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Donald Pedersen @watchingevil.bsky.social · 30m

Trump greets Middle East leader with eye-raising comment
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Trump greets Middle East leader with eye-raising comment

President Donald Trump met Monday with several Middle East leaders following his address to the Israeli Knesset and ahead of a peace summit in Egypt, including Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-S...

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Donald Pedersen @watchingevil.bsky.social · 32m

Trump Declares U.S. Strike on Iran's Nuclear Facilities Turbocharged Israel-Hamas Truce
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Trump Declares U.S. Strike on Iran's Nuclear Facilities Turbocharged Israel-Hamas Truce

President Donald Trump on Monday said the U.S. strike on key Iranian nuclear facilities earlier this year spooked Hamas and accelerated the release of Israeli hostages.

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 44m

Egypt says Trump engagement crucial for Gaza ceasefire

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Egypt says Trump engagement crucial for Gaza ceasefire

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Donald Pedersen @watchingevil.bsky.social · 33m

Steve Bannon demands 'Christian state' in Middle East as part of Trump's peace deal

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Steve Bannon demands 'Christian state' in Middle East as part of Trump's peace deal

MAGA influencer Steve Bannon insisted that there would have to be a "Christian state" in the Middle East as a part of a peace deal negotiated by U.S. President Donald Trump.During the Monday War Room ...

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 1h

More than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners released, Israel says

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More than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners released, Israel says

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Donald Pedersen @watchingevil.bsky.social · 1h

Israeli Ambassador Reveals Hamas Has Not Handed Over Dead Hostages’ Bodies
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Israeli Ambassador Reveals Hamas Has Not Handed Over Dead Hostages’ Bodies

Danon revealed that Hamas has not repatriated the bodies of dead hostages as promised under the Gaza peace framework.

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Donald Pedersen @watchingevil.bsky.social · 2h

Vatican names judges for trial of former Jesuit artist Rupnik accused of abuse by over 20 women
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Vatican names judges for trial of former Jesuit artist Rupnik accused of abuse by over 20 women

The Vatican has taken the unusual step of announcing that it had named judges to decide the fate of a famous ex-Jesuit artist accused of sexually, spiritually and psychologically abusing women.

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Donald Pedersen @watchingevil.bsky.social · 2h

Palestinians celebrate as prisoners are released by Israel under Gaza ceasefire deal
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Palestinians celebrate as prisoners are released by Israel under Gaza ceasefire deal

Palestinians are celebrating as Israel has released nearly 2,000 Palestinians from prison in exchange for Hamas’s freeing of Israeli hostages.

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Donald Pedersen @watchingevil.bsky.social · 2h

Trump arrives in Egypt for Gaza summit after urging Israel to seize a chance for peace
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Trump arrives in Egypt for Gaza summit after urging Israel to seize a chance for peace

President Donald Trump has arrived in Egypt for a global summit on Gaza's future. This follows Trump's visit to Israel, where he celebrated a U.S.

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Donald Pedersen @watchingevil.bsky.social · 2h

Living Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are freed as part of Gaza ceasefire
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Living Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are freed as part of Gaza ceasefire

All 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza and scores of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel have walked free as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war.

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Donald Pedersen @watchingevil.bsky.social · 2h

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Donald Pedersen @watchingevil.bsky.social · 3h

Act 5:42
(42) And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.

Donald Pedersen @watchingevil.bsky.social · 15h

Goodnight God is with all that is with him. All that takes is faith on your part, without the faith your without God.

Donald Pedersen @watchingevil.bsky.social · 18h

Evangelicals Sold Their Souls For Him, But Trump Suggests He's Going To Hell
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Evangelicals Sold Their Souls For Him, But Trump Suggests He's Going To Hell

Evangelical Christians threw their faith out the window to support Donald Trump, but now Trump is saying that he thinks there is nothing he can do to get into heaven.

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Donald Pedersen @watchingevil.bsky.social · 18h

Trump says ‘war is over’ in Gaza as Israel awaits release of hostages
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Trump says ‘war is over’ in Gaza as Israel awaits release of hostages

US president says Middle East will ‘normalize’ before he boarded flight to Israel for world leaders’ peace summit

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Donald Pedersen @watchingevil.bsky.social · 20h

'Never Happened Before': Trump Says Israel and Muslims Nations Are Celebrating Together
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'Never Happened Before': Trump Says Israel and Muslims Nations Are Celebrating Together

President Donald Trump said it is a "very special time" where Israel and Muslim countries are celebrating simultaneously, which he said has "never happened before," after the Israel-Hamas hostage deal

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Donald Pedersen @watchingevil.bsky.social · 21h

though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

Donald Pedersen @watchingevil.bsky.social · 21h

for he shall save his people from their sins.
Mat 2:6
(6) And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

Mic 5:2
(2) But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah,

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Donald Pedersen @watchingevil.bsky.social · 21h

Two Saviours or One? The form of Joshua's name in the Septuagint, the authoritative Greek scriptures used by the NT authors, was none other than Jesus.

Jesus, son of Mary and Joseph

Mat 1:21
(21) And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS:

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Donald Pedersen @watchingevil.bsky.social · 23h

and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

Mar 6:34
(34) And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

Donald Pedersen @watchingevil.bsky.social · 23h

are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

Act 5:14
(14) And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)

Mat 9:36
(36) But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted,

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Donald Pedersen @watchingevil.bsky.social · 23h

Multitudes

We, the believers, are the multitudes from the signs of Jesus. We believe in his miracles and him, though grace is a gift, what work we do shall be harvested(Matthew 9:37-38) from his teachings.

Rev 17:15
(15) And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth,