Global Warming Expedition Trapped in Ice

Have you guys seen this big ship full of scientists that went looking for evidence of global warming...and their ship got stuck in the ice?

Nature can be particularly cruel.

Just ask the global warming expedition trapped in ice off Antarctica. 

Chris Turney is a professor of climate change at the University of New South Wales.  He rounded up a few dozen pals, chartered a Russian ship, and set off on a taxpayer funded junket to Antarctica.

On Christmas day the expedition radioed for help after the ship became trapped in this year's tremendous Antarctic ice, which may set a record.

A Chinese ice breaker steamed in to the rescue, but found the ice too thick to reach the trapped warmists who are now hoping an Australian ice breaker might be able to get through.

You can't make this stuff up.

 

Here;  http://www.cfact.org/2013/12/28/antarctic-ice-blocks-ice-breaker-sent-to-rescue-climate-researchers-trapped-in-ice/

 

Nope!...you can't make this stuff up.

"The Event" is Coming

Since no man knows the day or the hour, (neither does Satan) that Jesus will burst back into history and snatch His bride....he has been readying all sorts of explanations to offer to those people who are left behind following the rapture of the church.

One of those explanations comes from the New Agers/Ascended Masters/aliens group and now they have gone to making lots of YouTube videos to explain it all.

In the video I will post below listen to how 'she' explains that there is a BIG EVENT coming to earth but she has no idea the day or the hour, but it will be something from the sky...some type of solar/star light that will bathe the earth and change everything.  Notice how she says this has NEVER happened before but you need to make preparations for it NOW.

She says the banks will close when it happens and may stay closed for a few weeks...so have cash on hand at home plus a few weeks worth of food...since it will take a while to recover from the initial shock.

But don't worry, she says, there is a NEW government and a NEW financial system coming!  The wealth will be redistributed, debts forgiven, mortgages forgiven and this will all be part of THE EVENT. (sounds almost like the year of Jubilee spoken of in the OT)

Also she tells us that NEW SPIRITUALITY will be coming for everyone on earth and no doubt we will be introduced to our extra-terrestrial brothers and sisters and will enjoy the new technology that they bring.

She strongly urges us to start meeting in groups on SUNDAY to meditate and focus on bringing together the harmony for humanity that this BIG EVENT will usher in.  (Funny how Satan wants worship on Sunday)

Watch it here;  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r55qQKvyfY&app=desktop

Clearly, when the rapture happens, earth will be very shook up.  If the power grid stays up people will be flocking to their computers and TV's to try and figure out what has happened.  Very few will probably realize The Truth, at least initially, but many will fall for all of this 'ascended masters' crap that this video lays out....and it will be the final eternal mistake that they make.

Any folks on earth who heard a clear Gospel message but rejected it WILL FALL for all this crap...because God will send them a great delusion so that they will believe it.

2 Thessalonians 2
⁵ Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? ⁶ And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. ⁷ For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. ⁸ And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. ⁹ The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, ¹⁰ and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. ¹¹ For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie ¹² and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.

Lots of folks like to ponder on who the Antichrist will be, but this passage makes it very clear that HE WILL NOT BE REVEALED until THE ONE WHO HOLDS it back has been TAKEN AWAY.

Friends, besides God the Father, who holds back evil by being SALT and LIGHT to a fallen earth?  Yep!...the Holy Spirit.  And WHERE is that Holy Spirit living right now during the Age of Grace?  Yep!...he indwells in EVERY believer who has accepted Christ as savior.  And HOW will THE ONE be taken so that all these events of The Tribulation can take place?  Yep!...the rapture of the church.

Remember how Jesus told his followers that He must go so that the Counselor can come?  The Counselor is the Holy Spirit...that guides us to The Truth.  So the Counselor will be withdrawn again in preparation of Jesus' physical return to planet earth at the end of the 7 years of Tribulation.

Acts 1
⁷ He (Jesus) said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. ⁸ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
⁹ After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
¹⁰ They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white (angels) stood beside them. ¹¹ “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”
Amen!!  Jesus was taken up into the sky and He will come back for us IN THE SKY and WE WILL MEET HIM THERE!

"Not Normal" Fish Attack Injures 60 People

The animals on planet earth continue to act strange. 

Today we have a headline out of Argentina describing how piranhas attacked.

