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THE COMING WORLD EARTHQUAKE
(MM54) First Printed as "EARTH SHAKE" JANUARY 1962
This revised edition, OCTOBER-NOVEMBER1993
Published by Maranatha Revival Crusade, Secunderabad
DON STANTON Is an Australian-bom prophecy teacher residert In India for the
last 31 years. His burden Is to warn of the wrath to come, to preach the Gospel
of YSHUA THE MESSIAH (The Lord Jesus Christ), and to prepare souls for
His Imminent return.
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THE
COMING
WORLD
EARTHQUAKE
"In a little while I will once more
shake the heavens and the earth."
(Haggai 2:6)
'The earth is broken asunder,
The earth is split through,
The earth is shaken violently."
(Isaiah 24:19)
By DON E STANTON
MARANATHA REVIVAL CRUSADE
SECUNDERABAD & PERTH
The Earth is Now Wobbling !
The Marathwada Earthquake
Predictions: True and False
The First Shaking
The Second Shaking
What Type of God is God?
Look at What is Happening
The Earth Split Through
The Increase of Earthquakes
Plate Tectonics
History's Worst Earthquakes
Divine Visitations
The Sun Turned to Blackness
Scientists Alarmed
Preparation for the Renewed World
The 1,000-year Kingdom
Asteroids, Threat to Earth's Civilisation
The Trumpet Judgments
The Scorching of the Earth
The Ultimate Earthquake
Deadly Nuclear Lab on Quake Faults
Other Signs Confirming the Great Climax is Near
What Hope is There?
Who Will be Delivered?
Decision Prayer
Dictionary
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
THE ORIGINAL NAMES
In this booklet, as in other MRC literature, we often use the
original Hebrew Names of the Almighty God, and of His Son,
our Saviour, in preference to the hellenized and anglicized
transliterations. These are the God-revealed Names which were
actually spoken in Bible times, and they can be a deep blessing
to us as we know their deeper meanings, and as we use them in
our speech and prayers.
YHWH: (pronounced Yahwah or Yahweh) - the Name of the
Almighty. Used 6855 times in the Bible. Over the past few
centuries it was inaccurately rendered as Jehovah or Yehovah).
EL SHADDAI: Almighty God.
ELOHIM: The most common Hebrew word for God.
Y'SHUA: the original Hebrew Name of Jesus. (Also written,
Yeshua or Yahshua).
HA MASHIACH: Hebrew for The Messiah; means ’The
Anointed One." In Greek, Christos, hence Christ in English.
DICTIONARY
Words tn this book that are followed by ~ are listed in the
dictionary at the end of the book - page 67. This is for the
benefit of readers who have a limited understanding of English.
BIBLE QUOTATIONS
used in this book are from the Clear Preferred Version (CPV)
which is being compiled by Don E Stanton. For further
explanation, see page 67.
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THE EARTH IS NOW
WOBBLING !
"To the astonishment and alarm of the world's
scientists, the earth's axis has for the past few
months been jerking backward and forwards
around the geographical north pole.
The earth is now wobbling violently as it spins in
space; scientists blame the wobble for the everincreasing number of serious earthquakes in the
past five years, and warn that there could be much
worse to come."
This news report was published in an Australian newspaper,
THE SUN, in March 1981. The report goes on to speak about the
earthquakes and the quake faults, and it concludes with these
words:
"AH this research is being carried out with a deep
sense of urgency, for every month that passes brings
nearer the time when the earth will ONCE AGAIN
decide to wobble its way to disaster. IT COULD BE
TODAY!"
Some of my readers may feel inclined to ignore the report, or
shrug it off with the comment, "I'm not feeling too dizzy yet."
Certainly not everything that scientists say is true and some
theories change from year to year. But it is a fact, earthquakes
have been increasing. We are now witnessing the disasters as
they are coming through fast and ominous. Disasters such as the
recent Marathwada in India, are serious warnings.
Scientific predictions are alarming enough! But the Bible
prophecies concerning the ULTIMATE EARTHQUAKE can no
longer be ignored!
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THE MARATHWADA EARTHQUAKE
About 4 a.m. on September 30th (1993), an earthquake
measuring 6.4 on the Richter- scale rumbled across eight states
of India. The power of the quake was the equivalent of a
hydrogen bomb.
At the quake's epicentre in LATUR District of the Marathwada
region in S E Maharashtra, a survivor said, "the earth was like an
exploding bomb." The 47 seconds during which the earth heaved
back and forth like a drunkard, seemed like eternity to the people
who were awake.
At KILLARI, the village nearest to the epicentre, the scene
looked like "the aftermath of a carpet bombing." 90% of the
village was flattened. 50 villages in Latur and Osmanabad
districts were almost totally wiped out. Entire families perished.
In Sastur village there was virtually "no one left to weep for the
dead."
The epicentre was less than 200 miles from MRC headquarters
in Secunderabad/Hyderabad. Here some people felt furniture
dancing in their bedrooms. I also was awakened to a
consciousness of noise and commotion. At first I thought it was
a dream, but then I heard the hubbub of birds. I thought there
must have been a mild tremor.
A survivor in Killari was wide awake when the quake struck. He
was curled up in bed reading a crime thriller. "A deafening bang
threw me out of my bed even as the power supply went off. I
didn't know what was happening when the cracking sound was
followed by a prolonged rumbling like that of a goods train
passing."
The young man ran out to safety along with his screaming wife
and returned to pull out his 70-year-old uncle and his son from
the debris in which they were trapped up to their waists. But he
could not save his 5-year-old niece whose head was crushed by
falling rubble.
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30,000 SOULS PERISHED
Another survivor compared the post-quake rumblings to the
whirring of helicopter rotor blades. "1 managed to free myself
and my wife from the ruins despite feeling like being on a
swing. But I lost my daughter. She was nine. A large piece of
concrete fell on her head.”
After the completion of the 10-day Hindu Ganesh festival on
29th, some 40 people were singing religious songs throughout
the night in a village temple. They were all buried alive.
The estimates of the region's death toll were around 30,000,
making it the worst quake disaster on the Indian
subcontinent in 58 years. The 6.4 quake was major earthquake,
but actually it was of far less severity than many of the
earthquakes that are striking around the globe each year.
A 7.4 quake is 100 times more intense than a 6.4 quake. A 6.6
quake struck north-west China on 2 Oct., two days after the
Latur quake, but no casualties were reported. Then a 7.1 quake
shook Tokyo on 12th Oct. 93, but only one person died
according to reports. The reason: the quake's epicentre was far
out in the Pacific Ocean.
The immensity of the Marathwada disaster is attributed to
several facts:
1. the quake struck at night while people were sleeping in their
homes;
2. the epicentre was in a rural area where most of the houses
were built of rocks held together by mud;
3. it occurred during the monsoon and many homes were already
weakened by incessant rains.
Normally many rural people sleep outside their homes - but
during the monsoon the weather is cooler and the majority sleep
inside. Most of those who did sleep outside survived. Those in
the houses were instantly entombed.
At least 22 significant after-tremors were felt in the area over the
next ten days.
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A SHOCKING WARNING
There is no doubt that the Latur quake was a strong warning both to India as a nation, and to individuals. The Marathwada
region had been experiencing tremors constantly over the past
year. Killari recorded 125 tremors between August and October
23, '92, including a 4.5 shake on Oct 18. It had 1050 milder
tremors over the past year.
The government offered to resettle villagers, and had acquired
land for the relocation of Killari, but once the initial fear
subsided, people became complacent, and the villagers refused
to leave as they did not like the resettlement site. Some experts
dismissed the tremors as minor, which helped the government to
hesitate and not press ahead with their decision on relocation.
This major quake, as every destructive quake, is a warning to
the world in general; and is a warning to every Bible believer in
particular. Bible believers should know the prophecies, and
should sound an alarm concerning the tragedies ahead. The
prophecies are very specific.
Y'shua the Messiah, in warning of the endtimes, said . ..
"Nation will rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be
famines,
pestilences,
and earthquakes in various places." (Matthew 24: 7)
Nations are still given to war; famine is afflicting nation after
nation; pestilences and plagues are on the warpath; AIDS, for
instance, after swathing through Africa, is now spreading like
wildfire in Asia. Earthquakes are now the order of the day.
But there's much more prophesied, and predicted ...
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A Killari survivor perched on the ruins of his home
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REMOVING THE DEAD
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Ruins in Latur, Marathwada
Carpet bombed
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Killari totally razed to the ground
Cremating the dead
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PREDICTIONS :
TRUE AND FALSE
There have been many reports and predictions of doomsday over
the years, made by politicians, economists, scientists, clair
voyants, astrologers, wizards and religious weirdos. There have
been those who have set dates for "the end of the world" or other
lesser calamities. The unfulfilled predictions, of course, leave
many people skeptical, and leave the forecasters busy trying to
explain where their pre-guess-tions went wrong.
There is, however, a developing science of disaster forecasting
that can be an authentic means of alerting nations to impending
tragedies - famines, cyclones, pestilences, volcanos, earthquakes
and asteroids. Exactness in such forecasting is, of course,
relative.
The Bible does not give the dates, but it does warn of
earthquakes, and the ultimate disaster. The prophecies of the
Bible - the Word of Yahwah El Shaddai, the Almighty God. will
be fulfilled - 100%. The Almighty does not print out horoscopes
for us as individuals, but He does spelt out details of an
upheaval in the universe that will cause the earth to shake
violently. Let's start with this prophecy from the Old Testament:
'For thus says YHWH of Hosts, 'In a little while I will once
more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
And I will shake all the nations; and the Desire of all nations
will come; and I will fill this house (temple) with glory,' says
YHWH of Hosts.'
(Haggai 2:6-7)
Notice those two words, ONCE MORE. "Once more I am going
to shake the heavens and the earth," and this is what struck me in
the news report quoted at the beginning of this booklet:
"Scientists are researching urgently because every month takes
us nearer the time when the world will ONCE AGAIN wobble
its way to disaster." ONCE MORE, God says, He is going to
shake the heavens and the earth.
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THE FIRST SHAKING
When was the earth shaken before? It was at the time of the
Great Flood in Noah's day. During that time a space object hit
the earth which caused oceans of water to swirl around the
globe, flooding the whole planet.
