Signs bible study

            The purpose of this is to show remarkable things in the bible that God and only God could have done, largely in love, and to show that nothing is ever impossible for Him to do, absolutely nothing at all. In some times these things happens so that His will is done in a given situation. There are many situations like this in the bible, both old and new testaments and I am giving just some of them, concentrating mainly on the Old Testament signs. In the first case it was so the people would stop collaborating and spread out through the Earth. This was the tower of Babel in Genesis

(Genesis 11:1)  Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.

(Genesis 11:2)  And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

(Genesis 11:3)  And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.

(Genesis 11:4)  Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth."

(Genesis 11:5)  And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built.

(Genesis 11:6)  And the LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.

(Genesis 11:7)  Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech."

(Genesis 11:8)  So the LORD dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.

(Genesis 11:9)  Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. And from there the LORD dispersed them over the face of all the earth.

Another example of that is where Abraham and Sarah gave birth to Isaac at a very old age, Abraham was about 100, Sarah 90. This was to start the nation of Israel with them so His purposes were done here, too

(Genesis 21:1)  The LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had promised.

(Genesis 21:2)  And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him.

(Gen 21:3)  Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore him, Isaac.

(Genesis 21:4)  And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

(Genesis 21:5)  Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

(Genesis 21:6)  And Sarah said, "God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me."

(Genesis 21:7)  And she said, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age."

(Genesis 21:8)  And the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

Here is a sign, a visitation that God used to give Israel its name. Notable also is that Jacob wrestled with a major angel, even Jesus pre-incarnate all night and largely prevailed, though his hip was put out of joint

(Genesis 32:24)  And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.

(Genesis 32:25)  When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him.

(Genesis 32:26)  Then he said, "Let me go, for the day has broken." But Jacob said, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."

(Genesis 32:27)  And he said to him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Jacob."

(Genesis 32:28)  Then he said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed."

(Genesis 32:29)  Then Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your name." But he said, "Why is it that you ask my name?" And there he blessed him.

(Genesis 32:30)  So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered."

(Genesis 32:31)  The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip.

Here is another thing that only God could have done, a burning bush that was not consumed by the fire, God would then appear to Moses, too.

(Exodus 3:1)  Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

(Exodus 3:2)  And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.

(Exodus 3:3)  And Moses said, "I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned."

(Exodus 3:4)  When the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "Here I am."

(Exodus 3:5)  Then he said, "Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground."

(Exodus 3:6)  And he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

(Exodus 3:7)  Then the LORD said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings,

(Exodus 3:8)  and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

(Exodus 3:9)  And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

Then after the children of Israel were delivered God provided for the people for the entire time they were in the wilderness:

(Exodus 16:11)  And the LORD said to Moses,

(Exodus 16:12)  "I have heard the grumbling of the people of Israel. Say to them, 'At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. Then you shall know that I am the LORD your God.'"

(Exodus 16:13)  In the evening quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning dew lay around the camp.

(Exodus 16:14)  And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground.

(Exodus 16:15)  When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, "It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.

(Exodus 16:16)  This is what the LORD has commanded: 'Gather of it, each one of you, as much as he can eat. You shall each take an omer, according to the number of the persons that each of you has in his tent.'"

(Exodus 16:17)  And the people of Israel did so. They gathered, some more, some less.

Here is the awesome scene at Mount Sinai, just before Moses got the commandments when God came down on the mountain

(Exodus 19:14)  So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and consecrated the people; and they washed their garments.

(Exodus 19:15)  And he said to the people, "Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman."

(Exodus 19:16)  On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

(Exodus 19:17)  Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain.

(Exodus 19:18)  Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly.

(Exo 19:19)  And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder.

(Exo 19:20)  The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. And the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

Then, in the book of Numbers the people of Israel would bitterly complain against the food given by the Lord. Then the following happened:

(Numbers 21:4)  From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way.

(Numbers 21:5)  And the people spoke against God and against Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food."

(Numbers 21:6)  Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.

(Numbers 21:7)  And the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people.

(Numbers 21:8)  And the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live."

(Numbers 21:9)  So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.

God was angry at the people’s complaining and punished them. They then repented and God had Moses set up a bronze serpent for the people who were bitten to look at, in many ways this is a forerunner of the gospel where Jesus now is playing the role of the bronze serpent. Next is the story of where Baalim had his Donkey speak with him, and an angel encounter:

(Numbers 22:21)  So Balaam rose in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab.

(Numbers 22:22)  But God's anger was kindled because he went, and the angel of the LORD took his stand in the way as his adversary. Now he was riding on the donkey, and his two servants were with him.

