Was the supernatural common in the Old Testament?
Yes, throughout the Old Testament the supernatural and miraculous were commonplace. Scripture records Elijah suddenly transported to heaven, Enoch translated, Israel going through the Red Sea, and God coming down on Mount Sinai. These miraculous events occurred repeatedly, and they were accepted without difficulty, showing that supernatural activity was a regular feature of Old Testament history.
Les teaches that all the way up through the Old Testament, the supernatural and the miraculous were rather commonplace. He points to examples such as Elijah being suddenly transported to heaven, Enoch being translated, Israel going through the Red Sea, and God coming down on Mount Sinai. These displays of divine intervention occurred over and over, and he notes that we do not have any problem with those Old Testament miracles. In the Revelation context, similar plagues recall what happened under the pharaohs in Egypt, but those were regional, while the coming judgments will be worldwide.