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.
Great Signs and Wonders: Let’s look at the big picture: Less than two months into 2020 and an unprecedented explosion of disease and disasters are threatening to bring the global economy to its knees
The Big Wobble. February 21, 2020
The Coronavirus outbreak has thrown a wrench into the second biggest economy in
the world, bringing the Chinese economy to its knees and dragging down global
growth with it.
The locust plagues are destroying crops and economies of the worlds poorest nations
The African Swine Flu outbreak (“There just isn’t enough pork in the world to fill the gap.”)
Aussie bushfire outbreak ( An incredible 66% decrease in summer crop production down to 878,000 tonnes.)
Storm Ellen is likely to be the 4th “Once In A Life Time Storm” to hit Ireland and the UK in less than two months this weekend costing billions to the insurance companies
Avian Flu, New Europe outbreak feared: 200,000 birds dead or culled in the first 2 weeks of 2020
The Coronavirus outbreak has thrown a wrench
into the second biggest economy in the world, bringing the Chinese economy to
its knees and dragging down global growth with it.
On 30 December 2019, an “urgent
notice on the treatment of pneumonia of unknown cause” was issued by the
Medical Administration and Medical Administration of Wuhan Municipal Health
Committee. 27 people with pneumonia of an unknown cause were reported to the
WHO on the next day. Most were stallholders from the Huanan Seafood Wholesale
Market, (“the official story?”) seven of whom were in critical
condition. Just 52 days later almost a 100,000 people are infected, with
more than 7% of the world population in lockdown and 30 countries worldwide
having citizens effected with Covid-19, the official name of the virus. The
next week will be pivotal but it doesn’t look too promising.
The locust plagues are destroying crops and economies of the worlds poorest
nations
The worst locust outbreak in nearly a hundred
years is spreading fast. The FAO yesterday announced South Sudan and Botswana,
the first southern African nation to have been invaded by migratory
locusts and in a separate, report the locust plague has reached the Western
borders of coronavirus-hit China, the area of the plagues are vast and the
list of countries now affected is enormous. A small plague was first reported
on TBW back in Jan 2019, ironically at the holiest site
in Islam. The locusts were filmed swarming around the Great Mosque in
Mecca. Since then the plague has stretched Eastwards from Saudi Arabia, through
Iran, Afghanistan, India and Pakistan, Bangladesh and on to the Western border
of China. Westwards from Saudi Arabia into Egypt and then South into the Horn
Of Africa and all the way down to Botswana in the South, passing through Sudan,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique and Uganda.
Thousands of miles of crops have been destroyed in just 13 months.
The African Swine Flu outbreak (“There just isn’t enough pork in the world
to fill the gap.”)
Another devastating disease which
started in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China in August 2018 wiped out more
than one-quarter of the worlds pig population just 12 months later! 2019,
became the year when the pork farming industry began to unravel as China, who
produce half of the world’s pork lost 200 million pigs which were culled or
dead from being infected as African swine fever spread throughout the country
and then the rest of Aisa.
Vietnam culled more than 2 million farmed pigs infected with African swine
fever, as the virus spread rapidly through the Southeast Asian country.
The virus was first detected in Vietnam in
February 2029 and spread to 29 provinces, including Dong Nai, which supplies
around 40% of the pork consumed in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s southern
economic hub. South Korea was the next victim of the highly contagious
African swine fever which went to spread in Cambodia and Mongolia. By
January 2020 the African Swine Flu virus had arrived in Europe.
The result has been a chronic shortage of pork and rocketing prices. The
Chinese government has been forced to dig into its gigantic emergency reserves
of frozen meat. “The producer price has risen 125% since July,” said Rupert
Claxton of international food consultancy Girafood. That increase has helped
drive up China’s inflation rate, which in October broke through the government
target of 3% to hit 3.8%. As a result, pork prices are rising outside
China too. Europe has seen a jump of at least 35% since the beginning of the
year. “The problem is that total global pork exports in 2018 were 8 million
tonnes, and China is short by 24 million,” said Claxton. “There just isn’t
enough pork in the world to fill the gap.” TBW
Aussie bushfire outbreak ( An incredible 66% decrease
in summer crop production down to 878,000 tonnes.)
