There is so much more in the Universe, than the events that happen on Earth.01. The LARGEST Galaxy In the Universe – Alcyoneus; Feb 25, 202202. Is Alcyoneus Really the Largest Galaxy?; Mar 13, 2022
03. The LARGEST Galaxy In The Universe – IC 1101; Dec 30, 2021
04. The MOST Terrifying Object In the Universe; Nov 23, 2021
05. 10 INSANE Space Discoveries; April 20, 2021
06. Mysterious Structure at the Edge of the Universe; Nov 17, 2021
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The flowing links are from: MagneticReversal.org
Official data from NASA, NOAA, the ESA, and similarly reputable organizations.
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There is a old saying: “Become aware of your surroundings.” There is coming a time on a certain day in the future; when Islam will actually attack Israel in a mass ground military movement. This will be the beginning of the last 1,335 days of the Age of Grace. When this happens, be sure you start to make some Spiritual decisions and don’t keep putting it off or it will be to late! The Coming of the Lord is not a complicated teaching. It’s really a simple concept of putting the Scriptures together, if you guided by the Spirit of God. The vast majority of the almost 8 billion people on earth; including the virtually all the World Governmental and Religious Leaders are totally ignorant of the simplicity of this Biblical Teaching and will all be caught unaware. If you don’t believe me, just wait and see!!!
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Matthew 24: [22] And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened. [29] Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: [36] But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. [37] But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be. [38] For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, [50] The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
Matthew 25: [13] Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of Man cometh.
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Mark 13: [19] For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be. [20] And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. [24] But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, [32] But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
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Luke 17: [27] They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. [28] Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; [29] But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. [30] Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed. [31] In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
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Acts 2: [19] And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke: [20] The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: [21] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
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The Final 1335 Days Of The Age Of The Gentiles
The information in the first section of this page is from: www.TribulationPeriod.com
Event 1 – Israel is attacked 1335 days before the end of the Tribulation Period.
Event 2 – Some 30 days later the two witnesses begin their testimony in Israel when Jerusalem falls.
Event 3 – Some 45 days later the IDF is driven south to Beersheba and the United Nations brokers a truce or hudna is agreed to by Islam and Israel.
Event 4 – Israel remains surrounded in the Negev Wilderness for some 1260 days after the truce agreement.
Event 5 – Some 45 days before the end of the Age of the Gentiles the two witnesses will be killed by the Antichrist after having testified for 42 months (1260 days). The Antichrist will declare himself to be God on the Temple Mount – This is the abomination “that maketh desolate.”
Event 6 – Three and one half days later three events occur in rapid succession. They all three occur on the same day.
#1 – The two witnesses ascend up to heaven through the clouds.
#2 – A great earthquake occurs in the same hour the two witnesses depart.
#3 – The last trump (7th) Trump sounds and all of the saved are caught up.
Event 7 – All of the saved are judged in heaven while the seven vials of God’s wrath are poured out on unbelievers.
Event 8 – Christ returns with all the saved some 1335 days after the initial attack of Islamic forces against Israel.
SUMMARY
- Israel will be attacked to start the last 1335 days of Israel’s Travail
- Jerusalem will fall 30 days after the initial attack
- The two witnesses will testify for 1260 days after the fall of Jerusalem
- A truce or hudna will be declared at Beersheba 45 days after Jerusalem falls
- Israel will remain in the Negev for 1260 days after the truce or hudna
- Antichrist will kill the two witnesses and declare himself to be God on the Temple Mount making himself the “abomination that maketh desolate.”
- Three and one-half days later three events occur in rapid succession on the same day: (1) The two witnesses ascend into heaven, (2) A great earthquake occurs, and (3) The seventh trump sounds and all the saved are caught up, including the sealed 144,000.
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Here are a few verses that I have made into a composite, from using 17 different English Translations and various Hebrew and Greek Lexicons, including 3 different Greek New Testament Texts.
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A composite of the Hebrew words for Joel 2:30: And I will show a token, a sign and wonder in the visible arch of the sky where the clouds move and throughout all the earth, in the fields, in the country, in the wilderness and it will have the appearance of blood, along with a burning, hot flaming fire, with columns of cloudy dust, smoke and vapor.
A composite of the Hebrew words for Joel 2:31: The brilliant sun, from the rising of the sun in the east to the sun rays in the arch ways of the sky, will be changed into darkness, as if it were night and the moon will take on the appearance of blood before the great and noble, fearful and terrible day in which Jehovah, the self-Existing One, the Eternal Lord shall come.
A composite of the Greek words for Acts 2:19: And I will bring forth a rare event so extraordinary, it will inspire wonder, for it will be in the elevated area of the sky and a token of these events, will be throughout the entire regions under the surface of the soil, of all the land of the world, for it will be a visible wonder of flowing substance like blood, of flashes of lightening and fire, with a mist of smoke.
A composite of the Greek words for Acts 2:20: The rising of the sun in the east and the rays of daily light will become as an outlining shadow and the bright shining moon, will appear to be a blood red color, before that mighty and visible day in which the One in supreme authority will come.
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Website Links about Earthquake, Tsunamis, and Volcanoes.
The following links will help you become aware of the impending Great Tribulation Period, the Wrath of God and the beginning of the Millennial Reign. The vast majority of humanity has no concept of these events. At least you will be able to better understand what is occurring, when you see these events begin to happen.
During the Great Tribulation and more so, during the last portion of this time period, known as the Wrath of God, there will literally be a massive number of Volcanic Eruptions surrounding the surface of the Earth.
Here are some additional links that will help you understand how GOD will use the Earth by way of Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tsunamis, a Comet and other natural cycles to bring about the Great Tribulation Period, including the Wrath of GOD:
Type in the words, Super Volcano in an Internet Search or Image Section, and/or click on these four links:
- Super Volcano
- Super Volcano Images
- Super Volcano
- Volcanic Ash
Click on the following link, to understand how the “volcanic ash clouds” will encircle the earth and will produce a single massive dust cloud:
- Ash Cloud Images
Click on this link to learn about the “sea and the waves being in a roaring vibration.”:
- Tsunamis & Earthquakes
Type in the word: Volcano in the image section of an Internet Search or click this link:
- Volcano Images
Type in the words: Submarine Volcano or click this link:
- Submarine Volcano
Check out these two links on Seafloor Spreading for Volcanic Eruptions in the Oceans of the world:
- Seafloor Spreading
- Seafloor Spreading Images
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Deepest oceanic trenches
Recent measurements, where the salinity and temperature of the water was measured throughout the dive, have uncertainties of about 15 m (49 ft). Older measurements may be off by hundreds of meters.
Trench |
Ocean |
Lowest Point |
Maximum Depth |
Source |
Mariana Trench |
Pacific Ocean |
Challenger Deep |
10,920 m (35,830 ft) |
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Tonga Trench |
Pacific Ocean |
Horizon Deep |
10,820 m (35,500 ft) |
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Philippine Trench |
Pacific Ocean |
Emden Deep |
10,540 m (34,580 ft) |
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Kuril–Kamchatka Trench |
Pacific Ocean |
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10,542 m (34,587 ft) |
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Kermadec Trench |
Pacific Ocean |
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10,047 m (32,963 ft) |
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Izu–Bonin Trench (Izu–Ogasawara Trench) |
Pacific Ocean |
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9,810 m (32,190 ft) |
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New Britain Trench |
Pacific Ocean (Solomon Sea) |
Planet Deep |
9,140 m (29,990 ft) |
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Puerto Rico Trench |
Atlantic Ocean |
Brownson Deep |
8,380 m (27,490 ft) |
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South Sandwich Trench |
Atlantic Ocean |
Meteor Deep |
8,265 m (27,116 ft) |
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Peru–Chile Trench or Atacama Trench |
Pacific Ocean |
Richards Deep |
8,055 m (26,427 ft) |
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Japan Trench |
Pacific Ocean |
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8,412 m (27,598 ft) |
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Notable oceanic trenches
(*) The five deepest trenches in the world
Ancient oceanic trenches
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List of mid-ocean ridges
List of ancient oceanic ridges
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For the destruction of the ships in port. Click on this link:
- Tsunami
Type in the word: Tsunamis in the image section of an Internet Search or click this link:
- Tsunamis Images
Type in the word: Comet in the image section of an Internet Search or click this link:
- Comet
Check out these links for information about the Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt This is the location of trillions of comets. Eventually, one of them will hit the earth!!! It might be a “Super Comet.” Just type the words: Super Comet in the search section on the Internet and you should find some information.
- Oort Cloud
- Oort Cloud Images
- Kuiper Belt
Type in the words: Ash Cloud in the image section of an Internet Search or click this link:
- Ash Cloud Images
Type in the words: Earth’s Interior in the image section of an Internet Search or click this link for information about the bottomless pit:
- Earth’s Interior
Type in the words: Volcano Eruption in the image section of an Internet Search or click this link:
- Volcano Eruption
Type in the words: Volcano Vent and/or Volcano Crater in the image section of an Internet Search or click these four links:
- Volcano Vent
- Volcano Crater
- Volcanic Crater
- Caldera
Type in the words: Volcano Lightning in the image section of an Internet Search or click these three links:
- Volcano Lightning
- Volcano Ash Fall
- Volcano Hazards
For a better understanding of the word “hail, as mentioned in Revelation 8:7; 11:15-19 and 16:17-21, just do some research on the words: Volcanic Bomb.
Type in the words: Volcanic Bomb in an Internet Search Section or click this link:
- Volcanic Bomb
Type in the words: Volcanic Bomb in the image section of an Internet Search or click this link:
- Volcanic Bomb Images
Type in the words: Plate Tectonics in the image section of an Internet Search or click this link:
- Plate Tectonics
Type in the words: Plate Boundaries in the image section of an Internet Search or click this link:
- Plate Boundaries
Here are two additional useful links:
- Volcano Publications
- Cascades Volcano Observatory
Click on these links:
- Earthquake Cracks
- Lava Flow
- Earthquake Fissure
Type in the words: Volcano Lava in the image section of an Internet Search or click this link:
- Volcano Lava
This link is for Volcanoes of the World:
- List of Volcanoes
This link is for Volcanoes of the United States:
- List of Volcanoes
This next section deals with the Destruction of Rome, Italy and the Vatican City.
You can also type the following words in an Internet Search Section and/or in the Image Section: Italy Volcanoes, Monte Albano, Colli Albani Hills, Alban Hills Volcano, Tiber River.
