A Biblical Warning for America Part Two

The Prophetic Pattern and the Call to Watchfulness

Scripture speaks extensively about earthquakes as instruments of divine judgment, particularly in connection with the end times and the Day of the Lord. These are not merely metaphorical descriptions or symbolic language.

The prophets described literal geological catastrophes that would accompany God’s intervention in human history, and we must take their words with absolute seriousness.

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The Earth Convulses: Biblical Prophecies of Seismic Judgment

The prophet Haggai, speaking to the people of Israel after their return from Babylonian exile, delivered this message from the Lord: “For thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land. I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the wealth of all nations, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the LORD of hosts.” (Haggai 2:6-7)

This prophecy looks forward to a future shaking that would be far greater than anything Israel had experienced in their past.

The writer of Hebrews confirms that this prophecy remains unfulfilled, stating: “And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, ‘YET ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH, BUT ALSO THE HEAVEN.’ This expression, ‘Yet once more,’ denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.” (Hebrews 12:26-27)

The shaking that is coming will be of such magnitude that it will remove everything that can be shaken, leaving only what is eternal and unshakeable. This is not a minor tremor or a localized earthquake. This is a comprehensive geological and cosmic upheaval that will fundamentally alter the physical world as we know it.

The prophet Isaiah saw visions of this coming judgment and described it in terms that evoke terror and awe: “Behold, the LORD lays the earth waste, devastates it, distorts its surface and scatters its inhabitants.” (Isaiah 24:1)

He continues: “The earth is broken asunder, the earth is split through, the earth is shaken violently. The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard and it totters like a shack, for its transgression is heavy upon it, and it will fall, never to rise again.” (Isaiah 24:19-20)

The image of the earth reeling like a drunkard captures the disorientation and helplessness that people will experience when the ground beneath them becomes unstable. Everything that seemed solid and permanent will prove to be temporary and fragile.

Isaiah also prophesied specifically about God’s judgment on those who oppress His people: “Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, ‘O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear the Assyrian who strikes you with the rod and lifts up his staff against you, the way Egypt did. For in a very little while My indignation against you will be spent and My anger will be directed to their destruction.’ The LORD of hosts will arouse a scourge against him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His staff will be over the sea and He will lift it up the way He did in Egypt.” (Isaiah 10:24-26)

The pattern throughout Scripture is consistent: God defends His people and brings judgment on those who harm them or work against His purposes for them.

The book of Revelation provides the most detailed prophetic description of earthquakes in the last days, and the frequency and intensity of these seismic events escalates as God’s final judgments unfold.

The sixth seal judgment brings the first of these great earthquakes: “I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; and they said to the mountains and to the rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?’” (Revelation 6:12-17)

Notice carefully what happens in this passage. The earthquake is so severe that it moves every mountain and island out of their places. The geological disruption is accompanied by cosmic signs in the sun, moon, and stars.

But most significantly, the people of earth recognize this as divine judgment. They understand that they are experiencing the wrath of God and the wrath of the Lamb, and they seek to hide from His presence. There is no confusion about the source of this catastrophe. It is clearly identified as divine judgment.

As the trumpet judgments progress, earthquakes continue to mark key moments of divine intervention: “And the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it to the earth; and there followed peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an earthquake.” (Revelation 8:5)

When the two witnesses are killed in Jerusalem and then resurrected and taken to heaven, another earthquake strikes: “And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.” (Revelation 11:13) In this instance, the earthquake serves both as judgment and as a catalyst for repentance, as some people respond by giving glory to God.

But the climactic earthquake comes with the seventh bowl judgment, and it is described as the greatest seismic event in human history: “Then there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was a great earthquake, such as there had not been since man came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of His fierce wrath. And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. And huge hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, came down from heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague was extremely severe.” (Revelation 16:18-21)

This final earthquake is so catastrophic that it fundamentally reshapes the earth’s geography. Islands disappear. Mountains are leveled. The great city splits into three parts. Cities across all nations collapse simultaneously.

This is not a localized disaster but a global catastrophe that affects every inhabited region of earth. The hailstones weighing one hundred pounds compound the destruction, crushing anything and anyone left exposed after the earthquake.

The significance of these passages for our current moment cannot be overstated. We know from Scripture that the end times will be characterized by unprecedented seismic activity. We know that these earthquakes will serve as instruments of divine judgment. We know that they will increase in frequency and intensity as we approach the return of Christ.

The question we must ask is whether the geological conditions currently building pressure along the Cascadia Subduction Zone and potentially affecting Yellowstone could be precursors to or even components of the prophesied judgments, particularly if America has positioned itself for judgment through the division of Israel’s land.

