Land, Vomiting Out Inhabitants
‘Vomiting’ is a metaphor for violently expelling, discharging, removing, eradicating, forcing out or ‘getting rid of’. Because of ‘sin’ and ‘abominations’ that cause the Lord God disgust, he will remove the people or nations from the lands they were/are given, because they did not keep his commandments, laws, or correct ways of living. ‘Vomiting’ describes something (sin, abominations) ‘vile’, ‘sick’, ‘poisonous’, ‘deadly’, ‘disgusting’, ‘gross’, ‘evil’, ‘reprobate’, ‘foul’, ‘loathsome’, ‘reprehensible’, ‘contamination’, ‘not pure’, ‘deathly,’ that which needs to be (forcefully) ‘eradicated’ or ‘removed’ from its present state or location.
God is referring to the ‘gross’ sin and ‘abominations’ occurring in the lands or locations he gave people. In lands of ‘milk and honey’ (wholesome, good things), the people who sin(ned) turn the land into something vile or putrid and offensive, and thus need to be cast out or ‘vomited out’ like a poison that has made the land sick.
The simple interpretation of the above scripture is this: The sins of the people defile the land, and God therefore punishes the land for their sins. But then the land refuses the punishment and therefore vomits out the perpetrators of such sins.
Leviticus 18:24-30 “Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you. For the land is defiled; therefore I visit the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants. You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations, either any of your own nation or any stranger who dwells among you (for all these abominations the men of the land have done, who were before you, and thus the land is defiled), lest the land vomit you out also when you defile it, as it vomited out the nations that were before you. For whoever commits any of these abominations, the persons who commit them shall be cut off from among their people. ‘Therefore you shall keep My ordinance, so that you do not commit any of these abominable customs which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: I am the LORD your God.’”
2 Kings 17:5-10 Now the king of Assyria went throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. For so it was that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and they had feared other gods, and had walked in the statutes of the nations whom the LORD had cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. Also the children of Israel secretly did against the LORD their God things that were not right, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from watchtower to fortified city. They set up for themselves sacred pillars and wooden images on every high hill and under every green tree.
2 Kings 17:12-18 for they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.” Yet the LORD testified against Israel and against Judah, by all of His prophets, every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways, and keep My commandments and My statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets.” Nevertheless they would not hear, but stiffened their necks, like the necks of their fathers, who did not believe in the LORD their God. And they rejected His statutes and His covenant that He had made with their fathers, and His testimonies which He had testified against them; they followed idols, became idolaters, and went after the nations who were all around them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them that they should not do like them. So they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, made for themselves a molded image and two calves, made a wooden image and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. And they caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and soothsaying, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger. Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them from His sight; there was none left but the tribe of Judah alone.
- Jeremiah 31:10 ‘ Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, And declare it in the isles afar off, and say, ‘ He who scattered Israel will gather him, And keep him as a shepherd does his flock.’
- Revelation 3:16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.
- Genesis 6:5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Genesis 6:17 And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die
- Leviticus 20:22 ‘You shall therefore keep all My statutes and all My judgments, and perform them, that the land where I am bringing you to dwell may not vomit you out.
- Deuteronomy 30:3 that the LORD your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the nations where the LORD your God has scattered you.
2023 Volcanoes; “I will show signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke.” ‘Latter-Days,’ or ‘End-Times’ Volcanoes.
Great Earthquakes 2023. ‘There Shall Be Great Earthquakes in Diverse Places.’
River turns poisonous after devastating, repeated flooding: ‘That has only happened in the last four years’
Story by Samantha Redditt The Cool Down April 2, 2024
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The Nyamwamba River in Uganda’s Rwenzori Mountains faces an environmental crisis as devastating floods and toxic mining pollution threaten the health of the region’s population and the surrounding ecosystem.
What’s happening?
