Category: end time

Posted in end time, mexico shootout, prophecy

Huge shootout at TX-MX border: dozens killed, Univ. closed

Posted on by elizabethprata

The border war goes on unabated, encroaching for hundred miles inland. Entire Universities are closed. Beheadings, intimidation, smuggling, dead zones, explosions, and kidnappings. No, I am not talking about Gaza, Lebanon, or Tehran. I am talking about the United States of America.

The Brownsville Herald reports today:
“Gunfire broke out in Matamoros Friday, leaving at least 47 people dead and causing the closure of all three bridges between Brownsville and Mexico. The fighting reportedly involved members of the Gulf Cartel, the Zetas and Mexican federal police and military University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College closed the Fort Brown campus and moved the soccer games scheduled for Friday night to the Brownsville Sports Park.”

What madness! The President is supposed to “solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” The purpose of the Constitution is “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

We are NOT being protected. We are NOT being defended. One area in southern Arizona known known as the Vekol Valley is a  smuggling route extending from Mexico northward across Interstate 8 to Phoenix. It has gotten so dangerous that the Bureau of Land Management has posted signs along the US Interstate 8 highway warning American travelers of the danger from alien and drug smugglers. Effectively, the US has abandoned American territory to marauding killers and violent cartels from another country, ceding it by default to Mexico.

We are told in 2 Timothy 3:1-5 that the times will be brutal, and so they are. Praise Him that our home is not Mexico, or America, but heaven.

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Posted in end time, merapi, prophecy

Merapi Volcano: Scientists give up, say, ‘we don’t know what the hell’s going on’

Posted on by elizabethprata

I reported earlier on the volcanoes in Indonesia (and Russia) and that the fast heightening of the activity levels has scientists scratching their heads:
–A busy week for volcanoes: and Krakatau is waking up
–(UPDATED)21 MORE volcanoes in Indonesia rumble, Major plate restructuring ahead?

Mount Merapi, on the island of Java, is one of the world’s most active volcanoes. Photograph: Achmad Ibrahim/AP

But today they simply threw up their hands in amazement at the activity that has surpassed their human knowledge base: “But even those who have dedicated a lifetime to studying it have been baffled by its erratic behavior since its first Oct. 26 eruption, which has been followed by more than a dozen other powerful blasts and thousands of volcanic tremors. They’d earlier hoped that would result in a long, slow release of energy. “But we have no idea what to expect now,” said Surono, a state expert on volcanos, adding that he has never seen the needle on Merapi’s seismograph working with such intensity. … Indonesia’s Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Agency called Thursday’s eruption the worst since 1872, the Jakarta Globe reported. “It looks like we may be entering an even worse stage,” said Surono, a state volcanologist, who’d earlier said a week of continual eruptions appeared to be easing pressure behind the magma dome lodged in the Mount Merapi’s crater. “We have no idea what’s happening now.” (source: Forbes)

Not real comforting, is it? At least, to the unsaved. The non-believer sees the world cracking up, exploding, and changing before their very eyes and usually rely on the scientists to tell them how long this will go on and why this is happening. It must be disconcerting to have them throw their hands in the air and say they have no clue..

But this will continue…and continue…and continue. The volcanoes will not cease rumbling and erupting. The earthquakes will not stop heaving. The seas will not let up roiling.

And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand…” (Rev 11:13a)

“There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.” (Luke 21:25)

“I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red,” (Rev 6:12)

“The earth is broken up, the earth is split asunder, the earth is thoroughly shaken. The earth reels like a drunkard, it sways like a hut(Isaiah 24:19-20a)

You can escape all these things by asking the LORD to forgive your sins. Even if you think you have not committed any sins, you have. A sin can be a wrong thought: lustful thought, greedy thought, gossipy thought. Slander and Gossip are sins, as are coveting and lying. If you can honestly say that you have not committed any of those, you are lying to yourself, The Holy Spirit recorded these words through John: “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.” (1 John 1:8)

So ask Him to forgive your sins and turn from your sinful ways. We are passing the tipping point where science cannot explain the things happening in the world. Science cannot explain them because God is the architect of the foundation of the world, and He is shaking that foundation HIMSELF.