(Numbers 22:23)  And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand. And the donkey turned aside out of the road and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the road.

(Numbers 22:24)  Then the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, with a wall on either side.

(Numbers 22:25)  And when the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she pushed against the wall and pressed Balaam's foot against the wall. So he struck her again.

(Numbers 22:26)  Then the angel of the LORD went ahead and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left.

(Numbers 22:27)  When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam. And Balaam's anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff.

(Numbers 22:28)  Then the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?"

(Numbers 22:29)  And Balaam said to the donkey, "Because you have made a fool of me. I wish I had a sword in my hand, for then I would kill you."

(Numbers 22:30)  And the donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long to this day? Is it my habit to treat you this way?" And he said, "No."

(Numbers 22:31)  Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, with his drawn sword in his hand. And he bowed down and fell on his face.

(Numbers 22:32)  And the angel of the LORD said to him, "Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you because your way is perverse before me.

(Numbers 22:33)  The donkey saw me and turned aside before me these three times. If she had not turned aside from me, surely just now I would have killed you and let her live."

(Numbers 22:34)  Then Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, "I have sinned, for I did not know that you stood in the road against me. Now therefore, if it is evil in your sight, I will turn back."

(Numbers 22:35)  And the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, "Go with the men, but speak only the word that I tell you." So Balaam went on with the princes of Balak.

Next is a story of when and where all Israel finally reached the Jordan to cross it, and look what God did for them there to enable them to cross it on dry ground

(Joshua 3:14)  So when the people set out from their tents to pass over the Jordan with the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people,

(Joshua 3:15)  and as soon as those bearing the ark had come as far as the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest),

(Joshua 3:16)  the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the people passed over opposite Jericho.

(Joshua 3:17)  Now the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firmly on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all Israel was passing over on dry ground until all the nation finished passing over the Jordan.

(Joshua 4:1)  When all the nation had finished passing over the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,

(Joshua 4:2)  "Take twelve men from the people, from each tribe a man,

(Joshua 4:3)  and command them, saying, 'Take twelve stones from here out of the midst of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests' feet stood firmly, and bring them over with you and lay them down in the place where you lodge tonight.'"

(Joshua 4:4)  Then Joshua called the twelve men from the people of Israel, whom he had appointed, a man from each tribe.

(Joshua 4:5)  And Joshua said to them, "Pass on before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take up each of you a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel,

(Joshua 4:6)  that this may be a sign among you. When your children ask in time to come, 'What do those stones mean to you?'

(Joshua 4:7)  then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the people of Israel a memorial forever."

(Joshua 4:8)  And the people of Israel did just as Joshua commanded and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel, just as the LORD told Joshua. And they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged and laid them down there.

(Joshua 4:9)  And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant had stood; and they are there to this day.

(Joshua 4:10)  For the priests bearing the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to tell the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people passed over in haste.

(Joshua 4:11)  And when all the people had finished passing over, the ark of the LORD and the priests passed over before the people.

(Joshua 4:12)  The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh passed over armed before the people of Israel, as Moses had told them.

(Joshua 4:13)  About 40,000 ready for war passed over before the LORD for battle, to the plains of Jericho.

(Joshua 4:14)  On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they stood in awe of him just as they had stood in awe of Moses, all the days of his life.

(Joshua 4:15)  And the LORD said to Joshua,

(Joshua 4:16)  "Command the priests bearing the ark of the testimony to come up out of the Jordan."

(Joshua 4:17)  So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan."

(Joshua 4:18)  And when the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up on dry ground, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and overflowed all its banks, as before.

(Joshua 4:19)  The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they encamped at Gilgal on the east border of Jericho.

(Joshua 4:20)  And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal.

(Joshua 4:21)  And he said to the people of Israel, "When your children ask their fathers in times to come, 'What do these stones mean?'

(Joshua 4:22)  then you shall let your children know, 'Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.'

(Joshua 4:23)  For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up for us until we passed over,

(Joshua 4:24)  so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, that you may fear the LORD your God forever."

Then now that they are across the Lord, because people obeyed His instructions, on going around the city, blowing their trumpets and shouting caused the walls of Jericho to fall flat, making it easy for it to be taken:

(Joshua 6:20)  So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city.

Here is another incident where the sun stood still, was commanded to for a day so Joshua and his army could pursue their campaign:

(Joshua 10:12)  At that time Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon."

(Joshua 10:13)  And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the nation took vengeance on their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the midst of heaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day.

(Joshua 10:14)  There has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD heeded the voice of a man, for the LORD fought for Israel.

