Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.Judges 16 : 1

Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mahmoud Issa

Thu, May 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM GMT+33 min read

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mahmoud Issa

CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) – Dozens of community kitchens in Gaza shut their doors on Thursday due to a lack of supplies, closing off a lifeline used by hundreds of thousands of people in a further blow to efforts to combat growing hunger in the enclave.

The move followed hours after the U.S.-based World Central Kitchen (WCK) charity announced that it had run out of the ingredients necessary to provide much-needed free meals and had been prevented by Israel from bringing in aid.

Popery had become the world’s despot. Kings and emperors bowed to the decrees of the Roman pontiff. The destinies of men, both for time and for eternity, seemed under his control. For hundreds of years the doctrines of Rome had been extensively and implicitly received, its rites reverently performed, its festivals generally observed. Its clergy were honored and liberally sustained. Never since has the Roman Church attained to greater dignity, magnificence, or power.
But “the noon of the papacy was the midnight of the world.”—J. A. Wylie, The History of Protestantism, b. 1, ch. 4. The Holy Scriptures were almost unknown, not only to the people, but to the priests. Like the Pharisees of old, the papal leaders hated the light which would reveal their sins. God’s law, the standard of righteousness, having been removed, they exercised power without limit, and practiced vice without restraint. Fraud, avarice, and profligacy prevailed. Men shrank from no crime by which they could gain wealth or position. The palaces of popes and prelates were scenes of the vilest debauchery. Some of the reigning pontiffs were guilty of crimes so revolting that secular rulers endeavored to depose these dignitaries of the church as monsters too vile to be tolerated. For centuries Europe had made no progress in learning, arts, or civilization. A moral and intellectual paralysis had fallen upon Christendom. GC 60.1 – GC 60.2

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Amjad al-Shawa, director of the Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO) in Gaza, told Reuters that most of the enclave’s 170 community kitchens had shut down after running out of stock due to Israel’s continued blockade on Gaza.

Shawa said the decision by the WCK, announced late on Wednesday, and the closure of community kitchens on Thursday would cause a drop of between 400,000 to 500,000 free meals per day for the 2.3 million population.

The condition of the world under the Romish power presented a fearful and striking fulfillment of the words of the prophet Hosea: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee: … seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” “There is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.” Hosea 4:6, 1, 2. Such were the results of banishing the word of God. GC 60.3

“Everyone in Gaza today is hungry. The world must act now to save the people here,” said Shawa, speaking to Reuters by phone from Gaza.

“The remaining kitchens will be closing soon. The hunger catastrophe is beyond words. People are losing their lone source of food,” Shawa added.

Satan well knew that the Holy Scriptures would enable men to discern his deceptions and withstand his power. It was by the word that even the Saviour of the world had resisted his attacks. At every assault, Christ presented the shield of eternal truth, saying, “It is written.” To every suggestion of the adversary, He opposed the wisdom and power of the word. In order for Satan to maintain his sway over men, and establish the authority of the papal usurper, he must keep them in ignorance of the Scriptures. The Bible would exalt God and place finite men in their true position; therefore its sacred truths must be concealed and suppressed. This logic was adopted by the Roman Church. For hundreds of years the circulation of the Bible was prohibited. The people were forbidden to read it or to have it in their houses, and unprincipled priests and prelates interpreted its teachings to sustain their pretensions. Thus the pope came to be almost universally acknowledged as the vicegerent of God on earth, endowed with authority over church and state. GC 51.3

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Those Gazans trying to cook independently meanwhile complain that flour still available on the market is contaminated.

Those who act as managers and overseers in our sanitariums are not to make the world’s policy their criterion; for the sign of God, as defined in (Exodus 31:12-18), is to be revealed in all its comprehensive meaning. The proper observance of the Sabbath day by all connected with our sanitariums will exert an untold influence for good. Every medical institution established by Seventh-day Adventists is to bear God’s sign before the world prominently, without disguising the facts in any way. We are to voice the message of the third angel flying in the midst of heaven with the everlasting gospel to proclaim to the world. We are to bear aloft the banner on which is inscribed the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. 17LtMs, Ms 154, 1902, par. 17

“The flour is full of mites and sand … We sieve it three, four times, instead of once, so we can bake it,” said Mohammad Abu Ayesh, a displaced father of nine from northern Gaza.

Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.2 Kings 7 : 1

‘WE ARE HELPLESS’

“We don’t want to eat from it, but we feed the children, for the children. You can’t tolerate its smell, cattle and animals would not eat it, we are forced to eat it against our will, we are helpless,” he told Reuters.

Israel has faced growing international pressure to lift an aid blockade that it imposed in March after the collapse of a U.S.-backed ceasefire that had halted fighting for two months.

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Israel has accused agencies, including the United Nations, of allowing large quantities of aid to fall into the hands of Hamas militants, who it accuses of seizing supplies intended for civilians and using them for their own forces.

Hamas denies the allegation and accuses Israel of using starvation as a weapon against the population, most of whom have been displaced at least once during the 19-month-old conflict.

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Two weeks ago most of the population relied on one and a half meals per day, but in the past few days that has dropped to one meal a day, and even that will lack meat, vegetables or the necessary healthy components, said Shawa.

“The free meals are usually rice or lentils, that is now also at risk of being suspended within the next week. I am afraid that we may begin to witness deaths among elderly, vulnerable children, pregnant women, and the ill,” said Shawa.

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:Amos 8 : 11

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Growing looting of community kitchens, stores of local merchants, and U.N. headquarters have prompted Hamas security forces to crack down on local gangs. Hamas executed at least six gang members last week, according to sources close to the group.

U.N. humanitarian agency OCHA has said more than 2 million people – most of Gaza’s population – face severe food shortages. Food has dried up in Gaza markets, and prices have risen beyond the means of the vast majority, especially those for flour, which has become scarce and sells at around $500 for a 25 kg (55 lb) sack, compared with $7 in the past.

