Hello, John and Doves,
Are tsunamis a sign of the End Times?
Tsunamis are actually part of the signature of God, as are the earthquakes that engender them.
It is written,
He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses.
Psalm 33:7 ESV
Again, it is written,
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?
Lamentations 3:38 NIV
And yet again, it is written,
5I am the Lord, and there is no other,
besides me there is no God;
I equip you, though you do not know me,
6that people may know, from the rising of the sun
and from the west, that there is none besides me;
I am the Lord, and there is no other.
7I form light and create darkness,
I make well-being and create calamity,
I am the Lord, who does all these things.
8“Shower, O heavens, from above,
and let the clouds rain down righteousness;
let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit;
let the earth cause them both to sprout;
I the Lord have created it.
Isaiah 45:5-8 ESV
Okay, we know that God creates calamity and disaster alike,
But rest assured that His purposes are good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Impossible_(2012_film)
It is written,
Life in the Spirit
1There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.2For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.3For
God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By
sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,4in
order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in
us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.5For
those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of
the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on
the things of the Spirit.6For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.7For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot.8Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
9You,
however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit
of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does
not belong to him.10But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.11If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
Heirs with Christ
12So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.13For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.15For
you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but
you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba!
Father!”16The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,17and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
Romans 8:1-17 ESV
Again, it is written,
Future Glory
18For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.19For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.20For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope21that
the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and
obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.22For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.23And
not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of
the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the
redemption of our bodies.24For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?25But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
26Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.27And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.28And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.29For
those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image
of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many
brothers.30And
those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he
also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
Romans 8:18-30 ESV
From verse 26, we see that the Spirit of God cries as it were when we cry, when emotions are too intense for words.
It is written,
http://biblehub.com/greek/3875.htm
3875. paraklétos |
Strong's Concordance paraklétos: called to one's aid Original Word: παράκλητος, ου, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: paraklétos
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ak'-lay-tos)
Short Definition: an advocate, comforter, helper, Paraclete
Definition: (a) an advocate, intercessor, (b) a consoler, comforter, helper, (c) Paraclete. HELPS Word-studies 3875 paráklētos (from 3844 /pará, "from close-beside" and 2564 /kaléō, "make a call") – properly, a legal advocate who makes the right judgment-call because close enough to the situation. 3875 /paráklētos ("advocate, advisor-helper") is the regular term in NT times of an attorney (lawyer) – i.e. someone giving evidence that stands up in court. |
He is our hiding place, for it is written,
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
Proverbs 18:10 ESV
And that is why we are still here in these last 17 months of Daniel’s seventieth week, in my honest opinion.
After all, God saved Noah in the midst of the flood.
~Blessings,
Mike