{"id":492,"date":"2008-06-22T01:27:29","date_gmt":"2008-06-22T09:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=492"},"modified":"2008-06-22T04:45:29","modified_gmt":"2008-06-22T12:45:29","slug":"midwest-flooding-and-myanmar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/midwest-flooding-and-myanmar\/","title":{"rendered":"Midwest Flooding and Myanmar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/Cedar_Rapids_flood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Flooding in Iowa Affected More Than Urban Housing<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/cogwriter.htm\">COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AOL had this news item:<\/p>\n<div id=\"r\">\n<div id=\"r1\">\n<div id=\"info_genericpromo_248006\" class=\"info_genericpromo\">\n<div id=\"vce\" class=\"promo\">\n<div class=\"wt_brd-new\">\n<div id=\"vce-promo-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"s\">\n<div class=\"sgroup\">\n<div class=\"s6\"><!-- MOD: article_placeholder - 28936 --><a name=\"mod.28936\"><\/a> <script>\n    var sOmnitureWho = ''\n    var sOmnitureWhat = ''\n    var sOmnitureWhen = ''\n    var sOmnitureWhere = ''\n    var browsableHierarchyPath = ''\n    var browsableHierarchyNames = ''\n<\/script> <!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<div id=\"ArticleBody\" class=\"bbarticle\">\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">River&#8217;s Rise Renews Worries in Missouri<\/h2>\n<div class=\"bbarticleCreditLine bbarticleText\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">By CHERYL WITTENAUER, AP<\/div>\n<div class=\"bbarticleDateLastModified bbarticleText\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Posted: 2008-06-22  02:40:41<\/div>\n<div class=\"bbarticleFiledUnder bbarticleText\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Filed Under: Nation News<\/div>\n<div class=\"bbarticleBody\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<div class=\"bbarticleText\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">FOLEY, Mo. (June 21) &#8212; Amid the battle to hold back  the swollen Mississippi River, some towns in northeastern Missouri and Illinois  got an unwelcome surprise Saturday as river levels rose higher than projected.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/dw0619.htm\">latest World Ahead weekly update<\/a> from LCG&#8217;s Dr. Douglas Winnail contained the following information about the flooding in the US Midwest:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Flooding in Iowa <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Mr. Glenn Blackman, our deacon in Des Moines, reported the following concerning the devastating Midwest U.S. floods, \u201cWe have so much rain in Iowa that the ground is saturated and it just runs off\u2026. Des Moines has two rivers that run through the downtown area. Iowa has been getting four-to-eight-inch rains up north, and it comes down these rivers. All four bridges downtown that run from the east side to the west side are shut down\u2026 the road from the downtown to the airport is also closed by flood\u2026. Interstate 80 is closed over east, where the Cedar River crosses south of Cedar Rapids. This river took out a railroad bridge today in the city of Cedar Rapids.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cDes Moines officials are evacuating parts of the city, but some are refusing to get out. Some levees are leaking and the National Guard is working to try to keep them from failing. Thirty-one counties have been declared disaster areas because of tornados, rain and flooding\u2026 It\u2019s too late to replant corn and too wet to try for soybeans. I heard a farm broadcaster say that it looks as if many farmers won\u2019t get a crop in the ground this year and that, because of the weather we\u2019ve had this spring, those who do have corn planted won\u2019t get a very good crop. Iowa has had more rain and tornados than we had in 1993 when the floods took the water plant out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Midwest Flood of Biblical Proportions? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><\/strong>The \u201cbread basket\u201d of the U.S. has been drenched and inundated with water. Homes and towns are flooded and crops are being devastated in what some have called a flood that comes only every 500 years. In Iowa alone, they estimate a 20% crop failure \u201cso far.