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Unlike the east wind of the Bible which is a distinctly powerful, dry and hot wind, the winds from the other three directions do not appear to have any particular attributes. In fact, the west wind finds a mention just once, in connection with the plague of the locusts, in which it was used to send the locusts away from Egypt (Exodus 10:19). The north wind is said to bring rain (Proverbs 25:23), and there is an instance of a windstorm coming out of the north, accompanied by brilliant flashes of lightning (Ezekiel 1:4). The north and south winds appear to go round and round in an unending course (Ecclesiastes 1:6). The north and south winds are welcome winds; when they blow on the garden, its fragrance is spread abroad (Song of Solomon 4:16). The south wind could be hot (Luke 12:55) or gentle (Acts 27:13).
The four individual winds blowing from the east, west, north and south directions are described in the Bible in the same way as a human observer would describe, even today. We get an idea of the strength of these winds, the weather phenomena associated with them, and their effects. However, the phrases ‘four winds’, ‘four winds of the earth’ or ‘four winds of heaven’ are used in the Bible in a very different manner. The four winds are referred to in the context of extraordinary events or situations as foreseen by prophets, made known to select persons by God in the form of visions, or revealed by Jesus Himself to His disciples.
The four winds are sometimes associated with the four corners of the earth or the four quarters of heaven. This should not be considered as being suggestive of an image of a flat earth having four corners, but should be taken to mean the whole earth. Likewise, the four winds should be construed not as winds blowing literally in only four directions, but as winds blowing in all directions. Such an interpretation is indeed justified, because a wind having any speed or direction can be regarded as a combination of two north-south and east-west components.
A look at the weather charts used by today’s meteorologists would tell that the earth’s atmosphere at any given time is made up of high and low pressure areas in different regions. Winds blow out of and around an area of high pressure or anticyclone, and they would randomly scatter whatever that came in their way. On the other hand, over an area of low pressure or cyclone, intense winds would blow around and into it from all directions, and thus gather instead of scatter.
The power of the four winds of the Bible is tremendous, both figuratively and practically. It can churn the great sea, it can uproot and scatter powerful empires (Daniel 7:2, 8:8, 11:4, Zechariah 2:6). The combined power of the four winds of heaven was to be deployed against the nation of Elam, to scatter the people in all directions (Jeremiah 49:36).
On the contrary, in another situation of a positive nature, the four winds were called upon to gather together and breathe life into the slain so that they may live (Ezekiel 37:9). But of greater significance is the reference to the four winds in the events that would occur when the Son of Man returns in His glory (Matthew 24:31, Mark 13:27). He will send His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other, or from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.
There is a third kind of role that the four winds will be playing in the last times. John, in his vision, saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree (Revelation 7:1). This would amount to a circulation pattern of the atmosphere in which there are no highs or lows whatever, or an atmosphere of infinite calm!
Christina Dalton DeRito
Sep 16, 2023 @ 19:10:12
The presence of love.
Mbachirin Joseph
Feb 03, 2023 @ 16:18:57
I must appreciate God for the knowledge given to you.This short write up means alot more Grace Sir.
Prof R R Kelkar
Feb 04, 2023 @ 01:41:21
Thank you for your kind words. Please remember me in your prayers.
Shanthilal
Sep 07, 2021 @ 01:42:22
One of my church co prayer warriors mentions the four wind of Gid very often.so I wanted to know more about it.and i i found your four winds of the bible.thankyou sir for all the scripture reference you have given.
I find it very useful.
Prof R R Kelkar
Sep 07, 2021 @ 03:03:51
Dear Mr Shanthilal,
Thank you for visiting my blog and posting a comment. I am glad that you have found it useful. God bless you.
Regards,
Ranjan Kelkar
Elizabeth
Feb 25, 2021 @ 21:34:00
What if I felt coming around my house a cool strong wind blow right tru me and pass me .I felt no fear only peace
Gladys
Jan 25, 2021 @ 12:25:49
The four winds of heaven must gather my blessings this 2021 in Jesus’ name. Amen
Bethel Abdullahi
Sep 24, 2020 @ 07:25:46
I am really bless with sir, more grace
John
Aug 28, 2020 @ 10:00:24
Wonderful Discovery Man of God, l really Love it , l would be teaching on the same Subject very soon. I have really gained more insight through your article.
