Earthquakes: Spotlight on…
Japan
In Matthew 24:7, Christ warned His people about some of the events to take place just before the end of the Age. A major event to watch for is earthquakes, or in the Greek - “SEISMOS” – commotions.
This can mean Earthquakes – Volcanoes – Tsunamis – or Tornadoes – so-called “natural” disasters!
What do Japan, the Philippines, Tonga, New Zealand, Indonesia, New Guinea, Russia, Sumatra, Java, Bali, South America, Canada, USA, Mexico and Antarctica all have in common?
They are all located on the Ring of Fire.
The Ring of Fire is an arc stretching from New Zealand, along the eastern edge of Asia, north across the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, and south along the coast of North and South America. Approximately 90 percent of all earthquakes and approximately 75 percent of all volcanic eruptions occur along the Ring of Fire.
Right now, Japan is in the spotlight!
Japan: Government Warns 9+ ‘Megaquake’
“Social media is abuzz with panicky predictions of a massive quake that will strike Japan in July, but where is all this coming from?
Experts say the rumours do not have a scientific basis, but that hasn’t stopped many travellers from getting spooked and cancelling their holidays.
Rumours of a catastrophic disaster occurring in Japan on 5 July have been flooding social media and major television network broadcasts, sparking widespread concern and postponed travel plans.
According to Japanese national broadcaster NHK, over 1,400 videos on the prediction have been posted online in many languages, garnering more than 100 million views. So many people have been spooked by the prophecy that Japan’s tourism industry is feeling the pinch, with airlines reporting sharp declines in sales for Japanese destinations.
The routine advisory was not made in response to any prediction but to a Japanese government report on 31 March on the POSSIBILITY of a major earthquake in the Nankai Trough, a 900-kilometre undersea fault which runs from Shizuoka, west of Tokyo, to the southern tip of Kyushu island.
Experts estimate that up to 298,000 people could die if a magnitude 9 earthquake occurs in the region south of the country’s Pacific coast, affecting coastal cities such as Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe. BUT THERE IS NO SUGGESTION THAT A QUAKE IS IMMINENT. Instead, researchers believe there is an 80 percent chance of such a quake in the next 30 years.” (macaonews.org)
Analyse The Article: Japan, Government Warns of IMMINENT 9+ ‘Megaquake’
A Japanese government report on 31 March touched on the POSSIBILITY of a major earthquake in the Nankai Trough… but there is no suggestion that a quake is IMMINENT.
Media added the word “IMMINENT” and that resulted in over 1,400 videos on the prediction… garnering more than 100 MILLION VIEWS. Holidays are being cancelled. Flights are being cancelled. Tourists stay away!
However, the threat IS real. “Unreleased stress energy along the Chishima Trench off Hokkaido has become large enough to potentially trigger a magnitude 9 megaquake.”
And it could strike anytime - with very little warning.
Meanwhile, Japan Shakes
“Japan has been rocked by 900+ earthquakes in just 10 days across the Tokara Islands. Now the government says the risk of a magnitude 9+ MEGAQUAKE in the Nankai Trough is as high as 82% and could kill nearly 300,000 people.
But they fail to add that the risk is spread over a 30 year period.
This isn’t fear porn. It’s math. The fault line snaps every 100–200 years. The last one? 1946. Japan admits their current response plans would only reduce deaths by 20%. They’re not ready. Not even close. Locals can’t sleep. Flights are being cancelled. Even a manga prediction of a July 5 quake has the public rattled.
