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		<title>The Profile of an Ideal Supporter</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have bought your ticket for the World Cup and the game begins. What should you do? Being a supporter is a tough job;
When your team enters the scene, just remember what their previous score has been. Spain won from Ukraine with four to zero and that might boost your entrance to the tribune, but [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You have bought your ticket for the World Cup and the game begins. What should you do? Being a supporter is a tough job;</p>
<p>When your team enters the scene, just remember what their previous score has been. Spain won from Ukraine with four to zero and that might boost your entrance to the tribune, but take it easy; this is not the last game to support.</p>
<p>The ideal supporter should behave somehow &#8220;anti-cyclical&#8221;. This concept is used in politics to address the role of governments&#8217; fiscal policy. Anti-cyclical means that taxes are reduced (and government expenditure is increased) when there is an economic downturn. By doing so, the government (in fact, we as tax-payers) support the economy when they need it. In the same (but opposite way) the fiscal policy is tightened making sure the economic motor doesn&#8217;t get overheated.</p>
<p>And so, the supporter should act in the same way. Although there is no reason to be quite and silent when your team is winning, just let them know that you are still there. More important is to show them that you are behind them when they are loosing. Shout and yell when your team is struggling to get even. This is normally the hardest part. Not only for those individual players but also for the supporter. Do not forget that your role is to support. You are not a player who is feeling bad because you are loosing! Make sure that you get heard. The real players need you.</p>
<p>We may think that being a supporter is easy. Well it is not. And you can make the difference. Go on, be a tiger!</p>
<p>&#169; 2006 Hans Bool</p>
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		<title>Is It Time to Refinance Your Loan or Mortgage?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have interest rates dropped since you first bought your house? Are you in a considerably better place financially and credit wise than you were when you first got your mortgage? Are you looking for a way to lower your monthly mortgage or loan payments? If any of the above are true, then it may be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have interest rates dropped since you first bought your house? Are you in a considerably better place financially and credit wise than you were when you first got your mortgage? Are you looking for a way to lower your monthly mortgage or loan payments? If any of the above are true, then it may be time to take a closer look at a refinance mortgage.</p>
<p>A refinance mortgage, or &#8216;refi&#8217; as it is popularly referred to, is a loan taken out specifically to pay off an existing loan for the purpose of lowering your current monthly payments - or reducing the total amount of interest that you&#8217;ll pay. Refi loans become more popular when interest rates drop significantly, though there may be good reasons for you to consider a refinance mortgage loan even if the general interest rates have remained the same or increased. How does refinancing your current mortgage lower monthly payments and when should you consider a refinance mortgage loan?</p>
<p>Suppose that you bought your house with a mortgage loan from a local lender. Because of your lack of credit history and your decision to put down a small down payment, you ended up with an interest rate that was slightly higher than average. Five years later, the standard interest rates have dropped by nearly a full percentage point - which puts them nearly 3 percentage points below the interest rate on your current mortgage. You&#8217;ve been with your current employer for seven years, lived in the same house for five and have built a solid history of on-time payments on your mortgage and credit cards. You&#8217;re in the ideal situation to seek a refinance mortgage because:</p>
<p>1. Your credit rating nearly guarantees the lowest interest rate available on new loans.</p>
<p>2. A drop of 3 percentage points on your mortgage is significant. Most experts recommend considering refinancing if the new interest rate is at least 1 full percentage point lower than your current interest rate. In fact, drops of as little as half a percentage point in the APR can significantly lower your monthly costs.</p>
<p>3. Your original mortgage carries a higher interest rate than market rate because of financial circumstances that no longer exist.</p>
<p>One other reason you might take out a refinance loan is to shorten the term of your mortgage. If you originally took out a 30 year mortgage at 5.25% APR, refinancing the loan for 20 years, even at the same APR, will lower your overall cost considerably though your monthly payments will be higher. Still, if you&#8217;re in significantly better financial circumstances than you were when you took out the original mortgage, the overall savings could make it worth your while to refinance.</p>
<p>There are several factors to consider when deciding whether or not to refinance your existing mortgage. Most mortgages carry an early repayment penalty, for instance. There are also fees and closing costs associated with the new loan to add into the mix. You&#8217;ll need to consider all the costs of taking out a new loan against the possible savings of a lowered interest rate before you decide if it makes sense to refinance your mortgage.</p>
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		<title>Soldier to Life&#8217;s Battles</title>
