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Saturday, June 10, 2023

News Headlines Reflect the End Times

For a number of years I followed the news and captured headlines that I felt were indicative of the end times. I eventually gave up trying to track these things, because the pace at which they are happening is now too fast to keep up.

But the list of events I created will give you a good sampling of what's been happening, beginning with the more recent events and going back to some rather historical ones that occurred in the last sixty years.

Headlines

Worst floods in living memory hit Australia - 3-4-22
Russia invades Ukraine, kicking off WWIII - 2-24-22
Stock market crashes worldwide on Black Monday - 3-9-20
Locust swarms the size of big cities across Africa - 2-14-20
Coronavirus becomes global "pandemic" - 2-12-20
Massive bat plague terrorizing Australia - 2-6-20
Large swaths of Australia devastated by worst wildfires in decades - 1-13-20
African swine fever kills millions of pigs around the world in pandemic - 10-19-19
Deadliest California wildfires in history, 31 dead, hundreds missing - 10-13-17
Massacre in Las Vegas, 59 killed, 515 wounded - 10-1-17
Hurricane Maria causes "apocalyptic" destruction in Puerto Rico, as well as islands recently hit hard by Irma - 9-26-17
Magnitude 7.1 Quake hits Mexico, 300 dead, thousands homeless - 9-19-17
Hurricane Irma slams Florida after devastating the Caribbean islands - 9-11-17
Massive solar storm, sun releases X9.3, largest solar flare in over 12 years - 9-6-17
Texas coast devastated by Hurricane Harvey, 47 dead, tens of billions of dollars in damage - 8-30-17
Airport Massacre Ft Lauderdale, FL, 5 killed, 6 injured - 1-6-17
6.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Italy, 247 killed - 8-24-16
Intel announces new "Merged Reality" technology - 8-16-16
Airport terror attack in Istanbul, Turkey kills 41, wounds 230 - 6-28-16
Orlando, FL Terrorist attack on gay bar kills 49, wounds 53 - 6-12-16
Beetle plague of "biblical proportions" hits Argentina - 3-2-16
Earth experiencing over 3,000 earthquakes per month - 2-15-16
Mass animal death numbers astronomical and rising worldwide - 2-15-16
Record number of worldwide shark attacks in 2015 - 2-15-16
Record number of fireballs sighted in the skies worldwide in 2015 - 2-15-16
Tornadoes increased in number in the US in 2015 - 1-1-16
San Bernadino, California attack kills 14, seriously injures 22 - 12-2-15
Paris terrorist attacks kill more than 100 - 11-13-15
2015 Among the Most Damaging Year for Wildfires Ever - 10-16-15
30 Large Whales Die in Alaska Waters - 8-26-15
U.S. Supreme Court Makes Same-Sex Marriage a Right for Americans- 7-26-15
Pope Frances Supports Homosexuality - 2-28-14
Giant sinkholes are forming all over the world - 8-12-13
Pope Benedict XVI resigns amid criminal charges - 2-11-13
Vatican Seeks World Government & New World Order - 12-3-12
Hurricane Sandy strikes US, affecting 24 States, doing $71 billion in damage - 10-26-12
Youth riots across England for 5 days, 1500 arrested - 8-11-11
Mississippi River flood at 70-yr record level, affects LA, AR, IL, KY and MO – 5-20-11
Wild fires scorch more than 2 million acres in TX – 5-13-11
Record number of tornadoes in a single month in all of American history in April 5-1-11
Two of the four biggest tornado clusters ever recorded, occurred in April in the US – 4-28-11
226 tornadoes strike US in single day, more than any other day in history, 334 killed - 4-3-11
Magnitude 9.0 earthquake & tsunami hits Japan, death toll reaches 12,087 - 3-11-11
6.3 Magnitude earthquake hits Christchurch, New Zealand, dozens killed - 2-22-11
Iranian "Day of Rage" begins a long series of protests across Iran - 2-14-11
Egyptian revolution and overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak - 1-25-11
Toxic chemical spill overflows through towns, causing ecological disaster in western Hungary 10-1-10
Leaking well gushing oil into Gulf of Mexico, 5000 barrels per day - 4-20-10
Magnitude 7 earthquake hits Haiti, death toll reaches 316,000 - 1-12-10
Young girl from Ecuador dies and sees heaven and hell - 11-7-09
Over the last three months, central banks put 63 % of their new cash into euros & yen – 10-14-09
Obama sends 15,000 additional troops to Afghanistan unannounced – 10-12-09
Gold hits record high at $1,064 an ounce – 10-12-09
Arabs launch secret moves with China, Russia & France to stop using dollar for oil – 10-6-09
UN calls for new reserve currency to end dollar supremacy – 10-6-09
7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes Padang, Indonesia, killing 529, maybe thousands – 9-29-09
Obama Says Financial Regulations Must Be Strengthened Globally 9-20-09
At least 100,000 children are used in prostitution every year in the US – 8-15-09
Closure of Colonial BancGroup Inc., marked the biggest U.S. bank failure this year – 8-15-09
California Declares State of Emergency as Wildfires rage – 8-15-09
1 Million Evacuated as Typhoon Hits China – 8-10-09
Bank Failures rise to 72 this year with collapses in Florida, Oregon – 8-9-09
Helicopter and plane collide over the Hudson River in NY, killing all nine aboard – 8-8-09
Russian tensions with Georgia flare up once again – 8-6-09
Russian nuclear subs patrol off US east coast for first time in over a decade – 8-6-09
Russian secret service helped Hizballah discover and bust Israel's Lebanese spy rings – 8-5-09
A high impact collision occurred on Jupiter, leaving a huge black scar on its surface – 7-31-09
Russia builds key naval HQ in Syria: Missile presence worries Israel – 7-22-09
Terrorists detonate Explosives in Jakarta Hotel – 7-17-09
Group committed to an international Islamic empire holds 1st official US conference – 7-17-09
Iranian passenger jet crashes in northwest Iran, killing all 168 people on board – 7-15-09
Al Qaeda plot against Suez Canal foiled by 26 arrests – 7-10-09
Tehran refuses to halt its nuclear program or “retreat by a single step” – 7-10-09
Al Qaeda plots multiple attacks on US-, Israel-bound airliners - 7-9-09
Russia blocks concrete measures at G8 summit on Iran's nuclear drive – 7-9-09
Pope officially calls for new world financial order guided by search for common good – 7-7-09
Ethnic riots in western China between Muslims and Han kill 156, injure many more – 7-5-09
Cargo train carrying liquid gas explodes in Italy train station killing 12, injuring more – 6-30-09
Yemeni A310-300 airbus from Paris crashed in Indian Ocean killing 153 people – 6-30-09
Democratically-elected Honduran president Zelaya ousted in a coup - 6-28-09
Open homosexual activist nominated to become US State Department’s top lawyer - 6-26-09
10 die in widespread flooding in Central Europe – 6-26-09
9 killed and 70 injured in Washington DC subway train crash - 6-23-09
A surge of people reportedly coming to faith in Christ in Iran – 6-13-09
17 killed & many injured as Iran military crushes protests of election fraud – 6-13-09
WHO declares Swine flu a level 6 pandemic as 30,000 cases confirmed in 74 countries - 6-11-09
Homosexual activist leader receives appointment to oversee public school “safety” – 6-2-09
Air France flight 447 crashes over Atlantic killing all 228 people aboard – 6-1-09
Obama tells PA Pres. Abbas U.S. foresees Palestinian state with Jerusalem as capital – 5-30-09
