2001.09.1.11 Foundations Of The Earth Will Rock And Other Prophetic Messages Created by James3 on 7/20/2019 8:27:42 AM Foundations Of The Earth Will Rock And Other Prophetic Messages
by Various Writers
Collation and Commentary by James Robertson
BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
ABSTRACT: This article is a continuation of the series analysing the events of 11 September 2001 in the U.S.A. concentrating primarily on the World Trade Centre collapse.
Three messages referring to fulfilment of prophecy are reported. One given ten years to the day before the World Centre Collapsed. The date correspondence is sobering. A second message summarises a variety of prophetic messages given in the first few years of the nineteenth century and again the correspondence is sobering.
The third message cited Revelation 18 as being a good fit to the events of 11 September. However, on enquiry, the Spirit of Yahweh advised that this was not the fulfilment of Revelation 18 but a pre-cursor and final warning of things to come if the people of the United States, Europe, "Christendom" and the world do not repent and turn to Yahweh. The events of Revelation 18 will come to pass within months if deep and sincere repentance is not forthcoming shortly.
The article briefly discusses the issue of "prophetic perspective", the difficulty that prophets have of determining the time dimension of prophetic revelations. It also discusses why judgments such as these are in fact mercy from our loving Heavenly Father who is seeking to draw us back to Him and away from the ways of Satan before it is too late since He desires that all men should be saved.
The need for every one of us to soberly assess our lives and our future life styles and make solid, no going back decisions about our future direction is stated.
AUTHOR: Scott Brown,
PUBLISHED BY: ETI : End Time Issue Ministries LIST: 1A1: Teaching
PUBLISHER: James Robertson
DOCUMENT TYPE: Prophetic Analysis
ISSUE DATE: 23 September 2001
PRIMARY SUBJECT: Judgment on New York and the U.S.A. Secondary Subject: Fulfilment of Prophecy
KEY WORDS / KEY PHRASES: prophecy, judgment, New York, United States of America, World Trade Centre, E.G. White, mercy, tribulation, prophetic perspective
KEY VERSE OF SCRIPTURE: Revelation 18:8‑9 "8 "Therefore her plagues will come in one day‑‑ death and mourning and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, for strong is Yahweh Adonai who judges her. 9 "The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning," (NKJ adjusted)
SUPPORTING ARTICLES: 1A1.01.02.04; 1A1.01.03.09
PREVIOUS ARTICLES IN SERIES: 1A1.01.09.02 - to - 1A1.01.09.10
NEXT ARTICLE IN SERIES: At least two further articles on the interpretation and response to the events of 11 September will, Yahweh willing, be released shortly.
DECLARATION: I James Alexander Robertson hereby testify before Almighty Yahweh that i have prayed over this document and that i am satisfied that the message is Scripturally correct and in accordance with the Word AND Will of Yahweh at this time and that the prophetic words which have been reproduced WERE in large measure given by Yahweh. While i have no personal knowledge of the source of the information it is my understanding, by the Spirit, that this document is about 95% as Yahweh would have it.
I acknowledge and accept that i will be judged for any false statements made by me knowingly or unknowingly and ask Father Yahweh now in the Name of Yahshua Messiah Adonai that should there be any such errors He judge me in this life that i may come to repentance and not be judged in the life to come.
PRAYER: Father, in the Name of Yahshua Messiah, if there is anything in this document that is not according to Your Word or Your perfect will please prevent it taking root in the heart of the reader and let all that IS according to Your Word and Your Will take deep root in the hearts of all who read it.
SUMMARY
Refer abstract.
END TIME / GLOBAL CONTEXT
A number of prophetic messages pointing to the events of 11 September are presented in the broader context of the analysis that has taken place to date. While the World Trade Centre disaster was NOT the fulfilment of Revelation 18, it IS a precursor to the judgment that WILL FOLLOW within months UNLESS there is deep seated and sincere repentance and turning around amongst the people of the United States of America.
THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH WILL ROCK AND OTHER PROPHETIC MESSAGES
by Various Writers
Collation and Commentary by James Robertson
In the days that followed the events of 11 September 2001, i received a number of messages relating to various prophecies that had been given and which were perceived to have, at least in part, been fulfilled with the destruction of the World Trade Centre on 11 September.
