James 5:1-9 KJV

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

Jesus Hanged on a Tree

Acts 5:1-42 KJV

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things. And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him. And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in. And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out. Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband. And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.) Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one. Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation, And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told, Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within. Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow. Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people. Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them. Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space; And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men. For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought. After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed. And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.

...a share worthy bit.

In Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1867), Jacobs mentions how planters’ daughters would take advantage of male slaves.

They know that the women slaves are subject to their father's authority in all things; and in some cases they exercise the same authority over the men slaves. I have myself seen the master of such a household whose head was bowed down in shame; for it was known in the neighborhood that his daughter had selected one of the meanest slaves on his plantation to be the father of his first grandchild. She did not make her advances to her equals, nor even to her father's more intelligent servants. She selected the most brutalized, over whom her authority could be exercised with less fear of exposure.

Even if the young white woman in this story did not consider herself a sexual assaulter (which she probably did not), this is clearly sexually predatory behavior. The kind of relationship described here, which Jacobs suggests was not uncommon, cannot be classified as consensual in any meaningful sense of the word, and in fact constitutes a form of sexual abuse, if not rape. We thus see that plantation mistresses and elite women, like their male counterparts, were able to sexually control and abuse their slaves.

Another way in which white women were able to exercise sexual control over slaves was by threatening to accuse them of rape or attempted rape if they did not agree to sex (Hodes, pp. 39, 40, 43, 46, 135).4 In doing this, elite white women used one of the primary instruments of patriarchal repression—the idea that that they were weak and in need of white male protection, and by extension, in need of control and domination by white men—to exercise racial control over slaves. Instead of attempting to dismantle the white patriarchal hegemony that oppressed both slaves and (to a lesser extent) white women, predatory white women who coerced slaves into sex through threat of rape opted to perpetuate both white supremacy and patriarchy, by reinforcing paternalistic notions of female sexuality.

TOO MANY GODS WE APPEASE
Ever since man walked the earth,
his foul character has caused misery,
destruction, sorrow , wars and animosity:
a warrior so fierce and mean...
that God was forced to destroy his vile,
so that kind and faithful men would obey,
and never be without hope and joy;
and He called them: His choosen people!

And those men lived by the commandments,
and the tremendous task of Jashua
was to lead the Israelites
to their Promised Land...after Moses died!
And though God found
one of them with iniquity...He forgave him;
and king Solomon grew in wisdom,
but David, on the other hand,
laid his innocence before Jehovah...
making him so God-fearing and brave!

Now, there are no more prophets like Moses
and Jeremiah ,and Job a blameless
and righteous sufferer...being tested by Satan
for his unyielding integrity to God!
If Aaron displeased God, are we to do the same...
let ourselves go unrestrained,
and worship an image to replace holiness?
There too many gods we appease...
with a servitude which can't ever be released!

-Andrew Crisci

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Cheap/Slave Labor Crimes: Illegal Immigrant Children Used to Fool the American People

I have become more suspicious of politicians and the establishment that is constantly being formed. Evermore so since the 2008 Bank Bailout that cost taxpayers $611 billion, $388Bhas been returned. I had very high hopes in this presidency, but somehow Obama has skirted around directly helping me, a black woman heading a household on a part-time income. The suspicious feeling again with a recent meeting in Dallas between Present Obama and Texas Governor Rick Perry, discussing a so-called 'humanitarian situation' involving 52,000 unaccompanied illegal immigrant children crossing the southern border in larger numbers, that have not been deported. Why? I cannot seem to figure that out. It seems entirely possible that most of the children will be deported, which leaves to reson that the bill is more of an amnesty issue for illegals living here already. Almost immediately I felt a little concern and suspicion as the pictures of the children melted my heart. I couldn't imagine my own children living in jails, eating frozen food and being raped.

Imagine my brain trying to connect the dots as to why this situation is being compared to Hurricane Katrina. Although a hurricane helped to break a levy that flooded the homes of those that couldn't afford to leave, chose not to leave or were handicapped and couldn't leave. This immigrant flow has been steady since the 50's Without detour I went to the Immigration Reform bill to see how that has gone over with the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the bill has been parked there for more than a year and is considered dead, despite the amendments to the bill.

