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WHEN
THE MOST HIGH WILL JUDGE THE WORLD. "'Rise to your feet,' he replied, 'and you will hear a loud resounding voice. When it speaks, do not be frightened if the place where you stand trembles and shakes; it speaks of the end, and the earth's foundations* will understand that it is speaking of them. They will tremble and shake; for they know that at the end they must be transformed.'" (2 Esdras 6:13-16 NEB). "When the windows of heaven above are opened and earth's foundations* shake, the earth is utterly shattered, it is convulsed and reels wildly. The earth reels to and fro like a drunken man and sways like a watchman's shelter; the sins of men weigh heavy upon it, and it falls to rise no more." (From Isaiah 24:18-20 NEB). There will be great earthquakes, and famines and plagues in many places; in the sky terrors and great portents." (Luke 21:11 NEB). "With all these things the birth-pangs of the new age begin." (Matt 24:8 NEB). "And in that hour a great earthquake (1) occurred, and a tenth of the city fell; and seven thousand persons were killed by the earthquake, and the rest became frightened and gave glory to the God of heaven." (Rev 11:13).
THE MOST VIOLENT "EARTHQUAKE" OF ALL TIME.
"Then the
seventh angel poured his bowl on the air; and out of the sanctuary
came a loud voice from the throne, which said, 'It is over!' And there followed
flashes of lightning and peals of thunder, and
a violent
earthquake, (2)
like none before it in human history,
so violent it was. The great city was split in three;
the cities of the world fell in ruin…"
(From Rev 16:17
"Then I watched as (The Christ) broke the sixth seal.
And there was a violent earthquake (2)
… and
every
mountain and island was moved from its place. Then the kings of
the earth, magnates and marshals, the rich and powerful, and all men, slave or
free, hid themselves in caves and mountain crags; and they called out to the
mountains and the crags, 'Fall on us and hide us
from the face of the One who sits on the throne and from the vengeance of the
Lamb.' For the great day of their vengeance has come, and who will
be able to stand?" (From Rev 6:12
"Get you into caves in the rocks and hide
yourselves in the ground from the dread of the Lord and the splendour of His
majesty. Man's proud eyes shall be humbled, the loftiness of men brought low,
and the Lord alone shall be exalted on that day.
For the Lord has a day of doom waiting for all that is proud and lofty, for all
that is high and lifted up".
(Isaiah 2:10
ENEMIES OF SPIRITUAL "MOUNT ZION" WILL VANISH. "On that day, when at length Gog comes against the land of Israel, says the Lord God, My wrath will boil over. In My jealousy and in the heat of My anger I swear that on that day there shall be a great earthquake throughout the land of Israel… all mankind on the face of the earth, all shall be shaken before Me. Mountains shall be torn up, the terraced hills collapse, and every wall crash to the ground." (From Ezek 38:18-20 NEB). "On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is opposite Jerusalem to the east, and the mountain shall be cleft in two by an immense valley running east and west; half the mountain shall move northwards and half southwards. The valley between the hills shall be blocked, for the new valley between them will reach as far as Asal. Blocked it shall be as it was blocked by the earthquake in the time of Uzziah King of Judah, and the Lord my God will appear with all the holy ones." (Zech 14:4,5 NEB).
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