Much later the sun actually went back as a sign to Hezekiah on his healing of a disease, adding years to his life

(Isaiah 38:4)  Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah:

(Isaiah 38:5)  "Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

(Isaiah 38:6)  I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and will defend this city.

(Isaiah 38:7)  "This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he has promised:

(Isaiah 38:8)  Behold, 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 the ten steps by which it had declined.

Next sign, which happened no less than 3 times in the bible, was burned offerings being consumed by fire, in a miraculous way, two of the three cases by fire direct from heaven. The first time was with Gideon

(Judges 6:17)  And he said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.

(Judges 6:18)  Please do not depart from here until I come to you and bring out my present and set it before you." And he said, "I will stay till you return."

(Judges 6:19)  So Gideon went into his house and prepared a young goat and unleavened cakes from an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket, and the broth he put in a pot, and brought them to him under the terebinth and presented them.

(Judges 6:20)  And the angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and put them on this rock, and pour the broth over them." And he did so.

(Judges 6:21)  Then the angel of the LORD reached out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes. And fire sprang up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. And the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.

(Judges 6:22)  Then Gideon perceived that he was the angel of the LORD. And Gideon said, "Alas, O Lord GOD! For now I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face."

Then it happened with Solomon, this at the dedication of the temple

(2 Chronicles 7:1)  As soon as Solomon finished his prayer, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

(2 Chronicles 7:2)  And the priests could not enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD filled the LORD's house.

(2 Chronicles 7:3)  When all the people of Israel saw the fire come down and the glory of the LORD on the temple, they bowed down with their faces to the ground on the pavement and worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD, saying, "For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever."

And lastly Elijah in his confrontation with the prophets of Baal

(1 Kings 18:30)  Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come near to me." And all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been thrown down.

(1 Kings 18:31)  Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD came, saying, "Israel shall be your name,"

(1 Kings 18:32)  and with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD. And he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two seahs of seed.

(1 Kings 18:33)  And he put the wood in order and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood. And he said, "Fill four jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood."

(1 Kings 18:34)  And he said, "Do it a second time." And they did it a second time. And he said, "Do it a third time." And they did it a third time.

(1 Kings 18:35)  And the water ran around the altar and filled the trench also with water.

(1 Kings 18:36)  And at the time of the offering of the oblation, Elijah the prophet came near and said, "O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.

(1 Kings 18:37)  Answer me, O LORD, answer me, that this people may know that you, O LORD, are God, and that you have turned their hearts back."

(1 Kings 18:38)  Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

(1 Kings 18:39)  And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, "The LORD, he is God; the LORD, he is God."

Back to Gideon, he put the Lord to the test over whether God would use him to save Israel with a fleece:

(Judges 6:36)  Then Gideon said to God, "If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said,

(Judges 6:37)  behold, I am laying a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece alone, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said."

(Judges 6:38)  And it was so. When he rose early next morning and squeezed the fleece, he wrung enough dew from the fleece to fill a bowl with water.

(Judges 6:39)  Then Gideon said to God, "Let not your anger burn against me; let me speak just once more. Please let me test just once more with the fleece. Please let it be dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground let there be dew."

(Judges 6:40)  And God did so that night; and it was dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground there was dew.

Then with the number of soldiers reduced to just 300 men, reduced from a much larger number, God panicked a far larger horde of men, using similar tactics to those used at Jericho except the men this time did not have to fight at all as the enemy tore itself apart in their panicky flight away from Gideon’s men

(Judges 7:19)  So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just set the watch. And they blew the trumpets and smashed the jars that were in their hands.

(Judges 7:20)  Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the jars. They held in their left hands the torches, and in their right hands the trumpets to blow. And they cried out, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!"

(Judges 7:21)  Every man stood in his place around the camp, and all the army ran. They cried out and fled.

(Judges 7:22)  When they blew the 300 trumpets, the LORD set every man's sword against his comrade and against all the army. And the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.

A similar deliverance was done for Jehosephat against another huge horde, where the Israelites again did not have to fight, only to praise and worship God who did deliver them, causing the opposing armies to fight among themselves:

(2 Chronicles 20:16)  Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the valley, east of the wilderness of Jeruel.

(2 Chronicles 20:17)  You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.' Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, and the LORD will be with you."

(2 Chronicles 20:18)  Then Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the LORD, worshiping the LORD.

(2 Chronicles 20:19)  And the Levites, of the Kohathites and the Korahites, stood up to praise the LORD, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.

(2 Chronicles 20:20)  And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed."

(2 Chronicles 20:21)  And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to the LORD and praise him in holy attire, as they went before the army, and say, "Give thanks to the LORD, for his steadfast love endures forever."

