Earthquake
The Bible warns us about earthquakes and famines and pestilences and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
These are the beginning of birth pains!
It will be like a woman in labor.
When the contractions begin they are mild and painless and not very many. But as the labor progresses the become more intense and they are more frequent. The closer to the birth the contractions become painful, unbearable, more frequent, more intense and are closer together. Jesus gives us this illustration of birth pains so that we will be able to recognize the time, hour and season! When we see these signs described in Matthew 24. We are to Wake Up and know the time and hour is near.
Matthew 24:8
All these are the beginning of birth painsOnce more I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land!
Hebrews 12:26
At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavensActs 4:31
After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldlyHebrews 12:26
At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavensHaggai 2: 6-9
6 "This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. 7 I will shake all nations, and the desired of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,' says the LORD Almighty. 8 'The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the LORD Almighty. 9 'The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,' says the LORD Almighty. 'And in this place I will grant peace,' declares the LORD Almighty."
Isaiah 13:13
Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the LORD Almighty, in the day of his burning angerLuke 21:26
Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shakenIsaiah 5:25
Therefore the LORD's anger burns against his people; his hand is raised and he strikes them down. The mountains shake, and the dead bodies are like refuse in the streets. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraisedIsaiah 24:19
The earth is broken up, the earth is split asunder, the earth is thoroughly shakenJob 9:6
He shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremblePsalm 60:2
You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quakingPsalm 82:5
"They know nothing, they understand nothing. They walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shakenPsalm 99:1
The LORD reigns, let the nations tremble; he sits enthroned between the cherubim, let the earth shakeIsaiah 24:18
Whoever flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit; whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare. The floodgates of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shakeIsaiah 2:19
Men will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground from dread of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earthIsaiah 2:21
They will flee to caverns in the rocks and to the overhanging crags from dread of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earthIsaiah 30:28
His breath is like a rushing torrent, rising up to the neck. He shakes the nations in the sieve of destruction; he places in the jaws of the peoples a bit that leads them astrayJoel 2:10
Before them the earth shakes, the sky trembles, the sun and moon are darkened, and the stars no longer shine
Mark 13:8
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains
There will be terrible times in the last days
2 Timothy 3: 1-5
1BUT UNDERSTAND this, that in the last days will come (set in) perilous times of great stress and trouble [hard to deal with and hard to bear].
2For people will be lovers of self and [utterly] self-centered, lovers of money and aroused by an inordinate [greedy] desire for wealth, proud and arrogant and contemptuous boasters. They will be abusive (blasphemous, scoffing), disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy and profane.
3[They will be] without natural [human] affection (callous and inhuman), relentless (admitting of no truce or appeasement); [they will be] slanderers (false accusers, troublemakers), intemperate and loose in morals and conduct, uncontrolled and fierce, haters of good.
4[They will be] treacherous [betrayers], rash, [and] inflated with self-conceit. [They will be] lovers of sensual pleasures and vain amusements more than and rather than lovers of God.
5For [although] they hold a form of piety (true religion), they deny and reject and are strangers to the power of it [their conduct belies the genuineness of their profession]. Avoid [all] such people [turn away from them].
Matthew 24:7
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
Luke 21:11
There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven
Its Time! Repent! The Time is near!
See also Heaven and Don't conform to the ways of the world
To prepare His people for future events, Jesus told His disciples,
"Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near... Watch therefore...." Matthew 24:32-33, 42
As reminders to "watch" and be ready, Scripture references to prophesied trends and events will be added to corresponding news items.