Re: ALL about?
Hello Tomi,
I haven't been talkative for a while, maybe I'm catching my 'second wind'. It's good to talk to you.
In 70 A.D., the second temple was destroyed by the Romans (tragic times, great distress,...tribulation). Some prophecy can be seen as being fulfilled then, some can't.
The Jews tried to build a third temple in 363 A.D., but the time was not right.
http://bibleprobe.com/rebuildingthetemple.htm
Right now in Israel, some Jews want to build a temple, some don't.
Anyway, a "Preterist" will make the ridiculous claim that all of Revelation has happened already (I regard them as mere "sensationalists" that don't have a sincere bone in their body for The Lord). I think The Lord spoke of 2 prophecies at the same time (maybe some prophecies will be repeat occurences?).
History doesn't tell of multiple earthquakes and famines in 70 A.D. or celestial disturbances.
Mark 13:8
"there will be earthquakes in various places, there will be famines; this is but the beginning of the birth-pangs".
A few years ago (2004 or 2005), President Bush gave a speech at NASA that "the moon could contain resources that BOGGLE THE MIND". So, he told NASA to "explore" the moon. Last month, NASA launched two spacecraft to blow a hole in the moon (typical of Bush). The official explanation is that they are searching for water (scientific analysis of moon soil shows small amounts of gold).
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,333172,00.html
Exploding bombs on the moon is not a new idea for the U.S. military. In 1958, the U.S. Air Force had a secret plan (recently declassified "Project A119") that was scrapped because getting a two ton bomb to the moon wasn't practical at that time. The next year (1959), the plan was to build a military base on the moon (I don't know what happened with that).
For the last 50 years, the U.S. gov't. has ben experimenting with HAARP and also exploding nuclear bombs in the upper atmosphere in order to condition the atmosphere (this is known as "military intelligence").
Solar flares seemed to be a threat to life on earth in the near future up until the beginning of this year when Solar Cycle 24 didn't appear on time. The last I heard was that earth entered a "maunder minimum" ("little ice age"). Studies show that earth's magnetic field is about to "flip".
Add to that the economic crisis and the recognition that there are too many people on earth for the environment to sustain (governments recognize the need for population reduction) and you have the understanding that 'time is short'.