DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
Spiritual death is the worst kind of darkness known to mankind. The curse of sin brought physical death upon mankind. Spiritual death is separation from God. The sting of physical death is only momentary but spiritual death is eternal. Spiritual death can be described as the absence of the light and life ( the presence of God). To be cut off from the LIFE of God and His Presence has to be the most frightening thing known to mankind.
Vengeance and justice is Gods responsibility. He is the judge, juror, and executioner of sinful men. The condemnation of all who reject “Life” is settled and decided in God’s heavenly courtroom. Spiritual death is the sentence for all who reject the pathway of salvation. Men reject salvation of their own free will, and they die eternally of their own free will. God admonishes man to “choose Life,” however He does not force anyone to walk the pathway of Life. When a person rejects Life, he is choosing the pathway of death, and he will surly die in his sins.
Men who reject Life do so because they love darkness. They feel no regret or remorse for their sins or their decision to reject Life, only disdain for the sentence that is imposed on them when their time on earth expires. God told Cain “If you do well, you will be accepted. If you do not well, sin lies at your door.” When sin is conceived it brings forth death, and with death comes the guarantee of judgment and condemnation.
God spoke to Job about man’s wickedness and said: His strength shall be hunger bitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side. It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the FIRSTBORN OF DEATH shall devour his strength. His confidence shall be rotted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone (a plague) shall be scattered upon his habitation. (Job Chapter 18, Verses 12-15).
The heart of the sinner is typical of a heart that rejects Truth and Light. It is “plagued” with the curse of sin and death. The Bible tells us the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. (Jeremiah 17:9). The curse of sin and death permeates the depths of the soul that dwells in spiritual darkness.
God created a throne within the heart of every person. In the beginning the Spirit of God was ordained to rule and reign together with man in his “spiritual kingdom” as partners in Light and Life. Without Light and Life it is impossible for man to “see” the truth and become free from the condemnation the Law of Sin and Death imposes on those who reject the truth. The carnal heart can be likened to the heart of the Serpent. It is filled with spiritual darkness, depravity, and sin.
Like Satan, the hearts of many people are “bent” toward stealing, killing, and destroying. Many men have no fear or qualms about sacrificing a life that does not belong to him. To many the lives of others are cheap. For them the sacrifice of the life of another to gain goods or the favor of others is a reasonable price to pay as long as it is not their own life. This ungodly characteristic found in the carnal minded is in total opposition to the nature of Christ who desires to see all men set free from their carnality.
The “seed” of the Serpent became manifest in carnal men from the beginning of time. Throughout the ages men with homicidal tendencies have been susceptible to the schemes of the Serpent. Every thought and imagination of their hearts was only to do evil continually. (Genesis, 6:5). Murder was found in the heart of the firstborn of Adam and Eve--Cain. Like the Serpent, Cain was a “murderer from the beginning.”
The beastly nature of the Serpent was passed down to Cain. The Serpent was the most “subtle beast” of the field. His seed became the “seed of destruction” that entered into the heart of Cain when he slew his brother Abel. Through the intermingling and intermarrying of the daughters of Cain and the sons of Seth, that seed has been passed down through the ages from generation to generation. The worst of that seed has shown up in such people as Attilla the Hun, Vlad the Impaler, Saddam Hussien, Carl Marx, Adolph Hitler, and Joseph Stalin, just to name a few.
During the tribulation period a new Anti-Christ will emerge who will be worse than all the previous dictators and “men of sin” before him. He is known in the Book of the Apocalypse as “The Beast.” He is the incarnation of the Serpent—the “Beast of the Field.” He, like his predecessor, the Serpent, will deceive the nations of the world. He will be the personification of everything that is evil. He brings with him death, destruction, and chaos.
We see in the Book of Revelation that a “plague” is poured out on his Kingdom, and his Kingdom becomes full of darkness. His kingdom will suffer the judgment and wrath of God, but not before he has caused much death and destruction upon the earth. The Anti-Christ will persecute the Church and bring great destruction upon the world, himself, and his Kingdom before he is finally destroyed and thrown into the Lake of Fire.
God has not appointed His children to be subjects of His wrath. (1 Thessalonians 5:9). Many “escapists” use this scripture to promote a pre-tribulation rapture. Wrath “has” been set aside for the children of disobedience. Those who reject the Son of God will be in one way or another “allied” with the “Son of Perdition.” They will suffer the same condemnation and fate the Anti-Christ will suffer. However, Christians are not appointed to wrath and will not be targets or objects of the wrath of God during or after the Great Storm.
Exodus, 13:15, tells us “And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that opens the matrix (womb) being males; but all the firstborn of My children I redeem.” The first born of “God’s” children of course refers to the Body of Christ who have been redeemed by Him--the firstborn (Jesus) of many sons.
In Egypt God made a difference between the children of Israel and the children of disobedience. God’s children are the “Church of the Firstborn” whose names are written in Heaven. (Hebrews 12:23). The second Adam, Christ, became the “Firstborn” of many, and we His spiritual offspring, are the first fruits of His increase. (Jeremiah, 2:3). Exodus, 4:22-23, says, “And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: and I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.”
