Signs Pt. 3
Sign Sixteen-
Mat 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened
Sign Seventeen-
and the moon shall not give her light,
Sign Eighteen-
and the stars shall fall from heaven,
Sign Nineteen-
and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken
'New England's Dark Day refers to an event that occurred on May 19, 1780, when an unusual darkening of the day sky was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.[1] The primary cause of the event is believed to have been a combination of smoke from forest fires,[2] a thick fog, and cloud cover. The darkness was so complete that candles were required from noon on. It did not disperse until the middle of the next night.
Pasted from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England%27s_Dark_Day> '
'THE FALLING STARS OF 1833
Pasted from <http://www.web-books.com/Classics/ON/B0/B897/10MB897.html> '
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These NATURAL events though UNCOMMON, are just scientifically dismissed simply because they can be accounted for by natural phenomena. When we think of SIGNS people think they have to be MIRACLES, but Jesus did not say look for these miracles, He said look for these various signs. Signs can be perfectly explicable, they don't have to be inexplicable to be called signs. We get into all sorts of trouble when we force signs into the miracle realm. Even the signs of Moses' time when He was instrumental in getting the Hebrew slaves freed, can be explained scientifically for the most part. The fact that Egyptians were targeted and not the Hebrews brought about the inexplicable aspect to the whole matter, even so, there are people who have their scientific reasoning even for that. When you get to the matter of the first born dying of both Hebrew and Egyptian, if there were no blood on their mantle, well, you enter the realm of inexplicable again.
The point I'm making here, or trying to make, is that signs can be perfectly explainable and it doesn't mean they are not Biblical signs because we can explain them.
When we follow signs they are pointing us towards a destination.
The destination these signs are heralding is the one in which our Savior in the sky, calling to those who are His, returns to bring us back to heaven with Him.
If you believe ONE single part of the Bible, even the smallest part then YOU have to believe it all, it's not a book you can pick apart and choose what to believe and what not to believe. Argue all you want that man put it together, man chose which books to include etc, etc, but GOD'S hand, the HOLY SPIRIT guided all of that to give us all we would need to know our Savior, and be known by Him. Pick it totally apart if you want to, that's your right, but I won't and you're reading the wrong blog if you are waiting for me to do so.
Just the other day my daughter said something to me about the truth in the fact that if you believe in GOD you HAVE to believe in the Devil, you cannot believe in one without the other. Yet you'll find a lot of people who discount the devil easily, while holding fast to God.
These signs we are discussing are real signs. We can discount them and hope to find our destination, but Jesus wants us to use these signs so that we are prepared when He returns.
What does a sign given in 1833 mean to us today? Let me ask you this, what does a sign given in 33 mean? Jesus prophesized of His own betrayal and death, do we find that truth to be less powerful today than it was when it came to pass? No.
Some signs we are allowed to look back upon and use as great billboard markers showing us that the truth is unfolding just as we were told it was.
The Hebrews in Moses' time constantly doubted God after being given sign after sign, after sign, of God's power in their behalf. Because their selfish desires were not fulfilled and they believed their lives would have been EASIER if they hadn't been set free, they complained and chose not to believe God had their best interests at heart.
Signs.
We can ignore them.
Most people do ignore them.
Ask yourself why Jesus gave these signs. He could have said, don't worry about the end of the world it will happen when it happens, but He didn't. Jesus did as the disciples asked and gave them signs, a lot of them. He did give signs for when the temple would be destroyed and He gave signs for the end of the world and His coming. Just imagine hearing all those signs and marveling at them, realizing that these were things to come, things for them to look for to know what would occur.
Signs.
Please Lord, help us to study the signs and to comprehend that you gave us these signs for a reason, not to gloss over them and logic them away to mean nothing.
We ARE living in the days of Noah. Men's hearts are evil continually. We ARE living in the days when the signs in the moon, stars, heavens have been given. You've used these signs to awaken people to the times they live in, to know that You WILL return and they must be ready. We can't be like those in Moses' day, complaining bitterly about what is going on, about Your delaying Your return. We CANNOT be that way, giving up faith and hope in YOU because we are filled with selfish hearts.
Please LORD, please help us! You are our understanding, all our hope, all our love, all our truth!
In YOU Lord Jesus Christ, in YOU!
