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UNDERSTANDING SIGNS UPON THE EARTH 11/17/08
There are many signs on the earth and heavens today.
However we need to turn to scripture first for valid
interpretations of what scripture says are signs and
also to find out what these signs mean. Some of these
“signs” in scripture are only represented in a bad sense
so it is inappropriate to think that some signs are
validating a prophetic message, unless the specific
message is an actual warning from God.
SIGNS IN THE EARTH
Snow – Hail – Earthquakes – Volcanoes – Fire – Famine –
Plague – Tornado
These signs are represented in different ways. Here is
a quick synopsis of what I found, then
the same summaries are
followed by their scriptures.
SNOW: Snow in scripture is represented in a good
sense as a treasure, a covering of our sins and even the
Lord’s hair.. I found nothing negative about snow,
except when they mention that leprosy was white as snow.
HAIL: Hail can represent a time of trouble, a
judgment or a plague.
EARTHQUAKES: Earthquakes in scripture in a good
sense can represent resurrection and deliverance.
Earthquakes in scripture in a bad sense can represent
punishment or wrath.
VOLCANOES: Volcanoes (burning sulfur/ brimstone)
in scripture represented punishment and torment.
FIRE: Fire in a good sense represented via
scripture as protection, light, offerings and sacrifice,
holy purity, His Word. Fire in a negative sense
represented the rebuke of the Lord, a test, judgment.
FAMINE: In scripture famine in a bad sense
represented sin against God, evil times, rebuke,
reproach, lesson, judgment.
PLAGUE: In a bad sense plagues in scripture
represented the rebuke of the Lord, the anger of the
Lord.
TORNADO (WHIRLWIND, TEMPEST) - A tornado in a
bad sense represented terror, destruction, distress and
anguish, anger and fury of the Lord. And in a good
sense represented the chariots of the Lord.
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SCRIPTURES
Snow – Hail – Earthquakes – Volcanoes – Fire – Famine –
Plague – Tornado
SNOW: Snow in scripture is represented in a good
sense as a treasure, a covering of our sins and even the
Lord’s hair.. I found nothing negative about snow,
except when they mention that leprosy was white as snow.
Job 38:22-23
"Have you entered the treasury of snow , Or have you
seen the treasury of hail, Which I have reserved for
the time of trouble, For the day of battle and war?
Isa 1:18
"Come now, and let us reason together," Says the
LORD, "Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be
as white as snow ; Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool.
Ps 147:15-19
He sends out His command to the earth; His word runs
very swiftly. 16 He gives snow like wool; He scatters
the frost like ashes; 17 He casts out His hail like
morsels; Who can stand before His cold? 18 He sends out
His word and melts them; He causes His wind to blow, and
the waters flow. 19 He declares His word to Jacob, His
statutes and His judgments to Israel.
Rev 1:14 NKJV
His head and hair were white like wool, as white as
snow...
HAIL: Hail can represent a time of trouble, or a
judgment or a plague.
Job 38:22-23
"Have you entered the treasury of snow , Or have you
seen the treasury of hail, Which I have reserved for
the time of trouble, For the day of battle and war?
Ex 9:22-26 NKJV
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand
toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of
Egypt — on man, on beast, and on every herb of the
field, throughout the land of Egypt." 23 And Moses
stretched out his rod toward heaven; and the LORD sent
thunder and hail , and fire darted to the ground. And
the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt. 24 So there
was hail , and fire mingled with the hail , so very
heavy that there was none like it in all the land of
Egypt since it became a nation. 25 And the hail struck
throughout the whole land of Egypt, all that was in the
field, both man and beast; and the hail struck every
herb of the field and broke every tree of the field. 26
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel
were, there was no hail .
Rev 16:21 NKJV
And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each
hailstone about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed
God because of the plague of the hail , since that
plague was exceedingly great.
EARTHQUAKES: Earthquakes in scripture in a bad
sense represent punishment, wrath. And earthquakes in
scripture in a good sense can represent resurrection and
deliverance.
Isa 29:6 NKJV
You will be punished by the LORD of hosts With
thunder and earthquake and great noise, With storm and
tempest And the flame of devouring fire.
