In the New Testament, the Greek word translated "power" is dunamis, the source of the English words dynamic and dynamite, both of which are easily associated with "power." In addition, dunamis can also be translated "mighty works" and "wonderful works." The implication is not just the capacity for activity or accomplishment, but actual actions and achievements of such magnitude that they inspire a sense of wonder in others.
Jesus says in Luke 21:11 that there will be plagues. Both Ezekiel and Jeremiah speak of God sending plagues, for example, in Ezek. 14:21...
“Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”...
And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they...
