Paul Aiken, Daily CameraPainted Lady Butterflies on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 19, 2017.
Seen lots of butterflies lately? Radars have, too, and their behavior isn’t exactly typical.
The National Weather Service out of Boulder posted two radar images on their Twitter Tuesday showing a giant blob of blue and red to the uneducated eye.
But meteorologists could tell that these images showed the migration of what was first believed to be birds, but later determined to likely be butterflies after the agency received several reports about the flying insects.
Look at what’s flying into Denver! Radar from last hour showing what we believe to be birds. Any bird experts know what kind? #ornithology
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder)
“We detect insects and birds all the time, that’s nothing new,” meteorologist Paul Schlatter said, but there was something different about this.
Insects and birds typically migrate south in the fall and north in the spring, he said. These insects were migrating from the southeast to the northwest after several days of little migratory movements.
The flurry of activity started around sunrise Tuesday and continued throughout the day, he said. Migrating birds with their big wings and need to fly together in the same direction as the wind commonly produce a coherent radar signature like the one seen. It’s rare for insects to do that but a high quantity of migrating butterflies could.
Schlatter said he’s a meteorology expert, not an expert on insect and bird migratory patterns, but he guessed that Tuesday’s movement was likely tied to the wind blowing north and potentially related to a food source in that area.
Despite all the activity Tuesday, the butterflies were lazy Wednesday, staying close to the ground.
God had given me 717 for about 3.5 years. I started with James 1 and counting it all joy when facing trials. The point was being made perfect, complete and lacking nothing. The word perfect means mature.
A few months ago, I started getting 818. For a month, I saw it, mostly on the clock. 8:18. I didnt see 818. About that time, I started getting butterflies. I saw them everywhere – in the natural. Then, the LORD spoke to me about the fact that it was time. “Now” is what He said. I was a butterfly coming out of its cocoon. 8 = new beginnings. The butterfly is truly prophetic for it. 818 looks like a butterfly.
Then, I started getting “be led by the Spirit”. Romans 8 speaks of sons being led. Sons = mature sons. God would soon give me Galatians 4 as well. I got 444 everywhere. Gal 4:1 says that sons get the inheritance at the date set by the father – Father. Until that point, it is held under guardianship. God kept telling me “be led by the Spirit”. I was like, man, I want to reach maturity so that I can be led by the Spirit. The LORD told me… “You are mature. Be led by the Spirit. That’s what mature people do. Be a son.”
Then, I saw a teaching on the courts of heaven (attached) by the attorney who helped launch Doug Addison’s ministry. She talks about the courts of inheritance and speaks of these two verses. I knew I was onto something. Her take was that many of us have just gotten by because the Father hadn’t released our inheritance yet. It’s just like guardianship. Well, that was me for sure. Read her entire take on it.
Then, I saw that Lennie was getting married on 11/11 at 444. Well, I get both of those numbers, so I messaged her asking what 444 meant to her. She asked me if I heard Bob Hazlett’s message last April at BW. I didnt recollect it. Well, Bob talks about us coming into the Fullness of Time and speaks on Galatians 4. He even shows his flight number being 444. LOL. And, he interrupts his own message at 818. He tells of Deuteronomy 8:18 and how God gives us the power to make wealth. Oh, there it is! I didnt have that passage, but I had the number. I was there but totally forgot about it.
You can see his message below.
We are truly in the time of having been made mature. Our inheritances are being released. It is time for the butterflies to be let loose.
Father, I decree over Beth and Dave that the fullness of time is upon them. Release their inheritances as being co-heirs with Christ. God it is time. Thank You, LORD.
