Download the free WBTV weather app and stay prepared ahead and during severe weather. This explanation is precluded, not only by the philological difficulty that without any further definition does not signify either the blast of a trumpet or the voice of God, but also by the circumstance that the is the result of the prophesying of Ezekiel; and we cannot suppose that God would make His almighty call dependent upon a prophet's prophesying. When two currents of air of different directions meet, a spiral motion sometimes results. Having Peter's undivided attention, Jesus spoke of the eventual crossing of Peter's own finish line. A work gets done. A constant dripping on a day of steady rainAnd a contentious woman are alike; He who would restrain her restrains the wind,And grasps oil with his right hand. Richard T. Ritenbaugh Winds represent strife, commotion, and destruction. Remember that my life is but breath;My eye will not again see good. "When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it cometh to pass" (Luke 12:54). Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, The prophets are as wind,And the word is not in them.Thus it will be done to them!. Including photos each week from our outreaches and the weekly review. He who troubles his own house will inherit wind. This spirit or breath of life is the creative principle both of the physical and of the ethical or spiritual life. Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. When, therefore, Kliefoth explains these verses as signifying that for the consolation of Israel, which is mourning hopelessly in its existing state of death, "God directs the prophet to say - (1) That at some future time it will experience a resurrection in the literal sense, that its graves will be opened, and that all its dead, those deceased with those still alive, will be raised up out of their graves; (2) that God will place them in their own land; and (3) that when He has so placed them in their land, He will put His Spirit within them that they may live: in the first point the idea of the future resurrection, both of those deceased and of those still living, is interpolated into the text; and in the third point, placing them in their land before they are brought to life by the Spirit of God, would be at variance with the text, according to which the giving of the Spirit precedes the removal to their own land. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. Calov, on the other hand, gives the following explanation of the relation in which Ezekiel 37:11-14 stand to Ezekiel 37:1-10 : "in this striking vision there was shown by the Lord to the prophet the resurrection of the dead; but the occasion, the cause, and the scope of this vision were the resurrection of the Israelitish people, not so much into its earlier political form, as for the restoration of the ecclesiastical hierarchy and the establishment of the worship of God, both of which were indeed restored in the time of Zerubbabel, but were first brought to perfection at the coming of Jesus Christ." Matthew 15: 6-9,". The bones are the seat of the vital force, as in Psalm 32:3; and , to dry up, applied to the marrow, or vital sap of the bones, is substantially the same as in the psalm (l.c.). does not mean anything else than the breath of life, which has indeed a substratum in the wind, perceptible to the senses, but it not identical with it. Who makes lightnings for the rain, . You hear its sound, but you dont know where the wind comes from or where its going. #2 "and the fool" It says the four winds come from the four quarters of the heavens. And lastly, according to Kliefoth, Ezekiel 37:11-14 do not furnish a literal exposition of the vision, but simply make an application of it to the bringing of Israel to life. Then He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord God, "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they come to life."'". It swept up from over the hot, dry desert of the Arabian peninsula. Wind is inanimate; it has no personality. We therefore take in the general sense of a loud noise, and in the sense of shaking (sc., of the bones), which was occasioned by the loud noise, and produced, or was followed by, the movement of the bones to approach one another. Yes, THANK U JESUS I sitting here listening to these heavy winds I know the Holy Spirit is talking to me. The first view is mentioned by Jerome; but in later times it has been more especially defended by Calov, and last of all most decidedly by Kliefoth. And he said, "Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord."And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. Ask For Assistance: When run into a difficult spot in the Bible, finding a family member, friend, or neighboror even contacting the pastor at your local Adventist Church can help you get the guidance and encouragement you need. The Greek word Paul used here is logos, and it simply means "word.". The number of those sealed by this angel . You continued looking until a stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them. He *said to them, Why are you afraid, you men of little faith? Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm. Consequently we can only regard the figurative view of the vision as the correct one, though this also has been adopted in very different ways. When He imparted weight to the windAnd meted out the waters by measure. The most famous use of wind as a symbol is to represent the Holy Spirit. so tell those who plaster it over with whitewash, that it will fall. Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, so the waters were divided. What do winds represent in the Bible? The dead bones are the "whole house of Israel" that has been given up to death; in other words, Judah and Ephraim. . Such passages as Isaiah 25:8 and Isaiah 26:19, even if Ezekiel referred to them, merely prove that the belief or hope of the resurrection of the dead could not be altogether unknown to the believers of Israel, because Isaiah had already declared it. And treads on the high places of the earth, So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the. He who would restrain her restrains the wind. Get our Question of the Week delivered right to your inbox! You are seeing much death and destruction because men are demanding their own way. Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. The Father and the Son are revealed to have body parts like usthey even sit on thronesbut the Spirit is described to be like wind, oil, fire, and water. ( Ezekiel 37:9 ; Daniel 8:8 ; Zechariah 2:6 ; Matthew 24:31 ) The north wind, or, as it was usually called "the north," was naturally the coldest of the four, Ecclus. The east wind carries him away, and he is gone,For it whirls him away from his place. When God, in Jesus Christ, wanted His disciples to understand what was going to happen on the day of Pentecost, He did not blow a dove out of His mouthHe breathed! Scripture warns that the lives of the wicked are like husks that the wind blows away (Ps 1:4; 35:5; 83:13). In Ezekiel 37:9 and Ezekiel 37:10 is rendered by some "wind," by others "spirit;" but neither of these is in conformity with what precedes it. However, one can see the effect of what the Spirit does. "These bones" in Ezekiel 37:11 are the same as in Ezekiel 37:3 and Ezekiel 37:5, and not the bodies brought to life in Ezekiel 37:10; though Hitzig maintains that they are the latter, and then draws the erroneous conclusion that Ezekiel 37:11-14 do not interpret the vision of the first ten verses, but that the bones in the valley are simply explained in these verses as signifying the dead of Israel. It is apparent at once from this that our vision is not intended to symbolize the resurrection of all the dead, but simply the raising up of the nation of Israel, which has been slain. It is considered a good thing when a dying man can leave an inheritance "to his children's children" (Prov 13:22). And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. In the cooler months it is a gentle, balmy wind, so that the "earth is still by reason of the south wind" (Job 37:17; compare Song of Solomon 4:16). So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." Mark 4:39ESV / 21 helpful votes HelpfulNot Helpful When Ezekiel prophesied there arose or followed a sound (), and then a shaking (), and the bones approached one another, every bone to its own bone. Like this post? The Berean: Daily Verse and Comment Sign up for the Berean: Daily Verse and Comment, and have Biblical truth delivered to your inbox. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. The Key to a Life Well Lived. But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided. Then behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them. winds in the Bible The winds are subject to God's power. "tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine" (Ephesians 4:14; compare Proverbs 27:16; Ecclesiastes 1:6; John 3:8; James 1:6). In other words, from every direction on the compass. Like the wind, spirit is invisible. from the four windsimplying that Israel is to be gathered from the four quarters of the earth (Isa 43:5, 6; Jer 31:8), even as they were "scattered into all the winds" (Eze 5:10; 12:14; 17:21; compare Re 7:1, 4). The Bereans "received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so" (Acts 17:10-11). "a wind that passeth away" (Psalms 78:39; compare 1:4; 35:5; 103:16). In Palestine the west wind is the most common. What we see is not the Spirit itself, but the Spirit's fruit. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . But they are like chaff which the wind drives away. But before very long there rushed down from the land a violent wind, called Euraquilo; I would hasten to my place of refugeFrom the stormy wind and tempest.. The wind is said to blow from the 4 quarters of heaven (east, west, north and south) (Jeremiah 49:36; Ezek. 24:31 by the addition of the phrase from one end of the heavens to the other. It doesnt mean the elect are in the four winds but that they are all over the heavens. You contended with them by banishing them, by driving them away.With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the east wind. The wind wraps them in its wings,And they will be ashamed because of their sacrifices. Then He said to me, Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God, Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they come to life.. This explanation would be admissible, if only it had been indicated or expressed in any way whatever, that the bones of the dead which Ezekiel saw lying about in the represented all the dead of the whole earth. Like the wind, spirit is invisible. To be caught up, carried away by the winds of the spirit, into new dimensions of relationship- with Him. The wind is directly of great use to the farmer in Palestine in winnowing the grain after it is threshed by treading out (Psalms 1:4; 35:5; Isaiah 17:13). Accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior and confess your sins Jesus Yeshua is faithful and just to forgive and save you. One example of a Scripture that talks about a candle is found in Proverbs 20:27, which states: "The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts. Your rowers have brought youInto great waters;The east wind has broken youIn the heart of the seas. When the sun came up God appointed a scorching. Prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind; ministers must not only preach, but they must pray for the Spirit to accompany the word with his power, and make it the savour of life unto life: thus saith the Lord, come from the four winds, O breath; or "spirit": because the Jews were to be brought from each of the parts where they were, as they will be at their conversion in the latter day; and so the Lord has a people in each of the parts of the world, that lie dead in sin, and must be quickened by the Spirit: and breathe upon these slain, that they may live; though not slain with the sword, yet being as dead men, who are slain by death, are so called: so in a spiritual sense men are slain by sin, and are slain by the words of the Lord's mouth; killed with the law, the killing letter; and it is only the Spirit of God that can give them life; and the breath or spirit here is applied to the Spirit of the Messiah by the ancient Jews (y). The diamond is a symbol of light, life, the sun, and it is also a stone of commitment, faithfulness, and promise between husband and wife. And He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth; And brings out the wind from His storehouses. In that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A scorching wind from the bare heights in the wilderness in the direction of the daughter of My peoplenot to winnow and not to cleanse. Does God apportion destruction in His anger? These certainly represent four destructive powers which are held back for a time from the land, the sea . He fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. Fear inhibits loft/flight, how high your able to Send. North Wind 133 views, 7 likes, 10 loves, 71 comments, 8 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Betesda: Parabola del sembrador San Mateo 13:1-23 No contamos con los derechos de la musica. The breath which brings death when it is withdrawn is identified as God's breath ( Job 34:14-15 ). He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; Who brings forth the wind from His treasuries. A further connection between the Holy Spirit and wind is seen at Pentecost, when the coming of the Spirit was accompanied by a sound like a violently blowing wind (Acts 2:2). If we observe the relation in which Ezekiel 37:12 and Ezekiel 37:13 stand to Ezekiel 37:14, namely, that the two halves of the 14th verse are parallel to the two Ezekiel 37:12 and Ezekiel 37:13, the clause ' in Ezekiel 37:14 to the similar clause in Ezekiel 37:13, there can be no doubt that the contents of Ezekiel 37:14 also correspond to those of Ezekiel 37:12 - that is to say, that the words, "I put my breath (Spirit) into you, that ye may live, and place you in your own land" (bring you to rest therein), affirm essentially the same as the words, "I bring you out of your graves, and lead you into the land of Israel;" with this simple difference, that the bringing out of the graves is explained and rendered more emphatic by the more definite idea of causing them to live through the breath or Spirit of God put into them, and the by , the leading into the land by the transporting and bringing them to rest therein. Its apparent autonomy, this freedom that it displays to do whatever it pleases, make it a splendid emblem of God's sovereignty and at the same time of mankind's weakness. As a sign of destruction, the wind is portrayed throughout the Old Testament, where it's described as the "scorching wind" that will destroy everything in front of it as a symbol of God's judgment. And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. (Note: No conclusive evidence can be adduced that