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Posted in end time, false gods, Maridjan, prophecy, volcano

Indonesian volcano’s spiritual caretaker dies in eruption

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Spiritual caretaker of Mt Merapi volcano dies in eruption
“He was the keeper of Mount Merapi – an 83-year-old man entrusted to watch over the volcano’s spirits, dispatching his assistant to go to the gaping crater and bring back ash as a symbolic offering. For 33 years, the diminutive man with an impish smile led ceremonies meant to hold back Merapi’s lava flows and quiet the spirits he and other villagers believe live over the mountain that rises from the heart of the Indonesian island of Java. As Merapi began spewing 1,800-degree gases and thousands of panicked people streamed down the mountain’s slopes, Maridjan refused to budge from his home deep in the evacuation zone, just four miles from the crater.m The mystical practice persists in Indonesia, even though most of the country’s 237 million people – like Maridjan himself – are Muslims. Islam is a relatively new arrival to the country and coexists with older traditions that have their roots in animist, Hindu or Buddhist beliefs…”

He lived in an active crater and died in an eruption? Imagine that.

All sarcasm aside, in compassion I’m sure that many people of the mountain villages are heartbroken at the loss of who they thought was their spiritual advisor, son of the previous spiritual gatekeeper of the mountain. But more important, I imagine the man’s shock upon his death, discovering upon that instant that ALL he lived for and ALL he did for his ‘spirits’ was in vain. His soul was sent to hell for having failed to recognize the One True God and his own need for Jesus to forgive his sins before ascending to heaven.

Also tragic is that though the article states that many in that area have foregone the ancient mystical worship practices, the current ones of Islam and Hinduism are just as vain. There is only one God and only one way to heaven. Jesus said so. “Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6)

“But but but,” you might say, “what about the poor souls who have never heard about Jesus? People like the 83 year old Maridjan who lived in a remote mountain area and maybe didn’t even have TV or ever come into contact with missionaries? Or learn how to read the bible? The bible provides the answer too that as well: “since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. ” (Romans 1:19b-20)

I read an article about this issue with the title “The volcano always wins.” God is in charge of volcanoes, the world, the people, and all that occurs on it. God always wins. He is the one and only God, the One True God. He said “You shall have no other gods before me” (Exodus 20:3). “I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me.” (Isaiah 44:6). Either you believe what God says on the matter, that there is no such volcano god, or you don’t believe anything in the bible because in that case, God cannot be trusted.
Worship of false Gods was not just in bible times. Today, there is a cadre of people in Indonesia who worship a volcano god and mourn the loss of the false god’s ‘spiritual caretaker. “How long, O men, will you turn my glory into shame? How long will you love delusions and seek false gods? Selah” (Psalm 4:2)

Posted in end time, indonesia, prophecy, volcanoes

(UPDATED)21 MORE volcanoes in Indonesia rumble, Major plate restructuring ahead?

Posted on by elizabethprata
Fleeing in panic: A schoolgirl flees after Mount Merapi’s eruption at 10:05 a.m. in Cangkringan, Sleman, Yogyakarta, on Monday. A continuous spew of ash and lava from the eruption prompted people living at the foot of the volcano to panic and flee to safer places. Antara/Wahyu Putro

Friday Mr Merapi volcano in Indonesia erupted, an eruption which followed a 7.7 earthquake there. Indonesia sits on the Ring of Fire, a notoriously unstable area in which the earth’s plates (crust) shift, causing the ground to rumble in a way we know as earthquakes.

Then on Saturday, eight volcanoes’ alert status was raised. The eight volcanoes are:
Mount Sinabung, in Karo, North Sumatera;
Mount Talang, Solok, West Sumatera;
Mount Anak Krakatau, Lampung (Child of Krakatau Volcano);
Mount Papandayan, Garut, West Java;
Mount Slamet, Tegal, Central Java;
Mount Dieng, Wonosobo, Central Java;
Mount Semeru, Lumajang, East Java;
Mount Bromo, Probolinggo.

Today an additional 21 Indonesian volcanoes’ alert levels were raised, along with all the geologists’ eyebrows.