Thank You very much and God richly Bless You
Prof R R Kelkar
Aug 28, 2020 @ 10:31:58
Dear John,
Thank you for your kind words.
I had written this post 13 years ago and I am so glad that you have found it useful. You may like to download my ebook Bible Meteorology.
Regards and best wishes,
Ranjan Kelkar
Pune, India
Hosea R Mosetlhe
Sep 26, 2022 @ 20:48:23
This is commendable sir I struggled with the understanding of the four winds,I’m now greatly blessed God bless you much more
Prof R R Kelkar
Sep 27, 2022 @ 00:30:45
Dear Hosea,
I am glad that you liked my post.
Thank you for your comment and your prayer for me.
Ranjan Kelkar
Lynette
Dec 17, 2018 @ 00:26:20
Dear professor,
I love your article it’s such a blessing. Is it true that the West wind is a provision wind?I was taught by my pastor it’s the very wind used to bring in quails to the children of Israel.
Kind regards
Lynette
Prof R R Kelkar
Dec 17, 2018 @ 03:39:34
Dear Lynette,
It was nice of you to tell me that you liked my post. It is a small part of my eBook on various aspects of the weather in relation to the Bible. I suggest that you download and read it from https://biblemet.wordpress.com
Over a major part of the globe, in both hemispheres, winds do blow from west to east. In the monsoon region in which I live, winds change direction every six months. But what is important is that all these winds bring benefits to people. They all fit into God’s arrangements for providing all that we need at a time when we need it most. The Old Testament narrative brings it out and we can experience it in our present lives also.
Thanks once again and God bless you and your family.
Ranjan Kelkar
Pune, India
odette boily
Feb 17, 2018 @ 19:26:34
Very fascinating studies presented in your book A Synthesis of Meterorology… specially since it is based on Biblical facts.
Thanks for sharing. I will continue to study it and send you back a note.
Blessings,
odette
Prof R R Kelkar
Feb 18, 2018 @ 01:01:19
Dear Odette,
Thanks for your comment. I will surely like to hear from you again.
Ranjan Kelkar
odette boily
Feb 18, 2018 @ 22:32:05
Dear Professor Kelkar,
Really appreciated reading your book on Bible Meterology. Many scientific principles are contained in His Word which we hardly understand as you mentioned in the book of Job for example. My background is chemistry, biochemistry, physic and lately I have studied astronomy – which is a most interesting science of the Macro world around us rather than the Micro world of chemistry.
I am also a student of the Bible and your study of the winds was of interest to me as I believe in the book of Revelation 7 verse 1 where there is a prophecy about the four winds being held till the sealing is over. With all the climate changes spoken about and events of major destruction as occurred in the USA in 2017 (I live in Canada) – I am actually wondering if there is not a connection between the increase of the energy demonstrated through the velocity of the winds along with the CO2 and other factors influencing changes in the climate? And if the angels are not about to let go of the 4 winds both literally and spiritually?
As your book on Bible Meterology indicates, there are 2 poles of truth that are evident in the Bible – one that is concrete while to other one is abstract – one that is physical while the other one is spiritual. Could the angels are letting at this time the 4 winds thus all the increase of calamities in floods, droughts, fires, tornados and more which we are witnessing today?
Other prophecies of the Bible do point to a time of the end of the period of transgression against the Creator’s government which is about to take place in order to usher in the new heaven and the new earth spoken of in Isaiah 66 and Revelation 21 and 22 and the Second and Third Coming of Christ.
You mention in your book:
“Famine is one of the many things and events that will signal the end times as Jesus himself warned: nations will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. In the book of Revelation, we again read of death due to famine.
But mercifully, we are not living in the Old Testament times nor in the end times, and so we should not be deterred by famine, or for that matter by anything fearful.” Page 60
Could we actually be living in the end times through these manifestations of nature and wars, rumors of wars, famines and more which Christ speaks about to the last generation in Matthew chapter 24?
Best regards,
Odette Boily
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http://www.fourwindspublications.org
Prof R R Kelkar
Feb 19, 2018 @ 00:47:21
Dear Odette,
Thank you once again, this time for your detailed comments. The Bible is a timeless book, written only for once. It is not updated like other books. But the world keeps changing. So it is up to us to know what is happening around us and seek God’s continuing guidance in interpreting the signs of the times.