Perhaps the most dramatic was received from Chris Kiwi, ceck@xtra.co.nz on Thursday, September 13, 2001 4:54 AM with the text of a message posted at
http://www.tlig.org/msg/vass654.html
The covering note included the statement "The date of this message is truly extraordinary." The message itself was a prophetic message given on 11 September 1991, EXACTLY 10 years earlier, TO THE DAY:
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September 11, 1991
Lord, I look up at the heavens and search for heavenly things. I search Your Holy Face to feel Peace and be able to rejoice. I search for your Holy Face to be able to contemplate.
And I, for My part, My Eyes look down at the world of today, searching nation after nation, scanning soul after soul for some warmth, for some generosity and for some love but very very few enjoy My favour. Very few bother to live a holy life and the days are fleeing and the hours are now counted before the great retribution. My cities have become a harlot's - Pitiless! They have become a citadel for the demons! All corrupt from within, eaten up by worm! A refuge for the viper and the scorpion! How can I not breathe on these renegades My Purifying Fire?
Jesus suddenly changed tone and after waiting a few seconds, with a tone very grave that left me in awe said:
The earth will shiver and shake and every evil built into Towers will collapse into a heap of rubble and be buried in the dust of sin! Above, the Heavens will shake and the foundations of the earth will rock! Pray that the Father's Hand will not come down in winter. The islands, the sea and the continents will be visited by Me unexpectedly with thunder and by Flame. Listen closely to My last words of warning, listen now that there is still time. Read Our Messages and stop being scornful or deaf when Heaven speaks. Lower your voices and you will hear Ours. Think twice before you judge; think more than twice before you condemn the Works of the Holy Spirit. I shall not spare anyone who mocks the Holy Spirit, blaspheming Him outright. Justice will send them down to the underworld.
Lift all of you your faces and search the Heavens for My Holy Face to contemplate! Lift your eyes towards Heaven and you shall not perish. Repent! and ask the Father to relent. Soon, very soon now, the Heavens will open and I shall make you see
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There is a remarkable relevance of this prophetic message to the events in New York exactly ten years after it was given.
Another message, forwarded by John Paige, had been compiled by Shelley Senner jsenner@in‑tch.com as a selection of writings from Seventh Day Adventist, Mrs E White almost a century earlier. Bold facing added to highlight certain statements.
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Aren't we to use this opportunity to help others see the nearness of the return of the Lord Jesus, and the events surrounding His return? At the same time we should be praying for our leaders that they will see the light of truth which God is trying to shine on them, that as crime increases and the spirit of God is being withdrawn from the earth, that these disasters will increase until the earth is desolated. Also, the events happening show us that we are about to enter the tribulation time, which destroys the theory of the secret rapturists, however, their eyes will be blind to the truth until the very end, is my opinion.
Was Mrs. White shown things about NYC in 1909? Yes, she was.....
"I have no light in particular in regard to what is coming on New York, only that I know that one day the great buildings there will be thrown down by the turning and overturning of God's power. . . . Death will come in all places. This is why I am so anxious for our cities to be warned.‑‑RH July 5, 1906. {LDE 112, 113}
On one occasion, when in New York City, I was in the night season called upon to behold buildings rising story after story toward heaven. These buildings were warranted to be fireproof, and they were erected to glorify their owners and builders. . . . {LDE 113.1}
The scene that next passed before me was an alarm of fire. Men looked at the lofty and supposedly fireproof buildings and said: "They are perfectly safe." But these buildings were consumed as if made of pitch. The fire engines could do nothing to stay the destruction. The firemen were unable to operate the engines.‑‑9T 12, 13 (1909). {LDE 113.2}"
Entire article from Review and Herald, July 5, 1906 Notes of Travel‑‑No. 3
The Judgments of God on Our Cities
Mrs. E. G. White
It was while we were still at Loma Linda, the second night after the dedication of the sanitarium, that there passed before me an awful scene of buildings shaken down and destroyed, with great loss of life. I have already described this scene, in the article, "The San Francisco Earthquake." {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 1}
Terrible as was the representation that passed before me, that which impressed itself most vividly on my mind was the instruction given in connection with it. The angel that stood by my side declared that God's supreme rulership, and the sacredness of his law, must be revealed to those who persistently refuse to render obedience to the King of kings. Those who choose to remain disloyal, must be visited in mercy with judgments, in order that, if possible, they may be aroused to a realization of the sinfulness of their course. {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 2}
Throughout the following day, I pondered the scenes that had passed before me, and the instruction that had been given. During the afternoon we journeyed to Glendale, near Los Angeles; and the following night I was again instructed regarding the holiness and binding claims of the ten commandments, and the supremacy of God above all earthly rulers. It seemed as if I were before many people, and presenting scripture after scripture in support of the precepts spoken by the Lord from Sinai's height. {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 3}
It has taken me many days to write out a portion of that which was revealed those two nights at Loma Linda and Glendale. I have not finished yet, as many other matters of urgent importance have come up for consideration. I hope soon to write several articles on God's law, and the blessings that are promised the obedient. {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 4}
