Greene: Earthquakes and eclipses a sign
from God to ‘repent’
The Hill,
by
Theresa Maher
Original Article
Posted By: Citoyen,
4/5/2024 5:05:43 PM
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said recent earthquakes and a coming eclipse are “strong signs” from God that America needs to “repent,” shortly after tremors shook the New York City region Friday.
“God is sending America strong signs to tell us to repent. Earthquakes and eclipses and many more things to come. I pray that our country listens,” Greene said Friday in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Snow Possum 4/5/2024 5:12:50 PM (No. 1693447)
MTG needs to stick to the things she can change and with the tools she possesses to make those changes. This kind of thing reduces her capacity to be heard by those sitting on the fence.
As for earthquakes... Jesus does state earthquakes as being a sign. Eclipses? That's just what planets, suns and moons do from time to time with mathematical precision regardless of who is doing what to whom and where.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Catherine 4/5/2024 5:16:48 PM (No. 1693448)
What a load of baloney. There have always been earthquake, hurricanes, eclipses (I've seen three so far), and don't forget there used to be one big land mass on earth before they broke away over millions of years. They're called continents. Man, and the bible, has zero to do with all of them.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
DVC 4/5/2024 5:21:42 PM (No. 1693452)
Please don't do this nonsense.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
NYbob 4/5/2024 5:31:24 PM (No. 1693458)
So if you are a rat you can say literally ANYTHING, Russian urine tapes, horse paste, etc., but she can't say this messed up country ought to consider being a touch humble and think about getting right with God. Considering where we are and how far we drifted as a country and culture, any time is a good time to think about moral clarity. Eclipses happen all the time, but funny thing is they are so magnificent that even blowhards and skeptics understand how small they are in the great scheme of things. And an earthquake in NYC is a big deal since it is unusual. Affecting less and less people, but still alarming to people there.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
kono 4/5/2024 6:01:36 PM (No. 1693477)
Everything can be taken as a call from God to repent. Jesus instructed disciples to lead lives of continual repentance. Rather than being preoccupied with noticing the end coming, just be ready all the time, and thereby be at peace with respect to the coming of the end. That's Jesus' main message in those passages of the Gospel.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Strike3 4/5/2024 6:02:53 PM (No. 1693478)
The signs may or may not be simple trembling of the tectonic plates but yes, it's time. This is not the America we want.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Sgt. Stubby 4/5/2024 6:05:33 PM (No. 1693480)
I felt that earthquake all the way in Maryland!🫨 Added "experience an earthquake" to my bucket list. I already have "survived a direct hit from a tornado" in Minnesota. As far as earthquakes go, they happen around the globe 365,24/7. I've been following the ongoing volcanic & earthquake events in Iceland. Very interesting since they are all happening in real time.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
dbdiva 4/5/2024 6:24:59 PM (No. 1693488)
For what it's worth: the path of the eclipse is 'supposed' to pass over 7 cities/towns named "Nineveh" in the US. Fact check sites are divided over whether this is true or not.
It's surprising to me that people would name their towns "Nineveh" in the first place.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
danu 4/5/2024 6:34:23 PM (No. 1693494)
here's my contribution to conspiracy theories that mtg can enlighten us on:
joe schmoe wants us all to pay every penny of his DIY project , the total reconstruction of our
beloved key bridge-not the cargo insurers or the state or the city ect.
so, how about this for action: what are you hiding from us now dumbo joe??
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 4/5/2024 6:48:47 PM (No. 1693503)
Earthquakes and eclipses are natural events. This is modern day superstition. When God wants your attention, it won't be mistaken for anything else.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 4/5/2024 6:52:24 PM (No. 1693506)
We wouldn't be the first people who didn't listen to Cassandra.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
volksford 4/5/2024 7:02:31 PM (No. 1693510)
I guess we will see.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Kate318 4/5/2024 7:06:50 PM (No. 1693512)
While I may or may not agree with her assessment, there sure is a lot of hyperventilation over it. As #4 reminds us, this is no different than what dems say everyday in regard to climate change. So what? There are much bigger things to get worked up about.
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This woman is clearly afflicted with diarrhea of the mouth.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Bogasso 4/5/2024 8:27:58 PM (No. 1693559)
PBS agrees with her critics, just saying. See post above…
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Luandir 4/5/2024 8:30:24 PM (No. 1693561)
Eclipses are forecast hundreds of years in advance.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
chance_232 4/5/2024 8:34:38 PM (No. 1693570)
G_d does use the heavens for signs. G_d created time and he plans thousands of years into the future with absolute precision. No one can fathom or understand an immortal omnipresent omnipotent entity with a three pound brain.
That said, there have been plenty of signs, events and warnings to repent and turn back to G_d. As our culture gets more secular and more immoral, our blessings and prosperity decreases. But don't turn back to the creator for material stuff, turn back to do his bidding.
And that ends today's 60 second sermon.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
hershey 4/5/2024 9:36:25 PM (No. 1693608)
Interesting...the eclipse will come 6 years 6 months and 6 days after the last one and will cross over 7 cities named Ninevah...
6 When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust. 7 This is the proclamation the King issued in Nineveh:
Jonah 3:6-8
“By the decree of the king and his nobles:
Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink. 8 But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
caljeepgirl 4/5/2024 10:20:23 PM (No. 1693619)
Sorry, not buying what she's selling.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
plomke 4/5/2024 11:13:18 PM (No. 1693644)
We could all use a little more churching up around here...
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Harlowe 4/6/2024 2:09:31 AM (No. 1693688)
#20~ “We could all use a little more churching up around here...” / Agree.
Reading the dismissive, negative, sarcastic comments about Representative Green’s concern that Friday’s earthquake and the forthcoming eclipse on Monday as being signs from God to repent has been a sad and disappointing revelation raising the question of whether people have no knowledge of what is written in Scripture or do not believe what is written in Scripture. No one knows the day or hour of the “end time” but Scripture does provide numerous passages about the “end times” and “signs” of the end times that include weather conditions (Luke 21 among others). From that perspective Representative Green deserves some credibility; however, while it may not be unreasonable to be skeptical about these two occurrences being specific “signs” it would be appropriate to consider this point in history and the variety and magnitude of decadent/depraved indulgences globally available to society that did not exist before due to state-of-the-art technology—such as tampering with God’s created order, including the human body.
“… what the situation will be like in the world before the Lord returns, namely, Christ will be despised, and the preachers of the Gospel will be regarded as fools.” (Martin Luther, 1520)
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