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The Sign of the Storms Part 2
Sent September 8, 2005
As I sit down to write this the computer indicates to me that it is 4:44 PM. In actual fact, it’s only 3:44 local time, but apparently the software can’t recognize that Puerto Rico doesn’t observe daily savings time. Every time I try to turn the clock back one hour, it automatically resets one hour ahead. Moving on.
In 1929 the decadent 20’s came roaring to and end with the start of the great depression. Some point to Black Tuesday, the stock market crash of October 29, 1929 as the starting point. We’ve all heard the stories of people jumping out of windows having lost everything in a single day. For others, the transition was not as apparent. Things didn’t seem so bleak for some in the winter of 29-30, but eventually the depression spread and humbled the nation. 12 years after the start of the greatest economic depression in US history to date, America found itself involved in the deadliest war in human history.
As I think about the pattern of economic depression and war, I am reminded of a lesser known event in American history that took place 1935. On September 2, 1935, a hurricane with 200 mph winds ripped through the Florida Keys. It was simply called LABOR DAY HURRICANE. With a central pressure of 892 millibars it was the most intense hurricane ever measured to make landfall in the United States. Even after 70 YEARS, it is still holds the record as the most intense hurricane to ever hit the United States and the 2nd most intense storm to ever form in the Atlantic. Only Gilbert, that pummeled the Caribbean 1998 with 185 mph winds, and that had a central pressure of 888 millibars, surpasses LABOR DAY in intensity.
(Please note that the NOAA measures hurricane intensity by central pressure, not maximum sustained winds. Also note that most intense does not mean most deadly, or most destructive.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day_Hurricane_of_1935
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Landsea/deadly/index.html
The way things have been going lately, I can’t help but wonder how long LABOR DAY HURRICANE will hold its record. You’ve probably read many prophecies of an increase in the frequency and intensity of storms. It’s probably better to think of the “storms” as SEIZMOS, labor contractions which can take many forms. The birth pangs in labor increase in intensity and frequency as labor progresses. And this is the hour in which we live: the beginning of birth pains, the shaking of heaven and earth.
I wanted to move onto other topics, but the MOST HOLY SPIRIT wasn’t done with the sign of the storms yet. The Lord takes great pleasure in making me go against the grain, and in giving me words that are not in keeping with the current zeitgeist. It is in the love of Christ, and obedience to the Lord that I send this out.
In an earlier post to the WPA I testified about my wife’s car accident. The car was totaled, but my wife walked away with minor bruises and an air bag burn on her arm. I was on my way to the Burger King near my job to buy and ENORMOUS OMELET when I heard the shaken voice of my wife on the phone. I was escorted to the scene by an official postal vehicle. The driver saw the wrecked cars and an ambulance at the scene. Gossip then spread among my coworkers. Even people I didn’t know well were asking about my wife. Many people consoled me with the words “Who cares about the car. Thank God your wife is OK. That’s all that matters.”
I wasn’t worried at all about the car. In fact, it’s destruction led to the fulfillment of 2 personal prophecies that I received earlier in the year. The first was the fact that I would buy a new car before the end of the year. The second was the I would receive a large sum of money from a surprise source. The new car has already been purchased, and the sum of money came from the insurance company. I can’t play the fool this time and report that I was salivating over the prospect of a large financial blessing. From experience I knew that God’s words may be fulfilled in an unexpected way. The Lord’s purpose was to comfort me with at least indirect foreknowledge of the accident. It gave me peace and strengthened my faith. It was also a warning on how easy it is to twist HIS WORD around in a way that appeals to our fleshly desires, and a reminder that interpretation belongs to the Lord.
When I went to go purchase my new car, the Holy Spirit led me to downgrade from my compact, to a sub-compact. Even so, with the sharp rise in the price of gas over the past week and a half, I am still paying more than before. My electric bill depends on the price of a barrel of oil as well. Puerto Rico does not produce its own energy. I just had a 20% increase in the cost of my electricity, and another increase is expected as a result of Hurricane Katrina. I had a dream years ago where I drove to an impasse on a bridge and I had to get out of my car and cross on foot. My wife was with me. There was a guard standing at what looked like a row of subway turnstiles. I took 50 cents out of my pocket to put it in the toll slot. The guard told me that I didn’t have to pay if I was on foot. I rationalized in the dream that since it was only 50 cents, I would pay to cross anyway. My wife and I were pushing mountain bikes.
While I was writing this, the plumber showed up to fix the broken valve in the bathroom that kept me from having hot water for a couple of weeks. In a few minutes, hot water was restored. The Lord reminded me of time when I lived in an apartment without hot running water and many plumbing problems. It was a more difficult time for us financially. God’s provision was sufficient, but we had to live without many of the extras that HE doesn’t want me to take for granted today. Hot water is just one of them. God reminded me today that it wasn’t that long ago that the people of Puerto Rico had to wash clothes and bathe in the river. Running water is a luxury. God doesn’t want me to take it for granted, and he wants me to be prepared to live without it should the need arise.
ENORMOUS OMELETS are another luxury that my current lifestyle affords me. Not long ago, spending $2.95 a day on an overpriced not-so-enormous breakfast sandwich would have been unthinkable. I was pondering that fact when I asked the Lord if I was doing His will by buying it some mornings. Perhaps I was growing soft. Perhaps I should pack myself a cheaper sandwich prepared at home. Perhaps I wasn’t being a good steward. I just had to check. These things were on my mind when my wife called me on the phone that morning. The sudden unfortunate event of that morning kept from eating the breakfast sandwich (I didn’t miss it), but I ate it today with a clear conscience (and thanksgiving). And thus, if due to a future series of unfortunate events I should find myself walking with a bar of soap, a bag full of dirty clothes, and bucket to the Rio Grande de Loiza, I will recall the words of David (my cup runneth over-Psalm 23:5) and Paul and give thanks to my Lord and praise HIM for his abounding love and exceedingly abundant grace (1 Timothy 1:14–some translations say “overflowing grace”).
1 Timothy 1:12-17.
12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; 13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. 17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Psalm 23
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Jesus Christ is my treasure, my very great reward, my best friend, and my first love.
Dan