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Seven Prophecies That Must Be Fulfilled Before Jesus Christ's Return

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Previous generations have thought that Jesus Christ would return in their lifetimes, but they were proven wrong. Many people alive today think that Christ's return is imminent. Certainly, the Bible contains prophecies that could not have been fulfilled until this generation.

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Shortly before His crucifixion and resurrection, Jesus Christ delivered a major prophecy of end-time events, recorded in Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21. He was asked by His disciples: "When will these things be? And what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?" (Matthew 24:3
).
Jesus responded with a description of conditions and events that would lead up to His second coming. Moreover, He said that when these signs became evident, His return would occur within one generation (Matthew 24:34
). Could this be that generation?
Throughout the nearly 2,000 years since Christ gave His prophecy, many have thought that theirs was the time of His return—and turned out to be wrong, of course. But interestingly, there are a number of prophecies in the Bible that could not be fulfilled until our modern era, the post–World War II period.

1. The human race would have the ability to exterminate itself

In Matthew 24:22
, describing world conditions prior to His second coming, Jesus said that "if that time of troubles were not cut short, no living thing could survive; but for the sake of God's chosen it will be cut short" (Revised English Bible).
The main message that Jesus Christ brought was of the coming Kingdom of God. This is described as "the gospel" (Mark 1:14
). Gospel means "good news." While some of the prophecies concerning events prior to the establishment of the Kingdom can seem negative, we should always keep in mind that the central focus of Bible prophecy is the good news (gospel) of the coming Kingdom of God.
Matthew 24:22
shows us that if Jesus Christ does not intervene in world affairs, the human race will be faced with extinction. It's crucial to note that humanity has had the capability for self-annihilation for only a little more than 50 years, since both the United States and the Soviet Union developed and stockpiled hydrogen bombs and the world had to learn to live with "mutually assured destruction."
At that time there were only three nuclear powers (Britain being the other). By the middle of the 1960s France and China had joined the nuclear club. Today at least eight nations have nuclear warheads and the number looks set to increase with a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.
Of course, the more nuclear powers we have in the world, the more likely it is that someone will use this deadly force for evil.
Although international attention has been focused on the nuclear programs of North Korea and Iran during the last few years, little attention has been given to the possibility of some or all of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal falling into the hands of radical Islamists.
During the ongoing crisis in Pakistan, the Taliban and al-Qaeda and their sympathizers have steadily gained more power, territory and influence, making nuclear terrorism more likely. Consider the consequences for the rest of the world if Osama bin Laden (or others like him) had access to nuclear weapons!
Meanwhile, Russia and China are determinedly flexing their military muscles, raising fears of a return to Cold War–era tensions.
The good news in all this is that Christians have an assurance that Jesus Christ will intervene to save mankind from annihilation. This prophecy could not be fulfilled until man had the potential for self-extinction through weapons of mass destruction. Again, only in the last 50 years has this become possible.

2. A Jewish homeland had to be reestablished in the Middle East

Geopolitically, the central focus of end-time events is Jerusalem and its environs, what many people refer to as the Holy Land.
Luke 21 is a parallel chapter to Matthew 24. Notice Luke's account of Christ's long prophecy that answered the disciples' questions: "Teacher, . . . when will these things be? And what sign will there be when these things are about to take place?" (Luke 21:7
).
In response, Jesus showed that Jerusalem would be the central focus of the political and military upheavals that would immediately precede His return: "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near . . . For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled" (verses 20-22).
Anyone living a century ago would have found these words nearly impossible to comprehend. Jerusalem in ancient times had been fought over countless times, but for four centuries from 1517 the city had been at peace within the boundaries of the Ottoman Empire. Jews lived there as a minority under Turkish rule. But this was going to change dramatically during the course of the 20th century.
It had to change for the fulfillment of Bible prophecy to take place.
The Old Testament prophet Zechariah was used by God to reveal a great deal about end-time events and the second coming of the Messiah. Zechariah lived and prophesied more than 500 years before Christ's first coming, yet his prophetic book tells us a great deal about our world of today.
In Zechariah 12:2-3

God says: "Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah [the Jews inhabiting the land of Israel] and Jerusalem. And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it."
In verse 9 He adds, "It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem."
Reading these verses, it is possible to think that they apply to ancient events, as Jerusalem has been fought over repeatedly down through the ages. However, chapter 14 makes clear that this is talking about future, not past, events. The time setting is immediately before Jesus Christ's return.
"Behold, the day of the Lord is coming . . . For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; the city shall be taken, the houses rifled, and the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity . . . Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.
"And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, from east to west, making a very large valley; half of the mountain shall move toward the north and half of it toward the south" (Zechariah 14:1-4



).
Clearly the last few lines of this prophecy remain to be fulfilled.
Further in this same chapter we read of how those nations that came against Jerusalem will have to go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, Jesus Christ (verse 16).
These chapters of Zechariah are a prophecy about the events that precede and include the second coming of Jesus. A Jewish-controlled Jerusalem is notice-ably the central focus.
Shortly before Zechariah, another Jewish prophet named Daniel lived during the time of the captivity of the Jews in Babylon. His book speaks of the Jews' daily sacrifices being cut off in the end time (Daniel 12:11
; see verses 1-13)—an event that had a forerunner in the temple defilement under Syrian ruler Antiochus Epiphanes in the second century B.C.
However, Jesus Christ confirmed this as a future event to precede His return (compare Daniel 11:31
; Matthew 24:15
). This means that these sacrifices must first be reinstituted in Jerusalem—requiring Jewish rule over the city.
One hundred years ago such developments were hard to imagine for the simple reason that no independent Jewish political entity existed in the Middle East.
After rebelling against the Romans in A.D. 66 and again in 132, Judea was crushed and most of the remaining Jews were dispersed throughout the Roman Empire and beyond. No Jewish homeland existed again until 1948 when the modern nation of Israel was established.
An independent Jewish homeland was merely a dream for a small group of zealots a century ago. It moved a step nearer during World War I, when forces of the British Commonwealth took control of Jerusalem from the Turks in December 1916. A few months later, the British government pledged itself to the establishment of an independent Jewish homeland in the ancient lands the Jews had inhabited for centuries.
It was to be another 30 years before the dream was realized in 1948. Yet since then tiny Israel has had to fight wars for survival in 1948, 1967 and 1973 and has suffered countless terrorist attacks and threats of annihilation from hostile neighbors determined to eliminate the Jewish state.
Once again, here is a prophecy that can now be fulfilled in our time.

