BEWARE THE IDES OF JUNE!

Ides, a day in the Roman calendar that marked the approximate middle of the month.

By Dick Carmack

The following entry is found on the website of Science Frontiers Online for the July-August issue of 1994. Men have been looking to the heavens for millennia, searching for signs of God’s will and His actions, either present or impending.

“Beware the ides of June -- and the rest of the month, too!

http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf094/sf094a04.htm

“Three astronomical events, all within the short span of written human history, lead J. Hartung to warn us that June is a dangerous month for earthlings.

June 18, 1178. On the moon.

"...just after sunset, it was reported by at least five men that the 'upper horn of a new moon split and from the division point fire, hot coals, and sparks spewed out.'"

“These observations have been interpreted as eyewitness accounts of the impact on the moon that gouged out the crater named Giordano Bruno, 20 kilometers in diameter.

June 30, 1908. Siberia.

"On the morning of June 30, 1908, a tremendous explosion deep in the Siberian taiga near the Tunguska river caused trees over an area of 40 km in diameter to be flattened in a radial pattern and produced a pressure wave in the atmosphere which circled the Earth."

“June 17-27, 1975. On the moon.

"...an unusual meteoroid 'storm' was detected by the array of seismometers placed on the moon during the Apollo missions. The peak impact rate on the moon of 0.5-to-50-kg objects was about 10 times the normal background during this interval. Such a high rate was not recorded at any other time during the 8-year operation of the Apollo passive seismic network."

“Hartung links all three events to the comet Encke and the closely related Taurid Complex of naturally occuring space debris. Some chunks in this wide stream of space debris are measured in kilometers and, if they hit the earth, would far outclass the infamous Siberian projectile of 1908.

(Hartung, Jack B.; "Giordano Bruno, the 1975 Meteoroid Storm, Encke, and Other Taurid Complex Objects," Icarus, 104:280, 1993.

“Comment. Since we will not mail this issue of SF until the first week in July, you are safe for another year (?) if you are reading this!

“From Science Frontiers #94, JUL-AUG 1994. © 1994-2000 William R. Corliss”

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Marvin Rosenthal (Zion’s Fire) http://www.zionshope.org  writes the last seven years of this present age, commonly called “the great tribulation” wherein the world expects Antichrist to arise and take charge of the world, is not simply a seven year period, but is broken into three parts; the beginning of sorrows, great tribulation and the wrath of God (The Pre-Wrath Rapture of the Church). We therefore find ourselves wondering, Could we be in “part one, called “the beginning of sorrows?” Or are we just building up to the “beginning of the bad?

Will Antichrist rule for 7 years or only 3 ½, or maybe even less? What is coming and is it near or far in the future?

Compare Rosenthal’s analysis with Tom Horn’s, “ZENITH 2016” chronicling the myriad signs he had discovered that all point to 2016 as being the zenith of current world events. The lynchpin of signs he used was the furor of when the world was focused on the apocalypse projected by the Aztec Calendar Stone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_calendar_stone,  supposedly teaching “The world will end on December 21, 2012.” The centerpiece of that supposed event was widely written about and publicized as portending the possible end of humanness as we know it. It obviously didn’t work out. Horn thinks it actually meant “The end of the age.”

Horn also pointed out many developments in the present time but didn’t make (at least in the book) the possible connection of December 21, 2012 (Mayan date) plus the Biblical time period of three and one half years which when added together brings us to June 21, 2016.

Could June 2016 possibly be the month that brings calamitous change to planet earth and is therefore worth considering as being a turning point? We will soon know, “yes or no.”

It’s commonly conceded the beginning of sorrows is related to the first half of the prophesied 7 years because the current understanding of Bible prophecy points toward a prophesied horrible time of seven years duration, which at mid-point (3 ½ yrs.) is interrupted by the rise of a man possessed by Satan himself. That demonic one will bring such devastation to planet earth that God Almighty will finally intervene and with His Wrath bring it all to a end. The Bible also speaks several times of “forty and two months,” “time and times and half a time” both of which designate a 3 ½ year period, indicating the 7 years is broken into two halves. That centerpoint is referred to as “the abomination of desolation,” or when Antichrist reveals himself by setting himself up in the temple and demanding worship.

Could there be a link between the Mayan date of 12-21-12 and the biblical 3 ½ year period clearly taught in the Bible? It’s worth considering in light of the building crescendo of horrific weather events, earthquakes, tsunamis and other more minor or localized tragedies. Anticipating the great tribulation and the second coming of Christ has been a popular pastime for not just years but centuries, even millennia.