Indonesia volcano shoots new blast; 21 more rumble
“Deafening explosions of hot gas rattled evacuees miles (kilometers) from an Indonesian volcano Monday, the latest eruption in a deadly week. The country reported increased rumblings at 21 other active volcanoes, raising questions about what’s causing the uptick along some of the world’s most volatile fault lines.
The government has raised alert levels of 21 other volcanos to the second- and third- highest levels in the last two months because they have shown an increase in activity, said Syamsul Rizal, a state volcanologist, said Monday. Many of those are already rumbling and belching out heavy black ash. Indonesia has several volcanos smoldering at any given time, but another government volcanologist, Gede Swantika, said that normally only five to 10 would be at the third-highest alert level — which indicates an increase in seismic activity and visible changes in the crater. It is rare for any to be at second-highest — which signifies an eruption is possible within two weeks. He said monitors noticed more volcanos were exhibiting seismic activity starting Sept. 2. Geophysicist Pall Einarsson of the University of Iceland said that such an increase could be an indication that some of the volcanos — if any are very close — could be affecting one another. He said this idea is a new one for volcanologists, but they are increasingly seeing evidence of interplay between neighboring mountains. Geologist Brent McInnes said as he hadn’t seen the raw data but would find such a rash of volcanic activity significant.”

So here is a summary of the above: they don’t know what’s happening. Even the most normal theory of  ‘they are triggering each other’ is new to them…

There is talk on the internet of a seismic event that took place this morning that was felt or picked up by seismograph machines from coast to coast. I can’t nail this one down but I do find it unusual to say the least. Except, all this crustal activity is not unusual. God told us this would be happening, through Jesus, and through Isaiah. Jesus’ LONGEST answer to the disciples on any topic or any question was the Olivet Discourse. It is so named because they were atop Mount of Olives when this lengthy discussion occurred. He sat down with them and answered their query as to the signs of the end of the age in Mt 24. In verse 7-8 Jesus said: “For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.”

Isaiah 24: 19-20 says-

“The earth is broken asunder,
         The earth is split through,
         The earth is shaken violently.
The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard
         And it totters like a shack,
         For its transgression is heavy upon it,
         And it will fall, never to rise again.”

When the number of volcanoes exhibiting activity is five times the normal level, when the scientists scratch their heads and say they simply do not know, when they say though that the activity indicates a plate shift, when they exclaim in their typical understated fashion with words like  “significant,” and we look at the bible and KNOW that the end of the end times will be exhibiting these things, we have to believe that these are unusual times, end times. And the scientists who wonder if a major plate restructuring is ahead? We can definitely say: YES.

UPDATE: Overnight the following was posted: “An Icelandic volcano has shown signs it could be about to burst into life, just months after an eruption from another volcano caused Europe’s biggest air shutdown since World War II, experts said Monday”

Posted in bible codes, end time, prophecy

There are no codes in the bible

Posted on by elizabethprata

I hear people all the time say that there are bible codes. That there is some secret, esoteric knowledge hidden within the 66 books of the bible that only people perspicacious enough can unlock and benefit from. This is bunk. God is not the author of confusion and He laid everything out plainly within those pages, so that His knowledge, plan, and wisdom for us would be clear.

They cite, for example, Bullinger, who derived a whole system of meanings from numbers in scripture. Some numbers do have meaning, but not to the extent Bullinger worked up. And anyway, Bullinger believed that the soul died between life and resurrection. He was also an ultradispensationalist, believing that (among other things) the church did not begin at Pentecost but at Paul’s conversion. With these deep errors, can you believe the rest of what this man says?

In another code, “The Bible Code”, it is purported in a paper by Yoav Rosenberg that there was strong statistical evidence that biographical information about famous rabbis was encoded in the text of the Bible, centuries before those rabbis lived. Yeah. Right. Wikipedia says of the method of extracting the meaning from the coded language is “the Equidistant Letter Sequence (ELS). To obtain an ELS from a text, choose a starting point (in principle, any letter) and a skip number, also freely and possibly negative. Then, beginning at the starting point, select letters from the text at equal spacing as given by the skip number. For example, the bold letters in this sentence form an ELS. With a skip of -4, and ignoring the spaces and punctuation, the word safest is spelled out.”

Of course, the primary fault with Bullinger’s numerical code and Rosenberg’s word codes is that the Holy Spirit is taken out of the equation. Believing in codes means man in his own mental acuity can unlock the secrets of the bible, the Spirit is not needed…which is exactly the opposite of what God said would be so.

The question is, “Are there hidden codes in the bible?” The answer is NO. John Macarthur addressed this question quite well. His short answer is below.

One of the foundational qualities of the Bible is its clarity (sometimes called perspicuity). That means Scripture’s main teachings are plain enough to be understood without the need of special expertise or church-sanctioned interpretations.