Please click on this link about the Alban Hills Volcano near Rome, Italy.
Please type in the following words in an Internet Search or Image Section: Italy Subduction Zone or click the following two links:
- Italy Subduction Zone
- Italy Subduction Zone – Images
The links below, will provide information about the future destruction of the “Vatican City,” in Rome, Italy. The Alban Hills volcano complex may or may not be the volcano complex which God will use to destroy the “Vatican City.”
But it is certainly worth considering… There are other volcanoes in the area, as the whole country is above a Subduction Zone.
You may not want to accept this concept, but it will happen. The Bible clearly teaches this fact. It Will Happen… Again, It Will Happen… It’s just a matter of time.
Just remember, when the Arab Antichrist invades Israel, then The Great Tribulation Period will begin and 3 1/2 years later, will be the Destruction of Rome, Italy and the end of the Vatican City…forever…
The “Lord Jesus Christ” will not let this religious system remain active when He begins His 1,000 year Reign on this earth, as He returns immediately after it’s destruction…
Please check out these links. They will provide you with information as to the method of the destruction used against the City of Rome and primarily for the single purpose of destroying the religious system in the Vatican City.
- Subduction Zone
- Subduction Zone – Images
- Subduction Zone from Wikipedia
- Apennine Mountains
- 2009 L’Aquila Earthquake, Italy
- Alban Hills
- Volcanoes Surrounding the City of Rome, Italy
- Volcanism in Italy
- Volcanoes Near Rome, Italy
- Tiber River
- Tiber River and Volcanoes near Rome, Italy– Map
Type in the words: Red Tide or Dinoflagellates in the Web section of an Internet Search or click on the following five links:
- Harmful Algae: Red Tide
- Algal Bloom – Red Tide
- Dinoflagellate
- Dinoflagellates Images
Type in the words: Volcano Eruption Ozone Hole in the image section of an Internet Search for information about the destruction of the Ozone Layer from Volcanic Eruptions or click this link:
- Volcanic Eruption Ozone Hole
Destroy them which destroy the earth. (To bring to ruin) them which (morally corrupt) the earth. Revelation 11:18b.
God will use the “blood like-substance” or the “blood of the earth” to put an end to the gross immorality of humanity… When the great earthquakes really begin to happen, the surface of the earth will crack open and the “burning hot magma” from the interior of the earth will literally “burn” humanity from off the surface of the earth… God will use the earth to bring about the fulfillment of His Biblical Prophecies…
A Blood-Like Substance Arises From Under The Earth In The Jordan River Valley Outside The City Of Jerusalem
And the angel thrust with intense violence, his gathering hook and sickle for harvesting, into the earth and gathered the vine and vintage of the earth and cast and threw it into the great trough, wine-vat and winepress of the fierce indignation and wrath of Deity; the very exceeding great God. And the great trough, wine-vat and winepress was trodden without the city and a blood-like substance came out of the winepress, even up to the horse bridle-bits, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
(1,600 furlongs times, 606.75 Greek feet, divided by 5,280 English feet, equals 183.86 miles). Revelation 14:19-20.
Type in the words: Volcano Lava in the image section of an Internet Search or click this link:
- Volcano Lava
What about the “the sea and the waves roaring;”? Can we find any insight as to what the Lord was talking about?
Check out these links for information about: “the sea and the waves roaring.”
- Tsunami
- Historic Tsunami
- Mega Tsunami
- Tsunami Images
- Tsunami from NOAA
- The Physics of Tsunamis
- Tsunami Research from NOAA
- Tsunami Pictures
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness and the first begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. Behold,he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him and they also which pierced him: and all kindred’s of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is and which was and which is to come, the Almighty. Revelation 1:5-8.
Check out these links for information about Volcanic Ash Clouds.
- Ash Cloud.
- Volcanic Ash Cloud.
- Volcanic Ash.
- Volcanic Ash from USGS.
- Volcanic Ash Glossary.
- Volcanic Ash Glossary – Description.
- Volcanic Ash Images.
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ;and he shall reign forever and ever. And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces and worshipped God, Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power and hast reigned. And the nations were angry and thy wrath is come and the time of the dead, that they should be judged and that thou shouldest give rewards unto thy servants the prophets and to the saints and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them, which destroy the earth. And the temple of God was opened in heaven and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament; and there were lightnings and voices and thunderings and an earthquake and great hail. Revelation11:15-19.
Check out these links for information about Volcanic Lightning and Volcanic Hail.
- Volcanic Lightning from the Rinjani Volcano.
- Volcanic Lightning from the Galunggung Volcano.
- Volcanic Lightning.
- Volcanic Lightning from the Chaiten Volcano.
- Volcanic Bomb.
- Volcanic Block.
The Seventh Vial of Wrath
The seventh vial of wrath ends the Tribulation Period. When the last 45 days of the Wrath of God is completed, there would have been great worldwide earthquakes, massive volcanic eruptions, with towering ash clouds, volcanic lightning and volcanic bombs of melting rock. These submarine earthquakes and volcanoes will produce catastrophic tsunamis waves along the coastal areas, resulting in a displacement of the geographical location of all the islands and mountains on this earth. Every inch of landmass on the entire surface of the earth will have a new geographical position. God will judge the people of the world with fire from under the earth’s crust.
And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. And there were voices and thunders and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake and so great. And the city was divided into three parts and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. And every island fled away and the mountains were not found. And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. Revelation 16:17-21.
Check out these links for information on how God will use the earth to bring about the Great Tribulation Period. God will cause the tectonic plate movement to produce earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, bring an end to the present state of humanity. It will be the End of the World as we know it, in our life time.
- Ring of Fire.
- Ring of Fire Images.
- List of Volcanoes.
- Earthquake Pictures.
- World Earthquake Maps.
- United States Earthquake Maps.
- List of World Earthquakes.
Check out these two links below, to understand “Lightning Fire”.
This “Lightning Fire” is from Volcanic Eruptions…
It will be occurring all along the tectonic plate boundaries of the earth…
The “plague of the hail” will be the volcanic bombs, thrown out from the erupting volcanoes…
- Volcano Lightning Images
- Volcanic Lightning Images
Revelation 8: [13] And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
Check out these links for the words “Bottomless Pit.”:
- Bottomless Pit – Abyss
- Hell
- Hades
- Gehenna
- Tartarus
- Sheol
Check out these links for information about what these demons look like:
- Pazuzu
- Pazuzu – Image
To better answer how to answer this question, we should learn something about the structure of the land in the area of the Euphrates River. The following links will help towards understanding how God will use earthquakes, to break up the land in the Middle East, to divert the Euphrates River.
- Plate Tectonics
- Plate Tectonics Boundaries
- Plate Tectonics Boundaries
- Plate Tectonics Motion
- List of Tectonic Plate Interactions
- Middle East Tectonic Plates
- Plate Tectonics Map
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Check out these images for the location of the Euphrates River. Notice it’s headwaters, then how it flows southeast. During the Great Tribulation Period, the earthquakes will cause it to be diverted southwest into the Jordan River.
- Fertile Crescent Map
- Euphrates River Map
- Jordan River Map
The land of Syria has many earthquake faults and a massive earthquake will collapse the Palmyride folds, which will allow the Euphrates River to flow southwest towards Israel.
Check out these links for information about the Palmyride Folds:
- Palmyride Fold Images
- Palmyride Fold – From Cornell University
These geological changes will begin, when the Antichrist or the Islamic leader of the ten Arab confederation of nations attack the nation of Israel.
When the Euphrates River, the Jordan River and Ezekiel’s spring combine their water sources, in addition to hundreds, perhaps thousands of newly formed springs, along with the transformation of the southern end of the Dead Sea Fault Zone, the “New River” will be able to support an abundance of freshwater fish for the 1,000 years in which Israel will become the breadbasket of the world.
- Gulf of Aqaba
- Gulf of Aqaba Images
- The Sinai Peninsula & Eastern Mediterranean
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The following lists of links can be useful, in helping a person to understand the structure of the Earth and how it is possible for Earthquake and Volcanoes to be the means of fulfillment of the Old Testament Scriptures, the Gospels, the Epistles and the Book of Revelation towards the Great Tribulation Period.
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They are from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tectonic_plate_interactions
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- The most dramatic orogenic belt on the planet is the one between the Indo-Australian Plate and African Plate on one side (to the South) and the Eurasian Plate on the other side (to the North). This belt runs from New Zealand in the East-SouthEast, through Indonesia, along the Himalayas, through the Middle East up to the Mediterranean in the West-Northwest. It is also called the “Tethyan” Zone, as it constitutes the zone along which the ancient Tethys Ocean was deformed and disappeared. The following mountain belts can be distinguished:
- The Andes orogenic belt is the latest of a series of orogenies along the western margin of the South American Plate.
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Triple junction – Meeting point of three tectonic plates.
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- The junction of the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the East African Rift centered in the Afar Triangle (the Afar Triple Junction) is the only Ridge-Ridge-Ridge (R-R-R) triple junction above sea level.
- The Rodrigues Triple Junction is a R-R-R triple junction in the southern Indian Ocean, where the African, the Indo-Australian and the Antarctic Plates meet.
- The Galapagos Triple Junction is an R-R-R triple junction where the Nazca, the Cocos, and the Pacific Plates meet. The East Pacific Rise extends north and south from this junction and the Galapagos Rise goes to the east. This example is made more complex by the Galapagos Microplate which is a small separate plate on the rise just to the southeast of the triple junction.
- Chiapas coast off Tapachula where Guatemala, North America and Pacific join and small earthquakes occur weekly. This is pushed eastward by the Cocos plate.
- On the west coast of North America is another unstable triple junction offshore of Cape Mendocino. To the south, the San Andreas Fault, a strike-slip fault and transform plate boundary, separates the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. To the north lies the Cascadia subduction zone, where a section of the Juan de Fuca Plate called the Gorda Plate is being subducted under the North American Plate, forming a trench (T). Another transform fault, the Mendocino Fault (F), runs along the boundary between the Pacific Plate and the Gorda Plate. Where the three intersect is the seismically active, F-F-T Mendocino Triple Junction.
- The Amurian Plate, the Okhotsk Plate, and the Philippine Sea Plate meet in Japan near Mount Fuji. (see Mount Fuji’s Geology)
- The Azores Triple Junction is a geologic triple junction where the boundaries of three tectonic plates intersect: the North American Plate, the Eurasian Plate and the African Plate.