Our God is the Ruler of the universe. His law is of universal application. It is founded on love,‑‑ love to God, and love to our fellow men. Satan's supreme efforts are directed toward the setting aside of this law. In this work he has been largely successful. There is a marked disposition to exalt human enactments above the law of our Sovereign Ruler, the Monarch of the heavens and the earth. The world is filled with transgression. A spirit of lawlessness pervades every land, and is especially manifest in the great cities of the earth. The sin and crime to be seen in our cities is appalling. God can not forbear much longer. Already his judgments are beginning to fall on some places, and soon his signal displeasure will be felt in other places. {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 5}
There is to be, at this period, a series of events which will reveal that God is Master of the situation. The truth will be proclaimed in clear, unmistakable language. As a people, we must prepare the way of the Lord, under the overruling guidance of the Holy Spirit. The gospel is to be given in its purity. The stream of living water is to deepen and widen in its course. In all fields, nigh and afar off, men will be called from the plow and from the more common commercial business vocations that largely occupy the mind, and will be educated in connection with men of experience. As they learn to labor effectively, they will proclaim the truth with power. Through most wonderful workings of divine providence, mountains of difficulties will be removed, and cast into the sea. The message that means so much to the dwellers upon the earth, will be heard and understood. Men will know what is truth. Onward, and still onward the work will advance, until the whole earth shall have been warned. And then shall the end come. {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 6}
The startling and stupendous events connected with the warning of the world are fraught with momentous results. The messengers who proclaim the truth for this time are laboring in co‑operation with all the forces of heaven. In tender compassion God himself is speaking to an impenitent world through judgments; and he will continue to speak in this manner. For many years we have known that the great cities would be visited with divine judgments because of long‑continued disobedience. In no uncertain words the Lord has warned us not to establish large institutions in the cities. "Out of the cities; out of the cities,"‑‑this is the message that has often come to us. And this is one reason why the Lord has been opening the way so wonderfully for our publishing houses and sanitariums and schools to be located in country places. {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 7}
The cities must be worked. The millions living in these congested centers are to hear the third angel's message. This work should have been developed rapidly during the past few years. A beginning has been made, for which we praise God. Outpost centers are being established, from whence, like Enoch of old, our workers can visit the cities and do faithful service. {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 8}
This was the burden of my message to the brethren and sisters assembled in conference at Los Angeles. On the morning of the San Francisco earthquake, April 18, the second day after the scene of falling buildings had passed before me, I spoke in the Carr Street church, and bore a decided testimony on the necessity of our doing all we can to acquaint the people with the teachings of God's Word. I referred to the great work that must be done in the cities of our land, and of our inability to do this work by establishing institutions in the heart of these cities. We must learn to labor from outpost centers, and to place our dependence, not on buildings or display, but on the power of the Word of God. The Holy Spirit will impress the honest heart. Our dependence is in God. {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 9}
"Out of the cities; out of the cities!"‑‑this is the message the Lord has been giving me. The earthquakes will come; the floods will come; and we are not to establish ourselves in the wicked cities, where the enemy is served in every way, and where God is so often forgotten. The Lord desires that we shall have clear spiritual eyesight. We must be quick to discern the peril that would attend the establishment of institutions in these wicked cities. We must make wise plans to warn the cities, and at the same time live where we can shield our children and ourselves from the contaminating and demoralizing influences so prevalent in these places. {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 10}
Since the San Francisco earthquake, many rumors have been current regarding statements I have made. Some have reported that while in Los Angeles, I claimed that I had predicted the San Francisco earthquake and fire, and that Los Angeles would be the next city to suffer. This is not true. The morning after the earthquake, I said no more than that "the earthquakes will come; the floods will come;" and that the Lord's message to us is that we shall "not establish ourselves in the wicked cities." {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 11}
Not many years ago, a brother laboring in New York City published some very startling notices regarding the destruction of that city. I wrote immediately to the ones in charge of the work there, saying that it was not wise to publish such notices; that thus an excitement might be aroused which would result in a fanatical movement, hurting the cause of God. It is enough to present the truth of the Word of God to the people. Startling notices are detrimental to the progress of the work. {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 12}
Under date of Aug. 9, 1903, I further wrote regarding this sensational report:‑‑ {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 13}
