Most of you are well aware of the water
crisis in Flint, MI. What if a third of all the rivers and springs were
contaminated everywhere? That’s what will happen when the end to this earth is
near.
Revelation 8:10-13 10 The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a
great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water— 11 the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of
the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become
bitter. 12 The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was
struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was
without light, and also a third of the night.
13 As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call
out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of
the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other
three angels!”
The “plagues” from chapters 6-9 are warning signs to the
inhabitants of the earth to wake up and realize who created them and everything
around them. God won’t unleash all of His wrath impulsively at once. He will
patiently and slowly release part of His wrath, giving opportunity for people
to respond and repent.
When we see and experience the results of sin around us, like
in the Flint water crisis, how do we respond? Do we question God? Do we try and
find who to blame? Or, do we repent of our sin that contributes to the fallen
state of the world around us? We can then turn to God for hope, remembering His
eternal promises beyond the limitations of this life!
Because of Adam and Eve’s sin, we are all born sinful and
live in a sin cursed world that will continue to decay and not improve.
However, God has promised to destroy this sinful earth and create a new one
where sin will be forever removed! In the New Heaven and New Earth there won’t
be deadly water, but only streams of living water!
Alice
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