IN the NEWS - It Ain't Done Yet......

For nation shall rise against nation,

and kingdom against kingdom:

and there shall be famines,

and pestilences,

and earthquakes,

in divers places.

All these are the beginning of sorrows.

And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars:

And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, ...and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Matthew 24:7,8,6/Luke 21:11

The many natural disasters of the more than 3 weeks now have

shown no signs of letting up.....by themselves they would be the few isolated natural disasters every year around the globe. 

But the last 3 weeks or so has been non stop---the amount on a scale for a short time that I've never seen before....especially in China. About the only thing that hasn't hit China recently is a solar flare burst taking out swaths of the power grid or an asteroid hitting a city.....could that be some of the "fearful sights .... shall there be from heaven"?

China: Multiple more floods as well as a typhoon, snow in the

Birds Dropping from Heatstroke in China

summer, hail, those wildfires still burning as well as a record heatwave where the temps on the pavement have reached 170 degrees. Also the capital of Beijing has now been flooded with houses, cars and people washed away.

Nepal: The floods from China have slammed into Nepal washing away the bridge that connects the two nations. The military has been deployed for rescue operations.

Thailand: More massive flooding washing away the crops.

India: More massive floods.

Pakistan: Massive floods.

New Zealand: Moderate floods.

El Salvador: A phreatic eruption.

Taiwan: Typhoon and flooding.

Japan: Now up to over 1700 small quakes in the last 2 weeks along a line on the east half of the country which has shifted the crust a few inches. Tokyo now Flooded.

Guatemala: Earthquake.

Italy: More mudslides, hail, rain/flooding in the north. Down in the south in Naples the roads splitting apart with a sulfur smell filling the air.

Mexico: Massive hail storms.

Russia: Severe storms and flood damage to St. Petersburg.

Columbia: Earthquake.

Spain: Massive flooding and hail.

Serbia: Massive winds blowing over vehicles including semis.

Bosnia: Wind storms as in Serbia on the same scale.

U.S.A.: Major floods in New Mexico, D.C., Oklahoma, Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois including Chicago and Massachusetts, especially in Boston.

Mt. Rainier in Washington State having multiple small quakes---most on record. Quakes also rattling California along with California wildfires. Flooding in the coastal Carolinas due to a tropical storm. Large hail pounded Colorado.

Canada: Military coup thwarted in Quebec.

Literal RUMORS of WAR: A "Rumor" was spread by the head of NATO that Russia and China are planning a surprise attack to start WW3 (of course likely a lie but who knows)?

*Click on Link to see Recent Post on Topic with more Links to what has been happening:  IN the NEWS - Another Week... What is up?

Days of the Dead and "Ghosts" vs. God

"Although many affirm that Samhain was the origin of modern-day Halloween, it is significant to note how many cultures throughout the world have celebrated a “day of the dead” (often with sacrifices), occurring at the end of summer and fall. There seem to be too many parallels to call these similar celebrations a coincidence.

For example, in the Americas, there is the Mexican Day of the Dead

(El Día de los Muertos) that goes back to the ancient festival of the dead celebrated by Aztecs and the more-ancient Olmecs. 

Brazilians also celebrate Finados (Day of the Dead). Bolivia has the Day of the Skulls (Día de los Natitas).

In Asia, there are similar festivals. For example, the Chinese celebrated the Ghost Festival, which was a day to pay homage to dead ancestors. 

The Japanese celebrated something similar called O-bon or merely Bon. 

Even Vietnam has a variant of the Ghost Festival called Tet Trung Nguyen. 

In Korea, there is Chuseok or Hankawi, in which deceased ancestors are ritualized. 

In Nepal, there is the cow pilgrimage called Gia Jatra to honor the recently deceased. 

In the Philippines, there is the Day of the Dead (Araw ng mga Patay), where tombs are cleaned and repainted. 

Death is a terrible reality for all of us—not something to celebrate or treat as fun. 

*Death is the punishment for sin. 

Since all of us are sinners (Romans 3:23), we must realize that death is coming. 

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23)." 

AIG