\u201d With record prices for grains, farmers worldwide stand to earn record incomes this year, IF the crops do not fail. However, for many Midwest U.S. farmers, the corn growing season is already lost. One agriculture expert warned, \u201cWith standing water comes concerns about manure storage, pollution, livestock safety, soil erosion, mold and fungus and other plant diseases\u2026 If the flooding continues, we won\u2019t have any growing season to work with. For corn, time has run out\u201d (New York Times, June 17, 2008). A spokesman for an insurance company stated, \u201cWe\u2019ve had rainfall totals of the Noah\u2019s Ark-type rains in east Central Illinois\u201d (Bloomington Pantagraph, June 12, 2008). Brian Pierce, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said of the flooding, \u201cWe\u2019re in uncharted territory\u2014this is an event beyond what anybody could even imagine\u201d (Associated Press, June 12, 2008). The Scriptures record warnings to the children of Israel about the consequences that would come from rejecting God and His ways, \u201cyour strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its produce\u2026\u201d (Leviticus 26:20). God also reveals that He will punish the disobedient with scorching and mildew (Deuteronomy 28:22), and with rain on one city and not on another (Amos 4:7-9). Today, we appear to be reaping the consequences of turning our backs on God.<\/p>\n<p>As all nations have rejected God&#8217;s ways, all the world is subject to weather problems.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/Cyclone-Nargis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"302\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Cyclone Nargis May 1, 2008<\/em><\/p>\n<p>LCG&#8217;s update also contained the following update on the situation in Myanmar after the Cyclone:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Myanmar Update <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On May 23, Mr. Rajan Moses received the following news from Myanmar elder Thomas Tial Hoe: \u201cThank you for your deep concern and your prayers for our Sakhangyi members. Though a big tree fell down between three of our members\u2019 houses, and a tree fell down near Mrs. Saw Lay Beh\u2019s home, it did not cause any damage to their homes. Our members were safe, saved and protected by our God. A refugee camp was set up in Sakhangyi village and about one thousand refugees stayed there. Some of our members were participating in helping refugees. Our God \u2018will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and SAVE them\u2019 (Psalm 145:19). We shall speak the praise of the Lord. As the rainy season is beginning in Myanmar and the roads are so bad, I will not be able to visit our Sakhangyi members before November.\u201d Mr. Moses is scheduled to meet Mr. Thomas Tial Hoe in Myanmar the last week of June. Your prayers for a successful and safe trip are appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>Myanmar was a tough place to live even prior to Cyclone Nagris.  And all there need our prayers.<\/p>\n<p>And all need the kingdom to come.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/ylcg.htm\"><em><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">LCG<\/span><\/em><\/a><em> has long had a booklet of possibly related interest titled \u201c<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomorrowsworld.org\/cgi-bin\/tw\/booklets\/tw-bk.cgi?category=Intro&amp;item=1127310391\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #0066cc;\"><em>Who Controls the Weather?<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/a><em> \u201d that is available for those interested in more on the weather and Bible prophecy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now there is good news as ultimately, God&#8217;s kingdom will come.<\/p>\n<p><em>Some articles of possibly related interest may include:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/kingdom.htm\">The Gospel of the Kingdom of God was the Emphasis of Jesus and the Early Church<\/a> Did you know that? Do you even know what the gospel of the kingdom is all about? True religion should be based upon the true gospel.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/apocatastasis.htm\">Universal Offer of Salvation: There Are Hundreds of Verses in the Bible Supporting the Doctrine of True Apocatastasis<\/a> Do you believe what the Bible actually teaches on this? Will all good things be restored? Does God&#8217;s plan of salvation take rebellion and spiritual blindness into account?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/millenarianism.htm\">Did The Early Church Teach Millenarianism?<\/a> Was the millennium (sometimes called chiliasm) taught by early Christians? Who condemned it. Will Jesus literally reign for 1000 years on the earth? Is this time near?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/six_thousand_year_plan_6000.htm\">Does God Have a 6,000 Year Plan? What Year Does the 6,000 Years End?<\/a> Was a 6000 year time allowed for humans to rule followed by a literal thousand year reign of Christ on Earth taught by the early Christians? When does the six thousand years of human rule end?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flooding in Iowa Affected More Than Urban Housing COGwriter AOL had this news item: River&#8217;s Rise Renews Worries in Missouri By CHERYL WITTENAUER, AP Posted: 2008-06-22 02:40:41 Filed Under: Nation News FOLEY, Mo. 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