Chapter 24 Wind
There are essentially three ways in which “wind” is used in Daniel and Revelation: As part of an idiom, to indicate the four compass directions on Earth, and most importantly to indicate strife among nations. Let us look at these briefly:
1) Part of an idiom:
Rev 6:13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Wind is here part of a simile, an analogy. The focus here is not on the wind, but on the stars falling from heaven. This happened in 1833, and will happen again. Wind therefore has no prophetic significance in this passage.
2) The four directions on the compass:
There are two texts in Daniel and again wind is not the focus but part of a way of saying in all directions, or in all the world:
Dan 8:8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
Four horns grew from the broken horn, pointing to the four directions of the compass. When Alexander the Great died, Greece was divided into four territories, ruled by four generals that fought for Alexander. Winds simply mean the four directions of the compass in this symbol.
Dan 11:4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
Dan 11:4 is prophesying the same event as Dan 8:8 – Alexander the Great replaced by his four generals.
3) Strife among nations:
Here is where wind takes on its symbolic meaning. The most important text in this context is Dan 7:2:
2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
This is Daniel’s dream of the four beasts that rose up out of the sea. We have already studied the meaning of water and sea (chapter 20) which symbolise people and nations. These four beasts that come up out of the sea are four kingdoms, or empires. They come up out of the water, so they are formed from nations. These nations are great and powerful. The origins of these nations did not come about peacefully, but had their origin in times of war. The old English word for strife is used: strove. Wind on the waters represent strife and war.
Rev 7:1 is the opposite to Dan 7:2 in that war and strife among nations is held in check so that God can seal His end-time apostles, the 144 000:
1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
The four points of the compass comes into play here as well where angels stand on the four corners of the Earth, holding the winds. They have been told to let the winds loose at a point in time, but the sealing angel tells them to not release the wind yet, not until the servants of God are sealed. These winds are symbolic (as well as the four corners of Earth – therefore we cannot read flat Earth into this text) because they should not yet blow on the land (metaphysical – chapter 21) or the sea (people and nations – chapter 20) or on the trees (144 000 – established in chapter 20). Strife among all the nations of the world should not begin before God has sealed His 144 000. God is even holding back natural disasters of a universal scale so that we can exist in relative peace and structure. After the 144 000 are sealed there will not only be wars among nations, but also natural disasters on land and sea (The Trumpets – chapters 16 and 19).
Now while there is relative peace, and the economic and political structures of the world are still intact, are you preparing for the soon-coming time when the economy will be broken and the world will be in absolute turmoil with wars and disasters on land and sea. God will carry His children through this time, but we should prepare by heart-searching in prayer before God. We need to humble ourselves and not have a single good deed or merit which we hold before God as a means of getting His favour. His love for us is undeserved, a free gift. Likewise, our salvation. Prepare, prepare. Do not let the cares of this world dominate your thinking. God bless you as you prepare.
There are essentially three ways in which “wind” is used in Daniel and Revelation: As part of an idiom, to indicate the four compass directions on Earth, and most importantly to indicate strife among nations. Let us look at these briefly:
1) Part of an idiom:
Rev 6:13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Wind is here part of a simile, an analogy. The focus here is not on the wind, but on the stars falling from heaven. This happened in 1833, and will happen again. Wind therefore has no prophetic significance in this passage.
2) The four directions on the compass:
There are two texts in Daniel and again wind is not the focus but part of a way of saying in all directions, or in all the world:
Dan 8:8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
Four horns grew from the broken horn, pointing to the four directions of the compass. When Alexander the Great died, Greece was divided into four territories, ruled by four generals that fought for Alexander. Winds simply mean the four directions of the compass in this symbol.
Dan 11:4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
Dan 11:4 is prophesying the same event as Dan 8:8 – Alexander the Great replaced by his four generals.
3) Strife among nations:
Here is where wind takes on its symbolic meaning. The most important text in this context is Dan 7:2:
2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
This is Daniel’s dream of the four beasts that rose up out of the sea. We have already studied the meaning of water and sea (chapter 20) which symbolise people and nations. These four beasts that come up out of the sea are four kingdoms, or empires. They come up out of the water, so they are formed from nations. These nations are great and powerful. The origins of these nations did not come about peacefully, but had their origin in times of war. The old English word for strife is used: strove. Wind on the waters represent strife and war.
