Sadly, there was massive and deadly flooding in Tibet and Nepal.
August 28, 2026… Deadly flash flood hits Nepal-China border regionKey developments
- Search for survivors: A frantic search is underway for more than 1,300 people missing after catastrophic flooding swamped a China-Nepal border region Wednesday. Dozens of Americans are among the at least 700 foreigners unaccounted for. …
- Death toll climbs: At least 469 people have been killed in Nepal, authorities said. …
- Secondary threat: Rain and chilly weather is expected in China’s Gyirong County, where it’s feared a dam created during the initial landslide could breach and cause more flooding.
- What caused it? Scientists are still working to determine exactly what caused the disaster. Video posted on Chinese social media showed where a large portion of glacier broke off a mountain and plunged into the river below.
August 27, 2026Catastrophic floods kill over 390 in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,400 missingDEVIGHAT, Nepal (AP) — Rescue teams and military helicopters searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse. …The steep slopes and lush valleys below the Himalayan mountain range — home to many of the world’s highest peaks and remaining glaciers — are especially vulnerable to flooding and landslides. …Before-and-after images aired by state broadcaster China Central Television showed a multistory building and more than a dozen vehicles covered in mud. A two-lane road running along a river in a valley in Tibet’s Shigatse prefecture was completely buried. Aerial footage also showed that a lake had formed and expanded on the China-Nepal border.
Family, friends, and all those affected by this terrible disaster are in our prayers.
This terrible tragedy should be a sobering reminder that tragedies, without the divine protection from the LORD God, can happen to anyone at any time. Let us consider the living words of our Savior, Jesus Christ ──
“There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2) And Jesus answered and said to them, ‘Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things?
3) I tell you, no; BUT UNLESS YOU REPENT YOU WILL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH.
4) Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? 5) I tell you, no; BUT UNLESS YOU REPENT YOU WILL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH.’” – Luke 13:1-5.
A person’s situation can change on a dime. You can perish! Do not put off repenting to the Eternal GOD──to our Heavenly Father and our Heavenly Savior, Jesus Christ! “ …’ The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.’” – Mark 1:15.
The LORD God can control weather and oftentimes will allow extreme weather for punishment and/or correction.
God’s eternal word is plain: who is in control of weather! ──
“Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word.” – Psalm 148:8.
The LORD God can intervene in weather to work out His purposes among the nations. Oftentimes, disastrous weather can be a dire warning to a nation. Although weather and weather patterns operate according to natural laws set in motion, and damaging weather can develop──the Eternal One may choose to intervene to push such extreme weather aside or can choose to allow extreme weather to strike a land because of various sins and idolatries. His living word reveals to us that the LORD God can directly intervene in severe weather to WARN certain lands, nations, countries, and/or provinces ──
“’ I blasted you with blight and mildew. …Yet you have NOT RETURNED TO ME,’ Says the LORD.” – Amos 4:9.
Our LORD, in His great purpose for working things out here below, may also allow the evil one──Satan the Devil──to have a role in producing damaging weather, for mankind’s ultimate learning (See Job 1).
Also, let us consider Genesis 18 where our beloved Abraham asked the LORD, “’ Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked? 24) Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy the place [or, allow the place to be destroyed] and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it? …
26) So the LORD said, ‘If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.’” – Genesis 18:23, 24, 26.
And since our LORD does not change, this is how He looks upon all cities, lands, nations, countries, and provinces.
Our beloved Apostle Peter, inspired, wrote ──
“Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), 2) that you may be MINDFUL OF THE WORDS which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior, 3) knowing this FIRST: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, 4) and saying, ‘Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.’
5) For this they willfully FORGET: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, 6) by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. 7) But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
8) But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9) The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” – 2 Peter 3:1-9.
Indeed, there are a great many scoffers during these ‘last days’! And, of course, many insist that what tragically occurred in Tibet and Nepal has nothing to do with the Almighty God at all──and all that tragically happened was nothing more than a natural phenomenon, meaning it is an observable event that occurs in nature without God.
