This is the Bible News Prophecy Program, bringing you news and analysis of world events and
the light of Bible Prophecy.
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Prophecy Program with Dr. Bob Teal, bringing you news and analysis of world events in
light of Bible Prophecy.
Dr. Teal, would anyone mock any of the things Jesus prophesied?
What's going on?
All the time, it seems like.
Jesus, for example, in Matthew 24 verses 7 and 8, prophesied that there would be famines
and pestilences and earthquakes in various places in these regions beginning with sorrows.
And in Mark's account, Mark 13 and 8, we see that Jesus prophesied troubles and says,
and there will be earthquakes in various places and there will be famines and troubles.
These are the beginning of sorrows.
And we've actually seen a lot of earthquake related troubles this past week.
We want to go over a few news reports.
Here's one.
In 38 seconds, on the evening of June 24, Venezuela experienced what seismologists are
calling the rare earthquake doublet.
Two massive earthquakes striking nearly simultaneously.
The strongest hit the country in over a century will actually have been over 125 years.
They were 7.5 and 7.1 or two.
And then within 24 hours, Japan's northeastern coast was rocking from a 7.2 magnitude tremor.
And these, the death tolls have been going up.
US Geological Survey predicted that there's a 40% chance of between 10,000 and 100,000
casualties to this.
So right now, there's only about 1,000 they've said, but they also reported this morning,
there's 51,000 people missing in Venezuela.
Meanwhile, this is another news report.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Northern California on Wednesday morning.
The region strongest since 1940.
It was in a town called Willets, which is about 140 miles northeast of San Francisco.
In power, our engines affected more than 6,000 residents across six towns there.
But as I mentioned, this one, Venezuela is the strongest one they've had over 125 years.
They say that there have been thousands injured.
And as I said before, more than 51,000 people are still reported missing.
Those earthquakes in Venezuela are tragic.
But what does that have to do with people mocking Christians?
Well, shortly after I reported about this quake a couple of days ago and said that those
affected were in my prayers, an apostate, anti-Christian website posted some comments about me and what
I wrote about.
So here's some of what they said.
Fresh off the Venezuela wind quakes, crackpot bath, that's supposed to be me.
You cleared it was all straight out of March 13th.
And there will be earthquakes in various places.
These are beginning of sorrows.
This, this, uh, mock or continues with.
Never mind that the USGS, that's the United States Geological Survey has been politely explaining for years
that the only thing increasing is the number of seismometers and the speed of which we hear about disasters.
Actual big earthquakes still averaging about 16 major ones a year, just like Rover's Century.
Some years more, some less normal fluctuation.
The heat wave in Europe, heat records get broken every few years now.
No, that's interesting.
Please.
It's not particularly brilliant, but it's interesting.
If heat records get broken every few years now as their website states, why is that not prophetic?
But what about the number of seismometers leading to the increased recordings of earthquakes?
Well, the increased number of seismometers has nothing to do with the devastation from the Venezuelan quakes.
And if no matter, there wasn't such a thing as the seismometer or these other recent large quakes.
And by the way, the recent record heat in Europe this week is also not usual.
Of course, in my post, yes, I quoted Jesus in his prophecy.
The death toll in Europe was high and the death toll in Venezuela continues to rise.
So yes, consistent with the prophecy from Jesus, those Venezuelan quakes as well as the heat in Europe brought troubles.
And furthermore, this past week, we've seen earthquakes in various places, which is what Jesus prophesied Matthew 24 and Mark 13.
Now, sadly, the webmaster at that anti-Christian website often we should be blinded by the truth.
We've met another post about me, which I exposed for false statements.
He said, I didn't have certain degrees and certificates and awards and all that stuff.
And I put them all up online.
You can see just all nonsense.
Sadly, that webmaster and other anti-Christian deceivers continue to pour forth lies,
consistent with prophecies to the last days, to the Apostle Paul who warned that, quote,
this is in 2 Timothy 3, 13, evil men and imposters will get,
grow worse and worse deceiving and being deceived.
So that website, through their deception, is also fulfilling prophecies?
Sadly, yes. Consider also that a prophet Isaiah, in Isaiah 30 verse 10, warned of those who, quote,
who say to the seers, do not see in the prophets.
Don't prophesy to us right things.
Speak to us smooth things.
Prophecy deceives.
Yet many at that anti-true Christian website are like that.
I said true Christian because the webmaster actually claims to be a Christian.
Yet he posts false statements and derides the truth about church history in a lot of prophetic matters.
Now the anti-Christian comments at that site and discounting of things like these troubles have been happening
also brought to mind something that the Apostle Peter wrote.
We're going to read a fair stretch here from 2 Peter 3, starting in verse 1.
And again, this will also be from the New King James Version of the Bible.
Peter wrote, we love it.
