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By Lou K Coleman

Now whether you choose to see it as truth or not, it really doesn’t matter. The Bible predicted, thousands of years ago, that the End Time Events would revolve around Jerusalem.

Woke up Saturday morning, “Israel Is at War.”  Biblical End-Times Prophecy unfolding right before our eyes and Jesus said, “When these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draws nigh.” [Luke 21:28].

Imagine that! Jerusalem, the Focal Point of End Times Events. It’s amazing when you think about it, because in [Zechariah 12:3–4] God says, “I will make Jerusalem like an intoxicating drink that makes the nearby nations stagger when they send their armies to besiege Jerusalem and Judah. On that day I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock. All the nations will gather against it to try to move it, but they will only hurt themselves.”

War in Israel – Bible prophecy being fulfilled right before our eyes. America is next. The Fall of Babylon the Great. [Isaiah 47, Jeremiah 50 and 51, and Revelation 14 and 18].

For as the armies of the world converge in the Middle East the battle will soon develop into the most devastating war of all time. Russia attacks first and then China who is already raging war on America and has publicly stated its agenda to pull the U.S. into four wars as they seek to achieve the status of Sovereign of the World.

Wake-up! Grid your loins, and if you have not received Jesus as your Lord and Savior, DO IT NOW! Ends Times Bible Prophecy is Being Fulfilled Right Before our Eyes.

Everywhere was chaos, rioting, people crying, screaming, weeping, government agencies on high alert, ambulances, sirens, alarms, darkness outside, disaster, invasions all over plundering everywhere. So many missiles coming towards America, too many to count them. Wake-up! Wake-up! Wake-up!

Biblical End-Times Prophecy Unfolding Right Before Our Eyes!

Program aimed at cultivating the next generation of leaders

PASADENA, CA— Assemblymember Chris Holden is now accepting applications for the 2024 Young Legislators Program. Now in its ninth year, the Young Legislators Program offers high school seniors in the 41st Assembly District a front row seat to the public policy and political arena.

“Young Legislators was an amazing program to be a part of. Gaining insight into the world of government functions, all while making new friends along the way easily made it an amazing experience to have. Anyone interested in government or curious about how our cities and state remain operating would enjoy Young Legislators just as much as I did,” said Evan Lyons, 2023 graduate.

During the five-month program, students will meet once a month at a selected venue to learn about the legislative process, public policy and quality of life issues that impact the lives of Californians and further develop their leadership skills.

“I enjoy this time of the year because we get to work with passionate students from across my district,” said Assemblymember Chris Holden. “I have no doubt this year’s program will again have a lasting impact on the students, and I look forward to meeting the 2024 Young Legislators.”

“I loved learning about the role and importance of both local government and agencies that work to serve their communities,” said Bess Brandow, 2019 graduate.

“The entire program was phenomenal! It strengthened my passion for politics and has made me become more engaged to further follow what I believe in,” said Osvaldo Valdiviezo who participated in the 2018 Young Legislators Program. “Also, the friendships and memories I made are something I treasure and am grateful for.”

Applicants must commit to five monthly, Saturday meetings starting in January 2024 and submit applications by December 5, 2023. Program details and application are available online at https://a41.asmdc.org/2024-young-legislators-program

By Antonio Ray Harvey, Lila Brown and Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media

From one former speaker to another, two of California’s top political brass honored one another, showing mutual admiration amid continuing political chaos in Washington.

On October 5, Karen Bass the Mayor of Los Angeles, and former Speaker of the California Assembly, hosted a reception at the Getty House — the official mayoral residence — to celebrate Nancy Pelosi, Speaker Emerita of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Singer John Legend performed, and hundreds of officials, donors, and other guests attended the event held in the mansion’s backyard just hours after Pelosi spoke at the funeral of Sen. Dianne Feinstein in San Francisco. This was also two days after the former speaker accused the new interim speaker, Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10), of ordering her to vacate her office in the U.S. Capitol. Some reports suggest the order to relocate Pelosi from her “hideaway office,” assigned to her when she was Speaker, was a direct order from the recently ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20).

“What we’ve witnessed this week, the chaos, the disrespect of the leader, the disregard for national and international impact for the whole world to see never happened under the leadership of Madam Speaker,” said Bass referencing the United States House of Representatives vote to remove McCarthy on Oct. 3, through a motion to vacate filed by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla-1).

By Lou K Coleman

Woe, Woe, Woe! Refusing to hear the solemn warnings from Heaven, clinging to this earth as your home and your dwelling place, as if you would abide here forever. Woe, unto you! [Revelation 8:13]. Damnation and destruction will be your portion. For you have not humbled yourself. You have not honored the God in whose hand thy breath is – Under whose power, and at whose disposal, is thy life. Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of Heaven and because of that, He has sent the hand that wrote the inscription. “Mene, Mene, Tekel, Parsin. [Daniel 5:27]. Woe, unto you!

