Creation is Groaning & Everything is being Shaken.

In the last 2 months we have seen events taken place where you can really only look to the Bible to get a grip of things.

The Apostle Paul who is the author of the Epistle of Romans - writes in Chapter 8 on how the whole of creation groans in waiting for the revealing of the sons of God.

Several prophetic words were released in the last 2 years warning of an increase of shakings.

What does this all lead too.

Wars, Earthquakes, floods and fires and also plagues.

These are the beginning of birthpaigns the scripture tells us.

We are now entering into a time and season where as the church we need to begin shine and begin to be at the forefront in shaping culture.

As firestarters and fire carriers - we need to answer the call quickly in preparing the way for the Return of the King- Being King Jesus.

Wolfgang Simson wrote a challenging article on how we as Kingdom people should respond to the crisis in Japan.

"As you will see, this is a different kind of mail about Japan. It is time to go beyond the superficial oh-my-goodness-condolences, stunned speechlessness and the feeling of powerlessness. It is not enough to sit in front of the TV and passively watch, while the media is in a feeding frenzy, driving the reality show with ever new twists and gruesome pictures – without any Kingdom answers, but with record viewers for their TV ads.

Kingdom people do not see things the way the worlds sees it. And therefore they do not respond the way the world responds. They respond in alignment with the King. They don´t just ask, what is happening, but why is it happening. God, beyond your works, what are your ways? What is the Kingdom significance of all this?

As anyone can see, something of an apocalyptic nature is happening on the planet, to the planet and sometimes through the planet; something that at this intensity and speed has not happened before. The tip of the iceberg: In the year 2008, Reinsurance giant “Swiss Re” lists 311 (173 of them “man- made”) catastrophes for that year, killing about 250.000 people and costing 7.4 billion US $. Add to this the credit crisis. Year 2009: Swiss-Re lists 850 catastrophes (damage of 50 $ b); Year 2010: Swiss-Re lists 950 catastrophes with about 295.000 dead (and a damage of 130 billion $); 250.000 alone die after the earthquake in Haiti; worst floods in Pakistan’s history displaces millions; mud buries folks in China, and fires devastate the area around Mt. Carmel in Israel. Year 2011, so far: Australia experiences unimaginable draught, fire and floods. Much of the inner city of Christchurch (New Zealand) is leveled, its Cathedral badly damaged. Speak of a symbolic place… The Arab world is like a sea in uproar…"

Donny is back - So thats just a little bit of Wolfgang for you - the challenge in front of us is enormous.

Creation is groaning - Romans 8:22

In Matthew 24 - A man asks Jesus about what will the sign be to signal his return?

Look at what Jesus says

Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"
	Mat 24:4	Yeshua answered them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray.
	Mat 24:5	For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Messiah,' and will lead many astray.
	Mat 24:6	You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren't troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.
	Mat 24:7	For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.
	Mat 24:8	But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.
	Mat 24:9	Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake.
	Mat 24:10	Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.
	Mat 24:11	Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.
	Mat 24:12	Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.
	Mat 24:13	But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.
	Mat 24:14	This Good News of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.