Our minds cannot
comprehend the
vastness, the
power, the might
of Almighty God.
We have
scriptures in
Revelation that
John the
beloved, tried
to describe what
he saw and they
are partially
revealing of the
power of God,
but I believe to
express fully
the power of God
in all His glory
is beyond the
scope of mortal
man. There are
not enough words
or adjectives
that give enough
information of
what, and who we
serve and the
awesomeness of
our God.
Let us turn to
the only people
in all of
civilization
that had a first
hand encounter
and lived in
close proximity
to the presence
of Almighty God.
In the Exodus of
the Hebrew
people from Egypt,
the Israelites
had many
examples of the
power of God,
close and
personal. They
saw Him part the
Red Sea.
They saw Him in
a cloud by day
and a pillar of
fire by night to
lead them as any
Shepherd would
lead His sheep.
They saw Him
give manna from
heaven to feed
them, give them
water to drink
out of rocks,
and impart
judgment because
of their
unbelief until
He purged their
sins from the
camp. But there
is no other
place that tries
to explain the
power of God, as
when these
ancient people
of Israel arrived and came to worship at the foot of
Mount Sinai.
There God gave
them His Ten
Commandments in
a verbal
revelation that
was too much for
them to bear.
Exodus 19:16-21
Then it came to
pass on the
third day, in
the morning,
that there were
thunderings and
lightnings, and
a thick cloud on
the mount; and
the sound of the
trumpet was very
loud, so that
all the people
who were
in the camp
trembled. And
Moses brought
the people out
of the camp to
meet with God,
and they stood
at the foot of
the mountain.
Now
Mount Sinai
was
completely in
smoke, because
the LORD descended upon it in fire. Its
smoke ascended
like the smoke
of a furnace,
and the whole
mountain quaked
greatly. And
when the blast
of the trumpet
sounded long,
and waxed louder
and louder,
Moses spake, and
God answered him
by a voice.
Try for a moment
and put yourself
in the shoes of
these people as
they were
witnessing this
display of God’s
power on this
earth, in sight
and sound that
overwhelmed
their five
senses. I saw a
movie based on
this theme that
starred Richard
Harris, as
Moses. As he was
standing at the
foot of the
mountain, the
rushing wind and
the
reverberation of
a loud trumpet
blast made him
tremble and
standing on his
feet was
difficult. The
sound was near
deafening, and
the shock wave
that caused the
wind to blow his
hair straight
back on its ends
were dramatic.
They depicted
the whole
mountain on fire
and a great
column of smoke
rose from it’s
peak, as if it
were a volcano
erupting.
If we have ever
witnessed the
eruption of a
volcano, we see
the vast power
unleashed of one
of nature’s most
violent display
of raw power.
But on this
mountain, the
mountain was not
consumed, but
the power of God
descended upon
this mountain to
meet with His
chosen people.
The whole
mountain quaked,
and shook
violently, as if
it were
erupting. And
they heard the
voice of God,
which I can’t
even imagine
what the volume
and the sound of
hearing words
spoken for human
ears to
understand and
process. It must
have been
terrifying to a
people who had
just come out of
hundreds of
years of 24
hours a day
pagan influence,
and knew nothing
else. And now
here they are in
close proximity
of an immense
power that could
destroy them in
an instant with
fire and great
heat. The
display was more
than they could
bear. As
written:
and the sound of
the trumpet was
very loud, so
that all the
people who
were in the
camp trembled.
I would imagine
so. I feel that
anyone of us
would have fled
the other way
from this
mountain and
withdrew several
hundred yards
from the
presence of
Jehovah coming
down in fire and
smoke. Such is a
example and a
fraction of the
awesome power
that is our God
Jehovah, the
Almighty did
display. How is
this relevant to
today?