The Bible frequently speaks about its own clarity. Psalm 119:130 says, “The unfolding of Thy words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.” The average person who humbly reads the Bible can say, “I have more insight than all my teachers, for Thy testimonies are my meditation” (Psalm 119:99). Psalm 19:7 teaches, “The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.”

The idea of hidden codes in the Bible contradicts all of that by limiting accessibility to the real message of the Bible to so-called experts who can decipher the cryptic messages God “hid” in the Scriptures. But such “experts” aren’t needed because the Bible contains no hidden codes.

One hidden-code theory works like a common word-search puzzle–hidden messages are supposedly embedded diagonally within the Hebrew text. But that’s as foolish as turning your daily newspaper into a word-search puzzle and expecting to find meaningful stories hidden in it. Newspapers aren’t written to convey messages in secret code, and neither was the Bible. Both should be read using ordinary rules of language.

Of course there are concepts in the Bible that are hard to understand–even the apostle Peter admitted that (2 Peter 3:15). But the way to discover the meaning of those hard passages is not by seeking out hidden messages, but by engaging in diligent study that accurately handles the word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15).

Take heart! The Bible is clear and even the most untrained reader can understand it. God wants you to understand the Bible, and He has provided the Holy Spirit as a guide. After all, “man does not live by bread alone, but…by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD” (Deuteronomy 8:3).

The LORD is not the author of confusion (1 Cor 14:33) but reveals Himself to one and all. If you have the Holy Spirit in you, you have an equal chance to understand what He wrote in it as anyone else. As MacArthur said, prayer, study, and diligence will “unlock” His Word. Not codes. If you believe codes exist in the bible then you accept that the Spirit is out of the equation and people like Bullinger have extra advanced knowledge that you must rely on HIM to unlock for you. No, let it not be so!

Posted in end time, germany, prophecy

Giant crater opens in Germany, swallows car

Posted on by elizabethprata

I’ve been writing for months (here, here, here,) about how the geological changes on the earth’s crust in the form of sinkholes, cracks, earthquakes and the like are symptoms of what Isaiah has said WILL happen in the Tribulation. Isaiah prophesies that at the last days the earth will crack up. Prior to that, the geo-landforms on top of the earth and underneath it will undergo catastrophic changes. Islands will sink. Mountains will collapse. It has been my opinion that these events as birth pangs are increasing in advance of the tribulation, making themselves more and more known, as birth pangs do. The earth as we see it will be modified.

“The earth reels like a drunkard, it sways like a hut in the wind; so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion that it falls–never to rise again.” (Is 24:20)

We know this is future prophecy because the earth has never reeled like a drunkard, never to rise again.

Well, another massive sinkhole has opened up, this time in Germany:
Giant crater opens up and swallows car in eastern Germany
“A super-sized pothole 20 meters (66 feet) deep suddenly formed early Monday morning in the town of Schmalkalden in the state of Thuringia in eastern Germany.  One car precariously stood at the edge of the hole while another had already been lost to bottom of the pit. Yet the homes surrounding the crater remained standing and no one was injured. Several homes in the neighborhood were evacuated and officials warned that more earth could collapse around the hole.
Officials perturbed
Lutz Katschmann of the state of Thuringia’s environment and geology office said the plan would be to fill in the crater as soon as possible. He said it wasn’t clear why the ground had collapsed…”

Here is The Guardian’s gallery of very good photos of the sinkhole.

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Posted in end time, end time. prophecy, israel, palestinian state, treaty

Is a Palestinian State in the near future?

Posted on by elizabethprata

Over the last year, I’ve written twice about a troubling turn in philosophy in terms of Middle East Peace. Up until last November, the notion of peace in the Middle East hinged on Israel and the “Palestinians” coming to a jointly agreed upon treaty. It was assumed that the treaty, or agreement, would contain mutually acceptable and previously negotiated criteria for a permanent cease-fire and cessation in hostilities. That’s how peace treaties are usually negotiated.

However, I wrote in November that the then-EU top diplomat Javier Solana essentially has said a few months prior, let’s cut through the red tape, quit the talk, and walk the walk. How about creating a Palestinian State! “The United Nations Security Council should “proclaim the adoption of the two-state solution.” Obama took the idea to heart at that time. Though not much was reported for five months, I considered it a ground-breaking, ominous and terrible development. But five months after the news that Solana was initiating an idea to force a Palestinian State, in April 2010 the following news report surfaced: The Asia Times reported  “Obama imposing a Palestinian state”.

