Geographically, every brook, stream, hill, valley and speck of dirt is strategically placed to fulfill its part in bringing God’s plan to pass. God designed it all this way. This is most evident in the layout of the land of Israel itself. Israel is the tiniest country on earth but has been given the biggest job to do: To conquer the entire world with the truth of God. The land of milk and honey represents the literal milk of the Word of God - the truth; and wisdom - the honey, of Christ. This was the state of perfection the nation was to retain. Instead, the land has changed to the land of milk and money - wild honey, the only wisdom barbaric minds can understand. The Sea of Galilee is Israel’s largest body of fresh water. Geographically, from this point, the water flows down the crooked, snakelike path of the Jordan River, ultimately ending up in the Dead Sea, the lowest geographical point on earth. The Dead Sea has no outlet. Consequently, the water flowing into this area is simply trapped, with nowhere to go. Through years of evaporation, tremendous deposits of minerals contained in the water are left behind, leaving the water with such high salt content that nothing can live in it. The geographical placement of Sodom and Gomorrah are additional testimony of God’s plan. Sodom is the lowest point on the face of the earth and was geographically located at the bottom most tip of the Dead Sea. The heinous acts committed in these cities were of the most horrible degree; mankind debasing himself so low he couldn’t get any lower. The actual lifestyles of these cities are forever buried in the salty content of the Dead Sea. The repulsive acts committed in these cities were so putrefying to the Lord, that he saw to it they were sunken under water so salty that even man’s most sophisticated technology would never produce a devise that could submerge to even look around at the wicked cities setting below the water’s surface. This should give us a pretty good idea of what God thinks of such behavior. The Sea of Galilee is where Jesus walked on the water. We either walk to Him on this water by accepting Him, or we, like Peter did, start to sink. Those who refuse to accept the hand of Christ are swept away down their own crooked paths of wickedness, carried into the sea of the spiritually dead, where there is no way out. Jesus was baptized downstream in this same Jordan River, also prophetic of those who have chosen life’s crooked path and on the way to eternal destruction, reach out and accept the hand of Christ and are baptized at some point along the way. Those who continue to refuse to take His hand, ultimately enter the sea of death, the Dead Sea, and like Sodom and Gomorrah, will be destroyed forever. The seas prophetically portray the nations of the world. Israel’s seas, the Mediterranean, the Dead and the Red seas and the Sea of Galilee are also each prophetically as well as geographically placed. They represent the location of the walls of New Jerusalem: On the north, the south, the east and the west. Because Israel was specially chosen to fulfill God’s will, the Lord would specially bless her and give her the most prized geographical location on the face of the earth. All this was part of the plan of God from the beginning. Israel was geographically and strategically placed in the midst of the sea of Arab nations who hate her; intentionally placed as the lily among thorns (Song of Solomon 2:2). If Israel would put her trust in God, all the nations of the world would see what wonderful things her God can do and they would accept him as their God, too. THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES Mt. McKinley is the highest peak in the United States. It’s gorgeously snow covered apparel mysteriously surrounded by the Northern Lights, the Aurora Borealis, set in the land of the Midnight sun, identically matches the description of the glorified Christ in Revelation 1:13-14, the great and high Summit of wisdom and understanding, who, surrounded by the light of truth, now majestically stands adorned in His glorious state in glistening white raiment, never to die again. The area of lowest altitude in the United States is Death Valley, California, a barren and dry section of land surrounded by oppressive heat, strategically located at the edge of the nation’s “Pleasure Capital,” by man’s description, holding a significance all its own. The fertile plains of the nation, majestic brooks and gorgeous waterfalls set among lush forests, tell their story through the abundance of their resources, throughout the area known as the “Bible Belt”. The great Niagara Falls spectacle with its thundering roar of waters and its spectacular rainbows adds further magnificence to this grand display of God’s power and might. Deep caves, rolling hills and towering bluffs are of well-calculated geographical relevance