"How comes the word that I have declared that New York is to be swept away by a tidal wave? This I have never said. I have said, as I looked at the great buildings going up there, story after story, 'What terrible scenes will take place when the Lord shall arise to shake terribly the earth! Then the words of Rev. 18:1‑3 will be fulfilled.' The whole of the eighteenth chapter of Revelation is a warning of what is coming on the earth. But I have no light in particular in regard to what is coming on New York, only that I know that one day the great buildings there will be thrown down by the turning and overturning of God's power. From the light given me, I know that destruction is in the world. One word from the Lord, one touch of his mighty power, and these massive structures will fall. Scenes will take place the fearfulness of which we can not imagine. {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 14}
"But I have sent cautions to the brethren working in New York, saying that these flaming, terrifying notices should not be published. When my brethren go to extremes, it reacts on me, and I have to bear the reproach of being called a false prophet. . . . {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 15}
"The destroying angels are today executing their commission. Death will come in all places. This is why I am so anxious for our cities to be warned. There is a work to be done by canvassing in our cities that has not yet been done. . . . The blessing of God rests on the workers who warn those that are unready to meet him. . . . Now is our time to work." {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 16}
For the past twenty years, and particularly since my return from Australia, I have borne a most decided testimony in favor of proclaiming the third angel's message in the cities of America. {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 17}
About thirty years ago, when my husband and I were planning for the building of a house of worship in San Francisco, some, when they saw the plan, said, "It is too large. The house will never be filled." At the same time, we were erecting the first building of the Pacific Press and the meeting‑house in Oakland. How great was the anxiety felt, and how earnest the prayers offered to God that he would open the way for the advancement of these enterprises! {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 18}
At that time, I dreamed that I saw two beehives, one in San Francisco and one in Oakland. In the hive in Oakland, the bees were diligently at work. Then I looked at the hive in San Francisco, and saw very little being done. The hive in Oakland seemed to be far the more promising. After a time my attention was again called to the hive in San Francisco, and I saw that an entire change had taken place. Great activity was seen among the bees. They were earnestly at work. {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 19}
When I related this dream, it was interpreted to mean that in San Francisco there was a great work to be done. There were among us at that time only a few men to whom we could look for large financial assistance. Believers were few in number, and we needed much courage and much faith to brace us for the work. {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 20}
We prayed much in regard to the necessities of the cause and the meaning of the dream, and resolved to venture out in accordance with the light given. My husband and I decided to sell our property in Battle Creek, that we might use the proceeds in this work. We wrote to our brethren, "Sell everything we have in Battle Creek, and send us the money at once." This was done, and we helped to build the churches in Oakland and San Francisco. And the Lord revealed to us that although at first the work in San Francisco would move slowly, yet it would make steady advancement, and San Francisco would become a great center. The Lord would inspire men by his Holy Spirit to carry forward the work with faith and courage and perseverance. {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 21}
Before leaving Australia, I dreamed that I was standing before a large congregation in San Francisco; that the Lord gave me a message to bear, and freedom in bearing this message. The people had ears to hear, and hearts to understand. {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 22}
Sabbath morning, Nov. 10, 1900, we entered the San Francisco church, and found it crowded to its utmost capacity. As I stood before the people, I thought of the dream and the instruction which had been given me so many years ago, and I was much encouraged. Looking at the people assembled, I felt that I could indeed say, The Lord has fulfilled his word. {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 23}
During the past few years, the "beehive" in San Francisco has been indeed a busy one. Many lines of Christian effort have been carried forward by our brethren and sisters there. These included visiting the sick and destitute, finding homes for orphans, and work for the unemployed; nursing the sick, and teaching the truth from house to house; the distribution of literature, and the conducting of classes on healthful living and the care of the sick. A school for the children has been conducted in the basement of the Laguna Street meeting‑house. For a time a working men's home and medical mission was maintained. On Market Street, near the city hall, there were treatment rooms, operated as a branch of the St. Helena Sanitarium. In the same locality was a health food store. Nearer the center of the city, not far from the Call building, was conducted a vegetarian cafe, which was open six days in the week, and entirely closed on the Sabbath. Along the water front, ship mission work was carried on. At various times our ministers conducted meetings in large halls in the city. Thus the warning message was given by many. {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 24}
I have carried a constant burden for our work in the large cities. Nearly two years after meeting with our brethren and sisters in the San Francisco church since my return to America, I wrote the following (Sept. 1, 1902):‑‑ {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 25}
"The all‑wise God is working on minds, leading men to see the advantage of getting away from the congested cities into the country. . . . It would be a mistake for us to purchase or erect large buildings in the cities of southern California for sanitarium work; and those who see advantages in doing this are not moving understandingly. A great work is to be done in preparing these cities to hear the gospel message; but this work is not to be done by fitting up in them large buildings for the carrying forward of some wonderful enterprise. {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 26}
