Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Is Hurricane Dorian a Small Piece of Scripture being Fulfilled?

   Look to the seas, and wonder. Look at the hurricanes and wonder if they are a part of this. I know of two revelations that speak of the seas and the last days.
   There is that verse in John 16, of an angel pouring a vial upon the sea, and the sea becoming a source of death.
  And there is Luke 21:25, prophesying "the sea and the waves roaring." When Joseph Smith translated portions of the Bible, he added to the words in Luke, "The earth shall also be troubled, and the waters of the great deep."
   There are those who belief we live in the last days. If it be true, it does not mean that all the revelations that speak of the last days are being fulfilled at this moment. But, the same, we might look around at what is happening and wonder if that is what the scripture was referring to.
   Then, what of hurricanes? They form in the seas. And, they bring death. But, if we are to consider them a sign of the last days, then we would assume they need to be worse than in past ages.
   I read this, from newscientist.com:
   "Hurricanes are expected to intensify faster, to become stronger overall, to dump more rain and move more slowly as the world warms, and that seems to be just what is happening. . . . The only stronger hurricane than Dorian ever recorded in the Atlantic was Allen in 1980."
    Hurricanes are becoming stronger. They do come from the seas. Scripture does refer to trouble from the oceans in the end of times. We can sit back and wonder. We know not for certain that this is what was meant. Maybe the scripture spoke of something else and not this at all.
   But, we should wonder.
  Note added 9/4/19: Thought of the disclaimer-attitude I ended with, and think to correct it. If the waters are the great deep are to be troubled, if the second angel poured out a vial upon the sea, then that means something will be occurring. If these are the last days (yes, if), then the hurricanes from the waters are how the seas are being troubled. Worse things might lie ahead, much worse. Still, if these are the last days and this is what we see of how the seas are troubled, it, then, is at least a partial fulfillment of scripture -- has to be, for it is what there is.

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