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A prophecy to the mountains or the high points of the land directed to the people. The divine instructions are to hear the WORD of the Lord. Not the word of fear but the voice of the living Lord. The enemy vocalized their threats and purposes against Israel. A voice of fear and defeat was used against them as the enemy declared what their accomplishments would be and how they would possess the land. However the Lord has a different program, not of defeat but of victory and life. From the mountains to the cities, there are six areas mentioned. Six is the number of man. Everywhere that defeat and desolation had reigned there was to come a change. The Lord appointed the heathen nations to attack Israel as a means of punishment for their ungodly deeds but they always went too far and angered the Lord in their boasting’s. The shame that Israel had felt in being defeated and made desolate was now to become the portion of the those who had come against them. The rolls were to be reversed. Eze. 36:1-7
A prophecy of life and restoration promised to the people and the land. If these promises are to be fulfilled in the natural, how much greater will be their impact on a spiritual people. Mountains speak to us of high and conspicuous seasons of revival and the outpouring of the Spirit. The Lord promised His presence, an item which is always necessary for a move of the Lord. He also promised that the land would be tilled and sown. Eze. 36:8-9 The plea of the Lord to Israel after the flesh was that they break up the fallow ground, the heart, that which had been dormant and had become hardened. The plow and the harrow must be used until the land is opened to receive the seeds of righteousness. The difficulties and troubles which come our way are but the plowing of the Lord breaking up that which has been allowed to become hardened that He might sow seeds of righteousness and mercy in our hearts. Hos. 10:12
The only way that the soil can receive and drink up the rain is when it has been laid wide open by the plow. The desire of the Lord for the last day is to pour out of His Spirit in great abundance but if the land is not prepared to receive it, it is useless. Joel spoke of a double (full portion) of rain that would take place in the first month. The first month was the season of the Passover. All true revival is based on redemption through the atoning blood of the Lord Jesus. The combined of the two seasons of rain, into one great and glorious manifestation of the ability and power of the Lord to save and to sanctify a people unto Himself, is in preparation for the revelation of the Bride of Christ and that is a certainty. Joel 2:3.