Ezekiel’s Vision: The Great Shaking When Gog Invades Israel

One of the most detailed prophetic descriptions of a future earthquake connected to Israel’s enemies comes from the prophet Ezekiel in chapters thirty-eight and thirty-nine. These chapters describe an invasion of Israel by a coalition of nations led by a figure called Gog from the land of Magog.

Many biblical scholars identify this coalition of Gog and Magog as including modern Iran, which is called Persia in Ezekiel’s prophecy, along with other nations from Israel’s north and east.

The prophecy describes how this massive coalition will invade Israel in the latter days, coming against the land “after many days” and “in the latter years” (Ezekiel 38:8). The invasion occurs when Israel is dwelling securely, perhaps lulled into false security by peace agreements and international guarantees. The invaders come with a vast army, covering the land like a cloud, seeking to plunder Israel’s wealth and strategic position.

But God Himself intervenes to defend Israel, and His intervention includes a catastrophic earthquake: “It will come about on that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel,” declares the Lord GOD, “that My fury will mount up in My anger. In My zeal and in My blazing wrath I declare that on that day there will surely be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. The fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, all the creeping things that creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the face of the earth will shake at My presence; the mountains also will be thrown down, the steep pathways will collapse and every wall will fall to the ground.” (Ezekiel 38:18-20)

The earthquake is so powerful that all living creatures feel its effects. Mountains are thrown down, not merely shaken. Steep pathways collapse. Every wall falls. This is geological catastrophe on a scale that defies normal experience.

God continues His description of the judgment: “I will call for a sword against him on all My mountains,” declares the Lord GOD. “Every man’s sword will be against his brother. With pestilence and with blood I will enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire and brimstone.” (Ezekiel 38:21-22)

The invading armies are destroyed not primarily by Israel’s military might but by divine intervention through natural catastrophes: earthquake, confusion leading to friendly fire, plague, torrential rain, hail, fire, and brimstone.

God says through Ezekiel: “I will magnify Myself, sanctify Myself, and make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the LORD.” (Ezekiel 38:23) The purpose of this dramatic intervention is to demonstrate God’s existence, power, and faithfulness to His covenant people so unmistakably that the nations cannot miss it.

Chapter thirty-nine continues with the description of Gog’s defeat and the aftermath: “And I will send fire upon Magog and those who inhabit the coastlands in safety; and they will know that I am the LORD.” (Ezekiel 39:6)

This verse is particularly significant because it indicates that the judgment extends beyond the invading armies. Fire comes upon Magog, the homeland of Gog, and also upon “those who inhabit the coastlands in safety.”

Bible scholars have long debated the identity of these coastlands. Some suggest they represent distant maritime nations, possibly including western powers that have remained neutral or passive while Israel faced invasion. Could this include the coastlands of North America, which have indeed dwelt in safety, relatively isolated from the conflicts of the Middle East by two great oceans?

The timing of the Gog-Magog invasion in relation to other prophetic events has been debated among scholars, but the connection to Israel’s land and to nations that presume to divide or control it is clear.

If the November 17 resolution represents part of a pattern of international intervention in Israel’s territorial integrity, and if Iran as Persia is indeed one of the key players in the future Gog coalition, then the drought judgment Iran currently experiences and the potential seismic judgment America faces could be interconnected threads in the same prophetic tapestry.

The Covenant with Many: Daniel’s Seventy Weeks

The question of whether the November 17 resolution could be related to the covenant described in Daniel chapter nine, verse twenty-seven, demands careful examination. This verse has been the subject of intense prophetic study for centuries because it describes a key event that triggers the final seven years before Messiah establishes His kingdom.

Daniel writes: “And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate.” (Daniel 9:27)

The context of this verse is crucial. Daniel had been studying the prophecies of Jeremiah and realized that the seventy years of Babylonian captivity were nearly complete.

Daniel began praying and confessing Israel’s sins, seeking God’s mercy for Jerusalem and the temple. While he was praying, the angel Gabriel appeared to him and gave him one of the most important prophetic revelations in all of Scripture: “Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place.” (Daniel 9:24)

These seventy weeks are understood by most biblical scholars to be seventy weeks of years, or four hundred ninety years total. Gabriel then divides this period into three segments: seven weeks (forty-nine years), sixty-two weeks (four hundred thirty-four years), and one final week (seven years).

The prophecy specifies that after the sixty-nine weeks (four hundred eighty-three years), Messiah would be cut off, which was fulfilled when Jesus was crucified.

