A "Bible Revelations" Presentation
- Created Aug.
1, 1999, updated May. 13,
2008
The Time of Jacob's TroubleWarning signs of impending world chaos!
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Is there a Sign in all the catastrophes befalling the world?
The New century has started with an upheaval of natural catastrophes. After all the doom predictions of Y2K, when nothing really happened, the world was off on a wild spree, only to become confronted with one major catastrophe after the other. The Twin Towers 9/11, Katrina New Orleans, the Asian Tsunami - all these tower above the constant rumbling of earth quakes and volcanic eruptions and the twisting tornadoes and Cyclones sowing death and destruction in the USA and Asia.
Is there a Sing in all this for mankind? Of course, pessimists will seek such a link and the eternal optimists will discard any such.
This Web Site of BIBLE REVELATIONS, in proclaiming such a Link, summarized its Vision and Belief in the following paragraph, after the Twin Towers fiasco on 11 Sept. 2001: "For those of true discernment, these frightful events - events which are ever escalating in awesomeness - hold the true fulfilment of Biblical prophecy for 'The End Time' - rather, the dawning of the erection of the Kingdom of God on earth!"
Far be it from the purpose of this Message, to scare people, or to hit a low blow at them, enforcing a 'cheapened' solution. Our true Purpose is to bring awareness and understanding of what Life is all about - where this world is heading and what your real options are. The Choice remains your own - to heed or to discard. The Signs of confirmation are compelling and only a fool would reject it without consideration.
The world shaking disasters of late, fit perfectly into the scenario which forms the main and basic core of the Message of BIBLE REVELATIONS - which, as its name depicts, simply reveals the core Message of the Bible. There are many predictions in the Bible about the terrible events to precede the 'End Time' - after which the Kingdom of YHVH will be established on earth. We will reflect on but a few as is relevant at this moment.
Isaiah 24: 1-7 "See how YHVH lays the earth waste ... buckles its surface (as was the cause of the Tsunami disaster) ... The earth is defiled under its inhabitants' feet, for they have transgressed the Law (Torah) ... broken the everlasting Covenant (YHVH's conditions for sharing in His ultimate Blessings for mankind who complies) ... So a Curse consumes the earth and its inhabitants suffer the penalty. That is why the inhabitants of the earth are burnt up and few men left" (refer the Prophecies re. Armageddon nuclear holocaust).
This grim prediction, however, does not go without Divine Comfort and Inspiration for those who care to find the Keys to Life. Following the condemnation described in the first 13 verses of this gloomy chapter in Isaiah, it concludes:
Is. 24:14 "They lift up their voices, singing for Joy; they acclaim the Majesty of YHVH from the sea. Therefore, in the islands they give Glory to YHVH, in the islands of the sea, to the Name of YHVH, the God of Israel. From remotest earth we hear songs: 'Honor to the Upright One!"
The Christian New Testament records the following signs, given by Messiah for His Return to Rule in His Kingdom:
Luke 21:25-28 "There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; on earth nations in agony, bewildered by the clamor of the ocean and its waves; men dying for fear as they await what menaces the world - for the powers of Heaven will be shaken." Again, comfort is given to the righteous of YHVH - verse 28 "When these things begin to take place, stand erect, hold your heads high because your Liberation is near at hand. (verse 27) And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with Power and Great Glory."
Can this 'clamor of the ocean and its waves', which was so evident in the Tsunami and so unexpected in its threatening scope, even to scientists, refer to the after effects of the earthquakes which are predicted for the End Time? One such 'earth buckling' quake is currently confirmed by scientists to be in the making in the top of Africa (just towards the West of where the Dec. 2004 Indian Tsunami quake was!). This quake is defined in great detail in Scripture and will affect Jerusalem - Refer lower down - keep reading, or click here).
Another tsunami-causing prediction by scientists is the certain future dumping of a multi-trillion ton mountain tear-off from a volcanic island, into the Atlantic ocean. They predict a resultant Mega Tsunami higher than the tallest skyscrapers, to flood New York and the entire East Coast of the USA. Refer Mega Tsunami. "The drowning of an entire nation" in the End Time catastrophes preceding the Messianic Age, has been interpreted from Psalm 93 by the visionary Lubavitch Rebbe in 1944 - Click here.
Luke 21:9 referring to events preceding the Coming of Messiah, "Nation will fight against nation and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes and plagues and famines here and there; there will be fearful sights and great signs from Heaven." (Which is the very topic of this Web Page - Read on!). The Asian Tsunami on 26 December 2004 has shown us what an earthquake in the sea could cause!
In another recent amazing event, a 6-year old Jewish boy recorded his visions about the End Time now facing mankind. His writings are all the more significant because of its strange source: being a mere 6 yr old; Judaism very rarely dabbles with the Prophetic future because Rabbinical teaching discourages it; and its confirmation from the writings of ancient Rabbinical sources. You are strongly advised to read this report, even if only for an insight into Jewish commentary on these End Time Prophecies of the Bible.
As with all the other News Trend watches on this Web Site, editing very seldom requires deletion of either old news items or of our comments, as these are merely trend confirmations. The trend can not change - it has been firmly set as precasted in the Bible. All we have to do, is to be aware of and to understand the greater picture of the Divine Purpose on earth.
What remains then, is simply our decision how to fit into this Picture or the Divine Plan.