Best wishes,
Ranjan Kelkar
Zechariah
Sep 30, 2017 @ 17:16:21
Awesome revelations!
I am trying to find the sounds of shofar of 4 winds. And God leads me here.
Thanks to God.
Prof R R Kelkar
Oct 01, 2017 @ 02:27:36
Dear Zechariah,
Thank you for visiting my site and telling me about it.
Ranjan Kelkar
fkregieblog
Apr 23, 2017 @ 06:56:36
i was writing a poem about a female friend and needed research about angels, this brought me to your site. great piece
Prof R R Kelkar
Apr 23, 2017 @ 09:08:13
Thanks. I hope you could find your angels. They are never far..!
fkregieblog
Apr 23, 2017 @ 11:21:13
i found her.
Spiritual Warfare: The Four Winds & Prayer – thankGODforJESUS.org
Mar 11, 2016 @ 17:52:45
segunfunmi
Jan 09, 2015 @ 15:48:58
this is a good research. at least i know better now
suzette stephens
Aug 19, 2014 @ 20:45:35
thank you so much four all your inputs ,revelation and knowledge , presently study the four winds of GOD . thanks again and may GOD continue to increase our knowledge
Prof R R Kelkar
Aug 19, 2014 @ 23:40:31
Dear Suzette,
Thanks for your comment. I visited your counseling site and I was glad to see that you are doing very useful work. Please pray for me too.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Pune, India
douglas fuqua
Nov 24, 2013 @ 18:10:31
Excellent. This reading will help me in my prayers and declarations. The moment I read this my spirit was ignited. Thank you.
Prof R R Kelkar
Nov 25, 2013 @ 00:50:30
Dear Douglas,
Thank you for your comment. In fact, words like yours ignite my own spirit to continue working for the Lord!
Praise Him!
Ranjan Kelkar
Pune, India
Alaka Olusegun
Jul 16, 2013 @ 23:55:56
powerful research ….Wish u can keep us up to date about mystery in d bible
john
Jun 22, 2013 @ 17:24:12
you can visit Doctrine of Truth at http://www.doctrineoftruth.com for various bible studies. About 4 winds, it is nice to learn.
Deborah
Jul 22, 2012 @ 02:50:55
Thank you, reading this article really opened my eyes to a few things…I am preparing to minister at a Prophetic Conference and this passage was very helpful.
Kind Regards
Deborah
Prof R R Kelkar
Jul 22, 2012 @ 07:18:33
Dear Deborah,
I was happy to read your comment and to know that my post was useful to you. I have written an eBook on Bible Meteorology which covers many more topics. You can download it from http://biblemet.wordpress.com
Regards and prayers,
R R Kelkar
Kristen Howard
Jun 24, 2012 @ 06:10:57
Thanks so much this is great!
Prof R R Kelkar
Jun 24, 2012 @ 08:56:57
You may like to visit my blog on Bible Meteorology at http://biblemet.wordpress.com/
R R Kelkar
Usman Samson
Jan 30, 2012 @ 09:26:20
Great! I am in Exodus and i saw the activities of east and west winds. I became inquisitive about the operations of the four winds in the Bible. I googled and i saw your posting. Could you please tell me more about the spiritual implications of these winds and their application in this age? Thanks
Prof R R Kelkar
Jan 30, 2012 @ 10:42:55
Dear Usman,
I have dealt with the subject quite comprehensively in my eBook “Bible Meteorology”. You can read it at http://biblemet.wordpress.com
Best wishes
R R Kelkar
J.M. Ochungo
Jan 03, 2012 @ 21:10:33
A thought about the “four winds” in the Bible crossed my mind. I searched on Google and, lo, here’s your entry, your blog. It’s a great blessing. Can you explore the spiritual connotations of the “four winds” and how that relates to us today?
Prof R R Kelkar
Jan 06, 2012 @ 09:27:17
Dear Ochungo,
I have explained at length the biblical references to weather in general in my eBook “Bible Meteorology”. You can download it from http://biblemet.wordpress.com. You will find therein a discussion on many issues which are relevant to today’s world.
