Wind, Rain and Thunder
Feel, Hear, Smell, Taste and See
1. CREATION
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth (Gen1:1)
Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Who has gathered up the wind in the hollow of his hands? Who has wrapped up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and the name of his son? (Pr 30:4)
Does the rain have a father? Who fathers the drops of dew? (Lord’s words Job 38:28)
“Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm?� (Lord’s words Job 38:25)
He established the force of the wind and measured out the waters, when he made a decree for the rain and a path for the thunderstorm (Job 28:25)
He says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth,' and to the rain shower, 'Be a mighty downpour.' (Job 37:6)
He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.
(Psalm107:29)
"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of the hail…?� (Lord’s words Job 38:22)
Do you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, 'Here we are'? (Job 38:35)
Lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds that do his bidding (Psalm 148:8)
Who then can understand the thunder of his power? (Job 26:14)
Can your voice thunder like his? (Job 40:9)
God's voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding. (Job 37:5)
Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds, how he thunders from his pavilion? (Job 36:29)
Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash? (Job 37:15)
“Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water? (Lord’s words Job 38:34)
Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens? (Lord’s words Job 38:37)
Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who is perfect in knowledge? (Job 37:16)
By his knowledge the deeps were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew. (Pr 3:20)
He established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep (Proverbs 8:28)
Look up at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds so high above you. (Job 35:5)
He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it. (Job 26:9)
He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight. (Job 26:8)
He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him� (Lk 8:23)
As you do not know the path of the wind, or how life and spirit is formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things. (Ecc 11:5)
“The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from, or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.� (Lord’s words- Jn 3:8)
He who forms the mountains, Creates the wind, Reveals his thoughts to man,
he who turns dawn to darkness, and treads the high places of the earth- the Lord God Almighty is His Name. (Amos 4:13)
2. GOD ALMIGHTY GIVES RAIN
“As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish… so is His word that goes out from His mouth, it will not return to Him empty, but will accomplish what He desires, and achieve the purpose for which He sent it� (Lord words- Is 55:9)
The Lord does whatever that pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth,
in the seas and in the depths. He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth; He sends lightning with the rain, and brings out the wind from his storehouses. (Ps 135:7)
He sends his word and melts them (hail); he stirs up his breezes and waters flows (Ps 147:18)
He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through them. (Job 37:11)
He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills. (Psalm 147:8)
"He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams. The clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on mankind. (Job 36:27-8)
Ask the LORD for rain in the springtime; it is the LORD who makes the storm clouds. He gives showers of rain to men. (Zech 10:1)
He will also send you rain for the seed you sow in the ground (Is 20:23)
He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven. (Acts 14:7)
When a king's face brightens, it means life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.(Pr 16:5)
He brings the clouds to punish men, or to water his earth and show his love. (Job 37:13)
Do any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies themselves send down showers? No, it is you, O LORD our God. (Jer 14:22)
"There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens to help you and on the clouds in his majesty. (Deut 33:26)
Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives autumn and spring rains in season. (Jer 5:24)
A Rainbow, resembling an emerald, encircled the throne (Rev 4:3)
He has set His rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between Him and the earth. (Gen9:16)
Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, He will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth." (Lord HS? word Gen 9:16)
3. REBELLION
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet. Nahum 1:3
