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Will the Apophis Asteroid Fulfill the Wormwood Prophecy of Revelation?
Aug 13th, 2020
CommentaryMICHAEL SNYDER/ECONOMIC COLLAPSE BLOG
Categories: Contemporary Issues

We live at a time when giant space rocks are whizzing past our planet with alarming regularity. Sometimes we know in advance that they are coming, and sometimes we don't.   

In fact, on July 28th an asteroid the size of a car zipped past our planet "at a range that rivals the orbits of some high-flying satellites", but we had only spotted it for the very first time on July 26th. 

If we couldn't see that one until it was nearly upon us, could it be possible that there are much larger potential threats hurtling toward our planet that we currently know nothing about?

In 1998, a big Hollywood movie entitled "Deep Impact" imagined what would happen if a very large asteroid hit the Atlantic Ocean.  It is hard to believe that it has been more than 20 years since it first came out, because I can still remember it very vividly. 

In one of the most memorable scenes in the film, a massive tsunami that is hundreds of feet tall slams into the east coast of the United States causing immense death and destruction.

But that is just a movie.  Could something similar actually happen in real life?

On Tuesday, a British news source reminded us that scientists have discovered that such a scenario is actually a very real possibility...

A computer simulation of an asteroid impact tsunami developed by scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz (USCS), showed waves as high as 400 feet sweeping onto the Atlantic Coast of the US.

Steven Ward, a researcher at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at UCSC, and Erik Asphaug, an associate professor of Earth sciences, reported their findings in the Geophysical Journal International.

Of course an asteroid could potentially hit anywhere on the planet, but in their research Ward and Asphaug specifically focused on the Atlantic Ocean, and what their computer simulation came up with was extremely disconcerting...

For the simulation, the researchers chose an impact site consistent with the orientation of the Earth at the time of the predicted encounter - in the Atlantic Ocean about 360 miles from the US coast.

Dr Ward explained that the 60,000-megaton blast of the impact could vaporise the asteroid and blow a cavity in the ocean 11 miles across and all the way down to the seafloor, which is about three miles deep at that point.

Such an impact would send a series of giant waves in all directions, including toward the east coast of the United States.

Today, almost 40 percent of the U.S. population lives in a county that directly borders a shoreline, and the population density right along the east coast is particularly dense.

Florida would probably be the first state to get hit by the waves, and it would be particularly vulnerable because most of the state is just barely above sea level...

South Florida has two big problems. The first is its remarkably flat topography. Half the area that surrounds Miami is less than five feet above sea level. Its highest natural elevation, a limestone ridge that runs from Palm Beach to just south of the city, averages a scant 12 feet. With just three feet of sea-level rise, more than a third of southern Florida will vanish; at six feet, more than half will be gone; if the seas rise 12 feet, South Florida will be little more than an isolated archipelago surrounded by abandoned buildings and crumbling overpasses. And the waters won't just come in from the east - because the region is so flat, rising seas will come in nearly as fast from the west too, through the Everglades.

In other words, there would be absolutely nothing to keep the tsunami waves from racing across the entire state.

Much of the rest of the east coast would be extremely vulnerable as well.  For example, New York City is less than 50 feet above sea level...

Despite having some of the tallest buildings in the world and being well-known for its towers and skyscrapers, New York City has a very low elevation of just 33 feet (10 m) above sea level. New York's elevation is so low due to its location right on the coast of the United States.

Boston, New Haven, Jersey City, Newark, Atlantic City, Philadelphia, Virginia Beach, Wilmington, Myrtle Beach, Charleston, Savannah and countless other east coast cities are all also less than 50 feet above sea level.

So we are talking about the potential for death and destruction on a scale that is unimaginable.

So I would rather be in D.C. than New York or Boston when a giant tsunami hits, but without a doubt the devastation would be immense in our capital city as well.

We should hope that such an event can be put off for as long as possible, but we have been warned that our planet is apparently "in the midst of an epic asteroid surge"...

