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Water and fire from the dragon's mouth
January 24, 2013 at 4:20 PM
The warfare against the red dragon, begun last November, was in two parts. December 19 ended part one, where we saw the red dragon cast down from heaven, as per Revelation 12:1-12. Though I cannot give any details, due to confidentiality of people involved, we know that this battle centered in Australia.Part 2 of this battle resumed in early January. We saw the first sign of this here in Minneapolis with the flood of water that I reported in my weblog for January 4, 2013.
http://www.gods-kingdom-ministries.net/daily-weblogs/2013/01-2013/red-dragon-continues-his-futile-war/
This sign was unique because it matched Revelation 12:15,
15 And the serpent
poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he
might cause her to be swept away with the flood.
I was a bit surprised that this sign occurred here in Minneapolis,
because I would have thought that Australia would be a more likely
place, since that was the location of the first part of this battle.
However, I can flow with whatever we see, so I accepted it as the first
sign of the continuing battle.Of course, what we did not realize at the time was that the wildfires were just getting started at the same time in Australia, both in Tasmania and on the mainland in New South Wales, Victoria, and perhaps other places as well. Sometimes it takes a few days or a week before fires are seen to be truly catastrophic. On January 8, the following article appeared:
http://news.yahoo.com/wildfires-rage-across-australia-amid-searing-heat-013539768.html
COOMA, Australia (AP) — Firefighters battled scores of wildfires Tuesday in southeastern Australia as authorities evacuated national parks and warned that hot, dry and windy conditions were combining to raise the threat to its highest alert level....And so, we have seen both water and fire coming from the dragon's mouth. The two events, one in Minneapolis and the other in Australia, appear to connect us with Australia in this warfare. Both water and fire started about the same time.
"You don't get conditions worse than this," New South Wales Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said. "We are at the catastrophic level and clearly in those areas leaving early is your safest option."Catastrophic threat level is the most severe rating.
These fires are still raging, but since we know they are caused by the rage of the red dragon, we can also say that there is light at the end of the tunnel. This battle will be won by January 27, and then I expect to see the effects of this battle begin to dissipate. After this, the preparation for Kingdom work ahead should be able to proceed without hindrance. February should be an interesting month.
DR. JONES
"This battle will be won by January 27, and then I expect to see the effects of this battle begin to dissipate. After this, the preparation for Kingdom work ahead should be able to proceed without hindrance". " February should be an interesting month."--------------------------------------------------------------
PERHAPS AND AGREEMENT WITH THE DEBT CEILING FIASCO OR NOT ... AND ALSO WATCH FOR THE ASTEROID ON FEBRUARY 15TH 2013 I THINK THIS WILL BE AN INTERESTING DAY AS WELL GNS-RESEARCH
Asteroid 2012 DA14 to sweep close on February 15, 2013
Asteroid 2012 DA14 on February 15, 2012
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So, no, 2012 DA14 won’t strike us in 2013. There was a remote possibility it might strike us in 2020, but that possibility has been ruled out also.
Asteroid
2012 DA14 will pass closest on February 15, 2013. As the image above
shows, it will pass much closer than the orbit of the moon - closer even
that orbiting geosynchronous satellites (22,000 miles). View larger. Image Credit: NASA
What will happen when it passes us? The short answer is … nothing. On the day it passes, most of us won’t see it or be aware of its passage, in any way. The asteroid won’t alter the tides. It won’t cause volcanoes. It’ll just sweep closely past us – as millions of asteroids have done throughout Earth’s four-and-a-half-billion-year history – some in your own lifetime.
The asteroid will be within range for small telescopes and solidly mounted binoculars, used by experienced observers who have access to appropriate stars charts. Here’s what NASA says about its visibility:
On [February 15, 2013], the asteroid will travel rapidly from the southern evening sky into the northern morning sky with its closest Earth approach occurring about 19:26 UTC when it will achieve a magnitude of less than seven, which is somewhat fainter than naked eye visibility. About 4 minutes after its Earth close approach, there is a good chance it will pass into the Earth’s shadow for about 18 minutes or so before reappearing from the eclipse. When traveling rapidly into the northern morning sky, 2012 DA14 will quickly fade in brightness.What do we know about asteroid 2012 DA14?
Asteroid 2012 DA14 is a little guy, compared to some asteroids, although its size has not been pinned down precisely. It is thought to be about 45 meters across (nearly 150 feet across), with an estimated mass of about 130,000 metric tons.
If a space object 150 feet wide were to strike our planet, it wouldn’t be Earth-destroying. But it has been estimated that it would produce the equivalent of 2.4 megatons of TNT. How does that compare with other known impact events on Earth? In 1908, in a remote part of Russia, an explosion killed reindeer and flattened trees. But no crater was ever found. Scientists now believe a small comet struck Earth. That event has been estimated at 3 to 20 megatons. So 2012 DA14 is in the same approximate realm as the Tunguska comet (which, actually, might have been an asteroid instead). It would not destroy Earth, but it could flatten a city.
Of course, about 70% of our world is covered by oceans. That means the most likely landing spot of any incoming asteroid is in the water – not on a city or other populated area.
Astronomers at the Observatorio Astronómico de La Sagra in Spain discovered 2012 DA14 in early 2012. We know 2012 DA14′s orbit is similar to that of Earth. That is one reason the asteroid eluded astronomers until recently. You can be sure that many astronomers are carefully tracking 2012 DA14 now.
The orbit of 2012 DA14 is an inclined ellipse. In other words, it’s tilted sightly with respect to Earth’s orbit around the sun, and, like Earth’s orbit, it’s not circular but elliptical – like a circle that someone sat down on. According to Bad Astronomer Phil Plait, who appears to have used a computer program to look at its orbit:
The asteroid spends most of its time well away from our planet. However, the path of the rock does bring it somewhat close to the Earth twice per orbit, or about every six months. The last time it passed us was on February 16 [2012], when it was about 2.5 million km (1.5 million miles) away, equal to about 6 times the distance to the moon. That’s usually about the scale of these encounters — it misses us by quite a margin.If we know it will miss us in 2013 and in 2020, why are astronomers still watching? In fact, the orbit of 2012 DA14 is not entirely pinned down, although it is known well enough to say for sure: it will not hit us next year, or in 2020.
But it will come close on February 15, 2013! It should be close enough to catch the attention of virtually everyone on Earth in February 2013, on what’s sure to be a media field day.
Will 2012 DA14 strike Earth in 2020?
No. In March 2012, when a collision between 2012 DA14 and Earth in 2020 was still remotely possible, I asked astronomer Donald Yeomans to clarify the risk. Yeomans is, among other things, manager of NASA’s Near-Earth Object Program Office at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In March 2012, he told EarthSky that a 2020 collision between Earth and asteroid 2012 DA14 was …
… approximately one chance in 83,000, with additional remote possibilities beyond 2020. However, by far the most likely scenario is that additional observations, especially in 2013, will allow a dramatic reduction in the orbit uncertainties and the complete elimination of the 2020 impact possibility.It turned out they didn’t have to wait until 2013. By May, 2012, astronomers had ruled out even the remote possibility of a 2020 collision.
Still, 2012 DA14 and asteroids like it are sobering.
Bottom line: The near Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 will have a very close pass near Earth on February 15, 2013. It will sweep approximately 21,000 miles from us – much closer than the moon’s orbit and closer than geosynchronous satellites. It will not strike Earth. Its orbit around the sun can bring it no closer to the Earth’s surface on February 15, 2013 than 3.2 Earth radii.
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