3. The end-time king of the North and king of the South

In Daniel 11 we find an amazing prophecy about two leaders, the kings of the North and South, the heads of regions that were geographically north and south of the Holy Land. To understand this prophecy we have to go to the time of Alexander the Great, who lived near the end of the fourth century B.C., 200 years after Daniel.
Alexander figures prominently throughout the book of Daniel, even though Daniel did not know his name and never knew him personally. He couldn't have, since he died almost two centuries before Alexander appeared on the world stage.
But God revealed to Daniel that after Babylon, Persia would arise as the greatest power of the region, to be followed in turn by Greece. Not surprisingly, the prophecies regarding the rise of Greece are centered on Alexander the Great, one of the greatest conquerors in history.
Daniel 8 gives a vivid account of the coming clash between Persia and Greece. As you read it, remember that a horn symbolizes royal power and authority. Persia had "two horns and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher one came up last." This refers to the Medo-Persian Empire, the coming together of two nations or peoples. As foretold here in verse 3, the Persians rose to greatness after the Medes.
In verse 5 we read of Persia's later defeat by Alexander the Great: "And as I was considering, suddenly a male goat came from the west, across the surface of the whole earth, without touching the ground; and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes" (verse 5).
The "notable horn" or royal leader was Alexander the Great. The prophecy about his army not even touching the ground is a reference to the incredible speed with which he conquered the known world. All this was achieved in a very short time. Alexander died in 323 B.C. when he was only about 33 years old.
Even his sudden, unexpected death was prophesied: "The male goat grew very great; but when he became strong, the large horn was broken, and in place of it four notable ones came up toward the four winds of heaven" (verse 8).
When Alexander died, his empire was eventually divided between four of his generals—the four "notable horns" mentioned here. Two of these established dynasties would have a profound effect on the Jewish people, caught in the middle between them. These two dynasties were the descendants of Seleucus, who ruled a vast empire from Antioch in Syria, north of Jerusalem, and Ptolemy, who ruled Egypt from Alexandria.
Daniel 11 is a long and detailed prophecy about the dynastic conflicts between these two powers, their respective leaders being referred to as "the king of the North" and "the king of the South." Of great significance is that whenever they went to battle against each other, the Jews got trampled on. This was to continue from the time of Alexander until the middle of the second century B.C., a period of almost two centuries.
Then, suddenly, the prophecy jumps down to the end time.
In verse 40 we read: "At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him; and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter the countries, overwhelm them and pass through. He shall also enter the Glorious Land [the Holy Land], and many countries shall be overthrown" (Daniel 11:40-41

).
While we don't have space here to cover all the details, the latter part of Daniel's prophecy of the North-South conflict describes a clash of civilizations between the leader of a soon-coming European superpower—a revived Roman Empire (successor to Seleucid Syrian rule)—and a leader who is the successor to the Ptolemaic rule of Egypt, which is now part of the Islamic world. (To learn more, request or download our free booklet The Middle East in Bible Prophecy .)
We now see geopolitical conditions lining up for this inevitable clash. Here is yet another prophesied circumstance for which the stage has now been set within our lifetime!

4. An end-time union of European nations

In Daniel 2 and 7 we see prophecies about four great gentile empires that would arise in the period between the time of Daniel and the coming establishment of the Kingdom of God (Daniel 2:44
). Daniel was himself living in the first of these great empires (Daniel 7:4
) as a Jewish exile in ancient Babylon.
Following the fall of Babylon in 539 B.C., Persia would become the greatest power, to be followed by Greece (verses 5-6). After Greece came the Roman Empire, "dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong." This empire was to have "ten horns" and would continue in some form until the establishment of God's Kingdom at Christ's return (verses 7-9).
As we saw in the previous section, horns represent leaders or governments. Here these 10 horns symbolize 10 attempts to restore the Roman Empire to the power it had in ancient times. Various attempts at a restoration have taken place since the fall of the Western Roman Empire in A.D. 476. A final attempt is to be made shortly before Christ's return.
We find more details in Revelation 17. Here we read of a final attempt to revive the Roman Empire by "ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast" (verses 12-13).
They will also "make war with the Lamb [Jesus Christ], and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings" (verse 14). Again, it is clear that this prophecy is still future.
Previous attempts to forge a united European empire, from Justinian in the sixth century through Charlemagne, Napoleon, Mussolini and Hitler, all involved force. The final resurrection of the Roman Empire will not be attempted in the same way.
Revelation 17 suggests this will be a voluntary union. When these 10 leaders receive power, they will then give their authority to a single leader. Scripture refers to both this individual and the new superpower he leads as "the beast"—acknowledging it as the continuation of the four gentile empires prophesied in Daniel, each one depicted as a beast or wild animal.
Only now is it possible for this to be fulfilled.
In 1957, the Treaty of Rome was signed by six European nations that formed the European Economic Community. Today the EEC has grown into the European Union (EU) with 27 member nations. Out of these will likely come the 10 nations or 10 leaders that form the final resurrection of the Roman Empire. (For more details, read "The Coming European Superpower ")
Some have speculated that the 10 kings referred to in this prophecy will be leaders of 10 regions of the EU that will redraw the boundaries of Europe, ending the present nation-states. The Bible is not clear on exactly which 10 regions or nations will configure the final revival of the militaristic Roman superpower—only that this new superpower will indeed emerge just before Christ's return.
However, it wasn't until the 10th nation, Greece, was admitted in 1981 that any conceivable fulfillment of this prophecy was even possible.