"Well‑equipped tent‑meetings should be held in the large cities, such as San Francisco; for not long hence these cities will suffer under the judgments of God. San Francisco and Oakland are becoming as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the Lord will visit them in wrath." {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 27}
In this same manuscript, the opening of hygienic restaurants was mentioned as "a work that God would have done in the cities. If wisely conducted, these restaurants will become missionary centers." {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 28}
Some weeks later, Oct. 8, 1902, I wrote: "For years I have been given special light that we are not to center our work in the cities. The turmoil and confusion that fills these cities, the conditions brought about by the labor unions and the strikes, would prove a great hindrance to our work." {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 29}
Oct. 30, 1902: "To parents who are living in the cities, the Lord is sending the warning cry, Gather your children into your own houses; gather them away from those who are disregarding the commandments of God, who are teaching and practising evil. Get out of the cities as fast as possible. Parents can secure small homes in the country, with land for cultivation, where the children will not be surrounded with the corrupting influences of city life. God will help his people to find such homes outside the cities." {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 30}
Nov. 28, 1902: "A great work is to be done. I am instructed by the Spirit of God to say to those engaged in the Lord's work, that the favorable time for our message to be carried to the cities has passed by; and this work has not been done. I feel a heavy burden that we shall now redeem the time." {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 31}
April 20, 1903: "The message of warning should be sounded in the large, wicked cities, such as San Francisco. San Francisco and Oakland are becoming as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the Lord will visit them. Not far hence they will suffer under his judgments." {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 32}
June 20, 1903: "The judgments of God are in our land. The Lord is soon to come. In fire and flood and earthquake, he is warning the inhabitants of this earth of his soon approach. O that the people may know the time of their visitation! {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 33}
"We have no time to lose. We must make more determined efforts to lead the people of the world to see that the day of judgment is at hand. . . . O, if our people would feel as they should the responsibility resting upon them to give the last message of mercy to the world, what a wonderful work would be done! We need the impartation of the Holy Spirit, that we may realize how closely heavenly things are bound up with God's church on this earth." {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 34}
June 3, 1903: "There are many with whom the Spirit of God is striving. The time of God's destructive judgments is the time of mercy for those who have no opportunity to learn what is truth. Tenderly will the Lord look upon them. His heart of mercy is touched; his hand is still stretched out to save, while the door is closed to those who would not enter. Large numbers will be admitted who in these last days hear the truth for the first time. The Lord calls upon every believer to consecrate himself wholly to his service. All are to work for him, according to their several ability." {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 35}
Nov. 12, 1902: "The time is nearing when the great crisis in the history of the world will have come, when every movement in the government of God will be watched with intense interest and inexpressible apprehension. In quick succession the judgments of God will follow one another,‑‑fire and flood and earthquakes, with war and bloodshed. Something great and decisive will soon of necessity take place." {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 36}
May 27, 1903: "The mercy of God is shown by his long forbearance. He is holding back his judgments, waiting for the message of warning to be sounded to all. There are many who have not yet heard the testing truths for this time. The last call of mercy is to be given more fully to our world. The truths of the eighteenth and nineteenth chapters of Revelation should be read and understood by all." {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 37}
April 9, 1903: "The divine statutes have been set aside. The time will soon come when God will vindicate his insulted authority. 'The Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: and the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.' 'Who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth?'" {RH, July 5, 1906 par. 38}
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Again the applicability of these messages to the World Trade Centre disaster is striking.
A third message quoted Revelation chapter 18:
"1 After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his glory.
2 And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, "Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird! 3 "For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury."
4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. 5 "For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
6 "Render to her just as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her. 7 "In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, 'I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.'
8 "Therefore her plagues will come in one day-- death and mourning and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, for strong is Yahweh Adonai who judges her. 9 "The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning, 10 "standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, 'Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.'
11 "And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore: 12 "merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; 13 "and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men.
