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Three times in the book of Revelation, the Apostle John refers to what could be described as asteroids slamming into the earth in the lead-up to the second coming of Christ (Revelation 6:13-14 — multiple strikes; Revelation 8:8 — one the size of a fiery mountain; Revelation 8:10-11 — wormwood). In at least one of those instances, wormwood, I believe the Apostle John was actually describing a nuclear blast.
But certainly, asteroids are becoming an increasing concern as NASA and other agencies have set up an early warning system to monitor asteroid activity in our solar system.
They are even trying to set up a defense system where rockets could be used to knock an asteroid off course if it is on a trajectory toward Earth. In 2022, NASA actually did a test run and successfully hit an asteroid called Dimorphos with a rocket that did affect the asteroid’s course.
But what happens if they don’t even see it?
Because that is exactly what happened on July 13, 2023, with an asteroid named ‘2023 NT1’. At 200 feet (ca. 61 m) in diameter, it was the size of the leaning Tower of Pizza and over three times larger than the 60′ asteroid that exploded high over Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013, injuring nearly 1,500 people, some seriously. It also damaged over 7,000 buildings that included collapsed roofs and shattered glass.
2023 NTI was 62,000 miles (ca. 99,779 km) out when it passed by Earth, meaning it was a quarter of the distance of our moon.
And perhaps most disturbingly, astronomers did not even notice it until two days later, July 15, 2023, after it had already whizzed by.
Why?
This is because 2023 NTI was zooming into Earth on a course directly from the sun, making it impossible to see. The same thing happened with the Chelyabinsk asteroid. It had a similar trajectory and nobody was aware of it and in fact, astronomers were tracking another asteroid, when Chelyabinsk exploded.
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