World Chaos predicted by Rabbis as"The Time of Jacob's Trouble"
In March 2001, in Israel, 27 leading Rabbis and Torah Sages had made an historic declaration of the dawning of the Prophetic "Time of Jacob's Trouble" - a Biblical Prophetic term for a period of Chaos (probably 7 years) to befall Israel and the world in what these Scriptures call 'The End Time'. Following, is how this Web Site of BIBLE REVELATIONS reported on this Prophetic Event: "Jerusalem, 27 Adar 5761 (22 March 2001) - Shofar blasts at the Western Wall and in yeshivot (Bible Colleges), synagogues and religious schools throughout Israel, announced and celebrated the declaration by the Gedolei Yisrael (Great Ones of Israel) to formally recognize the beginning of the "Time of Jacob's trouble." The singing of Psalms mingled with the wails of repentance, with tears and cries of the worshippers. "This commemoration coincided with the time of the new moon, or start of the new Biblical month Aviv, usually designated as a "Yom Kippur Katan" (a 'minor' Yom Kippur or 'Judgment Day'). "It is significant that though these Rabbis officially and traditionally regard the 7th Biblical month (Sept/Oct - during which the 'great' Yom Kippur or Judgment Day commemoration falls), as the 'New Year' for the counting of Jewish history, this Declaration of "Jacob's Trouble" was really done at the dawning of the true Biblical New Year, on the new moon declared by Judaism for 25 March 2001. The Bible determines this month as the "first of months", Aviv. Many Bible Scholars claimed that this was really also the true dawning of the New Millennium - after all the false starts of the secular world - to this much feared change over into the new millennium. The dates previously set and afterwards abandoned, were:
Click here for an explanation why Judaism regards the 7th Biblical month as the 'New Year'.
Massive Starvation for World feared May 7, 2008 EU and US Russia's Ministry of Agriculture and Food Production is warning President Medvedev today that the World faces the ‘immanent’ threat of mass starvation due to the catastrophic cyclone that has destroyed Myanmar’s entire rice crop, and the disastrous volcano that has virtually destroyed the South American country of Chile’s fruit and vegetable producing regions. Myanmar, the 7th largest rice producer in the World, is still tallying its dead after this past week’s cyclone [pictured top photo on left], and which has killed over 80,000 of its citizens, but it’s ability to not only feed its own people, but to help alleviate the shortage of the one crop that feeds over half the World’s population is now gone. In an even further blow to the billions of human beings that rely on rice for their sole daily food, the Nation’s of Malaysia and Bangladesh have joined the growing number of countries banning exports of this vital grain crop over fears of being able to feed their own citizens after the Myanmar catastrophe. Chile, the Southern Hemisphere’s largest producer of fruits and vegetables, has suffered an equally catastrophic blow to its ability to grow food, and as we can read as reported by the Associated Press News Service: "The long-dormant Chaiten volcano blasted ash 20 miles into the Andean sky Tuesday, forcing thousands of people to evacuate and fouling a huge stretch of South America." Adding to the Global crisis of food production, these reports continue, have been Kenya’s reporting that nearly 20 percent of its rice crop has been destroyed by disease, the United Nations reporting that the deadly wheat fungus, capable of destroying entire wheat fields, has moved from Africa into the Middle East and the United States reporting that nearly 900,000 acres of their most valuable crop land has been submerged due to massive flooding in their Mississippi River regions. Australia, one of the World’s top wheat exporters, is also warning that their historic drought is getting worse, and that should rains come, their government is reporting it will take ‘several years’ to restore their farmlands. The United Nations Food Agency
Chief, Jacques Diouf, has further warned Not just to these disasters, either, are our World’s food supply being threatened as the United States is now reporting that over 36 percent of their Nation’s commercial honey bee hives have died ‘mysteriously’ in the past year, and as we had previously reported on in our March 26, 2008 report titled "Fears Grow Over ‘Catastrophic’ US Biosphere Collapse", and wherein we detailed the shocking loss of plant pollinators in that country. Further threatening World’s farmers is the astronomical rise in the price of oil-based chemical fertilizers used to grow their crops; and with the United States investment giant Goldman Sachs warning that Global oil prices are heading to $200 this will drive the cost of this most needed commodity out of the reach of all but the most richest of agricultural Nations. Even in the face of this growing Global crisis, however, their appears to be no concern being voiced by the peoples of the United States, other than to complain to their War Leaders over the prices they are now having to pay for food and fuel. It is as if they have forgotten that their ancestors of last century were some of the World’s most productive farmers, and with just a little of their own effort they could convert their own land to feed themselves and their families. But, and as the spring planting season draws ever closer to an end, it actually seems beyond these poor people to ever consider doing such a simple task as putting little seeds into the soil to grow. And which provides us with no greater example of how far these once mighty people have, indeed, fallen.
Financial Collapse of World's Stock Market and financial systemThe final decade of the 20th century saw the greatest accumulation and concentration of wealth that the world has ever known. This financial frenzy in a world of plenty, juxtaposed to increasing famine and disease in many parts of the world, reached its peak at the turn into the 21st century. The world's stock markets ended the year 1999, contrary to the fears of a Y2K doomsday, on a historic all-time high, as if challenging and wiping out any doubts or fears about Y2K. The year 2000 saw a continuance of the relentless undying drive of the Bull. The Link below will show you a graph of the Dow Jones Index, which is an authoritative measure of the US Stock Market, the 'seat' of the world's wealth. This graph reflects the latest 'golden' chapter in mankind's financial and economic history, the greatest 'explosion of wealth' since the 1929 Great Depression, and indeed, of all time! Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=^DJI&d=c&k=c1&a=v&p=s&t=my&l=off&z=m&q=l While conservative (or is it sober?) financial commentators foresaw an end to history's biggest bull run yet, the markets kept escalating up to end Dec 2000, in total disregard for the shaky fundamentals underlying world finances, especially in the USA. These shaky foundations were further undermined by the dumping of massive amounts of newly printed moneys into the coffers of the banks, in case of a Y2K run on Cash. This provided 'cheap' money to fuel the biggest spending age in history, in the economy and on the Stock Markets - but, it ignored sound financial principles. Then, the 1st quarter of 2000 (with Y2K fears erased), the markets started slumping. There is an eerie similarity between the economic conditions which ruled before the Great Depression, and those of the present. The current fundamentals are in total disarray. There is tremendous stress in the credit system. Credit peeks are at breathtaking all time highs - which is a traditional and almost foundational factor normally preceding Stock Market Crashes. Slowly the reality is dawning that the stock markets have become 'dens of speculation' driven by the profiteering cravings of loan cash loaded and uninformed 'day traders' who refuse to take scare of the looming dangers in the economies of the world - once again, reminiscent