Then I looked, and I heard a single eagle crying loudly as it flew through the air, “Terror, terror, terror to all who belong to this world because of what will happen when the last three angels blow their trumpets.” [Revelation 8:13].

Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes. During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them. [Revelation 9:1-6].

The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.

Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God.  It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”  And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. [Revelation 9:13-21].

The second woe has passed; the third woe is coming soon.

These judgments are meant to warn people to repent and turn to God, but sadly, many will refuse to do so because of their evil and doubting heart. And because of that they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment will go up forever and ever, and they will have no rest, day, or night…  [Revelation 14].

Her plagues shall come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judges her. [Revelations 18:8].

Woe to the Inhabitants of the Earth!

By Antonio? ?Ray? ?Harvey ?|? ?California? ?Black? ?Media?

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the “Ebony Alert” bill to help locate missing Black youth and Black women in the state of California, according to an Oct. 8 written statement from his office.

Senate Bill (SB) 673, authored by Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Inglewood), provides a notification system to address the often ignored or lack of attention given to Black children and young Black women that are missing in California.

“I am signing Senate Bill 673,” Newsom said in an Oct. 8 statement. “I thank the Legislature for highlighting this important issue, addressing well-documented disproportionality in the number of children of color who go missing every year.”

SB 673 authorizes a law enforcement agency to request that an Ebony Alert be activated if that agency determines that it would be an effective tool in the investigation of a missing Black youth or young Black women between the ages of 12 and 25 years.

The U.S. population is 14% Black. Black children are disproportionately classified as “runaways” in comparison to their White counterparts who are classified as “missing” and, therefore, many Black children do not receive the Amber Alert.

“It’s very important to have the Ebony Alert because far too often when Black Women and children go missing there is little to no publicity which hinders the effort to find them,” said Kellie Todd Griffin, CA Black Women’s Collective Empowerment Institute.

“I applaud Senator Bradford for bringing this forward and the Governor for signing the Ebony Act into law. Now we have to be diligent to ensure it is implemented effectively into practice.”

According to the Black and Missing Foundation Inc. (BAMFI), 38% of children reported missing in the U.S. are Black. BAMFI is a non-profit organization whose mission is to bring awareness to missing persons of color. It provides resources and tools to missing person’s families and friends and educates the minority community about personal safety.

AMBER – the moniker that stands for America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response – was created as a legacy to nine-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped and murdered while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas.

Similar to Amber Alert, California has an existing law that authorizes the issuance and coordination of a “Silver Alert” relating to a person who is 65 years of age or older, developmentally disabled, or cognitively impaired who is reported missing.

The “Feather Alert,” relating to an endangered indigenous person who has been reported missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances, is also on books.

Newsom did note “broader concerns” he had with SB 673 and expressed them to Bradford. His administration questioned standards in the bill and stated that they “do not align with the criteria in existing alerts,” specifically the Amber Alert, Endangered Missing Advisory, Feather Alert, and Silver Alert.

“Our emergency alert system is dependent on people not being fatigued by it and thus ignoring it,” the Governor wrote. “Our challenge is to achieve balance between the imperative to notify the public quickly in cases of missing persons or dangerous situations, but to not desensitize that same public outcry by sending too many notifications.”

Black women and girls are at increased risk of being harmed and sex trafficked. A recent report on human trafficking incidents across the country also found that 40% of sex trafficking victims were identified as Black women. The county of Los Angeles reported that 92% of girls in the juvenile justice system identified as victims of sex trafficking are Black, according to the Congressional Black Caucus.

‘“When someone who is missing is incorrectly listed as a runaway, they basically vanish a second time,” Bradford said in a statement after he introduced the bill on the Senate floor in March. “They vanish from the police detectives’ workload. They vanish from the headlines. In many ways, no one even knows they are missing. How can we find someone and bring them home safely when no one is really looking for them,” Bradford stated.

Earlier this year, community advocates in Oakland’s announced a “state of emergency” in response to 10 attempted abductions and kidnappings of Black girls and women.

Oakland Councilmember Treva Reid of District 7, announced in May that of the 1,500 missing person cases reported in the city, 400 were Black women. In 2022 alone, 20% of missing cases went unsolved.

Reid supports SB 673. On May 30, the Oakland City Council unanimously voted in favor of her resolution endorsing the alert system statewide.

“A troubling number of our daughters, sisters, aunts, and mothers go missing throughout our community and they must be protected and safe in our city,” Reid stated. “It is critical that state and local jurisdictions have access to the best enforcement tools and resources to swiftly respond to the crisis of kidnappings and attempted abductions in Oakland and across California.”