The Ring of Fire is active. The pressure is real. And this many quakes in this short a window? That’s not normal. Something’s coming. And Japan knows it. (Source: Japan Meteorological Agency, 2025 Government Panel, Journal of Geophysical Research)” (citizenwatchreport.com)
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Authorities: More Strong Tremors Ahead
“Japan’s manga earthquake prediction: More than 900 earthquakes have shaken a remote and sparsely populated island chain in southern Japan over two weeks, leaving the residents shocked. However, authorities in Japan have warned of more possible strong earthquakes. Authorities have dismissed the claims of any super-earthquake as predicted by the manga, while asking people to rely on ‘SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE’.”? (indiatimes.com)
The Scientific Evidence For A Magnitude 9 Megaquake
After the 2011 Honshu earthquake and the following tsunami, scientists are monitoring the tectonic plates very carefully for any warning of unreleased stress energy along the tectonic plates. Back in 2011, Japan’s earthquake warning gave a one minute warning of an impending earthquake - enough time to stop high speed trains.
Less than an hour after the earthquake, the first of many tsunami waves hit Japan’s coastline. The tsunami waves reached run-up heights (how far the wave surges inland above sea level) of up to 128 feet (39 meters) at Miyako city and traveled inland as far as 6 miles (10 km) in Sendai.
Unreleased Stress Energy
“Unreleased stress energy along the Chishima Trench off Hokkaido has become large enough to potentially trigger a magnitude 9 megaquake. That is the warning from a research team in Japan. In 2019, researchers from the Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology and scientists from Tohoku and Hokkaido universities installed GPS observation stations on the seabed to monitor plate movements. They were placed around the point where an ocean plate sinks beneath a continental plate.
Stations on the ocean plate moved approximately 8 centimeters per year toward the continental side. A station on the continental plate also moved around 8 centimeters in the same direction. According to the research team, this indicates that the plates are solidly joined together and strain may be accumulating. They believe the strain has accumulated to an extent that could potentially cause a magnitude 9 megaquake.” (tokyoweekender.com)
Over 900 Earthquakes Since June 21
“From June 21 to late afternoon on Wednesday, a total of 911 earthquakes were recorded in the region. On Thursday afternoon, at 4:13 pm, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Toshima Village. It registered lower 6 on the shindo scale, which measures the degree of shaking. Lower 6 indicates that most people would find it difficult to remain standing. A 5.6 magnitude quake struck the same village on Wednesday afternoon at 3:26 pm. Earlier in the day, residents there were woken by a 5.1 magnitude quake.
An emergency press conference was held following the afternoon earthquake. ‘Seismic activity has been very active in the seas around the Tokara Island chain since June 21,’ said Ayataka Ebita, director of the agency’s Earthquake and Tsunami Observation Division. ‘We want people in areas where tremors were strong to ensure their safety and watch out for falling rocks and landslides. We don’t know when the seismic activity will end.’” (tokyoweekender.com)
What Are Japanese Authorities Worried About?
“Japan is a country used to earthquakes. It sits on the Ring of Fire and, as a result, experiences about 1,500 earthquakes a year. The vast majority do little damage, but there are some - like the one which struck in 2011 measuring magnitude 9.0, sending a tsunami into the north-east coast and killing more than 18,000 people.
But the one that authorities fear may strike in this more densely populated region to the south could - in the absolute worst-case scenario - be even more deadly. Earthquakes along the Nankai Trough - an area of seismic activity which stretches along Japan’s Pacific coast - have already been responsible for thousands of deaths.
In 1707, a rupture along its entire 600km length caused the second-biggest earthquake ever recorded in Japan and was followed by the eruption of Mount Fuji. Experts say there is a 70% to 80% chance of a magnitude 8 or 9 quake striking somewhere along the trough in the next 30 years, with worst-case scenarios suggesting it would cause trillions in damage, and potentially kill hundreds of thousands.” (bbc.co.uk)
What Did The Government Experts Really Say?
The word IMMINENT was used in some news articles - and it stuck! Check what was actually said. The routine advisory was not made in response to any prediction but to a Japanese government report on 31 March on the POSSIBILITY of a major earthquake in the Nankai Trough, a 900-kilometre undersea fault which runs from Shizuoka, west of Tokyo, to the southern tip of Kyushu island.
Experts say there is a 70% to 80% chance of a magnitude 8 or 9 quake striking somewhere along the trough in the next 30 years.