(Reporting and writing by Nidal al-Mughrabi. Additional reporting by Mahmoud Issa in Gaza, Editing by William Maclean)

[14] And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD. [15] And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them. [16] And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they dwelt among them. [17] And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim. [18] And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes. [19] But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. [20] This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them. [21] And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them. [22] And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us? [23] Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. [24] And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing. [25] And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do. [26] And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.Joshua 9 : 14-26

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.Zechariah 8 : 23

BASSEM MROUE and ANGELA CHARLTON

Wed, May 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM GMT+33 min read

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Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, right, shakes hands with Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Samir Sharifov before a meeting at the People’s Palace in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Apostles/FOUR LEPERS Separation From Apostate Israel

PARIS (AP) — Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa said Wednesday that his country is holding indirect talks with Israel to prevent recent hostilities from getting out of control. He spoke on his first visit to Europe since taking office in January, and as he seeks to broaden ties to Western countries.

After a long and severe conflict, the faithful few decided to dissolve all union with the apostate church if she still refused to free herself from falsehood and idolatry. They saw that separation was an absolute necessity if they would obey the word of God. They dared not tolerate errors fatal to their own souls, and set an example which would imperil the faith of their children and children’s children. To secure peace and unity they were ready to make any concession consistent with fidelity to God; but they felt that even peace would be too dearly purchased at the sacrifice of principle. If unity could be secured only by the compromise of truth and righteousness, then let there be difference, and even war. GC 45.3

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Israel carried out a series of airstrikes on parts of Syria last week, saying it aims to protect the country’s Druze minority from coming under attack by pro-government gunmen.

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Speaking to reporters in Paris, al-Sharaa said, ″Regarding negotiations with Israel, there are indirect talks through mediators to calm down the situation so that they don’t get out of control.″ He did not say who the mediators are.

Warned Islamic militant groups from entering predominantly Druze areas!

There was no immediate public comment from Israel. Israel has its own Druze community and officials have said they would protect the Druze of Syria and warned Islamic militant groups from entering predominantly Druze areas.

[36] And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: [37] They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; [38] (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.Hebrews 11 : 36-38

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The papal power sought to hide from the people the word of truth, and set before them false witnesses to contradict its testimony. (See Appendix.) When the Bible was proscribed by religious and secular authority; when its testimony was perverted, and every effort made that men and demons could invent to turn the minds of the people from it; when those who dared proclaim its sacred truths were hunted, betrayed, tortured, buried in dungeon cells, martyred for their faith, or compelled to flee to mountain fastnesses, and to dens and caves of the earth—then the faithful witnesses prophesied in sackcloth. Yet they continued their testimony throughout the entire period of 1260 years. In the darkest times there were faithful men who loved God’s word and were jealous for His honor. To these loyal servants were  given wisdom, power, and authority to declare His truth during the whole of this time. GC 267.2

Al-Sharaa met earlier Wednesday with French President Emmanuel Macron, who said he would push the EU and U.S. to lift sanctions on Syria to boost its economy. Macron also called for continued U.S. and international military presence in Syria to fight terrorist groups threatening security in the Mideast and Europe.

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Al-Sharaa took power after his Islamist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), led an offensive that toppled former President Bashar Assad in December. Assad, a member of Syria’s Alawite minority, ruled for more than two decades.

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)2 Corinthians 10 : 4

The Syrian leader’s visit to Paris comes a week after clashes between forces loyal to al-Sharaa and fighters from the minority Druze sect that left nearly 100 people dead. This followed earlier violence in Syria’s coastal region between Sunni gunmen and members of the minority Alawite sect, which left more than 1,000 people dead, many of them Alawite civilians killed in revenge attacks.

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Church and State Union, Herod and Pharisees

Religious minorities in Syria, including Alawites, Christians and Druze, fear persecution under the predominantly Sunni Muslim-led government. Al-Sharaa has repeatedly pledged that all Syrians will be treated equally regardless of religion or ethnicity.

When the leading churches of the United States, uniting upon such points of doctrine as are held by them in common, shall influence the state to enforce their decrees and to sustain their institutions, then Protestant America will have formed an image of the Roman hierarchy, and the infliction of civil penalties upon dissenters will inevitably result. GC 445.1

The 14-year conflict has killed nearly half a million people and displaced millions. Syria’s infrastructure lies in ruins, and international sanctions remain a major barrier to reconstruction.

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The visit to Paris is being closely watched as a potential test of Europe’s willingness to engage with Syria’s new leadership.

The European Union has begun easing sanctions, suspending measures targeting Syria’s oil, gas and electricity sectors, as well as transport, including aviation, and banking restrictions. The EU said that it would monitor developments in Syria to see whether other economic sanctions could be lifted, but its 27 member states are divided on whether to go further.

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In late April, the British government announced it was lifting sanctions on a dozen Syrian entities, including government departments and state-run media outlets.

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has yet to formally recognize the new Syrian government led by al-Sharaa, and HTS remains a U.S.-designated terrorist organization. Sanctions imposed on Damascus under Assad remain in place. However, Washington eased some restrictions in January when the U.S. Treasury issued a general license, valid for six months, authorizing certain transactions with the Syrian government, including some energy sales and incidental transfers.

One of France’s concerns after the collapse of the Assad regime is the status of radicalized French nationals who left France to join jihadist groups in Syria.

One is the fugitive widow of an Islamic State killer who plotted deadly attacks against the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper and a kosher market in Paris in 2015.

Around 120 French nationals who left to join groups in Syria are also being held in Kurdish-run camps and prisons, France’s national anti-terrorism prosecutor says. In all, about 1,500 French nationals left for Syria to join extremist groups, and the whereabouts of about 300 others are unknown, he has said.

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Mroue reported from Beirut, Lebanon. John Leicester and Thomas Adamson in Paris contributed.

CAN WE TRUST BIBLE PROPHECY?

SO FAR, BIBLE PROPHECY HAS ACCURATELY PREDICTED WORLD HISTORY – WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THE FUTURE?
Can we trust Bible prophecy? The Bible itself requires that if a prophet claims divine inspiration, all his or her predictions must come true in every detail, unless they are conditional prophecies like Jonah’s. If an unconditional prophecies fails, the prophet is discredited.

Jesus reinforced this principle when He told His disciples, “Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he” (John 13:19). Throughout history, Bible prophets have passed this test.