with each valley, hill and stream strategically figured in God’s story – how it has and will yet play its part in bringing God’s plan to pass. The Black Hills and bizarre Badlands provide an awesome beauty amidst the desolate terrain. Long, dry stretches of desert provide hints to understanding the vital significance in the deliberate layout of the “wild” western states in comparison to the “Bible Belt” of the Midwest – the lush, green corn belt set within the heartland of the nation. Dazzling moon bows dance over the Kentucky Falls, the only place in the entire Western Hemisphere where this phenomenal display occurs, where light and color reflect off the bubbling clear waters when the moon is full, presenting its own untold mysteries to mankind. Unexplained lights that glow in the hills around a small Texas town supply additional intrigue. Neither man’s advanced technological equipment nor his sophisticated intelligence has been able to explain their existence. God’s deliberate layout of our nation has placed mind-boggling canyons and gorges in the west, with their wild and scenic rivers running in the midst of beautiful wilderness areas. The awe-inspiring power of the “River of No Return,” ultimately meeting placidly together with other waters, prophetically displays, through its geographical brilliance, the Plan of God, when the sea of all nations will ultimately meet in this same peaceful manner to give glory to God in one accord in his everlasting kingdom. At the end of the Oregon trail is the only place on earth where two rivers collide head to head, depicting the final battle of Christ’s army and the beast’s army when they, too, meet head to head at the end of life’s trail. The waters are divided from the waters at the Continental Divide, where melting snow and rain flow either westward into the Pacific Ocean or southeastward, where they eventually reach the Gulf of Mexico. This illustration provided by nature, describes the division of the sheep and goats, to the right hand or to the left, as told in the parable of Christ in Matthew 25:33. America’s landscape is formed by the Mississippi River. Its tributary rivers, lakes and streams contribute to the nurturing of states through which it passes. Where the mighty Mississippi meets the Gulf of Mexico, overwhelming beauty, abundance and blessings have been enjoyed throughout history. Florida’s coral reef is known as the historical “Shipwreck Capital of the South,” providing excellent homes and breeding grounds for the exotic sea life which it allures. The early history of pirates and wreckers who once lured unsuspecting vessels onto these reefs in order to plunder their cargoes, is synonymous with the false teachers who continue to lure the sincere in faith to stray off their straight courses into uncharted waters of false teachings, causing innocent victims to lose their faith and hope of eternal life, becoming shipwrecked among these rocks of destruction. Greedy false teachers are likewise made rich by the treasures they confiscate in the same process against the truth, even today. This wrecking and subsequent plundering declined somewhat with the construction of lighthouses along the shoreline, just as Christ, the light of the world, was sent to direct us on our straight and chartered course in life. Where there was no light, pirates and misfits continued their evil works upon the unsuspecting victims. America is a land of beauty only as God could perceive it to be. God’s handiwork truly makes our entire nation a spectacular land of enchantment. Every gorge, canyon, waterfall, brook and stream has been placed to illustrate God’s ultimate plan for his earth, each providing its own significant contribution to the final synopsis of the history of the world. Although every imaginable descriptive word has been used in an attempt to describe the beauty of the handiwork of God’s creation, man’s vocabulary is insufficient to appropriately describe the actual splendor of God’s masterpiece. Its full essence cannot be comprehended without beholding it with our own eyes. This is the identical challenge of attempting to describe the full essence of God’s word. Until we behold it with our own eyes, its true magnificence also remains undisclosed – mortal words cannot define its intensity. Attempting to describe the full beauty and significance of God‘s word is as if attempting to describe, without sound, the full impact of a musical masterpiece – no man is capable. Terri Emmett has written a complete HAPPINESS TRILOGY collection: THE ORGANIZED HOUSEKEEPER’S HOUSEBOOK; THE ORGANIZED HOUSEKEEPER’S SIX-WEEK CHARM COURSE; and 100 STEPS TO ETERNITY. For links to the complete collection, please visit http://www.touramerica.org. We welcome you to visit and look forward to hearing from you at: housebook@verizon.net.
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