10 Bible Verses about Sudden Events

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain to the coming of the Lord shall not precede them who are asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he will come, saith the LORD of hosts.

For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even to the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Lest coming suddenly, he should find you sleeping.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined around him a light from heaven:

And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.