By Tim Cameron -
"A
prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on
and are punished" (Proverbs 22:3).
One
stormy spring night at 2:30 a.m. in the Ozarks of Missouri, I was
stirred awake by a loud crack of thunder. Looking out from the
bedroom window; I could see the rain was moving sideways. I ran and
turned on the TV to see that our area was under a tornado warning.
My heart raced realizing that I had slept through any warnings that
might have been given.
The
next morning talking with other local friends we all asked the same
question, "Did you hear the sirens?"
In
the Ozarks, in tornado alley, we take tornado season seriously.
Six
years ago this May, Joplin Missouri was hit with the deadliest
tornado to hit the USA since 1947; 158 people died in the EF-5
Multiple Vortex Tornado.
On
May 22, 2011, I stood outside getting ready to go to a friend's
house for dinner and said, "I better call my parents and ask if
it's okay for the kids to stay at their house, just in case."
The
reason? My parents have a storm shelter and the clouds in the sky to
the west of us looked very OMINOUS. It was 4:30 in the afternoon
when my wife and I dropped off our three kids and headed to a
friend's house.
We
were all eating and talking when I quickly glanced at the radar on my
phone and my friend saw my countenance. "Is something wrong?"
"You
should see the radar," I replied. "It looks TERRIBLE, and
man, it's right on top of Joplin!"
My
friends' wife hurried and turned on the TV in the other room, and all
of our phones were buzzing with texts: "Home Depot in Joplin got
hit, Walmart too!" It was very sobering and all of our "watching
and praying" eyes were lifted-up. We all prayed and then my wife
and I made a mad dash to my parent's house to be with our kids.
In
the next few hours after having watched the storm lift and pass over
our area we would learn that one of the deadliest storms in recent
American history had just taken place. Many lives were lost and
countless others would NEVER be the same.
Many
stories came forth from those who heard the warnings and believed
them, and ran for shelter. But at the same time we heard stories of
those who turned a deaf ear, "Heard them all my life," they
said and just kept grilling burgers. "I heard the sirens, but
they go off a lot around here this time of year."
And
of course we also heard the devastating stories of those who had
heard the warnings but were not in a safe place to weather the storm,
and lost their lives. Some were even snatched out of loved ones arms.
It was gut wrenching and I pray as you continue to read, that this
disaster can be used as a major wake-up call to those who have been
blinded to something coming that is much more ominous.
You
see, many people died, but some were prepared to die. They had taken
shelter from an eternal storm by placing their faith in Jesus
Christ, and even though their physical bodies perished, they did NOT
truly die. For in an instant, the moment their bodies were struck by
that devastating F-5 tornado, because they belonged to God, their
souls were transported into His very presence to their eternal home,
which they would in no way would want to leave.
On
the other hand, there are those who were not prepared for that
tornado. More important, they were not prepared for that which would
come after that storm. The Bible says it is appointed unto all people
once to die and then later, at the Great White Throne judgment, they
will stand before God as Judge.
During
this horrendous tornado, a local doctor reported hearing people "wail
and scream" inside the twister and how it haunted him. But what
is even more daunting is that there are those who are even now
wailing and screaming from a storm that will NEVER STOP because after
being propelled through that tornado, out of a Home Depot or Walmart
they arrived in hell.
After
the 1000-year Millennium they will stand in God's courtroom, stand
before Him because they refused to believe in Him and refused to take
shelter in Him. They will hear a terrible decree, "Depart from
Me I know You Not."
Those
who died and had rejected the free gift of salvation offered through
Jesus Christ are now in HELL with NO HOPE, no chance to escape. When
they stand before the Lord at the Great White Throne judgment they
will be sentenced to an eternity in the lake of fire.
But
if you are reading this you still have hope.
Here
is the deal: There is a storm brewing of biblical proportions and
it's even at the door. You have to have eyes to see and ears to hear.
The
radar is screaming for you to PLEASE TAKE SHELTER.
In
God's Word He foretold of a time such as this, and said when you see
certain things, to "take shelter!" What are those certain
things? Here are just a few:
Israel
is being pressured on every side to "divide her land."
When
love waxes cold, when the love of pleasure (self gratification) is
greater than love for God.
There
will be wars and rumors of wars.
When
global economies shake; when knowledge increases and people travel
rapidly "to and fro."
Okay,
everyone would surely concede that there has been a significant
increase in "wars and rumors of wars," right? (North Korea,
Syria, Russia, China, the USA, Iran in recent days and weeks are
taking significant steps showing a war footing.)
Would
everyone also agree, that Israel's existence and its claim upon a
certain parcel of land as its capital (Jerusalem) is growing in
prominence as a global talking point?
Would
anyone disagree that debt is a global epidemic that continues to
spiral out of control? The USA's debt alone is swiftly
approaching 20 TRILLION DOLLARS.
Anyone
over the age of 40 can argue that homosexuality was in the closet for
most of your life. NOW it is in our faces demanding not only be
accepted, but normalized, and that those who oppose it should be
marginalized.
What
about the prophesied increase of travel and knowledge by the prophet
Daniel?
