This giant tidal wave was the result of a massive earthquake that occurred out in the ocean. These have happened before, and no doubt will occur again somewhere, sometime. Jesus foretold that in the last days–(Matthew 24:7-8) “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.”
Where was God when this happened (as well as all the other tragic storms?) The same place He was, when Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, which sin brought the curse upon all nature. The “creature was made subject to vanity” and was brought under “the bondage of corruption” as a result of the curse of sin. Thus, “the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.” Romans 8:20-22
During the Great Tribulation Period, when sin, Satan, and anti-christism are ravaging the earth, and God, His name, His tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven are being blasphemed on earth, the convulsions of nature (violent storms, abnormal weather, etc.,) will intensify to levels unknown before. Revelation 16:18-20 records an earthquake that will occur, whereby the cities of the nations fell, and every island fled away and the mountains were not found.
“And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.” Luke 21:11,25,26
The message these things convey can be summed by Christ’s message of Luke 13:1-5, when He stressed that in light of tragic events, men desperately need to repent.
The origin of all disaster goes back to sin and Satan, with man’s choice to sin against God, rather than God having let man down. But instead of sinful man humbling himself before God, he will blame God.
SHARING