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54th Battalion. 4th Division. Unit 984. Belgium. 1944. Crumbling buildings. Strewn bodies. A growing fear. Boiling, uneasy groans. Seeing beyond the pale light of the war to the dim glimmer of death. Something is inside of these men, twitching, squirming. Just the pebbles of a once great civilization crunching beneath their [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Soldier to Life&#8217;s Battles</p>
<p>By Punkerslut</p>
<p>54th Battalion. 4th Division. Unit 984. Belgium. 1944. Crumbling buildings. Strewn bodies. A growing fear. Boiling, uneasy groans. Seeing beyond the pale light of the war to the dim glimmer of death. Something is inside of these men, twitching, squirming. Just the pebbles of a once great civilization crunching beneath their feet. walking steady, keeping your head up, looking around cautiously, sometimes drawn into the tomb of thought and unweariness. A dead body lies against a building. Nobody notices. More marching. A soldier&#8217;s head falls, himself still marching. A girl. A face. A lover. A friend knocks him out of dreams with a gentle hit. More marching. More climbing through the traughs of earth. Conquering more territory in the nightmare of existence. Squinting. Confusion. Fog. Myst. But a clear day. Rest stop. A soldier sits on rubble and dumps the contents of his canteen on his face. Another wipes his neck with a white cloth. Lying on his stomach, occassionally making noises, another soldier stairs into the inevitable future, undeniable fate. He turns over on his back, his weapon by his side. He gets up and leaves, his gun left. Clinking and clanking of tools and weapons, as everyone senses the move out order. Then it comes. And more marching. They&#8217;re on the road that leads no where and it goes for miles and miles. They will walk until their feet had worn down, and they had nothing but nubs left, and then they would walk 10 miles more.</p>
<p>His rifle in his hands, moving at the same pace of the other soldiers, Che walked with about as much uncertainty as he has inexperience. He was, like many of the soldiers in his platoon, a soldier, a boy, a man, a lover, a hater, a beast of passion, desire, love, and lust. He was in another nation and sacrificing days of his life that would torment him for years. The opinion of this varied from man to man in the platoon. To some, it was a patriotic call to duty, and to others it was just a requirement, while others still were Pacifists who had been tortured and threatened with imprisonment by the US government, as was not uncommon. It didn&#8217;t take long for the patriots to realize that what they were doing was hardly patriotic, that it was not helping their people, nor was it helping any people. Either way, like Che, the members of this platoon were here on foreign soil, armed, with orders to destroy, themselves unready to kill. The platoon moves, until it finds its locations: no where. The platoon leader tells his soldiers that they&#8217;re sleeping here, among the rubble with rats and roaches.</p>
<p>Nighttime. A cloak of darkness spread over the land, as soldiers retired to the ground for sleep. As the sun sets on the horizon, so it sets on this evening of their lives, never to come again. And with their lives full of hardship and existence, today is the last day they will have this much ahead of them. Whether there is only one day before death, or a great many decades, there is a limit on existence of all those men. Here they are, in a great World War, fighting to end the existence of other men. Their names may not be remembered, but what they do will forever change the course of the planet.</p>
<p>Daybreak. The soldiers struggle to consciousness as they warm breakfast over scattered campfires. The morning dusk has brought nothing but chills. The endless march began again. Every soldier has their own lucky charm, or momento, or tangible piece of sentimentality. One soldiers carries a pendant given to him by his grandmother. To him it is a purpose, but to a scavenging German soldier, it is a small piece of profit from melted down silver. Another soldier carries around a picture of his daughter, while another carries just the memories in his head of his childhood house, secluded in a small town in the woods. But among these men, these marching soldiers battling for control over their lves as much as the next man, there is one man &#8212; Che &#8212; who holds one thing prized above all: a love letter given to him by his lover. At least, she once was his lover, and she once swore all of her love just to him. Laura, a name so divine that only the angels could speak it. Her tender legs, moist inside, passionate touch, lustfully in love and always sincere in her affection. These were the thoughts racing through the mind of Che, as he marched in the war parade across the streets which yielded no playful and careless children.</p>
<p>Laura, once the avowed lover of Che, but no more. For after this love letter he is holding in his hands, which was like fleeting touches of her body, another letter came. The first letter spoke of devotion and the second of desertion. His four months (now 6) of existence in a foreign land was too much for her. Her first love letter was volumous, with imagery of physical affection and love &#8212; something any soldier would cherish from their lover. Physical love manifested within the words of our humble English language. The words of the letter were etched into his heart, the way two lovers claim a tree by marking the bark. He memorized every sentence, every syllable. But she left him. The initial shock was almost disbelief. Then, there was a void in his purely militaristic existence. And while the real Laura was away with another, she was dead to him. A once living beauty crumbled to pieces as he read the truth on white paper. His mind churned with the ingredients of misery, preparing the concoction of fate. Marching with a heavy head. He still kept the first love letter, to remind him of how happy he once was. And oh how he was indeed! In no other time of his life could he sincerely attest to so much comfort and love. Slowly through denial, anger, sympathy, he kept his love letter, and just as surely as he read her aged words of affection, she was reading another man&#8217;s poetry. Two months had passed since the breakup. He march, still in tune to Laura&#8217;s love song, not with a heavy heart, but the beautiful past lifting him in the air.</p>
