Fulfilled Prophecy : The Beginning Of Sorrows : Part 6

FULFILLED PROPHECY : THE BEGINNING OF SORROWS - 6

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Valley Of Decision And Valley Of Megiddo, Signs Preceding
Jerusalem Earthquake, Significance Of Southern Europe And
Middle Eastern Earthquake Region, Mount Of Olives And Dead
Sea Rift, Distortions Of The U.S. Geological Survey, All
Things Continue As They Were?, Earthquake Tables From The
USGS, 1999 Turkey Earthquakes And Other Recent Earthquakes

Dead Sea Rift: The Mount of Olives will split in half at Christ's Return

Allow me to now share with you my final evidence which may
point to a possible link between the Valley of Jehoshaphat,
or the Valley of Decision, and the Valley of Megiddo. First
of all, consider what the the Hebrew and Greek lexicons have
to say regarding the name Megiddo, or Megiddon:

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Megiddo or Megiddon = "place of crowds"

1) ancient city of Canaan assigned to Manasseh and located
on the southern rim of the plain of Esdraelon 6 miles (10
km) from Mount Carmel and 11 miles (18 km) from Nazareth.

Armageddon = "the hill or city of Megiddo"

1) In Rev. 16:16 the scene of a the struggle of good and
evil is suggested by that battle plain of Esdraelon, which
was famous for two great victories, of Barak over the
Canaanites, and of Gideon over the Midianites; and for two
great disasters, the deaths of Saul and Josiah. Hence in
Revelation a place of great slaughter, the scene of a
terrible retribution upon the wicked. The RSV translates the
name as Har-Magedon, i.e. the hill (as Ar is the city) of
Megiddo.

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Now, please notice that the Hebrew form of Meggido, or
Armageddon if you prefer, actually means 'place of crowds';
which is actually a very significant name if we consider
that the multitudinous armies of the Beast will be gathered
there in order to fight against Jesus Christ. In describing
the battle in the Valley of Decision, do you recall the
words of the Prophet Joel which I shared with you earlier?
If not. allow me to repeat some of those verses for you:

"Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of
Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen
round about. Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe:
come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats
overflow; for their wickedness is great. Multitudes,
multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the
LORD is near in the valley of decision."
Joel 3:12-14, KJV

Do you see the connection? Megiddo means 'place of crowds',
and the Lord inspired Joel to write 'Multitudes, multitudes
in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near
in the valley of decision'. Thus, as I describe in other
articles concerning the Endtime, after the Lord lands upon
the Mount of Olives, which will result in a great earthquake
forming a valley running from east to west, perhaps He then
takes His Heavenly Forces to Armageddon for the final great
battle. Obviously, the fact that this earthquake will be so
near Jerusalem, is going to have some kind of an effect on
the city. In fact, as we saw in an earlier verse, it is
going to cause a tenth part of the city to fall, and seven
thousand people are going to perish as a result of the
earthquake. Here again is that same verse in case you've
forgotten it:

"And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the
tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were
slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were
affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven."
Revelation 11:13, KJV

Thus far we have learned that the Great Jerusalem Earthquake
will have its epicenter on the Mount of Olives, that it will
result in a great valley running from east to west, that a
tenth part of Jerusalem will fall as a result of it, and
that there will be seven thousand casualties. As if this
prophecy isn't already clear enough, while we may not yet
know the exact day when Christ will return, we do know many
of the signs which will precede His Coming, and thus lead up
to this great earthquake. If you study my article 'The Two
Sackcloth Witnesses Of The Endtime' and many other Endtime
articles, you will see that this earthquake will be preceded
by the three and a half year period known to many Christians
as the Great Tribulation; during which time, the Islamic
Beast and his followers will persecute the Jews. From verses
I shared earlier from the Book of Zechariah, we know that
the city of Jerusalem is going to be besieged, and that half
of the city will be taken into captivity by the Islamic
forces of the Beast.