DIRE WARNINGS FROM THE ETERNAL ONE ARE GOING OUT UNTO THE WORLD; sadly, most will ignore them.
>>> Also in world news, United States President Donald Trump taking tariff steps against Canada once again (See: ZeroHedge – Canada Retaliates, Slaps $20 Billion In Tariffs On 700 US Goods).
Well, surely, Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney felt that… at least publicly, he needed to say ‘No! I’m as mad as all get out, and I’m not gonna take it anymore!’ At least publicly. Canada doesn’t have the power to fight the United States of America economically. Canada will be forced to bend its knee once again.
President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social ──
Notice this from Russia Today ──
24 Aug 2026Canada threatens to cut electricity to USOntario Premier Doug Ford has threatened to cut electricity and critical minerals to the US if President Donald Trump continues to escalate his trade war with Canada, drawing an angry response from Trump.The exchange came hours after Trump announced that tariffs on Canadian cars, trucks, auto parts, and steel would rise to 50% on January 1, 2027. The move followed the collapse of trade talks last week and a separate 50% tariff that took effect Saturday on around $20 billion worth of Canadian imports.“Everything’s on the table. I’ll do whatever it takes,” Ford told AP on Monday, saying Ontario could raise electricity prices or halt exports altogether.“We power 1.5 million homes and businesses,” he added, warning that if Trump keeps trying to dismantle Canadian manufacturing, “he better have a pack of batteries.”Trump fired back on Truth Social, dismissing Ford’s comments as “bluster” and personally attacking the premier before warning Canadian leaders to “fall in line.”
President Donald Trump! Yes, President Trump, greater than anything else; often unnoticed ── even by Americans claiming to be Christian ── is that his administration has actually succeeded in changing the United States of America for the better! Being an American, we are either part of the solution to a better America, or part of its downfall. (Be sure to read Minister Guy LaMar’s Commentary: Should Christians Vote?). For those so-called Christians calling President Trump “TACO,” or a “bully,” “tyrant,’ and I’ve heard some claiming to be Christian call him “Hitler” ── I should warn you in the glorious name of Jesus Christ and with His authority, that we all should “be subject to the governing authorities, For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.” – Romans 13:1. Now, there’s nothing wrong with disagreeing with government authorities ── even the commander in chief. But, when one calls him names and disrespects him, that’s the same as disrespecting the Lord GOD Himself!
As Politico apparently had to admit concerning President Trump ──
[He] is someone with an ability to perceive opportunities that most politicians do not and forge powerful, sustained connections with large swaths of people in ways that no contemporary can match. In other words: He is a force of history. … Like other large presidents, Trump has been a communications innovator and exploited technological shifts more effectively than rivals. In that sense, Trump’s use of social media recalls Franklin D. Roosevelt’s mastery of radio, and John F. Kennedy’s and Ronald Reagan’s mastery of television. … Imagine running for president amid huge civil suits, criminal prosecutions, and even felony convictions — then emerging from this morass as a larger figure than before. No one needs to admire the achievement to recognize that Trump is possessed by some rare traits …FDR: “All our great presidents were leaders of thought at a time when certain ideas in the life of our nation had to be clarified.”FDR also said: “I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.” …He’s ready to use his second term, and second chance, to divide the nation over immigration, over foreign policy, over school curriculums that allegedly teach “our children to be ashamed of themselves, in many cases to hate our country,” and a long roster of other subjects.What he didn’t show in his first term, or on his improbable pathway to a second, was an ability to bring these conflicts to resolution, to unite the country on a new level of understanding.
Brethren, we as true Christians, should be praying for President Donald Trump! That Almighty God and our Lord Jesus Christ will bless him with divine protection from his enemies and bless him with Wisdom and knowledge in leading this great nation in this 21st century present evil age (1 Timothy 2:1-2). □
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