Foreshadow Now, ‘Season of the End Times’:
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.
Law and order fears for NYC as nearly 10,000 (5+5) NYPD and FDNY members call out sick amid a rise in burglaries
As the coronavirus takes hold around one in four FDNY are out sick as of Friday
3,000 (3) emergency medical technicians, paramedics and firefighters called out
The number of 911 calls being placed is among the highest ever recorded
More than 400 members of the FDNY have tested positive for the coronavirus
At the NYPD one in six are calling out sick – around 6,500 members in total
There are more than 113,000 cases of the virus in New York with 3,500 deaths
The reduction in a police presence has led to an increase in businesses being burgled including supermarkets and eateries in particular
By JAMES GORDON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 01:06 EDT, 5 April 2020 | UPDATED: 18:44 EDT, 5 April 2020. Express.co.uk
There are fears of a breakdown in law and order in New York as the city’s key agencies feel the brunt of the coronavirus.
The NYPD has reported that up to a sixth of its force, or around 6,500 members called out sick towards the end of last week and the numbers are not expected to improve over the coming days.
Things are even worse at the FDNY with the number of those having to stay at home because of the disease even higher.
One in four members of its EMT paramedic team, about 4,000 people, are currently having to stay off work.
Among firefighters as a whole, around 17 percent are off on sick leave.
The combined number of FDNY firefighters and paramedics no longer able to work is around 3,000 according to NBC4.
The huge shortfall in those working on the front line of the emergency services comes as the city is expected to enter its worst week so far, as the numbers of deaths are expected to continue to rise as the virus takes hold.
The absence of key emergency response workers comes at a crucial time for the city as the coronavirus has led to an all-time high in the sheer number of 911 calls coming in with new records being set almost every day over the last week.
To put in some perspective, a ‘busy day’ would normally consist of around 4,000 calls, however last Monday the FDNY had to deal with more than 6,500.
FDNY Deputy Commissioner for Public Information Frank Dwyer called the volume of calls received over a three day period the ‘largest in our history.’
Residents are now being advised not to call 911 unless the symptoms they are experiencing are severe or not related to the COVID-19 disease.
The grim outlook also applies to hospital too with facilities stretched to the limit on staffing, bed and equipment.
Over at the NYPD the virus has hit just as hard with one in six, or about 18 percent, either sick or quarantined.
The presence of the disease has added a whole new level of stress and anxiety to the work of officers with every arrest or interview having the potential to be infected by the virus.
‘It’s a stressful job at the best of times,’ the police commissioner, Dermot F. Shea last week. ‘Right now, I don’t think you can imagine a worse point of time.’
Officers are falling sick in areas that endure some of the highest crime rates including the Bronx, Washington Heights and Harlem.
Some precincts reported up to a third of their members were unable to report for duty, according to the New York Times, and there are no guidelines that dictate exactly what should be done.
Emergency protocols for those used after a terror attack or even a hurricane are different to what is occurring now with the emergency lasting several weeks and sickening hundreds more each day.
One thing that has made the work of city cops slightly easier is the absence of any events or large gatherings which they would normally have to patrol.
Rape, robbery and assault crimes have dropped significantly compared to the days before the lockdown was implemented.
‘Nobody’s on street and that’s really helping us,’ Shea said.
According to data released by the NYPD for the last month, between March 16 and March 22, there was a 17 percent drop in major felonies while grand larceny was down 31 percent and misdemeanor assaults by 21 percent when compared to the same time last year.
Although many city streets remain quieter with all but essential businesses open, shops along some of the more wealthier streets, including parts of Fifth and Madison Avenues in Manhattan and the trendy Soho neighborhood, have boarded up their shop windows just incase there is civil unrest.
The wealthy businesses had already been ordered closed along with bars and restaurants as part of the shelter in place protections but they are now taking further steps to secure their property and products.
The rows of boarded up buildings are a stark reminder of the newly unemployed workers who lost their jobs after the scale of the outbreak forced stores, bars and restaurants to shut their doors for the foreseeable future.
The NYPD is reporting a 75 percent increase in burglaries of commercial premises compared with the same time last year.
The increase has coincided with the dates when the city ordered bars and restaurants to close and for other nonessential businesses to shut up shop.
‘We knew with the closing of many stores that we could see an increase and, unfortunately, we are,’ said NYPD Chief of Crime Control Strategies Michael LiPetri to the Wall Street Journal.
There has been an increase in the number of supermarkets and eateries being burgled.