THERE IS NO SUGGESTION THAT A QUAKE IS IMMINENT.
So the government did comment on the POSSIBILITY of a major earthquake in the Nankai Trough, BUT - there is no suggestion that a quake is imminent.
But people living in the area can’t sleep. Flights are being cancelled. The Ring of Fire is active. The pressure is real.
And this many quakes in this short a window? That’s not normal. Something’s coming. And Japan knows it. It is clearly a situation to watch carefully!
Tokyo Under Threat
Japan estimates feared megaquake could cause $1.8 trillion in damage, kill 300,000 people
“Japan’s economy could lose as much as $1.81 trillion in the event of a long-anticipated megaquake off its Pacific coast, which could trigger devastating tsunamis, the collapse of hundreds of buildings and potentially killing about 300,000 people, a government report said on Monday. A magnitude 9 quake in 2011 that triggered a devastating tsunami and the triple reactor meltdowns at a nuclear power plant in northeast Japan killed more than 15,000 people.” (reuters.com)
JAPAN
A Nation Living On The Edge
The nation of Japan is situated on the junction of 4 tectonic plates.
Three of the plates meet at a specific spot…
RIGHT UNDER THE HUGE CITY OF TOKYO.
With the Eurasian plate to the east, the Philippine plate to the south, the North American plate to the north and the Pacific plate to the east, it is little wonder that Japan is earthquake prone.
The Big One - Chile 1960
“The Great Chilean earthquake occurred on 22 May 1960. Most studies have placed it at 9.5–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale [MMS]. The resulting tsunamis affected southern Chile, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, eastern New Zealand, southeast Australia, and the Aleutian Islands. The main tsunami traveled across the Pacific Ocean and devastated Hilo, Hawaii, where waves as high as 10.7 metres (35 ft) were recorded over 10,000 kilometres (6,200 miles) from the epicenter.” (wikipedia.org)
2011: Japan Moved!
“Over the weekend, seismologists around the world concluded that the March 11 earthquake (magnitude-9) in Japan has had a significant physical impact on the Earth. Scientists say that the impact was so great that it moved Japan’s main island, Honshu, 2.4 meters to the east, and shifted the earth on its rotational axis by almost 10 centimeters.
‘The displacement directly at the fault was about 15 meters, derived from seismic records,’ wrote Rainer Kind, a seismologist at the Helmholtz Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam. ‘The Japanese have the best seismic information in the world,’ said Lucy Jones, chief scientist for the Multi-Hazards project at the US Geological Survey, ‘This is overwhelmingly the best-recorded great earthquake ever.’” (dw.com)
End Time Mega-Tsunami?
In the book of Revelation we read: “And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea…” (Revelation 8:8 )
This would surely cause a mega-tsunami. Is this what the prophet Nahum was referring to?
“The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
But with AN OVERRUNNING FLOOD he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.” (Nahum 1:5-8)
Mega-Quakes ARE Imminent
Mr Armstrong points out:
“The mountains were formed. Great forces caused gigantic upheavals, or huge cracks and slippages in the crust of the earth. Massive blocks of granite lunged up into the sky – the earth rocking and reeling in the throes of the greatest earthquakes in its history.
Mountains were made – they didn’t just happen.
The God of all power, who formed the hills and mountains (Amos 4:13; Ps. 90:2), will reform them – will reshape the surface of this earth.” (Mystery of the Ages - Chapter 7)
“For, lo, HE THAT FORMETH THE MOUNTAINS, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.” (Amos 4:13)
“A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. BEFORE THE MOUNTAINS WERE BROUGHT FORTH, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.” (Psalm 90:1-2)
The final quake - Revelation 16:18–20 - God seems to use this earthquake to re-landscape the whole earth – ready for the 1,000 year rule of Jesus Christ!