<p>But it was this day that Che marched with the words of Laura in his hand, not looking, not thinking, but just visualizing her soft caress as her words looked at him. The debris of broken tools, destoryed buildings, or tattered clothing was subject to his worn, numb feet, his fixation not altering once. And whether it was by his own negligence or lack of concentration, he wound up where he was. He looked up, stopping in his tracks and the words of the letter, and he saw German faces, with German-military helms and wearing German-military outfits. Holding his letter in his hand, his rifle slung, he saw one of the German soldiers raise his gun to shoot. Che asked one thousand questions: Does she love me still? Does she still think about me? Does she know that I still love her? Does she know I kept her letters? What does she think about me? What does she think about me? What does she think about me? And then a blast lasting no more than a microsecond, and he fell, the wind taking possession of his letter. But as the azure skies turn a darker shade, and as his body loses feeling, Che wonders if he should have lived his last few weeks of existence as he did.</p>
<p>&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;</p>
<p>Yes.</p>
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		<title>Mortgage Loans for Dummies</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Doing your homework and shopping from a variety of mortgage lenders and brokers will save you thousands of dollars over the life of your mortgage.  Here is a basic primer of mortgages and mortgage terminology.</p>
<p>A mortgage is basically a loan secured by your home.  The lender charges you interest at a specified rate for use of their money.  This interest rate can be fixed at a certain percentage for the duration of the loan, or it can be an adjustable interest rate.  if you choose a loan with an adjustable interest rate your lender will periodically change the amount of interest rate it charges you at regular specified intervals.  The interest rate you will be charged will be tied to some index, such as the prime interest rate for example, plus a premium amount charged by your lender.</p>
<p>The term of your mortgage is the duration the lender grants you to pay back the loan.  Common term lengths are 5 years, 15 years, and 30 years.  The longer the term length you select for your mortgage, the lower your monthly payments will be; however, you will pay a higher interest rate for longer terms than you would for shorter term lengths.</p>
<p>There are steps you need to take before shopping for a mortgage loan.  You should make sure your credit is in order and take steps to protect your credit while shopping for a mortgage.  A free mortgage guide can show you how to do this and could save you thousands of dollars.</p>
<p>You will also be able to avoid common mistakes many homeowners make while going through the mortgage process.</p>
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		<title>Favorite Honeymoon Destinations</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everything about marriage requires planning and forethought if the bride and groom really want a stress free, well organized start to their lives together. Of course, the planning itself can be very tiring, unless you have the help of a great wedding planner, so it&#8217;s wonderful to have a get away plan - the honeymoon!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everything about marriage requires planning and forethought if the bride and groom really want a stress free, well organized start to their lives together. Of course, the planning itself can be very tiring, unless you have the help of a great wedding planner, so it&#8217;s wonderful to have a get away plan - the honeymoon!</p>
<p>The honeymoon is the time for newlyweds to be alone together and just be together. It&#8217;s time to have fun, relax and enjoy each others company. Of course you may have different ideas of what&#8217;s a vacation so here are some suggestions&#8230;</p>
<p>A favorite honeymoon destination is the beach. Not just any ordinary beach will do! For honeymoons, the Fiji islands are a favorite. It has over 300 islands, all beautiful and natural. The beaches are clean white sand. Why not visit the famous Blue Lagoon?</p>
<p>Rest is easy to find here as the sound of the waves can lull you to sleep. For those who don&#8217;t want to just rest in their resorts, why not go scuba diving, snorkeling or hiking in an untouched tropical rainforest. Dance in the moonlight and play in the sun and sand.</p>
<p>If you want privacy as you start your new life, why not go to Bali, Indonesia and rent a private villa. It may cost you less than a hotel which will give you more cash to enjoy with. If you want to have a change of view, why not take the helicopter ride to see the sights such as Lake Batur and its active volcano from the air. It&#8217;s an experience you won&#8217;t forget.</p>
<p>If you choose to go to a warm country, don&#8217;t forget the sun block! You want to have a great vacation, not be toasted and crisp.</p>
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		<title>A Great Life? How to Score Your Life</title>
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Quickly determine how great your life is by answering &#8220;Yes&#8221; or &#8220;No&#8221; to the following questions.
