Calamity Upon Calamity, Rumor Upon Rumor

Part Two

America faces certain judgment if we don't repent corporately and individually as citizens. The events of September 11th, 2001 were just another "warning" from God that greater calamity lies ahead of us if we don't repent.  Repentance must start with the CHURCH before the Church can expect the nation to repent. WE MUST CHANGE FIRST! The church needs to heal. God's love is reaching out to us at this very moment in history. He's wounded and grieved for the misery the nation has found itself in. Three key things hold the key to whether or not we face further chastisement or avert total destruction -  homosexuality, the shedding of innocent blood and our nation's treatment of Israel. If we don't turn back from the path we're traveling the rumors of war and calamity will no longer be rumors, America will be destroyed.

By Chris McDonald

TEXT: Ezekiel 7:23-26  - Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. [24] Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled. [25] Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. [26] Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumor shall be upon rumor; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.

(I want to thank John McTernan for permission to use material from his book, "God's Final Warning To America," Hearthstone Publishing, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He did the leg work for the details of this journal and deserves the credit for the dates and implications of these disasters we are about to discuss. John's newest book, "Israel, The Blessing Or The Curse," will be released by the time this article is uploaded to our site. You may purchase both John's books by calling 1-800 - 652-1144. We strongly encourage you to get these books, they will BLESS YOU and EXHORT YOU into an attitude of repentance and courage to live in these last days. Our God is an awesome GOD!)

        Since Hurricane Hugo, nearly all the hurricanes that have hit the United States since 1989 have been related to national sinful events. Hurricanes Hugo, Bob, Erin, Opal, Bertha, Fran, and Danny all hit the United States in direct connection with a failed pro-life position by the president; pro-abortion legislation by Congress; a pro-abortion decision by the Supreme Court; the House of Representatives debating the Defense of Marriage Act; and a national event to save babies from being aborted.

        Hurricanes Andrew, Emily, Dennis, Irene and Floyd also hit the United States in connection with God's judgment concerning Israel which we will deal with in part three of this journal. These hurricanes are an awesome example of how the shedding of innocent blood of innocent babies in the womb and open homosexuality has brought the wrath of God upon America. Again, we have not seen the worst of what God can bring if we continue to sin. These were but warnings.

        Between June 1993 and January 1995, five major floods struck different areas of the United States. The areas hit by the severe rain and flooding were the Midwest, western Georgia, eastern Texas, southern Florida, and California. Four of the floods were categorized as being caused by rains that occur only once in 500 years. During this period there were FOUR 500-year floods! It is just incredible that four 500-year floods should hit the United States in such a short period of time. After 1995, the 100- and 500-year floods continued all over the nation. Floods hit Ohio, Kentucky, North Dakota, California and Florida. These floods were hitting with such frequency that the news media hardly mentioned this. In addition to the floods, the worst ice storm of the century hit New England in 1998 causing awesome damage. In addition, in 1993 a storm spawned killer tornadoes in Florida and pummeled the East Coast with a March blizzard that set records that were not seen since weather records began to be kept in the mid 1800s.

        Starting in 1996, droughts began to spread over America. Texas and the West have repeatedly been subjected to droughts. By 2000, all of Texas came under a drought emergency. The summer of 1999 witnessed the most severe droughts on record for New England and the Northeast. Suring the summer of 2000, the prolonged drought in the West contributed to the worst forest fires in the nation's history. By the end of August, 2000 the fires had burnt 7 million acres.

        In addition to hurricanes and floods, massive tornadoes - even rare winter time tornadoes - have destroyed entire towns and cities. The towns of Jarrell, Texas, Spencer, South Dakota, Birmingham, Alabama, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Winter Park, Florida, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, Fort Worth, Texas, Salt Lake City, Utah, Nashville, Tennessee are testimonies to what happens when nature is unleashed and winds of close to 300 mph plow through a town. Salt Lake City, Utah experienced its first tornado death EVER in 2000.
God is trying to get our attention! He's sending calamity upon calamity, rumor upon rumor to bring us back to Him.

The Land Is Vomiting Upon Us

Leviticus 18:[22] You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. (HOMOSEXUALITY) [23] Neither shall you lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion. [24] Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: [25] And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomits out her inhabitants.

