Notice verse 8. This may be the scripture that Peggy McIlveene was thinking about, though it is not from the Bible, but from the apocryphal book of 2nd Esdras, (Esdras being the Greek rendering for Ezra of the Old Testament, same individual). There is a lot of interesting stuff here. Women bringing forth monsters could be referring to the UFO abduction phenomenon, and a sort of "Rosemary's Baby" thing going on. Also the situation of one country asking another if anyone who does right has passed through you lately, and receiving the answer, "No," is very interesting. Many of these things are happening now and will only continue to do so. The reference to animals is not so much about pets becoming more wild, I don't think, but wild animals becoming more common outside of their usual domains. In other words, the wild animals apparently will be leaving the wilds and coming into the cities and probably will be violent towards people. At least that's the way I have seen that verse. All in all, not a time that we would want to be hanging around... Looking up.

 

Barry Amundsen

 

4Ezra.5

1 - "Now concerning the signs: behold, the days are coming when those who dwell on earth shall be seized with great terror, and the way of truth shall be hidden, and the land shall be barren of faith.

2 - And unrighteousness shall be increased beyond what you yourself see, and beyond what you heard of formerly.

3 - And the land which you now see ruling shall be waste and untrodden, and men shall see it desolate.

4 - But if the Most High grants that you live, you shall see it thrown into confusion after the third period; and the sun shall suddenly shine forth at night,

and the moon during the day.

5 - Blood shall drip from wood,

and the stone shall utter its voice;

the peoples shall be troubled,

and the stars shall fall.

6 - And one shall reign whom those who dwell on earth do not expect, and the birds shall fly away together;

7 - and the sea of Sodom shall cast up fish; and one whom the many do not know shall make his voice heard by night, and all shall hear his voice.

8 - There shall be chaos also in many places, and fire shall often break out, and the wild beasts shall roam beyond their haunts, and menstruous women shall bring forth monsters.

9 - And salt waters shall be found in the sweet, and all friends shall conquer one another; then shall reason hide itself, and wisdom shall withdraw into its chamber,

10 - and it shall be sought by many but shall not be found, and unrighteousness and unrestraint shall increase on earth.

11 - And one country shall ask its neighbor, `Has righteousness, or any one who does right, passed through you?' And it will answer, `No.'

12 - And at that time men shall hope but not obtain; they shall labor but their ways shall not prosper.

13 - These are the signs which I am permitted to tell you, and if you pray again, and weep as you do now, and fast for seven days, you shall hear yet greater things than these."