We also know from the aforementioned article, that during
the full three and a half year period, the Two Sackcloth
Witnesses will be performing a variety of miracles; primary
of which will be a severe drought. You may recall from the
verses I shared earlier from Revelation chapter sixteen,
that the Euphrates River is going to dry up, in order to
prepare the way for the kings of the East. I discuss these
mysterious kings in the in-depth series 'The Seven Heads'.
It is also during this three and a half year period, that
the satanic Mark of the Beast will be enforced. Please see
such articles as 'Mondex And The Mark Of The Beast' for
further information on what the six six six may signify. So
then, while we may not yet know the precise date of this
coming great earthquake which will herald the Lord's Return,
we certainly do have a lot of information, straight from the
Holy Scriptures, which accurately tells us all about this
event, literally thousands of years in advance. I challenge
any modern-day seismologist to provide me with a similar
earthquake prediction. They just can't do it.

Now, for those of you reading this who may scoff at the idea
of making a prediction concerning a tremendous earthquake
splitting the Mount of Olives in half, based upon Biblical
evidence alone, allow me to provide you with some geological
information. As we have already seen, over two thousand five
hundred years ago, Jerusalem suffered an earthquake, which
apparently was so powerful, that it was recorded for us in
the pages of the Bible; however, this tremor is by no means
the only earthquake to have ever struck the land of Israel.
Moving up to our more recent history, on January 1, 1837, an
earthquake of unknown magnitude struck Safad, Israel. This
quake resulted in over five thousand deaths. The greatest
earthquake to occur this century, known as the Jericho
earthquake, struck Israel and the surrounding area on July
11, 1927, and measured 5.9 to 6.25 in magnitude. Sources I
have read indicate that the Jericho earthquake resulted in
approximately six hundred and seventy fatalities.

In more recent history, on November 22, 1995 an earthquake
measuring 6.2-7.3 struck northeastern Egypt. According to
the USGS report I read, at least eight people were killed
and thirty more were injured in the area of the epicenter.
Damage occurred in many parts of northeastern Egypt as far
away as Cairo. One person was killed and two more were
slightly injured at Al Bad, Saudi Arabia. Some damage
occurred at Al Bad, Al Ula and Haql, Saudi Arabia. One
person died of a heart attack, several people were injured
and substantial damage with power outages and liquefaction
occurred at Elat, Israel. Some damage also occurred at
Jerusalem and Aqaba, Jordan. This earthquake was felt from
Sudan to Lebanon, and high waves were reported along the
coast at Aqaba, Jordan.

About three years earlier, on September 12, 1992, a deadly
earthquake struck Cairo, Egypt. Measuring 5.2-5.9, its death
toll was at least five hundred and forty-one people, as well
as more than six thousand and five hundred people who were
injured. About eight thousand three hundred buildings were
damaged or destroyed in the Cairo area. This earthquake was
felt in much of Egypt from Alexandria to Aswan, as well as
in Israel from Elat to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

As you will soon learn from the earthquake data I will be
presenting to you shortly, the region stretching from Italy
to Greece, to Turkey, to Syria, to Iran, is one of the most
seismically-active areas in the entire world. Excluding the
great Chinese earthquakes, this area has claimed more lives
down through history, than any other earthquake-prone region
of the world. Personally, I am of the opinion that the fact
that so many earthquakes occur here is of deep spiritual
significance. Not only did this region bring forth the birth
of Christianity, and then nurture its growth in the first
churches established by Paul and others in Asia Minor, now
known as Turkey, but it was also in this same area that true
Christianity later compromised with pagan Roman authority in
Constantinople, now known as Istanbul, Turkey. As we have
now seen, the Bible also indicates that some very important
Endtime events are going to occur here as well, so I believe
that there is a connection between the physical and the
spiritual.

In order to provide you with a basic understanding of the
geological structure of Israel and the surrounding area,
following are some extracts taken from 'Earthquakes In The
Holy Land' by Bailey Willis. This report was included in the
June 1928 edition of the Bulletin of the Seismological
Society of America:

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"Palestine is a plateau, which has well-defined limits
except toward the south. East of it lies the Dead Sea and
the Jordan Valley. North of it is the Plain of Esdralon.
West of it is the Mediterranean, which is not quite full
enough to flood the narrow coastal plain. The general
altitude of the flat top of the plateau is between 2,000 and
2,600 feet above sea level. Jerusalem stands on a summit, a
low hill, similar to many others which have at one time or
another been occupied as defensible city sites..."