- The Boso Triple Junction offshore Japan is a T-T-T triple junction between the Okhotsk Plate, Pacific Plate and Philippine Sea Plate.
- The North Sea is located at the extinct triple junction of three former continental plates of the Palaeozoic era: Avalonia, Laurentia and Baltica.
- The South Greenland Triple Junction was an R-R-R triple junction where the Eurasian, Greenland and North American plates diverged during the Paleogene.
- The Chile Triple Junction is where the South American Plate, the Nazca Plate, and the Antarctic Plate meet.
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Plate tectonics (from the Late Latin: tectonicus, from the Ancient Greek: τεκτονικός, lit. ‘pertaining to building’) is the generally accepted scientific theory that considers the Earth‘s lithosphere to comprise a number of large tectonic plates which have been slowly moving since about 3.4 billion years ago. The model builds on the concept of continental drift, an idea developed during the first decades of the 20th century. Plate tectonics came to be generally accepted by geoscientists after seafloor spreading was validated in the mid to late 1960s.
Earth’s lithosphere, which is the rigid outermost shell of a planet (the crust and upper mantle), is broken into seven or eight major plates (depending on how they are defined) and many minor plates. Where the plates meet, their relative motion determines the type of boundary: convergent, divergent, or transform. Earthquakes, volcanic activity, mountain-building, and oceanic trench formation occur along these plate boundaries (or faults). The relative movement of the plates typically ranges from zero to 10 cm annually.
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- Seafloor spreading – Geological process at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge
- Continental drift – Movement of Earth’s continents relative to each other
- Subduction zone – A geological process at convergent tectonic plate boundaries where one plate moves under the other
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Tectonic plates are composed of the oceanic lithosphere and the thicker continental lithosphere, each topped by its own kind of crust. Along convergent boundaries, the process of subduction, or one plate moving under another, carries the edge of the lower one down into the mantle; the area of material lost is roughly balanced by the formation of new (oceanic) crust along divergent margins by seafloor spreading. In this way, the total geoid surface area of the lithosphere remains constant. This prediction of plate tectonics is also referred to as the conveyor belt principle. Earlier theories, since disproven, proposed gradual shrinking (contraction) or gradual expansion of the globe.
Tectonic plates are able to move because Earth’s lithosphere has greater mechanical strength than the underlying asthenosphere. Lateral density variations in the mantle result in convection; that is, the slow creeping motion of Earth’s solid mantle. Plate movement is thought to be driven by a combination of the motion of the seafloor away from spreading ridges due to variations in topography (the ridge is a topographic high) and density changes in the crust (density increases as newly-formed crust cools and moves away from the ridge). At subduction zones the relatively cold, dense oceanic crust is “pulled” or sinks down into the mantle over the downward convecting limb of a mantle cell. The relative importance of each of these factors and their relationship to each other is unclear, and still the subject of much debate.
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- Asthenosphere – Highly viscous, mechanically weak and ductile region of Earth’s mantle
- Aulacogen – Failed arm of a triple junction, an inactive rift zone
- Back-arc basin – Submarine features associated with island arcs and subduction zones
- Bimodal volcanism – Eruption of both mafic and felsic lavas from a single volcanic centre
- Continent – Very large landmass identified by convention
- Crust – The outermost solid shell of a rocky planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite
- Epeirogenic movement – Upheavals or depressions of land exhibiting long wavelengths and little folding
- Fault (geology) – Fracture or discontinuity in rock across which there has been displacement
- Fault mechanics – Field of study that investigates the behavior of geologic faults
- Active fault – Geological fault likely to be the source of an earthquake sometime in the future
- Flux melting – The process by which the melting point is reduced by the admixture of a material known as a flux
- Geodynamics – Study of dynamics of the Earth
- Island arc – Arc-shaped archipelago formed by intense seismic activity of long chains of active volcanoes
- Mantle – Layer inside a planet between core and crust
- Mohorovičić discontinuity – Boundary between the Earth’s crust and the mantle
- Mountain – Large landform that rises fairly steeply above the surrounding land over a limited area
- Mid-ocean ridge, also known as Oceanic ridge – Basaltic underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonic spreading
- Oceanic trench – Long and narrow depressions of the sea floor
- Paleoclimatology – Study of changes in ancient climate
- Paleomap – Map of continents and mountain ranges in the past based on plate reconstructions
- Seamount – Mountain rising from the ocean seafloor that does not reach to the water’s surface
- Slab (geology) – The portion of a tectonic plate that is being subducted
- Slab gap hypothesis – Explanation for several instances of crustal extension that occur inland near former subduction zones
- Slab window – Type of gap in a subducted oceanic plate
- Supercontinent – Landmass comprising more than one continental core, or craton
- Terrane – Fragment of crust formed on one tectonic plate and accreted to another
- Volcano – Rupture in the crust of a planet that allows lava, ash, and gases to escape from below the surface
Tectonic plate interactions
Tectonic plate interactions – Definitions and examples of the interactions between the relatively mobile sections of the lithosphere
- Continental drift – Movement of Earth’s continents relative to each other
- Convergent boundary – Region of active deformation between colliding tectonic plates
- Divergent boundary – Linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
- Extensional tectonics – Study of the structures formed by, and the processes associated with, the stretching of a planetary body’s crust
- Isostasy – State of gravitational equilibrium between Earth’s crust and mantle
- Leaky transform fault – Transform fault producing new crust
- Mantle convection – Gradual movement of the planet’s mantle
- Obduction – Overthrusting of oceanic lithosphere onto continental lithosphere at a convergent plate boundary
- Orogeny – The formation of mountain ranges
- Passive margin – Transition between oceanic and continental lithosphere that is not an active plate margin
- Plume tectonics – Geophysical theory of movement of mantle plumes under tectonic plates
- Ridge push – Proposed driving force for tectonic plate motion
- Seafloor spreading – Geological process at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge
- Strike-slip tectonics – Structure and processes associated with zones of lateral displacement in the Earth’s crust
- Subduction – A geological process at convergent tectonic plate boundaries where one plate moves under the other
- Tectonic uplift – Geologic uplift of Earth’s surface that is attributed to plate tectonics
- Thrust tectonics – Study of the structures formed by, and the tectonic processes associated with, the shortening and thickening of the crust
- Transform fault, also known as Transform boundary – Plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal
- Triple junction – Meeting point of three tectonic plates
Back arc basins
Back-arc basin – Submarine features associated with island arcs and subduction zones
Continents
Continent – Very large landmass identified by convention
Supercontinent – Landmass comprising more than one continental core, or craton
- Eurasia – Combined landmasses of Europe and Asia
Paleocontinents
Paleocontinent – A distinct area of continental crust that existed as a major landmass in the geological past
- Asiamerica – Large island that existed in the Late Cretaceous to Eocene epochs
- Amazonian Craton – Geologic province in South America
- Appalachia (Mesozoic)
- Arctica – Ancient continent in the Neoarchean era
- Armorican terrane – Microcontinent or group of continental fragments rifted away from Gondwana
- Asiamerica – Large island that existed in the Late Cretaceous to Eocene epochs
- Atlantica – Ancient continent formed during the Proterozoic about 2 billion years ago
- Australia (continent) – One of Earth’s seven main divisions of land (Also known as Sahul)
- Avalonia – Microcontinent in the Paleozoic era named for the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland
- Baltica – Late-Proterozoic to early-Palaeozoic continent
- Cathaysia – A microcontinent or group of terranes that rifted off Gondwana during the Late Paleozoic
- Chilenia – Ancient microcontinent, containing central Chile and western Argentina
- Chiloé Block – Ancient microcontinent or terrane that collided with the South American Plate during the Proterozoic
- Cimmeria (continent) – Ancient string of microcontinents that rifted from Gondwana
- Congo Craton – Precambrian craton that with four others makes up the modern continent of Africa
- Chilenia – Ancient microcontinent, containing central Chile and western Argentina
- Cuyania – Ancient microcontinent now part of Argentina
- Laramidia – Island continent that existed until the Late Cretaceous period
- Iberian Plate – Small tectonic plate now part of the Eurasian plate
- Insular India – Isolated land mass which became the Indian subcontinent
- Kalahari Craton – Old and stable part of the continental lithosphere, that occupies large portions of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe
- Kazakhstania – Geological region in Central Asia
- Kerguelen Plateau – Oceanic plateau in the southern Indian Ocean
- Laramidia – Island continent that existed until the Late Cretaceous period
- Laurentia – A large continental craton that forms the ancient geological core of the North American continent
- Mauritia (microcontinent) – A Precambrian microcontinent that broke away as India and Madagascar separated
- North China Craton – Continental crustal block in northeast China, Inner Mongolia, the Yellow Sea, and North Korea
- Pampia – Ancient microcontinent or terrane
- Río de la Plata Craton – Medium-sized continental block in Uruguay, eastern Argentina and southern Brazil
- São Francisco Craton – An ancient craton in the eastern part of South America with outcrops in Minas Gerais and Bahia, Brazil
- Siberia (continent) – Ancient craton forming the Central Siberian Plateau
- South China (continent)
- Sunda (continent)
- Supercontinent – Landmass comprising more than one continental core, or craton
- Columbia (supercontinent) – Ancient supercontinent of approximately 2,500 to 1,500 million years ago
- Euramerica
- Gondwana – Neoproterozoic to Cretaceous landmass
- Kenorland – Hypothetical Neoarchaean supercontinent from about 2.8 billion years ago
- Laurasia – Northern landmass that formed part of the Pangaea supercontinent
- Nena (supercontinent) – Early Proterozoic supercontinent
- Pangaea – Supercontinent from the late Paleozoic to early Mesozoic eras
- Pannotia – Hypothesized Neoproterozoic supercontinent from the end of the Precambrian
- Rodinia – Hypothetical Neoproterozoic supercontinent
- Ur (continent) – Proposed archaean supercontinent from about 3.1 billion years ago
- Vaalbara – Archaean supercontinent from about 3.6 to 2.7 billion years ago
Earthquakes
Earthquake – Shaking of the surface of the earth caused by a sudden release of energy in the crust
Oceans
Ocean – Body of salt water covering the majority of Earth
Ancient oceans
List of ancient oceans – List of planet Earth’s former oceans
- Adamastor Ocean – Precambrian “proto-Atlantic” ocean in the Southern Hemisphere
- Boreal Sea – Mesozoic-era seaway that lay along the northern border of Laurasia
- Bridge River Ocean – Ancient ocean between North America and the Insular Islands during the Mesozoic
- Iapetus Ocean – Ocean that existed in the late Neoproterozoic and early Paleozoic eras
- Central American Seaway – Body of water that once separated North America from South America
- Goianides Ocean – Ocean in South America in Neoproterozoic
- Goiás Ocean
- Hudson Seaway – Major seaway of North America during the Cretaceous Period
- Iapetus Ocean – Ocean that existed in the late Neoproterozoic and early Paleozoic eras
- Khanty Ocean – Small Precambrian ocean between Baltica and the Siberian continent
- Lapland-Kola Ocean
- Mirovia – Hypothesized superocean surrounding the supercontinent Rodinia in the Neoproterozoic Era
- Paleo-Tethys Ocean – Ocean on the margin of Gondwana between the Middle Cambrian and Late Triassic
- Pan-African Ocean – Hypothesized paleo-ocean whose closure created the supercontinent of Pannotia
- Pannonian Sea – Shallow ancient sea where the Pannonian Basin in Central Europe is today
- Panthalassa – Prehistoric superocean that surrounded Pangaea
- Paratethys – Large shallow sea that stretched from the region north of the Alps over Central Europe to the Aral Sea in Central Asia
- Pharusian Ocean – Ancient ocean that existed from 800 to 635 million years ago
- Piemont-Liguria Ocean – Former piece of oceanic crust that is seen as part of the Tethys Ocean
- Poseidon Ocean – Supposed ocean that existed in the Mesoproterozoic period
- Pre-Svecofennian Ocean
- Proto-Tethys Ocean – Ancient ocean that existed from the latest Ediacaran to the Carboniferous
- Rheic Ocean – Ancient ocean which separated two major palaeocontinents, Gondwana and Laurussia
- Slide Mountain Ocean – An ancient ocean that existed between the Intermontane Islands and North America
- Sundance Sea – Inland sea that existed in North America during the mid-to-late Jurassic Period of the Mesozoic Era
- Tethys Ocean – Mesozoic ocean between Gondwana and Laurasia
- Tornquist Sea – Sea between the palaeocontinents Avalonia and Baltica about 600 to 450 million years ago
- Turgai Sea – Large shallow body of salt water of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic Eras
- Ural Ocean – Small, ancient ocean between Siberia and Baltica
- Valais Ocean – Subducted ocean basin. Remnants found in the Alps in the North Penninic nappes.