Even if you already know how great your life is, do you know what you can change to make it better?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is your life really the life you want?</p>
<p>Quickly determine how great your life is by answering &#8220;Yes&#8221; or &#8220;No&#8221; to the following questions.</p>
<p>Even if you already know how great your life is, do you know what you can change to make it better?</p>
<p>Instructions:</p>
<p>Each question has a &#8220;Yes&#8221; or &#8220;No&#8221; answer.</p>
<p>&#8220;Yes&#8221; means you agree with the question. &#8220;No&#8221; means you disagree with the question.</p>
<p>Important: If you do not agree with the question completely, mark your answer &#8220;No.&#8221;</p>
<p>Questions:</p>
<p>Do you wake-up in the morning without an alarm?</p>
<p>Do you wake-up without hitting the snooze bar on your alarm, at least once?</p>
<p>Do you find that you are on time as often as you would like?</p>
<p>Is it rare for you to be mad or angry?</p>
<p>Is it rare for you to be overwhelmed or out of control?</p>
<p>Is it rare for you to be annoyed or frustrated?</p>
<p>Do you have enough time?</p>
<p>Do you have enough money?</p>
<p>Is your job the best job you could ever have?</p>
<p>Are you a great listener?</p>
<p>Are you amazed by the number of talented people you know?</p>
<p>Are you considerate of others when you are running late?<br />
Do you have friends who trust and support you?</p>
<p>Do you have a fun life?</p>
<p>Are you living the life you want?</p>
<p>Scoring your results:</p>
<p>Each &#8220;Yes&#8221; is worth 1 point. Total the number of questions you agreed with, or answered &#8220;Yes&#8221; to.</p>
<p>15:</p>
<p>You are loving and living life.</p>
<p>Your friends love to spend time with you. Your someone who has strong and lasting relationships.</p>
<p>You are a success in business and life. You welcome each day and look forward to each new experience and the opportunity it brings.</p>
<p>Something you might ask yourself is; &#8220;am I making the contribution to others that I want to make?&#8221; or &#8220;How could I make a bigger difference with others in need?&#8221;</p>
<p>Your life looks like a &#8220;10&#8243; and the idea of having your life be a &#8220;12&#8243; never even occurred to you.</p>
<p>11 - 14:</p>
<p>Life is good for you. It could be better and still it could be much worse.</p>
<p>You are generally happy. You enjoy what you do and may be open to something new.</p>
<p>You have more friends than most and enjoy spending time with them.</p>
<p>You feel successful.</p>
<p>You may have a sense of incompleteness, despite your success. You might find yourself on occasion wondering what is missing, &#8220;how could I make my life a 10?&#8221;</p>
<p>7 - 10:</p>
<p>Life has it&#8217;s moments for you. You have had your 15 minutes of fame, probably more than once.</p>
<p>You do know what it feels like to be a success, although it doesn &#8216;t seem to last as long as you would like.</p>
<p>You have had your share of struggles, your 15 minutes of &#8220;SHAME!&#8221; Mistakes are not uncommon for you.</p>
<p>You don &#8216;t have as many friends as you would like and may not like to socialize to much.</p>
<p>You may have a strong opinion. Often finding yourself in a &#8220;right&#8221; or &#8220;wrong&#8221; struggle with others, something you and them could do without.</p>
<p>If you were to rate your life on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the best, you might say 7 or less.</p>
<p>You might be asking yourself &#8220;what can I do to change my life?&#8221; or &#8220;why doesn&#8217;t it workout like I planned?&#8221; or even &#8220;what am I missing?&#8221;</p>
<p>6 or less:</p>
<p>Relationships are a challenge for you.</p>
<p>You might feel like everyone is against you.</p>
<p>Work, if you are employed is not fun at all. It is just enough to pay the bills.</p>
<p>You might feel that all your choices are already made for you.</p>
<p>You might not have a question, instead you might constantly be thinking to yourself &#8220;That&#8217;s just the way it is!&#8221;</p>
<p>You might even be use to things not working, or going your way. You may think there is always a &#8220;winner&#8221; and a &#8220;loser&#8221; and you feel like you are the loser most of the time.</p>
<p>Your theme song might be, &#8220;Life is not fair!&#8221;</p>
<p>Final thoughts:</p>
<p>So, what did you find out, are you living a great life?</p>
<p>Yes, it is a simple quiz, and still are you happy with the results?</p>
<p>Is this where you thought you would be at this point and time in your life?</p>
<p>If you added 3 points to your score, how much better would your life be?</p>
<p>You have a choice, you have options, we all do. The first step is to recognize that you do have a choice. Then, if you are not happy with your results, change your score and you will change your life.</p>
<p>I show people &#8220;how&#8221; to change their score in life.</p>
<p>PS: Share this quiz with a friend or a significant other. Have fun and see what you learn&#8230;</p>
<p>Copyright &#169; 2005 James Smith, All Rights Reserved</p>
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<p>Start changing the score of your life today:</p>
