"No Day Like It!"

"No Day Like It!"

Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon."  And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies  ...  So the sun stood still in the midst of the heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.  And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel." (Joshua 10:12-14)  Oh, Joshua; you have made history; NASA scratches its scientific head; some people doubt such a thing occurred; the PHD's of astronomy say it's impossible; the fact remains, there was "No Day Like It!"

Earth, Moon and Sun

The story has been circulated that NASA scientists discovered a "missing" day in time which corresponds to Biblical accounts of the sun's standing still in the Book of Joshua.  The account states that scientists checked the computers going back in time and they found 23 hours and 20 minutes were missing, but there was a problem  ...  where were the other 40 minutes?  As stated in Joshua, the Word says the sun "hasted to go down about a whole day."  This was very important because the scientists were checking the orbits and the positioning of the planets up to 100 and even a 1000 years from now and they didn't want to send a satellite up which would bump into a planet at some later date.  They had to find the missing 40 minutes. 

Finally, a Christian employee stated he remembered in Sunday School an account in the Bible when the sun went BACKWARDS.  They got a Bible and read in 2 Kings where Hezekiah, on his death bed, was visited by the Prophet Isaiah, who told him he was going to die.  Hezekiah wept and pleaded with the LORD; the LORD heard his cry and granted him 15 years.  Hezekiah wanted a sign; Isaiah asked if he wanted the shadow to go forward ten degrees or back 10 degrees.  Hezekiah said it's nothing to go forward 10 degrees; let it go "back" 10 degrees.  Isaiah prayed, and the shadow went back 10 degrees.  This 10 degrees was exactly 40 minutes, according to the scientists; the full day missing in time was found; 23 hours and 20 minutes in Joshua when the sun stood still, and the 40 minutes in 2 Kings when the shadow went backward 10 degrees!  The Bible is true!

"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout,

with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God:

and the dead in Christ shall rise first; Then we which are

alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in

the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever

be with the Lord."

(I Thessalonians 4:16-17)

Will there be a Rapture of the Church? Yes! Will there be a tribulation period for those who did not come to the Lord in repentance, receive His Spirit and be baptized in His name? Yes!  Will the Lord come again after the seven years of tribulation? Yes!  Is the Bible true? Yes, Yes, and Yes!  

Scientists have proven the Bible is true; the rainbow in the sky after it rains proves the Bible is true; the Spirit of the living God filling us and living within us proves the Bible is true; we could go on and on of the hows and whys of the validity of the Bible, but scientific proof should convince the greatest skeptics!

Acts 2:38

Time is at hand!  We don't want to be left here to go through the tribulation period; it will be a time of judgment, a time of horror such as the world has never seen.  The Good News is that the Lord made a way of escape!  We must be ready, be obedient to God's Word, and we have nothing to fear.  The people in the Book of Acts heard the Word preached to them and they were stirred in their hearts; they asked Peter in essence, What must we do to be saved?  Peter told them to Repent of their sins, be filled with the Holy Ghost and speak in tongues as the Spirit gives the utterance, and be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of sins.  Do these things and be ready for the Rapture of the Church!  When will it happen? At a time you think not; He comes as a thief in night  ...  Be ready!

The Bible is the greatest Book ever written!  It was written by men who were moved on by the Holy Spirit of God.  The days of the Bible were tremendous with "clouds by day, and fires by night;" Daniel in the middle of starving lions staring him down; Joshua commanding the sun to stand still on that day; Hezekiah's day of turning back the shadow 10 degrees; the Day of Pentecost when the Spirit of God sat upon each of them like tongues of fire  ...  Days of Power and Glory!

We are living in the last days, the days when the Lord's Spirit will be poured out upon all flesh; miracles, signs, and wonders are all around us; hundreds of millions of people have received the Holy Ghost and spoken in tongues; Nation after Nation the world over are obeying the Word of God and they're being baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ  ...  Days of Power and Glory!  

It seems "ALL" days with the Lord are profound!  For Joshua, there was "no day like it;" for Hezekiah, there was "no day like it;" for us, worldwide Revival is coming and there will be "no day like it;" His Spirit will be poured out on all flesh and there will be "no day like it;" and then: the trumpet will sound for the Grand finale  ...  RAPTURE!  ... "No Day Like It!"

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PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas, Pastor Kenneth Phillips)