“Nature's Upheaval – Katrina”
Dr. Hilton Sutton Th.D.
September 7, 2005

Hurricane Katrina has devastated New Orleans, Biloxi, and the surrounding area.

It may be months before the final count of those who lost their lives and destruction costs are known. Rumors are everywhere. Some declare Katrina to be the judgment of God on a wicked city, referring to New Orleans. Others state, Wrath of God!

The Truth, based on the Holy Scripture is;
Katrina was neither Judgment nor Wrath of God.

God convinced Abraham, in Genesis 19, that He has no wish Judge. Remember, Sodom was a wicked and immoral city. But God was willing to spare the city if there were only ten righteous people in the city.

Nahum 1:2 clearly states “God reserves His wrath for His enemies.” Genesis 6:19 reveal the removal of the righteous prior to the Wrath of God. May I remind you, God is perfect (Matt. 5:48) and His ways are perfect (II Samuel 22:31). Therefore whenever God acts it is always within His perfection. Notice when God used His wrath it brought total destruction.

Katrina was an act of nature. Jesus covers such events in Matthew 24:4-8. Notice verse seven “And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.” This verse covers UPHEAVALS OF NATURE. Nature is generally the cause of famine and earthquakes. Had not Jesus rebuked the waves and the wind, storms on the Sea of Galilee would have capsized their boat and drowned the Apostles.

Verse eight of Matthew 24 is key to understanding Upheavals of Nature and other destructive events. Jesus introduces “Sorrows.” He speaks of the beginning of sorrows and connects the destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple in 70 A.D., by Roman Legions.

There have been many events of Sorrows recorded in history. In fact, the destruction of the World Trade Center in New York by terrorist was a sorrow. Katrina was an act of nature and falls perfectly into the category of a sorrow. One must be a reasonably good student of the Holy Scripture in order to distinguish between wrath, judgment, or a sorrow.

The question has arisen, “Who is to blame?” If one has been a student of the Bible, he or she knows the answer. Genesis 1:26 tells us that God created man and gave him dominion over this planet. When Adam disobeyed God, fallen Lucifer usurped much of Adam's authority and became the “Prince of the power of the air.” (See Ephesians 2:2) Lucifer is better known as the Serpent of old, the Devil, and Satan. (Revelation 12:9)

Satan, the Devil, was the cause of hurricane Katrina. Jesus tells us Satan came to kill, steal, and destroy. (John 10:10) Katrina, Satan's work, certainly produced death, theft, and destruction.

Much blame is being cast upon President Bush and his administration, by his opponents and the media. I am amazed at the negative leadership of my former political party, the Democrats. What a bunch of sore looser and cry babies.

I am disgusted with the majority of the media as they lack intestinal fortitude to say anything except what their liberal owners allow.

Now you know the Truth!

P.S. Many ministers and teachers are calling this upheaval of nature, a direct response by God due to the recent extraction of Jewish settlers in Gaza and the West Bank. Such a statement only shows ignorance of the Word and history.