Dathan and Abram had come out and were standing at their tent doors with their wives and their sons and their young children. Moses said, 'By this you will know that Yahweh himself has sent me to perform all these tasks and that this is not my doing. If these people die a natural death such as men commonly die, then, Yahweh has not sent me. But if Yahweh does something utterly new if the earth should open its mouth and swallow them, themselves and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive to Sheol, then, you will know that these men have rejected Yahweh'.
The moment he finished saying all these words, the ground split open under their feet, the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their family too, and all Korah's men and all their belongings.
They went down alive to Sheol, they and all their possessions. The earth closed over them and they disappeared from the midst of the assembly. At their cries all the Israelites around them ran away. For they said, 'The earth must not swallow us!'
A fire came down from Yahweh and consumed the two hundred and fifty men carrying incense. - Num. 16:28-35 -
David addressed the words of this song to Yahweh when Yahweh had delivered him from all his enemies and from the hands of Saul. He said:
In my distress I called to Yahweh
and to my God I cried;
from his Temple he heard my voice,
my cry came to his ears.
Then the earth quivered and quake,
the foundations of the heavens trembled
(they quivered because he was angry);
from his nostrils a smoke ascended,
and from his mouth a fire that consumed
(live embers were kindled at it). - 2Sam. 22:1, 7-9 -
God, when you set out at the head of your people,
and marched across the desert, the earth rocked,
the heavens deluged at God's coming,
at the coming of God, the God of Israel. - Psalms 68:7-8 -
Now at daybreak on the third day there were peals of thunder on the mountain and lightning flashes, a dense cloud, and a loud trumpet blast, and inside the camp all the people trembled. Then, Moses led the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the bottom of the mountain. The mountain of Sinai was entirely wrapped in smoke because Yahweh had descended on it in the form of fire. Like smoke from a furnace the smoke went up and the whole mountain shook violently. Louder and louder grew the sound of the trumpet. Moses spoke, and God answered him with peals of thunder. Yahweh came down on the mountain of Sinai, on the mountain top, and Yahweh called Moses to the top of the mountain; and Moses went up. - Exodus 19:16-20 -
The Lord says this: It was of you that I spoke in the past through my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied and foretold your invasion. On the day Gog attacks the land of Israel-it is the Lord Yahweh who speaks-I shall grow angry. In my anger, my jealousy and the heat of my fury I say it: I swear that on that day there will be a fearful quaking in the land of Israel. At my presence the fish in the sea and the birds of heaven, the wild beasts and all the reptiles that crawl along the ground, and all men on earth, will quake. Mountains will fall, cliffs crumble, walls collapse, and I will confront him with every sort of terror-it is the Lord Yahweh who speaks. His men will turn their swords on each other. I will punish him with plague and bloodshed and send torrential rain, hailstones, fire and brimstone against him and his hordes and against the many nations with him. I mean to display my greatness and holiness and to compel the many nations to acknowledge me; this is how they will learn that I am Yahweh. - Ezek. 38:17-23 -
In the Old Testament, a notable earthquake occurred during the reigns of Uzziah, king of Judah (792-740 B.C.) and Jeroboam II, king of Israel (793-753 B.C.) Prophet Amos dates his prophecy "two years before the earthquake" - Amos 1:1 - and Zechariah writes of "the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah" - Zech. 14:5 -
In the New Testament, according to the Gospel of Matthew, an earthquake...
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
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