GOD’S POWER IN THE NEWS
Today, we see
possible
displays of His
power with
earthquakes in
diver places all
around our
globe. As noted
in the news,
powerful
earthquakes have
taken a deadly
toll in the area
of the world
that is called
the Pacific Ring
of Fire. It’s an
area of islands
that included Japan which just experienced a huge
earthquake of
8.9 on the
Richter scale
that is the
fifth most
powerful
earthquake that
has ever been
recorded. The
death toll is
rising and we
will not know
the full amount
of the
devastation
before many days
have passed. Now
we see a
possible
radiation leak
because of this
quake that
caused an
explosion at a
nuclear reactor
and can possibly
spread to the
population
around the area
and many more
lives could be
lost due to
radiation
poisoning.
Time will
tell the level
of this danger.
From there and
prior events, we
see earthquakes
and natural
disasters
growing
exponentially
from what had
been the norm of
recent years
past. It seems
to me, and
probably all
that read this
message, that
the earth is
convulsing and
shaking more and
more as time
passes as the
world’s
population grows
even more wicked
by the passing
day. Was this
the judgment
passed on the
people of Japan or in other countries where
the human toll
was great? I
don’t even begin
to understand
the ways of God
and what His
judgments are
and who will be
affected.
Because I am
reminded of the
apostles when
they came to
Jesus and asked
the same type of
question that
many wonder with
all these
disasters. It’s
found in Luke
13:1 Now
at the same time
there were
present some who
told him (Jesus)
of the Galileans
whose blood
Pilate mingled
with [that of]
their
sacrifices.
13:2 And
he answering
said to them,
Think ye that
these Galileans
were sinners
beyond all the
Galileans
because they
suffered such
things?
13:3 No,
I say to you,
but if ye repent
not, ye shall
all perish in
the same manner.
13:4 Or
those eighteen
on whom the
tower in Siloam
fell and killed
them, think ye
that *they* were
debtors beyond
all the men who
dwell in
Jerusalem?
13:5 No,
I say to you,
but if ye repent
not, ye shall
all perish in
like manner.
Sin is in this
world and all
will perish
unless they are
forgiven of
their sins
against God. It
is not only
individual
judgment on a
particular
people, but the
whole of
humanity that
will perish
apart from
forgiveness of
the sinful
condition that
is rampant on
this earth,
especially in
these latter
days of man’s
existence. We
can’t point to
anyone event or
disaster and say
that it is God’s
judgment, as
that is left to
God, but we can
see what is
happening all
around us, and
know that God’s
judgment is
close at hand
and we will see
even more as the
days grow darker
and more evil.
God holds this
earth in the
palm of His
hands and he
will do with His
creation
according to His
will. And what
is His will? II
Peter 3
3:9 The
Lord is not
slack concerning
his promise, as
some men count
slackness; but
is longsuffering
to us-ward, not
willing that any
should perish,
but that all
should come to
repentance.
That, my friend,
is His will. He
takes no
pleasure in the
death of wicked
men. But God
being the God of
love and mercy,
is also the God
of judgment and
His patience is
longsuffering,
but there comes
a point when His
patience wears
out and wrath
fills His face
with fierce
anger. In all
messages on this
website, we read
about
God’s coming
wrath and He
makes it known
that His
patience will
end and His
wrath is coming
upon this sinful
earth and He
will destroy the
people who hate
him and have
rebelled against
His law, which
is the definer
of what sin is.
Peter when he
preached his
sermon and
boldly spoke to
the Jews, the
Sanhedrin and
the council that
were in
Jerusalem
after the Day of
Pentecost in
Acts 4:8-12 and
it echoes what
Jesus had taught
him. “4:8 Then
Peter, filled
with the Holy
Ghost, said unto
them, Ye rulers
of the people,
and elders of
Israel,
4:9 If
we this day be
examined of the
good deed done
to the impotent
man, by what
means he is made
whole;
4:10,
Be it known unto
you all, and to
all the people
of Israel, that
by the name of
Jesus Christ of
Nazareth, whom
ye crucified,
whom God raised
from the dead,
even by him doth
this man stand
here before you
whole.
4:11 This
is the stone
which was set at
nought of you
builders, which
is become the
head of the
corner.