God has given an ultimatum to Satan and the world to “Let my people (spiritual Israel) go.” Today Creation groans for the manifestation of the sons of God. We have come to the point in time when the Church, held in the grip of the Babylonian System, must be set free from the oppression of her captors. It is time for the “first fruits” of the “Firstborn” to serve God in a manner in which He commands and requires.
All things that hold the body of Christ in spiritual bondage must be, and will be, shaken in order for the Church to worship Him in “spirit and in truth.” The Church must go through a time of purification and transition before her Beloved comes to “rapture her.” Thus far many in the Church have done little to prepare themselves for the Bridegroom’s coming. We know the world will not let go of the Church, so the Church and the world must be shaken loose from one another.
Judgment must first begin at the House of God. The purging of the Church will take place as God gathers His Bride unto Himself. The fulfillment of all end time prophetic events will unfold into reality as time winds down. The outpouring of the Spirit of God upon His people and the final judgments upon the ungodly will be signs that the “last days” are near.
The final plague in Egypt was the plague of death which the destroyer wrought on the “firstborn” of the children of disobedience. The Bible says it has been appointed unto man once to die, and after that comes judgment. Judgment has been reserved for the ungodly and the unjust who became the “firstborn” of the Serpent through Cain. When the final judgment comes, all those whose names are not found written in the Lamb’s Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire along with the Serpent and the Beast.
The Bible tells us that” he that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whore mongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.” (Revelation, 21:7-8).
EARTHQUAKES FAMINE AND FLOODS
“And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.” (Matthew, 24:7). “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring.” (Luke 21:25).
The Great Storm will be an unprecedented time of great upheaval, chaos, destruction, sorrow, famine, fear, war, and death to name a few. Jesus said it will be a time of “great tribulation” such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time. (Matthew 24:21).
As I write this subchapter Irma is bearing down on Florida as a category 5 Hurricane. There are already many gas shortages in Texas and Louisiana due to Hurricane Harvey. In Florida many people may not get out of the area in time unless emergency gas supplies are made available to them. Hurricane Harvey destroyed much of Houston and the southeast Texas coast and caused massive flooding in the State of Louisiana. Financially, Harvey was the worst natural disaster in U S. History.
Irma is the second massive Hurricane to hit the American mainland within two weeks. Today there are three other Storms brewing in the Atlantic Ocean. They are named Hurricane Jose, Hurricane Katia, and Hurricane Maria.
I believe America is under judgment for legalizing gay marriage in 2014 as well as other perverse polices and laws which the government has instituted in the last few years. There have been over 60 million babies that have been legally murdered in our nation due to “Roe vs. Wade.” God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and three other “cities of the plain” for their sexual perversion.
The Bible says that “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.” (Proverbs 14:34). America began as a nation giving her allegiance to God. However, as a nation America has fallen short of the glory of God. Due to the progressive laws and evil policies our government established in the past few years we have come under the “judgment” of God. God gave this nation several years to repent and change the perverted laws and policies which the leaders of this nation instituted. If we fail to repent “as a nation” there will be more chaos and destruction that will come swiftly upon and in the United States of America.
The Bible says “Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place.” (Revelation 6:14). During the tribulation earthquakes will destroy many great cities around the world. The Bible calls them the “birthing pangs” that will precede the second coming of Christ. There will be many earthquakes will cause the poles to shift and every mountain and island (continent) will be moved from its place. The Fukushima earthquake in 2011 was so strong that Japan’s main island Honshu was permanently moved more than two meters. During the tribulation period there will many earthquakes around the world which will be even stronger than the Fukushima earthquake causing the earth to move off its present axis.
A few years ago I was praying when suddenly I had an open vision regarding Southern California. It was as though I was viewing a large television screen. I saw a target-like icon over Southern California like the weather stations show when an earthquake occurs in certain areas. The icon was sitting over Southern California in the vicinity where the San Andreas Fault lies. The earthquake caused a massive amount of destruction and flooding. There was a lot of destruction in the entire Southern California area. In the vision I saw many cars and debris floating around in the water. Many people will die during the earthquake.
Several years ago the Lord spoke to me and said there is going to be a large tsunami that will hit the entire western coast of the United States that will cause a lot of death and destruction. Many people have had dreams and visions of the earthquake in Southern California and the great tsunami that will hit the west coast. I believe the two incidents are separate and will not happen at the same time in the future.
Jesus said in the last days there will be earthquakes, pestilences, AND famine in many different places. (Luke 21:11). I have had many dreams of people who did not have any food to eat because of the wars and natural disasters which were taking place all over the World. In the Bible God sent famine upon Israel several times because they forsook Him and began worshipping idols.
I have had many other dreams and visions of chaos, lawlessness, pestilence, wars, and the persecution that is coming to believers before the “end of the age.” I know many fellow ministers who have also had some of these same dreams and visions. Tens of thousands of people in the body of Christ are having the same dreams and visions of catastrophic end of the age events.