Seven Salem's

As I considered God's Mercy that endures forever in Psalm 136;  I started thinking back to the Great American Eclipse.  God sent the Sun to rule over the day and the moon and stars to rule by night for his mercy endureth for ever. Psalm 136:9-10.  The next passage in the Psalm shows God bringing judgment on the greatest superpower of the Earth during the time of Moses.


Psalm 136:10-15 

To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:



And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever:



With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.



To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:



And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever:



But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.


Egypt at the time was the Religious power, It was the economic power and military power of the Earth.  Only God could bring Egypt to their knees.  As God brought judgment on the wicked nation of Egypt he also bestowed mercy upon his people.  As a matter of fact he supernaturally divided the great Red Sea to deliver his people and the same time destroyed a greatest military on the Earth.  God beautifully brought judgment and simultaneously showed mercy.




Ecclesiastes 3:10-12
I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.



He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.



I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.


As Hurricane Harvey hit Texas and Hurricane Irma began building along with tropical storm Jose I began asking what is God doing?  I thought to myself is God beautifully bringing the world's superpower to her knees for his Glory?  As Yellowstone rumbled this weekend I began asking what else is coming?  Then I looked back at the message of Jonah to Nineveh.  





Jonah 3:4-5 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.



So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.


In my moments discussing with NASA officials that were prepping locals educators for the Eclipse; none of them could logically explain the backwards shadow stretching from Salem Washington through Salem Georgia to the coast of South Carolina.  I thought in my bewilderment, "What is God doing and Is he telling us something?"  




Seven is very biblical my friends. Seven Salem's in retrograde makes me scratch my head. I asked myself what does Salem mean? Peace I thought. Then I asked myself what is the Peace in retrograde? I answered, tribulation.






My friends God is in control.  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge and fools despise wisdom and instruction.  Tribulation number two may be hitting the shores this weekend.  We are praying for a nations repentance.  Remember God makes the beginning to the end.  



Daniel 2:20-22

Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:



And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:



He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.


God Bless.