Bible News Prophecy with Dr Bob Thiel
Bible News Prophecy with Dr Bob Thiel Scoffers, Shaking Earth, and Weather Warnings: Reading Trouble Through Bible Prophecy Continuing Church of God 51 Prophecy, News, and the Question of Mockery In this episode of Bible News Prophecy, hosts Steve Dupuie and Dr. Bob Thiel discuss whether people mock the prophecies Jesus gave about famines, pestilences, earthquakes, troubles, and the beginning of sorrows. Steve opens by referencing Jesus’ words in Matthew 24 and Mark 13, then asks Dr. Thiel about recent events that he believes fit within that prophetic framework. The episode centers on the claim that earthquakes, severe heat, and related disasters should not be dismissed as ordinary events, but viewed as warnings connected to biblical prophecy. Earthquakes in Venezuela, Japan, and California Dr. Thiel points to a series of recent earthquake-related reports, including what he describes as a rare earthquake doublet in Venezuela on June 24, followed by a major tremor off Japan’s northeastern coast and a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in Northern California. He emphasizes the reported scale of destruction, injuries, missing persons, power outages, and unusual historical strength of the Venezuelan quakes. For Dr. Thiel, these disasters connect directly to Jesus’ statements that earthquakes would occur in various places as part of the beginning of sorrows. Responding to Scoffers and Critics The discussion then turns to criticism Dr. Thiel says he received from an anti-Christian or apostate website after he wrote about the Venezuelan earthquakes and said those affected were in his prayers. He says the website mocked him for connecting the quakes to Mark 13 and argued that earthquake reporting has increased mainly because of more seismometers and faster disaster communication. Dr. Thiel rejects that argument, saying increased measuring equipment does not explain devastation, casualties, missing people, or the unusual severity of specific events. He also connects the criticism to biblical warnings about deception, scoffers, and people rejecting prophecy. Peter’s Warning About the Last-Days Scoffers Dr. Thiel then reads and comments on a long passage from 2 Peter 3, where Peter warns that scoffers will come in the last days and claim that things continue as they always have. Dr. Thiel interprets this as a direct description of people who dismiss prophetic warnings by saying earthquakes, heat waves, and disasters are normal fluctuations. He emphasizes Peter’s teaching that God’s timing is not human timing, that the Lord is not slack concerning His promises, and that believers should respond with holy conduct, godliness, repentance, peace, and readiness for the coming day of God. Heat Waves, Europe, and Weather as a Warning The program also addresses record-breaking heat in Europe, including reports of extreme temperatures in France and heat-related deaths in Spain. Dr. Thiel says that odd weather patterns and natural disasters are part of the beginning of sorrows and notes that he had written about such trends in his 2009 book 2012 and the Rise of the Secret Sect. He argues that recent weather extremes should serve as a wake-up call, not merely as secular climate or statistical events. The episode presents severe weather as one of the ways God warns humanity. Amos, Repentance, and God’s Control of Weather Dr. Thiel closes by turning to the book of Amos, where he says God describes withholding rain, sending rain on one city and not another, bringing blight, mildew, locusts, and other hardships, yet the people still did not return to Him. He uses this passage to argue that weather is not as random as people often believe and that biblical prophecy connects weather-related trouble to a call for repentance. The episode ends by warning listeners not to disregard Jesus’ words, biblical prophecy, or the moral and spiritual meaning Dr. Thiel sees in severe weather and natural disasters.
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