        Between April 1992 and October 1999, southern California experienced four of some of the most powerful earthquakes to occur in the 20th Century. The earthquakes were a very close distance to each other. The earthquakes were:

• The Joshua Tree, 6.1, April 23, 1992

• Landers, 7.6, June 28, 1992

• Big Bear, 6.5 June 28, 1992

• Hector Mine, 7.1, October 16, 1999

        Three of these quakes fell directly on the day of a national sinful event while the Hector Mine quake occurred just a few days later. Scientists believe all these quakes are connected as the first earthquake led to the others. These earthquakes occurred in a domino effect. The pressure of one led to the other and were ALL tied into national displays of homosexuality and abortion. The great danger of these earthquakes is the effect on the San Andreas fault. This is the fault, which, if ruptured, would devastate California, resulting in multitudes of dead and injured and incredible property damage. Each quake increased in intensity just as the boldness of increasing sin was felt throughout America.

        We dealt with three of these quakes in part one of this article along with the 1989 San Francisco earthquake. Each was tied into an issue regarding abortion or homosexuality. On October 16, 1999, the powerful 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake struck only 15 miles from the location of the Landers quake seven years earlier. (NOTICE THE SEVENS!) Like the previous quakes in this sequence, the Hector Mine was in the desert and did little damage; however its power was felt from Los Angeles to Phoenix. It generated over 11,000 aftershocks. Like the Landers quake, this one also triggered earthquakes exclusively north of the epicenter, which this one triggered quakes southward as far as the Mexican border.

        This quake triggered a series of quakes very close to the San Andreas fault. Scientists referred to this as the faults "talking" with each other. After two weeks, the quakes had stopped near the San Andreas fault. Many believe that the area where the earthquakes were occurring had been inactive for several THOUSAND years. The sudden occurence of four major earthquakes in seven years are indications they are all related and one is setting the stage for the next. Instead of the massive Landers' quake decreasing pressure, it actually increased the pressure that helped trigger the Hector Mine quake. In the May 10, 2001 issue of Nature, Dr. Andrew M. Freed says:

Stress changes in the crust due to an earthquake can hasten the failure of neighboring faults and induce earthquake sequences in some cases. The Hector Mine earthquake in southern California M7.1 occurred only 20 km from, and SEVEN years after, the 1992 Landers earthquake M7.3. This suggest the Hector Mine earthquake was triggered in some fashion by the earlier event.

        What brought on the Hector Mine quake in the spiritual you may ask? On October 2, 1999 Governor Gray Davis signed into law several bills which advanced the homosexual agenda. One such bill was A.B. 537 which went into effect January 2000. This bill created the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000. This act calls for the teaching of tolerance for the acceptance of "alternative lifestyles" to all students K-12. It is very possible that this type of legislation could lead to more massive earthquakes heading to the San Andreas rupture.

        Rev. Dan Bohlen of Agape Church in Kansas City, Missouri, said recently the Lord has given him a burden for California similar to one he had for New York City just four days before the September 11, 2001 attacks. Judgment has been set and the further rebellion against God will bring it on. There was a seven-year gap between the Landers and the Hector Mine quakes. The boldness of homosexuality has continued to build and build. What is next for California if we don't repent? What is next for America? The warnings from God are crystal clear without ANY DOUBT!

Ezekiel 14: 21-23 - For thus saith the Lord God; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?  Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it. [23] And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, says the Lord God.

        The Lord is speaking to us right now. He is telling us that all of these things have come upon us not from the heart of a spiteful God who judges the nation without a cause. GOD HAS HAD A CAUSE! Had it not been for His mercy mixed with the judgments, America would be no more. The question that keeps nagging at me though is despite the warnings of further judgment if we don't repent are we really listening and taking them seriously? Is the church sounding a clarion call to the nation that God means business and His holiness will not be mocked? Do we realize that when we align God's name in the same breath we call on the God of "Mohammed," that we offend Him and cause His anger to burn against us? How DARE our President, as much as I believe deeply he is born again, say that the God of Mohammed and Islam is equal to the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob??? Friend, there is a BIG DIFFERENCE. Salvation comes from the God of Abraham. The god of Islam is a lie!

        On January 9, 1857  was the last massive quake along the San Andreas fault. Scientists estimate that a major quake will hit that area every 150 years. It is very possible the next massive quake could be the tearing of that fault and the destruction of California and other Western states. Friend, GOD IS SERIOUS!

