That’s the grapes of wrath. I looked, and beheld a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man [that’s the Christ] having on his head a golden crown, in his hand a sharp sickle. Bible > Sermons > Hosea 6:3. That would cut poor Peter out, wouldn’t it? Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming; it is near, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! They were baptized in water in the Name of the Lord Jesus for the remission of sins, acknowledging Christ as Lord by being baptized in water for remission of sins; and baptized in the Holy Ghost—real, true experience of New Birth Christianity. But how does God make those knots, and how does God make that stalk strong? Mailing address: P.O. All rights reserved. As there was in Bible days, there is a season still in Israel when God sends former rain. “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled” [Matthew 5:6]. 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. firstfruits, And latter rain always comes before the harvest. God uses the land of Israel—its topography, its seasons, its rains—to teach us. So as you know, you can either be withered by the Spirit of God or you can be humble and the Spirit of God will come upon you as refreshing and latter rain. Oh, and for us in this church: grant that we may be abundantly saturated with the latter rain of the Holy Ghost. The Holy Spirit draws us to the contemplation of prophecy only to remind us that of the day and the hour of the Lord’s coming, none of us know, so we had better be ready when He does come. Christian Observer. Learn how your comment data is processed. I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground. Thank You for the blessing of the Lord that maketh rich. Exodus 16:3, One thing many miss is, in order to receive the latter rain we must find out what caused the Apostles to receive it. 6Th e Early and Th e Latter Rain Of Th e Holy Spirit dominates the Bible. Psalm 65, Ask the Lord to make you humble. We also see that the “latter rain” (the end-times outpouring) would be greater than the “former rain.” What is the purpose of the Latter Rain? Very, very little. Now because of those wars, and the cutting down of trees, and later the coming of the Saracens, who conquered Palestine, and then the Turks, the land came into an awful, dry period for many, many centuries. God has not snatched a handful out of the burning and saved only a few because He hadn’t got the power to save any more, and the Devil has such power he is able to rob God of Calvary’s victory. Copyright © 2005. God makes things to desire. That’s what God does in nature. The stalk is formed. Thou preparest them corn, Literally so. As we use the word rain as both a noun and a verb, the … The former rain the latter rain are two rains and they correspond to the 7 feast days given in Lev.23. So here the Scripture says that “Thou visitest the earth with water when thou hast made it to desire it” [verse 9, kjv margin]. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: And they sung as it were a new song, and none could learn that song, but the hundred and forty four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These things are “hidden from the wise and prudent and revealed unto babes” [Matthew 11:25; Luke 10:21]. True, they do it from the Bible and not from horoscopes. Then God sends the sunshine to ripen it. And my people shall never be ashamed. ), Tagged as: Now, think about what happens to the seeds in the ground who failed to Get your house in order. Desire humility and the Lord will do it. Amen. And that is what God means by latter rain. We want to consider the great subject of the Holy Spirit as early and latter rain, with a special reference to the latter rain. But there aren’t very many people that do. He was baptized in the Name of Jesus for the remission of his sins in water; Copyright held by Finest of the Wheat Teaching Fellowship, Inc. Edited and annotated by Jim Kerwin. In the realm of spiritual growth, the Holy Spirit is the rain agency.  −  The Lord does not give the Holy Spirit to non-thirsty people. 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. He loves to announce that a worm shall thresh the mountains. Now are you willing? Not by mental calculation, but by the witness of the Spirit he knew that “This is that” when the Holy Ghost came down at Pentecost. And you know those who are possessors of truth and those who don’t live it. ( Proverbs 16:1 Proverbs 16:5) For six months in the year, from May to October, no rain falls, the whole land becomes dry, parched and brown.The autumnal rains are eagerly looked for, to prepare the earth for the reception of the seed. The latter rain - Needful to bring forward and ripen the fruits, accounted the latter rain because these husbandmen and vine - dressers reckoned from seed time to spring and harvest.The first month - … . You can talk to a reluctant family about righteousness, and they will never, ever want it. I get ashamed at the lack of results from my preaching. They say that what we should be looking for now is the antichrist and not revival. It’s when we are willing to be cut down to size, when our “PUFF” has gone, when we are truly humble. The October-November rains were called the early