"The American people expect to see their President when there is a disaster," Perry told CNN's Kate Bolduan in an interview that aired Thursday, citing Obama's trip to the East Coast to tour damage caused by Superstorm Sandy in 2012. "He showed up at Sandy. Why not Texas?"

-Governor Rick Perry

"There's nothing that is taking place down there that I am not intimately aware of and briefed on. This isn't theater. This is a problem," -Obama

I believe now that the immigrant children are being used as a tool to pass the Immigration Reform Bill or lesser known as S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act. Before the Child jail photos 'leaked', (wink wink)...Republicans favored deportation 42%, though 80% of democrats feel as though deportation of all immigrants in unrealistic, which it is. We are being told that the issue is the children, but have not heard as much coverage on adults, or in specific #Mexican. We all know the issue is truly Mexican amnesty. Mexican Americans make up more than 50% of our estimated illegal immigrants. This is a really big problem the country is facing, not simply because the government has no knowledge of how many people are in the US, where these people come from, but because of all the tax revenue Uncle Sam is missing out on......Which brings me to my first topic:

Get out of Jail Free CardA little-discussed provision buried in the immigration bill which passed out of the Senate on June 27, 2013 (S. 744) would let employers off the hook for previously hiring illegal immigrants—a Get Out of Jail Free card that could help companies dodge millions of dollars in fines and penalties, legal fees, and evade prosecution or imprisonment for guilty executives. Employers who have allowed illegal immigrants to work off the books can come forward safely and provide their work history without fear of prosecution, and businesses that knowingly employed someone using a bogus or stolen Social Security number likewise would get a pass, according to an analysis of the bill by the Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank that wants a crackdown on immigration.

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All this time, employers took fake ssn's and ID's and paid the worker next to nothing, no taxes deducted. However, since the laws have been so unswervingly broken by so many employers over decades, it is time forgive crimes of commerce by selling amnesty. Think about it. Over 600 companies are in support of this bill, big companies such as Apple, Facebook, Google, Hilton, Intel, Marriott, and Microsoft, Caterpillar Inc, The Coca-Cola Co, Motorola Solutions. Read the full list here. Fines for employing an illegal alien can be as high $16,000. Afterall, Obama bailed out the Banks , retailers like Google and Microsoft want a return on campaign contributions (...ahem, $800K+). Millions of dollars being lost in tax revenue that the Government is looking for a way to save big business from fines and taxes. Immigrants will lower the deficit by paying taxes(Current Deficit $16,787,451,118,147 if you needed help on the commas, that 16 trillion dollars). If ever there was a win-win situation.

In 1999, under Clinton, the US collected $3.69 million in fines from 890 companies for employing undocumented workers. In 2004, under Bush, the US collected $188,500 from 64 companies for employing undocumented workers. And in 2004, the Bush Administration levied NO fines for US companies employing undocumented workers. The average fine under Obama ($21,851) has increased about 30 percent compared with the Bush era ($16,666). Criminal arrests of employers have jumped 45 percent since 2008. In the last five years more than 1.5 million undocumented migrants have been deported under the Obama administration. Of the 196 employers arrested last year, 42 have been sent to prison so far, with sentences ranging from time served to 3 1/2 years. Many cases are pending.

This past monday 07132014, The Black American Leadership Alliance protested against immigration reform by march in D.C. They fear that mass immigration and amnesty puts African-Americans from all walks of life out of work and suppresses wages, causing them to compete with aliens willing to work in poorer working conditions for cheaper pay. Walter Ewing, a senior researcher at the Immigration Policy Center disagrees and states, "The fact is that minorities living in high-immigration cities tend to have lower unemployment and higher wages than minorities in low-immigration cities. Immigrants create jobs, they don't steal them."

It is the citizens who control how a representative votes, and if the citizens are softened to the immigration situation, the votes can and possibly would change. Politicians fill the jail for photo opportunities, treating the immigrant children in custody similar to animals in a zoo, and presto...Children are released and the Immigration bill passed with a slew of other laws. Of course, in an 844 page legislation bill, there are plenty laws, but the most notable laws that will go into effect are:

1. E-verify will become required nationwide, persons eligible to work in the US will be issued a number that will allow businesses to determine the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States.

2. Copies of employment records or other evidence of employment provided by an alien or by an alien’s employer in support of an alien’s application for registered provisional immigrant status under section 245B may not be used in a civil or criminal prosecution or investigation of that employer.

