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Ezekiel 14:2
2The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
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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.