Updated: 7.9 Earthquake Tonga (Northeast of Australia)

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[silentknight]

8.0

[Nathan Zachary]

No, the end times are just that THE END. There is no Kingdom/rule of Christ on earth for one thousand years coming, we have already lived it, and it's coming to an end. In fact it lasted almost 2000 years, and began during the Pentecost 70 years after Christ crucification. There are always some that speculate when these end time will come, but the bible is clear that certain events have to happen before it does. by most accounts, we are at the "great revolt" stage. When Christs Church is destroyed, then you will know that there are few days left. Before that happens, all of Europe and the mid-east will be under the beasts control, and there will have been a nasty war(s) We in America will have taken a pounding as well, and will have lost all influence in Europe and the ME by that time as well. If your interested in some prophecy about this, go here. I know you don't aspire to biblical stuff, but it's an interesting read anyway. The Last Days of Babylon

[silentknight]

I can't believe that people actually believe that stuff. heh To each their own.

[se_ohio_young_conservative]

Yeah, but it is important to remember that only God knows the day and the time.

[sully777]

Central New Jersey sits atop clay and sand, was once the shoreline of an ancient ocean, and has various ancient fault lines running through. The 5.6 sounded like a truck ran into our school building. It cracked roads and gaslines. IIRC, clay and sand liquify in a quake.

[se_ohio_young_conservative]

it is based on truth. there are just different perspectives.

[Nathan Zachary]

You may be interested in the link above as well. It's a good online book. It mentions all that stuff. What interesting is this was written a few years ago, before recent events happened.

[silentknight]

Well it is what you perceive as truth. Others don't believe it is truth. There is no way to prove any of it...as far as the "end times" stuff at least.

[gedeon3]

I'm with you.

[Blogger]

I've studied prophecy extensively. I do not believe that the end times have already occurred.

[MineralMan]

"If your interested in some prophecy about this, go here. I know you don't aspire to biblical stuff, but it's an interesting read anyway. The Last Days of Babylon

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On the contrary, I am a student of the Bible, among other things. Your interpretation is one of the many interpretations. Whatever pulls your chain. That's my comment.

I'm more concerned with how people treat other people here and now than I am about interpretations of the end of the world. Jesus had lots to say about my area of interest.

[Nathan Zachary]

The exact day and hour, yes, but Christ said the signs are clear and you will know them when you see them.

[MineralMan]

">>Whatever blows your dress up, I always say<<

MM, my hubby will not be happy about cleaning the Diet Coke out of this keyboard..... "

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Well, it's a good thing keyboards are cheap, then. [grin]

[MineralMan]

"The exact day and hour, yes, but Christ said the signs are clear and you will know them when you see them."

Hmm...lots of folks have already thought they saw those signs. So far, none of them have been right. I think it's presumptuous to make such predictions. Of course, I think it's all untrue anyhow, so what do I know?

[gedeon3]

'It is not for us to know or guess about the end times. When they come, they come.'

Wrong. It's not for us to know the time; as in year, month, day; but we will know the season. Read your bible.

[Publius6961]

Is there any high ground in Samoa at all?

Tons of high ground.
Unfortunately, most of the villages are along the beach.

I can think of "rainmaker" and the central tall ridge behind the harbor (the other end of the tram) just offhand...

[Nathan Zachary]

This book is written by E.C.S.Leavenworth. It's based on the interpretations accepted by most major churches. It certainly isn't the only interpretation. But it is pretty interesting, it takes events from the last 100 or so years and does a good job of showing where we are according to the prophacy timeline.

[ArmyTeach]

...the end times. When they come, they come. Trying to remember the parable about the twelve maidens waiting for the master to return. Six kept their lamps burning and were ready when he silently arrived. In other words, while we are not meant to know that exact time, stay watchful.

[netmilsmom]

>>Well, it's a good thing keyboards are cheap, then. [grin]<<

*giggle*
I'll tell you said so.

[Nathan Zachary]

This guy tries to show that there really isn't an exact time and day, that these 'end times' are movable, they depend on the state of faith in the world. As faith declines, the clock speeds up, if faith grows, it slows down .

I don't want to debate it, I just thought you might be interested in reading his book. It's also easy reading, it doesn't drift off into complicated interpretations.

[burzum]

A 7.8 is still an extremely strong earthquake. Our area rode out a 7.9 a few years ago and a kazillion aftershocks (ok, maybe not a kazillion of them...but thousands. LOL)

A 7.8 on a subduction zone may be misleading. Large subduction zone quakes can have fault movement over hundreds of miles. For example, the Great Chilean Earthquake of 1960 extended over 300 miles, and the Great Sumatran Earthquake of 2004 extended over 200 miles along their plate boundaries. While 7.8 may be the initial corrected magnitude, the potential to generate a tsunami might be very high. It may take more time to determine how much of the plate boundary was affected. The idea of an epicenter and a single magnitude is sort of misleading (though not technically wrong) to describe a major subduction zone quake.