4:12 Neither
is there
salvation in any
other: for there
is none other
name under
heaven given
among men,
whereby we must
be saved.”
And when Paul
spoke of what
the Hebrew
people
experienced of
comparing our
coming face to
face with God
Almighty. In the
following
passage of
scripture, Paul
explains that
through God’s
Son, Jesus
Christ, the pain
of death and
destruction has
been averted by
our belief in
His Holy Name.
Paul looked back
in the
scriptures and
referenced the
passage in
Exodus that
opened this
message. In
Hebrews the 12th
chapter, Paul
writes:
12:18 For
ye are not come
unto the mount
that might be
touched, and
that burned with
fire, nor unto
blackness, and
darkness, and
tempest,
12:19 And
the sound of a
trumpet, and the
voice of words;
which voice they
that heard
intreated that
the word should
not be spoken to
them any more:
12:20 (For
they could not
endure that
which was
commanded, And
if so much as a
beast touch the
mountain, it
shall be stoned,
or thrust
through with a
dart:
12:21 And
so terrible was
the sight, that
Moses said, I
exceedingly fear
and quake:)
TRIBULATION STRAIGHT AHEAD
As previously
mentioned, this
was raw power
and unfathomable
might and
authority that
was displayed to
His people at Mount Sinai. In our time, we are seeing sights now that as
they progress
they will make a
man’s heart stop
from the fear
that will be on
unrepentant
mankind and will
make the words
in Exodus pale
in comparison.
As
quoted in
Revelation,
21:25 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;
21:26 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 be shaken.
If you think
that the
calamity and
natural
disasters that
have increased
within our
modern times are
disturbing, if
you be so
foolish, wait
till you shall
see what will
come upon the
earth when men
have heart
attacks out of
sheer terror as
the world’s
environment
seems to being
going completely
mad. Mankind
will not have a
plausible
explanation, as
they will
attempt to blame
it on anyone or
anything but the
real cause and
reason behind
this world
upheaval. They
will call it
global warming
effects, alien
attacks, radio
frequencies of
HAARP from
superpower
countries
causing various
quakes, or the
“Age of
Aquarius” that
is ridding the
planet of
undesirables
that prevent the
planet from
evolving into
their vision of
“Utopia” (sic).
They will reason
that these are
causing the
disasters and it
will be to their
own destruction
for not
repenting of
their sins, as
God tries to get
their attention.
Already, in our
daily news we
see the upheaval
in all areas of
the globe. The
unrest in the
Middle East
and the threat
of higher energy
prices because
of fear of the
interruption in
oil supply. We
are seeing
nations
committing all
types of carnage
in countries
because of their
distorted view
of “religion”.
We see the
prophecy of
Psalm 83
solidifying and
setting the
stage for
another war
against Israel, the lone democracy outside
of the Arab
region. All
other Arab
nations are
either
dictatorships,
monarchies, or
theocracies run
by Mullahs. We
see the looming
world economic
turmoil on the
brink of
collapse, and
none will
escape. We see
the devaluation
of the dollar as
the reserve
currency and the
engineered
destruction of
our western way
of life.
I looked
online to see
what could
happen if the
dollar would
suddenly
collapse, and it
isn’t pretty.
·
The US and
Western
economies will
all face
insolvency
simultaneously,
with the US first in line.
·
The entire
Western
industrial/consumer/credit
economy will
fall apart so
fast it will
make your head
spin. The supply
chain will stop
and stores will
empty in less
than 3 days.
·
The USD will
fall over 50% in
one week’s time,
till it
temporarily
stabilizes
before its final
last gasp.
Remember the
Lehman panic
over those
several weeks?
You have seen
nothing yet.
·
Worldwide
currency panic
will set in
paralyzing
what’s left of
the world
economy, that
means the
‘emerging
markets’ stop
dead too.
·
China
has a
revolution, or
goes into
military mode,
which is worse.
·
A one world
currency will be
demanded and
implemented, and
it better be
fast too since
the cities only
have 3 days food
on average…(by
the way I know
for a fact that
a one world
currency can be
implemented
electronically
and turned on in
one hour, if
they wanted!)”From
the Market
Oracle, online.
