8 Bible Verses about Sudden Events

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the sounding of the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incapable of decay, and *we* shall be changed.

For this we declare to you on the Lord's own authority--that we who are alive and continue on earth until the Coming of the Lord, shall certainly not forestall those who shall have previously passed away. For the Lord Himself will come down from Heaven with a loud word of command, and with an archangel's voice and the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Afterwards we who are alive and are still on earth will be caught up in their company amid clouds to meet the Lord in the air.

For just as the lightning flashes in the east and is seen to the very west, so will be the Coming of the Son of Man.

Beware lest He should arrive unexpectedly and find you asleep.

And immediately there was with the angel a multitude of the army of Heaven praising God and saying,

when suddenly there came from the sky a sound as of a strong rushing blast of wind. This filled the whole house where they were sitting;

But on the journey, as he was getting near Damascus, suddenly there flashed round him a light from Heaven;

when suddenly there was such a violent shock of earthquake that the prison shook to its foundations. Instantly the doors all flew open, and the chains fell off from every prisoner.