The recent Hawaii missile scare should serve as a reminder to Christians everywhere that death might be just around the corner, said megachurch pastor Greg Laurie, who noted that the Bible offers two options for where people can end up, namely Heaven or Hell.
Laurie, who is the senior pastor at Harvest Christian Fellowship in California, and of Harvest Church at Kumulani in Kapalua, Hawaii, said in a Facebook video on Monday that residents and visitors to Hawaii received a massive shock on Saturday when they were sent a text alert reading “Ballistic missile threat inbound. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill.”
The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency later explained that the notification was indeed a mistake, and that an employee had “pushed the wrong button.”
Laurie pointed out, however, that “for 37 very long minutes, the people wondered what was going to happen.”
He said that he saw reports of people “running and screaming in the streets,” with some parents putting their children into storm drains.
“It turned out to be a false alarm, thank God for that. But it brought up a very important issue — what if you knew you only had moments to live?” he asked, positioning…
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