Ezek 38:19-21 NKJV
For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath I have
spoken: 'Surely in that day there shall be a great
earthquake in the land of Israel, 20 so that the fish of
the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the
field, all creeping things that creep on the earth, and
all men who are on the face of the earth shall shake at
My presence. The mountains shall be thrown down, the
steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to
the ground.'
Rev 11:18-19
The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, And
the time of the dead, that they should be judged, And
that You should reward Your servants the prophets and
the saints, And those who fear Your name, small and
great,
And should destroy those who destroy the earth." 19
Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark
of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were
lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake , and
great hail.
Matt 28:3
Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week
began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to
see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake
; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and
came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on
it. 3 His countenance was like lightning, and his
clothing as white as snow.
Acts 16:26-27
Suddenly there was a great earthquake , so that the
foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately
all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were
loosed.
VOLCANOES: Volcanoes (burning sulfur/ brimstone)
in scripture represented punishment and torment.
Gen 19:15-16, 24-35 NLT
When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot to
hurry, saying, "Arise, take your wife and your two
daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the
punishment of the city." ....... 24 Then the LORD
rained down fire and burning sulfur from the heavens on
Sodom and Gomorrah. 25 He utterly destroyed them, along
with the other cities and villages of the plain,
eliminating all life — people, plants, and animals
alike.
Deut 29:22-26 NKJV
so that the coming generation of your children who
rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a
far land, would say, when they see the plagues of that
land and the sicknesses which the LORD has laid on it:
23'The whole land is brimstone , salt, and burning; it
is not sown, nor does it bear, nor does any grass grow
there, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah,
and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger and
His wrath.' 24 All nations would say, 'Why has the LORD
done so to this land? What does the heat of this great
anger mean?' 25 Then people would say: 'Because they
have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their
fathers, which He made with them when He brought them
out of the land of Egypt; 26 for they went and served
other gods and worshiped them, gods that they did not
know and that He had not given to them.
Rev 9:18-21 NKJV
By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed
— by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which came
out of their mouths. 19 For their power is in their
mouth and in their tails; for their tails are like
serpents, having heads; and with them they do harm. 20
But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these
plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands,
that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold,
silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see
nor hear nor walk. 21 And they did not repent of their
murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or
their thefts.
Rev 20:10 NKJV
The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake
of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false
prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night
forever and ever.
Rev 21:8 NKJV
But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers,
sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars
shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire
and brimstone, which is the second death."
FIRE: Fire in a good sense, was represented in
scripture as protection, light, offerings and sacrifice,
holy purity, His Word
Ex 13:21-14:1 NKJV
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of
cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire
to give them light, so as to go by day and night. 22 He
did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the
pillar of fire by night from before the people.
Rev 4:5 NKJV
Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne,
which are the seven Spirits of God.
Ex 29:18 NKJV
It is a burnt offering to the LORD; it is a sweet
aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
1 Kings 18:38-39 NKJV
Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt
sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and
it licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 Now
when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces;
and they said,"The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is
God!"
Matt 3:11-12 NKJV
He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire .
12 His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will
thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His
wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with
unquenchable fire."
Mal 3:3 NKJV
And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a
refiner's fire And like launderers' soap. 3 He will
sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will
purify the sons of Levi,
And purge them as gold and silver, That they may
offer to the LORD An offering in righteousness.
Jer 23:29 NKJV
"Is not My word like a fire?" says the LORD.
FIRE: In a negative sense, fire in scripture
represented the rebuke of the Lord, a test, judgment
Isa 66:15 NKJV
For behold, the LORD will come with fire And with
His chariots, like a whirlwind,
To render His anger with fury, And His rebuke with
flames of fire.
1 Cor 3:13-15 NKJV
...each one's work will become clear; for the Day
will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire;
and the fire will test each one's work, of what sort it
is. 14 If anyone's work which he has built on it
endures, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone's work
is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be
saved, yet so as through fire.