<p>Send email to lifescore0020007@alifeofpossibility.com with &#8220;Life Score&#8221; in the subject line.</p>
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		<title>SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST REVALATION</title>
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A twelve hours revalation of the second coming of Jesus Christ was shown to prophet Goodnews Adolphus as part of the content in the scroll that was given to him by the angel in 1981 to be re-explained to the whole world. The following are some of the basic factors:
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST REVALATION</p>
<p>A twelve hours revalation of the second coming of Jesus Christ was shown to prophet Goodnews Adolphus as part of the content in the scroll that was given to him by the angel in 1981 to be re-explained to the whole world. The following are some of the basic factors:</p>
<p>THE CLOUDS ROLLED OFF FROM THE SKY</p>
<p>The first thing the world is going to expirenced is that the clouds will roll off from the sky. But bible translators say &#8220;heaven departed like a scroll, or the sky roll off like a scroll etc rather the clouds on the face of the sky rolled off because the sky is endless.(Isa. 34:4&#038; Rev 16:4)</p>
<p>THE FALLING OF THE STARS</p>
<p>Jesus says, that the stars will fall and the powers of the heaven shall be shaken(Mat. 24:29-31); then the book of Revelation says that the stars fall like a fig leave being sharken by the wind..(Rev. 16:12-17); I am going to explained this later in the &#8220;DETAILS OF THE RAPTURE&#8221;in this article.</p>
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<p>HIS SECOND COMING FROM THE WEST TO EAST</p>
<p>This is one of the biblical mysteries that was revealed to me from the scroll in that revelation. I Saw the sun rising again from the west in the evening when the sun had just set and another sun arose from the West and the cross of Jesus Chirst was standing in the midst of the sun accompanied by a song of great croud of the saints singing a very melodious song relating to the second coming of Jesus Chirst and was being accompanied by verios musical instrument I have never heard. The cross in the sun was arising from the west in a great speed like the movement of a jet fighter plane surrounded by thick clouds; you can observe the speed of the movement unlike the original sun that rise from the east.</p>
<p>Among the prophets, prophet Isaiah give detailed report on this point; In Isaiah chapter 59 verse 1-17 he spoke about the sins of the world and in verse 18 he spoke of Jesus Second coming to reward everyone for what he has done; that he will come in fury to reward his enemies; then in verse 19 he says, &#8221; So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come like a rushing stream which the wind of the Lord drives;(meaning he will come from the west in the rising sun in a great speed ) and will come to Zion as a redeemer and to those who turns from transgression in Jacob&#8221; Please use RSV, NIV and other versions of the bible on verse 19 whose translatation is similar as explained above; the King James version of verse 19 is contrary giving a wrong meaninig &#8220;saying, when the enemies shall come, the spirit of the Lord will raise a standard against them&#8221;; I advice the King James translators to correct verse 19 in subsequent re-prints.</p>
<p>THE SPEED OF THIS SECOND COMING FROM THE WEST</p>
<p>Prophet Isaiah says, &#8216;he will come like a rushing stream which the wind of the Lord drives&#8230; other version says, he will come like a flood tide..</p>
<p>Prophet Jeremiah says, &#8220;Behold he comes as like could his horses are swifter that eagles woe to us we are ruined&#8221;</p>
<p>THE PERIOD OF HIS SECOND COMING</p>
<p>Although Jesus says that no one known the day of his second coming even the angels in heaven but his father only; however the books of the prophets revals the period of his second coming. Prophet Zacraiah gave his report as follows: and the Lord my God shall come an all the saints with thee; it shall be one day which shall be known unto the Lord; not day not night but at evening time there shall be light&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.(Zech 14:5-7)</p>
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<p>Therefore the middle east regions and part of Africa will witness his second coming late in the evening while that same time could be morning, noon-time or midnight in other parts of the world due to the rotation of the earth around the sun causing the day and night and the period of time.</p>
<p>THE CROSS IN THE SUN</p>
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<p>One of the mysteries of his second coming is the appearance of his cross in the rising sun. The cross stand for two purposes:</p>
<p>(a). To immediately remind the whole world of Jesus Christ and his second coming using the cross as his official sign and logo; therefore his logo is the cross in the sun surrounded by clouds of whirlwind.</p>
