Officials report that 46 Pilot whales have beached themselves on a southern island in Indonesia and 43 have died, reported NBC News.  Local authorities have made heroic attempts to save the remaining three whales, although they continue to swim back to shore. 

Pramudya Harzani with the nonprofit Jakarta Animal Aid Network said the whales washed ashore between Timor and Sumba Islands in southern Indonesia late Monday. 

Scientists believe the whales may have beached because of the receding tide during monsoon season. 

Scientists have theories about why whales and fishes are dying in record numbers, millions upon millions of fishes and hundreds of whales and dolphins, some literally committing suicide, in various locations throughout the world since late 2010.  Scientists have all sorts of theories, but I can tell you for a fact, regardless of the physical causes they come up with, the Word of God tells us (written thousands of years ago) that this would happen in the last days, just before the end of the age. 

"The land will mourn and everyone who dwells in it will languish, with the beasts of the field, the fowls of heaven, yes, the fishes will also be taken away" Hosea 4:3. 

We are so close to the return of the Lord that, personally, I believe God is populating heaven with these animals.  There are animals in heaven and certain people who have visited heaven already have seen animals there.  Bible also tells us that "the wolf will dwell with the lamb and the leopard will lie down with the kid, the calf, the young lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them" Isaiah 11:6.  Here the scriptures tell us that there will be animals during the millennial reign, they will be docile, so much so that a child can walk among them. 

A blind man with a walking cane should be able to see that this world is languishing all around us, with economic crises all around the world, Christians persecuted and killed throughout the world, Muslims rampaging and killing people of other faiths, as well as other Muslim sects and their own families, corrupt judges and lack of justice, schools teaching the world's children how to be Godless and immoral; even the animals can feel the wickedness and they are dying.   

Whether you want to believe it, whether you want to accept it or not, the Lord of this earth will return soon to set up His righteous kingdom and bring just judgment upon the earth, and He will judge the wicked.  Before He returns though, there will be seven years of tribulation, the wrath of God poured out on the earth, and we are quickly approaching that time.  Jesus said, "For then shall be great tribulation such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be" Matthew 24:21. 

It turns out that the animals of this world have better sense than a lot of people; they know when to "get out while the going is good!"  Actually, it is very sad, but the scriptures seem to bear out that they feel the "mourning" and "languishing" of the earth because of the wicked.  If you aren't saved, if you haven't received Jesus as your Savior, please visit the How Can I Be Saved page of this website.  Salvation is simple - it's only a prayer away.  God bless you.