rain, and the March-April rains were called the latter rain. Some Scripture in this regard:Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. For that’s what Joel says: He will restore that latter rain and I will come in the midst of you. When Simeon and Anna came into the Temple and saw that Baby, [Luke 2:25-38] by the witness of the Spirit they knew “This is that” which God had promised, and they announced, “This is the Messiah.” Now this is God’s way. There is a remarkable difference. Then the latter rains began. So in Palestine at the present time, the old, former and latter rains have come back again. And then when the Jews went back to repopulate the land, they planted forests. And we know His loving, deep, personal interest, in every one of us in the Church. On living streams and living bread. This can be compared to the Latter Rain that the apostles received on Pentecost.The prophet Hosea makes a wonderful prophecy which allows us to transfer this idea of the Latter and Former Rains to the Church, and what will come upon us in these End Times:Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. That’s why, out in the Middle East, God does this, giving the former and the latter rain. . “Thou waterest the ridges thereof…Thou makest it soft with showers.” Have you ever noticed the difference between human watering and God’s sprinkling with rain? They have no desire. Jesus quoted Deuteronomy 6:4–5 and called it the greatest commandment. So for centuries and centuries, this which the Bible reveals did not happen in Palestine. And today there is no church at Ephesus at all. for the original transcription. Blest are the men of broken heart Ask Him that you may be humble and cut down. It says in that very precious chapter, Revelation chapter 14, the great harvest chapter: Numbers in Revelation are not actual numbers; rather, they are typical numbers, for the whole book is a book of symbols. Calvary will be proved an everlasting victory and the number of those whom God has saved in the end will be, as the Scripture declares, a great multitude, which no man can number [Revelation 7:9; cf. Dear Father, thank You. Joel 2:23 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. by Henry Alford]. These early rains brought the seed to germination and nurtured its early growth. And then will come that Blessed One to reap His harvest, having abundantly refreshed the church, and filled those ears of corn, and prepared for a most abundant and glorious harvest home. The latter rain came in the late spring to bring the ripening fruit to harvest. Surely the people is grass, says Isaiah, surely the people is grass. I would like to denounce that false theory. One of these days examine a wheat stalk. It means wheat, in every case. When a Jew planted their crops in the spring, the spring rain (Former Rain) was expected and necessary to germinate their seeds. Luke 17:10, rains in both the spring and the fall. Percy Gutteridge, We are talking about a fact of horticultural science, that before the rain the earth, as it were, opens its pores to receive it. It’s what Isaiah says in chapter 40:6. So in Psalm 65, the first portion speaks of Former Rain: “Thou visitest the earth. Bible Talk Message Board One of the great principles that God works upon is that He “satisfies the desire of every living thing” [Psalm 145:16]. But He won’t walk amongst us unless He can walk in truth. Revelation 14:1-4, And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. . So the Holy Spirit is deeply interested in you knowing something about prophecy, but only in order that you should be faithful, and watchful, and merciful, for these are the three tests of the genuine Christian—not whether you know who the antichrist is. Without this spring rain -- they simply would have nothing. It’s a serious thing. Restoration Promised … 22 Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best. That is what we call the immanence—the nearness, the indwelling—amongst His people. “He satisfies the desire of every living thing” [Psalm 145:16]. As the word of the Lord says: “I will give you the latter rain…. Matthew 25, They are so certain that they have the right interpretation of prophecy because they have worked it out very cleverly. The Bible is a much more simple book than ever you thought, but you have to have a simple attitude, that is, a clean, pure, trustful attitude to see the glory and the beauty of it. It’s a good thing to have in the church. Isaiah 41:14-15, And the number of redeemed, in the end, will show you that Calvary was not in vain. Fancy a worm threshing the mountains! Last week, Israel had an unusually rainy … After the First World War, God opened Palestine for Israel. former rain, To understand this concept of the Latter Rain and the Former Rain, begin by understanding that the Old Testament addressed Jews who for the most part lived with agriculture, worked in the fields, and for the most part depended on an agrarian way of life. It’s what God wants you to pray and ask for, in the words of that dear man of God, Isaac Watts. There has been a long, dry period in between. Seventy years were accomplished upon God’s people. I hope you can see it. And He shall reign for ever and ever. Certainly it would be