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Earthquakes, Calamities & Judgments in the end times!
by Danny Steyne
I couldn't help but notice the posts regarding the "earthquake judgment"... maybe I missed an original post, and I hope I am responding with wisdom and not ignorance, but one of the things that has come up over and over again in the Body has been the tendancy to move towards an "Old Testament" prophetic model, rather than a New Testament one. Jesus operated out of a New Testament model... and as a result the warnings about the destruction of Jerusalem would come first with specific signs and an ability for the righteous (or those who heard) to flee. Apparent judgments that offer no such warnings really are suspect, because they simply produce fear. God authors nothing with random fear.
Much of what occurs in the earth is simply the result of living in a fallen world. Earthquakes, eruptions, wrecks, etc.... are all a part of living in a fallen world... indeed, even death is a result of that. But we MUST always look to the basis of what it was that Jesus came to bring. Remember it was Jesus who said He "didn't come into the world to condemn the world, but that the world would be saved" .... He is not willing that ANY should perish. If we operate out of the "WILL" of God rather than judgment, we find that it must evoke a response in believers, something that would actually make us change and reach our world and not simply talk about how God is going to judge it.
We have been given the most formiddable answer to reach the world... it's called the Gospel. But we so often would rather picket, sign petitions, and generate fear to evoke some sort of "righteous anger" to alleviate our inadequacy at reaching our world.
Last year I was in Virginia Beach (April 2007).... I specifically remember standing in front of a woman who is an incredible lover of Jesus and saying, "Laura, this year there will be NO hurricanes that will hit the Virginia coastline anywhere, because Jesus loves you!" In early October Laura called me to tell me about a "prophetic word" that was indicating severe judgment to the area through a hurricane that would come within weeks. The word was given by a well known leader in the area. After I listened to her and the word, I offered a "curt" reply. "It's not going to happen Laura, no way!" The word is riddled with producing fear in the Christian community and besides, God loves you and told me that wouldn't happen! No hurricanes hit the Virginia coastline in 2007 (something that is fairly rare).
When Katrina hit New Orleans, MANY said it was judgment. In fact what Jesus told me was that He was NOT in the calamity, but rather in the remedy. To this day we are witnessing a horrible catastrophic event that hit our nation and plummeted part of it into an almost third world existence in parts, and the church knows little of it. We have precious friends who are busy working down there to bring about "Jesus" there... rather than simply shaking their heads and saying "tsk, tsk... God judged the place!" They have family there... as many of us have friends and family in many other parts of the world.
It's easy to prophecy a catastrophe... it's quite something else to prophecy a remedy!
A few years ago the Lord gave me a word regarding an earthquake that would occur from San Diego through the Pacific Northwest. The word didn't come as a result of a vision or dream, it was a personal, tangible visitation with Jesus that lasted several hours. I will include that word here in part (it was released on Elijah List)... some recently have spoken to me regarding that word, wondering what I thought of it now. They ask as if maybe I didn't hear right. I don't really have to question it... it may not happen for several years. Jesus in mercy released a word regarding the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem in 33AD that didn't take place till 70AD. There were specifics given to let people escape... "when you see the armies surrounding Jerusalem... get up... leave right then!!!" When Jerusalem was surrounded by armies... the Romans gave 2 days for the people to leave unharmed... after that, a brutal slaughter ensued.... but it was almost 40 years later! Word had to get out so that people knew when to flee!
FROM THE POST ON ELIJAH LIST:
The Lord Is Not In The Catastrophe But In The Remedy
In October 2005, during a visitation with the Lord in Coeur d’Alene Idaho the Lord indicated to me several cataclysmic events in the near future, although not necessarily specific to 2006. He referred me to (1 Kings 19:11-13)
So He said, "Go forth, and stand on the mountain before the LORD." And behold, the LORD was passing by! And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. {12} And after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of a gentle blowing. {13} And it came about when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice came to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
The indicators are “wind, earthquake, and fire… and then a gentle blowing.” The events which will be as dramatic as Katrina was in 2005 will be through wind (like hurricanes & tornadoes), earthquake (I believe this will be from San Diego through the Pacific Northwest with a precursor warning 6.49 quake, followed by a 8.7 quake within days… there seemed to be some indication of a smaller quake in the New England states as well, although not nearly as catostrophic), fire (like meteors, electrical surges, and fire enhanced by dry conditions, I believe one location is Chicago), and finally the gentle blowing.
The Lord was not and is not in the wind, the earthquake, or the fire. That is important for believers to understand or we will fall into judging. Jeremiah 29:11 says “For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” The Lord is in the “gentle blowing” which can also be translated “a peaceful sound of a proclaiming thunder.” The Lord is in the final move… it is the Voice of God flowing through the lives of His people. It is the message of (Romans 10:14-18)
How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? {15} And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" {16} But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our message?" {17} Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ. {18} But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did: "Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world."
The message (The Voice... the Gentle Blowing) is us… God’s people. The purpose of God dealing with Elijah in this way was so that he would not miss his visitation. (Luke 19:44) “…you did not recognize the time of your visitation." The day of visitation is the day where the Lord releases His Glory through His Church… where we become the resource to the earth of salvation, because we carry the source, who is God, in our lives! (1 Peter 2:12)
Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may on account of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Elijah failed to accomplish all that God had given him to do and the mantle passed in double portion to Elisha. The Elisha generation is where we are now. It is a generation that has heard the reports of God’s goodness and power but who are also willing to step under that mantle and accomplish the greater works of God as an indicator to this world that God is True and all men are liars (Romans 3:4).
After events occur… the “Voice” will go forth in “Faith”. The first ones into places that have been devastated will be the believers who will carry the Grace and Mercy of God with the evidence of His Power. Although the tragedy will be great … there will be many who will be saved and even raised from the dead out of these cataclysmic events. It truly will be The Churches finest hour. Indication was given to me that places that now honored the ministry of the Holy Spirit’s power will remain intact to become places of refuge during those events. Other places will be destroyed where there was a focus on keeping people happy, rather than making a resting place for God! (Isaiah 66:1) Thus says the LORD, "Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool. Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest?"
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