All these global winds are
affected by the rotation of the Earth. As the Earth rotates from
west to east, its movement makes the pole-heading currents to curve
towards their right in the Northern Hemisphere and towards their
left in the Southern. As these warm winds from the equator travel
toward the poles, they will curve at the poles due to the rotation
of the earth. They will make a U-turn at the poles, and turn back to
the equator. As they do so, they will bring the cooler polar air
with them.
This is the design of God. The
Son of God is the Master Builder of His Church. And the gates of
hell shall not prevail against her (Matthew 16:18). The Church was
birthed in Jerusalem about 2000 years ago. In the Upper Room in
Jerusalem, about 120 disciples of Jesus waited upon the promise of
their Lord (Acts 1 - 2). The Holy Spirit descended upon all of them
on the Day of Pentecost. They received the power of God to proclaim
the Gospel of Christ. From Jerusalem, the Good News traveled to all
Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. But this is not the
end! The circuit of God is not yet completed!
Today, the Gospel has reached
the uttermost parts of the earth, except a few tribes here and there
are still not being reached. The Wind of God, the Holy Spirit, is
moving all over the earth. Revival fires are ignited everywhere He
goes. As the Spirit touches the hearts of the people, they become
alive. Warmed by the love of God, these newly born again Christians
will then preach the gospel to others. These warm hearts will move
and touch others who are not yet warmed. From Jerusalem, the gospel
had traveled to Europe to America to Asia to Australia to the
Pacific Islands, and now it is coming back to where it had started!
Everywhere it goes, the gospel transforms lives and communities,
bringing light, hope and progress for the nations.
In Ezekiel 37, the prophet was
carried away by the Spirit of the LORD to a valley filled with dry
bones. All of the bones were scattered everywhere. Then the Spirit
asked Ezekiel, "Son of man, can these bones become living people
again?"
"O Sovereign LORD," Ezekiel
replied, "You alone know the answer."
Then He said to him, "Speak to
these bones and say, 'Dry bones, listen to the word of the LORD!
This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look! I am going to breathe
into you and make you live again! I will put flesh and muscles on
you and cover you with skin. I will put breath into you, and you
will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.' "
So Ezekiel spoke these words,
just as he was told. Suddenly as he spoke, there was a rattling
noise all across the valley. The bones of each body came together
and attached themselves as they had been before. Then muscles and
flesh formed over the bones. Then skin formed to cover their bodies,
but they still had no breath in them. Then the LORD said to him,
"Speak to the winds and say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says:
Come, O breath, from the four winds! Breathe into these dead bodies
so that they may live again.' " So Ezekiel spoke as he was
commanded. The wind entered the bodies, and they began to breathe.
They all came to life and stood up on their feet--a great army of
them.
Then the LORD said to Ezekiel,
"Son of man, these bones represent the people of Israel. They are
saying, 'We have become old, dry bones--all hope is gone.' Now give
them this message from the Sovereign LORD: O my people, I will open
your graves of exile and cause you to rise again. Then I will bring
you back to the land of Israel. When this happens, O my people, you
will know that I am the LORD. I will put my Spirit in you, and you
will live and return home to your own land. Then you will know that
I am the LORD. You will see that I have done everything just as I
promised. I, the LORD, have spoken!"
After being scattered for more
than 2000 years, the Lord is now gathering the Jews back to their
homeland. It is at this strategic moment in world history that
revival fires begin to ignite all over the world. Millions upon
millions of people are coming into the kingdom of God. The Holy Fire
of God spreads on. As the Gentiles are entering into their fullness,
the gospel is now making a U-turn back to the Jews.
Being back in Israel, these
Jews are lost without their Messiah. They are like the dry bones
coming together with the muscles, flesh and skin but they do not
have the Spirit of God, Until today, Israel is still seeking her
identity. More than 50% of the Jews are secular. They have lost
their reason for existence. Why do the peoples of the world have so
much hatred against her? Why is she so different from the else of
the world? Why do the nations of the earth rage against her and
blame her for every terrorist act done by her enemies? Unless she
can see the hand of God, she will be discouraged and despondent. God
is turning her eyes towards Himself. God will restore Israel! But He
needs us to be part of His reviving and restoring team. God still
uses ordinary men and women to fulfill His eternal plans and
purposes. In all the revivals of God, God ordains men and women to
be carriers of His mandate, message and mission.
I believe the four winds in
the Ezekiel's prophecy are not just the Holy Spirit Himself, but
they are Christians who are filled with the Holy Spirit. As their
hearts are warmed with the love of God, they are willing to go where
the Spirit leads them. I believe that the Spirit is going to breathe
into these “dead bodies” so that they may live again. The Jews will
become alive when they receive their Messiah!
Israel needs the Lord! How
then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how
shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall
they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they
are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who
preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!"
(Romans 10:14-15)
The Wind of God is blowing
back towards Israel. Here is the message for those who preach the
good news on the mountain of the LORD (Isaiah 40:9):