Matching the Palestine plateau, but lying east of the Dead
Sea and Jordan Valley is the Transjordan plateau, a bench on
the Arabian highland. The Palestine and Transjordan plateaus
are completely separated by the profound trough of the Dead
Sea, in which the surface of the water lies 1,200 feet below
sea level.

In both of these plateaus the geologist notes that the rocks
are strata of marine limestone or sandstone, which have been
uplifted without appreciable disturbance. In general the
beds lie nearly as flat as when they were deposited beneath
the sea. Closer inspection shows, it is true, that they have
been bent and crushed along certain lines, but the
compression is not the obvious thing. One would infer that a
great force, a swelling perhaps, had raised the whole mass
of either plateau gradually. One would not at once arrive at
the conclusion that the deepseated foundations of the
regions were being crushed as in a vise and that the
squeezed masses were moving in the direction of least
resistance, that is vertically upward. Study of the
structures has, however, led me to that conclusion, and I
would attribute the earthquakes that shake Palestine to
yielding within the body of the plateau or to the slipping
of the whole plateau upon the shearing planes that underlie
it.

North of the Palestine plateau is the lowland which
stretches from west to east, from the Mediterranean to the
Jordan, and comprises the Plain of Esdralon and the Valley
of Jezreel. It would extend eastward beyond the Jordan, as
it once did, if it had not been covered and heaped up by
thick lavaflows. They form the upland of Bashan, ranging
northeastward along the southern slopes of Mount Sermon
toward Damascus. Earthquakes impinge on the margins of the
low country, Esdralon and Jezreel, but they do not originate
within it. It is a non seismic zone between Palestine and
northern Syria.

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It is due to a major fault system which runs between the two
aforementioned plateaus, that the Jordan River Valley, also
known as the Jordan Rift Valley, exists. This fault system,
known as the Dead Sea Rift, is believed by geologists to be
the result of a convergence between two tectonic plates, the
African Plate, and the Arabian plate; thus, this region is
referred to as the Afro-Arabian rift zone. The Dead Sea Rift
is believed to be a continuation of the East African Rift,
which passes through the Red Sea, then through the Gulf of
Aqaba, also known as the Gulf of Elat, and then northward to
the Dead Sea. From that point, geologists believe that rift
faulting joins the Dead Sea to the Jordan River Valley and
Lake Kinneret, also known as the Sea of Galilee, further
north. Beyond that point, that is, in Lebanon, the Dead Sea
Rift splays out into a series of north-northeast directional
faults.

While Mount Everest continues to contend for being the
highest point on the Earth, and the Marianas Trench in the
western Pacific Ocean holds the claim for being the deepest
point in our oceans, the Dead Sea Rift is believed to be one
of the deepest, if not the deepest, continental depression
on the Earth's surface. It is not surprising then that the
surface of the Dead Sea is 1,292 feet, or 394 meters, below
sea level. As its name implies, it is the separation of the
Dead Sea Rift which is believed to have resulted in the
formation of the Dead Sea, as well as the other major basin
in the area, that is, the Gulf of Elat. The Dead Sea Rift is
easily visible from the air, as can be seen in the NASA
space images which I have made available to you at the top
of this part of our series.

While the Dead Sea Rift is the major geological fault in the
area, just as a bolt of lightning possesses a series of what
we might refer to as minor tendrils, so too, the limestone
and sandstone plateau upon which the nation of Israel sits,
is permeated with many fractures and fissures; some of which
are undoubtedly the result of shifts in the Dead Sea Rift
itself. Some of these secondary cracks are visible on the
surface, while others are not. Returning to Bailey Willis'
report, in later paragraphs of this same bulletin, while
discussing the July 11, 1927 temblor, Mr. Willis provides
additional information which is evidence that a part of the
Dead Sea Rift system does in fact penetrate the Mount of
Olives:

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Jerusalem, walled in on its rocky promontory between the
gorges of the Hinnom and Kedron, had received a strong
shock.[5] So had Hebron, twenty miles to the south, and
Nablus, thirty miles to the north. These three cities are on
the crest of the plateau, on the axis which might be
supposed to correspond to an axial fault within the uplift,
though no fracture is visible in the surface. The inference
which connects the vigor of the shock with a structural
feature is strengthened by the greater severity of the
earthquake in the Mount of Olives. The Mount is a broad
ridge, but a mile east of Jerusalem. it ranges from south to
north on the axis of a fold, which assumes the character of
a fault in its northern extension. The greatest damage
occurred on that axis."

