What Lessons Does the Japan Earthquake Have For Adventists?

[CGMedley]

Pastor Shawn Boonstra shares an insightful commentary on the Japan earthquake and tsunami. Read more.

http://www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=4248

[Woody]

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that it is near—at the doors!”

Ya Ya. Yada Yada. How many thousands of years has it been "at the door". I for one am sick of hearing it.

It don't much matter. We must be ready NOW. And no number of earthquakes and no matter what number they might number ... No matter who much radiation matter is scattered ... It don't amount to a hill of beans.

Love your God now. Don't wait for nothing no how. Stop looking for signs. If you do that ... you're good as dead.

[phkrause]

Quote:

that it is near—at the doors!”

Ya Ya. Yada Yada. How many thousands of years has it been "at the door". I for one am sick of hearing it.

It don't much matter. We must be ready NOW. And no number of earthquakes and no matter what number they might number ... No matter who much radiation matter is scattered ... It don't amount to a hill of beans.

Love your God now. Don't wait for nothing no how. Stop looking for signs. If you do that ... you're good as dead.

But that is you Woody, the message that SB is giving is for those that have no idea. Probably those that are not Christians or those Christians that don't read there Bibles and have no idea that the door is closely, which for many could be within the next moment of there lives. I agree with you that we should always be ready, but how many are ready to die? Within the next moment of life, when that earthquake comes and you say thank God I made it through it, and than without warning the tsunami comes right after with no warning also and puff you didn't make it through that one. How many of us have said "I'll wait till tomorrow to except Jesus" or something else etc. and before we do tomorrow never comes?? Just saying! Don't forget Jesus said almost if not more than 2000 yrs ago that we don't know the time, day or hour, so his disciples obviously thought that he would be returning in there lifetime. Do you realize that if the Jews had accepted him right than and there it would have been all over already! I agree we've heard this over and over again, at least for me, its been about 40+ yrs, and it does get tiring sometimes. If we take it as a wake up call instead of just saying oh no not that shpell again. Sometimes what we hear might not be for us per se, but for someone else who really needed that.

[Woody]

Good Post pk

[whatisthis]

The greatest sign of Jesus coming again is-- earthquakes? tsunamis? man-caused disasters? combinations?

Or is it that feeling of slip-sliding awayy, when I don't feel the timeline at all, feels as though nothing's real, and Creation/Cross/Coming all seem less real than just another day, and I'm tempted to accept that? Is "when ye think not" maybe the greatest sign of all?