Subcutaneous GPS Chip Implant Invented To Track, Eliminate Undesirable Humans – 5-17-09
Alan Keyes, former diplomat, arrested on Notre Dame campus, protesting abortion – 5-8-09
Two pastors arrested, praying outside White House on National Day of Prayer – 5-7-09
NATO member Turkey and Syria hold first joint military exercise – 4-27-09
Swine flu declared public health emergency, as 11 new cases in US confirmed – 4-25-09
Obama W.H & FBI Assess & Declare American Patriots to be Extremists & Terrorists – 4-19-09
In growing piracy threat, pirates now hold about 12 ships with over 200 crewmembers – 4-12-09
Obama appoints gay-rights activist to the federal government’s faith-based initiative – 4-7-09
260 killed and 1,000 injured by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck L'Aquila Italy 4-6-09
G20 creates new world order with US markets having lesser role – 4-2-09
Over 90 killed in US mass shootings in past yr., 47 of those in the past month – 4-3-09
14 die in third mass shooting in US in a month – 4-3-09
World leaders announce creation of supervisory body for global financial system – 4-2-09
World leaders pledged $1.1 trillion to International Monetary Fund – 4-2-09
Sun Plunges into the Quietest Solar Minimum in a Century – 4-1-09
Pres. Obama announces plans to form a new world order in conjunction with the UK – 3-25-09
China supports Russia’s proposal to create a new supra-national global currency – 3-23-09
Israel suddenly withdraws troops from Gaza strip “for inauguration of Pres. Obama” – 1-20-09
Israel launches air strikes on Gaza Strip – 12-27-08
Cease-fire between Israel and Hamas expires – 12-19-08
Terrorist attack on Mumbai, India, 140 killed - 11-25-08
Wildfires rage across southern California – 11-16-08
World leaders want IMF to be the world's financial watchdog – 11-15-08
British PM Brown calls for a “new global society” 11-11-08
Eastern Europe stands on the verge of insolvency and deep and protracted recession 10-24-08
European Central Bank (ECB) granted Hungary a bailout worth €5 billion – 10-16-08
EU pledged to shore up banking system with a €2 trillion package – 10-16-08
Fox News reports US is in worst credit crisis since Great Depression – 9-29-08
Dow dropped 777.7 points or 7%, suffering worst 1-day point loss ever - 9-29-08
Fed Reserve Loans AIG $85B, rescuing the world's largest insurer from collapse – 9-16-08
After 158 yrs in business, Lehman filed bankruptcy, largest filing in U.S. history – 9-15-08
Dow Plummets 504 Points in worst percentage loss in more than six years – 9-15-08
Hurricane Ike strikes Galveston, Texas leaving millions without power in Houston – 9-13-08
Federal government takes over giant creditors Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac– 9-7-08
Russia attacks Georgia and starts a war on 8-8-08
Total solar eclipse – 8-1-08
US Gas prices peak at new record high of $4.36 per gallon in California - 7-28-08
Scientists find largest sample of distant galaxies ever seen, 13 billion light-yrs away – 7-25-08
High-level international talks on Iran's nuclear program end without agreement – 7-19-08
Over 1,780 California fires sparked by lightning from San Diego to the Bay – 6-20-08
Wendy Alec receives prophetic word of impending judgment over San Francisco - 6-14-08
John Kilpatrick has dream of impending devastating earthquake in middle America - 5-20-08
Gay Marriage Ban Overturned By California Supreme Court – 5-15-08
7.5 Earthquake in Sichuan China; 50,000 dead, 5 million homeless – 5-12-08
John Kilpatrick has vision of impending disastrous earthquake - 4-27-08
A series of unstoppable fires started in Southern California near San Diego - 10-23-07
Australian pastor raised from the dead during parliament prayer meeting - 10-22-07
CA Gov. bans terms “Mom and Dad” & “husband and wife” from use in CA schools - 10-13-07
Iranian Pres. Ahmadinejad visited NY to address the UN General Assembly– 9-30-07
Largest burst of a supernova was recorded this year & it was 7.5 billion light yrs away - 2007
7.5 Earthquake near Lima, Peru. 337 people killed, over 827 injured – 8-15-07
Severe flooding in North Korea, 200 people dead or missing, 33,000 homes destroyed – 8-14-07
Romania is experiencing a severe drought – 8-14-07
Bridge Collapse Kills at Least 22 in Fenghuang, China – 8-14-07
Destructive tornado hits Brooklyn, NY, $10 million damage, 1 killed – 8-8-07
South Asia Monsoons Kill More Than 200, Displace Millions – 8-4-07
Bridge collapse on Interstate 35 over Mississippi River in Minneapolis, 5 killed, 60 hurt – 8-1-07
Mysterious substance spread from small plane south of Detroit 7-31-07
Poison spread at DC Metro Stations - death of birds – 7-29-07
Number of Atlantic tropical storms developing annually doubled in the past century – 7-29-07
2 TV news helicopters collided in midair on live TV in Phoenix, AZ, 4 killed – 7-27-07
2 WWII planes at air show in Wisconsin collided while landing, killing one of the pilots 7-27-07
500 died across Hungary last week, due to heat wave in central and southeast Europe 7-25-07
Serbia battled 50 forest fires on hottest day of the year, temperature topping 109 degrees 7-25-07
Pilot trying to break speed record on way to Wisconsin air show crashed in Switzerland. 7-23-07
Bus carrying Polish pilgrims when it crashed near southeastern French city – 7-22-07
Airbus crashes in Brazil, 176 people killed, worst aviation accident in Brazil's history – 7-17-07
6.8 earthquake in Japan, 11 dead, over 900 injured, nuclear power plant damaged 7-17-07
Monsoon rains & flooding in India leaves 660 dead & more than a million stranded – 7-07
UK flooding continues at height of popularity of song “Umbrella”. 2B pounds damage – 7-07
Glasgow Airport in UK hit by terrorist attack - 6-30-07
More than 200 people died during severe storms in Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city – 6-07
UK experiences worst floods in modern history – 6-10-07 to 6-30-07
South Africa got first snowfall in 25 yrs; rest of world had warmest temps since 1800s – 6-27-07
Bridge in China Guangdong province collapsed when cargo vessel hit it, killing 9 – 6-15-07
US gas prices hit new record high of $3.20 per gallon 5-30-07
Mine explosion kills 38 in Russia 2 mos. after similar explosion in nearby town killed 110 – 5-07
Kenya Airways plane crashed in Cameroon killing all 114 people on board – 5-5-07
VA Tech student kills 32 students in most deadly shooting rampage in U.S. history – 4-07
Magnitude 8.1 quake & ensuing tsunami Solomon Islands - 34 dead & thousands homeless 4-07
Indonesia Airlines plane crashed, killing 22 of the 140 people on board - 3-7-07
Explosion kills 110 in Russian coalmine - worst mine disaster in recent Russian history 3-19-07
20 people died when tornadoes and thunderstorms ripped through central Florida - 2-2-07
Stampede by pilgrims on the annual hajj killed at least 360 in Mecca Saudi Arabia – 1-12-07
Adam Air Flight crashed in Indonesia, killing all of the 102 people on board – 1-1-07
Ferry carrying 600 people sinks during a heavy storm, at least 400 people dead - 12-29-06
7.1 Earthquake in Taiwan region - 12-26-06
Heavy rains & winds, 1.5 million without power in WA & OR, causes 14 deaths -12-14-06
Typhoon in Philippines caused massive mudslide burying over 500 people - 11-30-06
8.3 Earthquake in Kuril Islands - 11-15-06
