DISASTERS! DISASTERS!! AND MORE DISASTERS WORLDWIDE!! WHAT DO THEY MEAN??

Disasters are nothing new!! Since the time of the global flood in the days of Noah, four thousand years ago, there have always been disasters of one kind or another throughout the centuries. In recent years there has been an escalation of severe disasters in many lands. These disasters include tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes; storms, hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons, tornadoes, floods, mudslides, fires and famines. There have also been wars and terrorist attacks, including terror attacks in the USA, England, Spain, Russia and Mali. Likewise, attacks on Christians because of their faith in Yahushua Ha Mashiach, have escalated in many lands.

Since the end of 2004 the disasters have increased as well as their severity. These include the tsunami in South East Asia in 2004, Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita in the Gulf States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Alabama in 2005; multiple destructive tornadoes in the USA and some other countries; severe fires in Greece and some North African countries, severe winters in many countries, including the USA, China and Europe and the terrible economic downturn, credit crunch accompanied by the financial miseries, loss of employment, lack of jobs and loss of homes for many around the world.

Since the Year 2010 began, the disasters around the world have been on an unprecedented level!! There have been numerous earthquakes, including the severe earthquake in Haiti. The volcano in Iceland which crippled the aviation industry for sometime, adding to the economic crises in the aviation industry. In the Gulf of Mexico there was the greatest oil spill that was ever known, along with the deaths of those on the rig and terrible consequences for the peoples of the Gulf States and the ecology. The spill has had a heavy financial toll on the British Petroleum Company and has cost them at least $8 billion. There have been multiple tornadoes, storms, hurricanes, floods, mudslides and severe heat waves and fires in many countries. There have been the giant sinkholes in some countries, including China and Guatemala where some have appeared on roads, causing many vehicles to fall in and lives to be lost. In addition, there are the severe famines in Niger and the Sudan which have led to a humanitarian crisis in those countries.

The disasters are great, very great. Recent news are telling of what many countries are experiencing. These include the severe heat waves and multiple fires in Russia; the devastating floods and landslides in China and parts of North Korea and South Korea, Guatemala, Victoria in Australia, earthquake in New Zealand and the eruption of the volcano in Indonesia.

The disasters in China are severe as parts of the country experience earthquakes, heavy rains, flooding, land and mud slides and cyclones. Many have died as a result and hundreds of thousands of people have had to be moved from their homes to places of safety.

Severe floods have also affected other countries including parts of Europe, North and South Korea, Victoria in Australia, parts of India, the Sudan, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru and Pakistan. However, the flood disaster in Pakistan is far greater than all the other countries due to the destructive monsoon floods which have gone the full length of the country. The floods in Pakistan have affected at least a quarter of the country from the north to the south, as the follow the course of the Swat and Indus Rivers. The disaster is likened to a “slow tsunami” and is the greatest and longest disaster in recorded history. Its severity of the disaster is said to be worse than all the major disasters of recent years put together. Thus the tsunami in SE Asia in 2004, the earthquake in Haiti, the terrorist bombings on Nine Eleven, 2001, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, and the great oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in the USA, cannot be compared to the tragedy and calamity due to those devastating floods in Pakistan. Those floods which continue to reek havoc as the monsoon continues. These floods in Pakistan have caused millions of people to be homeless and totally destitute and miserable. Many have lost their lives and continue to do so as more and more towns and cities are flooded. The final death toll from more drowning, exposure, hunger, malnutrition and diseases will be great.

In the short term, the financial cost of these severe and destructive disasters around the world, both to those who have lost everything and the emergency aid to the victims is great. In the long term, it will amount to trillions of Dollars and other currencies to care and help the victims (who survive) rebuild their lives, re-establish the economies; rebuild the infrastructures of the countries; rebuild homes, schools, hospitals, etc.

WHY ARE THESE GREAT DISISTERS HAPPENING??

The disasters have escalated around the world both in frequency and severity. Many people are concerned and these questions arise in the minds of many:
• What are the reasons for all these great disasters around the world at this time?
• Will these great disasters come to an end?

