Prayer Service for Tornado Victims, MERS, Dreams and Middle East Turmoil

 

     This evening I attended the First Baptist Church of Moore Prayer service for the Moore tornado victims. It is quite touching and yet heart breaking at the same time. I found myself missing the family that I used to have (a previous relationship awarded me the kids of my significant other at the time with whom I grew closer to then I have anyone excluding my mother) [and actually left the service depressed]. The choir did a wonderful job as well as the touching prayers of church Pastor Kevin, Rabbi Vered Harris and Archbishop Paul S. Coakley from the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. The adorable children of the Briarwood Elementary School Choir sang a heart warming rendition of 'Jesus Loves' me after being greeted with a standing ovation which lasted for several minutes. There was music and the Governor Mary Fallin spoke. The entire service lasted about an hour and a half.

 

In Regards to A Couple of Dreams I Have Recently Had:

*A month or so ago I had a dream about a catastrophic storm that hit the area (but missed Norman). The dream stuck with me for awhile. In the aftermath of the May 20th tornado I cant help but wonder if the dream was a premonition. It felt like such, as I get what seem to be prophetic dreams from time to time.

 

*I wont go too much into the details of this dream as it is not necessary. After I was baptised last night I spoke with the preacher for awhile in his room. As I was getting ready to leave we embraced hands. It was at that point that I recognized the setting from a dream I had last week. The details were interestingly similar. When I had that dream, I couldn't help but feel that it was prophetic in some way. I believe that the events of last night confirmed the dream.

 

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     As time progresses God reveals things to us more and more as the prophesied time arrives. In the distant past, end times prophecies, while descriptive, did not give a full picture or time line of coming events. Prophecy that was meant to take place over thousands of years have been given as brief revelation, but in time those revelations are expanded on and detailed as necessary for the understanding of the people that the prophecy is meant for. This is called progressive revelation. As we approach the designated times, God reveals to us details about specific events as we need to understand them.

 

     Last night (this morning) at approximately 0045, I was baptised by a non-denominational preacher. We spoke awhile on spiritual and theological topics. He convinced me the need to be baptised into "God's Church", rather then into a specific denomination (I was baptised into the Latter Day Saints church on Christmas day 2003). While getting ready to go to sleep I prayed for forgiveness of my sins and that God would make me into the person he wants me to be. I am going to try and use this event to better myself and become a better person and let go of anger and negative destructive emotions. It is time to begin living the best life that I can live. I confessed that I believe in and accept Christ's gift of salvation, which I gladly accepted.

 

     Today rockets have his the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. Five people (at least) have been injured when a residential building and car dealership were h it. A third fired rocket failed to explode. The second floor of a residential building was struck, however no injuries resulted because of it. As of this afternoon (CST) it was too early to know who was responsible for the attacks.

 

     Syria has agreed to attend the Geneva peace talks. The growing chaos and conflicts in the Middle East are setting the stage for hostile action against Israel. In no certain time will the God/Magog war occur (most likely AFTER the Antichrist signs a seven year peace treaty with Israel). The new coronavirus in Saudi Arabia has claimed its 18th victim. In Saudi Arabia a large number of those who have dies have been elderly people with chronic illness, as was the case with the newest victim. So far 44 cases have been confirmed world wide. The virus has been named Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS). An alert has been raised by the World Health Organization [Plagues in diverse places].

 

Links:

* Signs of the End Times

* Will this disease return in the near future? The Plague of Athens

* The Rapture

* Move Trailer 'This is the End'

* Signs of Judgement Day (Islam)

 

 

 

Pestilence in Diverse Places

     It seems that the H7N9 outbreak in China is now airborne (source: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-23/chinas-bird-flu-goes-airborne), though the Chinese government is saying that the epidemic is under control. No new cases have been reported since earlier this month, though it is possible that people may be infected and not realize it, or cases have not been reported for a variety of reasons. It also appears that pigs can become infected, which is not good news. This increases the chance that the virus could mingle with other strains creating a deadlier, more contagious strain. There is no vaccine or cure available at this time.

