What other Bible passages describe God's power causing natural phenomena? God Shakes the Earth • “Then the earth trembled and quaked; the foundations of the heavens shook; they were shaken because He burned with anger.” – 2 Samuel 22:8 • “Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.” – Psalm 18:7 • “Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob.” – Psalm 114:7 • “Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts.” – Isaiah 13:13 • “The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence.” – Nahum 1:5 Thunder and Lightning: His Voice in the Storm • “On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning, a thick cloud on the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast.” – Exodus 19:16 • “Listen! Listen to the roar of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth. He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole heaven.” – Job 37:2-3 • “The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders.” – Psalm 29:3 • “The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth.” – Psalm 77:17 • “From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder.” – Revelation 4:5 Fire, Smoke, and Cloud • “Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire.” – Exodus 19:18 • “Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust.” – 1 Kings 18:38 • “His brilliance was like the light; rays flashed from His hand, where His power was hidden.” – Habakkuk 3:4 • “I looked, and I saw a storm wind coming from the north—a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it.” – Ezekiel 1:4 Waters Under His Command • “Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land.” – Exodus 14:21 • “As soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, the waters flowing downstream stood still.” – Joshua 3:15-16 • “He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea… He stilled the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.” – Psalm 107:25, 29 • “He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be still!’ And the wind died down and it was perfectly calm.” – Mark 4:39 • “He gathers the waters of the sea into a heap; He puts the depths into storehouses.” – Psalm 33:7 Celestial Wonders • “Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and moon, over the Valley of Aijalon… So the sun stood still and the moon stopped.” – Joshua 10:12-13 • “Isaiah the prophet cried out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow ten steps backward on the stairway of Ahaz.” – 2 Kings 20:11 • “From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.” – Matthew 27:45 • “The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.” – Joel 2:31 • “There was a great earthquake; the sun became black like sackcloth, the whole moon turned blood red, and the stars of the sky fell to the earth.” – Revelation 6:12-13 A Future Shaking • “For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.’ ” – Haggai 2:6 • “His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, ‘Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.’ ” – Hebrews 12:26 • “There came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder, and a great earthquake—so severe that no earthquake like it had ever occurred since mankind has been on the earth.” – Revelation 16:18 |
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