“Before the Winds Are Loosed” is a prophetic anthem that traces the unfolding timeline of last-day events through the lens of historicist biblical prophecy. The song begins with the “birth pains” of a troubled world—wars, unrest, and natural upheaval—just as Jesus foretold in the Olivet discourse, and moves through the great prophetic signs that marked the beginning of the time of the end. While much of the world looks for prophetic fulfillment in earthly events, the song shifts the focus to the heavenly sanctuary where Christ ministers within the veil and the investigative judgment is now in session. It reveals that the winds of global strife are being divinely restrained while God seals His faithful remnant, but warns that this mercy will not last forever. As probation nears its close and the fall of Babylon approaches, the song crescendos into ...