of the 'golden twenties' before the 1929 collapse. Tiger Fund, 2nd largest hedge fund in the world, was suspended after its assets had dropped by some 12 billion pounds. The reason for its closure was given as "inability to read or understand the Stock Market trends." Mr Soros, one of the richest and most successful investors in the world, shortly after, followed suite with one of his Investment institutions, declaring his inability to compete with the irrationality of the new computer driven investing novices. Friday, 14 April 2000, ended a week in which the vast amount of $2 000 000 000 000 (trillion $) of market capital was wiped out! Yet, the 'New Economy 'investors' refused to take fright! The boom has been fueled also by the media with misinformation and concealing of the danger signs in the financial world. There are reports of Fund Advisors who lost their lucerative jobs for (rightly) pointing out negative factors to investors, thereby failing to be 'positive only'! Merrill Lynch settled with $100 million for charges of misleading clients in order to win lucrative fees, by recommending stocks which they themselves were dumping. Enron, the biggest company collapse in US history, was covered up by their auditors (one of the largest auditing companies in the world) burning the books in order to cover up reality to clients. Corruption and misinformation became the order of the day. The Enron fraud was followed by more corporates joining the shameful fraud queue, almost daily - all "unexpected". THEN! - the physical Financial Structure of the West's Stock Market Centre was demolished into a heap of flaming and smoke foaming rubble within an hour on 11 Sept. 2001 ! This was the financial nerve centre of the entire world! Though the indices dropped like the Twin Towers, the manipulators managed to turn the markets around, to convince the investing public that the boom has arrived once more! But, the cracks were now showing. The stock markets were drifting sideways at best - By June 2002, even though investors turned negative, not trusting any of the corporate figures and projections any longer, yet, the markets refused to crash. The factor that woke up the masses to the now screaming fact that audacious manipulation of the Stock Markets is at the order of the day, was when World.com joined the fraud queue in the final week of the June 2002 quarter. Yet, the markets, in stead of crashing, escalated! This was a clear sign that nothing could be trusted any longer. Financial and market commentators stood aghast and without explanation! The question now was: "How long could this fraud continue? How long could the normal market forces withstand this blatant corruption?" More and more commentators joined the ranks of the 'doom prophets' who foresaw an Armageddon scenario for the world's financial future. The real implication is, that while the general investing public gets robbed of their capital, the manipulators of the system make fortunes - whether the markets rise or fall! This 'redistribution of wealth' is achieved by a new generation of mind-boggling financial tools like "futures, derivatives, options, puts, warrants, hedging," and a host of ever new tools ('exploding puts, knock-in calls,' etc) which aid financial manipulation. The year 2004 closed with both the Dow and the Nasdaq 'restored to former glory'. This notwithstanding (or is it 'because of') the drop of the value of the US dollar to 16-year lows. Many nations have reached the stage where they are forced to keep dollar reserves (even while it is fading away), because to desert it at this stage when all their reserves are in dollars, would be financial suicide - too fearful to contemplate. The USA trade deficit is also breaking all time peaks one after the other, while the dollar is slumping lower and lower. If any business would reflect such a far reaching bankrupt stage, it would have long been forced to close down and its directors jailed. The frightening fact is, that should a 1929 type melt-down hit the world today, the results could be "too terrible to contemplate". Consider a world already rampant with crime, murder, rebellion, terrorism, political upheavals and poverty - a world without respect for law and order, with the means for ordinary people who are already armed, to manufacture bombs and weapons. Frightening! Current situation - Update May 12, 2008 The London Telegraph today published the following gloom and doom under the heading: "The Global Slump has Begun." "Some 174 USA companies are trading at "distress levels." Spreads on their bonds have rocketed above 1,000 basis points. This does not cover the carnage among smaller firms outside the rating universe. The California city of Vallejo (117,000 inhabitants) has just made history by opting for Chapter 9 bankruptcy, the result of tax erosion from a 26 percent fall in local house prices. The Fed survey said credit card debt had jumped 6.7 percent in the first quarter to $957 billion, or $6,000 per working American, despite usury rates near 20 percent. Emergency lending under the "unusual and exigent circumstances" clause of the Fed Act -- the nuclear Article 13 (3), unused since the Great Depression of the 1930s -- has put a floor under the banking system. The bears at Societe Generale are going into Siberian hibernation, issuing an "Ice Age" alert. They have slashed exposure to global equities to a minimum 30 percent for the first time ever. "Nowhere and nothing will be immune. We are on the cusp of an equity meltdown that will slash and shred portfolios," said Albert Edward, SG's global strategist. "We see a global recession unfolding. Liquidity will drain away and crush the twin emerging market and commodity bubbles. The recent hope that 'the worst might be over' is truly staggering. Profits are disintegrating," he said. Diane Vazza, S&P's credit chief, says defaults are rising at almost twice the rate of past downturns. "Companies are heading into this recession with a much more toxic mix. Their margin for error is razor-thin," she said. Bible predicts; "Financial World will crash in One Hour!" The Bible renders an amazing forecast of the scenario which has been sketched above and which is a fact of life today: It is significant that the final pages of the New Testament Bible Book of Revelations, in a forecast of the final world events at the 'Time of the End', refers to "the fall of Babylon", the 'prostitute', occurring "in one hour" (Rev. ch 18 - note v. 10 & 19). Rev. 18:19 "They will throw dust on their heads and with tears and groans: 'Mourn for this great city (Babylon) whose lavish living has made a fortune ... ruined within a single hour.'" More amazing, is the fact that this "Babylon, the harlot', who has "intoxicated all the nations with the wine of her prostitution", is defined in this chapter as a 'force' which perfectly fits the profile of the world's capitalistic 'free' financial system which is in peril at this time. Note, in the following Scriptures which define this 'Babylon' which will come crashing down in 'one hour', how the accent is on business and trade as the 'deceiving god', the "opium of the masses". Rev. 18:9 - 'the kings
of
the earth lived with her in luxury'
It is significant that 'financial misbehaviour' is also given as the Cause for the destruction of the world in the Prophecy which we quoted in our Introductory section on the Tsunami Wave of Death above: Isaiah 24:1,2 "See how YHVH lays the earth waste ... Seller and Buyer, Lender and borrower, creditor and debtor - ravaged, ravaged the earth; despoiled, despoiled." Read verse 1-14 in context and refer to our comments above When the financial systems of the world collapse, mankind will find that their money, savings and pensions are worthless! Babylon's Final Verdict? She will fall in one hour! - and never be revived again! (Rev. 18:22,23). Then God will set up His righteous Kingdom - described in the directly following and final 4 chapters of the Bible - Rev. 19 - 22
How to qualify for Invitation?
