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CURIOSITIES CONVERGE AS STORM, POLITICS PRESENT A SERIES OF ODD COINCIDENCES
The
past week has seen a string of strange coincidences that may need
discernment. Perhaps "unraveling" is a better word. There was the
Democratic National Convention. Hillary Clinton spoke on the anniversary
of the woman's right to vote, and Barack Obama -- the first black
presidential nominee -- on the anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have
A Dream" speech. At the same time, within days, there was the threat of
another New Orleans hurricane disaster, one that thank God was averted (no
doubt through prayer). While most of us who watch "signs of the times" are
on the conservative side of the aisle (due to abortion issues), it was
curious how the biggest effect of the storm was not on the Big Easy but on
Republican politics: The first day of the GOP convention was basically
erased, and President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were
forced to abandon plans to address the convention in one
last
hurrah. This was curious to some because the hurricane -- "Gustav," which
means "staff of the Goths" -- arrived smack on another anniversary: that
of Hurricane Katrina, which all but destroyed New Orleans and led to sharp
criticism of the White House. This timing, whatever it means, has been
seized upon, at times in
an unfortunate way, by liberals.
Meanwhile, it also came on what was supposed to be "Decadence Weekend" in
New Orleans -- an annual celebration of homosexuality there in the French
Quarter, where risqué sex, paganism, and voodoo are as strong a presence
as ever -- as even before "Katrina," which means "to purify."
The
Goths were the most violent kind of pagans. Now there is
"Hanna," which from its masculine derivative means "Yahweh is gracious."
An interesting effect of the storm: if nothing else, the evacuation
brought New Orleans back to a few minutes of clarity (and hopefully
reflection).
Noted a reporter for the BBC of the eerie
quiet before the hurricane: "Sounds you rarely hear in American
cities, like the bells of small chapels chiming the quarter hours, or the
fabric of flags snapping in the quickening air, were suddenly clear."
[resources: Michael Brown CDs recorded in New Orleans, Tower of Light and Sent To Earth]
[Michael Brown prophecy retreats: Cincinnati (September 20), South Florida (October 11), and Nevada (November, to be announced this week]
[see also: Prophecy: are we in 'fourth watch of the night'?]