Windstorms and tornadoes swept through six U.S. states over 2 days, killing 12 - 11-14-06
Deadliest tornado in Japan, where tornadoes are rare, killed 9 people - 11-7-06
Flash flooding in southeast Turkey killed 32 people - 11-1-06
Boeing 737, crashed in Nigeria after take-off, killing 103 - 10-29-06
Strong storms & tornadoes, Midwest & South U.S. destroy 400 structures, & kill 13 - 10-22-06
Strong storms in North Korea left more than 7,300 homeless 10-21-06
2 subway trains collide in Rome, Italy, killing one and injuring at least 60 people - 10-17-06
Torrential rains in southeast Texas flood roads, spawn tornados, and kill 4 people - 10-16-06
6.6 Earthquake hits Hawaii – 10-15-06
Freak early snowstorm dropped 2 feet of snow on Buffalo, 3 killed - 10-12-06
Typhoon Xangsane hits central Vietnam, killing 68 - 10-1-06
Boeing 737, crashed in Amazon rainforest, after colliding with corporate jet, 154 killed - 9-29-06
Typhoon Xangsane hit island of Luzon, Philippines causing flooding and killing 110 - 9-27-06
Heavy rains triggered floods in fifteen Kentucky counties, killing 10 people - 9-22-06
Comair commuter jet, crashed on takeoff in Lexington, KY, killing 49 - 8-27-06
Russian Airliner, crashed in Donetsk, Ukraine, killing all 170 – 8-22-06
7.0 Earthquake in Scotia Sea, south of S. America -8-20-06
Flooding in Ethiopia since July killed at least 870 people – 8-06
Flooding from heavy rains in India and Pakistan killed more than 300 – 8-06
Flash floods on the Dechatu River in Ethiopia killed more than 200 - 8-6-06
Severe floods killed hundreds in North Korea, perhaps 800–900 in 7-06
Record hot weather caused 13 deaths in Europe - 7-19-06
7.7 Earthquake in South of Java, Indonesia kills 730 people - 7-17-06
Warmest summer on record in U.S., heat waves/blackouts contributed to over 150 deaths – 7-06
Tropical storm Bilis floods Chinese provinces, millions evacuated, over 500 killed - 7-14-06
Explosions struck 7 trains/stations in India & killed at least 190 people and injured 600 - 7-11-06
Airbus slid off end of runway after landing in Irkutsk, Russia, killing at least 122 people - 7-9-06
Worst flooding in 30 years in south China caused over 340 storm-related deaths - 6-06
Heavy rain on East Coast kills 16 in storm-related deaths & causes extensive flooding - 6-22-06
Bus plunged into a ravine in Tanzania, killing 54 people – 6-9-06
6.3 earthquake, Java, Indonesia kills over 5,700 people & destroys 135,000 homes – 5-26-06
7.4 Earthquake in Kermadec Islands Region – 5-16-06
Pipeline explosion in Nigeria killed more than 165 people - 5-12-06
13 in. of rain over 8 days in New England, cause region's worst flooding in 70 years - 5-10-06
Airbus A-320, crashed in the Black Sea off Russia, killing all 113 aboard - 5-3-06
7.9 Earthquake in Tonga - 5-3-06
7.6 Earthquake in Koryakia, Russia - 4-26-06
Terrorists set off 3 bombs in Sinai Peninsula resort city of Dahab, killing 18, injuring 85. 4-24-06
Bus returning from religious festival veers off road, plunges down ravine, & kills 47 - 4-17-06
91 tornadoes battered the southeastern U.S. states, killing 12 people in Tenn. 4-7-06
86 tornadoes & storms sweep 8 Midwest states, destroy buildings & kill at least 23 - 4-2-06
3 earthquakes, southwest of Tehran, Iran kill 70 people & destroy more than 40 villages 3-31-06
Chartered cruise boat, carrying 137 people, capsized, killing 57 in Persian Gulf. 3-30-06
Ship, carrying 150 people, sank in Gulf of Guinea, Cameroon. 123 killed - 3-23-06
Dam collapsed on in Hawaii sending 300 million gallons of water into valley, 7 died. 3-14-06
Over 100 tornadoes hit 5 states in U.S. Midwest, killing 10 - 3-10-06 to 3-13-06
200 wildfires in Texas destroy 15 homes, kill 10,000 cattle/horses, burn 191,000 acres. 3-6-06
Market roof collapsed in Moscow, killing 56 people. 2-23-06
7.0 Earthquake in Mozambique - 2-22-06
Mudslide engulfed town of Guinsaugon, Philippines burying more than 1,000 people. 2-17-06
Red Sea ferry sinks 60 miles off Egyptian coast, killing more than 1,000 on board. 2-3-06
67 people died from collapse of roof at International Exhibition Hall in Poland - 1-28-06
7.6 Earthquake in Banda Sea - 1-27-06
Train derailed and plunged into canyon in Montenegro, killing 46 and injuring 19 - 1-23-06
Hotel collapsed in Mecca, Saudi Arabia killing at least 76 pilgrims on the annual hajj – 1-5-06
Heavy snowfall caused roof of ice skating rink to collapse in Germany, killing 15 - 1-2-06
7.2 Earthquake in Fiji region – 1-2-06
7.4 Earthquake East of the South Sandwich Islands - 1-2-06
Mudslide buried 200 homes in Indonesia and killed at least 200 people - 1-06
Worst weather-related economic losses in US history totaling $200 billion - 2005
Military plane crashes near Tehran hitting 10-story building, killing 110 people – 12-6-05
Earthquake strikes northern Pakistan killing over 73,000 people – 10-26-05
Category 5 hurricane Wilma strikes Naples Florida, cuts orange production by 15% - 10-25-05
Airliner crashes in Nigeria, killing 117 people – 10-22-05
Category 5 hurricane Rita hits the Gulf Coast, - 9-26-05
Number of category 4 & 5 hurricanes has doubled over 35 years - 9-16-05
Airliner crashes in Indonesia, killing 117 people – 9-5-05
U.S. gasoline price high of $3.05 per gallon, following Hurricane Katrina – 9-2-05
Category 5 hurricane Katrina devastates Gulf Coast, destroys New Orleans, kills 1300 – 8-30-05
Torrential rains caused havoc across central & eastern Europe, killing 36 people – 8-24-05
Israeli Prime Minister Sharon, and Palestinian President Abbas Declare End to Violence – 2-8-05
Russia and Iran set to sign nuclear fuel deal that will aid nuclear weapons program– 2-7-05
Russia and Syria sign major weapons deal; this is part of a new global order – 1-28-05
Pope invokes the Apocalypse before 7,000 people, discusses ultimate defeat of evil – 1-13-05
Unidentified fireball falls from sky and sparks blaze on ground in Chino, CA – 1-8-05
Meteor roars over South Dakota and Wisconsin with light and noise – 1-5-05
Members of South Korean church see Jesus, heaven, and hell during prayer rally - 1-2-05
Tsunamis hit south Asia & east Africa. 152,000 dead in 12 countries, one year later to the hour of the Bam, Iran quake. 5 million people displaced. – 12-26-04
Earthquake 9.0-magnitude strikes off Sumatra coast, disturbed Earth’s rotation– 12-26-04
Texas Receives Up to 13 Inches of Snow – 12-26-04
Unidentified fireball falls from sky, causes loud explosions near Jakarta, Indonesia - 12-19-04
Hundreds in China see unidentified shining object fall from sky and shake the earth – 12-12-04
Members of Reestablished Sanhedrin Ascend Temple Mount, first time in 1600 yrs. – 12-9-04
Same-sex couples in Israel will now have many of the same rights as heterosexual spouses & rabbis warn Israel risks becoming next Sodom and Gomorrah – 12-9-04
Corporate jet carrying 6 people crashed at Montrose Regional Airport in Colorado – 11-28-04
4 typhoons hit the Philippines in 2 weeks. 1,000 dead - 11-2004
Plane that was supposed to carry former President Bush crashes in Houston, 3 killed – 11-22-04
100,000 websites offer illegal child porn, and child porn generates $3B in annual revenues – 11-9-04
Child sexual abuse is gaining respectability – 11-9-04
20 - 50,000 women & children annually trafficked into the US for sexual exploitation – 11-9-04
Public schools nationwide teach children as young as five homosexuality is normal – 11-9-04