"But
thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the
time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be
increased." (Daniel 12:4)
For
thousands of years, mankind traveled by horse but in the last century
we've seen travel go to where you can ship anything worldwide in
three days (Federal Express). You can talk instantaneously to others
anywhere via text, instant messenger, and email.
Just
as Daniel forewarned: When you see these things, it's like an ominous
storm warning shouting something very terrifying: "The Day of
the Lord is at hand."
"Look!
The Lord's anger bursts out like a storm, a whirlwind that swirls
down on the heads of the wicked. The anger of the Lord will not
diminish until it has finished all he has planned. In the days to
come you will understand all this very clearly" (Jeremiah
23:19-20).
We
are approaching a time of God's undeniable wrath being poured out
upon this place we've called home. He, in His mercy is warning all
who will listen.
Look
with open eyes and pay attention. Governments are advocating the
killing of babies that survive abortion, after they are ripped out of
their mother's wombs. Now that is criminal enough in light of the
fact that it pulls our heartstrings with, "That is a baby!"
But also remember that those helpless little lives are God's
intricate handiwork being destroyed-murdered. He authored those
lives. To kill those babies is to point a self-righteous finger at
God's saying, "Not your will God, but ours be done."
I
suggest that everyone should read the book of Habakkuk and realize
that God is no respecter of persons, and the very thing He allowed to
happen to Israel is playing out right before our eyes-as evil and
wicked people are reaping a perilous harvest. I tremble at what I'm
seeing take place and how rapidly it's all happening.
Do
you not pay attention to those who are planning YOUR VERY OWN
DESTRUCTION?
The
Jihadists-including the Muslim Brotherhood are screaming, "Americans
MUST die." Even now these enemies are working around the clock
to see that this is accomplished through their planning of tremendous
violence, and demanding Sharia law (slavery).
We
have entire nations to reference for what looks like the ravages of
radical Islamists, demanding submission as they train little kids to
strap bombs to themselves and walk into crowds and blow themselves
up. Even now they are planning massive attacks on the place we have
called home (USA). They do this believing they are under a "divine"
mandate to usher in their "messiah" by way of horror and
chaos.
These
radicals have erected training facilities all over the United States
and yet most people are sleeping right through it, "Eating,
drinking and being merry..."
People
are NOT paying attention to the fact that governments are enabling
this terrorist ascension by providing billions of dollars, F16s and
high-powered weapons. The U.S. government has been handing out visas
and free entrance into this country via special exemptions, often
with no background checks required.
In
relation to a stormy night, your TV should be blaring with this
warning:
BREAKING
ALERT. As it was in the days of Noah and as it was in the days of Lot
so shall it be.
And
what about gay "Christians?"
The
kicker of these so-called gay "Christians" is that they are
the only group claiming to follow Christ and continue to hang onto,
and love their sin. There is no other group or individual that claims
so proudly to be sinful; not an adulterous Christian, a fornicating
Christian, a lying Christian, a gambling Christian or a murdering
Christian. They all would add the word "repentant." A
"repentant" adulterer, a "repentant" fornicator,
etc.
Every
true born-again believer does wrestle with their carnal sin-nature
having to take up his or her own cross dying daily and die to self,
but would never subscribe to hanging onto sin-which caused Jesus to
die on the cross.
If
the Holy Spirit is living inside a person, that person will be at war
with the sin nature. The Spirit of God would be pruning, rooting out
and tearing down everything exalting itself against the knowledge of
God. Christian means to be "Christ-like".
To
say being gay is "Christ-like" is tragically trendy and
becoming politically correct. BUT the Bible is the only true measure
of truth and it says that it is an abomination (perversion) to the
very purpose for which mankind was created. We were ALL born wrong
the first time, we all have a sin nature and that is why Jesus said
we must be "born-again."
Yet,
godless lawlessness is screaming: "TURN OFF THE LIGHT!"
There
is a STORM WARNING, but they are having a picnic anyway.
So
many pastors stand at their pulpits presenting ear-tickling sermons,
at a time when preachers should be in the deepest travail crying out
for people to: "Make ready!"
To
me, it would be like a group of people watching the news and hearing
that an F5 Tornado, hurricane, volcano or earthquake is about to
happen. Instead of crying out for safety these clueless people go
into denial planning a picnic.
Seriously,
get a picture of this: You are sitting in your house, the TV blares
the sound of a siren with this banner running across the screen:
A
SEVERE WEATHER REPORT WARNING
You
would now know that a tornado has been spotted on the ground and it's
headed right toward your town, but at the same time you're getting a
call from a local pastor or church member talking about having a
picnic as if all is well-when you know its not.
The
prophet Jeremiah showed us that there is a dividing line drawn-that
God becomes very angry with those who claim to speak for Him and yet
aren't sharing the truth of what He would be saying:
"Thus
says the Lord of hosts: Do not listen to the words of the prophets
who prophesy to you. They make you worthless; they speak a vision of
their own heart, not from the mouth of the Lord. They continually say
to those who despise Me, 'The Lord has said, "You shall have
peace"; and to everyone who walks according to the dictates of
his own heart, they say, "No evil shall come upon you."