The Flood was certainly not a mere local river overflowing its
banks. It was worldwide. In Genesis 6:17, God stated that all life
on earth would be destroyed. And then, after the Flood He gave
the following newsreport:
"Every living thing that moved or. the earth perished - fowls
and birds, cattle and other livestock, wild beasts and all the
creatures that crawl upon the land, and all mankind.
Everything on dry land that had the breath of the spirit of life
in its nostrils died."
(Genesis 7:21-22)
So it could not have a local flood. In Psalm 104:6, we read "the
waters were standing above the mountains." The Flood prevailed
over the earth for one year, and great changes took place in the
geography of the planet.
In Alaska for instance, oil mining companies have discovered
tropical forests preserved beneath 2,000 feet of ice, which gives
evidence of a sudden upheaval.
Fossils uncovered in various parts of the world also indicate a
sudden catastrophe. Mountain formations likewise suggest a
sudden upheaval. While in the mountain fortress city of Petra in
Southern Jordan, I was very interested to hear our Bedouin guide
explain how the area was once covered with water. Yes, it was!
The amazing and beautiful rock formations there were formed,
no doubt, by the effects of the Flood.
It is now believed by believing scientists that a massive asteroid
hit the earth, causing it to shake and to tilt a further 18 degrees
off its axis. (The earth's tilt was originally 5 to 6". Today it is
tilted at almost 24". This has been discovered through observing
the orbits of moons. All moons orbit their planets in line with
their equators.)
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The asteroid, which may have been several
hundred miles in diameter, we believe, hit
the earth in the middle of the Pacific Basin.
The impact caused the crust of the earth to
be broken, releasing the "fountains of the WKS'
deep." The exact day that happened is
mentioned in Genesis 7:11.
The asteroid would have exploded on impact, and the debris,
ricocheting- back into the atmosphere as millions of little
missiles, would have caused the water canopy (the firmament Gen.1:7) to collapse. "The floodgates of the sky were opened."
And did it pour! We read . . .
"In the 600th year of Noah's life, on the 17th day of the second
month - on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst
open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened; and the rain
poured upon the earth for forty days and forty nights."
(Genesis 7:11-12)
Notice that both these things - the bursting of the fountains of
the deep and the floodgates of the sky, occurred on the one day.
It was surely a tremendous and sudden upheaval.
The sudden tilting of the earth and its wobbling created massive
tidal waves that swirled around the earth, washing the earth
clean of its rebellious generation. The miracle is that anyone
survived at all. But Yahwah El Shaddai did save eight people.
'God did not spare the ancient world when He brought a flood
upon the world of ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a
preacher of righteousness, with seven others."
(2 Peter 2:5)
The ark that Noah built in response to God's directions had
perfect specifications to sustain tidal waves. It measured 450 feet
by 75 feet by 45 feet. It sank into the water to a depth of 23 feet.
It could not have been more stable. Such a ship had never been
built until about 100 years ago.
The vessel carried up to 50,000 animals. (It is estimated that
there were 17,000 species in existence before the Flood.) It
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could have carried many people also - but alas, only eight people
heeded the call of God, and took refuge in the Ark which was
the only place of safety. The rest of the world perished, even as
God had warned.
This tremendous upheaval completely changed the geography of
our world. New mountains were pushed up. The arctic region,
which was once tropical, became ice bound. Through the sudden
impact of the upheaval, fossil fuels were created, to provide for
the new world that was to emerge after the Flood. The ecology
of the world was changed, so that not only did man now battle
weeds, but also new elements - floods, cyclones, earthquakes,
pestilences and epidemics With the entrance of ultra-violet rays
into the atmosphere, man could no longer hope to live as long as
Methuselah (969 years). Man's life expectancy was soon reduced
to 70 years.
Now the question: why did God destroy the old world?
Because of its great wickedness, as we read in Genesis:
'Then YHWH saw how great man's wickedness on the earth
had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his
heart was only evil all the time . . . Now the earth was corrupt
in God's sight; the earth was full of violence. God looked on
the earth, and saw how corrupt it was; for all the people on
earth had corrupted their ways."
(Genesis 6:5,11,12)
God would not tolerate the earth's iniquity any longer. Judgment
was necessary. Divine Justice demanded it. Corruption
warranted it. Time fulfilled it. The Flood occurred in about the
year B.C. 2,345.
Within three generations after the Flood, the descendants of
Noah turned aside from the revelation of God, and began to
fashion idols, and to worship "The Queen of Heaven" and other
false deities. Men became depraved in their minds and in their
actions, and soon the world became filled once more with
violence, immorality, corruption and unbelief. That depravity
has continued right down to the present day, in spite of great
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times of renaissance, reformation and enlightenment. And in
these last days we are experiencing a further explosion of evil,
corruption, violence and immorality.
THE SECOND SHAKING
In the New World Yahwah warned that He would once again
shake the heavens and the earth. Yes, He would destroy the
world once more. And yet, in the sign of the rainbow, He gave
the promise that He would not destroy the world by flood again.
But there would be a tremendous upheaval which will be(every
bit as catastrophic as the Great Flood.
There are many prophecies that speaks about this coming
upheaval. We will turn to some of them.
Isaiah 13. This chapter is speaking about the Day of the LORD,
the end times. The Day of the LORD begins with the Great
Tribulation, and goes on into the time when the Messiah reigns
in righteousness.
"Wail, for the day of YHWH is near!
It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
Therefore all hands will fall limp,
and every man's heart will melt.
They will be terrified;
pains and anguish will take hold them;
they will writhe like a woman in labour;
they will look aghast at one another,
their faces aflame." (Isaiah 13:6-8)
This is the Great Tribulation that we are reading about.
"Behold, the day of YHWH is coming;
cruel, with fury and burning anger,
to make the land a desolation;
and He will exterminate its sinners from it." (v.9)
That's a hard word, isn't it? Exterminate!- God is going to
exterminate the sinners from off the face of the earth. You may
say, "Why should God exterminate people? He only, has created
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us! Why should He seek to exterminate us from off the face of
the earth?"
Good question! But you do recognise, don’t you, that we are
sinners, one and all? We have sinned against the Holy, Eternal
Sovereign. We have sinned by our words, thoughts and deeds.
Our standards have become corrupt. Our morals are corrupt, our
speech is perverted, and our dealings are perverse. We utilize
cunning as though it were the source of wisdom. We stockpile
missiles of slander, hatred and deceit to defend ourselves from
the rockets of treachery manufactured in our neighbour’s
backyard.
We paint our faces with religiosity, and grease our hands with
"charity", to make a show of "righteousness” before the
Almighty, and before anyone else who might be observing us.
And our lives are so selfish, proud and conceited that we would
even deem ourselves worthy to tell God what to do. We take
delight in ungodliness, and teach others to do likewise. We say,
"every man for himself," and we slave to make others bend to
our wills.
We take the law into our own hands, and become a law to
ourselves. We change good to evil, and evil to good. Filth - we
revel in it. Righteousness - we mock at it. Lies - we use them
like a carpenter uses nails. Murder, rape and violence - that's
alright as long as you get away with it. Alcohol, drugs and
nicotine - these are assets to help us calm ourselves, and to
reinforce us for our continuous round of gimme-gimme ("give
me, give me"). I'm speaking of society in general.
I want to emphasise this fact. THE GREAT TRIBULATION IS
THE JUDGMENT TIME - the judgment of this terminal sinsodden generation. I'm fully aware that judgment isn't a popular
subject, but I'm only reiterating what God has declared.
"Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now
commands all people everywhere :o repent (that is, to change
their minds and to amend their ways with abhorrence for their
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sins), because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the
world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed,
having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the
dead."
(Acts 17:30-31)
WHAT TYPE OF GOD IS GOD?
Many scoff at the possibility that God should judge the world.
But I want to ask you, what kind of God is Yahwah El Shaddai the God of the Bible? Is He some senile grandfather sitting up in
the clouds? Is He some kind of dotting deity of whom we may
beg and demand and receive lots of goodies? Is He like a
servant; a God who does everything to please us whenever we
call out His Name; One who is there for our benefit and to solve
the problems we create? No! No! Yahwah El Shaddai is the
Holy God; the Moral Ruler of this whole Universe.
God created us for Himself. All mankind was created for the
glory of God, but long ago we went astray and turned to our own
ways; and this is what man is doing today - turning to his own
way. Look at our sick society today! See the attitude of modem
man!
"We will not have this Man Y'shua, Jesus, to rule over us!"
"Who is God? Who is He that He should tell US what to do? We
are now advanced, educated, scientific, and technological. We
don't need God to tell us what to do! We are quite capable of
deciding our own standards, of guiding our own lives and
deciding our own future."
This is the attitude of modem man who says, "Away with God,
away with the Bible; we don't need them! and we don't want
them and we won't have them!"
And what is God supposed to do? Should He just wink at the
iniquity that is throttling our world, and say, "Oh these dear,
naughty children! Boys will be boys, and girls will be girls!" ?
Should He just chuckle at our antics, and say, "Oh they're so
cute! It doesn't really matter that they don't know what they are
doing!"?
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Let us recognise that God is the Holy One, and that we have
greviously offended His holiness. We have turned against God,
our Creator, by our rebellion, by our unbelief, by our
disobedience, and by our utter indifference to His voice.
El Shaddai gave Israel a set of commandments. The first two
commands were:
1. T am YHWH your God who brought you out of Egypt, out
of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before
or besides Me.
2. ’You shall not make for yourself any graven image - any
idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth
beneath, or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to
them nor worship and serve them for I, YHWH your God, am
a jealous God ...”
(Exodus 20:2-5)
But what do most of us care for the commands of the God of
Israel? We cram our lives full of gods and idols - as many as we
feel we can safely accommodate - ambitions, goals, money,
business, home, family, people, sport, entertainment, sex,
pleasure - and self.
Today the world is in the grip of a Satanic plan to bring the
whole world to the feet of Satan. The things we see in society
today are not happening by chance. Satan is at work to destroy
faith on the earth; faith in the LORD God.
The increasing crime and violence we see in society is not
happening by accident. The drug addiction afflicting our young
people, is not by accident; it is big business sponsored by the
Mafia, the criminal crime network of the world.