(2 Chronicles 20:22)  And when they began to sing and praise, the LORD set an ambush against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah, so that they were routed.

(2 Chronicles 20:23)  For the men of Ammon and Moab rose against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction, and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they all helped to destroy one another.

(2 Chronicles 20:24)  When Judah came to the watchtower of the wilderness, they looked toward the horde, and behold, there were dead bodies lying on the ground; none had escaped.

Here is the story of how Samson was delivered from the Philistines and then afterward provided with water miraculously:

(Judges 15:14)  When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting to meet him. Then the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that has caught fire, and his bonds melted off his hands.

(Judges 15:15)  And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put out his hand and took it, and with it he struck 1,000 men.

(Judges 15:16)  And Samson said, "With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey have I struck down a thousand men."

(Judges 15:17)  As soon as he had finished speaking, he threw away the jawbone out of his hand. And that place was called Ramath-lehi.

(Judges 15:18)  And he was very thirsty, and he called upon the LORD and said, "You have granted this great salvation by the hand of your servant, and shall I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?"

(Judges 15:19)  And God split open the hollow place that is at Lehi, and water came out from it. And when he drank, his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore the name of it was called En-hakkore; it is at Lehi to this day.

(Judges 15:20)  And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

After Samson was eventually lured into giving his secret of strength, captured, blinded, and sent to the temple of Dagon to be made fun of, Samson prayed for and was given supernatural strength enough to push aside the support pillars holding the temple up, causing the temple to collapse to rubble:

(Judges 16:25)  And when their hearts were merry, they said, "Call Samson, that he may entertain us." So they called Samson out of the prison, and he entertained them. They made him stand between the pillars.

(Judges 16:26)  And Samson said to the young man who held him by the hand, "Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean against them."

(Judges 16:27)  Now the house was full of men and women. All the lords of the Philistines were there, and on the roof there were about 3,000 men and women, who looked on while Samson entertained.

(Judges 16:28)  Then Samson called to the LORD and said, "O Lord GOD, please remember me and please strengthen me only this once, O God, that I may be avenged on the Philistines for my two eyes."

(Judges 16:29)  And Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and he leaned his weight against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other.

(Judges 16:30)  And Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines." Then he bowed with all his strength, and the house fell upon the lords and upon all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he had killed during his life.

(Judges 16:31)  Then his brothers and all his family came down and took him and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had judged Israel twenty years.

Skipping ahead to Elisha, in Chapter 3 of 2 Kings, there are two signs when the Israel was to go against Moab, first the creation of water to give people to drink, then to the enemy the water was made to look like or even turned to blood:

(2 Kings 3:16)  And he said, "Thus says the LORD, 'I will make this dry streambed full of pools.'

(2 Kings 3:17)  For thus says the LORD, 'You shall not see wind or rain, but that streambed shall be filled with water, so that you shall drink, you, your livestock, and your animals.'

(2 Kings 3:18)  This is a light thing in the sight of the LORD. He will also give the Moabites into your hand,

(2 Ki ngs3:19)  and you shall attack every fortified city and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree and stop up all springs of water and ruin every good piece of land with stones."

(2 Kings 3:20)  The next morning, about the time of offering the sacrifice, behold, water came from the direction of Edom, till the country was filled with water.

(2 Kings 3:21)  When all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, all who were able to put on armor, from the youngest to the oldest, were called out and were drawn up at the border.

(2 Kings 3:22)  And when they rose early in the morning and the sun shone on the water, the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood.

(2 Kings 3:23)  And they said, "This is blood; the kings have surely fought together and struck one another down. Now then, Moab, to the spoil!"

(2 Kings 3:24)  But when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose and struck the Moabites, till they fled before them. And they went forward, striking the Moabites as they went.

(2 Kings 3:25)  And they overthrew the cities, and on every good piece of land every man threw a stone until it was covered. They stopped every spring of water and felled all the good trees, till only its stones were left in Kir-hareseth, and the slingers surrounded and attacked it.

Then Moab, thinking that the enemy was destroyed, was themselves attacked, ruined and spoiled, their trees cut down, all as instructed above

Here are the two signs that happened close together- the floating ax head, and then God using miracles to enable Elisha’s capture of the Syrian army sent to capture him, with many signs in that story:

(2 Kings 6:1)  Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "See, the place where we dwell under your charge is too small for us.

(2 Kings 6:2)  Let us go to the Jordan and each of us get there a log, and let us make a place for us to dwell there." And he answered, "Go."

