In this present blog, I describe additional celestial events which are to occur during 2013-2015 which likely signal significant economic events coming soon to the world stage.
A first recently discovered comet is making its way toward the inner solar system. This comet, known as comet ISON, may by Thanksgiving holiday (late November) of 2013 be so bright as to be visible in the sky during both day and night. If it shines as predicted, it will be one of the brightest objects in the night sky -- at times brighter than the full moon. Potentially, it could be the brightest comet since the Great Comet of 1680.
UPDATE II: After rounding the sun in its orbit on November 28, 2013, the corona from the comet appears to have greatly diminished. Thus, it will probably not be the show of the century that was first predicted.
In the secular world, comets have historically been perceived as harbingers of doom. The larger the comet, the larger the doom. In God's word, the word "hosts" in verse 12 of Isaiah 45:11-12 has been interpreted to include comets, and is one of God's ways of announcing Himself to man. Comet ISON is supposed to be quite large and spectacular. Is God announcing a coming judgment?
A second recently discovered comet (C/2013 A1 Siding Spring) is heading toward a possible collision with the planet Mars on or about October 19, 2014. Whether or not a collision will occur cannot be determined until late summer 2013. If there is a collision, it will likely leave a crater several hundred miles wide on the surface of Mars. Telescopes from earth, and the space telescope orbiting earth, will no doubt be able to see a visible explosion from the impact. Earth is safe whether the comet hits Mars or not, but wonders in the heavens would be on display.
UPDATE I: Scientists have determined that comet Siding Spring will most likely not hit Mars on or about October 19, 2014 and will most likely miss Mars, but only by about 84,000 miles. This is merely 1/3 the average distance between the earth and the moon. Close, but not a hit. Does this signify that it is not yet time for God's judgment (not a direct hit by the comet), but time for His judgment is very close (comet to pass relatively close to Mars)? Time will tell.
The planet Mars is called Ma'adim in Hebrew, which means "turning red" and is associated with judgment. A comet is also typically associated with judgment. So, for the comet to strike Mars, it may be interpreted as God's coming judgment of "turning red" things on earth. In the words of Rev. 14: 19-20: "So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the horses’ bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs." This indeed is the coming judgment of God against those gathered against Jerusalem at the Battle of Armageddon. Perhaps the Almighty is signaling this event, and associated judgment, is not far off.
Prior to this last-day judgement, however, the Book of Revelation discusses other coming events, initiated by God, which will cause blood (a "turning red") to manifest in nature (e.g., the sea turned to blood in the 2nd Trumpet judgment of Rev. 8: 8; the sea and waters turned to blood in 2nd and 3rd Bowl/Vial judgments of Rev. 16: 3-7)
Additionally, during the years 2014-15 there will be four blood moons and two solar eclipses, depicted above. All of these events will occur on Biblical (Israel) holy days. My prior blog discusses the four blood moons. The dates and corresponding holy days for the two solar eclipses are as follows:
- Total solar eclipse - March 20, 2015 - Adar 29 - Abib/Nissan 1 (1st month of the Biblical New Year, begins on 1st of Abib/Nissan)
- Partial solar eclipse - September 13, 2015 - Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah, on Tishri 1 which begins 7th Biblical month of Tishri), the Day of Atonement/Coverings (Yom HaKippurrim, on Tishri 10), and Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot, on Tishri 15-22)
In the Book of Genesis, Moses wrote that God gave us the sun, the moon and the stars for "signs" and "seasons", as well as for light. The Hebrew word (אוֹת - oht) translated as "sign" can also mean "signal." The Hebrew word (מוֹעָדִים - moed) translated as "season" or "feast" literally means "appointed time." (See, Gen 1: 14) So, as depicted in the image above, God seems to be sending us a blinking beacon of "signals" that an "appointed time" is upon us. A unique time in history.
Update VI: The US stock market fell sharply during the last week of August 2015 and then recovered only to decline again in late September of 2015. However, no great crash occurred in 2015. But, 2016 is acknowledged by many to be a year of Jubilee, according to God's calendar, which could make 2016 (and not 2015) God's shemitah year of debt cleansing. If this is true, then the US stock market, and world stock markets, should decline severely in the shemitah Jubilee year of 2016 with a final wipe out coming in late September and early October 2016, which would be the shemitah and the end of the Jubilee year. Time will tell.
I believe that by all these celestial signals, including the coming tetrad of blood moons, God is giving us a "two minute warning" regarding the beginning of Daniel's 70th week, which cannot be far off. The revealing of the anti-Christ is just over the horizon, with Jesus' return and the rapture of the church occurring only 3 1/2 years afterwards. Yes, the church will go through tribulation to be refined and purified. (See my earlier blog which discusses, based solely on scripture, that there will be no pre-tribulation rapture of the church.)
Luke 21:25 states:
And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring ...
In Joel 2: 30-31, it is written:
And I will show wonders in the heavens ... The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD.
In Joel 2: 30-31, it is written:
And I will show wonders in the heavens ... The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD.
UPDATE III: In my blog from August 2013 regarding that it is time for repentance by the house of God, I discuss how God is now judging America, and will judge EVERY NATION that turns from God (implying that such a nation, as was ancient Israel, was once a God-fearing nation). (Jer 18:7-11) God does not change.
UPDATE V: In my more recent blog from October 2014, I was once again led by the Holy Spirit of God to plead with those with ears to hear that God is INDEED beginning to judge America and that time is getting short. But, judgement will begin first in the church, the house of God, as it says in 1 Peter 4:17. The biggest problems in the church today are sin and deception. Those who say they have no sin are liars and only deceive themselves (1 John 1:8). John is speaking to Christians -- not to heathens. Repentance is necessary for forgiveness and cleansing by Jesus, who does so freely to those who ask. (1 John 1:9)
Deception is being brought by God Himself upon casual Christians -- to those who do not know the truth (2 Thes 2:11-12; i.e., never read their Bible) and therefore have no love for the truth or a strong desire to seek the truth for themselves. They are being taught on "Christian" TV, and in their churches by weak pastors, that once saved a Christian has no need to repent or seek forgiveness from God for any sin. Ask yourself -- why did John plead so fervently with fellow CHRISTIANS to repent when he wrote his letter to them (see 1John 1:8) if it were unnecessary for them to repent and seek forgiveness? Why does Peter write, to CHRISTIANS, that we are to be holy as God is holy and to pursue holiness in our daily life? (1 Peter 1:14-24) God does not waste words.
The "time of trouble" spoken of throughout the Old Testament is indeed just around the corner. It is time to repent and to prepare your heart to seek the Lord to escape things to come and to be hidden in the time of trouble. (Psalm 27: 5; Zeph 2: 3; Rev 3:10)
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