Most premillennial scholars understand that there is a gap between the sixty-ninth and seventieth weeks, during which the church age occurs. The seventieth week, the final seven years, has not yet been fulfilled and awaits a future time of tribulation before Christ’s return.

Daniel 9:27 describes what initiates this final seven-year period: someone (identified by many scholars as the Antichrist) will make a firm covenant with “the many” for one week (seven years).

At the midpoint, he will break this covenant and stop the sacrifices occurring in a rebuilt Jewish temple in Jerusalem. This covenant involves Israel, involves Israel’s land, involves the temple, and involves an agreement that initially appears to bring peace but ultimately brings desolation.

Does the November 17 resolution fit this description? The resolution does involve a covenant or agreement involving Israel and many nations (the unanimous Security Council vote represents the authority of many nations). It does create a framework for peace and security. It does involve the land of Israel, as it envisions eventual Palestinian statehood which requires territorial division. It establishes a specific timeframe (through 2027) for transitional arrangements, though this is shorter than the seven years specified in Daniel.

The critical element that appears to be missing is the temple dimension. Daniel’s prophecy specifically mentions the stopping of sacrifice and grain offering, which implies that sacrifices must first be occurring.

Currently, there is no third temple in Jerusalem where Jewish sacrifices are being offered. This has led many prophecy scholars to believe that the temple must be rebuilt before the Daniel 9:27 covenant can be FULFILLED.

However, we should consider several possibilities.

First, the November 17 resolution could be a precursor that establishes patterns and precedents for the eventual fulfillment of Daniel 9:27 without itself being that covenant.

Second, the resolution could be part of a longer process that culminates in a more comprehensive seven-year agreement that includes temple arrangements.

Third, we cannot rule out the possibility that temple construction could proceed more rapidly than expected, particularly if current geopolitical alignments shift. David’s Tabernacle perhaps.

Plans, materials, and training for temple service already exist within certain Jewish groups. What seems impossible today could become reality with surprising speed if circumstances change.

What we can say with confidence is that the November 17 resolution demonstrates the international community’s willingness to override God’s land grants to Israel in the name of peace.

Whether this specific agreement is the Daniel 9:27 covenant or merely a step toward it, the principle it establishes is the same: human authority presuming to supersede divine decree regarding the land of Israel.

The Day of the Lord: Sudden Destruction in a Time of Peace

The Apostle Paul warned the believers in Thessalonica about the timing of the Day of the Lord and gave them a specific sign to watch for: “Now as to the times and the epochs, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you. For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. While they are saying, ‘Peace and safety!’ then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.” (1 Thessalonians 5:1-3)

The context of this warning is important. Paul has just finished discussing the rapture of the church in chapter four, describing how believers will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. He then transitions to discussing the Day of the Lord, which refers to God’s judgment on the unbelieving world.

The sign Paul gives is that this period of judgment will come when people are saying “peace and safety.” They will be congratulating themselves on achieving peace, feeling secure in their arrangements and agreements, confident that they have solved the problems that have plagued humanity. In that very moment of self-congratulation and false security, sudden destruction will fall.

The November 17 resolution is explicitly about peace and security. The very language of the resolution speaks of establishing security arrangements, creating pathways to peace, stabilizing the region, and ensuring safety for all parties.

World leaders have praised this agreement as a breakthrough that will bring lasting peace to a region that has known conflict for generations. If we take Paul’s warning seriously, this kind of proclamation of peace and safety should make us more vigilant, not less concerned.

Paul emphasizes that this destruction will come suddenly, like labor pains upon a pregnant woman. Anyone who has witnessed or experienced childbirth knows that once labor begins in earnest, the baby will be born.

The process cannot be stopped or reversed. The pains increase in frequency and intensity until delivery occurs. Similarly, once the Day of the Lord begins, the judgments will increase in frequency and intensity until they reach their culmination in Christ’s return.

Jesus Himself warned about this pattern of increasing troubles in what is often called the Olivet Discourse. When His disciples asked Him about the signs of His coming and the end of the age, He responded: “You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.” (Matthew 24:6-8)

The earthquakes Jesus prophesied are specifically identified as birth pangs, using the same metaphor Paul employed. They mark the beginning of the process that will culminate in the establishment of God’s kingdom on earth.

These earthquakes will occur “in various places,” meaning they will not be limited to one geographic region but will be distributed globally. The Cascadia Subduction Zone and the Yellowstone volcanic system certainly qualify as places where such catastrophic earthquakes and related phenomena could occur.