Looking at Matthew 24:4 we note Jesus warns of deception to come.

Mt 24:4 ¶ And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 

Because the Bible reaches the entire world, we may safely conclude it warns of global deception in the last days.

Mt 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

Persistent reports warn of a coming attempt by the Vatican to fake the Second Coming of Christ possibly with holograms accompanied by fake reports of Alien landings. We also see almost regularly men arise claiming to be Christ.

Mt 24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

 Wars and rumors of war are, and have been daily news for the past several years.

Mt 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

Again just consult the daily news and compare with this, Zika virus being the latest scare. We also refer to famines scattered across the globe, as well as earthquakes.

Mt 24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. (all emphasis added)

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Here is a reprint of headlines found and noted five years ago:

Southeast Australia set for another week of floods   01/24/11

Violent Seismic Activity Tearing Africa in Two   01/20/11

La Nina Raises Drought Risk For U.S.   01/24/1

U.S. farmers called to plant more acres   01/24/11

Australia floods: 'Inland sea' moves across Victoria  01/23/11

China drought threatens water supplies: state media   01/24/11

Era of low-cost food is over, study warns   01/24/11 

The Son of Perdition (Antichrist) will rule with savagery during “the great tribulation.” It will be a time when the world will see new atrocities that will put ISIS to shame, acts that can hardly be comprehended. According to Bible teaching at the very least, one half of mankind will perish, first when a quarter of mankind dies, secondly when a third of the remainder expires. What destruction we have seen so far will one day appear as small as a computer blip. But will the time of Antichrist be for a full seven years or only three and one-half, maybe even less?

We consider the possibility as proposed by Rosenthal, the first half of the 7 years will be the “beginning of sorrows” followed by an indeterminate time ruled by Antichrist called “the great tribulation.” Following that, God pours out His Wrath on the earth. At the end of His Wrath Antichrist is destroyed at Armageddon and the Second Coming of Christ is complete.

The first declaration of death to come is found in Rev 6:8 when “death and hell” are given permission to exterminate a “fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.” At our present population of about seven billion that means simply that one and three quarters (1 ¾) billion people will perish in the first holocaust.

When that is accomplished a third of the survivors will then be put to the sword and other instruments of death. The second round is expressed as “And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men (Rev 9:15).”

World War 2 took 50 million lives. Now multiply that by 70 and we have the approximate death toll of 3 ½ Billion that is yet to come.

The Bible doesn’t specify exactly how half its population will perish, but considering the current levels of technology we can easily imagine how it might come to pass. Atomic or hydrogen warfare first comes to mind, followed quickly by clashing armies, then famine and pestilence discussed by Matthew 24 and Rev 6. Other means might be “natural disasters” many of which we are presently witnessing. These may very well include massive earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, extreme flooding (implied by Dan 9:27), continent splitting or perhaps man-made weapons of mass destruction.

In the present, when we consider the seemingly unending cycles of extreme weather, tornados, massive flooding, hurricanes, tsunamis, it’s not surprising that current events are being compared to Biblical prophecy. Other daily disasters include baseball sized hail, landslides, 80 mph straight winds, that turn over semi trucks, and destroy poorly built structures, houses caving into the sea, etc. The devil is the god of this world, and it behooves us to read the newspaper in one hand while watching outside in apprehension with both eyes wide open. Surely, we are seeing prophecy being fulfilled.

Following the first ½ of Daniel’s 70^th Week (Dan 9:27), we also note Matthew 25 (46 verses) is devoted entirely to different descriptions of coming judgment,

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory  32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: Mt 25:31

When does it all come together? No man knows but when we look at the world in which we live it seems to be drawing so near we can almost hear the hoof beats of the horses of judgment. Could a landmark be established this coming June?

Meanwhile most of the church is sleeping, dreaming sweetly of a painless quick departure (pre-trib rapture) straight to heaven. Most seem blithely unaware that what is being taught in many pulpits is designed to keep the sheep comfortably asleep with full bellies of false doctrine, so the checks will keep hitting the offering plate. As a result, preparedness is abhorred, “Don’t disturb me.”

Will they ever wake up? Probably not till the troops in full combat gear break down their doors and search homes for guns, food and “subversive” literature (Bibles etc). Meanwhile the world is perishing as we argue over which of the latest doo-dads we must buy, or which politician to vote for, all to be put away and be quickly forgotten or denied almost as soon as the deed is done.

There is no hope for anyone who is outside of Christ! Thankfully there is still time for repentance and forgiveness.

Carmack is a retired Baptist Minister living in rural New Mexico

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