But - All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away. (Isaiah 64:6)
Ephraim feeds on the wind; he pursues the east wind all day and multiplies lies with violence. (Hos 12:1)
These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. (2 Peter 2:17)
" it is our fault that this great storm has come." (Jonah 1:12)
4. JUDGMENT
“You are in a land that has had no rain or showers in the day of wrath� (Lord’s words- Eze 22:24)
“He withheld rain from you� (Lord’s words- Am4:7)
“The ground is cracked because there is no rain in the land� (Lord’s word Jer14:4)
But “In His wrath He will unleash a violent wind, and in His anger hailstones and torrents of rain will fall with destructive fury� (Lord’s words- Eze 13:13)
“Rain will come in torrents… hailstones hurtling down and violent winds will burst forth� (Lords words- Eze 13:11)
“A scorching wind from the barren heights in the desert blows towards His people, but not to winnow and cleanse; a wind too strong for that comes from Him at His command. Now He pronounces judgment against them� (Lord’s words- Jer 4:12)
Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder against them from heaven; the LORD will judge the ends of the earth. (1 Sam 2:10)
'A sword, a sword, drawn for the slaughter, polished to consume and to flash like lightning! (Eze 21:28)
It is made to flash like lightning, it is grasped for slaughter. (Eze 21:5)
His judgments flashed like lightning upon us. (Lord’s word Ho 6:5)
For judgment reaches to the skies, it rises as high as the clouds. (Jer 51:9)
His thunder announces the coming storm. (Job 36:33)
5. DAY IS NEAR
“The day of the Lord is near for all nations. As you have done, it will be done to you� (Lord’s word Ob 1:15)
“The great day of the Lord is near- near and coming quickly� (Lord words Zep 1:14)
For the day is near, the day of the LORD is near- a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations. (Ezekiel 30:3)
That day will be a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness (Zep 1:15)
In that day … if one looks at the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be darkened by the clouds. (Isaiah 5:30)
“A day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness… such as never was of old nor ever will be in ages to come.� (Lord’s words -Joel 2:2)
“On that day, there will be no light, no cold or frost. It will be a unique day, without daytime or nighttime- a day known to the Lord. When evening comes, there will be light� (Lord word Zech 14:7)
The LORD Almighty will come with thunder and earthquake and great noise, with windstorm and tempest and flames of a devouring fire. (Isaiah 29:6)
6. DAY OF WRATH
Then the LORD sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose. (Jonah 1:4)
Amid violent winds on a stormy day. (Lord’s words -Amos 1:14)
He let loose the east wind from the heavens and led forth the south wind by his power. Psalm 78:26
“An east wind from the Lord will come, blowing in from the desert� (Hos 13:15)
With a scorching wind he will sweep his hand over the River (Isaiah 11:15)
With his fierce blast he drives her out, as on a day the east wind blows. (Isaiah 27:8)
And that same day the LORD sent thunder and rain all the people stood in awe… (1 Samuel 12:18)
There came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake. (Rev 8:5)
He turned rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land (Ps105:32)
The LORD hurled large hailstones down on them from the sky (Jos 10:11)
He hurls down his hail like pebbles. (Ps 147:17)
Hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down upon the earth (Rev 8:7)
From the sky huge hailstones of about a hundred pounds each fell upon men (Rev 16:17)
Hail fell and lightning flashed back and forth. It was the worst storm in all the land…hail struck everything (Ex 9:24-5)
The worst hailstorm that has ever fallen. (Exodus 9:18)
Who can withstand his icy blast? (Ps 147:17)
7. DESTRUCTIION is COMPLETE
The LORD called you a thriving olive tree with fruit beautiful in form. But with the roar of a mighty storm he will set it on fire, and its branches will be broken.
(Jer 11:16)
He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore-figs with sleet. (Ps 78:47)
“Will it not wither completely when the east wind strikes it-wither away in the plot where it grew?' " (Lord’s words Eze 17:10)
“The east wind made it shrivel, it was stripped off its fruit; its strong branches withered and fire consumed them� (Lord’s words- Eze 19:12)
"Look! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth." (Lord’s words- Jeremiah 25:32)
A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. (John 6:18)
Buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it. (Mt 14:24)
“The east wind will break you to pieces in the heart of the sea� (Lord’s words- Eze 27:26)
No man has power over the wind to contain it (Ecc 8:8)
Each man will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm.
