THE DESTRUCTION OF THE DEPRAVED (2 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Genesis 19:1-29
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The Destruction of The Depraved (2 of 4)
Series: The Mighty Power of God
Jeff Strite
Genesis 19:1-29
OPEN: Just like today, back in 1690s Jamaica was an island paradise. Palm trees in the sand, tropical breezes, beautiful beaches. People of wealth sought it out then just like they do now. And many of them built huge mansions at a town called Port Royal. Now, Port Royal wasn't a ''tourist trap.'' It was a Pirate city - hailed as the ''17th Century Sodom.'' And those who lived back then knew it as one of the wickedest and most depraved cities on earth.
If you could think of something evil people would do... they did it. But then - in 1692 - God came down and brought judgement on Port Royal. In the space of less than 10 minutes, the thriving sea port was shaken by 3 earthquakes (one of which at about 7.6 on the Richter scale) which was followed by a tsunami. Port Royal literally sank into the Caribbean, never to rise again.
An eyewitness described the scene: ''The earth heaved and swelled like the rolling billows, and in many places the earth crack'd open, open'd and shut, with a motion quick and fast. In some of these people were swallowed up, in others they were caught by the middle, and pressed to death. The whole was attended with the noise of falling mountains at a distance, while the sky was turned dull and reddish, like a glowing oven''
Of the city's population of approximately 6500 people about 2000 died in earthquakes and tsunami. Afterwards, lacking of shelter and clean water, nearly 3000 more died of disease. The people of Jamaica were so shaken by what took place, and they were so convinced that it was God who'd destroyed the city that a religious revival swept through the island and they promptly outlawed piracy. To this day, many Jamaicans believe that Port Royal's destruction was the price exacted by an angry God for its sins. (Reader's Digest 5/69 p.192ff)
They called it the 17th Century Sodom. Someone else referred to it as the Sod ...
Series: The Mighty Power of God
Jeff Strite
Genesis 19:1-29
OPEN: Just like today, back in 1690s Jamaica was an island paradise. Palm trees in the sand, tropical breezes, beautiful beaches. People of wealth sought it out then just like they do now. And many of them built huge mansions at a town called Port Royal. Now, Port Royal wasn't a ''tourist trap.'' It was a Pirate city - hailed as the ''17th Century Sodom.'' And those who lived back then knew it as one of the wickedest and most depraved cities on earth.
If you could think of something evil people would do... they did it. But then - in 1692 - God came down and brought judgement on Port Royal. In the space of less than 10 minutes, the thriving sea port was shaken by 3 earthquakes (one of which at about 7.6 on the Richter scale) which was followed by a tsunami. Port Royal literally sank into the Caribbean, never to rise again.
An eyewitness described the scene: ''The earth heaved and swelled like the rolling billows, and in many places the earth crack'd open, open'd and shut, with a motion quick and fast. In some of these people were swallowed up, in others they were caught by the middle, and pressed to death. The whole was attended with the noise of falling mountains at a distance, while the sky was turned dull and reddish, like a glowing oven''
Of the city's population of approximately 6500 people about 2000 died in earthquakes and tsunami. Afterwards, lacking of shelter and clean water, nearly 3000 more died of disease. The people of Jamaica were so shaken by what took place, and they were so convinced that it was God who'd destroyed the city that a religious revival swept through the island and they promptly outlawed piracy. To this day, many Jamaicans believe that Port Royal's destruction was the price exacted by an angry God for its sins. (Reader's Digest 5/69 p.192ff)
They called it the 17th Century Sodom. Someone else referred to it as the Sod ...
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