The increase of alcoholism; the collapse of morality, is not by
accident. The pernicious pornography plague that is sweeping
the western world, is sponsored by the Illuminati Conspiracy.
Now the most depraved entertainment since the Roman Empire
is being portrayed on film. Not only X-rated films, but even live
murders are filmed for the sake of entertainment.
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For instance, as far back as 1975, it was reported that a film was
produced in South America, in which an actress, after engaging
in sexual acts, was murdered by being cut up limb by limb in
full view of the cameras. This film was produced for whoever
wanted to witness a gory spectacle and pay a good price to see it.
What is this? We are back to the inhuman age of the gladiators
of Rome! This is the world, my friend, that WE have created;
and people love it like this. This is society in general.
Those who love the Word of God are increasingly, the "odd ones
out." Those who love righteousness and decency are becoming a
small minority.
LOOK AT WHAT IS
HAPPENING TODAY 1
If the brutal slaying of the
actress mentioned above
shocks you, dear reader,
what about the fact that
every year 50 MILLION
babies are brutally slaught
ered in their mothers'
wombs before they can even
cry? .
"Oh!" the modems say, "That's the mother's choice." What? To
kill? And no doubt, if there were no law against it, many would
choose to kill their parents, or their neighbours. Already 30,000
people are killed each year in India, and at least 25,000 a year in
the USA. And what is God supposed to do? 1'11 tell you! God
must judge the world! And He certainly will judge the world in
righteousness by that Man whom He raised from the dead; the
Man Y'shua Ha MashiaM (Acts 17:31) The day is appointed!
So we read in Isaiah 13, God is going to exterminate the wicked
of this earth. It’s necessary because the Messiah is going to reign
in righteousness over this earth. And there's no way He is going
to rule over a rebellious planet, where the standards and ways of
the Heavenly Father are rejected. He must first cleanse this
planet of the evils that are ruining it. He must exterminate the
rebellion. God emphasises in Isaiah:
"Thus I will punish the world for its evil,
and the wicked for their iniquity;
I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proud,
and abase the haughtiness of the ruthless.
I will make mortal man scarcer than pure gold,
and mankind more rare than the gold of Ophir.
Therefore I shall make the heavens tremble;
and the earth will be shaken from its place
at the fury of YHWH of Hosts,
in the day of His burning anger...
Their little ones will also be dashed to pieces
before their eyes;
their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished."
(Isaiah 13:11-13, 16)
Often people ask me, "What about the little ones in the
Tribulation? Why should they suffer?" Here in Isaiah we see the
little ones dashed to pieces. It is a tragic fact that babies and
little children always suffer, both in natural calamities and in
man-made catastrophes.
At Hiroshima, the atom bomb did not fall on adults only, but on
the little ones too. When Jerusalem was destroyed by the
Romans in AD 70, it was not only the adults who were
slaughtered: babies were taken from their mothers' arms and
thrown from high buildings to the streets below. They were
dashed to pieces. One million people died at the time, including
tens of thousands of children.
In the Great Flood, every baby on earth was destroyed. Why
did God allow it? Because of the wickedness of the nations!
TIME magazine (Jan. 11,'82), devoted 23 pages to its cover article,
entitled, "Children of War." It dealt with the tragedies affecting
children in Ireland, Israel, Lebanon, Cambodia and Vietnam.
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It quotes a poem by a girl in
Israel, which expresses the feel
ings of many.
IF there's a God
And yes, many claim there is,
Then how does it happen
That Hale kids get killed?
It does make you cry, doesn't it?
That’s a question that is so often
asked. The fact is, children suffer
because of the sins of the parents.
Long ago, God said:
"YHWH is longsuffering, abounding in steadfast love and
mercy and forgiving sin and transgression. Yet He will by no
means leave the guilty unpunished; He punishes the children
for the sins of the fathers to the third and fourth generation.'
(Numbers 14:18)
It seems wrong that children should suffer because of their
parents' sins. But there are natural repercussions that follow a
man's evil living. If you want to save your children and
grandchildren from much suffering, then you must repent of any
evil in YOUR life. Now!
Let me point out this fact; sin has terrible repercussions. Oh! We
haven't come to grips with sin and its results. We treat it lightly unless we ourselves are affected by someone else's unscrupulous
tactics. We wink at sin, unless it affecls us personally. Usually
we shrug the shoulders, or ignore it because "everyone's doing
it." And we expect the Holy God to wink at it also.
We have not sinned only against our own selves; we have not
sinned merely against our neighbours, our families and our
nations. We have sinned against the Holy One who hates evil.
All sin is a grievous offence to God; and sin has its wages! It is a
tragic fact that...
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OUR SINS AFFECTS OTHERSI
You cannot commit a sin without it having some effect upon
others. Every sin helps to destroy you! And the sin in YOU,
helps to destroy others that come in contact with you.
If a father is a drunkard, do you think his children will not be
affected? Or if a young person is a drug addict, do you think that
he is not going to affect anybody else? Is it simply his own
isolated choice that affects only his own life? No! it affects
others. Everything we do, both good and bad, has an effect upon
others. Judgment is coming upon even little children because of
the accumulated sin of the past several generations.
THE EARTH SPLIT THROUGH
The Almighty says He is going to shake the heavens and the
earth. He's going to make the heavens tremble, and the earth will
be shaken from its place. And the sun will be darkened.
In Isaiah 24, we have another shocking prophecy concerning the
shaking of the heavens and the earth. Again it is speaking about
this Day of the LORD, the Great Tribulation:
"Whoever flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit, and he
who climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare; for
the windows above are opened,
and the foundations of the earth shake.
The earth is broken asunder.
The earth is split through.
The earth is shaken violently.
The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard,
and it totters like a shack,
for its transgression is heavy upon it,
and it will fall, never to rise again." (Isaiah 24:18-20)
At first it may seem that this prophecy concerns the ultimate
destruction of the world. But the next verse indicates that
beyond the upheaval, is a renewed world over which the KingMessiah, YHWH-Y'SHUA reigns.
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"Then the moon will blush and the sun will be ashamed, for
YHWH of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and before His appointed elders in power and great glory."
(Verse 23)
So beyond the Tribulation is the glorious reign of the Almighty
God and His Anointed Messiah - the Heavenly Master.
There is a parallel prophecy in the book of Haggai concerning
the upheaval, the shaking of the heavens and the earth, and the
return of the Messiah.
"For thus says YHWH of Hosts, 'In a little while I will once
more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
And I will shake all the nations; and the Desire (the Saviour) of
all nations will come; and I will fill this house (the temple)
with glory,' says YHWH of Hosts."
(Haggai 2:6-7)
Yes, Y’shua, Jesus WILL come, and His glory will fill the House
of God, and the whole world. The Messiah is to reign from the
world capital, Jerusalem. Before that, however, the terrible
tragedy!
THE INCREASE OF
EARTHQUAKES
Can you imagine the earth
splitting in two? On Septem
ber 1, 1975, TIME magazine
had a cover article called
"Earthquake." Depicted on
the front cover was the earth
split through. The article
spoke about seismologists’
predictions of an ultimate
earthquake for California
which they say, is already
overdue.
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The TIME article deals with earthquake forecasting and the
limited success seismologists have had in predicting the time,
place and size of earthquakes.
Earthquakes are not a new thing, of course. There have been
some super ones in the past, including the mighty quake that
shook Israel in the days of Uzziah, a king of Judah who departed
from the LORD and committed abominations. (Zech. 14:6
During recorded history an estimated 74 million people have
perished in earthquakes - and the floods, fires and landslides
they have triggered. Two of the most destructive quakes (in
terms of human lives) were both in China. In 1556, Shensi,
China, suffered an estimated 830,000 deaths in a quake believed
to be about 8.2 on the Richter scale.
Approximately 80% of all earthquakes occur in the Pacific
"Ring of Fire." This "Ring" is composed of the areas on the
rim of the Pacific Ocean. One of the greatest earthquakes within
the "Ring of Fire," was in 1964 when 25,000 square miles of
Alaska was heaved up causing hundreds of millions of dollars
worth of damage. Because of the sparse population only 114
lives were lost.
The Mediterranean area and lands eastward across Asia,
included the Holy Lands, receive about 15% of all earthquakes.
The remaining 5% is scattered throughout the rest of the world.
The intensity of a quake is measured by the Richter Scale, a
series of numbers which indicate how devastating the upheaval
might be. It uses a scale from 1 to 10, and is logarithmic in
character; that is, each successive value is ten times as intense as
the preceding one. For instance, a "shake" at Richter 1 is
unlikely to be noticed by people at all; damage is negligible.
Quakes in that range happen everywhere all the time and do no
harm.
Beyond Richter 3 the quake becomes noticeable. From there on
up, damage increases. Richter 4 is 10,000 times as violent as
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Richter 1. If 9 on the scale should be reached, it would be a
billion times as violent. But quakes HAVE evidently reached
Richter 9. Such was the holocaust at Messina, Italy, in 1908.
Some 100,000 people died and the city was laid in ruins.
The destruction caused by an earthquake depends upon the
geography, population density, and other special conditions such
as rickety buildings, mountain avalanches, etc.
China suffered a second mammoth tragedy - in 1976. The death
toll from the earthquake in Hopei province was up to 655,000
people. The injured numbered 779,000. The energy released in
this quake was equal to no less than 10,000 Hiroshima-type
atomic bombs. Tangshan, an industrial city of more than 1
million people was 80% demolished.
The prophetic Scriptures indicate there will be an increase of
earthquakes as the age draws to a close. In fact, the upheavals
will prove to be the birthpangs that prepare the way for the
Kingdom of God on earth.
Published statistics report that in the 15th century there were 150
earthquakes; in the 16th century, 153; in the 17 century, 378; in
the 18th century, 540; in the 19th century, 2,119. These statistics
further indicate that in the 20th century there will be more
recorded earthquakes than in the previous 5,000 years.
It is true, no doubt, that part of the rate of increase in recorded
earthquakes is due to improvements in the scientific methods of
detection, but this factor in no way discounts the fact that
tremors are steadily increasing in number and intensity.
Of the 13 greatest known earthquakes in history, 10 have
occurred in the 20th century.