The Apostle Peter assures us that through prophecy we may have a stronger foundation for our faith than even the disciples own experience with Jesus. Through the “more sure word of prophecy” (2 Peter 1:16-21), prophets speak as moved by God through the Holy Spirit and are in harmony with all other aspects of His Word, including His law. (See Isaiah 8:20.)

Not all Bible prophecies, however, have yet been fulfilled. As we study the end-time prophecies of Daniel and John, we must honestly ask, Have their previous prophecies come true in every detail? If so, we would be wise to seriously study their future prophecies.

Let us begin our study of prophecy with the book of Daniel. We will confine our study to two chapters: Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of Daniel 2 and the enlargement of that dream given to Daniel in chapter 7. These chapters give a brief overview of world history from the past reign of Babylon to the future everlasting reign of Christ’s kingdom.

NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S DREAM
First, God gave Nebuchadnezzar a dream of a great image with a head of gold, a chest and arms of silver, a belly and thighs of brass, and legs of iron with feet partly of iron and partly of clay. Then a stone cut out without human hands came down from heaven and destroyed the whole image. (See Daniel 2:31-35.)

Next, God removed the dream from Nebuchadnezzar so that his wise men could not give it a false interpretation. Then God gave the same dream along with its interpretation to Daniel, a Hebrew captive who, while serving the king as a wise man, honored Jehovah. The dream was an outline of world empires from Babylon to Christ’s second coming.

Babylon: The head of gold represented the king or kingdom of Babylon. (See Daniel 2:36-38.)

MEDO-PERSIA: The Babylonians were defeated in 539 B.C. by Cyrus, the Medo-Persian general. Daniel 5:22-31 tells the story of Babylon’s capture. The Medo-Persians were symbolized by the silver breast and arms.

Greece: Twice in the book of Daniel we are told that the Medes and Perians would be defeated by the Greeks. (See Daniel 8:4-7, 20-21; 11:1-3.) The Greeks defeated the Medes and Persians in 331 B.C., and are represented by the belly and thighs of brass.

ROME: The iron legs represent the fourth world empire. (See Daniel 2:40.) History records that the Greeks were defeated in 168 B.C. by the Romans. Rome is well described here as an empire that crushes like iron.

No new earthly superpower emerged to defeat and conquer Rome. Instead, around A.D. 476, Rome was overrun by ten barbaric tribes which eventually became the nations of Western Europe. These ten tribes are aptly depicted by toes of iron and clay. (See Daniel 2:41-43.) There have been many attempts to bring these tribes into a singular empire, but the prophecy was, “they shall not cleave one to another” (Daniel 2:43). Napolean, Hitler, and others sought to unite Europe through force. Others have tried through political alliances and royal intermarriage – the mingling of the “seed of men.” Unity of sorts may have existed for a few brief years, yet no lasting unity has ever been achieved.

CHRIST’S KINGDOM: In the end, the stone cut without hands, representing Christ’s kingdoms. (See Daniel 2:34-35, 44-45.) Daniel chapter 2 teaches us that man will never build an everlasting empire. Only God’s kingdom will reign forever and ever.

DANIEL’S SECOND DREAM
Many years later, Daniel was given additional information about these four kingdoms, especially details leading to Earth’s closing events. Daniel sees “four great beast” or “kings” with kingdoms come “up from the sea, diverse one from another” (Daniel 7:3, 17).

BABYLON: The first beast resembled a lion with the wings of an eagle. (See Daniel 7:4). The lion with eagle’s wings was a common symbol used by ancient Babylon. The Bible elsewhere describes Babylon as a lion. (See Jeremiah 50:17.)

MEDO-PERSIA: The second beast resembled a bear raised up on one side with three ribs between his teeth. (See Daniel 7:5.) The Medes and the Persians defeated the Babylonians in 539 B.C. The bear was raised on one side because the Persians were dominant. Between the years of 547 – 545 B.C., Egypt, Lydia, and Babylon were conquered, symbolized by the three ribs betwee the bear’s teeth.

GREECE: The third beast resembled a leopard with four wings and four heads. In 331 B.C. the 31-year-old Alexander the Great conquered the world with amazing speed. When he died suddenly, the empire was divided among his four generals: Egypt to Ptolemy; Syria to Seleucus; Asia Minor to Cassander; and Macedonia to Lysimachus.

ROME: The ferocious beast with ten horns represents the fourth kingdoms to rule the world. (see Daniel 7:23-25.) Rome defeated the Greeks in 168 B.C., becoming the fourth world empire. Ten kingdoms or tribes overran the Western Roman Empire contributing to its collapse in A.D. 476: Anglo-Saxons (English), Alemanni (German), Franks (French), Burgundians (Swiss), Suevi (Portuguese), Visigoths (Spanish), Vandals (North Africans), Lombardi, Ostrogoths, and the Heruli (each from a different part of Italy).

THE LITTLE HORN POWER: Another king emerges from among the first ten kings. (See Daniel 7:8, 20-26.) In its rise it plucks up – or destroys – three of the first ten kingdoms. (See Daniel 7:8, 23.) Who is this king with a “look more stout than his fellows?”

THE LITTLE HORN POWER
The following ten identifying marks of the little horn power accurately describe it as the next extension of the Roman Empire – Papal Rome:

