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Tuesday, May 06, 2025

These Are The End Times

The Bible references several prophetic passages concerning a climactic conflict in the Middle East, often interpreted as a final war involving Israel and surrounding nations. Below is a list of key scriptures and their commonly understood interpretations:

1. Ezekiel 38–39 – The War of Gog and Magog

Passage: Ezekiel 38:1–6, 15–16; 39:1–6
Summary: These chapters describe a future invasion of Israel by a coalition of nations led by "Gog of the land of Magog."(Wikipedia)
Interpretation: Many scholars associate "Magog" with regions north of Israel, possibly including modern-day Russia, Iran, and Turkey. The prophecy indicates that God will supernaturally intervene to destroy the invading forces, demonstrating His sovereignty and sanctifying His name among the nations.

2. Revelation 16:16 – The Battle of Armageddon

Passage: "And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon."(OpenBible)
Summary: This verse refers to the gathering of kings for battle on the great day of God Almighty.
Interpretation: "Armageddon" is often linked to the ancient city of Megiddo in northern Israel. While some view this as a literal location for the final battle, others interpret it symbolically, representing the culmination of global opposition to God. (Wikipedia)

3. Daniel 11:40–45 – The King of the North and the King of the South

Passage: "At the time of the end, the king of the south shall attack him, but the king of the north shall rush upon him like a whirlwind..."(OpenBible)
Summary: This passage details a conflict between two powerful kings during the end times, leading to significant turmoil in the Middle East.(OpenBible)
Interpretation: The "king of the north" and "king of the south" are often identified with regions north and south of Israel, possibly representing modern-day nations such as Syria and Egypt. The passage is seen as depicting a major military campaign involving these powers in the end times. (Lamb and Lion Ministries)

4. Zechariah 14:1–4 – The Day of the Lord

Passage: "Behold, a day is coming for the Lord, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst..."
Summary: This prophecy speaks of a future day when nations will gather against Jerusalem, leading to divine intervention.(The Bottom Line, Ministries)
Interpretation: The passage is interpreted as describing a final assault on Jerusalem, where God will intervene, causing dramatic changes in the landscape and delivering His people.

5. Psalm 83:1–8 – A Confederacy Against Israel

Passage: "They say, 'Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!'"(The Bottom Line, Ministries)
Summary: This psalm lists a coalition of nations conspiring against Israel.
Interpretation: Some view this as a prophetic depiction of a future alliance of Middle Eastern nations aiming to destroy Israel, preceding the events of Ezekiel 38–39.

6. Isaiah 17:1 – The Oracle Concerning Damascus

Passage: "An oracle concerning Damascus. Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city and will become a heap of ruins."(The Bottom Line, Ministries)
Summary: This prophecy foretells the destruction of Damascus.
Interpretation: Some interpret this as a future event where Damascus, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities, will be destroyed, possibly in the context of end-time conflicts.

7. Zechariah 12:2–3 – Jerusalem a Cup of Trembling

Passage: "Behold, I am about to make Jerusalem a cup of staggering to all the surrounding peoples..."
Summary: This prophecy indicates that Jerusalem will become a source of conflict for surrounding nations.
Interpretation: The passage is seen as describing the central role of Jerusalem in end-time events, where attempts by nations to control or harm the city will lead to their own downfall.

These passages collectively portray a series of events where nations gather against Israel and Jerusalem, leading to divine intervention and the establishment of God's kingdom. Interpretations vary among scholars and traditions, with some viewing these events as literal future occurrences and others seeing them as symbolic representations of spiritual battles.

Prophecy as the Proof of Scripture and the Reality of God
Second Coming Prophecies: Many Interpretations
The Common Thread of Prophecy: Bridging the Christian and Hindu Worldviews
Why Interfaith Dialogue Is the Only Way Forward in these End Times
Vishnu and the Holy Trinity: A Bridge Between Hinduism and Christianity
A House Divided: 40,000 Denominations and the Forgotten Call for Unity in Christ

The Last Age of War, The First Age of Peace: Lord Kalki, Prophecies, and the Path to Global Redemption
Prophecies Are Proof Of God
The Most Awaited Person In Human History Is Here
Nepal: The Vishwa Guru Of A New Economic Era (English and Hindi)

