Isaiah 27:7-11, the whole Paragraph, teaches us about God’s “controlled (or restrained) judgment” against (regarding) His Own people. Here, regarding the Jews.

And agreed, while the Passage is hard to understand, especially on its first reading … one clause sufficiently explains the whole Pericope. “He stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.” Isaiah 27:8b

Again, this is NOT God judging the lost world. They (unbelievers) will be consigned to Hell, eternally so.

This is God dealing with His Own children.

“He stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.” Where the verb “stayeth” translates “hagah” in Hebrew, meaning “to remove,” to take away.” (A word only used 3 times in all the Old Testament!)

The adjective “rough” is “qasheth,” meaning “hard, cruel, heavy, grievous!” This kind of wind would be comparable to a “tornado” or “hurricane,” for example.

And then the “east wind” in the Bible always represents “hard times,” even exasperating times. Uncomfortable times! (Remember the “east wind” that blew upon Jonah, causing him to faint with fatigue? Jonah 4:7)

Here’s the point of today’s Lesson. One in which we can rejoice! GOD NEVER OVER-JUDGES ONE OF HIS CHILDREN. YES, HE “WHIPS” US … TO HELP US MATURE. BUT HE NEVER BRUTALIZES US, NEVER ABUSES US!

When He chastens with His “east wind” … He first causes His “rough wind” to calm, to dissipate. So as to not “blow you away.” In other words … “He chastens with love!”

(If you are a twenty-pound Christian, so to speak, He will never hit you with a fifty pound whipping!)

Wow!

Our Text again: “He stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.”

Psalm 78:38 may capture part of this Divine Principle. “But he (the Lord), being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.”  He did NOT stir up ALL His Wrath!

Divine Restraint!

Next time the Lord is rebuking, correcting you … THANK HIM that He knows just how much pressure we can take!

If the east wind is blowing … the rough wind is calmed! By His Almighty Hand!

Praise the Name of our All-Wise Heavenly Father!

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

I actually had studied another Text from Isaiah 27 this morning. But when I touched the keyboard, sat down to type, the Lord clearly directed me to this rough wind/east wind Sentence! I am sure … for a reason!

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