They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? Judges 5 : 8
Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk
Fri, April 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM GMT+33 min read
By Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will no longer bear the burden of providing the majority of global humanitarian aid, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday, calling on other wealthy nations to step up after an earthquake devastated parts of Myanmar.
If all that appears to be divine life were such in reality; if all who profess to present the truth to the world were preaching for the truth and not against it, and if they were men of God guided by His Spirit,—then might we see something cheering amid the prevailing moral darkness. But the spirit of antichrist is prevailing to such an extent as never before. Well may we exclaim: “Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.” I know that many think far too favorably of the present time. These ease-loving souls will be engulfed in the general ruin. Yet we do not despair. 5T 79.4
No One Becomes a Christian Alone : “But we also have other needs we have to balance that against.”
“We’re not the government of the world. We’ll provide humanitarian assistance, just like everybody else does, and we we’ll do it the best we can,” Rubio told reporters in Brussels. “But we also have other needs we have to balance that against.”
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President Donald Trump ordered a 90-day pause on all U.S. foreign aid on his first day in office. That action, and ensuing stop-work orders halting many programs of the U.S. Agency for International Development worldwide, have jeopardized the delivery of life-saving food and medical aid, throwing into chaos global humanitarian relief efforts.
The Spirit of God is being withdrawn from the world.
You hear of calamities by land and by sea, and they are constantly increasing. What is the matter? The Spirit of God is taken away from those who have the lives of men in their hands, and Satan is coming in to control them, because they give themselves to his control. Those who profess to be the children of God do not place themselves under the guardianship of the heavenly angels, and as Satan is a destroyer, he works through those men and they make mistakes; and they will get drunk and because of intemperance, many times, bring these terrible calamities upon us.
And see the storms and tempests! Satan is working in the atmosphere; he is poisoning the atmosphere, and here we are dependent upon God for our lives—our present and eternal life 6LtMs, Ms 1, 1890, par. 35 – 6LtMs, Ms 1, 1890, par. 37
USAID itself has been largely dismantled as Trump and billionaire Elon Musk press ahead with an unprecedented push to shrink the federal government, with much of the agency’s staff put on leave or let go and many of its grants terminated.
Pope Francis : True Power is Taking Care of the Weakest
The top U.S. diplomat said it wasn’t fair to expect that the United States would shoulder 60-70% of humanitarian aid around the world and that there were a lot of “rich countries” in the world that should pitch in. He specifically cited China and India.
[12] And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. [13] These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
Revelation 17 : 12-13
“We are the richest country in the world, but our resources are not unlimited. They are not unlimited, and we have a massive national debt. We have many other priorities as well and it’s time to recalibrate all of that. So we’ll be there. We’ll be helpful as much as we can. We’ve got other things we have to take care of as well,” he said.
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“China is a very rich country. India is a rich country. There are a lot of other countries in the world, and everyone should pitch in.”
The Lord of heaven permits the world to choose whom they will have as ruler. Let all read carefully the thirteenth chapter of Revelation, for it concerns every human agent, great and small. Every human being must take sides, either for the true and living God, who has given to the world the memorial of creation in the seventh-day Sabbath, or for a false sabbath, instituted by men who have exalted themselves above all that is called God or that is worshipped, who have taken upon themselves the attributes of Satan, in oppressing the loyal and true who keep the commandments of God. This persecuting power will compel the worship of the beast by insisting on the observance of the Sabbath he has instituted. Thus he blasphemes God, “sitting in the temple of God, and showing himself that he is God.” [2 Thessalonians 2:4.] 11LtMs, Ms 7a, 1896, par. 10
Last Friday’s 7.7-magnitude quake, one of Myanmar’s strongest in a century, jolted a region home to 28 million, toppling buildings such as hospitals, flattening communities and leaving many without food, water and shelter.
The death toll from the quake has climbed to 3,145, with more than 4,500 injured and more than 200 still missing, the country’s military junta said.
MYANMAR NOT THE EASIEST PLACE
The United States, which was until recently the world’s top humanitarian donor, has offered a relatively modest $2 million in response to the earthquake. Washington also said it would send a three-member assessment team, though their arrival has been delayed by problems obtaining visas from the military regime.
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In past years, the U.S. has regularly deployed skilled rescue workers quickly to save lives in response to tsunamis, earthquakes and other disasters around the world.
Rubio rejected the criticism that Washington was slow to respond to the earthquake because USAID was dismantled.
Instead, he said Myanmar was not “the easiest place to work”, saying the ruling military junta does not like the United States and prevents it from operating in the country the way it wants to.
The United Nations human rights office said on Friday that Myanmar’s military is limiting critically needed humanitarian aid for earthquake victims in areas where it sees opposition to its rule.
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The American absence shows how Trump’s moves to slash the size of the U.S. government have hobbled its ability to act during disasters, three current and former U.S. officials told Reuters.
(Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis in Brussels and Humeyra Pamuk in Washington, editing by Deepa Babington)
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