This Week In The News
Current Events
by Norbert Link
We begin with an incredible revival of useless face masks and report on the terror attack in Las Vegas (see our recent StandingWatch program, “Who Was Behind the Terror Attacks in Germany, New Orleans and Las Vegas?”), as well as the resurgence of the Islamic State (IS) and New Jersey’s ongoing mystery drone frenzy (see our recent StandingWatch program, “The DRONES! No Danger? Are You Kidding?”).
We speak on Biden’s “departing gift” in devaluing once prestigious medals and awards and his moratorium on drilling; devastating wildfires in Los Angeles; and address Trump’s intention to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) and to demand NATO member-states to spend 5 percent of their gross domestic product (GDP) annually on defense if they want U.S. support. We point out Trump’s statements regarding Canada (after Trudeau’s resignation) as well as Panama and Greenland; and we report on a controversial and possibly unconstitutional law in Florida banning children under the age of 14 from using social media and requiring parental permission for 14- and 15-year-olds to do so.
We address the collapse of the government in Austria which mirrors the collapse of the German government, and focus on Sebastian Kurz and Herbert Kickl.
We publish several articles about the hypocrisy of certain German politicians, while the relationship between the USA and Germany becomes more and more strained, and we conclude with an article about “dangerous” Jens Spahn.
Please view our new StandingWatch program, titled, “The Hypocrisy of German Politicians and the Media.”
Throughout this section, we have underlined pertinent statements in the quoted articles, for the convenience and quick overview of the reader.
Editorial
A Cruel World Shall Soon Perish…
Very bad conditions prevail throughout the world. Apart from the incompetence of all politicians, the tax madness and the wars in this world, there is a very specific matter that makes me so upset that anger and a deep sadness over these barbaric acts of humanity towards animals arise in me.
Recently, our Current Events, published on December 27, 2024 (Update 1139), featured a heartbreaking article about Bua Noi, a gorilla in Thailand. I was so devastated by it that I had to cry.
The Sun wrote on December 20:
“[Thailand’s only gorilla] Bua Noi has lived behind bars in [Bangkok] Thailand for most of her life… The gorilla has been caged up [for more than three decades] in the widely criticised Pata Zoo which is located on the sixth and seventh floor above a [desolate and decaying city center shopping mall]. This allows passers-by and shoppers to gaze in at the unloved mammal who is unable to ever leave… A damning report back in 2019 detailed how Bua had been pulling out her hair and anxiously rolling around in her isolated cage. Footage also shows the lonely gorilla looking visibly depressed and staring through the bars of her old cage.”
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How can I have fellowship when I am the only person in my area seeking the Truth of God?
We receive inquiries asking if we have an established congregation close to the person who is writing. This is usually the result of someone watching us over the Internet or responding to our published written materials. Our response is typically no, we don’t.
Then how can someone continue to follow up with their initial interest in what the Church of the Eternal God and its affiliates are teaching?
Becoming a part of the Church of God starts when God calls a person and gives him or her understanding about His Truth. Jesus Christ said: “‘No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day’” (John 6:44).
Being called out of this world and its societies really does present challenges. Jesus gave this powerful admonition to those who would agree to follow Him:
“‘Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to “set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law”; and “a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.” He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it’” (Matthew 10:34-39).
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