Jesus continued His discourse with additional warnings about the intensity of the tribulation period: “For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.” (Matthew 24:21-22)

The tribulation will be so severe that if God did not limit its duration, no human beings would survive. This speaks to catastrophes of truly global and civilization-threatening scale.

Jacob’s Trouble and the Refining of Israel

The prophet Jeremiah prophesied about a future time of unprecedented trouble for Israel, using language that connects to the same period Jesus and Paul described: “Alas! for that day is great, there is none like it; and it is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved from it.” (Jeremiah 30:7)

This period, often called “the time of Jacob’s trouble,” refers to the tribulation period when Israel will face intense persecution and pressure. But God promises that Israel will be saved through it, not from it. They must endure the trial, but they will emerge refined and restored.

The context of Jeremiah chapter thirty includes both judgment and promise. God declares: “For I am with you,’ declares the LORD, ‘to save you; for I will destroy completely all the nations where I have scattered you, only I will not destroy you completely. But I will chasten you justly and will by no means leave you unpunished.’” (Jeremiah 30:11)

Notice that God promises to destroy completely the nations where He scattered Israel, but He will not completely destroy Israel itself. Those nations who have afflicted Israel, who have profited from Israel’s dispersion, who have divided Israel’s land, will face complete destruction. But Israel, though chastened, will survive and be restored.

The prophet Zechariah adds additional detail about this future refinement: “It will come about in all the land,” declares the LORD, “that two parts in it will be cut off and perish; but the third will be left in it. And I will bring the third part through the fire, refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’” (Zechariah 13:8-9)

Two-thirds of the land will be cut off, but one-third will be preserved and refined through intense trial. This remnant will emerge with renewed faith and will acknowledge the Lord as their God.

For nations that have participated in afflicting Israel or dividing her land, these prophecies should provoke serious soul-searching.

If we are indeed in the season approaching these prophesied events, then nations involved in dividing Israel’s land are positioning themselves for the complete destruction Jeremiah prophesied, while Israel herself, though refined through fire, will ultimately be saved and restored.

The Pattern of Divine Patience and Sudden Judgment

Throughout Scripture, we see a consistent pattern in how God executes judgment. He is slow to anger, patient, not willing that any should perish, giving abundant opportunity for repentance. But there comes a moment when patience exhausts, when the cup of iniquity fills, when mercy gives way to judgment. And when that moment arrives, judgment often falls suddenly and with devastating completeness.

Consider the antediluvian world in Noah’s day. God was grieved by human wickedness and violence, but He did not immediately destroy humanity. Instead, He gave them one hundred twenty years of warning while Noah built the ark and preached righteousness.

Second Peter 2:5 calls Noah “a preacher of righteousness,” indicating he warned his generation about coming judgment. But the people refused to listen. They continued their normal activities right up until the moment Noah entered the ark.

Jesus described it this way: “For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be.” (Matthew 24:37-39)

Life went on normally. People were not concerned about judgment. They were focused on everyday activities, pleasures, and plans. Then suddenly, in a single day, the flood came and destroyed them all. The patience of God had ended, and judgment fell swiftly.

Consider Sodom and Gomorrah. God revealed to Abraham His intention to judge these cities for their wickedness. Abraham interceded, asking God to spare the cities if righteous people could be found there. God agreed to spare the cities if even ten righteous people dwelt in them. But ten could not be found. God’s patience had limits.

When Lot and his family were safely removed, fire and brimstone fell from heaven, destroying the cities so completely that their exact locations remain uncertain to this day.

Genesis records: “Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven, and He overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.” (Genesis 19:24-25)

Total destruction came in a matter of hours.

Consider Jerusalem in 70 AD. Jesus had prophesied its destruction forty years earlier: “As for these things which you are looking at, the days will come in which there will not be left one stone upon another which will not be torn down.” (Luke 21:6)

Jesus warned His disciples to flee when they saw the city surrounded by armies. For forty years, the city continued functioning. The temple services continued. Life went on. Many probably dismissed Jesus’s prophecy as exaggerated or conditional.

But in 70 AD, the Roman armies came under Titus, surrounded the city, besieged it, and ultimately destroyed it so completely that not one stone of the temple was left upon another, exactly as Jesus had prophesied. Over one million Jews died in the siege and destruction.

The patience of God had ended, and judgment fell with terrible precision.

The pattern is clear: God warns, God waits, God gives opportunity for repentance, but when the appointed time arrives, judgment falls suddenly and completely.

Those who dismissed the warnings, who continued in complacency, who trusted in their own strength or the protection of their institutions, perished.

Only those who heeded the warnings and took appropriate action survived.

A Call to Watchfulness and Spiritual Preparation

Our Lord Jesus did not give us prophecy merely to satisfy our curiosity about future events. He gave us prophecy so we would be prepared, so we would watch, so we would live in constant readiness for His return.

Jesus concluded His discourse about the end times with this exhortation: “Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. For this reason you also must be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.” (Matthew 24:42-44)

Being ready means more than having a theoretical belief in Christ’s return. It means living each day as though He might return that very day. It means keeping our spiritual lives in order, maintaining right relationships, being faithful in the tasks He has given us, and actively watching for the signs He told us to watch for.

Jesus illustrated this with the parable of the ten virgins. All ten virgins were waiting for the bridegroom. All ten had lamps. But five were wise and brought extra oil, while five were foolish and did not.

When the bridegroom was delayed, all ten fell asleep. At midnight, the cry rang out that he was coming, and all ten woke up and trimmed their lamps.

But the foolish virgins discovered their lamps were going out because they had no oil. While they went to buy oil, the bridegroom arrived, the wise virgins went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut. When the foolish virgins returned and asked to be admitted, the bridegroom responded with chilling words: “Truly I say to you, I do not know you.” (Matthew 25:12)

Jesus concluded this parable with an urgent command: “Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.” (Matthew 25:13)

The oil in the lamps represents the Spirit of Truth, genuine saving faith, and authentic spiritual life given to us by Jesus, the life giving Spirit of Truth. You cannot borrow it from others. You cannot obtain it at the last minute. You must have it in advance.

The question each person reading these words must answer is: Do you have oil in your lamp? Have you genuinely been born again by the Spirit of Truth? Have you truly trusted in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, or are you relying on religious activities, family heritage, or good works?

The Apostle Paul urged the Corinthian believers to examine themselves: “Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you—unless indeed you fail the test?” (2 Corinthians 13:5)

This is not a time for presumption. If judgment is indeed approaching, whether through geological catastrophe or any other means, the most critical question is not whether you have stored emergency supplies or made evacuation plans, though those things have their place. The critical question is whether you are spiritually prepared to meet God.

The Geographically Specific Warning

For those living in the western United States, particularly in the regions that would be directly affected by a Cascadia earthquake, triggered San Andreas events, or Yellowstone volcanic activity, the warning becomes even more urgent and specific.

You are living in areas where scientists have documented significant geological risks. You are living in a nation that has taken the lead in an international effort to divide the land of Israel. You are living at a moment when the prophetic scriptures and the physical circumstances align in troubling ways.

The prophet Amos asked a penetrating question: “If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble? If a calamity occurs in a city has not the LORD done it?” (Amos 3:6) When disaster strikes, it is not random chance or mere natural processes.

God is sovereign over all events, and nothing happens apart from His purposes, whether through His direct action or His permissive will. Amos continues: “Surely the Lord GOD does nothing unless He reveals His secret counsel to His servants the prophets. A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who can but prophesy?” (Amos 3:7-8)

God reveals His intentions to His servants before executing judgment so that warnings can be given and people can respond. That is precisely what we are attempting to do in presenting this analysis.

We are not claiming to be prophets in the technical sense. We are not claiming new revelation. We are simply examining what God has already revealed in His Word, observing what is happening in current events, understanding what scientists have documented about geological risks, and connecting these threads to sound the alarm.

The Psalmist declared: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change and though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains quake at its swelling pride.” (Psalm 46:1-3)

Note that the Psalmist does not promise that the earth will not change or that mountains will not quake. Rather, he promises that God will be our refuge even when these catastrophes occur.

The appropriate response is not to deny the possibility of catastrophe, but to ensure that we are taking refuge in God.

Isaiah issued a similar call: “Come, my people, enter into your rooms and close your doors behind you; hide for a little while until indignation runs its course. For behold, the LORD is about to come out from His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; and the earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer cover her slain.” (Isaiah 26:20-21)

When God’s indignation is poured out, the safest place is in communion with Him, hidden in Christ, covered by His blood, secure in His covenant.

Practical Steps and Spiritual Imperatives

What should believers do in light of these warnings? We must respond on multiple levels simultaneously, addressing both practical and spiritual necessities.

First and foremost, examine your relationship with God. Have you genuinely repented of your sins and trusted in Jesus Christ alone for salvation?

