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.

Spain storm produces record high wave in Mediterranean, storm surge up to 3 km (1.8 mi) inland. Videos.

Posted by Julie Celestial on January 23, 2020. Watchers.news

Authorities on January 23, 2020, confirmed five more fatalities from storm Gloria, bringing the death toll to nine. The fierce storm— which lashed parts of Spain beginning Sunday, January 19– has generated the biggest wave ever recorded in the Mediterranean at 8.44 m (27.7 feet). In addition, storm surge produced by Gloria has ravaged the Ebro delta up to 3 km (1.8 miles) inland, resulting in severe damage to rice paddies and ecosystem.

On Wednesday, January 22, the body of a missing man was retrieved in an inundated area near the town of Callosa, southeastern Spain, according to the local Valencia regional government.

A woman also died in an apartment that partially collapsed in Alcoy town. Furthermore, a farmer was found dead in a plastic greenhouse battered by a hailstorm in the southeastern town of Nijar, local media reported. Another person was found dead due to hypothermia.

The fatalities add to the five recorded between Sunday and Tuesday. Search operations are underway for the other four missing.

Spanish meteorologists and oceanographers said Gloria produced a record-breaking significant wave height of 8.44 meters (27.69 feet) off the port city of Valencia, breaking the previous significant wave height record in the Mediterranean Sea of 8.15 m (26.73 feet); set in Mahon, Menorca in 2003.

As of Thursday, authorities estimate the storm has produced waves over 13 m (42.6 feet).

Storm Gloria has already broken several significant wave height records according to the network of deep-sea buoys, according to surfing news site SurferToday. The historical maximum or highest data measured in the western Mediterranean has been claimed by an ocean buoy near Valencia.

Winds up to 140 km/h (87 mph), violent waves, and heavy snow left a trail of destruction across Spain. Storm surge also swept 3 km (1.8 miles) inland in Tarragona province, affecting rice paddies and the ecosystem.

The Balearic Islands and eastern regions including Catalonia and Valencia have been among the worst affected areas as the storm enters its fifth day on January 23, moving north into France. 

Gloria’s effects have also been noticeably felt inside the ports, Surfer Today reports in their awesome data-oriented article:

“In the Port of Valencia, the tide gauge reached a significant wave height of 2.11 meters (6.9 feet) and a maximum wave height of 3.28 meters (10.76 feet). This is also the maximum record ever recorded by this station since the installation of the sea level sensor in 2006… The Dragonera buoy, in the Balearic Islands, also recorded a historical maximum since it was put into operation in 2006. On January 20, at 3 am (local time), the buoy registered 7.97 meters (26.14 feet) of significant wave height, beating its previous record of 6.33 meters (20.76 feet) obtained in January 2017. This buoy provides maximum wave height data in real-time and delivered a new record of 14.2 meters high in the same period.”