Friday, January 15, 2010

Earthquakes

And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. --Luke 21:11

And there were voices, and thunders and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. ...And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. --Revelation 16:18, 20

The devastation wrought by the recent earthquake is breathtaking. The power of God is so evident. It is hard to believe that some people will not be humbled by God's power manifested, but will rather blaspheme Him.

As great as the earthquakes in divers places are now, according to Revelation, they pale in comparison to the final earthquake that will shake the earth in the last days.

Yet this truth remains and will continue to comfort us, "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed,and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. ." --Psalm 46:1-3