There are 4.2 million pornographic websites – 12 % of all websites in the world – 11-9-04
FBI Probing Punctures in US Airway Jets at Charlotte, NC not likely caused by normal wear and tear – 10-20-2004
3 dead in mysterious small plane crash in McMinnville, Oregon – 10-20-2004
2 dead in mysterious small plane crash in downtown Atlanta, GA – 10-20-2004
13 dead, in mysterious Millard, MO American Airlines Commuter Plane Crash – 10-19-2004
Pilots Dead in Jefferson City, MO Commuter Jet Crash 300 miles from IL small plane crash hours earlier - 10-15-2004
Pilots Dead in small plane crash near townhouses in Joliet, IL - 10-15-2004
FBI raids Missouri-based charity; treasury officials allege direct link to terrorists – 10-14-2004
Crew of 7 dead in Cargo Jet crash in Nova Scotia, Canada - 10-14-2004
Oil prices closed at a record of $54.76 per barrel - 10-14-2004
Large earthquake shakes Manila – 10-8-2004
Obscure federal agency working on technology to monitor all vehicles through GPS devices – 10-7-04
Mt. Saint Helens volcano erupts – 10-1-2004
Hurricane Jeanne circled around and came back again to hit Florida, the fourth hurricane to slam the state this season, a scenario unmatched in more than a century. – 9-26-2004
Historical records of solar activity indicate solar radiation has been increasing since late 19th century – 9-2004
Hurricanes Charley, Frances & Ivan hit FL over a span of 5 weeks, causing billions of dollars of damage and more than 70 deaths – 9-2004
Hurricane Jeanne left nearly 2,000 dead and 300,000 people homeless in Haiti – 9-18-2004
Tragedy at Russian school in Beslan on first day of class, where 20-30 terrorists kill 350, half is children – 9-3-2004
Two Russian jets downed by terrorist bombs within 3 minutes of each other near Moscow, 89 dead – 8-24-2004
Earth is perhaps 150 years into the collapse of the Earth's magnetic field – 7-2004
More people died of AIDS in 2003 – three million – than in any previous year – 7-6-2004
Federal judge ruled the law banning partial-birth abortion is unconstitutional – 6-1-2004
Roof collapses in new passenger terminal at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris – 5-23-04
Massachusetts legalizes gay marriage and 1,000 homosexual couples are legally married - 5-17-2004
Mexican air force released video of 11 unidentified flying objects that were only visible via an infrared camera. – 5-12-04
Dozens of UFO sightings this year, some possibly meteors, excite Iran - 4-28-2004
North Korea Train Blast Kills Hundreds – 4-23-2004
The Abu Ghraib Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal becomes public – dozens of US soldiers charged – 4-2004
Train Bombing in Madrid by kills 190 - 3-11-2004
Janet Jackson bears breast at Super Bowl half time - 2-1-2004
Egyptian jet plunged into the Red Sea killing 148 people 1-3-2004
Earthquake measuring 6.6 hits Bam, Iran, killing 26,000 people – 12-26-03
Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein captured by US Special Forces, on the outskirts of Baghdad- 12-13-2003
40 million people estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS – 12-2003
Judge Roy Moore removed from bench for refusing to remove the Ten Commandments from courthouse- 11-14-2003
9 major solar eruptions occur during 2-week period during the middle of the 9-year solar "minimum" season 10-2003
In the past 6 weeks, New York, Northeast US, Canada, Mid-Atlantic US, London, and Rome have been hit by massive black outs – 9-28-2003
15,000 people have died in France of heat-related causes this summer – 8-14-2003
Devastating oil spill off Pakistan's coast, 24,000 tons of oil spilled - 7-27-2003
Columbia Space shuttle disaster, disintegrates over Texas, all 7 crew members lost – 2-1-2003
78 people killed in world's worst airshow disaster at an airfield in the Ukraine 7-27-2002
Russian jet collides with Boeing cargo jet midair over Germany, 71 killed – 7-2-2002
2.7 million acres of forest have burned across the US so far this year, hundreds of homes consumed – 6-2002
Earthquake rocks northwestern Iran, killing at least 500 people and injuring 1,600 – 6-2002
At least 400,000 people test positive for Malaria in India – 6-2002
Two members of satanic cult in Germany stab man to drink his blood – 6-2002
Daily attempts by Palestinians to send suicide attackers into Israel – 5-2002
14 dead after interstate highway bridge in Oklahoma hit by barge, collapses – 5-26-2002
60 wedding guests electrocuted, bus they were in hit high-voltage wire in India – 5-25-2002
Train crash kills 196 in Mozambique, injures hundreds more – 5-25-2002
China Air jetliner Flight 611 crashes into Taiwan Strait – 225 killed – 5-25-2002
Huge ice shelf 10 times bigger than Manhattan plummets into the sea near Antarctica – 5-2002
First humans receive subcutaneous ID chips – 5-2002
Islamic militants bomb holiday parade - Kaspiisk, Russia, 41 killed, 150 injured – 5-2002
Roman Catholic priest pleads guilty to possessing child pornography – 5-2002
Two Navy jets crash into the Gulf of Mexico – 5-9-2002
Suicide bomber kills 13, injures 23 in Karachi, Pakistan – 5-8-2002
Hamas suicide bomber kills 16, dozens injured in blast in Israel – 5-7-2002
China Northern Airlines jet crashes in northeast China, killing 112 people – 5-7-2002
Egypt Air Plane Crashes in Tunisia - at least 15 deaths – 5-7-2002
EAS Airlines Plane crashes in Nigeria - 148 people killed – 5-4-2002
Scoutmaster, Manhattan Troop 666, pleads guilty to 4 counts of 3rd degree sodomy – 5-2002
Showtime cable network announces addition of gay cartoon "Queer Duck" – 5-2002
Gay TV program celebrates drug use, promiscuous sex, and statutory homosexual rape – 5-2002
18 Pipe bombs delivered to rural US mailboxes in 5 states by 21-year-old – 5-2002
Zimbabwe officially in famine condition – 5-2002
Russia and China to hold joint military exercises in August (first in 30 years) – 5-2002
High blood pressure affects about 50 million – or 1in 4 – American adults. – 5-2002
Suicide blast outside a Jewish synagogue in Tunisia kills 14 – 4-2002
Woman blows herself up in an outdoor market in Jerusalem, killing six- 4-2002
109th Space shuttle flight returns to earth – 4-2002
International Criminal Court gains necessary international backing to exist – 4-2002
Erfurt Germany school shooting – 4-2002
Air Force F-15C Eagle fighter crashes into the Gulf of Mexico – 4-2002
Swiss pilot crashed aircraft into Milan's largest skyscraper – 4-2002
Flight CA129 Air China crash in Korea – 4-2002
Mysterious deaths of eleven prominent microbiologists – 11-2001 to 3-2002
Terrorists kill 5 worshippers in an Islamabad Protestant church – 3-2002
Larsen B ice shelf the size of a small European country collapses in Antarctica– 3-2002
Earthquakes in Afghanistan 3-2002
Israel launches offensive against Palestinian militants 3-2002
51 percent of Americans 65–74 years of age use 2 or more prescription drugs – 2-2002
100 different kinds of cancer now kill over 5 million people every year – 2002
40 million people estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS – 2-2002
Philadelphia archdiocese reveals names of 35 priests guilty of child sex abuse – 2-2002
Child sex scandal hits the Roman Catholic priesthood – 2-2002
Plagues in Afghanistan – 2-2002
Islamic radicals kidnap, murder Wall Street Journal reporter –Karachi, Pakistan – 1-2002