Monday, May 05, 2025

5: Israel

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Start with the curiosity questions on the content you want. If you are going to focus 100% on style, you should expect this emptiness. Content first, style second.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 5, 2025

In today's story about Trump reopening Alcatraz prison the Associated Press called the prison "infamously inescapable due to the strong ocean currents and cold Pacific waters that surround it" with no mention of the "Escape from Alcatraz" triathlon in which 2,000 people complete…
— Ryan Petersen (@typesfast) May 5, 2025

Software engineering isn’t really about coding but the real story is way more complicated. Builders don’t have to ask for permission when they can execute, coding skills allow engineers to be owners and have autonomy. Once everyone think they can execute, it changes the dynamics. https://t.co/GopGoACzx4
— Jaana Dogan ヤナドガン (@rakyll) May 4, 2025

Given that this White House leaks about everything, and there was no chatter about movie tariffs, it seems likely that policy reshaping the lives of millions of Americans was made by an old man sitting alone in a room with a remote in his left hand, aided by no expert advice. https://t.co/MdEZrAOUkR
— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) May 5, 2025

o3 prompt for product people:

"My product is [product]. I want you to deep-dive into online chatter about my product (way more in-depth than you'd otherwise go) and mine the web for patterns — what makes our users frustrated? What do they want? Why do they switch/churn?" pic.twitter.com/nxdLybHfrU
— Matt Shumer (@mattshumer_) May 4, 2025

Damn 🔥🔥
Cursor reportedly raised $900 million in a new round led by Thrive Capital at $9 billion valuation.
~ TechCrunch

Still waiting on the official announcement. pic.twitter.com/ni8DfhM6Gk
— AshutoshShrivastava (@ai_for_success) May 5, 2025

Beyond Motion: How Robots Will Redefine The Art Of Movement
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AI-Era Social Network: Reimagined for Truth, Trust & Transformation

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

21: Israel

@paramendrakumarbhagat
AI And Robotics Break Capitalism
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@paramendrakumarbhagat 50 Implications Of The Kalkiist Manifesto #kalki ♬ original sound - Paramendra Kumar Bhagat

AI And Robotics Break Capitalism pic.twitter.com/ylIkXwlNl5
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 21, 2025

50 Implications Of The Kalkiist Manifesto pic.twitter.com/QVOKJo5QDD
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 20, 2025

Monday, November 25, 2024

25: Israel

Thursday, November 21, 2024

21: Israel

Tuesday, October 08, 2024

8: Iran-Israel

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

17: Israel

Friday, December 06, 2019

NEOM: A Fundamental Departure For All Humanity?

That NEOM is an attempt at a fundamental departure for all humanity is not my idea or suggestion. That is the stated goal from the people who have come up with the project. Within that suggestion, I am offering my ideas.

The idea is a new city can itself be as innovative as a new company. And if that city were to become home to many new companies on the cutting edges of innovation, then that city as innovation would be something remarkable. Frankly, unprecedented. That is not New York City, that is not Silicon Valley. When Manhattan was just an uninhabited island, when California was just wilderness, and what we know as Silicon Valley was just apple orchards. But none of those places started with the clarity of ambition that NEOM is projecting.

I find it exciting to even think about the whole project. I see myself getting involved at some point. I am certainly open to it.

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NEOM, Jerusalem: Twin Cities?
My Take On NEOM, The City
NEOM: A City

I want to think in terms of all the ways it could go right. But I would also like to think of ways it could go wrong. Better now than when the failures have already materialized.

The number one word of caution is that the spiritual foundation has to be the number one priority. When Noah was around the world was full of engineers performing all sorts of tricks. Without a sound spiritual foundation, engineering is just gloom and doom.

I appreciate Prince Salman's bold attempt to wrest the narrative in the Islamic world. If Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) wife was what today would be considered a CEO, maybe women today should also be running things. During the golden era of Islam, the Islamic world exhibited an immense thirst for knowledge, the kind that nurtures math and science. He is trying to take the region to a modernity that already existed.

All major religions talk of God as the creator. If there is only one creation, how many Gods do you think there are, right? That one God is always going to be more and bigger than whatever you understand God to be. Because God is infinite, and the human being is finite. A human being can not hope to understand God, only God's revelations.

