I can envision this scenario as another illustration of God making provision for the unsaved to seek Him. He is knocking on the door as stated in Scripture. We may see the beginning of the further weakening of the US in the global economy but will be gone before chastisement becomes wrath and judgement. It's been a relatively dry Spring in the Pacific Northwest. Summers are typically dry here where we sometimes go a month without rainfall. Could be a recipe for disaster here, as well. Right now as I’m typing and looking out the front bay window .... the rain switched over to ... SNOW! :groan I’m soooo sick of this white stuff ... Being chosen before the foundations of creation were laid, speaks to God's seeing the end times before time! We are all privy to free will! God wants to know who chooses and loves him! As like with any marriage relationship both parties must be in agreement! Lastly, there is a weeding out of those who would possibly rebel as like the Angel's before them! Again, a bridegroom can only rest assured when the bride has also chosen him! TR Geri, I can't believe you're still getting snow up there! I feel your pain; it's raining in PA but we certainly get our share of snow. So, let's add volcano's as we buckle up. Monkey Werx is a Christian man who monitors the airlines in the skies on YouTube. He also does "Monkey Minutes" which he devotes to the signs of our times. Today he dedicated his show to Volcanoes and their increased activity (he referred to as "birth pains"). He showed a chart of volcanic activity in the last 10,000 years. I can't figure out how to cut and paste the chart he used, so I'm just attaching the link to the video. The chart is at the 11 minute mark of the 12.36 minute video. Since the 20th century, we have had 3,542 volcanoes; before that, the chart shows a miniscule number. We have always had volcanoes but the block chart shows just how much increased activity is taking place. He is tying the effects of volcanoes in relation to the end time prophecies: The sun becoming black as sackcloth; pillars of smoke, covering the heavens and making the stars dark, the moon and the sun are darkened, the moon will not shed its light. I'm not doing this justice; but he did at:
