Prophecy, Drought, Earthquakes, Famine, Pestilence, War, and Strange Weather.

[livingbyfaith]

I'm not much of a Bible Scholar where I can come up with a lot of statistics.  Since all these disasters have happened, the Holy Spirit has pointed a few scriptures out to me.  I was amazed as to just how many things have happened in the past years and now seem to be accelerating.

I will be quoting from the King James Hebrew-Greek key study bible.  In Isaiah 24:1-23 heh sub title is "God's Judgment on the Whole Earth".  Verse 1 "Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty, and makes it waste, and turns it upside down, and scatters abroad the inhabitants thereof."  Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't this kind of describe what has happened in the latest hurricanes, wild fires, floods, landslides.? 

How many people have lost their homes and had to be relocated because of the havoc ledt behind.? This is not just in one place bout many at one time.  This wasn't the disaster of some of teh stories told on the news but it was close to home. I live along a river in a high rise.  We were evacuated a couple years ago because the river was getting pretty high.  We have to start mving out early because there are many who can't walk the steps.  There are 6 floors.  some have to be carried down in chairs. The elevators were shut down.   

We were taken to a church.  I called my daughter who lived only 15 minutes away from me, to come and get me. 
Surprise!  It would take her about 45 minutes to get to me.  A couple main roads were blocked off because the water was rising pretty high and there were bad mudslides.  This was out in the country caused by overflowing creeks and other water ways.  A country bridge was washed away.

I can't begin to imagine what hurricane damage would be like compared to out minor troubles.  I don't think any one lost their homes.  But we are part of the WHOLE EARTH.

Not yet but God is showing us how quickly He can destroy everything.  Verse 3 "The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord has spoken this word.  Do we really believe His word.  I certainly do.

Verse 5 "The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant."  Let's go back to Isaiah 5:20 "Woe to them that call evil good and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"  From verse 8-30 it is titled  "The Fate of the Wicked".  Aclu is working very hard to take away God's laws and putting in evil ones that take away the rights of the Christians and defy God.

verse 24:18 "And it shall come to pass, that he whho flees from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit, and he that comes out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake."  Earthquakes everywhere certainly do shake the earth.  The volcanos are coming to life and chasing people away.

Verse 19 "The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. There is a woods across teh river where I live.  It's been said that the ground is sliding.  We could have a tsnami if it gives way.  No one is immune at this time.  As I said before, I am not good on knowing when exactly all of this will happen.  Just that it will in God's time.  Much of it is going on now.  We must remember that 1000 years is the same to God as one day.  We are getting a good dose of what will happen.  It will get worse befoe Christ returns.

Verse 20; "The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgrssion thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall and not rise again."

After the wicked are punished, then in Verse 23: Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before His ancents gloriously."

Now it is time for God's people to rejoice.  Luke 25:28: "And there shall be signs in the sun; and in the moon and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.  And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud of glory with power and great glory.  And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; FOR YOUR REDEMOTION DRAWS NIGH."
That is what all our trials and tribulations lead up to.  In this day, they will seem like nothing. Praise the Lord!  He is KIng.

[Shammu]

Now it is time for God's people to rejoice.  Luke 25:28: "And there shall be signs in the sun; and in the moon and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.  And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud of glory with power and great glory.  And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; FOR YOUR REDEMOTION DRAWS NIGH."
That is what all our trials and tribulations lead up to.  In this day, they will seem like nothing. Praise the Lord!  He is KIng.

AMEN!

[Shammu]

Jan 11, 10:18 PM EST

Augustine Volcano on Alaska Island Erupts

By DAN JOLING
Associated Press Writer
   

   

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A volcano on an uninhabited island erupted early Wednesday, spewing ash about five miles into the sky and prompting air traffic authorities to warn planes to steer clear of the cloud.

The ash from Augustine Volcano was not expected to reach Anchorage, the state's most populous city nearly 200 miles to the northeast, meteorologists said.

Flights were restricted temporarily in a five-mile radius around the volcano and for 50,000 feet above it, said Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus. The ash can clog jet engines.

Cargo or passenger traffic from Asia usually fly through the area to Anchorage but could be easily rerouted, Fergus said. "It's not posing any significant traffic problems," he said.
   
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The cloud, moving at about 20 mph, appeared to have low concentrations of ash, said Bob Hopkins of the National Weather Service office in Anchorage.

