Is the Day of the Lord

Coming In Next 3-5 Years?

 

Could Rapture Be Sooner?

NASA Predicts Big Solar Cycle Ahead

 

"And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;"  Luke 21:25

"And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;" Revelation 6:12

(A-O Newswire) -- 12-28-06 - NASA has released scientific assessments of the next solar sun cycle that may well be a prediction confirming the prophecy given by Jesus Christ. The Biblical prophecies of Jesus in His Olivet Discourse and also of Revelation 6:12 indicate some sort of solar disturbance at the opening of the 6th Seal, which some commentators believe is when then the Day of the Lord's wrath begins. If this is so, and IF the statement by the Apostle Paul about the Church not being "ordained" ( or consigned/appointed) to God's wrath. ( 1st Thess 5:9 ) then the conclusion is that the Church will be raptured before the Sun goes into a spasm like never seen before. That day may be but 3 to 4 years away, perhaps even sooner. Why?

The solar cycle forecast by NASA scientists suggests that the next peak in the solar cycle due in about 2010 or 201 could be the worst ever seen, at least in recorded astronomical history. The sun has already recorded some of its most severe activity in human history in just the past 50 years. NASA scientists now are anticipating the possibility that this next solar storm peak period may be the worst yet to come.

If this is the case, it may well be that the Day of the Lord - the Great Tribulation period and the opening of the 6th seal may begin in the next 3 to 4 years and will be preceded by the Rapture of the Church. This is something to think about. We're not saying this will occur. NASA is also not making such a statement. Yet there exists the distinct possibility that the two ideas may come hand in hand together. We just experience three of some of the most massive, dangerous solar outbursts ever recorded, earlier in this month of December, 2006. If the worst is yet to come and already we've had some of the worst storms ever recorded, imagine how bad it might get in the next 3 to 5 years. Of course, we're referring to Solar cycle #24.

Solar cycle 24, due to peak in 2010 or 2011 "looks like its going to be one of the most intense cycles since record-keeping began almost 400 years ago," says solar physicist David Hathaway of the Marshall Space Flight Center. He and colleague Robert Wilson presented this conclusion last week at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco.

Their forecast is based on historical records of geomagnetic storms.

Hathaway explains: "When a gust of solar wind hits Earth's magnetic field, the impact causes the magnetic field to shake. If it shakes hard enough, we call it a geomagnetic storm." In the extreme, these storms cause power outages and make compass needles swing in the wrong direction. Auroras are a beautiful side-effect.

Hathaway and Wilson looked at records of geomagnetic activity stretching back almost 150 years and noticed something useful:. "The amount of geomagnetic activity now tells us what the solar cycle is going to be like 6 to 8 years in the future," says Hathaway.

According to their analysis, the next Solar Maximum should peak around 2010 with a sunspot number of 160 plus or minus 25. This would make it one of the strongest solar cycles of the past fifty years—which is to say, one of the strongest in recorded history.

Astronomers have been counting sunspots since the days of Galileo, watching solar activity rise and fall every 11 years. Curiously, four of the five biggest cycles on record have come in the past 50 years. "Cycle 24 should fit right into that pattern," says Hathaway.

These results are just the latest signs pointing to a big Cycle 24. Most compelling of all, believes Hathaway, is the work of Mausumi Dikpati and colleagues at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. "They have combined observations of the sun’s 'Great Conveyor Belt' with a sophisticated computer model of the sun’s inner dynamo to produce a physics-based prediction of the next solar cycle." In short, it's going to be intense. Details may be found in the story Solar Storm Warning.

"It all hangs together," says Hathaway. Stay tuned for solar activity. To view the NASA charts and the NASA article for yourself, see the link here.