SIGNS OF THE SECOND COMING

1-Droughts in parts of USA. 2-Annan-Security council take stance on Gaza. 3-SIGNS of the second coming.

REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

Drought Conditions Worsen in Parts of U.S. LiveScience Staff
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Expansion of drought conditions across the upper Midwest caused NOAA's Climate Prediction Center to issue an unscheduled update Friday to its U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook.Drought conditions that have worsened recently, affecting parts of the northern Plains and the Upper Mississippi Valley, should continue and may expand across eastern Montana, Minnesota, the Dakotas and parts of Iowa, forecasters said in a statement.Drought is expected to persist over much of the central and southern Plains and in parts of the Southwest.

Meanwhile, recent heavy rains due to the onset of the U.S. monsoon season should ease drought conditions and reduce wildfires in Colorado and parts of the Southwest, although long-term drought is likely to continue.Higher-than-normal temperatures, which have exacerbated drought conditions in part of the West and contributed to a busy wildfire season, are expected to persist this summer, NOAA officials said last month.

Annan: Security Council take stance on Gaza

BERLIN, July 8 (UPI) -- Facing continuing violence in the Gaza Strip, the U.N. Secretary-General called on the Security Council to adopt a clear position on the issue. In a statement issued Friday, Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who is in Berlin, also called on Israelis and Palestinians to cease provocations against one another. As the situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate, I appeal again to both sides to pull back from the brink for the sake of all civilians in the region, Annan said.

The secretary-general urged Israel to halt its disproportionate use of force and Palestinians to release the kidnapped Israeli soldier and to stop the firing of
rockets into Israeli-controlled territories. Meanwhile, with 70 percent of Gazans, or 900,000 people, relying on food aid, the main U.N. humanitarian agency for Palestinian refugees called on donors to fund its emergency appeal, which it has almost doubled to over $170 million. For someone not living in the Gaza Strip, daily life today is hard to imagine, the U.N. Relief and Work Agency said in its latest update on the situation in Gaza, released Friday.The agency increased its 2006 emergency appeal earlier this year after Israel stopped the transfer of Palestinian value added taxes and other countries suspended contributions to the Palestinian Authority following the Hamas election victory in January.

Israel and international donors are insisting that Hamas must commit itself to principles of non-violence, recognize Israel's right to exist, and accept previous agreements and obligations, including the U.N.-backed road map plan providing for two states living side by side in peace. Overall, U.N. agencies, including UNRWA, have raised the 2006 Consolidated Appeal for the occupied Palestinian territories by 80 percent, from the originally budgeted $215 million to $385 million.

SIGNS OF THE SECOND COMING CAN BE READ IN MATTEW 24,MARK 13, LUKE 17,21,DANIEL CHAPTERS 2,7,8,11,12,REVELATION CHAPTERS 6 TO 19, THESE ARE THE MAIN ONES.AND THERE ARE LOTS MORE.GO TO LINKS AND LOOK UNDER LAST DAYS SIGNS TO READ THEM ALL.

Signs of the Second Coming

By Glendora Goodwin, Times-Mail Religion Editor
Friday, July 7, 2006 10:59 AM CDT

Tuesday's launching of the Discovery spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., was exhilarating, exciting and perfectly timed.Liftoffs stimulate our emotions as we remember previous victories and failures. I greatly admire the seven astronauts who have embarked on a trip of their lives, and pray for their safe return.This incident sparked my recall of passages concerning the Second Coming and a conversation between the angel and Daniel.The angel told Daniel:“Keep this prophecy a secret; seal it up so that it will not be understood until the end times, when travel and education shall be vastly increased.Daniel 12:4

Well, we definitely live in a time when travel and education have greatly increased and the use of computers is the norm.As I pondered this thought, I recalled another conversation, which occurred between Jesus and his disciples.As they discussed the end times, they asked When will this be?

Jesus replied: There will be strange events in the skies - warnings, evil omens and portents in the sun, moon and stars; and down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, for the stability of the very heavens will be broken up.” - Luke 21:25-26 TLB

Some of the other signs Jesus cited were:

In fact, unless those days are shortened, all mankind will perish. but they will be shortened for the sake of God's chosen people. Matthew 24:22 TLB.Sin will be rampant everywhere and will cool the love of many. But those enduring to the end shall be saved.Matthew 24:12-13 TLB.The world will be at ease - banquets and parties and weddings - just as it was in Noah's time before the sudden coming of the flood; people wouldn't believe what was going to happen until the flood actually arrived and took them all away.

So shall my coming be.” - Matthew 24:37-39 TLB

Jesus cautioned: “Don't let anyone mislead you. For many will come announcing themselves as the Messiah, and saying, The time has come.But don't believe them! and when you hear of wars and insurrections beginning, don't panic. True, wars must come, but the end won't follow immediately - for nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be great earthquakes and famines in many lands, and epidemics, and terrifying things happening in the heavens.-Luke 21:8-10 TLB

Referring to the Second Coming, Paul said:

In the last days it is going to be very difficult to be a Christian. For people will love only themselves and their money; they will be proud and boastful, sneering at God, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful to them, and thoroughly bad. They will be hard-headed and never give in to others; they will be constant liars and troublemakers and will think nothing of immorality. They will be rough and cruel, and sneer at those who try to be good. They will betray their friends; they will be hotheaded, puffed up with pride, and prefer good times to worshipping God. They will go to church, but they won't really believe anything they hear.- II Timothy 3:1-5 TLB

To the Thessalonians, Paul wrote: But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.- I Thessalonians 5:1-3

Paul concluded: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not rise to meet him ahead of those who are in their graves. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a mighty shout and with the soul-stirring cry of the archangel and the great trumpet call of God. And the believers who are dead will be the first to rise to meet the Lord.Then we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever.

So comfort and encourage each other with this news - I Thessalonians 4:15-18 TLB

Times-Mail Religion Editor Glendora Goodwin welcomes comments at 277-7256 or by e-mail at glendora@tmnews.com.