Jerusalem - Divine "Signal to the nations" The foremost, yet most ignored Divine Signal of fulfilment of Biblical Prophecy, is enshrouded in the 'Final Status of Jerusalem' conditions, to be determined in Peace Talks between the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority who both claim sole rights to Jerusalem and its Holy Places. These Talks now seem to have been abandoned on the rocks without any solution, while a protracted war situation between the Palestinians and the Israelis is raging. Before the New York Islamic Terror Attack, there were expectations of a major regional war in the Middle East. In the aftermath of these barbaric attacks, Jerusalem is once more dragged onto the scene. The US support of Israel in its 'occupation of Palestinian territory' has been given as one of the main causes which inspired Osama Bin Laden to wipe out some 2300 innocent civilians, classed by Bin Laden's understanding of Islamic principles, as worthless and despicable 'infidels'. The US now intends to use the Palestinian issue to 'befriend' and appease the Arabs, in an effort to broaden their support base amongst Arabs in their declared War against Terror. To achieve this, the US is prepared to force Israel into bartering the Holy City of Jerusalem and the Promised Land, in exchange for the 'peace' undertakings of the Palestinians who the US will then reward with a Palestinian State - and all that, while the US is fighting Arafat's colleague, Osama Bin Laden! The September 11 event happened at the moment that the Bush Administration was putting the final touches on a Middle East initiative, which included recognition of a Palestinian State, endorsement of the Mitchell Plan, and position statements about Palestinian refugees and the status of Jerusalem. This initiative was to be shared with the Saudi Ambassador to the United Nations on Sept. 13, with a formal presentation to the U.N. General Assembly by Secretary of State Colin Powell on September 23. This meeting never occurred as the UN did not convene for weeks after the Attack, for security reasons. This did not stop Bush and Powell who now took the matter into the open. Koenig's International News <bill@watch.org> in a revealing article, notes that the three largest insurance claims in United States history all have direct connection to American involvement in the Middle East Peace talks when Israel was pressured to give up God's Covenant Land in exchange for peace. Click here for an extract of this article In his first public statement after the US war on Afghanistan had started, Bin Laden, for the first time, publicly associated himself with the Palestinian claim to Jerusalem and the Holy Land. "There will be no peace and security for Americans", he promised, "until the Palestinians have peace and security." This statement was welcomed by Palestinians and Arabs generally.. Bin Laden is sure to find a unifying communal Arab Cause in taking on himself the Palestinian Cause. The official Iraqi News Agency had earlier in the year reported that more than 7 million men and women - nearly a third of the 22 million Iraqi population - volunteered to liberate "all of Palestine". Though the New York Terror attack seems to be drawing away the spotlight from the Israel Arab conflict with Jerusalem as its Prime Object, the truth is that the core cause of the now universal build-up of the Islamic conflict - the unifying Islamic objective, remains to be Jerusalem and the destruction of the Jewish State. Unwittingly the rest of the world shares in this objective by its opposition of Judaism and the Jewish Cause. This Cause is defined in the Bible as the guarding of the Principles and the ultimate establishment of the Kingdom of God. The motives underlying the constant persecution that the Jews had to endure throughout history, remains to be targeted at the prevention of the evolution of this Kingdom. The USA and the rest of the non-Islamic world has elected to assist in this prevention. Is it mere co-incidence that the future of Jerusalem has reached its critical watershed now, at the historical beacon of the entry into the 7th millennium? For decades now, the Arab-Israel conflict was a potential fuse to the igniting of an international military confrontation - dreadedly of nuclear magnitude. The Year 1997 will go down in history as the year in which "The Battle for Jerusalem" revealed itself to the entire world, in a matter of weeks, as the culminating flashpoint in the Middle East. The Final Countdown to Armageddon has begun! The current War of Attrition in Israel, was started in Sept. 2000 as Arafat's confirmation of the Palestinians' fight for sovereignty over Jerusalem. It marked the conclusion of exactly 7-years (a Biblical Prophetic mile post) since the signing of the historic Oslo Peace Treaty in Sept 1993 by Israel with the Palestinians - again, at the time of the significant Jewish Feast period of Redemption. The ultimate outcome of this Battle for Jerusalem could be the Trigger to thrust the world into the Biblically prophesied fiery Abyss of Armageddon - the Final cataclysmic War of Wars, referred to by the Prophets as the War of Gog & Magog! Gradually it is becoming clear, that not Arab interests, not Palestinian oppression, not Jewish occupation, not territory, nor Peace, is really the issue - but, control of Jerusalem, now emerges as the flashpoint to, what Ancient Biblical Prophecies, as long as 3000 years ago, predicted would be the Cause for a Final World War of catastrophic magnitude - marking "The End of the World". Suddenly the Jewish 3000-year old claim to it's ancient capitol - the central theme of Jewish prayer throughout its 2000-year exile from the Land - is vehemently opposed by the Palestinians who have never yet had a capital city, and who's official religion, Islam, regards Jerusalem as only the third most important in the world. The Israeli government initially vowed that Jerusalem will remain the "eternal undivided Jewish Capitol" - but under pressure from the USA and Europe, Israel, under Sharon have since buckled in and will now comply. And behind the scenes, the Pope is making urgent overtures for internationalisation of Jerusalem under his control as Peacemaker. In concert, the whole world has turned against Israel, denying the Jewish right to their ancient Biblical capitol - even the Jewish government itself is turning against its own people in