- Western Interior Seaway – Large prehistoric inland sea that split the continent of North America
Superoceans
Superocean – Ocean that surrounds a supercontinent
- Mirovia – Hypothesized superocean surrounding the supercontinent Rodinia in the Neoproterozoic Era
- Pan-African Ocean – Hypothesized paleo-ocean whose closure created the supercontinent of Pannotia
- Panthalassa – Prehistoric superocean that surrounded Pangaea
Orogenies
Orogeny – The formation of mountain ranges
- List of orogenies – Known mountain building events of the Earth’s history
- Mountain formation – Geological processes that underlie the formation of mountains
- Fold mountains – Mountains formed by compressive crumpling of the layers of rock
- Algoman orogeny – Late Archaean episode of mountain building in what is now North America
Rifts
Rift – Geological linear zone where the lithosphere is being pulled apart
Active rifts
- Propagating rift – Seafloor feature associated with spreading centers at mid-ocean ridges and back-arc basins
Continental rifts
- East African Rift – Active continental rift zone in East Africa
- Laptev Sea Rift – Divergent tectonic plate boundary between the North American Plate and the Eurasian Plate
- Afar Triangle – Geological depression caused by the Afar Triple Junction
Oceanic ridges
Aulacogens
Aulacogen – Failed arm of a triple junction, an inactive rift zone
Subduction zones
Subduction zone – A geological process at convergent tectonic plate boundaries where one plate moves under the other
- Middle America Trench – Subduction zone in the eastern Pacific off the southwestern coast of Middle America
Suture zones
Suture (geology) – Joining together of separate terranes along a major fault zone
- Great Falls Tectonic Zone – Major intracontinental shear zone between the Hearne craton and Wyoming craton
- Huincul Fault – East-west oriented continental-scale fault that extends from the Neuquén Basin eastwards into the Argentine Shelf
- Iapetus Suture – One of several major geological faults caused by the collision of several ancient land masses forming a suture
- Indus-Yarlung suture zone – Tectonic suture in southern Tibet and across the north margin of the Himalayas where the Indian and Eurasian plates meet
- Jormua Ophiolite – Remnant of ancient oceanic lithosphere near Jormua, Finland
- Magallanes-Fagnano Fault – Continental transform fault between the Scotia Plate and the South American Plate
- Morais ophiolite complex – Metamorphic complex of oceanic and continental crust terranes in Portugal
- Periadriatic Seam – The border between the Adriatic and European plates
- Pieniny Klippen Belt – Zone in the Western Carpathians, with a very complex geological structure
- Trans-European Suture Zone – Boundary between the East European Craton and the orogens of South-Western Europe
- Vulcan structure – Convergent tectonic boundary between the Medicine Hat and Loverna Blocks in North America
Tectonic plates
Tectonic plate – Continuous section of the lithosphere of the Earth which is moving relative to adjacent plates
- List of tectonic plates – List of the relatively moving sections of the lithosphere of Earth
- African Plate – A major tectonic plate underlying Africa west of the East African Rift
- Anatolian Plate – Continental tectonic plate comprising most of the Anatolia (Asia Minor) peninsula
- Antarctic Plate – Tectonic plate containing Antarctica and the surrounding ocean floor
- Arabian Plate – Minor tectonic plate
- Burma Plate – Minor tectonic plate in Southeast Asia
- Cocos Plate – Young oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Central America
- Eurasian Plate – Tectonic plate which includes most of the continent of Eurasia
- Explorer Plate – Oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada
- Farallon Plate – Ancient oceanic plate that has mostly subducted under the North American Plate
- Gorda Plate – One of the northern remnants of the Farallon Plate
- Indian Plate – A minor tectonic plate that got separated from Gondwana
- Juan de Fuca Plate – Tectonic plate in the eastern North Pacific
- Halmahera Plate – Small tectonic plate in the Molucca Sea
- Indo-Australian Plate – A major tectonic plate formed by the fusion of the Indian and Australian plates
- Pacific Plate – Oceanic tectonic plate under the Pacific Ocean
- Molucca Sea Plate – Small fully subducted tectonic plate near Indonesia
- Nazca Plate – Oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basin
- North American Plate – Large tectonic plate including most of North America, Greenland and part of Siberia
- Philippine Sea Plate – Oceanic tectonic plate to the east of the Philippines
- South American Plate – Major tectonic plate which includes most of South America and a large part of the south Atlantic
- Sunda Plate – A minor tectonic plate including most of Southeast Asia
Terranes
Terrane – Fragment of crust formed on one tectonic plate and accreted to another
- Arctic Alaska-Chukotka terrane – Terrane that includes parts of Alaska, Siberia and the continental shelf between them
- Arequipa-Antofalla – South American geology
- Armorican Massif – Geologic massif that covers a large area in the northwest of France
- Armorican terrane – Microcontinent or group of continental fragments rifted away from Gondwana
- Avalonia – Microcontinent in the Paleozoic era named for the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland
- Briançonnais zone – Piece of continental crust in the Penninic nappes of the Alps
- Bronson Hill Arc – Bimodal volcanic arc and associated Ordovician sediments
- Buffalo Head Terrane – Terrane in the western Canadian Shield in northern Alberta
- Cache Creek Terrane – Geologic terrane in British Columbia and southern Yukon, Canada
- Carolina terrane – Exotic terrane from central Georgia to central Virginia in the United States
- Cassiar Terrane – Cretaceous terrane located in the Northern Interior of British Columbia and southern Yukon
- Chilenia – Ancient microcontinent, containing central Chile and western Argentina
- Chiloé Block – Ancient microcontinent or terrane that collided with the South American Plate during the Proterozoic
- Cuyania – Ancient microcontinent now part of Argentina
- Cymru Terrane – Inferred fault bounded terrane of the basement rocks of the southern United Kingdom
- Florida Platform – Flat geological feature with the emergent portion forming the Florida peninsula
- Franciscan Assemblage
- Ganderia – Terrane in the northern Appalachians which broke off the supercontinent Gondwana
- Gascoyne Complex – Terrane of Proterozoic granite and metamorphic rock in Western Australia
- Great Lakes tectonic zone
- Great Valley Sequence – Group of late Mesozoic formations in the Cental Valley of California
- Hebridean Terrane – Part of the Caledonian orogenic belt in northwest Scotland
- Hottah terrane – Paleoproterozoic terrane in the northwestern end of the Canadian Shield
- Irumide Belt – Mesoproterozoic terrane on the southern margin of the Bangweulu Block in Zambia
- Ivrea zone – Tectonic terrane in the Italian Alps
- Lhasa terrane – Fragment of crustal material, sutured to the Eurasian Plate during the Cretaceous that forms present-day southern Tibet
- Madre de Dios Terrane – Distinct fragment of Earth’s crust in southwestern Patagonia
- Meguma terrane – Terrane exposed in southern Nova Scotia
- Narooma Terrane – Geological structural region on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia
- Narryer Gneiss Terrane – Geological complex of ancient rocks in Western Australia
- Omineca Arc – Volcanic arc terrane in western North America
- Pampia – Ancient microcontinent or terrane
- Pelso Plate – Small tectonic unit in the Pannonian Basin in Europe
- Salinian Block – Terrane west of the main trace of the San Andreas Fault system in California
- Shan–Thai Terrane – Mass of continental crust extending from Tibet into Southeast Asia
- Slide Mountain Terrane – Late Paleozoic terrane in British Columbia, Canada
- Smartville Block – Volcanic arc accreted onto the North American Plate
- Sonoma Volcanics – Geologic formation of volcanic origin in California
- Sonomia Terrane – Crustal block accreted onto the North American Plate in Northwest Nevada
- Spavinaw terrane – Intrusive and volcanic rocks in the mid-continent region of the United States
- Stikinia – Terrane in British Columbia, Canada
- Tuareg Shield – Geological formation between the West African craton and the Saharan Metacraton in West Africa
- Western Gneiss Region – Large geological unit in Norway, part of the Baltic shield
- Wrangellia Terrane – Geological area in northwestern North America
- Wrekin Terrane – Inferred basement rock terrane of the southern United Kingdom
- Yakutat Block – Terrane in the process of accreting to the North American continent along the south central coast of Alaska
- Yukon–Tanana Terrane – Largest tectonostratigraphic terrane in the northern North American Cordillera
Triple junctions
Triple junction – Meeting point of three tectonic plates
- Aden-Owen-Carlsberg Triple Junction – The junction of three tectonic plate boundaries in the northwest Indian Ocean
- Afar Triple Junction – Place where three tectonic rifts meet in East Africa
- Azores Triple Junction – Tectonic plates intersection
- Banda Sea Triple Junction – Point where three tectonic plates meet
- Boso Triple Junction – The meeting point of the Okhotsk Plate, the Pacific Plate, and the Philippine Sea Plate
- Bouvet Triple Junction – Meeting point of three tectonic plates
- Chile Triple Junction – Place where the South American, Nazca and Antarctic tectonic plates meet
- Fifteen-Twenty Fracture Zone – Fracture zone on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
- Mount Fuji – Volcano in Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures, Japan
- Galapagos Triple Junction – Place where the boundaries of the Cocos Plate, the Nazca Plate, and the Pacific Plate meet
- Iapetus Suture – One of several major geological faults caused by the collision of several ancient land masses forming a suture
- Kamchatka-Aleutian Triple Junction – Place where the Pacific Plate, the Okhotsk Plate, and the North American Plate meet
- Karlıova Triple Junction – Place where the Anatolian Plate, the Eurasian Plate and the Arabian Plate meet
- Macquarie Triple Junction – Place where the Indo-Australian Plate, Pacific Plate, and Antarctic Plate meet
- Mendocino Triple Junction – Point where the Gorda plate, the North American plate, and the Pacific plate meet
- Queen Charlotte Triple Junction – Point where the Pacific Plate, the North American Plate, and the Explorer Plate meet
- Rivera Triple Junction – Place where the North American Plate, the Rivera Plate, and the Pacific Plate meet
- Rodrigues Triple Junction – Place where the African Plate, the Indo-Australian Plate, and the Antarctic Plate meet
- Tongareva triple junction – Defunct triple junction of the Pacific Plate, the Farallon Plate, and the Phoenix Plate
Other plate tectonics topics
Specific areas
