Luke 21:25-26 “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Important Takeaways:
- Blackouts Could Hit Texas on Christmas as Arctic Blast Threatens Grid
- Texas suffered a massive power grid failure in February 2021 after three severe winter storms and frigid temperatures stressed the grid. The grid’s failure resulted in millions of Texans losing power, leading to a lack of food, water and warmth. The failure proved fatal, and hundreds died because of the outage. The failure dealt a blow to the economy as well, resulting in a loss of at least $195 billion
- “The bigger story going forward is the Arctic blast that moves into the west first then pushing east for Christmas,” Panovich tweeted. “The Texas Grid is going to be tested again.”
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2 Timothy 3:6,7 “They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions, 7 who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.
Important Takeaways:
- TEXODUS: 439 Texas Churches Leave United Methodist Church as LGBTQ Schism Unfolds Across US
- The Dallas Morning News reports the Texas Annual Conference, based in Houston, granted approval to 294 churches out of its nearly 600. And the Northwest Texas Conference, based in Lubbock, approved the departure of 145 churches from the roughly 200 it encompasses.
- In addition, the Central Texas Conference has already allowed 81 of its 185 congregations to depart, and 44 of the Dallas-based North Texas Conference, with 276 churches, are in the process of leaving the UMC.
- So far, about 546 of the 1,260 UMC churches in Texas, or about 45 percent are leaving the UMC, according to The Morning News.
- As CBN News reported last month, the UMC is accelerating its moves to become more accepting of LGBTQ lifestyles, leading to more divisions within the denomination and more departures from the group.
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Zechariah 12:3 “On that day I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock. All the nations will gather against it to try to move it, but they will only hurt themselves.”
Important Takeaways:
- Texas Red Heifers’ Arrival Stirs Prophetic Excitement in Israel
- A recent delivery of five red heifers from Texas to Israel is causing quite a stir. Talk is growing that their arrival is prophetic, and a prerequisite to the return of the Messiah.
- Some rabbis believe the ashes of a red heifer are necessary for purifying priests to serve in a future Temple.
- This began an in-depth process of finding the rare heifer that meets key stipulations found in the Bible.
- ”So the criteria is make sure every hair is clearly, distinctly red all the way through. There’s no playing around with it. You have to look at all of the hairs and you have to have a heifer that’s all red,”
- These rules come from Chapter 19 in the book of Numbers.
- The ashes of the red heifer would be used to purify water from the Gihon spring in the City of David. Just a few ashes could purify thousands of gallons of water.
- That water can then purify priests from any contact with a dead body so they can offer sacrifice in the temple.
- Byron Stinson believes this could be a step toward the building of a Third Jewish Temple.
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Revelations 2:5 “Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
Important Takeaways:
- At least one dead after Dallas area hit by 1-in-1,000-year flood
- In Mesquite, southeast of Dallas, a body was recovered Monday afternoon from a vehicle in a creek.
- Elsewhere, authorities conducted water rescues and evacuated residents from flooded areas; cars remained abandoned, some parked on the sides of interstates, either flooded or damaged in crashes; numerous highway ramps and lanes were shut down. At the interchange of Interstates 30, 45 and 75 — a trouble spot on good days — flooding had traffic down to a trickle in one lane.
- In some isolated areas, the rainfall totals would be considered a 1-in-1,000-year flood — a remarkable reversal given the dramatic drought that Dallas had faced for months. Several rainfall gauges recorded more than 10 inches.
- The downpour marked the latest such flood in the past few weeks across the United States. In one week alone, three 1-in-1,000-year rain events occurred, inundating St. Louis, eastern Kentucky and southeastern Illinois.
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Revelations 2:5 “Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
Important Takeaways:
- ‘In God We Trust’: Texas Law Requiring Public Schools Display National Motto Draws Backlash
- Posters featuring the national motto are going up in public schools and colleges across Texas, and that’s drawing backlash from several groups who argue the phrase is used to promote Christian nationalism.
- The Texas Tribune reports Senate Bill 797 passed during last year’s legislative session. The law went into effect last year.
- The law says schools “must display in a conspicuous place in each building of the school or institution a durable poster or framed copy of the United States national motto ‘In God We Trust.'” The poster must contain a representation of the United States flag centered under the national motto and a representation of the Texas state flag.
- Republican State Sen. Bryan Hughes wrote in a tweet the national motto asserts our collective trust in a sovereign God.
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Revelations 18:23:’For the merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.’
Important Takeaways:
- Texas is hit by record TWENTY FOUR wildfires that have burned through 7,700 acres and destroyed multiple homes amid record 110F heatwave and winds that have fanned flames
- At least two dozen homes have been destroyed in the Chalk Mountain and Possum Kingdom Lake fires
- Most of Texas is suffering from drought conditions as temperatures remain in the triple digits
- High winds and dry brush create the perfect conditions for the blazes to spread
- No deaths, and only minor injuries, have been reported.
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Rev 6:6 NAS “And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.”
Important Takeaways:
- Texas Tells Consumers to Conserve Electricity as Wind Energy Falls Short
- The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has warned power consumers in Texas to conserve energy on Monday afternoon and evening because there will not be enough wind power to operate the power grid reliably in peak demand.
- This week, Biden will go, cap in hand, to Saudi Arabia, to ask it to produce more oil, after his administration has taken steps to reduce domestic oil and gas production.
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Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- Texas drought burns up the corn crop and has ranchers selling off cattle
- Unrelenting heat and drought conditions are burning up the Central Texas corn crop. Ranchers are also being forced to buy hay for their cattle because pastures have dried up.
- To make matters worse, hay prices have nearly doubled since last winter.
- A dry, scorching forecast has farmers and ranchers saying they’ll just try to push through and survive the summer.
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2 Timothy 3:1-5 “But understand this that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.”
Important Takeaways:
- Cops kill active shooter who shot at 150 kids at TX summer camp
- According to a statement from the Duncanville Police Department, the suspect entered the Duncanville Fieldhouse on 1700 S. Main Street with a handgun at around 8:43 a.m. and fired shots inside the building, which is hosting a summer camp for children aged four to 14 years old. Officers responded to the incident within two minutes and immediately began a search of the building.
- The officers were able to quickly locate the armed suspect and, after an exchange of gunfire, wounded the gunman. Officers immediately began first aid before the suspect was transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.
- No children or staff were injured at the summer camp, which has an average daily attendance of 250 people.
- The shooting incident is still being investigated.
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Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- Emergency declared as Texas city runs out of WATER amid 102 degree temperatures forcing hospitals to close: ‘Heat dome’ settles over the Midwest and south with brutal temps expected for the next week
- Odessa’s authorities are scrambling to provide cases of bottled water as much of the sweltering city is without power, amid 100 degree heat
- The water main burst on Tuesday morning, and emergency crews are struggling to repair it, with state officials helping distribute bottled water
- In Ohio, 230,000 people were without power – including 169,000 in the state capital, Columbus – due to an over-stretched grid and severe storms
- On Monday night, parts of the Midwest were buffeted by strong winds which ripped up trees in Chicago and saw people scurrying to their basements
- Record temperatures, meanwhile, have been recorded in cities including St Louis, Missouri; North Platte, Nebraska; and Nashville, Tennessee – with some cities breaking records set in the 1950s
- The hot weather, caused by a high pressure ‘heat dome’ preventing the radiation from escaping, is expected to continue for several days
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