Rev 7:1 is the opposite to Dan 7:2 in that war and strife among nations is held in check so that God can seal His end-time apostles, the 144 000:
1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
The four points of the compass comes into play here as well where angels stand on the four corners of the Earth, holding the winds. They have been told to let the winds loose at a point in time, but the sealing angel tells them to not release the wind yet, not until the servants of God are sealed. These winds are symbolic (as well as the four corners of Earth – therefore we cannot read flat Earth into this text) because they should not yet blow on the land (metaphysical – chapter 21) or the sea (people and nations – chapter 20) or on the trees (144 000 – established in chapter 20). Strife among all the nations of the world should not begin before God has sealed His 144 000. God is even holding back natural disasters of a universal scale so that we can exist in relative peace and structure. After the 144 000 are sealed there will not only be wars among nations, but also natural disasters on land and sea (The Trumpets – chapters 16 and 19).
Now while there is relative peace, and the economic and political structures of the world are still intact, are you preparing for the soon-coming time when the economy will be broken and the world will be in absolute turmoil with wars and disasters on land and sea. God will carry His children through this time, but we should prepare by heart-searching in prayer before God. We need to humble ourselves and not have a single good deed or merit which we hold before God as a means of getting His favour. His love for us is undeserved, a free gift. Likewise, our salvation. Prepare, prepare. Do not let the cares of this world dominate your thinking. God bless you as you prepare.
Chapter 24 Wind
There are essentially three ways in which “wind” is used in Daniel and Revelation: As part of an idiom, to indicate the four compass directions on Earth, and most importantly to indicate strife among nations. Let us look at these briefly:
1) Part of an idiom:
Rev 6:13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Wind is here part of a simile, an analogy. The focus here is not on the wind, but on the stars falling from heaven. This happened in 1833, and will happen again. Wind therefore has no prophetic significance in this passage.
2) The four directions on the compass:
There are two texts in Daniel and again wind is not the focus but part of a way of saying in all directions, or in all the world:
Dan 8:8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
Four horns grew from the broken horn, pointing to the four directions of the compass. When Alexander the Great died, Greece was divided into four territories, ruled by four generals that fought for Alexander. Winds simply mean the four directions of the compass in this symbol.
Dan 11:4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
Dan 11:4 is prophesying the same event as Dan 8:8 – Alexander the Great replaced by his four generals.
3) Strife among nations:
Here is where wind takes on its symbolic meaning. The most important text in this context is Dan 7:2:
2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
This is Daniel’s dream of the four beasts that rose up out of the sea. We have already studied the meaning of water and sea (chapter 20) which symbolise people and nations. These four beasts that come up out of the sea are four kingdoms, or empires. They come up out of the water, so they are formed from nations. These nations are great and powerful. The origins of these nations did not come about peacefully, but had their origin in times of war. The old English word for strife is used: strove. Wind on the waters represent strife and war.
Rev 7:1 is the opposite to Dan 7:2 in that war and strife among nations is held in check so that God can seal His end-time apostles, the 144 000:
1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
The four points of the compass comes into play here as well where angels stand on the four corners of the Earth, holding the winds. They have been told to let the winds loose at a point in time, but the sealing angel tells them to not release the wind yet, not until the servants of God are sealed. These winds are symbolic (as well as the four corners of Earth – therefore we cannot read flat Earth into this text) because they should not yet blow on the land (metaphysical – chapter 21) or the sea (people and nations – chapter 20) or on the trees (144 000 – established in chapter 20). Strife among all the nations of the world should not begin before God has sealed His 144 000. God is even holding back natural disasters of a universal scale so that we can exist in relative peace and structure. After the 144 000 are sealed there will not only be wars among nations, but also natural disasters on land and sea (The Trumpets – chapters 16 and 19).
Now while there is relative peace, and the economic and political structures of the world are still intact, are you preparing for the soon-coming time when the economy will be broken and the world will be in absolute turmoil with wars and disasters on land and sea. God will carry His children through this time, but we should prepare by heart-searching in prayer before God. We need to humble ourselves and not have a single good deed or merit which we hold before God as a means of getting His favour. His love for us is undeserved, a free gift. Likewise, our salvation. Prepare, prepare. Do not let the cares of this world dominate your thinking. God bless you as you prepare.
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