Alanforchrist said:
God has given the Holy Spirit to convict people of sin,..NOT CALAMITIES.
Only Biblical ignorant people say that God causes bad things to happen.
Your god [Small G] is an evil god.
My God, Is the God of the Bible, And anyone who knows the Bible, Knows God is love and wants to bless us, Not harm us.
God is Soveriegn of His earth and as Creator of it He has the right and the ability to change the land masses, the water ways, to withhold the rain, block the sun, bring down the hail, mulitply the animals to drive people out of a land, bring a war/sword to a people.
You are right! God IS love and He
hates sin and WILL destroy those who continually harm others and His earth, out of true love. Peace is the goal.
Man's definition of love is not the same as God's. To obey God's Word keeps us from harm now and down the road and He is not moved by rather you like His Word or not, He is concerned about what is BEST for us, not that it may hurt our feelings but bring destruction in the end. Man only tries to win brownie points and keep our child HAPPY with their false idea of what love is, false love tells them only what they want to hear, not considering that they don't know what is good for them, just as long as they like us.
God does want to bless us ABSOLUTELY.... However He, can not & will not, bless sin or then He would be condoning sin which He knows the end is DEATH. The love of God is His Word rather you believe it or not.
You do not seem to have a fear of God, you are only seeking to hear the smooth things to tickle ears. FEAR GOD! For He is no mamby pamby god, He is Almighty God. And He has the "Whole Earth in His Hand"
His Son, who is the Hand of God, came to save those who have had enough of this sinful way of NO LOVE LIFE and repent of their foul ways, willing to follow him and renew their mind allowing the Word to wash away their sinful self centered fleshly nature so that they can be made in the image of God which is Love, The Word is Love and the Word is God.
Can I ask, Why do you give credit to the devil to be able to be Sovereign over God's earth without God's knowledge? Are you claiming that Satan is more powerful than God?
Here is some scriptures to PROVE that earthquakes are of God:
Job 9:5-6
5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
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Job 28:9
9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
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Ps 18:7-8
7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
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Isa 13:13
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
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Isa 29:6
6 Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
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Jer 4:24-26
24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
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Ezek 38:20-21
20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
21 And I will call for a sword(WAR) against him throughout all my mountains(HIGH PLACES OF RULE), saith the Lord GOD:
every man's sword shall be against his brother.
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Luke 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
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Blessings
Here are a few more verses for you to chew on, they even though they are self explanitory and we don't need our spiritual eyes or ears here, are strong meat to chew for those who still only accept the milk saying "Jesus loves me this I know", but they do not really know God at all:
Mal 3:6-7
6
For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
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Ex 23:28
28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
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Lev 26:21
21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
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Lev 26:22-24
22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your highways shall be desolate.
23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;
24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
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Josh 24:12
12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
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Job 5:23
23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
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Jer 5:6
6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
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Hos 2:18
18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
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Joel 2:25-27
25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
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Amos 4:9-10
9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
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Job 1:16
16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
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2 Sam 22:15-16
15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
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Ps 18:12-14
12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
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2 Chron 6:26
26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
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1 Kings 8:35-36
35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
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1 Kings 18:1
18:1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
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Jer 14:22
22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
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Ezek 34:26
26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
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Lev 26:18-19
18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
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Deut 28:23-25
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
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Job 5:22
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
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Ps 107:33-40
33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
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