Piranhas on a Christmas Day feeding frenzy have injured at least 60 people who were cooling off at a popular beach in Argentina.

 

The attack happened off the beaches of the Parana River near Rosario, 300 kilometres north of Buenos Aires, where many people were seeking relief from a holiday heatwave.

Medical official Gustavo Centurion says the attack began at mid-morning on Christmas Day and was "very aggressive".

"There were some people that the fish literally had torn bits of flesh from," he said.

Federico Cornier, the director of emergency services in Rosario, says the incident is "not normal".

"It's normal for there to be an isolated bite or injury, but the magnitude in this case was great ... this is an exceptional event," he said.

Here;  http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-27/scores-hurt-in-argentina-piranha-attack/5175900

Hmmm....that is strange.  Whales beaching, massive fish kills, bears attacking, otters attacking, coyotes packing up like wolves, birds falling from the sky and now a swarm of piranhas attacking 60 people in an "exceptional event".

I think we will file this one in the "earth is groaning" department.

Could Las Vegas Be Next Bankrupt City?

We have all been watching Detroit and wondering how that whole mess is going to play out.  The last I heard is that the folks on the city's pension plan may get only $.20 on the dollar.  Yep that is tragically sad for those folks who depended on those pensions....however, this is what happens when liberal unions and politicians choose to IGNORE MATH for decades.

Of course our Federal Government is also ignoring math and playing with Social Security, Medicare and all sorts of other entitlement programs...so we wonder if we will continue to see cities fall first and if so, could that be sort of a harbinger of what is coming for the whole nation?

Now we have news that two of America's "sin cities", Las Vegas and Atlantic City...may be heading the way of Detroit.

MYFOXNY.COM - With the closure of the recent Atlantic Club Casino Hotel, rumors of the bankrupt Revel being sold to Hard Rock, more than half of the mortgages in Las Vegas under water, casinos opening up all around the country and online gambling legislation underway in various states, it seems as if the reasons for the very existence of Atlantic City and Las Vegas are in serious jeopardy.
Beginning in the late 1940s, Las Vegas became known as the 'adult playground of the world.' Celebrities knew they made the big time when their names graced the billboards of ‘Sin City.’ Gamblers hoping to make money would flock there all year and families looking for a nice getaway would enjoy relaxing by the extravagant swimming pools under the hot desert sun, seeing the various shows and concerts, and whenever possible, sneaking away to the blackjack tables while their kids slept.

It was paradise.

On the other hand, Atlantic City, once a major vacation spot during the roaring 20s and 1930s, as seen on HBOs Boardwalk Empire, collapsed when cheap air fare became the norm and people had no reason to head to the many beach town resorts on the East Coast. Within a few decades, the city, known for being an ‘oasis of sin’ during the prohibition era, fell into serious decline and dilapidation.

New Jersey officials felt the only way to bring Atlantic City back from the brink of disaster would be to legalize gambling. Atlantic City’s first casino, Resorts, first opened its doors in 1978. People stood shoulder to shoulder, packed into the hotel as gambling officially made its way to the East Coast. Folks in the East Coast didn't have to make a special trip all the way to Vegas in order to enjoy some craps, slots, roulette and more.

As time wore on, Atlantic City and Las Vegas became the premier gambling spots in the country.

While detractors felt that the area still remained poor and dilapidated, officials were quick to point out that the casinos didn't bring the mass gentrification to Atlantic City as much as they hoped but the billions of dollars in revenue and thousands of jobs for the surrounding communities was well worth it.

Atlantic City developed a reputation as more of a short-stay ‘day-cation’ type of place, yet managed to stand firm against the 'adult playground' and 'entertainment capital of the world' Las Vegas.

The situation in Vegas isn't much better. The Great Recession of the late 2000s hit Las Vegas hard. As the recession wore on, and as gambling received approval in various jurisdictions throughout the United States, folks realized they didn't need to travel thousands of miles just to gamble.

Casino revenues and the price of real estate plummeted. Unemployment went as high as 14 percent, however unofficially, local officials said it may have been as high as 30 percent.

More than half of all home owners with a mortgage in the entire state of Nevada owe more than their homes are worth.

One local bought his condo in 2006 for $209,000, and as of 2012 it was worth barely $60,000.

However, in mid 2013 housing prices started to bounce back in what many are calling a new bubble. 

