The Answer is Blowing in the Wind Quiz

Answer: All night

The correct answer is 'all night'. Exodus 14:21-22, in the NKJV, gives this account: "Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided. So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left."

The chapter goes on to tell of the Israelites making it safely to the other side and the sea returning to its full depth, drowning all the Egyptian soldiers who had been pursuing them. The parting of the Red Sea is one of the best known stories in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the English Bible.

Answer: Elijah

Elijah is the one who witnessed the spectacle, according to Scripture. The 19th chapter of 1 Kings states the LORD commanded Elijah to stand on a mountain and a devastating wind storm took place. As if this wasn't enough, the windstorm was followed by an earthquake and the earthquake was followed by fire. Finally, after all this, Elijah heard a "still small voice."

All this took place after Elijah's spectacular victory over 450 prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel and the end of an extended drought, as per the 18th chapter of 1 Kings. The 19th chapter begins by telling of Elijah fleeing from Jezebel and ending up "a day's journey in the wilderness."

After the windstorm, the earthquake, the fire and the "still small voice," Elijah received various instructions from the LORD, including one to contact Elisha, the son of Shaphat.

Answer: Daniel

The correct answer is Daniel with the verse in question coming from Daniel 7:2. The seventh chapter of Daniel reads like a passage out of Revelation in the New Testament.

For example, here's how Daniel 7:2-8, reads in the NKJV: "Daniel spoke, saying, 'I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the Great Sea. And four great beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other. The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings. I watched till its wings were plucked off; and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on two feet like a man, and a man's heart was given to it. And suddenly another beast, a second, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. And they said thus to it: 'Arise, devour much flesh!' After this I looked, and there was another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it. After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. It had huge iron teeth; it was devouring, breaking in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns. I was considering the horns, and there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking pompous words.'"

Answer: Quail

The correct answer is quail. Numbers 11:31-32, in the NKJV, states: "Now a wind went out from the LORD, and it brought quail from the sea and left them fluttering near the camp, about a day's journey on this side and about a day's journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the ground. And the people stayed up all that day, all night, and all the next day, and gathered the quail (he who gathered least gathered ten homers); and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp."

However, the next two verses go on to explain the wrath of the LORD was aroused against the Israelites while "the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed." As a result, the people were struck with a "very great plague."

Notes in the NKJV Study Bible have this interesting information about quail: "In Israel, the quail is a migrating bird that arrives in droves along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. With their strong flying muscles, these birds can fly rapidly for a short time. When migrating, however, they stretch their wings and allow the wind to bear them along. Sometimes they reach land so exhausted after their long flight that they can be caught by hand."

The notes go on to state: "The Hebrew people probably ate dried, salted quail when they were enslaved by the Egyptians. When they longed for meat in the Wilderness of the Sinai, God promised them He would provide enough meat for a month. Then He directed thousands of quail to their camp, where the birds dropped in exhaustion."

Answer: The ungodly

According to Psalm 1:4 in the KJV and the NKJV, the ungodly will be like chaff, blown away by the wind. (The NIV uses the word 'wicked' rather than 'ungodly'.) Psalm 1 consists of six verses. Here's how it reads in its entirety:

"Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.
The ungodly are not so,
But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
For the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the ungodly shall perish."

Answer: Ezekiel

The correct answer is Ezekiel. In addition to scattering one-third of his hair into the wind, Scripture states Ezekiel was also told to burn one-third of the hair he removed from his hair and face and to strike a sword around the remaining one-third.

Here's how Ezekiel 5:1-4 reads in the NKJV: "And you, son of man, take a sharp sword, take it as a barber's razor, and pass it over your head and your beard; then take scales to weigh and divide the hair. You shall burn with fire one-third in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are finished; then you shall take one-third and strike around it with the sword, and one-third you shall scatter in the wind: I will draw out a sword after them. You shall also take a small number of them and bind them in the edge of your garment. Then take some of them again and throw them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire. From there a fire will go out into all the house of Israel."

Notes in the NKJV Study Bible have this to say about the highly unusual passage: "Shaving the head was an act showing shame or disgrace in Hebrew culture. ....This message was telling the people that they were about to be humiliated and defiled."

The notes go on to state: "Each citizen of Jerusalem would suffer one of the three fates depicted by each of the three mounds of the equally measured shorn hair: 1) Some would be burned along with the city or would die from plague, famine or other siege conditions; 2) some would be murdered by the sword during the attack; 3) and some would be scattered in the wind -- referring to the Exile."

Answer: East

The correct answer is from the east. The character of Job, of course, is synonymous with patience and long suffering.

Job's life was turned upside down and inside out when a series of calamities struck. Four friends -- Bildad, Eliphaz, Zophar and Elihu -- attempted to console Job but it appears they only made things worse. The conversations between Job and his friends comprise a major portion of the book.

And while Job is associated with suffering, he also enjoyed immense blessings. Job 42:12-15, in the NIV Bible, states: "The LORD blessed the latter part of Job's life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. And he also had seven sons and three daughters. The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch. Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job's daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers." Verse 16 goes on to state Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

Answer: 4

The correct answer is four. Revelation 7:1-3, in the NKJV, states, "After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. Then 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 granted to harm the earth and the sea, saying, 'Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.'"

Revelation is an extremely complex book that has puzzled and perplexed readers for centuries. In a nutshell, however, it is a tale of two cities. The inhabitants of the New Jerusalem face a glorious future while the consequences will be horrible for the inhabitants of Babylon.

Answer: Jerusalem

The event took place in Jerusalem, according to Scripture.

Acts 2:1-4, states: "When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance."

Verse 5 goes on to state they were in Jerusalem at the time.

According to Scripture, people "from every nation under heaven" were in Jerusalem on the Day of the Pentecost and when they saw the believers speak different languages, they "were all amazed and marveled."

However, Acts 2:13 indicates some were not impressed. The verse states, "Others mocking said, 'They are full of new wine.'"

Answer: Peter

Peter, of course, is the correct answer. The story of Peter walking on the water, for an ever-so-brief period of time, is one of the better known stories in the New Testament.

According to the 14th chapter of Matthew, the Twelve Disciples were attempting to row across the Sea of Galilee when a storm erupted and they were unable to make any headway due to the wind generating large waves. During the fourth watch of the night, Christ appeared walking on the water and impulsive Peter couldn't resist the temptation to ask Jesus if he too could walk on the water.

Matthew 14:29-33, in the NKJV, states: "So He said, 'Come.' And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, 'Lord, save me!' And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, 'O you of little faith, why did you doubt?' And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased. Then those who were in the boat came and worshiped Him, saying, 'Truly You are the Son of God.'"