Volcano erupts in Congo – 1-2002
Fourth expedition crew arrives at international space station – 12-2001
Nigerian pastor dies in car accident, raised from the dead three days later - 11-30-01
American Flight 587 Crash on Long Island – 11-2001
War in Afghanistan – 10-2001 to present
Two planes crash at Milan's airport in Italy- 114 people killed – 10-2001
Russian Tu-154 airliner crash in Black Sea – 10-2001
Anthrax – 10-2001
Queen Isabella Causeway Bridge collapses in Texas, 8 people died -- 9-2001
World Trade Center towers and Pentagon attacked- more than 2,800 people killed- 9-11-2001
Andrea Yates bathtub murder – 6-2001
Earthquake in Peru – 6-2001
Building collapses during wedding banquet in Jerusalem, killing 25 people - 5-2001
Tanker Spills Iraqi Oil into the Persian Gulf – 4-2001
Two American missionaries killed when private plane shot down in Peru – 4-2001
Wildfires Blaze in Florida – 4-2001
Volcano in Java erupts – 4-2001
Volcano Erupts in Nicaragua – 4-2001
Tremor Jolts Idaho and Wyoming – 4-2001
Famine and drought in Afghanistan and Pakistan – 4-2001
Italy's Mount Etna erupts – 4-2001
Earthquake in Argentina – 4-2001
Earthquake in Japan – 4-2001
Earthquake in Seattle – 2-2001
Earthquake in El Salvador – 2-2001
Earthquake in El Salvador – 1-2001
Earthquake in India – 1-2001
Galapagos Islands oil spill – 1-2001
Bombing of British Embassy in Yemen – 10-2000
Bombing of USS Cole - 17 American sailors killed and 30 wounded - 10-2000
Palestinian carry out more than 60 suicide bomb attacks on Israelis - 9-2000 to 5-2002
Israeli Palestinian escalation of violence - 9-2000
Concorde Jet crash in France – 7-2000
Brush Fires in California – 1999-2000
Campaigns against Christians in 35 countries (including China, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, Burma, Greece, Ethiopia, Vietnam) - 1999
Over 200 million Christians worldwide are living under the threat of persecution – 1999
Egypt Air Flight 990 Plane Crash off Nantucket – 11-1999
Earthquake in Mexico – 10-1999
Earthquake in Taiwan – 9-1999
Earthquake in Turkey – 8-1999
Columbine High school shooting – 4-1999
Kosovo Conflict – 3-1999
30 million people infected with HIV disease – 2-1999
Construction of International Space Station begins – 11-1998
Bombing - US Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – 12 killed, 85 injured – 8-1998
Bombing - US Embassy in Kenya - 213 killed, 5,000 receive medical treatment – 8-1998
Tsunami in Papua New Guinea – 7-1998
Jakarta Indonesia riots – 5-1998
Bacteria that causes pneumonia & ear infections evolving into untreatable forms - 1998
Malaria, Tuberculosis, Cholera becoming resistant to antibiotics, killing millions – 1998
Typhoid, diphtheria, and Black Death epidemics afflicted India & Soviet Union – 1998
HIV virus, which causes AIDS, had infected at least 13 to 14 million people – 1998
Eritrea-Ethiopia War - 1998-2000
Heath High School shooting - Paducah, Kentucky – 12-1997
Rwanda genocide – 7-1997
Albania genocide following collapse of economy - 1997
TWA Flight 800 - crashed into Atlantic off Long Island, New York - 7-1996
Cyclone hits Andhra Pradesh, India – 11-1996
Tsunami in Irian Jaya – 2-1996
Tsunami in Peru – 2-1996
Tsunami in Sulawesi Island – 1-1996
Oil Spill off Rhode Island coast - 1-1996
Tsunami in Mexico – 10-1995
Earthquake in Sakhalin Islands, Russia – 5-1995
Seven Colombian Youth receive a tour of heaven and hell - 4-1995
Murrah Federal Building bombed in downtown Oklahoma City – 4-1995
Russian troops kill tens of thousands, attempting to crush Chechen rebellion - 12-1994 to 8-1996
Texas woman ushered into throne room of God on eve of Hanukkah - 11-28-1994
Tsunami in Philippines – 11-1994
Tsunami in East Java - 6-1994
War in Chechnya, 1994-96
½ of the 24,000 people groups worldwide have a church movement of their own - 1993
One in ten humans is a Bible believing Christian – 1993
Tsunami in Japan – 7-1993
Korean Pastor Raised from the Dead - 3-1998
World Trace Center bombed – 6 killed and 1,000 injured – 2-1993
Oil tanker Braer ran aground off Shetland – 1-1993
Bosnia Conflict 1992-1995
Tsunami in Flores Island – 12-1992
Tsunami in Nicaragua – 9-1992
Somalia Conflict – 1992-1995
Tajikistan, Civil War - 1992-96
Haiti coup – 1991-1994
Sierra Leone revolution - 1991
Cyclone in Bangladesh kills 138,000 people - 1991
300 Oil fires rage in Kuwait – 1991
Oil released into Persian Gulf by Sadaam Hussein - 1991
Persian Gulf War – 1991
Moldova civil war – 1990-1997
Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits the San Francisco Bay – 10-1989
400-800 killed in China’s Tienamen square – 6-1989
Exxon Valdez oil spill - Prince William Sound, Alaska – 3-1989
The First and Second Liberian Civil Wars 1989-2005
Separation of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union - 1989-91
Collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe – 1989
Kashmir, Civil War - 1989
Panama invasion – 1989
Pan Am Flight 103 bombed by Libyan terrorists & crashes over Scotland – 12-1986
World’s worst nuclear accident occurred at Chernobyl – 4-1986
Space Shuttle, Challenger disaster – 1-1986
Eruption of volcano in Colombia – 11-1985
Brazilian death squads – 1985-1994
Massive magnitude 8.1 quake jolts Mexico – 9-1985
Japanese airliner crashes into Mt. Osutaka, Japan, killing 520 people - 8-12-1985
Grenada invasion – 10-1983
Marine barracks bombed in Beirut, Lebanon – 10-1983
Zimbabwe political violence - 1983
Falkland war – 1982
Ghana war - 1981-1994
Gambia coup - 1981
Space Shuttle Columbia, first space shuttle flight – 4-1981
Iran hostage crisis of 1979-1981
Honduras genocide – 1980-1988
Shining Path insurrection in Peru – 1980-1999
Jamaica election violence – 1980
Bridge collapses in Florida's Tampa Bay, killing 35 – 5-1980
Kwangju Uprising in South Korea – 1980
El Salvador Civil War - 1979-1991
5,000 killed during the Iranian revolution – 12-1979
Jonestown, Guyana Massacre 11-1978
Magnitude 7.8 quake slams Iran – 9-1978
Sri Lanka violence -1977- present
Pan Am flight 583 crashes into Canary Islands killing 583 people - 3-27-1977
Zaire Farmer's Rebellion – 1977-83
Argentina, Military Junta - 1976-83
Magnitude 8.0 quake rocks Tangshan, China – 7-1976
Laotian civil war – 1975-present
Cambodia Genocide - 2,000,000 deaths - 1975-1979
Extreme violence in Turkey – 1975-80
Supreme Court decides to legalize abortion on demand - 1-22-1973
Rhodesia genocide 1972-79
Syria massacres - 1971-2000
Jordan Black September Uprising – 1970-71
Magnitude 7.8 quake in northern Peru – 5-1970
Equatorial Guinea massacres - 1969-79
Congo Mercenary Uprising 1967-68
The Hough race riots in Cleveland, Ohio lasting six nights, four killed, thirty injured - 7-18-1966
Chad civil war - 1965
Congo revolt - 1964-65
Zambia domestic violence – 1964
Kenya Border dispute w/ Somalia - 1963-67
Sino-Soviet War 1963-69
Sino-Indian War - 1962
New Guinea Irian Jaya violence -1962
Supreme Court decides to remove all prayer from public schools - 6-25-1962
Tunisia – France war – 1961
Collision over N.Y. Harbor between United DC-8 jet & TWA Super-Constellation – 12-1960
Vietnam conflict – 1954-75
Israel becomes a nation state - 1948
United Nations established – 1946
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan destroyed by atomic bombs – 8-1945
Second World War death toll 50-70 million – 1941-1945