Saudi Arabia stands to benefit from the whole project. It came up with the idea, it is offering all that land, and it is coming up with the seed capital. It only makes sense that it will benefit from it. The ask is not that big. All Saudi Arabia is asking in return is to give itself a diversified economy, a post-oil economy. I think that is fair enough. And very possible.

But it should also stick by its stance to step back a little and allow many others to participate. This has to feel like a clean slate to many parties. There are people in Silicon Valley who fantasize about opening up tech startup office spaces on ships out in the international waters off the California coasts. Let them come to NEOM. The US voter is tired of paying the bills for being the world's policeman. Let them see the promise of NEOM. There are many countries angling to create a multi-polar world. Let them participate in NEOM.

NEOM can not be a place where expensive consultants give their bad advice and run for the hills when things go awry. It can not be a place only for tech wizardry. The innovation has to be on many levels. There has to be a solid spiritual foundation. There has to be political innovation. There has to be social innovation. There has to be law enforcement innovation. There has to be governance innovation. There has to be an urban living innovation. There has to be a tourism innovation.

This new city has to learn from the oldest inhabited cities of the world for they carry wisdom. The truly new borrows heavily from the truly old.

Saudi Arabia Is Betting Its Future on a Desert Megacity Foreign Policy: November 2017 Can Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ambitious plans jumpstart social and economic reform, or are they an expensive miscalculation? ........ “Welcome to the future of Saudi Arabia,” a Saudi tour guide intoned last week as she led guests into a showroom advertising values not traditionally associated with the kingdom: gender equality, environmental sustainability, and technological innovation....... After an IMAX-style introductory video, the first stop on this “megaprojects tour” was a model of one of three new futuristic cities that Saudi Arabia is set to break ground on next year, dubbed Qiddiya. Located 25 miles from the capital, Riyadh, the city is envisioned as an entertainment megaplex with everything from indoor ski slopes to roller coasters to a zoo. Guests on the preview tour could interact with a holographic lion or try out the mountain bike and race car simulators. Down the hall were previews of the second two cities, a Red Sea tourist resort and Neom, a tech hub that aims to have more robots than humans in its population. ........ The cities are part of Vision 2030, the kingdom’s ambitious plan to pivot the economy away from oil. The program was announced over a year ago, but the event, which ran from Oct. 24 to Oct. 26, was the “coming out” party — a chance for the global financial elite to see for themselves whether Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was, in the words of one investor, “for real.” The so-called Future Investment Initiative (FII) pulled in 3,500 attendees, including dozens of blue-chip executives. Crew members from the Saudi national airline helped guide potential investors through the hallways of the Ritz Carlton. Robot “concierges” stood outside panel rooms, playfully soliciting interaction and selfies. ........... The message was clear to all: For three decades, the state has worked assiduously to avoid offending the conservative religious elite, stalling the trappings of modernity that have catapulted development in cities such as neighboring Dubai. This conference was meant to seal that chapter and set out a new, aspirational end point. ....... “Before now, the government always made a balance between the liberal people and the conservatives. They gave this side something, [that] faction another thing,” said Amal al-Hazzani, a columnist at Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat and professor at King Saud University. “They kept trying to make that balance, until Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman came.… [H]e ended that era.” ........ Mohammed bin Salman is signaling to Saudis that they are embarking on a momentous reform project from which there is no turning back. Saudi Arabia will need a serious shaking up to bring its economic and social structure into the 21st century. ....... “Seventy percent of the Saudi people are less than 30 years old, and we will not waste 30 years of our lives dealing with extremist ideas — we will destroy them today,” Mohammed bin Salman told the gathering. “We want to live a normal life.” ........ Many conference attendees likely didn’t realize just how revolutionary certain aspects of last week’s event were. Bankers from London to Lagos enjoyed gender-mixed coffee breaks, where women weren’t required to wear the traditional abaya. There were no intermissions for prayers, which shut down Saudi businesses for 30 minutes multiple times a day. Only a handful of speeches began with the usual Islamic prayer. ......... ...Saudi Arabia’s urban dreams are almost absurdly large, and Mohammed bin Salman has been intimately involved in forming them. He first pitched the idea of building completely new cities in 2015, just after his father was elevated as king, and has since signed off on details — even down to the logo designs........ Neom, the centerpiece of the mega projects, will cover more than 10,000 square miles — 10 times the size of Luxembourg. An initial press release described the city as “the safest, most efficient, most future-oriented, and best place to live and work” in the world....... Every piece of life in Neom will be linked to artificial intelligence: roads and cars will adjust to avoid traffic, and grocery orders will be fed directly to drone delivery units. Hydroponic growers will farm produce without soil, utilizing electricity produced by solar panels........ The city aims to attract top tech talent from across the globe, incentivizing businesses to flock to Neom through preferential regulation. Social life and gender norms will be drawn from “global best practices,” a term that serves as the default answer to any question about how something in the city — whether transport or official language — will work.......... Mohammed bin Salman’s personal support and the emphasis on good regulations was “very reassuring. It’s also something that we didn’t hear in the last three decades.”...... State-led plans such as Neom often miss the organic, bottom-up tech ecosystem that breeds innovation. Meanwhile, the Gulf cities that Neom hopes to rival — Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and even Doha — have a decade-plus head start......... Watching corrupt ministers face charges, incompetent consultants lose their jobs, and longtime undersecretaries demoted is starting to change the work culture. Fatani says the new ethos is, “Just get it done.” ............ Mohammed bin Salman will surely need to remain mindful of simmering conservative frustrations. The very bureaucrats he aims to reform may also push back, quietly delaying projects, sitting on approvals, or just heading home from work early. The stagnating price of oil, skepticism from investors, or regional instability could also set progress back.

