Thus far we
have dealt with only the fantastic shaking produced by earthquakes up to
the
pouring of the first vial, which leads to surface cosmic ray
bombardment. In all reality, this cosmic
bombardment will
be incidental in production of sores, when compared with the effect of
volcanic
eruptions produced by the movement of the same tectonic plates. Lord willing, we will show what will produce
most of these sores, as we examine trumpet four and vial four in a
continuation
of this chapter next Friday as BIRTH PANG NUMBER 14A. Destruction
of the ozone layer will produce most of the sores.
This is a continuation of Birth Pang Number 14,
Chapter 16. In Birth Pang 14 we dealt
with the first trumpet as it relates to the first vial, and how they
will
produce some of the sores that appear on mankind during the latter
portion of
the Tribulation Period. We will continue
the discussion regarding how the majority of these noisome and grievous
sores
will be produced. We will do this by
dealing with the fourth trumpet and the fourth vial as to how they will
affect
the flesh of mankind.
[12] And the
fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the
third
part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part
of them
was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the
night
likewise. [8]And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and
power
was given unto him to scorch men with fire. [9] And men were scorched
with
great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these
plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. Revelation8:12 +
16:8,9
The first trumpet and the first vial dealt with
things that were “cast upon” and “poured out” upon the earth. This casting and pouring on the earth will
produce a reversal of the earth’s geomagnetic field, which will generate
the
skin plagues of Revelation 16:2. But the
fourth trumpet of Revelation 8:12, and the fourth vial of Revelation
16:8,
involve the interplay between God’s judgment of man and His use of the
sun He
created. When the fourth trumpet sounds,
God smites the sun to begin Event Number Four, and then has the fourth
vial
poured out on it to the last drop to close it.
I have already explained fully in previous chapters on Revelation
8:12. They give a complete explanation
regarding the gradual formation of a great cloud shroud by volcanic
eruptions. It is this volcanic activity
that will eventually allow the sun to scorch men with the great heat of
ultraviolet radiation.
God has created a thick layer of ozone in the earth’s vast stratosphere. If this layer was not
there, man would be
scorched with ultraviolet radiation, and annihilated from the earth
within a
few years. Many scientists still cling
to the idea that chlorofluorocarbons are breaking down the stratospheric
ozone
layer. However, the real culprits are
the increasing frequencies of volcanic eruptions. Ozone
is a form of oxygen that protects man
from the sin’s deadly ultraviolet radiation.
If this radiation could slip through the ozone layer it would
lead to
rapid worldwide outbreaks of fast growing skin cancer. AU.S. Geological Survey
scientist, Dr. David A. Johnston, missing and presumed dead since the
first
eruption of Mount
Saint Helens,
was quoted by Warren E. Leary,
and Associated Press science writer as follows:
“Analysis of trapped gas pockets in volcanic
and other
material indicates molten magmas may contain 20 to 40 times more
chlorine than
earlier estimates upon which volcanic atmospheric impact had been
estimated. This means that the amount of
chlorine emitted into the atmosphere could equal more than 100% of the
1975
world production in fluorocarbon chemicals.
Johnson said in his report that volcanic explosions powerful
enough to
penetrate the stratosphere have been occurring about once a year in
recent
times. These eruptions shoot hydrogen
chloride high enough to reach the ozone layer.”
As a scientist, certified to teach chemistry
and
physics, I was so certain the ozone layer was being depleted by gases
blown
vertically into it by volcanoes, that I began to teach and write about
it in
books published in the late seventies and early eighties.
I was so firmly convinced of it that I
predicted the ozone hole would continue to grow, even after worldwide
elimination of chlorofluorocarbon production by man had occurred. In the early eighties they predicted the ozone
hole would decline in size by 1985. When
it did not, they said it was due to residual effects. But
we were assured it would decrease by
1990. When it did not, they said the
residual effects were greater than they had thought, but we would see a
small
decline by 1995. When it did not decline
they kept on riding the same old dead horse, and predicted a thinning by
2000. It is still continuing to grow,
and now they say it may not decline until 2020.
The ozone hole growth since 1979 is as follows: from
very small in 1977 to 500,000 cubic
kilometers in 1980, to 10,500,000 in 1986, to 22,000,000 in 1992, to
23,500,000
in 1994, to 27,0000,000 in 1999, and to 28,300,000 cubic kilometers in
2000. And still there is no ozone hole
over the North Pole, yet 74% of all ozone destroying particles are released in the Northern Hemisphere! But isn’t it strange that most of the world’s
volcanoes are located in the Southern Hemisphere, with many of them
south of 60
degrees latitude, while only a handful of volcanoes exist north of 60
degrees
latitude.
Please allow me to elaborate why man-made CFC
gases
are not the culprits responsible for the depletion of the ozone layer
over the
South Pole:
74%
of all man-made CFC’s are released in the Northern hemisphere. The
Long-term vertical circulation patterns of the earth in the Northern
Hemisphere
demand that the first ozone hole should have appeared over the North
Pole – it
did not!
The
CFC gases are heavier than the atmosphere into which they are
supposed to be rising, hence they cannot rise
to the
level of the ozone layer of their own volition.
CFC’s
are washed out of the atmosphere by the precipitation cycle of
the troposphere before they could reach the ozone layer.
CFC
gases, without the direct help of volcanic activity, don’t
penetrate the restricting worldwide temperature inversion, which begins
well
below the ozone layer at the tropopause.
Now, please allow me to exposit why I am
confident
that volcanic eruptions are responsible for the depletion of the ozone
layer over
the South Pole:
The
rate increase in major eruptions since 1950 is four times greater
than at any time in history.
Most
vertical eruptions are occurring in the Southern Hemisphere,
thereby causing the ozone hole to appear first over the South Pole,
rather than
the North Pole.
Volcanic
eruptions forcefully blow different kinds of ozone depleting
gases through the tropopause inversion into
the ozone
layer, bypassing much of the earth’s circulation and hydrological
patterns.
There
is an active volcano pouring its depleting gases upward into the
center of the ozone hole from time to time – Mount Erebus, which is near the South
Pole.
The
growth of the ozone hole has been steadily toward the north over
the southern tip of South America, where a thick concentration
of active volcanoes exists today.
During the latter part of the Tribulation,
thousands
of volcanic eruptions, like those in Figure 10, will occur along the
dashed
lines of figure 3. These eruptions will
send staggering amounts of hydrogen chloride, nitric oxides, and other
ozone
depleting gases into the ozone layer.
The resultant breaking down of the ozone layer will allow
ultraviolet
radiation to pour through onto the inhabitants of the earth. These occupants of the final days of Satan’s
kingdoms on this planet will be scorched with the great heat of the
sun’s
ultraviolet radiation. Yet they still
will not repent toward the God of these plagues that physically destroy
them. They will understand the processes
that are causing it, but they will not recognize that God is doing it.
Most Christian writers of today spend a lot of
effort in trying to work the entire modern day arsenal of man into the
Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments.
Most make the last day skin plagues attributable to atomic
radiation. May I assure you that the ultraviolet
and
cosmic radiation, which would pour down on the earth’s surface if the
ozone
layer weakened and the magnetic poles reversed, would be thousands of
times
deadlier than atomic radiation.
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