On Friday the 8th of November,
2029, California’s biggest, most ruinous wildfire of the year, a
wind-driven blaze that scorched 120 square miles (310 square kilometres) was
declared fully contained and extinguished on, however, a new horror show was
erupting in New South Wales, Australia. According to authorities, an
“unprecedented” (90) number of emergency-level wildfires were
streaking across New South Wales, in drought-affected areas aided by gusty
winds and 35 deg C (95 deg F) heat. “We are in uncharted territory,”
said Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons, with at least 17 blazes
at the highest threat level. “We have never seen this many fires
concurrently at emergency warning level.” TBW. The fires exploded and burned many
uncontrollably for the next four months.
On Monday the 10th of February, after months of heat, drought and
bushfires most of Australia was being battered by rain, wind and flooding which
is plaguing the state. Sydney suffered the worst downpour in recent history,
however, the record rainfall had finally put the fires out. TBW The fires were out but Australia had lost more
than a billion animals, 10 million hectares had been consumed along with
thousands of homes and killing nearly 50 people. Because of the drought and
bushfires, The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and
Sciences has claimed an incredible 66% decrease in summer crop production down
to 878,000 tonnes.
Storm Ellen is likely to be the 4th “Once In A Life Time Storm” to
hit Ireland and the UK in less than two months this weekend costing billions to
the insurance companies
Storm Ellen is likely to be the 4th “Once In A Life Time Storm”
to hit Ireland and the UK in less than two months this weekend (The damage to
the UK’s infrastructure along with thousands of homes flooded will run into the
billions. Last weekend, Storm Dennis
compared to a category 5 hurricane, with winds approaching 160 mph,
almost 260 kmh. Just a week earlier Storm Ciara swept across the
whole of the UK on Sunday 9th of February bringing heavy rain and very strong
winds. The highest rain totals were in parts of northwest England and North
Wales. Honister Pass, Cumbria (an Environment Agency site) recorded 179.8 mm of
rain over the weekend, with 177.0 mm of this coming in the 24 hours up to 16:00
on Sunday. There was widespread travel disruption as well as some localised
flooding and trees being blown down. Earlier, Storm Brendan was the second named storm of the 2019/2020
season. Storm Brendan was a deep Atlantic low-pressure system that brought
strong winds and heavy rain to the UK and Ireland on 13 January 2020. The
strongest winds, with gusts reaching over 100mph across Scotland’s mountain
summits, caused massive damage. The strong winds were accompanied by heavy rain
across the UK, particularly across western England, Wales and western Scotland
where 50mm of more rain fell. In Northern Ireland and Wales, thousands of home
lost power and some roads were shut due to fallen trees.
Avian Flu, New Europe outbreak feared: 200,000 birds dead or
culled in the first 2 weeks of 2020
Hungary
The H5N8 strain of bird flu has been found at a large turkey farm in
northwestern Hungary, the National Food Chain Safety Authority (NEBIH) said on
the 13th of January. Hungary’s NEBIH said the full turkey stock at the farm,
more than 50,000 birds, would have to be culled and other precautionary
measures implemented to contain the spread of the infection. Bird flu was
also detected in eastern Hungary, 115,000 ducks were destroyed on January
15, 2020, Hungarian food safety authority NÉBIH said
Poland
A new outbreak of bird flu was reported in Poland also on January the 13th,
with around 6,000 geese exterminated, a regional spokesman confirmed to
Reuters, adding to about half a dozen cases already detected across the country
since December.
Romania
Romania has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu
virus on a farm in the northern part of the country, the first such outbreak in
nearly three years, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The virus
killed 11,190 birds out of a flock of 18,699 in the Maramures region near the
borders with Ukraine and Hungary. The rest of the flock was slaughtered.
Czechoslovakia
Highly contagious bird flu has been confirmed at a Czech farm. Czech
official Petr Vorlicek said “the highly pathogenic H5N8 subtype lethal for
birds” was found at a small farm 150 kilometres (94 miles) southeast of
the capital Prague.