Best wishes,
R R Kelkar
Breanna
Jun 23, 2010 @ 22:48:37
WOW!!!! “Four winds, corners….etc….” has been coming to mind non-stop. I am in Zechariah chapter 2 right now. Your blog has made my heart race with anticipation for His return and the events that are to unfold as we wait for His power from on High… and serve to usher in His kingdom. His Spirit within me confirms strongly this work. Thank you for your faithfulness in sharing what He has gifted to you and now to those who seek. May you be blessed greatly and may the words you pen be sent forth as was “John the Baptist” to prepare the way of the Lord!!!
In Christ,
Breanna
Prof R R Kelkar
Jun 24, 2010 @ 01:00:05
Dear Breanna,
Thanks for your comments. You may also like to read my e-book “Bible Meteorology” at http://biblemet.wordpress.com, which covers several aspects of weather in the Bible.
R R Kelkar
Merle M. Mills
Dec 26, 2009 @ 03:34:36
Dr. Kelkar,
I heard the four winds mentioned recently at my church by a pastor in reference to intercession. It seemed so interesting, I decided to do an internet search seeking further depth. I came across your article, and this will be used as a valued addition to my reference tools and resources.
Thank you for sharing your God given knowledge and information. I have become more enlightened.
Sincerely,
Merle M. Mills
Norfolk, Va
U.S.A.
Prof R R Kelkar
Dec 26, 2009 @ 06:21:43
Dear Merle,
If you click on the page ‘Bible Meteorology’ on my blog, you can see other related posts. I am a retired meteorologist and not a Bible scholar, but I try to meld science as I know it with the Bible truth as I believe it.
I must thank you for making the effort to say that you found my blog useful. God bless you in the New Year.
Regards
R R Kelkar
Pune, India
Dominic
Nov 08, 2009 @ 19:41:33
I was in the park yesterday and a woman said to her boy.Elijah come quickly.I opened up my bible to the exact page 1st kings18:1 1 And it came to pass after many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the earth.”
2 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab; and there was a severe famine in Samaria. 3 And Ahab had called Obadiah, who was in charge of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly. 4 For so it was, while Jezebel massacred the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah had taken one hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty to a cave, and had fed them with bread and water.) 5 And Ahab had said to Obadiah, “Go into the land to all the springs of water and to all the brooks; perhaps we may find grass to keep the horses and mules alive, so that we will not have to kill any livestock.” 6 So they divided the land between them to explore it; Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
Time to spread the elijah message.
tom windsor
Mar 14, 2008 @ 16:14:50
Greetings Dr. KelKar ,
Very interesting article about the 4 Winds ,
I though you might appreciate this other article and I would like your input as I’m revising it .
May you have a Blessed day
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Meteorology and the Bible — by G.Thomas Windsor
There are various examples in Scripture related to the field of meteorology that I believe give evidence of Divine inspiration. Some of these are in what ancient writers described thousands of years ago. Things that they couldn’t have known or that aren’t self evident. These truths have only been discovered in modern times .
Some of the more well known are as follows:
The hydrological cycle (evaporation /transportation /condensation of water around the globe)
Job 36:27-28 ” For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapor thereof: Which the clouds do drop [and] distill upon man abundantly. “; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD [is] his name. (KJV)
Eccl. 1:7 “All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.”
Jeremiah 10:13 ” When He utters His voice, There is a multitude of waters in the heavens:
And He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth.”
Also Amos 9.6 ” he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth”
The concept that air has weight
Job 28:25 “To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure. “(KJV)
Also in Job 37 “by watering he wearieth (to make heavy ) the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud”
The Jet Stream circuit
The large “rivers” of winds that circle the globe are described in Ecclesiastes 1.
It states, “the wind .. blows round and round on its circuits… ” )(NET)
Ecclesiastes 1:6 (KJV) “The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.”
The “Whirlwind” in Scripture
Relating to the jet stream, let us go to a more detailed look at the subtle atmospheric characteristics the Bible makes reference to that wouldn’t be discerned by visual observation in ancient times. These are some lesser known evidences of inspiration. The Scripture speaks so much about whirling winds when they are actually statistically very rare to behold (even for those living in highest probability areas.)
