The return of the Lord Jesus Christ is unfolding in ways I could never have imagined. All glory to the King of kings and Lord of lords.
People wonder how believers will be snatched up into the air to then always be with the Lord. Before that happens, we need to be those who are being made ready.
God has given us clues about the process in the things Scripture teaches about the seas.
In Ecclesiastes 1:6-7 Scripture connects the wind and seas:
6 Going unto the south, and turning round unto the north, turning round, turning round, the wind is going, and by its circuits the wind hath returned.7 All the streams are going unto the sea, and the sea is not full; unto a place whither the streams are going, thither they are turning back to go.
What is being described is a whirlwind and the flow of water upon the earth. The broad context asserts there is nothing truly new under the sun.
The following Scriptures teach that the Lord Himself makes the way through the seas:
This is what the LORD says-- he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, (Isaiah 43:16)Here in Psalm 77:18-19 we see how God uses the whirlwind and paths in the sea to lead His people:
18The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lit up the world; The earth trembled and shook.19Your way was in the sea And Your paths in the mighty waters, And Your footprints may not be known. 20You led Your people like a flock By the hand of Moses and Aaron.
People may feel abandoned, disheartened, and hopeless. They do not see the footprints of the Lord through the seas, yet in safety He leads His people like a flock.
Look at the distinction Exodus 14:20-22 makes between those in the cloud who are following God and those in darkness:
…20So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud along with the darkness, yet it gave light at night. Thus the one did not come near the other all night. 21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, so the waters were divided. 22The sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.…
Although the seas raged, God made a path through them through His whirlwind. He created walls on the left and right for Israel, His rescued ones, to walk through on dry ground.
God is doing it again.
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