TSUNAMI – A PREVIEW OF COMING ATTRACTIONS – PART 2
Hours of Destruction as compared to 1260 days of Tribulation Destruction
October 1, 2009
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Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Typhoons have raked havoc across southeastern Asia. The death toll is steadily rising with each new report.
Begin Archive Special Prophecy Update Number 205A
SPECIAL PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 205A
January 2, 2005
Tribulation Period Tsunamis and the Earth’s Isostasy Problem!
For quite a while the word “isostasy” did not appear in dictionaries because it was geological jargon that only a geologist would use among associates in the discipline.
My computer spelling check system still puts a red line under it to let me know it does not exist. During the tsunami catastrophe one of the many pastors that called me heard me use “isostasy” in our conversation, so I defined it for him, but advised him he would not find it in any dictionary. Just to make sure I checked in a new dictionary, “The New Merriam-Webster Dictionary,” and lo and behold, there it was big as life.
It gave the following definition: “A general equilibrium in the earth’s crust maintained by the gravity induced flow of deep rock.” I first heard the word used in a Physical Geology class I had at Arkansas Tech University in the seventies and, by the time I had graduated and taken post graduate geological courses, I became convinced that many prophetically directed Bible verses indicated the isostasy of the earth was going to be put in a state of equilibrium confusion by the weight shifting of water and land through earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis, which would be occurring like never before during the latter portion of the tribulation period.
You will find ample evidence of this in my last book, “Birth Pangs from the Bottomless Pit,” and on this Web Site in the last three Prophecy Updates in our Archives, which will refer you to many o
thers in our Birth Pang and Prophecy Update Archives. I have been teaching this for 30 years, and my last book was written more than 20 years ago, so I am not a Johnnie-come-lately, who has suddenly decided to use the tsunami to bring a new idea to the prophetic stew of our age.
I have taught in “Tectonic Chaos,” “Tribulation Triad,” “The Bottomless Pit,” and “Birth Pangs from the Bottomless Pit” that, according to Scripture, the great tribulation period was going to be dominated by great earthquakes and humongous volcanic eruptions along
the thousands of miles of tectonic plate boundaries, and tsunamis that would rake the coastlines of all nations. I am certain the horrific events described vividly by all the prophets from Amos, Joel, and Isaiah in the Old Testament to John’s closing book of Revelation in the New Testament, are visions of geologically generated phenomena. I am also certain that God, not man with his weapons of mass destruction, will produce the bulk of the destruction by his own power released through his own creation, the earth itself. The Scriptures which follow are just a few of the many exposited on in all my books.
Matthew 24:21,22 – For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. [22] And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
Daniel 12:1 – And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, EVERY ONE that shall be FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK.
Malachi 3:16 to 4:3 – Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and A BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE WAS WRITTEN before him FOR THEM that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. [17] And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
[18] Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. [1] For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. [2] But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. [3] And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.
Luke 21:25-28 – And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; [26] Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. [27] And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. [28] And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
My great comfort in all this is found in Paul’s letter to the church at Ephesus concerning redemption.
Ephesians 4:30 – And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Ashamedly, I confess that the number of times I have grieved him since I was born again 60 years ago may be approaching a million, and the number of times I have confessed my sins is in the same ballpark.
I John 1:8,9 – If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. [9] If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
But in spite of what a wretched man I am in the flesh, I rejoice continually because I know I will be delivered from this body of death when my sealed soul leaves it, since it has been eternally passed from death to life by a one time sacrifice of Jesus, saved to the uttermost by his grace and, additionally, I also have the promise that even this old sinful fleshly nature that daily plagues me, will also be changed at the first resurrection. Paul asks a question in verse 24 below, and then answers in for us in verse 25, for which I thank God, and rejoice daily it is the truth of God in Christ Jesus.
