2020 Is Off To A Shocking Start

Lightning bolts shoot out from the massive ash plume over Taal Volcano

In my November article 20/20 Vision I wrote about how things appear to be coming to a head in 2020.  I could never have foreseen how quickly that would be proven true.  We're just over two weeks into the new year and it has been explosive from the very beginning.


Let's review:

(12/31–1/1) On New Year's Eve through New Year's Day, militiamen and proxy forces loyal to the Iranian government stormed the U.S. embassy in Baghdad setting off what would be the most tense standoff between the U.S. and Iran since 1979.  Also on New Year's Eve, the massive Leviathan gas field off the coast of Israel begins commercial production—it is what some speculate may be the "hook in the jaw" for the Ezekiel 38 coalition of nations that come against Israel.

(1/3) Two days later the U.S. military killed Iranian general Qassim Soleimani in response—the top military leader of all of Iran's international terrorist efforts.

(1/5) Another two days later and the Islamist terrorist group al Shabaab attacks a joint U.S.-Kenyan base, resulting in the deaths of three Americans.

(1/7) News first drops that U.S. officials may be planning to release the long-awaited Middle East peace plan (aka the "Deal of the Century") before Israel's third round of elections on March 2nd.  In the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, the most powerful earthquake in over 100 years strikes, resulting in over $3 billion in damages.  The quake was part of a swarm that began just days before the new year.  All in all, Puerto Rico has been hit by over 1,200 earthquakes during this ongoing swarm.

(1/8) Iran openly retaliates for the killing of Soleimani by launching dozens of ballistic missiles at U.S. bases in Iraq.  In the midst of the attack, Iran downs a civilian aircraft, killing all 176 aboard.  Though on the verge of open war, President Trump deescalated the following day.

(1/9) Popocatépetl Volcano near Mexico City has a large eruption sending ash two miles into the air.  Mexico City has the 11th most populous metro area in the world.  That same day Israel reaches the most rainfall in the northern half of the country in 51 years.  In the southern half, a 76-year record was broken.  Historic floods inundate the country.  In the midst of the weeks of flooding, ancient mikvah baths in Jerusalem have filled to the brim and waters are flowing from Jerusalem into the Dead Sea, foreshadowing what will soon happen when Christ returns (see Zech. 14:8).

(1/11) Massive protests erupt in Iran calling for the ousting of the Shia dictator Ali Khamenei in response to the downing of a Ukrainian aircraft.

(1/12) Taal Volcano near Manila, the capital of the Philippines, has a massive eruption—its first eruption since 1977.  Ash reached over nine miles into the sky.  Metro Manila is the 7th most populous metro area in the world.  Within 60 miles of the Popocatépetl and Taal volcanoes, there are some 50 million people.

(1/14) The Australian government revises figures on the country's historic wildfires, revealing that over 72,000 square miles have burned (the size of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland combined).  The fire has become perhaps the largest ever recorded in the eastern, populous part of the country (source), and the fifth-largest wildfire ever recorded in the world (source).

(1/15) The entire Russian government under Vladimir Putin resigns paving the way for Putin to make sweeping constitutional changes.  Also, Israel begins exporting natural gas to Egypt from the Leviathan gas field.

(1/16) Articles of impeachment are formally sent to the U.S. Senate, initiating the impeachment trial of Donald Trump.  The same day, the last hurdle to the USMCA agreement was passed.  The agreement now goes to President Trump for his signature.  The agreement replaces the proto-supranational NAFTA agreement that has been the primary treaty between the United States, Canada, and Mexico since 1994.  The Dow hits an all-time high of 29,297.  In Russia, Mikhail Mishustin is appointed as the new prime minister.  In a report just released, it is expected that 40% of the world's countries will experience significant social unrest in 2020, demonstrating that the prophetic Global Spring is only growing.


Upcoming:

(1/31) The United Kingdom will finally secede from the European Union, becoming the first nation to do so.  The geopolitical and economic impact on the globe could be profound.

(2/3) The Iowa caucuses will be held and the winner will be the top contender to win the Democratic nomination for U.S. president.

(3/2) Israel will have its third redo election in less than a year.  Understand how historic this is: since its founding in 1948 Israel had never had a redo election, and now it's about to have its third since last April.  The present impasse is unprecedented.  2017 was the Revelation 12 Sign.  2018 was the Nation-State Law.  2019–20 is the political signal that Israel is at an impasse, awaiting the Time of Jacob's Trouble to get underway.

(4/3) A historic conjunction of Venus and Pleiades that may be a sign of the impending rapture of the Church.  Also happens to be the yearly anniversary of the Crucifixion if Christ died in 33 AD.

(4/12) Easter/First Fruits.

(4/26) Israel's 73rd anniversary using prophetic 360-day years.  If by strength eighty, anyone?  This would also be the anniversary of Christ's Crucifixion if He died in 31 AD.

(4/29) Israel's 72nd anniversary on the Jewish civil calendar.

(5/14) Israel's 72nd anniversary on the Gregorian calendar.  Also the yearly anniversary of the Ascension if Christ died in 33 AD.

(5/21) Ascension Day.

(5/31) Pentecost/Feast of Weeks.

(9/19) Rosh Hashanah/Feast of Trumpets.

(10/3) Feast of Tabernacles begins.

(10/10) Shemini Atzeret.

(11/3) Federal elections for President and Congress will be held in the United States.


Is there anything else noteworthy you can think of?

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