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.

Knee-deep flooding jams transit, swamps Brooklyn; storm darkens parts of New Jersey

John Bacon USA TODAY•July 23, 2019

Trains and planes were delayed while cars and pedestrians slogged through knee-deep water in battered Brooklyn as flash flooding swept through parts of the borough following days of intense heat and power outages.

The storms hit late Monday and early Tuesday. The National Weather Service posted a Flash Flood Warning that included Brooklyn and neighboring Queens. Parts of New Jersey also took the brunt of the storms, and widespread power outages were reported.

The first storms hit during rush hour, and gridlock prevailed.

“As frustrating as this situation is (and as a commuter I share in that frustration), let’s be good to one another amid the transit hell,” tweeted Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams.

The storms broke a string of heat emergency days for the city. But Brooklyn and Queens had been hit with power outages late Sunday. Thousands remained without power early Tuesday.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he was “extremely disappointed” with utility Con Edison.

“They’ve been giving us consistently inconsistent information over these last days,” de Blasio said. “This was a situation we all saw coming and I don’t have any good answers yet as to why this happened and why it was not prevented.”

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo deployed state police, generators and light towers. He agreed that the utility should have been better prepared, saying there was “no excuse” for the outages.

In New Jersey, there were reports of “dime-size hail. Some roads were closed and Newark Airport warned of delays. More than 325,000 homes and businesses lost power across the state late Monday. The state Board of Public Utilities issued an ominous statement.

“The utilities are working to restore power as quickly and safely as possible,” the statement said. “Due to the severity of the storm damage, it may take up to several days. Please check on your neighbors, particularly anyone elderly or infirm.”

Almost 230,000 remained without power Tuesday morning; an additional 30,000 were in the dark in Pennsylvania; 10,000 more in New York. 

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