In order to give an answer, it is important to turn to the Word of Elohim Yahweh, the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac and Israel. At least three thousand five hundred years ago, the prophet Daniel wrote:

“. . . there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book [book of life]. 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt”. Daniel 12: 1,2.

While Yahushua Ha Mashiach was upon the earth, His disciples asked Him:

“…what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?”

In reply, He told them:

“Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come”. Matthew 24: 4-14.

Concerning the sign of Yahushua’s coming, and of the end of the world, He also said:

“10 . . . Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: 11 and great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. . . . 25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26 men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh”. Luke 21: 10, 11, 25-28.

WE ARE LIVING IN THE TIME PRIOR TO YAHUSHUA’S RETURN !!

We are now living in the time when Yahushua, our Saviour, will return. It is the time described in Matthew Chapter Twenty Four and verse three as “the end of the world”. All the signs which Yahushua told us would take place prior to His return are now upon the world. Therefore, the great disasters which are occurring around the world are the fulfilment of Scriptures in these end times!!

In reply to the next question:
• Will these great disasters come to an end?

In order to give an answer to this question we must go to Yahweh's Word, which says:

“…there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book [the book of life].” Daniel 12:1.

Therefore, the answer to the question: "Will these great disasters come to an end?" is: NO!! The disasters now upon the world WILL NOT STOP. Instead, there will be greater and more frequent and intense disasters as the coming of Yahushua gets closer. No where in the world will be spared or escape their destruction. Religious tensions will increase and intensify and many of the followers of Yahushua will be persecuted and martyred. THIS IS THE “TIME OF TROUBLE” AND THE FULFIMENT OF THE PROPHECIES FOR THE TIME OF THE END!!

In addition to the Time of Trouble, which is prophesied in Daniel Chapter Twelve, Yahushua tells us in Luke 21, the things this world would experience prior to His return. Listed among them is the KEY SIGN of His return. That KEY SIGN is the Old City of East Jerusalem which is recorded in Luke 12: 24:

“. . . Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled”.

For almost Two thousand years, the City of Old Jerusalem, the City of King David, was under Gentile rule. During the Six Day War in 1967, when the Arabic nations came against Israel to “drive her into the sea”, as they boasted; and when all the western nations, including the USA, deserted her and left her to be wiped from the face of the earth, Yahweh, the Elohim of angels armies, fought for the fledging nation of Israel and gave back to her some of the lands He gave to her ancestors three thousand years ago. Among the lands He restored to her was the Old City of East Jerusalem. Thus according the Yahushua’s prophecy, the rule of Gentile nations over the Old City of East Jerusalem came to an end in 1967.

Since the Six Day War, the Road Map was drawn up for lands to be given back to the Arabs in exchange for peace!! As a result, The Sinai Peninsula was given back to Egypt, the return of Jordanian territories to Jordan and Gaza to the Palestinian Arabs. Today there is the conflict over East Jerusalem for it to be the Capital of the new Palestinian state which is to be in place in 2011. On September 2, 2010 a Peace Summit was help in Washington DC with the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, envy George Mitchell and other statesmen, including some leaders from the Middle East. Those Peace talks included the Old City, East Jerusalem to be the Capital of the Palestinian state.

Speaking of the Old City, East Jerusalem, Yahushua said:

“. . . Swear not at all … by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King”. Matthew 5: 34, 35.

The Old City of Jerusalem, is the only place on earth which Elohim Yahweh claims as His own. That City does not belong to the Jews or the Palestinian Arabs. Neither is it for political leaders, now headed by a determined President Barak Hussein Obama, to give to anyone!!

Politically, the politicians are doing what they believe is best for both the Israelis and the Palestinians in order for peace to be in the region. Yahushua IS ELOHIM, CREATOR AND SAVIOUR of this world. His Word is IMMUTABLE! UNCHANGABLE!! He has magnified His WORD above His holy Name (Psalm 138:2) and HE DOES NOT CHANGE!! He SAYS and STILL MAINTAINS:

“. . .Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. . . And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory”. Luke 21: 24-27.

