CHRISTCHURCH is SHAKEN - "PROPHETIC"??

> Andrew Strom >  > As many of you know, a major 7.1 Richter earthquake struck the > New Zealand city of Christchurch in the early hours of Saturday > morning. We had only been in the country for a few days, but we > were quite a distance away. Amazingly, nobody was killed - which  > is seen as a complete miracle. Earthquakes this size have been  > known to kill hundreds of thousands of people. So we are very  > thankful to God. Of course, a lot of buildings are quite seriously  > damaged. And a lot of people are pretty traumatized. (My heart > truly goes out to them, because I have ministered to disaster > victims before). But at least nobody is dead!   >  > I don't know about you, but I cannot help but see God speaking > to the church in the loudest possible terms through this earthquake.  > The fact that it happened to the only major city called "Christchurch" > in the Western world. The fact that it has been prophesied for years > that the church will be greatly "shaken". The fact that a whole lot > of older "structures" were wrecked or brought down - but the people  > themselves survived intact. >  > And I also see that God is speaking to us personally through this > disaster. As you know, the "Shaking" of the church is something  > we have been speaking about for years. In fact, the last article that  > I wrote before being turned away from the US border two weeks ago  > was "THE SHAKING is GROWING." It seems to me (and I cannot > see it any other way) that God spun us around and forced us back  > to New Zealand so we would be here in time for this disaster. We > were meant to be here when this "great shaking" came to Christ- > church. It simply does not seem credible to me that this can be  > a co-incidence. >  > Not only that, but Christchurch is the most "prophesied-over" > city in New Zealand. Going back decades there are prophecies > (some of which we published years ago) that speak about Revival > and Reformation coming to that city - or spreading out from there. >  > Of course, these "Christchurch - Shaking" links have been noticed > by many around the world. Sometimes people take things to be a  > "sign" that can be a little dubious. But you can hardly say that  > about this one! To me, this has "Sign From God" written in neon  > lights all over it!  >  > On our Facebook page, several commented on this. Mary LaRue  > wrote: "I believe this physical earthquake is an outward showing of  > what God is about to do spiritually in the House (His Body). A great  > shaking is coming. It is no accident that the place it hit was  > Christchurch!" And Maree Crawford wrote: "The earthquake struck  > when most were asleep and unaware in Christchurch... Next a  > spiritual earthquake in Christ's Church which will catch many that  > are asleep, and unaware. I reread the prophecy this afternoon from  > February about 'Earthquake in the Church' (Phil Buck). I agree..." >  > This event has already changed our own plans. It is certainly not > something we can ignore. We had begun to receive invitations to > minister in Australia, but I am going to have to put those back > while we see what God would have us do here in New Zealand. >  > It seems likely that God may want us to do something like what  > we did after Hurricane Katrina (bringing teams down, etc). Obviously  > if we head for Christchurch we are going to have to be very sensitive  > to the trauma that these people have gone through. But the great  > thing is that everyone recognizes what a miracle it is that nobody  > was killed. I believe my Katrina experience may stand me in good  > stead again here. What an opportunity for the Christians to show  > forth the love of Jesus to a lost and dying world. >  > Please pray for us, my friends, as God's specific plans start to > fall into place.  >  > -Your comments are most welcome at the following website- >  > http://www.johnthebaptisttv.com/ >  > God bless you all! >  > Andrew Strom. >  > -- > YES! - You have permission to post these emails to friends  > or other groups, boards, etc - unless there is a Copyright  > notice above which says differently.  >  > To subscribe, please send a 'subscribe' email to- > prophetic@... >  > See our website and discussion board- > http://www.JohntheBaptistTV.com/ >  > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: anzac-unsubscribe@... >  > To send material for consideration for publication, send to- > prophetic@... >  > MODERATOR: > Andrew Strom. ___________________________________________________________________ Do you eat food? Sundance Global - Saving one family at a time. heavenlyhands.mysundanceglobal.com Sundance Global offers long and short term food storage solutions. Serve and Reserve. ____________________________________________________________________________   Grow your own organic food anywhere.      Click here: Easy Garden _________________________________________________