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"And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army…my great army…The earth
shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble…"
Joel 2:11,25,10
What a valid observation since less than one third of the world’s
population is nominally classified as Christian. Far less have
personally accepted Jesus as their Savior and made a full commitment
to him. But more basically, Isaiah 45:15-25 reveals that God hid
Himself from both Israel and all mankind.
Many Bible-believing Christians today are in a whirling dilemma!
How do we understand how good non-Christian people—like Gandhi—can
be in the burning hell as taught for centuries by Christians?
Tenth Aniversary of September 11th
Personal experience interview with Alex Loutsky, who on
9/11/2001, as a NYC Fire Department EMT, called in the first alert
of the NYC World Trade Center attack.
In the study of Bible prophecy there are two prominent
approaches. One is called Historical, which teaches that the
Book of Revelation and the prophetic parts of the Book of Daniel
have been in the process of fulfillment since the resurrection and
ascension of Jesus.
Certainly, in all of man’s history—there has always been trouble.
But today’s distress upon the nations seems unprecedented "as never
was since there was a nation" (Daniel 12:1).
Like his creator, Man was intelligent. He possessed moral
discernment and had free will to choose between right and wrong. God
warned Adam in Genesis 2:17 that if he obeyed God’s law, he would
live—but if he disobeyed, he would die.... Remember 1 Peter 1:18-20, God in his
foreknowledge knew Adam would disobey and need a redeemer.
Throughout human history, men have suffered greatly. But women
have suffered in an additional and unique way.
If the Apostles believed in the Trinity, why was
it 285 years after the death of the Apostles, AD 381, before the
holy Spirit was finally officially declared a person. The noted
Trinitarian historian Adolph Harnack observed that up to 325 AD the
majority of Christians insisted the holy Spirit was not a person.
And what about volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, hurricanes,
cyclones, tornados, blizzards and floods? Also wildfires, famines
and plagues? Not easy questions to answer…especially when loved ones
are hurt—or thousands of people including children are injured or
die.
"I will make Jerusalem a burdensome
stone…all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces…"
Zechariah 12:3.
"Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left
house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or
farms, for My sake and for the gospel's sake, but that he shall
receive a hundred times as much now isn the present age, houses and
brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with
persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life." Mark 10:29-31
Our hearts bleed for the people of Haiti. The pathetic images of
mangled bodies, piles of corpses and complete despair are haunting.
Catholic, Protestant, Born-Again Christians and unbelievers all
suffered the same fate. No wonder, many are asking if there is a
God of love, why does He permit catastrophes?
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