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In the biblical narrative, the concept of collapse is often associated with divine judgment, human failure, or the transient nature of earthly structures and kingdoms. The Bible provides numerous accounts of physical, moral, and spiritual collapses, each serving as a lesson or warning to the faithful.

Physical Collapses

1.The Fall of Jericho: One of the most famous collapses in the Bible is the fall of the walls of Jericho. Under Joshua's leadership, the Israelites marched around the city for seven days. On the seventh day, after the priests blew the trumpets and the people shouted, the walls collapsed. This event is recorded inJoshua 6:20: "So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, they raised 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."

2.Samson and the Temple of Dagon: InJudges 16, Samson, blinded and imprisoned by the Philistines, is brought to the temple of Dagon. In a final act of strength, he collapses the temple by pushing apart its supporting pillars, killing himself and many Philistines.Judges 16:30 states, "And Samson said, 'Let me die with the Philistines.' Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and 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."

Moral and Spiritual Collapses

1.The Fall of Adam and Eve: The first moral collapse recorded in the Bible is the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Their disobedience to God's command not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil led to the introduction of sin into the world.Genesis 3:6 describes this pivotal moment: "When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it."

2.The Collapse of Solomon's Kingdom: King Solomon, despite his wisdom, allowed idolatry to enter Israel through his many foreign wives, leading to the spiritual collapse of his kingdom. This disobedience resulted in the division of the kingdom after his death.1 Kings 11:11-12 records God's response: "Then the LORD said to Solomon, 'Since you have done this and have not kept My covenant and statutes, which I commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant. Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime.'"

Prophetic Collapses

1.The Fall of Babylon: The prophetic literature of the Bible often speaks of the collapse of empires as a demonstration of God's sovereignty over nations. The fall of Babylon is prophesied inIsaiah 13:19: "And Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah."

2.The Collapse of the Earthly Kingdoms: In the book of Daniel, the vision of the statue in Nebuchadnezzar's dream symbolizes the eventual collapse of earthly kingdoms, culminating in the establishment of God's eternal kingdom.Daniel 2:44 states, "In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will stand forever."

Lessons from Collapses

The biblical accounts of collapses serve as reminders of the consequences of disobedience, the impermanence of human achievements, and the ultimate authority of God. They encourage believers to place their trust in the eternal and unshakeable kingdom of God, as emphasized inHebrews 12:28: "Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe."7503. raphah -- sink, relax
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The Author, and his Influence in the Later Church
... But the claimcollapses beneath a considerable weight of anachronisms, by far the
chief of which is the later neo-Platonism in almost every paragraph....

The Sun Stayed
... finds her a woman. How immense is our life in the prospect, how awfully it
collapses in the retrospect! Only by seeing constellation...

A Last Merciful Warning
... 'When he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.' Many
a stout, God-opposing willcollapses altogether when God's finger touches it....

Accidental Causes of Corruption.
... witnesses. Well may the evidence for Euro-aquilo' be scanty! The fabricated
wordcollapses the instant it is examined. Nautical...

A Brief Examination of the Construction of Our Bodies from a...
... follows the injury, nature being unable to endure the hurt even for a moment; just
as, when a foundation is withdrawn, the whole buildingcollapses with the...

The King.
... upon the murderers of the poor puppet-king Ishbosheth, upon whose death, following
so closely that of Abner, the whole resistance to David's powercollapses....

The Sleeping Apostle
... his Master, and then as soon as he feels a dash of spray on his cheek, and the heaving
of that uneasy floor beneath him, all his confidencecollapses and he...

Grace and Truth
... and of His divinity, in the power of His Incarnation and the omnipotence of His
cross"if you put away Christ from Christianity, itcollapses into dust and...

The Seventh Book Shows from Various Statements Made to The
... many-coloured web of words finished off, but every assault, every defence of his
conceptions, all his artistic preparation, spontaneouslycollapses, and, as...

The Solidarity of the Human Family
... As soon as one nation no longer recognizes its social unity with another nation,
all moralitycollapses, and a deluge of hate, cruelty, and lies follows....

Collapses (5 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version ConcordanceCollapses (5 Occurrences). Luke 6:49 But he who
has heard and not practised is like a man who has built...

Collapsed (8 Occurrences)

Collar (6 Occurrences)

Wreck (1 Occurrence)
... is like a man who has built a house upon the soft soil without a foundation, against
which the torrent bursts, and immediately itcollapses, and terrible is...

Terrible (90 Occurrences)
... is like a man who has built a house upon the soft soil without a foundation, against
which the torrent bursts, and immediately itcollapses, and terrible is...

Torrent (49 Occurrences)
... is like a man who has built a house upon the soft soil without a foundation, against
which the torrent bursts, and immediately itcollapses, and terrible is...

Practised (13 Occurrences)
... is like a man who has built a house upon the soft soil without a foundation, against
which the torrent bursts, and immediately itcollapses, and terrible is...

Burst (33 Occurrences)
... is like a man who has built a house upon the soft soil without a foundation, against
which the torrent bursts, and immediately itcollapses, and terrible is...

Bursts (2 Occurrences)
... is like a man who has built a house upon the soft soil without a foundation, against
which the torrent bursts, and immediately itcollapses, and terrible is...

Collapse (9 Occurrences)
... together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed
in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimescollapses....

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