One hundred
percent pure New Zealand.
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It's unparalleled scenic beauty
and amazing outdoor activities
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make it one of the most
desirable places to live
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on earth. In fact Auckland
the largest city in New Zealand
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top set ranking but
Auckland has an ominous secret.
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Can you believe it
sits on over 50 volcanoes?
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New Zealand still has 10 active
volcano's scattered across
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it's North Island. You
see New Zealand sits on the
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Pacific Ring of Fire which is a
40,000 Km horseshoe-shaped belt
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of the active volcanoes on the
very rim of the Pacific Ocean
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75% of the world's volcanoes
are in this ring of fire.
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All these volcanoes and
thermal activity intrigue and
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fascinate us. So join
me on an Incredible Journey
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as we look at some of the most
devastating volcanic eruptions
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to hit New Zealand in recent
times of the warning signs
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that were disregarded and
of the bravery and heroism
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of those who rushed to
help even at the risk of
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their own lives.
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This is the steamy heart of
the charming town of Rotorua
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about three hour
drive south of Auckland
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and if you were born here
in this city, you could boast
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that you were
actually born in a volcano.
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You see, the city of
Rotorua is actually built inside
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the crater of a dormant volcano.
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It's an amazing place of
fire and fumes of spurting
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volcanic craters and
smoke belching thermals.
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A place of bubbling
mineral springs, therapeutic
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hot mud pools, dramatic
eases, and a buried village.
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This famous geothermal
activity simmers and belches
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under approximately 12
square kilometers of the city
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of Rotorua. This volatile
place is created when rainwater
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seeps down through the
cracks and is heated by the
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hot volcanic rock. The boiling
water is stored underground
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and bubbles up through the
steaming hot pools, hot springs,
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and geysers.
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In fact the largest geyser
in the southern hemisphere
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is found here at
Rotorua. Pohutu means big splash
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or explosion and the Pohutu
Geyser certainly lives up to
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its name. The thermal activity
is scattered all around Rotorua
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steam can be seen rising
from gutters beside the road
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small steaming pools pop
up in private and public land
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and the distinct smell of sulfa
is everywhere and it's important
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to watch your step and be
prepared for the unexpected.
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In 2022, a tourist was
walking along a footpath near
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the Living Maori Village
when a two-meter wide hole
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suddenly opened up in
front of her, she fell into
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the sinkhole and her
husband and others nearby rushed
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to her rescue, they were able
to pull her out but not before
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she was badly burned
by the boiling water.
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Now a sinkhole is known as a
fumarole, it belches out steam
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and volcanic gasses.
Often the temperature is up to
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400 degrees Celsius.
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Among the famous places
known for their thermal activity
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is the Wai-o-Tapu
Thermal Wonderland featuring the
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Lady Knox Geyser which bursts
20 meters or nearly 70 feet
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into the air and
erupts for an hour at a time.
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There's a trick here though,
the park ranger encourages
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the Lady Knox Geyser to
erupt at least once a day by
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pouring a bag of soap down its
vent. Warning signs are at the
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entrance of the attraction
and everywhere inside the
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thermal wonderland park, fences
surround the most dangerous
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areas and people are
warned to stay on the paths.
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Every visitor coming in
the gates is warned to obey the
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signs and staff regularly
walk the tracks to keep an eye
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on things.
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Amazingly, however, some
people ignore the dangers,
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they go into prohibited
areas, they even climb barriers
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either through ignorance or
because they just don't care
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and refuse to heed the warnings.
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There was a volcanologist who
ventured into a forbidden area
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to take a close-up photograph
and fell into a steaming pool
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he was so badly burned
that he spent three months
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recovering in
the Waikato Hospital.
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Then in the early hours of
the morning of the 10th of June
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1886, Henry Roche, a surveyor
camped at Te Puna a Tuhoe
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he heard a mighty roar that
he thought was an approaching
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tornado, he looked outside to
save his tent and was surprised
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to see a clear sky. But then
he saw a thin column of smoke
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rising into the air from
the direction of Mt. Tarawera
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Roch was witnessing the eruption
of Mt. Tarawera, the largest
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volcanic eruption to
occur in New Zealand.
