Hurricane

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

and not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, that is called Euroclydon,

`And there shall be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on the land <FI>is<Fi> distress of nations with perplexity, sea and billow roaring; — read the full passage →

and as they are sailing he fell deeply asleep, and there came down a storm of wind to the lake, and they were filling, and were in peril.

And there cometh a great storm of wind, and the waves were beating on the boat, so that it is now being filled,

as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, having given themselves to whoredom, and gone after other flesh, have been set before--an example, of fire age-during, justice suffering.

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times,

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given <FI>her<Fi> up, we were borne on,

and other fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of not having depth of earth,

and lo, a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves, but he was sleeping,

and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded on the rock.

that ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because His sun He doth cause to rise on evil and good, and He doth send rain on righteous and unrighteous.

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

These are wells without water, and clouds by a tempest driven, to whom the thick gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept;

Elijah was a man like affected as we, and with prayer he did pray--not to rain, and it did not rain upon the land three years and six months; — read the full passage →

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

and the foreigners were shewing us no ordinary kindness, for having kindled a fire, they received us all, because of the pressing rain, and because of the cold;

And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding <FI>day<Fi> they were making a clearing,

though, indeed, without witness He did not leave himself, doing good--from heaven giving rains to us, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness;'

`And there shall be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on the land <FI>is<Fi> distress of nations with perplexity, sea and billow roaring;

And having come near, they awoke him, saying, `Master, master, we perish;' and he, having arisen, rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and there came a calm,

And having waked up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, `Peace, be stilled;' and the wind did lull, and there was a great calm:

`For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places;

And he saith to them, `Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?' Then having risen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm;

`Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock; — read the full passage →