It's Global "Warning"--Not Global Warming
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GLOBAL WARNINGS', NOT GLOBAL WARMING
By Jan MarkellPeople worldwide are looking at earth's calamities in the last year and are asking, What on earth is happening?' Be it tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, mud slides, earthquakes, or fires, a fear factor' has entered into the mix as well as perplexity. I get many e-mails that friends and family of believers are troubled and many are asking questions. Most every disaster is preceded by words like record-setting' or of biblical proportions.' We've run out of names in the alphabet for hurricanes and are now going to the Greek alphabet. This has never happened before.
If one doesn't know their Bible, little will make sense. Instead of looking at the Bible, many pass off these events as cyclical.' Sun spots are blamed as they normally shoot horizontally but recently have been directed at earth. Global warming is blamed but I prefer to say it's a global warning.'
The Bible says in Luke 21—an apocalyptic chapter—that there would be signs in the sun, moon, and stars, the sea and the waves roaring….men's hearts failing them for fear. This is a last days' reference and one of the many warning signs that the Lord's return is getting closer. Thus I call what is happening controlled chaos,' controlled by God who is trying to get people's attention since by nature man is skeptical and stubborn.
Noah faced a similar dilemma. He preached and preached to a world that didn't want to hear that something was ahead and they should repent and get right with God. We know what happened. And it's in the Bible for a reason. But today God is sending signs to herald His power, His glory, and the fact that He is coming again. Those who are looking up and not looking around will fare much better as calamities continue to unfold.
Many Christian leaders have spoken out in the last year. One asks, Is God angry with us?' Some say God is judging the world for wickedness. It is easy to say that the decadence in New Orleans brought on His wrath, but good people died there as well. And the most decadent part of New Orleans was spared the horrific damage so can we jump to this conclusion? Many insist that if God judged in Bible days, He most certainly hasn't changed as He never changes so stop being afraid of the word judgment. No solid theologian will deny that calamities and disasters are a clear warning sign today as they were in Bible times.
As Hurricane Wilma was about to slam into Florida, Gov. Bush said, Why us?' Why not us? We are not promised a Garden of Eden existence in this life? These are days when we have to acknowledge the wisdom of Isaiah 33:6, God is the stability of our times.' These are days when only the solid rock' will provide the foundation we need to avoid the fear factor' mentioned above. Calamities will continue. Give your life over to Jesus Christ while there is still time. You could be caught in the next disaster and face Eternity—a glorious one or a very bleak one.
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Jesus is Coming: People Yawn and Not Yearn
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Jesus is Coming, Yet People Yawn and Not Yearn
Commentary on the News
Jan MarkellI recognize we're an apathetic generation that loves to be entertained rather than think real serious thoughts. At least some feel that way. But there is one form of apathy I don't get and that is the fact that people are yawning over the return of the King of kings and not yearning for it.
This is the greatest news on earth. Titus calls it our blessed hope.' The Lord will put an end to all sorrow, sighing, tears, disasters, broken relationships, and more.
The apathy factor has grown since 9/11. America was torn for a few months and then many forgot because it wasn't in their neighborhood. People went back to sleep while the evil doers in this country continue their plotting.
Maranatha!
Deborah
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