Residents on the Kenai Peninsula, east of the volcanic island, reported seeing ash, said geologist Jennifer Adleman of the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

The few residents in the area were warned to reduce outdoor activity, keep windows and doors closed, and avoid outdoor exercise.

The 4,134-foot volcano last erupted in 1986. Ash from a seven-mile-high column drifted over Anchorage and forced flights to avoid the skies over Cook Inlet.

Augustine Volcano on Alaska Island Erupts

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[2nd Timothy]

I'm not much of a Bible Scholar where I can come up with a lot of statistics.  Since all these disasters have happened, the Holy Spirit has pointed a few scriptures out to me.  I was amazed as to just how many things have happened in the past years and now seem to be accelerating.

I will be quoting from the King James Hebrew-Greek key study bible.  In Isaiah 24:1-23 heh sub title is "God's Judgment on the Whole Earth".  Verse 1 "Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty, and makes it waste, and turns it upside down, and scatters abroad the inhabitants thereof."  Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't this kind of describe what has happened in the latest hurricanes, wild fires, floods, landslides.? 

How many people have lost their homes and had to be relocated because of the havoc ledt behind.? This is not just in one place bout many at one time.  This wasn't the disaster of some of teh stories told on the news but it was close to home. I live along a river in a high rise.  We were evacuated a couple years ago because the river was getting pretty high.  We have to start mving out early because there are many who can't walk the steps.  There are 6 floors.  some have to be carried down in chairs. The elevators were shut down.   

We were taken to a church.  I called my daughter who lived only 15 minutes away from me, to come and get me. 
Surprise!  It would take her about 45 minutes to get to me.  A couple main roads were blocked off because the water was rising pretty high and there were bad mudslides.  This was out in the country caused by overflowing creeks and other water ways.  A country bridge was washed away.

I can't begin to imagine what hurricane damage would be like compared to out minor troubles.  I don't think any one lost their homes.  But we are part of the WHOLE EARTH.

Not yet but God is showing us how quickly He can destroy everything.  Verse 3 "The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord has spoken this word.  Do we really believe His word.  I certainly do.

Verse 5 "The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant."  Let's go back to Isaiah 5:20 "Woe to them that call evil good and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"  From verse 8-30 it is titled  "The Fate of the Wicked".  Aclu is working very hard to take away God's laws and putting in evil ones that take away the rights of the Christians and defy God.

verse 24:18 "And it shall come to pass, that he whho flees from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit, and he that comes out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake."  Earthquakes everywhere certainly do shake the earth.  The volcanos are coming to life and chasing people away.

Verse 19 "The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. There is a woods across teh river where I live.  It's been said that the ground is sliding.  We could have a tsnami if it gives way.  No one is immune at this time.  As I said before, I am not good on knowing when exactly all of this will happen.  Just that it will in God's time.  Much of it is going on now.  We must remember that 1000 years is the same to God as one day.  We are getting a good dose of what will happen.  It will get worse befoe Christ returns.

Verse 20; "The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgrssion thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall and not rise again."

After the wicked are punished, then in Verse 23: Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before His ancents gloriously."

Now it is time for God's people to rejoice.  Luke 25:28: "And there shall be signs in the sun; and in the moon and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.  And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud of glory with power and great glory.  And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; FOR YOUR REDEMOTION DRAWS NIGH."
That is what all our trials and tribulations lead up to.  In this day, they will seem like nothing. Praise the Lord!  He is KIng.

Hello LBF (if I may call you by your initials     )   Welcome to CU!

Yes, I think we are seeing the beginnings of things to come.  I am even finding unbelievers considering such things to be a sign of bad things to come which makes it easier to witness.

When judgment begins in earnest, what we have been witnessing the last few years will be looked on as good ole times in comparison.   I do believe however that we are witnessing the final hours of the age of grace.   Just like the impending signs of a coming storm on the horizon, its not hard for even the staunchest unbeliever to sense somethings up.   Like a sweeping tide that slowly comes ashore, an unsuspecting world seems to know somethings amiss, but can't quite put their finger on it.    Our God is a God of Love and mercy, but He is also a Righteous and Just God, and He will judge this earth and sin.   It will be horrible for those who reject Christ as Lord and Saviour.   The time for harvest is now!   We must share Gods Love and Mercy at every opportunity we have.   The time is very very short indeed me thinks.   Yes let your hearts be joyous that we will son meet our King, but lets keep our hand to the plow carrying about the Fathers work.   I get fairly excited myself when I see things going on in the world, but my heart grieves for those who will face the full fury of Gods terrible judgments.   Oh if only we could somehow convince all of those in our little corner of life, how many we could pull from the wrath to come.   