14 "The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you, and all the things which are rich and splendid have gone from you, and you shall find them no more at all. 15 "The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, 16 "and saying, 'Alas, alas, that great city that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! 17 'For in one hour such great riches came to nothing.' Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance 18 "and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, 'What is like this great city?' 19 "They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, 'Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate.'
20 "Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!"
21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore. 22 "The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore. 23 "The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived. 24 "And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth."" (NKJ)
The message replaced the word "merchants" with "traders" and "earth" with "world" in verse 3b "the traders of the world have become rich through the abundance of her luxury" giving a remarkably GOOD FIT to World Trade Centre.
HOWEVER, on enquiry, the Spirit of Yahweh indicated that this event was NOT the fulfillment of Revelation 18, it was effectively a "curtain raiser" to demonstrate that the key principles of this prophecy -- destroyed in ONE HOUR and seen by ALL THE WORLD was perfectly achievable. The Spirit of Yahweh declares that "the fulfillment of Revelation 18 will be FAR MORE dramatic than this and is ONLY MONTHS AWAY UNLESS THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES REPENT AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS"
In considering the two modern prophetic messages, one exactly ten years old and the other nearly one hundred years old, it is important to understand that the vision of even the most gifted prophets is not precise, particularly in terms of timing. In a vision one is, of necessity, presented with a compressed time frame and the comprehension of physical detail, dimension, etc while challenging is relatively straight forward, the comprehension of timing, unless EXPRESSLY given by the Spirit, is far more difficult.
Added to this, human nature is such that one will tend to expect events seen prophetically to take place shortly, where shortly may seem at the time to be within days, weeks or months but, with Yahweh a day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as a day (Psalm 90:4, 2 Peter 3:8), so when the Spirit says that something will "shortly take place", Yahweh can be speaking of several thousand years in our terms, which is only a few days in His terms.
Mrs White makes the point that judgment in this life IS MERCY.
This is a concept that most people today cannot comprehend. We have become so wrapped up in our self centred pursuit of comfort and "happiness" and enjoyment that we have lost all sight of the judgment to come. The reason that 99% of the world's population, if judged today, would NOT inherit the Kingdom of Heaven is in large measure because most people either do not believe that there will be a judgment or believe that there will be a judgment on their terms, which are essentially the limp wristed terms which much of the "Christian" church has been erroneously teaching.
The reality is VERY DIFFERENT. The terms of the judgment are VERY CLEARLY DEFINED and are NOT NEGOTIABLE. These terms have been touched on repeatedly in previous articles and will not be discussed again here.
Given this unfortunate lack of awareness of coming judgment, Yahweh is left with very few options to prevent massive eternal loss of life. After all, His Word says that He desires ALL MEN TO BE SAVED. 1 Timothy 2:3-6 states "3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of Yahweh our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one Mighty One (Elohim) and one Mediator between Yahweh and men, the Man Messiah [anointed] Yahshua, 6 who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time," (NKJ adjusted)
One option is to send prophets to the people. This Yahweh has done throughout the ages and continues to do. Sadly the vast majority of people ignore the prophets BECAUSE they are people.
The other major option is to bring judgment on the earth in the present age, such as the judgment on the United States on 11 September 2001. In doing this, it is Yahweh's hope that people will realise their frailty, their inability to solve problems of this nature on their own and TURN TO HIM!
Sadly the vast majority of people ignore these judgments because they are ignorant of Yahweh's judgments and have been fed a wide variety of Satanic lies about Yahweh over the last six thousand years to a point where they are almost completely ignorant. Also, the cannot SEE what is happening in the spirit realm. Thus, as in the case of Pharaoh, king of Egypt in the days of Moses, the level of sin reaches such levels that ever more severe judgment is required before people turn and repent and even then the repentance is generally shallow, insincere and short lived!
But because He CHESED'S (LOVE'S) US, YAHWEH KEEPS TRYING TO GET THROUGH TO US!!
Vital to responding to the events of 11 September 2001 is that we understand that these events were brought on the people of the United States BY THEIR OWN ACTIONS in past decades and by the actions of "Christians" in the last nearly two thousand years. It is also vital to understand that this is just the "tip of the iceberg" so to speak -- the level of judgment that is still due is ENORMOUS! But, as each judgment is ignored or turned from a cause for repentance to a cause for vengeance, the magnitude of unrepented sin INCREASES EXPONENTIALLY until judgment, as in the days of Noah, Sodom and Gomorrah and Egypt in the days of Moses is required and utter destruction of the offenders is the only course of action open to our uncompromisingly righteous and just Creator!
