Two (2) Back to Back Hurricanes, Blood Moons, A Total Eclipse, North Korea's Threat, ISIS, Terrorists -- ALL THE THINGS I DAILY ASK PRAYER FOR TO RESIST... We have to remember The USA has not been a very godly nation for quite some time -- it started in the Roaring 20s, we sobered up around WW2 and then broke into the "Rock and Roll" of the 50s, The Rebellion of The 60s with the influx of drugs, eastern mysticism and new age (basically rejecting The GOd of The Bible Who Gave His Only Begotten Sin That Whoever Believes in, Relies on and Obeys Him Would Not Perish (John 3:16, Amplified Bible), removing The Lord's Prayer and Bible reading from public education -- then legalizing Abortion in the 70s and 100 things since then which any Godly person would vote against.
BIBLICALLY, GOD BRINGS JUDGEMENTS SO THAT WE MIGHT REPENT...
"Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground when there is no bait in it? Does a trap spring up from the earth when it captures nothing at all? 6If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble? If a calamity occurs in a city has not the LORD done it? 7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing Unless He reveals His secret counsel To His servants the prophets" (Amos 3:5-7)...
http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2017...eacher-offer-an-answer-to-hurricane-questions
In wrath remember mercy... (Habakkuk)... God's trying to prepare us for The Rapture/The 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ, and encourage us to share our faith and pray for the Church and the Lost... The stench of abortion, euthanasia, gay marriage, homo and hetero sexual immorality, drugs and rebellion is reaching the heights of heaven... In the meantime, not only is He trying to wake-up The USA and WORLD, but we should be warning of the ultimate Day of The Lord!
Habakkuk's Prayer Chapter 3
1 "A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth. 2 LORD, I have heard the report about You and I fear. O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years, In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy. 3 God comes from Teman, And the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendor covers the heavens, And the earth is full of His praise. 4 His radiance is like the sunlight; He has rays flashing from His hand, And there is the hiding of His power. 5 Before Him goes pestilence, And plague comes after Him. 6 He stood and surveyed the earth; He looked and startled the nations. Yes, the perpetual mountains were shattered, The ancient hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
Did the LORD rage against the rivers,
Or was Thine anger against the rivers,
Or was Thy wrath against the sea,
That Thou didst ride on Thy horses,
On Thy chariots of salvation?
"
God has been merciful and better to The USA than The USA has been to God. Abraham Lincoln said of The Civil War, "Since Nations do not have an afterlife as humans have an afterlife, they must experience their rewards and judgements in this lifetime."
Chastisement is designed to yield the same result individually or Nationally...
God Disciplines: Hebrews 12:10 "Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness. 11 No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a peaceful harvest of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. 12Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees. 13 Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame will not be debilitated, but rather healed. 14 Pursue peace with all men, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord."
Let's pray we get the point -- We did not after 9/11... On the Sunday after 9/11, Rev. David Wilkerson Preached, "The Towers Have Fallen and We've Missed The Point"
It's been 16 years Tonight (Sunday Morning, God counts Evening-Days) since 9/11 -- Has America become More or Less GODLY?
SCRIPTURES SHOWING GOD BRINGS JUDGEMENT (Don't check out yet, below is that He desires we come to repentance [2 Pet 3:9])...
Isaiah 14:24
The LORD of hosts has sworn saying, "Surely, just as I have intended so it has happened, and just as I have planned so it will stand,
Isaiah 45:7
The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these.
Jeremiah 4:5
Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say, "Blow the trumpet in the land; Cry aloud and say, 'Assemble yourselves, and let us go Into the fortified cities.'
Jeremiah 4:19
My soul, my soul! I am in anguish! Oh, my heart! My heart is pounding in me; I cannot be silent, Because you have heard, O my soul, The sound of the trumpet, The alarm of war.
Jeremiah 6:1
"Flee for safety, O sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem! Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa And raise a signal over Beth-haccerem; For evil looks down from the north, And a great destruction.
THE GOAL OF JUDGEMENT IS TO BRING REPENTANCE -- LIKE NINEVAH DID AT JONAH'S PREACHING...
God desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.… (1 Tim 2:4-6)...
New International Version
For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live!
New Living Translation
I don't want you to die, says the Sovereign LORD. Turn back and live!
English Standard Version
For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord GOD; so turn, and live.”
New American Standard Bible
"For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies," declares the Lord GOD. "Therefore, repent and live."
King James Bible
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
New International Version
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
New Living Translation
The Lord isn't really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.
English Standard Version
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
Berean Study Bible
The Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
Berean Literal Bible
The Lord does not delay the promise, as some esteem slowness, but is patient toward you, not willing for any to perish, but all to come to repentance.
New American Standard Bible
The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
King James Bible
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.
