You keep hearing it. God's wrath is falling.This event or that event is God's wrath.We will suffer just like Israel in the Old Testament. And it's coming from...Christians
I have been called out for saying Satan can drive weather. He is the prince of the air after all, god of this age.. And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. (Ephesians 2:1-3) So let's take a look at angels, shall we? Satan is an angelic being, after all. Sodom and Gomorrah Genesis 19:12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: 13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it. 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law. 15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. 16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. 18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: 19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: 20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. 21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. 23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. 24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. 26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. 27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord: 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. 29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. The angel tells Lot he will not destroy the city, God's will accomplished But the agent was angels, the fire and brimstone apparently natural substances which created a huge fire.Interestingly, it was 2 angels, .. 2 witnesses, to the depravity of Sodom. God always sends two, Angels of Revelation Specifically, those with the power to harm Rev. 7: 1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. 2 Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: 3 “Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.” 4 Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel. They hold back the winds. That's literally the power of the air .I am not sure of the context here. these probably are fallen angels, Four are bound at the Euphrates to lead a huge army to destroy 1/3 of mankind. binding implies judgment. those beings are fallen. The destructive nature of these angels implies the same, but as God sent an angel to destroy the firstborns of Egypt, I am not sure what "team" they are on.. Holy or fallen, all serve the will of God. I take comfort in that. Satan is the prince of the power of air. He is a cherubim. the leader of the 1/3 who fell. We do not know what rank or type of angel can hold back the winds. ( with a caveat, there are limits as to what God allows. ) My point is, we should not ascribe every natural disaster to God's wrath Luke 13 1There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. the storm, when Jesus calmed the sea. Mark 4:35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. 36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. 37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. 38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? 39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? Have you not wondered why fishermen were so afraid of a storm? What could rouse such angst that men used to the ways of the sea would be afraid? in Jonah's case, God directly used the sea to threaten to ship... the sailors tossed him overboard, as he instructed,.He was not willing for those men to perish because of him. IN this case, Jesus is awoken and simply say s :stop," and the winds and seas obey Him,He said the disciples should have trusted him When it says they feared Him think awe, godly fear.unlike their fear of the storm. Did Satan think he could increase the (natural) storm and drown Jesus? perhaps.. I leave it as food for thought. Now, about those fires raging in Australia and California . We have good proof that on both cases, no clear cutting was done, the cry being "leave nature alone!" more fuel means bigger fires, in those places where brush is cleared which includes most of the western states fires are not a threat.They were when I was a child, but the US Forestry Service does a good job . Less grazing, as livestock animals were removed from these areas, natural brush removal did not occur I could point out that the Reagan Library uses goats. seems too simple, but it works. There were terrible fires in Malibu a few years ago, same thing, you could not remove the brush to protect the habitat of the kangaroo rat. The officials know and do not care it seems. You had humans in both places, setting fires, who knows why, watching the world burn appeals to some people and that, my friends is direct human evil. Loss of human life has been kept to a minimum. That is God's hand in action I think. And He saved the unsaved as well as the saved. This is the age of Grace, Jesus paid the price for all sin.All can come to Him who are willing.He says He is storing up wrath. I believe him, God's only covenant people, Israel, has experienced direct wrath and direct grace from God. God used a moment of shame and weakness, as the world learned what the Nazi's had done, to return them to their land, And the world has been trying to take back that moment of weakness ever since.I would say God had directly moved to protect Israel over the past generation, even though the country is secular. That means His wrath can fall at any time, on the enemies of Israel, I cannot know the mind of God I am not God,I am not saying God CAN'T pour out wrath. Just that we don;t always know the reasons for things. Romans 2 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; Rev.16:1T Then I heard a loud voice from the temple, saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God. This leads to some uncomfortable thoughts. We have caused all of our own problems for 2000 years? the world has, since the garden, been controlled by Satan. Principalities and powers stand in every place of power. Evil is man's nature.It's hard to face, especially with the lukewarm preaching and teaching today, but we are literally lost without Jesus. The natural world has rules,. Science seeks to understand those rules. a heavily volcanic planet with shifting major winds and an elliptical circuit around the sun.Since the Fall, it's not a safe planet. We know as troubles increase, that these are birth pangs. the spiritual state of people (as in mankind, the whole of it) is as bad as the weather reports.It's going to be rough ride, even before the 7 years of the Tribulation. I raise these questions because, trouble indeed starts at the door of the church ( the Body of Christ) and if we cannot stand who can? those lost, deluded, unable to think sanely unsaved? And we spend our time" straightening everyone else out " about theology. Basics. Preach and teach, make disciples of all men ( as in, taught the word of God not just saying the sinner's prayer) Be salt and light.Love God with all your heart. You were chosen to live in this generation, with prophecy being fulfilled, and the thoughts of mankind as rebellious and anti-God as Babylon itself ( Nimrod). But God is bringing about His Kingdom! Whatever persecution we go through, we have an eternal home.A promise to escape wrath. Maranatha! |
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