But according to Bloomberg.com this so-called bubble is simply from banks completing their foreclosures and holding onto inventory.  The increased value of properties has been attracting various investors and speculators, which is helping fuel this latest rise in real estate prices.
Experts say once banks start releasing the foreclosed homes into the market to start selling them, the prices may begin to get depressed again.

In Las Vegas alone, more than half of properties with mortgages are still underwater, or worth less than the loans against them, according to Zillow Inc., a real estate data firm. 
Trendy hotels like SLS Las Vegas are set to open in 2014, in an effort to reinvent the city as purely an entertainment paradise

One local said “The reality is, people just won’t fly to the middle of a desert to play some slots, watch shows and sit down for some blackjack when they can drive right near their town or city, or play legally online.”

Here;  http://www.myfoxny.com/story/24280415/the-next-detroit-atlantic-city-and-las-vegas-facing-catastrophic-collapse

Interesting.  We all have so many places to gamble away our money and time that we really don't need those "sin cities" anymore.  We have all the gambling we can handle at our local casinos and all the x-rated material we can handle sitting on all of our computers!!  Who needs Vegas?!?!

Of course we have no idea if these cities will make a big comeback or not, but it makes one wonder how many cities COULD go bankrupt before it starts to affect the entire nation.

Blood Moons Part II

I just did a post a few hours ago on the blood moons.  When I was done posting it I checked my email and received a note from a reader who lives a few hours drive from me.  In the note he had a link to a video and the video is talking about the blood moons and also the many "coincidences" that surround all the talk of peace happening in Israel, the Jewish Feasts and the blood moons. (hmmm...is that a coincidence too?)

I very much think this video is worth your 14 minutes as I think the author does a very good job pasting together the significance of all the happenings going on and he does so in a very logical way.

In the video he makes an interesting case for the 70th Week of Daniel starting sometime soon (2014)....maybe in conjunction with the appearance of the blood moons.

Watch it here;  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3yPBl4X308

As we just said in the previous posting, NO MAN KNOWS the DAY OR HOUR of our Lord's return.  The Bible says he will come like a thief in the night...BUT...for those who are watching and expecting Him to come soon, they will not be surprised by the thief.

Also, if you haven't connected the dots yet, remember that the rapture of the church happens BEFORE the 70th Week of Daniel starts....so what if this video is onto something?  What if God has given us clear signs so we WON'T BE SURPRISED...and what if The Church, the Bride of Christ, only has a few more days, weeks or months before the Trumpet blows and we are all called into the air to meet Christ?  Are we ready for that day??  Are we excited for the Master to return??  Are we ready for him to check our work??

Even if these blood moon signs come and go, please remember TIME IS SHORT for all of us.  It is only a MIST and then we are gone.  Let's urge each other on and strive for the finish line!  The line is in sight and the Master's directions are clear....it will go WELL for those who are found working when the Master returns.  So work with the gifts The Lord has given you and be about the Master's work in the time we have left....however much time that might be.

Come Lord Jesus!!

Hat tip to Ron G.

Blood Moons and Signs in the Sky

The Bible is clear that the great and terrible Day of The Lord will be accompanied by signs in the sky.

Pastor John Hagee has a new book out that discusses the Blood Moons that will be coming in 2014-2015.  There are some interesting 'coincidences' that seem to surround Israel/Jews whenever these blood moons show themselves.

I am certainly no expert on this, but my curiosity is peaked...so I will continue to watch for news on what all this chatter is about.

Today I stumbled upon this site that may serve to at least awaken some to the discussion.

The Prophecy of the Blood Moon Tetrads
When major astronomical and heavenly events take place it has been natural to turn to the Bible for validation since Jesus Christ himself said, referring to the days before His second coming:

“And there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven”.....“And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars . . .” Luke 21: 11, 25.

 

However there are specific references that focus on the moon looking "blood red" in the lead up to the great and terrible Day of the Lord and it is for this reason that the prophecy of the Blood Moon Tetrads is causing a ripple across the bible community.

