'Sky' in the Bible
Here the Pharisees and Sadducees came to Him; and, to make trial of Him, they asked Him to show them a sign in the sky.
He replied, "In the evening you say, 'It will be fine weather, for the sky is red;'
and in the morning, 'It will be rough weather to-day, for the sky is red and murky.' You learn how to distinguish the aspect of the heavens, but the signs of the times you cannot.
Then will appear the Sign of the Son of Man in the sky; and then will all the nations of the earth lament, when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with great power and glory.
Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away.
"I am He," replied Jesus. "But I tell you that, later on, you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Omnipotence, and coming on the clouds of the sky."
and immediately on His coming up out of the water He saw an opening in the sky, and the Spirit like a dove coming down to Him;
and a voice came from the sky, saying, "Thou art My Son dearly loved: in Thee is My delight."
The Pharisees followed Him and began to dispute with Him, asking Him for a sign in the sky, to make trial of Him.
Then He will send forth the angels and gather together His chosen People from north, south, east and west, from the remotest parts of the earth and the sky.
Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away.
"I am," replied Jesus, "and you and others will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the divine Power, and coming amid the clouds of the sky."
Now when all the people had been baptized, and Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the sky opened,
Others, to put Him to the test, asked Him for a sign in the sky.
Vain pretenders! You know how to read the aspect of earth and sky. How is it you cannot read this present time?
But it is easier for earth and sky to pass away than for one smallest detail of the Law to fall to the ground.
but on the day that Lot left Sodom, God rained fire and brimstone from the sky and destroyed them all.
Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away.
Father, glorify Thy name." Thereupon there came a voice from the sky, "I have glorified it and will also glorify it again."
But, while they stood intently gazing into the sky as He went, suddenly there were two men in white garments standing by them,
who said, "Galilaeans, why stand looking into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into Heaven will come in just the same way as you have seen Him going into Heaven."
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;
I will display marvels in the sky above, and signs on the earth below, blood and fire, and pillars of smoke.
"'The sky is My throne, and earth is the footstool for My feet. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or what resting place shall I have?
The sky had opened to his view, and what seemed to be an enormous sail was descending, being let down to the earth by ropes at the four corners.
"While I was in the town of Jaffa, offering prayer," he said, "in a trance I saw a vision. There descended what seemed to be an enormous sail, being let down from the sky by ropes at the four corners, and it came close to me.
"But a voice answered, speaking a second time from the sky, "'What God has purified, you must not regard as unholy.'
We also are but men, with natures kindred to your own; and we bring you the Good News that you are to turn from these unreal things, to worship the ever-living God, the Creator of earth and sky and sea and of everything that is in them.
And thus there sprang from one man, and him practically dead, a nation like the stars of the sky in number, and like the sands on the sea shore which cannot be counted.
Again he prayed, and the sky gave rain and the land yielded its crops.
The stars in the sky also fell to the earth, as when a fig-tree, upon being shaken by a gale of wind, casts its unripe figs to the ground.
The sky too passed away, as if a scroll were being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
Then I looked, and I heard a solitary eagle crying in a loud voice, as it flew across the sky, "Alas, alas, alas, for the inhabitants of the earth, because of the significance of the remaining trumpets which the three angels are about to blow!"
They have power given to them to seal up the sky, so that no rain may fall so long as they continue to prophesy; and power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with various plagues whenever they choose to do so.
And I saw another angel flying across the sky, carrying the Good News of the Ages to tell to every nation, tribe, language and people, among those who live on the earth.
He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give Him glory, because the time of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made sky and earth, the sea and the water-springs."
And heavy hail, that seemed to be a talent in weight, fell from the sky upon the people; and they spoke evil of God on account of the plague of the hail--because the plague of it was exceedingly severe.
For her sins are piled up to the sky, and God has called to mind her unrighteous deeds.
And I saw a single angel standing in the full light of the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds that flew across the sky, "Come and be present at God's great supper,
Then I saw a great white throne and One who was seated on it, from whose presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.