The Bible is absolutely clear that salvation comes through faith in Christ, not through good works or religious observance. “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9)

If you have never consciously and deliberately placed your faith IN CHRIST, if you have never acknowledged Him as Lord, Savior, Master, and King now is the time. Do not delay. “Behold, now is ‘THE ACCEPTABLE TIME,’ behold, now is ‘THE DAY OF SALVATION.’” (2 Corinthians 6:2)

Second, if you are already a believer, examine the quality of your walk with God. Are you living in HIS holiness? Are you maintaining daily communion with Him through prayer and Scripture reading? Are you faithful in assembling with other believers? Are you using your spiritual gifts to serve the body of Christ? Are you sharing the gospel with those around you?

The writer of Hebrews exhorts us: “Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith.” (Hebrews 12:1-2)

This is not the time for spiritual complacency or lukewarmness.

Third, engage in serious intercessory prayer for our nation. God called His people in ancient Israel to pray for their nation, and He expects the same of us.

Second Chronicles 7:14 contains a promise that remains relevant: “If My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”

While this promise was given specifically to Israel, the principle applies to all peoples. Humble, earnest prayer can move the hand of God. Abraham’s intercession for Sodom demonstrates that God is willing to spare cities for the sake of the righteous. Jonah’s preaching to Nineveh demonstrates that even pagan cities can be spared if they repent.

Pray specifically that American leaders would recognize the danger of opposing God’s purposes for Israel. Pray that they would reverse course on policies that involve dividing the land. Pray for wisdom for those in authority.

First Timothy 2:1-2 commands: “First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.” (1 Timothy 2:1-2)

We have a biblical mandate to pray for those in governmental authority, and we must exercise that responsibility with urgency and faithfulness.

Fourth, make reasonable physical preparations appropriate to your geographic location. If you live in regions vulnerable to Cascadia earthquakes, follow the guidance of emergency management professionals.

Have emergency supplies including water, food, medical necessities, and means of communication. Develop family emergency plans. Know your evacuation routes. Identify safe locations where your family can reunite if separated during a disaster.

These practical preparations honor the biblical principle of wise stewardship and foresight. Proverbs 22:3 teaches: “The prudent sees the evil and hides himself, but the naive go on, and are punished for it.” (Proverbs 22:3)

There is nothing unspiritual about making reasonable preparations while trusting God ultimately for protection.

Fifth, use whatever time remains to share the gospel with everyone you can. If catastrophic judgment is indeed approaching, people need to hear the good news that salvation is available through Jesus Christ.

All people need to know that God loves them, that Christ died for their sins, that He rose from the dead, and that everyone who calls on His name will be saved.

Romans 10:13-15 declares: “For ‘WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.’ How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, ‘HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO BRING GOOD NEWS OF GOOD THINGS!’” (Romans 10:13-15)

We have been commissioned to be ambassadors for Christ, imploring people to be reconciled to God. This is not optional for believers; it is our calling and responsibility.

The Urgency of the Hour

The convergence of factors we have examined in this article creates a situation of extreme urgency. We have documented that:

- The United States led a United Nations Security Council resolution on November 17, 2025, establishing a Board of Peace and creating pathways toward Palestinian statehood, which necessarily involves dividing the land of Israel.

- God’s Word explicitly warns in Joel 3:2 that He will judge nations for dividing His land.

- The principle of Genesis 12:3 remains in effect: those who curse Israel will be cursed by God.

- Iran, which has been Israel’s most dangerous enemy since 1979, is experiencing an unprecedented drought that threatens the evacuation of their capital city—a contemporary demonstration of Genesis 12:3 in action.

- The Cascadia Subduction Zone represents a documented geological threat with a thirty-seven percent probability of producing a magnitude 8.0 or greater earthquake within the next fifty years.

- Recent scientific research has established that Cascadia earthquakes can trigger San Andreas fault ruptures, potentially creating a cascade of catastrophic earthquakes along the entire West Coast.

- Peer-reviewed scientific literature has documented that large earthquakes can trigger volcanic eruptions at distances up to one thousand kilometers, and Yellowstone falls within this range from Cascadia.

- Biblical prophecy extensively describes earthquakes as instruments of divine judgment in the last days, with particular emphasis on earthquakes occurring when people are proclaiming “peace and safety.”

- The prophetic scriptures warn about a future period called the Day of the Lord, characterized by sudden destruction falling upon a world that believes it has achieved peace and security.

- Jesus Himself commanded His followers to watch for the signs of His coming and to be ready at all times.

When all these factors converge simultaneously, when the biblical warnings align with documented geological threats and current diplomatic actions that violate scriptural principles regarding Israel’s land, the responsible response is not to dismiss these concerns as alarmist or to retreat into normalcy bias. The responsible response is to sound the alarm clearly and urgently, calling people to spiritual preparedness and practical wisdom.