(Isaiah 32:2)
Hurry to place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm. (Psalm 55:8)
Hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie, and water will overflow your hiding place. (Is 28:17)
Though his pride reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds (Job 20:6)
“From there He will bring you down� (Lords words Ob 1:4)
“The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash� (Lord’s words-Mt 7:27)
8. SEE and HEAR HIS RETURN
See, the Lord has one who is powerful and strong. Like a hailstorm and a destructive wind, like a driving rain and a flooding downpour, He will throw it forcefully to the ground. (Is 28:2)
See, the storm of the Lord will burst out in wrath, a driving wind swirling down on the heads of the wicked. (Jer 30:23)
See, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense clouds of smoke; his lips are full of wrath, and his tongue is a consuming fire. (Is 30:27)
He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind. (Ps104:3)
Look! He advances like the clouds, his chariots come like a whirlwind. (Jer4:13)
I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north - an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal. (Ezekiel 1:4)
His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. (Mt 28:3)
His body was like chrysolite, his face like lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude. (Dan 10:6)
Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him … the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. (Ezekiel 1:28)
Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning (Psalm 18:12)
Out of the brightness of his presence bolts of lightning blazed forth. (2 Sam 22:13)
See how he scatters his lightning about him, bathing the depths of the sea. (Job 36:30)
After that comes the sound of his roar; he thunders with his majestic voice. When his voice resounds, he holds nothing back. (Job 37:4)
the Lord answered out of the storm (Job 38:1)
The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded. (Ps 18:13)
'The LORD will roar from on high; he will thunder from his holy dwelling and roar mightily against his land. He will … shout against all who live on the earth.’ (Lord’s words Jer 25:30)
The LORD will cause men to hear his majestic voice and will make them see his arm coming down with raging anger and consuming fire, with cloudburst, thunderstorm and hail. (Isaiah 30:30)
The voice of the LORD strikes with flashes of lightning. (Ps 29:7)
Thunder was heard in the whirlwind… lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked. (Ps 77:18)
His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles. (Ps 97:4)
The earth shook, the heavens poured down rain, before God. (Ps 68:8)
Him who rides the ancient skies above, who thunders with mighty voice. (Ps 68:33)
That day the LORD thundered with loud thunder (1 Sam 7:10)
At the thunder of His voice, the peoples flee. (Is 33:3)
The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD thunders over the mighty waters. (Ps 29:3)
Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea- the LORD on high is mighty. (Ps 93:4)
9. HE IS BACK!
From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. (Rev 4:5)
Then God's temple in heaven was opened… And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a great hailstorm. (Revelation 11:19)
He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet…He made darkness his canopy around him- the dark rain clouds of the sky. (2 Samuel 22:10-2)
Thick clouds veil him (Job 22:14)
Clouds and thick darkness surround him (Ps 97:2)
Then the LORD will appear over them; his arrow will flash like lightning. The Sovereign LORD will sound the trumpet; he will march in the storms of the south. (Zech 9:14)
Sun and moon stood still in the heavens at the glint of His flying arrows, at the lightning of His flashing spear. (Hab 3:11)
There was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. (Ex 19:16)
When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. (Ex 20:18)
I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. (Lk 10:18)
For the Son of Man in his day will be like the lightning, which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other. (Lk 17:24)
For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. (Matt 24:27)
Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him. (Rev 1:7)
“The Lord will come, and all the holy ones with him.� (Lord word Zec 14:5)
"Yes…In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven." (Lord’s words-Mt 26:64)
"At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky… the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory.� (Lord’s words-Mt 24:30)
And there was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. (Daniel 7:13)
And 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. (Mt 24:31)
10. FIRST RESURRECTION
Awake, north wind, and come, south wind! Blow on His garden, that its fragrance may spread abroad. (Song of Solomon 4:16)
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. (1 Th 4:16-17)
He I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. (Lord word Ezekiel 34:12)
And there were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea. Daniel 7:2
" 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, that they may live.�… And breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet- a vast army. Ezekiel 37:9
