In their original series Full Force Nature. the Weather Channel credits Mother Nature for these awe inspiring events. The purpose of each 30 minute episode is to rebroadcast extreme weather conditions caught on film. However, before the days of phone, ipad and video cameras, historians who survived nature’s full force recorded similar natural disasters.
One such phenomena took place around 1450 years before Christ was born. According to Moses, an eyewitness, a horrific storm pounded Egypt in Exodus 9:13-32. This passage reveals God’s anger toward Pharaoh as the Lord unleashes his full power, not holding anything back. Based upon Moses’ description, lightning, thunder and golf ball sized hail pelted any animals, crops, homes or people who were unprepared. If we are to take Moses at his word in Exodus 9:23-26, no storm can compared to this massive system sent by the hand of God.
Since God warned Egypt, those who feared God took immediate measures, Exodus 9:20, while the ignorant and skeptics were caught with their pants down. Unfortunately, in real life, God get’s all the blame for destruction and Mother Nature get’s a pass except for the beautiful days. Unless you consider the film A Year Without A Santa Claus when most people gave Santa the credit for snow on Christmas Eve. My point is that you can’t have it both ways, either God created it, He allowed it to happen or scientific conditions for a Perfect Storm merged forming a super cell.
James, the earthly brother of Jesus paints an unique picture. Like Pharaoh, James doubted Jesus, not able to comprehend God’s full force nature until some how his big brother rose from the dead. Acts 1:3. This front row seat transformed his perspective of God in James 1:16-17. James was deceived by the world, unable to grasp the truth until he was confronted by a ghost, a resurrected Christ. Hopefully, you don’t have to endure an earthquake, hurricane or tornado before you become a believer. May you share in the promise of James 1:18, passed on by an eyewitness to God’s full force nature.
by Jay Mankus
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