wind
The wind is the flow of gases on a large scale. On Earth, wind is the mass movement of air in the atmosphere in horizontal motion.
For the inhabitants of the biblical lands, wind meant so much the torture of the heat, of the drought and the 1206 sand storms, whirlwind as the refreshing relief of the rains. God used a strong east wind to open the Red Sea ** (Ex. 14:21) and maritime trade depended on the winds to navigate.
Exodus 14: 21-22
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD, by a strong east wind that blew all night, caused the sea to recede; and he changed the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided.
The expression "four winds" of heaven or earth refers to the four directions; North, South, East and West. The winds appear as symbols of the destruction produced by war, the uncertainty of life and the inexorable judgments that come upon the ungodly.
In Revelation 7: 1 we speak of "four angels" who are "standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth." As they stand in the "angles", the "angels" will release the winds obliquely, so that no part of the Earth will be freed from the disastrous impetus of the winds.
Sometimes it is used with reference to some form of energy, whose precise meaning is given by the context. Occasionally God resolves to give strength to his message through the whirlwind. The whirlwind also represents the speed and fury with which an army attacks, the destruction it provokes and the personal and visible intervention of God in human affairs.
Jehovah God is the Creator of the wind, Although he is not literally in it, he can control it and use it to carry out His design, as when he used it to lower the waters of the Flood. When his Son was on Earth, he also demonstrated power to control the winds, causing them to calm down. The winds scatter and scatter objects, so that being scattered to all winds or divided towards the four winds means dispersion or complete division.
Like a ship that is blown away by the winds, without a fixed course, those who do not have Christian maturity are likely to be carried back and forth by every wind of teaching through the tricks of men, through cunning in plotting the error.
John 3: 8
The wind blows where it wants, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit
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