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Just A Thought: Second Coming

January 5, 2014 0 comments

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Zephaniah 1:14 "The great day of the Lord is near - near and coming quickly. The cry on the day of the Lord is bitter; the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry."


Zephaniah 1:18  "Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the day of the Lord’s wrath.” In the fire of his jealousy the whole earth will be consumed, for he will make a sudden end of all who live on the earth."


Zephaniah 2:2-3  "Before the decree is issued, Or the day passes like windblown chaff, Before the Lord's fierce anger comes upon you, Before the day of the Lord's wrath comes upon you! Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of the Lord's anger."


In the 1883, Captain Sampson of the British navy witnessed one of the greatest volcanic eruptions in history which took place in Indonesia. The eruption was so powerful that its shock waves traveled around the world seven times. The volcano shot miles of debris into the atmosphere which fell to earth as far away as Madagascar - over 2000 miles distance. Sampson wrote in the ship's log: "I am writing this blind in pitch darkness. We are under continual rain of pumice-stone and dust. So violent are the explosions that the   ear-drums of over half my crew have been shattered … I am convinced that the Day of Judgment has come."


These men witnessed something extraordinary, and it caused them to ask the inevitable question - Is this the end? Deafened by the massive explosions, and blinded by the clouds of smoke and ash - to them it must have been as if the sun had become like sackcloth! Did this experience change their lives? Were they now powerfully aware of how fragile life is? Did they suddenly begin to examine what they had done with their lives?


Christians need to recognize that eruptions are already taking place, and these are the Lord's warnings to this sleeping world; warnings that He’s coming! We are privileged to be participants in the most extraordinary times as the end of this age draws near. It’s a special time and God is looking for people who are awake, who are wise, who understand the signs of the times, and who know Him … so they can glorify Him and “shine like stars in a darkening world”  Will you be one of them?

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