God Will Do Nothing Without Prophet

..."without sending His prophets to give warning." His prophet will know before the event and God will give a message to those who will heed. When the nation heeds respectfully as in the days of Jonah and Nineveh, God delays the fulfillment. In the case of Jerusalem, 604B.C., God sent Jeremiah and other prophets repeatedly, but the people, repeatedly warned, finally ceased to heed God's warning voice, and calamity fell suddenly without more warning or opportunity for repentance.

Recently, the whole of the United States has been stunned by the dramatic calamity to the space flight 25. It was the first that had an ordinary civilian, whereas before these on the flight were NASA astronauts and scientists. The whole country was watching with intense interest. After 24 previous flights without fatality in space, things looked safe and sure enough to commence including passengers.

The winner of the prize was a popular school teacher who would give some very dramatic classes by TV from the shuttle, and the whole country would be watching, if not the world. School children were let out of regular classes to congregate before the big TV screens all across America. Then tragedy stuck!

Did you know that after the Titanic tragedy a book was written with the title GOD SPEAKING TO THE NATIONS? Did you know which country owned and built the Titanic? Not the United States, but England, the British Empire owned it. The Empire was so extensive they could say, "The sun never sets on the British Empire." However, their sun was soon to set within an awesomely short time. England held in those times India, Australia, South Africa, Rhodesia, Kenya, Palestine, Egypt, and many islands of the world such as the Caribbean, Hong Kong, etc. "How the mighty have fallen."

England had the greatest engineers. Titanic was not only the largest ship afloat, but also a masterpiece in both luxury and advanced engineering. It was said to be unsinkable! It incorporated the idea of dividing the hull into many separated and watertight compartments. If any thing rammed into one, or even two or three, it would still stay afloat. But, when God wants to speak, He can put out the engineer, puny man's best scientific brains. God let an iceberg float, way out of its normal area, down into the path of the doomed Titanic which did not, however, ram straight on into the berg, but only alongside. The slight tremor was so slight many of the passengers and grew did not even notice it. The berg was like a sharp can-opener which sliced into the forward "watertight" compartment on one side, and slid along the ship slicing one compartment after another. The ship was so steady and never keeled at first that people had not the slightest thought that they were doomed along with the ship. The orchestras played on amid the brilliant lighting and brilliant gemmed gowns of the wealthy of the world. For a while, the dancing and drinking and the adulterous sinning went on unheeding, but already doomed.

In just parallel manner the whole great British Empire, so taken over by sinful luxury and snobbery, was doomed. For some time after the Lord's messengers were writing and preaching that it was God's way of calling the world to repentance, the British Empire especially, Word War I broke out. England's upper class joined in with zeal, their whole generation enlisting voluntarily, eagerly, marching into battle singing, anticipating a fast victory as they had many times previously. But, that whole generation of youth was lost, the brains and soul of the Empire, its future rulers, scientists, engineers, politicians, business men, inventors, and all, a whole generation. The Empire was doomed and steadily began to sink losing, one after another, all of its riches yielding colonies. England is now considered a third-rate poor, while the United States has become the super- power with an industrial and financial empire that dominated the world.

God is now giving special warning to America for its widespread sins so like Sodom and Gomorrah. Bible preachers are calling out on radio, in tent meetings, in writing and on TV, giving warning, saying to the sinner, "Repent, " and to the believer, "Dedicate your time and talent, your life and your all, to service for the Lord. There is not much time that remaineth. Keep watchful with your garments of consecration gathered close about you so that the awesome pull of the luxuries of this age, the ease and comforts. Flee Babylon in spiritual consecration now and be prepared to flee Babylon literally as the Lord gives light and leadings."

In Daniel 8, we find the prophetic vision of the ram and the goat. You will notice that although the chapter name ancient countries, the prophecy speaks of the latter days, and the little horn which is mentioned in other places as being the final Anti- Christ. Clearly the chapter has portions that refer to ancient countries and then a later modern fulfillment also. Bible students have written that the ram is Communism and the goat the allied western powers. In the coming battle the Communists powers are going to be destroyed, but also the United States, like the great horn will be destroyed also leaving Europe and much of the world united under the Anti-Christ.

Various evangelists preach that they have felt the judgment of the United States, Babylon, is very near. Some like the Wilkersons have had a vision the the United States is going to be just about wiped out and its time is imminent.

Clearly God is speaking clearly to His people. In various instances, in the Bible, God arranged for a warning to be given so that the consecrated believers could flee the doomed city. A short time later the city was surrounded, laid under siege, and there was no more such opportunity.

Let us keep the pull of the affairs of this life, even as a very loose garment, but be really occupied with our Lord's calling, watching and waiting in prayer, consecration and dedicated service.

May the Lord give each one of us clear light and guidance of what He would have us do and where He would have us go.