The prophet Ezekiel was appointed as a watchman to the house of Israel, and God gave him this solemn charge: “Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman to the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, warn them from Me. When I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. Yet if you have warned the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered yourself.” (Ezekiel 3:17-19)

We who see these signs converging have a responsibility to warn. If we remain silent when we see danger approaching, the blood of those who perish unprepared will be required at our hands. But if we warn them and they refuse to heed the warning, we have delivered our own souls and fulfilled our responsibility.

The Character of God in Judgment

As we contemplate the possibility of divine judgment falling on our nation through catastrophic geological events, we must not lose sight of God’s character. He is not capricious or vindictive. He does not delight in the death of the wicked.

The prophet Ezekiel records God’s heart: “Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?’” (Ezekiel 33:11)

God’s desire is that people would repent and live. Judgment is His “strange work,” as Isaiah 28:21 calls it, something foreign to His primary nature of love and mercy.

But His love and mercy do not negate His justice and holiness. He cannot indefinitely tolerate rebellion against His clearly revealed will. He cannot allow His covenant promises to be treated as negotiable or His Word to be disregarded without consequence.

The Apostle Peter addressed this tension in his second epistle, explaining why God sometimes delays judgment: “The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.” (2 Peter 3:9-10)

God’s patience in delaying judgment is motivated by His desire for people to repent, not by weakness or indifference. But that patience has limits, and when the day of the Lord comes, it will come suddenly and with finality.

Peter continues with a penetrating question for all of us: “Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat! But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.” (2 Peter 3:11-13)

If we truly believe these things are coming, it should radically affect how we live right now.

A Message to the Church

For believers in Jesus Christ, particularly those living in the western United States, these warnings should prompt serious self-examination and renewed consecration to God. We must not adopt a survivalist mentality focused solely on physical preservation while neglecting spiritual priorities.

Our ultimate hope is not in escaping physical calamity but in our secure position in Christ regardless of what happens to our physical bodies or our earthly possessions.

The Apostle Paul wrote to the Philippians: “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” (Philippians 1:21)

If we genuinely believe this, then our response to potential catastrophe should be characterized by faith rather than fear, by missional urgency rather than selfish hoarding, by concern for the lost rather than obsession with our own survival.

Jesus taught: “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:25-26)

If we expend all our energy trying to preserve our physical lives and our material possessions while neglecting the spiritual needs of those around us, we have fundamentally misunderstood what matters.

At the same time, wisdom dictates that we take reasonable precautions and that we care responsibly for our families. First Timothy 5:8 states clearly: “But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” (1 Timothy 5:8)

Making reasonable preparations for potential disasters is part of providing for our households. But our preparations should be balanced, not obsessive, and should never displace our primary focus on spiritual readiness and kingdom priorities.

The church in America has, in many places, become comfortable, complacent, and compromised. We have accommodated ourselves to cultural values that contradict Scripture.

We have pursued prosperity and entertainment rather than holiness and sacrifice. We have built impressive buildings and programs while neglecting authentic discipleship and genuine spiritual transformation.

If judgment comes to America, the church must recognize that it often begins with the household of God.

First Peter 4:17 warns: “For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?” (1 Peter 4:17)

Perhaps God would use a catastrophic event to purify His church, to separate genuine believers from false professors, to strip away the comfortable trappings of cultural Christianity and reveal who truly belongs to Him.

The early church grew strongest under persecution and trial. The Western church has grown weakest under prosperity and ease. God in His wisdom may determine that severe mercy—judgment that purifies and refines—is what American Christianity desperately needs.

A Message to the Nation

For those in positions of governmental authority, particularly those involved in crafting and implementing policy regarding Israel and the Middle East, this article should prompt serious reconsideration of America’s diplomatic trajectory.

The November 17 resolution may have seemed like a diplomatic triumph, a breakthrough that will bring peace to a troubled region. But if it violates the principles God has established in His Word regarding Israel’s land, then it positions our nation for judgment regardless of good intentions.

The precedent is clear in Scripture and in history. Nations that blessed Israel prospered. Nations that cursed Israel declined. Nations that sought to destroy Israel were themselves destroyed. This is not ancient mythology or ethnic favoritism; it is the outworking of God’s sovereign purposes in history according to His covenant promises.

The wise course would be to reverse direction immediately. Withdraw American support for any framework that involves permanent division of Israel’s land. Cease pressuring Israel to make territorial concessions for peace.

Recognize that lasting peace in the Middle East will not come through human diplomacy and international agreements but only through submission to God’s purposes and, ultimately, through the return of the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ.

