03.31.09
Isaiah - Day 244
Scripture: Isaiah 13:13 (NIV): "Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the LORD Almighty, in the day of his burning anger."
Thought: To me, the coming cataclysm of God's outpoured wrath is not taken seriously today.
Question: Am I subject to God's wrath?
The fourth "I will", spoken by God, appears now in this passage in Isaiah 13. For God to say "I will" seals the guarantee more solidly than any other kind of swearing or binding oath. Now four times He promises to act! He will "punish the world" (verse 11), "put an end to the arrogance" (verse 11), "make man scarcer than pure gold" (verse 12), and now, "make the heavens tremble" (verse 13). No man can do these things; only God Almighty can make "the heavens tremble", only He can "punish the world", "put an end to the arrogance" and "make man scarcer than pure gold."
The "therefore" of this verse is here to gather up all these "reasons" for God's displeasure and give good cause for His wrath. Man has become fully evil; man's pride has been like a stench in God's nostrils. (Certainly today we can see the pride of men all around us--and, unfortunately, we can also see its horrible ill-effects as our economy is crippled by irresponsible debt and overwhelming greed.) The "Day of the LORD", "Day of Judgment", "Day of Reckoning", "Day of Jacob's Trouble" will come. It is a "day" of God's "burning anger."
On this "day" "the earth will shake from its place..." Further ahead in Isaiah in chapter 24 verse 20, come these words: "The earth reels like a drunkard, it sways like a hut in the wind; so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion that it falls--never to rise again." It is not an angry God destroying his created planet because the planet is evil; no, it is the men of the earth who have chosen wrong who are now meeting the consequences of their own choices--bringing self-destruction to their home. Currently, God holds the earth on its axis and acts to sustain all our earthy, cyclical patterns. It is Jesus Christ, God's appointed Son, Who now holds all things together, (Colossians 1:17: "He (Christ) is before all things, and in him all things hold together.") When we reject God's ways and refuse to honor His Son, Jesus Christ, we begin to destroy ourselves and our home. This prophecy points out the horrible conclusion to long years of rebellion: "the earth" will not remain in "its place"--it will fall and "never" "rise again." It will actually become necessary for God to create a new earth in its place. (Revelation 21:1: "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away...")
God has "burning anger" not for His creation, but for the sins of man within His creation.
Prayer: Father of Holiness, I pray against sin. I pray to confess my own sins and place them under the blood of Christ. Then I also pray for others, that they may end their rebellious ways, acknowledge their need for Christ and repent of their sins. In this way they will not be subjected to any of Your wrath. May it be so, Father! In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Francis : the destruction of the earth and perversion of that which is Spirit.
04/02/2009, at 19:25 [ Reply ]
Simply, "progress", so-called, is destroying the earth(land, air, water, vegetation, creatures) and perverting that which is Spirit(Light, Life, Truth, Love, Peace, Hope, Grace, Miracles, Faith, etc.) ;-(
Postings have been made at TheDestructionOfTheEarth.Wordpress.com concerning such destruction and perversion and also concerning The Creator's(GOD, Father) promise that HE will "destroy those who destroy the earth(HIS Creation)!" (Rev11:18c)
Yet there is a Living, Lively Hope!
However, such Hope is not for that which is of the earth, earthly and fleshly, but there is a Living, Lively Hope for that which is Spirit, Heavenly and Spiritual.
Hope for that which is Spirit is Alive because "progress", which is the product of mankind's "imag"ination, can pervert, yet not destroy that which is Spirit! For that which is Spirit is Real, and that which is Real is Forever!
So no matter how perverse this world's systems of religion become, that which is Spirit can only be abused and perverted, not destroyed!
That which is Spirit is Eternal.......
As for that which is called "religion".
"Pure religion and undefiled before GOD The Father(Creator) is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself uncontaminated by the world." (James 1:27)
Simply, every other religion is impure and defiled!
As stated previously, "that which is called ""progress" is of mankind's "imag"ination and can pervert, yet not destroy, that which is Spirit", and so it is that this world, and it's systems of religion, have their version of "Light", which can be turned on and off;
Their version of "Truth", which is of the "imag"ination;
Their version of "Love", which should be called lust;
Their version of "Peace", which needs be enforced;
Their version of "Hope", which is but a desire for temporal "things";
Their version of "Faith", which is powerless;
Their version of "Grace", which is the liberty to "do your own thing";
And sadly, the favorite color of this world's religion is gray ;-(
So come out of the shadows! And as is said by many, "Get Real"!
Once again, "only that which is Spirit is Real, and only that which is Real is Forever"!
Hope is there would be those who "see" that The Life is in and of The Spirit. Those who "see" will no longer have their portion with the multitudes who are destroying the earth(and, air, water, creatures, vegetation) and perverting that which is Spirit(Light, Life, Truth, Love, Peace, Hope, Faith, Grace, etc.) ;-(
Simply, each breath(Spirit) you take is a revelation of The Source of Life.
And "A Simple and Spiritual Life is the only Life that will survive!"
Forever.......
So "set your affections on Heavenly things" and be not of those "whose god is their bellies because they mind earthly things". Be not of those who "love this world and it's things" and who are "progress"ively destroying the earth(land, air, water, vegetation, creatures) and perverting that which is Spirit(Light, Life, Truth, Love, Peace, Hope, Faith, Grace, etc.).......
Peace, in spite of the dis-ease(no-peace) that is of this world and it's systems of religion, for "The WHOLE world is under the control of the evil one" (1John5:19) indeed and Truth.......
Truth is never ending....... TheDestructionOfTheEarth.Wordpress.Com