| 54.) Let us recall some of the calamities and disasters which occurred throughout the world in the months: prior, during and after: I. The Total Solar Eclipse on August 21st, 2017, II. The Twelve Stars Heavenly Alignment on September 23rd, 2017, July: • Central and southern parts of China – major flooding which affected more than 14 million people. August: • Sierra Leone in west Africa – flooding and landslides which killed over 300 people and displaced more than 2,000 people. • West Bengal in India – severe flooding which affected more than 24 million people. • Rakhine in Burma (Myanmar) – military atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims, forces approximately 700,000 to flee to neighboring countries like Bangladesh. |
| October: • California in the United States – the three-weeks long: Atlas, Nuns, Redwood Valley and Tubbs Fires kill at least 40 people and destroy over 181,00 acres ; two months later in December, the Thomas Fire destroys more than 280,000 acres. November: • Vietnam – deadly typhoon kills scores of people and causes over $1 billion in damages. • Kermanshah in Iran – 7.3 magnitude earthquake kills more than 500 people. • Bali in Indonesia – series of volcanic eruptions from Mount Agung beginning in late November 2017 until mid 2019. ( Note: Since then—we have had many other celestial alignments and events—but the ""Twelve Stars Heavenly Alignment"" was the most important and significant because that signaled the beginning of the Seven Years Great Tribulation (or Time of Jacob's Trouble, or Birth Pangs of the New Civilization! ) |
| • Texas in the United States – Category-4 Hurricane Harvey hits Houston and heavy rains cause widespread flooding (up to 60 inches in Nederland). September: • Caribbean nations and islands: (i) Category-5 Hurricane Irma devastates Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, St. Barts, St. Martin and other Leeward islands. (ii) Category-5 Hurricane Maria devastates Puerto Rico, Dominica and Virgin Islands. ( Note: Within a period of 10 weeks—there were 10 hurricanes in that year! ) • Chiapas and Mexico City in Mexico – two major earthquakes (magnitudes 8.2 and 7.1) kills nearly 500 people. • South Asia including Bangladesh, India and Nepal – monsoons and flooding kills more than 1,200 people and impacts more than 40 million people. |