What Does the Bible Say About Natural Disasters?

 Why can we be sure that natural disasters are not punishment from God?

Natural disasters differ from God's use of natural forces, as recorded in the Bible. 

. Natural disasters kill and maim indiscriminately. In contrast, God's acts of judgment recorded in the Bible were selective. For example, when God destroyed the ancient ones in Sodom and Gomorrah, he spared the good man Lot and his two daughters. (Genesis 19:29, 30) God read the hearts of the individuals of that time and destroyed only those he deemed wicked. - GENESIS 18:23-32; 1 SAMUEL 16:7. 

. Natural disasters usually strike with little or no warning. On the other hand, God gave warnings to the wicked before using natural forces against them. The people who heeded the warnings had an opportunity to escape disaster.-GENESIS 7:1:5; MATTHEW 24:38, 39, 

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