The world is being turned upside down with the great disasters. These great disasters will get far worse around the entire world as the days go by. The USA will see an escalation of disasters because of her role in Israel in forcing her hand to give the Old City of East Jerusalem over to the Palestinians to be their Capital. In the past, whenever the USA went against Yahweh's will and interfered with the lands He miraculously returned to Israel, there have been great disasters in the USA. An example of this was when Gaza was given over to the Palestians in 2005. A week later Hurricane Katrina struck, followed by Hurricane Rita which devastated Louisiana and some of the other southern states in the USA.

As the summit was taking place on September 2, 2010, Hurricane Earl began to make its presence felt as it headed for eastern coast of the USA and made land fall soon after. On that same day there was another explosion on another oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico which caused another oil slick. Sadly, this will not be the end of the disasters as yet again Elohim Yahweh shows His displeasure at what the USA and other nations are doing in Israel, the land He gave back to the children of Israel. His wrath will be intensified because of what they are doing with East Jerusalem by giving it to a people, the majority of whom serve another deity altogether. The disasters will be intensified around the world as the days go by and the USA will not be spared. Instead, she will bear the brunt of Yahweh's wrath for her determination under her President, in the affairs of Israel and the division of East Jerusalem. His city.

The disasters which are now upon the earth are JUDGMENTS UPON THE WORLD!! They are leading up to the return of King Yahushua Ha Mashiach, TO WHOM THE CITY OF OLD EAST JERUSALEM BELONGS!! JERSALEM IS THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING !! It is the place where the New Jerusalem will descend from Heaven, when the world is cleansed by fire and brimstone after the final judgment.

THE DISASTERS COMING UPON THE WORLD ARE NOT TO BE IGNORED!!

The great disasters in the world should not be ignored or passed off as ordinary occurrences. They are signs and messages to this world that our Saviour, King Yahushua, IS COMING BACK TO THIS WORLD!! Concerning these disasters and the other signs He gave, He says in Luke 21:28:

“And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh”.

Likewise, King Yahushua says in Matthew 24: 44:

“Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man [Yahushua] cometh”.

Our Saviour Yahushua, our Creator and King and the Elohim Who gave up His throne in Glory and came to this world, where He suffered and gave His precious life for us to redeem our souls from the curse of sin and eternal punishment in Hell (when we die) and from the Lake of fire and brimstone in the final Judgment, IS COMING SOON!! The sure sign of His return according to His Word, is the City of East Jerusalem where Gentile rule came to an end in 1967. From Yahushua’s Word the next great and glorious event will be:

“And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory”. Matthew 24:27.

At that time He WILL fulfil His Promise to His followers which He made in John 14: 1-3:

“1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in [Elohim] God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also”.

Our Saviour Yahushua is READY TO RETURN TO PLANET EARTH for His children and take them to Heaven to be with Him for one thousand years. Following that one thousand years in Heaven, Yahushua will return to this earth and convene the final judgment. At that time He will mete out the just reward to those who are before Him at the Judgment Bar around the great white throne. Their reward will be the Lake of fire and brimstone along with Satan, their leader (Revelation 20).

YAHUSHUA HA MASHIACH WILL RETURN BUT THERE IT WILL NOT BE IN SECRET! THERE WILL BE NO SECRET RAPTURE!!!

Many believe and teach that Yahushua will return to this world and secretly rapture His followers!! The Scriptures vividly describes the return of Yahushua to this world for His children as an awesome, spectacular, glorious and noisy event!! However, for those who have not accepted Him as their personal Saviour, it will be a very dreadful and frightening event!! From the account given in the Scriptures, there will be NO SECRET RAPTURE!! Instead, it will be a WORLDWIDE AND PUBLIC EVENT!! Concerning the return of Yahushua, we read in His Holy Word:

Acts 1:9-11:
“9And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. 10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 11 which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same [Yahushua] Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven”.

1 Thessalonians 4: 16,17:
“16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of [Elohim]God: and the dead in [Mashiach] Christ shall rise first: 17 then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet [Yahushua] the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord".

Matthew 24: 27-31:
“27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. . . . 30 and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man [Yahushua] in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other”.

Revelation 1:7:
“Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen”.