        Since October 1989, there have been EIGHT major earthquakes in California and one in Washington. All have been in relation to homosexuality or homosexual-related events:

• June 28, 1992 - Landers' Quake - Gay Pride Day followed by Supreme Court decision not to overturn Roe V. Wade (Third greatest earthquake in the twentieth century to hit mainland USA)

• October 17, 1989 - Loma Prieta Quake - Two days after huge abortion rally in San Francisco (Tied as FIFTH greatest quake in 20th Century)

• October 16, 1999 - Hector Mine Quake - Two days after California governor declared he wanted the state to lead America in homosexual domestic partnerships, and two weeks after this legislation was passed (TIED as Sixth greatest in 20th Century)

• April 25, 1992 - Petrolia Quake - Height of attack against the national Operation Rescue event in Buffalo, New York (Tied as SIXTH greatest quake in 20th Century)

• January 17, 1994 - Northridge Quake - Day after Sanctity of Life Sunday and five days before the 21rst Anniversary of Roe V. Wade; This quake hit at 4:33 in the morning (Acts 4:33) and destroyed the pornography center of America.

• June 28, 1992 - Big Bear Quake - Gay Pride Day and Supreme Court decision not to overturn Roe V. Wade

• April 23, 1992 - Joshua Tree Quake - Supreme Court abortion case hearing and attack against Operation Rescue in Buffalo, New York

• September 12, 1994 - Next to last day of Cairo Conference; The United States through Vice President Al Gore tried to push for universal abortion rights throughout the world

• February 28, 2001 - Seattle, Washington - Seattle held a Mardi Gras event to coincide with the one in New Orleans, rioting, fighting, etc ensued during this event. Literally at the end of the Mardi Gras the earthquake occurred.

            January 1994 And God's Answer To Pornography

        On January 17, 1994 the Los Angeles area was rocked by a powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake. The quake was centered in Northridge, about 25 miles from downtown Los Angeles. This powerful quake caused an estimated $25 billion in damage and caused widespread destruction. The quake was so powerful that is caused the Santa Susanna Mountains to rise one foot and the Los Angeles basin area to shrink. This was a massive move of a huge area of land. The fault which cause the quake was NEVER IDENTIFIED!

        As one scientist put it, "this quake just happened." Other studies show the quake was actually two separate quakes. The first movement was a powerful upward thrust of the earth followed by a violent shaking of the earth. The upward thrust was so powerful that it lifted buildings off their foundations.

        This quake occurred one day after Sanctity of Life Sunday and five days before the 21rst anniversary of Roe V. Wade (1973) which was the Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion. This day began in 1984 an occurs the Sunday before the anniversary of Roe V. Wade. On January 16, 1994 over 50,000 churches in America were praying to end abortion.

        Southern California is one of the abortion centers of the nation. Over 310,000 babies are aborted every year in California; however the majority are aborted in southern California. That number of babies killed here is incalculable. The epicenter of the quake was Northridge, which happens to also be the pornography center of America. Over 80 percent of all video pornography was made in the Northridge area. The earthquake literally destroyed the pornography industry in Northridge, as the entire pornography center was within five miles of the epicenter. Every pornography maker in the area had been damaged. Lenny Friedlander, president of a large pornography business was quoted by AP saying, "these religious fanatics may think its the Lord's way of telling us, Hey straighten your act up!" The quake also closed nine abortion centers including Her Medical Clinic in Pacoima. The abortion center reportedly kills 80-120 babies every Saturday and advertised to abort babies up to 28 weeks.

        The violent upward thrust of the land, directly under Northridge, gives the clear symbolic picture of the land vomiting out its inhabitants. It was almost like the land could not tolerate anymore the pornography and innocent shed blood on it. With this earthquake, it seems so fitting that land was vomiting out its inhabitants! Again, God's warning judgment was mixed with mercy for the loss of life was very low.

        The Palm Sunday 1994 Tornado Outbreak

        Another instance of great judgment concerning abortion and homosexuality took place in March 1994. Several hundred members of Operation Rescue attempted to save babies from being aborted in BIRMINGHAM, Alabama. The event, titled Holy Week Passion for Life, took place between March 25 and April 3. This event was totally non-violent; however about 200 demonstrators were arrested for PRAYING on the sidewalk in front of the abortion centers. No arrests were made for violence. The militant pro-abortion supporters, including homosexuals and lesbians, were present as "clinic defenders," to insure the abortion centers stayed open. They wanted to insure that the babies would continue to be killed.