“The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD” Joel 2:31

“I look when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood” Revelation.6:12

 

Blood Moons are when the moon appears red due to lunar eclipses. They occur when the earth is positioned between the sun and the moon (see top part of image below). The Earth's shadow blocks the sun’s light, which would normally reflect off the moon. The delicate layer of dusty air surrounding our planet reddens and redirects the light of the sun, filling the dark behind the Earth with a sunset-red glow. This is in contrast to a solar eclipse where the moon is positioned between the earth and the sun causing darkness (see bottom part of image below).

 

Blood Moon lunar eclipses have happened continuously throughout history, but a Blood Moon Tetrad is when 4 consecutive total lunar eclipses occur on a Jewish Holy Feast day. There have only been 7 Blood Moon Tetrads between Jesus Christ's first coming and 2013, and every time they happened it has been proven that there was some significant event which impacted upon the Jewish people within a year of the first or last eclipse of the tetrad.

 

The only time during this Millennium (2000 AD - 3000 AD) that a Blood Moon Tetrad will take place is the year 2014-2015. A growing group of researchers believe something significant is going to happen in 2014 and 2015 which will involve Israel and the world. This has set off a chain reaction of debate and discussion about this event.

 

Here;  http://www.signsofthebloodmoon.com/?hop=prophecy7

 

Let me be clear that NO MAN KNOWS THE DAY OR HOUR, but the Bible is full of patterns and examples.  Could this be one of them??

 

It is interesting to ponder....

 

No doubt it is getting harder and harder to dismiss ALL OF THE events that seem to be happening all at the same time.  With that being said, I will not be surprised if God does something really big.  We have had plenty of signs that tell us to 'wake up' and 'sober up'.

 

"But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief."  1 Thessalonians 5:4

America's Polygamous Future

Once a society moves the definition of marriage away from ONE MAN and ONE WOMAN....Pandora's box will be opened.

Here is more evidence as to the direction we are moving...and this comes from a super mainstream source called the Wall Street Journal...so this will continue to surface in conversations to come.

When the Supreme Court paved the way for universal recognition of same-sex marriage last June, opponents predicted that polygamy would be next. They didn't realize how quickly this would happen.

 

Less than six months after the high court issued a pair of decisions expanding access to gay marriage and its benefits, a federal judge in Utah has ruled unconstitutional key parts of a Utah bigamy law that makes polygamous cohabitation a crime. The law had been challenged by 44-year-old Kody Brown and his four wives, who, together with their 17 children, star in the reality-TV show "Sister Wives." The Browns, who used to live in Lehi, Utah (they have since moved to Las Vegas), belong to one of several breakaway Mormon sects that practice plural marriage. (The mainstream Church of the Latter-day Saints formally abandoned polygamy in 1890, shortly before Utah became a state). An estimated 40,000 residents of Utah live in polygamous households.

 

To be sure, the court ruling, by U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups, does not legalize polygamous marriage or even invalidate Utah's bigamy law in its entirety. All 50 states have antibigamy laws on their books. But Utah's law, apparently uniquely, forbids plural marriages entered into via multiple marriage licenses and also applies to a married person who "cohabits with another person."

 

The typical practice for breakaway Mormon men, including Kody Brown, is to enter into only one legally recognized marriage but to take on additional "sister wives" in "spiritual" unions sanctified by religious ceremonies. Such unions are technically adulterous, but since the state of Utah does not prosecute adultery, Judge Waddoups said there was no "rational basis" for Utah's criminal law to distinguish between plain old adulterous cohabitation and informal polygamy entered into for religious reasons.

 

His ruling thus affects only so-called "fundamentalist" Mormons. However, the decision becomes precedent elsewhere, then it may apply to an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 Muslims in the U.S. who are in similar polygamous arrangements that they believe are permitted by the Quran.

 

Still, since what can't be criminally prosecuted is de facto permissible, the plural-marriage toboggan is now positioned firmly downward on the slippery slope. Judge Waddoups's decision has already been hailed by polyamorists, libertarians and feminists. In an April article for Slate, Jill Keenan argued that legal polygamy "is the constitutional, feminist, and sex-positive choice" that would allow women to select among "diverse family arrangements" for the one that suits them best.

 

Here;  http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304858104579263973928369760

 

You gotta love the first sentence in the article...."They didn't realize how quickly it would come."

 

Yep!  It will come like a flood.

 

Soon the courts will be filled with questions of legality as Tom, Sue, Betsy and Beth all seek to form a LEGAL FAMILY and request all the rights associated with marriage...including the right to adopt children.