     If you remember (and how could you not?), this years flu season was exceptionally bad, causing a higher than normal rate of fatalities. I believe that it will return again this winter and may be worse than last years, and perhaps contribute to a pandemic, though it appears to have not spread far outside of the U.S. or caused as many problems for the international community as it did here. Although the flu vaccination this past season was embarrassingly ineffective, I think people should still consider getting it before the next wave. It never hurts to be prepared and I myself may consider getting the flu shot, though I believe I may be protected from infection. This previous flu came earlier then usual, lasted longer then usual and was fiercer than usual (much like our recent freak weather conditions). Numerous people were hospitalised and deaths were already being reported early into the epidemic. I still believe that there was a cover up on the severity of the outbreak from the federal and state health authorities. At the time, I wondered if we might not be looking at another 1918-1919 like pandemic. I am still not sure, that we shouldn't expect a similar scenario.

     The authorities were pushing for people to get the vaccine, which turned out to only be 9-60% effective. I myself believe in vaccines, but did not get the chance to get this cycles inoculation, which I think was mostly to comfort people into a false sense of protection. The last season saw outbreaks of Influenza types A and B, H3N2 (the problematic strain) and possibly H1N1. One of the strains had already been labeled "pandemic". In public you would see people wearing gloves and face masks in order to protect themselves from contagion. Though most masks DO NOT protect against Influenza-they may even increase your chances of getting it, by altering the way you breath causing you to take deeper breaths. The fibers of most masks are not designed to keep out microbes as small as flu particles.

     Recently there was what appeared to be an outbreak of respiratory illness in Alabama, however according to ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/Health/alabama-mystery-illness-solved-chalked-cold-flu/story?id=19249261) the outbreak was coincidental and were a mix of common cold and flu rather than Bird Flu or the new corona virus strain. Saudi Arabia has announced another person infected with the SARS like virus. The virus is probably able to spread from person-to-person.

     As of 12:37 P.M. CST there does not appear to be any severe weather warnings for Oklahoma, though in the Norman area there was a grey over cast that implied rain is possible.

More on the Moore Oklahoma Tornadoes

     First let me remind everyone that both Shawnee and parts of Texas have also had recent tornadoes and we should not forget to keep them in our prayers too. The Oklahoma National Guard has been doing an awesome job along with the countless other people out helping. A list of the names of 16 of the unfortunate fatalities have been released. I will post the names below. The names and quoted text are from: http://www.news9.com/story/22392283/victims-of-deadly-moore-tornado-identified

The text follows (I added italics to highlight quoted material below):

"The identified victims are:
1. Terri Long, female, 49
2. Megan Futrell, female, 29
3. Case Futrell, female, 4 months
4. Shannon Quick, female, 40
5. Sydnee Vargyas, female, 7 months
6. Karrina Vargyas, female, 4
7. Jenny Neely, female, 38
8. Antonia Canderaria, female, 9
9. Kyle Davis, male, 8
10. Janae Hornsby, female, 9
11. Sydney Angle, female, 9
12. Emily Conatzer, female, 9
13. Nicolas McCabe, male, 9
14. Christopher Legg, male, 9
15. Cindy Plumley, female, adult - age unknown
16. Deanna Ward, female, adult - age unknown"

     Let us pray for the victims and their families. Let us also pray for ourselves, that we may be protected in the future from such calamities and let us repent of our wrong doings and take advantage of this situation to make better people of ourselves. I believe that everyone can be made better through God's love. I pray that if you haven't done so yet, that you seek a relationship with God. I do not believe that I know anyone from the list and I am lucky to say I have not lost anyone. I feel terrible for the people who we have lost, and especially for the children lost. That is the most horrific aspect of this disaster.

LINKS:

*Power of Moore Tornado Dwarfs the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb

*360* Views Before and After Images of Moore Tornado Destruction

*SARS Like Virus Spreads to Tunisia