Brown bat with white nose syndrome fungus.
Bats are kind of creepy and not many people like them, nevertheless, God had a purpose in placing them on the earth.  They are nocturnal creatures and they consume about one-third of their body weight in insects each night, each bat eating hundreds a night.  The world's largest bat colony lives in Austin, Texas, and about 100 million bats live in Texas alone.  That's a mighty number of pesky insects they rid us of every day!   

Bats eat massive amounts of mosquitoes, which caused the West Nile virus outbreak in the US.  They consume millions of insects, which would otherwise plague the US and destroy our crops.  The bottom line is that as the bats decline, rapidly decline, we are headed for a disastrous outbreak of insects and critical crop losses.  In addition to consuming insects that destroy crops, bats effectively pollinate crops.  Over 150 types of plants depend on bats in order to reproduce.   

The white nose syndrome has killed about 5.5 million bats in 19 states throughout the nation, and there is no end to the plague in sight.  White nose syndrome is a fungus bats develop during hibernation, which depletes their energy and affects the bat's ability to hibernate properly, causing death.  The bat, at this rate, could become extinct. 

Bat deaths could cost farmers 3.7 billion in losses.  Until recently, bat deaths occurred in Northeastern states and eastern Canada, but over the winter, the illness hit bats in Missouri, Alabama, Tennessee and Iowa.

In addition to the bird, fish and other animal massive die-offs throughout the world, this is just another sign that the end of time is near.  The prophets wrote about this in the Bible,

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

People are skeptical, saying the Lord hasn't returned in over 2,000 years, so He isn't coming back.  The Bible says,

"The Lord isn't slack concerning His promise (to return), as some men count slackness, but is longsuffering to us, not willing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance" 2 Peter 3:9. 

The Lord is waiting for all who will to receive the gift of salvation and repent, but one day, He will say, "That's enough," and time, as we know it, will come to an end.  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. 

This means that not even the holocaust will compare to the tribulation ahead. 

The good news is that Jesus is returning for His people before the great tribulation falls upon the entire earth (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18).  If you aren't saved, won't you receive the Lord today, before it's too late?  Please visit the How Can I Be Saved page of this website for more information.  Salvation is easy - it's only a prayer away.  God bless you.