Tropical Cyclone Esther, Purim and Australia Updated
(Isaiah 41 v 18) I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Black Summer in Australia Green Autumn (Fall)
Australia had a Black Summer in 2019 into 2020: after one of the worst droughts in its history, there were bushfires, columns of smoke as never before seen in Australia, 3500 homes destroyed, smoke day after day in Canberra (where I live) for several weeks and even a hail storm in Canberra (with around 35000 claims for damage). This has all changed and Australia is greening!
Heavy rains have come during February and early March 2020. Many rainfall records were set and Sydney's main observation point recorded the highest Summer rain in almost 30 years!! Sydney's main dam (Warragamba) went from just over 40 per cent capacity to over 80 per cent in a few days!! Canberra has had heavy rain and the brown landscape is turning green. However, many inland areas missed out on good rains - until Tropical Cyclone Esther!!!!
Tropical Cyclone Esther (Amos 9 v 6)
He who builds His layers in the sky and has founded His strata in the earth;
Who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth!!!
The Lord is His name.Tropical Cyclone Esther crossed the northern Australian coast around Monday 24 February 2020 as just a category 1 cyclone - humble beginnings!! Cyclone Esther became a tropical low and amazingly kept its strength and brought heavy rain to all eight Australian States and Territories. Many outback towns and regions recorded very heavy rain, the best for a very long time in many places. Some drought areas received around 200 mm (8 inches) and have become flooded in.. For some towns with very low water storage this rain was truly life giving. There were floods in the deserts (such as the Tanami desert in the Northern Territory).
The timing of these rains is nothing short of astounding: cyclone (tropical low) Esther moved right through Australia's heartland just before Purim. The feast of Purim in 2020 is celebrated on the night of Monday 9 March and Tuesday 10 March 2020 - and also on Wednesday 11 March 2020 in Jerusalem (the fighting recorded in Esther continued for two days in the capital Sushan, compared with just one day in the 127 provinces).
What may this all mean?
That the (true) revival and/or Rapture is imminent?! Is the promised outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon all flesh about to come like heavy rain to the Earth?!! That the Day of the Lord is at hand?! Esther went before the King at the risk of her life!! She could have asked for wealth - even up to half of the kingdom!! But the only request in her heart was the salvation of her people - the Jews!!
This contrasts with the heart of some parts of the church today - who seek prosperity on this Earth and, as the result of replacement theology, have limited desire to see the restoration of the Jews - to the land of Israel, and (spiritually) to the God of Israel.
Esther was born for such a time, her opportunity to go before the King. We are born for such a time as this - as anti-Semitism is on the rise and persecution of the church is growing!! He is coming very, very soon! We need to pray that His Eternal Purposes will be birthed!!
We cannot ignore the signs that are all around us!! The worst day of tornadoes in the USA in seven years. The emerging Corona virus crisis!! Weather events across the world, including a succession of storms in a flood-soaked UK. One of the storms was Dennis - reads sinned from right to left! The Dow Jones Index reflects the severity of the economic birth pangs - recording both a record daily points loss and the record daily points gain in recent days. Israel is still struggling to form a government even after its third election!!!
One more Australian sign - the gentile harvest number (153). There was a very rare train derailment in Australia recently. Sadly two drivers lost their lives. The reporting of the derailment noted that there were 153 passengers on board, all of whom survived.
Two more signs of the times we are in. Today (Friday 13 March 2020) the Australian share market fell by 8.1% but then recovered to end 4.4% higher for the day. This is a 12.5% points turnaround the greatest ever!! Strong birth pangs indeed!!
A new cyclone is expected to form off Queensland this weekend. It will be named GRETEL and is likely to move away from Australia. The name Gretel means PEARL!! Jesus Christ is to us our very soon coming our pearl of greatest price, and we are also precious to Him. A fine pearl speaks of Christ, a valuable treasure that needs no polishing or cutting by man!! He comes to us complete and lustrous as a gift from God the Father!!
The corona virus (crisis) is having a huge impact on Australia. Most non essential gatherings with over 500 in attendance have been banned (including many sports. Amen! Even so Come Lord Jesus!!
I would like to thank John Tng for the Five Doves website. Many of us doves have been watching for the signs of His Imminent Return for many, many years. But there has never been a time such as we are in now - high expectancy of Revival and/or Rapture!!
Maranatha!! Denis in Canberra
Some Bible Verses Like Isaiah 41:18 (KJV)
“I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.”
Psalms 107:35 - He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
Isaiah 30:25 - And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. (
Isaiah 35:6-7 - Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water.
Psalms 46:4 - There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
Psalms 78:15-16 - He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
Psalms 105:41 - He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
Isaiah 43:19-20 - Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Isaiah 44:3 - For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
Joel 3:18 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD.
Zechariah 14:8 - And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
Revelation 7:17 - For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Revelation 22:1 - And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.