The idea that the Palestinians can get a state by enforced imposition is not a new one: that is how Israel was formed. Now the idea is, why not cut through the red tape, and just DO this thing? Hey, we did ti before with Israel! Since last November the brilliance of this seemingly simple idea has grown in the back rooms until now when it is quietly being touted as THE solution. Even by the ‘Christian” Science Monitor:

Obama can let Palestinians seek state recognition at the UN
“President Obama may soon have an unusual chance to serve the cause of Middle East peace by remaining silent. He could quietly acquiesce to a move being considered by Palestinian leaders to ask the United Nations to recognize a state of Palestine…. Mr. Obama has good reason to give a quiet wink to such a Palestinian request. He is deeply frustrated that Israel renewed its settlement construction last month. That move forced Palestinians to quit bilateral peace talks. It also caused them to contemplate the prospect that the US is no longer a reliable mediator or able to press Israel to make concessions.”

Apparently, the notion of just creating a Palestinian State and be done with it is serious enough that 115 US Representatives are urging Obama not to go down that road.

Reps urge Obama to oppose Palestinian state declaration
The chairman of a major Republican congressional caucus is urging US President Barack Obama to oppose any UN effort to recognize a unilaterally declared Palestinian state. Rep. Tom Price of Georgia wrote Obama on behalf of the 115-member Republican Study Committee on Thursday, asking the president to push back against reports suggesting that Palestinians are considering appealing to the UN rather than negotiating with Israel.”

Leaving the nation of Israel to fend for itself among the wolves of the UN and the wolves of the world is a losing proposition and Netanyahu is no dummy. Here is another recent shift in conception, this time in what constitutes a treaty:

The notion that an agreement in principle can be reached but the nuts and bolts can be ironed out at a later date. The Jerusalem Post reported an hour ago, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is making efforts to convince the Obama administration to accept a plan by which a Palestinian State would be established within temporary borders for a period of ten years, leaving difficult issues such as refugees and Jerusalem to be decided in future negotiations, London-based Arabic language daily Al-Hayat reported on Saturday.”

God takes His Land very seriously. He gave it to the Nation, and He intends for it to remain so. He was so specific, He even outlined the borders:

“On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates— the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites …,”

At some point, the Land is divided

“I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.” (Joel 3:2)

There, the LORD promises, He will judge.

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"Inner life of the Cell" – God is a powerful Creator!

Posted on by elizabethprata

Harvard’s “Inner Life of the Cell” is a success story in unexpected viral interest. Originally developed for classroom education, it went viral on the internet after a showing in 2006 at the Siggraph Electronic Theater. The clip below is the shortened version (3 min, from 8 min) and contains the beautiful musical soundtrack. Watching this with the Creator in mind as the One who planned us down to the cell and beyond, brings tears to my eyes. Evolutionists believe the cell activity evident in the animation was developed by accident over time. Yet how can such a bustle of activity in each cell be happenstance? It cannot.

This version is the full 8 minutes with music AND narration:

If you want a slower version, this link has different speed versions to choose from, and they have scientific narration. Go here.

This link gives a longer an explanation of the series, its genesis and intent, along with information about the animation. Go here. The synopsis is below:

“Inner Life of the Cell” (http://www.xvivo.com/the-inner-life-of-the-cell/) was originally intended for undergraduate life sciences students at Harvard. However, the animation went viral after being shown in the Siggraph Electronic Theater in 2006. The mix of publicity, criticism and acclaim proved that there was an unmet demand for compelling scientific visuals that educate as well as inspire. “It’s quite clear that we understand the world primarily through sight,”says Dr. Robert Lue Ph.D., Director of Life Sciences Education at Harvard and a professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology. “Somehow we don’t use that in teaching science as we really should.” (Source) (http://revminds.seedmagazine.com/revminds/member/robert_lue/) Both Harvard and XVIVO received letters from students, teachers, and scientists all over the world, asking when the next chapter would be available. Well, the wait is over.”

