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COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n Davy Crockett wrote the following for a commentary today:<\/p>\n As summer unfolds in the Northern hemisphere, most of the United States of America is baking in a protracted heat wave that is putting the power grid to the test and placing real stress on people, plants and animals. These punishing, record-breaking temperatures seem to be stalled over a wide area.\u00a0 At the same time, these same areas have experienced a dramatic decline in rainfall.<\/p>\n These conditions cannot be ignored and are affecting city dwellers and rural residents alike, though in different ways. Some areas experience \u201cbrown outs\u201d as the electrical power system strains to meet the demand during peak periods. Consumers are faced with very large power bills that can wreck household budgets.<\/p>\n Farmers and ranchers are faced with the increased costs of irrigating fields and damage from heat stress to their plantings. Ranchers are feeding hay much earlier than usual since the pastures have dried up in wide areas of the agricultural belt in the United States. Ponds, lakes and streams are also drying up, making it difficult to water herds of cattle and sheep. Many herds are being dispersed in the face of this adversity, which will lead to higher prices as the meat supply in the food chain is reduced and as crops are affected by the intense heat.<\/p>\n Meteorologists are flummoxed as they try to explain these extremely harsh weather conditions. Commentators report on the hardships and ask \u201cWhy?\u201d but have no answers.<\/p>\n However, answers are not far away. They are as close as a Book that most people have, but which few actually consult. The Bible actually contains many prophecies about the weather. For example, in Deuteronomy 28 God describes the blessings (benefits) that come from carefully obeying Him, and the curses (serious problems) that will result from disobeying Him and ignoring His instructions. In verse 12 He states, \u201cThe Lord will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the<\/strong> rain to your land in its season<\/strong>\u2026\u201d He goes on to say that if a nation does not obey<\/em> that the weather will be adversely affected. Notice verses 23-24, \u201cAnd your heavens which are<\/em> over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you shall be<\/em> iron. The <\/strong>Lord<\/strong> will change the rain of your land to powder and dust<\/strong>\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Can anyone deny that the U.S. and most of the English-speaking nations have turned away from the teachings of the Bible? Have we not, as a nation, embraced a philosophy that accepts perversion as normal behavior, and do we not find that basic morality based on integrity is a rare thing today?<\/p>\n In the face of this disaster, there is another \u201cdrought\u201d that plagues our country in addition to the lack of rain. Though we face economic collapse, military decline, decaying infrastructure, and streets that are filled with crime, there is a dearth of effective leadership. Most leaders, at all levels of government, seem powerless to admit the facts and to deal with the problems head on. Great, soaring promises are made by many leaders involved in the political process, yet their proposed solutions are usually just warmed-over rhetoric that lacks the courage and self-discipline to face the facts and to take steps necessary to clean up the mess resulting from generations of political malfeasance and moral decline.<\/p>\n The Bible also addresses this situation, especially the empty promises, and the failure to deliver. In Proverbs 25:14 it states \u201cWhoever falsely boasts of giving is like clouds and wind without rain.<\/strong>\u201d And, this is not just an Old Testament premise. Consider the epistle of Jude in the New Testament. In describing those who had infiltrated the Church in that age with false doctrines and empty promises, he wrote in verse 12, \u201cThese are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only<\/em> themselves. They are<\/em> clouds without water<\/strong>\u2026\u201d A stinging indictment which seems to fit today\u2019s conditions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n American grain crops, such as corn and wheat, are being affected.\u00a0 And corn, is not only eaten by humans, in the USA, a lot of it goes to cattle.<\/p>\n The latest TW News & Prophecy<\/em> has the following:<\/p>\n Cattle culling in U.S. Mid-West.<\/strong><\/p>\n “Cattlemen are selling animals they can’t graze or afford to buy feed for… The number of cattle in the U.S. has been dropping for years. The Agriculture Department says the nation’s cattle inventory is the smallest since the agency began a July count in 1973” (Associated Press<\/em><\/a>, July 24, 2012).<\/p>\n Drought is covering 97% of the high plains and 86% of the entire Midwest in the U.S. “Conditions in the Midwest, which produces roughly three-quarters of the corn and soybean crops in the world’s largest producer and exporter, worsened despite the first measurable rainfall in a month in some areas” (Reuters<\/em><\/a>, July 26, 2012). “Surging animal feed prices [mainly corn]–the biggest input costs for livestock producers–also led some farmers to cull their herds in the main cattle producing region of the Plains” (ibid<\/em>.).<\/p>\n Thousands of years ago, God warned of the sobering consequences of rejecting Him and His commandments. “I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze. And your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its produce…” (Leviticus 26:19-20). “Therefore the land will mourn; and everyone who dwells there will waste away with the beasts of the field…” (Hosea 4:3). God wants to bless those He created in His image, but disobedience forces Him to remove His blessings and protection (verses 1-7).<\/p>\n God does control the weather and yearns for His people to return to Him so that He can once again bless them with “rain in due season” (Leviticus 26:1-4, KJV<\/em>).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n And of course, in 2012, weather problems, including flooding, drought, and heat have affected other areas as well (see, for example, Flooding in North Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, and China<\/a>, TW: Drought USA and Flooding UK; Russia Having Both<\/a>, Quarter Million Affected by Flooding in Japan<\/a>, Severely Cold Weather in South Africa and Australia, Drought in Mid-USA Affecting Grain<\/a>, 2012 Drought Declared USA\u2019s Largest Ever Natural Disaster<\/a>, Drought Affecting India and Its Food Supply; Europe too<\/a>, Drought Reducing Wheat Yields in US, Australia, Russia, and Ukraine,<\/a> and Weather Extremes in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK<\/a>).<\/p>\n Flood, droughts, and weather problems contribute to food shortages, higher food prices (Heat Affecting USA Wheat Crop<\/a>), and sometimes famines.<\/p>\n Droughts and weather problems contribute to food shortages, higher food prices, and sometimes famines. Food inflation seems to be occurring.<\/p>\n Back in 2009, my book, 2012 and the Rise of the Secret Sect<\/a> mentioned the following was about to happen:<\/p>\n\n