1. It was a kingdom as the other horns are kingdoms. “And another [horn] shall arise…” (Daniel 7:24). The Papacy was both a religious and political power.
   “Lomg ages ago, when Rome through the neglect of the Western emperors was left to the mercy of the barbarous hordes, the Romans turned to one figure for aid and protection, and asked him to rule them; and thus,…command the temporal sovereignty of the popes. And meekly stepping to the throne of caesar, the vicar of Christ took up the scepter to which the emperors and kings of Europe were to bow in reverence through so many ages.” (Catholic Quarterly Review, April 1911.)
2. It would emerge from the Roman Empire with the other ten kingdoms: “there came up among them another little horn” (Daniel 7:8). “Out of the ruins of political Rome, arose the great moral empire in the ‘giant form’ of the Roman Church.” (The Rise of the Medieval Church, 1909, p. 150.)
3. It would arise after the ten kings had risen to power. “And another shall rise after them” (Dainel 7:24). The ten divisions of Rome were completed in A.D. 476. Yet the papacy did not emerge with power in the Western Roman Empire until Emperor Justinian, isolated in the East in Constantinople, needed the pope’s influence and support in the West. The year was 538 and the pope was Vigilius. “From this time on the popes, more and more involved in worldly affairs, no longer belong solely to the Church; They are men of the state, and then rulers of the state.” (Medieval Europe from 395 to 1270, pp. 120-121.)
4. It uprooted three of the ten tribes in its pursuit of power. (See Daniel 7:8, 24.) “I might cite three [tribes] that were eradicated from before the pope out of the list first given, viz., the Heruli under Odoacer, the Vandals, and the Ostrogoths”. (Apocalyptica, Volumes III, 139)
5. It was a radically different kingdom from the first ten kingdoms. (See Daniel 7:8.) The Papacy was an ecclesiastical and political kingdom, while the first ten were merely political or civil kingdoms.
6. It would have a singular male leader at its head, for it has the eyes and mouth of a man. (See Daniel 7:8.)
   “The pope is the absolute monarch of this whole structure. Elected for life by a committee of princes, the cardinals, he has exclusive power to appoint new princes as vancancies occur, and the princes have no power to discipline him or to remove him after they have once elected him.” (Communism, Democracy, and Catholic Power, p. 51)
7. It would speak great words or blasphemy against God. (See Daniel 7:25.) Jesus was falsely accused of blasphemy because He claimed divinity and the ability to forgive sins. (See John 10:33; Luke 5:20-21.) But when a mere mortal claims divinity or the ability to forgive sins, he is blaspheming. (see Daniel 7:21, 25.)

The Papacy has made such blasphemous claims – By dismissing the idea that one can obtain forgiveness directly from God, and exhorted Catholics to confess more often to their priests. The popes claims to be God on earth. Pope Leo XIII said, “We hold upon the earth the place of God Almighty.” (Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Letter of June 20, 1894.

8. It would change “times and laws.” (See Daniel 7:25.) The following is from a Catholic cathechism:
   “Question: Have you any other way of proving that the Church has power to institute festivals of precept? “Answer: Had she not such power,…she could not have substituted the observance of Sunday the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday the seventh day -a change for which there is not Scriptural authority.” (A Doctrinal Catechism 3rd Edition p. 174.)

The Vatican admits that changing the Sabbath from the seventh to the first day of the week is not biblical. In fact, she recognizes her Sunday Sabbath as the mark of her authrority over Scripture! “Sunday is our mark of authority… The church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact.” (The Catholic Record, London, Ontario September 1, 1923)

9. It would persecute God’s faithful people. Did the Papacy “wear out the saints of God”? (See Daniel 7:25) and Revelation 12.) “That the Church of Rome has shed more innocent blood than any other institution that has ever existed among mankind, will be questioned by no Protestant who has a complete knowledge of history.” (History of the Rise and influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe, Volume II, p. 32)

There are many wonderful Christians in the Catholic communion. They cannot be held accountable for the political intrigues and unchristlike practices for which the Papacy, down through the ages, is responsible.

10. It would have supremacy over the nations” … until a time and times and the dividing of time” (Daniel 7:25). How long is a “time, times, and the dividing of time”? We find the answer in Scripture.

According to Revelation 12:6, 14, “a time, and times, and half a time” equals “a thousand two hundred and threescore days.” In other words, “a time” equals one year, “times” equals two years, and “half a time” equals 6 months. Three years and six months is the same as 42 months or 1260 days. A biblical calender year is 360 days. Therefore, 360 360 360 180 = 1260 days
But wait! How could any entity accomplish all these in only 1260 literal days? In Bible prophecy, a “day” represents a “year.” (See Numbers 14:33-34; Ezekiel 4:5-6.)

Did the Papacy rule for exactly 1,260 years? If the Papacy began its temporal rule in A.D. 538 under Emperor Justinian, 1260 years would bring it exactly to the year 1798.
Napoleon’s general Berthier entered Rome on the tenth of February, 1798, captured and exiled the pope and proclaimed Rome to be a republic. (The Modern Papacy, p.1)

THE REST OF THE STORY
Did the power of the Papacy end here? No! Prophecies predict the reemergence of the Papacy as a political and religious superpower in the end-times. The Bible reveals that the Papacy will regain her lost power, will once again persecute dissenters, and will become the head of a global political order.

But if prophecy is all doom and gloom, it fails in its purpose to :shine as a light in a dark place” (2 Peter 1:19). Nebuchadnezzar’s dream ended with the coming of Christ and the destruction of all earthly oppressors and despots. Daniel’s vision ended with the judgment, when evil and its perpetrators are destroyed and God’s people are given possession of the earth (Daniel 7:26, 27). These “saints of the most high” include those from every nation, kindred, tongue and people who love God and others more than themselves. (See Revelation 7:9; Matthew 25:31-36.)

Daniel chapters two and seven give us confidence that good will triumph over evil. Because every other detail of the prophecy has been fulfilled, we may trust that Christ’s coming kingdom is just as sure.

And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Revelation 14 : 6

Kristi Noem

DHS Sec Kristi Noem says they are making it ‘as seamless as possible’

By Anders Hagstrom  Fox News

Published May 6, 2025 11:57am EDT

Americans who don’t have their REAL IDs will still be allowed to fly after the May 7 deadline, but they will face extra screening and delays at the airport.

In the mountains of Piedmont, on the plains of France and the shores of Holland, the progress of the gospel was  marked with the blood of its disciples. But in the countries of the North it found a peaceful entrance. Students at Wittenberg, returning to their homes, carried the reformed faith to Scandinavia. The publication of Luther’s writings also spread the light. The simple, hardy people of the North turned from the corruption, the pomp, and the superstitions of Rome, to welcome the purity, the simplicity, and the life-giving truths of the Bible. GC 240.4

Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem made the announcement during a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Tuesday. Noem said 81% of travelers already have IDs that comply with the REAL ID requirements and added that security checkpoints will also be accepting passports and tribal identification when the deadline hits Wednesday.