The increase of seismic activity is very definitely discerned since
1948. (That year is also significant for two more reasons. It was
the year of the resurrection of Israel, and it was the year of the
formation of the apostate World Council of Churches.)
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THE WORLD'S GREATEST QUAKES
On the following page there's a listing of a few of the world's
major earthquakes, and the approximate damage in terms of
lives lost. The increase becomes so evident as the 20th century
progresses.
You will see that the most intense quakes have not always taken
the most lives. There have been many other great earthquakes
which are not listed because they have taken fewer lives.
In 1964, the Alaska earthquake took only 114 lives, but it was
one of the strongest quakes ever measured, with a magnitude of
8.4 on the Richter scale.
At the beginning of this century, there was on the average, one
major earthquake every two to three years. Now we have
anything up to a hundred major earthquakes every year. Many of
them are not reported in the news media because they do not
strike populated areas.
PLATE TECTONICS
The ancient Japanese believed that earthquakes were caused by
the sudden movement of the giant spider that carried the earth on
its back. Others regarded quakes as the acts of a vengeful deity.
Modem scientific reasons for earthquakes have varied. The
theory called "Plate Tectonics" has gained wide acceptance over
the past couple of decades. It explains that the surface of the
earth consists of the ten major, and several smaller, giant 70mile-thick rock plates. The plates are moving constantly, at
speeds of a few centimetres a year. Sometimes two plates
become temporarily locked in place, and tension and stress
builds up where they meet. The sudden release of pent-up energy
when they separate, causes earthquakes (see page 30).
Off Japan, for instance, the Pacific plate is thrusting under the
Eurasian plate, causing the deep-seated quakes characteristic of
the Japanese archipelago-. In California along the San Andreas
Fault, two great plates are sliding past each other.
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ft---------HISTORY’S WORST EARTHQUAKES
Date
856
1556
1737
1755
1883
1902
1906
1908
1915
1920
1922
1927
1932
1933
1934
1935
1939
1939
1944
1946
1948
1949
1960
1960
1962
1964
1968
1970
1972
1972
1974
1976
1976
1976
1976
1978
1980
1980
1987
1993
location
Richter scale
CORINTH GREECE
SHENSI, CHINA
CALCUTTA
LISBON
DUTCH INDIES
MARTINIQUE
SAN FRANCISCO
MESSINA, ITALY
ITALY
CHINA
JAPAN
CHINA
CHINA
JAPAN
INDIA
INDIA
CHILE
TURKEY
JAPAN
JAPAN
JAPAN
ECUADOR
CHILE
MOROCCO
IRAN
ALASKA
IRAN
PERU
IRAN
NICARAGUA
PAKISTAN
GUATEMALA
CHINA
PHILIPPINES
TURKEY
IRAN
ALGERIA
ITALY
JAPAN
JAPAN
INDIA
8.3
9.0
7.9
8.1
7.6
7.9
8.0
7.1
8.4
7.9
7.5
6.8
6.6
7.8
6.4
9Q
number of deaths
45,000
830,000
300,000
60,000
36,000
40,000
700
100,000
29,900
180,000
143,000
200,000
70,000
3,064
10,000
30,000
30,000
23,000
1,000
1,330
3,796
6,000
5,700
12,000
10,000
114
11,500
66,700
5,000
10,000
5,200
23,000
750,000
3,300
3,700
25,000
20,000
3,000
60,OCX) homes destroyed
260
30,000
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'rhe sliver of California west of the San Andreas fault, which is
located on the Pacific plate, is moving toward the northwest.
The rest of the state is resting on the North American plate,
which is moving westward. The sudden movement of a portion
of the fault that had been locked in place for many years is
thought to have caused the great San Francisco quake of 1906.
Seismologists are warily eyeing at least two stretches of the San
Andreas Fault that seem to be "locked." One segment, near Los
Angeles, has apparently not budged, while other parts of the
Pacific and North American plates have slid some 30 ft. past
each other. Near San Francisco, there is another locked section.
Sooner or later, such segments will have to catch up with the
inexorable movement of the opposing plates. If they do so in one
sudden jolt, the resulting earthquakes, probably in the 7 to 8
Richter range, and packing the energy of multi-megaton
hydrogen bombs will cause widespread destruction in the
surrounding areas. The prediction is that 10,000 people would be
killed, and 300,000 injured - ail in 30 seconds.
According to Newsweek (Dec.8,'80): "The Californians who live
along the San Andreas Fault, which is certain to have an
earthquake soon, are still building skyscrapers."
DIVINE VISITATIONS
Although scientific reasons may be given for earthquake
occurrence, it is God who "upholds all things by the word of His
power" (Hebrews 1:3}.. and no event can occur outside His
permission. Earthquakes .are sometimes "acts of judgment."
Sometimes they may be described as "acts of warning."
In 1750, Thomas Sherlock, the Bishop of London maintained
that two recent earthquakes were warnings that Londoners
should atone for their sins. In a letter of 1777, John Wesley
wrote, "There is no divine visitation which is likely to have so
general an influence upon sinners as an earthquake."
Certainly earthquakes can NOT be ignored. People must sit up
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and take notice. And if they will not accept God's warning, they
may soon experience His wrath.
"I will shake the heavens and the earth."
It is very clear from Isaiah 24:20, that the ultimate earthquake is
a divine judgment on the earth, "for its transgression is heavy
upon it."
The ultimate earthquake is yet to come. As well as Isaiah,
several other Bible passages refer to it. The earth split through what an upheaval! The earth shaken violently.
The scientists who say the earth may violently wobble its way to
disaster any day, could be spot on, for whichever way you
analyse the present world, it is evident that the big climax is
very near. It's time for God's judgment! God is allowing extreme
tragedies to occur as a warning of the coming judgment.
Conditions are now the same as they were in the days of Noah.
The flood was not an act of nature but an act of God. It was
God's "visitation" upon a corrupt, violent, crime-ridden people.
THE SUN TURNED TO BLACKNESS
Isaiah foretells another phenomenon:
’For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not flash
forth their light. The sun will be dark when it rises, and the
moon will not shed its light."
(Isaiah 13:10)
The prophet Joel also describes the Day of the LORD, and this
upheaval:
"Blow a trumpet in Zion,
and sound an alarm on My holy mountain!
Let all who live in the land tremble,
for the Day of YHWH is coming!
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Surely it is near X
a day of darkness and gloom,
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a day of clouds and gross darkness.
As the dawn is spread over the mountains,
so there is a great and mighty people coming.
There has never been anything like it,
nor will there ever be in the ages to come . . .
Before them the earth quakes,
the heavens tremble,
the sun and the moon grow dark,
and the stars no longer shine." (Joel 2:1-2, 10)
"I will display wonders in the sky and on the earth,
blood, fire and billows of smoke.
The sun will be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood,
before the great and awesome Day of YHWH comes."
(Verses 30-31)
Y'shua the Messiah also warned of the upheaval to come:
"And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and
upon earth despair among nations, with perplexity at the
roaring and tossing of the sea. Men's hearts will faint from
terror, being apprehensive of what is coming upon the world;
for the very powers of the heavens will be shaken."
(Luke 21:25-26)
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'Immediately after the Tribulation of those days,
THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED
AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT,
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the powers of THE HEAVENS WILL BE SHAKEN.
Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and
then all the tribes of the earth will mount, and they will see the
SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY
with power and great glory." (Matthew 24:30. Capitals are
quotations from Isaiah 13:10; Haggai 2:6 & Joel 2:10 & Daniel 7:13).
How it is possible for the sun to be darkened? I am told, through
a phenomenon called "the popping of the core," which is
actually an explosion of the core of the sun.
SCIENTISTS ALARMED
Scientists today are alarmed, not only because the sun is
wobbling, but because of other developments in the sun, which
they believe are a prelude to the sun's explosion.
For the past forty years, scientists have observed that the sun has
been contracting by thirteen kilometres every year. It bums itself
away at an estimated 240 million tonnes every minute.
They have also observed an increased heat and brightness in the
sun. And in the last ten years there has been a 20% increase of
ultra-violet rays from the sun which is affecting our atmosphere,
and causing chaotic weather patterns. Is it surprising that we also
see some strange epidemics, viruses and diseases including skin
cancer, today? Signs are already happening in the universe.
Out there in space, many stars (suns) are exploding.
The hydrogen of a star gradually bums up and becomes helium.
When the core of the star becomes 40% helium, the star
explodes. Our sun's core is already 50% helium, and the
question scientists cannot answer is; why has our sun not
already exploded?
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The only answer is that it is not yet God's perfect time. But it
does mean that our sun could explode at any time!
Immediately prior to the explosion, the sun will turn savage,
intensifying its heat. An explosion of the core of the sun will not
mean the end of life on our planet, but for a period of days or
weeks, almost total darkness would prevail; normal light would
not be emitted, but ultra-red rays would keep the world from
freezing. These red rays would also cause the moon to appear as
dark crimson.
Can you imagine a black sun rising? Well, the sky would be so
black, you would hardly see the sun at all. Probably the sun
would be outlined by a red ring caused by ultra-red rays. Can
you imagine the eerie darkness?
This is the exlosion scheduled for the end of the Great
Tribulation. The darkness will go on for some time until - "the
sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky."
The Messiah Himself shall descend from heaven in great glory,
as you have just read in Matthew 24:30. And we are also told,
the Heavenly city will come down out of heaven and the nations
will walk by its light.
"And I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down
out of heaven from God . . . The nations - those who are saved
- will walk by its light..." (Revelation 21:2, 24)
The Heavenly City will give light to the earth, but in the
meantime, the helium in the sun will be redistributed until the
sun comes back to life.
PREPARATION for the RENEWED WORLD
It is likely that during the shaking-upheaval, the earth will be
jerked back onto its original, or onto a more suitable axis, which
will cause the world to become a Garden of Eden once more.
The sun is not going to be completely destroyed - not yet. But
the explosion of its core is imminent. The earth is going to be
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shaken, but it also is not going to be completely destroyed - not
yet. It will not be destroyed until God has finished with it. He
will not finish with it until His purposes, and the prophecies
about the reign of the Messiah on this earth, have been fulfilled.
