Quake Catastrophe Imminent

Experts Fear A Massive Quake In Israel

As reported recently by our own Shoresh'im Correspondents in Tiberias, Israel, fears are increasing among experts that a major earthquake in the Middle East region is long overdue. 

Massive Quake Imminent
According to research published by a Tel Aviv geologist, an earthquake has hit Israel roughly every 400 years according to historical records. The last major quake to occur was in 1033AD.

Israel was hit by a number of small earthquakes in 2006 and 2007, but this year (2008) there have been over 500 small quakes in South Lebanon and along the rift valley into Northern Israel. Leading experts believe that seismic tension is increasing and a major earthquake could strike soon.

Expert Testimonies
A panel of geologists stated in November 2007 that Israel was not ready to deal with the aftermath of a major earthquake in the region, and believed that such a quake in a built up area could leave as much as 16,000 dead and hundreds of thousands homeless. 

Dr. Marco said that “Christian sources helped him confirm ancient catastrophes and cast light on future ones, with Jewish sources from the Bible giving him essential pieces of the puzzle. For instance, a verse in Zechariah (chapter 14) described two instances of earthquakes, one of which split apart the Mount of Olives. This when juxtaposed with ancient correspondence by Muslim clergy further broadened the picture”.

"Earthquakes are a manifestation of deeper processes inside the earth. My questions and analysis examine how often they occur and whether there is pattern to them, temporally or spatially. I am looking for patterns and I can say that based on ancient records, the pattern in Israel around the Dead Sea region is the most disturbing to us".

Dr. Marco went on to say that "When it strikes, and it will, this quake will affect Amman, Jordan as well as Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Jerusalem. Earthquakes don't care about religion or political boundaries". 

Biblical Evidence
It is very interesting that the geologist in question should mention these verses in the Bible. The Mount of Olives is still intact, and this is one major Scriptural evidence that Messiah has not yet returned to earth.

Other passages in Zechariah 14 and Ezekiel 47 relating to this earthquake activity are also yet to take place.

An underground reservoir in Jerusalem is prophesied to burst, sending forth rivers of living (fresh) water into the Dead Sea. People say predicting when and where earthquakes will strike is an almost impossible task.

But the Bible not only prophesies of several major earthquakes which are yet to occur, but does so in intricate detail, providing death counts (Revelation 11:13), damage reports (Revelation 16:18-19) and subsequent geological upheavals (Zechariah 14). I know of no other such book which makes similar claims, and that is one of the reasons why we know the Bible to be the inspired Word of God.

God says that He'll warn us of these things before they happen in Isaiah 48: 3-5: 

"I foretold the former things long ago, my mouth announced them and I made them known; then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass. For I knew how stubborn you were; the sinews of your neck were iron, your forehead was bronze. 

Therefore I told you these things long ago; before they happened I announced them to you so that you could not say, 'My idols did them; my wooden image and metal god ordained them.'"

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This item is taken from an original article published by Chris Perver, from Prophecy News.