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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) December 7, 2019

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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) December 7, 2019

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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) December 7, 2019

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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) December 7, 2019

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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) December 7, 2019

UAE is role model of tolerance: Pope Francis https://t.co/fMxBfADgrm pic.twitter.com/EbxQS8YJjs
— UAE News (@UAENews) December 7, 2019

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

NEOM, Jerusalem: Twin Cities?

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NEOM: A City
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I have had a little bit more time to think about NEOM in the back of my mind. Ends up it is all about location, location, location!

The make or break part of the concept of NEOM is, can it be economically viable? In NEOM's case that means, can it attract some of the top tech entrepreneurs of the emerging technologies? Lucky for NEOM, because Israel is right there.

The tiny nation of Israel beats all of Europe when it comes to tech, and Europe is no slouch. The idea can no longer be accepting Israel. The idea now has to be to embrace Israel.

Embrace these days means to build a hyperloop from NEOM to Jerusalem to Tel Aviv. Egypt is building itself a new capital. It could be a triangular hyperloop: NEOM to Jerusalem to Cairo.

NEOM, Jerusalem: Twin Cities? https://t.co/36JzX2Gxjy @IsraeliPM @netanyahu @MustafaKheriba @JassimAlseddiqi @KingSalman @KSAmofaEN @RoyalSaudiNews @NEOM @ImranKhanPTI @narendramodi @iamsrk @aamir_khan @BeingSalmanKhan @saudiarabia @ksamissionun #NEOM #SaudiArabia #princesalman
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) November 20, 2019

Friday, January 22, 2016

How Do You Explain This? Brain Power?

Unbelievable stat on the immense success of #israel from the awesome @jamesdcameron @Accel https://t.co/PFKpLTreZ7 pic.twitter.com/qBzH83lOoa
— The Twenty Minute VC (@twentyminutevc) January 22, 2016

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Israel

Israeli technology is everywhere.
Israeli technology is everywhere. Powerful video by Calcalist כלכליסט
Posted by START-UP NATION on Thursday, October 22, 2015

