The Judgment of FIRE

A lot of time, FIRE is signified as God’s judgment in the bible.

November 15, 2008, atheist at Bay Area San Francisco has hold November 15 to be ‘Great American God-Out’ Day.

The same day, big swamp of No to Prop 8 homosexual advocates are demonstrating through the streets in Los Angeles Downtown,

The same day, a Taiwan episode is praising a woman who works for the pornography business of her sacrificial accomplishment.

On the news a transgender man is pregnant. He is legally a man and married to a woman.

On the news, Taiwan former President Chen is arrested for corruption charges.

The same day, non-stop 24 hours live breaking news of the biggest uncontainable destruction wildfire in California.

I am not a prophet. But this vast spread of wildfire did speak a message to me . The sinful act of human in morality and corruption of their faith are like burning smoke rises in the atmosphere rise to the front of God’s throne. The American land is polluted in faith, ethics and moral. The dark sight blocking smoke covered up the clear blue sky, just like how the false teaching of ‘civil rights and equality for all’ slogans are eroding the purity of faith and twisting the infallible truth.

God’s is righteous. He will never let wrong be right or right be wrong.

In Numbers Chapter 16, an instant plague killed a vast number of people because God’s holiness has been invaded.

In Exodus, Aaron led the Israelites to worship the golden calf. The fierce anger of God struck the people with a plague.

Sodom and Gomorrah, the two sinful wicked cities, their sinfulness is great in the eye of God. God’s merciful capacity is filled. He can’t hold His wrath no more. The city is best known of its sexual deviation. The word Sodom and sodomy share the same root word, which is used to describe the act of anal intercourse. And this is exactly the sin inhabitants in Sodom committed on the three men who sent to Sodom to save Lot and his family. God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah by fire and brimstone.

And the list goes on and on…it is not a new thing that God will react on sin committed by human. God will not let unrighteous have their way. God will send signs, signals, message and alert to those who love Him to call for repentance.

King Manasseh, the bible has described him as the wicked king of all. His wickedness has caused a great ordeal to his people and country, and even to himself. He has been under captive of Assyria, suffered a whole lot in the dungeon. The twist of his fate is a prayer, a repentance prayer. “In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. And when he prayed to him, the Lord was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea;” II Chronicles 33:12

Would you join me for prayer of repentance for the sin of our country, the sin of homosexuality, the sin of getting God out, the sin of not respecting Him as God, the sin of playing God ourselves… this is the most effective antidote and remedy to these disastrous crisis. It is the last thing God would want to send us of these signs catastrophically... but if we still keep our ear and eye closed, what He must do, He will.

Dear Lord, have mercy on us. We are sinners and deserve none of your grace. We humble before you because of our sinfulness and our inequality transgression. Your heart breaks for our sin. Lord, please shake us awake spiritually. May you speak to everyone of us to wake up to your call, for repentance. May your grace shower on us like rain, cleanse us, purify and refine our faith through the FIRE. In Jesus’ precious name. Amen.

Gratitude (by Nicole Nordeman)

Send some rain, would You send some rain?
'Cause the earth is dry and needs to drink again
And the sun is high and we are sinking in the shade
Would You send a cloud, thunder long and loud?
Let the sky grow black and send some mercy down
Surely You can see that we are thirsty and afraid
But maybe not, not today
Maybe You'll provide in other ways
And if that's the case . . .

We'll give thanks to You
With gratitude
For lessons learned in how to thirst for You
How to bless the very sun that warms our face
If You never send us rain

Daily bread, give us daily bread
Bless our bodies, keep our children fed
Fill our cups, then fill them up again tonight

Wrap us up and warm us through
Tucked away beneath our sturdy roofs
Let us slumber safe from danger's view this time
Or maybe not, not today
Maybe You'll provide in other ways
And if that's the case . . .

We'll give thanks to You
With gratitude
A lesson learned to hunger after You
That a starry sky offers a better view if no roof is overhead And if we never taste that bread

Oh, the differences that often are between
What we want and what we really need

So grant us peace, Jesus, grant us peace
Move our hearts to hear a single beat
Between alibis and enemies tonight
Or maybe not, not today
Peace might be another world away
And if that's the case . . .

We'll give thanks to You
With gratitude
For lessons learned in how to trust in You
That we are blessed beyond what we could ever dream
In abundance or in need
And if You never grant us peace

But Jesus, would You please . . .