1. RAIN is synonymous with WATER and WATER, with HOPE and HOPE rooted in God never fails, "For there is HOPE OF A TREE, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; Yet THROUGH THE SCENT OF WATER IT WILL BUD, and BRING FORTH BOUGHS LIKE A PLANT" [Job 14:7-9] JOB was not thinking of droplets of water, his HOPE was anchored on God for a GREAT REVIVAL of His GOODNESS. In excruciating pains and sorrows, JOB acknowledged the FORMER RAIN of God's GOODNESS, Job 2:9-10 and longed for His LATTER RAIN to restore his JOY and FRUITFULNESS, "... that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and REMEMBER ME! If a man die, shall he live again? ALL THE DAYS OF MY APPOINTED TIME WILL I WAIT, TILL MY CHANGE COME. Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands" Job 14:13-15
2. Every farmer waits for EARLY RAIN and chooses his SEED carefully. God, the ultimate HUSBANDMAN, an old English word for FARMER, released FORMER RAIN at PENTECOST. The SEED was His WORD, the GOSPEL preached in the NAME of JESUS CHRIST in HOPE of bountiful HARVEST of SOULS in His LIKENESS, "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap" [Galatians 6:7] EARLY/FORMER RAIN softens the earth, the SEED goes in the ground and the farmer's Job is largely done. So is the GOSPEL of JESUS CHRIST, the strength is not in riches, men or religious organisations but in the WORD and EARLY RAIN; it is UNQUENCHABLE, "And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should CAST SEED INTO THE GROUND; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear" Mark 4:26-28
3. JOB aptly illustrate the gap between EARLY and LATTER RAIN; HEARTS softened by FORMER RAIN are sooner hardened and watching them wilt under distress, the farmer longs in PATIENCE for the LATTER RAIN, "Be PATIENT therefore, brethren, unto the COMING OF THE LORD. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the EARLY and LATTER RAIN. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the COMING OF THE LORD DRAWETH NIGH" [James 5:7-8] As JOB patiently ENDURED his AFFLICTIONS, TRUSTING in the Lord, so do we in HOPE of HIS COMING. We stand, fully assured of LATTER RAIN before His APPEARANCE and rejoice in HOPE, knowing we shall be matured in His LIKENESS by the outpouring of His SPIRIT. And what a a bountiful HARVEST we shall be to the Lord, "Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest" Isaiah 32:15
4. FORMER RAIN is some 2,000 years old, parched SOULS are wearied and CHURCH fallen into SLUMBER, "While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And AT MIDNIGHT THERE WAS A CRY, Behold, THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps" [Matthew 25:5-7] MIDNIGHT CRY is the rumbling of THUNDER, the mighty rushing sound of LATTER RAIN; a CALL to PRAYER for those who have EARS to HEAR above the many voices in the world, "... for there is a SOUND OF ABUNDANCE OF RAIN. ... And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, ... And it came to pass at the SEVENTH TIME, that he said, Behold, there ariseth A LITTLE CLOUD out of the sea, like a man's hand. ... And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was A GREAT RAIN" [1 Kings 18:41-42,44-45]
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