But He replied to them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.' "And in the morning, 'There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Do you know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?
(Mat 16:2-3)

"Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near; so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door.
(Mat 24:32-33)

If you have not yet put your faith in Christ, I urge you to do that today. He loves you and wants you to know Him.

Attribution notice: Most Scripture quotations taken from the NASB.

Author's note: You must take responsibility for your own actions. Nobody knows the day or the hour, and in no way am I date setting. This is only to provide you with information, so that you can make your own decisions, for which you will be accountable to God.

You may also visit our Signs of the Times Directory, and access my complete blog directory at Writing for the Master.

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus. Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15). He preached that we must repent and believe.

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"

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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International. He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Something is Going on in 2017

I have previously written articles like Something is Going on in 2012 and Something is Going on in 2013, which cover major signs of the times that were happening around the world during those two years. If you haven't seen the videos in those two articles, I highly recommend you do so. But what you are about to see is a current video montage from the Signs of the Times (SOTT) channel that will probably amaze you. It primarily shows events that have been happening throughout the world during September 2017, and it proves there has clearly been an acceleration of the signs. Both the magnitude and the frequency seem to have increased, so that what has happened just during the last month seems comparable to what previously would have happened over the course of an entire year!

In my recent articles called The Contractions Are Coming Closer Together and The Vegas Massacre Marks a New Chapter for America, I wrote only about the devastating tragedies that had happened here in the US during the period from August 30th to October 1st, and how they were a sign indicating that we are now closer than ever to Christ's return. Yet those events, such as Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Maria, and the Vegas Massacre were events on US soil only. However, in the following video, SOTT shows footage from around the world of events like these:

At least 74 wildfires raged in 8 Western US states, over a million acres were burnt. These were the deadliest wildfires in history. There were 31 dead and hundreds missing. In the Napa and Sonoma areas around 3,500 homes and businesses were destroyed.
Wild fire on Gran Canaria burnt over 2,000 hectares.
Structures destroyed as nearly 100 bushfires burn across New South Wales Australia.
Australia shivers through record coldest start to September.
Strange sounds heard in Illinois sky.
Mysterious "trumpet" sound heard in Iranian sky. This phenomenon has been occurring since 2012 as I have written in Trumpet Sounds Heard Around the World.
Hurricane Irma becomes most powerful hurricane ever in the Atlantic, wreaks havoc in Florida and the Caribbean.
Hurricane Maria reaches category 5, hits Dominica and Puerto Rico, causes island-wide power outages, as well as massive damage in Barbuda..
Hurricane Max hits Mexico.
Magnitude 8.1 earthquake in Mexico, strongest in a century kills 61.
Magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Mexico kills 369, destroys 380 buildings, damages thousands of others.
Damage caused by baseball-sized hail in North Carolina.
Golf ball-sized hail hits Split, Croatia.
Intense hail storm leave 50 centimeters of accumulation in Teruel, Spain.
Severe hail storm hits Hoedspruit, South Africa.
Two moons seen on giant asteroid as it passed between earth and our moon.
Huge landslide in India.
Severe downburst hits Santa Barbara, California.
Microburst hits Mendota, California.
800 lightning bolts strike San Francisco, California in one day.
Rare "ball lightning" in New York.
Sinkholes opening up under homes and on highways around the world.
Fireballs lighting up skies over USA, Canada, Russia, Spain, Mauritius, Reunion Island, Netherlands, etc.
African floods kill 25 times more people than Hurricane Harvey.
Sun releases strongest solar flare in a decade.
Water spouts pop up all over Lake Erie, Michigan.
Water spouts appear on Oregon's coast.
Earth flowing like lava through a Tibetan valley.
Huge swarm of locusts devastate a large swath of farmland in southern Russia.
Hundreds evacuated as Trift Glacier collapses in Switzerland.
Flash flooding in Karachi, Pakistan.
15 inches of rain in 4 hours triggers killer floods in Livorno, Italy.
Severe flood hits Zadar, Croatia after 11 inches of rain in 24 hours.
Tropical storm Maring floods metro area of Manila, Philippines.
Huge floods hit Malaysia.
Severe flash flooding in Laos as dam under construction bursts.
Floods and sinkholes in Queretaro, Mexico after heavy rain.
Severe rain and flooding inundates Rize, Turkey
Landslide destroys freeway in Pueblo, Mexico.
Storm kills 3 people in Germany with hurricane-force winds.
Typhoon kills 4 in Vietnam, over 100,000 homes damaged.
Typhoon Talim causes flooding and landslides in Japan.
Intense wind suddenly hits Romania, 5 killed, dozens injured.
Enormous turtle found on Spanish beach.
Dead whale found on beach in Nakhodka, Russia, and the next day a dead whale found on Oslo Beach in South Africa.
Indonesia's Mount Sinabung spews massive plumes of ash 2.5 km into air.
Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano erupts, sending a cloud of vapor and ash 1.2 miles into the air.

While I have not listed these in chronological order, the video does show them in the order they actually happened, and provides dates for each one, which further adds to the significance of them when you see how closely to each other they all happened. Amazingly, all of these things happened during essentially the same period when the US was experiencing three major hurricanes, the tragic Vegas shooting, and the California wildfires. While these tragedies were probably enough to shake and overwhelm most Americans, they were only the tip of the iceberg in relation to all the other terrifying events happening across the world during the same time frame.

"I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord." (Joel 2:30-31, NIV)

Putting it All Together
The signs you have seen in this video during the month of September are wonders in the heavens and on the earth. They are blood and fire and billows of smoke. If you can't understand from these signs that we stand on the brink of the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord, then I don't know what it will take for you to understand. It's obvious that the Lord Jesus Christ is coming back very, very soon.