5. End-time rise and fall of Israel and Judah

" Israel" was the new name God gave the biblical patriarch Jacob in Genesis 32. The 12 tribes of Israel were descended from his 12 sons. These tribes later formed a united kingdom.
It's been almost 3,000 years since the kingdom of Israel was split in two. Ten of the 12 tribes of Israel rebelled against King Rehoboam, the son of King Solomon and grandson of King David. The Bible continued to refer to these 10 tribes as Israel while the other two tribes (Judah and Benjamin) that remained loyal to David's descendants were known as the kingdom of Judah or simply Judah.
Sometimes Israel is referred to as the northern kingdom and Judah as the southern kingdom. Dominant among the northern tribes were to be the descendants of Jacob's son Joseph through his sons Ephraim and Manasseh—prophesied by Jacob to be the chief nations of the world in the last days (Genesis 49:1
, 22-26; compare Deuteronomy 33:13-17




).
About 200 years after the kingdom split, the northern tribes of Israel fell to Assyria and were deported by the Assyrians to the northern parts of their empire. Often referred to now as the lost tribes, they later migrated northwest across Europe, eventually settling in new homelands far from the Middle East.
The kingdom of Judah fell to Babylon more than a century after Israel's deportation, but its people were not lost to history. We know them today as the Jews.
The name Ephraim is sometimes used representatively in Scripture for the entire northern kingdom, though it can also refer solely to the descendants of Joseph's son of that name—prophesied to become a "multitude of nations" (Genesis 48:19
). Remarkably, this promise to Ephraim was fulfilled in the British Empire and Commonwealth.
Ephraim's older brother Manasseh was also prophesied to become a great nation (same verse), separating himself from the multitude of nations. This prophecy would be fulfilled in the formation, growth and dominance of the United States of America.
In a revealing prophecy regarding the United States and Britain, Jacob (Israel) said, "Let my name be named upon them" (verse 16). References to " Israel" in end-time prophecy often refer to the United States or the English-speaking countries of the British Empire or both. Sometimes " Israel" can mean all 12 tribes. We have to look at specific verses in their context to see which is meant.
"Judah," however, always refers to the Jews, the descendants of the house or kingdom of Judah. We must also understand that the modern nation called Israel is really Judah, made up of Jews. (For much more detail, download or request our free booklet The United States and Britain in Bible Prophecy .)
Understanding this critical part of biblical history will help us more fully comprehend a passage of Scripture in the book of Hosea, which is a prophecy about Ephraim (the multitude of nations—Great Britain and some of those nations that came out of her). It warns of destruction to follow the end-time ascendancy of the Israelite nations.
In Hosea 5 we read a prophecy that mentions Israel, Ephraim and Judah: "The pride of Israel testifies to his face; therefore Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; Judah also stumbles with them" (verse 5). The prophecy continues: "With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the Lord, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them. They have dealt treacherously with the Lord, for they have begotten pagan children. Now a New Moon shall devour them and their heritage" (verses 6-7).
New moons occur a month apart. A new moon "devouring" them would seem to mean that Israel, Ephraim and Judah will all fall within one month.
This prophecy was not fulfilled in ancient times. As already mentioned, ancient Judah fell to Babylon more than a century after Israel fell to Assyria. Yet in the end it appears they will fall together—within one month of each other. This prophecy remains to be fulfilled.
Remember that Israel gave his name to Ephraim and Manasseh, the ancestors in turn of the British and American peoples. As Ephraim is mentioned separately in this prophecy, the reference to " Israel" must apply to the United States, which is now the more dominant of the two nations.
For two centuries prior to World War II, the roles were reversed with the multitude of nations—the British Empire—a greater power than the single nation, the United States. But today America is the greater.
"Judah" refers to the Jewish people, particularly those who now constitute the modern nation in the Middle East that calls itself Israel.
Here then is a prophecy regarding all three nations—the United States, Britain and Israel (Judah). According to this prophecy, it appears that all three will fall within the span of a month. Verse 6 shows these nations turning back to God, but finding it's too late. Because of their sins, He will let them suffer defeat and collapse.
This prophecy could not have been fulfilled until after the rise of Britain and the United States as world powers in the 19th century and the formation of the Jewish state of Israel in the 20th.
Lest the idea seem outlandish, consider that Israel and the United States are perhaps the most maligned and criticized nations on earth. Among Muslim hard-liners, America is commonly called "the great Satan" and Israel and Britain "the little Satans."

6. The gospel will be preached in all the world

In His major end-time prophecy, Jesus answers the question posed by the disciples: "When will these things be? And what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?" (Matthew 24:3
).
After listing a number of signs of the nearness of His coming, He reveals that "this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come" (verse 14).
The gospel is the good news of the coming Kingdom of God. This message could not be preached around the world without the Bible and freedom of religion. Both came gradually with the ascendancy of the English-speaking peoples from the 16th century until the present day.
However, it was only with the technological advances of television and radio and other means of mass communication after World War II and their widespread acceptance that it became possible to reach hundreds of millions of human beings with the message of the Bible. The gospel of the Kingdom of God will continue to be preached to all nations as long as we have the freedom to continue The Good News magazine and our other media efforts.
Even so, during the last 50 years it has not been possible to reach all countries. The former communist nations did not allow freedom of religion. China, with one quarter of the world's people, still does not. Other nations also try to suppress the publication of biblical truth and even the Bible itself. Many Islamic nations do not allow religious freedom. In some countries people risk the death penalty for changing religion.
But the Internet is changing everything. It is much harder for governments to control. The gospel message of the coming Kingdom of God is still going out to the world. It will finish when God has decided that His work is completed and the time is right for the final end-time events to take place.
This is yet another prophecy that could not be fulfilled until recent times.

7. Instant worldwide communications and God's final witnesses

Another end-time Bible prophecy could not be fulfilled until this era of instant worldwide communications.
In His major end-time prophecy of Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21, Jesus gave an outline of disasters that would occur on the world scene with increasing frequency and magnitude—to the point where people would be shaken with fear (Luke 21:26
). Discerning an increase in the scale of these events and reacting to them requires knowing about them.
At the time this prophecy was given, it could be many months or years before people heard about various disasters—and many they would never hear about at all, much less be able to put together the fact that catastrophes were on some kind of global increase.
Only with the proliferation of newspapers and other forms of mass communications did this become remotely possible. Yet the level of awareness and consequent fear in many that Christ speaks of implies an even greater availability of information—possible only since the development of rapid electronic communications.
In any case, only with the technological advances of the last few years has it become possible for the events in Revelation 11 to occur—for people around the world to see the fate of God's final two witnesses.
These two witnesses, reminiscent of other biblical prophets like Elijah and Elisha, will carry God's final warning to the world in the last 3 1/2 years leading up to Christ's return.
"And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days . . . When they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them and kill them. And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
"Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves. And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth" (verses 3, 7-10).
Note that people the world over will be able to see their dead bodies during the 3 1 ⁄ 2 days that they lie on display in Jerusalem. This was not possible before satellite television, portable communications devices and the Internet. Again, only in the last few years has it become possible for this prophecy to be fulfilled . It still lies in the future, of course, but only now it is clearly possible for this to take place.

