Good morning and thank you to everyone who has been reading this blog over the past four few years. The goal of this blog is to track current events in Israel, Russia, the Muslim world, the U.S. and around the world, and to analyze trends in light of the Scriptures, particularly Bible prophecy. Jesus Christ once challenged His disciples saying, “You know how to analyze the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why do you not analyze this present time?” (Luke 12:56) It is an apt question for many of us today, as well. I’m grateful, therefore, for all those who are reading the blog and finding it helpful, here in the U.S., Israel and around the world.

• I first began using WordPress in August 2008.
• Between then an now, we have received just over 15 million visits.
• The average daily readership was 6,2101 in 2008.
• The average daily readership in 2012 is 12,146.
• The average monthly readership is 335,858.
• Last month (September 2012), we saw our highest monthly traffic, with 534,183 people visiting the blog.
• International readership has been growing — in the last 7 days, for example, people from 133 countries and territories visited the blog.
• The top 15 countries visiting in the last 7 days were: the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, Philippines, New Zealand, Netherlands, South Africa, Singapore, Israel, Germany, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Indonesia.
• This blog is also published in Hebrew at http://joelrosenberg.co.il/.

Thanks so much for visiting this blog, and may God bless you. If you have comments about the blog, feel free to post them on our “Epicenter Team” on Facebook, or send them to me via Twitter @joelcrosenberg.