        Again profane statements about God were heard while all of this took place. Sadly, and as a picture of what is coming on America if the CHURCH does not repent, a group of ministers from various religious backgrounds and denominations even held a news conference to voice their support for the Emergency Coalition for Choice. This coalition was organized to insure the abortion centers were kept open during the protest.

        On March 27, 1994 two days after Holy Week Passion for Life began, a series of violent and destructive thunderstorms roared across Alabama and the South spawning powerful tornadoes and bringing death and destruction with them. The storms then spread to Georgia and North and South Carolina killing dozens of people. A spokesman for the National Weather Service in Birmingham described the tornadoes as "one of the worst outbreaks I've ever seen, one of the worst ones this century." The tornadoes were characterized as F4, which means the winds were between 207 and 260 mph. It is also interesting to note the tornadoes destroyed three churches including the Goshen Methodist Church in Piedmont, Alabama about 2 hours east of Birmingham.

        USA TODAY printed a map of the areas hit by the storm with the heading, Route Of Killer Storms. The map illustrated that the tornadoes first touched down in BIRMINGHAM and then spread to other states. The worst tornadoes of the century touching down near Birmingham during an attempt to save innocent life in the womb was no coincidence. The power of the government was used to keep the abortion clinics open. But on this day in March, nothing could withstand the onslaught of God's anger and chastisement over Northern Alabama and the events which took place this day.

        January 1998

        Bill Clinton was inaugurated as president on January 19, 1993. Three days later on January 22, the 20th anniversary of Roe V. Wade, he signed documents which reversed years of restrictions on abortion. On January 22, 1993 Clinton reversed FIVE abortion-related restrictions. The restrictions were prohibition against abortion counseling in federally funded clinics; the ban on research on fetal tissude; the policy of abortion in the military; the ban to aid international family-planning programs which involve abortion; and he called for the review of the French abortion drug RU-486. He also vetoed the partial-birth abortion ban TWICE. Clinton has done everything possible (along with then Vice President Al Gore) to protect and promote abortion.

        On January 21, 1998, on the very eve of Roe V. Wade President Clinton was humiliated by a terrible sex scandal. The scandal broke on the eve of the 25th anniversary of Roe V. Wade and almost five years to the day that he promoted the five abortion issues. Because of the scandal legal action against the president continued until he appeared before a grand jury on August 17th. After his grand jury appearance, the president addressed the nation and admitted he had lied under oath in January. On September 9, the report of the investigation of the president was sent to the House of Representatives for possible impeachment and removal from office. On October 8, 1998, the House of Representatives voted for an impeachment inquiry of President William Jefferson Clinton. On December 19, 1998 the House passed two articles of impeachment against the president.

        The timing of the revelation of this scandal was tied to the president's pro-abortion view and position. The most pro-abortion president in history was accused of a sex scandal on the 25th anniversary of Roe V. Wade. The sex scandal also coincided with Mr. Clinton's pressure on Israel which will be dealt with extensively in part three of this journal.

        April, 1999 - Columbine

        On April 18, 1999 Operation Rescue began a week-long campaign called Operation Save America in western New York. For several years the organization had gone into several high schools all over the country. Because the gospel of Jesus is not allowed in the high schools, Operation Rescue members stand on the sidewalks in front of the schools and talk to students. On the 19th of April went to the high schools in New York. Flip Benham, Operation Rescue's director, spoke about the violence in the nation's high schools. He talked about the violence that was going to be unleashed in the schools because America has rejected God.

        The very next day, high school students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebolb attacked Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, with bombs and guns.

        The attack without question was the worst in our nation's history. A total of 15 died, and more than 20 were wounded in the assault. The killers sought out specific students to kill and many who were murdered were Christians. Between May 1998 and May 1999 at least 10 high school students were killed because of their faith in Jesus Christ at high schools across America. In West Paducah, Kentucky a Satanist killed four Christians at a school prayer club meeting. Cassie Barnall became a true martyr for Jesus at Columbine when the two killers looked at her and asked her if she believed in God. When she said, "Yes, I do," they opened fire and blew her face off.

