The Day of the Lord

Suddenly, Tim stood alone in his front yard and all of his family had disappeared. He was absolutely terrified. He looked about frantically for his family. They were not to be seen. Trixie, standing at Tim’s side, looked up at him and whimpered. The sky again darkened, and the red moon shone eerily as the sun became darker. The earth began to shake more violently, and cracking and rumbling noises became louder.

Tim suddenly realized what had happened. He had missed the mark. He had not surrendered his heart and life to the Lord; had never been born again, and as a result, had missed heaven. Tim immediately fell to his knees in full repentance, petitioned God for mercy and salvation, and became one of the first of the tribulation Saints who would occupy the earth during the remainder of the tribulation and beyond, if he survived.

There was great rejoicing in heaven as Tim was born again!

Tim had mixed feelings. He missed his family, but at the same time, he rejoiced, knowing they were in heaven. He also rejoiced that he had surrendered his life to God and would someday join his family in heaven. As all these thoughts and emotions coursed through his mind and body, he also experienced the rising tumult of the earth around him. Tim had no way of knowing it, but the shaking of the earth and the upheaval in the sun, the moon, and the stars, encompassed the entire earth. The terrifying shaking, booming, and cracking noises, darkness, and flashings across the sky, would have been overwhelming if not for the fact that he knew he was now a child of God and totally within His care.

Old fault lines, which had lain dormant for centuries, suddenly began to crack and open up. South of Tim, the fault line that ran from Western Kentucky, through Eastern Kentucky, and into West Virginia, cracked and opened in several places. In Powell County, the fault line opened a gaping slash just north of Furnace, on Furnace Mountain. A significant split continued, passing just south of Natural Bridge State Park, and on across the Red River Gorge, crossing Swift’s Camp Creek just south of Rock Bridge.

The New Madrid fault line affecting Tennessee, Missouri, and six or seven other states including Kentucky, became intensely active resulting in massive upheavals, trembling, and shaking the hills and mountains, all of which directly affected the earth around Tim.

Along the Pacific coast, the San Andreas Fault began mighty upheavals causing a section of the west coast, beginning at San Francisco and moving north, to slide away and disappear into the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Mount Saint Helens spewed smoke, ashes and lava; more intense than the 1980 eruption.

Alaska, which normally felt more than ten thousand earthquakes annually, suddenly quaked and shook almost continually, with several massive upheavals taking place. Dozens of the more than 100 volcanoes became active. The Pavlov volcano which had erupted in 2016, suddenly spewed forth lava and ashes, obscuring the skies for hundreds of square miles.

The opening of old fault lines was occurring all around the world; and in some cases, opened cracks to great depths, allowing lava to spill forth.

The caldera under Yellowstone National Park became active, and spewed forth from several areas besides the existing geysers and pools. A full eruption would be catastrophic.

Volcanic eruptions around the world threatened to pollute the atmosphere to the point of bringing on another artificial winter.

Truly, nothing of this magnitude had occurred since the outpouring of God’s wrath at the time of the flood. Mankind trembled and quaked, as the earth trembled and quaked. Many people died from fear and quaking and failing hearts. Mankind finally acknowledged, “Truly, this is the Wrath of God!”

Alone, and scared by all the events happening around him, Tim prayed to God for strength and courage to see him through it all.

Night would soon be coming on and Tim was afraid to stay in the house because of the earthquakes and upheavals. He went inside and quickly collected bedding and some food and water. Trixie kept at Tim’s heels as he carried bedding and other materials to his campsite in the middle of the yard. He was afraid to camp under the trees for some of them were still whipping and swaying in an alarming way. Tim slept little that night.

Throughout the world, entire mountain chains were going through upheaval with rocks breaking away and tumbling down the mountainsides. Mountains and caves were not a good place to hide as caves collapsed and rocks rolled and bounded and crashed against other rocks. After twenty-four hours, the turmoil in the heavenly elements began to subside and consequently, the earthquakes, roaring, rumbling, and shaking, became less frequent and less intense.

Although still apprehensive and stressed, Tim began to breathe easier. As a relative degree of calmness returned, he began giving thought to returning to the house. However, waves of tremors and shaking continued on through the day and into the night. Although the activities were less severe, Tim decided to stay outside one more night.