14 countries across the African continent have been hit by torrential rains, decimating crops and forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee from their homes. The worst affected regions are Ghana and Ethiopia, where dozens of people have been killed, and many more now face disease and starvation. Northern Ghana has been declared a disaster zone, where farmland which is used to produce food for the entire country is submerged under several feet of water.

Quote: "Parts of Ghana have been declared a disaster zone, while on the other side of the continent, many thousands are now homeless in Ethiopia and Uganda. The UN said the floods could lead to locust infestations and outbreaks of water-borne diseases such as cholera. The flooding and torrential rain have brought chaos to at least 14 countries.

I thought that was particularly interesting to read about the locust infestations, in light of the recent article on "locusts" in the book of Revelation. The severe flooding in Africa has come only a few months following the worst flooding to hit Europe in living memory. The bad weather destroyed crops across the continent, pushing the price of wheat to record levels. Last month I found an article on the internet which laid much of the blame for the flooding on the jet stream, the high velocity currents that encircle the earth. The article stated that the jet-stream is unusually far south at present, upsetting our normal weather patterns by forming bands of low pressure causing torrential rains. 

Quote: "The rain as been caused largely by the position of the North Atlantic jet stream, a ribbon of very strong winds that brings weather systems across to the UK. For much of this summer, the jet stream was further south and stronger than in a typical year - bringing depressions across many parts of the country. Dave Britton, of the Met Office, said that, in isolation, the wet weather was not a sign of global warming. "One wet summer does not mean we are seeing climate change," he said. "In fact, if anything, we would expect to see drier summers, interspersed with heavier bouts of rain. "So, the potential for flash flooding is there, but the widespread flooding that we saw earlier this year is less likely."

That would not be so unusual if it were not for the fact that the jet stream can, and has in the past been altered by mankind. In the 1960s, both the US and the USSR exploded nuclear bombs in the upper atmosphere, temporarily changing the path of the jet stream. The jet stream can also be altered by beaming intense radio energy up into the ionosphere, through facilities such as the HAARP system in located in Alaska. Weather modification is real. It's real enough for the US Airforce to consider its use as a weapon of warfare...

Quote: "In 2025, US aerospace forces can "own the weather" by capitalizing on emerging technologies and focusing development of those technologies to war-fighting applications. Such a capability offers the war fighter tools to shape the battlespace in ways never before possible. It provides opportunities to impact operations across the full spectrum of conflict and is pertinent to all possible futures. The purpose of this paper is to outline a strategy for the use of a future weather-modification system to achieve military objectives rather than to provide a detailed technical road map. A high-risk, high-reward endeavour, weather-modification offers a dilemma not unlike the splitting of the atom. While some segments of society will always be reluctant to examine controversial issues such as weather-modification, the tremendous military capabilities that could result from this field are ignored at our own peril. From enhancing friendly operations or disrupting those of the enemy via small-scale tailoring of natural weather patterns to complete dominance of global communications and counterspace control, weather-modification offers the war fighter a wide-range of possible options to defeat or coerce an adversary.

Now I'm not a conspiracy theorist by any means. But I do believe there is something fishy about all this talk of "global warming". Yes, the world's weather is changing, and dramatically. But whether that is due to carbon emissions or radio emissions is another story. One thing we can be sure of, what the Bible tells us about the end times will come to pass. A world government will be set up, and perhaps unusual weather conditions will form part of that push to unite all nations under one authority. In any case, the Lord has still left the final move for Himself.

Revelation 11:3-6
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

Source BBC, Scotsman, Airforce 2025

The European Commission is considering whether to set up a rapid reaction force that will be capable of responding to natural disasters and other emergencies. Greece has declared a national state of emergency as wildfires continue to ravage much of the country. Nations from around the world have offered their assistance in tackling wildfires, which have so far been responsible for the deaths of around 63 people. The European Union has mobilized its biggest ever relief effort for another member state, but as extreme weather conditions become more commonplace, with Britain's costliest natural disaster also occurring this year, the EU is considering establishing a permanent force that will be capable of dealing with such problems.

Quote: "The commission is currently co-ordinating relief efforts through its monitoring centre in Belgium. But it is now looking at setting up a permanent civil protection force to respond to natural disasters, and possibly also terrorist attacks and industrial accidents. "The costs of not doing enough in a co-ordinated way far outweigh the costs of doing it... in a co-ordinated, better way," says commission environment spokesperson, Barbara Helfferich. "We are in a position to do so and we should do it," she says.

Javier Solana, the High Representative for the European Common, Foreign and Security Policy, already presides over the civilian crisis-management machinery of the EU. According to Recommendation 666, drafted by Solana himself, he has the power to convene the Council of the European Union in the event of a national emergency.

Quote: "12) Support proposals for the WEU Secretary-General and CFSP High Representative to preside over the PSC (Political and Security Committee) and civilian crisis-management machinery and give him powers to convene the Council of the European Union in the event of an emergency;

I didn't hear much from Solana on this latest crisis. In fact I didn't hear much from Europe during the torrential flooding in this country. It may be as well that the EU does set up such a force, for the Bible states that during the tribulation period, the kingdom of the Antichrist will be singled out for special judgement from God.

