“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.”
I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit. The first blessing is the most fundamental: rain in its season. The agricultural economy of the ancient Near East depended entirely on the seasonal rains. Rain in its season is not merely convenient but the difference between abundance and famine, between life and death. The God who owns the clouds and the seasons (Elijah's prayer in 1 Kings 17:1) promises to direct the rain toward the covenant community's fields when they walk in covenant faithfulness.
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