“…And a great earthquake came, such as came not since men came upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake - so great! …And the cities of the nations did fall …and every island did flee away, AND MOUNTAINS WERE NOT FOUND!” (Revelation 16:18-20, Young's Literal Translation)
Mr Armstrong, writing in The Plain Truth magazine explains:
Prophecy of Doom? Emphatically Not!
“The unprecedented worldwide earthquake will mark the time of the RESURRECTION of the saints of God in GLORY! They will meet the returning glorified and mighty Christ, coming as KING of kings, and LORD of lords, ruling over – and saving – ALL NATIONS!
Then will follow a thousand years of world PEACE, abundance, happiness and joy, and eternal life offered to ALL!” (The Plain Truth – January, 1979)
From Poverty to Plenty
"Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all." (Jeremiah 31:12)
The previous Pastor's Report (A Bag of Holes) dwelt on the disastrous economic situation in the world today, and the looming threat of massive food shortages leading to famines across the globe. But as future teachers our job will not be showing how to survive the next crisis, but rather to explain HOW this disastrous situation came about - i.e. the underlying cause and just as important, how to implement the antidote. As Mr. Armstrong wrote in the Plain Truth of May 1985:
But survival alone is NOT ENOUGH! We must have survival in PEACE, in happiness, in joy, in prosperity and plenty, and in abundant well-being for ALL! ...
... To get to the crux of the problem immediately, realize first that these existing conditions and evils are merely the EFFECT! For every effect, there has to be a CAUSE. Our problem of immediate urgency is to find the CAUSE, not only of present evil conditions, but also of what is the not-being-used CAUSE of peace, happiness and abundant well-being! (Plain Truth May 1985)
A New Heart
The horrors of the end time will leave mankind more willing to listen to his God, and without Satan's influence to muddy the waters and with God's spirit made freely available, then our teacher-training over the past so many years will come to the fore, as we explain to those in our care the underlying cause of all humanity's ills. No doubt we will go back to Lucifer's rebellion, and the Two Trees, and the two basic, fundamental ways of life; GIVE versus GET – and that all mankind's troubles, heartaches and despair have been from breaking invisible but no less potent spiritual laws.
- But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people (Jeremiah 31:33)
- A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. (Ezekiel 36:26)
With this vastly different approach to life – from INcoming to OUTgoing – we will at last be able to teach a new and totally practical financial system. It won't be based on interest rates, tax cuts, tariffs, or anyone's "Big, Beautiful Bill", but rather the outgoing nature of the laws of God, which puts obedience to God first and foremost in our life, and our neighbour on the same level of importance as ourselves.
We will explain that at its very foundation, God's financial system is family based – recognising the nuclear family unit of a man, his wife and their children as the unit in which every potential member of God's family begins his life. God's financial system then gives this family nucleus the financial security required to be able to live life to the full, without constant money worries, so giving a stable family environment to succeeding generations. In the following sections, therefore, please notice the family-based and GIVE approach to life, not only in personal finances, but also in the agricultural practices of the future.
Tithing
- Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. (Malachi 3:10)
Even within the law of tithing, we can see the outgoing nature of God. In the millennium, the tithes of the people won't be needed for the upkeep of the ministry, or websites, or taking the gospel to the world as a witness. God only has to say the word and anything He needs can be created, so what will future tithes be used for? From "Tomorrow ... what it will be like", chapter 7:
God says the wealth of the world will be centered in Jerusalem, and that the vast rebuilding programs, rehabilitation processes and new-age pioneering that begin will be backed by that wealth.
“…Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; And I will shake all nations, and the desire [desirable things, margin] of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the [Eternal] of hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the [Eternal] of hosts” (Haggai 2:6-8).
But God’s great treasury will be for public display.
