Thursday, November 10, 2011

In the news:

This first article is yet another one that appears to be lifted directly from the pages of biblical prophecy. Additionally, it is interesting that some reporters are finally beginning to notice what we (prophecy watchers) have noted for decades - but better late than never:

Major Earth Changes Coming? Earthquakes Are Becoming Much More Frequent And Much More Powerful

Hmmm...Maybe like......Birth pains?

Are earthquakes becoming more frequent and more powerful? With only two months to go, we are on pace to have more earthquakes of magnitude-5.0 or greater this year than we have had during any other year over the past decade by far.

In fact, as you will see in this article, since the year 2000 there has been a very clear upward trend in the number of major earthquakes. So is this an indication that major earth changes are coming? Is our planet becoming increasingly unstable?

We are currently witnessing tremendous political, social and financial upheaval all over the globe.

Every week the economic crisis in the United States and elsewhere seems to get even worse. So what is going to happen if the shaking of the earth becomes even more intense and major cities all over the planet start getting leveled?

For most of human history we have seriously underestimated the awesome destructive power of natural disasters, and the fact that the number of earthquakes around the world seems to be going up consistently should be a huge wake up call for all of us.


This is just the introduction, and the article contains some very useful and pertinent information, along with charts and graphs - all telling us what we already know. Here are just a few more tidbits:

These days powerful earthquakes happen so frequently that most people hardly notice them anymore.

In 2001, there were 1361 earthquakes of magnitude-5.0 or greater around the globe. This year, we are on pace to have nearly twice as many.

In 2011, we are on pace to have more than 2600 earthquakes of magnitude-5.0 or greater.

As you can see from the following chart from americandailyherald.com, the number of major earthquakes has been rising steadily over the past decade, and the 2600 major earthquakes that we are on pace to have this year is going to far surpass all of the previous years on this chart....

This next chart comes from dlindquist.com, and it is a graph of the number of earthquakes magnitude-6.0 or greater that have occurred since 1973. As you can see, the trend is clearly up....


And this:

So just what in the world is going on?

Is something going on that we should be alarmed about?

Well, nobody knows exactly what is going on, but clearly there has been an increase in seismic activity all over the globe.

We live in very unusual times.

It seems like everything that can be shaken is being shaken.


Let us hope that the earth calms down for a while and that the number of major earthquakes begins to stabilize again.

But there is no guarantee that is going to happen.

In fact, many believe that this is only just the beginning.

Fasten your seatbelts, because the years ahead could be very, very interesting
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Indeed. Someone should tell the author to turn to the Holy Bible, where all of this is explained.

Meanwhile, back in the Middle East:

Second Iranian threat to destroy Israel names its Dimona reactor

For the second time in four days, Iran has threatened to annihilate Israel. Sunday, Nov. 6, Tehran said four missiles would be enough to kill a million Israelis.

Wednesday, Nov. 9, Gen. Masoud Jazayeri, deputy commander of Iran's armed forces, said an American or Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities would not only result in the Jewish state's extinction "Dimona is the most accessible target" - but generate a response that "would not be limited to the Middle East."

DEBKAfile's military sources interpret this to mean a missile attack on American bases in Europe and US Sixth Fleet vessels in the Mediterranean.


Israel may launch strike on Iran as soon as next month

Israel will launch military action to prevent Iran developing a nuclear weapon as soon as Christmas, intelligence chiefs have warned.

A report by a UN watchdog into Iran’s nuclear ambitions ‘completely discredits’ the Islamic nation’s protestations of innocence, according to Foreign Secretary William Hague.

Sources say the understanding at the top of the British Government is that Israel will attempt to strike against the nuclear sites ‘sooner rather than later’ – with logistical support from the U.S.

A senior Foreign Office figure has revealed that ministers have been told to expect Israeli military action, adding: ‘We’re expecting something as early as Christmas, or very early in the new year.’


Khamenei warns US, Israel against strike

Iran's Supreme Leader warned the United States and Israel on Thursday not to launch any military action against its nuclear sites, saying it would be met with "iron fists," state television reported.

"Our enemies, particularly the Zionist regime (Israel), America and its allies, should know that any kind of threat and attack or even thinking about any (military) action will be firmly responded to," Iranian television quoted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as saying.


Oil price to hit $175-$200 if Israel attacks Iran

Oil prices could surge to $175-200 per barrel if Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear facilities, leading to the closure of an important oil route, according to market observers. Tensions between the two arch foes have escalated after the International Atomic Energy Agency reported it had ‘credible’ evidence of Tehran’s nuclear weapons plan.

