In
the early hours this morning at approximately 3:20 am, a 6.0 magnitude earthquake
rattled Northern California near Napa
Valley Valparaiso ,
Chile Iceland , a
series of earthquakes have been recorded since Friday, while in Iran the United States Geological Survey reports
an earthquake occurred today, along with the California
earthquake, near the city of Dezful Iran
Why
are we seeing so many earthquakes across the earth and does it have anything to
do with the coming of the Lord? Many columnists, bloggers and the types, say
that according to their research that the earth is not experiencing more
earthquakes today compared to years ago, but that we are just getting more
media coverage on seismic activity than we were back then. According to the United
States Geological Survey there are several million earthquakes that occur over
the breadth of the earth every year (2). Many researchers believe that the
number and frequency of earthquakes have not increased but only their ability
to record them, this because of the number of seismograph stations that have
been built over the last few decades.
When
Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives with the apostles and taught them concerning the
signs that would precede the catching away of the church (Matt.24:4-8, 36-51;
25:1-13; 1Thess.4:16-17), and the signs that would precede his coming back to
the earth to redeem the nation of Israel (Matt.24:4-31, 32-34; Rev.19:11-21;
Dan.9:24-27), he said that prior to these two glorious events that there would
be “earthquakes in various places” (Matt.24:7d, HNV), which agrees with the seismologist
reports that earthquakes are occurring all over this planet.
When
Jesus revealed the accuracy of this sign to the apostles was there earthquakes
occurring in various places then, were they experiencing seismic activity from
one end of the globe to the other? There is no way of knowing the number and
frequency of earthquakes in the apostles time because we had no way of measuring
seismic activity back then, the technology did not exist, that was almost two thousand
years ago, and if there were earthquakes occurring in various places when Jesus
gave this prediction why then did he feel the need to mention, via the
prophetic word, that there would be earthquakes in various places in these
final days of the church age? May I suggest that the reason why the Christ
prophesied that there would be earthquakes all over the face of the earth in
this particular generation, as one of the signs that the rapture of the church
is ready to occur, and to follow after that is his coming back to the earth to
rescue the nation of Israel from her enemies, is because he foreknew that the
technology would exist that is recording the millions of tremors all over the
earth today, to give man the opportunity to believe that he can predict the
future, because he is the only one who can see the beginning from the end: “Remember
the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and
there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient
times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I
will do all my pleasure” (Isa.46:9-10, KJV).
It
does not make any difference how many earthquakes the people of AD 32 were
experiencing, because Jesus was not concerned of how many earthquakes they were
experiencing but how many earthquakes this generation would be experiencing,
which is, they are occurring in various places, from one end of the earth to
the other.
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