In 1949, on the Feast Day of St. John, La Palma's Cumbre Vieja erupted...the "burning mountain" of St.John's Apocalypse

"Many Christians the world over have had their attention fixed on The Canary Islands in the past month, particularly the island of La Palma. The reason for this is because they believe this island will have a role in fulfilling a cataclysmic prophecy of St. John of Patmos:

'The second angel sounded, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was hurled into the sea; and a third of the sea became blood, and a third of the creatures which were in the sea and had life, died; and a third of the ships were destroyed.' - Revelation 8:8-9

That burning mountain St. John foresaw, we believe, is to be the burning mountain of La Palma in the Canary Islands. It is but one of the many natural disasters to befall the world in the End Times, and it is regarded as the beginning of the end for Mystery Babylon. We say this, as the imagery of a mountain being thrown into the sea is once again brought up later on in the Apocalypse:

'Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "So will Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence, and will be found no more."' - Revelation 18:21

There is plenty of other typological hints and references to this fate of the End Times world power (the United States). There are even ancient legends and references in the Book of Enoch, itself, as to the significance of the Canary Islands. But first, there is also a lot of secular, geological discussion for this inevitable empire-ending disaster. And that is what we’ll look at now.

Canary Islands Geology

These islands, located beyond the ancient Pillars of Hercules, south of Spain, and adjacent to the African country of Morocco, will be the inevitable cause of a nightmare scenario for every country that has an Atlantic coastline. For decades, it has been known that these islands were a potential powder keg for a disaster of Biblical proportions. That is because these seven islands are more than just 'islands.' Were you to drain the ocean, you would see that these are, in reality, towering mountains shooting steeply out of the Earth. To a geologist, these islands constitute a hotspot of uplifted tectonic blocks. A mantle anomaly, the volcanoes are filled with fractures serving as conduits for magma liberation.

On June 24, 1949, the Feast Day of St. John, there was an eruption of La Palma Island’s volcano, The Cumbre Vieja, which translates to 'the Old Peak'. But interestingly enough, Old Peak is also known as St. John’s Volcano, owing to the name of the 1949 eruption: la erupcion del Nambroque o San Juan (The Eruption of the Nambroque of St John’s volcano). What they have learned since then is that it is quite possible that trapped water within the volcano, unable to find any escape, had become superheated and explosive. This would explain earthquakes and a crack that opened up on the western flank of the island.

Since then, it has been suspected that the next eruption could cause highly-pressured water inside the volcano to explode once more, and the entire western flank of the island would collapse into the depths of the sea. Were this to happen, if there is a lateral collapse of La Palma Island, and the mountain is 'thrown into the sea' by said geological activity, then an enormous amount of material will be sent in a landslide across the ocean floor, and a mega tsunami will roll itself across the Atlantic Basin"

'From 15 to 60 minutes, waves sweep eastward through the rest of the Canary Islands and 50-100 m waves make first landfall on the African mainland. Upon nearing the West Saharan shore, the tsunami waves slow, and crush together. In contrast, toward the west, a great train of dispersed waves 500 km across, develops as the tsunami moves into the Atlantic basin. Peak wave heights (60 m) there show up in the second crest. From 3 to 6 hours, the tsunami expands across the Atlantic retaining palpable amplitude in an arc subtending more than 180 degrees. Toward the northeast, Spain and England experience 5 to 7 m waves. La Palma Island itself blocked most of the radiation in this direction. Vanguards of the tsunami (10 m) first brush North America near Newfoundland. Simultaneously, larger (15-20 m) waves arrive at the north shore of South America. At 9 hours (Figure 4i), Florida faces the tsunami, now parading in a dozen cycles or more. In 50 m of water offshore Cape Canaveral, even after being weakened by geometrical spreading and frequency dispersion, tsunami from lateral collapses of the volume, dimension, and speed of that expected at La Palma could retain 20-25 m height. Shoaling waves do not continue to grow much in water shallower than their height, so 20-25 m probably reflects the terminal height of the waves expected on Florida’s beaches.' - Steven N. Ward, 2001

Just to reiterate, 164 to 328-foot waves would hit the African mainland. Spain and England would receive waves measuring 16-23 feet high. South America would get waves measuring between 50 and 65 feet high. But the United States would be hit with a series of smaller waves until finally a tsunami reaching a height of 65 to 82 feet would crash into the entire landmass, from Cape Canaveral to New York City. Enormous quantities of water would surge into the mainland for at least a dozen miles, killing millions and destroying everything in its path. It would be the end of a world power...." [less than 50%]

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