Does satan have control over the weather?
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The writers of the Bible claimed that God Yahweh personally controlled all aspects of the weather: rain, wind, clouds, hail, snow, ice, cold, storms, sunshine, drought, thunder, lightning (even precisely where it strikes, Job 36.32), earthquakes, and everything down to the growth of grass. They considered thunder to be the "voice" of Yahweh, coming from his "mouth" (Ps 18.Ps 29.). Lightning belonged to Yahweh; it was "his" (Job 37.Ps 97). Yahweh had storehouses up in the sky/heavens, where he kept water, winds, snow, and hail until he wanted to send them (Ps 135.; Deut 28.; Jer 10.). God personally created rainbows to remind himself not to drown all humans and other animals anymore (Gen 9.14-16). Biblical authors also believed that bad weather occurred because of sin, but that if a good man would pray, God would listen from the sky/heaven and send good weather (Deut 11.; 1 Kings 18.;
2 Chron 6.26-27).
Because some individuals do notice that natural disasters cause terrible suffering for millions and millions of people, regardless of religion or lack of religion, some modern believers will occasionally attribute natural disasters to the Satan character, in an attempt to shift blame from their god concept. However, the writers of the Bible did not believe such. Even in the book of Job, although the accuser ("the satan," one of "the sons of Elohim/God" who has free access to the heavenly court, ) asks to bring harm upon Job as a test, it is ultimately Elohim who controls the weather, for good or ill. The Bible says that God will rain upon the just and the unjust. People could be praying for the storm to pass by in one area, yet others could be praying also in areas that are hard hit. God can let bad weather hit one area yet keep it from hitting another area. For example, the storms we had in KZN The increasing number of natural disasters and terrible storms have many people wondering, who controls the weather, God or Satan?
2 Chron 6.26-27).
Because some individuals do notice that natural disasters cause terrible suffering for millions and millions of people, regardless of religion or lack of religion, some modern believers will occasionally attribute natural disasters to the Satan character, in an attempt to shift blame from their god concept. However, the writers of the Bible did not believe such. Even in the book of Job, although the accuser ("the satan," one of "the sons of Elohim/God" who has free access to the heavenly court, ) asks to bring harm upon Job as a test, it is ultimately Elohim who controls the weather, for good or ill. The Bible says that God will rain upon the just and the unjust. People could be praying for the storm to pass by in one area, yet others could be praying also in areas that are hard hit. God can let bad weather hit one area yet keep it from hitting another area. For example, the storms we had in KZN The increasing number of natural disasters and terrible storms have many people wondering, who controls the weather, God or Satan?
