rivers drying up in middle east
But another threat is affecting the Shatt al-Arab: salt water from the Gulf is pushing ever further upstream as the river flow declines. The Tigris River, one of the largest and longest rivers in the world, has almost completely dried up. Middle East News: BAGHDAD: It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilisation itself. Rabbi Yosef Berger, the rabbi of King Davids Tomb on Mount Zion, emphasized that it is precisely during the holiday of Sukkoth that the world is judged on how much rain it will receive in the upcoming year. Actually, although I agree with you RoEI on the fact that the prophecy regarding the drying of the Euphrates as we read in Revelation 16:12-14 isnt happening today, I respectfully disagree with you that its something that takes place *after* the tribulation. Although God offers humanity the gift of eternal life through the shed blood of His son, its our choice to either reject this gift and pay for the penalty of our sin ourselves or accept it by placing our trust in the one whos already paid it all in full (Acts 16:30-31,Romans 6:23,Ephesians 2:8-9). Animals and plants near the lake are already bearing the burden of the dry-up, Kyle Stone, a wildlife biologist for the state of Utah, told ABC News. As a fellow believer you have a lot to look forward to. Pic: Twitter Lack of rainfall and soaring temperatures are drying up rivers in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the US. For us, its a time of hope as our redemption draws near, but for those yet saved, they lack the same hope and instead may find themselves living in fear as to what tomorrow may bring. Looking at this from a surface level, it speaks of the ongoing birth pangs we see around the world. Across the border in Syria, levels at dams on the Euphrates have fallen by up to 5 metres, shrinking reservoirs and leaving farmers struggling to access the remaining water reserves. By 2017, the lake had lost half of its water since the first settler arrived in 1847, according to a study published in Nature Geoscience. There is also a man-made element to its demise and there are 43dams on rivers surrounding the Urmia basin contributing to lower water levels. All that is left of the river Diyala, a tributary that meets the Tigris near the capital, Baghdad, in the central plains, are puddles of stagnant water dotting its parched bed. In Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq, wheat production fell 70% this year to 300,000 tonnes, said Karwan Sabah Hama Salih, director general of water resources at the regions Agriculture Ministry, forcing many people to dig wells. Turkey has seized land in Syria from the Kurds in order to decrease their influence on the border region. Until recently the Baghdad authorities used heavy machinery to dredge the silt, but with cash tight, work has slowed. And regarding the 200 million army you mentioned, I believe thats a supernatural army of some kind (perhaps demonic). Wow, this commentary is far removed from reality and inputs so much human wisdom its scary. Formed by the confluence of the Karasu and Murat rivers in the Armenian Highland . Iraq may be oil rich but the country is plagued by poverty after decades of war and by droughts and desertification. The Middle Eastern country has been suffering the effects of increasing heat for several years, with government reports even warning that the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers could go completely dry by 2040. After months of drought and high heat in the San Antonio area, flow rates in. And thus I saw the horses in the vision: those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow;and the heads of the horseswerelike the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone. The 1,700 mile-long Euphrates is the main source of drinking water as well as powering three hydroelectric plants that produce electricity for about three million people in Syria. Whats happening to the river currently is not the fulfillment of that prophecy. Happy to see that you agree as well! Earlier this year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted that the 22-year megadrought affecting the West would not only intensify but also move eastward. Standing by an almost-dry offshoot from the canal, tribal leader Maksad Rahim said he remembered when it was full of clear water and the landscape green with trees. Well, I concede on this matter in humility. Sign up to get the latest alerts, insights and analysis. This year authorities have been forced to reduce Iraq's cultivated areas by half, meaning no crops will be grown in the badly-hit Diyala Governorate. