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One of the major birth pain signs are earthquakes.  Christ warned that as we approached the last days these earthquakes would intensify in both number and size.  Frank Dimora pulled together a summary list of what has occurred in the last seven days as well as historically what we are seeing.  If there was ever a doubt in your mind that we are seeing an exponential increase check out the number below, and pull the numbers yourself.  It is amazing!  God’s word being fulfilled…

Frank’s source website: I found a website (<http://www.em-dat.net/>).

2008-1990 – 518 earthquakes worldwide
1959-1940 – 95 earthquakes worldwide
1929-1910 – 56 earthquakes worldwide

2008-1990 – 108 volcanoes worldwide
1957-1943 – 17 volcanoes worldwide
1929-1911 – 5 volcanoes worldwide

2008-1990 – 1,782 storms worldwide
1959-1940 – 172 storms worldwide
1929-1910 – 51 storms worldwide

2008-1990 – 232 wildfires worldwide
1959-1940 – 5 wildfires worldwide
1929-1910 – 4 wildfires worldwide

2008-1990 – 2283 floods worldwide
1959-1940 – 92 floods worldwide
1929-1910 – 14 floods worldwide

2005-1990 – 56 famine worldwide
1974-1960 – 3 famine worldwide
1929-1910 – 3 famine worldwide

2008-1990 – 899 pestilence (epidemic, disease, etc.) worldwide
1959-1940 – 5 pestilence (epidemic, disease, etc.) worldwide
1929-1910 – 16 pestilence (epidemic, disease, etc.) worldwide

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Prophecy Sign: For all you who just found my web site you need to know I have been warning my readers to watch for the big earth quakes that are going to come soon. I warned my readers about this because of what the Word of God warns in Luke 21:11 where Jesus said there would be “great earthquakes”.  Christ also warned us to watch for the many earthquakes in Matthew 24:7.  I am not sure if you are paying attention but if not you had better take a look at the number of good size quakes just this past 7 days!

Now take a look at all the huge quakes this September !so far

1. 6.9 earthquake Sikkim, India- September 18, 2011
2. 6.0 earthquake Honshu, Japan- September 16, 2011
3. 6.7 earthquake East Coast Honshu, Japan- September 16, 2011
4. 7.3 earthquake Fiji- September 15, 2011
5. 6.2 earthquake East Coast Honshu, Japan- September 15, 2011
6. 6.0 earthquake North Island, New Zealand- September 15, 2011
7. 6.1 earthquake Aleutian Islands, Alaska- September 14, 2011
8. 6.2 earthquake Papua New Guinea- September 12, 2011
9. 6.0 earthquake Vanuatu- September 11, 2011
10. 6.4 earthquake Vancouver Island- September 9, 2011
11. 6.6 earthquake Northern Sumatra- September 5, 2011
12. 6.3 earthquake Tonga- September 5, 2011
13. 6.1 earthquake Vanuatu- September 4, 2011
14. 7.0 earthquake Vanuatu- September 4, 2011
15. 6.2 earthquake South Sandwich Islands- September 3, 2011
16. 6.8 earthquake Fox Islands- September 2, 2011
17. 6.7 earthquake Santiago Del Estero, Argentina- September 2, 2011

End Times Statistics

Since I have come to know God and walk with Him, I have heard people discussing the fact that we are in the end times.  The most common discussion is the more frequent occurrences of natural disasters. What does the Bible say about natural disasters in the end times?

Matthew 24:3-8 – 3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” 4 Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains.

Luke 21:11 – And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Luke 21:20-25 “When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. 22 For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written. 23 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. 25 “There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. 26 Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.

Revelation 6:12-14 – 12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

 Revelation 8:5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.

At first I thought about the scriptures discussing just the destruction that will come upon us and I thought about what I have seen in my lifetime.  I was born in 1970 and in my 37 years on this planet, I have seen some major catastrophes.  Obviously, I had seen some major events in my life, but they were spaced apart by many years.  To me, it didn’t seem like the events were growing in power and intensity as the Bible says, until I saw the events of the last 5 years.  After watching some of the worst catastrophes on record, I decided to do a little research about natural disasters and end times prophecies.

First of all, in the past few years we have seen:

Some of the worst earthquakes on record:

• A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck in China, on Aug. 5, 2008, that killed 1 person.
• A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck in California, on July 29, 2008
• A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck in China, on May 12, 2008, that killed over 70,000 people and left 5 million homeless and over 18,000 missing.
• A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck in Pakistan, on Oct. 8, 2005, that killed over 79,000 people and left 3.3 million homeless.
• A 9.2 magnitude earthquake struck in the Indian Ocean, on Dec. 26, 2004, that killed over 225,000 people and left 1.1 million homeless.  This is the 2nd largest and deadliest earthquake of all time and is the largest since 1964 and it caused a  tsunami that devastated Asia.
• A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck in Iran, on Dec. 26, 2003, that killed over 30,000 people and left scores of people homeless.
• A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck in New Zealand’s South Island, in Aug. 2003. It was the largest earthquake to strike the area in decades.

Recently I partnered up with Pastor BrettCreamer to give you the most facts possible showing you the rise in the number of disasters. As you can see this section is dealing with quakes.  Here is are some facts from Pastor Brett.

I wanted to see the data for myself to see how many natural disasters we have encountered and how the numbers have gone up over the years. I found a website (<http://www.em-dat.net/>) that details all this information and you can run queries on certain types of disasters over certain years and exactly how much damage was created. I ran a few simple queries on disasters around the world (in 15 year segments) starting in 1910 and ending in 2008. I’ll show you the overview. The results show exactly what the Bible predicted:
2008-1990 – 518 earthquakes worldwide
1959-1940 – 95 earthquakes worldwide
1929-1910 – 56 earthquakes worldwide

2008-1990 – 108 volcanoes worldwide
1957-1943 – 17 volcanoes worldwide
1929-1911 – 5 volcanoes worldwide

2008-1990 – 1,782 storms worldwide
1959-1940 – 172 storms worldwide
1929-1910 – 51 storms worldwide

2008-1990 – 232 wildfires worldwide
1959-1940 – 5 wildfires worldwide
1929-1910 – 4 wildfires worldwide

2008-1990 – 2283 floods worldwide
1959-1940 – 92 floods worldwide
1929-1910 – 14 floods worldwide

2005-1990 – 56 famine worldwide
1974-1960 – 3 famine worldwide
1929-1910 – 3 famine worldwide

2008-1990 – 899 pestilence (epidemic, disease, etc.) worldwide
1959-1940 – 5 pestilence (epidemic, disease, etc.) worldwide
1929-1910 – 16 pestilence (epidemic, disease, etc.) worldwide

That’s only 7 types of natural disasters. As you can see, the numbers have gone up dramatically. Obviously, we will be seeing more and more events as these and unfortunately, they will be getting worse and worse.

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