Lord knows I am eager to see Him first hand, but God help us to work while we still have time.   Each passing minute leaves us with one less to share the Gospel with those who desperately need it!   May God make us bold and convinving in these last hours.

Grace and Peace!

[nChrist]

AMEN 2ND TIMOTHY!

Brother, I share your thoughts completely. I also grieve for those who have rejected JESUS, but we must also remember the 2,000 years of time and patience GOD has given man. I also think that the time grows short.

KEEP LOOKING UP!!

Love In Christ,
Tom

Romans 4:20-21 NASB  yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform.

[Shammu]

Scientists: Alaska Volcano May Erupt Again

By DAN JOLING, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 17 minutes ago

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A volcano on an uninhabited island could erupt again after spewing ash into the sky for the first time in 20 years, scientists said.

Scientists plan to study thermal imaging of Augustine Volcano on Thursday for any signs of a magma dome building at its summit.

"It doesn't look like it's ending, even though it's relatively quiet right now," Stephanie Prejean, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, said Wednesday after the volcano spewed ash about five miles into the sky. "We would not be surprised to see more eruptive activity in the near future."

The ash cloud had given way to a thick plume of steam by the time scientists from the Alaska Volcano Observatory arrived about nine hours after the eruption. Scientists determined most of the ash probably blew northeast and fell into Cook Inlet.

If weather is good and seismic activity low on Thursday, scientists in Homer, about 75 miles northeast of the volcano, may venture near its base to retrieve ash collection buckets.

The shape of the volcano's summit remained largely unchanged, Prejean said. Mud flows streaming down the mountain's east side had been spotted, she said.

The eruption did not disrupt air traffic or cause evacuations in nearby communities, but it prompted authorities to warn pilots to avoid the cloud. Ash can clog jet engines.

The 4,134-foot volcano, which is nearly 200 miles southwest of Anchorage, last erupted in 1986. Ash from a seven-mile-high column drifted over the state's most populous city and forced flights to avoid the skies over Cook Inlet.

If the volcano follows a pattern similar to 1976 and 1986 eruptions, seismic activity would increase before similar or larger explosive events, according to the observatory. However, it's possible that an explosive eruption could occur with little or no warning, the observatory said.

Alaska Volcano May Erupt Again

[airIam2worship]

Well said 2Tim, I also grieve not only for my family members that still haven't accpeted the Lord, or are just complacent thinking that all they need to do is accept Him and not share Him with others, but it also gieves for those that will be left behind because they put their trust in man instead of God.

[nChrist]

Hello Sister Maria,

Sister, all we can really do is pray and ask GOD to lead, guide, and direct us in our continuing efforts, especially with our family and friends. I give thanks that my entire family is saved, and I can only imagine what a burden that would be to wake up each morning and think about an unsaved family member. I've talked to many Christians who have this burden, and all I know to tell them is pray that GOD will soften their hearts for the GOSPEL. Sister, we can and should all join together and pray for the same thing, and I know that GOD loves to hear our prayers. The Holy Bible tells us very plainly that GOD doesn't want any man or woman to perish in their sins, so I really think that prayer is our most powerful tool for those who we have tried over and over again to witness to. We must also remember the Promise of God that His Word will never return void.

Love In Christ,
Tom

Hebrews 10:23-25 NASB  Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

[airIam2worship]

AMEN BEP, I do continue to pray for them. I love them so much.

[2nd Timothy]

but it also gieves for those that will be left behind because they put their trust in man instead of God.

Yeah I have thought about this too sister.  In Revelation there are pauses between some of the judgments, as if God stops to hear mans response.   Truly a merciful God!!!   Each and everyone will have a chance.   Its not easy to think about, but God wants man to know Him so much, that He will even show mercy in that hour.   Perhaps this is another reason why we read in the end of Revelation of God wiping the tears from our eyes.   The best way to think about it IMO is to give it HIGH priority now.  Everyone will choose their master, all we can do is point them to the true Master!