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Murjani, Hussein Ali ,31, (L) and Abdul Amir Ali, 23, (R) fill a water tank from a truck, outside their family home in the village of Al-Bu Hussain, Diwaniya, Iraq, October 20, 2022. The shrinking of the lake has taken a toll on wildlife, with thousands of flamingos dying as their habitat becomes more and more inhospitable. Thirty people were injured and 11 arrested, said Abdel Wahab Al-Yasary, deputy governor for agriculture and water in the southern province. Reuters spoke to more than two dozen people in five provinces across Iraq who all said that a prolonged drought, which has only worsened in recent years, was crippling livelihoods. Hello Trent! Now the family struggles to find even drinking water, Ali Elwan said. A shipwreck is exposed along the banks of the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, due to low water levels, Oct. 18, 2022, in Baton Rouge, La. received only 50-70 percent of normal rainfall. "It was the worst mass mortality of salmon, pre-spawn salmon, that I've ever seen," Dennert said. Should I try to irrigate them with a glass of water?" Thank you for clearing everything up. Hellish summers see the mercury top a blistering 50 degrees Celsius, near the limit of human endurance, with frequent power cuts shutting down air conditioning for millions. Copyright 2014 - 2023. A drought against its waters, that they be dried up! Just two. According to Iranianmedia, the lake, which was once home to around 60,000 flamingos, has experienced a 30cm drop in water levels during the first quarter of 2021 alone due to lower than expected rainfall. Hellish summers see the mercury top a blistering 50 degrees Celsius -- near the limit of human endurance -- with frequent power cuts shutting down air-conditioning for millions. On his farm in Diwaniya province, Abbas Elwan received a $200 monthly unemployment allowance, but with dwindling crops and rising food prices he went into debt. From April onwards, temperatures exceed 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) and intense sandstorms often turn the sky orange, covering the country in a film of dust. "We sold everything," Abu Mehdi said, but "it was a failure". Its one judgment which sets up another judgment rendered by Christ in-person to overwhelmingly defeat these armies, known as the winepress of the wrath of God (Revelation 19:15, 17-21). Though the organizers claimed the event was a symbol of protest against religious extremism, it coincided with Beltane, the major festival for the worship of Baal. By 2050 a temperature increase of one degree Celsius and a precipitation decrease of 10 percent would cause a 20 percent reduction of available freshwater, it said. They are thirsty," said Molla al-Rached, a 65-year-old farmer, pointing to the brown skeletons of what was once a verdant palm grove. Home Euphrates River begins to dry up: A prophesy of Jeremiah [Watch]. For thousands of years, through the rise and fall of civilizations . More than a third of the Pratte River is in extreme or worse conditions, with precipitation outlooks for the fall forecast to be dry, the Drought Center tweeted on Monday. Once the Middle Easts biggest lake, much of Irans lake Urmia has transformed into a salt plain. Alright thank you. I think Ive made it clear in the article as to why I dont think theres a scriptural case one can make for that at this current time were living in. The Iranian-born, Montreal-based artist Abbas Akhavan came up with the idea of this colonnade when he saw an image of then-Mayor of London Boris Johnson unveiling a replica of the, 28-meter tall 3-D printed model created by the Institute for Digital Archeology representing the famous arch of the original Temple of Palmyra in Syria that was. Iraqi farmers tend to flood their fields, as they have done since ancient Sumerian times, rather than irrigate them, resulting in huge water losses. As the megadrought in the West persists, the reservoirs providing water to households and the vast agriculture industry are getting dangerously low. In a country where grilled carp is the national dish, the father-of-eight is proud that he receives "no government salary, no allowances". When Isaiah speaks about the drying up of the Euphrates, it speaks about THE DAY the Day is the DAY OF THE LORD. A car heads south on the Highway 81 bridge over a mostly dry Platte River south of Columbus, Neb., July 28, 2022. Workers who are drilling into groundwater wells have told Ortiz that groundwater levels in some regions have dropped up to 10 feet, Ortiz said. In October, a video on social media showed security forces scuffling with farmers at a canal in Al-Muthana. and Iraq to join the Tigris in the Shatt al-Arab, which empties into the Persian Gulf. In any event, it just goes to show the LORD does things His own way, and its perfect. Maranatha! The following verses then detail to us the gathering of the kings of the whole earth to the battle of Armageddon (Revelation 16:13-16). NASA. Often times people lump the the 6th trumpet judgment in Revelation 9:13-21 with the 6th bowl judgment in Revelation 16:12-16 and I just dont see the relation or the interpretational justification to do so. "I would say it's pretty safe to say this is a consequence of climate change," Dennert said. However, the lake now resembles deserted land after a dramatic drying up of its waters. High salt levels have left the land surrounding the lake unfit for agricultural production further adding to the woes of locals. Middle East. This simply isnt the case scripturally nor is it an accurate reflection of whats currently going on in the world. Today, though, Iraq has become far less fertile as its been devastated by a triple blow of lower rainfall, decades of conflict and less water flowing through its two main rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates. I keep trying to tell people that the period during which the Euphrates is deliberately dried