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.

Proof of magma reservoir beneath seemingly inactive Ciomadul volcano, Romania

Posted by Vicky Parmar on August 1, 2019 Watchers.news

The rocks in the upper crust of seemingly extinct Ciomadul volcano in Romania are 15% molten and in some regions up to 45%, a new study finds. That a seemingly dead volcano like Ciomadul is actually capable of erupting in the future calls for renewed attention to ‘inactive’ volcanoes worldwide and perhaps for a redefinition of their activity/inactivity status, study authors said. The last eruption of this volcano occurred about 30 000 years ago.

Ciomadul, located in eastern-central Europe is an excellent example of a seemingly inactive volcano, because its eruption chronology shows long quiescence periods between active phases, with its last eruption occurring around 30 000 years ago. It consists of fairly homogeneous high-K dacites, but contains complexly zoned crystals of plagioclase, amphibole and biotite.

According to a study published recently in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, the volcano may still hold 20  – 58 km3 (5 to 14 mi3) of water-rich silicic melt, constituting up to 20-58% in parts of the upper crustal crystal mush body. Such a melt volume exceeds the volume of erupted lava over the entire history of the volcano. 

This illustrates the important longevity of a magmatic reservoir at temperature above the solidus, which implies that there is still a potential for rapid mush rejuvenation, researchers said

From experiments and thermal calculations, the researchers demonstrate that Ciomadul magmatic system could locally contain significant amount of melt with relative fraction close to the eruptible state in some regions. Such magma storage conditions can exist even beneath relatively small volcanic complexes.

As long as melt-bearing magma body can be inferred beneath such long-dormant volcanoes, the potential for rejuvenation exists, irrespective of the length of its quiescence time and this calls for more attention to apparently inactive Potentially Active Magma Storage (PAMS) volcanoes.

“At present, there is no sign for an imminent eruption,” study co-author Szabolcs Harangi said.

“Our study shows this that these long dormant volcanoes behave similarly as the active ones: they could have been underlain by active magma storage – that is why we suggested the PAMS volcano term for those volcanoes that erupted last time more than 10 000 years ago, but there are observations that they have still melt-bearing potentially active magma storage! The melt is important, this is what yields a potential for future reactivation and as we can see this reactivation could be really fast.”