‘Take heed that you be not deceived; but when ye shall hear commotions and wars, and rumors of wars, see that you be not troubled; see that you are not terrrified. Such things must needs be; for all these things must come to pass; but the end shall not be yet, – is not by and by.
Lord Jesus the Christ answering Andre’s question, ‘What sign will there be when these things must be come to pass? What shall be the sign of the coming end of the world?
Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines, and troubles, and pestilences, and great earthquakes, in divers places; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. All these things are the beginning of sorrows.‘
Take heed, and watch for the signs.
Quake in New Zealand kills at least 65, traps more
A man looks for victims amongst rubble in central Christchurch February 22, 2011. More photos »
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – One of New Zealand’s biggest cities lay in ruins Tuesday after a powerful earthquake toppled tall buildings and churches on a busy weekday, killing at least 65 people in the country’s worst natural disaster in decades.
The quake even shook a massive chunk of ice from New Zealand’s biggest glacier, some 120 miles to the east of Christchurch, where most of the damage was reported.
More than 100 people, including as many as a dozen visiting Japanese students, were thought to be trapped in the rubble as darkness — and drizzling rain — fell Tuesday night. Rescue crews with sniffer dogs fanned out across the city in search of survivors, some of whom were able to send text messages or make phone calls from under the wreckage.
It was the second major quake to hit Christchurch, a city of 350,000, in five months, though Tuesday’s 6.3-magnitude temblor caused far more destruction than a stronger September quake that struck before dawn on a weekend.