Sons of Thunder (Mk 3:17)
The LORD thunders at the head of his army; his forces are beyond number, and mighty are those who obey his command. The day of the LORD is great (Joel 2:11)
As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like spring rains that water the earth (Hos 6:3)
“Indeed, the water He give us will become in us a spring of water welling up to eternal life.� (Jn 4:14)
“He who stands firm to the end will be saved� (Lord’s words –Mt 24:13)
“If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all� (Lord’s words – Is 7:1)
We rise up and stand firm (Ps 20:8)
“Stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.� (Lord’s words- Lk 21:18)
“Stand up before the Son of Man� (Lord’s words- Lk 21:28)
Stand up and praise the Lord your God, who is from everlasting to everlasting (Ne 9:5)
11. RESTORATION OF ZION
The LORD will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the sky will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for his people. (Joel 3:16)
The LORD roars from Zion and thunders from Jerusalem (Am 1:2)
Though hail flattens the forest and the city is leveled completely (Is 32:19)
"afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, He will build with stones of turquoise, foundations with sapphires. (Lord’s words- Isaiah 54:11)
Be glad, O people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains in righteousness� (Joe 2:23)
“If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, they will have no rain� (Lord word Zec 14:18)
"Heavens above, rain down righteousness; let the clouds shower it down. Let the earth open wide, let salvation spring up, let righteousness grow with it; I, the LORD, have created it.� (Lord’s word Isaiah 45:8)
12. AFTER THE STORM
See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. (SS 2:11)
The thunder and hail stopped, and the rain no longer poured down on the land. (Ex 9:33)
Thunder will stop and there will be no more hail, so you may know that the earth is the LORD's. (Ex 9:29)
When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever. (Proverbs 10:25)
REJOICE!!
Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting: "Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. (Rev 19:6)
The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad, let the distant shores rejoice (Ps 97:1)
“Acknowledge the holiness of the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.� (Lord’s word Is 29:23)
“Before Him me every knee will bow; by Him me every tongue will swear� (Lord’s word- Is 45:23)
Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him glory! (Rev 19:7)
MILLENIUL REIGN
Therefore rejoice you heavens and who dwell in them! (Rev 12:12)
Rejoice saints and apostles and prophets! (Rev 18:20)
“Rejoice that your names are written in heaven� (Lord’s word- Lk 10:20)
And so we will be with the Lord forever. 1 Th 4:16-17
So shall it be! Amen.
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This is the law of the storm. The laws of the heavens regarding the prescribed time and the design of the storm, as to its light, its colors and its span across the whole space of the earth, have been laid down. And the words which are loosed on earth will be loosed in heaven. The day will come at the appointed hour, whether we like it or not, whether we agree with it or oppose it. It is proper for it to come to fulfill all righteousness. This generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but God’s word will never pass away.
The question now to you is, when the storm comes, whose side are you on? In these last days, with whom have you formed an alliance, and to whom did you pledge an allegiance? He who is not with the Holy Spirit is against Him, and he who does not gather with the Holy Spirit scatters. When the day comes, and it will, will you be one who flees, or one who rejoices because the object of your hopes and dreams, your Lord and God, your redemption is drawing near. Rejoicing that the wrath that your God holds in Him is finally released, and He himself released with it.
So today, if you have yet to know Jesus Christ, your Lord and Savior, here is an incentive to do so for His day is near and come quickly, now is the time to put down everything and follow Him. The right time for you to do so is now because anytime is right to follow Jesus. Honor the Lord, just as Mary Magdalene did, for she knew what had to be done at the right time, and she went forth and did it for Him.
In John 20, at the Holy Spirit’s arrival, the Lord’s disciples received the Holy Spirit as a gentle breath from Him. And when they inhaled His breath, they received the Holy Spirit into their flesh, mind heart spirit and soul. Then in Acts 2, the Holy Spirit came to a public place where the people gathered. He came as a violent wind from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. So too for us, at the final hour, the Holy Spirit will depart from us as a soft gentle wind. But He will not leave the world like a gentle caress of an exhaled breath, He will leave the world as a storm- a violent storm, an urgent storm, an unstoppable storm- The Holy Spirit- The Perfect Storm.
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