...assumes a 21-day disruption of oil traffic through the Strait of Hormuz before returning to normal throughput of 15.5 million b/d. IEA countries offset half the loss with around 8 million b/d,” the Financial Times quoted from the report.

The Strait of Hormuz is the world’s most important oil route, with 40% of the world’s oil passing through the narrow sea route between the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf.


First nationwide Emergency Alert System test hits glitches

Problems were reported across the country during the first-ever nationwide test Wednesday of the Emergency Alert System, designed to allow the president to address the American people during a national emergency.
Some television and radio stations did not air the planned 30-second test at all. Some that aired it stayed with the signal longer than others.

The official called the failure rate of more than 10% "not insignificant," but said identifying problems "is why we have the test."


Which leads to this must read article (below) - an article that reveals the striking parallels between life in America today (and the world for that matter) and G. Orwell's classic book, "1984"; exactly what we would expect as the Tribulation approaches:

Americans Are Now Living In a Society That Rivals Orwell's 1984

Americans are now living in a society that in some cases is more draconian, more invasive and more Orwellian than the dystopian tyranny fictionalized in Orwell’s chilling classic Nineteen Eighty-Four. On almost every front, American citizens are under an equal or greater threat of abuse, control and more pervasive and high-tech surveillance than anything Winston Smith ever faced.

Compare life in Oceania to life in 2011 America, with quotes from George Orwell’s 1984 appearing in italic.


The article is really worth reading. Here are just a couple of examples of the parallels:

Compare life in Oceania to life in 2011 America, with quotes from George Orwell’s 1984 appearing in italic.

“In general you could not assume that you were much safer in the country than in London. There were no telescreens, of course, but there was always the danger of concealed microphones by which your voice might be picked up and recognized.”

Americans will now too have their every utterance listened to by Big Brother in public through surveillance-capable street lights now being installed in major cities across the country which can record private conversations.

Just as the citizens of Oceania could never be sure of their privacy, Charlotte’s Deputy Homeland Security chief told the local Fox network earlier this week that Americans “would never know” whether or not the government was listening.



The voice came from an oblong metal plaque like a dulled mirror which formed part of the surface of the right-hand wall. Winston turned a switch and the voice sank somewhat, though the words were still distinguishable. The instrument (the telescreen, it was called) could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely.”

Just as the citizens of Oceania were constantly bombarded with propaganda from the state via telescreens, Americans are now being subjected to the same onslaught in the form of spurious “alerts” from the federal government that are delivered through numerous platforms, including LED screens on the ‘Intellistreets’ lighting network, televisions at Wal-Mart stores that play Janet Napolitano’s “See Something, Say Something” diatribe, FEMA’s Emergency Alert System that can hijack all conventional boradcast communications, and mandatory government messages that will appear on all new cellphones from the end of next year.

And if that isn’t enough, the Washington Post today called for the Internet to also be brought under the auspices of a government takeover switch. Whereas Winston Smith only had to put up with Big Brother lecturing him via telescreens, Americans will be peppered with propaganda from every conceivable direction.

36 comments:

gearedup2go said...

Scott, in thinking of the earthquakes and other natural disasters, have you read NOAA's report on a potential monster solar storm that could hit North America next week? The damage could be minimal with auroras being sighted or it could have far reaching effects similar to that of an EMP. Here is a summary of that event in the Washington Post.

Luke 21:11
And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.

Seth said...

My wife is going in for surgery early tomorrow morning to have her gallbladder removed (just one month after I had mine taken out... what are the odds?). Please pray for a successful surgery and a quick recovery. She's never had any kind of surgery before, so she's a little nervous. Thanks in advance for all the prayers.

Dylan said...

Seth, I'll pray for her.
Geared, that verse pretty much sums up the world we live in in 2011, doesn't it?

BWest said...

Seth, saying a prayer for your wife.

Dutch Treat said...

Scott: You certainly hit the nail on the head with these articles. Whenever people lament over the world's situation, I constantly tell them that the world is going exactly as the Bible predicted; and it always amazes me that they won't acknowledge it or try to explain it away. Seth, I also will be praying for your wife.

Kathleen said...

This morning at work, a couple co-workers were discussing the failed EAS yesterday. One commented "good thing it wasn't a teal test or we would be in trouble, like when we get invaded by aliens". So, seeds have been sown into people's minds that there is a probability of an alien invasion at some time. When the rapture occurs, people will then be primed to say we were taken by aliens.

What I find hard to believe (not really, considering what the Bible says) is that people in authority *know* that we will be taken in the rapture, but instead of repenting and being worried about being left behind, they created a red herring. They obviously have not read the end of the book to see how it all ends. Or they have, and just don't believe it.