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Eon |
Time (mya) |
Description |
Hadean |
4,540–4,000 |
The Earth is formed out of debris around the solar protoplanetary disk. There is no life. Temperatures are extremely hot, with frequent volcanic activity and hellish-looking environments (hence the eon’s name, which comes from Hades). The atmosphere is nebular. Possible early oceans or bodies of liquid water. The Moon is formed around this time probably due to a protoplanet’s collision into Earth. |
Archean |
4,000–2,500 |
Prokaryote life, the first form of life, emerges at the very beginning of this eon, in a process known as abiogenesis. The continents of Ur, Vaalbara and Kenorland may have existed around this time. The atmosphere is composed of volcanic and greenhouse gases. |
Proterozoic |
2,500–538.8 |
The name of this eon means “early life”. Eukaryotes, a more complex form of life, emerge, including some forms of multicellular organisms. Bacteria begin producing oxygen, shaping the third and current of Earth’s atmospheres. Plants, later animals and possibly earlier forms of fungi form around this time. The early and late phases of this eon may have undergone “Snowball Earth” periods, in which all of the planet suffered below-zero temperatures. The early continents of Columbia, Rodinia and Pannotia, in that order, may have existed in this eon. |
Phanerozoic |
538.8–present |
Complex life, including vertebrates, begin to dominate the Earth’s ocean in a process known as the Cambrian explosion. Pangaea forms and later dissolves into Laurasia and Gondwana, which in turn dissolve into the current continents. Gradually, life expands to land and familiar forms of plants, animals and fungi begin appearing, including annelids, insects and reptiles, hence the eon’s name, which means “visible life”. Several mass extinctions occur, among which birds, the descendants of non-avian dinosaurs, and more recently mammals emerge. Modern animals—including humans—evolve at the most recent phases of this eon. |
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Supercontinents throughout geologic history
The following table names reconstructed ancient supercontinents, using Bradley’s 2011 looser definition,[7] with an approximate timescale of millions of years ago (Ma).
Supercontinent name |
Age (Ma) |
Period/Era Range |
Comment |
Vaalbara |
3,636–2,803 |
Eoarchean-Mesoarchean |
Also described as a supercraton or just a continent[8] |
Ur |
2,803–2,408 |
Mesoarchean-Siderian |
Described as both a continent[2] and a supercontinent[9] |
Kenorland |
2,720–2,114 |
Neoarchean-Rhyacian |
Alternatively the continents may have formed into two groupings Superia and Sclavia[10][4] |
Arctica |
2,114–1,995 |
Rhyacian-Orosirian |
Not generally regarded as a supercontinent, depending on definition[2] |
Atlantica |
1,991–1,124 |
Orosirian-Stenian |
Not generally regarded as a supercontinent, depending on definition[2] |
Columbia (Nuna) |
1,820–1,350 |
Orosirian-Ectasian |
[10] |
Rodinia |
1,130–750 |
Stenian-Tonian |
[10] |
Pannotia |
633–573 |
Ediacaran |
[10] |
Gondwana |
550–175 |
Ediacaran-Jurassic |
From the Carboniferous, formed part of Pangaea,[4] not always regarded as a supercontinent[11] |
Pangaea |
336–175 |
Carboniferous-Jurassic |
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List of modern island arcs
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The purpose of this Website is to present Biblical, Astronomical, Geological and Meteorological, as well as Middle East Political events that are forthcoming. Including information about the Great Tribulation Period and the Parousia of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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I realize some of the information on this bottom section is redundant; but some of it is so important, that I want to share it with every viewer possible on every page that someone might visit. We do not have a lot of time in our lives to waste on the nonsense things. If you are not careful, you will get so caught up in the things surrounding your life; you will miss out on the things that have the greatest of value and that is what happens to your soul after the departure from this Earth Life.
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It is my sincerest hope, the Leaders of our Nation; the USA, including the World Leaders; become aware of the Great Tribulation Period teaching.
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(Although, I honestly doubt they will ever understand and will remain in ignorance, throughout all of these events).
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Such knowledge would be helpful, as to Guide the masses of People through this time period in the near future. It is going to be so very sad, when all of these events of Cosmic Lightning, Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tsunamis begin to occur; including a Comet that will hit the Earth, probably in the Old World area and cause Catastrophic Destruction on a global scale and very few Governmental and mainstream Religious Leaders; along with the masses of people will NOT realize why all of these events will be taking place and what is the final results which will be the Wrath of God from the Seven Vials of the Book of Revelation and finally the Parousia event; with the Ending of the 2,000 years of the Age of Grace and the Beginning of the Millennial Reign.
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Isaiah 65:17 For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.
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Even though there are many events occurring in our world today; with much corruption and evil throughout the course of humanity; sometime in the future, the Great Tribulation Period, including the Wrath of God will begin; then end and the Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tsunamis will restructure and resurface the landmass and oceans of the earth; including some atmospheric changes with a pole shift/magnetic reversal. Most of humanity will die during these events. With the vast majority of humanity having been killed during this time period and transported into the unseen spiritual existence. Afterwards, the Millennial Reign will last for a thousand years, then the Eternal Existence will take place and all the people through earth history/time will be in that infinite place. We all will not even remember or think about the events of our earth life. It will be gone, finished forever. We will be surrounded by a new state of being that we presently cannot comprehend. In other-words, try to make an effort to start focusing on that Eternal Journey and stop spending so much time consuming and overwhelming your life with things that will very soon pass away. At least give it a try; just a little everyday.
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OK folks, it is getting time to consider seriously as to how the multitudes of Pastors, Preachers and Religious Leaders throughout this world; across all states of denominations and faiths; are going to feel when these End Times events of Cosmic Lightning, Great Earthquakes, Massive Volcanic Eruptions and Tsunamis finally occur and these individuals have misled their followers; either for their own gain or out of ignorance.
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Here is a most interesting question: How are the billions of people on the earth who have been kept in ignorance about the events of the Great Tribulation Period and all of a sudden, they begin to unfold, going to feel?
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Let us go forward in time: How are the masses of people going to think about their Religious Leader, when they learn, they have been deceived by use of human trickery?
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Likewise, consider into Eternity: What state of mind are the billions of people are going to be in, when they are awakened and transported into the Eternal, Infinite Universe beyond the elements of this Earth Life and they have been guided by religious falsehood.
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The following comment by Pastor Tom McElmurry:
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Establishment Of Mahdi Antichrist’s Great Caliphate
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After the Antichrist conquers Egypt the initial ten Islamic countries that supported him will be quickly joined by a multiplicity of Islamic nations. His great Caliphate will include Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, all the countries that make up the Saudi Arabian Peninsula, Israel north of Beersheba, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, many of the southern states of the former Soviet Union with large Arab populations, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Having gone to military schools, lived among, worked with, and trained those of the Islamic faith as a much younger man, plus being familiar with prophecy since my youth, I have not only been waiting for many years for the true Messiah, Jesus Christ, but I have also been waiting for the arrival of the 12th Imam on the scene prior to the arrival of Jesus. I have long believed the 12th Imam Mahdi will be the 11th horn of Daniel 7, and the first beast of John’s Revelation 13. His coming is the great hope of all Islam.
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The Iranian President is a fanatical believer of his coming, and believes Mahdi will cause universal acceptance of Allah. For more than three years, with the Suez Canal under his control, he will gain worldwide recognition and acclaim in his capital city of Cairo. Israel will be trapped in the Negev for more than three years and stability will have come to the troubled Middle East. He will supposedly have done what all nations say they are seeking, that is, brought stability to the Middle East. But, during last year of his rule as Caliph, something will cause him to quickly head for Jerusalem.
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Ezekiel 38:13 – Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
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Verse 13 mentions three other descendants which were not mentioned previously as being among the horde that attacked Israel, namely, Sheba, Dedan, and Tarshish. Sheba and Dedan settled in the land we know as Saudi Arabia, later colonizing across the Red Sea in the horn we know today as Ethiopia. Tarshish is much harder to nail down to a specific location. The descendants of Tarshish were sea merchants who became the peoples of the Mediterranean Sea coast. The headquarters of the descendants of Tarshish is now generally accepted by most biblical authorities as a district in the south of Spain where the city of Tartessus once existed. The merchants of Tarshish scattered their descendants in village settlements along most of Europe’s coastal sections.
