Truth About Earthquakes (1961)

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Truth about EARTHQUAKES 15

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Huge cracks in foreground show shore disappearing into Hebgen la k e in 1959 earthquake .

heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.And there were vo ices, and thunderings, andlightnings; AND TH ERE WAS A GR EAT EARTH-

QUAKE, such as was not since men were uponthe earth so mighty an earthquake and sogreett" (vs. 17-18 ) .

The whole face of th e ea rth is co be changedby this cataclysmic earthquake. "And every

island fl ed away, and the mountains were notfound " (vs. 20 ).

Th e rerum of Jes us Christ is go ing co behig hlighted by the most ca taclysm ic ea rthqu ake that has ever stru ck this earth . It will

defy the imag ination' Every faul t sys tem andearthquake crac k on the face of the ea rth will

com e in tO full p lay w h en J es us Chri st

descend s to shake terribly th e eanh.

Tremendous T id al W aves

N or only will the earth itself wr ithe underthe catacl ysmic convulsions of this tremen

dous earthquake, but also the very oceansand seas will erupt in tremendous seism ic

waves co devas tate huge portions of thi s eanh .

N otice Jesus Chri st's words in Luke 2 1."For these be the days of vengeance, that a llthings which are wrirren may be ful fi lled. But

woe unto them that are with child , and co

them that g ive suck, in those detysl For thereshall be GREAT DISTRESS in the land and wrath

upon this people. And there shall be signs in

the su n, and in the moon, and in the stars;and upon the ea·rth distress of nat ions, with

pe rplexity: TH E SEAS AN D T HE WAVES ROAR

ING; men's hea rts failing them for feet/' and for

look ing after those things which are comingon the earth : for the powers of the heavensshall be shaken" (Luke 2 1:22 , 23, 25, 26).

Yes , these are the terrible and awe- in spiring

tim es spoken of by Jesus Christ to soon co me

upo n this eanh.

Ea rthquakes to G row W o rse

Jes us Chri st warned us that we wou ld k17()/l.·

of Hi s lmpending retu rn by the things He

outlined co come co pass. Wi th each pass ingday our major newspapers and news magazin es world-w ide te ll us of increas ing famine.

pes tilence among cattle and crops , of in creas-

"and the cities of the nations fell." (v.19)



16 Trttth about EARTHQUAKES

ing rumors of war and of the acceleratedoccurrence of earthquakes world-wide. Theseare signs of the times.'

As we hurtle down toward the grand smashclimax of this age, these means that Godhas chosen to shake man from his lethargyare going to increase in violence and scope.

Around the world whole nations have

experienced earthquakes of a magnitude unprecedented in the history of man on thisearth. Yet, these are to grow worse.

Scientists Aware of What's Ahead

Investigation into the earthquake faultlinesof this earth has introduced into geologists'thinking an entirely new scope of destructivepotential.

Unless we have God's protection - unlesswe know in advance about these things andare preparing for them - we will have to gothrough them.

But, notice Jesus' warning to His people."Watch ye therefore and pray always that ye

may be accounted worthy to escape ALL THESETHINGS that shall come to pass, and to standbefore the Son of man" (Luke 21: 36) .

God Our Protector

God promises deliverance and protectionto His people. God will not bring these things

upon those who obey Him and trust in Him .Notice His promise in Psalm 91.

"He that dwelleth in the secret place of themost High [he that is obeying and keeping

the Commandments of Almighty God] shallabide under the shadow of the Almighty.Surely he shall deliver thee from the snareof the fowler , and from the 1wisome pestilence. Thou shall not be afraid for the terro·r

by night; nor for the arrow that Rieth by day ;nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness ; nor for the destruction that wasteth at

noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, andten thousand at thy right hand; bttt it shall1wt come 1zigh thee. Because thou hast made

the Ete-rnal , which is for a refuge, even themost High, thy habitation; there shall no evilbefall thee, neither shall any plague comenigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angelscharge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways."

Sometime in the future, perhaps tomorrow,perhaps next week or next year, when a sudden eerie silence falls over YOUR town-

YOUR city - and then from deep within

the bowels of the earth comes an ominousrumbling and your familiar world begins tosway and teeter and dissolve in CHAOTIC DE-

STRUCTION, will you have God's protection?Our only hope lies in obedience to the CreatorGod and to His Son Jesus Christ, our Lordand Savior. What a dreadful fate it will beto be His enemy when He shakes ter1'ibly

the earth'

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