Kathleen

gearedup2go said...

Dylan, yes it does. Luke 21 is my favorite NT prophecy chapter. : )

Seth, I'll be praying for your wife as she goes into surgery. How are YOU feeling?

Dutch and Kathleen, I hear you!

Robin said...

Speaking of the test . . .i DVR'd the test. When I originally saw the test, live, there was nothing informing me it was test, no voice over, no visible screen prior to. But when I rewind it in slow motion, there's a screen saying its a test. I've rewound and played forward several times. .nothing visible in play mode. Talk about weird . . .

gearedup2go said...

Robin, some reports are that Lady GaGa was playing in the background. Weird. Personally I was holding out for the test pattern color block. : P

Alice said...

Robin...that's REALLY strange! How does THAT happen...and why???

Seth, I too will pray for your wife!

Tasarwen said...

Seth, I'll be praying for your wife (and for you).

Caver said...

Seth, prayers from here also.

Strange, isn't it. We're seeing more prophecy in a day than we did in a decade just a short while ago....and we really don't know what to think of it. At least for me, what I never anticipated was the multitude of different things occurring and the world seeing their little narrow scope of interest...if even that...but not the rest as tied together.

It astounds me...but then again, most don't have a chance to see it. Our Lame Stream Media refuses to address the subject. And that is how most everybody gets their news...or propaganda... or whatever it is these days.

Seems to me there was a day not too long ago when the news was the facts was the news. They had no agenda.

Oh well, it is what it is. There is absolutely no assimilation of the mass of prophecy we see occurring today into the news. Certainly, no relating and grouping it.

Something validating God's word, that is the last thing the media wants to put out there. Who would have ever guessed 20 years ago.

Amazing, ain't it.

WVBORN56 said...

Remember that I was planning on having our get together at my mansion prior to Thanksgiving pending the Lord's permission of course. Now I see the time for that hope is running out. But you just never know...the table for the start of the tribulation does seem to be fully set and the baby's head is now almost visible in the birth canal so we may still make it! This was never a prediction but only my hope from watching the signs.

Both the crash of the world's economy and the out break of Biblical wars in the ME are still both only days or possibly just weeks away as predicted by many reputible news outlets. Either would be catastrophic to the earth's population and together they would be "Biblical" or truly "epic".

Seth I'll be praying for your wife and maybe just maybe she will be raptured right off the surgeon's table. I'm sure that will actually happen to some saints so why not Seth's wife? That may be just what it will take to lead some doctor or nurse to follow the Lord! I hope I am not at home in the middle of the night in bed. I want my departure to impact someone for Christ.

There will be some compelling story lines emerge from the rapture. Hoping that it is soon!

Maranatha!

gearedup2go said...

WV, it's interesting that you mention your desire for the rapture to be a testimony for the Lord. I am thinking of the protestors and what their expressions will be when the rapture occurs and they find unmanned vehicles, empty street corner hot dog stands, even policemen that have disappeared before their very eyes!

Israel is making plans to strike Iran possibly within a month. We know that the Lord will remove the Church so that He can turn His full attention on the Apple of His Eye. Your Thanksgiving plans in the by and by may come to fruition yet. : )

Dac said...

Hi Robin, the human brain and mind is amazing. Technology allows messages to be implanted in the mind through these deceitful flashes of information. Whole thought processes can be altered unbeknown to the receiver. Although we don't realize they are there our brain will read it. I'm sure Scott can attest to this. I reckon your tv programming has been awash these screenings. Which could account for the apathetic nature of the American people towards Obama and all that's happening in your great country. Just my thoughts.

Dave down undet said...

That's Dave down under not dac, stupid I phone.

Caver said...

Dac & Robin, interesting observations. I don't think any of us have a clue as to how much of our thoughts are altered this way.

About 8 years ago, I gave up television. Other than a big emergency or disaster....well, ok, one of my teams reaching a championship game...I gave up TV.

It was incredible how fast my life changed...the things I couldn't live without were nary a thought. My entire perspective changed and quickly.

Yep, I suspect there is a ton of this going on to calm the masses and keep us tame.

WVBORN56 said...

Hi dave down under....."Dac" I'm still laughing at your follow up post about your Iphone.

gearedup2go said...

I thought we had a new member when I saw Dac. Another alter ego, eh?

Dave down under said...

Haha, yea my iPhone tried to give me a new alias!

