Some animal stories in the news

Here are some animal stories that are in the news. I don't know the prophetic indication, nor even the thread that connects them other than they are weird animal stories, and they interested me. They made me think of the following:

I've written about the dolphin die-of in Peru before. Now Peru has another die-off.

Peru explores pelican deaths
"Authorities in Peru are investigating the death of over 538 pelicans, along with other birds, on the northern coast of the country, the Peruvian ministry of production said Sunday.The new environmental investigation comes on the heels of an incident earlier in April when 877 dolphins washed up dead on the same stretch of coast.It was not immediately clear if the deaths were connected.The birds appear to have died on the beach, and more tests are needed to determine the cause of death, the ministry of production said."

Coast Guard official Cesar Villanueva in Lambayeque said Sunday he has never seen so many dying pelicans on the beach in 25 years on the job. What a shame! How hard it is to be part of the generation to witness the death throes of the dying world. But in Him there is life! Soon our eyes will be cast upon Him in sight, our faith made perfect because of His sacrifice. And the world will be made new. (Revelation 21:1). "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." (Hebrews 11:3)

Albino Killer Whale spotted off Russia's east coast
"A team of Russian scientists have reported what they believe is the first-ever sighting of an all-white, adult killer whale in the wild. The discovery of the six-foot, pure white fin was made by scientists during a research cruise off the eastern coast of Russia, near the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Commander Islands in the North Pacific. “It is a breathtakingly beautiful animal,” Eric Hoyt, one of the scientists, told the AFP."

It is a wondrous sight to behold. Isn't God's creativity amazing?! I'm looking forward to when we share the earth with the animals in love and not as predator and prey. "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them." (Isaiah 11:6)

Soccer Hall of Famer nearly eaten by gator on golf course
"It’s not exactly news that alligators are occasionally spotted roaming golf courses, especially in Florida. It doesn’t make them any less of a potential danger, as 75-year-old Al Miller, an avid golfer, found out recently.Miller isn’t just your typical duffer. He’s a former golf coach and accomplished soccer coach. In fact, he’s in the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame. ... The trouble began when Miller went to retrieve his ball, which had hooked near the pond. Suddenly, the gator bit him, tossed him in the air and then began to drag him into the water at the 15th hole. “He lifted me up three feet and slammed me down,” Miller told Lakeland newspaper The Ledger. The gator eventually released Miller, but not before inflicting a deep cut in his knee."

"Price ran over and grabbed Miller under his shoulders while the animal was thrashing and pulling.The other two golfers in the foursome ran over to help.Miller said the animal took one look at him and clamped down harder. "It was excruciating to say the least," Miller said. As the animal started dragging Miller into the water, Miller prayed for a miracle. He got one. "He let me go," Miller said. "I was three feet from my life. He had me submerged up to my belt buckle." (source, more photos).

Oh, where to go with this. It made me think of the plague of beasts, where actual deaths from animals will occur on a regular, daily basis to most of the world's people. ("And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth." Rev 6:8b). Imagine, going along, la la la, and BLAM, a beast got you and is chomping on you, alive. Shudderrrrr! The news story also made me think of how one never knows when your number is up. God has ordained the number of our days, (Psalm 139:16) and today might be a person's last. ("Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;" Job 14:5). That is why it is important to know Jesus as Lord and Savior. If death comes, for the Christian it will only be a gateway into riches beyond compare. For the lost, it is a gateway to unutterable agony.

I'm glad the golfer is OK and that he prayed a prayer (I hope he knows the REAL Jesus). But for many others today and every day, unfortunately, they put off making a decision about their eternal destiny and it will be forever too late. Don't let that be you.

The new Wall-E chair

The Beijing Motor Show had some show stoppers this year, including a personal vehicle that looks exactly like the personal vehicles in the 2008 cartoon movie Wall-E. "Toyota's i-Real electric vehicle was one of the more surreal cars on show at the Beijing Motor Show this year" we read in the UK Daily Mail.

If you ever saw the movie Wall-E, which is a computer-animated post-apocalyptic romantic science fiction film, or so says the description, the plot involves a robot named WALL-E, who is designed to clean up a waste-covered Earth far in the future. He winds up in outer space on a spaceship where all the humans have gone, and by this time in the far future the humans have all gotten obese and can barely function without being in their movable sofas. The ones that look just like the ones unveiled in the Beijing Motor Show.

Unveiled personal vehicle at Beijing Show:

Wall-E sofas:

Of course, the connection was instantly made by many, who saw the similarities even between the two vehicles. LOL all that's left would be for us to have an IV drip injected directly into our arms and a catheter on the other end and we would never have to leave our sofas.

But I want to make a comparison between the American Christian and the personal sofa vehicle for a moment. I said American Christian because that is the Christian I am familiar with. I think it is safe bet also for the generalization I'm about to make.

So often, American Christians enter their mega churches ready to be passively entertained. They have padded pews, a drink stand, technology to enhance the experience, a perfect climate controlled environment, worship songs that are hip instead of hymns that convict...

Comforts are good. I'm not against comforts. But let's not get distracted by them. I wish for all of us that we would not stay on our padded pews, living individual lives absorbed in technology, but get out of the pews and into the world to bear fruit for His name. Here is what one blogger wrote:

"There are churches in our city that have no problem raising a million dollars for a new building (complete with paved parking lots, air conditioning and broadloom) but can't seem to spare a fig for the dying and the damned on our downtown streets. The exact phrase my friend used to describe these churches was 'Christian country clubs.' "

I hope that you are blessed to be in a working man's Christian church, sweaty, gnarled, externally unremarkable but with shining pure heart, with Jesus at the head.

"For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.” (Romans 1:17)

The just shall not live by lattes.

