Thematic Bible: Divine power over nature exhibited by Christ, general examples of


Thematic Bible



He has delimited a boundary over the surface of the oceans as a limit between light and darkness.

"Who enclosed the sea with limits when it gushed out of the womb,

and said, "You may come only this far and no more. Your majestic waves will stop here.'?

He gathered the oceans into a single place; he put the deep water into storehouses.

You have set a boundary they cannot cross; they will never again cover the earth.

when he set a boundary for the sea so the waters would not exceed his limits, when he marked out the foundations of the earth.

"You don't fear me, do you?' declares the LORD. "You don't tremble before me, do you? I'm the one who put the sand as a boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot cross. Though the waves toss, they cannot prevail against it, though they roar, they cannot cross it.'


The wrath of God will burn against you so that he will restrain the heavens and it won't rain. The ground won't yield its produce and you'll be swiftly destroyed from the good land that the LORD is about to give you.

Seven days from now I'll send rain on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights, and I'll destroy every living creature that I've made."

Then Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail stopped, and the rain no longer poured out on the land.



When his voice sounds there is thunder from the waters of heaven, and he makes clouds rise up from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain and brings wind out of his storehouses.









Then he got up, rebuked the wind, and told the sea, "Calm down! Be still!" Then the wind stopped blowing, and there was a great calm.

Who has ascended to heaven, and then descended? Who has collected the wind in his hands? Who has wrapped up waters in a garment? Who has established all the farthest points of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? Surely you know!



So Jesus told him, "In that case, the subjects are exempt. However, so that we don't offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, open its mouth, and you will find a coin. Take it and give it to them for me and you."


All of them ate and were filled. Then the disciples picked up what was left of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.


Seeing a fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. He told it, "May fruit never come from you again!" And immediately the fig tree dried up.


Shortly before dawn, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.


Then he got up, rebuked the wind, and told the sea, "Calm down! Be still!" Then the wind stopped blowing, and there was a great calm.


Jesus told the servants, "Fill the jars with water." So they filled them up to the brim.


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