QUESTION: Wat If ... God Sent A Plague Of Flys And The United States Didn't Notice

www.BibleStudyTools.com ^ | Feb 24, 2012 | Yosemitest

[Yosemitest]

Here in eastern central Mississippi, the common house fly is the talk of the community.
Fly paper is getting hard to buy, and plastic zip-lock bags full of water tacked to trees close to the doors of the houses, are seen everywhere.
Maybe it's the wet season and the temperatures above freezing that have allowed the woods to bloom with house flies, because they're everywhere.

Or maybe it's the scarceness of birds and bats, that consume the flies.
Honey bees aren't as prevalent in the woods as they use to be, and black hornets are just as rare.
Something is happening.

Could it be that there is more to it than just nature?
Take a look at this:



" ... Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh,

This is the finger of God:
and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them;
as the LORD had said.

And the LORD said unto Moses,
Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh;
lo, he cometh forth to the water;
and say unto him,
Thus saith the LORD,
Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Else, if thou wilt not let my people go,
behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses:
and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies,
and also the ground whereon they are.
And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell,
that no swarms of flies shall be there;
to the end thou mayest know
that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
And I will put a division between my people and thy people:
to morrow shall this sign be.

And the LORD did so;
and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt:
the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.

And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said,
Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.

And Moses said ,
It is not meet so to do;
for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God:
lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes,
and will they not stone us?
We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God,
as he shall command us.

And Pharaoh said,
I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness;
only ye shall not go very far away:
intreat for me.

And Moses said,
Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD
that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow:
but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.

And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.

And the LORD did according to the word of Moses;
and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people;
there remained not one.
And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also,
neither would he let the people go. "

[Yosemitest]

We have several friends that don't want to use fly spray around young children and pet birds, and young puppies.
They're using about 10 fly paper strips, changed out twice a day, and each strip has hundreds of flies on it, before they're changed.
I've never seen anything like this before.

As far as reading predicting books, I wouldn't exactly call this predicting, as much as a comparison to what has already happened.
If you don't want to read the book. at least look at the article linked under the book.

The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery That Holds the Secret of America's Future is built around Isaiah 9:10
and will probably focus around that (I haven't finished reading the book) on through Isaiah 10 and into Isaiah 11 where Jesus returns.

[CrazyIvan]

Sounds like a pretty wimpy excuse for a plague to me. Call me when the Mississippi turns to blood.

[CommerceComet]

I live in Eastern Kansas and we always have a fly problem in the summer. The fact that we live a few hundred yards from a stable and about a mile from a cattle exchange probably has a lot to do with it.

The worst fly problem I ever saw was two summers ago while camping in the Idaho panhandle. The only place you could get any relief was by staying by the campfire (apparently, flies don't like smoke). My sons and I went out shooting but finally quit because it was hard to concentrate on aiming when there was this constant swarm of flies around your face. Once I violently shook my arm to dislodge all the flies and then held my arm out for about 30 seconds - my sons counted at least 70 flies on my arm - and I swear, I showered that morning. It was unbelievable.

[yarddog]

They weren’t quite that bad in Western Kansas and I am sure the feedlots were the main problem.

I grew up on a farm in NW Florida and no matter what we did, there was always corn borers on the tips of the corn. Usually you pulled the ears before they got too much. In Western Kansas the corn was always perfect, not even a sign of corn borers. They probably just didn’t live out there.

[Yosemitest]

"it’s not like the end times can be delayed or averted, now can they?
So what exactly are believers supposed to do differently once armed with this secret arcane information???"

How about OBEY GOD ?
If I read scripture correctly, most people won't even know it's happening until AFTER it has already happened.

" Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood:
and shall ye possess the land?
Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife:
and shall ye possess the land?
Say thou thus unto them,
Thus saith the Lord GOD;
As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword,
and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured,
and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease;
and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.
Then shall they know that I am the LORD,
when I have laid the land most desolate
because of all their abominations which they have committed.
Also, thou son of man,
the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses,
and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying,
Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.
And they come unto thee as the people cometh,
and they sit before thee as my people,
and they hear thy words,
but they will NOT DO them:
for with their mouth they shew much love,
but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
And, lo, thou art unto them
as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument:
for they hear thy words,
but THEY DO THEM NOT.
And when THIS cometh to pass, (lo, it WILL come ,)
THEN shall they KNOW
that a prophet HATH BEEN AMONG THEM "
THEN shall they KNOW

[steve86]

Interesting, that’s rare up here. I’ve never encountered it just across the stateline in Washington (or visiting northern Idaho, for that matter). Generally bothered only by a few indoor flies.

[Valpal1]

How is that different from BEFORE?

That’s my point. This book changes nothing for Christians, that’s why I don’t bother. It’s a lot of fear mongering and hand wringing and wailing over what?

The 2nd coming? Hello, today would be a good day, I won’t have to cook or do dishes and laundry tomorrow.

I’m out of patience with the human race, apparently God isn’t or He’d have been here yesterday. Looks like I will have to wait.

[Yosemitest]

That reminds me:

And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God:
and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying,
Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees,
till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

So we wait.

[Valpal1]

Looks like I’m not the skeptic.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Harbinger-Fiction-David-James/dp/1928660800/ref=pd_sim_b_3

[Ezekiel]

I'm waiting to see if that Obama *ice* sculpture will attract flies.

[Yosemitest]

It looks like David James has his skeptics, too

[CommerceComet]

Interesting, that’s rare up here. I’ve never encountered it just across the stateline in Washington (or visiting northern Idaho, for that matter). Generally bothered only by a few indoor flies.

I agree. I lived in Idaho for about 45 years before moving and spent most of my summers camping and I never saw anything close to that experience.

Even when hunting in the early season when it's still warm, I never had that many blowflies show up to fresh offal piles. Initially, I thought maybe we set up camp by some attractant but it was pretty much the same everywhere we went on part of the Coeur d'Alene River.

[Colofornian]

Well, let's see. IF Mississippi leads the nation in church attendance (which they do);
...and if they're fairly low on the # of abortions per capita (which they are)...
...and IF this is actually some sort of mini-judgment...
...THEN at least one New Testament passage kicks in as "current":
For it is time for judgment to begin with God’s household; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God? (1 Peter 4:17)

[Yosemitest]

Good logic, but why?
I'm guessing, but I think the answer is somewhere in this list.

[Yosemitest]

Honestly, it was an accident, but it happened.
What doesn't show up in the "preview" doesn't get noticed and corrected.
I'm human and it will probably happen again.