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“People will be allowed to fly,” Noem told lawmakers. “We will make sure it’s as seamless as possible.”

Those who still lack an identification that complies with the REAL ID law “may be diverted to a different line, have an extra step,” Noem said.

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REAL ID will be required for Americans starting May 7, but DHS officials say Americans without it will still be allowed to travel for now. (Getty Images)

REAL ID is a federally compliant state-issued license or identification card that Homeland Security says is a more secure form of identification. It was a recommendation by the 9/11 Commission and signed into law in 2005, but implementation has been repeatedly delayed.

As the opposition rises to a fiercer height, the servants of God are again perplexed; for it seems to them that they have brought the crisis. But conscience and the word of God assure them that their course is right; and although the trials continue, they are strengthened to bear them. The contest grows closer and sharper, but their faith and courage rise with the emergency. Their testimony is: “We dare not tamper with God’s word, dividing His holy law; calling one portion essential and another nonessential, to gain the favor of the world. The Lord whom we serve is able to deliver us. Christ has conquered the powers of earth; and shall we be afraid of a world already conquered?”
Persecution in its varied forms is the development of a principle which will exist as long as Satan exists and Christianity has vital power.  GC 610.1 – GC 610.2

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Obtaining a REAL ID includes more stringent requirements for verifying a person’s identity than has been used in the past with non-REAL ID driver’s licenses. The switch to this new form of identification has caused a lot of chaos and confusion, with many travelers expressing fear they won’t be able to get a REAL ID before the Wednesday deadline.

DHS Sec. Kristi Noem offered more details on the REAL ID rollout during a Tuesday hearing. (Getty Images)

Travelers without a REAL ID can use their passport, but even without that there are still alternatives to the new requirement, though they just might add delays to your trip and aren’t guaranteed to work.

In the sixteenth century the Reformation, presenting an open Bible to the people, had sought admission to all the countries of Europe. Some nations welcomed it with gladness, as a messenger of Heaven. In other lands the papacy succeeded to a great extent in preventing its entrance; and the light of Bible knowledge, with its elevating influences, was almost wholly excluded. In one country, though the light found entrance, it was not comprehended by the darkness. For centuries, truth and error struggled for the mastery. At last the evil triumphed, and the truth of Heaven was thrust out. “This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light.” John 3:19. The nation was left to reap the results of the course which she had chosen. The restraint of God’s Spirit was removed from a people that had despised the gift of His grace. Evil was permitted to come to maturity. And all the world saw the fruit of willful rejection of the light.
The war against the Bible, carried forward for so many centuries in France, culminated in the scenes of the Revolution. That terrible outbreaking was but the legitimate result of Rome’s suppression of the Scriptures. ( GC 265.1 – GC 265.2

Passengers will be required to fill out a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Form 415, also known as a Certification of Identity form, and if the TSA officials are able to confirm the details given to them, passengers will be allowed to go through the security checkpoint and board their flight. Passengers who go this route may be subject to additional pat-downs, questioning or other extra security screening.

As the controversy extends into new fields and the minds of the people are called to God’s downtrodden law, Satan is astir. The power attending the message will only madden those who oppose it. The clergy will put forth almost superhuman efforts to shut away the light lest it should shine upon their flocks.  GC 607.1

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Even if you get denied, you may still be able to take advantage of airline policies that allow passengers to re-book their flight the following day, providing those without the proper identification time to get it. 

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They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?Psalm 64 : 5

By Khalid Qayum, Ruchi Bhatia, and Faseeh Mangi

May 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM GMT+3

Updated on May 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM GMT+3

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India said it conducted targeted military strikes against Pakistan, an expected move after it pledged retaliation for a militant attack last month in Kashmir that killed 26 people.

India said in a statement early Wednesday that it conducted “a precise and restrained response” that was “designed to be non-escalatory in nature.” It said that it only targeted “known terror camps” and hit no Pakistani civilian, economic or military targets — a statement disputed by Pakistan.

[6] And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; [7] Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.Acts 17 : 6-7

India’s military later said that Pakistan forces fired artillery into India-controlled portions of Kashmir.

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Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called India’s actions a “cowardly attack” and said the nation would retaliate. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry released a separate statement saying that women and children died in the attack.

“Pakistan has a full right now to respond in a befitting manner to the conflict imposed on us,” Sharif said in a statement. “The enemy won’t be allowed to achieve its goals.”

India said that National Security Advisor Ajit Doval briefed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio after the strikes. Rubio had sought to de-escalate tensions, speaking with both sides in recent days.

US President Donald Trump, speaking in the Oval Office on Tuesday, called the situation “a shame.”

“They’ve been fighting for a long time,” Trump said. “I just hope it ends very quickly.”

[9] But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: [10] To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. [11] And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.Acts 8 : 9-11

Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said in a television interview that India’s planes never entered Pakistan airspace during the strikes, which the military said only targeted civilians, and that the country will retaliate. Pakistan airspace was closed after the Indian strike, Pakistan International Airlines Corp. spokesman Abdullah Hafeez said in a text message.

And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,Revelation 14 : 6

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India has launched #OperationSindoor, a precise and restrained response to the barbaric #PahalgamTerrorAttack that claimed 26 lives, including one Nepali citizen. Focused strikes were carried out on nine #terrorist infrastructure sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and…— Ministry of Defence, Government of India (@SpokespersonMoD) May 6, 2025

Ties between the nuclear-armed South Asian rivals have rapidly deteriorated in the wake of the Kashmir attack, which India has called an act of terrorism. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government had accused Pakistan of involvement and vowed to punish those responsible. Pakistan has denied any links to the attacks.

India called its military strike “Operation Sindoor,” a reference to the sacred vermillion powder married Hindu women wear along their hairline. Survivors in the April 22 attack said that men were shot while their wives and children watched.