WVBORN56 said...

gearedup2go said, "Israel is making plans to strike Iran possibly within a month. We know that the Lord will remove the Church so that He can turn His full attention on the Apple of His Eye. Your Thanksgiving plans in the by and by may come to fruition yet. :) "

I sure hope so Gearedup. The combination of the potential for global economic collapse, the ME wars and the earth groaning makes me think we are really really close to going home. It would be more than incredible to have our thanksgiving feast and Christmas exchange in Heaven this year.

Seeing Jesus face to face, seeing our heavenly mansions, receiving our glorified bodies, reunions with friends and family, walking the streets of gold, participating in the wedding feast,seeing biblical heroes, having our eyes opened, getting a hug and warm embrace for our Lord and who knows what other unimaginable delights and it is just about here! Truly amazing! Thank-you Jesus for saving me. The wonderful grace of Jesus, the righteous dying for the unrighteous.

Wow!

Scott said...

I'm with you on that WV - all the way ! :)

Dave down under said...

Me to WV, I'm sitting at work having my lunch and listening to Evie Tornquist sing "oh how He loves you and me" I tell mate the next best thing to heaven on this earth is God's unseen presence. 30 minutes of God's presence will change a persons perspective of life then and there for the next few hours.

Dylan said...

Dave, I know what you mean. Music is especially good for that. I spent about 3 hours today listening to bands like rapture ruckus, skillet, thousand foot krutch etc. And my brother was getting his wisdom teeth out so I was the only one home except for my dogs. They looked at me like I was crazy when I started singing along to my iPod. But still, I agree with your point about God's presence. It's also nice to see that I'm not the only one who has an alter ego.

WVBORN56 said...

This past week I went to chic-fil-a for lunch and sat in the spacious parking lot with my windows down (close to 70 in November and sunny) with the radio tuned into K-love and reading out of my NLT New Testament. It was a little taste of Heaven as I hung out with Jesus.

Anonymous said...

I always knew somehow BACK in 1972 that this would happen. that is what
NOT just fiction.

1984 ie 2011/2012

anyway, stocks are UP again, can u believe it ?? Our bulls just do NOT
want to die !!!!

But the EW model is against them...

if they KEEP ON pushing their luck,
they will be VERY VERY sorry.

Stephen >>>>>>>>>>

Dave down under said...

I'm with ya Dylan. Those bands you mentioned sound heavy metalish?

Diane said...

"And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all." - Acts 4:33


May it be so for us in these last days !
Diane

WVBORN56 said...

Thanks Diane for the "Word" of encouragement.

Caver said...

WV...am sure with you on that one. A Thanksgiving feast in Heaven would be so terrific. Shucks, tonight would work too.....work really well.

DrNofog said...

Dac and Dylam... Hmmmm, sounds like a heavy metal band to me.
Or it could be The Dac and Dylam Dynamic Duo - Alias posting tag-team...
;-D

geared said "...that have disappeared before their very eyes!"

Just a speculation, but I've always had a little suspicion that 'they' might not actually see people disappear before their eyes. They might have a little distraction, hearing "something" that causes them to look up for a second or so, and when they look back again they'll see piles of clothes and driverless cars crashing...

Kinda like in Acts 9:7, 22:9
7 "...And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man..."
9 "...And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spoke to me..."

[The distinction made in vs9 "heard not" in the Greek word is "not understanding", as they did indeed hear a voice but could not make out what was being said.]

Dutch Treat said...

Dr. NO: In Acts 1:9 it states that the disciples saw Jesus disappear into the clouds leaving them staring after him. So if people are speaking to us when the Rapture occurs they will see us disappear.

Diane said...

I have often wondered about that one, Dr No and Dutch. I like the idea of rising up thru the clouds , perhaps being accompanied by angels and /or other believers/saints.

However, since it says "in the twinkling of an eye" it makes me think that in a split second, we will be suddenly gone. I tend to think this is how it will be when we are "snatched".

I guess that we shall know soon ! Diane

Dave down under said...

DrNofog, relax my friend there is no "Dac", I've already explained that. I had a bad typing day that's all.

DrNofog said...

Dave_D_U, relax, I already saw yer alleged "explanation".

I wuz jest 'musing' wot a great "Alias-posting-Tag-team" you'd make, now that you both have established proper alter-egos, much the same as EI, Scott, James, Ally, Caver, Alice,...Oh, and EI's "MI5" Mum and her flight-worthy code-carrying hens [who secretly coaches EI behind the scenes in the dark, powerful, wiley ways of "The Farce"]...
;)

Alter-Scott said...

Dac, (appealing to your alter-ego) DrNO may be onto sumpin'!

"Dac and Dylam Dynamic Duo - Alias posting tag-team!"

I could go with that! ;)