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<p>It will immediately remind the whole world of all his sufferings he faced during the day of his crucifixion for the sins of the people of the whole world; The memory will be come so fresh as those he was crucified on that day at the appearance his cross in the sun and there shall be no human being on earth who will not open his mouth and cry out like a little child in the hand; there shall be great lamentation all over the world just at the appearance his cross; those who have not repented and given their lives to Chirst shall begin to regret immediately because their sins shall begin to testifies agains them immediately remembering the judgement at hand; then the those have have repenented and living a righteous lives will cry out for joy with great tears flowing from their eyes wth the strong hope of the rapture as the spirit of the Lord will released from the cross keeping them alret in readiness to take off to meet him in the sky with the rest ruptured saints already taken up from the west. I will explained more when I shall reach on the DETAILED OF THE RAPURE&#8221;</p>
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<p>About the cross, Apostle Matthew gave detailed report on this account; categorically Jesus said, (1) Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened and the moon will not give her light (2) the stars will fall from heaven for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken (3)THEN SHALL APPEAR THE SIGN(CROSS)OF THE SON OF MAN IN HEAVEN AND ALL THE TRIBES OF THE EARTH SHALL MOURN (4) AND THEY SHALL SEE THE SUN OF MAN COMING WITH POWER AND GREAT GLORY&#8230;&#8221;(Mat 24:29-31, Zec 12:10 and Rev. 1:7</p>
<p>DETAILS OF THE RAPTURE</p>
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<p>Jesus is coming physically back to the earthly which was lifted up into heaven by a whirlwind cloud just as Prophet Elijah ascended into heaven by a whirlwind storm and just like the lifting of our modern helicopter by the wind force generated by the rotating blade.</p>
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<p>This time he is coming back to pick his saint into the sky with a very powerful whirlwind storm that can lift up and suspend several thousands of wingless saints in the sky .</p>
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<p>King David gave detailed report on this account in the prophetic book of psalms; he said: Our God comes he will not keep silence; round about him a a devouring fire( he standing in the sun)around about him a mighty tempest(the great whirlwind storm with he shall lift up the saints)he calls to the heaven above and those on earth that he may judge his people; he said, &#8220;gather to me my faithful ones who made a covenant with me by my sacrifices&#8217;(Psalms 50:3-5).</p>
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<p>Prophet Jeremiah says, &#8220;Behold he comes up like clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind&#8230;.(Jer. 4:13)</p>
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<p>Isaiah 66;15-16 says, &#8220;Behold the Lord will come in the fire(the sun)and his charliots like the whirlwind; to render his rebuke with a flame of fire; for by fire the Lord will excecute judgement..</p>
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<p>The bibles says that our Lord is coming with the clouds of heaven and the seas and waves shall roar. Which means he is coming in a great powerful whirlwind storm to carry his elect to the sky as it happened to prophet Elijah (See 2nd Kings 21:25-27 &#038; 2nd Kings 2:12).</p>
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<p>The falling of the stars and the resurrection of the dead will not occur at the same time throughout the whole world. The great whirlwind storm shall be divided into two parts like in the case of a thunderstorm. The first part blow lesser than the second part; the second part shall be more powerful and causing more destruction than the second part.</p>
<p>During his second coming, we shall hear the trumpet blast and voices of multitudes from the west and loud thunder with deep vibrations shaken both the heavens and earth. As a result of the shaken of the heavens, the stars will loose their balance in space and shall begin to fall from the sky but none shall touch the earth ; and the deep vibrations of the great thunders will also affect the earth causing great earthquake and the graves of the late saints who died before and during the great tribulation shall resurrect and walk out of their graves and stand on their feet together with the people on earth whenever this part of the storm arrived in any part of the globe beginning from the west to the east.</p>
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<p>As this happen first both we and the dead who had just resurrected shall be seeing the second coming of the Lord from the far west in the sky in the second part of the wind being more powerful carrying the saints into the sky both the living and those that came out of their graves from one nation non to another and region to region until it reaches our regions where we shall also be picked away.</p>
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<p>Therefore, in the first part of the wind, we shall hear the loud sound of the great trumpets to be sound by the angels in gathering together the elect from one end to the another. As a result, the dead in Christ shall resurrect first and join us before we shall be carried away together to meet the Lord in the sky on the arrival of the second wind (2nd 4:13-18)</p>
