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.
Wild monkeys with deadly strain of herpes are spreading across Florida, wildlife group warns
Graig Graziosi. February 5, 2020. Yahoo News.
Diseased, wild monkeys are spreading north-east through Florida – and their numbers are set to double within two years.
The species at the centre of a new warning from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWC) is the non-native Rhesus Macaque, which was first introduced to the Silver Springs area in the 1930s.
The monkeys – usually found in south, central and southeast Asia – have been quickly spreading north over the past year and their population in Silver Springs State Park alone is expected to have doubled from 300 in 2018 to 600 in 2022.
If people see them, they’re warned to avoid them as they carry threat of diseases, including the potentially fatal herpes B. If bitten or scratched by a wild monkey, the FFWC recommends the individual seek out medical attention and follow US Centers for Disease Control guidelines for treating herpes B.
According to a 2018 CDC report, approximately 30 percent of the monkeys are said to carry herpes B.
Feeding wild monkeys is a misdemeanour in Florida and punishable with a fine of up to $500 and 60 days in jail. The monkeys are not a protected species in Florida outside of anti-cruelty laws.
Local Floridians had mixed views on the monkeys.
“No, we love it. It’s awesome. I think they’re just visiting,” Florida resident Serena Durden said.
Meanwhile Mikayla Schreuin said she was fishing and spotted one of the monkeys in a nearby tree.
“I started hearing this squawking and screaming along the shoreline and these large oak trees, several of the trees started shaking,” Ms Schrein said. “I thought, ‘Wow, Florida really is wild.’ I was just glad I was in a boat. When I found out they have herpes I was glad I was not anywhere near them.” The monkeys were first introduced into the region as part of a jungle boat tour attraction in the 1930’s on Silver Spring island in central Florida’s Silver Springs State Park. A tour boat operator known as “Colonel Tooey” released six of the monkeys onto Silver Spring island, but the monkeys swam off the island into the surrounding woods. Rather than learning from the lesson, the man brought six more to replace them – which also escaped and began to breed