While watching the video, I feel moved beyond description, and it is because I am seeing my insignificance compared to His wonderful Glory

“When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?” (Psalms 8:3-4)

That though this is an animation I trust that it accurately depicts the life of the smallest parts of our body, and  I know: “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” (Ephesians 2:10)

I praise Him! “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.” (Revelation 4:11)

The bible is replete with statements attesting to His power, creativity, and glory in creating all there is, “I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.” (Isaiah 45:12)

Please take encouragement from this video, which illustrates His power and in so doing, remember, though we are insignificant compared to Him, He created us to have a relationship with Him. I pray yours deepens today, and if you do not know Him, begin a relationship today by asking Him to forgive your wrongs and to take you unto Himself as saved sinner, and His friend.
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Posted in end time, krakatau, merapi, prophecy, volcano

A busy week for volcanoes: and Krakatau is waking up

Posted on by elizabethprata

First Katla was having a quake swarm, then Merapi erupted, now Krakatau is showing signs of increased activity. From John Seach at VolcanoLive:

“Saturday 30th October 2010
Krakatau Volcano, Indonesia
Activity has increased at Krakatau volcano, Indonesia. Over the past 4 days there has been an increase in explosions at the volcano. Yesterday there were 136 eruptions at the volcano, compared to a recent average of 10 per day. Krakatau volcano has been raised to level 2 alert. Krakatau became famous after the paroxysmal eruption on August 27, 1883. The volcano erupted more than 18 cubic km of ash to a height of 80 km, and produced a tsunami as high as 30 m along the west coast of Banten and south coast of Lampung.  The tsunami hit 295 villages and killed over 36,000 people.”

At Wikipedia, “The island exploded in 1883, killing approximately 40,000 people, although some estimates put the death toll much higher. The explosion is still considered to be the loudest sound ever heard in modern history, with reports of it being heard nearly 3,000 miles from its point of origin. The shock wave from the explosion was recorded on barographs around the globe.” With a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of 6,[3] the eruption was equivalent to 200 megatons of TNT (840 PJ) — about 13,000 times the nuclear yield of the Little Boy bomb (13 to 16 kt) that devastated Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II and four times the yield of the Tsar Bomba (50 Mt), the largest nuclear device ever detonated. More about Krakatau here.

Indonesian fishermen fear the volcano. The following excerpt is Google-translated from Indonesian-

Krakatau erupts, fishermen not go to sea
“The eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau left hundreds of fishermen in the District Cinangka, Serang, Banten, do not dare go to sea for fear of being exposed to material vulaknik of the mountain. “I had three today do not dare go down to the sea, fearing that the material will be exposed to rock fall from Mount Anak Krakatau,” said the fisherman village of Pasauruan, Cinangka, Sarbini, Friday (29/10).”

Meanwhile, Mt. Merapi erupted again last night in the wee hours. Again, this excerpt below is Google-translated from Indonesian:

“…eruption of Mount Merapi, which re-occurred on Saturday (30/10) at around 00:16 pm is greater than ever. Eruptions are accompanied by loud rumbling sound, lava, and ash rain came down to the settlement residents in Jalan Kaliurang Kilometer 19, Yogyakarta. These conditions make people panic.”His voice boomed, like lightning,” said Parti…”

The following from Indonesia Today was posted on Friday, a day before Krakatau’s alert level was also raised, but it explains what a level 2 means:

“The Centre of Vulcanology and Mitigation of Geology Disaster, a sub-department of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, on Friday announced that the status of eight volcanoes has been raised to level II or “caution level”, indicating increasing activity of these volcanoes. The eight volcanoes are: (1) Mount Sinabung, in Karo, North Sumatera; (2) Mount Talang, Solok, West Sumatera; (3) Mount Anak Krakatau, Lampung (Child of Krakatau Volcano); (4) Mount Papandayan, Garut, West Java; (5) Mount Slamet, Tegal, Central Java; (6) Mount Dieng, Wonosobo, Central Java; (7) Mount Semeru, Lumajang, East Java; and Mount Bromo, Probolinggo, East Java, detik.com reported on Friday.”

“Level I is “Normal” status, means that there is no magma pressured from beneath the mount. Action recommended is routine observation, survey and study. When a volcano status is raised to Level II status or “Caution”, there is increasing activity above normal level and that there has been seismic activity. Under this situation, actions need to be undertaken include public campaign over the impact on the society if the volcano erupts…”
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The third level or Level III is an “Alert” (yellow) status. Under this period, a volcano shows indications to erupt, seismic activity intensifies and that seismic data shows that seismic activity of the mount will continue to eruption level that could cause disaster. The fourth level or Level IV is a “”Danger” or “Red” status. During this period, the volcano shows indication that will soon erupt.”