WE ARE NOT
APPOINTED TO
WRATH
Are you ready
when God’s wrath
is coming upon
this earth in
its full impact?
This is just the
beginning, as
there is a
design to
everything
happening and a
divine Hand that
is fulfilling
His will and
will punish
rebellious
mankind for
their sins and
their evil
hearts.
When we read
the prophecies
in the last book
of the Bible,
Revelation, some
of the passages
are most
frightening to
the reader.
Revelation
6:15: And
the kings of the
earth, and the
princes, and the
chief captains,
and the rich,
and the strong,
and every
bondman and
freeman, hid
themselves in
the caves and in
the rocks of the
mountains;
6:16 and
they say to the
mountains and to
the rocks, Fall
on us, and hide
us from the face
of him that
sitteth on the
throne, and from
the wrath of the
Lamb:
6:17 for
the great day of
their wrath is
come; and who is
able to stand?
There is coming
a time when
God’s wrath will
be unleashed
upon this earth.
We may be seeing
and I believe,
most probable
that we are
seeing the first
wave of God’s
intervention in
weather patterns
and earthquakes
that are getting
so prevalent in
our time. And it
will eventually
engulf the whole
earth.
But continuing
in Hebrews the
12th
chapter, Paul
gives us a way
to avoid what is
coming upon the
earth.
12:22 But
ye are come unto
mount
Sion, and unto the city of the living
God, the
heavenly
Jerusalem,
and to an
innumerable
company of
angels,
12:23 To
the general
assembly and
church of the
firstborn, which
are written in
heaven, and to
God the Judge of
all, and to the
spirits of just
men made
perfect,
12:24 And
to Jesus the
mediator of the
new covenant,
and to the blood
of sprinkling,
that speaketh
better things
that that of
Abel.
Jesus Christ is
our mediator
between God in
Heaven, the
Father and man
on earth. He was
the
propitiation,
(substitution)
of what we
deserve…that is,
death. Jesus
paid that price
in full, for all
who believe on
His name and
follow His way
of living their
lives out of
obedience.
Romans
3:23 For
all have sinned,
and come short
of the glory of
God;
3:24 Being
justified freely
by his grace
through the
redemption that
is in Christ
Jesus:
3:25 Whom
God hath set
forth to be a
propitiation
through faith in
his blood, to
declare his
righteousness
for the
remission of
sins that are
past, through
the forbearance
(set aside)
of God;
3:26 To
declare, I say,
at this time his
righteousness:
that he might be
just, and the
justifier of him
which believeth
in Jesus.
Paul goes on
in this passage
to issue a plea
and a warning to
all who read:
12:25 See
that ye refuse
not him that
speaketh. For if
they escaped not
who refused him
that spake on
earth, much more
shall not we
escape, if we
turn away from
him that
speaketh from
heaven:
By man’s
rebellion and
not believing on
the “One whom
God had sent”,
they are
condemned and
will not escape
this man/God,
Jesus who spoke
on the earth
2000 years ago
and offered the
Israelites and
the world their
Messiah, but
even more so,
our God who
shall speak from
heaven of evil
men that will
not escape when
He will not only
shake the earth,
but also the
heavens falling
about their
heads.
12:26 Whose
voice then shook
the earth: but
now he hath
promised,
saying, Yet once
more I shake not
the earth only,
but also heaven.
12:27 And
this word, Yet
once more,
signifieth the
removing of
those things
that are shaken,
as of things
that are made,
that those
things which
cannot be shaken
may remain.
Only things
pertaining to
the work of God
and the saints
that will
believe during
the tribulation
will stand, but
even they will
be hunted down
for their belief
in God by a One
World Order
headed by a
madman for
martyrdom.
It is prophesied
and most
assuredly will
come to pass,
when the heavens
will not give
their light in
day, or in
night. The thick
darkness will
send judgment
from the heavens
into all the
land and the
seas. Two thirds
of the world’s
population will
die from these
disasters, and
most of the
trees and green
vegetation will
be burned up.
