God is going to richly bless us. Turn to your neighbor and say God is great. I'm going to title my short exhortation as the Mighty Wind of the Bible. The Mighty Wind of the Bible.
Before I start, whatever is there in God's creation, there is a meaning to it. When we have a meaning, God also created the winds, and there is a meaning in it. And what is wind? It is nothing but a moving pattern of air. The wind is a bigger part of the weather in these days. Wind plays a major role in summer, winter, rainy season, everything. Wind plays a major role.
The Hebrew word for wind is called "ruach," which means Spirit, breath, and wind. In Hebrew, ruach means Spirit, or breath, or wind. There is no place on Earth without wind. The wind surrounds every place on Earth. The Bible says God created the winds. Let's turn to Amos. Amos can be found between Hosea and Joel. On a side note, Hosea and Joel were the only prophets to Northern Israel after Elijah and Elisha. Amos and Hosea, apart from Elijah and Elisha, were the only prophets to Northern Israel, and all the other prophets belonged to Judah. Interestingly, Amos was from Judah. He was living in Judah, but God appointed him to prophesy to the northern kingdom. This is a small insight for you. Let's turn to Amos, chapter 4, verse 13.
Amen. The Lord of hosts is his name. The Bible says God created the winds. What are the kinds of winds God created? There are four kinds of winds. The most prominent one is the East Wind, which blows from the East side. The next one is the West Wind, which blows from the West Side. The last two are the North Wind, which blows from the north side, and the South Wind, which blows from the South side. What are the Four Winds? The East Wind, the West Wind, the North Wind, and the South Wind. We're going to talk about the Mighty Wind of the Bible.
1. The East Wind: The Wind of Wilderness
The first one is the East Wind, also called the wind of wilderness. The characteristics of this wind are its powerful and violent nature, and it blows from the desert. This kind of wind is most often seen in the Bible. Let's turn to Exodus, chapter 10, verses 12 and 13. This passage describes the plague of locusts. For the benefit of all, when the people of Israel went into captivity under Pharaoh, God wanted the people of Israel to come and worship Him. But Pharaoh did not let them go, so God sent a number of plagues. This is one of the plagues, the eighth plague. Let's read Exodus, chapter 10, verses 12 and 13.
Amen. The Lord sent the East Wind. This is the eighth plague; the seventh plague was the hailstorm. Usually, locusts like to live in wet soil. They lay more eggs and breed in huge numbers in wet soil. The sequence is this: God sent massive hailstones that destroyed everything and made the ground wet, and the next day, God sent locusts to destroy anything that was left. God sent a plague through the East Wind.
Now, let's see what happened next. Pharaoh was very disheartened and came to Moses and Aaron, asking for forgiveness. Moses made a supplication to God, and God sent a strong West Wind which took away all the locusts from Egypt. The Bible says not even one locust remained in Egypt. What a wonderful God. The East Wind brings power, and the West Wind brings relief.
Next, we'll see another incident from Genesis, chapter 41, verses 21-23. God uses the East Wind to demonstrate His power in Pharaoh's dream. Pharaoh had a dream one night and saw seven animals come out of the River Nile. The later half of the prophecy tells that there were seven years of famine caused by the East Wind. First, God sent a plague through the East Wind, and then He gave Pharaoh a dream about seven years of famine through the East Wind.
Let's look at one more incident from Exodus, chapter 14, verse 21. God sent an East Wind to divide the Red Sea into two. In Hosea, it says this is the wind of the Lord. God sent His wind to divide the Red Sea and make dry land. The East Wind is also used as a war weapon. Let's read Jeremiah, chapter 18, verse 17. God says, "I will scatter them as with an East Wind before the enemy; I will show them the back and not the face in the day of their calamity." Here, God is rebuking the people of Israel for their iniquities, saying He will send the East Wind to shatter them in front of their enemies.
