Europe to Launch Satellite for Galileo, But More False Witnesses

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The following news item was of interest:

Europe to Begin Construction of Satellite Navigation System

With EU approval for a new bidding process, Europe’s much-touted — and much delayed — Galileo, a Brussels-controlled competitor to the US’s GPS system, looks set for orbit. One satellite is being launched this weekend and the system is expected to go online by 2013.

Spiegel – April 24, 2008

After a debacle that saw leading companies in European industry withdraw their planned investment over fears of cost overruns, the European Union’s much-vaunted Galileo satellite navigation project appears to be getting a second lease of life.

The European Parliament this week approved a plan to put the constuction of the satellite network, which will compete with the United States’ GPS system, out to tender. With no private industry investors on board, the project will now be paid for using €3.4 billion ($5.35 billion) in public funds through 2013.

Following Wednesday’s vote, the final political hurdle has been cleared for Galileo…

EADS’ Germany-based space services subsdiary, EADS Astrium, has already been involved in the construction of the GIOVE-B Galileo test satellite that is expected to be launched into orbit from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Sunday. GIOVE-B is the second of three test satellites being sent into orbit before the launch of the larger Galileo project…

Once in operation, Galileo is expected to deliver highly accurate geographical positioning data that can be used by cars and other transportation, by police and justice officials, customs, construction or even in emergency and rescue services. The German government has said it would prefer to use Galileo for civilian purposes, but other countries, including France, say they want it for their militaries...http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,549401,00.html

As I have been writing for quite a long while, I believe that Europe probably needs to have its own GPS-type system before the Great Tribulation begins.

However, there does not seem to be a shortage of self-appointed false prophets and false witnesses saying that the Great Tribulation has began (or will begin) in 2008. Notice the following soon to be proven false prophecy:

The Lords’ Witnesses, the True Bible Code, End Time Chronology

Cute, but wrong, until we are right inspite of ourselves! – Michael Schwingenschloegl and Francis Conger
The Kingdom of God has started. Jesus has married his bride, the 1NC saints in heaven. – Gordon Ritchie

We now expect a dual terrorist attack in the US and the UK on 2008Iyyar19 or 2008Iyyar21, i.e. between the sunsets of April25/26 or April27/28. This is the fulfilment of the stone of Daniel2 hitting the image and of mushroom the cloud of 1Kings18 rising from the sea. We have got this wrong so far around 70x. This is the first birth pang of the Kingdom of God, so it should not be large attack by biblical standards, since the first birth pang is the smallest. But it will be scary and significant and so may be radiological. This attack starts the Great Tribulation of Matthew 24.

Invitation to the Evening Meal of the Lamb’s Marriage and the Festival of Cakes

Jesus, the lamb of God, is now married. So the late passover this year, on 2008Iyyar14, is the evening meal of the lamb’s marriage. The Lords’ Witnesses are the only church that knows how to celebrate this seminal event properly (http://www.truebiblecode.com/ viewed 4/24/08).

I cannot believe people like this are serious, but whether they are or not, people need to READ their Bibles and realize that the END CANNOT COME in 2008 (and that groups like the Living Church of God do know how and when to observe Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread, which they called “the Festival of Cakes”).

Perhaps, I should also add, that like CGPFK’s Ronald Weinland who seems to pushed his dates out further, I was told that this “True Bible Code” page predicted 17th to 21st April as the possible nuclear attack on USA and UK until early yesterday–and that it has made other inaccurate date predictions prior to that date (of course, if they predict it for every possible date in the future, at some point they may get it right 🙂 ).

While terrorist events can, and sometimes will, happen, the Great Tribulation has not started and will not start this weekend. What the Bible shows MUST happen has NOT happened yet.

Some articles of related interest may include:

Who is the King of the North? Is there one? Do biblical and Roman Catholic prophecies point to the same leader? Should he be followed? Who will be the King of the North discussed in Daniel 11? Is a nuclear attack prophesied to happen to the English-speaking peoples of the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand? When do the 1335 days, 1290 days, and 1260 days (the time, times, and half a time) of Daniel 12 begin? What MUST happen BEFORE the Great Tribulation?
End of Mayan Calendar 2012–Might 2012 Mean Something? There is a Mayan calendar prediction for change in 2012. 2012 changes were also centuries ago predicted by the Hopi Native Americans and the Hindu Indians (who were not even on the same continent). Do these Mayan/Hindu/Hopi prophecies have any value? Why might Satan have inspired this date? Does the Dresden codex show destruction of the earth by flood? Can the great tribulation start before 2012?
Two Horned Beast of Revelation and 666 This article explains how the LCG views this, and compares this to Ellen White.
Europa, the Beast, and Revelation Where did Europe get its name? What might Europe have to do with the Book of Revelation? What about “the Beast”?
Persecutions by Church and State This article documents some that have occurred against those associated with the COGs and some prophesied to occur.
Why Be Concerned About False and Heretical Leaders? There have been many false leaders–here is some of why you should be concerned about them.
Is There A Future King of the South? Some no longer believe there needs to be. Might Egypt, Islam, Iran, Arabs, or Ethiopia be involved? What does the Bible say?