Water will be
undrinkable and
many will die of
famine or
thirst..
In Revelation:
8:7 And
the first
sounded, and
there followed
hail and fire,
mingled with
blood, and they
were cast upon
the earth: and
the third part
of the earth was
burnt up, and
the third part
of the trees was
burnt up, and
all green grass
was burnt up.
8:8 And
the second angel
sounded, and as
it were a great
mountain burning
with fire was
cast into the
sea: and the
third part of
the sea became
blood;
(a comet?)
8:9 and
there died the
third part of
the creatures
which were in
the sea, `even'
they that had
life; and the
third part of
the ships was
destroyed.
(resulting
Tsunami?)
8:10 And
the third angel
sounded, and
there fell from
heaven a great
star, burning as
a torch, and it
fell upon the
third part of
the rivers, and
upon the
fountains of the
waters;
(could it be
nuclear in
origin? And they
become bitter)
The sun’s heat
will be so
intense that it
will scorch the
earth and
nothing will
grow. Man will
be in anguish
from the heat
and still they
will curse God
and not turn
from their
wicked way,
Revelation
16:8 And
the fourth angel
poured out his
vial upon the
sun; and power
was given unto
him to scorch
men with fire.
16:9 And
men were
scorched with
great heat, and
blasphemed the
name of God,
which hath power
over these
plagues: and
they repented
not to give him
glory.
As the angels
sound their
trumpets, the
judgment and the
disasters get
worse and worse,
until the bowl
judgments after
the 7th
angel blows his
trumpet that
bring the
ultimate torture
on an evil
world…A most
terror ridden
time that anyone
in their right
mind would not
wish to be a
part of as words
cannot describe
the horror and
terror that will
be this world.
As the world
progresses
through these
judgments and
men are dying
horrible deaths,
Amos wrote what
is called the
“Day of the
Lord”. This is
the time when
the final bowl
judgments are
poured out on a
sinful world
with the last
seven great
plagues.
It is
judgment. It is
death and
destruction. It
will be
cleansing of the
earth of all who
bear allegiance
to Satanic
powers and
refuse the gift
of God’s only
Son. The prophet
Amos describes
it:
Amos 5:16-20,
“Therefore the
Lord God of
hosts, the Lord,
says this:
"There shall be
wailing in all
streets, and
they shall say
in all the
highways, 'Alas!
Alas!' They
shall call the
farmer to
mourning, and
skillful
lamenters to
wailing. In all
vineyards there
shall be
wailing, for I
will pass
through you,"
says the Lord.
"Woe to you who
desire the day
of the Lord! For
what good is the
day of the Lord
to you? It will
be darkness, and
not light. It
will be as
though a man
fled from a
lion, and a bear
met him! Or as
though he went
into the house,
leaned his hand
on the wall, and
a serpent bit
him! Is not the
day of the Lord
darkness, and
not light? Is it
not very dark,
with no
brightness in
it?"
Most of
the world that
has access to
the bible will
not read
prophecy, and
they will not
read the last
book of the
Bible, called
Revelation. They
think it too
confusing, too
fearful, and
complicated to
understand.
Scriptures that
I have quoted
are in your
Bible and are in
plain, easy to
understand
English. Those
passages will be
fulfilled and
they will come
and all who do
not have Jesus
Christ in their
hearts at the
time of His
coming for His
church will
experience ALL
of it. Many will
die a horrible
death, and most
without God or
His salvation.
Take hope if you
be found in
Jesus Christ, as
God made a
promise to all
who believe on
His Son, Jesus
Christ. Paul
wrote in 1
Thessalonians
5:8-11:
5:8 But
let us, who are
of the day, be
sober, putting
on the
breastplate of
faith and love;
and for an
helmet, the hope
of salvation.
5:9 For
God hath not
appointed us to
wrath, but to
obtain salvation
by our Lord
Jesus Christ,
5:10 Who
died for us,
that, whether we
wake or sleep,
we should live
together with
him.
