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Luke 21:25 "There will be
signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and
perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea .
Luke 21:26 People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on
the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.
Luke 21:27 At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with
power and great glory.
Luke 21:28 When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your
heads, because your redemption is drawing near." (NIV)
Look, I don't like today's message. I don't like the
implications. This can make Christianity look very bad to the rest of
the world. I don't like how I know people will slander me, and
say I'm scum for trying to make a living from the tradgedy of
others. But after God inspires the message, and when I
evaluate the inspration as being the truth, my job is to obey, and
send it out.
See, the roaring sea is supposed to be a good sign, as it means the return of
the Lord, and our redemption, draws near!
http://gizmodo.com/#!5781566/this-is-the-scar...n-tsunami-yet
Japan Tsunami-Scariest Amateur Video-Must See-How the Town of Minami Sanriku
Was Wiped Out
target="_blank" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny40Y4a1ecc
Fresh footage of huge tsunami waves smashing town in Japan
target="_blank" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRDpTEjumdo
Some may
ask, "Why doesn't God prevent this?"
Others might ask, "Why would God stop it, if God's the one bringing
it?"
Isaiah 51:15
For I am the
LORD your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar -- the LORD
Almighty is his name.
This is what the LORD says, he who appoints the sun to
shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up
the sea so that its waves roar -- the LORD Almighty is his name:
Furthermore, "If God is bringing it, then why?" To glorify
his name? To bring more people to him? To get the rest of
the world to wake up? To get people to pay attention to God? To
raise the heat on both the ungodly and the Godly?
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The
Gospel & Salvation Message
(in the King James Bible target="_blank"/Bible
Browser target="_blank"/Bible Gateway target="_blank"/Blue Letter Concordance)
Rom
5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet
sinners, Christ died for us.
1John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the
truth is not in us.
1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and
shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou
shalt be saved.
Rom 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the
mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Mat 10:32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I
confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
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We are all, already, living
under a death sentance from God, a double death sentance, actually. In
the beginning, after the creation, after the fall of Adam, God sentenced them
to die that day, and most people lived just under 1000 years, as a
day with God is as 1000 years. Then, after Noah's flood, the lifespan
of mankind was shortened to 120 years, which is like God killing men who were
originally sentenced to die at old age by 1000, to die as mere
children. When God creates a new heaven and new earth, things will be
different, as Isaiah, chapter 65 says:
Isaiah 65:20 "Never again will there be in it
an infant who lives but a few days,
or an old man who does not live out his years;
the one who dies at a
hundred
will be
thought a mere child;
the one who fails to reach[a] a hundred
will be considered accursed.
21 They will build houses and dwell in them;
they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them,
or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,
so will be the days of my people;
my chosen ones will long enjoy
the work of their hands.
The primary benefits of the kingdom of God are long life, and economic
prosperity, living to enjoy your own productivity, without suffering the
theft from others.
But consider also: What is death at the hands of God, when
God has the power to raise everyone back to life, and has promised to do so?
Acts 24:15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the
dead, both of the just and unjust.
See, this is the good news. God gives life, and wants to give eternal
life to those who obey him, follow him, and preach him, and confess him.
1 Thessalonians 4:13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be
uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the
rest of mankind, who have no hope.
14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God
will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.
15 According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who
are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who
have fallen asleep.
16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with
the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in
Christ will rise first.
17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together
with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with
the Lord forever.
18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
Silver would not have saved anyone from the Tsunami. And neither would
paper money.
But when it's time to go meet your creator, would you prefer to do that while
being a usurer, holding bonds, being an enslaver of mankind, being a lender
and enabler of the Federal Reserve? Or would you rather have renounced
such debt and enslavement, and embraced honest money? So, in a sense,
even if owning silver won't save your life, I'd rather be in the realm of
greater obedience to the Word of God when it's time to die, than a worse
sinner.
If you choose to live in a flood zone, consider gold which might be light
enough to take with you in an emergency, instead of silver.
If the morality of San Francisco is any indication, the coast of California
is not going to be exempt from suffering from the Biblically
prophesied increased frequeny of Tsunamis and Earthquakes.
Mark 13:8
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be
earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth
pains.
While silver and gold may not save your soul, they can help you rebuild after
calamity.
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