ALETA 1ST STORM OF SEASON

1-CHRIST WILL RETURN, 2-ALETTA !ST STORM OF SEASON. 3-MINOR QUAKE IN CALIFORNIA.

This week's promise: Christ will return

Everyone will see [Jesus said], "Then everyone will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds with power and great glory. So when all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near!" Luke 21:27-28 NLT

No fear of judgment

What images come to mind when you think of "end times prophecies"?…Most people, if they were honest, would admit that their view of the end times is a frightening one.…They imagine an angry and vengeful God hovering high above it all, bent on destruction and raining terror on all who have rejected him.

Have we missed something? In many ways I think we have. God didn't reveal these graphic images of the coming judgment to express his wrath or even to frighten us into believing. He revealed them to show us his wonderful grace and mercy in the midst of our sin and un worthiness. The story isn't about pending gloom and doom, but it's about a loving Father who will do anything he can to help people escape the consequences of evil.

Bible prophecy isn't intended to frighten us, but it's to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that God is real and omnipotent and active in our lives; to warn us of the very real danger lying ahead for those who reject his love and mercy; and to encourage us to accept his gracious and free offer of salvation through his Son, Jesus.

In his first letter to Timothy, Paul tells us that God "wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth" (2:4).…Time and again in Scripture we are told that God longs for his people to be with him in heaven. The Bible is not a story of wrath and judgment but of
unconditional love and redemption. God longs to be with us and wants desperately for us to accept his hand of salvation. What we do is up to us.

Adapted from Embracing Eternity by Tim LaHaye, Jerry Jenkins and Frank M. Martin, Tyndale House Publishers (2004), entry for January 3.

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Eastern Pacific gets 1st tropical storm Sun May 28, 9:24 PM ET

MEXICO CITY - Aletta, the first tropical storm of the eastern Pacific season, was moving slowly north on Sunday, about 105 miles southwest of the Mexican resort of Acapulco. Aletta's winds remained at about 45 mph at it moved at 2 mph, and while forecasters said it could still move closer to land, they predicted it would turn to the west by Tuesday and start heading out to sea.

Tropical Storm Aletta was expected to bring some heavy rain to Mexico's Pacific coast. Mexico issued a tropical storm warning for a 240-mile stretch of coast from Punta Maldonado, east of Acapulco, to Zihuatanejo to the west, and discontinued storm watches further east, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Light quake shakes northeastern Calif. 22 minutes ago

TRUCKEE, Calif. - A light quake struck Monday morning in northeastern California but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The magnitude 4.0 quake hit at 3:38 a.m. PDT about 14 miles west of Truckee on the California-Nevada border, according to a preliminary report from the U.S. Geological service.