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<p>The speed of the of his storm will overtake the falling stars in that region of the world causing the starts suspending and overing in the sky with the saints like snow balls; as a result we shall see ourselves in the midst of the falling stars in the sky(Dan. 12:23 &#038; Mat. 13:43).</p>
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<p>As soon as the Lord had orbited the earth, the force of the wind shall begin to reduce bring us back again to the earth in a very slow motion together with the falling stars and shall be landing one after the other and we shall all gather before the Lord at the new Jerusalem between the Indian and the Atlantic ocean and shall appoint the saints who shall rule all the nations for a thousand year (Isa 24:20-25 &#038; Rev. 20:1-end)</p>
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<p>Later the Lord shall return to haven with his twelve Apostles and the 144000 virgin saints who are to rule with him in the kingdom of heaven and whose kingdom shall rule over all the earth among the saints until the thousand years is completed. At that time on, the religion of the sons Abraham, namely the Muslims, Jews and christains shall be one. See Zachariah chapter 14;1-end and Rev. chapter 20;1-end</p>
<p>After the 1000 years is over and satan thrown into the lake of fire, then the New Jerusalem shall descend from heaven and will land in the land of Isreal in which there shall be no more temple. This is the Land God gave to Abraham and to all his childeren when he obeyed and left his people. Here Abraham and all his childen from all nations shall be gathered to gether to serve the God of their father forever and ever and God will at that time fulfill the covenat he made with Abraham in the Land of Canaan as the father of all nations. Revelation chapter 21-22, and Ezekiel chapter 37;24-25</p>
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<p>Watch out for the next article on THE FIRST AND SECOND JUEDEMENT</p>
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		<title>Mortgage Note Buyers</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Note buying is especially prevalent in real estate. Suppose a seller sells his house and takes a certain amount of down payment and for the rest of the amount he accepts monthly payments till the time the due amount is paid off.</p>
<p>Take the case of a house which is available for sale for a price of $100,000 and for which the seller accepts a down payment of $25,000. For the rest, he agrees to accept a monthly installment of a certain fixed amount from the buyer.</p>
<p>Now consider a situation where the seller is in an urgent need of liquid cash. It is here that note buying comes into the picture. The seller can contacts a note buyer to whom he can sell the promissory notes. These promissory notes refer to the monthly installments, which the buyer of the house has to pay.</p>
<p>The buyer will now pay the installments to the person who has bought the promissory notes from the seller of the house. The seller can sell all the promissory notes, or a part of them, with an agreement that all or the partial fixed (in case only part of the promissory notes have been sold) mortgage payments would go the note buyer until the debt is paid off.</p>
<p>There are other ways also on how notes work. The seller and the note buyer can also decide to divide the monthly installments between themselves. The option, which the seller chooses, will depend upon the urgency and the amount of his or her cash requirements.</p>
<p>There are certain fixed standards upon which note buying is based. First consideration is the outstanding balance and the period of time until the value of the note materializes. The value of property is also taken in to consideration.</p>
<p>There are many companies, which buy mortgage notes in exchange for a lump sum payment. The process is very simple. The promissory note holders put their notes on bid. The investors review these notes and ensure if they fit in their portfolios. Then they bid on those, which are of interest to them. At the end of the deal, the investor gets the notes and the seller the payment.</p>
<p>The process of note buying and selling also involves additional fees like transaction fee, appraisal fees, tax certificates, and escrow fees. This additional fee is allocated between the seller and note buyer during the contract phase of the transaction.</p>
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		<title>Christian Wedding Songs</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Weddings are a joyous celebration of the love and bond between two people who have chosen to come together as one. They are usually conducted in front of a minister or priest, in order to celebrate the solemnity of the occasion and to make it more binding in the eyes of God and man. And what better way to celebrate that bond other than with musicwith Christian wedding songs, to be precise. Although the traditional wedding march is the common music that plays in the background, imagine walking down the aisle, looking all beautiful, while there is music playing that expresses exactly how you feel that special day. A Christian wedding song whose words evoke a special meaning between you and your future husband. Now that would indeed be something special. </p>
