Sounds of Thunder

Two times this past week, Luke 21:25 was brought to my attention.  Two separate writers stated that they felt this verse is talking about Tsunami's.  "And there will be strange events in the skies - signs in the sun, moon and stars.  And down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides.  The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, because the stability of the very heavens will be broken up."

One of the writers was a man named Wolfgang Simson.  He is a German man that has written books on the home church movement in the world, notably, "Houses that change the world".  If you want to read more about him, you can go to his web page, www.simsonwolfgang.de/html/welcome.html,  He has a good article entitled: "Better than the Hippies".  ANYWAY!!!!! I got a newsletter from him where he sites some statistics about how things ARE worse now than ever before.  The main thing I hear when I say, "These are the signs of the times" is, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, people have been saying that for generations."  So, I wanted to share what Wolfgang found. 

As anyone can see, something of an apocalyptic nature is happening on the planet, to the planet and sometimes through the planet; something that at this intensity and speed has not happened before. The tip of the iceberg: In the year 2008, Reinsurance giant “Swiss Re” lists 311 (173 of them “man- made”) catastrophes for that year, killing about 250.000 people and costing 7.4 billion US $. Add to this the credit crisis. Year 2009: Swiss-Re lists 850 catastrophes (damage of 50 $ b); Year 2010: Swiss-Re lists 950 catastrophes with about 295.000 dead (and a damage of 130 billion $); 250.000 alone die after the earthquake in Haiti; worst floods in Pakistan’s history displaces millions; mud buries folks in China, and fires devastate the area around Mt. Carmel in Israel. Year 2011, so far: Australia experiences unimaginable draught, fire and floods. Much of the inner city of Christchurch (New Zealand) is leveled, its Cathedral badly damaged. Speak of a symbolic place… The Arab world is like a sea in uproar…

So I found this all very interesting.  I feel an excitement tingling in me if it is all true and we really are NEAR the END.  

If you knew Christ was returning in a couple of years, would you be living any differently?  I ask myself this question a lot.  

Jesus said, "Watch out!  Don't let me find you living in careless ease and drunkenness, and filled with the worries of this life.  Don't let that day catch you unaware, as in a trap.  For that day will come upon everyone living on the earth.  Keep a constant watch.  And pray that, if possible, you may escape these horrors and stand before the Son of Man."              Luke 21:34-36