2 Peter 3:6-7 NKJV
But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved
by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of
judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
FAMINE: In scripture famine in a bad sense
represents sin against God, evil times, rebuke,
reproach, lesson, judgment.
1 Kings 8:35-36 NKJV
"When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain
because they have sinned against You, when they pray
toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from
their sin because You afflict them, 36 then hear in
heaven, and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your
people Israel, that You may teach them the good way in
which they should walk; and send rain on Your land which
You have given to Your people as an inheritance.
1 Kings 8:37-40 NKJV
"When there is famine in the land, pestilence or
blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers; when their
enemy besieges them in the land of their cities;
whatever plague or whatever sickness there is; 38
whatever prayer, whatever supplication is made by
anyone, or by all Your people Israel, when each one
knows the plague of his own heart, and spreads out his
hands toward this temple: 39 then hear in heaven Your
dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to
everyone according to all his ways, whose heart You know
(for You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men),
40 that they may fear You all the days that they live in
the land which You gave to our fathers.
Ps 37:18-19 NKJV
The LORD knows the days of the upright, And their
inheritance shall be forever. 19 They shall not be
ashamed in the evil time, And in the days of famine they
shall be satisfied.
Ps 105:14-17 NKJV
He permitted no one to do them wrong; Yes, He rebuked
kings for their sakes, 15 Saying, "Do not touch My
anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm." 16 Moreover
He called for a famine in the land; He destroyed all the
provision of bread. 17 He sent a man before them —
Joseph — who was sold as a slave.
Ezek 5:12-17 NKJV
One-third of you shall die of the pestilence, and be
consumed with famine in your midst; and one-third shall
fall by the sword all around you; and I will scatter
another third to all the winds, and I will draw out a
sword after them. 13'Thus shall My anger be spent, and
I will cause My fury to rest upon them, and I will be
avenged; and they shall know that I, the LORD, have
spoken it in My zeal, when I have spent My fury upon
them. 14 Moreover I will make you a waste and a reproach
among the nations that are all around you, in the sight
of all who pass by. 15'So it shall be a reproach, a
taunt, a lesson, and an astonishment to the nations that
are all around you, when I execute judgments among you
in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I, the
LORD, have spoken. 16 When I send against them the
terrible arrows of famine which shall be for
destruction, which I will send to destroy you, I will
increase the famine upon you and cut off your supply of
bread. 17 So I will send against you famine and wild
beasts, and they will bereave you. Pestilence and blood
shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword
against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.'"
PLAGUE: In a bad sense plagues in scripture
represent the rebuke of the Lord, the anger of the Lord.
Ps 39:10-11 NKJV
Remove Your plague from me; I am consumed by the blow
of Your hand. 11 When with rebukes You correct man for
iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth;
Surely every man is vapor.
Ps 78:50 NKJV
He made a path for His anger; He did not spare their
soul from death, But gave their life over to the plague.
Ps 106:29 NKJV
Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And
the plague broke out among them.
TORNADO (WHIRLWIND, TEMPEST) - A tornado in a
bad sense can represent terror, destruction, distress
and anguish, anger and fury of the Lord
Prov 1:27-28 NKJV
When your terror comes like a storm, And your
destruction comes like a whirlwind , When distress and
anguish come upon you. 28 "Then they will call on me,
but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but
they will not find me.
Jer 23:19 NKJV
Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD has gone forth in
fury — A violent whirlwind !
It will fall violently on the head of the wicked.
Nah 1:6 NKJV
God is jealous, and the LORD avenges; The LORD
avenges and is furious. The LORD will take vengeance on
His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies;
3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, And will
not at all acquit the wicked. The LORD has His way In
the whirlwind and in the storm, And the clouds are the
dust of His feet. 4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry,
And dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel wither,
And the flower of Lebanon wilts. 5 The mountains quake
before Him, The hills melt, And the earth heaves at His
presence, Yes, the world and all who dwell in it. 6 Who
can stand before His indignation? And who can endure the
fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out like
fire, And the rocks are thrown down by Him.
Isa 29:6 NKJV
You will be punished by the LORD of hosts With
thunder and earthquake and great noise, With storm and
tempest And the flame of devouring fire.
