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Excerpt from "Greatest Earthquakes of the Bible"
Earthquakes are among the most awesome and sometimes most terrifying natural events that a person can experience. As we come to the Holy Land, we enter a region where earthquakes occur frequently. By one means or another big earthquakes have been documented in the Holy Land for a period exceeding 4,000 years. No other region of the earth has such a long chronology established for big earthquakes. Geologists recognize that the Holy Land's long chronology of earthquakes helps us understand how the Dead Sea Transform Fault system works. Principles generated from the seismic study of the Holy Land have already helped geologists better understand California's earthquakes.
Earthquakes also have a prominent place in the Bible. Earthquakes have been used of God at special times, with special people, for special purposes. Like other miracles, Biblical earthquakes were employed infrequently when no other human or physical agency could inflict judgment on the wicked, redeem His righteous people from difficult situations, or gain man's attention so God's Word could be considered. In fact, these three purposes—judgment, deliverance, and communication—should form our basis for understanding earthquakes of the Bible.
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