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Earthquake

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

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The first account we have of an earthquake is in the book of Numbers, (Numbers 16:28-34) in the instance of God's judgments upon the rebellion of Korah, and his company. And it should seem from hence, but a manner of just conclusion, that earthquakes, notwithstanding that modem philosophers pretend to account for them by physical causes, are not so, but special indications of the Lord's displeasure. It is somewhat remarkable, that in the ten plagues of Egypt, this was not one. For of all alarming events, no doubt, the earthquake is the greatest. The Scripture relates another earthquake in the days Uzziah, king of Judah. (See Amos 1:1; Zechariah 14:5) And a third took place at the death of Christ. (Matthew 27:51) The Father in the church, St. Cyril, relates, that the rocks which were split on Mount Calvary on this occasion were visible in his days. Matthew tells us, that when the centurion saw this earthquake, it convinced him of the GODHEAD of Christ. (Matthew 27:54.)

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Hawker, Robert D.D. Entry for 'Earthquake'. Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance and Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​pmd/​e/earthquake.html. London. 1828.
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