be attributed to global warming, scientists say.
"The degree of devastation is extreme in and of itself, and it would be tempting to say it's a sign of things to come, though we would be hard-pressed to see such a convergence of circumstances occurring in one single year again for a while," said Jerry Meehl, a climate scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo.
Another factor in the rising number of billion-dollar calamities: More people are living in areas prone to disasters.
The number of weather catastrophes that pass the billion-dollar mark when adjusted into constant dollars is increasing with each decade. In the 1980s, the country averaged slightly more than one a year. In the 1990s, it was 3.8 a year. It jumped to 4.6 in the first decade of this century. And in the past two years, it has averaged 7.5.
Other years had higher overall damage figures because of one gargantuan disaster, including Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and a 1988 drought.
But this isn't just about numbers.
"Each of these events is a huge disaster for victims who experience them," NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco said in an email. "They are an unprecedented challenge for the nation."
Half the billion-dollar disasters were tornado outbreaks in one of the deadliest years on record. More than 540 people were killed in those six tragedies. In four days in April, there were 343 tornadoes in the largest outbreak on record, including 199 in one day, which is another record.
Texas had more than a million acres burned by wildfire, a record for the state, and Oklahoma set a record for the hottest month ever in the U.S. The Ohio Valley had triple the normal rainfall, which caused major flooding along the Mississippi River.
"Too little water in the South, too much water in the North," said Andrew Weaver, a climate scientist at the University of Victoria in Canada. "It's a story we are hearing more and more often."
That's why the world has to do two things, said Princeton University geological sciences professor Michael Oppenheimer: try to slow global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and prepare better for extreme weather.
This year's dozen billion-dollar disasters are:

  1. Wildfires in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona from spring to fall. Losses are more than $1 billion, at least five deaths.
  2. Hurricane Irene in most of the East Coast in August. Losses exceed $7.3 billion with at least 45 deaths.
  3. Flooding in the upper Midwest along the Missouri and Souris Rivers in the summer. Damages are more than $2 billion, with at least five deaths.
  4. Flooding on the Mississippi River in spring and summer. Losses are at $3 billion to $4 billion with at least two deaths.
  5. Drought and heat wave in the southern plains and Southwest from spring to fall. Losses are near $10 billion.
  6. Tornadoes and severe storms in the Midwest and Southeast from June 18-22. They caused more than $1.3 billion in damage and killed at least three people.
  7. Tornadoes in the Midwest and Southeast from May 22-27. These killed 177 people and caused more than $9.1 billion in damage.
  8. Tornadoes in the Southeast and Ohio Valley from April 25-28. These killed 321 people and caused more than $10.2 billion in damage.
  9. Tornadoes in the Midwest and Southeast from April 14-16. These killed 38 people and caused more than $2.1 billion in damage.
  10. Tornadoes in the Southeast and Midwest from April 8-11. These caused more than $2.2 billion in damage.
  11. Tornadoes in the Midwest and Southeast April 4 and 5. These caused more than $2.8 billion in damage and killed nine people.
  12. The Groundhog Day blizzard killed 36 people and caused damage greater than $1.8 billion.
     

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Obama's 1967 Lines Israeli Proposal Precedes Deadly Joplin Tornado

1+2=3
1 Obama Encourages Israel’s Destruction -- Thursday. May 19, 2011,
2 PM Netanyahu visit to US -- Friday, May 20, 2011.
3 Joplin Tornado, -- Sunday, May 22.2011
 

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday backed a key Palestinian demand on the borders of a future state with Israel as part of his vision for a Middle East peace deal and sought to shape political change convulsing the region.

Obama's proposal -- a policy shift that effectively calls for a negotiated Israeli pullback to 1967 borders that existed before it occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem -- drew a swift rejection from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the eve of his Washington visit.

The president's first public endorsement of the idea -- in laying out his most detailed framework yet for an elusive peace deal -- came in a much-anticipated "Arab spring" address aimed at recasting the U.S. response to upheaval sweeping the Arab world.

"At a time when the people of the Middle East and North Africa are casting off the burdens of the past, the drive for a lasting peace that ends the conflict and resolves all claims is more urgent that ever," Obama told an audience of U.S. and foreign diplomats at the State Department.

