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.

California earthquake: 307 quakes hit in just 24 hours as San Andreas Fault trembles

By GEORGINA LAUD PUBLISHED: 07:23, Fri, Aug 16, 2019 | UPDATED: 07:23, Fri, Aug 16, 2019. Express.co.uk
California has been hit by 351 earthquakes in the past 24 hours, along the San Andreas Fault line. Of these quakes, 15 were a magnitude of 2.5 or higher – with the highest being 3.9. This stuck 9 km east-northeast of Coso Junction, California.

The next largest measured at magnitude-3.8 and was located 21km east-southeast of Little Lake, California.

The last major earthquake to strike California hit in the city of Ridgecrest on July 4, 2019, measuring magnitude-6.4, and was followed by more than 150 aftershocks – one of which measured magnitude 7.1.

At 7.1, this quake was the largest to hit southern California since 1999.

The San Andreas fault often triggers large earthquakes, as tectonic plates move against one another.

These are the Pacific and North American plates, and the former is moving northwest, scraping horizontally against the latter.

This is happening at a rate of about two inches a year.

Approximately two-thirds of this movement takes place on the San Andreas fault, triggering earthquakes of varying magnitudes.

California is also a part of the explosive Ring of Fire, a horseshoe-shaped area, where the world’s most active volcanoes and where the most earthquakes occur.

The area spans along a 25,000-mile arc reaching from the boundary of the Pacific Plate, along to the Cocos and Nazca Plates which are along the edge of the Pacific Ocean.

Around 90 percent of the world’s earthquakes, and 81 percent of the world’s largest earthquakes take place along the Ring of Fire.

Despite knowing this area is very active, seismologists cannot predict when or where earthquakes will strike.

Some experts believe there are specific factors which can induce earthquakes but this has not been proven by science.

One of these factors includes hydraulic fracturing, where deep into the sea is drilled to extract energy resources

A recent study in Geophysical Research Letters has shown an increase in seismic activity in the weeks and days leading up to the majority of earthquakes.

This indicates that perhaps one day, foreshocks could be taken as early warning signs.

Wendy Bohon, a geologist at the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology who was not a part of the study said: “It’s very much a first step and big leap forward in improving our understanding of earthquake processes.”