I'm not really sure if this is the right sub forum to discuss this topic but what I wanted to know is that are natural disasters such as; Floods, Tsnaumis, Earthquakes, Hurricanes, Cyclones, Tornados etc all part of God's wrath? And are these signs of the End Times?
Allison, please consider Colossians 1:16-17...………
"For by him (Christ) all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together."
So then, the question must then be, Is every natural disaster a punishment from God? Absolutely not.
In the same way that the Lord allows evil people to do evil things, He also allows the earth to show the results of sin on His Creation.
Rom. 8:19-21 says...…………..
“The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.”
IMO, the sin that effect the earth from the fall of man also affected the entire creation of the universe.
We live in a world that is under the judgment of God and it is decaying more and more every day.
"Sin" is the cause of these things we call natural disasters and rememeber that the Bible says that sin will be judged and the wages of sin is death.
Then also, there is the element of "Stupidity" involved. When a man lives at the bottom of a volcano thinking that nothing will happen, that is mans stupidity.
I have been to New Orleans and looked up and seen the Mississippi River above my head. Then those who choose to live there as if nothing is going to happen to them is mans stupidity.
Same with those who live on an earthquake fault line. Just plain stupidity.
Proverbs 12:15...……..
"Stupid people always think they are right. Wise people listen to advice."