God’s judgments have always begun at the “entrance gates” of nations, cities, and empires: “A cry of alarm will begin at the Fish Gate…” (Zephaniah 1:10 LB).
This is representative of the seaports, harbors, and centers of influx. It is significant that the most of all the Old Testament prophets warned of judgment beginning at the coasts, Zephaniah warned the Philistine cities: “…woe to you …living on the coast. The Lord will destroy you… The coast land will become a pasture…” (Zephaniah 2:5,6 LB).
Jeremiah, another prophet, warned nations that God’s Judgments begin as whirlwinds on the coasts of their lands, then spreading from one end to the other: “Thus saith the LORD O hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. “ (Jeremiah 25:32 KJV).
Now, the East Coast has seen the effects of Hurricane Irene, is the West Coast next? Scientists have warned of impending disaster. Yet, “And as it was in the days of Noah So shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage,until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all” (Luke 17:26-29).
Even though there are thousands of God-fearing Christians who refuse to partake in the sins of our nation, many are not expecting or believing judgment is upon our nation. Many are turning a deaf ear to these warnings. Sadly, many will be rudely awakened in a moment of time.
“Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of sons of mankind is fully set in them to do evil” (Ecclesiastes 8:11 KJV).
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