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Iceland's volcano -where to now?

The recent volcano in Iceland has literally stopped a significant percentage of the world.

Icelandic scientists warn that volcanic activity has increased and show no sign of abating.

In Iceland, there are apparently 10 volcanoes - all live !! Of those ten, so far just two have erupted causing the vast ash cloud - and hence the problems we are currently experiencing. A further seven are definitely dormant at this point in time. The last one is also the biggest one and is just outside Reykjavík, the nation's capital. It is currently giving cause for serious concern.  IF that volcano erupts, it will be like Mount St Helens in the USA. If it erupts, it could easily split the whole island into two pieces. Iceland lies on the conjunction of the American and the European tectonic plates and that could cause the split. If it goes up, then the fall out of ash could paralyse the European airspace for between one and two MONTHS.

Is this surely one of the signs of the times of which Jesus spoke? If the third volcano erupts, it could bring down half the airlines - and half the governments - in Europe.

 
Joel 2:28-32a (NIV)
"And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people.  Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.  Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days.  I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke.  The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.  And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved"
 
Matthew 16:2-4 (NIV)
"He replied, "When evening comes, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,' and in the morning, 'Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a miraculous sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah." Jesus then left them and went away."
 
(These reflections kindly supplied by Chris Bennett from Rivers of Fire Ministries.)