Weather Extremes in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK

While there are weather issues all over, notice the following related to the descendants of Ephraim:

Melbourne’s coldest day in 17 years

MELBOURNE is beginning to thaw after some of the coldest temperatures in almost two decades snap froze the city today. The mercury hit just 8.5 degrees Celsius in the city at 3.11pm – the lowest maximum temperature since 1995.

July 1, 2012 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/melbournes-coldest-day-in-15-years/story-fn7x8me2-1226413654703

Cold, wet conditions break record for south east

Brisbane is experiencing its coldest and wettest June since 1999…June 27, 2012 http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/06/27/3533971.htm

June one of the most miserable ever

June was one of the wettest, dullest and coldest on record, according to newly released figures.

Provisional data indicates that it was the wettest June since 1860, a spokesman for MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said. It was also the dullest since 1909 and the coldest since 1991. Average rainfall over England and Wales, including an estimated figure for June 30, was 157mm – 231% of the average for the period 1981-2010, and on a par with the 1860 readings.June 30, 2012 http://icscotland.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk/tm_headline=june-one-of-the-most-miserable-ever%26method=full%26objectid=31295829%26siteid=50141-name_page.html

Vancouver’s stormy summer on pace for record cold

Vancouverites may love to complain about their “bummer summer,” but it’s not just casual griping any more. Current temperatures are on track to make this June the coldest on record.June 14, 2012 http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Vancouver+stormy+summer+pace+record+cold/6778531/story.html

Coldest day on record [New Zealand]

Cantabrians expecting to wake to another bone-chilling morning can at least take comfort from official figures showing that Wednesday was Christchurch’s coldest day on record.Further chaos and disruption is expected on roads this morning after temperatures dipped several degrees below freezing overnight. The cold snap is a hangover from Wednesday’s heavy snow, when the maximum temperature at Christchurch Airport in the official 24-hour period from 9am that day reached a pitiful 0.4 degrees Celsius.

The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) said that was the city’s lowest day maximum in nearly 149 years of record-keeping. June 8, 2012 http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/7063146/Coldest-day-on-record

And of course, in 2012, many other parts of the world are facing flood and/or drought conditions (and, here is a link to an recent item about the USA: Flooding in Florida, Fires in Colorado, MidWest Heat, & Possible Tornadoes to Georgia).

Speaking of the Anglo-descended nations, in a recent co-worker letter, Dr. Roderick C. Meredith of the Living Church of God wrote:

So it seems that the “beginning of sorrows” has certainly been escalating in Ephraim and Manasseh! Maybe it will help some few people to actually “wake up”! (Meredith RC. LCG Co-worker letter, August 15, 2011)

The sorrows and troubles are just beginning and will get much worse. Hopefully, people will wake up.

Droughts and floods contribute to food shortages, higher food prices, and sometimes famines.

My 2009 book, 2012 and the Rise of the Secret Sect mentioned the following was about to happen:

Odd weather patterns result in food shortages and natural disasters. Matthew 24:7

The world is actually in a berserk transition, as the real age of peace is not yet here. It may be a period of chaos. It is the beginning of sorrows Matthew 24:8

Jesus taught:

7…And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. (Matthew 24:7-8).

8 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and troubles. These are the beginnings of sorrows. (Mark 13:8)

The Bible also shows we should expect to see a time of much higher food prices (cf. Revelation 6:5-6). Australia is not expected to be exempt.

Some articles of possibly related interest may include:

Can the Great Tribulation Begin in 2012, 2013, or 2014? Can the Great Tribulation begin today? What happens before in the “beginning of sorrows”? What happens in the Great Tribulation and the Day of the Lord? When is the earliest that the Great Tribulation can begin? What is the Day of the Lord?
Physical Preparation Scriptures for Christians. We all know the Bible prophecies famines. Should we do something?
Anglo – America in Prophecy & the Lost Tribes of Israel Are the Americans, Canadians, English, Scottish, Welsh, Australians, Anglo (non-Dutch) Southern Africans, and New Zealanders descendants of Joseph? Where are the lost ten-tribes of Israel? Who are the lost tribes of Israel? What will happen to Jerusalem and the Jews in Israel? Will God punish the U.S.A., Canada, United Kingdom, and other Anglo nations? Why might God allow them to be punished first?