Romans 7:14,23-25 – For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. [23] But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. [24] O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? [25] I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
John 5:24 – Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, HATH everlasting life, and SHALL NOT come into condemnation; but IS PASSED from death unto life.
Hebrews 7:24,25 – But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. [25] Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God BY him, SEEING he EVER liveth to make intercession for them.
I Corinthians 15:50-52 – Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. [51] Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, [52] In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Begin Excerpt from Khaleej Times Online via World News
Hours of Death and Devastation
30 September 2009, 10:56 PM
AN undersea quake churned up towering tsunamis in the Pacific, powerful tremors shook Indonesia, while Typhoon Ketsana cut a fierce swathe into Cambodia in long hours of death and destruction across the world.
Tsunamis slammed into the Samoan islands on Tuesday, killing at least 113 people, as they wiped out entire villages and flattened tourist resorts, AFP reports from Samoan capital Apia.
Monster waves that witnesses and officials said measured between three and 7.5 metres high pounded the remote Pacific islands of Samoa and Western Samoa after an 8.0-magnitude undersea quake struck in the early morning.
The tsunamis swept across the Pacific, battering Samoa where hospital workers said it killed at least 84 people, American Samoa where it felled 22, and Tonga, where at least seven people died.
Officials in American Samoa, about 100 kilometers from Samoa, said the death toll of 22 was expected to climb. “It could take a week or so before we know the full extent,” Michael Sala, Homeland Security director in American Samoa.
While the quake toppled buildings and sent thousands fleeing to high ground as the tsunami approached, many others were hit by the walls of water that swept people and cars out to sea and obliterated coastal settlements.
As Australia, New Zealand and the United States led with immediate pledges of assistance, scores more people were missing feared dead in the chaos and despair that the twin disaster left in its wake.
Later, a powerful earthquake struck off the city of Padang on Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Wednesday, killing at least 78 people and trapping thousands under rubble, Reuters reports from Padang.
At least 78 people had been killed and “thousands of people are trapped in the rubble of buildings” in the city of 900,000 people, Rustam Pakaya, head of the health ministry’s disaster centre in Jakarta, said.
The 7.6 magnitude quake was felt around the region, with some high-rise buildings in Singapore, 440 km to the northeast, evacuating staff. Office buildings also shook in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.
Padang, the capital of Indonesia’s West Sumatra province, sits on one of the world’s most active fault lines along the “Ring of Fire” where the Indo-Australia plate grinds against the Eurasia plate to create regular tremors and sometimes quakes.
Meanwhile, Typhoon Ketsana has killed at least 11 people in northeastern and central Cambodia, police and government officials said on Wednesday, after the storm left another 55 dead in Vietnam, AFP reports from Phnom Penh.
“At least nine people were crushed last night when their houses fell down,” said Chea Cheat of the Red Cross office in central Kampong Thom province. Two died in overnight storms in northeast Cambodia and 35 injured in the central region, officials said.
Officials added that at least 100 houses in the province were completely destroyed and over 400 others were damaged Tuesday amid rain and floods.
The storm packed winds of up to 145 kilometres per hour when it hit central Cambodia Tuesday evening, said Ly Thuch, deputy chief of the National Committee for Disaster Management.
Seth Vannareth, director of Cambodia’s meteorology department, said as the storm moved towards capital Laos, “It will not be very strong anymore.”
Began Excerpt from THE TIMES OF INDIA
Typhoon Ketsana toll touches 331
AFP 1 October 2009, 12:56am IST
HOI AN (VIETNAM): Typhoon Ketsana extended its destructive rampage through Southeast Asia on Wednesday, blowing away whole villages in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos as the regional death toll rose to 331.
Ketsana killed 246 people in the Philippines while still a weaker tropical storm, before strengthening over the South China Sea and smashing into Vietnam on Tuesday, leaving another 74 dead from flooding and landslides. It moved inland to lash Cambodia overnight, killing 11 more people, and caused meter-high floods in Laos on Wednesday.
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