Times of Israel
By AARON KALMAN March 24, 2013, 6:38 pm
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A day before Passover, farmers in southern Israel
were suffering from another plague of locusts, entering
the country from Egypt with biblical timing.
The pests hit fields and greenhouses in the south; the Agriculture Ministry was working
to prevent heavy damage to crops in the Negev and stop the insects from penetrating
deeper into the country.
Unlike previous swarms that have entered Israel in the past month, the locusts that hit
Israel Sunday are yellow and fertile and, in this stage of their metamorphosis, pose less
risk to crops because they eat significantly less. Once the insects lay eggs and they hatch,
however, Israeli farmers will face the threat of this wave’s insatiable brood, who will eat
anything green in their path.
The new swarm hit Israel on the eve of the Passover festival, which marks the Israelites
redemption from slavery in ancient Egypt, achieved after Egypt’s Pharaoh was hit by 10
divinely ordered plagues — the eighth of which was locusts.
At the start of the month the ministry launched a major crop-dusting campaign to combat
earlier swarms.
The ministry said at the time it feared warm weather would see additional locusts cross the
border from the Sinai Peninsula, fears that were realized on Sunday. In Egypt swarms of
locusts, numbering hundreds of millions of insects, have recently been spotted over the Sinai,
east of El Arish. Authorities there were facing difficulties eradicating the pests due to a failure
in one of the main water pipes to the city.
Until next time God willing...
Keep looking up because Messiah's return is at the door!
Peace and Love in Jesus The Messiah,
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'But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet
and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from
them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require from the
watchman's hand.' Ezekiel 33:6
But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as
a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night
nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and
be sober. 1Thessalonians 5:1-6
“My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying
divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people or be listed in the
records of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will
know that I am the Sovereign LORD. Because they lead my people astray, saying,
‘Peace,’ when there is no peace …” Ezekiel 13:9-10
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