Boy, is the devil angry or what?

I hate to say this but the devil is angry.
1. First he wanted to remind everyone that he is still a contender for attention when he released that Sept 11 video in America.
2. Next the earthquakes in Sumatra and the violent after-shocks last night and again this morning. Anything above 5.5 on the Richter scale is considered major and above 7.0 can be damaging. Last night's tremor was 8.4 and then this morning (I was checking the US Geological Survey website) there were a number of after-shocks of magnitude 7.5 and above.

Why is this so? The only reason I can point you to is from scriptures itself. In Matthew 24 Jesus prophesied of the end times and when you look at the events over the past, these are definitely some of the things mentioned in His prophecy. Also we read in Romans 8:22 - "For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now." You may ask, "when will this stop?" it won't on its own. In fact it will get worse and then the end will come.

Just as in labour pains, the end of the sufferings will only give birth to a new life and so this pressure cooked Earth will deteriorate further and come to a complete halt upon the Return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

So what am I saying here? Time is running out for the devil and he knows that Jesus' return is very imminent; it can happen any time now. Interestingly enough, yesterday at 6PM Jerusalem time was the start of the Jewish New Year and they celebrated Rosh Hashannah or the Festival of Trumpets and Jewish tradition tells us that Adam was created on Rosh Hashannah (that was why they believed that God told them to start counting their calendar) and some historians also believed that Jesus was actually born in Bethlehem also on Rosh Hashannah. No wonder the devil gets agitated every year at the Jewish 7th month (used to be their first month until the Law was given at Mount Sinai) of Tishni.

So are we to be concerned about all these events as a Believer? My friend, know for a fact that these incidents will happen but also know in your hearts and in your spirits that you have the Holy Spirit in you and He that is in you is greater than the one outside. So believe in your heart that you are a child of the Living Lord and that "a thousand may fall on your side, ten thousand at your right hand but it will not come near you." Psalm 91:7.

How beautifully the Lord puts it - but it will not come near you! the scriptures did not say it will not happen; it simply says it WILL NOT COME NEAR YOU! It is like you witnessing all these things but they have no impact on you. What an awesome promise from the Lord Himself. You have it and believe in it. Jesus Himself constantly reminded His disciples (and also us when we read His words) "do not worry", "take no thought", "let not your heart be troubled"... in fact 365 times in the gospel - one for each day of the year. He already knows you need to hear and keep hearing it.