Will this generation see God's Kingdom established on earth?

We have seen how seven biblically prophesied circumstances could not have come to pass until recent times. In fact, the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 was clearly a major turning point in the fulfillment of Bible prophecy, as was the acquisition of the hydrogen bomb by the two superpowers of the 1950s that led to the period of mutually assured destruction.
All has now become possible. This, in turn, makes it much more likely that our generation will live to see Jesus Christ return and establish the Kingdom of God on earth. After all, Jesus Himself said that once these things begin, the generation alive at that time "will by no means pass away till all these things take place" (Matthew 24:34
).
It's both sobering and encouraging to think that we appear to be living in the generation that will ultimately witness the most important event in the history of mankind. As Jesus Christ tells His followers in Luke 21:28
, "Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near." GN

jesus was not poor

Who Supported Jesus Out of Their Own Resources?

• Published: April 22, 2010
• Filed: Biblical Evidence, Gender Equality

Soon afterwards [Jesus] went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him, as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their resources (Luke 8:1-3, NRSV).

One of the arguments that complementarians make for women staying at home is that it is God’s plan for men to work and financially support the family. As long as I’ve been on the other side of the argument, pointing out that women have always worked and supported their families monetarily, it was only last week when it hit me what these verses were saying. I’ve used these verses to show that women were disciples and followed Jesus in his travels just as the 12 did. But last week it hit me between the eyes: Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Susanna plus other women “provided for them out of their resources.”  The Greek word translated as resources can mean property, possessions, resources, or means. These women financially supported Jesus and his ministry from their own finances.
I’m sure some would say that what they gave Jesus was really the money their husbands made. This could be true for Joanna, but she is the only one with a husband in this passage. Mary Magdalene had no husband, and Susanna is not paired with a husband in these verses. This means their money was theirs. We don’t know how they had these resources. Maybe they were business women like Lydia and Priscilla. Maybe they were widows. But neither woman, nor her resources, is tied to a husband.
It’s a little thing. A little thing that can be easily overlooked. But I think that we should pay attention to this little thing. Women who weren’t tied to a husband, and a married woman who isn’t tied to her home, are following Jesus all over the countryside and supporting him. These little things start adding up to show that roles women played in the Bible are much broader than mother and wife. It also shows the freedom Jesus allowed women to have in his own ministry. He didn’t tell these women to go back home and take care of their husbands and children (and he didn’t tell them to go home, get married, and start having kids). He welcomed them and accepted their support.
These three verses in Luke give us a glimpse of the broader role of women in Jesus’ ministry beyond the home.

Celebrating The Feast Of Tabernacles as the real birthday of Jesus Christ

Today, October 13th, the Jewish people begin the celebration of the Biblical Feast of Tabernacles as they have commanded by God in Leviticus 23:34-43. This festival celebrates the time when God led His people through the wilderness after delivering them from Egyptian bondage.

Along with celebrating this feast for those reasons, some Messianic Jews and Christians celebrate this time when “the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us.” (John 1:14 alternate reading) Could this be a hint that it was during the Feast of Tabernacles that Jesus was really born, rather than on the pagan feast of Saturnalia?
Although for many years I had believed that this feast was when Jesus was really born. I wasn’t able to prove it until I read the article: “On What Day Was Jesus Born?” by Michael Scheifler as found on the http://biblelight.net/sukkoth.htm website.
In this article Scheifler carefully puts together the clues about the time of Jesus’ birth found in Luke chapter one with the facts found in other Scriptures and Jewish sources to show when Zacharias (the father of John the Baptist) was performing his priestly service in the Temple in Jerusalem.
This is important to know when figuring out the date of Jesus’ birth because in Luke 1:36, the angel Gabriel tells the Virgin Mary that “ your relative Elizabeth (wife of Zacharias) has also conceived a son in her old age and she who was called barren, is in her sixth month.” This establishes the fact that John the Baptist was six months older than Jesus.
In his article citing Biblical sources, Scheifler states that Zacharias “completed his Temple service on the third Sabbath of [the Jewish month of] Sivan. (May-June) Zacharias returned home and conceived his son John.”
Then, after stating that, Scheifler projects an average gestation term of 40 weeks forward to the middle of the Jewish month of Nissan, which coincides with the Feast of Passover. Since John was born around the middle of the first Jewish month of Nissan, and he was six months older than Jesus; then the likely date for the birth of Jesus would be the middle of the seventh Jewish month of Tishri. This is when the Feast of Tabernacles begins!
The Feast of Tabernacles is a mandatory attendance feast, which meant that all Jewish men were required to come to Jerusalem to celebrate it in the Temple. As a result of that, all hotel rooms in the surrounding areas (including the Bethleham area) would be ‘booked solid’ at that time. This is the reason why there was no room for Mary and Joseph in the Inn as stated in Luke 2:7.
Another reason why I believe that Jesus was born on the Feast of Tabernacles comes from the comparison of the weather conditions found in the reading of Luke 2:8-15 to what usually happens in that area during late December.
When that Scripture passage is read, it sounds like the angelic host proclaiming the Savior’s birth to shepherds tending their sheep on the hills around Bethleham is on a warm autumn evening, rather than on the cold, rainy, and possibly snowy weather that often happens in late December and forces the shepherds to bring their flocks down into the valleys near their home.
One more major reason why I believe that Jesus was born on the Feast of Tabernacles is that in my study of God’s plan for the spiritual redemption of mankind, I see how God took thoudsands of years and worked very hard to bring about the right world conditions to fulfill many prophecies that He made about the coming Messiah. So why didn’t He cause such a glorious event as the birth of His Son to happen on a feast day fulfilling an important type similar to the way He has worked before, rather than having Jesus being born on December 25th during the pagan feast of Saturnalia?
The Feast of Tabernacles celebrates the time when God led His people through the wilderness after delivering them from Egyptian bondage. After Jesus completed God’s redemptive plan, He was able to fulfill that type by being able to deliver people who received Him as their personal Savior from the bondage to sin and death.
Now that this article has shown the reasons why I believe that Jesus was really born on the Feast of Tabernacles we can celebrate His birth during this feast happening today. We can also think of his conception happening nine months earlier during the Festival of Lights, also known as Chanukkah. Jesus, as the light of the world, being conceived on the Festival of Lights—now that sounds like something that God would do!
The glorious of event of Jesus coming to earth is something that should be celebrated-- whether on his real birthday on the Feast of Tabernacles or on the traditionally observed Christmas Day of December 25th.
For further research on this subject consult the following sources:
“On What Day Was Jesus Born?” Michael Scheifler, http://biblelight.net/sukkoth.htm
“When Was Jesus Born?” The Good News Magazine, January/February, 1997, http://www.gnmagazine.org/issues/gn08/whenwaschristborn.htm
“Biblical Dates for Messiah’s Conception and Birth” http://messianic.com/articles/date.htm
“Birth of Christ and Feast of Tabernacles” http://heartofwisdom.com/biblicalholidays/?p=523

