Yesterday, officials finally acknowledged what was becoming painfully obvious for a few weeks, that the oil spill in the gulf has surpassed the Exxon Valdez as the worst oil spill in our nation's history.
This is a man made disaster with huge implications, at this time mostly the economic impact on the gulf region, but more importantly will set in motion a series of changes in our energy policy, and is another burden that our nation's "leaders" must face.
I put "leaders" in quotes, because it seems too many people in prominent positions have not stepped up to lead, but rather have been riding a gravy train of power, influence and peddling favors, rather than having any notion of the responsibilities that go along with positions of power.
From the beginning of our nation, our leaders have recognized that their power came not from some inborn greatness they possessed, not because of their indomitable will, nor superior intellect. But rather because God had placed them there "for such a time as this".
A time is coming when each of us will have to face the fact that God has placed us here "for such a time as this".
And God has not left us without witness. His word, the Bible, spells out clearly the need each of us have to be reconciled with God. The reality that all have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God. It is not the Democrats fault, not the Muslim's fault, not the Communist's fault, that we do not live according to God's word, but rather that we ourselves are sinful, and our sin nature has separated us from God. As such, while we were yet sinners, God Himself provided a way of escape from our trap, by coming down to earth, living a perfect life, dying for our sins on a Cross, and demonstrating His power over sin and death by rising from the dead.
One day the entire world's population will be held accountable and this is outlined in the last book of the Bible, the Book of the Revelation of John the Apostle of things yet to come.
Many years ago, no one could imagine that many of the events of the Bible were literal, actual events. Nor how they could possibly come about. And even as Science opens up the the wonders of the universe, at the same time trying to undermine our faith in the One True God, Yahweh, and His only begotten Son, Jesus, we have understood the awesome power contained in the universe, and in the world in which we live.
This oil spill is a man-made disaster, but imagine, if you will, the fact that the balance of the sea can be tilted by *ONE* oil well gone bad. What would happen if the depths of the ocean's all cracked open? If at one time time, God's wrath was poured out on the earth, as it is, in fact, predicted?
Revelation 16:3 "The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man; and every living thing in the sea died."
Are you ready?
Get ready:
From the first letter (epistle) of John the Apostle, chapter 1:
1 John 1
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We write this to make our[a] joy complete.
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[b] sin.
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives."
