Matthew 24:7 Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.”
Statement of correlation between volcanoes and earthquakes: An earthquake is the shifting of the different tectonic plates of the earth’s surface. These plates float on magma (molten lava). Earthquakes and volcanoes are the result of magma beneath the earth’s surface pushing upwards on the tectonic plates. Scriptures that refer to earthquakes are therefore also deemed applicable to volcanoes.
Volcanoes on opposite ends of the world erupted on Thursday.
The Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland, which has been the subject of close monitoring by seismologists since a series of earthquakes began weeks ago, finally broke through the ice covering with what the Iceland Met Office called a “fissure eruption.”
The volcano had erupted under the ice earlier this week leading to an aviation warning but it was canceled when the volcano’s activity appeared to cease. The latest eruption reportedly has lava spewing to the surface but “has not shown signs of volcanic ash.”
Despite the lack of ash, the aviation warning level has been raised to red and flights are being diverted around the volcano’s area.
Aviation experts have also placed a warning over the Tavurcur volcano in Papua New Guinea following an eruption Thursday.
The Volcanic Ash Advisory Center has been monitoring the ash cloud and providing updates to airlines. The cloud of ash has been drifting southwest since the eruption.
“The volcanic eruption reached the top of the atmosphere at 50,000 feet which is the same height as which planes travel,” said meteorologist Ian Shepherd “It’s too early to say at this point if the ash cloud will reach Australia but it was a significant eruption.”