Revelation 16:10-11
And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

Source BBC, Assembly WEU

Firefighters in Greece are battling wildfires that have swept through the south of the country over the last three days. The country has suffered prolonged heatwaves, leaving woodlands tinder-dry. The Greek Prime Minister, Costas Karamanlis, has declared a nationwide state of emergency, as wildfires travelling around a mile every few minutes destroyed villages on the island of Evia, on Peloponnese and around Athens. The fires have so far claimed around 56 lives, and several individuals have been arrested for arson. Firefighters are being brought in from Israel and the European Union, and help is being offered to Greece by other governments. 

Quote: ""Fires are burning in more than half the country," fire department spokesman Nikos Diamandis said. "This is definitely an unprecedented disaster for Greece." Emergency workers and fire-fighting planes from other European Union countries have joined the battle against the fires, and more help is expected from countries outside the bloc. "Thirty-one planes and helicopters from various European countries and from Israel will be sent. We also have an offer of assistance from the American and Russian governments with whom I communicated yesterday evening," Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Dora Bakoyannis said.  

It's hard to understand how half the world can be suffering from an unprecedented deluge, while in Greece much of the countryside is going up in smoke due to lack of rain. In 2005 we had this exact same situation only it was reversed, with much of western Europe suffering prolonged heatwaves, while eastern Europe was flooded. The news media blamed this bizarre situation on a tilted jet stream. In that article I mentioned the little talked-about phenomenon of weather warfare. World governments have been experimenting with the earth's atmosphere for decades. Scientists have shown they can manipulate the jet stream by firing radio waves, called Extremely Low Frequency waves, into the upper atmosphere, heating it up and altering the weather patterns...

Quote: "ELF fields...propagate vertically to the ground, creating 'standing waves'...that can redistribute energy and momentum in (atmosphere) through cumulus convection. It has been consistently noted that variance of the (Soviet) ELF transmissions leads to a subsequent change in the route of the jet stream flow in the Northern Hemisphere within 72 hours.

As I said at the time, weather manipulation is real enough to warrant the United Nations to ban its use as a weapon of warfare. Countries are prohibited to use weather warfare against other states, but they are not prohibited to use it against their own people. All this talk about the urgent need to combat "global warming" seems to be a convenient excuse for the setting up of a "global government" to help tackle the crisis. Humanity needs an external crisis in order to unite the nations of earth under one authority. How much of this is a result of global warming, how much a result of changes in the sun or how much a result of weather manipulation, we cannot tell. But the Bible states that during the tribulation period, prolonged heatwaves will cause men to blaspheme God, and one third of the earth's vegetation will be burned up. More than ever, verses in the book of Revelation are reading like tomorrow's news headlines.

Revelation 8:7
The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

Source BBC, Rense, National Security

The World Meteorological Organization has published a new report stating that the world has witnessed a record breaking series of extreme weather patterns during the first half of 2007. The United Nations organization said that global land surface temperatures from January to April were most likely the hottest since records began, and that it was difficult to predict what sort of weather we should expect in the latter half of the year. The report listed some of the unusual weather patterns, with record breaking heatwaves across Europe in April and May, followed by the worst flooding since records began. South Africa, Argentina and Chile experienced unusually cold weather last month. Floods in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Uruguay, Mozambique and China killed hundreds of people and displaced millions more. The Arabian Sea also witnessed the biggest storm in 60 years to hit the region, coming on the 40th anniversary of the Six Day War.

Quote: "There have also been severe monsoon floods across South Asia, abnormally heavy rains in northern Europe, China, Sudan, Mozambique and Uruguay, extreme heatwaves in southeastern Europe and Russia, and unusual snowfall in South Africa and South America this year, the WMO said. "The start of the year 2007 was a very active period in terms of extreme weather events," Omar Baddour of the agency's World Climate Program told journalists in Geneva.

The year 2005 entered the record books for the most hurricanes in one year. The year 2006 entered the record books for being the warmest in at least 2000 years. It looks like the year 2007 is already on record for being the wettest year in history. A couple of years ago, I was sitting with my work colleagues in a restaurant, and the topic happened to come around to the unusual weather. My friend Patricia said to me as a joke, I suppose you think all this bad weather means the end of the world is coming. I don't recall what my reply was. My work colleagues know I am a Christian, and Patricia does know the Gospel but is not saved. We've even had some conversations about the end times, but she believes that the end may come perhaps in her children's lifetime. And I guess that's the view most people take. They never think, what if the Lord returns in my lifetime? What if the events described in the book of Revelation unfold while I am alive? There was a time when the people of Israel thought the same, and they mocked the warnings of impending judgement...

Ezekiel 12:27-28
Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off. Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.

The weather patterns do show us that the events spoken of regarding the last days are beginning to unfold. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has noted an increasing trend in extreme weather over the past fifty years - roughly from the time Israel became a nation. Certainly the world has always experienced extreme weather of one sort or another, but never before have all these prophetic events coalesced to form such a picture as we are seeing now. Christians need to be ready to meet their Lord, and sinners need to know their sins forgiven, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. Will He be coming as Saviour to deliver you from the wrath to come, or will you be experiencing His righteous judgement in an increasingly ungodly world?

Source Reuters