17 reasons why God sends earthquakes in different places – Part 1
Earthquakes 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 in their magnitudes. As we see the numbers increase daily, we must ask ourselves why God sends earthquakes in different places. Here are the 17 biblical reasons why God allows earthquakes to shake the foundations of this world.
#1 Reason why big earthquakes happen:
When angels descend from heaven on earth.
Biblical references:
Matthew 28:2
Suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and rolled away the stone and sat on it.
#2 Reason why big earthquakes happen:
Earthquakes make humanity recognize that Jesus is the Son of God and recognize him as Lord
Biblical references:
Matthew 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 shook, the rocks split and the tombs opened. 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.
The 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!”
And many women who had come from Galilee with Jesus to take care of him, looked from afar.
#3 Reason why big earthquakes happen:
Earthquakes awaken people from their sleep both naturally and spiritually and bring both resurrection and revival.
Biblical references:
Matthew 27:50-53
And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and gave up his spirit. Then, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks split, and the graves opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were resurrected; and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered the holy city and appeared to many.
Matthew 28:6-7
He is not here; because he has 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 is certainly going before you into Galilee; there you will see it. Look, I told you.”
#4 Reason why big earthquakes happen:
Earthquakes open prison doors, shake foundations, awaken people, set captives free, and bring salvation to the lost. Earthquakes occur to bring light to those who are sitting in dungeons (inner prisons) and in darkness.
Biblical references:
Acts 16:23-36
And when they had been beaten many times, they were thrown into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safe. Having received such an accusation, he put them into the inner prison and bound their feet in stocks.
But at midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison shook; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed. And the prison guard, waking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, thinking that the prisoners had escaped, drew his sword and was about to take his own life. But Paul called with a loud voice, saying: Don’t hurt yourself, because we are all here.
Then he called for light, ran in and fell trembling in front of Paul and Silas. And leading them out, he said, Gentlemen, what must I do to be saved?
Then they said: Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your house. 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 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 had believed in God with all his house.
And when it was morning, the magistrates sent the officers, saying, “Let those men go.”
Then the jailer communicated these words to Paul, saying: The magistrates have sent to let you go. Now, then, go and go in peace.
#5 Reasons why large earthquakes occur:
Earthquakes occur to show the beginning of sorrows, they signal the coming of Jesus and the end of the world.
Biblical references:
Matthew 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 this will only be the beginning of the horrors to come.
Mark 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 anguish to come.
Luke 21:7-11
Master! they exclaimed. When? And will there be any warning ahead of time?
He replied, “Don’t let anyone fool 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 will follow immediately, because 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.
As we look at world news events and line them up 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 was repeated three times in the gospels. By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word will be established.
#6 Reason why big earthquakes happen:
Earthquakes occur after the Lord passes through the earth and before He speaks
Biblical references:
1 Kings 19:11-12
And he said, Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord. And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and mighty wind split the mountains, and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord; but Jehovah was not in the wind; and after the wind, an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake:
And after the earthquake a fire; but Jehovah was not in the fire; And after the fire a still small voice.
#7 Reasons why large earthquakes occur:
Earthquakes 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.
Biblical references:
Isaiah 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 sadness. Because Jerusalem will become, as her name “Ariel” means, 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 earth where you lie buried.
But 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.
#8 Reason why big earthquakes occur:
The earthquakes come after the seer prophets have warned and there is no repentance. Earthquakes happen when the Lord roars from heaven and speaks his voice. There will be mourning of the peoples and the mountains will dry up because of the punishment for disobedience.
Biblical references:
Amos 1:1-5
Amos was a shepherd who lived in the town of Tekoa. All day he sat on the slopes of the hills watching over the sheep, keeping them from going astray. 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.
This 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 mourned.
The 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. King Hazael’s palace, destroying the strong fortress of
Ben-hadad. I will break the bolts that locked the gates of Damascus and kill his people as far as the plain of Aven, and the people of Syria will return to Kir as slaves.” The Lord has spoken.
#9 Reason why big earthquakes happen:
Earthquakes occur on the Day of Battle
Biblical references:
Zechariah 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 of the population will be taken as slaves, and the other half will remain in what is left of the city.
Then 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 mountain will move toward the west. north and the other half to the south. You will escape through that valley, because it will reach the city gate. 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.
