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Earthquakes

 

Earthquakes

Islands and mountainous districts liable to - Ps 114:4,6; Re 6:14; 16:18,20

FREQUENTLY ACCOMPANIED BY

• Volcanic eruptions
- Ps 104:32; Na 1:5
• Convulsion and receding of the sea
- 2Sa 22:8,16; Ps 18:7,15; 46:3
• Opening of the earth
- Nu 16:31,32
• Overturning of mountains
- Ps 46:2; Zec 14:4
• Rending of rocks
- Mt 27:51

ARE VISIBLE TOKENS OF

• God's power
- Job 9:6; Heb 12:26
• God's presence
- Ps 68:7,8; 114:7
• God's anger
- Ps 18:7; 60:2; Isa 13:13

Men always terrified by - Nu 16:34; Zec 14:5; Mt 27:54; Re 11:13

MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE

• At mount Sinai
- Ex 19:18
• In the wilderness
- Nu 16:31,32
• In strongholds of Philistines
- 1Sa 14:15
• When Elijah fled from Jezebel
- 1Ki 19:11
• In Uzziah's reign
- Am 1:1; Zec 14:5
• At our Lord's death
- Mt 27:51
• At out Lord's resurrection
- Mt 28:2
• At Philippi
- Ac 16:26
• Before destruction of Jerusalem, predicted
- Mt 24:7; Lu 21:11
• At Christ's second coming, predicted
- Zec 14:4

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

• The judgments of God
- Isa 24:19,20; 29:6; Jer 4:24; Re 8:5
• The overthrow of kingdoms
- Hag 2:6,22; Re 6:12,13; 16:18,19
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