FOR BOLDNESS CJF Ministries® PRAY PO Box 345 San Antonio, Texas 78292-0345 “God has not forgotten the Jewish people, and neither have we.” April, 2010 Dear CJFM Friend, With major earthquakes in the news, I wouldn’t be surprised to hear people speculating that the Telephone end of the age is near. After all, didn’t Jesus say in Matthew 24 that there would be earthquakes (210) 226-0421 in various places? Yes, He did, but He also said such events would only mark the beginning of birth pangs. Scientists tell us that hundreds of earthquakes strike the world every year—it’s just that most of them are under the ocean, far from large population centers, or not of the magnitude Fax reported in Haiti and Chile. (210) 226-2140 Scripture is replete with references to earthquakes. There was an earthquake, for example, when God gave the Law at Sinai (Ex. 19:18). In Numbers 16:31-32, when Korah, Dathan, and Abiram E-mail rebelled against Moses’ leadership, God arranged for the earth to split open and swallow up not
[email protected] only the men, but also their families and property. There was an earthquake before God revealed Himself to Elijah in a still small voice (1 Kings 19:11). Matthew 27:50-54 tells us an earthquake accompanied Jesus’ death, and a second one occurred three days later in connection with His OrderLine resurrection (Matt. 28:1-4). We know that Paul and Silas were freed from their prison chains in (800) 926-5397 Philippi by a great earthquake (Acts 16:26).