NASA's been running these simulations for years, and with good reason: Earth, as it happens, is in the midst of an epic asteroid surge compared to the relative peace and quiet the planet experienced many millions of years ago.

When unexpected space rocks do appear on our scopes, sometimes we only get hours' notice of their existence before they streak past. While the chances of a catastrophic impact are exceedingly slim, we're nonetheless unprepared for surprise asteroid strikes, which is why NASA is continually working on plans to help improve our NEO detection and mitigation capabilities.

And as I noted at the beginning of this article, we are still discovering more asteroids all the time.  The one that was discovered on July 26th was not a threat, but it did come alarmingly close to us...

A car-sized asteroid discovered over the weekend made a close flyby of Earth (July 28), passing our planet at a range that rivals the orbits of some high-flying satellites.

The asteroid 2020 OY4, which was first detected on Sunday (July 26), made its closest approach today at 1:31 a.m. EDT (0531 GMT) when it zipped by Earth at a speed of about 27,700 mph (44,600 km/h), according to the European Space Agency. The asteroid is just under 10 feet (3 meters) wide and posed no impact risk to Earth, but did approach the flight paths of geosynchronous satellites.

Despite all of our advanced technology, we remain extremely vulnerable, and scientists assure us that it is just a matter of time before our luck runs out and a gigantic space rock hits our planet.

What does the Bible have to say about all this? 

The Elements in Abraham's Intercession. - - It Was Lonely Prayer
Aug 13th, 2020
Morning MeditationF. B. Meyer
Categories: Meditation;Inspirational;Book Study

He waited till on all that wide plateau, and beneath those arching skies, there was no living man to overhear this marvelous outpouring of a soul overcharged, as are the pools, when, after the rains of spring, they overflow their banks. "He stood before the Lord." It is fatal to all the intensest, strongest devotion to pray always in the presence of another, even the dearest. Every saint must have a closet, of which he can shut the door, and in which he can pray to the Father which is in secret. This "closet" may be the mountains, or the woods, or the sounding shore; but it must be somewhere. Pitiable is the one who cannot -- miserable the one who dare not -- meet God face to face, and talk with Him of His ways, and plead for his fellows.

"For what are men better than sheep or goats, That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend." 

Revelation 10:9-11 Exploring Revelation
Aug 13th, 2020
Exploring RevelationArt Sadlier
Categories: Commentary

Last week we read about John eating the scroll, it was sweet as honey in his mouth. The Salvation that Christ gives is sweet in our lives. Verse 10 says, "as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter", John was actually tasting the vial judgments which were about to fall upon the earth. The final, and awful judgments will bring total devastion to the earth. When these judgments are over all of the unsaved will have been removed from the earth. The rebellious sons of Adam will be plunged into the eternal fires of hell! That grieves the loving heart of God, it grieves the loving heart of John and it grieves our hearts as well. the prospect is bitter to contemplate.

Paul states it clearly in 11 Corinthians 2:15,16 "For we unto God a sweet savour of Christ in them that are saved, and in them that perish; To the one we the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?"

The one who preaches the gospel experiences this great truth, when someone respond to the gospel and receives Christ there is joy and rejoicing. When there is no response there is a feeling grief. We have a word of comfort in Revelation 21:4, God shall wipe away all tears from our eyes.

"And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings." verse 11. A tremendous responsibility is laid upon the Apostle John as he is commanded to prophesy to many peoples. To understand the message of God concerning what lies ahead entails the responsibility to proclaim it far and wide. You and I share in this responsibility, we are to proclaim the message of life and death to all around us,

God said through Ezekiel, "Son of man, I have made thee a watchman..." "When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand." Ezekiel 3:18.

Believers, prophecy is not to tickle your interst and imagination, it is to challenge us to rise to an awesome responsibilty, When you recieve the message of this book you are forever held responsible to sound it far and wide.

Unbeliever, what will you do with the message of life? Right now you must answer, to delay is to reject life and choose death. Choose life and come to Christ in repentance and faith and do it now.

