Israeli jets fly mock raids over south Lebanon (Second Coming Watch Update #249)

Israeli jets fly mock raids over south Lebanon. According to The Associated Press, Israeli warplanes swooped low over Lebanese villages on Sunday in a show of force apparently aimed at the Hezbollah guerrilla group after a mysterious raid by an unmanned aircraft that was shot out of Israeli skies over the weekend. Israel was still investigating Saturday's incident, but Hezbollah quickly emerged as the leading suspect because it has an arsenal of sophisticated Iranian weapons and a history of trying to deploy similar aircraft.

Turkey fires into Syria for fifth day in a row. According to The Associated Press, Turkish artillery fired toward Syria for a fifth day in a row on Sunday, minutes after a Syrian shell landed on Turkish territory. An Associated Press video journalist witnessed the shell landing some 200 yards inside Turkey, near the border town of Akcakale. A short time later, eight mortars could be heard fired from Turkey. 

EU countries to consider having one budget. According to The Business Insider, debate about the idea of creating a separate budget for euro zone countries is intensifying in the run up to an EU summit later this month. At a private dinner held last week among the EU ambassadors of several northern European countries, including Great Britain, Denmark, the Netherlands and Finland, those present were surprised to find a fair degree of consensus on the proposal. The single budget proposal was first sketched out by Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European Council as part of an effort to stimulate debate about how Europe's monetary union should be improved.

The Bible says in James 5:7: "Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh."

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