[9] The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. [10] Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. [11] There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
Ecclesiastes 1 : 9-11




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These persecutions, beginning under Nero about the time of the martyrdom of Paul, continued with greater or less fury for centuries. Christians were falsely accused of the most dreadful crimes and declared to be the cause of great calamities—famine, pestilence, and earthquake. As they became the objects of popular hatred and suspicion, informers stood ready, for the sake of gain, to betray the innocent. They were condemned as rebels against the empire, as foes of religion, and pests to society. Great numbers were thrown to wild beasts or burned alive in the amphitheaters. Some were crucified; others were covered with the skins of wild animals and thrust into the arena to be torn by dogs. Their punishment was often made the chief entertainment at public fetes. Vast multitudes assembled to enjoy the sight and greeted their dying agonies with laughter and applause. GC 40.1





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Tensions had also escalated following the Kashmir attack after India suspended a long-standing Indus Waters Treaty, with Pakistan saying earlier in the day that India has almost entirely stopped the flow of water across the border through the Chenab river, which is crucial for farm irrigation.



Read More: Pakistan Says Clash With India ‘Imminent’ After River Flow Cuts



Futures on India’s stock benchmark NSE Nifty 50 Index slid on the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City. The index closed 0.3% lower in Mumbai trading Tuesday. Non-deliverable forwards on the Indian rupee pointed to a weakening of the currency following the news of the strikes.



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“The wildcard is the Pakistani response to this,” said Aroop Chatterjee, managing director for macro strategy and emerging markets at Wells Fargo in New York. “If it’s similarly measured then we can potentially de-escalate.”



India and Pakistan are two of the world’s most acrimonious neighbors, and the long-running tensions between them center on the border region of Kashmir, an area in the Himalayas claimed in full — and ruled in part — by both. New Delhi, for decades, has been frustrated by what it sees as the Pakistan military’s support for terror groups that strike inside its territory.



Skirmishes in the border areas have continued in the past few days and both nations took steps to show their operational readiness. Pakistan conducted surface-to-surface missile tests this week, highlighting its military might and India ordered mock drills across several states to ensure preparedness amid the standoff.



Since achieving independence from Britain in 1947, India and Pakistan have fought several times over the disputed Himalayan region. The most recent prolonged fighting occurred in 1999, when Pakistani troops infiltrated Kargil, an Indian-controlled district in Kashmir. That lasted for several months until Pakistani forces withdrew from locations on the Line of Control, the de facto border.



The last time the two sides came close to an all-out war was in 2019, when a suicide bomber killed 40 members of India’s security forces. Jaish-e-Mohammed (Soldiers of Mohammed), a Pakistan-based jihadi group, claimed responsibility at the time, prompting India to respond about two weeks later with its first airstrikes on Pakistani soil since 1971.









— With assistance from Justin Sink and Kamran Haider



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[9] The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. [10] Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. [11] There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
Ecclesiastes 1 : 9-11
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These persecutions, beginning under Nero about the time of the martyrdom of Paul, continued with greater or less fury for centuries. Christians were falsely accused of the most dreadful crimes and declared to be the cause of great calamities—famine, pestilence, and earthquake. As they became the objects of popular hatred and suspicion, informers stood ready, for the sake of gain, to betray the innocent. They were condemned as rebels against the empire, as foes of religion, and pests to society. Great numbers were thrown to wild beasts or burned alive in the amphitheaters. Some were crucified; others were covered with the skins of wild animals and thrust into the arena to be torn by dogs. Their punishment was often made the chief entertainment at public fetes. Vast multitudes assembled to enjoy the sight and greeted their dying agonies with laughter and applause. GC 40.1

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It is at the time of the national apostasy when, acting on the policy of Satan, the rulers of the land will rank themselves on the side of the man of sin. It is then the measure of guilt is full. The national apostasy is the signal for national ruin.—Selected Messages 2:373 (1891). Roman Catholic principles will be taken under the care and protection of the state. This national apostasy will speedily be followed by national ruin.—The Review and Herald, June 15, 1897. LDE 134.1 – LDE 134.2

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JD Vance has come out swinging in defense of Donald Trump as public backlash mounts after the president posted a bizarre AI-generated image of himself as Pope.

“As a general rule, I’m fine with people telling jokes and not fine with people starting stupid wars that kill thousands of my countrymen,” the vice president, who converted to Catholicism, posted to X on Saturday in response to a tweet asking if he was “fine with this disrespect and mocking of the holy father.”

His mention of “stupid wars” presumably referred to that tweet’s author, Bush-era White House official Bill Kristol, who advocated for the invasion of Iraq.

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Trump’s original post, which featured an image of himself decked out in a papal crown and robes with a large crucifix around his neck and finger raised to the sky, comes as more than a hundred cardinals of the Catholic Church convene in the Vatican for a conclave to elect a new Holy Father after the death of Pope Francis almost three weeks ago.

Vance wasn’t alone in backing the president’s stuntafter Senator Lindsey Graham—who earlier this week called for cardinals to “keep an open mind” about selecting Trump as the new pope—also joked on Saturday the AI picture was “worth a thousand words” and that, while “there has been some resistance,” there would soon be “more updates to come.”

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Even for Trump, the gag appears to have cut a little too close to the bone, with some pro-MAGA accounts slamming his “sacreligious behaviour” as “disrespectful and insulting,” even warning “you’re going to lose a lot of Catholic support over this.”

Others have also taken aim at Vance, writing in the comments under his post that “it’s not ‘fine’ for a President to behave this way and you know it” as well as taking aim at him for “any excuse to further your wretched career” and noting that “Zelensky has to dress up for dear leader but mocking the Catholic faith is ok.”

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While the vice president might have publicly expressed support for Trump’s latest social media stunt because he’s “fine with people telling jokes,” he’s remained conspicuously silent about the plethora of memes about him killing off Pope Francis, given he was the last public figure to meet with the Holy Father only the day before his death.

Many of the images have seen Vance dressed up as the Grim Reaper. Others joked Francis had failed to “thank” the vice president for seeing him in a not-so-subtle reference to Vance’s now-notorious comments at a tempestuous White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier in February.

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Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.Ephesians 6 : 10, And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion.Judges 14 : 9

Famous for its medieval buildings, city welcomes millions of visitors each year

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Published May 5, 2025 4:00am EDT

Archaeologists recently discovered proof of a gladiatorial fight with a lion in an unexpected tourist destination.

York, a city in northern England known for its breathtaking medieval architecture, welcomes millions of visitors annually – but its history goes much further back than the Middle Ages.

