"Apocalypse" & Signs Of The Times

"Apocalypse"
So far progress on "Apocalypse" is going great. I have written some new poems which make the total count 7, and I plan to start writing a new one very shortly. The new pieces are: "Orders Of Chaos", "The System Of The Anti-Christ", "Mark Of The Frail", and "Signs Of The Times". Of all the poem books I've put together in the past, I don't think I've ever felt as strong---passionate if you will, as I do with this book. Don't get me wrong, I love all of the work I've written in the past five years, but there is just something about this book that hits home more with me than the others. It is hard to explain why.

I have been thinking of re-designing the cover from the one I've already designed (see my post "Apocalypse" to see original cover). The new one I'm working on has an opened book, lineless, with a poem ("Mark Of The Frail") I wrote while designing the cover. There will be more to the cover than I explained here. I hope to have a picture to upload within the next following days.

Signs Of The Times
No, this hasn't anything to do with the poem I wrote. It has to do with what is going on in the world---the signs of the times that are lingering before our eyes---the signs of His return.
The other day, as I watched the news, the reporter came on the air with a breaking story---hundred of birds suddenly fell dead from the sky, in Austin, Texas. Tonight I was just notified that the same occurrence had happened in Australia as well. They ran tests on the birds but found no reason for cause of death. Here's what one online news (ANI) place reported:

'London, Jan.11 (ANI): Two towns, in two separate continents, have reported the mysterious dropping of thousands of dead birds out of the sky.

Baffled wildlife officials were quoted by the Daily Mail as saying that three weeks ago thousands of crows, pigeons, wattles and honeyeaters fell out of the sky in Esperance, Western Australia. Last week, dozens of grackles, sparrows and pigeons dropped dead on two streets in Austin, Texas.

Veterinarians in both countries have been unable to establish a cause of death - despite carrying out a large number of autopsies on the birds.' Yahoo News Article

Coincidence? I certainly think not. Y'shua (Jesus) said that certain things would be occurring during the time of His return, and to be watchful of the signs. Those signs are: 'for many would come in My name, claiming, 'I am the Messiah'.' --- Matthew 24:5 'wars and rumors of wars' --- Matthew 24:6 'Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom' --- Matthew 24:7 'famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world.' --- Matthew 24:7

There are more listed throughout the 24th chapter of Matthew. But it doesn't stop there. Also reported in the news three schools here in the United States will start making students be fingerprinted in order to buy anything to eat---sound familiar? I'm not saying that this is the mark of the beast, but is a forerunner to it. It's trying to be passed off as something good, something that'll speed up the process, but you must be scanned to even buy food, or you'll not have nothing to eat.

'Beginning this month, children at the schools in the Santa Barbara area will press an index finger to a scanner when they buy food at the cafeteria. The scan calls up the student's name and I-D, teacher's name and how much the student owes.' Kron Global

This isn't just happening in the United States, it's also happening in Ireland, too. The one in Ireland claim they're using it 'to make sure kids don't skip class.' The Inquirer; a school in Briton is also using this system. Sure, it all seems harmless and good, for now. But when the rest of life goes to it and you can't buy or sell without it, then that's where it becomes a problem.

'Then the statue of the beast commanded that anyone refusing him must die. He required everyone---small and great, rich and poor, free and slave---to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead. And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name. Wisdom is needed here. Let the one with understanding solve the meaning of the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is 666.' --- Revelation 13:15-18, New Living Translation

Again. Coincidence? I think not.