Large quake after large quake after large quake. Earthquakes are signature judgement used by the Lord in Revelation. He is revealing Himself and using earthquakes as punctuation marks to emphasize His coming. Don't take my word for it you can find it in the Bible:
Isaiah 29:6 Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with ...
| New American Standard Bible (©1995) From the LORD of hosts you will be punished with thunder and earthquake and loud noise (brother d comment: strange noises heard all over the world...), With whirlwind and tempest and the ... //biblos.com/isaiah/29-6.htm - 39k |
Matthew 28:2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the ...
| New American Standard Bible (©1995) And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the ... //biblos.com/matthew/28-2.htm - 51k |
Revelation 16:18 And there were voices, and thunders, and ...
| New American Standard Bible (©1995) And there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was a great earthquake, such as there had ... //biblos.com/revelation/16-18.htm - 56k |
Acts 16:26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the ...
| New American Standard Bible (©1995) and suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken; and immediately all ... //biblos.com/acts/16-26.htm - 54k |
Revelation 11:13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake ...
| New American Standard Bible (©1995) And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; seven thousand people were killed in the ... //biblos.com/revelation/11-13.htm - 60k |
Revelation 6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal ...
| New American Standard Bible (©1995) I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair ... //biblos.com/revelation/6-12.htm - 54k |
Matthew 27:54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him ...
| New American Standard Bible (©1995) Now the centurion, and those who were with him keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that ... //biblos.com/matthew/27-54.htm - 55k |
Revelation 8:5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with ...
| ... and filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it to the earth; and there followed peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an earthquake. .. |
The criticism of watching for the rapture continues to mount. All kinds of excuses are used as to why we should not watch for the Lord's return. What happens when and if the Lord does not return for us when this 77 day watch is over? There are some ridiculous mockers out there who say "you will lose your faith." That kind of statement tells me alot about their faith (or lack of it) and nothing about where I stand with the Lord. We were told to watch for the Lord's return, period. Not start watching at some date, not stop watching on some date, watch period that means each and every day until the Lord shows up.
So, back to the question, what happens when 77 days are over and maybe the Lord has not called us up? Duh, we continue to watch. How hard is it to understand "watch?" That's not my command, that is the Lord's command to us. If we refuse to watch like many do today, the Lord will come like a thief and catch those not watching unprepared. Again, not my words:
| ... repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. |
Mark 13:35 "Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the ...
| ... Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning; ... //bible.cc/mark/13-35.htm - 17k |
Matthew 25:13 "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the ...
| ... Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour. ... Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. ... //bible.cc/matthew/25-13.htm - 15k |
Matthew 24:42 "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on ...
| ... Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. ... Watch therefore: for you know not what hour your Lord does come. ... //bible.cc/matthew/24-42.htm - 15k |
Luke 21:36 Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able ...
| ... Watch therefore, praying at every season, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are about to come to pass, and to stand before the |
How many times does the Lord have to say it before people understand? They make excuses why not to watch right now. "Oh, He's talking about this time, no that time, no some other time!" Wrong, He is talking about now. Do you see any qualifying words around "watch?" I don't, and if the Lord gave us no starting date when to start watching, then when does He mean to watch? Now.
I have yet to read or hear an argument that even comes close to approach the supremacy of watching and being ready for the Lord's return each and every day. We might not live to see the rapture, who knows how many days have been appointed for each of us? Then what. Whether we die out or rapture out the requirement stays the same, we must be ready today to meet the Lord. There is no way around this except for insanity, blindness or purposeful deception.
The signs of the Lords return are all around us. No man knows the day or the hour but perhaps we may be alerted to the season. Could we be living in the season of the Lord's return. Maybe so. Then what? Then we must be ready to stand before Him and we should pray that we may be counted worthy to escape all thats about to happen, that we may be kept from the hour of trial that will come upon the entire world. We should pray that the Lord will rescue us since He knows how to rescue righteous men from temptations/testing/tribulation.
| if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials= ( peirasmou- an experiment, a trial, temptation) and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment. |
Keep the faith. May the love, grace, peace and mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ be upon us.