the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead was not only known to Ezekiel, but was regarded by the people as indisputably sure, as both Hengstenberg (Christology, vol. The representation of the bringing of the dead bones to life in two acts may also be explained from the fact that it is based upon the history of the creation of man in Genesis 2, as Theodoret, (Note: "For as the body of our forefather Adam was first moulded, and then the soul was thus breathed into it; so here also both combined in fitting harmony." Jeremiah 10:13 Verse Concepts To be candid, it does feel like a complete change of the subject. Will it not. My goal is to try to help as many people I can to learn and study the bible. In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul speaks about believers who develop spiritual maturity as opposed to those who are tossed and carried about by all kinds of teachings that change like the wind (4:14). The heat and dryness wither all vegetation (Genesis 41:6). Breaking Down the Key Parts of Proverbs 11:29 #1 "Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind," A ruined family has nothing to leave behind as an inheritance. Seeking the Gospel in Malachi, the Last Book of the Old Testament. . Yet the supporters of this view acknowledge that Ezekiel 37:11-14 predict the raising to life of the nation of Israel. (See a map in the back of a Bible) The VOICE Bible: He [God] caused the winds to shift, and a strong west wind blew and lifted the cloud of locusts up into the air and drove them out into the Red Sea. In addition, the Spirit has no familial relationship to Christians. The east wind prevails in Israel from February to June, as the west wind (Luke 12:54) does from November to February. When they got into the boat, the wind stopped. All of them come for violence.Their horde of faces moves forward.They collect captives like sand. He sees another angel ascend from the rising sun and hears him command the four angels to withhold further judgments until he has sealed God's servants on their foreheads. So I will kindle a fire on the wall of RabbahAnd it will consume her citadelsAmid war cries on the day of battle,And a storm on the day of tempest. He who troubles his own house will inherit wind,And the foolish will be servant to the wisehearted. ), In that case, however, the vision was not merely a parable, but a symbolical representation of a real fact, which was to serve as a pledge to the nation of its restoration to life. Download our eBooks to read on your computers, phone, tablet, or eReader. It swept over the Arabian peninsula. With the east windYou break the ships of Tarshish. The fact that the moving of the bones toward one another is represented by (with Vav consec. Why thank you. What the Bible says about I will put My Spirit within you and you will come to life, and I will place you on your own land. Such a view is at variance with the words, "these bones are the whole house of Israel." In a little while the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy shower. In prophecy, "wind" often represents war. Wind is often a demonstration of God's awesome power. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. The sea began to be stirred up because a strong wind was blowing. WELL I HAVE DREAMS OF WIND BLOWING VIOLENTLY..MY FAVORITE SISTER NOW DECEASED..ARE IN SAME BED AND THE ROOM IS VERY DARK AND I AM VERY MUCH AFRAID..IVE HAD THIS DREAM MORE THAN ONCE..ANY INSIGHT ON THIS? and why is it important. In that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A scorching wind from the bare heights in the wilderness in the direction of the daughter of My peoplenot to winnow and not to cleanse, a wind too strong for thiswill come at My command; now I will also pronounce judgments against them. His teachings made the Bible clear and easy to understand, and impacted millions of lives. This transformation is necessary to receive the eternal life that He promises us. Are they as straw before the wind,And like chaff which the storm carries away? The idea of the Fathers, that Ezekiel 37:11-14 treat of the resurrection of the saints (believers), cannot be reconciled either with the words or with the context of our prophecy, and has evidently originated in perplexity. Are they as straw before the wind,And like chaff which the storm carries away? The Four Horsemen, al Mahdi, and the Magnetic Polar Reversal. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org, Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the. How Daniels Prophecy of 70 Weeks Connects to the End Times. And declares to man what are His thoughts. To give them this the prophet is to prophesy again, and that to the breath, that it come from the four winds or quarters of the world and breathe into these slain (Ezekiel 37:9). Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea, and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea to Capernaum. The sea began to be stirred up because a strong wind was blowing. 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