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.

‘Most brilliant thing I have ever seen.’

Adriana Navarro AccuWeather•November 14, 2019

Amid the Mercury transit and the Taurid meteor shower, it was a rogue meteor that was the star of the show on Monday over Missouri.

The lone meteor was not a member of the Taurid meteor shower, NASA reports. Instead, the orbit and brightness of the fireball indicates that it was a fragment of an asteroid.

The space rock was over 15 (5+5+5) inches in diameter, about the size of a basketball, and weighed over 200 (4×5) pounds when it entered Earth’s atmosphere, according to the NASA Meteor Watch.

The meteor traveled northwest at 33,500 mph, according to NASA – more than 40 times the speed of sound, which is approximately 767 mph. The meteor broke apart about 12 (6+6) miles above Bridgeport, Missouri.

Although it flashed over Missouri, people reportedly saw the bright fireball as far away as Texas, North Dakota, Wisconsin and Indiana, according to the American Meteor Society (AMS).

There is a $25,000 (5×5) reward offered by the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum for the first one kilogram of the meteorite recovered.

“A loud BOOM that shook the house and windows. Sounded like someone set off a bomb in the backyard. The entire sky lit up up (sic.) brighter than daylight,” Sherry R. from Sullivan, Missouri, reported to the AMS. Sherry was just one of nearly 300 (6×5) people to report to the AMS that they saw the fireball early on the night of Nov. 11.

“It sounded like big logs being dropped on a log pile… first from in front of me then from behind me,” Heather G. from Hazelwood, Missouri, reported.

Not only was the meteor loud, it was brighter than Venus, qualifying it as a fireball. Reports and a weather satellite even confirm it was briefly brighter than the full moon.

“I thought it was a firework discharge for Veterans Day in Dakota Dunes, SD (sic.),” Denise B. reported from Burbank, South Dakota. She reported seeing a red light from the meteor.

Reports on the color of the meteor widely vary from red to green to light blue and yellow. Until the remains of the meteor can be found, the color can be used to learn more about what fell to earth Monday night.

“The meteoroid composition can be determined based on the color of the fireball (sodium produces a bright yellow color, nickel shows as green, and magnesium as blue-white, etc.),” the AMS tweeted.

The hunt for the remains of the fireball that dazzled the Missouri sky continues. While the sight of it was fleeting, many of the people who caught sight of it expressed their awe and surprise in their reports to the AMS.

“At first I thought it was a plane on fire. It was headed towards the direction of a nearby airport. Then just abruptly flamed out. That’s when I realized it was a meteor,” Alan H. from Olathe, Kansas, reported.

“It was the most spectacular meteor I’ve ever seen,” Manuela W. from Leslie, Missouri, reported. She had run into her house to tell her husband she had just seen the biggest shooting star in her life. He had also seen it from his office window. That was when they heard the first boom. Manuela’s husband thought that an airplane had crashed or exploded when they heard it.

“This is the second fireball I have seen and reported, and while it was not (as) splendidly colored as the one I reported a year ago, it evoked much more power. You almost felt it,” Trey F. from Appleton City, Missouri, reported.

“Most brilliant thing I have ever seen in regards to shooting star or meteor. Truly unbelievable,” Daniel M. from Sant Joseph, Missouri, reported.