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By DAVID CRARY and NOMAAN MERCHANT
Associated Press
GRAPEVINE, Texas
The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts.

Of the local Scout leaders voting at their annual meeting in Texas, more than 60 percent supported the proposal.

Under the proposal drafted by the Scouts' governing board, gay adults will remain barred from serving as Scout leaders.

The outcome is unlikely to end a bitter debate over the Scouts' membership policy.

Some conservative churches that sponsor Scout units wanted to continue excluding gay youths, in some cases threatening to defect if the ban were lifted. More liberal Scout leaders _ while supporting the proposal to accept gay youth _ have made clear they want the ban on gay adults lifted as well.

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Personally, I think the KKK is missing the target. They should be burning Korans instead of crosses. The real threat is the Muslim immigrant who is trying to impose Sharia Law in U.S. communities and demanding "prayer time" in U.S. schools while decrying Christion prayer in those same schools.

YourGodKills > TrueChristian

Show a source showing where people are trying to push Sharia law in a U.S. community. Im very interested in what source you will provide, or is it just something that Fox news told you?

Debra > YourGodKills

Instead of trying to use the 'ridicule tactic' to shut down an opponent, try researching for yourself first. Google Shariah in American Courts. You will find the information that was published 2011. Do your own search for Muslims calling for Sharia Law in America. It has not stopped. Google Supreme Court Justice supports Sharia Law. Google Obama's family and Sharia Law. Watch the videos for yourself. You won't believe (or at least pretend not to) any links presented to you by the opposition anyway. I do not have cable TV so I do not get any national news. I do not get FOX News or any of those opinion shows that are passed off as news on those liberal channels either. This gives me the time to watch clips from all of them on the internet. I watch cspan on the youtube. I watch townhall meetings uploaded to youtube. I watch clips from other countries and upoaded videos by the people of all countries including our own. I watch the bills that are in play and how they are being presented vs. what they really mean. When you see and hear someone say something for yourself, you decide what it means not what someone has told you. Read, read, read and then research what you read.

When your retort is "you heard it on Fox News", it really makes you sound anything but mature and well informed.

Cancel Christmas - Jesus was born June 17, say scientists

By Daily Mail Reporter
UPDATED: 04:57 EST, 9 December 2008

Researchers tracked the 'Christmas star' to a reveal the date of Christ's birth as June 17

It may not be too late to send the presents back, as astronomers have calculated that Christmas should not be celebrated on December 25 - but on June 17 instead.
Researchers tracked the appearance of the 'Christmas star', which the Bible states three wise men followed to find Jesus.
Australian stargazer Dave Reneke used complex computer software to chart the exact positions of all celestial bodies and map the night sky as it would have appeared over the Holy Land more than 2,000 years ago.
He discovered that a bright star really did appear over Bethlehem 2,000 years ago - but pinpointed the date of Christ's birth as June 17, and not December 25.
Scientists claim the Christmas star was most likely a magnificent conjunction of the planets Venus and Jupiter, which were so close together they would have shone unusually brightly as a single 'beacon of light' which appeared suddenly.
Mr Reneke says the wise men probably interpreted it as the sign they had been waiting for, and they followed the 'star' to Christ's birthplace in a stable in Bethlehem, as described in the Bible.
Generally accepted research has placed the nativity to somewhere between 3BC and 1AD.
Using the St Matthew's Gospel as a reference point, Mr Reneke pinpointed the planetary conjunction, which appeared in the constellation of Leo, to the exact date of June 17 in the year 2BC.
Mr Reneke, who is editor of Sky and Space magazine, said: 'We have software that can recreate the night sky exactly as it was at any point in the last several thousand years.
'Venus and Jupiter became very close in the the year 2BC and they would have appeared to be one bright beacon of light.
'We are not saying this was definitely the Christmas star - but it is the strongest explanation for it of any I have seen so far.
'Astronomy is such a precise science, we can plot exactly where the planets were, and it certainly seems this is the fabled Christmas star. There's no other explanation that so closely matches the facts we have from the time.
'This could well have been what the three wise men interpreted as a sign. They could easily have mistaken it for one bright star.'
He added: 'December is an arbitrary date we have accepted but it doesn't really mean that is when it happened.
'This is not an attempt to decry religion. It's really backing it up as it shows there really was a bright object appearing in the East at the right time.
'Often when we mix science with religion in this kind of forum, it can upset people. In this case, I think this could serve to reinforce people's faith.'
Previous theories have speculated that the star was a supernova (exploding star) or even a comet.
But Mr Reneke says that by narrowing the date down, the technology has provided the most compelling explanation yet.

A leading theory behind why December 25 was chosen as the date to celebrate Christ's birth, was that it was selected by the church as it aligned closely with a major pagan festival, which allowed the church to claim a new celebration for Christianity.

However, if the findings are correct, it would mean a change from Christmas cards featuring traditional snowy scenes to sunny beach views in June.

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Obama Administration publishes details of missile base Israel wanted kept secret

Obama Administration publishes details of missile base Israel wanted kept secret

"This is more than worrying, it is shocking."

Diabolist in the White House. He sells out our Navy Seals, our allies ....anyone. He is consistent -- always siding with the enemy.