wasteful and It’s the same thing. “I understood by books,” Daniel said, the time had come, that is, by Jeremiah’s writings [Daniel 9:1-2]. Leviticus 26:4Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. Then afterwards comes the latter rain, about April time, before the harvest. It says in the Scriptures, that Pilate gave to them the one whom they desired. And foolish people have been saying that the coming of the Lord has been drawing nigh all down the ages. “Lord, let this be my portion” is the prayer of each one of us. Instead of constantly praying the Lord will save them, when they have no desire of being saved, instead of asking the Lord to create in them salvation, why don’t you ask the Lord, first, to create in them desire for salvation? That is what David is speaking about. Revelation 2:1, And I especially deprecate the fixing of an antichrist, such as has been done in my short time. It comes to 6-6-6. And it opens itself, as it were, to receive it. It’s not a sign the Lord has abandoned you; rather, it’s a sign that the Lord loves you when He chastens you and brings you through a dry and hard period. Williston Walker, the historian, quotes a wise church historian named Heussi.6 It’s important. Answer: The Latter Rain Movement is an influence within Pentecostalism which teaches that the Lord is pouring out His Spirit again, as He did at Pentecost, and using believers to prepare the world for His Second Coming. And then you see, the Lord Himself appears in verse 14. It doesn’t sing when the ear isn’t formed. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. There has got to be an abundant harvest, because the latter rain plumps the ear. False prophets prophesied they would have an abundant victory. the Holy Spirit, That’s what the Bible says, it opens its mouth to receive the rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.The Latter Rain is the rain that will surely come just before the Harvest. Then afterwards comes the latter rain, about April time, before the harvest. There would be no hope of harvesting a crop in the fall. “This is that,” [Acts 2:16] so Peter could announce by the inner witness of the Spirit, which is the only reliable witness. In the Bible "early rain" signifies the rain of the autumn, ( 11:14) and "latter rain" the rain of spring. Who mourn for sin with inward smart. God will bless the humble souls. When they were in the wilderness, God gave them their desire. And you can be one of the typical people who follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth [Revelation 14:4]. The stalk is there. If you have no desire to be filled with the Holy Spirit, He will never come. Isaac Watts, Psalm 65:9-10. If a wheat stalk hasn’t got those knots, it would bend over and the grain would be lost because it would be laying on the ground. Fear not, thou worm Jacob…thou shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small…. Isaiah 40:6-8, Joel 2:23-27, In fact no longer do we expect it. Revelation 14:4 also speaks of “the firstfruits unto God and the Lamb.” Israel was not allowed to reap their harvest until they had first offered God the firstfruits. But they only could reap their harvest, let me remind you, when they had offered that firstfruit—that which was their best—to God. It’s your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” Amen. Then finally there comes another reaping: The Lord will come. The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing. You are NOT the person you were before! Co-edited by Denise Kerwin. nor widows desolate. Pastor Gutteridge lived from 1909-1998, and served as a fire warden in London during Hitler’s bombardment of that city during World War II. So only those people who are walking in holiness and righteousness have any right—have any sense!—in asking the Lord to come quickly. By Daniel’s intercession and prayers, Nehemiah and Ezra went back to the Holy Land and restored the Temple and built up Jerusalem, as God said should be done [verse 3ff]. God has fulfilled His word. Thou makest it soft with showers.” Then verse 11 brings in the Latter Rain. And the floor shall be full of wheat. [From Blest Are the Humble Souls that See And the Lord says, “Fear not, little flock. And that inner witness that the Holy Ghost gives you that the time is drawing nigh, that inner witness is a safe witness. I think he was a hero for being married, not the reverse. There were those in America who were “absolutely certain” that Henry Kissinger was to be the antichrist. But to some then before him, it was perfectly clear who the antichrist was, it was Mussolini, because he was raising up the old Roman Empire. There are people who read endless books on fancy views of prophecy, all of them telling you what is going to take place. The Romans caused terrible depredations in the land after the two Jewish revolts, the first one in a.d. 70 and the other in about a.d. 130. That’s the Lord cutting us down to size. “He hath given you the former rain moderately,” that is, in due season, “and He will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, in the first month” (Joel 2:23). There will be more funerals when He comes back. Of course you have. They desired flesh. When you see a field of ripe wheat, it sings! And if