When the Earth shakes

by Sonny Villagonzalo
on 26 September 2021

HEBREWS 12:25-29 NLT
25 Be careful that you do not refuse to listen to the One who is speaking. For if the people of Israel did not escape when they refused to listen to Moses, the earthly messenger, we will certainly not escape if we reject the One who speaks to us from heaven! 26 When God spoke from Mount Sinai his voice shook the earth, but now he makes another promise: “Once again I will shake not only the earth but the heavens also.” 27 This means that all of creation will be shaken and removed, so that only unshakable things will remain. 28 Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe. 29 For our God is a devouring fire.

1. Earthquakes is GOD’S DOING.

HEBREWS 12:26 NLT
26 When God spoke from Mount Sinai his voice shook the earth, but now he makes another promise: “Once again I will shake not only the earth but the heavens also.”

PSALM 97:4-6
4 His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles. 5 The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. 6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all peoples see his glory.

PSALM 104:31-32
31 May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in
his works - 32 he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches
the mountains, and they smoke.

MATTHEW 10:29-31
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls
to the ground apart from your Father's will. 30 But the very hairs of your
head are all numbered. 31 Do not fear therefore; you are of more value
than many sparrows.

ISAIAH 46:9-11
9 Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no
other; I am God, and there is none like me. 10 I make known the end from
the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My
purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’ 11 From the east I
summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about; what I have planned, that I will
do.

ISAIAH 45:5-7
5 I am the LORD, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God. I
will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me, 6 so that
from the rising of the sun to the place of its setting people may know
there is none besides me. I am the LORD, and there is no other. 7 I form
the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster
[calamity NASB]; I, the LORD, do all these things.

ACTS 12:1-6
1 It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. 2 He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword. 3 When he saw that this met with approval among the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread. 4 After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out for public trial after the Passover. 5 So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him. 6 The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance.

ACTS 12:7-11
7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists. 8 Then the angel said to him, “Put on your clothes and sandals.” And Peter did so. “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,” the angel told him. 9 Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision. 10 They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him. 11 Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.”

2. Earthquakes is GOD SIFTING.

HEBREWS 12:27-28 NLT
27 This means that all of creation will be shaken and removed, so that only unshakable things will remain. 28 Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe. 29 For our God is a devouring fire.

When the Earth shakes

by Sonny Villagonzalo
on 26 September 2021

HEBREWS 12:25-29 NLT
25 Be careful that you do not refuse to listen to the One who is speaking. For if the people of Israel did not escape when they refused to listen to Moses, the earthly messenger, we will certainly not escape if we reject the One who speaks to us from heaven! 26 When God spoke from Mount Sinai his voice shook the earth, but now he makes another promise: “Once again I will shake not only the earth but the heavens also.” 27 This means that all of creation will be shaken and removed, so that only unshakable things will remain. 28 Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe. 29 For our God is a devouring fire.

1. Earthquakes is GOD’S DOING.

HEBREWS 12:26 NLT
26 When God spoke from Mount Sinai his voice shook the earth, but now he makes another promise: “Once again I will shake not only the earth but the heavens also.”

PSALM 97:4-6
4 His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles. 5 The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. 6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all peoples see his glory.

PSALM 104:31-32
31 May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in
his works - 32 he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches
the mountains, and they smoke.

MATTHEW 10:29-31
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls
to the ground apart from your Father's will. 30 But the very hairs of your
head are all numbered. 31 Do not fear therefore; you are of more value
than many sparrows.

ISAIAH 46:9-11
9 Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no
other; I am God, and there is none like me. 10 I make known the end from
the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My
purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’ 11 From the east I
summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about; what I have planned, that I will
do.

ISAIAH 45:5-7
5 I am the LORD, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God. I
will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me, 6 so that
from the rising of the sun to the place of its setting people may know
there is none besides me. I am the LORD, and there is no other. 7 I form
the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster
[calamity NASB]; I, the LORD, do all these things.

ACTS 12:1-6
1 It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. 2 He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword. 3 When he saw that this met with approval among the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread. 4 After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out for public trial after the Passover. 5 So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him. 6 The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance.

ACTS 12:7-11
7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists. 8 Then the angel said to him, “Put on your clothes and sandals.” And Peter did so. “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,” the angel told him. 9 Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision. 10 They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him. 11 Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.”

2. Earthquakes is GOD SIFTING.

HEBREWS 12:27-28 NLT
27 This means that all of creation will be shaken and removed, so that only unshakable things will remain. 28 Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe. 29 For our God is a devouring fire.

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