"He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." John 3:18

Let the Headlines Speak
Aug 13th, 2020
Daily NewslFrom the Internet
Categories: Today's Headlines

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Joe Biden’s newly announced running mate was rated the most left-wing senator in 2019 by the non-partisan GovTrak, putting her to the left of Sen. Bernie Sanders, a self-declared democratic socialist.
Harris’s full name is Kamala Devi Harris. She named her “Kamala Devi” for religious reasons, as both are the names of Hindu gods. Rabbi Fish also noted that in Hebrew, ‘Harris’ (הריס) means ‘destruction’. “The addition of the letter ‘yud’ indicates that the destruction will come from God,” Rabbi Fish pointed out. He then noted that the ‘Biden’ (בידן) can be slightly rearranged to spell B’Din (בדין), meaning ‘in judgment’. “Many hidden sages are saying now that one way or the other, Trump is the end,” Rabbi Fish said. “Either he wins and we have a little more time to repent or he loses and that is it. It is not by chance that the elections come right after the holidays.

Kamala Harris rated most left-wing senator – even more than Bernie!
Joe Biden’s newly announced running mate was rated the most left-wing senator in 2019 by the non-partisan GovTrak, putting her to the left of Sen. Bernie Sanders, a self-declared democratic socialist.

Trump: America needs more Jews who Love Israel
At a fundraiser on Sunday, President Trump told a crowd of Jewish supporters that “we need more Jews in the U.S. that love Israel,” reports Belaaz. “Unfortunately there are Jews that don’t like Israel,” Trump told the over 200 Jewish backers at the mini-rally. “You just lost a great supporter of Israel, Elliot Engel,” he added, referring to the Jewish NY congressman who lost his primary to his leftist opponent Jamaal Bowman. Trump’s sentiments were reminiscent of statements he made last year, when he said that Jews who vote Democrat are “very disloyal to Israel.”

Abbas warns Israel: “The day you Extend your Hand, we’ll Cut it off”
Abbas’ party threatens Israel that Palestinians will “obliterate” “whoever approaches my land” should Israel apply Israeli law to the Jordan Valley and the Jewish towns in the West Bank. In the words of the song: If Israel “extends its hand” to take Palestinian land, that hand will be “cut off.”

Top Bomb Expert on Beirut Blast: It was Explosives Storage Facility, not Nitrate
“I don’t think there was that amount of ammonium nitrate [2,750 tons] in the port of Beirut, or that there was a fireworks depot. Judging from the videos, it seems more like an explosion of an armament warehouse,” Coppe said. Coppe also pointed out that when ammonium nitrate explodes, the color is yellow which was not the case in the Beirut blast saying: “And then the ammonium nitrate, when it detonates, generates an unmistakable yellow cloud,” Coppe explains. In the Beirut blast, we clearly witnessed a brick orange/dark red cloud.”

Peak Idiocy: Wisconsin Government Agency Mandates Facemask Use For Virtual Zoom Meetings
The latest example comes to us from the Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources, who told its employees that effective August 1, they would have to wear a mask – even for teleconferences. Preston Cole of the DNR said in an e-mail to employees: “Also, wear your mask, even if you are home, to participate in a virtual meeting that involves being seen — such as on Zoom or another video-conferencing platform.

Trump vs. Biden: “The ‘Good’ Esau fighting Satan in End of Days”
The 2020 presidential race between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden is more than just politics. It’s a spiritual battle with End-of-Days implications explains acclaimed author and lecturer Rabbi Mendel Kessin in a recent lecture. The rabbi then explains that President Trump is the “stage 2” Eisav and is not only the “good within Eisav” but also “part of a messianic process.” He then relates that the fact that the numerical value of Donald Trump is ‘Messiah son of David’ which proves that he plays an integral role in the Messianic process.

ICE, DOJ announce indictments of poultry plant executives related to 2019 Mississippi immigration raid
Federal officials on Thursday announced the indictments of four poultry plant executives in Mississippi in relation to a major 2019 worksite enforcement raid that resulted in the detention of hundreds of illegal immigrants. The four managers, supervisors and human resource personnel face charges including harboring illegal aliens, assisting in representing false citizenship and obtaining false social security cards, lying to law enforcement and identity theft.