"U.S. publishes details of missile base Israel wanted kept secret" By Sheera Frenkel, McClatchy Foreign Staff (thanks to all the Atlas readers who sent this in)

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel’s military fumed Monday over the discovery that the U.S. government had revealed details of a top-secret Israeli military installation in published bid requests. The Obama administration had promised to build Israel a state-of-the-art facility to house a new ballistic-missile defense system, the Arrow 3. As with all Defense Department projects, detailed specifications were made public so that contractors could bid on the $25 million project. The specifications included more than 1,000 pages of details on the facility, ranging from the heating and cooling systems to the thickness of the walls.
"If an enemy of Israel wanted to launch an attack against a facility, this would give him an easy how-to guide. This type of information is closely guarded and its release can jeopardize the entire facility," said an Israeli military official who commented on the publication of the proposal but declined to be named because he wasn’t authorized to discuss the facility. He declined to say whether plans for the facility have been altered as a result of the disclosure.
"This is more than worrying, it is shocking," he said.

Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Wesley Miller said he couldn’t comment on the specifics of the Arrow 3 base, but he said the United States routinely published the details of its construction plans on a federal business opportunities website so that contractors could estimate the costs of jobs. He said such postings often might be revised after contracts were approved.
Israeli officials appear to have been well aware of the danger of outsourcing building projects to the United States. In an interview with the Reuters news agency in March, Lt. Col. Peleg Zeevi, the head of the bidding process at Israel’s Defense Ministry, justified Israel’s long history of relying on the United States to help build military installations by saying that Israel needed "a player that has the knowledge, ability and experience."
"We are aware of the security issues that arise in deals with foreign firms, but because we want real competition and expertise, we will create conditions that will allow and encourage their participation," Zeevi said.
It appears, however, that Israeli officials were caught by surprise that details of the facility at Tel Shahar, classified so top secret that Israel’s military won’t officially confirm its location between Jerusalem and Ashdod, would be made so public.
Jane’s Defence Weekly first wrote about the bidding documents, citing them in a story in which it recounted details of the Arrow 3, a defense system designed to intercept ballistic missiles outside the Earth’s atmosphere that’s expected to become operational in 2015.
According to the bid requests, the Arrow 3 system will include six interceptors in vertical launch positions to be placed in the facility, and a gantry crane would need to be erected for further missiles. The structures encasing the interceptor system are to be constructed from high-grade concrete reinforced with steel mesh grids. They’ll have steel blast doors and a system to protect electrical wiring from the pressure created by a launch.
Israeli officials had announced that they were fast-tracking the Arrow 3 system because of their fear that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon.
“We want to reach a situation in which Israel has a ready defense for any threat, present or future,” said Col. Aviram Hasson, the head of the Defense Ministry department that’s charged with developing the system.
The Arrow 3 is capable of intercepting missiles at a range of up to 1,500 miles and can maneuver in midair to chase them. Last February, Israel conducted the first test of the Arrow 3 in space. That test was overseen by the United States.
The new facility won’t be the first military installation the U.S. government has built in Israel. Since 1998, when Israel and the Palestinian Authority signed the Wye River memorandum, the U.S. has constructed about $500 million in military facilities for the Israeli army. In addition to bases in southern Israel, including the Nevatim air base, the U.S. has built command centers, intelligence offices and underground hangars to protect Israel’s jet aircraft.
Last year, U.S. defense contractors began constructing an air force base just outside Tel Aviv – known as the "site 911" – that will cost up to $100 million. Israel’s military hasn’t revealed the purpose of the site, but it’s widely thought that Israel is trying to move some of its military headquarters from high-value real estate in Tel Aviv to the outskirts of the bustling city.

Stop Obama Now!! – San Diego A Tea Party activist group in San Diego, Ca. How can Obama be Impeached?

Stop Obama Now!! – San Diego

A Tea Party activist group in San Diego, Ca.

How can Obama be Impeached?

Impeachment is not a criminal trial, but a political trial. There is no list of impeachable offenses. Gerald Ford said once that an impeachable offense is whatever the Congress will vote for. It may help, if there is a real crime involved, but that is not a necessary requirement.
In the phrase “high crimes and misdemeanors,” misdemeanors does not just mean “minor crimes,” but also means bad behavior. Lying to the public and allowing four Americans to die, is impeachable, if the Congress deems it so. It depends on how embarrassing it may be to the Democrats and whether they think he can continue to function as president. It also much depends on whether the American public demands impeachment or not.
mis·de·mean·or [mis-di-mee-ner] noun
1. Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
2. an instance of misbehavior; misdeed.
For example, if a president became sloppy drunk every day and refused to perform his job, that would not be a high crime or a misdemeanor in the criminal sense, but would certainly be good cause for him to be impeached, convicted and removed from office.
Impeachment is the charge made by the House of Representatives and requires a 50% vote. A trial is then held in the Senate. For the president to be removed from office, he must be convicted in the Senate by a vote of at least two thirds.
Freeway Blogging Against Obama
Impeach Obama – Sample Letter to Congress
Impeach Obama Coalition – A directory of groups forming for impeachment and removal.
Probably, Benghazi is not enough by itself. Obama has done several things that more directly violate the Constitution and the Republicans need to bring multiple charges, not just impeachment for Benghazi, if they are really serious about impeaching, convicting and removing him from office and not just scoring political points before the next election. These should include abuse of his executive powers, illegal war, killing of American citizens without due process and even his apparent ineligibility for office. If the Republicans do not include some of these, you will know they are not serious about removing Obama from office, but are just engaged in political theater.
Tea Party Non-Participation – The Tea Party does not generally support impeachment, though many of the rank and file do. This is in large part because national organizations, like the Tea Party Patriots, are adhering to 501(c)(4) rules for non-profit organizations and political campaigns are very limited by the law. I you want to support an organization that stands for impeachment and removal of Obama, you should find a Political Action Committee (PAC) that supports impeachment. PAC’s are legally to take such political positions and organize campaigns for that purpose.
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National Protest Against Obama – San Diego Event

