Meteor strike, Chelyabinsk, Russia today 700+ injuries

[pgp_protector]

Another two over California and Cuba!

Yea the sad thing about Meteors is they tend to occur in swarms.

 

[Bethwhite]

Yea the sad thing about Meteors is they tend to occur in swarms.

Yeah.

I heard that the scientists believe that all four events were unrelated.

If that's true, it's weird.

 

[Hockey_Fan]

When a meteor enters the earth's atmosphere, it often breaks apart into many pieces. These pieces then fall where they may, which seems like multiple meteor showers.

Some people I know think that a meteor hitting the earth is what is described in Revelation.

 

[florida2]

Some people I know think that a meteor hitting the earth is what is described in Revelation.

I'm sure they do, but that doesn't take away from the fact that multiple meteors hit the Earth every year with a bigger one (like the one in Russia) one a century or so.

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

I wonder what God would have to do to get people's, especially the church's, attention. It seems to me that nobody wants to pay attention. And nobody wants to take a hint! Each day that passes brings the Lord Jesus that much closer. Repent. The coming of the Loed is near. It's nearer than it was ten years ago. Nearer that it was last month even. It is time to get serious about our Father's business. Well, If He comes today, I hope all of us are ready.

 

[Bethwhite]

I wonder what God would have to do to get people's, especially the church's, attention. It seems to me that nobody wants to pay attention. And nobody wants to take a hint! Each day that passes brings the Lord Jesus that much closer. Repent. The coming of the Loed is near. It's nearer than it was ten years ago. Nearer that it was last month even. It is time to get serious about our Father's business. Well, If He comes today, I hope all of us are ready.

Amen!

People can't say that mankind wasn't warned. The Day of the Lord begins with these "meteors", "asteroids", and other celestial events:

Luke 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.


rev 6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

 

[Stones]

Amen!

People can't say that mankind wasn't warned. The Day of the Lord begins with these "meteors", "asteroids", and other celestial events:

Luke 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.


rev 6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

The scripture says " the stars of heaven fell unto the earth"...

The problem is that Stars don't fall form the sky, they are fixed in orbits. A meteorite is not a star. So, the writer clearly doesn't seem to know what a star is because instead of saying that rocks will fall to earth, he says "Stars" will fall to earth and that simply isn't possible. Does he think Star's are smaller than the earth? he must have for him to make this claim?

 

[Bethwhite]

The scripture says " the stars of heaven fell unto the earth"...

The problem is that Stars don't fall form the sky, they are fixed in orbits. A meteorite is not a star. So, the writer clearly doesn't seem to know what a star is because instead of saying that rocks will fall to earth, he says "Stars" will fall to earth and that simply isn't possible. Does he think Star's are smaller than the earth? he must have for him to make this claim?

LOL!

You're funny.

That meteor, even that asteroid, looked like a star falling. In fact, they are often referred to as "shooting stars".

So, the stars falling will be meteors and asteroids and "mountains" falling into the seas, as prophesied.

 

[Hockey_Fan]

It is hard to know what are naturally-occuring events and what are actions of God. Of course, they could be both. Prophecies only said that something would occur, not necessarily what causes them.

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

Beth you know, I think God could turn the whole world upside down and some people would not get it.

 

[Stones]

LOL!

You're funny.

That meteor, even that asteroid, looked like a star falling. In fact, they are often referred to as "shooting stars".

So, the stars falling will be meteors and asteroids and "mountains" falling into the seas, as prophesied.

I'm a literalist

 

[Aijalon]

I'm sure they do, but that doesn't take away from the fact that multiple meteors hit the Earth every year with a bigger one (like the one in Russia) one a century or so.

There is no way to disprove either side, since records don't go very far back. Though true we have much better monitoring ability, in addition to more population areas to be affected, that is not evidence of historical meteor strikes. The idea of a 100-yr avg large meteor strike is just a wild ass guess. There is no way to deduce that from the geological record, it is nothing more than a postulate.

People have argued that autism is not really on the rise, but that we've always had 1 in 90 autistic kids and we never diagnosed them before. Sadly, if that were true we would see 1 in 90 adults with signs of autism. Since we don't see that, we know it isn't true. There is a modern day epidemic of autism caused by an external problem.

 

[Aijalon]

The scripture says " the stars of heaven fell unto the earth"...

