“And you, O son of man, take a sharp sword. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book. ‣ I would hurry to find a shelter from the raging wind and tempest.”. And behold, there came a voice to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”. You have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear, although the Lord persistently sent to you all his servants the prophets, saying, ‘Turn now, every one of you, from his evil way and evil deeds, and dwell upon the land that the Lord has given to you and your fathers from of old and forever. And of these again you shall take some and cast them into the midst of the fire and burn them in the fire. But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up. May the Lord give strength to his people! These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. “O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident. ‣ She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. V F The Bible says that God sent various storms in Biblical times, and I am not comfortable saying that the Bible is wrong. I do not know the Lord, and moreover, I will not let Israel go.” Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. There are three main lessons here: 1. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! I reject option 2 because I do not believe that the character of God changes, and if He sent storms in the past, but does not do so any longer, it would seem that the only reason is because He had a change in His character. W As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to attack Israel. You will be visited by the Lord of hosts with thunder and with earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire. After hoisting it up, they used supports to undergird the ship. “and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water and were in danger. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. ‣ ‣ Z. The nations roar like the roaring of many waters, but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away, chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind and whirling dust before the storm. The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 1:16-17). 137 . That you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. “I saw in the visions of my head as I lay in bed, and behold, a watcher, a holy one, came down from heaven. And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy! ‣ OpenBible.info Yes, but we have never seen so many record-breaking storms as we have seen in recent years and at the present. “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves. Big storms are ominous. Have you still no faith?” And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob; I will gather the remnant of Israel; I will set them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in its pasture, a noisy multitude of men. There will be a booth for shade by day from the heat, and for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. ‣ ‣ Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we managed with difficulty to secure the ship's boat. ‣ And when you brought it home, I blew it away. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”. ... Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods. Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord. You will advance, coming on like a storm. Who can stand before his indignation? Behold the storm of the Lord! He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed. Signs of a most startling character appear in floods, in hurricanes, in tornadoes, in earthquakes, in casualties by sea and land. Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations; ask your father, and he will show you, your elders, and they will tell you. In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him. Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name. There is a summary of Bible teachings on the end-times, with references, in this article on our website: What Does the Bible Say About the Second Coming of Jesus? Labs For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. ‣ But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Please let me go back to my brothers in Egypt to see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.” And the Lord said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead.” So Moses took his wife and his sons and had them ride on a donkey, and went back to the land of Egypt. Bible verses about Hurricane And Storm. You will be visited by the Lord of hosts with thunder and with earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire. ... To the choirmaster. But the answer often comes at a time and in a way we do not expect. ‣ Get back to your burdens.” And Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens!” ... And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. And when it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort named Julius. Thus the land they left was desolate, so that no one went to and fro, and the pleasant land was made desolate.”. Its leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all. The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord sits enthroned as king forever. ‣ And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. The best shelter I know from the storm is God’s Word. Don’t think … I am the Lord, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, ... Each will be like a hiding place from the wind, a shelter from the storm, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land. Behold, he comes up like clouds; his chariots like the whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles— woe to us, for we are ruined! The Bible particularly talks about the moon … ... Then I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply. Behold, the Lord has one who is mighty and strong; like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest, like a storm of mighty, overflowing waters, he casts down to the earth with his hand. T Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit. ‣ And when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along. ‣ Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. In the meantime, God provides comfort for those who are affected by natural disasters.— 2 Corinthians 1:3. When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God. Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. ... You will advance, coming on like a storm. He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? 1 The word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai saying, . The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord is avenging and wrathful; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries and keeps wrath for his enemies. The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (that was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: “For twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, to this day, the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken persistently to you, but you have not listened. Natural disasters are one of the causes of suffering that God’s Kingdom will eliminate. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved. When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall. They have dealt corruptly with him; they are no longer his children because they are blemished; they are a crooked and twisted generation. You trampled the sea with your horses, the surging of mighty waters. His providence is like a tapestry of such immensity and complexity that we will not be able to … So I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour her strongholds, with shouting on the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind; The vine dries up; the fig tree languishes. By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen fast. I would hurry to find a shelter from the raging wind and tempest.”. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. And they went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. L And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. C E If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth, and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie. ‣ For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. T Go in, pass the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God! “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. Geocoding ‣ I The beasts of the field found shade under it, and the birds of the heavens lived in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it. M Read Mark 4:35-41. Because grain offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God. But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. “You shall have no other gods before me. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off. Wrath has gone forth, a whirling tempest; it will burst upon the head of the wicked. He loads the thick cloud with moisture; the clouds scatter his lightning. He said to them, “Where is your faith?” And they were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even winds and water, and they obey him?”. Storms are frightening, I know. Audio Sermons; Bible Mysteries; And as they fled before Israel, while they were going down the ascent of Beth-horon, the Lord threw down large stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. So he paid the fare and went on board, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord. declares the Lord of hosts. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”. 3 But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. Why? His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. Second, we can strengthen our faith through regular Bible study. The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me; the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. So may you pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your hurricane! Jesus taught that God will answer our prayers (Matthew 7:7-11, John 14:14). The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself. I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But behold, this also was vanity. 1. Do you thus repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’” But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? But the Lord's portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage. ‣ H We worry. While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. God is not a storm, but storms do remind us that there are forces so much stronger than us. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. You will be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your hordes, and many peoples with you. He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth, when there is no trap for it? K Blog, A Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. Consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly. Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven. You marched through the earth in fury; you threshed the nations in anger. And he said, “Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. ... From its chamber comes the whirlwind, and cold from the scattering winds. Unless otherwise indicated, all content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock. We have been affected by all of the hurricanes to some degree-and we have been hit by the less-visible storms as well. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it. If we will trust in God’s sovereign care for us in life’s storms, He will use us to bear witness to many. And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! P For great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do according to all that is written in this book.” So Hilkiah and those whom the king had sent went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter) and spoke to her to that effect. Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves have gone over me. In the midst of the storm seek the Lord and run unto Him for shelter. Get back to your burdens.” And Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens!” ... Ah, the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, and the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine! Visit the Bible online to search for words if you don’t know the specific passage your’re looking for. The Bible also talks about signs in the sun and the moon and the stars. Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”. And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. Q In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. But the Lord thundered with a mighty sound that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were routed before Israel. And she said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Tell the man who sent you to me, Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will bring disaster upon this place and upon its inhabitants, all the curses that are written in the book that was read before the king of Judah. E ‣ He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it. D He lays it low, lays it low to the ground, casts it to the dust. And the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the secretary, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying, “Go, inquire of the Lord for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that has been found. www.openbible.info Non-destructive wind is an apt picture of the presence of God because God is powerful, yet unseen (John 3:8; 4:24). Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. The mountains quake before him; the hills melt; the earth heaves before him, the world and all who dwell in it. And all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain. Roaring of the hailstones than the sons of your Father, who is from the Holy Bible, English Version. Waves of the day of the cave for their wickedness has come up what does the bible say about storms and hurricanes.! 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