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I am persuaded that Europe represents the descendant offspring of Tarshish. It is quite possible that God may look upon the rest of Western Civilization as being the offspring (descendants) of Europe (“the young lions thereof”). The countries of the New World became the “melting pot” of Europe. It is very interesting what Saudi Arabia, Europe, and the rest of Western Civilization have to say to Gog about his attack on Israel: “Art thou come to take a spoil? Hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? To carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?” This is no more or less than the perfect description of a diplomatic protest to Gog’s actions. When the anti-Christ and his armies roar south into Israel in a blitzkrieg lightning strike, the rest of the free world will protest, protest, protest – and do nothing about it. The antichrist will take Jerusalem within five days of his initial strike in the north, and within three weeks most of Israel will have fled into the Negev south of Beersheba, where she will remain for some three and one-half years. Jerusalem will fall and only one-third of Israel’s population will make it safely into the Negev.
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Zechariah 13:8 to 14:2 – And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. [9] And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God. Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. [2] For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
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Ezekiel 38:14 – Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord God; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
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The question of verse 14 is directed personally by God to Gog . It is a question to which both know the answer, as attested by “shalt thou not know it?” Gog will be well aware of it, because he will have made the agreement allowing Israel to dwell in safety. And this will be one of the reasons the anti-Christ’s blitzkrieg attack will be so successful. It will catch them by surprise.
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Ezekiel 38:15 – And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army.
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TWO REVELATION BEASTS ARE ISLAMIC: The date of John’s writing of Revelation has been placed by most at some point in time between 79 and 100 A.D., so it would be safe to say the Islamic Prophet Muhammad wrote the Koran more than 500 years after Revelation was completed. By 750 A.D. the Islamic Umayyad Caliphate or Empire had expanded out of Mecca and Medina to extend into, or to engulf, the territories now occupied by France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Afghanistan, and India. Eventually the last Caliphate, the old Ottoman Empire, engulfed most of southeastern Europe, but then died as “the old sick man of Europe.” I believe we are watching the revival of Islam in the Jihad movement. I believe the seventh and eighth empires of the Antichrist are the same in that both are Islamic. I believe the seventh is now reviving from the grave of an old Islamic Caliphate, which will become the eighth when its ruler is directly empowered by the Devil himself. The Antichrist’s Caliphate will cover more area than did each individual Empire of the Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Grecians, and Romans. It’s now arising as the seventh empire, and will reach its maximum size as the eighth, and last, empire before the Second Advent.
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The above information is from Pastor Tom McElmurry. His website: www.TribulationPeriod.com
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The following are my studies, with some science information from Pastor Tom McElmurry website and books:
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The Sounding of the Trumpets – Are You Ready?
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In I Corinthians 15:51-52, the Apostle Paul speaks a mystery: “at the last trump; for the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed.” For speculation, are there trumpets, which have already sounded before the last trump?
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In I Thessalonians 4:16-18, the Apostle Paul writes, “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”
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In Revelation 8:1, seven Angels are given seven trumpets. Each trumpet announces the beginning of certain events which can be for a “worldwide” or “local” area. They can be for events on the surface of the earth, in the oceans, in the atmosphere or in the spiritual world.
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Revelation 8:7 – 1st trumpet – volcanic activity begins on the earth destroying one third of the trees and all the green grass surrounding the volcano.
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Revelation 8:8-9 – 2nd trumpet – volcanic activity begins in the oceans killing one third of sea life and producing worldwide tsunami waves, which destroy a third of the ships in port.
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Revelation 8:10 -11- 3rd trumpet – a great comet strikes the earth, melts and is absorbed into the hydrological cycle, producing hydrocyanic acid, poisoning one third of the earth’s water supply, proceeded by a meteor storm as the comet begins its atmospheric entrance.
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Revelation 8:12 – 4th trumpet – a dramatic increase in worldwide volcanic activity, creates a dust haze over a third of the earth.
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Revelation 9:1-12 – 5th trumpet – a massive chain of worldwide volcanic eruptions and releasing of demonic beings from the earth’s interior, which torment lost humanity for five months.
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Revelation 9:13-21 – 6th trumpet – release of four demonic kings, which lead approximately 200 million demons to kill a third of the human population with fire, smoke and an intense sulfurous suffocating odor.
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Revelation 11:15-19 – 7th trumpet – announces the time of the judging of the dead and to give rewards to saved souls in the presence of Jesus Christ in the spiritual kingdom, understood as the Rapture and the occurrence of an earthquake and great volcanic hail upon the earth.
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The Seven Trumpets of the Great Tribulation Period
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After the first “great earthquake” occurs, there follows “seven trumpets” which are:
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1. Volcanic eruptions on the land surface, which destroy the trees and grass from the heat blast, lava flow and ash fall. The Saved, that is, the True Christian Believers are still on the earth during this event.
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2. Volcanic eruptions on the ocean floor, which poisons the water and produces tsunamis. The Saved, that is, the True Christian Believers are still on the earth during this event.
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3. A comet strikes the earth, melts and releases its’ poisonous gases into the hydrological cycle. It probably falls directly over Eurasia, which is 1/3 of the earth and where the most wicked population of the world exists. The Saved, that is, the True Christian Believers are still on the earth during this event.
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4. This is a dramatic increase of volcanic eruptions, producing towering ash clouds, surrounding one third of the earths’ surface. The Saved, that is, the True Christian Believers are still on the earth during this event.
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5. This is the release of demonic beings from the interior of the earth. They will torment lost humanity for the remaining five months or 150 days, to the very end of the Great Tribulation Period. This is the first “Woe” upon the earth. The Saved, that is, the True Christian Believers are still on the earth during this event.
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6. This is the release of four chief demonic beings which command 200 million demons to kill 1/3 of humanity with fire, smoke and brimstone, which are from volcanic eruptions and volcanic lava flows. This is the second “Woe” upon the earth. The Saved, that is, the True Christian Believers are still on the earth during this event.
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7. This is a massive increase of volcanic eruptions resulting in volcanic bombs being cast out upon the earth. The “great hail” is not hail stones from thunderstorms, but molten rock flying through the air from the towering volcanic eruptions. This “seventh trumpet” announces the Rapture; the Catching Out of what few “Saved”, a.k.a.: the True Christian Believers have survived thus far, through the previous 6 Trumpets. This is the third “Woe” upon the earth.
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The Wrath of God
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The Apostle John explains the wrath of God in a picture of catastrophic terror and horrors coming upon the earth because of the wickedness of humanity and in order to make necessary changes in the geological structure in the land of Israel. This period of the wrath of God lasts only for about 45 days. These events occur after the Rapture of the Saved from the earth. They are a continuation and an increase of intensity of the seven trumpets which have just been completed.
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The entire text is found in Revelation 16:1-21.
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Revelation 16:2 – 1st plague – a shift in the magnetic field of the earth, from the earthquakes, leaving the earth temporarily without its protective shield, resulting in cosmic radiation mutilating the human flesh of those who worship the beast or Islamic antichrist.
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Revelation 16:3 – 2nd plague – the heating of the oceans by undersea lava causing the reproduction of various dinoflagellates at a fantastic rate, producing oxidation and red tide.
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Revelation 16:4-7 – 3rd plague – a poisoning of the earth’s freshwater supply by a comet’s release of methyl cyanide, hydrogen cyanide and a whole range of cyanogenic poisonous gases into the hydrological cycle.
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Revelation 16:8-9 – 4th plague – destruction of the ozone layer by volcanic activity, allowing penetration of ultraviolet radiation causing a burning skin cancer.
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Revelation 16:10-11 – 5th plague – a massive pyroclastic holocaust from volcanic lava upon wicked humanity.
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Revelation 16:12-16 – 6th plague – the releasing of three evil spirits, causing people to worship the antichrist and to gather for the battle of Armageddon, including the diversion of the Euphrates River towards the Jordan River valley.
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Revelation 16:17-21 – 7th plague – the greatest earthquake to ever have occurred since humanity has been on earth will take place in the Jordan river valley, causing the city of Jerusalem to split into three sections and producing a chain reaction of earthquakes, which will cause the cities of the nations of the world to fall into ruin, ending with catastrophic global volcanic activity, developing a single dust cloud encircling the entire planet earth.
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Volcanic Hailstorm… calaza chalaza khal’-ad-zah… Hail: chalaza khal’-ad-zah to lower (as into a void): to let down from a higher place to a lower; hail. [Greek: chalaza, hard lump, hailstone.]
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Revelation 8:7: The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
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Revelation 11:19: And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thundering’s, and an earthquake, and great hail.
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Revelation 16:21: And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, [every stone] about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
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This hail is mingled with a substance of a blood red color. It was cast upon the earth. It is associated with a third part of the trees being burned up. It is associated with all the green grass being burned up. It is associated with lightning, a tone of thunder, an earthquake and is great. It fell out of heaven. It had a tremendous effect upon humanity, because the plague was extremely great.
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When the Great Tribulation Period begins, there will be absolutely no doubt as to what this hail really is. Just plain and simple: this hail will be molten rocks of volcanic hailstones that will cast out from the volcanic vents of the earth.
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The majority of these events will be along the earths’ tectonic plate boundaries. This hail noticeably begins on the 1st trumpet; it intensifies with the sounding of the 7th trumpet and becomes exceeding great upon the pouring out of the 7th vial of the wrath of God.
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September, 2020: If you are watching the news about the Middle East Arab nations currently trying to make Peace with Israel, which is a good thing; but as a few more make Peace with Israel, this is actually leading up to the time when the Islamic Antichrist will take action as Israel has a sense of a time of Peace and Safety, then this Islamic Antichrist will be working with terrorist groups in the Middle East with the Arab Countries, to collectively work towards an invasion of Israel.
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When this invasion occurs, the Arabs will kill 2/3’s of the Jewish population in Israel according to Biblical Prophecy. A Great Earthquake will split the Mount of Olives and allow perhaps most of the Jews in Jerusalem to escape to the Negev Wilderness.
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This Islamic Antichrist will conquer Jerusalem and the Land from Dan to Beersheba. He will then take control of Cairo, Egypt and establish his headquarters at Cairo for 3 1/2 years and create an Islamic Caliphate of ten Arab Nations. It will last for 3 1/2 years.
