The Scriptures reveal a period during the Old Testament that bears a striking similarity to what is taking place today in America. Jerusalem was in a time of great national turmoil and conflict. The nation was politically being torn apart by internal divisions. A period of lawlessness and violence was sweeping the land. The threat […]
Catastrophes and Crisis
The recent catastrophes that we have seen do not discriminate between third world countries in the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia or first world nations like those in North America and Europe. We are all being affected by catastrophic natural disasters. They come in the form of hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, fires, droughts, mudslides, or […]
God Does Respond to Sin with Natural Disasters
“But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.” Jonah 1:4. In this particular passage we read that the Lord sent a hurricane-type storm, possibly a Category 5, to the ship that the prophet Jonah […]
Puerto Ricans are Learning to Live in the Pre-modern Era Again
Puerto Ricans have been forced live in conditions similar to that of the 1920s and 1930s. They are traveling on bicycles or walking on foot. They are using candles at night, cooking in open air kitchens, taking cold showers, using transistor radios and depending on messengers that carry news on foot. Hurricane Maria has decimated […]
What Will It Take to Open Our Eyes?
“For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.” Zachariah 11:6. We are living […]
Acid Attack, Terrorism, Riots: Where is the Church?
We cannot ignore the wickedness that is engulfing our world as global catastrophes are occurring and civil unrest is escalating. In St. Louis rioters attacked police and reporters and destroy property as they protested a jury’s acquittal of a white policeman in the shooting death of a black man. In France, 4 young American girls were […]
Hurricane Damage Estimates: $290 Billion and Counting
The greatest threat to the America people is not the economy. It’s not Islamic terrorism, not illegal immigration, not North Korea, Iran, climate change and not even the environment. The greatest threat to our people are the judgments of a righteous and holy God Who pours out His wrath upon an unrepentant nation and world. […]
Hurricane Irma Leaves People Living Like Savages
Much of the Florida Keys are still underwater with no electricity, no food, no drinking water, no cellphone service, no AC, no gasoline and no road access leaving many people stranded who refused to evacuate to live like savages in the tropical heat. “We ran out of gas and there is no money to buy […]
Have God’s Delayed Judgments Finally Come?
“And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall […]
The Destructive Wrath of Hurricane Irma
“A voice from the east! a voice from the west! a voice from the four winds…a voice against the whole people!” (Great Controversy, p. 30). This is one very frightening storm that will bring destruction to everything in its path. Hurricane Irma is considered the most powerful storm in recorded history for the Atlantic Ocean. […]