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Therefore the Lord has kept the calamity in store and brought it on us; for the Lord our God is righteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice. From Thematic Bible
Summing up the calamity of a world apostatizing into foolishness, filthiness, and sin, the Doctrine and Covenants is unequivocal: “And the whole world lieth in sin, and groaneth under darkness and under the bondage of sin . . . because they come not unto me” (D&C 84:49–50). Put succinctly another way, “as it was in the days of Noah, so it shall be also at the coming of the Son of Man ...
Repentance is only necessary when there is sin. Proverbs 26:2 says that the "curse causeless does not come." God has a cause, a reason, for the calamities He causes or allows. It is safe to say that the basic reason for a disaster is sin—somewhere. But we need to be careful about deciding which sin or whose sin was the cause. In Luke 13 ...
Feb 18, 2024 · An example of a calamity in the context of the Bible is the story of the Great Flood in the book of Genesis. In this event, God sends a catastrophic flood to cleanse the earth of wickedness, destroying all life except for Noah, his family, and the animals on the ark. This calamity serves as a warning of God’s judgment against sin and ...
Oct 16, 2017 · Collectively, they suggest a particular approach to explaining horrific evil that we might call the “calamity-must-be-punishment” thesis—the notion that wherever we find horrific suffering and mass tragedy, God is in the mix exercising judgment in response to specific sin (individual or collective).
It will not be a good or fun time. The Day of the Lord is a time of death and destruction. As Amos 5:18 says, “It will be darkness, and not light,” and not an event in God's Plan that we should desire. While it is necessary for God's justice to be satisfied, it will be a time of appalling loss of life and devastation.
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Nov 28, 2023 · In some passages, Jesus speaks of calamity as a sign that the End Times are near. He speaks of the coming destruction of Jerusalem in Matthew 24:7-9 and of the destruction of heaven and earth in the Book of Revelation. Overall, the Bible speaks of calamity as a divine punishment for disobedience or as a sign that the End Times are near.
