Let’s see , New York, D.C., New Orleans, Ferguson, Baltimore, Dallas, San Bernadino, California and the Mountain West plagued by fires, Houston, South Florida, Puerto Rico and Las Vegas. Is there a pattern? Are there any similarities in the locations having been unfortunately visited by inclement weather or man-made catastrophes. Is it something greater or are our disasters coming with greater frequency and rapidity? Is it happening globally or does our specific media focus make it appear that it is just in this country? Does the concept of coincidence continue to apply when statistical reckoning demands otherwise? At what moment do these occurrences rise above the level of mere chance?
If these episodes were somehow to capture the attention of a population/culture that had heretofore been unconscious to the affect of their behavior would they then have been an effective method of communication? I ask how else is God to get man’s attention? In this article the reverend says something about having reviewed these circumstances one must become a “bit” apocalyptic. What does that mean? Does that inspire people to fall pray to the fear that the world is ending? Folks, Christ has already won this victory. Those who will trust Him never perish and spend eternity with our living God. He brings the city of New Jerusalem to a remade Earth so that we may live together with Him and that is only after Christ reigns here for a thousand years of peace. Oh, you didn’t know those things, no one told you the end of the Book. Well perhaps your bit of apocalyptic transformation may cause you to seek some answers you had been neglecting? If I may be of any assistance please consider me at your service.
To them who have been mocking God with the following question, why does a loving God allow evil or bad things to happen to good people, I say you are about to see the Glory of Our God as He sets things straight in the universe. If righteous judgment must be executed at some date and you were the guilty party, wouldn’t you think it loving if the judge pushed off the sentencing date as far as possible, giving you time to mount an effective defense or to live as much of this life as possible. Would you fault God for choosing a specific date at which time He will remove all evil, if you knew that your Brother, Sister, Son and Mother needed time to change their ways? God has the power to raise the dead, how then would He be troubled by people who have passed on through illness or otherwise? They reside in His presence awaiting that sovereign day when all will receive the reward of their choosing, some to life with God, some to eternal separation from Him. To them who would be frightened by a heightened sense of Apocalyptic awareness, I say the beginning of wisdom is fear of the Lord. Fear not the coming trials for He is the one who knows you and the storm by name. In Jesus’s Name.
Genesis 6:5
“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
Except for Noah and his few family members, God had decided to destroy humanity by flood. All things considered, God still had Noah preach the Word for 120 years before that judgment was executed. This is testimony to His patient love in waiting for each of us to make that decision to either follow Him or our own foolish pursuits.
awrkhakhaya 