While some people may consider the following news commentary to be an
alarmist article, personally, I don't. The reason for my attitude -- as I
have stated before -- is because the Book of Revelation clearly indicates
that God will indeed use the Sun and global weather patterns to punish the
rebellious people of the Earth for their sins against Him.

This includes global fires -- such as the ones we are now seeing in Russia
-- as well as extreme heat -- such as has been experienced in Russia,
Europe, the USA and elsewhere -- floods -- such as those which are currently
occuring in Pakistan -- worldwide droughts and food shortages -- again,
occurring in quite a few places -- and other so-called "natural disasters".

And the worst is yet to come. What will we do when a comet or asteroid
strikes the Earth, as appears to be prophesied in the Book of Revelation?
Again, please consider verses such as the following:

Global Fires:

"The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with
blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was
burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up."
Revelation 8:7, KJV

Comet Or Asteroid Strike:

"And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven,
burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers,
and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called
Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men
died of the waters, because they were made bitter."
Revelation 8:10-11, KJV

Unexplained Astronomical Event:

"And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten,
and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the
third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of
it, and the night likewise."
Revelation 8:12, KJV

Global Droughts:

"These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their
prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the
earth with all plagues, as often as they will."
Revelation 11:6, KJV

Solar Flares And Prominences:

"And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given
unto him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and
blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they
repented not to give him glory."
Revelation 16:8-9, KJV

Euphrates River Dries Up:

"And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and
the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might
be prepared."
Revelation 16:12, KJV

How did Jesus say that people would react to these things? Consider these
verses from the Gospel of Luke:

"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; 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 21:25-26, KJV

These events are backed up by hard, provable science, and are NOT just
"crazy Christian" talk, as some hard-hearted skeptics would like
to believe.
The people of the Earth need to wise up, and get right with God, before it
is too late, and His impending Judgments begin to fall. Perhaps they have
already begun to fall.

Rather than simply view these world events from a scientific perspective,
and blindly accept the explanations that are offered to us by government and
science figures, we need to learn to see God's almighty hand behind all of
these events. After all, He created and controls the forces of nature,
whether it is the flow of a river, or the temperature of ocean water, or the
melting of a glacier, or rising global temperatures, or solar flares, sun
spots, prominences and coronal mass ejections, etc. All of these things can
be used, and will be used, as instruments of His Judgments, as the Bible
makes perfectly clear.


The Sun Also Surprises

By LAWRENCE E. JOSEPH - NYT

August 15, 2010


DESPITE warnings that New Orleans was unprepared for a severe hit by a
hurricane, America was blindsided by Hurricane Katrina, a once-in-a-lifetime
storm that made landfall five years ago this month. We are similarly unready
for another potential natural disaster: solar storms, bursts of gas on the
sun's surface that release tremendous energy pulses.

Occasionally, a large solar storm can rain energy down on the earth,
overpowering electrical grids. About once a century, a giant pulse can knock
out worldwide power systems for months or even years. It's been 90 years
since the last super storm, but scientists say we are on the verge of
another period of high solar activity.

This isn't science fiction. Though less frequent than large hurricanes,
significant storms have hit earth several times over the last 150 years,
most notably in 1859 and 1921. Those occurred before the development of the
modern power grid; recovering from a storm that size today would cost up to
$2 trillion a year for several years.

Storms don't have to be big to do damage. In March 1989 two smaller solar
blasts shut down most of the grid in Quebec, leaving millions of customers
without power for nine hours. Another storm, in 2003, caused a blackout in
Sweden and fried 14 high-voltage transformers in South Africa.

The South African experience was particularly telling -- the storm was
relatively weak, but by damaging transformers it put parts of the country
off-line for months. That's because high-voltage transformers, which handle
enormous amounts of electricity, are the most sensitive part of a grid; a
strong electromagnetic pulse can easily fuse their copper wiring, damaging
them beyond repair.

Even worse, transformers are hard to replace. They weigh up to 100 tons, so
they can't be easily moved from the factories in Europe and Asia where most
of them are made; right now, there's already a three-year waiting list for
new ones.

Without aggressive preparation, we run the risk of a disaster magnitudes
greater than Hurricane Katrina. Little or no electricity means little or no
telecommunications, refrigeration, clean water or fuel. Basic law
enforcement and national security could be compromised.

Fortunately, there are several defenses against solar storms. The most
important are grid-level surge suppressors, which are essentially giant
versions of the devices we use at home to protect computers. There are some
5,000 vulnerable transformers in North America; at $50,000 for each
suppressor, we could protect the grid for about $250 million.

Earlier this year the House of Representatives passed a bill that would
allow the White House to require utilities to put grid-protection measures
in place, then recoup the costs from customers. Unfortunately, the companion
bill in the Senate contains no such provision.

It's not a lost cause, though; lawmakers can still insert the
grid-protection language during conference. If they don't, there could be
trouble soon: the next period of heavy solar activity will be in late 2012.
Having gone unprepared for one recent natural disaster, we would make a
grave mistake not to get ready for the next.



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