This week has been a busy one for volcanoes:

Kliuchevskoi and Shiveluch erupt in a busy week for volcanoes
“So, maybe I spoke too soon when I mentioned in passing how quiet the fall has been in the world of volcanic eruptions. In less than a week since I said this, we’ve had one of the more dramatic and tragic eruptions in the last decade in Indonesia (more on Merapi’s eruption later today) and, lost in the Merapi news, were two eruptions on Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia. … The first eruption occurred on Sunday, when Kliuchevskoi produced an ash plume that reached over ~30,000 feet…Meanwhile, yesterday Shiveluch produced its own explosive eruption as well. This eruption produced a 32,000 foot ash plume…”

I updated my global volcanism chart. Source data is from Smithsonian’s Global Volcanism Program.

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Denver alien enthusiast gets formation of ET commission on ballot: Initiative 300

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Denver ordinance addresses the pressing need for Extraterrestrial Awareness. Voters asked to fund an ET commission.

“Shall the voters for the City and County of Denver adopt an Initiated Ordinance to require the creation of an extraterrestrial affairs commission to help ensure the health, safety, and cultural awareness of Denver residents and visitors in relation to potential encounters or interactions with extraterrestrial intelligent beings or their vehicles, and fund such commission from grants, gifts and donations?”

I’ve reported on the UFO phenomenon, saying with recent certain news headlines, “No longer is the topic of UFOs relegated to the fringe, nutjob, and the fruitcake. It is a subject that is taken seriously, discussed formally, and even remarked upon by luminaries such as Stephen Hawking, who recently and matter-of-factly said that it’s likely alien life exists but we should not attempt to make contact.”

But the above really takes the cake. Oops, I should not say that because likely there will be some action taken tomorrow that takes a bigger cake. The Denver Westword blog reported the reasoning behind the initiative- “Over the past week or so, UFO sightings have been reported over Denver, New York City, El Paso and Richmond. Whether any of them are either connected or legitimate Jeff Peckman can’t say — but the man behind Initiative 300, which would establish an extraterrestrial affairs commission, feels that interest is building in regard to the subject of alien life in general, and he hopes it translates to support at the polls. “This could definitely change our perspective on human history, on government, on possibilities for clean energy technology, on cures for cancer of extraterrestrial origin,” he says.”

According to the Denver Government, for this election cycle, the petitioner must collect 4000 signatures and is urged to collect well above that as a cushion. In addition, there are requirements about the timing of the signature collection- not too premature, and not too close to the upcoming election. The benchmarks are high to get an initiative on the ballot and in Denver I’d imagine it is even harder, being a metropolitan area. So Mr Peckman had to work diligently to get his signatures and find 5000 like-minded people to agree with him.

And then we have in the news, ANOTHER formation of an ET Commission, this time in NYC. UFO’s and ET’s are certainly popular.

“There does seem to be an acceleration, an increase in sightings,” he adds — one reason why he was excited to hear about a plan by Michael Luckman, director of the New York Center for Extraterrestrial Research, to launch what an ET ballot measure in the Big Apple.” “Luckman plans to hold a news conference soon in New York City to announce his intentions of starting an ET Ballot Initiative in the Big Apple. He will also be announcing the formation of The Committee for One Thousand Humans to Welcome Extraterrestrials to Earth.” more here

An ET initiative in the Denver AND one coming in New York City? … [shaking head]. I’ll agree that there has been an acceleration in sightings.

In 2 Corinthinans 4:4 Paul wrote, “in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” Satan is the god of the age. Not only does he roam up and down upon the earth as his own, (Job 1:7) but he is also the god of the air: “in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.” (Eph 2:2). Satan has been given power on the earth, and in the immediate front yard, the air above and around it. He also deceives and has been given power to deceive even the elect if it’s possible. (Rev 12:9; John 8:44; Mark 13:22). He will be performing false signs and wonders (2 Thess 2:9) that the whole world will be astonished by and believe.

Why does it surprise us that the demons could hover in the night sky and appear as they actually are, hyperdimensional apparitions from off-planet? If the Lord would open our eyes like He did for Elisha’s servant, in despair at the seemingly small odds of winning the battle, “Then Elisha prayed and said, “O LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the servant’s eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.” (2 Kings 6:17), what would WE see? This? Here is a still from a video of a recent UFO sighting in the night sky of western PA as seen through spiritually closed eyes:

If our eyes were opened is this something close to what we would see? Probably.

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