Obama's bid to reset ties with a skeptical Arab world was aimed at countering criticism of an uneven response to the region's uprisings that threaten both U.S. friends and foes and his failure to advance Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking.

His blunt language toward U.S. ally Israel about the need to find an end to its occupation of Arab land could complicate his talks on Friday with Netanyahu while easing Arab doubts about his commitment to even-handed U.S. mediation.

Obama also had tough words for the Palestinians for what he described as efforts to "delegitimize" Israel, a staunch U.S. ally in the region for decades.

But he urged Israel to act "boldly" and for both sides to revive long-stalled peace talks. "The dream of a Jewish and democratic state cannot be fulfilled with permanent occupation," Obama said.

MOST DETAILED PEACE VISION

Seizing on the decades-old conflict long seen as a catalyst for broader Mideast tensions, Obama went further than he has ever gone in offering principles for resolving the stalemate between Israel and the Palestinians.

But he stopped short of presenting a formal U.S. peace plan -- an omission that could disappoint many in the Arab world -- after having failed to make progress on the Israeli-Palestinian front since taking office in 2009.

Among the parameters he laid down was that any agreement creating a state of Palestine must be based on borders that existed before Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 Arab-Israel war but "with mutually agreed swaps" of land.

Netanyahu said Israel would object to any withdrawal to "indefensible" borders, adding he expected Washington to allow it to keep major settlement blocs in any peace deal.

Before heading to Washington, Netanyahu said in a statement that "the viability of a Palestinian state cannot come at the expense of Israel's existence."

Obama's insistence on the borders issue -- plus his criticism of continued Israeli "settlement activity" -- sends a message to Netanyahu that Washington expects the Jewish state to make concessions.

Obama and Netanyahu have had a strained relationship, and prospects for their talks to yield any significant progress on peace moves have been viewed as dim.

Still, Obama reaffirmed an unshakable U.S. commitment to Israel's security and condemned what he called "symbolic actions to isolate Israel at the United Nations," referring to the Palestinians' plan to seek General Assembly recognition for statehood in September.

And he acknowledged that a new reconciliation deal between the Palestinian Authority and the Islamist group Hamas raised "legitimate questions" for Israel, which has condemned the accord as blocking any new peace talks.

Putting pressure on Netanyahu, who will address the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC on Monday and a joint session of Congress on Tuesday at the invitation of his Republican supporters, could be politically risky for the Democratic president as he seeks re-election in 2012.

"President Obama has thrown Israel under the bus," said likely Republican candidate Mitt Romney. "He has disrespected Israel and undermined its ability to negotiate peace."

HISTORIC OPPORTUNITIES

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed Obama's efforts to renew talks with Israel that collapsed last year in a dispute over Israeli settlement building.

Robert Danin, a Middle East analyst at the Council on Foreign Relations, said that for the first time the United States has "embraced the Palestinian position on borders."

Obama also hailed popular unrest sweeping the Middle East as a "historic opportunity" and said promoting reform was his administration's top priority for a region caught up in unprecedented upheaval. "The people have risen up to demand their basic human rights," he said. "Two leaders have stepped aside. More may follow."

And he ratcheted up pressure on Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, saying for the first time that he must stop a brutal crackdown or "get out of the way," and prodded U.S. allies Yemen and Bahrain as well for democratic transformation.

While throwing his weight behind the push for reform, Obama did not abandon his approach of balancing support for democratic aspirations with a desire to preserve long-time partnerships seen as crucial to fighting al Qaeda, containing Iran and securing vital oil supplies.

Struggling to regain the initiative in a week of intense Middle East diplomacy, Obama seized an opportunity to reach out to the Arab world following the death of Osama bin Laden at the hands of U.S. Navy SEAL commandos.

He announced billions of dollars in aid for Egypt and Tunisia to support and encourage their political transitions after revolts toppled autocratic leaders.

Obama has scrambled to keep pace with still-unfolding events that have ousted long-time leaders in Egypt and Tunisia, threatened those in Yemen and Bahrain and engulfed Libya in civil war where the United States and other powers have unleashed a bombing campaign.

(Additional reporting by Jeff Mason, Steve Holland, Patricia Zengerle, Alister Bull, Andrew Quinn and Arshad Mohammed; editing by Laura MacInnis, Mohammad Zargham and Todd Eastham)

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