In these last days, the Lord our God will blow through his Holy Spirit seven winds that will perfect his church, preparing her for the great coming harvest, strengthening her to remain firm in the midst of the great tribulation, and getting her ready for the second coming.
1.- WIND OF REPENTANCE
The Lord is calling each and every
one of his sons and daughters in these final days to prepare to be used
in the great commission (Matthew 28:19-20). The coming harvest will be
so abundant that only a great army of disciples around the world will be
able to gather it and sustain it. They will care for the Lord's new sheep,
so that the fruit remains, and so the deceiver does not snatch away the
seed of the word.
However, many of God's people will act like Jonah did, fleeing from the Lord's call, closing themselves in their own selfishness. Because of this, the Lord will blow a wind of "Repentance" (Jonah 1:4), that will bring difficult trials and adverse circumstances into the lives of many believers. At first they will think that the devil is doing it, but God's Spirit will break their cold and apathetic hearts, so that they can see that God himself put them into the belly of a big fish. The fruit of this experience will be sincere, Spirit-led repentance.
2.- WIND OF LOVE AND MERCY
Even once God's people have learned
the lesson that the wind of repentance brings to their lives, many of God's
servants will be working in their ministry mainly because of the difficult
times that they experienced, in a legalistic and religious spirit, instead
of in love for God and for their neighbor.
Because of this, the Lord will send and blow a wind of love and mercy, even as He did in the life of Jonah (Jonah 4:8-11). This wind will cause his people to stop working "for" the Lord, and start working "with" him. The love and mercy manifested in their hearts of God's servants will make the difference.
3.- WIND OF FREEDOM
The hidden sins in the hearts of God's
people will come to the light. The lord will blow a strong wind in his
church, revealing all iniquity and dead works among his people, and anything
which blocks the full blessing that God has for his sons and daughters.
The Lord will blow a strong wind in the midst of sin's darkness, bringing
freedom to his people. Yes, this will be God's wind of Freedom (Exodus
14:21).
This wind will break bondages that keep God's people bound by satan, slaves of the flesh, and seduced by this world's pleasures. God will part the Red sea and free his people from sin's bondage. The blood of Jesus will cover a multitude of sins and wash the church of all wickedness (1 John 1:9).
4.- WIND OF SUBMISSION
And for those believers who conform
to this world, and are apathetic, indifferent, and trust in their own strength,
yes, for those who think that they already have they desire, with a nice
comfortable life, the Lord will again awaken his "Euroclydon" wind (Acts
27:14), now called the "Wind of Submission."
This wind will beat so strongly against the boat of God's people, that the only way to continue will be to give up and allow the wind to take them wherever it wishes (Acts 27:15). But the purpose of this wind will not be completed until, so that their boat will not sink, God's people willingly throw overboard all the extra weight (Acts 27:19), which represents all those things, whether physical or of the soul, that limit the growth of Christ's bride and hinder her process of sanctification.
5.- WIND OF FAITH
Without faith it is impossible to
please God. Before the miraculous and surprising can occur through God's
people in the coming days in such a way that has never before been seen
an will not happen again before the Lord's return, they must face God's
wind of faith. It is amazing that in the scriptures, what really caused
the fear in Peter's heart when he walked on the water to go to Jesus, was
not the rough waves, nor the darkness of the night, but rather the "strong
wind" (Matthew 14:30). This same wind that blew in the life of Peter to
test and strengthen his faith, is being sent by the Lord all around the
world to bring to life in his bride the faith necessary to conquer in the
evil days and be powerfully used in the great harvest that is coming.
Although this wind will strongly shake God's people, it will also bring forth faith in their hearts, removing doubt and fear. Jesus himself is interceding today before the Father's throne that the faith of his people not fail, even as He prayed for Peter (Luke 22:32).
6.- WIND OF POWER
Once the previous winds of the Lord
have fulfilled their purpose in the church, He will blow one more wind
over his people, Yes, the longed-for "Wind of Power" (Acts 2:2).
The prophetic word spoken through Moses and Joel will come true in all its fullness (Numbers 11:29 and Joel 2:28), and all the Lord's servants will be filled with the Holy Spirit and will prophesy the "testimony of Jesus" to the whole world (Revelation 19:10) accompanied by signs, wonders, and miracles. It is only during this time that the great harvest that was prophesied will take place. Only a bride who is truly repentant, with a heart full of love and mercy for the lost, having submitted to the Lord each and every area of her life, and with great faith in her heart, will be able to participate in this great revival that is approaching, having been filled with the power of God.
7.- WIND OF JUDGEMENT AND RESCUE
In the same way that happened with
the people of Israel, the Lord will blow his wind of judgement over the
nations (Numbers 11:31-34). This wind will be called "Kib'-roth-hat-ta'-a-vah,"
because the Lord will bury the world's lust with the wind of his breath.
His wind will wound the nations with terrible and destructive plagues,
like never before seen since the foundation of the earth. This will be
during the great tribulation.
Then a pause will come in this great judgement. God himself, the Lord of the winds (Mark 4:41), will cause to cease, through his four angels that stand at the four corners of the earth, the four winds of the earth, so that they no longer do harm until all of God's servants have been sealed on the forehead (Rev. 7:1-3). Afterwards the Lord will send his angels and they will gather together his elect from the four winds, from the farthest corner of the earth to the farthest corner of the heavens (Mark 13:27). Then the judgement will continue.
WORDS OF WARNING FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD
The wind of God is his own Holy Sprit. Allow him to blow in your life. Do not flee from his presence. Remember that you form part of the bride for which Jesus is coming soon. A bride which He himself is making ready.