I now write to you the second epistle, both of which to stir up your pure mind by way of reminder,
that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the Holy prophets and the commandment of us,
the apostles of the Lord and Savior.
Knowing this verse that scoffers will come in the last days.
We're scoffing these prophecies.
Walking according their own lusts because they hate the true church.
They want to just say stuff about it.
Atheists fall in that category as well.
And they are saying, where's the promise that is coming?
For since the Father's fell asleep, all things continue to say were from the beginning creation.
In other words, everything, they're going to say everything is just normal.
None of this stuff really counts.
Verse 5, for this they willingly forget that by the Word of God, the heavens were of old and the earth standing out of the water and into water,
by which the world that was then existed perished, being flooded with water.
But the heavens and the earth, which are now preserved by the same word are preserved for fire until a day of judgment and tradition of ungodly men.
And these markers are ungodly men.
Some of them are women too, but most of them are not men.
Verse 8, Peter more reminds everybody, but beloved, don't forget this one thing.
That with the Lord one day is 1000 years, 1000 years is one day.
He said, remember that because you can read that in the Psalms.
Verse 9, the Lord is not slack concerning his promises to promise to some count slackness.
So, it's long suffering toward us, not willing at any should perish, but to also come to repentance.
So, God has a plan, the time frame is to maximize those to the amount of people who will be saved.
See, people knock God because of this, but that's the plan.
Anyway, verse 10, but today the Lord will come to see from the night, which the heavens will pass away with a great noise.
The elements will melt with firm and heat, both the earth and the works, then it will be burned up.
Therefore, since all things will be dissolved, what manner of person ought you ought to be in holy conduct and God in this?
In other words, you know what's going to happen, so do what God says.
Looking for and hastening the coming day of God because which the heavens will be dissolved.
Nevertheless, we according to his promise look to the new heavens and new earth, which righteousness dwells.
Verse 14, therefore, beloved, looking forward to those things, be diligent to be found by him in peace without spot and blamers,
and considering yet the long suffering of our Lord is salvation.
Anyway, just apostle Peter prophesied, there's scoffers who declare what's going on as normal and not prophetic.
Back in 2009, I wrote a book called 2012 in the Rise of Secrets Second.
And in it, I had the following statements, odd weather patterns and natural disasters, Matthew 24-7.
The world is actually in a berserk transition.
As the real age of peace is not yet here, it will be a period of chaos.
It's beginning as sorrows, Matthew 24-8.
And since that published, we've had record breaking heat and other odd weather problems.
And as far as Europe goes to the heat this week, it says record breaking temperatures has faltered much in Europe this week
as the latest heat wave in the year's its heat.
France witnesses hottest day since measurements began on Tuesday, June 23rd.
The National Weather Service to Teo, France recording a blistering 44.3 degrees Celsius to the Potos.
So by the way, that's 111.74 degrees Fahrenheit.
Okay.
It says, while other regions are under red alert baked by unprecedented highs,
the, this is from your own news.
The heat wave in Western Europe has resulted in widespread chaos.
And the heat's been deadly, by the way.
As of yesterday, Spain registered 327 heat related deaths.
Another article says also from your own news that,
that nurse being hit by record high temperatures and heat wave expected last for further two weeks across the continent.
Spain's experienced record breaking June temperatures with several national local records broken.
And this is a, they've been having problems actually since May.
And these heat and weather issues should serve as a wake up call.
Well, the Bible says God controls the weather and Amos three, during verse six, it says,
if there's clamming in the city, well, not the Lord have done it.
Surely the Lord does nothing unless he reveals his secret to his servants, the prophets.
Yeah, the Bible basically says of weather related blessings for obedience and weather related curses for disobedience.
Whether it's not as random as people want to believe.
And the Bible actually warns that God uses weather to send a message to people to repent.
And Amos chapter four, for example, starting verse seven, word of God says, I withheld rain from you.
And I made it rain in one city and I with all of her another one part was right.
One part of rain on the other part didn't.
And people wanted cities to drink water, but they weren't satisfied.
Yet you haven't returned to me says the Lord.
Verse nine, I blasted you with blight mildew when your garden's increased, your vineyards and your big trees,
your olive trees, to locust of our good.
Yet you haven't returned to me says the Lord.
Scoffers ignore what God prophesied about weather.
They don't want to repent.
They want to just blow it all off.
And the apostle Peter warned about that.
Okay.
Hopefully you've not been infected by the disregard of people like the anti Christian website.
To disregard the words of Jesus and the prophecies in the Bible.
Sadly, most now will ignore weather changes and simply believe that weather changes all the time.
They don't have anything to do with God or prophecy or dissipating.
Whoever the Bible shows it, weird, severe and odd weather patterns are part of the warning message from God.
Hopefully, all are going to pay attention or moral pay attention to those messages.
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