The waters saw You, O God; The waters saw You,
they were afraid; The depths also trembled. The clouds poured out water; The
skies sent out a sound; Your arrows also flashed about. The voice of Your
thunder [was] in the whirlwind; The lightnings lit up the world; The earth
trembled and shook. Your way [was] in the sea, Your path in the great waters,
And Your footsteps were not known. You led Your people like a flock By the hand
of Moses and Aaron.
Psalm 77:16-20 NKJV
And the LORD went before them by day in a
pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to
give them light; to go by day and night: He took not away the pillar of the
cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, [from] before the people.
Exodus 13:21-22 NKJV
Now why do I think this is important? Look
closely at the passage from Psalms and notice what the author says the reaction
of the earth was to the presense of God. Do you see what I see? We are told the
waters were afraid, the depths trembled, there was a downpour of rain, thunder
along with lightning that lit up the entire world, and not to mention
earthquakes that shook the earth. Yet to me, the most important part of this
passage is the fact that it does not say God “caused” these things to happen,
rather it was a response of the earth to actually “seeing” the presense of God.
Then, as He was now drawing near the descent
of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice
and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen,
saying: " 'Blessed [is] the King who comes in the name of the LORD!' Peace
in heaven and glory in the highest!" And some of the Pharisees called to
Him from the crowd, "Teacher, rebuke Your disciples." But He answered
and said to them, "I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones
would immediately cry out."
Luke 19:37-40 NKJV
So if we are to believe what the Bible tells
us, the earth has and can react to the presence of God in physical ways, some
of which might surprise us. Is that really so hard to believe? After all, the
earth was created by God just as we were created, so who knows what physical
reaction could be produced by the approach of the power which created it? This
is the question that I would like you to think about in light of some of the
things happening in the world right now.
Most of us would agree the Bible clearly teaches
that there will be signs that precede the return of Christ, many of which are
physical in nature. Events such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and
tsunamis can explain many of the events described as occurring just before
Christ returns. Many of these things are beginning to happen right now in
various places in the world, and most of those who are watching and waiting for
His appearing believe the time is very close. Jesus Himself said this about the
signs that would appear just before His return.
"So you also, when you see these things
happening, know that it is near--at the doors!
Mark 13:29 NKJV
So here is my question for today; does God
cause these things to happen, or just like the events in Exodus when God comes
to earth to lead His people away, is the earth reacting to the approach of God
once again? Is it possible that the increase in frequency and intensity of
physical events is because the nearness of Jesus returning for His church is
causing a physical reaction by the earth?
"Then the earth shook and trembled; The
foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, Because He was angry.
2 Samuel 22:8 NKJV
I want you to consider this, and then follow the link I post here and
wonder as I do if we are seeing the earth possibly warning us that Christ is
nearer than many of us think.
Is the earth afraid?
Keep watching.
