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Day 12 Isaiah 13 13:1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. 2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. 3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. 4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts musters the host of the battle. 5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. 6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. 7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt: 8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travails: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. 9 Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. 10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. 11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. 12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. 13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. 14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man takes up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee everyone into his own land. 15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. 16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. 17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. 18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children. 19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. 21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. 22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged. Earth is a planet that has many natural disasters every year that causes death and destruction in its wake. These include: floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and tsunamis. However, natural disasters aren’t limited to the above. There are also avalanches, landslides, sinkholes, limnic eruptions, blizzards, drought, cyclones, thunderstorms, hailstorms, heatwaves, and wildfires. All of these are natural disasters, though in some cases you might not consider them as such, especially thunderstorms, and heatwaves. Yet, they can all lead to property damage and loss of life. God told Isaiah that he would shake the earth in his fierce anger, and he would move it out of its place. In other words, our place in the solar system will move. When God does this, the moon will be darkened, the stars will fall from the heaven, and the sun will no longer give its light as we know it. Everything will change. Jesus also told the people what will come about in the last days. Matthew 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and puts forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. As Christians, you look forward to the day when Jesus returns, because you know when he does, he will shake the earth, just as Isaiah foretold. God will deal with every sinner, everyone who rejected Jesus as Savior and Lord, and Satan will see his final sentencing in the Lake of Fire and Brimstone. Only when God’s judgment is complete, will there be peace on earth, and Jesus will reign, and his people will rejoice. Until then, the earth will continue with natural disasters, causing death and destruction to rise in its wake. Our prayer can only be, hurry, come Lord Jesus. Let’s pray: Father, help me be your light when natural disasters hit, and help wherever I can, knowing you are in control. In Jesus’ name, I pray, amen. Some information verified by Wikipedia. Copyright © 1 September 2017 by Valerie Routhieaux Image courtesy of Pixabay