The Feasts of the Lord - Pentecost III, I will come unto you

Joel 2:23  Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God; for he giveth you the former rain in just measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, in the first month.  24  And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil. 25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you. 26 And ye shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and shall praise the name of Jehovah your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you; and my people shall never be put to shame. 27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am Jehovah your God, and there is none else; and my people shall never be put to shame. 

 

Read this closely. What were they to know in the former and latter rain, "I AM in your midst." As an Israelite, when this was written, they were thinking of days gone by when God dwelt in the Temple in their midst. Here they in type and shadow were not ashamed, were not in the captivity of the world. They were a great people to show forth the praise of their great God.

 

Where this finds its fulfillment is in the Lord Jesus Christ. "At that day you shall know, I AM in my Father, you are in me, and I AM in you." Here we are not ashamed. Here his greatness and victory is seen and declared. Here the I AM is made known in a people. Glory to God. He has come to us as the rain and the latter rain. He has filled His temple with Himself. "You are the Temple of the Living God. I will dwell in them and walk in them. I will be their God and they shall be my people."