<p>Religion &#038; Music</p>
<p>Most religions consider wedding ceremonies to be a form of worship service, and thus, are very strict about preserving the solemnity of the event. This is the reason why most churches do not allow the playing of popular love songs during the wedding. So, how do you choose songs that are not only religious in nature, but also focus on values and ideals related to love and marriage? Well, this happens to be where Christian wedding songs come in. </p>
<p>Christian wedding songs offer a balance between a love song and a religious song, which is extremely perfect for wedding ceremonies and the receptions as well. These types of songs set the tone for the whole event, ushering in an ambiance of being not too solemn and not too informal. Hence, you can have the wedding song of your dreams playing as you walk down the aisle through Christian wedding songs. </p>
<p>Searching for the Songs</p>
<p>There is quite a remarkable selection of Christian wedding songs that you and your future spouse can choose from. Choosing a song can be a challenging task, because there are a lot of very good songs out there. You would want to choose a song that carries a special meaning for you and your future partner, something that&#8217;s not so common that you&#8217;ve heard it a hundred times at other weddings you&#8217;ve been to. </p>
<p>If you&#8217;re not too familiar with Christian wedding songs, you can opt to visit your local music or record store and browse through the available selections there. </p>
<p>Or, you can also surf the Internet. You will surely find a whole lot of sources for Christian wedding songs. Some websites even post lists for the most popular Christian wedding songs being used, which you can also check out. </p>
<p>If you&#8217;re going to hire a DJ or a vocal soloist for your wedding, you can also ask him or her with regard to the music selection they have available on Christian wedding songs. You can ask for recommendations as well, in order to limit your search. Have them play it in order for you to be able to make a decision whether you want to use it in the wedding or not. </p>
<p>Hiring Vocal Soloists</p>
<p>Hiring a vocal soloist for your wedding will indeed bring with it a more special and intimate touch. Accompanied by either a piano, guitar, or violin, singing Christian wedding songs live can definitely make your wedding into a more unique one. </p>
<p>The vocalist can sing the Christian wedding songs you chose, be it during the lighting of the candles, before the procession, before the vows, during communion, etc. It all depends on you. </p>
<p>Christian Music</p>
<p>Music happens to be one of the most important elements in a wedding as it sets the tone and mood of the whole event. Whatever Christian wedding songs you choose to play in your wedding, it will surely be imbedded in your memory forever. So choose something that corresponds with what you feel in your heart and has special meaning to you and your future spouse, because hearing it again would surely bring back memories of your very special day.</p>
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		<title>How To Find A Mortgage With Bad Credit</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shopping online for mortgages ought to be trouble free, even should you have  poor credit or no credit score.  You can nonetheless find a bad credit lender that can facilitate you. The internet has expanded the international marketplace in a way never before possible, granting people looking for financial products such as  loans unlimited choices. Whenever you shop for a loan online you are utilizing the largest marketplace<br />
in the world.</p>
<p>The secret to getting the cheapest home mortgage even with poor credit is to firstly be optimistic and  persistent. Make contact with as many banking institutions and lenders as you have the time for. There exists out there one or more online lenders who are able to assist you to get the best mortgage loan for you situation.</p>
<p>The solution is to find them, and to do that you may have to invest some time shopping around and completing as many application forms as feasible. As luck would have it you could complete most of your research on the internet which will save time and achieve results quickly. Be sure to check out your credit history report before applying to ensure it&#8217;s correct as it may affect your ability to find the best interest rate. Close to 50% of credit bureau reports contain inaccuracies.</p>
<p>The interest charges on home loans in general can cost the householder nearly TWO TIMES the cost of the house over the term of the mortgage. Therefore, it&#8217;s very important to shop around for the best rates. To get a quotation for online lenders, all that is required, is to complete a simple one page application and you will receive offers within minutes.</p>
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