(Jeremiah 23:16-17)
This
type of chicanery is happening all over this planet. And it's being
done "in Jesus' name." Pastors in pulpits are using the
spotlight NOT to point to the only hope for such a stormy time, but
rather they use Jesus' name to shine a spotlight upon themselves-to
make money, build buildings, grow "feel good"
ministries (that are all going to be consumed by fire).
I'm
convinced there would be a tremendous harvest in churches if pastors
would repent and start preaching the true gospel to their "seeker
friendly" attendees who've been falsely led through a "repeat
after me" mantra instead of being told they need to "repent
or perish."
But
sadly, they parrot words from the latest trendy "best seller"
to fleece their way up the blasphemous chain of "churchianity,"
instead of getting on their faces before a Holy God and asking, "What
do You want to say today?"
That
should be a warning to us all, to be about our Father's business. Not
to earn salvation but because of what Jesus already accomplished on
our behalf to be a true follower of Jesus Christ. Hatred is boiling.
True born-again Christians are becoming the scourge of the earth.
You
can plan for your best life now if you want to, but based on God's
Holy Word I've read that this planet is much more like the Titanic,
and we are admonished to get people to life boats-not to build a
better earthly world; but help rescue those who are His.
We
have heard this many times but I will say it again, "As it was
in the days of Noah." Noah did NOT change his world. He didn't
win his culture's favor and he didn't try to be culturally relevant.
He just faithfully believed God and built an ark for the saving of
souls.
Please
hear the heart of this message.
It
is not to condemn, but to stir an urgency to sound the alarm to your
friends and family while there is still time.
I
tell you, the storm clouds are ominous.
Are
you prepared? Have you taken shelter with Jesus?
Hate
has replaced love. The love of self has replaced God. "Whatever
makes you feel good, just do it." Run up credit cards, who cares
that the debtor is enslaved to the lender? Even now our nation in
America is selling its individual citizens into debt slavery by
destroying our national sovereignty through spending not billions-but
trillions, and yet the masses of kool-aid drinkers are trusting that
these blind "leaders" know where they are going.
We
have a man named Pope Francis who has been lobbying Israel to give up
land for peace, referring to the 1967 borders as the starting point
of negotiations striving for a "Two-State Solution." The
Pope is asking for all faiths to unite so we can all COEXIST. That is
ominous I tell you!
PLEASE
TAKE SHELTER.
In
Joplin, the warnings went out and many heard and believed. They ran
and hid in safe places. That is what I'm about to ask you to do.
You
see, you can scoff at what I'm saying and say, "I've heard this
all my life," and as one lady testified in Joplin, "I've
heard tornado warnings all my life."
They
mocked Noah in his day...
Thousands
of people mocked Noah to the very end, and you can too. You can mock
the warnings of this time. You can say, "Ah, the government will
'fix it' or 'we've seen this before.'"
OR
you can take a serious and sober look at the many things that have
taken place in recent days, months and years and say, "Maybe I
need to wake-up to what is really happening and TAKE SHELTER."
Did
you know the great damage a tsunami can do before the Asian Pacific
Tsunami that struck ten years ago? Over 250,000 people died. That
storm will pale in comparison to a time that the Bible warns, "Unless
God shortens the days no flesh will survive."
What
must you do to be safe from the wrath to come? What is the wrath to
come? That is the time of the seven-year Tribulation when God pours
out his judgment (wrath) upon an unbelieving world.
In
a storm warning for that time, if we turned on our televisions there
would be a scrolling message telling us what to expect:
Strong
winds in excess of 100 mph, golf ball sized hail, dangerous
lightning.
Ninety
to one-hundred pound hailstones (Revelation 16:16-20).
A
great earthquake, leaving NO ISLANDS on earth, also taking down every
mountain on earth.
One-third
of the earth will be burned up, one-third of trees and all the grass
(Revelation 8:7).
One-third
of the sea will be turned into blood (Revelation 8:8-9).
The
abyss (bottomless pit) will open and locust-like scorpion creatures
will arise (Revelation 9:2-3).
Evil
angels will be released to kill one-third of mankind (Revelation 9).
Painful
sores will break out on people that have taken the mark of the beast
(Revelation 16).
The
sun will scorch people with fire (Revelation 16).
And
even worse: Lost souls who die without Christ will be cast into hell,
and later into the lake of fire for all eternity.
Knowing
the terror of the Lord, I beg of you to hear this warning.
Right
now if a tornado warning was sounding and you "believed it"
you would run to find shelter. How can we do that in relation to the
choices we must make in this life: We either repent or perish.
Repentance
is simply a change of mind; it is to "stop and think"
differently than you are now. In its simplest application...in order
for one to be saved, he or she must BELIEVE upon the Lord Jesus
Christ.
Get
on your knees and humbly place your faith/trust in the death, burial
and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Believe that He is your only hope,
that He is your Lord and Savior and that He is your Storm Shelter
and He will be your Refuge. If you do that, I have great news: You
will NOT die but you will have everlasting life.
Tim Cameron
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