Snow and the Bible

[323 words] I do not usually think of snow when I think of the events recorded in the Bible. Most of the time I think of the things that I read about taking place in an arid hot climate, but that is not the case at all. The climate around Jerusalem is surprisingly similar to what we experience here in southeast Arkansas. The summers might be dry with cooler nights, but they have a cold winter. January is usually the coldest month of the year. And like us, people in Jerusalem see snow, but not every year. They even shut things down when they get an inch of snow, just like us. The Bible mentions snow about 25 times depending on your translation. References to snow are found in both the Old and New Testaments (Exodus 4:6; Revelation 1:4). The Bible references snow as something that God is in control…