TORNADO
in a good sense can represent the chariots of the Lord.
Isa 66:15 NKJV
For behold, the LORD will come with fire And with
His chariots, like a whirlwind.
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WHAT WERE SOME OF THE SIGNS MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE?
Here is a list of some of those that are mentioned as
signs
Rainbow................................... (Gen 9:13)
Stars...................................... (Luke 21:25)
Leprosy......................................... (Ex
4:6)
Water to blood............................ (Ex 9:14)
Frogs........................................... (Ex
9:14)
Lice ............................................. (Ex
9:14)
Flies ........................................... (Ex
9:14)
Cattle sickness........................... (Ex 9:14)
Boil............................................... (Ex
9:14)
Hail.............................................. (Ex
9:14)
Locusts....................................... (Ex 9:14)
Darkness.................................... (Ex 9:14)
Death of 1st born........................ (Ex
9:14)
Brazen serpent....................... (John 3:14)
Water from the rock................ (Acts 7:36)
Manna...................................... (Acts 7:36)
Shoes not worn out................. (Acts 7:36)
Split alter (1 Kings 13:3)
The sundial......................... (2 Kings 20:8)
Daniel and the lions................ (Dan 6:27)
Sun........................................ (Luke 21:25)
Moon..................................... (Luke 21:25)
Earth...................................... (Luke 21:25)
Water to wine......................... (John 2:11)
Blood, fire and vapor of smoke (Acts 2:19)
Prophets were signs................. (Isa 20:3)
Miracles by Jesus................ (John 20:30)
Miracles by Apostles.......... (2 Cor 12:12)
SOME OF THE OLD TESTAMENT SIGNS
Genesis 1:14
Then God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament
of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let
them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years;
Exodus 4:9
And it shall be, if they do not believe even these
two signs, or listen to your voice, that you shall take
water from the river and pour it on the dry land. The
water which you take from the river will become blood on
the dry land."
Exodus 4:17
And you shall take this rod in your hand, with which
you shall do the signs."
Exodus 7:3
And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply My
signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.
Numbers 14:22
because all these men who have seen My glory and the
signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and
have put Me to the test now these ten times, and have
not heeded My voice,
Deuteronomy 4:34
Or did God ever try to go and take for Himself a
nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by
signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an
outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all
that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your
eyes?
Deut 11:2-3
Know today that I do not speak with your children,
who have not known and who have not seen the chastening
of the LORD your God, His greatness and His mighty hand
and His outstretched arm — His signs and His acts which
He did in the midst of Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt,
and to all his land;
1 Samuel 10:7, 9
And let it be, when these signs come to you, that you
do as the occasion demands; for God is with you. So it
was, when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, that
God gave him another heart; and all those signs came to
pass that day.
Isaiah 8:18
Here am I and the children whom the LORD has given
me! We are for signs and wonders in Israel From the LORD
of hosts, Who dwells in Mount Zion.
Dan 6:27
He delivers and rescues, And He works signs and
wonders In heaven and on earth, Who has delivered
Daniel from the power of the lions.
PROPHETS WERE SIGNS
Isa 20:3
Then the LORD said, "Just as My servant Isaiah has
walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a
wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia,
APOSTLES ACCOMPLISHED SIGNS
2 Cor 12:12-13
Truly the signs of an apostle were accomplished among
you with all perseverance, in signs and wonders and
mighty deeds.
Mark 16:20
And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord
working with them and confirming the word through the
accompanying signs. Amen.
Acts 2:43
Then fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and
signs were done through the apostles.
Acts 4:30
by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs
and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy
Servant Jesus."
Acts 5:12
And through the hands of the apostles many signs and
wonders were done among the people. And they were all
with one accord in Solomon's Porch.
Romans 15:19
in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the
Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and round about to
Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
2 Corinthians 12:12
Truly the signs of an apostle were accomplished among
you with all perseverance, in signs and wonders and
mighty deeds.
