Originally posted by Marcia:
Your point about God's word telling us to flee wickedness does not fit this situation because every city is wicked, Gershom. That's why I said that applying your statement would mean we should flee every city.
Let me try, one more time, to be clear.
A poster said that whenever God was going to send judgment upon a wicked city, he gave believers warning to flee. He then asked "when" such warning took place in the present situation with the hurricane.
My response to that was, and is, is that God does not need to physically send a messenger to warn us to flee from judgment upon a wicked city; we have His word - the Bible.
And if you want to turn it around with the excuse that every city is wicked, well, that's not true. New Orleans and those in authority welcomed, tolerated, and embraced wickedness. Not only did they do such wickedness, but had pleasure in them that do it. The Bible says their recompense is just. If you can't handle that, then I don't know how to console you.
The town that I live in, while I'm sure there is some form of wickedness in individual lives, would never welcome nor host the sinful festivals that took place in New Orleans. If my town did give itself over to such filth, I would take my family and flee.