Earthquakes – Church of God

(Copyright 2023) by Ray Daly (Lincoln, North Dakota)
Psalms 104:30 “You renew the face of the earth” To “renew” something, means to bring it back to its former state or condition. It does not mean to “create anew”. It means the returning of the earth to its pre-flood condition and shape. And that is what Scripture supports. As follows. 1. “Isa. 24:18-20. “…The foundations [of the mountains, valleys, and oceans] of the earth do shake [earthquakes]. The earth is utterly broken down. The earth is utterly dissolved [mountain ranges and oceans disappear] The earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro…It shall fall, and not rise again.” Meaning that the earth will return to its form at the time of creation and remain that way until The Almighty creates a new layer over the top. See: Rev. 16:18, where it says. “The mountains [ranges] were not found [can no longer be seen.” If you cannot “find or see them”, they must no longer be there? 2. Isa. 50:2-3 “…Behold at my rebuke I dry up the seas [oceans]. I make the rivers [in the oceans] a willderness. Their fish stink, because there is no water. I close the heavens with blackness [smoke and ash from active volcanoes].” See: Rev. 6:12 3. Isa. 51:10. “Are you not it which has dried the sea [oceans]? The waters of the great deep, has made the depths of the sea [now risen up] a way [trail] for the ransomed [returning Israelite tribes] to pass over.” 4. Isa. 54:9-10. “This is as the waters of Noah [first much smaller mountains and seas appear] …should no more go over the earth…For the mountains [ranges] shall depart, and the hills removed.” 5. Isa. 64:1. “That the mountains [ranges] flow down [sink] at your presence.” 6. Jer. 4:23-24. “I beheld the earth, and lo, it was without form and void, and the heavens had no light [volcanic smoke and ash]. I beheld the mountains [ranges], and they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.” 7. Eze. 38:20. “So that the fishes of the sea [oceans. See: Isa. 50:2], and all men that are upon the face of the earth shall shake at my presence, and the mountains [ranges] shall be thrown down. The high places shall fall.” 8. Hos. 10:8. “…They shall say to the mountains [ranges]. Cover us. and to the hills. Fall on us. [See: Rev. 6:15-16].” 9. Mic. 1:4. “And the mountains [ranges] shall be molten [sink] under him, and the valleys shall be cleft [raised] as wax. as waters poured down a steep place.” 10. Nah. 1:5. “The mountains [ranges] quake at him and the hills shall melt [sink]. The earth burned [volcanoes?] at his presence. Yes, the world, and all that dwell therein.” 11. See also: Rev. 6:12-14, As involves both mountain and volcanic activities. 12. Rev. 16:18, 20, “…And there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth. So mighty an earthquake, and so great. [Likely the plural, affecting much of the earth.] …And every island fled away, and the mountains [ranges] WERE NOT FOUND!” If they cannot be “found”, then it should seem obvious that they are no longer there. V.21. Goes on to describe great explosions in the earth’s surface to take place at this specific time also. ———————————————————————————————— See Ray Daly’s other articles at: Daly, Ray – Church of God, Bismarck (church-of-god-bismarck.org) ————————————————————————————————

Psalms 104:30
“You renew the face of the earth”
            To “renew” something, means to bring it back to its former state or condition. It does not mean to “create anew”. It means the returning of the earth to its pre-flood condition and shape. And that is what Scripture supports.

As follows.
            1. “Isa. 24:18-20. “…The foundations [of the mountains, valleys, and oceans] of the earth do shake [earthquakes].   The earth is utterly broken down.   The earth is utterly dissolved [mountain ranges and oceans disappear] The earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro…It shall fall, and not rise again.”

Meaning that the earth will return to its form at the time of creation and remain that way until The Almighty creates a new layer over the top. See: Rev. 16:18, where it says. “The mountains [ranges] were not found [can no longer be seen.” If you cannot “find or see them”, they must no longer be there?

            2. Isa. 50:2-3 “…Behold at my rebuke I dry up the seas [oceans]. I make the rivers [in the oceans] a willderness. Their fish stink, because there is no water. I close the heavens with blackness [smoke and ash from active volcanoes].” See: Rev. 6:12

            3. Isa. 51:10. “Are you not it which has dried the sea [oceans]? The waters of the great deep, has made the depths of the sea [now risen up] a way [trail] for the ransomed [returning Israelite tribes] to pass over.”

            4. Isa. 54:9-10. “This is as the waters of Noah [first much smaller mountains and seas appear] …should no more go over the earth…For the mountains [ranges] shall depart, and the hills removed.”

            5. Isa. 64:1. “That the mountains [ranges] flow down [sink] at your presence.”

            6. Jer. 4:23-24. “I beheld the earth, and lo, it was without form and void, and the heavens had no light [volcanic smoke and ash]. I beheld the mountains [ranges], and they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.”

            7. Eze. 38:20. “So that the fishes of the sea [oceans. See: Isa. 50:2], and all men that are upon the face of the earth shall shake at my presence, and the mountains [ranges] shall be thrown down. The high places shall fall.”

            8. Hos. 10:8. “…They shall say to the mountains [ranges]. Cover us. and to the hills. Fall on us. [See: Rev. 6:15-16].”

            9. Mic. 1:4. “And the mountains [ranges] shall be molten [sink] under him, and the valleys shall be cleft [raised] as wax. as waters poured down a steep place.”

            10. Nah. 1:5. “The mountains [ranges] quake at him and the hills shall melt [sink]. The earth burned [volcanoes?] at his presence. Yes, the world, and all that dwell therein.”

            11. See also: Rev. 6:12-14, As involves both mountain and volcanic activities.

            12. Rev. 16:18, 20, “…And there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth. So mighty an earthquake, and so great. [Likely the plural, affecting much of the earth.] …And every island fled away, and the mountains [ranges] WERE NOT FOUND!” If they cannot be “found”, then it should seem obvious that they are no longer there. V.21. Goes on to describe great explosions in the earth’s surface to take place at this specific time also.

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See Ray Daly’s other articles at:
Daly, Ray – Church of God, Bismarck (church-of-god-bismarck.org)
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