 

 

2013 Will Go Down as One of the Coldest

In the 1970's, science was warning us that the previous two decades were cold and snowy...so we needed to prepare for a coming ice age.

When that didn't happen, they noticed the earth got warmer in the 80's and 1990's....so they said that burning fossil fuel was sending too much CO2 into the atmosphere and to expect the earth to go crazy.  Oceans would rise, all the ice would melt, billions of folks would have to re-located.

Now as the world suffers from extreme cold, the scientists tell us this is the result of CLIMATE CHANGE caused by man.

So, you see, whatever the weather does...scientists can blame mankind. 

Where is this heading?  To some type of GLOBAL CLIMATE Commission which will be a forerunner to further GLOBAL GOVERNMENT.  You simply can't have USA and Canada spending $billions to lower our emissions while China and India dump twice as much carbon into the air....or so will say the Global Commission.

2013 Will Finish One Of The Ten Coldest Years In US History, With The Largest Drop In Temperature

         

      Before NASA and NOAA start tampering with the data, 2013 is one of the ten coldest years  in the US since 1895, and has had the largest year over year decline on record.

NOAA of course won’t talk about this, and will massively tamper with the data before releasing it.

The graph below is the monthly average of all daily high and low temperatures at all NOAA USHCN stations.

Here;  http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2013/12/20/2013-one-of-the-ten-coldest-years-in-us-history-with-the-largest-drop-in-temperature/

Friends, God is in control of this world.  The oceans, earth and sun are held in the palm of His hand.  Man's desperate attempt to control all things is just a further manifestation of our desire to reject God.

Sudan Starts to Come Apart

Let's make sure to keep our eyes on Sudan.  Many prophecy watchers believe this area is part of Cush, as mentioned in the Bible.

CUSH

1. An ancient region of northeast Africa where the biblical descendants of Cush settled. It is often identified with Ethiopia.

 

2. An ancient kingdom of Nubia in northern Sudan. It flourished from the 11th century b.c. to the 4th century a.d., when its capital fell to the Ethiopians.

U.S. aircraft hit by gunfire in South Sudan as conflict worsens

(Reuters) - Three U.S. aircraft came under fire from unidentified forces on Saturday while trying to evacuate Americans from a spiraling conflict in South Sudan. The U.S. military said four of its members were wounded in the attacks.

Nearly a week of fighting in South Sudan threatens to drag the world's newest country into a Dinka-Nuer ethnic civil war just two years after it won independence from Sudan with strong support from successive U.S. administrations.

The U.S. aircraft came under fire while approaching the evacuation site, the military's Africa Command said in a statement. "The aircraft diverted to an airfield outside the country and aborted the mission," it added.

Hundreds of people have been killed in the fighting between Dinka loyalists of President Salva Kiir and Nuer supporters of former Vice-President Riek Machar, who was sacked in July and is accused by the government of trying to seize power.

Fighting has spread from the capital, Juba, to vital oilfields and the government said a senior army commander had defected to Machar in the oil-producing Unity State.

Here;  http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/21/us-southsudan-unrest-aircraft-idUSBRE9BK07G20131221

Ezekiel 38
‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshek and Tubal. ⁴ I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army—your horses, your horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them brandishing their swords. ⁵ Persia, Cush and Put will be with them, all with shields and helmets, ⁶ also Gomer with all its troops, and Beth Togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you.

Gog of Magog is most likely the leader of Russia and maybe some old Soviet satellites...like the Ukraine that just rejoined them??

Persia is Iran. (see any news coming out of there in regards to destroying Israel?) 

Cush is Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan (parts of it).

Put is Libya and Tunisia....both of which have recently fallen to Muslim extreme elements.

No doubt the world is in turmoil.  The chess pieces are being moved, shuffled and shaken.  God's Word WILL BE fulfilled.

And quick message to some of my readers who believe that ALL PROPHECY has already been fulfilled...I find your explanations for that understanding to be weak.  Ezekiel 38 has NEVER happened.  Neither has Isaiah 17 or much of Revelation. 

So, as for me and my house, we will continue to watch what God is doing in the world, continue to spread the Good News that Jesus is the only hope, and listen for the trumpet call announcing that Jesus is here to claim His bride....a bride he bought and paid for over 2000 years ago.