Protesters block 2 ICE buses in Bend, prompting DHS head to issue warning
Federal agents in Bend, Ore., clashed with hundreds of protesters late Wednesday night after an hourslong standoff sparked by the arrest of two men by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, who said they were a “threat to the public.”

Israel successfully carries out Arrow-2 interception test
A test of the advanced Arrow-2 Weapons System, which is designed to intercept long-range missiles, was successfully carried out…along with the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA)… The system successfully intercepted a Sparrow target missile simulating a long-range surface-to-surface missile, which could…be fired at Israel by Iran, such as the Shahab 3 medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM)…

Aliyah minister plans to bring remaining Falash Mura community to Israel
Aliyah and Integration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata announced…that she has formulated a plan to bring the approximately 8,000 remaining members of the Falash Mura community in Ethiopia to Israel, according to Army Radio. The plan…was given to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Alternative Prime Minister Benny Gantz last week for their review, and will soon be brought to the cabinet for its approval.

Israel halts fuel transfer to Gaza over continued balloon-borne attacks
As incendiary and explosive balloons continued to be launched from the Gaza Strip, Israel’s Defense Ministry has halted the transfer of fuel into the coastal enclave. The Office of the Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) said that the resections were ’In light of the continued launching of incendiary balloons from the Strip toward the territory of the State of Israel…

AIR SCARE US Air Force helicopter SHOT AT over Virginia, injuring crewman and forcing emergency landing
AN AIR Force helicopter flying over Virginia was shot in a harrowing incident that left a crewman injured and required the chopper to make an emergency landing. The FBI is investigating the attack on Monday involving a UH-1N Huey, which was assigned to the 1st Helicopter Squadron at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.

Taiwan to raise defence spending as China details combat drills
Taiwan unveiled a T$42.1 billion ($1.4 billion) increase for next year’s planned defence spending on Thursday, as China announced details of its latest combat drills near the democratic island. China has stepped up its military activity near Taiwan, which it regards as a breakaway province.

Over 20 fires break out in southern Israel due to incendiary balloons
Over 20 fires broke out on Wednesday in Israeli communities bordering the Gaza Strip, due to incendiary balloons sent into Israel from the Hamas-controlled enclave for the seventh day in a row. The resumption of the practice by the militants…appears to be in retaliation to Qatar’s refusal to continue its financial aid program to Gaza and as a tool to put pressure on Israel to push for more funding for the Strip.

France to boost military presence in eastern Mediterranean
France will boost its military presence in the eastern Mediterranean amid an escalating standoff between Greece and Turkey over oil and gas exploration in disputed waters. France will send two Rafale fighter jets and the naval frigate ‘Lafayette’ to the region as part of plans to increase its military presence, the armed forces ministry said on Thursday.

Russian military vows to respond to any missile threat with a nuclear strike
The Russian military has warned that any incoming missile will be treated as a nuclear attack and will meet with immediate nuclear retaliation. In its chilling threat, seen as being directed at Donald Trump, was published in Krasnaya Zvezda – the official newspaper of the Russian Ministry of Defence.

Italy orders coronavirus tests for arrivals from four countries
Italy ruled on Wednesday that people travelling from Croatia, Greece, Malta and Spain must be tested for the coronavirus on arrival, as new infections increase in the four countries which are popular holiday destinations for Italians.

Longest monsoon in 33 years batters Korean Peninsula, leaving scores dead and 7 000 homeless
Flooding and landslides due to prolonged monsoon continue to wreak havoc across the Korean Peninsula, prompting almost 7 000 people to evacuate and leaving at least 42 dead or missing in the South as of August 9, 2020. The rainy season has been lashing the country for 50 days as of August 12, making this season the longest monsoon since 1987. Meanwhile, the extent of damage is not precisely identified in the North, but local media reported that wide swaths of crops have been lost and almost 1 000 houses have been damaged or destroyed.