"Among the examples of unfavorable exposure were the Mount
of Olives and Es Salt. While the destruction on the Mount
was in large part due to the fault within the ridge, it was
increased by exposure to the east. Habitations on that far
side, the side away from the advancing surface wave of the
earthquake, were subjected to its full intensity
unrestrained by any mass to impede its emergence into the
air...."

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Thus we see that geologists have been well aware of the
existence of a dangerous fault system beneath Jordan and
Israel for many years; and it is the very part of the Dead
Sea Rift which runs through the Mount of Olives, which will
undoubtedly cause it to split in half at the Lord's Return.
I recall reading several decades ago, how the Holiday Inn
had planned on building one of their famous hotels on the
summit of the Mount of Olives; however, if memory serves me
correctly, once their engineers became aware of this fault,
they withdrew their plans. Sadly, despite the damaging
earthquakes which have already shook the mount, and caused a
considerable amount of damage in the past, money-minded
entrepreneurs have ignored the obvious danger; and to this
day, the Mount of Olives hosts a number of hotels, religious
buildings, and other tourist-related traps.

Despite all of the Biblical evidence I have shared with you,
which not only describes earthquakes of the past, but which
also prophesies of even more earthquakes in the future, due
to the hardness of their own hearts, some non-believers have
tried to disprove the Lord's words. They argue that while
there have indeed been many earthquakes in recent decades,
there have not been more than in times past. Those people
who adopt this anti-Biblical view, contend that this seeming
increase in the number of earthquakes is simply due to the
fact that in our modern day, in addition to the advent of
modern, worldwide seismographic instrumentation which more
accurately records the Earth's tectonic movements, global
communication networks have made it possible for news of
such events to spread further and faster than in times past.
In other words, because of this fact, we are being given the
false impression that there are more earthquakes when,
according to them, there actually are not. As proof of this,
consider the following interesting report entitled 'Are
Earthquakes Really On The Increase?', which was issued by
the USGS, that is, the United States Geological Survey:

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Are Earthquakes Really on the Increase?

We continue to hear from many people throughout the world
that earthquakes are on the increase. Although it may seem
that we are having more earthquakes, earthquakes of
magnitude 7.0 or greater have remained fairly constant
throughout this century and, according to our records, have
actually seemed to decrease in recent years.

A partial explanation may lie in the fact that in the last
twenty years, we have definitely had an increase in the
number of earthquakes we have been able to locate each year.
This is because of the tremendous increase in the number of
seismograph stations in the world and the many improvements
in global communications. In 1931, there were about 350
stations operating in the world; today, there are more that
4,000 stations and the data now comes in rapidly from these
stations by telex, computer and satellite. This increase in
the number of stations and the more timely receipt of data
has allowed us and other seismological centers to locate
many small earthquakes which were undetected in earlier
years, and we are able to locate earthquakes more rapidly.
The NEIC now locates about 12,000 to 14,000 earthquakes each
year or approximately 35 per day. Also, because of the
improvements in communications and the increased interest in
natural disasters, the public now learns about more
earthquakes.

According to long-term records (since about 1900), we expect
about 18 major earthquakes (7.0 - 7.9) and one great
earthquake (8.0 or above) in any given year. However, let's
take a look at what has happened in the past 28 years, from
1969 through 1996.

