Hello Friends,
As many have heard, China suffered the damage of a typhoon (Hurricane) which passed through the weekend of Sept. 11, 2005. As of Sept.12, 7 died and over a million evacuated. Do you notice how these calamities are coming in quicker succession with the passing of time?
Isaiah 24:4, 5 reads, "The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, CHANGED THE ORDINANCE, broken the EVERLASTING covenant.
WE MUST HAVE A HISTORIC PROPHETIC FOUNDATION:
Oh, how true this is! What would happen if we do not know the truth about the laws that are being transgressed? What will happen if we do not know the ORDINANCE that was changed? We will be deceived. Remember that history always repeats itself. The bible clearly prophesied about the historic period known as the dark ages. This lasted from 538A.D to 1798 (a period of 1260 yrs.) During this time faithful saints of God were persecuted for keeping the Bible Sabbath and standing up to the abuses of corrupt leadership in the Roman Catholic Church. The bible reads, "And he shall speak great words against the most High, and think to change TIMES and LAWS: and they shall be given into his hand until A TIME, AND TIMES AND THE DIVIDING OF TIME."- Daniel 7:25.
HISTORY WILL REPEAT ITSELF
First, let us note that the only commandment that has to do with both time and the law is the fourth commandment. Second, the time period delineated is A TIME, AND TIMES AND THE DIVIDING OF TIME. A time is one year, times equal two years, and the dividing of time equals half of a year. One year, plus two years, plus half a year equals 3 1/2 years. You may wonder, how does this relate to 1260 years? Well friends, in prophecy a day is equivalent to a year. Ezekiel the prophet says it himself! Ezekiel 4:6 reads, "I have appointed thee each day for a year." Therefore 3 1/2 years translate to 42 months. With 30 days (30 prophetic years) in each month you have a total of 1260 years. If you get the chance, research what happened during the years of 538A.D to 1798. I laid this groundwork because I want to warn you of a widely accepted deception so that you will not fall prey to it.
GODS WRATH OR SATAN'S LAUGH?
There is a difference between God allowing something and God's wrath against sin. We are now experiencing God allowing satan to try God's servants as in the book of Job. Notice Job 1:6, "Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them." Here we see God holding a meeting with his angels and satan having the audacity to show up! The drama continues in vs. 7-"And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. (8) And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
THE DEVIL IS BOUND BY GOD'S PERMISSION
Afterwards, satan gets permission from God to cause havoc with the elements. Meanwhile, his servants believe to be God. THIS IS KEY, "While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, "THE FIRE OF GOD IS FALLEN FROM HEAVEN, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee." That was not the fire of God; it was the fire of Satan.
NEW ORLEANS IS A MIRROR TO ALL LARGE CITIES
Without giving glory to the devil, sometimes we fail to realize how clever he is. Do you believe that God caused the calamity in New Orleans? Satan knows that if he could pick one of the most sin laden places on earth it would cause us to look at their sins instead of OUR OWN! If God caused that calamity due to sin, guess what, our city is long overdue for destruction. Read this shocking quote from the great controversy:
UNVELING SATANS DECEPTION ABOUT CALAMITIES:
"Satan works through the elements also to garner his harvest of unprepared souls. He has studied the secrets of the laboratories of nature, and he uses all his power to control the elements as far as God allows. When he was suffered to afflict Job, how quickly flocks and herds, servants, houses, children, were swept away, one trouble succeeding another as in a moment...................Satan has control of all whom God does not especially guard. He will favor and prosper some in order to further his own designs, and he will bring trouble upon others and lead men to believe that it is God who is afflicting them (Great Controversy pg.589)
THE WEATHER AND YOUR WALLET:
Satan is causing these calamities because of the trickle effect it has on the economy. If you understand the prophecies of Daniel 11 you will note that Daniel 11:43 reads, "But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver,