Ardent American Patriot and Lover of Israel
A Coming Earthquake That Will Change the Face of Earth
Feb 8th
"And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth." (Isaiah 2:19)
Ever since the convulsions of the Flood, the earth’s crust has been in a state of instability, causing earthquakes from time to time all around the world.
But there are earthquakes yet to come which will exceed anything ever yet experienced.
The earthquake prophesied in our text was also predicted in Revelation. "And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; . . . and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And . . . |they| hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from . . . the wrath of the Lamb" (Revelation 6:12-16). But when these judgments of God are in the earth, those who have rejected the love of the sin-bearing Lamb of God still will remain unrepentant and will merely seek to flee His anger.
God is long-suffering, but "the great day of his wrath" will surely come (Revelation 6:17). "For thus saith the LORD of hosts; . . . I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; And I will shake all nations" (Haggai 2:6-7). "The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly" (Isaiah 24:19).
Finally will come "a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. . . . And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found" (Revelation 16:18, 20).
Those who belong to Christ, however, will be delivered from the wrath to come: "This word . . . signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, . . . that those things which cannot be shaken may remain" (Hebrews 12:27).
Unless One is Born Again – He Will Not See the Kingdom of God
Feb 3rd
“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3
The message that permeates the Bible is that all humans are sinful by their nature and conscious action, and are under the judgment of a holy and righteous Creator-God, who has willing offered His own Son, Jesus Christ, as the substitutionary sacrifice for humanity’s sentence of eternal death.
That salvation transforms… by repentance and faith toward and in Jesus Christ – a person can experience a “new birth!”
This “new birth” is a “new creation.” Such a supernatural event must transform a life, if it is real.
Both the Bible and history are replete with such evidence:
- Pagan Abram (later Abraham) believed God (Galatians 6:3) and became the “father of many nations” (Genesis 17:5).
- Banished Jacob (Geneses 27:43) became a “prince” with the name Israel (Genesis 32:28).
- Joseph, despised and hated by his brothers, became the ruler in Egypt “to save much people alive” (Genesis 50:20).
- Moses the murderer became Moses the Deliverer (Exodus 3:10).
- Gideon the fearful became Gideon the mighty man of valor (Judges 6:12).
- Samuel the child became Samuel the Judge (1 Samuel 7:15).
- David the shepherd became David the giant-killer (1 Samuel 17:45) and king (2 Samuel 7:8).
- Zacchaeus the dishonest tax collector became Zacchaeus the generous benefactor (Luke 19:8).
- Peter the rough commercial fisherman became a “fisher of men” (Matthew 4:19).
- Saul the self-righteous Pharisee and persecutor of Christians (Acts 9:1) became Paul the Apostle and teacher of the Gentiles (2 Timothy 1:11).
Every book of the Bible contains records of such transformations, as does every era of history. From the coliseum in Rome and the persecutions during the Middle Ages to the wonderful conversions of the addicts and outcasts of society, as well as the quiet and simple response of the child who seeks to return the love of Jesus, all testify to the transforming power of the Gospel.
