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.

Space force assemble? 1km-wide asteroid headed this way at 57,000kmph

11 Feb, 2020 13:48 RT

An enormous 3,000-ft asteroid is set to make a close flyby of the Earth this coming Saturday at a speed which, if it hits, could produce widespread devastation across the planet.

Measuring between 1,443ft and 3,248ft (440m to 990m) in diameter, the giant space rock, which is officially known as 2002 PZ39, dwarfs the Burj Khalifa, Empire State Building, the Shard in London, and even the oft-discussed, pseudo-apocalyptic Bennu asteroid. 

Traveling at roughly 35,567mph (57,240km/h), an object at that speed and this size would hit with the force of a major thermonuclear bomb, creating vast firestorms, earthquakes, and potentially even tsunamis depending on where exactly it hit. 

“We believe anything larger than one to two kilometers – one kilometer is a little more than one-half mile – could have worldwide effects,” NASA said previously. 

According to the 2018 White House National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan, asteroids of 1km in diameter and above can cause damage on a global scale. 

Thankfully, however, during its close approach on Saturday February 15, at 6.05am EST, the space rock will miss us by more than 3.58 million miles (5.77 million km). 

Still, NASA classifies any Near-Earth Object (NEO) which comes within 4.65 million miles of us as “potentially hazardous.” 

2002 PZ39 will make another close flyby of the Earth in August 2034 after having paid a visit to Venus in June that year, though it’s too early to tell just how close it will come then.