Great Lakes Wind, Waves, and Moses?
Biblical Authority Ministries, November 28, 2025 (Donate)
The Great Lakes
For those paying attention, there has been some crazy wind
and gales hitting the Great Lakes, which are in the northern part of the contiguous
USA. Some of the predictions were incredible to say the least, where some
suggested waves over 20 feet, others were suggesting and reporting much higher.
Consider this local news station situated near the Great Lakes:
They suggested some wind-caused waves could reach into the
30-foot range and almost peaking at 40 feet in Lake Michigan. With buoy data and
actual sightings, there were immense wave action regardless. I’ve still not
seen what the final reported maximum height was in Lake Michigan.
Lake Erie, a relatively shallow Great Lake compared to the others,
had much of the water being pushed by wind action to form large waves at the
other end of the Lake. Reports were about 16 feet waves with 60 mph wind gusts.
Screenshot from meteorologist Ryan Wichman, 2025
While most people were focused on the waves and the power they
possessed, photos began to emerged from meteorologists on Facebook that showed
a grim picture of a lake without water!
As the water was pushed by the wind to generate these huge
waves on one side of the lake, the other side of the lake essentially lost
its water. This exposed the bottom of the lake. Estimates were that it was at
least 6 feet of water that was missing—which is a mind-boggling amount.
Screenshot from meteorologist Dan Smith, 2025
Theological Considerations
When reading Scripture, we can’t help but fathom the
wind-caused waves by the power of God that opened the sea for Moses and the Israelites
through which they walked. Some scoff at this event…but shouldn’t.
It’s an all-too-easy a task for an all-powerful God to split
open the sea—considering God upholds all things into existence and knows the
thoughts of all people at all times.
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. (Exodus 14:21, NKJV)
Yet, God reveals that He used wind to do this
miraculous thing (see also Exodus 15:10). Jesus Christ, the Son of God who took
on flesh, controlled the wind, waves, and storm as one might recall (Mark
4:37-41).
God also used wind during the Flood of Noah’s day (e.g., Genesis
8:1). So having God control the wind to do His bidding, again, is not that
hard.
What was fascinating is that we see smaller scale occurrences
of this happening naturally—and the Great Lakes wind and wave action gives us a
taste of the power that wind can have on waves and the movement of water. At
only 60 mph wind gusts, 6 feet of water vanished from a large Great Lake on one
side of it.
With this in mind, is not too hard to see the hand of God using wind to open the door across the sea. I hope this news item is something that helps stimulate your mind to think deeper about the things of God in the Bible, in this case the crossing of the Red Sea with Moses.
God saved the Israelites that day, and now offers eternal salvation through the blood of His Son. If you don't know what that means, please take a few moments and read this article about the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Bodie Hodge, Ken
Ham's son in law, has been an apologist since 1998 helping out in various
churches and running an apologetics website. He spent 21 years working at Answers
in Genesis as a speaker, writer, and researcher as well as a founding
news anchor for Answers News. He was also head of the Oversight
Council.
Bodie
launched Biblical Authority Ministries in 2015 as a personal
website and it was organized officially in 2025 as a 501(c)(3). He has spoken
on multiple continents and hosts of US states in churches, colleges, and
universities. He is married with four children.
