God’s green earth has definitely had it’s fair share of disasters lately.  Naturally, disasters of this magnitude (especially when it’s close to home) conjures up a mixture of emotions, responses and opinions – the following are a few that have been publicly expressed by people of various religious beliefs:

“This is God’s judgement because of our sins.”

“This is not God’s judgement because He loves us.”

“This is God’s warning because He loves us.

“I am terrified, what if God sends more disasters?”

“How could God let this happen?”

The purpose of the paper (attached) is to provide some biblical grounding so we can understand God’s heart when such questions are asked, and so we can give hope, encouragement and intelligent answers to those who desperately need it during times of shaking.

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Excerpt below:

There seems to be an increasing wave of prophetic declarations spoken these days about God’s judgement coming upon Nations. I don’t necessarily have an issue with the prophecies per-say but I do struggle with many of the doom-prophesiers. Let me explain. It is extremely easy to grieve at the sin in the world today, and for that grief to evolve into frustration and eventually into anger towards those that are doing the sinning (trust me, I’ve been guilty of this myself). Many prophecies are then given out of an attitude of anger and not compassion – which sends the wrong message completely, and strengthens the thinking that God is so vindictive He’s looking for any excuse to wipe us out.