No gold bricks, reposing in deep, subterranean vaults – utterly useless except for their meaning – no fear of thievery, or robbery. But breathtakingly beautiful decorations for the capital building, the temple in which Christ will dwell. (Tomorrow ... what it will be like)
Not only will the tithes be used for the re-building of the waste places, (Isaiah 58:12) but as it says in both Isaiah 2 and Micah 4, the nations of the world will visit the glorious city of Jerusalem, and when they see what has been achieved, they'll be more than willing to being taught HOW they too can achieve such wealth and beauty in their own lands. This also fits with the way God tends to work ... by beginning small and then expanding in an orderly way. The Church will begin teaching and ruling within Israel, making it the model nation. This will then also help us to learn what we need regarding running a nation, before we expand out to teach the whole world.
- Foreigners will build up your walls, and their kings will serve you; For in my wrath I struck you, and in My favour I have had compassion on you.
- Your gates will be open continually; they will not be closed day or night, so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations, with their kings led in procession.
- For the nation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish, and the nations will be utterly ruined.
- The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the juniper, the elm tree and the cedar together, to beautify the place of My sanctuary; and I will make the place of My feet glorious.
- The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you, and all those who despised you will bow down at the soles of your feet; and they will call you the city of the LORD, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel. (Isaiah 60:10-14 ASV)
Usury
- In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
- Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee. (Ezekiel 22:12,13)
This is the condition of modern day Israel, as God sees us, and no wonder we are cursed financially. Mr Armstrong colourfully and accurately described today's business dealings as "the grasping, conniving, striving, deceitful, clandestine, furtive, scurrilous, devious, cheating and lying chicanery that is commonplace in today’s business world." From the sermon "Why the Church", 17 October 1981, Mr. Armstrong writes:
Then we have developed a human system of economy. Now the economy is in trouble all over the world right now; and man has nothing but problems and troubles with the economic system he’s developed, because it is false. It’s man-devised and SATAN-INFLUENCED. God, for one thing, God’s way denies interest or usury on loaning money; but the whole world’s system is based on usury and interest. That’s one of the problems in the United States right now. ("Why the Church", 17 October 1981)
Whereas back in Deuteronomy, God gave this command for natural-born Israelites:
- Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
- Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it. (Deuteronomy 23:19,20)
This law of usury given to OT Israel would have brought great blessings – to Israelites initially, and then, as the other nations – the "strangers" – saw the affluence and abundance in Jerusalem and its surroundings, once they put themselves under the commonwealth of Israel and obeyed its laws, they too could be free of usury and would greatly prosper as a result. It didn't happen back then, but it is most certainly seems prophesied to happen in the future!
- Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
- And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.
- Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.
- Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. (Zechariah 8:20-23)
Sabbatical Year
- At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
- And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD’S release. (Deuteronomy 15:1-2)
This is the financial aspect of the Sabbatical Year and part of the very Plan of God – the very purpose of this amazing law, that "there shall be no poor among you" (Deuteronomy 15:4). This agricultural law – like the law of usury – would presumably expand to apply to all within the commonwealth of Israel as other nations see, and bring themselves under the Government of God in the future, where it will be not only illegal to charge interest, but even the capital sum is to be released every seven years! No horrendous interest piling up that many times becomes totally unmanageable and ends in bankruptcy and in some countries today, slavery for many generations.
Farmers have found to their cost that continuing monoculture of a crop brings diminishing results, as it often leaves the crop more susceptible to disease and pest outbreaks. So there is good solid agricultural backing to the concept of resting the land every seven years, and allowing the needy to help themselves, and also allowing your flocks and herds to graze and fertilise the ground.
- But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. (Exodus 23:11)
Numerous times within scripture we find God's admonition to care not only for the fatherless and the widows but also those that have fallen on hard times – an unselfish, outgoing frame of mind to note:
- And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God. (Leviticus 19:10)
- He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. (Proverbs 19:17)
- And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. (Leviticus 25:35)
Jubilee year
- Count off seven sabbaths of years – seven times seven years – so that the seven sabbaths of years amount to a period of forty nine years.
- Then have the trumpet sounded everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement [the day picturing the banishment of Satan!] sound the trumpet throughout your land.
- Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each one of you is to return to his family property and each to his own clan. (Leviticus 25:8-10 NIV)
The law of the Jubilee returns the basis of all real, tangible wealth back into the hands of the family – because absolutely everything we own ultimately comes from the land. In this way it levels the financial playing-field for everyone, family by family, in a real and practical way. It even leads people away from interracial marriage, as it continually brings people back to their own genetic environment – doing so in a patriarchal (not matriarchal) way. This is because the right to the family land normally passes through the sons, with the daughters becoming part of the family into which they marry, and then tied into that new family unit by the very land they – eventually – pass on to their offspring. This in turn also leads society back to placing fathers at the head of each home – a reflection of the God-family position, with the loving Father as the head of the household. So it's the father's family that is tied to the land, not the mother's in the vast majority of cases (for the exception see Numbers 27:1-11) .
Because it is land based, returning people to their land every 50 years, the Jubilee is also designed to create a society that is predominantly rural, not urban! In this way, it also forces man to appreciate the source of his food, and to recognise its link to the blessings of good weather given by God. In addition, because the land stays in a single family's custody, it helps preserve the land's fertility and encourages truly long-term thinking in that custodianship. Unlike the transitory nature of families today, people will literally be able to put down roots! They will want to plant walnut trees for wood, for example, because they'll know that whatever happens, the land will remain for their great-great grandchildren! So they will naturally landscape, fertilise, improve and beautify it – caring for it as the priceless heritage it is, knowing that by doing so they will be able to watch succeeding generations of their offspring enjoy it as well.
The Jubilee also means that businesses will not be able to grow into mega-monster conglomerates, buying up acres and acres of land and extending their reach – and usually negative effect – into the local area, as at the end of 50 years, the land has to return to its original owner. Small indeed is beautiful.
A Glorious Future
Currently the world stumbles on in the darkness of massive indebtedness and other insoluble financial problems. The various situations – both trials and blessings – that God allows in our lives are preparing us to be able to teach a diametrically different approach to every aspect of the human experience, including the financial area. Recounting our personal experiences to those in our care – and lessons learnt from them – will vividly illustrate the benefit of living God's way of life and experience the fulness of God's blessings.
- All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
- I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
- The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. (John 10:8-10)
There is indeed a time of great trouble just up ahead – something mankind has brought on himself to a large degree, under the sway of the god of this world. But within God's great Master Plan He has everything under control and even uses the seemingly unresolvable problems to teach us vital lessons! Ancient Israel 'had it all' ... hereditary, God's laws etc, but without a change of heart, even those laws alone could not bring about the Utopia we all long for. As brought out in Joel chapter two, God's spirit will be made available to all flesh – bringing about that change of heart, and the result? No debt, no famine, no warfare and a lasting, life-changing relationship with the one true God.
- Then the LORD will be zealous for His land, And will have compassion for His people.
- The LORD will answer and say to His people,"Behold, I am going to send you grain, new wine and oil and you will be satisfied in full with them; and I will never again make you a disgrace among the nations ...
- ... Do not fear, land; shout for joy and rejoice, For the LORD has done great things.
- Do not fear, animals of the field, For the pastures of the wilderness have turned green, For the tree has produced its fruit, The fig tree and the vine have yielded in full.
- So shout for joy, you sons of Zion, And rejoice in the LORD your God; For He has given you the early rain [Strongs H04175 – or; teacher for righteousness] for your vindication. And He has brought down for you the rain, The early and latter rain as before.
- The threshing floors will be full of grain, And the vats will overflow with the new wine and oil.
- “Then I will compensate you for the years That the swarming locust has eaten, The creeping locust, the stripping locust, and the gnawing locust — My great army which I sent among you.
- “You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied, And you will praise the name of the LORD your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you; Then My people will never be put to shame.
- “So you will know that I am in the midst of Israel, And that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other; And My people will never be put to shame. (Joel 2:18,19,21-27 NASV)
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