Signs of God's Coming

[Redeeming Love]

There has been so much that has happened in the past six months that make me know that God is so very soon to come. Did you know that there are earthquakes happening everyday? The earthquake that happened in Haiti actually shook the entire world and moved the earth of its axis...effectively shortening the length of the day. Can you believe that???!!! God's Word is being fulfilled everyday. I just want to be ready. We need to keep letting people know that God is soon to come.

God is pouring out His Spirit and signs of His coming are clear. Check out this video too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17n3H8R20fg

[Sam]

when you speak of signs of God's coming,

what do you mean by coming?

the rapture?
or His return to earth?

If the "rapture" is a surprise coming, why are there signs that will precede it?

[Redeeming Love]

I'm referring to the Rapture. Some people would be surprised to know that I don't believe the rapture will be altogether a surprise event. Jesus says that no man knoweth the day or the hour but He never said that we wouldn't know the season. That's why He told His disciples that when you see these things look up for your redemption draweth nigh.

But even if someone doesn't believe in the rapture per se they'd have to admit that in some way the signs are evident that judgement is about to fall and is even beginning to happen now, after which I believe most people believe that Jesus will be returning to earth.

But I believe that the Bible says that His Church will be kept from the worst of the destruction that is to come

[Hoovie]

I believe it has been documented that earthquakes are actually decreasing.... hmmm... if true, what would this mean?

[Redeeming Love]

Actually the numbers of earthquakes are steadily increasing overall decade by decade. If you look at it year by year, you'll have a year that spikes and then one or two years that there aren't as many earthquakes as it was that one year. But then it'll spike again and it never goes back down to what our levels used to be. It gradually and steadily increases. I'll have to ask her what the link is but she saw this chart of the seismographic activity in the past three decades. She said that the pattern actually resembles that of labor contractions. "For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. " Travailing is usually used in reference to a woman in labor... I find this whole time period exciting and sorrowful. Exciting because it means that my Saviour is coming. Sorrowful because there are so many out there who don't know God's love

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Redeeming Love

Actually the numbers of earthquakes are steadily increasing overall decade by decade. If you look at it year by year, you'll have a year that spikes and then one or two years that there aren't as many earthquakes as it was that one year. But then it'll spike again and it never goes back down to what our levels used to be. It gradually and steadily increases. I'll have to ask her what the link is but she saw this chart of the seismographic activity in the past three decades. She said that the pattern actually resembles that of labor contractions. "For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. " Travailing is usually used in reference to a woman in labor... I find this whole time period exciting and sorrowful. Exciting because it means that my Saviour is coming. Sorrowful because there are so many out there who don't know God's love

From the USGS site:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...ar/eqstats.php

The attached graph covers just the years 2000 - 2009. There are more charts as well at this site. To me, it looks like random chaos. There are "spikes" in smaller quakes leading up to a larger quake, and that is followed by after shocks as things in the region start to settle down.

World wide, I can discern no pattern here other than the fact that most quakes happen around deep sea trenches where the older sea floor is subducting beneath a continental plate.

There are also rifts in the continental plates where you will have swarms of earthquake activity, such as Nevada, the San Luis Valley in Colorado and New Mexico and the New Madrid fault in the Missouri and Ohio River basins.

[Hoovie]

Interesting Video.

[SRM]

Jesus said the earthquakes were a sign leading up to the Tribulation and he very precisely told his disciples..when YOU shall see...not they that see..his audience was his disciples and He was telling THEM things THEY would see in THEIR lifetime..so many do not grasp this simple truth..

[shag]

Originally Posted by SRM

Jesus said the earthquakes were a sign leading up to the Tribulation and he very precisely told his disciples..when YOU shall see...not they that see..his audience was his disciples and He was telling THEM things THEY would see in THEIR lifetime..so many do not grasp this simple truth..

Yep. Just like when He told them to pray that their flights(they did go on to escape wrath & flee to Pella) not be in the winter, or on the sabbath.

Or even when He told them they would be persecuted in the synagogues.



Per the video song, according to scripture John the baptist was the only voice in the wilderness crying "prepare ye the way of the Lord". I'm not sure why we have all these songs now that say we are the ones fullfilling that prophesy. And John said the Kingdom was at hand then, which means its already been here for a long time.
I did think the clouds looking like 2 eyes was pretty cool.

[helen_febus]

Originally Posted by SRM

Jesus said the earthquakes were a sign leading up to the Tribulation and he very precisely told his disciples..when YOU shall see...not they that see..his audience was his disciples and He was telling THEM things THEY would see in THEIR lifetime..so many do not grasp this simple truth..

This is so True!


God Bless,


Helen Febus