He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth. -- Psalm 72:6, American Standard Version.
The Psalmist speaks of the coming age when God blessings all nations during the 1,000 years of Messiah's reign. The Messiah is depicted as coming downs like rain that refreshes the earth. The world has been under the darkness of Satan's rule for 6,000 years, but the time is coming when this will be reversed. In that coming age, Satan will have been abyssed, and the present veil of darkness upon all nations will be removed. Then and the sun of righteousness will shower the world with light beyond anything man has ever known. -- Ronald R. Day, Sr.
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We should not suppose that the knowledge which is to become world-wide during Messiah's Reign is merely a little sprinkling of knowledge, such as has come to a very limited portion of the world here and there in spots, up to the present time. Jehovah's people have received the droppings of grace and Truth, but the provision for the next Age will be abundant and universal. The knowledge of Jehovah shall be ocean deep – like the fullness of the sea. Showers of blessing shall come down upon the world in copious measure. The effect will be "like rain upon the mown grass." When the grass has been freshly cut and its roots are thus the more accessible, how quickly it responds to the refreshing showers! And how rapidly does it spring up in renewed vigor! So it will be with mankind, after they have been shorn of all that has encumbered them and prevented the showers of grace from reaching their hearts. How quickly they will respond to the refreshing rains and showers of blessing so copiously bestowed upon them, and will spring up into life and beauty as they drink in the rich supplies of grace! -- Based on excerpt from "There Will Be Showers of Blessing", ZWT, November 15, 1904.
When man was cut down, there was one thing left, and that was hope. God had not left him entirely without hope, and it merely needs the showers of blessings of our Lord's return, -- he shall come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth, and the Son of Righteousness shall arise with healing in his beams.
We hear Christians praying for showers of blessings, but they do not realize how beautifully God has prepared an answer to their prayer when showers of blessings shall be for the entire earth, when he shall come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth. -- Excerpt from "Valley of Blessings", by W. H. Bundy; 1908 Bible Students Nashville Convention Report.
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