opposing and denying its Divine Biblical heritage. The Bible is brimful of Divine Oaths that Jerusalem would be restored by the remnant of its ancient Jewish nation, in preparation for the establishment of the physical Kingdom of God on earth. The last few decades have witnessed this unprecedented return of the exiled Jews from the four corners of the earth, after 2000 years' living amongst other nations - and the rebuilding of ancient Jerusalem into a modern City. This Regathering onto soil which in the interim had become a land of dispute between many nations, now became the cause of great friction between Jews and Arabs. The 'new' Jewish State, declared in May 1948, was the cause of several wars with the potential every time, to ignite an international confrontation. Nuclear warfare is now an open option, with Arab countries like Iraq and Iran frantically scrambling to create these weapons of mass destruction - while it is 'an open secret', that Israel has nuclear capabilities which it would not hesitate to use as its "Samson option" - namely, pushed far enough, to bring the whole building down rather than surrender its ownership. Click on Title below to refer to:
We are told in the Bible to expect great heavenly signs which will bring terror, in the period preceding the Coming of God to Judge the earth and inaugurate His Kingdom which will rule over the earth from Jerusalem. Luke 21:25 "There will be signs in the sun, in the moon and in the stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. Men dying of fear, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken." (Events predicted to immediately precede the Coming of Messiah). Is. 13:13 "Therefore I will make the heavens tremble and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of YHVH Almighty, in the day of his burning anger." According to the Prophecies outlined in the Book of Revelations, the fearsome events of Seven Final 'Trumpets' bring the final woes over the earth to inaugurate the Kingdom Rule of God over the earth. The first four of these Trumpets, bring events which are related to the activities of 'heavenly bodies'. Rev. 8:7 "The first angel blew his Trumpet, and with that, hail and fire mixed with blood were dropped on the earth. (meteor showers, comet debris, electric storms causing death?) a third of the earth was burnt up and a third of all trees and every blade of grass was burnt. The second angel blew his Trumpet, and it was as though a great mountain, all on fire, had been dropped into the sea (parts of the comet, asteroids?). A third of all the living things in the sea were killed, and a third of all ships were destroyed. The third angel blew his Trumpet and a huge star fell from the sky, burning like a ball of fire, and it fell on a third of all rivers and springs. This was the star called Wormwood. ... The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were blasted ..." (also Amos 8:9 verse 13) "Trouble, trouble trouble for all the people on earth at the sound of the other three trumpets". A pair of strong solar storms that hit Earth in Oct. 2005, were squalls compared to the torrent of electrons that rained down in the "perfect space storm" of 1859. But, sooner or later, experts warn, the Sun will again conspire again send earthlings a truly destructive bout of space weather. If it happens anytime soon, we won't know exactly what to expect until it's over, and by then some modern communication systems could be like beachfront houses after a hurricane. In early September in 1859, telegraph wires suddenly shorted out in the United States and Europe, igniting widespread fires. The event 144 years ago was three times more powerful than the strongest space storm in modern memory, one that cut power to an entire Canadian province in 1989. A new account of the 1859 event, from research led by Bruce Tsurutani of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, details the most powerful onslaught of solar energy in recorded history. Solar conspiracy Space storms are created when the Sun erupts, sending charged particles racing outward, an expanding bubble of hot gas called plasma. Refer Solar Cycle / Solar Storms / Coronal Mass Ejections In 1859, the planet's defenses were overwhelmed. Society back then did not notice the storm the way it would today. The telegraph was 15 years old. There were no satellite TV feeds, no automated teller machines relying on orbiting relay stations, and no power grids. Tsurutani says there will eventually be another one like 1859. "It could very well be even more intense than what transpired in 1859," he says. "As for when, we simply do not know." "In 1859, the technology was quite low in comparison to today's technology," Tsurutani said. "However the technology that we rely on today is much more vulnerable." A strong storm does its damage in part by inducing currents on power and communication lines, leading to potential overloads. Obviously, there are a lot more wires on Earth today, "so one might expect much worse problems if it occurred today." The charged particles can also zap satellites, as has occurred with handful of storms in recent years -- events with far fewer charged particles than in 1859. "This can lead to enhanced satellite drag and possible loss of these to the atmosphere," Tsurutani said. Source: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery_monday_031027.html Jan. 2006 Update The Sun is behaving strangely
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Solar storms continue far after what NASA describes as a 'solar minimum' related to cycle 23. Why? Because cycle 23 is related only to an 11 year oscillation cycle which ebbs and flows resulting in a 22 year cycle in which the Sun's magnetic pole shifts. However, what we are experiencing today goes far beyond an 11 or 22 year rhythm. called a 'Mega Cycle'. It simply means a cycle which supersedes a cycle, or a cycle outside of a cycle. No one is quite sure how long this one will be. There are known extended cycles measuring 200, 1,200 and even 100,000 years. The latter is related to our known history of ice ages, and warming trends.
This weeks surprising solar storms are a sure sign of what's to come. Not only did the sunspot count jump up to 90, but it appears three CME's (coronal mass ejections) from the far side of the Sun contributed to the Kp Index jump.
Earth Changes TV is looking forward to a very active year.
