{"id":1419,"date":"2009-06-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/contentfeeds\/2009\/06\/bible-qa-for-february-21.html"},"modified":"2009-06-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-11T00:00:00","slug":"bible-qa-for-february-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/contentfeeds\/2009\/06\/bible-qa-for-february-21.html","title":{"rendered":"Bible Q&A for June 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

I once heard a preacher say that God did not control the weather, that the power to control the weather was given to the devil or one of his minions. Is this true?<\/b>
\nThere is absolutely nothing in the Bible about Satan controlling the weather, and much to associate God with the weather. See, for example, the story of the plagues in Exodus, or the discussion in Revelation about final judgment, which involves, among other things, catastrophic weather.
\n—Ben Witherington III<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I once heard a preacher say that God did not control the weather, that the power to control the weather was given to the devil or one of his minions. Is this true? There is absolutely nothing in the Bible about Satan controlling the weather, and much to associate God with the weather. 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