        The attacks at Columbine were happening the same time an effort was being made and rejected to save innocent babies. The blessings of God have been removed from our high schools because we have forcibly rejected God and asked Him to leave. Again, a national sinful event led to death and destruction in America. It was a warning. It was a rumor. It was a calamity. A calamity upon a calamity. A rumor upon rumor. How much more does God have to say before we listen?

        The Arkansas Tornadoes Of 1999

        I want to list one more "warning" judgment in this journal. There are several others listed in John McTernan's book, God's Final Warning To America. You need to get a copy of this book! Late on January 21 and into the early morning hours of January 22, a series of powerful tornadoes roared across Arkansas and then into Tennessee (the home states of then President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore). This was a powerful storm system that caused over $1 billion in damage. The previous record for most tornadoes in one day in a state in January was 20. However, 38 hit Arkansas in less than 24 hours on January 21-22. The record for total tornadoes nationwide in January had been 52. January 1999 witnessed 163. The majority fell in Arkansas and Tennessee.

        The center of the storms seemed to be Little Rock, Arkansas where tremendous damage occurred. The governor's mansion was in the direct path of the storm. On January 21, ex-Senator Dale Bumpers of Arkansas spoke on behalf of President Clinton before the United States Senate. Mr. Bumpers made an impassionate speech to dismiss the impeachment charges against the president. What was shocking was he actually used the name of Jesus Christ on the floor of the Senate in a joke.  Bumpers had a nearly 100 percent pro-abortion voting record while he was a senator and now in front of the Senate of the United States of America he was defending the most pro-abortion minded president EVER in the White House.

        Soon after his speech that afternoon, the powerful storms roared into Arkansas and zeroed in on Little Rock. The tornadoes came out of the sky in waves one after another. More than 292 warnings were generated by the system during a 12 hour period beginning at 4:00 PM. The was a record amount of warnings in the state for one storm system - especially in the dead of winter!

        January 22 was the 26th anniversary of Roe V. Wade. On this day, Hillary Clinton addressed the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL). She said the president was going to seek $4.5 million from Congress to protect abortion centers. While Mrs. Clinton was making this speech, her home state was being declared a national disaster emergency area by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The tornadoes that hit Little Rock literally tore a tree on the governor's grounds which was called, "Chelsea's tree." Chelsea is Clinton's daughter and when the president was governor of Arkansas, he had a tree house built for her. The three which held her tree house was destroyed by violent tornadoes. The Associated Press Headline afterwards read, "Twisters Rip South, Wreck Chelsea's Old Tree House."

        From the time Bumpers ended his speech before the Senate defending Clinton until Hillary Clinton ended her pro-abortion speech later the next day - 48 tornadoes fell on America. 38 of them fell on Arkansas and the other 10 hit Tennessee. More than 100,000 homes were destroyed and more than $1 billion in damage occurred. The states of the most pro-abortion president and vice- president were devastated on the anniversary of Roe V. Wade.

        God was sending a warning to this nation. We weren't listening and I'm afraid we're still not listening. It's calamity upon calamity, rumor upon rumor. And if we don't repent, then the calamities will no longer be a rumor - we will be destroyed!

        April 1995 - The Oklahoma City Bombings

        During the week of April 10-15 another effort was made in New Orleans, Louisiana to rescue the unborn from abortion. May Operation Rescuers stood outside abortion clinics and prayed while they were constantly mocked and ridiculed by "pro-choicers" and again militant homosexuals and lesbians. Many of the homosexuals continued to make vile mockings of God and were supported by huge numbers of other supporters of abortion.

        On April 14, 1995  a powerful 5.6 earthquake jolted Texas and New Mexico. This was the most powerful earthquake in 75 years in this section of the country. Again, the quake was centered in a sparsely populated area of Texas, and there was little damage. It was a warning.

        The judgment I believe was reaped in our country four days later when on April 19, 1995 a powerful bomb ripped through the F.E. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma killing over 100 innocent people. This act was an act of domestic terrorism - an act perpetrated by one of our own citizens against our country. It was a wound in the heart of our nation I'm not sure we've recovered from yet. And now, as we all look into the reasons behind September 11th, 2001 I can't help but feel that God was warning us in 1995 that He doesn't take lightly the shedding of innocent blood. We kill 7,000 babies a day in this country without blushing. We were shocked by the loss of 7,000 lives on September 11, 2001. God is shocked and hurt every day. We have blood on our hands and we have been warned. Repent or we will continue to suffer calamity upon calamity, rumor upon rumor.