Changes in the earth's Weather Patterns now irreversible Global warming has been defined as the cause of the increased hurricane activity across the world in 2005 - especially in the USA. Measurements by US government scientists show that concentrations of
the gas, A record loss of sea ice in the Arctic this summer (2004/5) has
convinced scientists the Northern Hemisphere may have crossed a
threshold beyond which the climate may never recover. "The changes we've seen over the past few decades are nothing short of remarkable," said Mark Serreze, of the scientists at the Snow and Ice Data Centre in the US. Capping a 5-year-long saga of
destruction, an iceberg about the size of the Hawaiian island of Maui has
split into three pieces in the frigid Antarctic, scientists said Friday
2005 racked up more storm
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African continent is splitting along the Ethiopian Rift creating a New Ocean!- is this in preparation for the fulfilment of Prophecy at the Time of the End? The following report has been featured on this page since 2003. The most recent report (Dec. 2005) confirms a rear earth crack, 60 Km long by 8m wide which had developed in merely a few weeks since Sept. 2005 - A continental rifting process that normally takes millions of years to form A plume of hot volcanic mantle rock is rising beneath Africa, trying to split the continent apart. According to international researchers, it could eventually create a new ocean. The crack in the Earth's surface runs for 2,000 kilometres from Malawi in the South, through Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia, to link-up with the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The top of the Red Sea lines up with the valley of the Dead Sea, lowest spot on earth, into which the Jordan river flows, some 30 Km East of Jerusalem, down from the Sea of Galilea, It is significant that this is happening while the stage is being prepared (in fact, it is already set) for the culminating events of this dispensation in Jerusalem, as prescribed in the Prophecy of Zechariah (ZacharYah) and Ezekiel. These Prophecies describe the awesome events which will precede and lead to the Appearance of YHVH in the final Great World War, to fight on the side of Israel for their survival. Zechariah 14:2 - 11 "YHVH will gather all the nations to Jerusalem for battle. The city will be taken, the houses plundered, the women ravished. Half the city will go into captivity, but the remnant of the people will not be cut off from the city. Then YHVH will take the field. He will fight against these nations as He fights in the day of battle. On that day His feet will rest on the Mt. of Olives which faces Jerusalem from the East. The Mt. of Olives will be split in two from East to West, forming a very huge gorge. half the Mount will receed northwards, the other half southwards ... YHVH your God will come and the holy ones with Him ... it will be a Day of Wonder ... When that Day comes, living waters will issue from Jerusalem, half of them to the Eastern ('original') sea, half to the Western sea (Mediterranean, 55 Km West, Tel Aviv, Jaffa). They will flow summer and winter. And YHVH will be King of the whole world ... the entire country will be transformed ... and Jerusalem will be raised higher, though still in the same place ... Jerusalem will be safe to live in." Ezekiel ch 38 describes this same awesome event. Verse 20 - 23 "At My Presence, all the fish in the sea, and the birds of heaven, the wild beasts and all men on earth will quake. Mountains will fall, cliffs crumble, walls collapse ... torrential rain, hail stones, fire and brimstone. I mean to display My Greatness and Holiness and compel the many nations (who have drawn up against Jerusalem) to acknowledge Me." There are other references in the Bible to this great earthquake that will accompany His Return at the time of the War of Gog & Magog (Armegeddon) - the final world cataclysm preceding the setting up of His Kingdom with Jerusalem as head quarters. Refer our 160 pg. book "Jerusalem - Final Countdown to Armageddon" - FREE on site Looking at the geography of the area mentioned in the Prophecies above, and its relation to the rift mentioned in our news article, stretching across Africa right up to and through the Jordan valley, 30 Km East of Jerusalem, to the Sea of Galilee. It is meaningful that the great gorge mentioned in Zechariah 14:4, which will be formed by the splitting of the Mount of Olives, will run to the Mediterranean Sea (West) and to the Dead Sea, East of Jerusalem (Jordan Valley rift) carrying waters from Jerusalem. The current main road from Jerusalem to Jericho, descends below the sea level point, some 20 Km East of Jerusalem. The famous mineral rich Dead Sea is in a land locked basin, well below sea level - thus, in a ready formed ocean bed. Is it co-incidence that this Prophecy speaks of the water running into the Eastern (original) 'sea'? Will His Return set off the earthquake which will open the Ethiopian Rift to create a new Ocean which will push up through the Red Sea into the Jordanian valley? EAGLE (The Ethiopian-Afar Geophysical Lithospheric Experiment) is a major British initiative by 20 scientists between October 2001 and January 2003, to investigate how the African continent is splitting along the Ethiopian Rift. This project is sponsored by the Universities of Leicester and Leeds in collaboration with the University of Addis Abeba and Ethiopian government groups. Ref. http://www.rhul.ac.uk/For-Staff/on-campus/research/10RE1.html
Ethiopia witnesses rare earth split
ADDIS ABABA: A continental rifting process that normally takes millions
of years to form has developed over a span of seven weeks in the Afar
region of Ethiopia.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1347563,curpg-1.cms
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TSUNAMI Killer Waves run amok in Ocean Paradise!
This added yet another Shock Wave to the List of End-Time signifying events which this Web Page (and this Web Site) has been carrying since 1999 - before the dawning of Y2K.
The arena this time? - a Paradise Playground, where some of the poorest nations in the world were hosting tourists from across the globe in the peak of the world's annual holiday season. Paradoxically, as international tourists were caught up in the disaster, Switzerland experienced its worst 'national death toll' in a natural disaster in its history - thousands of kilometers away from base! No nation was left untouched by this horrific and scary tragedy. The 3 to 4 storey high waves in one place caused the world's biggest train crash ever. One of the mere 100 survivors out of over 1000 aboard, escaped through the waters at house roof top level! At stages the sea withdrew 'as if emptying', causing great whirlpools. "In the enclosed harbour, hulking ships converged in a tight circle as the water swirled and the masses of steel collided like drunken sailors" - according to one report.
And this all beyond the expectations of the world's scientists and warning systems. The Los Angeles Times presented an amazing report in an overview of this inability by scientists to cope during those vital first 2 hours when the Death Wave was heading for 11 surrounding countries at 800 Km an hour!