2. adding high-tech surveillance equipment and doubling the number of border agents to about 40,000[9] The bill has also passed the Senate by 68-32.

3.In his testimony to the Senate Judiciary, Dr. Ron Hira observed the bill is targeted at reducing cost to corporations by outsourcing USA citizen jobs to lower-cost foreign workers, rather than bringing the best and brightest into the USA. He states “S.744 expands the base cap substantially from 65,000 to 110,000.

4. Other provisions will benefit the nation’s undocumented immigrants, low skilled foreign workers, high skilled foreign workers. The Senate immigration reform bill would raise the H-1B quota. At present, the country grants 65,000 H-1B visas and an additional 20,000 visas for people who hold advanced degrees, per year. If the bill is passed, the H-1B quota will be raised.

5. STEM graduates, (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), A UK based recruitment agency and job board, would become eligible for US Green Cards and the US Congress would issue Green Cards to high-skilled foreign workers. The Senate bill would create a merit based system and issue merit based Green Cards. This system would permit the US Department of Homeland Security to weigh few factors such as education, employment, family ties, etc and issue immigrant visas to foreign nationals based on these factors.

6. DREAMers will become citizens through military service.

Read the comprehensive 844 page, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 here.

White House Requests $3.7 Billion To Address Surge Of Young Immigrants Crossing US Border. The Department of Justice would receive $64 million to hire more immigration judges and provide legal counsel to children undergoing removal procedures. The Department of Homeland Security would get $1.1 billion to boost immigration and customs enforcement, and Customs and Border Protection would receive $433 million. $300 million would go to the Department of State to assist Central American countries in repatriating the deported civilians.$1.8 billion, would go to the Department of Health and Human Services for caring for the children.

Obama on the U.S. Mexico Border Fence

“So here’s the point. I want everybody to listen carefully to this. We have gone above and beyond what was requested by the very Republicans who said they supported broader reform as long as we got serious about enforcement. All the stuff they asked for, we’ve done. But even though we’ve answered these concerns, I’ve got to say I suspect there are still going to be some who are trying to move the goal posts on us one more time. You know, they said we needed to triple the Border Patrol. Or now they’re going to say we need to quadruple the Border Patrol. Or they’ll want a higher fence. Maybe they’ll need a moat. Maybe they want alligators in the moat. They’ll never be satisfied. And I understand that. That’s politics.”

May 10, 2011, speaking at the Chamizal National Memorial in El Paso, Texas

I am against the bill as it is. It seems that Big companies will not stand for crimes again labor law, that Mexican illegal immigrant hopes for citizenship will be exploited at their own cost and is only a pathway to oppression, and because African Slaves or blacks received no compensation or reparation for 400 years of slavery, which paved the way for US big business. Latinos, hispanic, illegal immigrants must understand any mass move toward citizenship may benefit some of the people but the establishment will benefit far greater.

Here are a few more facts. There are 4,258,356 illegal immigrant children in school, and since 1996 it has costed taxpayers $13,784,719,088. There are an estimated 11.1 million illegal immigrants in America today. If illegal aliens were given amnesty and began to pay taxes the estimated annual net fiscal deficit would increase from $2,700 per household to nearly $7,700, for a total net cost of $29 billion. 3% of Illegal Aliens Do Low-Paid Stoop Agricultural Labor. Households headed by illegal aliens imposed more than $26.3 billion in costs on the federal government in 2002 and paid only $16 billion in taxes, creating a net fiscal deficit of almost $10.4 billion, or $2,700 per illegal household. Among the largest costs are Medicaid ($2.5 billion); treatment for the uninsured ($2.2 billion); food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches ($1.9 billion); the federal prison and court systems ($1.6 billion); and federal aid to schools ($1.4 billion).

Twelve Americans are murdered every day by illegal aliens, according to statistics released by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa. If those numbers are correct, it translates to 4,380 Americans murdered annually by illegal aliens. That's 21,900 since Sept. 11, 2001. –world net daily.

In 1980, our federal and state prisons housed fewer than 9,000 criminal aliens. By the end of 1999, these same prisons housed over 68,000 criminal aliens. Today, criminal aliens account for over 29 percent of prisoners in Federal Bureau of Prisons facilities and a higher share of all federal prison inmates. These prisoners represent the fastest growing segment of the federal prison population.

