7500 Quakes in Christchurch has New Zealanders Asking Why

New Zealanders are still rattled by earthquakes:

AP – July 18, 2011

Seismologists have recorded 7,500 earthquakes in Christchurch since September — an average of more than 20 a day. The rumblings are rattling the psyche of the still-battered city. They have left the land under thousands of homes unsafe to build on. Some people have left town entirely…“I’ve become much more attuned to what the public wants to know: ‘When will it stop and why are we having them,'” Furlong said. “To be honest, it’s really frustrating. You just can’t answer those very appropriate first-order questions.” http://news.yahoo.com/7-500-earthquakes-hit-shattered-zealand-city-093614081.html

Well, Jesus, of course, warned about a time with such issues:

8 … And there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be…troubles. These are the beginnings of sorrows. (Mark 13:8)

We may be at this prophetic point as all the earthquakes and other problems that have happened in the past year could be considered as “troubles”.

The Bible repeatedly indicates that “natural disasters” are intended to get people (and nations) to repent. I saw a US government report earlier today that showed that there were more than twice the number of earthquakes in 2010 than in 2009. But that report did not give any hint about repentance.

As reported earlier, “Half of Christchurch wants to leave” (see LCG: Because of Earthquakes, Many in Southern New Zealand Want to Leave). Yet, the idea of national repentance does not seem to have gotten much press coverage over there.

There will be other problems in New Zealand and elsewhere. The beginning of sorrows is not yet over, and the time of Jacob’s trouble (Jeremiah 30:7), AKA the Great Tribulation, will follow it.

Whether or not your nation repents, you can personally. There is a Place of Safety for the Philadelphians and it may Be Petra.

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