What does natural disaster has to do with punishement of our sins? [Spirituality & Religion]

It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed “acts of God” while no “credit” is given to God for years, decades, or even centuries of peaceful weather. God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 1:1). Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work. Hurricanes, typhoons, and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding. Earthquakes are the result of the earth’s plate structure shifting. A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake.

People don’t realize it, but God has shown us exactly what this world is like with sin in it. This is [u]why[/u] we need Jesus. None of these things would occur if there was no sin in the world. Not even death. However, those who use these events to scare people into receiving Jesus as their Savior, are definitely wrong to do so.

The fall of humanity into sin, had effects on everything, including the world we inhabit. Everything in creation is subject to “frustration” and “decay.” Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters, just as it is the cause of death, disease, and suffering.

Such events naturally shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity. Notice how churches are usually filled after disasters, as people realize how fragile and short their lives really are, and how life can be taken away in an instant. Because of sin, Mother Nature, herself, groans to be released, even now (John 16:2) like a mother in labor. Upon Jesus’s agony on the cross for our sins, every apostle suffered for awhile, weeping and lamenting, as dying and being crucified with him. Then came the glorious deliverance of Him, and all who suffered with Him, when He conquered death and rose from the grave. The forgiveness of sins, through Jesus, meant they and us today, would live again in newness of life, by the power of his resurrection.