Refer http://www.revelations.org.za/Tsunami.htm
Y2K Computer BugY2K fears have proven to be the biggest Financial Hoax of all time. The pivotal danger rollover dates have all come and gone, seemingly with hardly any problems. But there may be a venomous sting in its tail! As the countdown to Y2K drew to a close towards the end of 1999, a spirit of optimism dominated throughout the world. The uneventful Rollover into 1.1.2000 served to make fools, not only of Doom Prophets, but more so, of the most brilliant minds in the world, which indulged in a preventive spending spree of billions around the world, in order to update their computer systems against the risks of the Y2K date change. Government printing presses around the world worked around the clock to print new bank notes. This new money was sent to Banks in the event they would experience a Bank run by the public. Easy loans were the order of the day. Most of this money found its way via investors into the Stock Markets in a speculative spree which was unique in history. The technological age brought the Stock Markets into the homes and offices of investors who could share in history's greatest ever Boom Period with the push of a button on their computers! An instant 'New Economy' was born, which defied every rule of the text books and made nonsense of traditional investment sobriety and acumen. Millions were poured into new born 'dot.com' companies in the technological 'miracle age' which had defied and conquered Y2K. Some of these companies were not much more than the brain child of a lone yuppy, run on a high powered computer in a basic office set-up, and backed by the confidence of the local Bank! By the end of 2001, this 'new economy' has proven to be just a massive 'bubble economy', the puncturing of which could be even more disastrous than what the Y2K threat has ever posed to be! The Nasdaq Index, indicator of the Technology sector of the US Stock Market, dropped from its peak of 5048 in March 2000, to 1359 by the start of July 2002 - a drop of 73%. Yet, the world likes to believe that there is 'no problem'! The technological revolution of the 90's and the successful computer date Rollover into the new millennium, has boosted man's ego to limitless heights. The invincibility of mankind's ingenuity seems to have been proven beyond any doubts. for once and all, and has managed to eradicate man's need for a Creator God almost entirely. This superiority complex and the letdown experienced by those who did take 'unnecessary' precautions, may well now serve to tranquilize mankind against the Biblically prophesied "Time of Great Distress" for which they should really have prepared! Y2K could have a delayed sting in its tail which could yet bring down the entire world economy. The prospects of the effects of a financial meltdown in this turbulent and trigger-happy world, are too fearful to contemplate! In a surprise move that shocked the financial world, the technology corporate, World.com, at the end of June 2002, joined the fraud ranks of Enron. Its shares dropped from their peak of $64 to 10 cents! When one considers that this corporate provides services to and controls 50% of the world's Internet, then the ghost of Y2K seems to be fine and active!
The Feast of Trumpets declare the Time of the EndThe following paragraphs in italics, were featured in this review long before the astonishing Islamic terror Attack on the USA took place on 11 Sept. 2001. "The 'forgotten' and discarded (by Christianity) Feasts of YHVH, 'the God of Israel', may this year very likely fulfill its destined role as indicator of "The Times of Restoration", through the announcement of 'Warning Signs' about the imminent setting up of the universal Kingdom of the Creator God of the universe. This Sacred Feast Day, falling on the 1st day of the Biblical 7th month (which in the year 2001 corresponds to 18 September), introduces the series of Sacred Feasts spanning 3 weeks into October, known as "the Days of Awe". The various Feasts of this period, depict the Final Resurrection of Israel and the Redemption of those people of all nations who will qualify for citizenship of the New Universal Kingdom of God, with Jerusalem as its Capital. Why the 'announcements' denoted by these Feasts should be done by way of warning 'trumpeting' of ominous and perilous times for humanity, is twofold:
The warning sirens in Sept 2000, blasted right on time with a Palestinian Jihad (uprising) in Jerusalem, when an Israeli cabinet minister, Ariel Sharon (currently the Prime Minister of Israel), accompanied by a delegation of 'rightist' Jewish cabinet ministers, dared to visit the most sacred Jewish Site in all the world - The Temple Mount in Jerusalem. In the commotion that followed when the Palestinians used the occasion for aggressive demonstrations against Jews who visited the Holy Sites (over which Israel holds official sovereignty, but where the Muslim Dome of the Rock is also situated), a Palestinian was shot dead - which sparked a Jihad uprising which 2 weeks later was declared 'war'. By the end of the 3-weeks Festival which saw the Jihad reaching the inner cities of Israel, the war had moved right to the outskirts of Jerusalem, which Arafat claimed to be the Palestinian's "March on Jerusalem". Four years later, at the time of the annual Biblical Feast of Trumpets in Sept - Oct. 2004, the War of Attrition was still raging, threatening a major regional Middle East war, which could easily draw other nations into its wake. Under pressure from the USA, Russia, Europe and the UN, yet another Peace Plan, the so called 'Road Map', has attempted to bring Peace in the region, and has failed once more. The interceding years had seen Islamic suicide attacks on civilian Israelis, killing and maiming hundreds of women, children, even babies and teenagers. The Final Battle and the subsequent Restoration and Establishment of God's earthly Kingdom has been foreshadowed in the Divine Plan, by a series of Sacred Feasts to be commemorated in the 7th Biblical month. This time setting corresponds with Sept / Oct of the secular year and is calculated and appointed by the new moon in the seventh month after Pesach (Passover) - the period of Feasts which depicted the initial requirements for this Restoration Process which would precede the actual installation of the Eternal Kingdom of YHVH in Jerusalem in the Middle East. This seventh month series of Feasts, depict the events entailed in the actual setting up of God's Kingdom, viz. the Conquering War Battle; the actual qualifying selection (Judgment) and the Celebration in the New Kingdom in Jerusalem. Understandably therefore, this ancient City in the Middle East, is currently the Pawn in a Battle which is building up and which, according to Biblical Prophecy, will culminate in the War to end all Wars - a nuclear and/or bio-chemical holocaust threatening the eradication of Israel and the annihilation of its Jewish population off the face of the earth - if it were possible! It is these tumultuous events which the "Feast of Trumpets", falling on the first day of the seventh Biblical month, foreshadows. Judgment Day (Yom Kippur) comes ten days later, followed four days later by 8 days of Succot, the most joyous season in the otherwise austere spirit of the 'Jewish' Religious Festivals. This series of Feasts is concluded by "The Last Great Day" - the eighth day of the Festival. Overall, this period in Judaism is referred to as "The Days of Awe" (Yamim Noraim). While Christianity have maintained some imitation form of the first series of the Biblical Festive Cycle (i.e. Pesach - Easter; Shavuot - Pentecost), it has lost almost totally, or otherwise has