9-11 and the Bible - Introduction

 

Introduction

 

This work is about the striking parallelism between the 9-11 – World Trade Center – terrorist attacks and the Bible’s 9-11 verses.

9-11 is commonly used to designate the date of September 11, 2001, the date of the Trade World Center's towers destruction in New York City. A terrorist group hijacked four commercial airplanes and diverted them to New York City's twin towers and the Pentagon in Virginia.

 9-11 is also a Universal call. The phone number to call when having an emergency. But 9-11 is  – “God’s 9-1-1 emergency call to America,” – and the 21st-century church that is not reacting to the most violent and fierce attack on our society's principles and fundamental values.

Just as in the times of the prophet Ezekiel, North American society suffers similar conditions to those of the people of Israel. Ezekiel says that he saw six men who came to destroy each with a mortal instrument in his hand. (Ezekiel 9:2) Also, the Lord shows him the men plotting evil and giving bad advice in the city. (11:2)

On 9-11, 2001, the terrorists arrived, each with their deadly weapons, the airplanes with their tanks full of fuel, ready to kill thousands of innocent creatures, bringing a state of terror, unease, and fear to the nation. The terrorists came with their weapons of destruction to kill and destroy, but those plotting evil and giving bad advice in the city also came with their mortal instruments to kill.

Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, setting his nest high to escape the clutches of ruin! You have plotted the ruin of many peoples shaming your own house and forfeiting your life. The wall stones will cry out, and the beams of the woodwork will echo it. The wall stones will cry out, and the rays of the woodwork will reflect it.” (Habakuk 2:9-11).

These wicked men have come with the deadly instruments of abortion killing millions of innocent creatures in their mother's womb. They came with the fatal tools of their laws to destroy our society's most fundamental principles and values, thus eliminating marriage and family institutions.

They have also come with the instruments of drugs, alcohol, and promiscuity to kill our young people in the streets and destroy their fundamental moral, ethical, and spiritual values. They have also come to remove the name of God from public places and the currency.

The Lord tells the prophet, Jeremiah, that he will punish the people and take revenge on such a nation because both the house of Israel and the house of Judah had been more than unfaithful. (Jeremiah 5:9-11).

He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and demolish your towers with his weapons. ¹⁰ His horses will be so many that they will cover you with dust. Your walls will tremble at the noise of the warhorses, wagons, and chariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city whose walls have been broken through. ¹¹ The hooves of his horses will trample all your streets; he will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will fall to the ground.” (Ezekiel 26:9-11).

Wail, you who live in the market district, all your merchants will be wiped out, and all who trade with silver will be destroyed. (Zephania 1:11).

They all come intent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand. They mock kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities; by building earthen ramps, they capture them. Then they sweep past like the wind and go on— guilty people, whose own strength is their god.” (Habakuk 1:9-11).

 

 “Then the man in linen with the writing kit at his side brought back a word, saying, “I have done as you commanded.” (Ezekiel 9:11).

But 9-11 is also a call from God for restoration to his people. Amos, the prophet, has words of restoration when he says that on that day, the Lord would repair the cracks, restore the ruins, and rebuild them as it was in the old days. (Amos 9:11).

Also, the prophet Haggai says the latter glory will be greater than the first. (Haggai 2:9).

The Lord will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath if you keep the commands of the Lord your God and walk in obedience to him. Then all the peoples on earth will see that the name of the Lord calls you. They will fear you.  The Lord will grant abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock, and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you. (Deuteronomy 28:9-11).