"Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth."
This is a difficult passage and it is hard to find any general agreement on its interpretation, on when and how the prophecy is fulfilled. Let us begin by asking several questions relative to the verses.
1. Are the words to be applied to penitents in Israel only, to the exclusion of Gentiles?
2. When do the penitents experience the promised healing and binding up?
3. What is meant by being revived?
4. What is meant by "after two days"?
5. What is meant by "he will raise us up"?
6. What is meant by "in the third day"?
7. To what period of time do the words "THEN shall we know" refer?
8. To what do the words "he shall come" refer? What coming of the Lord?
9. What is meant by the Lord's coming "as the latter and former rain"?
Ponder these prophetic words and, the Lord willing, we will try to discern the right interpretation of this most important prophecy.
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