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Protests like this are needed all over the country to rally public support for impeachment and removal. Contacting Congress also helps, but what we really need are large public demonstrations to demonstrate public support and motivate Congress to act.
You can contact your senators and representative, but it is much better to demonstrate your support in public. A town hall with a congressman is also a great place to demand that Obama be impeached and removed, as in the clip below of a town hall held by John McCain. Do not become discouraged, if they dismiss you. Be prepared with a good comeback, if the politician claims that Obama has done nothing impeachable or that the last popular election trumps the Constitution. Obama has clearly violated the Constitution and his oath of office in a number of ways.
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The Senate is controlled by Democrats, but if Obama’s crimes are exposed, he can become a politically intolerable embarrassment to some Democrats. Even, if Obama is not convicted and removed, it would be a significant benefit to air his crimes and misdeeds in public in an official forum for the public record.
In 1970, Gerald R. Ford, the then majority leader of the House of Representatives, wrote the following:
“An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.“
Click here to see Gerald Ford’s complete remarks on impeachment.
The most clear of a long list of offenses by Obama against the Constitution in violation of his oath of office is his waging of illegal wars in Libya and elsewhere, including the terrorist drone war in multiple countries and the murder of American citizens without a trial via drone strikes.
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OFFENSES AND MISDEEDS
Obama has committed the following offenses, many of which are impeachable or should disqualify him from holding office. He has committed already more than 100 times what Nixon did, for which Nixon was forced to resign or be impeached, including the targeted murder of American citizens without due process. The difference between Nixon and Obama is that the leaderships of both parties are to some extent complicit in Obama’s many crimes and usurpations. They have been corrupted and it is therefore not in their own personal interest to pursue Obama.

• In general, he has usurped the power of Congress and violated his oath to uphold the Constitution
• Even before he became president, he gave a couple of interviews that made it clear he does not believe the Constitution is valid today
• Has a radical, anti-American political and religious background, which has never been fully explained to the American people
• Refused to show that he is constitutional eligibility to hold office and, in fact, fights any investigation tooth and nail and at great expense, which implies a knowledge of ineligibility
• Does not conform to the constitutional requirement of being a “natural born citizen”
• Forged his draft card in an apparent attempt to hide the fact that he failed to register for the draft in violation of federal law
• Defrauded and provoked the public by posting a purported birth certificate on the White House website, which has obviously been manufactured with computer software.
• Lied about details of his life’s story in his auto-biography and elsewhere, in order to advance his political career (Claimed for years to be born in Kenya in his publishers bio.)
• Rejected the validity of the Constitution in public during a radio interview before he took office and cynically swore to uphold the Constitution, which he earlier declared to be no longer valid
• Set up a system of government “Czars” in order to usurp/bypass congressional authority
• Forced churches to accept practices at their medical institutions, which are a serious violation of their religious belief
• Is increasing US government debt at unsustainable rates
• His cronies in the Senate have refused to pass budgets are required by law in order to prevent the House of Representatives from de-funding his criminal activities.
• Wasted billions of stimulus funds on political cronies
• Smuggled a couple thousand illegal firearms to Mexican drug lords, who used them to kill dozens, of people, including the mass murder of 16 persons including 14 teenagers at a coming-out party and a US Border Patrol Agent
• Murdered three American citizens — one of them 16 years old — without due process in an unauthorized, illegal and undeclared terroristic drone war that has killed thousands, including many civilians and children
• Supported openly the “Occupy Movement,” which had anti-American, anarchist and communistic revolutionary objectives
• Waged war in Libya without the constitutionally required approval from Congress
• Refused to affirm in an open congressional hearing the sole right of Congress to declare war via his Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta
• Enforces the law selectively, according to his political agenda
• Refused to prosecute the New Black Panthers for blatant voter suppression
• Dictates new law via abuse of executive orders, as with immigration and gun control laws
• Aided radical Islamist groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood and elements of Al Qaeda in the destabilization and overthrow of various governments in the Middle East
• Deserted the American Ambassador and other Americans while they were under attack for his own personal political reasons
• Blatantly lied to the American public to cover his own culpability about the circumstances of the murders of the Ambassador and other Americans in Benghazi by an Islamic terrorist group
• Failed to pursue justice for the murderers of the Libyan ambassador, while the suspected leader of the terrorist group roams free and unhindered in Libya
• Has committed numerous other illegal acts and abuses of power while in office

Some women enjoy rape,’ Tel Aviv judge says Retired magistrate Nissim Yeshaya makes inflammatory remark while hearing appeal in the case of rape of 13-year-old girl

‘Some women enjoy rape,’ Tel Aviv judge says

Retired magistrate Nissim Yeshaya makes inflammatory remark while hearing appeal in the case of rape of 13-year-old girl

By Gavriel Fiske June 5, 2013, 12:33 pm 18

 ARE YOU  OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MIND 

I HAVE BEEN RAPED I NEVER ENJOYED RAPE AND NO WOMAN OR MAN LIKES BE IN RAPED 

YOU ARE SO FUCKING SICK I CANT TAKE ANY MORE  OF THIS BULL SHIT MOST WOMEN OR MEN WHO ARE RAPED END UP ON DRUGS OR  BOOZE 

MOST END UP IN JAIL OR DEAD 

NONE EVER HAVE A WONDER FULL LIFE 

WE DONT TRUST ANY ONE 

WE DONT LET ANY ONE THOCH US 

YOU SAY WE LIKE IT

YOU ARE A FUCKING RETARD I HATE ALL OF YOU MOTHER FUCKERS WHO RAPE ANY ONE 

COME NEAR ME I WILL DEFEND MY SELF  

A judge in Tel Aviv sparked outrage on Wednesday after he reportedly remarked, during an appeals hearing on a rape case several days ago, that some women enjoy rape.

Nissim Yeshaya later apologized for his remark.

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Yeshaya, who served on the bench of the Tel Aviv District Court from 1993 to 2009, has retired but was leading a panel that was hearing an appeal on Monday when he said aloud that “there are women that enjoy rape,” bringing the room to sudden silence, Army Radio reported.

Retired judge Nissim Yeshaya (photo credit: courtesy Ministry of Justice)

According to a lawyer present at the scene, Yeshaya “didn’t really understand what he said and didn’t understand why everyone was quiet.”

The hearing involved the case of a 13-year-old Israeli girl who was raped by four Palestinian teenagers from the Shuafat refugee camp six years ago.

The four were captured, convicted and imprisoned, but the Defense Ministry ruled that the rape was not a “hostile act” — that is, an act of political aggression. This meant the victim was not be entitled to government compensation and other benefits which terror victims receive. The Defense Ministry oversees criminal cases involving West Bank Palestinians.

The victim was in court to appeal the Defense Ministry’s decision and was described as being “upset and very hurt,” but she said that she didn’t think that Yeshaya’s remark was said out of “malice or evil.”