Mat 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened
Sign Seventeen-
and the moon shall not give her light,
Sign Eighteen-
and the stars shall fall from heaven,
Sign Nineteen-
and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken
'New England's Dark Day refers to an event that occurred on May 19, 1780, when an unusual darkening of the day sky was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.[1] The primary cause of the event is believed to have been a combination of smoke from forest fires,[2] a thick fog, and cloud cover. The darkness was so complete that candles were required from noon on. It did not disperse until the middle of the next night.
Pasted from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England%27s_Dark_Day> '
'THE FALLING STARS OF 1833
Pasted from <http://www.web-books.com/Classics/ON/B0/B897/10MB897.html> '
*******
These NATURAL events though UNCOMMON, are just scientifically dismissed simply because they can be accounted for by natural phenomena. When we think of SIGNS people think they have to be MIRACLES, but Jesus did not say look for these miracles, He said look for these various signs. Signs can be perfectly explicable, they don't have to be inexplicable to be called signs. We get into all sorts of trouble when we force signs into the miracle realm. Even the signs of Moses' time when He was instrumental in getting the Hebrew slaves freed, can be explained scientifically for the most part. The fact that Egyptians were targeted and not the Hebrews brought about the inexplicable aspect to the whole matter, even so, there are people who have their scientific reasoning even for that. When you get to the matter of the first born dying of both Hebrew and Egyptian, if there were no blood on their mantle, well, you enter the realm of inexplicable again.
The point I'm making here, or trying to make, is that signs can be perfectly explainable and it doesn't mean they are not Biblical signs because we can explain them.
When we follow signs they are pointing us towards a destination.
The destination these signs are heralding is the one in which our Savior in the sky, calling to those who are His, returns to bring us back to heaven with Him.
If you believe ONE single part of the Bible, even the smallest part then YOU have to believe it all, it's not a book you can pick apart and choose what to believe and what not to believe. Argue all you want that man put it together, man chose which books to include etc, etc, but GOD'S hand, the HOLY SPIRIT guided all of that to give us all we would need to know our Savior, and be known by Him. Pick it totally apart if you want to, that's your right, but I won't and you're reading the wrong blog if you are waiting for me to do so.
Just the other day my daughter said something to me about the truth in the fact that if you believe in GOD you HAVE to believe in the Devil, you cannot believe in one without the other. Yet you'll find a lot of people who discount the devil easily, while holding fast to God.
These signs we are discussing are real signs. We can discount them and hope to find our destination, but Jesus wants us to use these signs so that we are prepared when He returns.
What does a sign given in 1833 mean to us today? Let me ask you this, what does a sign given in 33 mean? Jesus prophesized of His own betrayal and death, do we find that truth to be less powerful today than it was when it came to pass? No.
Some signs we are allowed to look back upon and use as great billboard markers showing us that the truth is unfolding just as we were told it was.
The Hebrews in Moses' time constantly doubted God after being given sign after sign, after sign, of God's power in their behalf. Because their selfish desires were not fulfilled and they believed their lives would have been EASIER if they hadn't been set free, they complained and chose not to believe God had their best interests at heart.
Signs.
We can ignore them.
Most people do ignore them.
Ask yourself why Jesus gave these signs. He could have said, don't worry about the end of the world it will happen when it happens, but He didn't. Jesus did as the disciples asked and gave them signs, a lot of them. He did give signs for when the temple would be destroyed and He gave signs for the end of the world and His coming. Just imagine hearing all those signs and marveling at them, realizing that these were things to come, things for them to look for to know what would occur.
Signs.
Please Lord, help us to study the signs and to comprehend that you gave us these signs for a reason, not to gloss over them and logic them away to mean nothing.
We ARE living in the days of Noah. Men's hearts are evil continually. We ARE living in the days when the signs in the moon, stars, heavens have been given. You've used these signs to awaken people to the times they live in, to know that You WILL return and they must be ready. We can't be like those in Moses' day, complaining bitterly about what is going on, about Your delaying Your return. We CANNOT be that way, giving up faith and hope in YOU because we are filled with selfish hearts.
Please LORD, please help us! You are our understanding, all our hope, all our love, all our truth!
In YOU Lord Jesus Christ, in YOU!