Joel 2:23 Be glad then, you 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.
As always, when studying and interpreting prophecy history must also be studied, because what God has done in times past is often repeated in future events as He has declared in His word. Future events that are scheduled to take place during the closing days of earth’s history are often previewed in the former experiences of nations and individuals.
That’s one of the reasons why the scripture says we have “A more- sure word of prophecy” meaning that when precedent and prophecy converge, a person can be anchored more securely in the utterances of the Bible, and thus, faith gets the evidence needed, and becomes more firmly established. For instance, whenever we see the issue of worship, diets and foods surfacing in the book of Daniel, with his companions, God is telling us to expect these to be a part of last day events upon our planet.
When we see the issue of worship surfacing on Mt. Carmel with Elijah the prophet, and then heavy rain falling right after, God is saying to us that the issues pertaining to worship in our day will call for copious showers of the latter rain, as prophesied by Joel. Again, when we see plagues upon Egypt, because of the issue of worship, we should also expect plagues in the last days, on account of worship and when we see frogs coming up out of the waters, and going in among the Egyptians, we must also expect frogs of some sort to surface again in the book of Revelation which deals with last day events.
Ecclesiastes 1: 9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!