Meanwhile, the Church is astray doing things that God has commanded us not to do, and neglecting the things God has commanded us to do. The world has been allowed into the Church. The people of God have become comfortable in sin. God is not happy. Jesus is not happy. The Lord is angry, and He is letting the world know.

The message is still the same. Repent for the kingdom of heaven is near. Jesus is coming back for His Bride, but He is coming only for the holy ones -- those who are without spot or wrinkle. He is not coming for those who are lukewarm or for those who have cast His Word behind their back. He is coming for those who keep God’s commands, hold fast their testimony about Jesus, and remain faithful to Him. Are you ready? Will you be found faithful? When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?

Attribution notice: Scriptures from NIV where noted. Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Author's note: You must take responsibility for your own actions. Nobody knows the day or the hour, and in no way am I date setting. This is only to provide you with information, so that you can make your own decisions, for which you will be accountable to God.

I also encourage you to read The Contractions Are Coming Closer Together, The Vegas Massacre Marks a New Chapter, Cosmic Rays Are Intensifying, Urgent End Time Warning from the Lord, The Coming Wrath of God, Prophetic End Time Warnings from Little Children, America's Doom Punctuated by a Boom, The 311 Moment, Trumpet Sounds Heard Around the World, Something is Going on in 2012, Something is Going on in 2013, Repent and Flee the Coming Wrath, Grieve and Lament for the Church, Repentance That Leads to Life, God Gives Little Girl Revelation of Christ's Return, Rapture Revelation Given to Sister Claire Andoun, Rapture Revelation to Angelica Zambrano, Rapture Revelation to James Agboola, Rapture Revelation to Angelica Zambrano, Sequence of Signs Preceding the Coming of Christ, Peace, Safety, and the Thief in the Night, and The Timing of the Rapture, as well as The Messiah Is Coming. You may also visit our Signs of the Times Directory, and access my complete blog directory at Writing for the Master.

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus. Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15). He preached that we must repent and believe.

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"

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Friday, June 29, 2012

Grieve and Lament for the Church

If you have been following my posts on this blog, such as Something's Happening in 2012 and Trumpets heard Around the World, I realize you may be wondering about two things. First of all, where is this all found in Scripture? And secondly, what should we do about it? Let me address these questions one at a time.

Scriptural Basis of Current Events
Regarding the Scriptural question, I already touched on this in part in Something's Happening in 2012. I stated: "If you'd like to read about the events that are occurring, you can check out the gospel of Matthew chapter 24, the gospel of Luke chapter 21, the gospel of Mark chapter 13, and Joel 2."

Now let's go into a little more detail with you on those.

Wars, famines, earthquakes, terrors, and great signs from heaven
Jesus said, "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes." (Mat 24:7)

Then He continued by saying to them, "Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be great earthquakes, and in various places plagues and famines; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven." (Luk 21:10-11)

"For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. (Mar 13:8)

The mountains melt like wax
"The mountains will melt under Him And the valleys will be split, Like wax before the fire, Like water poured down a steep place. All this is for the rebellion of Jacob And for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the rebellion of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? What is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?" (Mic 1:4-5)

When I see the volcanoes erupting in these videos from 2012, I see mountain rock melting like wax. All this is because the earth must rid itself of the rebellion and idolatry that are in it (Isa 24:19-20).

The deep waters tremble, lightning flashes, the skies give forth a thunderous sound, and the earth shakes
The waters saw You, O God; The waters saw You, they were in anguish; The deeps also trembled. The clouds poured out water; The skies gave forth a sound; Your arrows flashed here and there. The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lit up the world; The earth trembled and shook.
(Psa 77:16-18)

The earth quakes and the heavens tremble
The Lord spoke through the prophet Joel saying, "Before them the earth quakes, The heavens tremble, The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness. The LORD utters His voice before His army; Surely His camp is very great, For strong is he who carries out His word. The day of the LORD is indeed great and very awesome, And who can endure it?" (Joe 2:10-11). The earth is quaking and the heavens are trembling. The Lord utters His voice.

Wonders in the sky and on the earth, blood, fire and columns of smoke
"I will display wonders in the sky and on the earth, Blood, fire and columns of smoke. "The sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes."
(Joe 2:30-31)

The Day of the Lord is Coming -- a day of clouds and thick darkness
The Lord spoke through the prophet Joel saying, "Blow a trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the day of the LORD is coming; Surely it is near, A day of darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn is spread over the mountains, So there is a great and mighty people; There has never been anything like it, Nor will there be again after it To the years of many generations." (Joe 2:1-2)

What Should We Do About All This?
Now to address the second question I opened with at the beginning of this article: What should we do about all this? Let's continue reading from Joel 2.

Blow a Trumpet and Sound an Alarm
As I just mentioned, the Lord spoke through the prophet Joel saying, "Blow a trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the day of the LORD is coming; Surely it is near," (Joe 2:1)

This means that we need to warn the others. We need to blow a shofar in Zion and sound the alarm, in order to wake them up to what's happening. The expressions "in Zion" and "on My holy mountain" indicate that the Lord wants us first and foremost to warn His people. These blogs are one way to do that. Another way is through preaching and testifying to others.

Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly, gather the people, seek holiness, lament, wail, and cry out to the Lord
The Lord says, "Gird yourselves with sackcloth And lament, O priests; Wail, O ministers of the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth O ministers of my God, For the grain offering and the drink offering Are withheld from the house of your God. Consecrate a fast, Proclaim a solemn assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land To the house of the LORD your God, And cry out to the LORD." (Joe 1:13-14)

He says the priests and ministers of God need to lament, wail, fast, proclaim a solemn assembly of the people and cry out to the Lord. These are words we don't hear any more. Lament means to grieve audibly. We do this when we deeply regret our sin and the condition of the Church. People lament when someone dies. It involves wailing, which is grieving loudly, make a prolonged, high-pitched sound like a cry. When was the last time you heard that at a Church meeting? This is called a solemn assembly. Crying out to the Lord is exactly what it says. It's to make a clamor in his ears from a broken and contrite heart. Many Christians know how to make a clamor when angry about something, raising their voice and yelling about it. But when was the last time we made a clamor over our sin, the condition of the Church, and the fact that it's not ready for the soon-coming day of the Lord?

"Blow a trumpet in Zion, Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly, Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, Assemble the elders, Gather the children and the nursing infants. Let the bridegroom come out of his room And the bride out of her bridal chamber. Let the priests, the LORD'S ministers, Weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, 'Spare Your people, O LORD, And do not make Your inheritance a reproach, A byword among the nations. Why should they among the peoples say, 'Where is their God?' " (Joe 2:15-17)

This says we need to call a fast, assemble together solemnly and seek holiness as a congregation. The elders, as well as children and infants must all be included. Even those who are preparing for marriage or just married. The pastors and priests must weep and ask the Lord to spare His people.

This is not something limited to the old Testament. James said, "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom."(Jam 4:8-9)

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion and do not grieve over the ruin of the Joseph
"Woe to those who are at ease in Zion And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria, The distinguished men of the foremost of nations, To whom the house of Israel comes." (Amo 6:1)

So many Christians today are at ease during this most serious hour in the history of the world. They feel secure and are overconfident that they are ready for the Lord's return.