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The area was inhabited by the ancient Romans, who founded the city in 71 A.D. and named it Eboracum.

After the destruction of the temple, the whole city soon fell into the hands of the Romans. The leaders of the Jews forsook their impregnable towers, and Titus found them solitary. He gazed upon them with amazement, and declared that God had given them into his hands; for no engines, however powerful, could have prevailed against those stupendous battlements. Both the city and the temple were razed to their foundations, and the ground upon which the holy house had stood was “plowed like a field.” Jeremiah 26:18. In the siege and the slaughter that followed, more than a million of the people perished; the survivors were carried away as captives, sold as slaves, dragged to Rome to grace the conqueror’s triumph, thrown to wild beasts in the amphitheaters, or scattered as homeless wanderers throughout the earth. GC 35.2

ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER MASSIVE NUMBER OF HORSE SKELETONS AT ‘IMPORTANT’ ROMAN MILITARY SITE

Until now, archaeologists weren’t sure that gladiatorial fights with lions took place outside of Italy – and didn’t have much evidence of these battles, other than Roman art depicting the fights.

The recent findings, publicized in the journalPLOS One, analyze a puncture wound that was found on the pelvis of a gladiator buried in a York cemetery.

A city in England known for its medieval architecture hosted a battle between a gladiator and a lion in the 3rd century, archaeologists say. (iStock; Getty Images)

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The gladiator lived during the 3rd century A.D. and was between 26 and 35 years old at the time of his death.

Analyzing the man’s wound, researchers found that the bite mark was made by a big cat, most likely a lion.

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“Skeletal evidence associated with gladiatorial combat is rare, with most evidence deriving from written or visual sources,” the article states.

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The bite mark was made by a big cat, most likely a lion.

“A single skeleton from a Roman cemetery outside of York where gladiators arguably were buried presented with unusual lesions.”

The piece noted, “Investigation, including comparative work from modern zoological institutions, has demonstrated that these marks originate from large cat scavenging.”

The bite mark, found on the gladiator’s pelvis, likely came from a lion. (Thompson et al., 2025, PLOS One/Handout via Reuters)

The discovery is the “first physical evidence for human-animal gladiatorial combat from the Roman period seen anywhere in Europe,” according to the study’s authors.

The history of the early church testified to the fulfillment of the Saviour’s words. The powers of earth and hell arrayed themselves against Christ in the person of His followers. Paganism foresaw that should the gospel triumph, her temples and altars would be swept away; therefore she summoned her forces to destroy Christianity. The fires of persecution were kindled. Christians were stripped of their possessions and driven from their homes. They “endured a great fight of afflictions.” Hebrews 10:32. They “had trial of cruel  mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment.” Hebrews 11:36. Great numbers sealed their testimony with their blood. Noble and slave, rich and poor, learned and ignorant, were alike slain without mercy. GC 39.2

Although researchers believe that the gladiator died in battle, they don’t believe the pelvic puncture was the fatal blow.

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“We don’t think that this was the killing wound, as it would be possible to survive this injury, and it is in an unusual location for such a large cat,” forensic anthropologist Tim Thompson of Maynooth University said in a statement to Reuters. 

“We think it indicates the dragging of an incapacitated individual.” 

The discovery marked the “first physical evidence for human-animal gladiatorial combat from the Roman period seen anywhere in Europe,” according to the study’s authors. (Reuters/Will Dunham)

These persecutions, beginning under Nero about the time of the martyrdom of Paul, continued with greater or less fury for centuries. Christians were falsely accused of the most dreadful crimes and declared to be the cause of great calamities—famine, pestilence, and earthquake. As they became the objects of popular hatred and suspicion, informers stood ready, for the sake of gain, to betray the innocent. They were condemned as rebels against the empire, as foes of religion, and pests to society. Great numbers were thrown to wild beasts or burned alive in the amphitheaters. Some were crucified; others were covered with the skins of wild animals and thrust into the arena to be torn by dogs. Their punishment was often made the chief entertainment at public fetes. Vast multitudes assembled to enjoy the sight and greeted their dying agonies with laughter and applause.
Wherever they sought refuge, the followers of Christ were hunted like beasts of prey.  GC 40.1 – GC 40.2

John Pearce, a Roman archaeologist at King’s College London and a co-author of the study, told Reuters that the cat may have been starved before the fight in order to increase its aggression. 

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“Very speculatively, from the gladiator’s perspective, perhaps an approach like a matador’s would have been applied – to dodge and progressively wound, so as to extend the performance,“ Pearce said.

“In this case, clearly that ended unsuccessfully, with it being likely, given the position of the bite mark, that the lion is mauling or dragging this individual on the ground,” he continued. 

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“At the end, when one or both were dead, there would be a burial for the gladiator and the use of the animal carcass for meat for the spectators.”

Though depictions of fights between lions and gladiators have been discovered, concrete proof of the battles has been scant. (Reuters/Will Dunham)

The expert added that the discovery reflects the “spectacle culture” central to Roman life.

“This new analysis gives us very concrete and specific evidence of a human-animal violent encounter, either as combat or punishment, showing that the big cats caught in North Africa were shown and fought not only in Rome or Italy but also surprisingly widely, even if we don’t know how frequently,” Pearce concluded.

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And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.Joshua 6 : 26

Trump says, ‘REBUILD, and OPEN ALCATRAZ!’

 By Greg Wehner  Fox News

Published May 4, 2025 7:58pm EDT

Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.Exodus 3 : 9

President Donald Trump is calling for the notorious prison and now historical landmark, Alcatraz, in San Francisco, California, to be rebuilt larger and reopened to house the country’s most ruthless and violent criminals.

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Trump made the announcement in a Truth Social post on Sunday evening.

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“REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” the president said. “For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering.

“When we were a more serious Nation, in times past, we did not hesitate to lock up the most dangerous criminals, and keep them far away from anyone they could harm,” Trump continued, adding that it’s supposed to be this way. “No longer will we tolerate these Serial Offenders who spread filth, bloodshed, and mayhem on our streets.”