In recent years, catastrophic flooding along the Nyamwamba River has been worsened by rising global temperatures. This flooding has eroded copper “tailings,” or pools of mining waste, left behind by Canadian mining company Falconbridge, which no longer operates in the area. That has led to contamination of the area’s water supply, soil, and local produce with dangerous amounts of heavy metals.
Mongabay reported that samples taken from the Nyamwamba’s water and fish near Kilembe were shown to have accumulated unsafe levels of copper, cobalt, lead, and zinc that exceed the safety limits set by the World Health Organization. “When we were starting our study in the Kilembe mine area, [this] whole tailing dump was not touched by water,” stated Abraham Mwesigye, an environmental scientist at Kampala’s Makerere University. “But because of overflooding, we’ve lost tons and tons of tailing waste into River Nyamwamba … and that has only happened in the last four years.”
Why is this flooding concerning?
As the floods continue to spread the toxic byproducts of the old mining operation into the area’s drinking water and agriculture, high rates of cancer among the population near the remnants of the copper mine signal an urgent need for action. Not only would effective cleanup efforts cost “millions and millions of dollars,” according to Source International, a nongovernmental organization that advocates for mining-affected communities, but an increasing number of African towns are suffering from the long-lasting impacts of unsafe water and unusable farmland. When these contaminants make their way into rivers, lakes, or groundwater, they can disrupt the area’s wildlife, which can decrease biodiversity of a once-thriving ecosystem.
What’s being done to help the effects of the flooding? Although some public interest lawyers are working to hold companies accountable and stand up for these communities in court, they are facing difficulties within legal systems that may favor profit over human rights and environmental well-being. “Legal systems must evolve to hold companies accountable,” wrote Marcos Orellana, a United Nations special rapporteur on toxics and human rights. “And courts must be open and willing to hold past polluters accountable for the harm they have caused to communities and the environment.” Recent attempts to revive the copper mining industry in Kilembe could potentially worsen the situation at hand by bringing more harmful means of production into the region once more.
By getting involved and bringing awareness to these disastrous climate-related issues happening around the world, we can all help create a cleaner, healthier planet for Uganda and beyond.
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Night Watchman
Paul Rolland
Night Watchman Ministries
Make Your (7) Decision for Christ NOW!!!!!!! Time is Up!!!!!!!
Jesus Christ’s Offer of Salvation:
The ABCs (7) of Salvation through Jesus Christ (the Lamb)
- (7) Admit/Acknowledge/Accept that you are sinner. Ask (7) God’s forgiveness and repent of your sins.
. . . “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23).
. . . “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one.” (Romans 3:10).
. . . “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” (1 John 1:8).
B. Believe Jesus is Lord. Believe that (7) Jesus Christ is who He claimed to (7) be; that He was both fully God (7) and fully man and that we are (7) saved through His death, burial, and resurrection. (7) Put your trust in Him as your (7) only hope of salvation. Become a son (7) or daughter of God by receiving Christ. (7777777) 7×7
. . . “That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (John 3:15-17). For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:13).
C. Call upon His name, Confess (7) with your heart and with your lips (7) that Jesus is your Lord and Savior.
. . . “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Romans 10:9-10).
. . . “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” (John 1:8-10).
. . . “And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. (John 2:2).
. . . “In this was manifested the love of god toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.” (1 John 4:9, 14-15).
. . . “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.” (Romans 5:8-10).
. . . “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 6:23).
. . . “Jesus saith unto them, I am the way, the truth, and the life, no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6).
. . . “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth.” (Romans 1:16).
. . . “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts: 4:12).
. . . “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth for there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” (1 Timothy 2:4-6).
. . . “For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Thessalonians 5:9).
. . . “But as many as received him, to them gave the power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.” (John 1:12).
True Church / Bride of Christ Spared from God’s Wrath:
Romans 5:8-10. “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”
Romans 12:19. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 1:10. And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
1 Thessalonians 5:9. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Romans 8:35. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Jeremiah 30:7. Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
Revelation 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.