iLove to eat the Word 5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. Hey everyone, I love to share my own thoughts, but yesterday I found out that for the first time in history this prophecy is coming to past…IN OUR LIFETIME. It is amazing… I found this article off the internet. I encourage you to Google “The Nile River Drying Up” and look at the images of Isaiah’s prophecy coming to pass. The ancients probably could never imagine the mighty Nile River drying up. biblelineministries.org/articles/basearch.php3?action=full&mainkey=NILE+RIVER+-+A+SIGN NILE RIVER – A SIGN Reading the Bible is like reading tomorrow’s newspaper today. The news is rapidly catching up with the Bible. As we approach the return of Jesus Christ, we will see more and more events on our evening news that are a fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. The Bible clearly predicts that at the same time Jesus would come at His Second Coming, the mighty river Nile would dry up. Prophecies, like this one, made 2,700 years ago are coming to pass before our very eyes. Time Magazine reports that the water level in the reservoir above Aswan, known as Lake Nasser will have dropped 82 ft. (equivalent to an eight story building) by mid-summer of 1988 slashing power output by 55%. The Nile River has been irrigating the deserts of Egypt since the dawn of history. Is there any reason for Egyptian farmers to believe that it will not do so forever? Yet, these statistics are real trouble for Egypt. Almost all of Egypt’s population lives on the three or four percent of Egypt’s desert that is watered by the Nile. The amount of usable water is now 20% of what it was ten years ago. Time Magazine (March 28, 1988, p 79) reports, “Living virtually without rain in a country that is 97% desert, Egyptians depend upon the world’s longest river for irrigation, electric power, drinking water, and transportation. Now, after a decade of drought that has left parts of central Africa on the brink of starvation, the Nile is running perilously low. For the first time since the Aswan High Dam was finished in 1970, serious shortages of hydroelectric power threaten Egypt.” Time Magazine (March 28, 1988, p 79) also reports, “irrigation water that once flooded more than 250,000 acres of rice fields, or 25% of Egypt’s production, has been cut off.” Time also states that if the water level dips much lower, Aswan’s powerful electric turbines must be shut down. Eighty percent of the Nile’s water originates in the Ethiopian high lands. If the prolonged drought, now in its seventh year, continues much longer, Egypt could be seriously affected. Isaiah, the prophet, writing under God’s direction 2,700 years ago tells of these events as though it were written today. “And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river (Nile) shall be wasted and dried up (Isaiah 19:5).” “And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defense shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither (Isaiah 19:6).” Ethiopia and Kenya far away are going to turn the rivers that feed the Nile in order to keep all the water they can for themselves, thus compounding the problems of Egypt. The Nile is 4,150 miles long so as you can see “turning the rivers far away” takes on real significance. Fishing and agriculture will take great losses as described by Isaiah. “The paper reads by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and everything sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.” “The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish. Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded. And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish. (Isaiah 19:7-10).” How do we know what Isaiah is talking about now? The answer is that Isaiah Chapter 19 is completely and entirely about the return of Jesus Christ at His Second Coming. Isaiah 19:1 talks of “His presence” which is without a doubt the return of Christ. “The burden of Egypt. Behold the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.”
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:30:10 +0000
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