[airIam2worship]

Yeah I have thought about this too sister.  In Revelation there are pauses between some of the judgments, as if God stops to hear mans response.   Truly a merciful God!!!   Each and everyone will have a chance.   Its not easy to think about, but God wants man to know Him so much, that He will even show mercy in that hour.    Perhaps this is another reason why we read in the end of Revelation of God wiping the tears from our eyes.   The best way to think about it IMO is to give it HIGH priority now.  Everyone will choose their master, all we can do is point them to the true Master!

2Tim, thank you for pointing that out to me, it gives me some comfort. Just thinking that if the Lord was to come back today and some of my loved ones are still not walking in His way, He is merciful. That is very comforting,although I would rather they were raptured too and not have to face all the evil that will occur after the rapture, and God removes the Holy Spirit. When I stop to think how hard it is now, even with the Holy Spirit in operation, I hate to think what it will be like then. Something I truely don't want anyone to have to experience.

[2nd Timothy]

Yes it can really make one sad to consider things from our human perspective.  However God is in control though, and all we can do is share His love with those around us the best we can.   

A few verses to tuck away....

2Pe 3:9  The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

He wants us ALL.


Notice this small passage in Revelation

Rev 7:9  After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Rev 7:10  And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Rev 7:11  And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshiped God,
Rev 7:12  Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God forever and ever. Amen.
Rev 7:13  And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
Rev 7:14  And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

There are going to be a enormous amount of folks who find the Lord during the tribulation.   Verse 14 makes that clear!   

Granted it wont be the easier route, but this passage speaks volumes about Gods mercy even during His direct  judgment on the world.   Verse 9 says that a multitude that no man can number!

What an awesome God we serve!

[airIam2worship]

AMEN. My prayers are that they accept the Lord now, however if they do have to go through the tribulation that they may have the wisdom, strength, and faith to be able to make it. Sometimes I; and I think it's something every Christian should do is really do some soul searching and make sure I am right with the Lord, check myself, examine my walk, make sure I have not walked too close to the edge.. It's easy for that to happen and sometimes it can be so subtle that you might not even notice it. That's just my opinion. I think I should never become to comfortable or complacent. I don't know if I am expressing the message I want to get through here, but I just feel that way. This morning when my alarm clock went off (I have it set on a Christian station), my husband reached over immediately and hit the snooze button, but instantly even tho I only heard about 3 words and I was half asleep, I knew what song it was and I knew who was singing. It made me wonder do I always recognize my God's voice that quickly, and do I know what He's telling me even tho it's just 2 or 3 words. Most people who listen to secular music are like that, it only takes 2 or 3 notes from a song and they can name the song and the artist, but what about God? Do they recognize His voice as quickly? That made me think that I need to fine tune my reception to God's voice too, He is always speaking to me but am I always listening??? Just a thought and a little to digest. 

[2nd Timothy]

Sometimes I; and I think it's something every Christian should do is really do some soul searching and make sure I am right with the Lord, check myself, examine my walk, make sure I have not walked too close to the edge.. It's easy for that to happen and sometimes it can be so subtle that you might not even notice it. That's just my opinion.

Amen!   I think most believers feel this way too.  We should examine ourselves daily and be humble to areas in our lives that the Holy Spirit might be working on.   I notice something in my own life to be true....If the devil can't make me bad, he makes me busy!       Too busy!    Sometimes I get so busy with things and loose my spiritual focus with the Lord and get bogged down with worldy things.   Its a tactic he loves to use, and as you say a subtle one.   Certainly one I need to guard against.

Well, I have had a blast on here this morning between this thread and Allinalls "how to raise albino goats in the mountains of peru Rap thread"....lol    I must sleep as I have to work tonight.

Blessings Sister!!!

[Soldier4Christ]

Earthquake reported in China
By UPI
Jan 13, 2006, 19:00 GMT

BEIJING, China (UPI) -- China says an earthquake, measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale, shook the Mojiang Hani region in Yunnan Province in the country`s southwest.

The quake affected about 100,000 people and caused an economic loss of $6.9 million, the official Xinhua news agency.

The report did not give details of any injuries or deaths, but said about 20,000 people from the area had been relocated because of the quake late Thursday.

Earlier reports said a number of buildings had collapsed or been damaged and that one person was injured.

The quake`s epicenter was at a location about 95 miles from the provincial capital of Kunming.

Copyright 2006 by United Press International