"Those who recline on beds of ivory And sprawl on their couches, And eat lambs from the flock And calves from the midst of the stall, Who improvise to the sound of the harp, And like David have composed songs for themselves, Who drink wine from sacrificial bowls While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils, Yet they have not grieved over the ruin of Joseph. Therefore, they will now go into exile at the head of the exiles, And the sprawlers' banqueting will pass away." (Amo 6:4-7)

The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself, the LORD God of hosts has declared: "I loathe the arrogance of Jacob, And detest his citadels; Therefore I will deliver up the city and all it contains." (Amo 6:8)

The Lord's people are reclining in luxury, eating choice foods, listening to music while drinking wine, and applying skin care products to keep their skin moist, when we should be grieving over the present condition of the Church and the ruin about to happen. There is still so much arrogance in the Church, but it should have no place among God's people. It's time to grieve over the ruin of Joseph!

Grieve and lament over the detestable things done in the Church
During the days of the prophet Ezekiel, when the Lord was about to bring judgment upon Jerusalem, he showed the prophet the detestable things that were being done in the temple -- even by the elders. The showed Ezekiel that he had a team of guardian angels that had been in charge of guarding the city. And he instructed them to take swords and slaughter the people, pitying nobody. But before they did, the Lord sent another angel ahead of them with a writing kit to mark the people who sighed and groaned over all the abominations being committed in the midst of Jerusalem. This angel knew which people were signing and groaning over sin in their lives and in their midst.

The LORD said to [the angel with the writing kit], "Go through the midst of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst." But to the others He said in my hearing, "Go through the city after him and strike; do not let your eye have pity and do not spare. "Utterly slay old men, young men, maidens, little children, and women, but do not touch any man on whom is the mark; and you shall start from My sanctuary." So they started with the elders who were before the temple. (Eze 9:4-6)

Amazingly the Lord had these angels begin their slaughter at His holy sanctuary. It's the same today. Judgment must first begin with the house of God (1 Pe 4:17), and it begins with those in oversight -- pastors, and elders.

As Micah said, "Because of this I must lament and wail, I must go barefoot and naked; I must make a lament like the jackals And a mourning like the ostriches." (Mic 1:8)

Cry Aloud, Seek the Lord, and Stretch Out Your Hands to Him at Night
For the choir director; according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. My voice rises to God, and I will cry aloud; My voice rises to God, and He will hear me. In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; In the night my hand was stretched out without weariness; My soul refused to be comforted. When I remember God, then I am disturbed; When I sigh, then my spirit grows faint. Selah. (Psa 77:1-3)

Fear of the Lord, who weighs motives
"All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight, But the LORD weighs the motives." (Pro 16:2). It's normal for Christians to think that we are clean and do not need to worry about God's judgment. But the Lord weighs the motives of our hearts. That's why we need to fear Him.

"The LORD has made everything for its own purpose, Even the wicked for the day of evil. Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; Assuredly, he will not be unpunished. By lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for, And by the fear of the LORD one keeps away from evil." (Pro 16:4-6)

We rarely hear about the fear of the Lord any more. But it's by the fear of the Lord that we keep away from evil. Don't be proud in heart, thinking you are in good shape and don't need to concern yourself with this, or else you will be punished. Humble yourself. Fear the Lord! Repent of all pride and arrogance.

"There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death." (Pro 16:25). You could be on a path that leads to death and yet think your way is right! This is how deceptive it can be.

We need to cry out for Him to reveal any hidden sin in our lives that we have stowed away and no longer see. You need to go hunting for sin in your own life.

A rebellious nation, obstinate and stubborn
Here was the commission the Lord gave to Ezekiel. Then He said to me, "Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to a rebellious people who have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day. "I am sending you to them who are stubborn and obstinate children...' " (Eze 2:3-4)

The situation is the same today in the Church. There is rebellion against the Lord. His people have transgressed. Many of us are still stubborn and obstinate! So just as Ezekiel had a hard time finding anyone to listen to what he was saying, there are few today who will tolerate this message.

Eat the scroll containing lament and mourning
The Lord warned Ezekiel, "Now you, son of man, listen to what I am speaking to you; do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you." Then I looked, and behold, a hand was extended to me; and lo, a scroll was in it. When He spread it out before me, it was written on the front and back, and written on it were lamentations, mourning and woe." (Eze 2:8-10)

The Lord knew that Ezekiel might be tempted to refuse to accept this assignment and speak these words of lamentation, mourning, and woe. It would have been rebellious for him to refuse this assignment, even though it was very difficult and he knew the people wouldn't listen.

"For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel, nor to many peoples of unintelligible speech or difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. But I have sent you to them who should listen to you; yet the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, since they are not willing to listen to Me. Surely the whole house of Israel is stubborn and obstinate." (Eze 3:5-7)

The Lord explained to Ezekiel that His people would not be willing to listen to what He was saying through the prophet, because they were not willing to listen to the Lord. Again, it's the same today. The Church is not willing to listen to those who sound the alarm and proclaim this message, because they are not willing to listen to the Lord. They are hardened and obstinate.

Whoever will listen, let him listen; Whoever will refuse let him refuse
The fact is that some will listen, so this message still needs to be proclaimed. "But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you will say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD.' He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house." (Eze 3:27)

The watchman is not responsible for the people's response. He is responsible to obey the Lord and sound the alarm. Many will refuse to listen. So be it. Let them refuse. If you don't like this message, you are free to refuse to listen to it and accept the consequences. But let those with ears hear it!

Mourn for sin and separate from the world and false church
The Lord told Ezekiel that some survivors would escape this judgment. He showed the prophet what kind of people they would be.

'Even when their survivors escape, they will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, each over his own iniquity." (Eze 7:16)

These are the people who had ears to hear what the prophet was saying and separated themselves. They went up to the mountains and mourned, each person for his own iniquity. This doesn't mean we need to literally go to a mountain. But we need to come out from among them and be separate, so that we will not be partakers in the judgment. We need to cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit. We need to pursue holiness, righteousness, and the kingdom of God. And we each need to mourn for our own sin.

Call upon the name of the Lord, Who is a refuge for His people
Let's not forget what the Lord said through Joel, "And it will come about that whoever calls on the name of the LORD Will be delivered; For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem There will be those who escape, As the LORD has said, Even among the survivors whom the LORD calls." (Joe 2:32). Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be delivered. That's not lip service. That's sincere repentance and seeking His face with all your heart.

"The LORD roars from Zion And utters His voice from Jerusalem, And the heavens and the earth tremble. But the LORD is a refuge for His people And a stronghold to the sons of Israel." (Joe 3:16) While the Lord roars and utters His mighty voice, we need to remember that He is a refuge for His people.

Putting it All Together
As we've just seen, the Scriptures clearly tell us that these things in our current events would happen. The earth is groaning, ridding itself of all the idolatry and rebellion within it. And we need to do the same.

Are you ready? Do you hear the sound of the trumpet? Please do not wait any longer or you could miss the rapture. Repent now and give your life to Jesus Christ. Look to Him, who alone can prepare you to enjoy the rapture, and join the worshipers in heaven.

If you know Him, but are not living 100% for Him, then repent and get right with Him now. We need to fast, pray, wail, grieve, mourn, lament, groan, and cry out to the Lord for our own sin and the detestable condition of the Church. It's high time we sought holiness and consecration. He is coming back right away, but only for the holy ones.

Attribution notice: Most Scripture quotations taken from the NASB.

Author's note: You may also want to read my other post called, "Very Few Will Hear the Trumpet". Then check out "Are You Rapture Ready?" and "The End Has Come." I recommend my daughter's music video called The Coming. You may also visit our Signs of the Times Directory, and access my complete blog directory at Writing for the Master.

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus. Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15). He preached that we must repent and believe.

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"

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