Pastor Riley,
As always, you are on target!
David Lowe's Earthquake Resurrection is about exactly
what you are saying.
You would probably enjoy his book
immensely.
Thanks for sharing all your brilliant insights
with us Doves.
MARANATHA!
Gina
When the Earth begins
to Shake
By Pastor F. M. Riley
Dear friends,
This is just a note to let everyone know that we are okay. Here
in Columbia, Missouri we were not in the danger zone; that is, no damage. The
first quake (5.4) struck at 4:34 a.m. It was large enough to wake me out of a
sound sleep. It rocked the entire house and even my bed for several seconds.
It was large enough to make an impression not soon forgotten. I immediately
remembered that since we here in the Central Time Zone are about 8 hours behind
Israel's time zone, this earthquake came about six hours before Passover is
to begin in Israel. I just don't think that is "coincidence."
After the first shock this morning, I wondered if it would cause
other fault lines to open up around the country. Apparently it is causing
such. The second shaker (aftershock) occurred about an hour ago (4.5). It was
located about a 100 miles north of St. Louis. I think this is just the start of
more quakes. We live just 100 miles from the New Madrid fault line, one of the
largest and most dangerous fault lines in North America, and it is 60 years
overdue for a major quake.
Folks, we are right at the end of this present dispensation. Are
you ready for the Lord to come? Really ready? Don't be a bit surprised if
these quakes don't start happening every day now, for there is going to be a
tremendous earthquake that will literally shake the whole earth the day the
resurrection and rapture of God's people occurs. What makes me believe that?
I'm glad you asked.....
When the Lord arose from the grave three days and nights after He
was crucified on the Passover, the inspired Word tells us,
"And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the
angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from
the door, and sat upon it," Matthew 28:2.
"And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the
saints which slept arose,
And came out of the graves after His
resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Now when the centurion, and they that were with him,
watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared
greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God," Matthew 27:52-54.
Folks, it is Scripturally obvious that a
great earthquake occurred when the Lord Jesus Christ arose, and following that
earthquake and the Lord's resurrection the bodies of many believers came out of
their graves. It is not then unreasonable to believe that the resurrection and
rapture of God's people will be accompanied by a great earthquake that will
shake the entire earth.
The Jews who believe in the resurrection of the dead also believe
this. Their Jewish tradition claims that when the Messiah comes to raise the
dead the Trumpet of God will sound to a "thousand ells." If our readers do not
understand this term, "ells" are a measurement of the decibels in music [the
pitch or sound]. Look in nearly any hymnal and you will see the term used.
A really good opera singer can reach four (4) "ells" with their voice, but
rarely do because at four "ells" glass begins to shatter from the pitch and
vibration of their voice. At just four (4) "ells." Then, if this Jewish claim
is true; when the Jewish Messiah comes to raise the dead, the Trumpet of the
Lord shall sound to a thousand (1000) "ells," then it is easy to see why the
entire earth will shake as the bodies of the righteous dead are resurrected from
the ground, and the living saints are changed. Praise the Lord!
Folks, the earthquakes have started here in the Midwest just
before the beginning of Passover in Israel. The Lord Himself was raised from
the dead three days and three nights after Passover. That would correspond with
this coming Tuesday evening, April 22nd - 23rd, at 6 p.m., the beginning of
Wednesday by Jewish reckoning. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the "big one"
[earthquake] took place at that time, along with the dead in Christ being raised
and the living in Christ being changed, and all of God's people being caught up
to meet the Lord in the air? Wouldn't that be great? Folks, I don't know that
such will happen, but I don't know that it won't either. What I do know is that
we are in the time frame of the Lord's coming to rapture His people to glory.
It could be any day now; any hour; any minute. Are you ready? Acts
16:31.
Earthquake Resurrection explores the
possibility that the disappearance of a large group of believers worldwide will
be masked by global catastrophe. This possibility is based on a pattern found in
scripture that the power unleashed when a human being is resurrected into an
immortal body causes a shaking of the surrounding earth. The pattern is evident
with the two recorded historic instances of the resurrection of Jesus Christ and
the "many saints who had died" in Matthew 27, as well as with the resurrection
of the two witnesses of Revelation chapter 11 in the future.
What does
this portend for the future, much larger, global resurrection of the dead in
Christ? Will there be a global shaking of the earth from the power of the
resurrection? What is the purpose of the "harpazo", the Greek term for the quick
and sudden snatching or seizure of believers just after the resurrection of the
dead in Christ? Is there some kind of harm from which they need be snatched
away? What is the "trump of God" that accompanies the event? If God's voice was
described as the sound of a trumpet in scripture, and in the past it caused
Mount Sinai and the surrounding area to shake greatly, will this also occur when
the trump of God is sounded at the resurrection of the dead in Christ?
All these and many more important questions are explored and answered in
Earthquake Resurrection. If you have any interest in (a) the current natural
disasters engulfing the earth, (b) the prophetic Word of God, or (c) the future
of the planet, then this book is for you. Read early reviews
and reactions to the book, selected excerpts of
the book, and the many other resources on
the site.
Thanks for your interest!
David Lowe