Houston Caribbean Festival 2014- Jou'vert - Paying for Pushing with your Life

Since 2009 I have been attending Houston Caribbean Festival's Jou'vert celebration. I love the scary dark African allure the event leaves me with. I love the themed groups covered in oil and blowing fire, I love the music, country flags and black people celebrating. However this year's Jou'vert left me trampled, scared, running for my life and witness/nearly-victim to a shooting that left a 16 year old young black man dead from a gunshot wound to the face, another young man in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the neck, two other young black men shot in the upper body that are expected to survive. There were also two females treated for injuries from being trampled as crowds rn in panic.

Jou'vert, this year was held in the same place as 2013, in a large open-air rodeo arena that can easily hold 5,000+ people. The arena property is situated on a large lot perhaps 25-40 acres, mostly grassy areas for parking. The event, while largely poplular for 20 years with carribean-americans and africans living in the US, has began gaining local fame with the urban hi-hop youth during radio advertising through 97.9 the boxx. This year the expected turnout was 5,000 attendees, but the effective advertising brought an estimated 10,000 party-goers. The staff was far beyond overwhelmed and could not control crowds near the entrances and exits. When approaching the entrance, I met al least 500-600 people confused and jammed into close quarters on a one way street, unsure of ticket locations, unsure of entrance locations. I myself, spent a few minutes waiting for entry only to be redirected toward the real entrance. I finally made it inside of the event, with no search of me or my bag. As I waited for my freind D, I saw the crowd force past security in droves, again with no searches, no tickets collected. It was enough to make you want to go home, but I expect large crowds at Jou'vert, I expect pushing and shoving. So we went to the arena where we noticed a much larger crowd than 2013. We went into the stands to take a picture, then made our way to the arena floor to party it up! We may have enjoyed a full hour of vibing before litterally being run over by a stampede of half-nude paint-covered children. All the people were young, too young to be in Jou'vert. I , 34 years old, shouldn't be partying with a 16 year old boy.

After the shots were fired, perhaps during the run, I heard a taser going off, people running back and forth in panic. I saw police walking around with huge rifles, a body being wheeled out, people running from exits saying we were not being allowed out, people crying on cellphones recanting the incident expressing their fear, people escaping over 20foot+ fences and a car wreck. I thought it better to leave out throught the back exit and did not see anymore violence after that, but heard on police radios about the fighting at the exits. There are rumors about stabbings and fighting but I did not see any of that.

I have heard many negative statements against American blacks bringing violence to the event.

Regular patrons to Houston Jouvert have witnessed the erosion of the festival over the past few years. Local Hip Hop radio station 97.9 The Box’s G.T., a popular DJ of Caribbean descent, has been instrumental in the commercial growth of Houston Jouvert over the years.

Nonetheless, the question often echoed among West Indians is how do you reconcile the message of Bob Marley’s “One Love” within a music mix that includes Rick Ross?

http://antilliacultura.com/2014/07/05/popularity-houston-jouvert-threatened-urban-appeal/

Violence is apart of the Jou'vert culture, included along with rage, anger, mourning, and joy. This violence is evident at Jouvert celebrations in both Isalnd and state functions. St. Thomas and Brooklyn's 2011 Jouvert parties were both ended in gunfire and murder. Point Fortin, Antigua was shot up in 2010. In Trinidad's 2012 Jouvert a woman was raped by three men, a 14 year old was stabbed and a 31 year old man was shot.

So, for the record Houston's jourvert has not been a consistent source of violence. However, being that the event is sytematically violent, I could be lead to believe that it is the perception of Caribbean people that Americans are violent. I don't believe this. I believe the Mission of the Carribean Festival is failing, which is to promote and preserve the carribean culture to Houstonians and the world. Many of the party goers were not educated on the history of Jou'vert or the purpose, the only purpose mentioned was that it was a paint and foam party. What history and culture can be gained at a paint and foam party?

