Glorify the Lord of Israel in the Fires

We are told that circling around the Pacific Ocean is the "ring of fire".  As the weight, the glory, of God's presence presses in on time itself, Scripture tells us that the earth will be moved, causing ever more frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity.  It is within this very circle of the Pacific Ocean that the "ends of the earth" as measured from Jerusalem are to be found.  It is the coming to these "ends of the earth" of the Good News of Israel and her Messiah, the good news of the King and his Kingdom, his Kingdom of those whom he chose, though they did not choose him, it is the coming of this good news that is the true and only mark of the end - according to the word of Israel's Redeemer himself.

Isaiah 64:1-5
Oh that You would rend the heavens, that You would come down, that the mountains might flow down at Your presence, as when the melting fire burns, the fire causes the waters to boil, to make Your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at Your presence!  When You did terrible things which we did not expect, You came down, the mountains flowed down at Your presence.  For since the beginning of the world no one has heard, nor perceived by what they have heard, neither has any eye seen, O God, beside You, what he has prepared for those who wait for him.  You meet them who rejoice and work righteousness, those who remember You in Your ways: Look! You are angry; for we have sinned: in this confession is our sustainability, and we shall be saved.

Isaiah 24:14,15
They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the oceans.  Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the islands of the seas.

And the prophecy was given to Elijah to bring the understanding of these signs, as it says,

 1 Kings 19:12
      And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

For the earthquakes and the fires are only for preparation, in order that we, the Human Race, might know our need for mercy.  But the heart of God is not in the anger or the expression of the possible merciless sentence of death for the Human Race.  The heart of God is in the grace of the quiet and gentle voice of mercy and salvation - which will be heard when He has finally brought us all to silence in His courtroom.