up by an Angel following a commandment actually happens during what is the Wrath of God period, and that CURRENTLY this is not the fulfillment of that prophecy which actually according to Scripture is not the tribulation period, it is the Wrath of God which comes AFTER the tribulation and right after Jesus returns to gather His people. . Inefficient use of the water Iraq does get - due to poor management, illegal siphoning of supplies, and old, leaking infrastructure after decades of war - has combined with a rapidly growing population to exacerbate the crisis, he said. Turkeys Lake Tuz(Lake Salt) may soon lose the distinction of beingone of the countrys largest lakes, as regular droughts affect water levels. Located in the central province of Konya,Lake Tuz experienced an uninterrupted drought in the first seven months of 2021, according to researcher Professor Ecmel Erlat. Some believe the water has healing properties, while others revere it for its historic presence in the biblical tradition. "Or with a bottle?". Last month local authorities reported that salt levels in the river north of Basra reached 6,800 parts per million -- nearly seven times that of fresh water. Essentially, what this shows us is that the drying up of the Euphrates is connected to the armies of the world readying for this battle (which isnt a battle in any sense of the word). For the believer in Christ, these are amazing times were living in as we see the world stage being set up just as the bible says it will in the last days preceding Christs return. 6:30 AM, 23 August, 2022 0 France's longest river, Loire, can now be crossed on foot, and it has never flowed so slowly. Hello K! Euphrates River begins to dry up: A prophesy of Jeremiah [Watch], Originating in Turkey, the Euphrates flows through Sy. According to Iranian officials, the lake has halved in size since 1990 with climate change contributing to the shrinking of its water basin and the increasing salinity of the water that remains. According to Iraqi official statistics, the level of theTigrisentering Iraq has dropped to just 35 percent of its average over the past century. As we are seeing more and more signs of geula (redemption) appearing precisely as prophesied, it is important to remember the prophecies and not get distracted by our own interpretations. This year, rainfall in southern Turkey where the Euphrates begins was the lowest in 30 years and for the past two years, the region has. The Euphrates river drying up; a headline were seeing more frequently. The river rises in Turkey and flows southeast across Syria and through Iraq. In Turkeys southeast, where the Tigris and Euphrates draw their waters, rainfall in the year to September was 29 percent below the average of the previous three decades, and it was even worse in 2021, data from Turkeys meteorological agency showed. Middle East Eye. The loss of water in the lake, which is now at its lowest levels ever, is already causing a dangerous ecological ripple effect throughout Utah, and it will likely get worse, scientists told ABC News in July. [Delil Souleiman/AFP] 30 Aug 2021 Syria's longest river used to flow by his olive grove, but Khaled al-Khamees says it has now receded into the distance, parching his trees and leaving his family. The simple message is to make Hashem one and his name one, Rabbi Berger said. "If the water goes," he said, "the fishing goes. Digging wells is not a strategic solution, but we dont have a quick alternative, he said. The bible makes it clear that our life is like a vapor so tomorrow isnt guaranteed for anyone (James 4:13-14). "All our work, our agriculture, depends on it. What was once known as the Fertile Crescent started to die about 35 years ago, he said. Some are saying that the current drying of the Euphrates river is fulfilling bible prophecy, but is this truly the case? Hi Phil! The prophet Jeremiah described how the waters of Babylon, the region currently including Syria and Iraq, would dry up as a punishment for their idolatrous practices, the devastation being so complete as to render the region, once part of the so-called fertile crescent, uninhabitable. Iraqs Ministry of Water Resources blames silt because of the rivers reduced flow, with sand and soil once washed downstream now settling to form sandbanks. He lives at Ras al-Bisha where the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates river, the Shatt al-Arab, empties into the Gulf, near the borders with Iran and Kuwait. Not at all. The Middle East Is Draining Its Water Supply Drought and government action threaten the dozens of civilizations that have been nourished by these waters for millennia. In addition, more than 60% of monitored groundwater wells in California are below normal conditions, and more than 21% are currently experiencing historically low levels, Ortiz said. Is there a dam on the Euphrates river? It is clear that what is happening in Syria is the prophecy of Jeremiah, Rabbi Berger said. Lake Urmia, Iran CNN The ferries that once shuttled tourists to and from the little islets in Iran's Lake Urmia sit rusty, unable to move, on what is rapidly becoming a salt plain. What we see from scripture starting in Genesis is a focus on the Middle East in the beginning and in Revelation the focus is brought right back to that region of the