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The Perfect
Prophetic Storm

The Bible prophesies a time when two earthshaking events will combine
to overwhelm humanity. What are these two events, these prophetic storms?

by Mario Seiglie

The Perfect Storm is the title of a recent movie based on a true story about a hapless crew on a fishing vessel that sailed into the combined force of a hurricane and another major storm. Not surprisingly, the ship and its crew members perished, disappearing in the storms' fury. Perhaps if they had faced only one of the storms they could have survived, but the power of two massive and deadly forces was simply too much for the crew to handle.

The movie stressed the unusual combination of factors that led to the tragedy. The crewmen had abundant experience, and the ship had weathered many other storms. They thought their well-equipped craft could ride out just about anything nature threw their way. But, when they faced the fury of two storms, their efforts proved futile.

The tragedy is an apt analogy for events the Bible prophesies will occur when a combination of forces is unleashed on the world in the time of the end. Just as the seasoned fishing crew assumed it could handle whatever came its way, many people assume society can handle any crisis the future brings-through scientific achievement, economic growth, military prowess and political cunning.

Political and religious leaders want their followers to believe they are amply equipped to weather any dangers. "We have been through two world wars, epidemics, the Great Depression and social upheavals," they reason, "and we have survived them all. Now that we have even more technological tools at our disposal, we can prevail over any crisis."

Thus society can lull itself into a false sense of security, thinking the world will never face a "perfect storm" of deadly events.

Prophecy enters the scene

Yet biblical prophecy foretells what we might call the perfect prophetic storm. It will come at a time when two great events will converge to overwhelm humanity.

Read the full article at www.gnmagazine.org/issues/gn33/propheticstorm.htm