5:11 Wherefore
comfort
yourselves
together, and
edify one
another, even as
also ye do.
Further, Jesus
spoke of us
standing in
front of the Son
of Man when He
comes:
21:34 And
take heed to
yourselves, lest
at any time your
hearts be
overcharged with
surfeiting, and
drunkenness, and
cares of this
life, and so
that day come
upon you
unawares.
(the
tribulation)
21:35 For
as a snare shall
it come on all
them that dwell
on the face of
the whole earth.
21:36 Watch
ye therefore,
and pray always,
that ye may be
accounted
worthy to escape
all these things
that shall come
to pass, and to
stand before the
Son of man.
Worthy? It says
worthy. How can
you and I be
worthy? It is
speaking of only
one thing that
will make us
worthy and it’s
nothing you can
do, nothing in
this life will
qualify you
worthy to
escape, but one
simple act. Not
good works, not
your church, not
your parents,
not being
baptized into a
denomination,
not your
heritage, and
definitely not
your intellect.
John
14:6 Jesus
saith unto him,
I am the way,
the truth, and
the life: no man
cometh unto the
Father, but by
me.
And again by
Paul, In Romans:
10:9 That
if thou shalt
confess with thy
mouth the Lord
Jesus, and shalt
believe in thine
heart that God
hath raised him
from the dead,
thou shalt be
saved.
10:10 For
with the heart
man believeth
unto
righteousness;
and with the
mouth confession
is made unto
salvation.
10:11 For
the scripture
saith, Whosoever
believeth on him
shall not be
ashamed.
10:12 For
there is no
difference
between the Jew
and the Greek:
for the same
Lord over all is
rich unto all
that call upon
him.
10:13 For
whosoever shall
call upon the
name of the Lord
shall be saved.
Jesus said in
John 14:
14:2 In
my Father's
house are many
mansions: if it
were not so, I
would have told
you. I go to
prepare a place
for you.
14:3 And
if I go and
prepare a place
for you, I will
come again, and
receive you unto
myself; that
where I am,
there ye may be
also.
14:4 And
whither I go ye
know, and the
way ye know.
I’ve told you
the way, the
only way and
there is no
other name in
heaven and
earth, whereby
we must be saved
and to be
received into
the Father’s
house and His
many mansions
built for the
redeemed…nothing…NADA!!
DECISION TIME, WHAT WILL BE YOUR FUTURE?
My friend, I
have laid out a
choice for you.
You can
receive
the free gift
that is being
offered to you
right now and
believe on the
Lord Jesus with
all your heart,
mind and soul
and follow Him
in baptism and a
life devoted to
living the life
He lived…OR, you
can watch the
world spiral
into chaos and
destruction. If
you choose in
your unbelief
the latter
choice, as the
old saying goes,
“You ain’t seen
nothing yet”.
There is coming
a time, and it
may be sooner
than any reading
this message
even imagine,
that the world
will be on the
verge of total
destruction and
mankind on the
cusp of
extinction.
Don’t take the
chance of being
denied entry
into His throne
room to stand in
the presence of
my Lord and
Savior, clothed
in His
righteousness
and that not of
our own.
I’ll close will
this warning and
plea from Paul’s
passage that we
have been coming
back to and will
continue in
Hebrews chapter
12:
12:28 Wherefore
we receiving a
kingdom which
cannot be moved,
let us have
grace, whereby
we may serve God
acceptably with
reverence and
godly fear:
12:29 For
our God is a
consuming fire.
Make that
confession for
Jesus Christ.
Repent of your
sins and do a
180 and come to
our Savior.
Do it
today, while my
pleas and
offering are
available this
side of Jesus’
return for His
church.
This is Mike
Taylor, wishing
you well. If
there is
anything I can
help you with,
pray with you
about or just
listen, then
drop me an email
at
realteam1999@sbcglobal.net,
or visit me
online at my
website at
www.churchofgod-usa.org.
Till we meet at
Jesus feet. God
bless you all.
