Does Jehovah control the weather?

[Jack Ryan]

We all know he "can".... question here is if he does actually control current weather patterns.

[Jack Ryan]

At the 34:00 mark in the video below Travis Brooks claims "Jehovah's Hand" caused a miracle:

 

[Jack Ryan]

The devastated kingdom hall in Tacloban, Philippinnes: 22 Witnesses died in this Typhoon

I can see where they may not like Travis Brooks claims above.

 

[Queen Esther]

Of  sure  Jehovah  is  watching  the  worldwide  weather...  but  HE  is  doing  not  much !  Look  back  to  the  26. Dec. 2004,  the biggest  Disaster, Earthquake & Tsunami  in  Indian Ocean !   Nearly  230,000  humans  died  ;-(    Bible  says,  we  will  get  alot  of  different  Catastrophes  worldwide,  so  we  have  to  live  with  that...  sad  but  true !  To  make  speculations  will  bring  nothings...  Jehovah  does  make  no  differences  among  the  humans,  bec.  also  Brothers  &  Sisters  often  between  all  the  dead  people  ;-(

[Jack Ryan]

Above is the video link for the referenced Tacloban story.

 

[Jack Ryan]

31 minutes ago, Anke Adolphi said:

Of  sure  Jehovah  is  watching  the  worldwide  weather...  but  HE  is  doing  not  much !  Look  back  to  the  26. Dec. 2004,  the biggest  Disaster, Earthquake & Tsunami  in  Indian Ocean !   Nearly  230,000  humans  died  ;-(    Bible  says,  we  will  get  alot  of  different  Catastrophes  worldwide,  so  we  have  to  live  with  that...  sad  but  true !  To  make  speculations  will  bring  nothings...  Jehovah  does  make  no  differences  among  the  humans,  bec.  also  Brothers  &  Sisters  often  between  all  the  dead  people  ;-(

Are you saying "sand" is more important than "230,000 human lives" in order for "Jehovah's Hand" to intervene?

[Queen Esther]

2 minutes ago, Jay Witness said:

Are you saying "sand" is more important than "230,000 human lives" in order for "Jehovah's Hand" to intervene?

I  mean  what  I  wrote...  I  told  from  our  old  system.  All  humans  by  catastrophes  maybe  alike  for  Jehovah,  bec. Brothers & Sisters  dying  too !  All  humans  are  importend...  bec. Jehovah  wants  rescue  all  -  but  thats  only  a  wish....  //  we  know  from  the  Bible.

[Evacuated]

Most Witnesses thank Jehovah at least once a day for putting food on their table. That is regardless of the fact that it may have a Walmart wrapper on it. Matt.5:45; 7:11; Col.3:15.

Nevertheless, "Satan has demanded to have all of you to sift you as wheat. Lu.22:31. which means that "We must enter into the kingdom of God through many tribulations." Acts 14:22.

Job had wrong perceptions of many things in his trials, but nevertheless he is known as an integrity keeper despite his errors. 

Jehovah can and does intervene in events to further His purpose. That is why we have the Bible record of these very interventions. He will soon "intervene" in Satan's scheme to destroy all humans, not only by bringing this system to an end, but by performing billions of resurrections, including the 230,000 @Jay Witness has concern for.

Jehovah knows that He has equipped His faithful servants 1 Tim 3:16-17. They can uphold His sovereignty through all manner of trials brought by Satan, and He alone determines when the issue of our integrity has been settled sufficiently before He "intervenes" in our personal situation. 1Pet.5:10. He will certainly let nothing stop His intention to extend the opportunity to become Integrity Keepers to the maximum number of humans before He brings this wicked system to its end.

Meanwhile, we can thank Jehovah for every good thing in our lives because directly or indirectly, weather permitting or not,  all good things come from Him. Jas 1:17.

[Melinda Mills]

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*** bh chap. 11 p. 112 pars. 15-16 Why Does God Allow Suffering? ***

"15 Why, though, has Jehovah allowed suffering to go on for so long? And why does he not prevent bad things from happening? Well, consider two things that the teacher in our illustration would not do. First, he would not stop the rebel student from presenting his case. Second, the teacher would not help the rebel to make his case. Similarly, consider two things that Jehovah has determined not to do. First, he has not stopped Satan and those who side with him from trying to prove that they are right. Allowing time to pass has thus been necessary. In the thousands of years of human history, mankind has been able to try every form of self-rule, or human government. Mankind has made some advances in science and other fields, but injustice, poverty, crime, and war have grown ever worse. Human rule has now been shown to be a failure.

16 Second, Jehovah has not helped Satan to rule this world. If God were to prevent horrible crimes, for instance, would he not, in effect, be supporting the case of the rebels? Would God not be making people think that perhaps humans can govern themselves without disastrous results? If Jehovah were to act in that way, he would become party to a lie. However, “it is impossible for God to lie.”—Hebrews 6:18."

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I don't pretend to have the answers, but Jehovah did not stop the great wind that struck the house and killed Job's children, nor did he stop the fire that came from heaven killing Job's sheep and his attendants.  He did not stop the violent windstorm that nearly killed the disciples in the boat of the lake on the sea of Galilee.  In Job's case it was an event from Satan which Jehovah agreed to permit.  In the case with the boat that nearly filled up with water due to the storm while Jesus was asleep, it turned out that Jesus was able to display his ability to calm the wind, thereby showing his future power over the elements as King of God's Kingdom. Jehovah has given Jesus power to also undo death so Job will get back his children in the resurrection. (Luke 8:25; Job 1:16,19; John 3:8)

However, I like the point in paragraph 16 above which shows that if Jehovah prevented all horrible events from happening  (including weather events - and weather disasters are often aftereffects of the mistaken and selfish decisions/work of man) he would in effect be  making people think that humans can govern themselves without any disastrous results and would then become party to a lie.

In the new world all earthly systems will be healed and all Jehovah's sons will be taught by him and "they will do no harm or cause any ruin".  Everything and everyone will obediently cooperate for peace and harmony of the universe.

 

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