Some people say, "Oh, that's fantastic - Jesus coming to reign on
this earth." But the Bible prophecies are very clear.
This is not some new doctrine we have thought up in the past
five years. Some people think that we have invented all this
about the second coming of Christ. Not at all! The first prophet
who prophesied about the SECOND coming of the Lord was
Enoch; he said that the LORD would come with His angels to
judge the earth.
"Enoch, in the seventh generation from
Adam, prophesied of these: 'Behold, the
LORD is coming with thousands upon
thousands of His holy ones, to execute
judgment upon all, and to convict all the
ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which
they have done in an ungodly way, and of
all the harsh things which ungodly sinners
have spoken against Him'." (Jude 1:14-15)
Daniel prophesied about the Son of Man coming in the clouds,
and also of His reign of righteousness over the earth.
"In the night visions, I kept looking, and suddenly there was
One like the Son of Man, coming in the clouds of heaven. He
came up to the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him.
"Then He was given authority, glory and a kingdom, that all
the peoples, nations, and men of every language should serve
Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not
pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be
destroyed."
(Daniel 7:13-14).
The apostle Paul, in the New Testament, speaks about the
Heavenly Master coming to deliver His people from this present
evil world.
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The "Son of Man" - is the title by which Y'shua referred to
Himself; and He will literally come "in the clouds" as we read in
the New Testament prophecies.
"Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched,
He was caught up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.
And while they were looking intently into the sky as He went
up, behold, two men in white clothing stood by them; and they
also said, 'Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into the
sky? This same Y'shua, who has been taken up from you into
Heaven, will come back in just the same way as you have seen
Him go into Heaven'."
(Acts 1:9-11)
"For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout,
with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of
God. Then the dead in Christ - those who died in union with
the Messiah - shall rise first. Then we, the living believers who
remain, will simultaneously be caught up together with them in
the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with
the Lord for ever."
(1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)
The kingdom of Messiah on earth has also been prophesied in
several other passages.
"Then I saw thrones, and sitting on them were those to whom
authority to judge was given. And I saw the souls of those who
had been beheaded because of their testimony for Y'shua and
because of the Word of God - these had not worshipped the
beast or his image and had not received his mark upon their
foreheads or upon their hands. They came to life and reigned
with the Messiah for the thousand years . . .
"Blessed and holy are those who have a part in the first
resurrection; the second death has no power over them, but
they will be priests of God and of the Messiah and will reign
with Him for a thousand years."
(Revelation 20:4,6)
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THE 1,000-YEAR KINGDOM
Some may argue that the thousand year kingdom is in Heaven
and not on earth. But how can that be seeing that time does not
exist in eternity. There is "no night there," and thus no days or
years. And moreover. Revelation specifically says:
"You have made us kings and priests to our God, and we will
reign over the earth."
(Revelation 5:10)
Zechariah speaks of the coming of the Lord, and the kingdom
on earth that follows:
"Then YHWH will go out and fight against those nations, as
He fights in the day of battle. On that day His feet will stand
on the Mount of Olives, which is east of Jerusalem; and the
Mount of Olives will be split in two, from east to west, forming
a very large valley, with half of the mountain moving to the
north and the other half moving to the south . . . And YHWH
will be King over all the earth; in that day it will be
acknowledged - YHWH is one; and His Name the only one . . .
Then the survivors from the nations that attacked Jerusalem
will go up year after year to worship the King, YHWH of
Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles."
(Zechariah 14:3-4,9,16)
Isaiah also prophesies of the Kingdom on earth:
"In the last days the mountain of the House of YHWH
will be established as chief among the mountains;
it will be raised above the hills,
and all nations will stream into it.
Many peoples will come and say,
'Come, let us go up to the mountain of YHWH,
to the house of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us His ways,
so that we may walk in His paths.'
For the Law (instruction) will go out from Zion,
and the Word of YHWH from Jerusalem.
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He will judge between the nations,
and will settle disputes for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into ploughshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
nor will they learn warfare any more."
(Isaiah 2:2-4)
"The wolf also will live with the Iamb,
and the leopard will lie down with the young goat.
The calf and the young lion
and the young fattened animal will feed together,
and a little boy will lead them.
The cow and the bear also will graze
and their young will lie down together.
The lion will eat straw like the ox.
The infant will play near the hole of the cobra,
and the young child will put his hand on the viper's den
without danger.
They will not harm or destroy on all My holy mountain,
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of YHWH
as the waters cover the sea."
(Isaiah 11:6-9)
So it is definite that Y'shua the Messiah will reign over the earth
for a 1000 years; and until that time is fulfilled, the earth will
not be completely destroyed by nuclear weapons, nor by
asteroids, or any other catastrophe.
Now the question, who are the subjects on earth during the
millennial kingdom?
They are people who have embraced the King; believers who
love Him and who have chosen to stand with the Messiah; those
who have been bom again by the Spirit of God. They are His
subjects.
And from which nations? Or will there be only Jews saved?
Y'shua is truly the King of Jews; we will not dispute that fact.
But He is not the King of Israel only! He is the King of the
whole earth. All nations will worship and be subject to Him!
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Daniel's-prophecy, some will answer, says that the kingdom of
the Son of Man will be an everlasting Kingdom, not a 1000-year
kingdom. At first there seems to be a contradiction.
Daniel says the Kingdom is for ever, whereas the book of
Revelation says they reigned with Messiah for one thousand
years. The answer to this seeming contradiction is that the 1,000
years is simply one aspect of the eternal reign of The Eternal
Spirit. It is an earthly phase of the Kingdom of God.
Some argue that we are already in the spiritual Kingdom of God
if we belong to Jesus Christ. That's true! We have been
transferred - we have been taken out of the Kingdom of
Darkness and brought into the Kingdom of Light according to
Colossians 1:13. We are in the Kingdom of the Messiah right
now, if He rules in our hearts. We are citizens of the Kingdom of
God, because we have been bom of God, and therefore have
entered that Kingdom. That is a fact! But this spiritual kingdom
is not what Daniel is speaking about, and neither is it what the
Bock of Revelation is speaking about.
Daniel is looking forward to the time "when the kingdom of the
world becomes the kingdom of our LORD and of His Anointed
One." (Rev. 11:15). The Book of Revelation is also speaking about
the period upon the earth when the Almighty brings this world
to a glorious consummation.
The ones who are raised to life in Revelation 20:4 are people
who were slain during the Tribulation - people who did not
receive the mark of the beast. They reign for the thousand years
with the Messiah when He reigns over the earth.
But how about those of us who are believers in Christ now? If
we truly belong to the Anointed One, Y'shua the Saviour, we are
going to be caught up to meet Him in the air, and taken to the
place which He has prepared for us in heaven. That place is
called the "New Jerusalem" of which we read in Revelation:
"And I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down
out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride, beautifully
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adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the
throne, saying, 'See now, the tabernacle of God is with men,
and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people,
and YHWH Elohim Himself shall be with them - their God. He
will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more
death or mourning, or crying or pain, for the old order of things
has passed away'."
(Revelation 21:2-4)
There's the Bride of the Lamb-Messiah, and the heavenly city
that Y'shua has prepared for her. The prophecy says the city
comes down from Heaven, it does not say that it settles upon the
earth, but that the nations will walk by its light. This implies that
the heavenly city is in proximity to the earth. It will possibly be
hovering over the earth - over the world capital, Jerusalem. That
heavenly city is the "palace" from where the Bride reigns with
the Heavenly Bridegroom for the one thousand years.
The Bride of the Lamb-Messiah is the Corporate Body of
Believers from this present church age. Every believer, since
Pentecost, who truly belongs to Y'shua the Messiah, is a member
of the Body, His Bride. And they are going to reign with the
Bridegroom, not merely for one thousand years, but for ever.
From the moment they are caught up to meet their Beloved
Master, eternity begins for the Lord's people.
"There will no longer be any curse. The throne of God and of
the Lamb will be in the city, and His bond-servants will serve
Him. They will see His face, and His name will be on their
foreheads. And there will no longer be any night. They will not
need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because YHWH
the LORD God will give them light. And they will reign for
ever and ever."
(Revelation 22:3-5)
After the thousand years, this present earth and universe will be
"rolled up like a scroll." As Peter tells us in his epistle:
"But the Day of YHWH will come, unexpected, like a thief, in
which the heavens will disappear with a roar; and the elements
will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works
will be burned up . . . That day will bring about the destruction
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of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the intense
heat. But, in keeping with His promise, we are looking forward
to new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness
dwells.’
(2 Peter 3:10,12,13)
That's the ultimate destruction of the present universe. But now
let us go back to the Tribulation and pick up a few more details
of the upheaval that are given in the Book of Revelation.
Chapter 6 introduces the seven years of catastrophe. Here is the
upheaval, once more:
"I watched as He broke the sixth seal; and there was a great
earthquake; and the sun turned black as sackcloth made of
hair, and the whole moon became blood-red; and the stars of
the sky fell to earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when
shaken by a strong wind. The sky vanished like a scroll being
rolled up; and. every mountain and island were moved out of its
place.
"Then the kings of the earth, the great men, the generals, the
rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid themselves
in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They
called to the mountains and to the rocks, 'Fall on us and hide us
from the presence of Him (the Almighty) who sits on the
throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of
His wrath has come; and who is able to stand (before it)T*
(Revelation 6:12-17)
Yes, the people at that time, will recognize that it is the wrath of
God coming upon the earth, and not just natural calamities. They
will begin to realize that they are on the losing side; that they are
sinners in the hands of the Almighty God. They will realize
that things will never be the same again. Time is up. It's now the
judgment time!
The above prophecy gives further evidence of the sun becoming
black and the moon like blood. I have explained how the sun
will explode, causing a time of utter blackness. But I will leave
you to imagine the absolute darkness, day after day, and the fear
and panic upon the earth; not only because of the eerie darkness,
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but also because of the numerous stars falling to the earth at the
same time. There will not be merely one or two "falling stars,"
but many objects striking the earth - "as a fig tree casts its unripe
figs when shaken by a great wind." This prophecy indicates
there is going to be a horrific pelting of the earth by asteroids or
meteorites.
Scientists today are saying the planet is already sitting in the
middle of a "shooting gallery."
