Old
Testament Miracles
The Old Testament has many stories of the great
miracles that God performed for his people---you know about the Sea dividing so
that the Isrealites could pass through on dry land (Exodus 14:1-22);about Arron’s
staff budding(Numbers 17:1-9; the plagues in Egypt (Numbers 16:46-50); Samson’s
strength (Judges 14:6; 16:3,29,30); Elijah being taken up to heaven (2 Kings
2:11)
BUT do you know about these miracles???
Isaiah 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8
As a sign of His promise the Sun turns back…
In those days Hezekiah become sick and was at the
point of death. The prophet Isaiah son
of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus says the Lord; Set your house in
order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.”
Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed
to the Lord: “Remember me, O Lord, I implore you, how I have walked before you
in faithfulness with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah: “Go and say
to Hezekiah, Thus says the Lord, the God of your ancestor David: I
have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to
your life. I will deliver you and this
city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and defend this city.”
Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a lump of figs,
and apply it to the boil, so that he may recover.” Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign to
you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he has promised: “See
I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn back
ten steps.” So the sun turned back
on the dial ten steps by which it had declined.
Numbers 22:23-30
Balaam's Donkey Speaks
23 The ass
seeing the angel standing in the way, with a drawn sword, turned herself out of
the way, and went into the field. And when Balaam beat her, and had a mind to
bring her again to the way, 24 The angel stood in a narrow place between two
walls, wherewith the vineyards were enclosed. 25 And the ass seeing him, thrust
herself close to the wall, and bruised the foot of the rider. But he beat her
again: 26 And nevertheless the angel going on to a narrow place, where there
was no way to turn aside either to the right hand or to the left, stood to meet
him. 27 And when the ass saw the angel standing, she fell under the feet of the
rider: who being angry beat her sides more vehemently with a staff. 28 And the
Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said: What have I done to thee? Why
strikest thou me, lo, now this third time? 29 Balaam answered: Because thou
hast deserved it, and hast served me ill: I would I had a sword that I might
kill thee. 30 The ass said: Am not I thy beast, on which thou hast been always
accustomed to ride until this present day? tell me if I ever did the like thing
to thee. But he said: Never. 31 Forthwith the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam,
and he saw the angel standing in the way with a drawn sword, and he worshipped
him falling flat on the ground. 32 And the angel said to him: Why beatest thou
thy ass these three times? I am come to withstand thee, because thy way is
perverse, and contrary to me: 33 And unless the ass had turned out of the way,
giving place to me who stood against thee, I had slain thee, and she should
have lived. 34 Balaam said: I have sinned, not knowing that thou didst stand
against me: and now if it displease thee that I go, I will return. 35 The angel
said: Go with these men, and see thou speak no other thing than what I shall
command thee. He went therefore with the princes. 36 And when Balac heard it he
came forth to meet him in a town of the Moabites, that is situate in the
uttermost borders of Arnon.
Joshua 10:6-14
The sun and the moon stand still
But the
inhabitants of the city of Gabaon, which was besieged, sent to Josue, who then
abode in the camp at Galgal, and said to him: Withdraw not thy hands from helping
thy servants: come up quickly, and save us, and bring us succour: for all the
kings of the Amorrhites, who dwell in the mountains, are gathered together
against us. 7 And Josue went up from Galgal, and all the army of the warriors
with him, most valiant men. 8 But the Lord said to Josue: Fear them not: for I
have delivered them into thy hands: none of them shall be able to stand against
thee. 9 So Josue going up from Galgal all the night, came upon them suddenly.
10 And the Lord troubled them, at the sight of Israel: and he slew them with a
great slaughter, in Gabaon, and pursued them by the way of the ascent to
Bethoron, and cut them off all the way to Azeca and Maceda. 11 And when they
were fleeing from the children of Israel, and were in the descent of Bethoron,
the Lord cast down upon them great stones from heaven, as far as Azeca: and
many more were killed with the hailstones, than were slain by the swords of the
children of Israel, 12 Then Josue spoke to the Lord, in the day that he
delivered the Amorrhite in the sight of the children of Israel, and he said
before them: Move not, O sun, toward Gabaon, nor thou, O moon, toward the
valley of Ajalon. 13 And the sun and the moon stood still, till the people
revenged themselves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of the
just? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down
the space of one day. 14 There was not before, nor after, so long a day, the
Lord obeying the voice of a man, and fighting for Israel.
1 Kings 17:1-6
Elijah is fed by ravens
1 And Elias
the Thesbite, of the inhabitants of Galaad, said to Achab: As the Lord liveth,
the God of Israel, in whose sight I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain
these years, but according to the words of my mouth. 2 And the word of the Lord
came to him, saying: 3 Get thee hence, and go towards the east, and hide
thyself by the torrent of Carith, which is over against the Jordan; 4 And there
thou shalt drink of the torrent: and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee
there. 5 So he went, and did according to the word of the Lord: and going, he
dwelt by the torrent Carith, which is over against the Jordan. 6 And the ravens
brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening;
and he drank of the torrent.
2 Kings 6:1-6
Causes the axe to float
1 And the
sons of the prophets said to Elisha: Behold, the place where we dwell with
thee is too strait for us. 2 Let us go as far as the Jordan, and take out of
the wood every man a piece of timber, that we may build us there a place to
dwell in. And he said: Go. 3 And one of them said: But come thou also with thy
servants. He answered: I will come. 4 So he went with them. And when they were
come to the Jordan, they cut down wood. 5 And it happened, as one was felling
some timber, that the head of the ax fell into the water: and he cried out, and
said: Alas, alas, alas, my lord, for this same was borrowed. 6 And the man of
God said: Where did it fall? and he shewed him the place: Then he cut off a piece
of wood, and cast it in thither: and the iron swam.
2 Kings 14:14-17
Joash Shooting the Arrow
Elisha’s Deathbed Prophecy.
14When
Elisha was suffering from the sickness of which he was to die, Joash, king of
Israel, went down to weep over him. “My father, my father!”* he exclaimed,
“Israel’s chariot and steeds!”c15Elisha said to him, “Take bow and arrows,” and
he took bow and arrows.16* Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Rest your hand
on the bow,” and he rested his hand on it. Elisha placed his hands over the
king’s hands17and said, “Open the window toward the east.” He opened it. Elisha
said, “Shoot,” and he shot. He said,
“An arrow
of victory for the LORD!
An arrow of
victory over Aram!
You will
beat Aram at Aphek and finish him!”
18Then he
said to the king of Israel, “Take the arrows,” which he did. Elisha said to the
king of Israel, “Beat the ground!” He beat the ground three times and
stopped.19The man of God became angry with him and said, “You should have beat
five or six times. You would have beaten Aram and finished him. Now you will
beat Aram only three times.”
20And so
Elisha died and was buried.
2 Kings 13:20-21
The dead man was restored to life
20 And Eliseus died, and
they buried him. And the rovers from Moab came into the land the same year. 21
And some that were burying a man, saw the rovers, and cast the body into the
sepulchre of Eliseus. And when it had touched the bones of Eliseus, the man
came to life and stood upon his feet.
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