(2 Kings 6:3)  Then one of them said, "Be pleased to go with your servants." And he answered, "I will go."

(2 Kings 6:4)  So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.

(2 Kings 6:5)  But as one was felling a log, his axe head fell into the water, and he cried out, "Alas, my master! It was borrowed."

(2 Kings 6:6)  Then the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" When he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw it in there and made the iron float.

(2 Kings 6:7)  And he said, "Take it up." So he reached out his hand and took it.

(2 Kings 6:8)  Once when the king of Syria was warring against Israel, he took counsel with his servants, saying, "At such and such a place shall be my camp."

(2 Kings 6:9)  But the man of God sent word to the king of Israel, "Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Syrians are going down there."

(2 Kings 6:10)  And the king of Israel sent to the place about which the man of God told him. Thus he used to warn him, so that he saved himself there more than once or twice.

(2 Kings 6:11)  And the mind of the king of Syria was greatly troubled because of this thing, and he called his servants and said to them, "Will you not show me who of us is for the king of Israel?"

(2 Kings 6:12)  And one of his servants said, "None, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom."

(2 Kings 6:13)  And he said, "Go and see where he is, that I may send and seize him." It was told him, "Behold, he is in Dothan."

(2 Kings 6:14)  So he sent there horses and chariots and a great army, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

(2 Kings 6:15)  When the servant of the man of God rose early in the morning and went out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was all around the city. And the servant said, "Alas, my master! What shall we do?"

(2 Kings 6:16)  He said, "Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them."

(2 Kings 6:17)  Then Elisha prayed and said, "O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see." So the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

(2 Kings 6:18)  And when the Syrians came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD and said, "Please strike this people with blindness." So he struck them with blindness in accordance with the prayer of Elisha.

(2 Kings 6:19)  And Elisha said to them, "This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek." And he led them to Samaria.

(2 Kings 6:20)  As soon as they entered Samaria, Elisha said, "O LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see." So the LORD opened their eyes and they saw, and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

(2 Kings 6:21)  As soon as the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, "My father, shall I strike them down? Shall I strike them down?"

(2 Kings 6:22)  He answered, "You shall not strike them down. Would you strike down those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master."

(2 Kings 6:23)  So he prepared for them a great feast, and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the Syrians did not come again on raids into the land of Israel.

Even Elisha’s bones were enough to raise a man back to life in these verses:

(2 Kings 13:20)  So Elisha died, and they buried him. Now bands of Moabites used to invade the land in the spring of the year.

(2 Kings 13:21)  And as a man was being buried, behold, a marauding band was seen and the man was thrown into the grave of Elisha, and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.

Now on to the New testament. Jesus in His ministry and even beyond did so much that as it says in John 21

(John 21:25)  Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

There is a passage in acts five that speaks of so many healings done through the apostles even to the point of having people lie so Peter’s shadow might pass him to heal:

(Acts 5:12)  Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico.

(Acts 5:13)  None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high esteem.

(Acts 5:14)  And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,

(Acts 5:15)  so that they even carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

(Acts 5:16)  The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

Also more believers were added always. In these next two verses even handkerchiefs were used in seeing people be healed

(Acts 19:11)  And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,

(Acts 19:12)  so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them.

The final sign for this study is the story of Paul getting bitten by a serpent without any effect then doing healings by God’s power on the people:

(Acts 28:1)  After we were brought safely through, we then learned that the island was called Malta.

(Acts 28:2)  The native people showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.

(Acts 28:3)  When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand.

(Acts 28:4)  When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live."

(Acts 28:5)  He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

(Acts 28:6)  They were waiting for him to swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But when they had waited a long time and saw no misfortune come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

(Acts 28:7)  Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us and entertained us hospitably for three days.

(Acts 28:8)  It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with fever and dysentery. And Paul visited him and prayed, and putting his hands on him healed him.

(Acts 28:9)  And when this had taken place, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.

(Acts 28:10)  They also honored us greatly, and when we were about to sail, they put on board whatever we needed.

God really cares for us, for most of these signs are out of mercy, to show who He is, to show that nothing is going to be  ever too hard for Him to do at all. People are rescued from all manner of situations provided for, miraculously protected and having their needs provided. We all serve a very mighty and powerful God, but one who also deeply longs for a relationship with us, as He sent His son Jesus to die for all of our sins so we could be restored to Him andhave this relationship. All one needs to do is to have this relationship start or to come back to Him if you are separated at the moment is merely to pray this prayer with me:

Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness. I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin. You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess the Lord  our God and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we shall be saved. Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved. Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself. Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.

Amen.

God bless you and yours.