"But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for “the just shall live by faith.” (Galatians 3:11)

The just shall not live by comforts.

"Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him." (Hebrews 10:38)

The just shall not live by technology. Step off the padded personal chair and mix it up with the faithful walk, and let the glory that is Jesus shine through.

Strange Hum infuriates Canada, tells US to do something about it

An article appeared in the Wall Street Journal today about the strange hum annoying Windsor Ontario. The article notes that the strange hum coming from Windsor is driving nearby Canada crazy. Americans apparently cannot hear it. It has been described as a very sharp, consistent rumble sound. The Canadians want something done, and it is causing a diplomatic fracas. What is noteworthy is not only the fact that the noise exists, and not only that the noise is loud enough to interfere with normal life...but that the article about it appears in America's most conservative paper. AND that the diplomats are fussing over it. Pretty remarkable.

I have written specifically about the Windsor hum in August 2011, with a follow up in September 2011. I have written about the hums around the world in general many times. I'll review what they could mean below the news. But first, the WSJ story:

Canadians Make a Racket Over Mysterious 'Windsor Hum'
Unexplained Noise Spurs Diplomatic Fracas At Detroit Border; Americans Can't Hear It
Last month, Bob Dechert, a senior aide to Canada's foreign minister, was dispatched to Detroit with an important diplomatic mission: To stop a highly annoying noise. The so-called Windsor hum, described as a low-frequency rumbling sound, has rattled windows and knocked objects off shelves in this border community just across the Detroit River from the Motor City. Locals have said it sounds like a large diesel truck idling, a loud boom box or the bass vocals of Barry White."

Barry White? Stop for a LOL moment. The journalists must have had a blast writing this. Ahem. To continue.

"Windsor residents have blamed the hum for causing illness, whipping dogs into frenzies, keeping cats housebound and sending goldfish to the surface in backyard ponds. Many have resorted to switching on their furnace fan all season to drown out the noise. Even weirder, Americans can't seem to hear it. Canadians find that suspicious—especially since their research suggests the hum is coming from the Yankees' side—and accuse U.S. officials of staying silent over the noise."

Those damn Yankees!

"The government of Canada takes this issue seriously," Mr. Dechert said after his recent fact-finding trip, which included a visit to a heavily industrialized area on the American side of the river that some Canadian scientists believe is to blame for the hum."

I can't figure out why the Americans cannot hear the noise.

"The sound has been plaguing Windsor residents on and off for two years. Last May, a particularly loud eruption shook Windsor resident David Robins as he watched the National Basketball Association playoffs. The room began to vibrate with a loud throbbing noise. Mr. Robins hit mute, fearing he had gone overboard on volume. But the noise persisted. Stepping outside, Mr. Robins said he found the "entire neighborhood pulsating." "To be honest, I was scared," he said."

Now that IS scary. There is more at the link.

I explored the concept of the Windsor Ontario strange noise here, from the aspect of spiritual warfare ramping up and showing an example of a verse from the bible.

I explored the strange noises here, from the aspect of the verse in Jeremiah that 'A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth.'

Now I've said before that there will be supernatural events happening in greater visibility as we approach the rapture, because afterwards will be total supernatural, visible, all the time. The inexplicable will occur on a normal, daily basis. In advance of that, the supernatural (or inexplicable, if that makes you more comfortable) will happen more frequently even though we haven't been raptured yet.

I've also said, however, that just because something is currently inexplicable, it doesn't mean it always will be. The strange noise may turn out to have a normal explanation.

However, there are a few things that speak against that. First, it has been going on for only two years or so. The industrial area across the river has been in existence for so much longer, so one would wonder why the noises began relatively late. Secondly, the officials brought in seismographs and tested for tectonic activity. The noise must be persistent pervasive, and annoying enough to persuade officials to take such an action.

One thing I noticed in the article is that the witnesses say it is getting louder. That is the most interesting thing of all. HuffPo noted back in January that it is escalating.

As for noises, descriptions of them pervade the bible. In 1 Thessalonians 4:16 we read of the rapture, "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:". In that verse we read of a shout, a voice and an instrument. Noise.

In Revelation 4:5 we read, "And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God." In this verse we read of thunderings and voices.

Isaiah 6:4 we read of Isaiah's vision of heaven and the voices of the seraphims shouting holy, holy, holy were so loud they moved the posts of the doors.

There are many more such examples of noises heard by the visionaries and apostles throughout the Old Testament and the New. We're drawing closer to the time of the end. The veil between our physical dimension and God's physical dimension is lifted bit by bit, waiting for the final moment when it tears and there is an irruption into the world of demons, supernatural events, angels, and spiritual warfare made visible. We praise our Savior for making the word of prophecy sure (2 Peter 1:16-21). We praise Him for alerting us to the times and the events he foretold by His book, written out of time and given to us who dwell inside time. We praise Him who will lift us out of time at His will and bring us to the eternal.

If you are worried about these things coming upon the earth, and there will be worse coming, so much worse that men have heart attacks upon looking at them (Luke 21:26), then be saved now. Believe that Jesus is the man-divine son of God, come to seek and save the lost and by His sacrificial act of shedding blood as the holy and pure sacrifice acceptable to God made the way for us into heaven. Believe He was crucified, was buried and rose on the third day by the power of God. Believe He is the substitution for taking on our sin and God's wrath. If you understand that your sins are very real and make God very angry, confess them to your Lord, and Jesus will forgive you.

In the WSJ article they said that the noises are "no laughing matter." They aren't. The one man said that the noise was scary. They are. Because if they presage something worse, that something is so petrifying that people drop dead on the spot. And if you draw your last breath before you know Jesus as savior you will enter the eternal as His enemy and dwell in the Lake of Fire. Please repent now.

"And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel."(Mark 1:15)