Another interesting report from the AAP, Washington -
ASTEROIDS
'THREAT TO EARTH'S CIVILISATION'
"Errant asteroids from deep space could destroy
civilisation on earth, according to scientists of
the National Aeronautics and Space Admin
istration Advisory Council.
"They recommend that men should plan to use missiles
and hydrogen bombs to deflect errant asteroids back into
space.
"The scientists said there were about 800 ASTEROIDS IN
DEEP SPACE which could destroy most of life on our
planet. They said there were hundreds of thousands of
smaller ones that could demolish a single city or region.
The only way to avoid an impending collision would be to
detect the possibility far in advance and intercept the
approaching body with hydrogen bombs? Such a project
could eventually cost billions of dollars, but the Advisory
Council proposed a modest beginning - a few million
dollars to start Project Spacewatch."
1 suspect, from the description in Revelation 6, that there may be
too many asteroids pelting our planet for missiles to intercept.
And I fear Project Spacewatch will be totally inadequate, and
will not even be completed in time.
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Oh the tragedy! the earth shakes; die stars strike, the sun turns
black; and peoples' hearts melt with terror. Even the
commanders call out for the rocks to fall upon them. They
would rather die than endure the unending disasters
As we read in Isaiah 24, people will flee from one disaster and
fall into another disaster. Some will escape the nuclear war and
yet will die of famine; or if they escape the famine, they will die
in an earthquake or a cyclone; and should they escape those
tragedies, and also escape the asteroids, they will eventually be
forced to worship "the beast" - duped into worshipping the devil.
Oh the terrible tragedy! People crying to the rocks and the
mountains; crying out for death. Already today, we see great
perplexity, pressure and suicide. Every day throughout the
world, one thousand people kill themselves, and another nine
thousand people attempt suicide. Can you imagine what it will
be like during the Great Tribulation when everything has
become so chaotic and hopeless, and men's hearts are filled with
despair?
Now let us turn to Revelation chapter 8. This chapter lists
further judgments on the earth. The time has now come for the
saints to be avenged. These saints are believers in the Messiah
who have been afflicted by the world.
"When He (Y'shua the Lamb) opened the seventh seal there
was silence in heaven for about half an hour. And I saw the
seven angels who stand before God; and seven trumpets were
given to them.
'Then another angel who had a golden censer came and stood
at the altar; and much incense was given to him, that he might
offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar
before the throne. And the smoke of the incense together with
the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel's
hand. Then the angel took the censer, filled it with the fire of
the altar, and hurled it upon the earth; and there followed peals
of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an
earthquake."
(Revelation 8:1-5)
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This is the fury of the wrath of God. The earthquake warns of
more disasters. Some of the following judgments could be
caused by man-made weapons, others may be a part of the
universal upheaval.
THE TRUMPET JUDGMENTS
Seven angels now blow trumpets that announce judgments, and
after each blast, new calamities strikes the earth.
Let me mention in passing; these are seven trumpets that
announce judgments; they are not the trumpets announcing the
Rapture or the coming of the Master for His people. The Rapture
trumpets are mentioned by Paul:
"For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout,
with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of
God. Then the dead in Christ - those who died in union with
the Messiah - shall rise first."
(1 Thessalonians.4:16)
We read of the last Rapture trumpet:
"... in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for
the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable,
and we, also, will be transformed."
(1 Corinthians 15:52)
The last trumpet Paul speaks of here is the trumpet of summons.
But the trumpets spoken of in these chapters of Revelation
however, are trumpets of judgment. That's a big difference! I
mention this because some people use the "trumpet argument" to
assert that the Lord's coming is in the middle of the Tribulation
when the 7th trumpet sounds. Not so! That is a different type of
trumpet altogether. Look at the first four trumpet judgments:
The first trumpet
"The first angel blew his trumpet, and
there came hail and fire, mixed with
blood, and they were hurled down upon
the earth; and a third of the earth was
burned up, and third of the trees were
burned up, and all the green grass was
burned up."
(Revelation 8:7)
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This is very likely referring to nuclear warfare. Ezekiel also
refers to hailstones, fire and brimstone, which causes the
destruction of the forces of Russia when they come against
Israel. Huge hailstones have been experienced as a result of
nuclear explosions.
The second trumpet
’The second angel blew his trumpet, and
something like a great mountain blazing
with fire was hurled into the sea; and a
third of the sea turned into blood; and a
third of the living creatures in the sea
died; and a third of the ships were
destroyed."
(Revelation 8:8-9)
"Something like a great mountain," sounds like a meteor or an
asteroid burning as it passes through our atmosphere. The
asteroid that hit the earth at the time of Noah’s flood, estimated
to have been several hundred miles wide, must have been
something like a great mountain.
The third trumpet
"The third angel blew his trumpet, and a
great star, blazing like a torch, fell from
the sky on a third of the rivers and on the
springs of waters - the name of the star is
Wormwood - (Bitterness). A third of the
waters became wormwood, and many
people died from the waters that had
become bitter (poisoned).' (Rev. 8:10-11)
Here is another star falling from heaven, which could well be an
asteroid. Another real possibility is that it is a man-made
satellite falling from the sky. Remember the American Skylab
that fell and crashed in Australia? And in January 1978, a
Russian Cosmos satellite crashed into Canada. It was a nuclearpowered satellite, and the contamination of thousand of square
miles of territory in the North West of the country, took months
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to clean up. The area was radio-active for months. Another
Russian satellite crashed into Australia in early 1981. There are
now many nuclear-powered satellites spinning around our earth.
The falling star of Revelation 8:10, could be a nuclear-powered
craft; or yet another possibility - a man-made biochemical
weapon, causing great pollution of our rivers and oceans.
I think, for example, of the poison called botulinus toxin. It is
the most powerful poison known to man - 300 million times
more powerful than cyanide. And some nations have already
harnessed it into a fearful weapon. You only need six ounces of
this toxin and if you distribute it correctly in the water reserves
of a nation, you could wipe out the whole nation overnight.
That's just one example. There are also other types of weapons
that men have created.
The rivers and the oceans will be poisoned. Yes, it is possible
that this will be caused by a man-made poison. The word
"Wormwood'' has a connection with herbs; and of course, many
poisons are made from herbs. So it could well be a man-made
poison.
Some people think this is becoming a much better world. Some
say we are on the verge of a new world order that will solve our
problems, and bring in peace, justice, equity and prosperity. But
no way! The evidence we see today shows that society is
becoming more cruel, unrestrained, violent, selfish and ungodly.
America is now deploying the neutron bomb. And they say the
advantage with the neutron bomb is that is kills the people
without destroying the buildings. That's wonderful, isn't it?
Somebody has remarked, that is what they did with bows and
arrows. So we are no better than the barbarians of the past. In
fact, mankind is now far more capable of mass torture and
annihilation than ever before.
We are now in the business of laser weapons. Have you heard of
HEL? - not the Lake of Fire! This is a man-made hell - HEL
stands for High Energy Lasers. They are beams of light that can
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fire at the speed of light over thousands of miles. The U.S.
denies that it is deploying "star wars" in space. But it is known
that scientists are developing "international lasers" that can fire,
say, from the New York to Moscow, at the speed of light. Laser
weapons can wipe out a whole city. These are our modem
weapons!
We are becoming technically advanced. Yes! Our computers and
scientific achievements are revolutionising society, and opening
up new amazing frontiers. Yes! But does this achievement make
us more kind, patient or civilized?
Hollywood is producing films about the disasters of the future a hundred years hence. "STAR WARS" is such a projection.
Why don't they make a film depicting the beautiful man-made
utopian society of the future? The first reason is that the film
wouldn't be a success without violence, suspense and villains.
"And this is the judgment - the indictment - that the Light has
come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than Light;
for their deeds were evil."
(John 3:19)
The second reason is that technology does not change the heart.
Even though we might build colonies in outer space, we cannot
implant decency, peace and righteousness in our own hearts.
Colonisation of planets, and the development of galactic cities in
space, would merely transfer the arena of violence and war to
wider spheres. Star wars would be the inevitable result.
The fourth trumpet
"The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and
a third of the sun was struck, and also a
third of the moon, and a third of the
stars, so that a third of their light was
darkened; and a third of the day was kept
from shining, and likewise the night."
(Revelation 8:12)
Here again is the upheaval in the universe, but at this time it
effects only one third of the sun, moon and stars.
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THE SCORCHING OF THE EARTH
In Revelation chapter 16 also we see
the sun smitten . . .
’The fourth angel poured out his bowl
upon the sun; and the sun was given
power to scorch men with fire. And
men were scorched with fierce heat;
and they blasphemed YHWH, the Name of God who had
control over these plagues; but they did not repent and give
Him glory."
(Revelation 16:8-9)
The sun scorching the earth! This is the prelude to "the popping
of the core" of the sun. But notice, even though men are
scorched with fierce heat, they do not repent.
The sun scorching the earth comes in the second half of the
Great Tribulation, and at that time, there will be no repentance.
It will be too late to repent. In the first half, yes, there will be
many who repent, for the LORD pours out His Spirit upon the
world. In the first 3izz years, He will turn the hearts of the people
of Israel to the Messiah, and they will recognise that Y'shua is
indeed the Anointed One.
Zechariah prophesied that a fountain will be opened for the
people of Israel in that Day (Zech 13:1). Multitudes of people will
be saved in the first half of the Tribulation, but not many in the
second half. It will be too late for most, for by the middle of the
Tribulation, everyone will be either sealed by God or marked by
Satan. The Mark of the Beast becomes compulsory by the
middle of the seven years.
If Revelation 16:8 describes the intense heat which is a prelude
to the explosion of the sun, we could expect to also read a
prophecy about darkness following. Well, look at these verses:
"The fifth angel poured out his bowl upon the throne of the
beast; and his kingdom was plunged into darkness. Men
gnawed their tongues in agony.
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"And they cursed and blasphemed the God of heaven because
of their anguish and their sores; and they refused to repent of
their wicked deeds."
(Revelation 16:10-11)
There is the darkness! The kingdom of the Beast, by this time, is
worldwide. So the whole world will lie in this eerie darkness.