MASSIVE JUDGMENT faces the United States of America, the people of Europe, the "Christian Church" and ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, but it will START with the U.S.A., Europe and the "Christian Church".
One hundred and forty four thousand Believers WERE SEALED at Tabernacles 2000 in terms of Revelation 7:1-4
"1 After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree.
2 Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, 3 saying, "Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads." 4 And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred and forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed:" (NKJ adjusted)
Millions of others have already received the "mark of the beast". They have compromised to such an extent with the ways of Satan that all that they contract with their hands and all that they think and say is twisted to Satan's ways of doing things to such an extent that they are beyond redemption. When a man staring death in the face can use "Jesus" or "God" as a profanity instead of a desperate prayer for last minute salvation, as it appears that some who died on 11 September did, then surely such a man is marked to such an extent that even if he does not die, he will NEVER call on the Name of Yahweh to be saved!
At the same time, while we look to the things that were seen at the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, that which is unseen and happening in the spirit realm is a hundred times more dramatic, more violent AND MORE DANGEROUS. But VERY FEW are looking in that realm!
There is a great need for every one of us to soberly assess our lives and our future life styles and make solid, no going back decisions about our future direction!
CLOSURE
It is hoped that this article has provided further insight into the enormous complexities of the current world spiritual situation and, in particular, has challenged you to see the critical nature of the recent Judgment in shaping your response to life in the days ahead.
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This reminds me : We will walk through the fire and not get burnt!!!!!
Subject: Surviving the 81st Floor of World Trade Tower Two
C U R R E N T F E A T U R E S T O R Y
by the Editors of Religion Today
September 18, 2001
Surviving the 81st Floor of World Trade Tower Two
A testimony of God's hand of protection amidst tragedy
Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, began like any other day for Bethel Assembly of God deacon and Sunday school superintendent Stanley Praimnath of Elmont, Long Island. He got up early, took a shower, prayed, got ready and headed for work. The drive was uneventful. The train ride was the same. Yet, this day he would see the hand of God spare his life.
"For some particular reason, I gave the Lord a little extra of myself that morning [during prayer]," Stanley said. "I said, 'Lord, cover me and all my loved ones under your precious blood.' And even though I said that and believed it, I said it over and over and over."
When Stanley arrived at World Trade Center Tower Two, he took the elevator up to his office on the 81st floor. "I work for the Fuji Bank Limited," he said. "I'm an assistant vice president in the loans operations department. The company is located on the 79th through 82nd floors."
Stanley greeted Delise, a woman who had arrived before him. After talking briefly, he headed over to his desk and picked up his phone to retrieve his messages. "As I'm standing there retrieving my messages, I'm looking out at the next building, One World Trade, and I saw fire falling through from the roof," Stanley said. "Now, this entire building is surrounded by glass, and you can stand up and from there you can see all the buildings, planes and everything flying at the same altitude." As Stanley saw "fire balls" coming down, his first reaction was to think of his boss who works in that building. He decided to try to call him to see if he was OK. "I'm dialing his number, and getting no response. So, I say to Delise, the temp, 'Go, go, go -- let's get out.'"
Delise and Stanley got on the elevator and went down to the 78th floor. Some other people were there. The company's president, the CEO, the human resources director and two other men joined the group and headed down to the concourse level of Two World Trade Center.
If they had continued on and exited the building, all of their lives would have been spared. As it was, that's not the way it happened. "As soon as we reached the concourse level, the security guard stopped us and said, 'Where are you going?' Stanley explained about seeing the fire in Tower One. According to Stanley, the guard said, "Oh, that was just an accident. Two World Trade is secured. Go back to your office."
That turned out to be fatal advice -- aside from Stanley, Delise was the only one of that group to survive.
"We were joking, and I told [Human Resources Director] Brian Thompson, 'This is a good time to think of relocating this building -- it's not safe anymore.'" Stanley headed back to his office, but before he got there, he told Delise, that with the events of the day, she should go home and relax.
Thompson went to the 82nd floor, the president and CEO went to the 79th floor and Stanley got out on the 81st floor. When Stanley got to his office, his phone was ringing. "It was someone from Chicago calling to find out if I'm watching the news," he said. He told the caller everything "was fine."
But everything wasn't fine -- far from it. As Stanley was talking, he looked up and saw United Air Lines Flight 175 heading straight for him.