[23] But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. [24] The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. [25] It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? [26] Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. Matthew 10 : 23-26

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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, AUGUST 11, 1934, AMERICA’S MOST NOTORIOUS PRISONERS ARRIVE AT ALCATRAZ

President Donald Trump is ordering the reopening of a “substantially enlarged and rebuilt” Alcatraz Island to house “America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders.” (Credit: iStock | Getty Images)

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Trump said he is directing the Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, FBI and Department of Homeland Security to reopen a “substantially enlarged and rebuilt” Alcatraz, “to house America’s most ruthless and violent offenders.”

“We will no longer be held hostage to criminals, thugs, and Judges that are afraid to do their job and allow us to remove criminals, who came into our Country illegally,” he said in the post. “The reopening of ALCATRAZ will serve as a symbol of Law, Order, and JUSTICE. We will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.John 18 : 36, 

Alcatraz opened in 1934, but the prison, located on a 22-acre spit of rock, was shuttered after 29 years.

THE ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ: WHAT HAPPENED, BIGGEST CONSPIRACY THEORIES SURROUNDING THE INFAMOUS PRISON BREAK

Alcatraz Island opened as a prison in 1934. (Brandon Sloter/Getty Images)

Considering its 1.25-mile distance to shore, the Bay Area island was considered practically escape-proof, although there were 14 documented attempted escapes.

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The most notorious one was the June 11, 1962, escape by John and Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris, which inspired “Escape from Alcatraz.”

It remains a mystery whether the three reached the shore and survived. The FBI concluded the escapees drowned due to harsh conditions.

Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.Exodus 3 : 9

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The escape of three convicts – John Anglin, Clarence Anglin, and Frank Morris – from Alcatraz, including a suspected mystery boat seen on the San Francisco Bay the night of their disappearance, is detailed in the June 17, 1962, edition of the Oakland Tribune newspaper. (Photo by MediaNews Group/Oakland Tribune via Getty Images)

The three prisoners chiseled an escape route from their own jail cells and built makeshift, papier-mâché heads.

The final attempted escape from the prison, almost six months later, inspired what has become the swimming route of the “Escape from Alcatraz” triathlon.

Its most notorious inmates included gangsters James “Whitey” Bulger, Al Capone and George “Machine Gun” Kelly, plus infamous “Birdman of Alcatraz” Robert Stroud and “Public Enemy No. 1” Alvin Karpis. 

Alcatraz ultimately closed in 1963 after its island operations proved far more costly than mainland-based prisons.

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Alcatraz Island today is a popular San Francisco tourist attraction operated by the National Park Service. 

Fox News Digital’s Kerry J. Byrne and Ryan Morik contributed to this report

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And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.Joshua 6 : 26

Trump says, ‘REBUILD, and OPEN ALCATRAZ!’

 By Greg Wehner  Fox News

Published May 4, 2025 7:58pm EDT

Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.Exodus 3 : 9

President Donald Trump is calling for the notorious prison and now historical landmark, Alcatraz, in San Francisco, California, to be rebuilt larger and reopened to house the country’s most ruthless and violent criminals.

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Trump made the announcement in a Truth Social post on Sunday evening.

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“REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” the president said. “For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering.

“When we were a more serious Nation, in times past, we did not hesitate to lock up the most dangerous criminals, and keep them far away from anyone they could harm,” Trump continued, adding that it’s supposed to be this way. “No longer will we tolerate these Serial Offenders who spread filth, bloodshed, and mayhem on our streets.”

[23] But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. [24] The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. [25] It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? [26] Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. Matthew 10 : 23-26

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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, AUGUST 11, 1934, AMERICA’S MOST NOTORIOUS PRISONERS ARRIVE AT ALCATRAZ

President Donald Trump is ordering the reopening of a “substantially enlarged and rebuilt” Alcatraz Island to house “America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders.” (Credit: iStock | Getty Images)

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Trump said he is directing the Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, FBI and Department of Homeland Security to reopen a “substantially enlarged and rebuilt” Alcatraz, “to house America’s most ruthless and violent offenders.”

“We will no longer be held hostage to criminals, thugs, and Judges that are afraid to do their job and allow us to remove criminals, who came into our Country illegally,” he said in the post. “The reopening of ALCATRAZ will serve as a symbol of Law, Order, and JUSTICE. We will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.John 18 : 36, 

Alcatraz opened in 1934, but the prison, located on a 22-acre spit of rock, was shuttered after 29 years.

THE ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ: WHAT HAPPENED, BIGGEST CONSPIRACY THEORIES SURROUNDING THE INFAMOUS PRISON BREAK

Alcatraz Island opened as a prison in 1934. (Brandon Sloter/Getty Images)

Considering its 1.25-mile distance to shore, the Bay Area island was considered practically escape-proof, although there were 14 documented attempted escapes.

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The most notorious one was the June 11, 1962, escape by John and Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris, which inspired “Escape from Alcatraz.”

It remains a mystery whether the three reached the shore and survived. The FBI concluded the escapees drowned due to harsh conditions.

Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.Exodus 3 : 9

BUILDING ALCATRAZ: AMERICA’S INESCAPABLE, ISLAND-RIDDEN PRISON

The escape of three convicts – John Anglin, Clarence Anglin, and Frank Morris – from Alcatraz, including a suspected mystery boat seen on the San Francisco Bay the night of their disappearance, is detailed in the June 17, 1962, edition of the Oakland Tribune newspaper. (Photo by MediaNews Group/Oakland Tribune via Getty Images)

The three prisoners chiseled an escape route from their own jail cells and built makeshift, papier-mâché heads.

The final attempted escape from the prison, almost six months later, inspired what has become the swimming route of the “Escape from Alcatraz” triathlon.

Its most notorious inmates included gangsters James “Whitey” Bulger, Al Capone and George “Machine Gun” Kelly, plus infamous “Birdman of Alcatraz” Robert Stroud and “Public Enemy No. 1” Alvin Karpis. 

Alcatraz ultimately closed in 1963 after its island operations proved far more costly than mainland-based prisons.

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Alcatraz Island today is a popular San Francisco tourist attraction operated by the National Park Service. 

Fox News Digital’s Kerry J. Byrne and Ryan Morik contributed to this report