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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 560
(Exodus 17:3-7). The Prophet Elijah was fed by Ravens while hiding by the Brook Cherith (1
Kings 17:1-6). Elijah and the widow of Zarephath were miraculously provided flour and oil
during a time of famine (1 Kings 17:8-16). And Jesus fed the multitude by multiplying five
barley loaves, and two small fishes (John 6:5-13).
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These things were recorded as examples of God's protection and provision. They show us
that we can trust and believe that God will protect and provide for us in a time of peril. Paul
writes: “Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our
admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.” (1 Corinthians 10:11)
We are the people on whom the end of the world has come. God will provide food and
water for His faithful followers who refuse the mark-of-the-beast. He will also provide
protection.
God's Promise For Protection
God's promises for protection are extremely important because we cannot depend upon
man. The Psalmist writes: “Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. Through God
we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies” (Psalm 108:12-13). “When I
cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.” (Psalm 56:9)
“For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine
enemies” (Psalm 54:7). “I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the
morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble” (Psalm 59:2).
“Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand
against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me” (Psalm 138:7). “[T]he
salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. And the
LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them,
because they trust in him” (Psalm 37:39-40).
Our Lord God says: “call upon me in the day of trouble: I [the Lord] will deliver thee,
and thou shalt glorify me” (Psalm 50:15). His promises are true; “The righteous is delivered out
of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead” (Proverbs 11:8). “For in the time of trouble he
shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up
upon a rock” (Psalm 27:5). O Lord God “Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from
trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance” (Psalm 32:7). “The angel of the
LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them” (Psalm 34:7). When
God's faithful believed His promises and trusted in him, “they cried unto the LORD in their
trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses” (Psalm 107:13).
In Psalm 91 we read one of God's most prolific promises for protection:
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the
shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my
fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare
of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
He shall cover thee with his
feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and
buckler.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that
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