The people will have no idea how long it will last. The ultra-red
rays emitted by the sun will be enough to prevent the world from
freezing, but those same red rays could be the cause of the pain,
during the darkness.
THE ULTIMATE EARTHQUAKE
At the end of Revelation 16 we read of the ultimate earthquake the catastrophic end to the seven years of "hell upon earth."
Earthquakes will characterise the whole seven years, but this
earthquake is the big one; the final one. Seismologists have
predicted it. The Bible has prophesied it:
"The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud
voice came out of the temple in heaven from the throne,
saying, 'It is done!' Then there were flashes of lightning and
sounds and peals of thunder; and there was a great earthquake,
such as there had not been since man came to be upon the
earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty.
"The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the
nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the Great
and gave her the cup filled with the wine of His furious wrath
and indignation. And every island fled away, and the
mountains could not be found. And huge hailstones from
heaven, each weighing about a talent (about 40 to 50
kilograms), fell upon men; and men blasphemed God on
account of the plague of hail, because the plague was
extremely severe."
(Revelation 16:17-21)
The ultimate earthquake! Mountains disappear. Islands flee
away. Yes, the earth is going to be shaken to such a terrible
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degree - "split through." Turned upside down. Utter destruction
to countless cities.
It is easy to believe that the earthquake will come along the San
Andreas fault - the major quake fault that begins down in South
America, in Argentina. It comes up through Chile, through the
Central Americas, through Nicaragua. (Remember the big
earthquake there a few years ago?) It comes up through Mexico,
and then along the coast of California. San Francisco and Los
Angeles, two of the most wicked cities in the world, are situated
on that San Andreas fault.
The fault follows the Pacific plate and the Ring of Fire. It passes
right up the coast of California, and then across to Alaska.
(Remember the big earthquake in Alaska in 1964? It was felt
from Alaska to India). The fault goes right down through China,
Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, and the Pacific to New Zealand.
Japan has a lot of earthquakes. I'm told that in Tokyo the
skyscrapers often have a dance in the streets.
A massive colliding of the Pacific txtonic plate would cause a
quake chain reaction in the Eurasian, Indian, Arabian and
African plates as well as the north and south American plates.
(See map on page 30).
We can expect a massive reaction right across China and the
Himalayas, through Afghanistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf,
Israel, and right up into Turkey, Greece, Italy and Europe But it
will be felt worldwide. This is the GLOBAL EARTHQUAKE !
And by the way, can you believe it, the Americans have even
built a nuclear laboratory on earthquake faults? A report.. .
DEADLY NUCLEAR LAB
BUILT ON QUAKE FAULTS
The deadliest weapons on earth are developed at a secret
laboratory in a valley crisscrossed with more then a dozen
earthquake faults, just 64 km from San Francisco.
Critics say quakes could damage Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, a centre for nuclear weapons research, and cause
deadly plutonium to be released in an area where more than
five million people live.
Weapons research requires the lab to keep as much as several
hundred pounds of plutonium on hand for experiments.
- AAP. Los Angeles. {The Sun, 5-1-81)
Imagine it, the most deadly weapons on earth are developed at
this secret laboratory in a valley criss-crossed with more than a
dozen earthquake faults, just 64 kms. from San Francisco!
We read in Revelation 16:21, huge hailstones that accompany
the ultimate earthquake. One hundred pounds each!
You may ask, How is this possible? It's very possible. In fact,
such a thing has already happened. Look at this report from one
of our newspapers in India. This happened in March 1981, in
Andhra Pradesh, South India:
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17 people killed by GIANT HAILSTONES !
There were also thirteen thousand cattle and sheep killed. 8,450
houses collapsed. Many people were injured. And then they had
a procession, carrying some of the hailstones which were
weighed. The weight of each hailstone was between 200 and 300
kilos each. Incredible! The areas were calling out for massive aid
to help the victims.
Strange things are happening already; a foretaste of what is to
come.
Other SIGNS confirming
the Great CLIMAX Is near!
Many people still hope that world war will be avoided. They
reason that nothing so serious is going to affect the earth, and
that the doomsday scientists' fears will prove to be groundless.
But when we look from the prophetic perspective, we see an
array of evidence that is conclusive - we are on the verge of the
climax of man's 6,000-year history.
Some of the most significant prophecies being fulfilled, or that
are ready to be fulfilled:
The nation of Israel has become militarily strong with a
nuclear capacity. (Joei3:i0)
2. After the Israel-PLO accord, Jerusalem has now become the
focus of world attention. (Zech. 12:2-3)
3. Independent Russia is preparing to lead a massive Northern
Alliance in an invasion of Israel. (Ezekiel. 38)
4. The revival of the Roman Empire. The Maastricht Treaty
has paved the way for a unified Europe. A 10-nation Anti
christ confederation is in the making. (Dan 2:40-43,7:23-24)
5. The preparation of the Arab nations to wage a final war
against Israel. (Jer. 46.8)
6. The rise of the mighty Eastern Kings, China and Japan, and
their increasing alliance. (Rev.i6:12)
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The massive armaments build-up in most nations. (Joel 3:10)
The technological revolution, and computerized society,
which will pave the way for Antichrist's total control of the
world. (Rev. 13 11-18)
9. The multitude of organisations calling and working
for the New World Order (which will pave the way for the
dictatorship of the Antichrist). (Rev.i3:5-8)
10. The cashless society which is developing rapidly in
most nations. (Rev.i3:i6-17)
11. The appearance of number 666 as the world economic
code number. (Rev.i3:i8)
12. Reports that already people are receiving invisible, lasertatooed, 18-digit numbers on their hands. (Rev.i3:i6)
13. The World Parliament of Religions and the ecumenical pro
gress towards a one-world confederate religion. (Rev.i7:4-5)
14. The resurgence of the occult, witchcraft and the
widespread expansion of Satanism. (1 Tim 4:1, Rev.i3:4)
15. The increasing pressure and attacks on fundamental
evangelical Christians. It is the Satanic-llluminati plan to
destroy the true faith. (2 Thes. 2:7-12)
16. The mighty movement of God, on the other hand, saving
multitudes all around the world. This is undoubtedly part of
the latter rain of promise. (James 5:7)
17. The moral collapse in society. (Luke 17:26-28)
18. The saturation of society with drug addiction, alcoholism,
violence, crime and corruption. (Luke 17:26-28)
19. The fear and perplexity in the nations. (Luke 21:25-26)
20. The increase of earthquakes, cyclones, pestilences, plagues
and famines. (Luke 21:11,25)
21. The chaotic weather conditions and resultant
famines. (Luke21:ll,Rev.8:12)
The prophecies and the evidence all around point to the world
climax in the very near future. It could be any day.
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WHAT HOPE IS THERE?
The main part of this book is concerned with issuing a warning
of the coming disasters. Both Bible prophecies, and scientific
observations and concerns have been elaborate, and it has been
my intention to impress upon my readers, the fact that the Great
Tribulation is near and that there is no way the world is going to
escape it.
But in the midst of these shocking predictions, Bible prophecies,
and current happenings, there is Good News for all who will
receive it. There is hope - not a vague hope or a slim chance of
survival, but a very definite deliverance from the coming
holocaust that has been promised.
The deliverance is through the Person of Y'shua (Jesus) the
Messiah. Y'shua is coming again to deliver those who have
believed and trusted in Him. He is coming to deliver all who are
His genuine followers - those who are bom again. The Master
gave this assurance to His people:
"Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe
also in Me. In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if
it were not so, I would have told you, for I am going there to
prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for
you, 1 will come back again and receive you to Myself, so that
you also may be where I am."
(John 14:1-3)
Here He promises to receive His people, and if He was not going
to take them to Heaven, there would be no point of Him
mentioning "The Father's House."
The Apostle Paul makes it very clear:
"For the Lord Himself will descend
from heaven with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel, and with the
trumpet call of God. Then the dead
in Christ - those who died in union
with the Messiah - shall rise first.
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be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the
Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord for ever.
Therefore comfort and encourage one another with these
words.'
(1 Thessalonians 4:16-18)
When the Master summons His people, they will be literally
caught up - their bodies being changed in an instant.
"Listen! I tell you a mystery, a secret truth; we will not all fall
asleep, (that is - die); but we will all be changed, transformed in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for
the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable,
and we, also, will be transformed."
(1 Corinthians 15:51-52)
The Messiah, when speaking of the endtime events - the things
that we are seeing today, said;
"But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and
lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near."
(Luke 21:28)
The redemption referred to here, is the catching up (the event
generally called The Rapture). Paul also refers to this
deliverance as salvation.
"For God has not destined us to suffer His wrath, but to receive
salvation through our Master, Y'shua the Messiah." (1 Thes.5:9)
In the context Paul is speaking of the Day of the Lord. The day
of darkness, and says;
"But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that the Day of
YHWH should take you by surprise like a thief . . . But since
we are of the day, let us be sober and self-controlled, putting
on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope
of salvation."
(1 Thessalonians 5:4,8)
The hope of salvation, is not some vague hope that somehow we
might be saved. It is a very definite assurance that God has given
to us, that He will save us both from the Great Tribulation, and
also from the Lake of Fire.
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It is called "the hope of salvation" because it is THE
CONSTANT EXPECTATION that believers have that the
Saviour will keep His people from "the great trial" by gathering
them home - at any time. Y'shua gave a definite promise:
"Because you have kept My word - My command - to patiently
endure and persevere, I also will keep you out of the hour of
trial which is about to come upon the whole world, to try
(Revelation 3:10)
those who live on the earth."
Another promise in First Thessalonians:
"For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain
salvation through our Master, Y'shua the Messiah." (5:9)
And in the last chapter of Revelation the Master emphasises
three times ...
"'Behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed is he who lays to
heart and keeps the words of the prophecy of this book . . .
Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to
render to everyone according to what he has done ... He who
testifies to these things says, 'Yes, I am coming quickly'.
Amen. Come, Y’shua, Master, come." (Revelation 22:7,12,20)
The coming again of the Messiah, then, is a comforting hope for
true believers. For them it will not be a disappointment to leave
this world - to forgo whatever plans and ambitions we may have
had for these few fleeting years, for ahead is the glorious future
of which we can barely to begin to imagine at this time.
