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.
7 dead after flash floods hit Hell’s Gate National Park, Kenya. Videos.
Posted by Julie Celestial on September 3, 2019 Watchers.news
Seven tourists died after being swept away by a flash flood in Hell’s Gate National Park, Kenya. The victims were identified as five Kenyans of Indian descent, an Indian, and their Kenyan driver. The park has then been temporarily closed.
Seven bodies have been recovered after a tour group was swept away by a flash flood in a Kenyan national park. According to the AFP news agency, the victims were part of a tourist group with 13 members who were visiting Hell’s Gate, 100 km (62 miles) northwest of Nairobi.
Search and rescue operations were conducted after one of the members informed the park rangers of the incident. All of the missing seven have been found.
Ivraj Singh Haye, a survivor, told the media that his family stopped at the gorge for a washroom break before the flash flood struck. His wife and five other relatives unfortunately died.
“At around 15:00 UTC water came from nowhere and I had my phone and we were able to call the guy at the reception. The guide next to me shouted, “the water is carrying us away,” Haye stated.
He further added that his relative tried saving one member after the other.
“We thought we were gone but then we just had hope and we pulled ourselves out and we climbed a very steep hill upward,” he added. “We kept sliding down but we kept pushing each other, let’s go, let’s go.”
Out of 13, only 6 survived.
John Waweru, the Director-General of Kenya Wildlife Services asserted that they will prevent such incidents from happening again by issuing early warnings.
In 2012, seven church group members died in the same place due to flash floods. The area is most likely to be battered by flash floods during the rainy season when rainfall from nearby areas race across the limited space.