Discussion Questions
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Read Acts 27:14. To which type of wind is Luke referring, and how does it play a role in this story?
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The wind described in this story is coming from the Mediterranean Sea and is in the form of a storm called a medicane. The text of the Scripture calls it a Noreaster, and is a wind that came across the island. It is of typhoon strength. It plays a major role in this story because it is what eventually causes the ship and those aboard to shipwreck on the island of Malta, south of Italy.
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It is called a northeaster hurricane, and is likely to be the frontal wind described as a medicane in this course. This wind occurs as a result of the pressure difference between high-pressure areas and low-pressure areas. It is very violent and can cause property damage. Because of it, shipping usually closes in this season. Perhaps owing to pressure to deliver the prisoner Paul to Rome, the centurion insisted on getting a ship to sail to Italy (Acts 27:6), but the wind made it difficult for them to proceed far (verses 7-8). They should have taken refuge at Fair Havens, but the centurion and captain did not listen to Paul’s advice. They put out to sea and encountered shipwreck (verses 9-11).
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It was probably the frontal winds during winter called them Medicane, Mediterranean hurricane. It’s strong and can cause ships to be trapped in a storm.
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It seems like the Mediterranean hurricane mentioned by the lesson.
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By comparing the description of Promised Land winds given in the lesson, and the details of the account in Acts 27, I believe the frontal winds of winter were what Luke was referring to. We are told in 27:12 that it was winter. The frontal winds were very strong winds that occurred during the winter. Luke describes the strength of the winds and the violence of the storm in such a way that I believe Paul and his companions could have experienced a “Medicane,” that is a Mediterranean hurricane. This type of storm formed when the frontal winds of winter were extremely strong and violent.
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How are the summer and winter seasons most like and unlike the weather where you live?
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Actually, I live in Texas, so it is somewhat similar. We really only have two seasons, summer and winter as well. We receive more moisture during the winter months and the summer months are extremely hot.
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We have hot and humid summers but with fairly frequent thunderstorms. In the winter, it is definitely colder and we get occasional snow, but mostly rain.
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In Florida the hurricane season begins June through the end of November. Rain builds up on the water both in the north and south and we can pretty depend on rains at 4:00 during the summer. North Florida can grow Live Oaks, the south can’t. Palm trees aren’t prevalent in north Florida as they are in the south. Winter in north Florida can have a freezer, south Floridians only need to put on a sweater. Thank goodness we don’t have Khamsin winds, hot dry dirty air is harsh.
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The seasons are somewhat similar in that winters are colder than summer. The weather is more intense, broader fluctuations of temperatures, with blizzards, thunderstorms, and sometimes tornadoes.
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Summer:
Our summers are hotter and we get more rain. However, the desert regions in Israel get little rain, and are very uncomfortable heat wise. Western and northern parts of Israel are somewhat similar to our weather.
Winter:
We get colder and have rain, sleet and occasional snow. They get most of the rain during this time, but overall precipitation for the year is much greater here in Oklahoma, and it pretty well spread throughout the year.
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Read Job 15:2. To which type of wind is Job referring, and how does it play a role in what he is saying?
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The Khamsin wind and Jod was asking if a wiseman should speak thins that does not enlighten another.
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Job is referring to the times when the heat from the desert (the east) blows across the land with a drying out of the moisture and sand everywhere. Not a good time for the people. Job refers to it as a kind of judgment, like “how can things get any worse!”
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Job is referring to the Khamsin wind and used it as a metaphor to indicate the words spoken were useless just like the wind.
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Khamsin Winds are blinding and dusty
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Khamsin Winds, they were hot and raised temperatures and lowered humidity quickly and carried sand. Not something you really want in your belly :).
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What is the relationship of the rainfall cycle to the cycle of grain agriculture in ancient Israel?
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Winter months is rainy season, that’s when the water is collected in preparation for the growing season.
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The winter season is the time when the ground water recharges and when the grain fields are plowed and planted and the grain matures in the field and the summer wind helps blow the chaff downward and away from the grain that you will collect.
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When it rains they plant or the grain cycle commences. They also collect when it is in abundance, which is during the Winter months.
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The early rains soften the dirt so that it can be plowed.
The middle rains wet the dirt where the wheat is planted allowing it to germinate and grow.
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The winter rains mark the beginning of the grain cycle. Grains are plowed and planted from October through March. The grain matures in the field to be harvested in the spring. Without the winter rains, there would be no harvest.