In the natural world, whirlwinds/tornadoes are devastating. These violent rotating columns of air can lift up almost everything in their path, scattering vast amounts of materials far distances down wind.
There are spots on the globe where favorable terrain, etc., helps create this dynamic as in the central States of the US. The Middle East is also such an area. Certain other major factors create this weather ; simplistically stated, colder drier air slams into very humid warmer air. Next, the turning and veering in the direction of the winds at differing heights creates the rotating columns (” the pillars of cloud ” to use another biblical term) and explosive updrafts .
These are essential in the formation of the mesocyclone.
So we have two main factors A- rotation and B- updraft
The principle of rotation
Job 37:12 ” The clouds go round in circles, wheeling about according to his plans,
to carry out all that he commands them over the face of the whole inhabited world, v-13.
(NET)
In another translation it states ” And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth ( kjv. )”
The large scale movement of air takes the shape of a meandering river.
Although winds generally move in a linear direction, they also contain many circuitous swirling movements. Also, amongst the movement of bodies of air, countless eddies are produced like in a turbulent flow of water .
The earth’s wind streams have areas of clockwise rotations and counterclockwise rotations on many scales.
On a continental view, one could have a very large upper level cyclonic area of the atmosphere that can form mesocyclones (a rotating “supercell” thunderstorm) at lower levels. These can spawn tornadoes which themselves can have within them multiple vortices. These all wheel around, from the massive pinwheel of a hurricane hundreds of miles across in size, to the swirling dust-devil in a hot farmer’s field.
The Bible makes a connection with the whirlwind in a repetitive them of whirling wheels and chariots (Jeremiah. 4:13; Daniel. 11:40; Isaiah 5:28; Zechariah. 6:5; Psalm 104:4; Isaiah 66:15 .)
The principle of updraft
Typically, these thunderstorms have visible large-scale cloud rotation, even if it doesn’t produce an actual tornado that touches the ground. The people at that time when the Scripture was penned didn’t understand the rapid updraft in severe storms. However, they wrote of Elijah having been taken up in the whirlwind into heaven. 2Ki.2:11 – “As they were going along and talking, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire …. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind to heaven. ”
Also, in the updraft portion of a severe storm a trained eye can observe clouds lifting upwards and infolding upon themselves as it rotates around.
Ezek. 1:4
And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire.”
Speaking of this whirlwind it states in the Greek, “I beheld (pneuma) a wind (exairon) lifting up.” In the Hebrew it can also translate to “touching itself around,” as “in a circle.”)
This is incidentally probably one of the earliest historical accounts of a mesocyclone.
The ” rolling ” of the heavenly winds
When there is a turning or a veering in the direction of the winds at differing heights (low level winds and the upper jet stream winds,) this creates a “rolling ” effect in the clouds of the thunderstorm which is thought to spawn tornadoes at the surface. So we have horizontal and vertical turning in the atmosphere .
This rolling of the atmosphere helps produce a spiraling updraft .
The Bible also speaks of this effect as in Revelation 6 (see also Isaiah 34): ” 13…..even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 14And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together” (KJV.)
It is interesting that another passage may speak of this concept. When God delivered his people at the Red Sea (remember the pillar of cloud) it was described in this way: “The crash of thy thunder was in the whirlwind,…” (Psm. 77.) Other translations state “The thunder of your (God’s) chariot wheels resounded; your lightning lit up the world; ” (NAB.) In another translation it states “the voice of thy thunder in a wheel…. “. (D.R. B.)
Here the psalmist uses the Hebrew word for “wheels” (GalGal) by an analogy and metaphor in describing the storms in the heavens and again portrays the heavens as in a rolling dynamic.
Nature is transcendent
God uses the natural physical heavens and winds to teach us of the heavenly spiritual world. This metaphor for the spirit is used more than any other in the Bible. The Old testament prophets saw these and other storms as revelations and manifestations of His glory. The physical heavens (with its clouds and the winds) is the shadow of the true realities show us “The heavens declare his glory” (Psm.19 . )
About the author — G.Thomas Windsor is a storm chaser and does weather photography.
R K Kolhatkar
Jul 04, 2007 @ 09:35:57
Today I was able to open the Blog… good to read that “four corners”
does not mean earth is flat…. Best wishes….