Posted on 02/07/2024 7:17:28 AM PST by knarf
I've been here a long time (thanx for not kicking me out Jim, even when sometimes I SHOULD have been) and I have seen many, many times that statement;
God is gonn'a have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah
Well, here we are in the midst of earthquakes, flooding and pestulence in a diverse place and no one is saying it . . . . . .
Except I just did
Some of us are saying His hand of judgment is acting here
Which is why we had the thread on the repenting prayer
We’ve been saying it. It comes up. I think people just don’t want to overuse it.
Maybe you have missed the posts.
Mike Johnson Gathers Far-Right Christians to Cast Out Demons
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4215445/posts
(from uber-liberal Rolling Stone)
Pastor MacArthur has a good explanation for this as a nation under judgment.
Living in a Perverse World
https://youtu.be/eSXzUDh7o60?si=AqTUvxLsdRGgbu94
GOD’s judging the whole country. No reprieve until believers obey 2 Chronicles 7:14.
Here’s where we are now. Note that when the enemy comes in like a flood, the LORD will lift up a standard against them. There’s still hope for this nation. WAKE UP, AMERICA!
ISAIAH 59
Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save,
nor his ear too dull to hear.
2
But your iniquities have separated
you from your God;
your sins have hidden his face from you,
so that he will not hear.
3
For your hands are stained with blood,
your fingers with guilt.
Your lips have spoken falsely,
and your tongue mutters wicked things.
4
No one calls for justice;
no one pleads a case with integrity.
They rely on empty arguments, they utter lies;
they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
5
They hatch the eggs of vipers
and spin a spider’s web.
Whoever eats their eggs will die,
and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.
6
Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;
they cannot cover themselves with what they make.
Their deeds are evil deeds,
and acts of violence are in their hands.
7
Their feet rush into sin;
they are swift to shed innocent blood.
They pursue evil schemes;
acts of violence mark their ways.
8
The way of peace they do not know;
there is no justice in their paths.
They have turned them into crooked roads;
no one who walks along them will know peace.
9
So justice is far from us,
and righteousness does not reach us.
We look for light, but all is darkness;
for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.
10
Like the blind we grope along the wall,
feeling our way like people without eyes.
At midday we stumble as if it were twilight;
among the strong, we are like the dead.
11
We all growl like bears;
we moan mournfully like doves.
We look for justice, but find none;
for deliverance, but it is far away.
12
For our offenses are many in your sight,
and our sins testify against us.
Our offenses are ever with us,
and we acknowledge our iniquities:
13
rebellion and treachery against the Lord,
turning our backs on our God,
inciting revolt and oppression,
uttering lies our hearts have conceived.
14
So justice is driven back,
and righteousness stands at a distance;
truth has stumbled in the streets,
honesty cannot enter.
15
Truth is nowhere to be found,
and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.
The Lord looked and was displeased
that there was no justice.
16
He saw that there was no one,
he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;
so his own arm achieved salvation for him,
and his own righteousness sustained him.
17
He put on righteousness as his breastplate,
and the helmet of salvation on his head;
he put on the garments of vengeance
and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.
18
According to what they have done,
so will he repay
wrath to his enemies
and retribution to his foes;
he will repay the islands their due.
19
From the west, people will fear the name of the Lord,
and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory.
For he will come like a pent-up flood
that the breath of the Lord drives along.[a]
20
“The Redeemer will come to Zion,
to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”
declares the Lord.
21 “As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants—from this time on and forever,” says the Lord.
I always thought that Clinton, Obama and Biden, ARE God’s judgment on America.
Unless people return to some sort of morality and God-fearing lives, they will eventually be faced with God’s wrath. And it won’t be pretty.
He’s just giving subtle hints now.
And it will rain on the just and unjust.
And the way it looks now, if I lived in CA, I’d be prepping. Just sayin.
I have no problem if this is pulled, but I DO like my direct approach.
Anyone who claims they speak for GOD-D is full of themselves and full of s***.
-— “I always thought that Clinton, Obama and Biden, ARE God’s judgment on America.”
Kudos to you both. As is opined, “The democrat party is a criminal syndicate.” And central are the Pritzkers, Soros and others with “charitable” money to flood into political actions, NOT truly charitable deeds.
A suggestion is not “speaking for” but it’s as good an opening to denigrate a person trying to get some critical thinking started.
California has seen worse. It’s just that now you can watch it on YouTube.
Soddom and ghomorah were completely evil- their,thoughts and actions were “continually evil day and night”, and there wasn’t even 5 righteous people thst could be found in the towns. Those,are cities completely given over to evil. California is bad, no doubt, but they are far from being completely evil in every single person who lives there save a few righteous like lot and his family were. There are actually some pretty conservative areas there, and many Christians as well.
So, comparing ca.ifornia to them znd saying god should destroy the state isn’t a fair comparison-
The storms may or may not be judgement- it would however behoove California to take a good hard look ax their policies and the current weather happenings, and seriously consider changing their wicked ways jusy incase it may be God’s judgement- however, another point of difference is that soddom and ghomorah were complelty anihilated- nothing left.
So etimes natural events are just that, natural events, and have nothing to do,with judgement. It rains on the wicked and just alike
I guess way back before humans God was punishing the animals with all those giant disasters.
My father was an old time country doctor who delivered scores of babies. He often said that God will surely punish this country for allowing abortion. I think Dad was right and we will see trials and tribulations that will tear this country apart unless we turn back to God.
While I’m not a bible scholar or even a practicing Christian, as far as I know God has apologized once. That was a rainbow after the flood.
What CA is going through right now is NOTHING compared to what is coming.
Don’t worry... God is not mocked... you will not have to wait long to see His wrath poured out here.
But be careful what you wish for...
It’s better to escape it.
Do you know how?
God is patient. He gave Jerusalem 400 years to repent. But judgement came.
Sodom and Gomorrah did not have "global reach".
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