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10 illustrations for sermon preparation
First comes the temporal: "the former rain and the latter rain" (Joel 2:23), granaries filled with wheat, vats overflowing with wine and oil.
Exell's Victorian analysis of Ezekiel 14:26 unfolds the promise "And ye shall eat in plenty" across eight spiritual dimensions: satiation of body, contentment with portion, the capacity to eat, and supremely, the enjoyment of Elohim as our God in Christ.
First comes the temporal: "Afterward, that I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh" (Joel 2:28).
Exell, the Victorian homiletic scholar, identified two essential truths within this summons.
Locusts in ancient Near Eastern agriculture were catastrophic—entire harvests obliterated, years of labor reduced to desolation.
Yet Yahweh's declaration cuts through judgment with remarkable grace: "My people shall never be ashamed." This promise rests upon a peculiar appropriation—God claims them as *His people*, not by merit but by covenant.
First, the Lord would return—not in spatial movement, for He fills heaven and earth, but in manifestation of favor.
All judgments which come upon men in the present are indicative of the final judgment which is to come, and are warnings of that awful event, so that we may not be unprepared to meet it.
Before we can comprehend Divine truths, there must be prudence and wisdom illuminating the mind from within.
When Elohim commands, "Prepare war, wake up the mighty men," He invites evil to marshal its complete arsenal, knowing this concentration only ensures its more thorough destruction.
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