Israel ex-PM Ariel Sharon's 'Vital Organs' Failing
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Israeli former prime minister Ariel Sharon's health deteriorated on Thursday, with his "vital organs" failing, said the hospital where he has been housed in a comatose state for eight years.
"In the last few days, we have seen a gradual decline in the functioning of Ariel Sharon's vital organs, which are essential for his survival," Tel Hashomer hospital director Zeev Rotstein told Israeli public radio.
"His state is classed as critical, meaning his life is in danger," Rotstein said.
"The medical staff and Sharon's family are expecting a turn for the worse," he added.
The 85-year-old's health worsened on Wednesday, as Sharon suffered from "serious kidney problems" after undergoing surgery, Israeli media reported.
News website Ynet quoted medical sources as saying Sharon was taken into intensive care a month ago. His health then stabilized but suffered a "significant deterioration" in the past few days.
The long-time leader of the rightwing nationalist camp in Israeli politics suffered a massive stroke on January 4, 2006, slipping into a coma from which he has never recovered.
Israeli and US specialists said in January 2013 that Sharon had showed "significant brain activity" in an MRI scan, responding to pictures of his family seven years after the stroke.
He was first elected prime minister in February 2001, just months after walking through east Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, revered by Jews as the Temple Mount, in an action that sparked the second Palestinian uprising.
In November 2005, he left the rightwing Likud to set up a new party, Kadima, frustrated by hardliners opposed to his withdrawal of troops and settlers from Gaza that year and to any further concessions in the occupied West Bank.
02 January 2014, 14:22
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This is why Jesus was born into this world.
He came to this evil world, he lived among its evil and sinfulness, he even died because of it and for its sake.
He paid the price of sin on the cross,
The infinitely precious for all the sins
of all the people
of all the world
in all of history
past, present and future.
He is the True Gift of Christmas;
He died so that you may live eternally.
A gift is not earned,
but given out of love.
And not love that is earned,
but he loves the world because he HIMSELF is the definition of love.
"This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters." 1 John 3:16
02 January 2014, 14:58
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Dear _mowaten_
God cares.
God loves the whole world, every person, of all nations, of all races, of all faiths, of both genders, of all sexual orientations, and no matter how good or evil that person is. He loves me, he loves you, he loves your friends and he loves enemies.
But God is also just, and both his love and justice is demonstrated in the cross. Jesus paid the price of sin for all.
But if anyone reject Christ and his gift, that means that they are still in sin, and therefore are still under God's judgment.
Woe to those who reject God's free gift of salvation!
I myself am an evil sinner, just like this evil man, and I know what it means to be under human judgment. How much worse will it be to be under God's judgment!!
02 January 2014, 14:58
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For your sake, humble yourselves, and accept this:
Jesus paid the price of your sin, so that you do not have to pay it yourself. If you accepted, you will have eternal life, and will be adopted as sons-daughters and heirs into God. Not by your merit, but by HIS merit! There is no greater news than this!
Do not reject his salvation, because it will have eternal implications!!
02 January 2014, 16:27
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with all due respect, your faith is a matter between you and yourself
02 January 2014, 14:22
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Nothing short of the mercy of God in Christ will save this man from hell.
But guess what? Neither you nor I are in a better position:
Nothing sort of the mercy of God in Christ will save us from hell!
His evil, as great as it may be, is no greater than our evil, than the evil of every morally conscious human being on earth. We are all sinners, and all of us fall short from God's moral standards. God is Holy and hates sin, and we are in the state of sin.
02 January 2014, 15:54
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Dear _Flamethrower_,
you are one of my favorites, and this is not sarcasm.
I do pray a lot for the leadership of Lebanon and for God to guide all politicians and leaders in the Middle East. I myself am not very sharp in politics, but I do see there is a lot of hatred in this tiny country, and this site is a microcosm of it. I am not posting out of any agenda. I was not praying for him, as He is in the hands of God now. I just found it interesting that this evil war criminal who once almost won the Nobel prize for peace (greatest irony ever) is still alive, and I could not help but have compassion for him. There he lies at the gates of death, and it is most probable that he has missed his chance for eternal life... I do not wish hell for anyone, not even my worst enemy. Yes, not even him.
02 January 2014, 15:54
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But I cannot do anything about him. What I can do is speak of God's love and salvation to everyone else. I hope you understand my heart as I often understand yours. You have many enemies on this site, but in me you have a brother. Not because of your political affiliation, but because in God's eyes, you are infinitely valuable.
May this year be a year of love for Lebanon.
02 January 2014, 14:23
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It is up to us whether we accept this gift or not.
If we accept it, we accept God's forgiveness.
But if we reject it, we are rejecting his forgiveness, and his wrath remains on us because we still carry our sins.
This applies for Muslims, Christians, Druze, Buddhists, Hindus, agnostics, atheists...
to everyone.
Now the question is
How will you respond?
Do you accept this gift? or do you reject it?