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The ground trembled at Te
Wairoa on the other side of
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Lake Tarawera and hot stones
smashed the windows of the
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local hotel. The mountain
roared and scoria rained down on
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the inhabitants, some buildings
caved in or were set alight.
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Men from Rotorua rushed to
the scene and began digging out
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those who had survived. A number
of settlements were buried
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and completely wiped
out including Te Wairoa
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which is now known as the
buried village and a popular
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tourist destination. It has
been estimated that 120 people
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died on that fateful night.
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A volcano can be a temperamental
creature and despite modern
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detection systems and careful
monitoring, it's still difficult
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to know just when a
volcano is going to erupt.
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There are usually warning signs
but they are sometimes ignored
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and tragic consequences occur
as happened in December 2019.
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Whakaari or White Island
is an active volcano in the
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Bay of Plenty just here off
the North Island of New Zealand
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and has been a popular tourist
destination eager customers
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book a cruise or helicopter
ride for the chance to see
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an active volcano. Many find it
really exciting to see the steam
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vents and hot springs and
to peer down into the throat
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of a volcano
that'd recently erupted.
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In fact in December 2019
ash still covered the ground on
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the island from the
26th steam eruption,
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a grim reminder that this
slumbering giant could awaken
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at any moment.
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Despite the obvious danger
of an eruption leading up to
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December 2019, more than 18,000
adventurous people visited
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White Island every year
and tourism was booming.
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Scientists kept a close
watch on the seismic activity
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but the temperamental volcano
seemed to be fairly peaceful,
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however, there
were some warning signs.
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In October 2019 there was
a marked increase in volcanic
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tremors and sulfur
dioxide gas levels and then a
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strong earthquake shook the
island a month later in November
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and was felt even as
far south as Christchurch.
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Scientists elevated the
danger level on the island to a
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volcanic alert level
2 indicating moderate to
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heightened volcanic unrest but
as the island had been placed
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on this level before and nothing
had happened the tour operators
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weren't overly worried
and it was business as usual.
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However, ignoring the warning
signs proved to be a fatal
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mistake. Helicopter excursions
buzzed over the island,
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small tourist boats circled
the island and some even dropped
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passengers on the
shores of White Island.
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On this particular day the
cruise ship Ovation of the Seas
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was anchored near the island
and offered an on-shore visit
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to White Island. Thirty-Eight
passengers took the excursion
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to the island on the morning
of the 9th of December 2019,
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once on the island tour guards
led the people along the path
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to the bubbling, steaming,
crater pointing out the various
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features of an active volcano.
There was nothing unusual at
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that point to indicate
the impending disaster.
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But at 2:11 p.m., tourists in
the catamaran who were departing
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from the island and heading back
to the mainland saw to their
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horror a white cloud of
ash erupt from the crater
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billow up into the sky
and tumble over the edge
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of the cliff. It engulfed
the island and darkened the sky
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as it rolled and
rumbled into the sea.
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The catamaran immediately
turned back to help those
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who were still on the island.
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No one knew at that
stage exactly how many people
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were on the island but it
was a terrifying thought to know
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there must be people in
the middle of that deadly cloud
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consisting of steam up
to 300 degrees Celsius.
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Rocks flew into the air
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traveling up to speeds of 100
meters or 300 feet per second
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a helicopter on the island
was blown off its landing pad
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and lay in a mangled heap.
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The island turned gray as
ash rained down but despite the
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danger tour operators
launched inflatable dinghy's and
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raced to the shore to rescue
those waiting at the landing.
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They returned with 23 survivors
all of whom had been badly
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burned by the steam. Mark Law
a commercial helicopter pilot
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from nearby Whakatane
was driving along the coast
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when he noticed the ominous
column of cloud erupting from
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White Island he knew straight
away the volcano had erupted
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and without a second thought,
raced back to his helicopter
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he was well aware of the
danger but there were people
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to be rescued and
that's all that mattered.
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Law was at White Island
within an hour, he guided his
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helicopter to the island's
landing pad strapped on a gas
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mask and leaped
out into the deep ash.
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He raced up to the
crater and found 12 people,
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sadly eight had already died.
Two more helicopters arrived
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piloted by Graeme Hopcroft,
Cal Imillian and Sam Jones
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and these brave men also
leapt out to help 12 people
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were gently loaded into
three helicopters and taken to
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were taken to
Whakatane Hospital.
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Unfortunately, only two
survived the trip due to their
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horrific injuries. It turned out
that there were 47 people on the
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island on that fateful
day, most of them international
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tourists, 22 of them
didn't survive and the rest were
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all injured in varying
degrees by the boiling steam and
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acidic fumes. It was
such a tragic event comes the
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inevitable questions, why
were people still allowed on the
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island when the warning signs
indicated impending disaster?
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No one knew just when the
volcano was going to erupt
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but there had been warnings,
why were these warnings ignored?
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What can we learn
from this tragedy?
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We live with
warning signs every day,
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these warning signs are there
for our safety and protection.
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Warning signs tell us a
road is closed or that swimming
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may be dangerous due to
Crocodiles or strong currents
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There are often warning signs
before a heart attack or stroke
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or before an accident
occurs. It's important that
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we pay attention to
these signs and take action
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before it's forever too late.
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When Jesus was on earth
He often talked about the
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Kingdom of Heaven and
how one day He's going to
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come back again. The disciples
were enthusiastic and impatient
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and wanted to know just
when this was going to happen.
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In the Bible book of Matthew
Chapter 24, it tells us that
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one day the disciples came to
Jesus as He was sitting on the
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Mount of Olives and said...
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Maybe they were hoping for
an exact date or a specific sign
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but Jesus dashed
their hopes by saying...
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We will never know the exact
date but Jesus proceeded to
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give His disciples specific
signs that are like flashing
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beacons for us today to tell
us when the time His coming is
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near. He says...
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In Matthew chapter 24 Jesus
gives His followers the signs,
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warning signs that would
immediately precede His return
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at the end of human
history as we know it.
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Jesus divides these warning
signs into four main categories
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Firstly:
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Secondly:
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And then Thirdly:
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And Finally:
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Firstly, He focuses
on the religious world
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Jesus is telling us what's going
to happen before He returns
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three times he warns that
false christs and false prophets
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will become common
just before He returns.
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Further on He says...
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And then thirdly...
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Jesus says the last days
will see the appearance of many
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false religious leaders. The
last days will be characterized
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by voices coming from different
corners of the religious world
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saying follow me.
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I'm a voice from Heaven, many
people will claim divine light,
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prophetic powers, and even
to be Jesus Christ Himself.
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That's exactly what we see
happening today called groups
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are springing up all over
the world training to have
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new divine messages.
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Recently National Geographic
Magazine published an article
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on the modern phenomena of
cult leaders around the world
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claiming to be Jesus Christ
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They featured individuals
in Brazil, Japan, Africa, and
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Russia who think
they are the Messiah.
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These individuals
have gathered large groups
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of followers around them.
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Jesus warned us that this would
happen. Jesus continued with
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other warning signs and
moved on to the second category.
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The last days Jesus said would
be characterized by worldwide
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Political conflict. He said...
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Jesus pointed to International
War as one of the signs of
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the last days. Now the last
century has seen war on a scale
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never seen before.
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We've had two World Wars and
an estimated average of 30 wars
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on the planet every year.
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Now, to give you some idea of
just how nations are preparing
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for war and engaging in
it, world military spending
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has reached an all-time high
of over 2.1 trillion dollars
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a year. There is a massive
arms buildup taking place
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and to put it into perspective
in just one area consider this.
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The world's nuclear arsenal
is equal in destructive power
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to four tons of TNT for every
man, woman, and child on this
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planet. The major powers alone
have enough nuclear weapons
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stockpiled to destroy
every person on earth 150 times.
