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I'm just going to repost some comments I made on a Christian website regarding the events we have witnessed this year, with the hope that it may
provide just a bit more insight into your curiosity on the birth pangs from a biblical point of view. I just want to say though, that I have been
watching events for just over 20 years now and nothing over that period of time comes remotely close to the culmination of activity we see currently.
I also read of others who have been looking likewise for much longer than I have, people in their 60s and 70s, who also feel the same. There is
something up and I submit that these are the birth pangs as mentioned in the bible that will lead to a seven + year period of time known as the
tribulation period. Room does not do the issue justice here so I just repost below some thoughts and comments I have for your consideration.
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I been really sensing these birth pangs picking up dramatically since the beginnings of this year. After the quake in Christchurch, I thought if there
is one more event soon, then I am making a call to my mother and posting some relevant scripture on my facebook updates regarding the back-to-back
natural disasters (which even a number of non-believers are seeing and querying) to relay those passages of scripture verses relevant to the signs of
the age from Luke 25. I did just that on both accounts.
Honestly I do not know how so many people can be so blind (so to speak) to what is occurring around the world currently. I don't think it matters
'why' or 'how' or excused as part of technological developments and / or climate change etc.
When prompted by the disciples as to what signs would precede His coming, Jesus said very very clearly:
Luke 21:10 'Then he said to them, “Nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from
heaven.
21:25 “And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth nations will be in distress, anxious over the roaring of the
sea and the surging waves.
21:26 People will be fainting from fear and from the expectation of what is coming on the world......"
I was wondering after the Christchurch quake if we were soon going to see yet another event, or would there be a lull in activity. Less than several
weeks later, look what happens - a massive EQ and Tsunami that devastates yet another city in Japan - Sendai, among others.
If it is like this now, I admit, I don't think I can comprehend what the tribulation period will be like, what will it become then? We see countries
around the world responding with assistance to nations stricken with natural disaster as they are sequentially occurring, but soon these events may
begin occurring more simultaneously and it will become far more difficult and arduous to provide assistance. Cannot imagine the chaos that will
result.
We can recap less than 3 months into 2011:
- Widespread protests, riots and uprisings
- Global economic woes and governments with huge fiscal / financial problems
- Widespread flooding and snow storms and tropical cyclones
- Earthquakes appearing much more frequently and with greater intensity - Christchurch and a couple of cities in Japan just about wiped out AND
movement of the island of Japan by approx 2.5 meters
- Strange happenings in the ecological environments, particularly marine environments (ie dead fish etc)
Just to name a few. I'm not suggesting these are the biggest events to have occurred, I know they are not, but they are escalating at an incredible
and undeniable frequency - it even has some skeptics thinking or otherwise amazed!
I just know that when Jesus said, when you see these things begin to happen to look up for your redemption draws near! These are comforting words and
I am more than ready to go.*
*Note: I am referring to the rapture of the Christians here from the earth. This event we understand will occur immediately before the tribulation
period that will span some 7 + years until the second coming of Jesus.
Sorry for the heavy biblical reference, but to put this all in context, I feel I need to share as much.
Kind regards.
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