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Comment from Understand The Times:

Keep one eye on Vladimir Putin and another eye on the Bible. Actually, it would be better to have both eyes on the Bible all the times and watch or read the news when you can fit that in. We are living in a day when many of the prophecies of the Bible are about to take place. If you don't have knowledge of Bible prophecy or believe that prophecy is not for today, just read the news and attend a purpose-driven church where you will be told "everything is OK" and there are "no worries". Besides, Bible prophecy will never be mentioned.

Actually, there are no worries if you are a Bible believer and follow Jesus Christ. Our God has everything in control. He inspired His prophets to write down warnings that are recorded in the Bible to tell us in advance that He knows what is going to happen. Jesus is coming soon!

September 1 - Putin on road back to power

Article: Israel And The Last Days

Vladimir Putin emerged from a yellow Lada sports car in the Siberian city of Chita yesterday, after driving more than 1930 km to complete a road trip across Russia's Far Eastern regions. Fitting in to what appears to be a growing PR campaign to boost his image ahead of a potential return to the Kremlin in 2012, the Russian Prime Minister set off on the journey last week, sporting a pair of dark glasses and a cream polo shirt.

In one interview, given while at the wheel of the Lada to the Kommersant newspaper, Putin admitted he was contemplating a return to the Russian presidency in 2012. He also said that pro-democracy protesters deserved to be "beaten around the head with truncheons".

He was also playing up to his "man of the people" image, in a month that has seen a remarkable flurry of televised stunts, even by his standards.

Putin has been widely tipped for a return to the Kremlin, and with presidential terms extended to six years, Putin could remain in power until 2024. He has said he will sit down with President Dmitry Medvedev and decide which of them will run in 2012. In the current Russian political climate, non-Kremlin candidates would not stand a chance.