When Satan Points his finger at you. Accuses you of every foul and disgusting sin you ever committed. what will you do as you stand before our Lord and King Christ Jesus? Will Jesus know your name. Will Jesus know your voice from hearing your continual prayers. Will Jesus Judge you from the books of works written of all the deeds of those who refused to hear and except his name on purpose. Or will our Lord and King, Intercessor between God the Father and all mankind go to the Book of Life.
God has given us the wonderful and yet expensive gift of Free Will. Yes it is real and it does exist.You must choose, This world system and all that comes with it, or except the sacrifice of our Christ Jesus on The Cross. Understand Salvation and the Price Jesus paid for our Sin. The sin that caused separation between God and man in the first place. For it was man that Forsake God. God to this day and forever more will never forsake mankind. It was our sin that caused this separation.
Mankind as a whole will not admit this terrible deed.
It was and still it remains, "Our Fault"
Would you like to know Jesus as your Lord and Savior? Would you like to be saved from all that is about to come? Would you like to be a part of the soon rapture of the church to live with Jesus in his awesome universe and heavenly paradise forever? It is not a mistake that you came here. In fact Jesus wants to be your Savior and He loves you so much that He died on the cross for you others who chose to come to Him. He died in your place. It doesn't matter what you had done, all are welcome to come who are ready to repent of their sins and follow Jesus, desiring for Him to be their Lord and Savior. Please say the prayer below and you too shall be saved! After this please check out the prayer link for additional information you will need to help you with your walk with Christ.
Dear Jesus,
I know I am a sinner. I pray that you will forgive me for all of my sins, that you will come into my heart and be my Lord, the savior of my life. I confess that you died on the cross to save me from my sins and I am committed to turning away from those sins. I ask that you fill me with your Holy Spirit so that I can be born again. I ask that you give me the strength and abundant faith to overcome any and all attacks by the enemy, including my desire to sin so that I may serve you completely. I pray that you will give me discernment so that I may know all things that are truth, and the knowledge acquired from reading your Word. Use me this day as I am a willing vessel Lord, in leading others to your kingdom. Wash me as white as snow. Put a hedge of protection around me as I go forth in doing your will. Thank you Jesus for saving me, as I know that only through my faith in you that all this is possible. Amen
People enter the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip before crossing into Egypt on Nov. 1, 2023.
Updated November 1, 2023 at 11:35 AM ET
RAFAH, the Gaza Strip — Hundredsof foreign nationals flooded through the gates at Gaza's border crossing with Egypt on Wednesday, marking the first time that people trapped inside Gaza since fighting broke out between Israel and Hamas have been allowed to leave.
Ambulances from Egypt also enteredthe Rafah crossing, which connects Gaza to Egypt, to evacuate critically injured people from the besieged territory, where Israeli airstrikes have killed thousands since Oct. 7, when the militant group Hamas launched a brutal attack on Israeli towns.
The Gaza border crossing authority, which is run by the Hamas government in Gaza, announced early Wednesday that the Rafah border would be open for injured people and some foreign passport holders to exit the territory.
The authority published a list of people that it said were approved to exit. The list included the names and passport information of nearly 500 foreigners, most of them citizens of eight countries or who are associated with NGOs. It is possible the list of 489 foreign nationals is not comprehensive and more people will be added.
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Palestinian health ministry paramedics check the travel documents of a person waiting to cross to Egypt at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
People departing Gaza Wednesday told NPR that the opportunity to escape the constant bombardment and ever-growing humanitarian crisis was bittersweet.
"It's not the greatest feeling, to be honest. It's not," said Jamila Muhaisen, a 24-year-old Bulgarian citizen. "I have family here. I have friends here. It's not OK to just leave a burning city."
Many foreign nationals who were not on the list came to the border anyway on Wednesday morning out of hope that they, too, would be allowed out.
But Gaza border officials turned them away at the border gate.
"I'm going to keep on coming," said Wafaa Abu Zaida, a Palestinian-American who was not allowed to exit Wednesday. "I don't want to hear, 'We gave you a chance and you didn't make it.'"
Hundreds of American citizens have been trapped in Gaza since the war began. It was not yet clear when they would be allowed to leave. A U.S official who is not authorized to speak to the media about the matter told NPR that additional groups of foreigners and other people are expected to be allowed to exit Gaza in the coming days.
More than half of the entries on the list were Jordanian citizens. Other nationalities marked for exit included Austria, Australia and Japan.
Nearly 60 names were associated with aid groups, including United Nations agencies and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Seven of those listed were Americans.
U.N. agencies and aid groups have plans to rotate staff where possible. On Friday, a team of 10 ICRC staff, including surgeons and a weapons expert, entered Gaza via the Rafah crossing.
The GazaBorder Authority also said 81 "seriously injured" people would be taken to hospitals in Egypt for medical care. All of the patients are Palestinians, according to the Egyptian health ministry.
"The World Health Organization welcomes Egypt's decision to accept 81 injured and sick people from the Gaza Strip for treatment," the WHO said in a statement, adding that its staff had helped Egypt establish a plan to evacuate and care for the critically wounded.
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A journalist films a man driving a donkey-drawn cart carrying luggage outside the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
Egypt later said that only about 70 patients would be transferred, as the remaining patients had already died. The patients will be transported to hospitals in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, the Egyptian health ministry said.
Live television footage of the crossing showed ambulances from Egypt entering the border crossing terminal separating Egypt from Gaza.
On the Palestinian side of the border, crowds of people, including children, had gathered at the terminal, many of them carrying suitcases and some with donkey-pulled carts loaded with luggage.
In the early afternoon, border officials opened the gate at the Gaza side of the border, allowing at least 100 people into the border terminal to have their passports and other documents checked.
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People sit in the waiting area at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip before crossing into Egypt on Wednesday.
The Gaza side of the Rafah crossing is operated by local Hamas authorities, who are coordinating with Egypt and facilitating the exit of foreigners and wounded. Hamas, besides having a military wing that is fighting Israel in the war, also runs administrative services in Gaza — including at this international boundary crossing.
With all of Israel's borders with Gaza closed since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks that killed 1,400 people in Israel, the only operational crossing in and out ofGaza is Rafah, along the territory's southern border with Egypt. Even that border has largely been closed; only aid trucks have been allowed through until now.
Israeli airstrikes have killed nearly 8,800 and injured 22,000 others,Palestinian officials say, and doctors at Gaza's hospitals say they are overwhelmed. Hundreds of American citizens have been stranded in Gaza since the war began, along with thousands of other foreign passport holders.
On Tuesday, 59 trucks of aid entered Gaza — the largest number of trucks in one day since aid began crossing on Oct. 21. Israel continues to block the delivery of fuel. Dozens of additional trucks were expected to enter Gaza Wednesday.
The activity at the border took place as internet and phone service in Gaza went out again temporarily. The Palestinian telecommunications company Paltel attributed the outage to "international routes that were previously reconnected being disconnected again." Service has since resumed.
The announcementsfollowed a 34-hour communications blackout in Gaza over the weekend that coincided with the start of Israel's "expanded" ground operations.
A precise number of casualties and injuries isn't yet known; initial reports from the health ministry in Gaza said a large number of people were wounded or killed.
Becky Sullivan reported from Tel Aviv, and Anas Baba reported from Rafah. Aya Batrawy contributed reporting from Dubai, and Michele Kelemen contributed reporting from Washington, D.C. contributed to this story
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
Becky Sullivan has reported and produced for NPR since 2011 with a focus on hard news and breaking stories. She has been on the ground to cover natural disasters, disease outbreaks, elections and protests, delivering stories to both broadcast and digital platforms.
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