Posted on 07/25/2020 11:24:31 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
2020 has been an incredibly bizarre year up to this point, and this has many people wondering if the hand of God is at work. And the worse things get, the more this sort of speculation will heat up. When things get crazy, people search for answers, and that can be a good thing. Because the truth is that during normal times most of us are way too self-absorbed and most of us spend far too little time thinking about the things that really matter. 2020 has really shaken up a large portion of the U.S. population, and we should hope that all of this shaking ultimately moves our society in a more positive direction.
Right now, COVID-19 is dominating the headlines day after day, and the debates that I have seen on social media platforms about this pandemic have often gotten quite heated.
I knew that many people had extremely passionate opinions about COVID-19, but what I didn’t realize is that a large percentage of them are also convinced that God is somehow involved. In fact, an Associated Press/NORC survey found that 63 percent of all religious Americans believe that this pandemic is “a sign from God”…
Sixty-three percent of religious Americans say that the novel coronavirus pandemic is a sign from God, telling humanity to change its ways of living, according a new poll.
The poll, which was conducted by the Associated Press/NORC, surveyed 1,002 U.S. adults who say they believe in God.
I was stunned to see a number that high. The Bible does tell us that there will be “pestilences” in the last days, and it would have been very interesting to see how many respondents to that survey believe that this COVID-19 pandemic is one of those pestilences.
In any event, if this pandemic actually does inspire vast numbers of Americans to live better lives, that would definitely be a positive outcome.
Unfortunately, that does not appear to be happening. Instead, surveys have shown that Americans are increasingly turning to drugs, alcohol and television during this pandemic, and a survey that was released just this week found that Bible reading in the United States dropped precipitously “between January and June”…
The number of American adults the American Bible Society considers “Scripture engaged” based on how frequently they read Scripture and its impact on their relationships and choices dropped significantly from 28% to 22.7% between January and June, according to additional data collected by the organization in June.
Another thing that has many Americans speculating is the very unusual storm that hit New York City on Wednesday. A massive thunderstorm sent wind gusts of up to 75 mph howling through the city, and at one point “purple lightning bolts” were photographed striking One World Trade Center…
Dramatic photos captured the moment purple lightning bolts struck the tip of One World Trade Center – while smaller bolts scattered across the sky in New York City.
Huge bolts of lightning were also photographed hitting the middle of the Hudson River, near Lower Manhattan – making an eerie sight.
Could that lightning strike have some sort of spiritual significance?
I certainly do not know. But when video footage emerged of lightning hitting “on or behind” the Statue of Liberty, that fueled the speculation even more…
Video footage captured the moment lighting bolts struck on or behind Lady Liberty with dark clouds seen overhead.
Mikey Cee, who took the 21-second video from Ellis Island and shared it to Twitter, wrote: “The best video I ever captured. #NewYork #WeatherChannel #NYC.”
In addition, a lightning bolt also hit the steeple of a church, and this caused a very dangerous fire…
The FDNY responded to the fire at the Spirit and Truth Christian Church on Sutter Avenue just after 7:30 p.m.
Crews worked hard to save the house of worship as flames raced up the front of the building, right beneath the steeple.
Neighbors say the clap of thunder that preceded the fire was even more dramatic than the actual flames.
Witnesses say the steeple took a direct hit from a lightning bolt.
In normal times, perhaps a thunderstorm of this nature would be largely ignored.
But these are not normal times.
On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, people are buzzing about the fact that the locust armies that have been absolutely devastating parts of Africa, the Middle East and Asia have now made their way to Europe.
Farms on the Italian island of Sardinia are now being ravaged by desert locusts, and one British news source is using the term “biblical plague” to describe what is happening…
In a situation reminiscent of a biblical plague, the insects have stripped large areas of the island’s agricultural regions of crops, in what the World Bank has already been branded the most serious such invasion the world has faced in 70 years. The epicentre is formed by the municipalities of Orani, Ottana and Bolotana in the Tirso valley, with insects having arrived from the Middle East and Africa, where 23 countries have experienced similar problems.
Over the past several months, I have written several articles about this very unusual plague and the impact that it is having on the global food supply. Some of the swarms are as large as major cities, and when the locusts descend upon a farm they can literally eat everything there in as little as 30 seconds.
Lastly, I wanted to mention a very close encounter that we will have with an asteroid on November 2nd. Apparently, a rock known as “2018 VP1” is supposed to pass very close to our planet on that day…
There’s a video on Youtube saying we are about to have another “very-close encounter” with an asteroid. What the Jet Propulsion Lab in California calls “Near-Earth-Objects” or NEOs. Now keep in mind asteroids have been coming close or have hit our planet for millions of years, and many do daily. The bulk of asteroids and debris in space as you may remember from science class get burned up in the atmosphere, caused by the friction from the air as objects hit the atmosphere going many thousands of miles per hour.