Our records show that 1992 is the first time that we have
reached or exceeded the long-term average number of major
earthquakes since 1971. In 1970 and in 1971 we had 20 and 19
major earthquakes, respectively, but in other years the
total was in many cases well below the 18 per year which we
may expect based on the long-term average. The following is
a list of major earthquakes during this period:

1969 - 15	1970 - 20	1971 - 19	1972 - 15	1973 - 13
1974 - 14	1975 - 14	1976 - 15	1977 - 11	1978 - 16
1979 - 13	1980 - 13	1981 - 13	1982 - 10	1983 - 14
1984 - 08	1985 - 13	1986 - 05	1987 - 11	1988 - 08
1989 - 06	1990 - 12	1991 - 11	1992 - 23	1993 - 15
1994 - 13	1995 - 22	1996 - 21	1997 - 20

Great earthquakes during this 27 year period were also below
the level indicated by the long-term average:

1969 - 1	1970 - 0	1971 - 1	1972 - 0	1973 - 0
1974 - 0	1975 - 1	1976 - 2	1977 - 2	1978 - 1
1979 - 0	1980 - 1	1981 - 0	1982 - 1	1983 - 0
1984 - 0	1985 - 1	1986 - 1	1987 - 0	1988 - 0
1989 - 1	1990 - 0	1991 - 0	1992 - 0	1993 - 1
1994 - 2	1995 - 3	1996 - 1	1997 - 0

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The previous report from the USGS is another clear example
of man's word versus God's Word. It is a case of the sure
word of prophecy versus the scientific lies of modern men.
As far as I am concerned, either we accept the Lord's words
as being true, or else we don't. Considering the Bible's
perfect track record in other areas of prophecy, I for one
accept the Lord's words as being absolutely true. Allow me
to remind you of the verses I shared with you at the
beginning of part one, such as the following:

"God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of
man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not
do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?"
(Numbers 23:19)

Not only does the previous report seek to discredit God's
Word, but there is a certain subtlety about it as well. In
this and other reports issued by the USGS, they define a
great earthquake as being one which reaches a magnitude of
8.0 or higher. A major earthquake is defined as one which
has a magnitude of 7.0 to 7.9. Below the major category are
those temblors which are defined as significant earthquakes;
which the USGS describes as follows:

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A significant earthquake is one of magnitude 6.5 or higher
or one of lesser magnitude that causes casualties or
considerable damage.

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Now, please note that even though an earthquake of magnitude
6.5 may cause considerable casualties and damage, according
to USGS standards, such a temblor can only be classified as
a significant earthquake, but not as a major earthquake,
because it has not reached magnitude 7.0; and this is where
the subtlety of the USGS enters the picture. Their claims
that 'all things continue as they were' is based upon the
number of major earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or greater. I
am reminded of the following verses from the second Epistle
of the Apostle Peter:

"Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days
scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where
is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell
asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning
of the creation." 2 Peter 3:3-4, KJV

Isn't that precisely the lie which is being spread by these
modern-day false prophets? 'Oh no; things are not getting
worse! There are not more earthquakes! All things continue
as they were from the beginning of the creation! The number
of annual major earthquakes has been constant!'. You see,
what they are ignoring, is that God does not require that an
earthquake be of 7.0 in order to mete out His judgments. The
subtlety behind this method used by the USGS to make their
claims, will become even more apparent to you after I share
some actual earthquake data with you in a moment. So then,
based upon their approach of only using earthquakes of 7.0
magnitude or greater to support their claims, they provide
us with the following data for the past ninety-nine years.

Allow me to call your attention to the fact that for the
twenty-eight-year period spanning from 1969 to 1997, this
report lists 483 earthquakes, whereas the 1997 report, which
I shared a moment ago, only lists 403 earthquakes for the
same period. Considering the supposed accuracy of their
equipment, why is there a discrepancy of eighty earthquakes?
Even if we combine the twenty great earthquakes from the
previous report, we are still left with an additional sixty
earthquakes in the report below. Why is there such a major
revision in their figures?:

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Number Of 7.0+ Magnitude Earthquakes Per Year 1900 - 1998 :

