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.

Boris Johnson Asks Troops to Fight Floods as Weather Hits U.K. Ballot

Robert Hutton. Bloomberg•November 12, 2019

(Bloomberg) — Boris Johnson deployed extra troops to help flood-hit parts of Northern England as he tried to ensure that a natural disaster didn’t damage his election chances.

The prime minister convened a meeting of the government’s “Cobra” emergency committee on Tuesday evening, after opposition Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn accused Johnson of failing to take the problem seriously. It agreed to request military support, and offered cash grants to affected areas.

Around 1,000 properties have been vacated in Yorkshire after two rivers burst their banks. The flooding shows the danger of Johnson’s decision to hold an election in winter, when cold, wet weather adds to the list of things that can go wrong for a government during an election campaign. Although only an extra 100 troops will be involved, their presence will deliver pictures that show the government taking action.

“In the next few weeks and months the rainfall could cause flooding in many parts of the country, and we simply have to be prepared,” Johnson said after the Cobra meeting. “I know there will be people who feel that that isn’t good enough. I know there will be people who are worrying about the damage to their homes, who will be worried about the insurance situation, worried about the losses they face. All I want to say to those people is that there are schemes to cover those losses.”

While the main Conservative attack line of the week has been that a Labour government would let public spending run out of control, the floods work well for the Labour argument that the Conservative focus on cutting spending over the last decade has hurt essential services, including the agencies that protect against flooding, and deal with its consequences.

One of the electoral districts most affected by the floods, Don Valley, is an example of the kind of seat Johnson aims to capture for his Conservative Party in the election: Labour-held, but strongly in favor of Brexit. Corbyn is using the floods to make the argument to voters there that the Tories don’t have their interests at heart. In a speech Tuesday morning, the Labour leader said that had the floods hit traditionally Conservative areas in the South of England, the response “would have been a very different story.”

That’s a narrative that Johnson can’t allow to run. In 2017, his predecessor, Theresa May, tried to win the same pro-Brexit seats that he’s aiming for. She was undone by plans to use the value of people’s houses to pay for their elderly care, something that repelled the voters she was trying to reach. Those around Johnson have said they won’t repeat her mistake, but if the government appears uncaring while people are flooded out of their homes, it could have the same effect.