Blog note. Jesus indicated that ‘fearful sights’ (various natural disasters) would occur leading up to the time known as the Tribulation and Great Tribulation (a combined seven year period of great destruction on earth). Although these types of things have occurred in the past for centuries and thousands of years, they could be identified as the ‘season of the times’ due to the ferociousness of these events. They would be occurring in greater intensity, severity, frequency, size, duration, scope … just like the pains that a woman experiences in labor the farther along she is in the labor process. We are in the ‘season of the times’ that comes just before the seven (7) year Tribulation/Great Tribulation period
… And great earthquakes shall be in diverse places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. (Luke 21:11).
… And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; (Luke 21:25)
… Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken; (Luke 21:26)
… This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. (2 Timothy 3:1)
Jesus is giving a series of prophecies about what to look for as the age of grace comes to a close. These verses are several of many such prophecies from throughout the Bible. 2017 was the worst year in recorded history for the intensity, frequency, severity, duration and occurrence of a large number of severe natural disasters worldwide. Earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, typhoons, cyclones, torrential flooding, unprecedented wildfires in unusual places, devastating droughts, excessive/scorching heat setting records everywhere, record snowfalls in Europe and Russia. Snow in the Arabia. This list can go on. Most studied Eschatologists believe these ‘fearful sights’ and massive natural disasters are all part of the ‘CONVERGENCE’ of signs that this Biblical and prophetic age is closing. Most people who study prophecy are familiar with the routine reference(s) made that these things will be like a woman having labor pains, growing in intensity, frequency, size and duration.

Satellites in Space Spot Largest Seaweed Bloom on Earth

By Passant Rabie. Space. July 10, 2019

The brown algae stretch from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico.

NASA’s Earth observation satellites have spotted the largest seaweed bloom in the world, a belt of algae stretching 5,500 miles (8,850 kilometers) from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico.

The brown algae, referred to as the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, have been floating on the surface of the tropical Atlantic Ocean for the past eight years. In 2018, more than 20 million tons of the algae were spread out along the shorelines of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and east coast of Florida. 

“The scale of these blooms is truly enormous, making global satellite imagery a good tool for detecting and tracking their dynamics through time,” Woody Turner, manager of the Ecological Forecasting Program at NASA headquarters in Washington, said in a statement. 

Researchers from the College of Marine Science at the University of South Florida (USF) in St. Petersburg used satellite observations between the years 2000 to 2018 to study the seaweed bloom in hopes of figuring out what may be causing it.

The data gathered from an instrument called the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites indicated a shift in the year 2011, when it appeared in places it had not been before, suggesting that the bloom forms in response to changing ocean currents, according to the statement. 

“The ocean’s chemistry must have changed in order for the blooms to get so out of hand,” Chuanmin Hu, an oceanographer with the USF College of Marine Science and lead author of the study, said in the statement. 

Under normal circumstances, Sargassum contributes to a healthy marine life by providing habitat for fish, turtles, crabs and even birds. However, too much of this seaweed can have a smothering effect on these marine animals, according to the study. 

“This is all ultimately related to climate change, as climate affects precipitation and ocean circulation and even human activities” that can lead to Sargassum blooms, Hu said. “They are probably here to stay.”

The study was published in the journal Science on July 5.

Luke 21:11

Pestilence of water pollution

Pestilence of air pollution

Pestilence of Aquatic Life

Pestilence of Animal Life

Pestilence of Livestock

Pestilence of Crops and Agriculture

Pestilence of plants and bio-diversity

Pestilence of Earth’s Biodiversity

Pestilence of Land

Destruction of Rainforest

Destruction of Seas, Lakes, Rivers

Destruction of Earth’s Biodiversity