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Clouds gathered and darkened. A storm brewed in the air. A young, traveling university student bent his head and held his cap in place as raindrops started to pelt the ground and a gust of wind swept over his path. It was a warm day in July. Thunderstorms were not frequent in the land of Germany, bu
Lightning is one of the most amazing phenomena in God’s creation. As I write this, we are experiencing a major rainstorm that has had some very vivid lightning strokes. This phenomena is caused by positive and negative charges in a cloud that collide with each other and produce a huge electrical fla
Lightning smashed through the air, the rain poured from the sky, and thunder reverberated incessantly. As if mustering all its strength, the storm let loose a gust of wind that that roared through the trees making them groan and creak, snapped branches and whipped leaves through the air. One old pin
Thunderstorms
In Luke 17:24 we read, “For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in His day.” The fourth element of a storm, and related to the lightning, is thunder. As Psalm 104:7 tells us, thunder pictures f
Lightning continued to flash. But knowing that God controlled the storm made me feel better—much better than my blankets! ♦ Providence
Without warning a thick bolt of lightning cracks through the air and smashes a nearby tree into splinters and every living creature cowers and trembles in the darkness as the thunder rumbles and tumbles across the sky. The wind shrieks and the rain pours down in torrents. Soon, however, the rain sla
Fire from the heaven has ripped the trunk apart and has caused the death of this majestic tree that had weathered some sixty years. As we see the shredded fibers we think of the fearful force necessary to produce this havoc. Lightning, thunder and stormy wind?—picture of God’s wrath against all wick
Man first witnessed the great power of these positive and negative electrical charges when the first terrifying bolts of lightning arced across the sky and split trees and rocks during the upheaval of the Flood. God reveals His wrath against sin and wickedness in the lightning. We read in Nahum 1:6
He is not only creator: he is also judge. His just wrath against sin and sinful men is heard in thunder and seen in lightening. Are you afraid of thunderstorms? Several years ago our family experienced an incredible thunderstorm while we were camping. The lightening flashed so brilliantly that it il