King Solomon wrote: “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.” (Proverbs 14:34) America’s righteousness or lack thereof will determine our future trajectory. If we continue in policies that contradict God’s revealed will, we should not be surprised when His blessing is withdrawn and His judgment falls.

A Message to Unbelievers

For those who do not yet know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, who may be reading these words with skepticism or curiosity, we urge you to consider carefully what we have presented.

You may dismiss the biblical warnings as religious superstition. You may discount the geological threats as exaggerated fears. But you cannot dismiss both the spiritual and physical evidence simultaneously without willfully closing your eyes to reality.

The geological threats are real and documented by secular scientists who have no religious agenda. The Cascadia Subduction Zone will produce a massive earthquake at some point; the only question is when.

The potential for this earthquake to trigger other faults and potentially affect volcanic systems is established in peer-reviewed literature. You cannot afford to ignore these physical realities.

But the spiritual realities are even more important. If the God of the Bible exists—and we assert that He does—then His warnings about judgment cannot be safely ignored. You may not have long to decide where you will stand.

Jesus said: “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” (John 14:6) This is an exclusive claim that demands a response.

Either Jesus is who He claimed to be, or He is not. If He is, then you must bow before Him. If He is not, then Christianity is false and should be rejected entirely. But you cannot maintain an indefinite posture of agnostic uncertainty while claiming to be a reasonable person.

The Apostle Paul, preaching to Greek philosophers in Athens, declared: “Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent, because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead.” (Acts 17:30-31)

God commands all people everywhere to repent because a day of judgment has been fixed. The proof of this coming judgment is the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, which is the best-attested fact of ancient history.

What must you do? The answer is given clearly throughout the New Testament. Acknowledge that you are a sinner who has violated God’s holy law.

Recognize that your sin deserves punishment and that you cannot save yourself through good works or religious efforts. Believe that Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, died on the cross as a substitute for sinners, bearing the punishment we deserved. Trust that He rose from the dead on the third day, conquering sin and death.

Call on Him to save you, surrendering your life to His lordship. Romans 10:9 promises: “that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9)

This is not complicated theology requiring years of study. It is a simple gospel message that even a child can understand and respond to. But simplicity does not mean it is easy. It requires humility to admit you are a sinner who needs a Savior. It requires faith to trust in someone you cannot see. It requires surrender to acknowledge Jesus as Lord of your life.

But it offers something infinitely valuable: forgiveness of sins, reconciliation with God, eternal life, and security in the midst of any storm, including literal geological catastrophes.

The Hope That Sustains Us

This article has been filled with warnings about potential judgment, descriptions of catastrophic geological events, and urgent calls to spiritual preparation. It would be easy to finish reading and feel overwhelmed with fear and despair.

But that is not the appropriate response for believers in Jesus Christ. Yes, we should be sobered by these warnings. Yes, we should take them seriously. But we should not be paralyzed by fear.

The Apostle John wrote: “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.” (1 John 4:18)

Those who are in Christ Jesus have no need to fear God’s wrath because Christ has already borne that wrath on our behalf.

We may face physical trials and even physical death, but we cannot face spiritual condemnation. Romans 8:1 declares: “Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” (Romans 8:1)

Paul continues in Romans chapter eight with words that have sustained believers through every trial and catastrophe throughout church history: “Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Just as it is written, ‘FOR YOUR SAKE WE ARE BEING PUT TO DEATH ALL DAY LONG; WE WERE CONSIDERED AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED.’ But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:35-39)

Notice what Paul includes in his list of things that cannot separate us from God’s love: tribulation, distress, peril, death itself. If a Cascadia earthquake strikes, it cannot separate us from Christ’s love. If Yellowstone erupts, it cannot separate us from Christ’s love. If we perish physically in catastrophic judgment, we cannot be separated from Christ’s love.

We are secure in Him regardless of what happens to our bodies or our nation.

This does not mean we will necessarily be physically protected from all harm. Many faithful believers throughout church history have suffered and died in catastrophes, persecutions, and judgments that fell on the nations where they lived.

But their physical deaths were merely transitions to eternal glory. Paul described death as gain, as departing to be with Christ which is far better. If our nation faces catastrophic judgment and we as believers perish along with unbelievers in the physical calamity, we simply go to be with our Lord while those without Christ face eternal judgment.

This perspective should free us from paralyzing fear while motivating urgent action. We work to warn people, we pray for our nation, we share the gospel, we make reasonable preparations—not because we fear for our own ultimate destiny, but because we love God, we love people, and we want to see as many as possible come to salvation before it is too late.

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