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.

South Korea accepted that its efforts to stop the coronavirus from infecting the country failed and says it’s pivoting to containment

Sinéad Baker February 21, 2020 YahooNews.

South Korea on Friday accepted that its efforts to stop the deadly coronavirus from taking hold in the country had failed and said it would switch its strategy to containment.

The nation’s prime minister, Chung Sye-kyun, told attendees of a high-level meeting on the virus that “the government has so far focused on curbing infections coming from outside the country,” according to the Yonhap news agency.

“From now on, the government will further prioritize preventing the virus from spreading locally,” he said.

Chung said the priority is now “to find people who have contacted infected people and cure patients.”

South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 52 new cases of the virus on Friday and 53 new cases on Thursday.

The new numbers marked a dramatic increase in the number of cases, which on Friday stood at 156, almost three times Wednesday’s figure.

Moon Jae-in, South Korea’s president, said in a Tuesday statement about the economic impact of the virus that “the current situation is more serious than we think.”

Like many of the countries near China, South Korea had concentrated on stopping the virus from entering the country.

The virus first infected people in the city of Wuhan, China, and has spread to at least 26 other countries. The vast majority of cases are in mainland China, which has reported more than 75,000 cases and 2,200 deaths.

The new cases in South Korea make it the country with the most infections after China, though there are more than 600 cases on a cruise ship docked in Japan.

Most of South Korea’s cases are in two clusters: in Daegu, the country’s fourth-largest city, and in nearby Cheongdo County.

The two areas have been declared “special care zones,” where authorities are preparing health workers and medical equipment, Yonhap reported.

Daegu’s 2.5 million residents have been asked to stay at home, preschools have been closed, and the military has stopped drafting people from the city.

South Korea’s first death from the virus was recorded in a hospital in Cheongdo County on Wednesday.

Most of the people infected in South Korea appear to have been part of a religious group, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, a branch of the controversial Shincheonji Church of Jesus.

At least 409 members of the church’s congregation have reported experiencing symptoms of the coronavirus, Yonhap reported, though showing symptoms does not necessarily mean somebody has the virus.

The country’s capital, Seoul, has banned demonstrations at three of its main squares, Yonhap said. Seoul has so far recorded seven coronavirus cases.