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.

Super Typhoon Hagibis Could Be Strongest In Sixty (60) Years To Hit Tokyo. Typhoon Faxai just hit the Tokyo region, having left at least two dead, hundreds of thousands without power and damaging or destroying some 30,000 (6×5) homes. Storms increasing in frequency, size and strength in diverse places. ‘Like the pains of woman in labor.’

October 11, 2019 NPR

The most powerful typhoon in decades to be on course to hit Tokyo is expected to rake the coast of Japan’s main island of Honshu this weekend, bringing strong winds and up to 2 feet of rain.

Super Typhoon Hagibis has strengthened to a Category 5 storm and although it’s expected to weaken to Category 4 before making landfall, it would still bring extremely rough seas and winds up to 135 mph to the region.

Officials in Japan have already canceled more than 900 flights and rail operators warned of major disruptions because of the storm, according to The Japan Times.

All Nippon Airways, or ANA, grounded all domestic flights coming in and out of Tokyo’s Haneda and Narita airports on Saturday. Central Japan Railway Co. will cancel nearly all Shinkansen “bullet train” services between the capital and Osaka.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet is expected to hold a disaster management meeting on Friday.

The Rugby World Cup — being played in Tokyo and elsewhere in Japan — and other events were also canceled for Saturday, The Associated Press said.

The Japan Meteorological Agency says the typhoon could bring record rainfall and winds. Residents of the areas likely to be affected are being warned of high waves and storm surge.

Speaking at a news conference in Tokyo, JMA’s forecast chief, Yasushi Kajihara, said Hagibis resembled a typhoon that hit Tokyo in 1958 that flooded hundreds of thousands of homes and left 1,200 people dead.

He warned residents in the threatened areas “to protect your own life and your loved ones, please try to start evacuating early before it gets dark and the storm becomes powerful.”

Hagibis, which means “speed” in Tagalog, the language of the Philippines, arrives in Japan just a month after Typhoon Faxai hit the Tokyo region, leaving at least two dead, hundreds of thousands without power and damaging or destroying some 30,000 homes.

According to Reuters, people in Chiba prefecture, just east of Tokyo, which was also badly hit by Faxai, have been told to stock up on food and water in preparation for the storm.