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In the context of the Bible, such events are often seen as manifestations of divine judgment, tests of faith, or consequences of human sinfulness. The Bible contains numerous accounts of disastrous events that serve as warnings, lessons, or turning points in the narrative of God's relationship with humanity.<br><br><b>Old Testament Examples</b><br><br>1. <b>The Great Flood</b>: One of the most catastrophic events recorded in the Bible is the Great Flood, which God sent to cleanse the earth of its widespread wickedness. <a href="/genesis/6-17.htm">Genesis 6:17</a> states, "And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish." This disaster serves as a profound example of divine judgment and the importance of righteousness, as Noah and his family were spared due to their faithfulness.<br><br>2. <b>The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah</b>: The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by fire and brimstone due to their grievous sins. <a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24-25</a> recounts, "Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens. Thus He overthrew those cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground." This event underscores the severity of divine retribution against sin.<br><br>3. <b>The Plagues of Egypt</b>: The ten plagues that God inflicted upon Egypt were disastrous events that demonstrated His power and compelled Pharaoh to release the Israelites from bondage. <a href="/bsb/exodus/7.htm">Exodus 7-12</a> details these plagues, which culminated in the death of the firstborn in Egypt, leading to the Exodus of the Israelites.<br><br><b>New Testament References</b><br><br>1. <b>The Destruction of Jerusalem</b>: Jesus foretold the destruction of Jerusalem as a consequence of the nation's rejection of Him as the Messiah. In <a href="/matthew/24-2.htm">Matthew 24:2</a> , Jesus says, "Do you see all these things? Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down." This prophecy was fulfilled in A.D. 70 when the Romans destroyed the city and the Temple.<br><br>2. <b>Warnings of Future Disasters</b>: The New Testament contains warnings of future disasters as part of the eschatological narrative. In the Book of Revelation, various calamities are described as part of the end times. <a href="/revelation/6-12.htm">Revelation 6:12-14</a> describes a great earthquake and cosmic disturbances: "I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black like sackcloth made of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red, and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind."<br><br><b>Theological Implications</b><br><br>Disastrous events in the Bible often serve as instruments of divine judgment, purification, or testing. They remind believers of the holiness and justice of God, the seriousness of sin, and the need for repentance and faithfulness. These events also highlight God's sovereignty and the ultimate hope of redemption and restoration for those who trust in Him. Throughout Scripture, the response to disaster is often a call to return to God, seek His mercy, and align one's life with His will.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>a.</I>) Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding.<p>2. (<I>a.</I>) Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/1108.htm"><span class="l">1108. gnosis -- a knowing, knowledge</span></a> <br><b>...</b> For example, the Gnostics boasted of their "applied knowledge" gained by their<br> personal spiritual experiences -- and it was (is) <b>disastrous</b>! <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1108.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/hilary/the_life_and_writings_of_st_hilary_of_poitiers/on_the_councils_or_the.htm"><span class="l">On the Councils, Or, the Faith of the Easterns.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> I feared lest while so many bishops were involved in the serious danger of <b>disastrous</b><br> sin or <b>disastrous</b> mistake, you were holding your peace because a defiled <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the life and writings of st hilary of poitiers/on the councils or the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/romans_corinthians_to_ii_corinthians_chap_v/a_threefold_cord.htm"><span class="l">A Threefold Cord</span></a> <br><b>...</b> I do not say anything about the <b>disastrous</b> effects that have followed from such<br> a conception of the medium by which this greatest of all Christian gifts is <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/a threefold cord.htm</font><p><a href="/library/unknown/the_clementine_homilies/chapter_vi_the_sons_reveal_themselves.htm"><span class="l">The Sons Reveal Themselves to the Mother.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> For how they are alive, after they had in your opinion died on that most <b>disastrous</b><br> night, and how one of them now bears the name of Nicetas, and the other <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter vi the sons reveal themselves.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_18_the_disasters_suffered_by.htm"><span class="l">The Disasters Suffered by the Romans in the Punic Wars, which were <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> great abundance of dying men made all hell rejoice at its riches, and give itself<br> up to sport: for certainly the ferocious wars, and <b>disastrous</b> quarrels, and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 18 the disasters suffered by.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_30_that_those_who_complain.htm"><span class="l">That those who Complain of Christianity Really Desire to Live <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> an endless variety of sottish pleasures, and thus to generate from your prosperity<br> a moral pestilence which will prove a thousandfold more <b>disastrous</b> than the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 30 that those who complain.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/romans_corinthians_to_ii_corinthians_chap_v/the_apostles_theme.htm"><span class="l">The Apostle's Theme</span></a> <br><b>...</b> I am free to admit that a past generation has wrapped theological cobwebs<br> round the gracious figure of Christ with <b>disastrous</b> results. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/the apostles theme.htm</font><p><a href="/library/mcgarvey/a_commentary_on_acts_of_the_apostles/acts_v.htm"><span class="l">Acts V</span></a> <br><b>...</b> testing his powers. If he had failed under the test, the consequences, as<br> we have suggested above, would have been <b>disastrous</b>. But now <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts v.htm</font><p><a href="/library/drummond/natural_law_in_the_spiritual_world/semi-parasitism.htm"><span class="l">Semi-Parasitism.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> meantime stands thus: Any principle which secures the safety of the individual without<br> personal effort or the vital exercise of faculty is <b>disastrous</b> to moral <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../drummond/natural law in the spiritual world/semi-parasitism.htm</font><p><a href="/library/sainte-foi/serious_hours_of_a_young_lady/chapter_vi_eve_and_mary.htm"><span class="l">Eve and Mary Continued.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> which are so delicate and difficult to determine, and, nevertheless, most grave<br> and important, since they entail, when neglected, the most <b>disastrous</b> results. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../sainte-foi/serious hours of a young lady/chapter vi eve and mary.htm</font><p><a href="/library/moody/men_of_the_bible/i_abrahams_four_surrenders.htm"><span class="l">Abraham's Four Surrenders</span></a> <br><b>...</b> faith. If he had stopped to think, Lot might have known that it would be<br> <b>disastrous</b> to him and his family to go anywhere near Sodom. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/moody/men of the bible/i abrahams four surrenders.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/d/disastrous.htm"><span class="l"><b>Disastrous</b> (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (a.) Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated;<br> as, a <b>disastrous</b> day; a <b>disastrous</b> termination of an undertaking. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/disastrous.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jezebel.htm"><span class="l">Jezebel (20 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> the "first time that a king of Israel had allied himself by marriage with a heathen<br> princess; and the alliance was in this case of a peculiarly <b>disastrous</b> kind <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jezebel.htm - 26k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gilboa.htm"><span class="l">Gilboa (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary Boiling spring, a mountain range, now Jebel Fukua', memorable<br> as the scene of Saul's <b>disastrous</b> defeat by the Philistines. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gilboa.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/z/ziklag.htm"><span class="l">Ziklag (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Two days after his return from this expedition, David received tidings of the<br><b>disastrous</b> battle of Gilboa and of the death of Saul (2 Samuel 1:1-16). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/z/ziklag.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/nabathaeans.htm"><span class="l">Nabathaeans</span></a><br><b>...</b> Antony made a present of part of Malchus' territory to Cleopatra, and the Nabatean<br> kingdom was further humiliated by <b>disastrous</b> defeat in the war against Herod <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/nabathaeans.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/nero.htm"><span class="l">Nero</span></a><br><b>...</b> his father predicted, amid the congratulations of his friends, that any offspring<br> of himself and Agrippina could only prove abominable and <b>disastrous</b> for the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/nero.htm - 41k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/nabataeans.htm"><span class="l">Nabataeans</span></a><br><b>...</b> Antony made a present of part of Malchus' territory to Cleopatra, and the Nabatean<br> kingdom was further humiliated by <b>disastrous</b> defeat in the war against Herod <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/nabataeans.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jehoiakim.htm"><span class="l">Jehoiakim (37 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Jeremiah 36:23). During his <b>disastrous</b> reign there was a return to the old<br> idolatry and corruption of the days of Manasseh. After three <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jehoiakim.htm - 33k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gibeah.htm"><span class="l">Gibeah (52 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> which led to the almost utter extirpation of the tribe of Benjamin (Judges 19; 20),<br> only six hundred men surviving after a succession of <b>disastrous</b> battles. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gibeah.htm - 30k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/warfare.htm"><span class="l">Warfare (18 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> At the battle of Ebenezer the ark was taken into the fight with <b>disastrous</b> results<br> to Israel (1 Samuel 4:4). On the other hand at the battle of Michmash, the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/warfare.htm - 34k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/absolute-truth.html">Is there such a thing as absolute truth / universal truth? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/road-hell-paved-good-intentions.html">Is “the road to hell is paved with good intentions” a true statement? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Judah-conquered-by-Babylon.html">When and how was Judah conquered by the Babylonians? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/disastrous.htm">Disastrous: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Disastrous (2 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/7-27.htm">Matthew 7:27</a></span><br />The heavy rain descends, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and burst upon the house, and it falls; and <span class="boldtext">disastrous</span> is the fall."<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/27-10.htm">Acts 27:10</a></span><br />and said to them, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/d/disastrous.htm">Disastrous</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/disbelieved.htm">Disbelieved (9 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/flame.htm">Flame (61 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/son.htm">Son (25967 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/isaac.htm">Isaac (127 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/feel.htm">Feel (58 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/discredit.htm">Discredit (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/deceive.htm">Deceive (48 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/disastrous.htm">Disastrous (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/preciousness.htm">Preciousness (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/submissive.htm">Submissive (12 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/ishmael.htm">Ishmael (44 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/watching.htm">Watching (111 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/daily.htm">Daily (111 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/married.htm">Married (152 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/apart.htm">Apart (228 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/ready.htm">Ready (451 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/women.htm">Women (328 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/disbelieving.htm">Disbelieving (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/believe.htm">Believe (239 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bring.htm">Bring (1372 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/daniel.htm">Daniel (74 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/book.htm">Book (211 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/d/disasters.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Disasters"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Disasters" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/d/disbelieve.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Disbelieve"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Disbelieve" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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