Cosmic rays increase remarkably as solar activity shows persistent decline, resembles Dalton minimum of 1790 – 1830
Recent solar conditions indicate a persistent decline in solar activity‐‐‐possibly similar to the past solar grand minima, scientists reporting in AGU’s Space Weather write. During such periods of low solar activity, the fluxes of galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) increase remarkably, presenting a hazard for long‐term crewed space missions and affecting Earth’s climate system. The current situation resembles the Dalton minimum of 1790 ‐ 1830 or the Gleissberg minimum of 1890 ‐ 1920.

Beirut Explosion – The Nazarene Fund
Lebanon, a small country on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean, is going through one of the worst crises in its history. A massive explosion in the capital Beirut’s harbor has devastated the Christian district of the city, killing more than 200 people, injuring more than 6,000 and displacing more than 300,000.

Not Even 24 Hours Later And Already CNN Is Talking About How Cognitively Challenged Joe Biden Will ‘Step Aside’ To Make Kamala Harris President
Whilst surveying the panoply of laughable and wildly unelectable candidates for the Democratic nominee for president, someone deep within the DNC got an idea, an ‘evil genius’ type of idea. Why not nominate Joe Biden, someone so bad that he had to be kept hidden in his basement for fear of what his next comment might be, give him a black woman as his VP, then as soon as he is elected, have him step aside so she becomes America’s first black woman president. Why would Joe Biden agree to any of that? To make the Ukraine and China scandals go away.

VIDEO: Doctor Recommends Children Wear Yellow Badges If They Haven’t Been Vaccinated
During an appearance on Monday’s edition of the “Tucker Carlson Tonight” television program on FOX News, a doctor and Fox news contributor suggested that children should wear yellow badges bearing the phrase “No Hugs Please” if they have not received a COVID-19 vaccine.

Chad Wolf: 12 Riots in 10 Days Since Feds Left Portland
Acting Department of Homeland Security Chad Wolf tweeted Monday that in the ten days since federal law enforcement officials had been withdrawn from their posts in Portland, Oregon, local police had declared twelve official riots.

Now government tells workers to wear masks even when home alone
It is the Washington Examiner that has revealed the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources told workers to wear those face masks during even virtual meetings.

ELECTION CHAOS: Half a million incorrect absentee ballot applications sent across Virginia, including to dead people
This is the objective — dry run for the big show in November. Chaos, roadblocks in order to stop President Trump’s obvious re-election.

CA Using $100M of $550M Federal Virus Funds to Put Homeless in Hotels
The California Department of Housing and Community Development is using $100 million of the $550 million it got from the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund to put homeless people in hotel rooms or other facilities in San Francisco as a way to allegedly curb the spread of the disease.

Conditional and Unconditional
Aug 13th, 2020
CommentaryFrancis Rue Steele
Categories: Inspirational

The whole matter is summarized thus by the Lord: “These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). The first statement is conditional “ye might have.” The second is unconditional “ye shall have.” If we fail to understand the principles under which God is operating in this present world, we may well feel distraught and upset by our experiences. However, if we understand we may enjoy the tranquility of soul which resting in the promises and providence of God affords. Our enjoyment of His peace is conditioned by our accepting His will. But in either case we shall experience tribulation; this is inescapable. This is the unavoidable situation confronting Christians because, in the very nature of things, there must be conflict between light and darkness, good and evil, the Christian and the world just as there is between God and Satan. There is no possibility of “peaceful co-existence” between righteousness and unrighteousness.

It is more difficult for those of us who live in North America to appreciate this fact than for those Christians who live among hostile Muslim people in North Africa. The atmosphere of religious respectability and material abundance here at home blinds us to the real world outside. We are easily deceived into equating our social and material comfort with the privileges and benefits we believe are rightfully ours by virtue of our being Christian. If so, however, we are ignorant of two facts. (1) For the first few centuries of its life the whole Christian church was despised and persecuted by the world and (2) the majority of our Christian Brothers and Sisters living outside our artificial environment are still living under extreme hardship and severe persecution even today.