At the NYPD, the lack of personal protective equipment which has affected hospital workers across the country may also have exposed police officers to the virus unnecessarily.
According to the Times, some officers say that a shortage of masks and gloves is likely behind the rapid rise in infections.
One detective who eventually had to call out sick with coronavirus symptoms told how he was given an N95 protective mask and a couple of disinfectant wipes which were to last him several days.
The masks are really only supposed to be once before being thrown away.
The NYPD was forced to beg the government to send more masks for officers, only for the White House to turn it into a publicity stunt with the catchy name ‘Operation Blue Bloods’ and then boast about its own response.
On Monday, NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan had sent a desperate email to the White House pleading for more protective gear.
Shortages of masks have left officers at an increased risk of contracting the infection, as they are left with no choice but to make house calls across the city without any protective equipment.
The city’s cops sacrificing their own health during the pandemic in order to protect New York residents.
‘It’s so disappointing given the fact that we are revered as the best in the world,’ one detective said.
‘It’s a damn shame that a city like New York that is the epicenter of the coronavirus and the financial capital of the world can’t afford a $3 mask,’ said another officer working in the south Bronx.
On Friday, Police Commissioner Shea revealed that two more NYPD officers died of coronavirus.
School Safety Agent Luis Albino died Friday after spending 20 years with the department.
Auxiliary Police Lt. Pierre Moise, who joined the force in 1994 and worked in Brooklyn, also passed away.
The number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. surpassed 300,000 on Saturday, an increase of more than 32,000 from the day before, as the pandemic continued to exact a grim toll on the nation.
New York City accounted for more than a quarter of the U.S. coronavirus deaths.
New York state recorded 630 deaths in the past 24 hours, the biggest one-day toll there yet, taking the total fatalities to 3,565.
‘It is like a fire spreading,’ New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, of the alarming spread of the virus from the New York City epicenter. ‘The fire, it doesn’t max out in one place, but it consumes where it is and it’s moving out.’
Michigan now has more cases than California, with 12,744 in Michigan and 12,603 in California. Outside of New York City, Detroit is the metro area with the highest death toll, with 223 dead in Wayne County.
White House medical experts have forecast that between 100,000 to 240,000 Americans could be killed in the pandemic, even if sweeping orders to stay home are followed.
New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo said that new cases are still rising at an alarming rate, with New York’s apex, or the peak in the number of new daily cases, likely about a week away.
‘By the numbers, we’re not yet at the apex. We’re getting closer depending whose model you’re looking at,’ said Cuomo. ‘We’re somewhere in the seven day range.
(Night Watchman Note: What will happen when millions of Christians suddenly ‘disappear’ in the ‘twinkling of an eye”??? Those who may be first-responders, doctors, nurses, support staff, policemen, firefighters, homeless volunteers, those in the red cross or other emergency aid and relief organizations, in the national guard or military, pharmacies, grocery stores, etc. You get the picture.)
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Jesus Christ’s Offer of Salvation:
The ABCs of Salvation through Jesus Christ (the Lamb)
A. Admit/Acknowledge/Accept that you are sinner. Ask God’s forgiveness and repent of your sins.
. . . “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23).
. . . “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one.” (Romans 3:10).
. . . “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” (1 John 1:8).
B. Believe Jesus is Lord. Believe that Jesus Christ is who He claimed to be; that He was both fully God and fully man and that we are saved through His death, burial, and resurrection. Put your trust in Him as your only hope of salvation. Become a son or daughter of God by receiving Christ.
. . . “That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (John 3:15-17). For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:13).
C. Call upon His name, Confess with your heart and with your lips that Jesus is your Lord and Savior.
. . . “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Romans 10:9-10).
. . . “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” (John 1:8-10).
. . . “And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. (John 2:2).
. . . “In this was manifested the love of god toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.” (1 John 4:9, 14-15).
. . . “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.” (Romans 5:8-10).
. . . “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 6:23).
. . . “Jesus saith unto them, I am the way, the truth, and the life, no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6).
. . . “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth.” (Romans 1:16).
. . . “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts: 4:12).
. . . “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth for there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” (1 Timothy 2:4-6).
. . . “For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Thessalonians 5:9).
. . . “But as many as received him, to them gave the power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.” (John 1:12).
True Church / Bride of Christ Spared from God’s Wrath:
Romans 5:8-10. “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”
Romans 12:19. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 1:10. And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
1 Thessalonians 5:9. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Romans 8:35. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Jeremiah 30:7. Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
Revelation 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.