We recently studied Ezekiel 37 “The Valley of the Dry Bones”. This chapter of Ezekiel is one of only three places we can find the Four Winds written. They’re called the sevens, Rev. 7, Dan. 7 and in Eze. 37. These four winds come from the four directions surrounding Jerusalem, North, South, East and West. These are significant because before the four winds are released, God opens the eyes of His Elect to his truth, His Word. We will begin in Revelations 7 and verse 1 reads.
Rev.7:1] 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.
Important to understand what this Sea is. Rev.17:15 and read.
Rev.17:15] And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
The waters are the people of this world when Satan is here at the sixth trump. Back to Rev.7 and verse 2 reads.
Rev.7:2] And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
[3] Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
[4] And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
These 144,000 are the Elect, not the Very Elect, which are the 7,000 that will teach at this time. Let’s skip down to verse 9-10 and it reads.
Rev.7:9] After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
These are the waters, note this word “nations” it is Ethnos in the Greek and it is where we get our word Ethnics from. All of the nationalities of the world today, the gentiles also have Salvation.
Rev.7:10] And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Even they give praise to the Father and the Lamb. What a joyous day that will be. Now, we understand this happens before the coming of the Lord just before the seventh trump. The fifth trump is now since Israel became a nation in 1948, and it’s a time of learning and teaching. Our job is now at the sixth trump when Satan is here, the eyes of the 144,000 will be opened thanks to our work today. The seeds that we have planted, God will grow at the appropriate time. Now, let’s go to Daniel 7, Daniel is a very hard book to learn and even harder to teach. After we study Revelations then I’ll teach Daniel because it is the underlay of Revelations. With that in mind, lets go to Dan.7 and verse 1 reads.
Dan.7:1] In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
This statement is interesting, we find in our studies that Satan has only 5 months. Rev.9:5
Dan.7:2] Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
Here are these winds on the sea again. Remember Rev.17:15, the waters are the peoples. Also note that these winds are from heaven. Now we can go to Ezekiel 37, where we had a great study not long ago, and get a deeper meaning for these four winds. Ezekiel 37 and verse 1 reads.
Eze.37:1] The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
As the LORD did with John in Revelations, he does with Ezekiel here. Notice he brings him to a valley full of dry bones, these are those that are spiritually dead but still in the flesh.
Eze.37:2] And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
I would say about 144,000.
Eze.37:3] And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
Can they live, think spiritually now.
Eze.37:4] Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
Prophesy is to teach. This is our job today so we need to pay close attention here.
Eze.37:5] Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
We need to look at this word breath. It is H7307 in the Strongs’, and is Rûwach in the Hebrew it means, Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son. God is saying that He will cause His Holy Spirit to enter into them.
Eze.37:6] And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Remember this is God talking to Ezekiel to go and tell them this message. Ezekiel is an example for us in these times to plant the seeds for Gods purpose in these end times. And it is God, that makes us live with His Holy Spirit. But notice the skins to hide their shame. These are the garments which we call the gospel armor.
Eze.37:7] So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
[8] And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
They come together but are not yet alive. The seeds have been planted, but only God can make them grow.
Eze.37:9] Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
“Come from the four winds, O breath”, Ruwach H3707 Holy Spirit.
Eze.37:10] So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
These make up the great army that the Lord will have here on earth when he comes, though he comes as he left, on the Mount of Olives. Do not confuse these with that Great Army he brings with him.
Eze.37:11] Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
For our sins, remember Rev.7 is in the fifth trump which we are in and now going into the sixth trump. These may have worshipped the antichrist and feel as they are not worthy to be saved, but the LORD is righteous and gives them this chance to come to repentance before the true Christ comes. This is why we plant the seeds. Back to Eze.37 and verse 12 reads.
Eze.37:12] Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
[13] And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
Open your graves is to open your eyes. And have given unto you, Salvation.
Eze.37:14] And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
The LORD will pour out his Spirit in these end times, these are the four winds as he has promised to us right here. Before we go, I want to read Joel 2:27-29.
Joel 2:27] And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
[28] And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
[29] And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
He will pour out his Spirit on both men and women, and they both shall teach his word, and many shall be saved. Let’s go to his throne.
Father, we thank you for your word and ask that you bless all that love you in Jesus’s precious name, Amen.
KJV along with The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of The Bible