17 Reasons Why God Sends Earthquakes In Different Places – Part 1
Website design By BotEap.comEarthquakes are defined as a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth’s crust or volcanic action. In recent years we have seen a dramatic increase in the number of earthquakes in various or different places as well as the intensity of their magnitudes. As we see the numbers increase daily, we must ask the question why God sends earthquakes in different places. Here are the 17 Biblical reasons why God allows earthquakes to shake the foundations of this world.
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Suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and rolled the stone and sat on it. Website design By BotEap.com#2 Reason Large Earthquakes Happen: Website design By BotEap.comEarthquakes make humanity recognize that Jesus is the Son of God and acknowledge him as Lord Website design By BotEap.comBiblical references: Website design By BotEap.comMatthew 27:50-54
Then Jesus cried out again and released his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth trembled, the rocks split and the graves opened up. The bodies of many godly men and women who had died were raised from the dead. They left the cemetery after the resurrection of Jesus, entered the holy city of Jerusalem and appeared to many people. Website design By BotEap.comThe Roman officer and the other soldiers at the crucifixion were terrified of the earthquake and all that had happened. They said, “This man truly was the Son of God!” Website design By BotEap.comAnd many women who had come from Galilee with Jesus to take care of him, watched from afar. Website design By BotEap.com#3 Reason Big Earthquakes Happen: Website design By BotEap.comEarthquakes awaken people from their sleep both naturally and spiritually and bring both resurrection and revival. Website design By BotEap.comBiblical references:
Matthew 27:50-53 Website design By BotEap.comAnd Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and gave up his spirit. Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were rent, and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered the holy city and appeared to many. Website design By BotEap.comMatthew 28:6-7
He is not here; for he is risen, as he said he. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and that he indeed is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see it. Look, I told you.” Website design By BotEap.com#4 Reason why big earthquakes happen: Website design By BotEap.comEarthquakes open prison doors, shake foundations, wake people up, set captives free, and bring salvation to the lost. Earthquakes occur to bring light to those who are sitting in dungeons (internal prisons) and in the dark. Website design By BotEap.comBiblical references: Website design By BotEap.comActs 16:23-36
And when they had given them many lashes, they threw them into jail, ordering the jailer to keep them safe. Having received such a charge, he brought them into the inner prison and bound their feet in the stocks. Website design By BotEap.comBut at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening. Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were released. And the prison guard, waking up from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, thinking that the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to take his own life. But Paul called with a loud voice, saying: Do not hurt yourself, because we are all here. Website design By BotEap.comThen he called for light, ran in, and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. And taking them out, he said: Sirs, what must I do to be saved? Website design By BotEap.comThen they said: Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household. Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. And he took them at the same time of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized. And when he had brought them into his house, he put food before them; and he rejoiced that he believed in God with all his house. Website design By BotEap.comAnd when daylight came, the magistrates sent the officers, saying, “Let those men go.” Website design By BotEap.comThen the jailer communicated these words to Paul, saying: The magistrates have sent to let you go. Now then go and go in peace. Website design By BotEap.com#5 Reasons why large earthquakes occur: Website design By BotEap.comEarthquakes occur to show the beginning of pain, they signal the coming of Jesus and the end of the world. Website design By BotEap.comBiblical references: Website design By BotEap.comMatthew 24:7-8
The nations and kingdoms of the earth will rise up against each other, and there will be famines and earthquakes in many places. But all of this will only be the beginning of the horrors to come. Website design By BotEap.comMark 13:8
Because nations and kingdoms will proclaim war against each other, and there will be earthquakes in many lands, and famines. These herald only the early stages of the heartbreak to come. Website design By BotEap.comLuke 21:7-11