Her lawyer. who argued that the victim was targeted because she was Jewish, told Army Radio that “the problem is that state of mind, that thought, that prejudice against the victims of sexual assault. It’s the tip of the iceberg when judges trip up in their language and give expression to what is in their hearts.”

Yeshaya later officially apologized for his remark. The Courts Administration said in a statement that “things were said” during the heated debate but there was “no intention to hurt or belittle rape victims,” adding that Yeshaya would be summoned to clarify what happened.

On Wednesday Yeshaya’s statement was panned by politicians, who called for his removal. Culture Minister Limor Livnat, who also heads the ministerial committee for the advancement of women, called on court administrator Judge Michael Shpitzer to ban Yeshaya from future participation on legal panels.

“The judge’s statement was appalling and outrageous,” she said. “It is difficult to assess the total harm it caused, which may deter other sexual assault victims, present and future, from reporting attacks.”

Veteran MK Reuven Rivlin (Likud) also said that Yeshaya should be removed from any official positions in the judiciary, as did Meretz leader Zahava Gal-on.

Michelle Obama loses her cool: First Lady threatens to leave fundraiser after lesbian protester heckles her - and the White House deletes exchange from official transcript

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM LOW LIFE SCUM TRACH 

SHE ISNT THE 1 ST LADY SHE IS THE 1 ST SHEMALE

• First lady loses her cool and said: 'Listen to me or you can take the mic, but I'm leaving. You all decide'
• Protester was angry about President's failure to order federal contractors to stop discriminating against gays and lesbians in hiring
• The official pool reporter caught the fracas, but the White House later released a transcript that omitted the entire exchange
•  'I simply couldn't stay silent any longer,' the heckler said later
• The president supports an 'Employment Non-Discrimination Act,' but promised when campaigning in 2008 to sign an executive order instead

By David Martosko
PUBLISHED: 22:39 EST, 4 June 2013 | UPDATED: 10:32 EST, 5 June 2013

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First lady Michelle Obama, usually upbeat and positive in public, turned sour Tuesday night and threatened to leave after a gay-rights heckler interrupted her speech at a Democratic National Committee fundraising dinner

First lady Michelle Obama's speech at a Washington D.C. political fundraiser was interrupted by a lesbian protester on Tuesday night, and she threatened to leave the event if the gay rights activist wasn't forced to leave. But the official White House transcript doesn't indicate anything about the heckler or Mrs Obama's audible reaction.
While the first lady was speaking to approximately 200 Democratic Party loyalists who paid up to $10,000 to attend the event at the upmarket Washington home of a wealthy lesbian couple, the protester interrupted with demands that the president issue an executive order forcing federal contractors to stop discriminating against gay and transgendered job applicants.
Amanda Terkel, a Huffington Post scribe who served as the night's 'pool' reporter, wrote that the '[m]ost notable part of the event was an interruption from a protester about 12 minutes into the 20-minute speech. A pro-LGBT rights individual standing at the front began shouting for an executive order on gay rights.'
'"One of the things I don't do well is this," replied FLOTUS to loud applause,' according to Terkel. 'She left the lectern and moved over to the protester, saying they could "listen to me or you can take the mic, but I'm leaving. You all decide. You have one choice."'
The crowd, the pool report continued, 'started shouting that they wanted FLOTUS to stay.'
Terkel reported that when the protester was escorted out, she shouted about being a 'lesbian looking for federal equality before I die.'
In a later report, she added that 'Heather Cronk, co-director of the pro-LGBT rights group GetEQUAL, ... identified the protester as one of their activists, Ellen Sturtz.'

Mrs. Obama brought her speaking talents - and her considerable wingspan - to stump for Democratic candidates, but got her feathers ruffled by the lesbian avenger

Terkel advised her fellow reporters to '[p]lease check quotes with [the] official transcript.' 

AUDIO: Moment Michelle Obama starts to lose her cool with heckler

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But when the White House's transcript arrived, The Daily Caller reported Tuesday night, it didn't include any indication of an acrimonious exchange -- and was missing Mrs. Obama's threat to leave the event.

GetEQUAL activist Ellen Sturtz heckled Michelle Obama on Tuesday night, demanding that the president sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating in their hiring on the basis of sexual orientation

The only indication in that transcript that anything was amiss is a note about an '(Inaudible audience interruption.)'
'I lived and worked in the closet, hiding who I was in order to earn a living,' Sturtz said in a statement late Tuesday night.
'I had planned to speak tonight with DNC officials but, as the First Lady was talking about our children's future and ensuring that they have everything they need to live happy and productive lives, I simply couldn't stay silent any longer.'
'I'm looking ahead at a generation of young people who could live full, honest, and open lives with the stroke of the President's pen,' she insisted.
The home where the heckling happened belongs to power couple Karen Dixon and Nan Schaffer, formerly of Chicago, who have hosted fundraisers for the Obamas in the past, including one that raised $1.4 million for the president's reelection campaign in February 2012.
Dixon is an attorney who serves on the national board of Lambda Legal, an organization working for LGBT rights.

Her spouse, Schaffer, is a veterinarian who works to preserve the rhino population through artificial insemination. She is also a minority shareholder in Windy City Media Group and founded Outlines, a Chicago newspaper, in 1987.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

White House press secretary Jay Carney took a moment Tuesday from his 'patent troll' discussion to parry a question about the presidents plan to ban federal contractors' workplace discrimination against gays

But White House Press Secretary Jay Carney took an oddly coincidental question earlier in the day during his regularly scheduled briefing about the same discrimination issue that had Sturtz shouting at the top of her lungs.
A reporter asked Carney for a progress report on 'a study of LGBT workplace discrimination possibly led by the Council of Economic Advisors,' which was commissioned in 2012 after the president declined to sign an executive order banning the practice.
'I don't have any updated status on that for you,' Carney said. 'I can tell you that the president has long supported, as you know, an inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act. ... And his administration will continue to work to build support for it.'
'The president's record on support for LGBT rights is significant and well known,' Obama's chief spokesman added.
Mr. Obama, he said, 'believes that the right approach to this problem is an inclusive piece of legislation, and that’s the approach that we're taking.  It was the approach that we took with repeal of "don't ask, don't tell."  And we continue to support this effort.'