"All I can see is this big gray plane, with red letters on the wing and on the tail, bearing down on me," said Stanley. "But this thing is happening in slow motion. The plane appeared to be like 100 yards away, I said 'Lord, you take control, I can't help myself here.' "
Stanley then dove under his desk. "My Testament [Bible] was on top of my desk," explained Stanley. "I knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the Lord was going to take care of me once I got there." As he curled into a fetal position under his desk, the plane tore into the side of the building and exploded.
Miraculously, Stanley was unhurt. However, he could see a flaming wing of the plane in the doorway of his department. He knew he needed to getout of his office and the building fast. But, he was trapped under debris up to his shoulders. "Lord, you take control, this is your problem now," he recalled praying. "I don't know where I got this power from, but the good Lord, He gave me so much power and strength in my body that I was able to shake everything off. I felt like I was the strongest man alive."
All the while, Stanley was asking the Lord to spare his life. "I'm crying and I'm praying, 'Lord, I have things to do. I want to see my family, Lord, help me through.'"
Stanley's office resembled a battle zone -- walls flattened into dusty heaps, office equipment strewn violently, flames flickering about and rubble everywhere.
"Everything I'm trying to climb on [to get out] is collapsing and I'm going down," he said. "I'm getting cuts and bruises, but I'm saying, 'Lord, I have to go home to my loved ones, I have to make it, You have to help me.' "
Suddenly Stanley saw the light of a flashlight. For a moment, it stunned him. "What were the chances of someone bringing a flashlight to this floor?" he thought. "My first gut reaction was, 'This is my guardian angel -- my Lord sent somebody to save me!' "
Stanley began screaming, "I see the light, I see the light." But after clawing his way through the debris, he realized that he couldn't get out - all the exits were blocked and his "guardian angel" couldn't get to him--a wall was between him and the staircase. "He can't get to me and I can't get to him, and by this time I can't breathe," Stanley said. "I don't know if it was sulfur or what [burning jet fuel, perhaps], but I can smell this thing. I got down on my knees and said, "Lord, you've got to help me. You've brought me this far, help me to get to the staircase."
But then Stanley did something surprising. While praying on his knees, he called out to the man behind the wall, "There's one thing I got to know, do you know Jesus?" The man replied he went to church every Sunday. Then they prayed together to enable them to break through the wall.
"I got up, and I felt as if a Power came over me," said Stanley. "I felt goose bumps all over my body and I'm trembling, and I said to the wall, 'You're going to be no match for me and my Lord.' " Moments later, he punched his way through the wall and, with the help of the man on the other side, was able to squirm his way through the hole in the wall. "The guy held me and embraced me and he gave me a kiss and he said, 'From today, you're my brother for life.' "
But the danger wasn't over. The man on the other side of the wall, who introduced himself as Brian, was an older man and they still had 81 floors to walk down, with the building on fire and, unknown to them, in danger of collapse. "We hobbled our way down, and at every floor we stopped to see if anybody was there, but nobody was, except a man was on the floor, and his back was gone, and he was covered in blood."
Stanley asked to be allowed to carry the man out, but a security guard told him it would be better to send somebody up. When they finally made it down to the concourse, only firefighters were there. "They were saying, 'Run! Run! Run!', they were telling us to run out, but they were not concerned about themselves," he said.
Stanley and Brian would have run from the building, but now the concourse was surrounded with fire. Wetting themselves under the building's sprinkler system, they held hands and ran through the flames to safety at Trinity Church, about two blocks away. "I wanted to go to the church to thank God," Stanley explained, "As soon as I held onto the gate of that church, the building [World Trade Center Tower Two] collapsed."
Stanley and Brian made their way safely out of the danger area.Before they parted, Stanley gave his business card to Brian in hopes of contact at a later time, and said, "If I don't see you, I'll see you in heaven."
Cut and bloodied, with clothes tattered and wearing a borrowed shirt, Stanley finally made it home hours later to his wife, Jennifer, and his two girls, Stephanie, 8, and Caitlin, 4. "I held my wife and my two children and we cried," said Stanley. After thanking God for sparing his life, Stanley told God whatever he did, it will always be for His glory. "I'm so sore, but every waking moment, I say 'Lord, had you not been in control, I would not have made it.'
"For some divine reason, I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the good Lord's Mighty Hand turned the plane a fraction from where I was standing," said Stanley. "Because when it crash-landed, it was just 20 feet from me. I don't care who would rationalize -- what people would say now or years from now, but I know it was the handiwork of the Lord that turned that plane. My Lord Jesus is bigger than the Trade Center and His finger can push a plane aside!"
By Dan Van Veen, Assemblies of God News Service
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