1953 April - God's Generals

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SCENE FROM RECENT FLOOD showing neatly stacked rows of
homes at a holiday camp in Skegness, lincolnshire, England,
February I, I 953, after disastrous storm which lashed England,
Holland and Belgium.
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WRECKAGE AND DEBRIS washed up against buildings in village
of ’Oude Tpnge on island of Goeree-Overfhkkee, Holland,‘ after
water receded. Loss of life and property damage was terrific:
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S THE WORLD’S weather changing
I What is the reason for the increasingly
disturbed weather conditions What
of the great floods that have caused billions
of dollars in damage Of the drouth
in other areas that is resulting in a serious
water shortage What of the terriblc disaster
recently occurring in Holland, in
which the ocean overran nearly one-sixth
of that nation Have the serics of atomic
experiments carried out by our government
been a contributing factor in the
climatic disturbances
More than this,
do these things indicate a prophetical significance
rclated to fulfillments at the
end time
Disasters resulting from changes of
climate have occurred in the past history
of the world. The Great Jce Age corresponds,
according to many Bible scholars,
to the second verse of Genesis, wherc
we are informed that at one time the
“Earth zvm withozit forin, and void; and
darkness zoas zrpair the- face of the deep.”
The Spirit of God moving upon thc
waters brought order out of chaos. When
Adam was placed within the Gardcn of
Paradise, the climatic conditions were
perfect. Apparently there was no rain,
“But, there went zcp a mist from the face
of the earth, and niatcred the whole face
of the ground.” (Gen. 2 6) We have little
data on the weather conditions during
thr Anti-Diluvian cra but, with the flood,
certainly there occurred drastic changes.
It is said that. at that time, “the fozriztaiiis
of fhe great deep wcre broken ztp.” (Gcn.
7:ll)
It is believed by many Bible scholars
that, at this time, due to great gravitational
disturbances, the %xis of the earth
was thrown out of balance. It is now
26 degrees from vertical, and this circumstance
results in the drastic temper
of the seasons. The summcrs generally
are too hot, and the whtcrs too severe.
The swift change from one season to
another results in violent storms, some ol
such intensity that cities have been lev-
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cled and great ships have gone down at
sea. The Psalmist indicates that the foundations
of the earth are out of course.
“They know not, neither zuill they ttnderstand;
they walk on in darkness; all the
f ounda.tions of the earth are out of course.
I have said, “Ye are gods; and all of
yair are children of the most 11,iqh.’’
(Psalms S2 :5,6)
In this somewhat cryptic passage, the
inspired writer seems to be speaking of
the time of the Flood, when certain of
the inhabitants of thc earth, spoken of
as ‘‘sons of god”, apostatized arid walked
in their own darkness. (Gen. 62) As a
result there came judgment with a consequence
that left the foundations of the
earth out of course.
THESTRANGECONDUCI’OFTHE
WEATHER IN RECENT YEARS
Since the. Flood, thc earth has bceii
plagued by violent storms which, from
timc to time, havc left a wake of disaster
and tragedy. It is to be observed that
there is a strange intensifying of the
ineteorological elements which are now
producing most UI~LISU~~
extremes. A good
example is the recent storm in Holland
which calls to our attention the words
of Jesus, \vhcii spcakinc of the events to
occur near the time of His Coming, “. . .
//le sca and the :U~VL’.S roarin.g.” (Luke
21 25) We shall sp;k more fully of
this prophecy in thc nest issue, based
on the sigiiificafice of this Scripture.
The storm in Holland is s’polxn of as,
‘‘a million-to-one” storm. A strange coin-’
citlence of elements of the weather resulted
in the disaster. Cold air and warm
air, of just the riglit proportions, produced
a cyclonic effect that moved toward
the North Sea. P,y tragic coincidence, it
arrived on the shorcs of Holland just
when the high spring tides were in’.!full
flood. This resultccl in the greatcst storm
since Mcdicval. ti&, il not in recorded
history. The lashing sea pounded at the
dikes, breaching them and flooding onesixth
of thc nation. Thousands perished
and perhaps a million were rendered
homeless. It was a catastrophe worse
than war.
DROUTH IMPENDING
Here in America, a drouth of serious
proportions is effecting the country. Dallas,
Texas, headquarters of TVH, is
confronted with the spectre of a watcr
famine. Feverish preparations are under
way to bring water from a distance. In
the meantime, only a few months supply
remains in Ilallas reservoirs. All over the
Midwest, a state of drouth exists. It is
not a matter of one year or two yearsit
has been going on for scvcral years.
Lack of grass has necessitated putting
beef cattle on the market for sale, thus
artificially lowering-thc price of meat.
Farmers are being hard hit, and they are.
looking gloomily to the future, if the
drouth continues. They rcmember the
disaster of the Dust Bowl some twenty
years ago, when hundreds of thousands
of people were driven from their homes.
because of the winds and duststorms. The
-continued shortage of rain has caused a
strange foi-eboding among tlic farmcrs oi
this great arca.
It is to be rcmembered that n drouth
came upon Israel, as Divine iudgment on,
the people for their sins. (I Kings 17:l)’
Elijah plainly told Ahab thnt the trouble
had been causcd becausc he and his
people had forsaken the cquimandment s
of the Lord. (T Kings 1S:lS)
Just two or three winters ago, a rccord
breaking freeze struck the northern
part of thc nation-a cold spell that hung
on tenaciously for some four months.
Tt swept south, and froze the citrus crops
in Texas and Mexico. Many lost their
lives. Only through emergency action by
the U. S. Airforce, which carried tens of
thousands of bales of hay to regions covered
with snow, were the livcs of countless
thousands of cattle saved.
We must also mention the unprececlent-
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