God can speak in a loud or a quiet voice
God can speak in a loud or a quiet voice
God can speak in a loud voice, but also in a quiet voice.
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God can speak in a loud voice:
It is written: "YHWH THUNDERED from the heavens, and THE MOST HIGH GAVE FORTH HIS VOICE" (2 Samuel 22:14).
Such a loud voice like the loudness of a thunder can be illustrated in the following passage: It is written in John 12 that "Jesus" (John 12:23), said: "FATHER, glorify Your name!” Then (A) VOICE CAME FROM HEAVEN: “I both glorified (it), and will again glorify (it)”. THEN THE CROWD, the (one) standing (there) and HAVING-HEARD, was-saying (that) THUNDER had-taken-place" (John 12:28-29).
Here the crowd heard as if THUNDER happened when the voice of the Father from heaven was heard.
God can speak in a quiet voice:
It is written that it was said to Elijah: "He said, “You will go forth tomorrow, and will stand before the LORD in the mountain; behold, THE LORD WILL PASS BY. And a great, strong wind tearing (the) mountains, and crushing (the) rocks before the LORD; (but) the LORD (was) not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake; (but) the LORD (was) not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake a fire; (but) the LORD (was) not in the fire, And after the fire (CAME) A VOICE, A SMALL WHISPER" (1 Kings 19:11-12).
Here the voice, being "A SMALL WHISPER" (1 Kings 19:12) is contrasted with the probably loud "strong wind tearing (the) mountains" (1 Kings 19:11) and "earthquake" (1 Kings 19:11) and "fire" (1 Kings 19:11).
Context:
This event happened after that Elijah prayed to the LORD for a sign in front of many people who were doubting the LORD, asking: "answer me this day BY FIRE, and let all this people know that You are the Lord" (1 Kings 18:36). It turned out that as a result "FIRE FELL from the LORD out of heaven" (1 Kings 18:38) and so "all the people fell upon their face, and said, “Truly the LORD is God! He (is) God!”" (1 Kings 18:39).
But then later, Elijah said to the LORD that eventually: "the sons of Israel forsook You" (1 Kings 19:11). The LORD then gives an explanation why in the next verse: "THE LORD (WAS) NOT IN THE FIRE, And after the fire (CAME) A VOICE, A SMALL WHISPER" (1 Kings 19:12).
The fire was a sign FROM THE LORD out of heaven, as it was written: "fire fell FROM THE LORD out of heaven" (1 Kings 18:38). The LORD was not in the fire itself, but only sent the fire. Now the Lord in found where His "VOICE" (1 Kings 19:12) can be found. The people "forsook" (1 Kings 19:11) the Lord because even though they were paying attention to the fire from heaven (where the Lord was not), yet they were probably not paying attention to the small whisper of God's voice (where the Lord would be) in their lives.
Jesus can speak in a loud voice:
It is written: "I-HEARD behind me (A) LOUD VOICE like (the sound of a) trumpet" (Revelation 1:10), "And I-turned to-see the voice which was-speaking with me" (Revelation 1:12), "And when I-saw Him, I-fell at His feet as (though) dead. And HE-placed His right (hand) upon me, SAYING “Do not be-fearing. I am the First and the Last, and the (One) living. And I-BECAME DEAD, AND BEHOLD, I-AM LIVING to the ages (of) the ages" (Revelation 1:17-18).
This "LOUD VOICE" (Revelation 1:10) came from Jesus Christ, as the One speaking said: "I-BECAME DEAD, AND BEHOLD, I-AM LIVING to the ages (of) the ages" (Revelation 1:17-18).
Jesus can speak in a quiet voice:
It is written that "THE LORD SAID (TO) PAUL DURING THE NIGHT through (a) vision, “Do not be-afraid, but be-speaking and do not be-silent, because I am with you, and no-one will-set-upon you to-harm you; because there-is (a) large people (for) Me in this city”" (Acts 18:9-10).
The Lord Jesus here spoke to Paul "DURING THE NIGHT through (a) vision" (Acts 18:9), which may indicate that His voice maybe would not have been necessarily particularly loud.
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