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.

Tropical Cyclone “Hikaa” to make landfall in Oman on September 24. 5^th named storm of 2019.

Posted by Teo Blašković on September 23, 2019 Watchers.news

Tropical Cyclone “Hikaa” formed September 22, 2019, over the Arabian Sea as the 5th named storm of the 2019 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. On the forecast track, Hikaa is expected to make landfall in Oman on September 24.

The season’s first named storm, Pabuk, entered the basin on January 4, becoming the earliest-forming cyclonic storm of the North Indian Ocean on record. The second cyclone of the season, Cyclone “Fani,” was the strongest tropical cyclone in the Bay of Bengal by 3-minute maximum sustained wind speed and minimum barometric pressure since the 1999 Odisha cyclone.

At 09:00 UTC on September 23, the center of Tropical Cyclone “Hikaa” was located approximately 605 km (376 miles) NM east of Masirah Island, Oman, according to data provided by JTWC.

Its maximum sustained winds were 102 km/h (63 mph) and gusts to 130 km/h (80 mph).

The cyclone tracked westward at 24 km/h (14.9 mph) over the past six hours.

Animated enhanced infrared satellite imagery shows a compact system with tightly-curved banding wrapping into a developing eye,” JTWC meteorologists noted 09:00 UTC.

Hikaa is forecast to track generally WSW, steered by a subtropical ridge anchored north of the Arabian Sea. The recent development of a visible eye structure, coupled with persistent low vertical wind shear along the forecast track suggests a brief period of intensification is possible before Landfall at 21:00 UTC, south of Masirah Island.

Once over land, Hikaa will rapidly erode due to the frictional effects of terrain and lack of underlying ocean driven convection. Numerical models continue to agree on the west-southwestward track, lending to overall high confidence in the JTWC forecast track.

Hikaa is likely to intensify further during the next 12 hours and weaken gradually from the morning of September 24 (IST),” RSMC New Delhi said 08:10 UTC today.  “It is very likely to move nearly westwards and cross Oman coast between latitude 19°N and 20°N during early hours of September 25, 2019, as a deep depression.”