JESUS DID SIGNS AND WAS ENDORSED BY GOD THROUGH SIGNS
John 20:30-31
And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence
of His disciples, which are not written in this book; 31
but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is
the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may
have life in His name.
Acts 2:22
"Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth,
a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and
signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you
yourselves also know.
John 2:11
This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee,
and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in
Him.
John 6:2
Then a great multitude followed Him, because they saw
His signs which He performed on those who were diseased.
SIGNS AND UNBELIEF
John 4:48
Jesus asked, "Must I do miraculous signs and wonders
before you people will believe in me?"
1 Cor 1:22
God's way seems foolish to the Jews because they want
a sign from heaven to prove it is true.
Matthew 16:3
and in the morning, 'It will be foul weather today,
for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You
know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot
discern the signs of the times.
John 6:26
Jesus answered them and said, "Most assuredly, I say
to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but
because you ate of the loaves and were filled.
John 9:16
Therefore some of the Pharisees said, "This Man is
not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath."
Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such
signs?" And there was a division among them.
John 12:37
Who Has Believed Our Report? But although He had done
so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him,
PROMISES OF SIGNS TO COME
Luke 21:11
And there will be great earthquakes in various
places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be
fearful sights and great signs from heaven.
Luke 21:25
"And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and
in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with
perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring;
Acts 2:19
I will show wonders in heaven above And signs in the
earth beneath: Blood and fire and vapor of smoke.
Mark 16:17-18
These signs will accompany those who believe: They
will cast out demons in my name, and they will speak new
languages. 18 They will be able to handle snakes with
safety, and if they drink anything poisonous, it won't
hurt them. They will be able to place their hands on the
sick and heal them."
THE FALSE SIGNS
Matt 24:24-25
For false christs and false prophets will rise and
show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible,
even the elect. See, I have told you beforehand.
2 Thessalonians 2:9
The coming of the lawless one is according to the
working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying
wonders,
Revelation 13:13
He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire
come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.
And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those
signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the
beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an
image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and
lived.
Revelation 16:14
For they are spirits of demons, performing signs,
which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole
world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of
God Almighty.
Revelation 19:20
Then the beast was captured, and with him the false
prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he
deceived those who received the mark of the beast and
those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive
into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.
EXCERPT ANNIE’S VISION BOOK 3, LYING SIGNS
“...There upon the earth I saw the souls of the sons of
light to whom had been given a work of power to do. This
work was a miracle to them and was a true sign to His
working – a gift of power that had come from Him.
As soon as the sons of light began to work rejoicing in
this manifest of Jesus in their midst, the sons of
darkness accompanies by the shadows of the enemy forces
of evil also began to work miracles and do wonderful
things. The signs that they brought were even greater
and more spectacular that those of the sons of light.
Deriding the lesser signs and wonders that the others
had worked, the evil ones mocked and scoffed with great
delight, Not only did the false, lying signs and
wonders show great power but also they were far more
numerous. These false wonders deceived many, and some,
who at first had looked to the true works of God, now
turned away after these greater, yet false signs. When
the Lord would do one work as a sign, then the enemy
would work many even greater wonders.
He said to me, “I have given this power unto the enemy,
yet he shall not deceive my own unto whom I shall give
sufficient light so that they shall be able to discern
the know which are the true works of My hand. I shall
do this to refine and purify them. They will have to
choose which wonders are right and which are of Me.
Those who truly desire to follow Me shall correctly
define things as they are and shall not be deceived or
led astray. But those who are not truly following after
Me and do not desire Me shall chose the way of the
greater and more numerous wonders and false signs.
Deceiving themselves, these shall follow after the lying
workers of miracles because they seek not to follow Me
and are deceived in themselves.
As I watched, I saw great numbers follow after the
greater, yet false signs and miracles, being greatly
deceived. (Yet His own were not deceived.) Following
after the false wonders they did not return to those
sons of light in whom He was present no look any more at
those apparently lesser miracles that He was working in
their midst. Those who followed the lying signs became
ensnared and at last were destroyed.
No longer were those who accepted the false wonders
present among the sons of light who remained alone with
Him.”
Annie’s Visions
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