A Call to Prayer
1 Tim 2:3 This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, 4who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,…
Ezekiel 18:23
"Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked," declares the Lord GOD, "rather than that he should turn from his ways and live?
Ezekiel 18:32
"For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies," declares the Lord GOD. "Therefore, repent and live."
Ezekiel 33:11
"Say to them, 'As I live!' declares the Lord GOD, 'I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?'
John 3:17
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
BIBLICALLY, GOD BRINGS JUDGEMENTS SO THAT WE MIGHT REPENT...
"Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground when there is no bait in it? Does a trap spring up from the earth when it captures nothing at all? 6If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble? If a calamity occurs in a city has not the LORD done it? 7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing Unless He reveals His secret counsel To His servants the prophets" (Amos 3:5-7)...
http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2017...eacher-offer-an-answer-to-hurricane-questions
In wrath remember mercy... (Habakkuk)... God's trying to prepare us for The Rapture/The 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ, and encourage us to share our faith and pray for the Church and the Lost... The stench of abortion, euthanasia, gay marriage, homo and hetero sexual immorality, drugs and rebellion is reaching the heights of heaven... In the meantime, not only is He trying to wake-up The USA and WORLD, but we should be warning of the ultimate Day of The Lord!
Habakkuk's Prayer Chapter 3
1 "A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth. 2 LORD, I have heard the report about You and I fear. O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years, In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy. 3 God comes from Teman, And the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendor covers the heavens, And the earth is full of His praise. 4 His radiance is like the sunlight; He has rays flashing from His hand, And there is the hiding of His power. 5 Before Him goes pestilence, And plague comes after Him. 6 He stood and surveyed the earth; He looked and startled the nations. Yes, the perpetual mountains were shattered, The ancient hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
Did the LORD rage against the rivers,
Or was Thine anger against the rivers,
Or was Thy wrath against the sea,
That Thou didst ride on Thy horses,
On Thy chariots of salvation?
"
God has been merciful and better to The USA than The USA has been to God. Abraham Lincoln said of The Civil War, "Since Nations do not have an afterlife as humans have an afterlife, they must experience their rewards and judgements in this lifetime."
Chastisement is designed to yield the same result individually or Nationally...
God Disciplines: Hebrews 12:10 "Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness. 11 No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a peaceful harvest of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. 12Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees. 13 Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame will not be debilitated, but rather healed. 14 Pursue peace with all men, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord."
Let's pray we get the point -- We did not after 9/11... On the Sunday after 9/11, Rev. David Wilkerson Preached, "The Towers Have Fallen and We've Missed The Point"
It's been 16 years Tonight (Sunday Morning, God counts Evening-Days) since 9/11 -- Has America become More or Less GODLY?
SCRIPTURES SHOWING GOD BRINGS JUDGEMENT (Don't check out yet, below is that He desires we come to repentance [2 Pet 3:9])...
Isaiah 14:24
The LORD of hosts has sworn saying, "Surely, just as I have intended so it has happened, and just as I have planned so it will stand,
Isaiah 45:7
The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these.
Jeremiah 4:5
Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say, "Blow the trumpet in the land; Cry aloud and say, 'Assemble yourselves, and let us go Into the fortified cities.'
Jeremiah 4:19
My soul, my soul! I am in anguish! Oh, my heart! My heart is pounding in me; I cannot be silent, Because you have heard, O my soul, The sound of the trumpet, The alarm of war.
Jeremiah 6:1
"Flee for safety, O sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem! Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa And raise a signal over Beth-haccerem; For evil looks down from the north, And a great destruction.
THE GOAL OF JUDGEMENT IS TO BRING REPENTANCE -- LIKE NINEVAH DID AT JONAH'S PREACHING...
God desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.… (1 Tim 2:4-6)...
New International Version
For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live!
New Living Translation
I don't want you to die, says the Sovereign LORD. Turn back and live!
English Standard Version
For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord GOD; so turn, and live.”
New American Standard Bible
"For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies," declares the Lord GOD. "Therefore, repent and live."
King James Bible
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
New International Version
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
New Living Translation
The Lord isn't really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.
English Standard Version
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
Berean Study Bible
The Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
Berean Literal Bible
The Lord does not delay the promise, as some esteem slowness, but is patient toward you, not willing for any to perish, but all to come to repentance.
New American Standard Bible
The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
King James Bible
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.
A Call to Prayer
1 Tim 2:3 This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, 4who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,…
Ezekiel 18:23
"Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked," declares the Lord GOD, "rather than that he should turn from his ways and live?
Ezekiel 18:32
"For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies," declares the Lord GOD. "Therefore, repent and live."
Ezekiel 33:11
"Say to them, 'As I live!' declares the Lord GOD, 'I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?'
John 3:17
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