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Jesus said that the last
days will be characterized by
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the nations preparing for
war with nation rising against
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nation, and
kingdom against kingdom.
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There will be wars and rumors
of wars and the world will be
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in turmoil.
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Then Jesus moved on
to the third category
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It outlines Signs
in the Natural World
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that will multiply and
causing suffering and anguish.
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Here Jesus lists three
particular signs in the natural
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world that will occur with
increasing frequency as we near
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the coming of Jesus.
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Jesus said that we will
see an increase in these areas
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as we near the
time of His return.
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Now, consider famine,
the United Nations reports
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that 45 countries today are
facing severe food shortages
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mainly due to famine.
One billion people worldwide
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are undernourished and
chronically hungry every day.
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And rising food prices may drive
another one hundred million
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into poverty and hunger. Every
day 25,000 people including
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10,000 children die from hunger
and hunger-related causes.
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Jesus also predicted an increase
in pestilences in the days
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leading up to His second coming.
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Now pestilences are contagious
or infectious epidemic diseases
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that a virulent and devastating
and kill large numbers of
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people. They are diseases
that devastate crops and herds
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or that run
rampant among human beings.
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And then we just recently
experienced a Coronavirus
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Pandemic with 800 million
cases worldwide and 7 million
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deaths. Jesus said the
last days would be characterized
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by an increase in pestilences.
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Jesus also mentioned frequent
earthquakes in the last days.
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Now there has been a huge
increase in major earthquakes
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in recent times.
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Prior to the 20th century,
they were relatively few
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major earthquakes over six on
the Richter Scale that had been
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recorded. This century has seen
the year with the largest total
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of major earthquakes greater
than or equal to magnitude
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seven. In the past 20 years,
we've seen four of the top
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earthquakes ever recorded, the
number of disasters caused by
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earthquakes and the number of
people affected by earthquakes
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has been increasing.
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This indicates that something
out of the ordinary is going on.
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Jesus then gave warning
signs in the Social World.
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Jesus said the last days will
be similar to another period
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in Earth's history.
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Jesus said the last days would
be like it was in Noah's day.
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Well, what was it
like in Noah's day?
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We want to know because Jesus
predicted that the last days
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would be just the same.
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To find out, let's go back to
the very first book in the Bible
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Genesis...
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So what was it
like in Noah's day?
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Well, two things
are implied here...
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Jesus indicated that the
last days would see a great
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population growth.
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Let's look at the population
first. Did you know that it took
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from Creation to the year 1800
AD to reach a world population
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of... 1Billion. Then it took
130 years to 1930 to reach 2
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Billion. It took 30
years 1960 to reach 3 Billion.
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It took +14 years to
1974 to reach 4 Billion.
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It took 13 years
1987 to reach 5 Billion.
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It took +12
years1999 to reach 6 Billion.
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It took +12 years 2011 to
reach 7 Billion and now we have
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reached over 8 Billion.
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Jesus also indicated
that evaluation of marriage
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would occur just
before He returns.
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One area that highlights
this is the divorce rate.
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In 1870 there was one
divorce for every 34 marriages,
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by 1900 there was one
divorce for every 12 marriages,
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by 1930 there was one
divorce for every six marriages,
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and today, there is one
divorce for every two marriages.
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We are witnessing the warning
signs that Jesus predicted.
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They're happening all around
us in the religious world,
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the political world, the natural
world, and in the social world.
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Now these signs in this kind
of society sounds frightening
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but we don't need to be afraid
these are the warning signs
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that Jesus has given us to tell
us that the end of this world
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as we know it is near.
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Luke Chapter 21 verse 28 says...
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Jesus is our rescuer, He loves
us and is longing to take us
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home with Him to the
mansion He is preparing for us
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in Heaven. What a glorious
thought as we look forward
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to the second coming of Jesus.
Take note of the warning signs
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and recognize them as a
loving yet urgent alert from
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our Heavenly Father.
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