The criminal element will always try to gain access to functions, as security routinely searches attendees at almost every function worldwide. Promoters know the importance of this function, especially within expected large crowds. HCF was understaffed as I myself was not searched, and several people simply rushed past staff without showing a ticket or being searched. Security was overwhelmed and appeared unfamiliar with aggresive crowds and how to reimplement control. The staff were threatening patrons, and unprofessional. HCF should look to the promoters of the event to question aptability in organizing an event that has drawn a crowd of 10,000. Obviously there was oversight in staffing, security, promoting and education.

Another point of interest is the promotion and preservation of the Caribbean culture. I love the culture, simply for the level of African identity Caribbeans were able to retain. I really respect how strong the identity is and how diverse the people are. All of the things that I love about the culture were hardly diplayed at Jou'vert this year, instead there was a mix of hip-hop and carribean, the music is similar if you compare dancehall and hip-hop, but for a community with bellies full of hip hop it seems nonsensical to play Rick Ross, Rich Homie Quan and Ace Hood. It is not for discrimination of Hip-hop it is for promotion and preservation of the culture.

I was terrified that I would get shot, angry that I waited all year for Jou'vert to have a vision imprinted in my mind of murder. Angry that Jou'vert was set up for the people, but instead of showing off in the Caribbean way, we disrespect the culture by bringing in guns. I'm angry because as a woman from the U.S. descended from slaves, Jou'vert is the closest thing to an African American Independence celebration. It is the ties with the long ago culture that I love and support. It is important to link together in our struggles because we are from one motherland, and have nearly the same stories to tell.

What was missed at 2014 Houston Caribbean Festival Jou'vert was flags and colors, there was hardly any of that this year. I also missed the bands. There was no one covered in oil stick fighting, no blue devils, no stilt walkers. It was simply half Jouvert, half urban Houston Party that ended in murder.

I send my condolences to the family of the young man that was gunned down for pushing in a crowded arena. Black-on-black violence is a shame that we carry along with the saddness of the loss of young life and potential. May God receive this young man and give the family peace and comfort that I am sure was shattered July 4, 2014.

Concern over Euphrates River Water Depletion

It is in recent news that Turkey has stopped the flow of the Euphrates river, causing Syria to scramble to replace their main and only regional water source. This news has Bible Scholars in a frenzy contemplating the end of the world as the scripture reads:

Revelation 16:12
The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East.

This drying up is the last cup of wrath poured out befor the coming of man. This last wrath is preceded by loathsome sores, bloody seas with dead sealife, bloody rivers, scorching sun, and darkness and gnashing pain.

People need to stop. There is an order to the prophecy and one wrath will not come out of order. I could be lead to believe that aids lesions could be the loathsome sores, but the seas will have to be bloody and all sea life will die first....before the rivers, before the scorching sun, before the darkness and pain.

I believe in the whole word of God. and I don't support it being twisted or used for political reasoning. As a matter of fact, The euphrates runs strong from the melting ice caps of Mount Ararat to the persian gulf. Stong until May 2014 when the Turkish Government decreased the flow of the Euphrates for 6 days by damming the river in at least 4 of the 5 Euphrates dams, gradually stopping completely near the middle of May.

Historically, Turkey has been in conflict with Syria and Iraq over the control of the Euphrates. Since 1994, Turkey agreed to guarantee a minimum share of the water from the Euphrates to Iraq and Syria. But since Syria has been in a civil war tensions have risen. Syria downed a Turkish plane on a training flight 2012. Turkey has condemned Syria for supporting the PKK, which is listed as a terrorist organization internationally by a number of states and organizations, including the USA, NATO, and the EU and has claimed that Syria employed Alois Brunner to train Kurdish militants for attacks against Turkey.

Since the Syrian Civil War, Diplomatic ties between Syria and Turkey greatly deteriorated. The Syrian civil war began to impact Turkey when at least 3,000 Syrian refugees fled crackdowns by the Syrian Army on towns such as Jisr ash-Shugur. In June 2014, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan described to Anatolian Agency his feeling that "They are not acting in a humane manner. This is savagery."

On 23 March 2014, Turkey shot down a Syrian combat jet Turkish-Syrian border. Turkey claims that Two Turkish Air Force F-16s downed the plane that was heading Turkish territory and ignored warnings.

By May, the Euphrates River flow was stopped by a dam, so to speak the river still exists...and as a result this scenario does not fit bible prophecy.

Sidenote: Islam believes that the euphrates will dry up and reveal a mountain of gold.