Revelation 14-16 NOT A Good Time

Boy, this describes a time when it would definitely be better to be dead than living on earth!  The last seven disasters of the Great Tribulation are turned loose:

1)       Ugly and painful sores cover everyone’s body.

      2)      The sea turns to blood, killing all life in it.
      3)      The rivers and springs of water turn to blood.  No one will be able to satisfy their thirst.
      4)      The sun flares up, causing severe burns.
      5)      Darkness covers the entire kingdom of the beast
      6)      The Euphrates River dries up, opening the way for land forces from the kings of the east to     head toward Israel.
      7)      Flashes of lightning, noises, thunder, and the worst earthquake ever cause Babylon to split into 3 parts, every island and mountain vanish, and great hailstones weighing about 100 pounds each slam into the earth.

It will be an incredibly miserable time for those still left behind.  Yet those people still left on earth have allowed their hearts to become so hardened that, even in the midst of all this incredible misery, they still sin greatly, and they curse God rather than calling to Him for help!

Father, you have every right to send the judgments upon mankind for our rebellion and sin against You.  Yet in Your mercy You say that You will have removed Your people from all of it, keeping us safe.  I pray that the horrors of this time will so pervade my conscience that I will do everything possible to bring people to You, for I do not want those I love to have to endure that time.

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford