TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
The LORD shall open unto thee His good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in His season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. Deuteronomy 28:12
Memorize this Verse: (Cover the verse text and using just the first letters of each word try to recite the entire passage.)
12. T L S O U T H G T T H T G T R U T L I H S A T B A T W O T H A T S L U M N A T S N B
Notes on verse:
The Lord has his treasures of snow and of hail, and of wind (Job 38:22). But here his good treasure, as appears by what follows, is his treasure of rain. In the Targum of Jonathan, it is said, there are four keys in the hand of the Lord of the whole world, which he does not deliver into the hands of any prince. The “keys of life, and of the grave, and of food, and of rain”.
“The heaven, to give the rain unto thy land in its season”: That is, he will open the heaven, where his good treasure of rain is laid up, and bring it forth or, the land of Canaan for the enriching of it. Or will open the windows thereof, and pour down the blessing (see Mal. 3:10). And that at the proper time, both in autumn and spring, the one is called the former, and the other the latter rain. The one was in Marchesvan, or October, and the other in Nisan, or March, as the Targum of Jonathan. The former rain for the fitting the earth for seed, or for watering it when sown, and the latter for the plumping of it before harvest.
“And to bless all the work of thine hand”: In agriculture, for without the blessing of rain, all the labor of the husbandman would be too little purpose.
“And thou shall lend unto many nations, and thou shall not borrow” (see notes on Deut. 15:16). The connection of these words with what goes before may lead to observe this sense of them, that they should furnish other countries with corn, and not need any of theirs (see Ezek. 27:17).
They will have such an abundance they will have much to sell, and they will become rich. They will not need to borrow. They will have extra to loan other nations. Notice it is God who controls the rain.
TODAY'S BIBLE READING
Old Testament
Haggai 1-2 — 8.0 minutes
Job 39 — 5.0 minutes
New Testament
John 20:10-18 — 2.5 minutes
Revelation 18 — 7.5 minutes
Total Average Read Time — 23.0 minutes
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