Pastor Terry Jones Burned A Quran And Threw Fire On Gasoline

 Burning The Holy Quran Was Not Wise

There was a time when no one knew who Pastor Terry Jones was outside of those in the vicinity of his church in Gainesville, Fl., then came the media feeding frenzy when he announced that he would burn copies of the Holy Quran on September 11, 2010.

You see perception became reality when constant national and worldwide media attention focused on Terry Jones and his Dove World Outreach Center when he decided that he would set fire to the holy book of Islam, the Quran. Jones came up with a self-created International Burn a Quran Day. This apparently started on Facebook and grew from there. Before long national and international media attention was focused on whether Jones would follow through on his threat to burn Qurans on September 11, 2010.

Political leaders weighed in on the issue. General David Petraeus, the top commander of American troops in Afghanistan spoke out against it as a danger to United States troops. The white hot glare of the national media focused on Jones and his every move. For a period of time Terry Jones seemed to be a more powerful religious figure than the Pope. In fact The Vatican condemned a Florida pastor’s plan to burn Qurans.

Jones strung the world along and enjoyed his elevated status. He even tried to use his new found fame to inject himself into the other hot issue of the day and that was the proposed “Ground Zero Mosque” issue. Jones travel to New York supposedly to meet with officials involved with the center. Finally Jones said that he would not burn Qurans and the media as it does faded away and moved on.

Then in March 2011, Pastor Terry Jones decided to burn the Quran and posted the video on the internet. Jones says he is not responsible for the death of the U.N. workers that were killed as protests spiraled out of control in Afghanistan. These workers were brutally murdered for something they had no hand in causing. The true blame is on the people that committed the brutal acts, but what about Pastor Jones. While he did not commit the acts, did he light the fire?

Japan Earthquake, Tsunami & Arab Wars, Some Consult Bible & Other Holy Texts

Holy Bible                     Holy Quran

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.  Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

The prior passage is from Matthew 24, verses 6 and 7 in the New International Version of The Holy Bible. This is what Jesus said when referring to events that would be a precursor to the end of days. In verse 8 he said that these were the beginning of birth pains.

Whenever there are upheavals on a worldwide basis, whether they are natural or man made, there is talk and speculation of the end of the world and Armageddon. A simple internet search using the terms earthquake, tsunami and the end of the world will show how much chatter is taking place regarding this subject.

Adding to the undercurrent of speculation is that the location of much of the unrest in the world is centered in North African and the Middle East all around the nation of Israel where the final battle is to take place.

We have had numerous earthquakes over the past several years of large intensity including Indonesia, Haiti and Japan events. We have had numerous wars, but what about the current unrest in the Middle East and North Africa. The unrest in those countries is primarily from citizens revolting against oppressive leaders versus countries attacking each other. Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain are internal struggles of people wanting more opportunity within their own nations.

Yes we have conflicts with other nations with a coalition waging a campaign in Libya to protect its citizens from the country’s own government. In Afghanistan the war is against a terrorist group and the Taliban, not the nation. It would seem that the nation against nation portion of this passage has not been fulfilled. It is also said that man will not know when that time comes and that is probably the part of this we can count on the most.