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The Great Tribulation Period will begin at the start of the Great Earthquake and last for the duration of the 3 1/2 years. At the end of this time period, the Lord Jesus Christ will Return to defeat the Antichrist as he stands on the Temple Mount and declares himself to be God in flesh to the Islamic followers. This will end the 1,335 days of the Great Tribulation Period.
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Christian Believers will still be on the earth during this 3 1/2 years of Tribulation and will caught out at the Rapture just before the last portion of the about 45 days of the Wrath of God, which will be the 7 Vials of the Book of Revelation.
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In other words, as you see a few more Arab countries form some type of Peace Deal with Israel, then be on the watch for an invasion from Syria into Israel. This battle will last for about 75 days, then Jerusalem will be taken by the Arabs and the Land from Dan to Beersheba. A truce will be brokered with the Arabs and Israel after the battle for about 75 days. The Great Tribulation Period will continue with an increase number and degree of Earthquakes, Volcanic Eruptions and Tsunamis on a global scale.
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It will finally end with the greatest Earthquake in human history in the Jordan River Valley of Israel, which will begin a surface motion that will cause all the cities of the world to fall into ruin. During this time, the Volcanic Eruptions would have developed a massive cloud of ash encircling the planet.
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The final part of the Great Tribulation Period 3 1/2 years and mostly during the about last 45 days of the Wrath of God will be the Destruction of Rome, Italy and the Vatican City at the very end of this time period; perhaps just a few days before the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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This event will be one of the most amazing and profound in the history of humanity:
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The Volcanic Burning of the Vatican City
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Revelation 18: [8] Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. [9] And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, [10] Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour is thy judgment come. [15] The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, [17] For in one hour so great riches is come to naught. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, [18] And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! [19] And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! For in one hour is she made desolate.
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The Greek word definitions:
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Revelation 18:8 – utterly burned with fire – to burn up, blasted and consume by fire.
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Revelation 18:9 – the smoke of her burning – the burning by which metals are roasted and reduced; by a figure drawn from a refiners fire; calamities or trials that test the character.
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Revelation 18:10 and 15 – torment – to torture, a testing by the touchstone, which is a black siliceous stone used to test the purity of gold or silver by the color of the streak produced on it by rubbing it with either metal.
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Revelation 18:17 and 19 – come to naught and made desolate – to make desolate, lay waste, to ruin, bring to desolation, to despoil one, strip her of her treasures.
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Revelation 11:18 – And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which DESTROY the earth.
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The 7 Vials of the Wrath of God will be so great of a destruction, that the majority of humanity will be destroyed during this about a 45 day period, which will be the last portion of the 3 ½ years of the Great Tribulation Period, that perhaps only a few hundred million people will be allowed to enter into the Millennial Reign.
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Greek word Number: 1311 diaphtheírō (from 1223 /diá, “thoroughly,” which intensifies 5351 /phtheírō, “defile, corrupt”) – properly, thoroughly corrupt, totally degenerate (disintegrate); waste away by the decaying influence of moral (spiritual) impurity; “utterly corrupt”; becoming thoroughly disabled (morally depraved), “all the way through” (“utterly decayed”).
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Vine, Unger, White (NT, 130), “1311 (diaphtheírō) comes from dia, ‘through,’ ‘intensive,’ to corrupt utterly, through and through.” The noun form, 1312 (diaphthorá), likewise means “thorough decay.”
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From diaballo and phtheiro; to rot thoroughly, i.e. (by implication) to ruin (passively, decay utterly, figuratively, pervert) — corrupt, destroy, perish. To change for the worse, to corrupt: minds, morals; τήν γῆν, i. e. the men that inhabit the earth, Revelation 11:18.
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The purpose of the wrath of God will be to destroy those of humanity who have morally corrupted the earth. It is true, that all of humanity is corrupt to the core of their souls, but there are countless millions of people whose corruption has such an influence, that they are actually causing the billions of humanity to become even more morally corrupt by changing their minds for the worse, to the point of becoming thoroughly rotten.
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(And should destroy them which destroy the earth.) The Greek word for the second English word destroy has to do with morality.
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It can be translated as: and destroy and bring to ruin, causing them to perish, which destroy by morally corrupting the occupants of the earth and have caused them to become thoroughly rotten, by changing their minds and morals for the worse.
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The Lord Jesus Christ will return as the Parousia in bodily presence through this Volcanic Ash Cloud and begin His Millennial Reign. The Glory of the Brightness of His body will illuminate sufficiently to be refracted visibly surrounding the entire planet and every human will see Him upon His Return.
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The Great Tribulation Period will be composed of the 7 Trumpets and 7 Vials of the Book of Revelation. True Christian Believers will be on earth until the 7th Trumpet, in which case; whoever may survive the 1st thru 6th Trumpet, will be caught out on the 7th Trumpet. The Spiritually Lost human beings who survive the 7 Trumpets will have to endure the 7 Vials of the Wrath of God, which will last about 45 days. The majority of the population on earth will die during this Time Period, with perhaps only a few hundred million entering the Millennial Reign.
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Antichrist Islamic Attack Events up to the Second Advent of Christ
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Daniel’s 70 Weeks of Years Clock stopped with 1,335 days left to complete fulfillment. It will start to tick off some 1,335 days when Islam attacks Israel. Some 75 days later a truce will be declared at Beersheba, and Israel will be left in a state of Peace and safety for 3+ years. The truce will be broken when the Antichrist stands on the Temple Mount as the Antichrist claiming to be God and kills the two witnesses. Some 3 and ½ Days later they will be caught up for all to see, and immediately thereafter, perhaps on the same day, all the saved, including the 144,000 sealed Jews, will be caught up on the sounding of the Seventh Trumpet. For the first time in history all the saved will be in heaven in glorified bodies to be judged for their apparel rewards, while the wrath of God is poured out on the earth in Seven Vials.
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Some 45 days after Jerusalem falls, and the Israelis withdraw south to Negev’s Beersheba, the UN, US, UK, France, Germany, Russia, and China, broker a truce twixt Islam and Negev Israel. This hudna truce period of Peace and safety will last for 3+ years. The Antichrist will then defeat the Egyptian Army and establish his Caliphate Capital at Cairo. He will use the 3+ years to quickly build a gigantic Caliphate as many Islamic nations jump on his bandwagon. It is likely to include the following nations with majority Muslim populations: Iran, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and all the nations on its borders, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Taijhistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Jordan, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkistan, and Kirghizia.
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Israel remains surrounded in the Negev on its three borders during its 3+ year truce period. Antichrist will be an abnormally strong super intelligent individual, who is a satanically energized Islamic military leader, and God puts a fear of this man of sin in the hearts of leaders in his Caliphate to obey him. Because of this, Antichrist will be able to bond together the 10 toes of Daniel 2 for some 1,335 days after his initial attack against Israel. The 10 horns in Daniel 7:24 and Revelation 17:12 and 17 are, of course, the same as the 10 toes in Daniel 2. Jesus will destroy this beast and the kingdoms following him at His Armageddon Second Advent, when He comes as KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
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Antichrist will command and force all terrorist groups to stop all attacks inside borders of Negev Israel and to end all missile launches into the Negev, because he will need to gain international support as he organizes his control over his growing Caliphate, and also needs to lull Negev Israel and the West into the false sense of “Peace and safety” in I Thessalonians 5:3. When the last trump sounds, which is the last trump in the series of seven, then the rapture occurs, after which the wrath of God is poured on the earth in seven vials. Remembering chapter divisions in the KJV New Testament were artificially supplied by its translators, and that the context subject between chapters 4 and 5 does not change, please consider I Thessalonians 4:16 to 5:5.
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The children of light will not know the exact day when Israel is pushed into the Negev, but they will have a general idea because they are not children of darkness.
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While the 3 plus years of Israel in the Negev are occurring, those who continue to remain in darkness will still not believe, even as they see the events occurring, and will deny they mean anything, but many will come out of darkness when they see prophecies fulfilled, and will call upon the name of the Lord to save them in the tribulation period.
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Israel will remain surrounded by Islam for some 1,260 days after the truce or hudna is declared – Near the end of this time, because the Antichrist has prohibited his forces from launching missiles into Israel as well as all internal Negev terrorist activity, the world and Israel will breathe a huge sigh of relief, and begin to believe “Peace and safety” has finally come to the Middle East. But once this attitude reaches a big majority among both Jews and non-Islamists, sudden destruction will come on Israel. This sets the stage for the 7th Trumpet to sound.
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Surrounded and trapped in the Negev, Israel “shall be given into his hand” like a man kept in a well by an enemy. But Israel will be supplied with food, clothing, and logistic needs by friendly nations who drop these things down from above into the Negev well. They in Revelation 12:6 refers to some friendly nations of the West who airlift supplies in to them. The Russians did not shoot down the planes that airlifted supplies into our Berlin section after WW-2 because they did not want a WW-3. The Islamic Antichrist will allow this future airlift to the Israel Negev for the same reason until the sounding of the Seventh Trumpet.
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More than 45 days before the Second Advent Antichrist will return to Jerusalem from his Cairo Caliphate Capital. He will kill the two witnesses some 45 days before the Second Advent, after they have testified to Israel in the Negev for 42 prophetic months (1,260 days). At that time Antichrist declares himself to God while standing on the Temple Mount. The Antichrist himself is the abomination that maketh desolate. Three things happen immediately some 3 and ½ days after the 2 witnesses are killed, and they occur in rapid succession – the language makes it possible, even likely, they are on the same day, manner.
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The 2 witnesses ascend up to heaven through the clouds.
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A great earthquake occurs during the same hour in Jerusalem after they go up.
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The 7th Trumpet (last trump) sounds – All the True Christian Believers on earth, including the 144,000 sealed Jews, are caught up, and the mystery of the Rapture will be finished.
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AFTER THE 7TH TRUMPET SOUNDS ALL THE SAVED SOULS WILL APPEAR IN RESURRECTED GLORIFIED BODIES IN HEAVEN TO BE JUDGED FOR THEIR ETERNAL HEAVENLY GARMENTS AND CROWNS.
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The 7 vials of God’s wrath will be poured out on an unbelieving earth for some 45 days between the 7th Trumpet Rapture and His Second Advent return, which will end the Tribulation Period at the final battle of Armageddon.
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Christ returns at His Second Advent with the saved to end the 7 vials of wrath, deliver Israel by leading her out of the Negev to victory and promised occupation of a huge Land Grant he gave to Jacob (Israel) through Abraham and Isaac, and to destroy the Antichrist and False Prophet.