1900 - 13	1901 - 14	1902 - 8	1903 - 10	1904 - 16
1905 - 25	1906 - 32	1907 - 27	1908 - 18	1909 - 32
1910 - 36	1911 - 24	1912 - 22	1913 - 23	1914 - 22
1915 - 18	1916 - 25	1917 - 21	1918 - 21	1919 - 14
1920 - 8	1921 - 11	1922 - 14	1923 - 23	1924 - 18
1925 - 17	1926 - 19	1927 - 20	1928 - 22	1929 - 19
1930 - 13	1931 - 26	1932 - 13	1933 - 14	1934 - 22
1935 - 24	1936 - 21	1937 - 22	1938 - 26	1939 - 21
1940 - 23	1941 - 24	1942 - 27	1943 - 41*	1944 - 31
1945 - 27	1946 - 35	1947 - 26	1948 - 28	1949 - 36
1950 - 39	1951 - 21	1952 - 17	1953 - 22	1954 - 17
1955 - 19	1956 - 15	1957 - 34	1958 - 10	1959 - 15
1960 - 22	1961 - 18	1962 - 15	1963 - 20	1964 - 15
1965 - 22	1966 - 19	1967 - 16	1968 - 30	1969 - 27
1970 - 29	1971 - 23	1972 - 20	1973 - 16	1974 - 21
1975 - 21	1976 - 25$	1977 - 16	1978 - 18	1979 - 15
1980 - 18	1981 - 14	1982 - 10	1983 - 15	1984 - 8
1985 - 15	1986 - 6#	1987 - 11	1988 - 8	1989 - 7
1990 - 13	1991 - 10	1992 - 20	1993 - 16	1994 - 15
1995 - 25	1996 - 21	1997 - 20	1998 - 12

Total 1900 - 1997 = 1960 major earthquakes

Events = 20 earthquakes per year

* - Most active year since 1900

# - Least active year since 1900

$ - Year with most people killed since 1900

(295,000 - 699,000; dominated by the Tangshan quake with
casualty estimate from 255,000 - 655,000)

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At the time of this writing, the most powerful seismic event
of 1999 continues to be the devastating 7.4 earthquake which
struck western Turkey on August 17, 1999. As I write this,
almost four months after the temblor, the exact death toll
is still unknown, and in fact, may never be known. On August
29, 1999, the BBC reported the following:

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As the official number of dead from the Turkish earthquake
continues to rise, more reports are emerging of the trauma
faced by survivors still searching for missing relatives.
The confirmed death toll has now reached 14,000, but
estimates suggest another 30,000 bodies remain undiscovered.

At one location, the naval base at Golcuk, there are 400
confirmed dead, but more than twice that number are missing.
BBC Ankara Correspondent Chris Morris says that pattern is
repeated across the region, adding to the psychological
strain on survivors who are unable to arrange funerals for
their missing relatives.

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While the earthquake in Turkey held the world's attention
for several weeks, it is not the only temblor to shake our
planet since the beginning of this year. For example, on
January 25th, the South American nation of Columbia was also
struck by a devasting earthquake which claimed the lives of
over one thousand people. Following are some excerpts from a
report issued by Disaster Relief several days after that
catastrophe occurred:

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Colombian Earthquake Kills 1,000; Death Toll Expected to
Climb

At least 1,000 people are dead, thousands more injured, and
tens of thousands homeless following a powerful earthquake
Monday that leveled major portions of western Colombia. In
the hard-hit city of Armenia, rescue workers scrambled to
free people trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings.
City residents clawed at the tangled concrete and steel
cables with shovels, sticks, and hands to reach the victims.
The deputy fire chief of Armenia said at least 1,000 people
were dead, "perhaps more than 2,000 in Armenia alone."

Witnesses described an apocalyptic scene of flattened
buildings, crushed automobiles, and bodies littering the
streets. Armenia Mayor Alvaro Pulido said his city was
devastated by the earthquake, and that his resources were so
stretched that the bodies of many victims could not
immediately be collected.

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As we continue this series in part seven, I will be sharing
some additional news reports with you concerning earthquakes
which have struck the planet during 1999. I will also be
explaining some of the information-gathering challenges and
obstacles I encountered while compiling this data for you. I
will also be sharing some additional data with you, which
will show exactly how much our Lord's words have been
fulfilled during this past century alone. This will include
a table which shows the most destructive earthquakes for the
past fifty years. The number of deaths and injuries which
have resulted from these earthquakes, and the amount of
destruction which has accumulated from them as well, truly
almost defies the imagination. It is only when one takes the
time to really study this issue in detail, instead of just
being spoon-fed small pieces of information over a period of
time by the mass media, which tends to soften the impact of
the truth upon one's conscience, that he is able to form a clear
picture in his mind, of how devasting these mighty shakings
of the Earth have truly been. I trust that you will join me.

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