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THE “EXISTENTIAL THREAT” TO OUR PLANET: It’s not every day that one gets the opportunity to be up close and personal with an active volcano. On our recent 50th anniversary trip to Hawaii, Carol and I, along with our lifelong friends from Benton, Arkansas, Steve & Tammy Lambert, were excited to do just that. Kilauea has been in periodic eruption since late 2024, and was building up to its 47th eruption as we stood on the rim of the massive Halema’u crater. Even though we could see gas and steam rising from the north and south vents, we missed the iconic fountain eruption by less than 48 hours. The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is reporting that magma is currently being reinflated, building toward eruption #48 at any moment now. Kilauea is one of 50 volcanoes worldwide currently classified as in intermittent or continuous eruption, altogether spewing hundreds of cubic meters of lava per second. It is part of the larger Pacific “Ring of Fire,” which contains over 450 of the world’s active and dormant volcanoes. Because of intense tectonic plate collision and subduction in the region, it is a massive hotspot for geological activity and is responsible for about 90% of all earthquakes on our planet, including the 6.0 tremor that occurred a few miles south of where we were staying just days after leaving Kailua-Kona on the Big Island. In writing the third volume of my book series, “Dismantling Doctrines of Demons: Discovering the Deliverance,” I discuss the extent volcanic activity might have on climate change and global warming apart from fossil fuel emissions, especially as massive global geological events ramp up during the coming Tribulation Period on earth. The disobedience of Adam & Eve in the Garden didn’t just produce the curse on mankind; the “ground” was also cursed (Genesis 3:17), and Paul affirms, “creation was subjected to futility…in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its slavery to corruption…for we know the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.” (Romans 8:19-22). The enormous heat from the earth’s core, the churning of magma in our planet’s mantle, pushing through the layers of crust, and the constant shifting of tectonic plates build massive amounts of pressure that eventually discharge in earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, sending heated, toxic gases miles into the stratosphere. Paul sees this process as similar to a woman in labor. The pangs of childbirth become more frequent, intense, and of longer duration as the birth of a child becomes imminent. As Scripture declares, eventually, this planetary labor will reach a climactic implosion that will annihilate Earth and the entire universe (the real “existential threat”), resulting in God creating “a new heaven and a new earth” (Revelation 21:1), which will be eternal. These Biblical thoughts passed through my mind as I stood on the rim of the Kilauea caldera. Processes are in motion that are Biblically determined. It will be the most horrific time for our planet and mankind as the trumpet, seal, and bowl judgments of the Tribulation are poured forth upon the unbelieving people of the world who reject God. Only a personal faith commitment of your life to Jesus Christ as Savior & Lord will keep you from this unprecedented time of future human history. You must be Rapture-ready! #spiritualwarfare #demonicspirits #satanicevil #spiritualforces #forcesofdarkness #evilpowers #principalities #powersofdarkness #demons #christlitbookaward #amazonbooks #spiritualarmor #armorofgod #christianliving #biblicalworldview #biblicalteaching #internationalimpactbookaward #audible #amazonkindleunlimited #KindleUnlimited #kindlebooks LEARN MORE: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B09WTHFQ8N

THE DIVINE CONDUIT Among the spiritual resources of the Holy Spirit to followers of Christ is this revelation of Jesus – “When He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all truth, for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come…He shall take of Mine, and shall disclose it to you.” (John 16:13-14). I sometimes refer to this communication process as the “Divine Conduit.” Truth originates with God the Father, is given by Him to Christ the Son, who reveals it to the Holy Spirit, who then discloses truth to followers of Christ Jesus. The conduit through which this truth flows is God’s Word, the Bible, – “God’s Word is truth.” (John 17:17). Insightfully interesting to me is one of the truths Jesus specifies that flows through this divine conduit: “what is to come.” Many people today despise prophetic teaching, labeling it “gloom & doom” rhetoric. Yet, Jesus declared that things which are “to come” are among the many truths revealed by God to believers through Christ and His Holy Spirit. That should signal to us the importance God places on prophecy. To sequester Biblical teaching about prophetic events is squeezing a kink in that conduit for yourselves and others – “Do not quench the Spirit; do not despise prophetic utterances.” (I Thessalonians 5:19-20). Why do I write and preach about prophetic things to come? Those things include seven horrific years of unprecedented global pestilence, disease, earthquakes, oppression, massive death, planetary destruction, and the deluge of evil like the world has never known. I simply don’t want anyone I love and care about to be left here and have to suffer through those terrifying applications of judgment on the earth. Do you? Then, sound the alarm! Time is running out! Blessings, Rick M. Smith www.RICKMSMITH.com

When Hamas attacked Israel from Gaza in October 2023, lots a buzz erupted among prophecy enthusiasts that it might be the Gog-Magog Battle predicted by Ezekiel. The information I shared in a blogcast at the time still holds pertinent information some three years later: https://templatesoftruth.podbean.com/e/middle-east-crisis-is-it-gog-magog/

The Greeks used a unique word for "faith" in the New Testament which has three inter-related spiritual dynamics. I discuss relevant meanings to this word in my blogcast: https://templatesoftruth.podbean.com/e/believing-is-not-necessarily-belonging/