When most of us are hiding in our room, struggling to prepare for the worst in our final exam, some major incidents had happened. Maybe it's time to recall what had happened so we aren't still having a proud life in our own well.
Let us start from the biggest news of the decade, Indonesian earthquake and tsunami.
Tuesday, March 29, 2005; Page C14
Indonesian Earthquake Brings Tsunami Fears • A major earthquake yesterday in Indonesia had people fleeing for fear of a second tsunami devastating the region.
The quake, centered near the Indian Ocean island of Sumatra, toppled buildings and cut off power in some areas. Geologists said the quake was an aftershock of the Dec. 26 quake and tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people in 12 countries. ...[The Washington Post]
Posted 1/6/2005 11:22 PM Updated 1/7/2005 7:49 AM
Tsunami toll rises to about 145,000
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan described the devastation on Indonesia's tsunami-battered Sumatra island Friday as the worst he's ever seen, while authorities there pulled 4,000 new bodies from the rubble, bringing the confirmed overall death toll to nearly 145,000. ...[USA Today]
Myanmar Cyclone Survivors Left Without Shelter, Aid Workers Say
By Paul Tighe
June 17 2008(Bloomberg) -- More than 75 percent of people needing shelter after Myanmar's cyclone are without tarpaulins for emergency protection six weeks after the storm devastated the southern Irrawaddy River Delta, aid workers said.
CHRONOLOGY-2008: Disasters stalk China's Olympic year
Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:21am EDT
May 12: A devestating 7.9 magnitude earthquake shatters parts of southwest China's mountainous southwestern Sichuan province. More than 69,000 people are killed and about five million left homeless, sparking a nationwide relief drive.
* June 8-onwards: Heavy rainfall causes flood chaos as annual summer storms hit nine provinces across south and eastern China. More than 1.66 million people are forced to flee their homes, at least 171 people are killed and 52 reported missing, as rivers burst their banks. About 9,000 square miles (2.32 million hectares) of crops and homes are submerged. Initial estimates of economic losses are put at 27.7 billion yuan ($4 billion).Source: Reuters(Writing by Gillian Murdoch, Beijing Editorial Reference Unit)
June 20, 2008
Panic petrol buying in China as prices rise 18%
Prices for gasoline and diesel fuel rose unexpectedly by 1,000 yuan ($145) per tonne each, while aviation fuel was increased by 1,500 yuan a tonne. [Times Online]
2008/06/08
Fuel price hike: Demo at bus terminal
JOHOR BARU: Pakatan Rakyat parties staged a brief demonstration over the hike in fuel prices at the Larkin bus terminal yesterday. [The New Straits Times Online]
Thursday June 5, 2008
Petrol price up by 78 sen - and will be reviewed monthly
PUTRAJAYA: The Government announced yesterday an increase in petrol and diesel prices, stating that it can no longer continue to subsidise fuel.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the new prices were still at a 30-sen per litre discount from market prices....The Star Online]
Wednesday May 21, 2008 MYT 8:22:59 PM
Rice price up by RM1.50 per kg in rural Sarawak
By Stephen Then
MIRI: The price of local rice in some rural villages in Sarawak has shot up by as much as RM1.50 per kg - three times the hike as compared to urban areas.[The Star Online]
What have the World become? We had been haunted by the force of water over Sumatra, India, Sri Lanka and some part in Africa. Before we recover, the World was shocked by the gigantic earthquake that strikes Sichuan, China, in addition to cyclone that hits Myanmar not long ago.
Now even in this peaceful Malyasia we start to face some hardship too. Well believe it or not the Bible actually tells us these all will happen! The increase of numbers of disasters, oil and rice price hike and some other disaster either natural or man made.
Let me show you some of the famous prophecies which in written in the Bible.
3As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. "Tell us," they said, "when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"
" 4Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. 5For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,[a]' and will deceive many. 6You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8All these are the beginning of birth pains. " Matthew 24:3-8
" 5When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse[famine]! Its rider was holding a pair of scales[Food supply shortage] in his hand. 6Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, "A quart[a][640gm] of wheat for a day's wages,[b] and three quarts[192kg] of barley for a day's wages,[c] and do not damage the oil and the wine!" " Revelation 6-5-6
Remarkable isn't it? If we're living in the near end of age, when will Jesus come? When will be the rapture? The answer below show it all.
The Day and Hour Unknown
36"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,[a] but only the Father. 37As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.
42"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
[Matthew 24:36-44]
In conclusion, I would like to ask you guys and girls two questions.
1. If you die today, do you think you can go to Heaven?
2. If you are at the gate of the heaven, God ask you,"Why do I let you in to my Heaven?" How would you answer God?
The answer is your salvation, for those who couldn't answer, better look for me. I will show you the answers.
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