I've been pondering the 9/3 date that Weather Bill (
www.earthquake2010.org), that Christian guy, gave as the date of the CA mega earthquake (and on which 16 other Christians believe they've received confirmation), and I've been trying to obtain further information from the Lord.
As yet, the Lord has told me NOTHING concerning that date. Now, I'm willing to accept that Bill and the others have received impressions from the Spirit. The first revelations I received from God were as a Catholic, so the Lord can and often does communicate with His sons and daughters of other faiths. What concerns me, in particular, though, about this date, is the following scripture in Amos 3 verse 7:
Or, if you prefer the JST:
Now, these Christians do not claim to be prophets, yet they claim this is a prophecy. I've got the gift to prophesy, and yet the most I've been able to ascertain is that a CA Earthquake will strike sometime in September, 2010. I've been trying to narrow it down to a specific date, but I haven't been able to. All I have is a month: September.
So, this makes me wonder about the revelation or prophecy of these 17 Christians. If this is a true prophecy, and I truly have the gift to prophesy, why hasn't the Lord revealed to me the same date that He has supposedly revealed to them?
The only numbers I have, based upon my dream, are 1, 3, 4 and 9000. I haven't been given the meaning of these numbers. I can do some math tricks and come out with 9/3, but these seem to be just tricks and guesses to me and not actual correct prophetic interpretation.
The only prophetic number concerning the earthquake in my dream seems to be, in my view, the number 9000. If the number is somehow tied to the earthquake, I would say it would indicate the month (9th month), the magnitude (9.0), the day (9th day), the hour (9th hour), the minute (9th minute), the immediate area effected (9000 square miles), etc. In other words, 9 seems significant to me. The number 3 does not seem significant to me.
So, my gut instinct, based upon this dream and the scriptures and my experiences with prophecy, etc., is that these Christians did receive something concerning this coming earthquake, that they got the month right (September), but the rest of their interpretation is wrong.
Although such an earthquake may happen tomorrow (9/3), the fact that the Lord hasn't revealed it to me, per Amos 3: 7, leads me to believe that the earthquake WILL NOT happen tomorrow. Will it happen this month? I think so, but I don't know when, and I don't think these Christians know any more about it than I do.
Here is my current understanding so far: a devastating California quake that turns the financial markets upside down will lead to an Israel/Iran conflict and also to a Utah quake that destroys the conference center. First comes the CA quake, then comes the Iran/Israel conflict, then comes the Utah quake. Also, it appears that the CA quake happens in September. This September.
As yet, though, I've received no revelation on any of this. Still, they may be prophetic musings. Recently I made a guess that if there was a major earthquake between August 24th and August 29, that it would occur on the 24th. Well, it turned out that guess was right. The largest earthquake, a magnitute 6.1, occurred on the 24th, while the other days were 5's or smaller. I was experimenting with the gift to prophesy and went out on a prophetic limb, so to speak, to make a prediction based on nothing more than an impression. No science involved, just faith and working through a prophetic feeling.
In like manner, I want to put out a prediction that tomorrow the mega quake expected by these people will not occur. I DO BELIEVE that something massively destructive is coming this month, for the concrete building I saw was completely rubble, but I do not think that it will occur tomorrow. It may occor on the 9th or some multiple of 9, but I don't believe it will happen on the 3rd.
If it does happen tomorrow, well, then, I need to learn more about how to use this gift to prophesy. But if it doesn't happen tomorrow, I will be looking to see what the reaction to the failed prophecy of Weather Bill will be, whether people will continue to prepare for the big one this month, or just go back to their normal lives.
One last thing, I still don't have confirmation that any of these things are bona fide prophecies, but my mind will not let go of these three scenarios for this time, which makes me think that they might be real. So, until the Spirit tells me otherwise, I'm going under the assumption that all three scenarios will happen in the timetable given. This is just how I, personally, am operating. If the Lord gives me confirmation on any of this, I'll probably end up writing a blog post to alert others, as I did with that poem post.