The Day the Earth Stands Still
One of the things that are going to shake the world before
the coming of Christ at Armageddon is going to be "the day the earth
stands still." This is something that is virtually untaught because not
many realize that it is in the Bible. But, I happen to believe that this
will happen and that it will be one of the very events that will cause
Americans to come to Christ by the millions. When will these happen?
During the tribulation, right after the middle when the anti-Christ
declares himself to be God. The anti-Christ will began a murderous spree
to kill as many Christians and Jews possible. It is during this time that
God will begin to pour out seven measures of wrath upon him and the
nations that are in unison with him. He will only be given a fourth part
of the earth rather than the whole world, as many believe. During this
time, God will make it very difficult for him and his armies with
different things that will create a certain amount of havoc for him.
When reading about the seven trumpets and seven vials of wrath most
people believe that they are in a separate time frame whereas in reality
they occur exactly at the same time. For example: the first trumpet and
the first vial of wrath are a single event that happens at the same. It
gives us two sides to the picture revealing what happens to the nations of
the anti-Christ. For times sake I won't go into all of the details with
each one of these but will give an example of what I am talking
about.
Revelation 8:7: The first angel sounded, and there followed hail
and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the
earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green
grass was burnt up.
Revelation 16: 2: And the first went, and poured out his vial
upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous
sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which
worshipped his image.
Above we have two scriptures one about the 1st trumpet, the other about
the 1st vial of wrath. These are the same event only shown to us from two
different perspectives. The same way that the four gospels tell the same
story only from four different views. We are looking at God's wrath on the
anti-Christ and his nations not the whole world. The first trumpet says
that hail and fire will fall upon the earth. This is in the nations
of the anti-Christ and a third part of his trees and grass will be burned
up. The 1st vial of wrath says that grievous sores will fall on the
people that have the mark of the beast. The grievous sores are caused by
this burning hail that falls on them. In the 1st trumpet it says that the
hail is mingled with blood. The blood we see is caused by the hail that
falls on these people. They will be cut and burned by this hail, which
will cause sores as from a burn. These two scriptures together give us an
account of the event that will take place as God begins to deal with the
anti-Christ and his nations.
The second trumpet and second vial of wrath speaks of the sea and blood
caused by an event that will fall on the anti-Christ.
The third trumpet and third vial of wrath speaks of the rivers and
fountains being turned into blood, which again will be a measure of God's
wrath on the anti-Christ and his people. He gives them blood to drink
because of their killing of Christians and Jews in that part of the
world.
All seven trumpets and vials of wrath put together make up only seven
events rather than fourteen. Put together they reveal these mysteries in a
greater measure for our understanding today. The fourth trumpet and fourth
vial of wrath will give us an unexpected view of an event that is going to
shake the world. It will not only shake the world but will shake the
Church as well. The earth is going to stand still!


Revelation 8:12: And the fourth angel sounded, and the third
part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and
the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened,
and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night
likewise.
Revelation 16:8: And the fourth angel poured out his vial
upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with
fire.
9: And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of
God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give
him glory.
Causing the sun to shine directly over the capitol of the anti-Christ
will cause this event because God will pour out his wrath on the
anti-Christ and his nations in the Middle East. This will cause intense
heat, without the sun going down at night to cool the earth it will become
unbearably hot. On the other side of the Earth in America it will be dark
for as long as this event happens. It will be come cold because of the
same reason the anti-Christ becomes hot. The sun warms the earth during
the day. If the sun doesn't shine on part of the earth it will become
cold. This will cause clouds, rain and snow on that side of the earth.
This will block out the view of the moon and the stars. The fact that the
earth doesn't rotate will keep the sun from view. What is interesting to
me is that the Bible doesn't ever use terms like seven-eighths or anything
that would be in between a 1/4, 1/3, 1/2 or 3/4ths. So it will always use
a number that is safe to say use.
The earth is strange in this sense: when the sun is shining on one side
of the earth we do not have 1/2 darkness and 1/2 light. The reason for
this is because of the earth's atmosphere. The sun reflects on the
atmosphere and causes what we call dawn in the morning or twilight at
evening. There is always more light shining on the earth than darkness all
of the time. Since God could not say that 1/2 of the earth would be in
darkness He used the next lowest number and said that a third would be,
which is true, at least a third will be in darkness. We won't be able to
see the moon or stars because of the clouds.
The anti-Christ and his nations will suffer severely under this intense
heat yet they will only curse God rather than repent. The reason they
don't repent is because they have taken the mark of the beast, which is a
form of blaspheming the Holy Ghost, and the Holy Spirit will not draw them
to repentance.
What will be going on in America at that time? You got it, panic. If
you have a favorite seat at your church you had better get there several
hours early or you won't have it. The churches in America are going to be
packed with people. There will be repentance everywhere. The newscasters
will be going wild trying to explain why the earth isn't turning; weather
forecasting will be chaotic. I don't know how long this period will last
but God will hold everything together while it happens. Has God ever done
this before? He surely has. In the Old Testament we find two separate
accounts of God causing the earth to stand still. In one case it not only
stood still but also rotated backwards a number of degrees to prove a
point to a King.
One case was at a time when Joshua was fighting a battle and needed
more time and daylight to win the victory. God caused the earth to stand
still while this took place and Joshua won the victory over his
enemies.
The other was at a time that King Hezekiah needed a confirmation from
God, When God rolled back the sun as a sign to him.
In my opinion this event will do more to wake up America than any other
event. The Bible says that in those days all men's faces will be turned to
paleness and I can see why. God is going to take care of us in America but
we must repent from the evil things that we are doing in this country and
turn to Jesus for the answer.
Your brother in Christ
Tommie Spurgeon