not, something has gone wrong—you’ve been a sinner, so you’d better repent, or else you’re not working things up properly. It would be wonderful if you and I could come to the book of Revelation without preconceived ideas and really believe that God wants us to read it and to understand it. antichrist, You have no more of that great consciousness of His abiding. Hosea 6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come to us as the rain… The analogy between nature and grace is very close. which is full of water: 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. Then you can keep company with Him. Deuteronomy 11:14Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. Thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, Rain » The former, after harvest, to prepare for sowing. One thing is for certain, rain is repeatedly equated with God’s blessing throughout the Bible: “For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. This is a very wonderful fulfillment of prophecy. This is a tremendous principle, the great principle of desire. “The everlasting Gospel.” There is only one Gospel. And that inner drawing of the Holy Ghost that makes you only want to please Him is a more wonderful sign than any book you could possibly read. Now the Holy Ghost doesn’t draw us to the contemplation of prophecy. In that case you are not defiled, but once you were. (When the Bible speaks about “corn,” it doesn’t mean corn as you think of it. So while the Bible may seem to be speaking of natural things like rains, harvests, or crops, there are hidden spiritual truths for us to learn. But He doesn’t walk in our midst today. If you keep pressing God, He will give you your desire. Blest are the humble souls that see In between former and latter rain there is a dry period when God is forming the stalk and making it strong. And when He comes back, He has to remove all the clutter and the untruth that we’ve filled His church up with. Get things right with God. You’d better ask the Lord to cleanse your desire and create a pure desire; then God will do it. SUCH are the climate and soil of Palestine, that all agricultural operations are most manifestly dependent upon the periodical rainfall. When you have watering by the ordinary, mechanical means, there isn’t the same response on the part of the land. Psalm 72:6, First understand that a seed needs water to germinate. Don’t you see, dear brothers and sisters, that if we are not very careful we can look at things with a fleshly mind? James 5:7-8. In Bible times, sowing and plowing took place from the middle of October, shortly after the falling of the early rains. And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. But wonder of wonders, as the reforestation continued, another wonderful thing happened. Two angels now appear on the scene. Have you ever heard a field of wheat singing? The grass withereth, and the flower fadeth, when the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it [Isaiah 40:6-8]. It only knows about wheat, or barley, or those grains.) The “latter rain” is a biblical symbol for the final outpouring of the Holy Spirit, by which the corporate spiritual experience of God’s church will be brought to ripeness for the harvest (Joel 2:23-29). He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before. That was the final scattering. Rain » Often destroyed houses. All Jews were banned from Jerusalem and the name of the city was changed to Aelia Capitolina—the Capitol of Jove. And we have had showers, and showers, ever since, what we call revivals. So the former rains began. The Lord must come. We have to thirst for Him. That’s the doom of the wicked. So that early saturation at last passes away. He said, “Do something for my people, the Jews.” And then Arthur Balfour issued the statement that it was the wish of his Majesty’s government in Britain that a home for the Jewish people should be opened in Palestine. So be careful when you pray that the Holy Ghost will come back in immanence. I’m glad I have two. When trees did sprout, the goats nibbled them and kept them low and short. It comes usually at the end of our year, and is in order to soften the soil and to spring the corn, so that it can begin to grow. ” (Isaiah 44:3) Matar and Geshem. Thus our focus will be on the Holy Spirit as former and latter rain. down pouring of grace through the Holy Spirit. That is why God has proved it to you in Palestine, by the Jews going back—and He said they would go back—and then God restoring it to prosperity. Think of wheat. And the third parable explains the judgment of the nations, where they are judged according to how they have dealt with “little ones,” and whether they have taken care of the little ones,the weary ones, the stricken ones, the ones who had no food and clothes, the ones who were sick, and the ones that were in prison, It is according to how they have dealt with these that they are judged. The last three feasts will be fulfilled by his 2nd In between former and latter rain there is a dry period when God is forming the stalk and making it strong. It is drawing in whatever moisture there is, from the drying soil and from the atmosphere. Since it is January, we are currently in the middle of the rainy season. Rain » Instances