10 Bible Verses about Sudden Events

in a moment, faster than an eye can blink, at the sound of the last trumpet. Indeed, that trumpet will sound, and then the dead will be raised never to decay, and we will be changed.

For we declare to you what the Lord has told us to say: We who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have died. With a shout of command, with the archangel's call, and with the sound of God's trumpet, the Lord himself will come down from heaven, and the dead who belong to the Messiah will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

In addition, no human being knows his time: Like fish captured in a cruel net, or as birds caught in a snare, so also are human beings caught by bad timing that surprises them.

"Watch out! I'm sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly, the LORD you are looking for will come to his Temple. He is the messenger of the covenant whom you desire. Watch out! He is coming!" says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

because just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Otherwise, he may come suddenly and find you asleep.

Suddenly, a multitude of the Heavenly Army appeared with the angel, praising God by saying,

Suddenly, a sound like the roar of a mighty windstorm came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.

As Saul traveled along and was approaching Damascus, a light from heaven suddenly flashed around him.

Suddenly, there was an earthquake so violent that the foundations of the prison were shaken. All the doors immediately flew open, and everyone's chains were unfastened.