discarded this third or concluding series of Sacred Feasts of the seventh month, which depict the staggering concluding events in the setting up of God's Kingdom in Jerusalem on earth. The 7th millennium, has started with a period of anxiety that is increasing its grip on the world. It also introduced a season of awesome worldwide natural disasters, which may well be the foreshadow for the fulfillment of this long awaited Divine Promise. (Continue reading to 'Havoc from the Heavens' further down. Click here for a list of natural disasters which hit earth). Bible students and interpreters of Biblical Prophecy, from a wide variety of religious backgrounds, all agree in one point: That the 'Countdown to Armageddon with Jerusalem at its centre", has entered the final hour! Current conditions and its prospects for Feast of Trumpets Sep/Oct 2005 The so-called 'rightist' and pro-Israel Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon has made a complete turn-around in 2004. Against every precept of his voters' mandate, he conspired with the left wing to form a government which is now in favour of opposing the Divine Decree of Israel's Covenantal Heritage - the firm establishment of the Land of Israel within its Divinely appointed borders. According to Biblical Prophecy Jerusalem, under Jewish Rule, would eventually house the Seat of the Universal Creator King, God of the Universe, in His Kingdom to be set up from Jerusalem in Israel. The contest is now set between the anti-Israel rulers of the world - to who's demands Sharon has turfed in - and a small minority of 250 000 Jewish Settlers who base there firm faith on the Biblical Promises of the God of Israel to their forefathers (Abvraham, Yitzchak and Ja'acov). The year 2005 will witnessed draconic governmental decisions and legislation to disenfranchise and jail Jewish settlers (men, women and children) who refuse to abandon their homes, schools, farms, factories in Gush Katif (Gaza, Israel). This after their years-long sufferings in their efforts to settle their Promised Land - to see it handed over to the (hence nationless and usurping) Palestinians. The timing for having these territories 'Judenrein' (free from any Jewish citizens) ? The Festive season for the Feast of Trumpets - Sept. 2005 !!! Wow! Refer http://www.revelations.org.za/Gush_Katif.htm It is noteworthy, that this Festive Period depicts the celebration of the establishment of the Kingdom of God in Jerusalem, referred to in Scripture as a Wedding Feast (at the Time of the Coming of Messiah), when those who are guests of the Royal Wedding will sit at table with Avraham, Moses, Elijah and all the spiritual giants of Biblical fame! Nothing stops you from qualifying to receive an Invitation to this Wedding Feast also! Refer http://www.revelations.org.za/The_Way.htm This Web Site presents more information on this vibrant topic in:
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ConclusionThere has never yet in history been a time when the practical fulfillment of so many fearsome prophecies were physically possible. We have now reached a stage where the glittering creations of mankind stand the real chance of crumbling in the dust! What remains for us, is to decide how to cope with such eventualities. The foundation for the outcries of this Web Site is based on ancient Prophetic Scriptures as contained in the Bible. The warranty underlying the probability of a near future fulfillment of these Prophecies, is based on the factual outcome of so many of these Prophecies - especially over the last few decades and seemingly culminating at this very time of the closing of the millennium - the 6th since Creation, according to the Bible. The 7th Day - or Millennial Sabbath - is dawning, and as foretold in Prophecies written 4000 years ago, would be preceded by increasing world turmoil, and a time of distress "as never before in history" (Refer Daniel 12, Matt. 24:21,29, Rev. 7:14). That these "Times of Distress" are with us already, should be clear from the fact that there are so many Doom Prophets around at this time? Why is this Page simply one of thousands proclaiming the same Message of looming distress and World Chaos? And, it is noteworthy that these outcries of warning come not only from 'religious freaks', but also from informed scientists, educators, medical specialists, economists, investment fundies and the likes. And why should there be Times of Distress? So that mankind should find the solution, which forms the basis of the Divine Intent behind the Creation of this wonderful Planet Earth in the limitless Universe. Solution and StrategyThe very purpose and message entailed in the Feast of Trumpets and the seven Biblical Sacred Feasts, is to set a direction, to provide an 'escape route' to a 'fortress of hiding', and then to serve as a 'commemorative beacon' of things to come. These Feasts depict the Reconciliation Process in the Divine Plan for the individual. The Feasts fall in two broad categories:
These fear-inspiring Trumpet Warnings, which promise to bring great destruction on earth in the Divine Process of overthrowing the evil domination of the powers of Darkness - should therefore be heeded. When approaching a railway level-crossing with red warning lights flashing, it would be reckless to ignore the warnings and carry on driving. It would be equally foolish to disregard the Divine Warnings of the Final Trumpets of God. The same Scriptures which predict such great doom at "The Time of the End", in the very next breath also offer the escape route: "When that Time comes, ... all those will be spared who's names are written in the Book of Life" (Dan. 12:1 b; Ex 32:32; Ps. 69:28; Rev. 20:12). Unfortunately, when it entails spiritual matters, the human being is inherently rebellious and stubborn, and many would prefer reasoning these Warnings away, or more tragically even, rebelling against it. Rather than grabbing the final opportunity to adhere and select the security of safety precautions which are freely available but for the acceptance thereof, many would choose to yield to the spirit of rebellion or the obstinacy of human nature. Correctly understood, the fearful prospects of the many doomsday projections which face humanity at this eventful time in history, should be welcomed. It is true therefore, that believers the world over, are experiencing growing excitement at the prospect that the Promises of the Bible are really true; that the Kingdom of God is now really imminent, and that entry into this Kingdom may soon be a reality! It is in this spirit that BIBLE REVELATIONS present the restorative and revelationary studies on this Web Site, in the confidence that it will ensure compliance with the required 'immigration criteria' for would-be 'immigrants' to this eternal Kingdom. You are invited to check these guidelines with the Scriptures, and in doing so, it would be wise to lay aside the guidelines of traditional religion and rely solely on the Word of God. So, what sets these studies of BIBLE REVELATIONS above traditional religion, wisdom and customs, while claiming, it seems, to be on a par with the Word of God? The fact that it is restorative (of the Original True Faith as mandated by the Most High) and that it is revelationary. Also the fact that its Restoration Message has been part of a universal process which has been sweeping the world over the last 30 years in ever widening and faster growing cycles. This fact alone, should be sufficient proof of the authenticity of this Message - for it is a universal non-organisational trend, shared by enlightened and independent self-studiers of the Word of God.
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