Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Small Quake Shakes St. Louis

We continue to watch for noticeable movement along the New Madrid fault and today we see some that made the headlines.

A minor earthquake rocked the St. Louis, Missouri area overnight. Some Missouri residents said they felt their home shaking for 5 to 30 seconds.



There are no reports of damage or injuries. The epicenter of the quake, which had a 4.2 magnitude, was roughly thirty minutes southwest of St. Louis.


See it here; http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/st-louis-quake_2011-06-07
 
We realize that there is historic flooding all along the Mississippi and that river flows right over the New Madrid fault.  We also realize that there are trillions of cubic feet of water that are currently flooding South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Iowa...and that all the water has to make it's way into the Mississippi river.  Millions of acres of floodplains in Missouri have already been flooded in an attempt to save the cities along the Mississippi.  Where is the water coming from the Missouri River supposed to go?
 
How catastrophic would it be for the USA if the New Madrid happens to break with a huge quake right at the very moment these historic floods are taking place right over the fault?
 
Is it possible that a "perfect storm" of destruction is being set for the USA?  Is it possible that if we continue to press for the division of Jerusalem that God will use this "perfect storm" of quake and flood to divide our country right up the middle?
 
What this country needs is for all of us to be sitting in sackcloth and covered in ashes (as the people of Nineveh did when Jonah gave them warning) and repent of our Mammon worship and turn back to God.  Maybe then he would hear our prayers in heaven and heal our land?
 
But as I look around here...all I see is a nation that is desperately clinging to Mammon and hoping that soon things will get back to "the way they were"....which really means a time of fat stock accounts, huge home equity appreciation, unlimited vacation funds, new trucks, trailers and ATV's...and totally ignoring Christ's clear call to "MAKE DISCIPLES!"
 
"You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing'.  But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked."  Revelation 3:17
 
According to this passage, it may be that God is getting ready to spit us out.

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