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Tech Aviv

A Fan Of Israel

Europe's hottest startups 2015: Tel Aviv

The startup nation became the exit nation in 2014, with Israeli tech sales and IPOs hitting $15 billion (£9.5bn) ..... "What sets Israel and Tel Aviv apart is its openness" ..... "You can meet almost anyone, and everyone knows and talks to -- and about -- each other." ..... "Entrepreneurs will focus not only on innovative technologies," he says, "but on building disruptive companies out of Israel." ...... Consumer Physics wants to build a molecular map of the world ..... StoreDot has developed a smartphone battery that can be charged in one minute. ...... Windward analyses commercial satellite feeds and maritime data to track the location and contents of every major seafaring vessel in the world .. Its aim: real-time updates and insights for maritime markets and intelligence agencies. ...... Moovit's transport app provides real-time public navigation on buses, trains and tubes. Using a combination of public-data feeds and feedback from users, it claims to provide travel times more accurately than its rivals. ......... Zebra Medical teaches computers to diagnose diseases. .. has partnered with Israeli imaging centres and universities worldwide to build a database of images. "We have millions of diagnosed MRIs, CT scans and X-Rays," says Gura. In April it secured $8m in funding led by Khosla Ventures. ....... Calling itself "the Robin Hood of fees", FeeX identifies hidden charges in investment and retirement funds

Berlin And Tel Aviv: How Two Top Startup Hubs Are Stacking Up

They are home to two of the world’s most dynamic tech startup hubs. Separated by 3,000 miles the cities of Berlin and Tel Aviv share a surprising number of similarities in terms of their startup cultures. ..... “The Berlin way is extremely structured and long term and Berlin’s startups usually think big. They set high goals. And then they create very detailed roadmaps in order to drive the company towards them. People really believe that ‘big dreams start small’,” says Kagan, a Tel Aviv native whose career in ad-tech spans more than ten years. ....... “And this is great for us as managers, since it forces us to combine innovative thinking about the future and practical thinking about the present. Tel Aviv, on the other hand, has an approach that is more spontaneous, with less hesitation when starting up and more improvisation along the way.” ...... While Berlin has more local business angels than big investors, Tel Aviv’s venture capital, per person, is much higher and mostly from non-Israeli investors. ........ Alibaba is a case in point. Earlier this year the world’s largest e-commerce firm made a strategic investment in Jerusalem Venture Partners worth tens of millions of dollars.

Behind Israel's Startup Success Is A Mountain of International Collaboration

How Israel became Israel is a complicated story. ........ The truth is that to become the #2 startup ecosystem in the world after Silicon Valley, it’s taken a complicated calculus of educational, societal, and entrepreneurial influences to make Israel the economy it is. ....... Did you know that in Massachusetts alone, Israeli companies doing business there have generated over $6.2 billion in 2013 and employ 6700 people in the state? ....... emerging sectors such as nanotechnology, robotics, and 3-D printing coming from collaboration between Israeli and global scientists, entrepreneurs and business partners. .......

the young country has always focused on human resources to address its natural resources problem.
...... The high-end of Israel’s academic world has shined brightly over the past few decades, winning numerous Nobels and contributing to the advancement of science globally. While science has flourished, Israel has a lot to learn from global educational institutions. One interesting development to watch is Cornell University’s partnership with Israel’s Technion (considered the M.I.T. of Israel). ....... Israel is still trending up as the U.S.’s #3 innovation partner, right behind Switzerland and Canada. So, as Israel, the Startup Nation, grows into its big-boy, Scale-up Nation shoes, other nations looking for its secret sauce can look directly to its partnering ability for guidance. Israel’s technology and startup ecosystem have both benefited from and created global partnerships that work to support growth in Israeli ingenuity on a global scale.

Sunday, July 21, 2013

One Gig Is The Real Deal

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Israel's 1Gbps fiber will show the world what superfast broadband can really do: Cisco CEO

Chambers predicts the network will bring in major changes: healthcare where doctors are connected instantly to providers' and hospitals' databases, with all records kept electronically and updated constantly; an education-anywhere system, where students can learn at home, in class, or elsewhere, communicating with teachers and fellow students over the internet; safer roads and streets (a major issue in road accident-prone Israel), with traffic authorities able to keep better tabs on speeders and unsafe drivers; and a proliferation of "internet of things" technology, with sensors keeping air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, front doors, and more connected to systems than can enable better and more efficient allocation of electricity and other resources. In a few years, all of this should be in place, according to Chambers...... unlike most other places, Israel "is truly a start-up nation". ..... "Israel is second to the US in the sheer number of startups, but because of the population differences, Israel's 'per capita startup' ratio is much higher," he said.