Psalm 50: 3:
“Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him”.

Revelation 6: 14-17:
“And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16 and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 for the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?”

Revelation 16: 18-20:
“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”.

2 Peter 3:10:
“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up”.

Yahushua, our Saviour, loves us and died for us. He is not willing that any of us should perish. We have this assurance in 2 Peter 3: 9:

“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance”.

Yahushua loves us and wants us all to be saved in His eternal kingdom of glory. That is the reason we read in John 3 :16:

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life”.

At any time now Yahushua will return to this world for His children and He wants everyone to be ready and waiting. He does not want His coming to take us unawares. For this reason all the SIGNS of His return are now upon the earth so that we may know that HE IS COMING AND MAKE THE NECESSARY PREPARATION.

Yahushua IS COMING for His people!! That is the reason He came from Heaven to this world and gave His life to purge our sins and to save us from Hell and the Lake of fire and brimstone and eternal torment. At His return to this world, He wants us to hail Him as our personal Saviour and to be taken up to meet Him in the air, so that we can return to Heaven with Him and be with Him forever (1 Thessalonians 4: 16, 17). .

Yahushua, our Saviour, did not give up His throne in Glory in order to come to this world where He suffered and died for us so that at His coming we will run to the rocks and the caves to hide from Him!! Neither did He suffer and die for us so that Satan and his host will have us in the Hell, followed by the Lake of Fire and brimstone in the final judgment ahead of this world. HE PAID ALL OUR DEBTS TO GIVE US ETERNAL LIFE WITH HIM (John 3:16).

THE TIME TO CHOOSE YAHUSHUA AS SAVIOUR AND BE SAVED IS NOW!!

YAHUSHUA IS COMING!! He is coming for those who have accepted His suffering and sacrifice for them: HIS DEATH!! For those who have not made that decision and made Him their Saviour and Adon (Lord), the time to do so is NOW!! The next moment may be too late!!!

Today He stands at the door of the heart and knocks and each soul He says:

“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me”. Revelation 3: 20

We are also admonished in Psalm 95: 7,8:

“Today if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your heart”.

If you have not accepted Him as your personal Saviour and Adon and you would like to do so, so that you can be saved and be among those who will be caught up in the air to meet Him at His return and to spend the rest of eternity with Him in His kingdom in Heaven; you can do so this very moment, while grace is extended and the door of mercy remains open. It is very easy to give your life to Yahushua, your ONLY Saviour. To do so, please say this short prayer and invite Him to be your Adon (Lord) and Saviour:

Yahushua, I believe You are the Son of Yahweh (God) and that You left Your throne in Heaven 2000 years ago and came here to this world. I believe You suffered, shed Your blood and died on the Cross of shame for me; that You paid the price for my sin and redeemed me from the curse of sin and eternal torment in Hell and the lake of fire and brimstone.

Yahushua, I believe Yahweh, the Father, raised You from the dead after three days in the grave. I believe You returned to Heaven, Your throne and that any time from now You are coming back to this world for Your children.

Yahushua, I confess that I am a sinner in need of Your saving grace. I am sorry for the sins I have committed. Please forgive me. Today, I accept You as my personal Saviour from sin. Please come into my life and take full control. Please cleanse me from all my sins and be the Adon (Lord) of my life. In Your precious Name, Yahushua, I declare that I am born again and have passed from death to eternal life. From this day forward I am Yours. Please baptise and fill me with the Ruach Ha Kodesh (the Holy Spirit) and please use me for Your service.

Gracious Yahweh, my Father, I pray this prayer in Yahushua’s Name. Amen.

To everyone in the body of Yahushua and tho those who are yet to join His body, I say: May our Elohim: Yahweh, our Father, Yahushua Ha Mashiach and the Ruach Ha Kodesh be with you and in the words of Yahushua, I say:

“Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man [Yahushua] cometh”. Matthew 24:44

Please be aware that it is time to:

“look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh”.
Luke 21: 28.

YAHUSHUA IS COMING!! PLEASE BE READY TO MEET HIM!!

Shalom! Shalom!


NB: Scriptures used is this post are taken from the King James Version of the Bible.