The apostle, Paul, expressed it this way:
"But just as it is written (in Isaiah 64:4),
NO EYE HAS SEEN, NO EAR HAS HEARD,
AND NO MAN’S HEART HAS IMAGINED
ALL THE THINGS GOD HAS PREPARED FOR
THOSE WHO LOVE HIM."
(1 Corinthians 2:9)
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WHO WILL BE DELIVERED?
In short, ALL TRUE BELIEVERS in the Anointed Saviour. I
say TRUE, because there is a type of "belief that is nothing
more than a mental assent. Some people believe in Jesus Christ
in the same way as they believe in Julius Caesar - merely
believing the historical facts about the person.
True belief is a faith that springs up from the heart. It is based on
an appreciation of who Y'shua is, of what He has already done,
and of what He is willing and able to do.
Faith is an active response to the call of the Messiah, who is no
other than the Creator. He is called ...
"Y'shua because He will save His people from their sins."
(Matthew 1:21)
"Y'shua" means "Yahwah is salvation." And the salvation He
provides is nothing less than a miraculous work of Yahwah El
Shaddai - the Almighty God. And man desperately needs that
salvation - that provision.
Y'SHUA CAME TO SAVE A RUINED RACE
Rebellion in the heavenly realm amongst certain angels long
ago, affected the whole earth and the perfect environment that
had been fashioned for humanity. That infection - rebellion, sin,
evil - was soon threatening to make this planet and its resident
race, a total ruin and a "write off." In fact, the human race,
through Adam and Eve's disobedience became depraved, and
stood defeated and condemned.
But the Creator came to deal with the problem - physically,
judicially and eternally. As we read in Scripture, the Creator
took a human garment to reveal Himself and to fulfil His plan.
He was called "the Son of Man." And He came to save the lost.
Y'shua ... "who, although existing in the form of God - being in
very nature God, did not regard equality with God something
to be grasped, but emptied Himself (of all rightful dignity),
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taking the form of a bond-servant, being made in human
likeness.
'And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled
Himself (still further) by becoming obedient to the extreme of
death, even death on a stake. Therefore (because He stooped so
low), God exalted Him to the highest place, and gave Him the
Name that is above every name, that at the Name of Y'SHUA
every knee should bow - in heaven and on earth and under the
earth -and every tongue confess that Y'shua the Messiah is
LORD (the Heavenly Master), to the glory of YHWH, God the
Father.'
(Philippians 2:6-11)
Why did Y'shua, the sinless, Anointed One, die on a Roman
execution stake like the worst criminals? It was because He had
come to seek and to save the lost. (Luke 19:10)
Y'SHUA PAID THE PENALTY
FOR THE SIN OF THE WORLD
The Messiah first provided a judicial
basis for saving men. He paid the
penalty for humanity’s enormous sin
debt.
"The wages Of Sin is death."
(Romans 6:23).
And Y'shua paid that penalty! He Himself became the Sacrificial
Lamb of God at Calvary, just as was prophesied long before by
Isaiah.
'All of us like sheep have gone astray.
Each of us has turned to his own way, but
YHWH has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him ....
From arrest and judgment He was taken away;
and as for His generation, who considered
that He was cut off out of the land of the living?
For the transgression of My people He was stricken.'
(Isaiah 53:6,8)
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The apostle Peter explained:
"For indeed the Messiah died for sins once for all, the
Righteous on behalf of the unrighteous, so that He might bring
us to God. He was put to death in the body, but was brought to
life by the Spirit."
(1 Peter 3:18)
His death on behalf of mankind was the basis of man's
forgiveness. And now it is a fact: "The blood of Y'shua His
(God's) Son, cleanses us from all sin." (1 John 1:7). Provided, of
course, that we come to Him and avail of the cleansing.
Y’SHUA IS THE GREAT HIGH PRIEST
WHO CAN RECONCILE US TO YAHWAH EL SHADDAI
The Messiah came to seek and save the lost. He became the
Lamb of God, but moreover, He was the Great High Priest who
entered into the holiest sanctuary in Heaven, sprinkling His
blood to make a way of access for men to come to God.
He poured out His own blood for the redemption of man; His
was the only blood that could provide a permanent solution to
man's sin problem; His was the only blood that could cleanse
men of their defilement and depravity.
And moreover, the blood of Y'shua is the blood that ratifies the
New Covenant which God prepared for His people - His
corporate Body. That New Covenant supersedes the Old
Covenant which came with Moses. The Old Covenant could
never save. It could only condemn to DEATH, all who broke its
Laws. But the New Covenant brings LIFE, for under its
conditions, the SPIRIT OF LIFE is implanted in the hearts of all
true believers.
And . . . "because Y'shua lives and continues for ever, He has a
permanent and unchangeable priesthood. Therefore He is also
able to save completely and for ever those who come to God
through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them."
(Hebrews 7:24-25)
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Y'SHUA IS THE RISEN AND EXALTED MASTER
WHO IS MORE THAN ABLE TO FULFIL HIS PROMISES
Y'shua the Messiah who rose again from the dead is now exalted
at the right hand of the Eternal Majesty, and He is both able and
willing to save all who come to Him just as they are - in all their
need - but with an attitude of repentance (renouncing their earlier
attitude and life of rebellion.) He will save ALL who come in
childlike faith, calling upon His Name.
"For WHOEVER
WELL CALL UPON THE NAME OF
YHWH-Y'SHVA the LORD
WILL BE SAVED."
(Joel 2:32. Romans 10:13)
The very moment a person sincerely, and with simple faith, calls
out, "Y'shua, save me!" or "Jesus, LORD, save me!", the
Almighty responds by implanting the life of His Eternal Spirit in
the believer's heart. It's a miracle. It is what is called, "the new
birth." This is the most essential thing in the world.
"Y'shua replied, This is the solemn truth I tell you; no-one can
see the kingdom of God unless he is born again1." (John 3:3)
You cannot be bom again if you by-pass the Anointed One, for
Y'shua is the Source of Life.
"Yet to all who received Him, to those who believe and trust in
His Name Yshua, He gave the right to become children of God
- children not bom of blood (of natural descent), nor of the will
of the flesh (human decision), nor of the will of man (a natural
father) but of (YHWH the Almighty) God."
(John 1:12-13)
In Y’shua, God's Anointed One, there is life - eternal life.
"For YHWH, the Almighty God so loved the world, that He
gave His only begotten (His only and unique) Son, so that
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whoever believes and trusts in Him, shall not perish, but have
eternal (everlasting) life. For God did not send the Son into the
world to judge and condemn the world; but so that the world
might be saved through Him."
(John 3:16-17)
Y'SHUA IS THE ONLY SAVIOURI
Salvation, and deliverance from the wrath to come, is available
in Y'shua (Jesus) the Messiah only.
"And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other
name under heaven that has been given among men, by which
we must be saved."
(Acts 4:12)
My dear reader, if you have never received Y'shua the Messiah
as your personal Saviour, why don't you do so now? He does not
ask for money, for self-righteousness, or self-improvement. He
asks you to trust Him. He will do the rest. He will do a miracle
in your life, changing your attitudes and setting you free from
the bondage of sin.
If you are willing, make your decision to follow the Messiah,
now! You may pray to Him, in the words of the following prayer
- or using similar words of your own, to express your decision.
Why don't you pray just where you are, right now?
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DECISION PRAYER
Heavenly Father, I come to You in the Name of
Y'SHUA (Jesus) the Messiah, to confess that I am a sinner
who has been part of the rebellion in the world. I have
sinned against Your commandments, and have gone my
own way. But I now come to You, Father, just as I am,
trusting You to save me from my sin and its penalty, and
from the wrath to come.
Forgive me, Father, for every sin I ever did. Cleanse me,
and make me a new person. Plant Your eternal life within
me, and make me a true disciple of Y’shua the Messiah.
Make me Your bom again child.
Y'shua, my loving Master, I believe in You. I believe
You died as the Lamb of God on my behalf. I believe that
You rose from the dead to be my living Saviour. I believe
You are my Great High Priest and have brought me to the
Father. I trust in You and I give myself to You. Master,
by Your grace and power, I will be Your follower from
this day on. Keep me faithful, Beloved Master, until You
come again to take me to the place You have prepared for
me.
Thank You Father for hearing my prayer. Thank You
Father for saving me. 1 thank You from the bottom of my
heart, and I worship You,
in Y'shua the Messiah's Name. Amen.
Signed............................................................. Date
Reader, if you have made this decision for the Messiah today,
would you kindly write me a note at the below address, so that I
might rejoice with, and pray for your spiritual growth. Write to,
Bro Don Stanton, Maranatha Revival Crusade
P O Box 2076, Secunderabad - 500 003, A P India
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DICTIONARY------------------------------------------------------------For the convenience of our readers, some of the less-common words used in this
issue have a ~ sign after them. These words are included in this dictionary.
ARCHIPELAGO: group of islands.
EXTERMINATE: destroy utterly, wipe out, eliminate.
ILLUMINATI CONSPIRACY: For details, see the book, "Mystery 666."
RICHTER SCALE: the most commonly used scale by which the
magnitude of earthquakes are measured, having graded steps from 1
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RICOCHETING (rikosheying): rebounding, springing back, bouncing
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YHWH: the original, Hebrew Name of the Almighty, eternal, Heavenly
Father. Also written as YHVH. Pronounced as YAHWAH or YAHWEH.
In Hebrew the Name is written as rnrr . The meaning is "the
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YAH is the short form of Yahwah, and it is the end part of the word
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This version is the result of diligently comparing the main translations of the
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American Standard, J N Darby, the New International, the Amplified, and the
Greek text - for accuracy, clarity of expression and modem English. Much
weight is placed on the Greek Textus Receptus.
The Sacred Name of YHWH is used wherever the Hebrew Name has been
used in the Old Testament. The original Hebrew Name of Yshua the Messiah
has been preferred to the hellenized and anglicized forms of our Saviour’s
Name.
Words in italics do not appear in the original Hebrew/Greek manuscripts, but
have been added (as in the A.V.) for the sake of completion of clarity, and (as
in the Amplified Version) for amplification or by way of explanation. The CPV
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used in MRC books. We may print certain Bible books in CPV, in the
future, as our Master leads.
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