After he had killed the priests of Baal Elijah longed for death "'for I am no better than my ancestors.'" 1 Kings 19:4b (NRSV)
But God feeds him and shows him a mighty wind, an earthquake, and a fire. But God was not in these spectacular, violent events.
God was in the "sound of sheer silence" 1 Kings 19:12b (NRSV) that followed.
To me this means that God does not act in spectacular or violent ways.
God is non-violent (harmless).
(Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission. All rights reserved.)
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