End Times Outpouring

The death toll due to earthquake in Haiti is now estimated to be around 200,000 with more than 1.5 million people homeless.

• Towns have been leveled.
• Hospitals have been shattered.
• Transportation is expensive.
• Administration has been hit badly.
• People are thirsty for water, crying out for food.
• Local toughies are attacking people and looting food.
• Corpses are everywhere.
• Medication is scarcely available.
• The threat of epidemic looms large.
• Haiti needs your prayers.
• Haiti needs Jesus.

The most gruesome epidemics faced by humanity have been during war or some other catastrophe fuelling it. Read my article on Biblical sign of the end times – Epidemics. Given the current situation in Haiti, it is increasingly facing the grave threat of outbreak of epidemics. The problem is compounded by the fact that Haiti is an impoverished nation with most people living on less than $2 a day. The economy is in ruins and there is chronic unemployment. Haiti has been struggling with natural and political disasters frequently. The people have been heavily into occult and voodoo. This earthquake threatens to extinguish the nation. Only Jesus can deliver. Will you cry out to Him for their sake?

This is a heart-wrenching video:

I remember the day when I experienced an earthquake for the first and only time in my life. I was in Ahmedabad, Gujarat at home lazily enjoying the holiday. It was January 26, 2001 – which is the Republic Day of India. The time was 8.45 a.m. I and my Dad were seated at the breakfast table. I was reading the morning newspaper. Suddenly I felt the table shaking. I questioningly looked at my father unable to understand why he was shaking the table. My Dad stared back at me. The next moment I heard cries and saw people rushing out of their homes.

Instantly, I realized its an earthquake. I shouted to Mom (she was in the kitchen) asking her to get out of the house immediately as I and Dad rushed outside. My brother wasn’t at home at that time. When we were out on the streets, I felt the earth moving up and down below my feet. I saw my house trembling. I saw the motorcycle shaking from side to side. All along there was a deep, rumbling sound from inside the ground as if the earth was having an upset stomach and wanted to throw up everything it had inside of it. It was very scary. It lasted only for a few seconds, though. We went back into the house thinking its over. We were all safe. Our house was intact. The aftershocks lasted for days but none were severe.

However, I wasn’t prepared for the scale of tragedy my state had just endured. When I went out later, I realized towering buildings were razed down to the ground burying the residents in rubble. Survivors were screaming. There was chaos all around. The concrete slabs were too heavy to be moved by hand and yet people got together to save lives moving rubble with their bare hands. The administration seemingly took a long time to co-ordinate the rescue effort. There were miracles and there were tragedies.

My uncle’s apartment went down. Fortunately, their family decided to go out early in the morning and so they were not in the house when it happened. When they came back, they found they were left only with their car and the clothes they were wearing. Everything else was buried under the rubble. Many of their neighbours had died. Before long, the army was brought in with heavy equipment to move the rubble. For the next few days, until the rubble was moved completely, my uncle didn’t have the chance to catch a wink. He was at the site all the time to gather whatever was left of their belongings. As the army moved the rubble, out came corpses that were buried under it. By God’s grace my uncle’s family got back most of their valuables, except the furniture that was damaged severely. Then they began the process of rebuilding their lives from scratch. It is really very difficult.

Haiti is far more unfortunate than Gujarat. The administration, rescue efforts, food, medicine and disaster relief was much better than Haiti’s present condition, though at that time it never seemed enough. Haiti is a small country and it is totally flattened by this disaster.

For most people, their home is the biggest investment of their lifetime. When you see your lifetime worth of investment razed to the ground in a moment, there is nothing more saddening than that. It takes tremendous courage to rebuild your life. Most just give up due to hopelessness. The survivors are those who have the grit and the determination to live on.

Let me ask you dear friends, what is your hope? From where do you get the determination to live on?

For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. (2 Cor 5:1 – NKJV)

Maranatha! Our Lord is coming soon.

Written by: Samson

How do you feel about what you’ve read? Has Jesus spoken to you? Use the comments link below to express your thoughts, feelings, suggestions and ideas. Be Blessed.

The New Year has descended with a tragedy on Haiti and the Dominican Republic. On January 12, 2010 Haiti was devastated by an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale which means it is a massive earthquake with severe destruction. The presidential palace and the UN headquarters also have been affected. Thousands of people are feared dead. Many more are homeless, stricken and in need of help. The country is in darkness with no electricity. Communication lines have snapped. There have been more than 30 aftershocks since.

Haiti is facing the worst earthquake in 200 years. Haiti has a painful history of violence, instability and dictatorship. It has a democratic government since 2006. The population is around 10 million. People face extreme poverty with 90% of people living on less than $2 a day. Haiti is the poorest country in the West and it simply doesn’t have the means to carry out a rescue operation of this magnitude. Consequently much depends on how quickly foreign aid arrives.

In 2008, tragedy visited Haiti in the form of storms and hurricanes. Even now, in the wake of this massive earthquake, the country has been put on tsunami alert.

“For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.” (Mat 24:7-8 – NKJV)

Sometime back I wrote an article regarding the Biblical signs of the end times – earthquakes with detailed statistics.

This tragic earthquake in Haiti and the Dominican Republic is a grim fulfillment of Bible prophecy.  The suffering of people is untold. Let our hearts go out to them. Take a moment to pray for them. Watch Haiti earthquake video here as you pray for them.

No kingdom of this world is stable and free from trouble. There is only one kingdom which will be an everlasting one and that is the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. The troubles of this world are momentary. All our hope rests in Jesus.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Rom 15:13 – NIV)

Maranatha! Our Lord is coming soon.