of extraordinary » Time of the flood. I’m not advertising it because I subscribed to them, but I’m glad to have a certificate that says a tree was planted in my name, on one or two occasions. In a certain way it is true. To We’ve lost the immanence7 of the Holy Ghost. There were very few trees in Palestine. Then, the latter rain, which is … And then God can do it. I remember a woman said to me once, “Are you married?” I almost said, “Yes, thanks.” But she said, “Are you married? Rain » Often succeeded by heat and sunshine. And in my time,4 of course, it was “quite clear” that Hitler was the antichrist. I’ve preached in churches that I know lie to the Holy Ghost, and there are many church members that lie to the Holy Ghost. And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. That’s the latter rain which gives an abundant harvest. It doesn’t say, “These have never been defiled.” It says something far sweeter: “These are NOT defiled.” When the Lord really saves you and blots your sin out, and gives you a pure heart, the past is gone. 10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: So I need to see—and we need to see—the Holy Spirit come back to His people in glorious revival power. Were this seed And God has blotted them out, and completely annihilated the things that you did and made you a new creature when you are born of God by the Holy Spirit. No longer do we know anything about it. Most people on earth can’t read or write, but everyone can see the book of Nature. The point of the second parable, the one concerning the talents, is that you are to be faithful in what God gives you to do. I get ashamed sometimes when I lay hands on the sick and they don’t recover. Perhaps it’s just as well He doesn’t. But you see, that’s not God’s way. John 10:10, When seventy years were fulfilled, the Holy Ghost witnessed to him that the seventy years were up, and that it was time for them to go back. So God by the former rain, and by the moisture in the earth, springs the corn. understand this concept of the Latter Rain and the Former Rain, begin by That’s the final reaping. Luke 1:51, Not “they never have been defiled” but “they are not defiled.” There’s a big difference. Now we are not talking about conjecture. The bible says that in the last days The Lord will send both the former rain and the latter rain. That’s what the Bible says. That is the former rain. I believe that God is going to give us an abundant, glory shower of latter rain before Jesus’ coming, to prepare the Church for her home-going. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. It never refers to two separate times of spiritual blessing. Matar is the main generic word for rain used in the Bible. The word used in Hebrew for the former rain (mo-reh', pronounced mowreh) can also mean either an archer or teacher according to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance. My last word to you is the promise of the Lord given in Psalm 72:6—“He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass.” What is the grass that God is referring to? germinate? And before him, it was Prince Louis Napoleon. But chastisement will make you strong. Hos. Isaac Watts’ rendition of the Beatitudes]. The Lord said they would. It was present from the earliest days of Pentecostalism, which believed that the reappearance of speaking in tongues and the baptism of the Holy Spirit marked the "latter rain of God's Spirit." that brimmed with tears of late; “Thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it” (verse 9d,e). Note: Some Bible students teach that the former rain spoken of by Joel was fulfilled by Jesus Christ who had come as the "Teacher of Righteousness". What the Holy Ghost does impress upon us concerning prophecy is that we should be ready! “Thou blessest the springing thereof” (verse 10d). And don’t ask me, because I don’t know! The only scriptures that I know on the subject keep us looking for Jesus. Thou fillest the hungry with good things, and the rich thou hast sent empty away. It’s just typical of the old Feast of Firstfruits that the Jews used to have. It’s the latter rain. The Lord must come. They say that conditions are such that no revival can happen. Father, hear us for Jesus sake. This phenomenon is what the Biblical writers are referring to when they mention the early rains (October) and the latter rains (May). It rains all the time! "Latter rain" in The Bible literally refers to spring rains. Isaiah 64:6, Image of the little girl enjoying the rain is copyright by and used under license from. Please explain what is the latter rain and how does it apply to the church? Another angel came out of the temple, and said, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. We acknowledge Him as Lord of His church, the Christ, and sitting on the right hand of God. There was a time when the Allies were baffled concerning explosives—and Chaim Weizmann opened up to them a wonderful, new field which enabled them to carry on the war; otherwise they would have had to close down on it. In this part of the world—Northern Washington State—we don’t have former and latter rain. Rain » Storm and tempest often with. "Former rain" refers to autumn rains. 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