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P.S. The “abomination that maketh desolate” may not only be the bodily person of the Islamic Antichrist, but a statue of the individual of which will be constructed and placed on the Temple Mount.
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To anyone viewing my websites: in no way, shape, form or fashion, do I think all of the material on my websites are the most correct interpretation of the events of Prophecy from the Holy Bible. I was taught by Pastor Tom McElmurry for some 41 years. I have listened to his Sermons many times and have read the studies on his website likewise, many times to try to understand the Trumpets and Vials of Revelation.
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If I have mailed you any material, such as Books or simply a flyer, then my only purpose is to provide information that will be of help to you and eventually, even the people you influence, as to help you understand what is occurring, when these End Time events begin to unfold. If my mailing you something was not welcomed, then forgive me, accept my apology and be at Peace.
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I realize, perhaps most of you, as is generally the norm in our world, have very limited knowledge of the Great Tribulation Period teachings and to be honest, most people really do not care to know. As the majority of people are probably overwhelmed with life and that is all they want to be concerned with. Understandable!!!
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At the current age of 62, having Pastored and Preached in Baptist Churches for some 35 years and having worked in the community of the world for some 44 years, I do realize the attitude of people toward Life. Most people spend their overwhelming thoughts about their Earth Life and nothing more. I truly Understand.
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Nevertheless, when these events begin to occur, at least you might have some insight as to what is happening and this information will be helpful to you and to the people you have influence upon.
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A composite of the Hebrew words for Joel 2:30: And I will show a token, a sign and wonder in the visible arch of the sky where the clouds move and throughout all the earth, in the fields, in the country, in the wilderness and it will have the appearance of blood, along with a burning, hot flaming fire, with columns of cloudy dust, smoke and vapor.
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A composite of the Hebrew words for Joel 2:31: The brilliant sun, from the rising of the sun in the east to the sun rays in the arch ways of the sky, will be changed into darkness, as if it were night and the moon will take on the appearance of blood before the great and noble, fearful and terrible day in which Jehovah, the self-Existing One, the Eternal Lord shall come.
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A composite of the Greek words for Acts 2:19: And I will bring forth a rare event so extraordinary, it will inspire wonder, for it will be in the elevated area of the sky and a token of these events, will be throughout the entire regions under the surface of the soil, of all the land of the world, for it will be a visible wonder of flowing substance like blood, of flashes of lightening and fire, with a mist of smoke.
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A composite of the Greek words for Acts 2:20: The rising of the sun in the east and the rays of daily light will become as an outlining shadow and the bright shining moon, will appear to be a blood red color, before that mighty and visible day in which the One in supreme authority will come.
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The Sign of The Second Coming of the Lord: The following is an expanded translation, based upon all of the information from seventeen different translations, including the definitions of the Greek words and all related Scriptures, in regards to the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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1. What will be the sign and token to indicate and signify, when these predictions and events are about to take place, to be accomplished and fulfilled; regarding the coming and bodily presence of your return?
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2. And of the entire, full, completed and specific period of time, of the end of the age and of the end of the world?
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3. For the Gentle nations, the heathen and pagan people will rise up and move up against and among one another and bordering nations and kingdom against kingdom, one place of reign touching another.
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4. There will be famines, a lack of food, causing destitution of people being without food.
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5. An outburst of diseases, plagues, pestilences and troubles.
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6. And great earth-shocks, earthquakes and a great shaking of the ground, causing it to tremble, shake sideways and back and forth, for the earth will be shaking in divers or different and various places, down through its’ distribution in many locations.
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7. And there will be great signs of terror and fearful sights from heaven.
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8. All these are the beginning, of the grief, the first of the troubles and sorrows, like the early pains and travail of childbirth.
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9. And there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair and the moon became as blood; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And should destroy and bring to ruin them which morally corrupt the earth. And there were lightning and voices and thundering and an earthquake and great hail.
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10. Watch ye therefore and take heed to yourselves, for you do not know what hour your Lord will come. It may be during the evening or at midnight or in the early morning; What I say unto you I say to all, Watch. Therefore, be ye always ready and do not let your hearts be burdened and weighted down with a life filled with self-indulgence and pleasure, with a state of drunkenness and the cares and worries of life; in case the Lord comes and finds you sleeping, for in such an hour in which you are unaware and are not thinking, the Lord will come. For these things of life will be a snare and trap upon all who dwell upon the earth. Watch and pray that you may be accounted worthy to escape these things that will come to pass and to be allowed to stand before the Son of Man. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
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11. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: In an almost indivisible moment of time, at the instant of the jerking and twinkling of the eye, at the farthest, final, last, towards the latter end of the uttermost trumpet, for the trumpet will sound; To seize; to take for oneself, catch (away, up), pluck, pull, take (by force); take or grasp something {someone} abruptly or hastily with emphasis on the idea of suddenness or quickness; and the dead in Christ shall rise first: the dead will be waken and rise up to a state of undecaying immortality and we shall be changed and made different; Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
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12. But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be. And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
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13. Immediately after the pressure, affliction, anguish, burden, persecution, oppression, distress, tribulation and trouble of those days; as a sign, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light and the stars of heaven shall fall from the firmament of the sky; and upon the earth there will be distress of the nations, having a mental state of having no way out, as in bewilderment and confusion, because of the loud roaring of the sea and roaring waves; and the forces and powers that control heaven will be shaken, moved in disorder and will be disturbed.
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14.And there were noises/voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
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15. And then shall they see the sign of the Son of Man coming in the clouds of the sky with power and great glory and all the tribes of the earth shall smite the breast and mourn.
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16.And shall he send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet and gather his elect from the uttermost end of the heavens.
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Do not let it take you a life time to try and understand the following verses of Scripture. If someone is attempting to teach you the Word of God; correctly, then you should appreciate the opportunity given to you in your life.
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Isaiah 52: [7] How Beautiful upon the Mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth Peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
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Nahum 1: [15] Behold upon the Mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth Peace!
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Romans 10: [12] For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. [13] For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be Saved. [14] How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a Preacher? [15] And how shall they Preach, except they be sent? As it is written, How Beautiful are the feet of them that Preach the Gospel of Peace and bring glad tidings of good things!
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Fare ye well to one and all…
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Are you preparing yourself to appear before the One Being Lord God Almighty, pantokratór, παντοκράτωρ: Who is Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Omniscient and Omnibenevolent; with Absolute Sovereignty over all things in this ~5% Binary Matter Universe, with its’ ~2 trillion galaxies, created ~14 billion years ago and in the ~68% Dark Energy and ~27% Dark Matter Universe, which has existed in infinity: in which the One Being visually abides?
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Tom McElmurry is a pastor who holds University, Seminary, and Institutional degrees in Physical Science, Theology, and Divinity. He was certified as a Meteorologist in 1954 by the United States Air Force; became a member of the American Meteorological Society in 1962; served in the Mid-eastern, African, European, and Far-Eastern Theaters as a Meteorologist; and is a member of the Israel Geological Society. He worked as a tornado forecaster in the Kansas City Severe Weather Service, and as an analyst for the National Security Agency, retiring from the USAF-NSA in 1971. He has taught Physics, Chemistry, Physical Science, Biology, and Earth Science in the public school system as a certified teacher, and has written three books: Tectonic Chaos, Tribulation Triad, and Tribulation Birth Pangs from the Bottomless Pit. He has also written scientific articles published by the USAF and the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. He Pastored Dardanelle Missionary Baptist Church for 45 years; since 1974. His military and civilian education includes 2,730 clock hours of meteorological instruction in USAF selected institutions of higher learning, and more than 265 University and Seminary hours in undergraduate and graduate studies. He has lectured worldwide in 20 Missionary Baptist colleges and seminaries; and in more than 800 Missionary Baptist Churches in Lithuania, Romania, Africa, and the U.S.A. He is a distinguished graduate of the USAFMAC Military Academy.
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His website is: www.TribulationPeriod.com
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On April 5, 2019; Pastor Thomas Marshal McElmurry passed from this earth life into the Eternal Spiritual Life.
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As creator of this website: I was a member of the church at Dardanelle, Arkansas, U.S.A., for many years and was able to obtain some of his Sermons on cassette tapes and cd’s through the years, as I was influenced by his teachings for some 41 years. All of the Sermons on my websites are his and most of the studies are likewise from his books and website. My desire is simply to share this information with anyone in the world who might enjoy the information.
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March 12, 2020: a short message to anyone viewing this website. When Israel thinks it is safely surrounded by the Islamic nations; then the 1,335 days End Time Prophecy will begin; then the forces of Islam will attack Israel, then we know the process of the 1,260 days will begin. As True Christian Believers, we know the 7th Trumpet Rapture will take place near the end of this 3 1/2 year period. Afterwards, about a 45 day Wrath of God will occur on the earth; then the Second Advent or Parousia will take place; then the Millennial Reign will begin. There is enough information on this website to provided an outline of these events, in order to give you insight to what and when such events will unfold.
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The masses of humanity, including the majority of all the Religious and World Leaders will all be caught by surprise; including the overwhelming vast almost 8 billion population of the human race are totally ignorant of these Biblical Truths; because they do not want to know the Truth. Therefore, God allows them to be in a state of delusion, that they might believe a lie; not only about Salvation but about many other things in the Word of God; including the Second Coming.
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II Thessalonians 2: [1] Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, [2] That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. [3] Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; [4] Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. [5] Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? [6] And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. [7] For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. [8] And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: [9] Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, [10] And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. [11] And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: [12] That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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A personal note: of all the events, things, interacting with people and journeys in my life; the greatest and by far the most important fact of my life: is to have been given the opportunity by the Creator to learn about the Lord Jesus Christ; the Millennial Reign and the Heavenly Age from the Bible.
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From having been able to learn and read the three different Greek New Testament Texts; hundreds of Bible Dictionaries; Word Studies; Lexicons; Bible related Magazines and various Bible based publications. I have no greater joy, than to have had such a privilege in my earth-human life.
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A tremendous number of people in the past and even more so, in the present, invest so much into the things of Earth Life. I am so very, very glad, the majority of my investments have been in Spiritual things. My efforts, time, money and thoughts have been applied to Spiritual things and I do not have the words in my mind to explain how thankful I that makes me feel. I look forward to my departure into the Eternal Existence, beyond the elements of this Earth Life. What an amazement it is going to be, to be awakened into infinity before the One Being and be given assignments directly from the One Being, the Creator.
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Thank You God!!! Thank You, Thank You and again, Thank You…
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