earth. THE MIGHTY EUPHRATES RIVER IS DRYING UP AT UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS NEWS BRIEF: "Euphrates is drying up", Soulask.com, May 4, 2021 " in the Middle East a drought has already begun and, as it turned out, the Euphrates River has dramatically shallowed. Water supplies along the Colorado River and the two largest reservoirs in the country that it supplies -- Lake Mead and Lake Powell -- are continuing to recede. Lake Oroville and Lake Shasta, the two biggest reservoirs in the state, are barely above 30% capacity, and every major reservoir in California except for one is below the historical average, according to the California Department of Water Resources. For these parts of that time are reserved, and shall be mingled one with another and minister one to another. According to Aoun Thyb, a member of the advisory board for the countrys Ministry of Water Resources, in the 1990s, the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture tried to launch a project to farm sea fish, but it failed, indicating the lake was dead. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Murjani, Hikma Meteab, 48, carries her daughter Ghufran Abbas, 3, through the courtyard of their family home in the village of Al-Bu Hussain, Diwaniya, Iraq, October 11, 2022. Is there anything else in Gods word that leads you to believe this is currently being fulfilled? Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP, FILE. I have been thinking for two months now about how to deliver drinking water, he said. It will be the most important decision of your life, for eternal life. In fact, it is said that the Colorado river is expected to reduce river flow by 10 to 30 percent by 2050. All rights reserved. It is clear that what is happening in Syria is the prophecy of Jeremiah, Rabbi Berger said. Before 2020, Iraq could produce almost 5.5 million tonnes of wheat. Empowering the believer in Christ through apologetics, bible studies, and current events with a biblical worldview. The salt-water lake, situated in northwest Iran, was once one of Irans most prominent tourist attractions and provideda livelihood for local fishermen. The Platte River in central Nebraska, which is fed by snow melt from the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming and Colorado that feed into Lake McConaughy, has not had a chance to replenish as less and less snow falls over the winter. (Revelation 16:12-16). First, it takes place during the tribulation period and more specifically towards the end as its the second to last bowl judgment. Battered by one natural disaster after another, it is one of the five countries most exposed to climate change, according to the United Nations. A question for you though would be what you mean by wrath of God period? REUTERS/Alaa Al-Murjani, Abdul Amir Ali, 23, (C) and Hussein Ali, 31, (R) repair electrical items in their workshop in the village of Al-Bu Hussain, Diwaniya, Iraq, October 20, 2022. It would seem I was one of those misunderstanding, which is ironic, because Ive been compelled to inform people by the Helper, myself, about prophetic misinterpretations; namely, this crazed idea that the COVID-19 vaccine is the beasts mark. It was also named as one of the borders of the land God granted to Abrahams descendants. PASADENA, Calif. - A new study using data from a pair of gravity-measuring NASA satellites finds that large parts of the arid Middle East region lost freshwater reserves rapidly during the past decade. What is the Prophetic Significance of the Third Temple? As we are seeing more and more signs of, (redemption) appearing precisely as prophesied, it is important to remember the prophecies and not get distracted by our own interpretations. Last month local authorities reported that salt levels in the river north of Basra reached 6,800 parts per million, nearly seven times that of fresh water. . These things were revealed to us so that we have confidence in Gods word and believe in Jesus (John 13:19). Low water levels are visible at Lake Powell, Sept. 8, 2022, near Ticaboo, Utah. The consequences are not limited to there being less water butinclude the knock-on effectson livelihoods andincreasing salinity, which makes it impossible for fish and other marine life to survive. The 7 seal, 7 trumpet, and 7 bowl judgments all occur within the confines of the tribulation. "There is no fresh water, there is no more life," said the farmer, a beige keffiyeh scarf wrapped around his head. For they are spirits of demons,performing signs,whichgo out to the kingsof the earth and ofthe whole world, to gather them tothe battle of that great day of God Almighty. Subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter to stay up to date on the latest news and get useful resources such as recommended videos, free online courses, and podcasts. In Iraq, officials and water experts said rains had come later and ended sooner in each of the last three years. In Turkeys southeast, where the Tigris and Euphrates draw their waters, rainfall in the year to September was 29% below the average of the previous three decades, and it was even worse in 2021, data from Turkeys meteorological agency showed. Apologetics, bible studies, and shall be mingled one with another and one. 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