EARTHQUAKE COMING SOON, JOHN WESLEY CALL FOR REPENTANCE

Luke 21:25

“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;” 

I believe a 6.5-7.0 MAGNITUED EARTHQUAKE could happen on the west coast or Alaska any day at the end of the month. It will not be the BIG ONE but one of warning of the big one. God wants everyone to prepare for Christ's coming. Many of us are so secure that we think we are immune to disaster. An earthquake shakes our thinking into sober reality. We are all just a heartbeat away from God. Our life could end at any moment

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The popular theory:

"The theory is the alignment of the sun, Earth and moon — during a full or new moon — pulls Earth's tides out and redistributes the mass on the planet. This, the proponents believe, causes more stress on the tectonic plates, which in turn move, causing an earthquake."

This theory has been debunked by a study done in 2016. However, their conclusions from the study are nevertheless still frightening:

"While the study doesn't conclude that the moon causes earthquakes, it suggests that the tidal forces of the moon could be one of many factors that lead to stronger ones."

Scientists predict that 2018 will be a particularly bad year for earthquakes. Three earthquakes hit California on Thursday, one as far south as Trabuco Canyon and a second all the way up to a spot off the coast of Eureka, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

TODAY - MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 2018

The Moon today is in a Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts round 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon will rise in the east in mid-afternoon and will be high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible though most of the night sky setting a few hour before sunrise. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has it’s roots in the Latin word "gibbosus" meaning humpbacked.

JANUARY 31 BLUE MOON DAY

WHAT IS A BLUE MOON?

The modern day definition of a Blue Moon is when there are 2 Full Moons in one Month. A Full Moon occurs roughly every 29.5 days and on the rare occasions when the Full Moon falls at the very beginning of a month there is a good chance a Blue Moon will occur at the end of the month. According to this definition the next Blue Moon will occur on January 31, 2018.

Ezekiel 18

30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

John Wesley wrote:

"So, if we provoke him to lay waste our earth, and turn it upside down, and overthrow us, as he overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah; shall we not have procured this unto ourselves Had we no reason to expect any such calamity; no previous notice; no trembling of the earth before it clave; no shock before it opened its mouth Did he set no examples of so terrible a judgment before our eyes Had we never heard of the destruction of Jamaica, or Catania, or that of Lima, which happened but yesterday If we perish at last, we perish without excuse; for what could have been done more to save us.

Yes; thou hast now another call to repentance, another offer of mercy, whosoever thou art that hearest these words. In the name of the Lord Jesus, I warn thee once more, as a watchman over the house of Israel, to flee from the wrath to come! I put thee in remembrance (if thou hast so soon forgotten it) of the late awful judgment, whereby God shook thee over the mouth of hell! Thy body he probably awoke by it; but did he awake thy soul The Lord was in the earthquake, and put a solemn question to thy conscience: "Art thou ready to die" "Is thy peace made with God" Was the earth just now to open its mouth, and swallow thee up, what would become of thee Where wouldest thou be in Abraham's bosom, or lifting up thine eyes in torment Hadst thou perished by the late earthquake, wouldest thou not have died in thy sins, or rather gone down quick into hell Who prevented thy damnation it was the Son of God! O fall down, and worship him! Give Him the glory of thy deliverance; and devote the residue of thy days to his service!

This is the Third advice I would give you: Repent and believe the gospel. Believe on the Lord Jesus, and ye shall yet be saved. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish. Repentance alone will profit you nothing; neither do ye repent, unless ye confess with broken hearts the most damnable of all your sins, your unbelief; your having rejected, or not accepted, Jesus Christ as your only Saviour. Neither can ye repent unless he himself gives the power; unless his Spirit convince you of sin, because ye believe not in Him.