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‘Earthquake of biblical proportions’ as Democrat flips deep-red Texas State Senate seat

‘Earthquake of biblical proportions’ as Democrat flips deep-red Texas State Senate seat - Lemmy.World

In a speech before cheering supporters, Democrat Taylor Rehmet dedicated his victory “to everyday working people.” Democrats scored a major upset on Saturday, as machinist union leader Taylor Rehmet easily defeated Republican opponent Leigh Wambsganss in a state senate special election held in a deep-red district that Donald Trump carried by 17 percentage points in 2024. With nearly all votes counted, Rehmet holds a 14-point lead in Texas’ Senate District 9, which covers a large portion of Tarrant County. Republican opponent Wambsganss conceded defeat in the race but vowed to win an upcoming rematch in November. “The dynamics of a special election are fundamentally different from a November general election,” Wambsganss said. “I believe the voters of Senate District 9 and Tarrant County Republicans will answer the call in November.”

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wewbull Feb 1

I know this is a tangent, but does the bible contain many earthquakes?

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biblerepository.com/bible-verses-about-earthquake…

Yes, though based on the list there sounds like the most-dramatic ones there are in Revelation, which is a prophetic vision of the future, rather than about the past.

Revelation 6:12-17

I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”

35 Important Bible Verses About Earthquakes (Explained) - Bible Repository

“But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything

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