Written by: Samson

How do you feel about what you’ve read? Has Jesus spoken to you? Use the comments link below to express your thoughts, feelings, suggestions and ideas. Be Blessed.

I am writing this post on a supposedly ominous date – December 21, 2009 exactly three years before the “doomsday” – December 21, 2012 – predicted by many as the day of the end of the world. The 2012 movie by Roland Emmerich also has added to the hype and fear of the general public. However, the 2012 business is booming because of the hype and desperate people are buying survival kits and water purifiers.

• So, is 2012 really the end of the world?
• Why is December 21, 2012 predicted to be the doomsday?
• What does Bible prophecy have to say about it?
• What should we be doing about it?

Those who are predicting the end of the world in 2012 do it for the following reasons:

1. The Long Count Mayan Calendar ends on a winter solstice on December 21, 2012. The Mayans were sun worshippers and they believed that the current cycle (5^th cycle) of 5125 years will end on this date. At this time the Sun will reach the centre of the galaxy and it will emit a powerful surge of light and reverse its polarity. This event would cause unprecedented cosmic catastrophe on earth.
2. Solar storms on our sun have been exposing the earth to a lot of radiation. This activity is getting worse and scientists say it will reach its peak in 2012
3. The earth’s magnetic field protects us from the sun’s radiation. Scientists predict that the earth is also going to swap its polarity, that is, the North Pole will be the South Pole and vice versa. The poles are already drifting apart about 20-30 kms each year much rapidly than ever before. When the polar shift happens, the magnetic field of the earth will be disrupted exposing us to the harmful UV radiation enough to kill everything. This event can happen along with the sun’s polarity reversal. This double shift may cause massive earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

There are a host of other reasons also. If you are interested to know about them you can find them at http://www.merinews.com/article/the-world-will-end-in-2012-say-experts/139440.shtml

But what does Bible prophecy say about the end of the world and 2012?

“And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” (Lk 21:25-28 – NKJV)

The Bible clearly says that there will be signs in the sun, moon, stars, earth, sea and the powers of heaven will be shaken. Men’s hearts will fail from fear. But these passages relate to the period at the end of the Great Tribulation because as it says again – the world will see Jesus coming with power and great glory.

Whether these signs will happen in 2012? Surely not, because they are prophesied to happen at the end of the Great Tribulation. So then, what is going to happen in 2012? The earth is already undergoing a worrying rise in natural and man-made calamities. We are already witnessing earthquakes, floods, eruption of volcanoes, war, threat of nuclear holocaust and epidemics. These are bound to increase in frequency and intensity.

All these are the beginning of sorrows. (Mt 24:8 – NKJV)

Doomsday Survival Kit

The Bible does not specify a time for the return of Jesus and the beginning of the Great Tribulation period. It only cautions us to watch out and be ready.

“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. (Mt 24:36 – NKJV)

Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. (Mt 24:44 – NKJV)

So, instead of relying on doomsday predictions and getting all excited, let better sense prevail. It makes much more sense to prepare ourselves for His coming rather than try and predict what Jesus said will happen at an hour “you do not expect”.

Even though the Bible does not specify the time, it gives us what we really need – “A Doomsday Survival Kit”. You can escape the doomsday. You don’t have to die when the world ends. The Bible says:

And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’ (Acts 2:21 NKJV)

That’s all you need to escape the doomsday. Call on the name of the Lord Jesus and be saved. When the earth faces the great tribulation and the full measure of the wrath of God with the cosmic powers being shaken, you will be safe in Jesus’ arms because His church will already have been raptured by then.

Maranatha! Our Lord is coming soon.

Written by: Samson

How do you feel about what you’ve read? Has Jesus spoken to you? Use the comments link below to express your thoughts, feelings, suggestions and ideas. Be Blessed.

The world has enough food for everybody. In spite of this, 1.02 billion people are undernourished and fighting hunger. Though there is food in abundance, everybody does not have equal access to it. So it is an ironic situation today: there is famine in the midst of plenty.

Although increase in war and consequent casualties is a well known fact, let us examine it in greater detail. Look closely at Jesus’ words – you will HEAR of wars and rumors of wars. With the advent of cutting edge technology in the field of communication, it is no longer surprising to us, when we HEAR about conflicts in various parts of the world. News and information travel fast and reach right into our homes for us to see and hear at leisure. However, information does not necessarily mean truth. There is a lot of deception and lies hidden behind the information we receive.

One of the end time signs that Jesus mentioned is pestilence or epidemics. Again these are just the “beginning of sorrows”. So that means the world will be facing increasing number of epidemics as the end draws nearer. It really does not take much to understand this. The world has been plagued by horrifying epidemics in the 20th century in spite of medical science growing by leaps and bounds.

Jesus was answering the questions of His disciples about the signs of the end of the age and His coming. Of the many signs He mentioned, earthquakes are one and mark His words – all these are the beginning of sorrows

Malachi has used the question and answer method to probe deeply into Israel’s problems of hypocrisy, infidelity, mixed marriages, divorce, false worship and arrogance. Is this list of problems not familiar to the church in modern times?

The reconstruction work of the temple was stopped due to opposition for more than a decade and was then resumed in 520 B.C and completed in 516 B.C. Zechariah encouraged the people to complete their unfinished task. Rather than rebuking them, he encourages them by pointing out the future importance of the temple. The temple had to be built because one day the Messiah’s glory will inhabit it. Sadly, the man who encouraged the temple building was murdered between the temple and the altar

Apparently, the message of Hosea concerning the Day of the Lord is a peaceful one where not only will Israel be reconciled with God but other nations also will have peace on earth. Yahweh will make a covenant with all the creatures of the earth. Also the bow the sword, the two main weapons of Hosea’s day will be abolished so that all may live in safety.