The church is falling away more and more to false teachings and errors, at the same time many of the saints are advancing to higher heights. The cause of earthquakes is the changing states of the church in the heavens, for the natural world is only the effects of the spiritual world. That's why in Matthew 24: 1- 14 Jesus said that there will be earthquakes in different places, this is not the end, in verse 12 he says that the love of many will grow cold and these are believers He's talking about. As the love for God grows cold in the church they fall away to love of self, worldliness, entertainment, materialism, and sensuality. the maturing believers at the same time move up in the Sprit, this process causes the shifting movement in the lower parts of the earth, earthquakes in the natural world are the end results.
When Jesus was crucified ( Matthew 27:51-56 ) as soon as He gave up the spirit there was an earthquake, the reason was that the Jewish church had fallen away and the new church was being established, a new dispensation was born, the chief corner stone rejected by the old religious order was laid for a new covenant, as this happened in the spirit the effect was felt on earth in the form of an earthquake.
When Paul and Silas was in prison (Acts 16:26) , they prayed and as the forces of hell was retreating in the spirit there was an earthquake. See also Acts 4:31 In Matthew 24 : 29 Jesus said that the powers of heavens shall be shaken. See also Hebrews 12:25-29
The reason why there were not many earthquakes mentioned in the Old Testament is that the church was not yet established in reality, it existed in types, shadows, and representatives in the Law. Jesus had not come as yet to redeem man for regeneration and transformation.
In Matthew 28:1-2 When Mary came to the tomb an angel descended from heaven and there was an earthquake, note carefully that it says that it was the end of the sabbath, now this is the key, everything that happened to our Lord Jesus brought an end to the old types, shadows and representatives, He fulfilled them for they spoke of Him, as He fulfilled them they passed away into their realities in the Spirit world. That sabbath was the very last one in history as the day of Pentecost was in Acts 2 . The Law is not destroyed it was fulfilled, like a seed dies to become a tree for it is a tree in seed form, even so man dies to come into the full experience of his spirit whether in heaven or in hell.
In Revelation 8, 11 earthquakes are mentioned again. Always confirming that a change of state has occurred in the church. In chapter 16 the great last earthquake is mentioned, that by "an earthquake" changes in the state of the church are signified, may be seen above and as earthquakes are lighter and more severe, here the most severe, because it is said that such an earthquake had not occurred since men were made, it is manifest that by "the earthquake" here are signified the shakings, convulsions, and overturning of all things in the church, and the drawing of them down from heaven. By "being divided into three parts" is signified to be altogether destroyed; for by "being divided" in the Word is signified to be dissipated, because in that case they do not cohere, and by "three" is signified all and the whole ; hence by "being divided into three parts" is signified to be altogether destroyed. How can such a catastrophy come to the church ? The answer is that the church has the Word of God which causes conjunction with Jesus Christ, and to pervert, profane, and falsify the Word is not a light thing. When you have a seed and it does not die in the earth to reach it's potential of a fruitbearing tree, then that seed rots and becomes nothing.
He that endures to the end shall be saved. God bless you.
When Jesus was crucified ( Matthew 27:51-56 ) as soon as He gave up the spirit there was an earthquake, the reason was that the Jewish church had fallen away and the new church was being established, a new dispensation was born, the chief corner stone rejected by the old religious order was laid for a new covenant, as this happened in the spirit the effect was felt on earth in the form of an earthquake.
When Paul and Silas was in prison (Acts 16:26) , they prayed and as the forces of hell was retreating in the spirit there was an earthquake. See also Acts 4:31 In Matthew 24 : 29 Jesus said that the powers of heavens shall be shaken. See also Hebrews 12:25-29
The reason why there were not many earthquakes mentioned in the Old Testament is that the church was not yet established in reality, it existed in types, shadows, and representatives in the Law. Jesus had not come as yet to redeem man for regeneration and transformation.
In Matthew 28:1-2 When Mary came to the tomb an angel descended from heaven and there was an earthquake, note carefully that it says that it was the end of the sabbath, now this is the key, everything that happened to our Lord Jesus brought an end to the old types, shadows and representatives, He fulfilled them for they spoke of Him, as He fulfilled them they passed away into their realities in the Spirit world. That sabbath was the very last one in history as the day of Pentecost was in Acts 2 . The Law is not destroyed it was fulfilled, like a seed dies to become a tree for it is a tree in seed form, even so man dies to come into the full experience of his spirit whether in heaven or in hell.
In Revelation 8, 11 earthquakes are mentioned again. Always confirming that a change of state has occurred in the church. In chapter 16 the great last earthquake is mentioned, that by "an earthquake" changes in the state of the church are signified, may be seen above and as earthquakes are lighter and more severe, here the most severe, because it is said that such an earthquake had not occurred since men were made, it is manifest that by "the earthquake" here are signified the shakings, convulsions, and overturning of all things in the church, and the drawing of them down from heaven. By "being divided into three parts" is signified to be altogether destroyed; for by "being divided" in the Word is signified to be dissipated, because in that case they do not cohere, and by "three" is signified all and the whole ; hence by "being divided into three parts" is signified to be altogether destroyed. How can such a catastrophy come to the church ? The answer is that the church has the Word of God which causes conjunction with Jesus Christ, and to pervert, profane, and falsify the Word is not a light thing. When you have a seed and it does not die in the earth to reach it's potential of a fruitbearing tree, then that seed rots and becomes nothing.
He that endures to the end shall be saved. God bless you.