However, one Youtube video says an asteroid called “2018 VP1“, which is about 6 feet diameter will pass within about 300 miles of our planet on November 2, 2020. However, some experts are saying this nothing to fear. First off there’s the math, asteroid “2018 VP1” is projected to come 0.02 times the distance between the earth and the moon. Given that the moon is 239,000 miles away, 0.02 equates to 4,780 miles. Now your thinking that’s far off right? What’s the big deal? Well, when they compute this stuff through orbital mechanics, they use the center of the celestial body, in this case, the earth. The earth is 7,917 miles across, and half that is 3,958 miles. That is where the video correctly gets its 300-mile estimate from, or a drive from Metro Detroit to Sault Sainte Marie in the UP to put it in perspective.
The good news is that this asteroid is so small that it is not likely to cause any damage even if it enters our atmosphere.
But I have noticed that there is a tremendous amount of discussion about asteroids on social media lately, and scientists assure us that it is just a matter of time before a very large rock does slam into our planet.
A lot of people do not like to be reminded of such things, but realizing how dependent we are on God for every breath that we take leads to humility. Sometimes we need something to shake us up so that we will turn back to Him.
It is so easy to lose sight of what really matters, and that is why we should be thankful for events that come along that cause us to step back and consider the bigger picture.
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A lot to digest in this post.
Maranatha!
we should hope that all of this shaking ultimately moves our society in a more positive direction.
Unfortunately, the leftists perpetrating ongoing violence have a very different view of what it means, to move in a more positive direction.
I’ve lost track. Which Chapter of the Book of the Revelation are we in?
We are still in the Church Age.
The Chinese CCP must be laughing their butts off at this fatalistic nonsense in the West. First they ship us boatloads of illegal Fentanyl that kills hundreds of thousands and then they send us the pandemic that not only kills millions but drives everyone into fear and seclusion so that our entire economy tanks. If you don’t see the hand of ruthless, evil, power freaks in the CCP in this you are not paying attention.
We have been needing God for a very long time. I wonder how many of us have been praying for Him to come back into our lives. Maybe He is answering those prayers. Hold onto your seats folks, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
The Trump victory was divine intervention. The hate Trump brings from the left is so intense they no longer hide their agenda. Trump did not divide this nation but by revealing the hatreds of the left he is helping to turn hearts towards the truth.
“I wonder how many of us have been praying for Him to come back into our lives. Maybe He is answering those prayers.”
Probably less than 5% of our population praying for Him to come back in our lives.
He’s going to answer all of them (even the non-prayers) pretty soon. This society is so worthy of destruction it’s not even a joke anymore.
Beware of the Northern Taurids from Oct 20 - Dec 1 with the peak on Now 12. This little rock is just one of the debris from an ancient comet perhaps 100 miles in diameter.
Last time the Earth passed thorough a dense part of the Taurids was 10,800 BC: the strikes by of mile diameter asteroids and airbursters lasted 100 years.
Most of the large strikes centered on the Ice Cap, during which time all of North America was engulfed in firestorms, all the mega-fauna (Woolly Mammoths et al) and the Clovis people were killed off, the climate cooled to the coldest point in recent geological history - beginning the Younger Dryas Period, the glacier cap reformed, the Nebraska Rainwater Basin and the Carolina Bays were formed.
All that ended 1000 years later with another strike and the Earth entered the current geological period - the Holocene.
Beware of the Northern Taurids ...
I don’t think He will destroy us. I think He will remind us about what is important, and remind us to be grateful. Evil hasn’t overtaken this country, it just seems like it because all the public parts are gone. There are a LOT of really good people in this country. They have just become distracted, and ungrateful.
Wonder what the folks were saying during the Black Death/bubonic plague and later the Spanish flu. This is nothing compared to those two.
“Coming back into our lives”? I’m praying for Him to come and take us OUT of this life, this present evil world we are in.
Jer 18:8
“But if that nation against which I made the decree turns back from its wickedness, I change My mind concerning the punishment I planned to bring on it.“
Yeah, He’s giving us a good whipping for kicking Him out of our schools, businesses and daily lives.
63% is not high considering they interviewed ‘religious’ people. I’m one of the 37% of religious people that’s not superstitious.
Thank you. Needed that.
Agreed, problem is ( I even see it on this forum) many Americans have rejected God. We need REVIVAL! Revival throughout Ametican history has only occurred when the people are brought to their knees. If that’s what it takes, please Lord, bring it on. That said, I do strongly believe the next two years will bring most of America to it’s knees. Christians, do remember, “ even the righteous suffered”. The Righteous of America has been silent much to long.
Just like to throw out a little "truth" here: We are no longer in a "pandemic" What we have now, does not qualify as a "pandemic". In fact, it does not even qualify, any more, as an "epidemic".
The media is pushing the hysteria -- put your brains in gear and refuse to play along.
The Chinese CCP must be laughing their butts off at this fatalistic nonsense in the West. First they ship us boatloads of illegal Fentanyl that kills hundreds of thousands and then they send us the pandemic that not only kills millions but drives everyone into fear and seclusion so that our entire economy tanks. If you don’t see the hand of ruthless, evil, power freaks in the CCP in this you are not paying attention.
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