Master! they exclaimed. When? And will there be any warning ahead of time?” Website design By BotEap.comHe replied: “Don’t let anyone deceive you. Because many will come announcing themselves as the Messiah and saying: ‘The time has come.’ But don’t believe them! Don’t panic. It is true that wars must come, but the end is not it will follow immediately, for nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be great earthquakes, and famines in many lands, and epidemics, and terrible things will happen in the heavens. Website design By BotEap.comAs we look at world news events and align them with God’s Word, we are actually seeing an increase in earthquakes as we get closer to the coming of Christ. This reason was so important for us to understand that it is repeated three times in the gospels. By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word will be established. Website design By BotEap.com#6 Reason why big earthquakes happen: Website design By BotEap.comEarthquakes occur after the Lord passes through the earth and before He speaks Website design By BotEap.comBiblical references:
1 Kings 19:11-12 Website design By BotEap.comAnd he said, Go out, and stand on the mount before the LORD. And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind split the mountains, and crushed the rocks before the Lord; but Jehovah was not in the wind; and after the wind, an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: Website design By BotEap.comAnd after the earthquake a fire; but Jehovah was not in the fire; And after the fire a still small voice. Website design By BotEap.com#7 Reasons why large earthquakes occur: Website design By BotEap.comEarthquakes come to bring anguish and judgment. These earthquakes happen suddenly in an instant when the Lord of Hosts visits a city to bring wrath and judgment on that land. Website design By BotEap.comBiblical references: Website design By BotEap.comIsaiah 26:1-6
Woe to Jerusalem, the city of David! Year after year you make your many offerings, but I will send severe judgment upon you, and there will be weeping and sorrow. Because Jerusalem will become, as her name “Ariel” means, in an altar covered in blood. I will be your enemy, I will surround Jerusalem and besiege it, and I will build fortresses around it to destroy it. Your voice will whisper like a ghost from the ground where you lie buried. Website design By BotEap.comBut suddenly your ruthless enemies will be blown away like chaff before the wind. In an instant, I, the Lord of Hosts, will come upon them with thunder, earthquakes, whirlwinds and fire. Website design By BotEap.com#8 Reason why big earthquakes happen: Website design By BotEap.comEarthquakes come after the seer prophets have warned and there is no repentance. Earthquakes happen when the Lord roars from heaven and utters his voice. There will be mourning for the peoples and the mountains will dry up because of the punishment for disobedience. Website design By BotEap.comBiblical references: Website design By BotEap.comAmos 1:1-5
Amos was a shepherd who lived in the town of Tekoa. All day he would sit on the slopes of the hills tending the sheep, preventing them from straying. One day, in a vision, God told him some of the things that were going to happen to his nation, Israel. This vision came to him when Uzziah was king of Judah and when Jeroboam (son of Joash) was king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. Website design By BotEap.comThis is the report of what he saw and heard: The Lord roared, like a ferocious lion from his den, from his Temple on Mount Zion. And suddenly the lush pastures of Mount Carmel dried up and dried up, and all the shepherds wailed. Website design By BotEap.comThe Lord says: “The people of Damascus have sinned again and again, and I will not forget it. I will not leave them unpunished anymore. For they have threshed my people in Gilead as grain is threshed with rods of iron. So I will set fire to the King Hazael’s palace, destroying the strong fortress of
Ben-hadad. I will break the bars that closed the gates of Damascus and kill its people as far as the plain of Aven, and the people of Syria will return to Kir as slaves.” The Lord has spoken. Website design By BotEap.com#9 Reason Big Earthquakes Happen: Website design By BotEap.comEarthquakes occur on Battle Day Website design By BotEap.comBiblical references: Website design By BotEap.comZechariah 14:1-5
Beware, because the day of the Lord is coming soon! On that day the Lord will gather the nations to fight against Jerusalem; the city will be taken, the houses looted, the loot distributed, the women raped; half the population will be taken as slaves, and the other half will remain in what is left of the city. Website design By BotEap.comThen the Lord will go out armed for war, to fight against those nations. On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will split in two, forming a very wide valley that will run from east to west, because half of the mount will move toward the north and the other half to the south. You will escape through that valley, because it will reach the gate of the city. Yes, you will escape as your people did many centuries ago from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and the Lord my God will come, and all his saints and angels with him.
Suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and rolled the stone and sat on it. Website design By BotEap.com#2 Reason Large Earthquakes Happen: Website design By BotEap.comEarthquakes make humanity recognize that Jesus is the Son of God and acknowledge him as Lord Website design By BotEap.comBiblical references: Website design By BotEap.comMatthew 27:50-54
Then Jesus cried out again and released his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth trembled, the rocks split and the graves opened up. The bodies of many godly men and women who had died were raised from the dead. They left the cemetery after the resurrection of Jesus, entered the holy city of Jerusalem and appeared to many people. Website design By BotEap.comThe Roman officer and the other soldiers at the crucifixion were terrified of the earthquake and all that had happened. They said, “This man truly was the Son of God!” Website design By BotEap.comAnd many women who had come from Galilee with Jesus to take care of him, watched from afar. Website design By BotEap.com#3 Reason Big Earthquakes Happen: Website design By BotEap.comEarthquakes awaken people from their sleep both naturally and spiritually and bring both resurrection and revival. Website design By BotEap.comBiblical references:
Matthew 27:50-53 Website design By BotEap.comAnd Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and gave up his spirit. Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were rent, and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered the holy city and appeared to many. Website design By BotEap.comMatthew 28:6-7
He is not here; for he is risen, as he said he. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and that he indeed is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see it. Look, I told you.” Website design By BotEap.com#4 Reason why big earthquakes happen: Website design By BotEap.comEarthquakes open prison doors, shake foundations, wake people up, set captives free, and bring salvation to the lost. Earthquakes occur to bring light to those who are sitting in dungeons (internal prisons) and in the dark. Website design By BotEap.comBiblical references: Website design By BotEap.comActs 16:23-36
And when they had given them many lashes, they threw them into jail, ordering the jailer to keep them safe. Having received such a charge, he brought them into the inner prison and bound their feet in the stocks. Website design By BotEap.comBut at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening. Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were released. And the prison guard, waking up from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, thinking that the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to take his own life. But Paul called with a loud voice, saying: Do not hurt yourself, because we are all here. Website design By BotEap.comThen he called for light, ran in, and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. And taking them out, he said: Sirs, what must I do to be saved? Website design By BotEap.comThen they said: Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household. Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. And he took them at the same time of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized. And when he had brought them into his house, he put food before them; and he rejoiced that he believed in God with all his house. Website design By BotEap.comAnd when daylight came, the magistrates sent the officers, saying, “Let those men go.” Website design By BotEap.comThen the jailer communicated these words to Paul, saying: The magistrates have sent to let you go. Now then go and go in peace. Website design By BotEap.com#5 Reasons why large earthquakes occur: Website design By BotEap.comEarthquakes occur to show the beginning of pain, they signal the coming of Jesus and the end of the world. Website design By BotEap.comBiblical references: Website design By BotEap.comMatthew 24:7-8
The nations and kingdoms of the earth will rise up against each other, and there will be famines and earthquakes in many places. But all of this will only be the beginning of the horrors to come. Website design By BotEap.comMark 13:8
Because nations and kingdoms will proclaim war against each other, and there will be earthquakes in many lands, and famines. These herald only the early stages of the heartbreak to come. Website design By BotEap.comLuke 21:7-11