America's Only Hope

        Judges 10:14-16  - Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.  [15] And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day. [16] And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

        America has sinned! We must come before the Lord corporately and indivudally and say to Him, "WE HAVE SINNED." That's not easy for a nation with the pride we have to say. That's not easy for many of us reading this to say because when we say 'we have sinned' it rips the very pride of our beings out. It's not pretty this repentance thing. Repentance is admitting we are horrible, wretched and lost sinners without God without prayer or hope of heaven without His redemption and the blood of HIS SON JESUS CHRIST.

        We will deal with this more in coming journals but the Lord is grieved for the misery in America right now. He's like a Father who has had to chasten His beloved over and over and they have not listened. God is for us, not against us. God established this nation in righteousness as He did Israel. God has blessed America with the mightiest strength and economy any country on earth has ever known. We were established to be a beacon of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We were established to be the vehicle for the last end-time harvest. We're the only country with the resources and money to see that is done. BUT WE HAVE WASTED OUR MONEY AND FINANCES ON IDOLS! We have spent money on drugs, alcohol, pornography, movie tickets, entertainment, lesiure and vacations instead of investing into the Kingdom of God. We have not been good stewards of the blessings of heaven and now God is soon to take those blessings away - IF WE DON'T REPENT and turn back to Him.

        We have uttered blasphemous prayers to the "god of Mohammed" in the same breath we have uttered prayers to the GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC and JACOB. Friend, they are not the same. Islam is the greatest threat to Christianity in the history of the church. We must do what Israel did so long ago when her enemies were surrounding her coming to destroy her and take her captive.

       God's soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. I can't help but feel that His soul is grieved for the misery in America as well right now. He is sorrowful we have had to pay a high price of 7,000 souls in one day in the most grievous attack on our country since Pearl Harbor. But He is a God who will not be mocked either. Our repentance must be more than words we must become like Israel and say, "LORD DO WITH US WHATSOEVER YOU WANT TO." Israel prayed for deliverance but before God moved they put away from them the strange gods from among them and SERVED THE LORD! They did not serve the god of Islam or the god of Hinduism or the god of Buddhism in the name of religious tolerance. NO! They served the LORD JEHOVAH, the one who had brought them out of Egypt with His own hand and redeemed them unto Himself.

        AMERICA, AMERICA! God has shed His grace upon thee. And He has sent us warning judgments for nearly 20 years now. We have refused to listen. Calamity has come upon calamity and rumor has come upon rumor. Rumors of war are heard all over the world and we are not engaged in a conflict that is bigger than the White House, Congress or the Supreme Court. Fear reigns in the hearts of many. Yet instead of us running to God who is faithful and just and FULL OF MERCY and PARDON, we run from Him and continue to serve lifeless gods who will not protect us in the day of His full wrath and fury.

        Friend, repentance starts with you and me. WE must repent of our individual sins FIRST, then intercede for the nation. It's what Daniel did when Israel was in Babylonian captivity and we must do the same. It's now or never. The warnings have been sent. Calamities have come upon calamities, rumor upon rumor. It's time to repent. It's time to forsake sin. It's time to renounce the wicked spirit of Jezebel and Ahab over our country. It's time to renounce all darkness in our lives. It's time to renounce all other gods but the ONE TRUE GOD. It's time to pray for the peace of Jerusalem and support Israel at all costs. We have no choice. We have no room for negotiations with God. This is not a time to bargain with an offended GOD in heaven who is sitting waiting for a response from us TOWARD HIM and not TOWARD further sin and rebellion. The choice is ours. We can continue to have calamity upon calamity, rumor upon rumor or we can turn from our idols. I pray we make the right choice. God bless.

This article is continued in Part Three where we will take a look at God's warning judgments and the Israeli connection. We have sinned against the apple of God's eye!

Calamity Upon Calamity, Rumor Upon Rumor - Part One

Calamity, Rumor Upon Rumor, Part Two

This is part of a four-part sermon series: Parts Three and Four:

Israel: Cup of Trembling - Part Three

Israel Cup of Trembling 2 - Part Four