The problem is that Stars don't fall form the sky, they are fixed in orbits. A meteorite is not a star. So, the writer clearly doesn't seem to know what a star is because instead of saying that rocks will fall to earth, he says "Stars" will fall to earth and that simply isn't possible. Does he think Star's are smaller than the earth? he must have for him to make this claim?

There is no "problem". John simply described what he saw in his visions after being taken into heaven. It is up to you to determine what you think it means. I would say a metor falling to earth is a good explanation for what he was seeing. They didn't know what stars were, you're right. So a meteor was just like a star to them.

 

[Bethwhite]

I'm a literalist

LOL!

Oh, so then...because the Bible is absolutely true in every word, and it says that stars will be falling to the earth when the Day of Wrath is beginning, you are expecting far off suns and illuminated planets to be crashing into the earth at the time of the end...

It will be celestial bodies (meteors, asteroids, etc) that will fall as well as angels. (Rev 12) I mean, even comets look like "stars". It will appear as though the stars are falling to the earth...so much so, that people will be hiding underground. (Rev 6- 6th seal).

 

[Bethwhite]

Beth you know, I think God could turn the whole world upside down and some people would not get it.

LOL!!!!

God love 'em! - people are so funny.

Yes, God is going to wreak some havoc and I believe He's sending warning signs with these meteors/asteroids, like He said He would. Wrath is coming.

Isaiah 24:

18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

 

[Hockey_Fan]

Beth you know, I think God could turn the whole world upside down and some people would not get it.

In order for that to happen, you first have to draw a correlation between the two.

For example, let's say I get a migraine headache the same day a tornado touches down. Did one cause the other? Or did they just happen to occur in close proximity to one another? Now, if there is an established pattern, then it might be worthwhile to see if there is some connection between the two.

All we know is what we see, which is that there is a perceived increase in storms, earthquakes, draughts, meteors, etc. Does it mean anything? Is there any spiritual significance to these natural events? Not sure how anyone could figure that out.

 

[Bethwhite]

But it's more than just the meteors. The sun sent out eruptions this past week too. There are signs everywhere. The state of culture (immorality, violence, etc), the lack of faith, the denial that Christ will come soon...it's all adding up to "sooner than we know".

 

[Hockey_Fan]

Perhaps. More people, myself included, are paying closer attention than we were five years ago.

No one has yet established a clear link between all the signs and their proclaimed result. What if all these things happen and Jesus never shows up? What then would you attribute all the signs to? (My parents thought the end was coming in the 1930s because Hitler was the antichrist who killed the Jews and WWII was Armageddon. Well, we're still here 80 years later.)

Certainly, one can build a case based on political, scientific, moral/social, economic and spiritual signs that line up with SOME of the things written in the Bible. But there are also other things written in the Bible that we do NOT see yet in the world.

But no one seems to be able to map out a chart from point A to point Z as to how Jesus himself sets up a global kingdom. Too many pieces seem to be missing.

 

[Bethwhite]

Perhaps. More people, myself included, are paying closer attention than we were five years ago.

No one has yet established a clear link between all the signs and their proclaimed result. What if all these things happen and Jesus never shows up? What then would you attribute all the signs to? (My parents thought the end was coming in the 1930s because Hitler was the antichrist who killed the Jews and WWII was Armageddon. Well, we're still here 80 years later.)

Certainly, one can build a case based on political, scientific, moral/social, economic and spiritual signs that line up with SOME of the things written in the Bible. But there are also other things written in the Bible that we do NOT see yet in the world.

But no one seems to be able to map out a chart from point A to point Z as to how Jesus himself sets up a global kingdom. Too many pieces seem to be missing.

I would disagree. All the signs are pointing to about 2000 years after Christ as the time when He would come again. We're there.

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

Perhaps. More people, myself included, are paying closer attention than we were five years ago.

No one has yet established a clear link between all the signs and their proclaimed result. What if all these things happen and Jesus never shows up? What then would you attribute all the signs to? (My parents thought the end was coming in the 1930s because Hitler was the antichrist who killed the Jews and WWII was Armageddon. Well, we're still here 80 years later.)

Certainly, one can build a case based on political, scientific, moral/social, economic and spiritual signs that line up with SOME of the things written in the Bible. But there are also other things written in the Bible that we do NOT see yet in the world.

But no one seems to be able to map out a chart from point A to point Z as to how Jesus himself sets up a global kingdom. Too many pieces seem to be missing.

You are right in a lot of what you say. But one thing is present today that was not present during WWII. The nation Israel. Israel fixes God's prophetic time piece. The time of the gentiles is over.