Master! they exclaimed. When? And will there be any warning ahead of time?” Website design By BotEap.comHe replied: “Don’t let anyone deceive you. Because many will come announcing themselves as the Messiah and saying: ‘The time has come.’ But don’t believe them! Don’t panic. It is true that wars must come, but the end is not it will follow immediately, for nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be great earthquakes, and famines in many lands, and epidemics, and terrible things will happen in the heavens. Website design By BotEap.comAs we look at world news events and align them with God’s Word, we are actually seeing an increase in earthquakes as we get closer to the coming of Christ. This reason was so important for us to understand that it is repeated three times in the gospels. By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word will be established. Website design By BotEap.com#6 Reason why big earthquakes happen: Website design By BotEap.comEarthquakes occur after the Lord passes through the earth and before He speaks Website design By BotEap.comBiblical references:
1 Kings 19:11-12 Website design By BotEap.comAnd he said, Go out, and stand on the mount before the LORD. And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind split the mountains, and crushed the rocks before the Lord; but Jehovah was not in the wind; and after the wind, an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: Website design By BotEap.comAnd after the earthquake a fire; but Jehovah was not in the fire; And after the fire a still small voice. Website design By BotEap.com#7 Reasons why large earthquakes occur: Website design By BotEap.comEarthquakes come to bring anguish and judgment. These earthquakes happen suddenly in an instant when the Lord of Hosts visits a city to bring wrath and judgment on that land. Website design By BotEap.comBiblical references: Website design By BotEap.comIsaiah 26:1-6
Woe to Jerusalem, the city of David! Year after year you make your many offerings, but I will send severe judgment upon you, and there will be weeping and sorrow. Because Jerusalem will become, as her name “Ariel” means, in an altar covered in blood. I will be your enemy, I will surround Jerusalem and besiege it, and I will build fortresses around it to destroy it. Your voice will whisper like a ghost from the ground where you lie buried. Website design By BotEap.comBut suddenly your ruthless enemies will be blown away like chaff before the wind. In an instant, I, the Lord of Hosts, will come upon them with thunder, earthquakes, whirlwinds and fire. Website design By BotEap.com#8 Reason why big earthquakes happen: Website design By BotEap.comEarthquakes come after the seer prophets have warned and there is no repentance. Earthquakes happen when the Lord roars from heaven and utters his voice. There will be mourning for the peoples and the mountains will dry up because of the punishment for disobedience. Website design By BotEap.comBiblical references: Website design By BotEap.comAmos 1:1-5
Amos was a shepherd who lived in the town of Tekoa. All day he would sit on the slopes of the hills tending the sheep, preventing them from straying. One day, in a vision, God told him some of the things that were going to happen to his nation, Israel. This vision came to him when Uzziah was king of Judah and when Jeroboam (son of Joash) was king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. Website design By BotEap.comThis is the report of what he saw and heard: The Lord roared, like a ferocious lion from his den, from his Temple on Mount Zion. And suddenly the lush pastures of Mount Carmel dried up and dried up, and all the shepherds wailed. Website design By BotEap.comThe Lord says: “The people of Damascus have sinned again and again, and I will not forget it. I will not leave them unpunished anymore. For they have threshed my people in Gilead as grain is threshed with rods of iron. So I will set fire to the King Hazael’s palace, destroying the strong fortress of
Ben-hadad. I will break the bars that closed the gates of Damascus and kill its people as far as the plain of Aven, and the people of Syria will return to Kir as slaves.” The Lord has spoken. Website design By BotEap.com#9 Reason Big Earthquakes Happen: Website design By BotEap.comEarthquakes occur on Battle Day Website design By BotEap.comBiblical references: Website design By BotEap.comZechariah 14:1-5
Beware, because the day of the Lord is coming soon! On that day the Lord will gather the nations to fight against Jerusalem; the city will be taken, the houses looted, the loot distributed, the women raped; half the population will be taken as slaves, and the other half will remain in what is left of the city. Website design By BotEap.comThen the Lord will go out armed for war, to fight against those nations. On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will split in two, forming a very wide valley that will run from east to west, because half of the mount will move toward the north and the other half to the south. You will escape through that valley, because it will reach the gate of the city. Yes, you will escape as your people did many centuries ago from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and the Lord my God will come, and all his saints and angels with him.