I did some studying today and came up with this compilation:

Ezekiel 3:12


Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.

Zechariah 2:5


For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

Habakkuk 2:14
14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

Did you know that there are Christians who are offended by the Glory of God?

Luke 7:22-23
22Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
23And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

We must be very careful that we do not reject that which we have been waiting for. We could miss out on the Glory of God.

The people of Israel were waiting for their Messiah, but when He showed up the religious community rejected Him. Yes, even though He was Who they had prayed and hoped for and worked miracles.

Elijah the prophet didn't miss much. He had vision and was out in front of what God was doing because of it. The slightest clue and he knew what was about to happen before it actually happened. That is active faith and belief.

1 Kings 18:44
44 The seventh time the servant reported, "A cloud as small as a man's hand is rising from the sea."

So Elijah said, "Go and tell Ahab, 'Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.' "

If you don't want to miss out you have to see what God is going to be doing and when it comes you have to be prepared and ready to act upon that window of opportunity.

That cloud as small as a man's hand represented firstfruits. The small manifestations of God's glory in our gatherings together speak of much larger things to come.

James 5:7


Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

The land was in a long period of drought, which had produced widespread famine, but Elijah began to declare that a new outpouring of rain would soon come. In the Spirit he could hear something,"the sound of abundance of rain" 1 Kings 18:41

James is the same way as Elijah and tells us to be patient for the coming of the Lord. The rain is coming!

Since the magnificent Jesus People Movement and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit during that period of time there have been pockets of rain and torrential rain here and there but nothing in comparison to the Jesus People Movement.

Zechariah 10:1


Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain...
 
For the crops to flourish, there is obviously a need for rain, both when the seed is planted as well as abundant rain just prior to the harvest.
 
The imagery of rain in abundance is used to depict the righteousness of God: Isa 45:8 "Rain down, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness; let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together. I, the LORD, have created it."

God also likens His Word to the rain which waters the earth and brings forth fruit:

Isa 55:10-11 (NIV) As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it


yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, 11 so is my word that goes out

from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire

and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.



Hos 10:12 (NIV)
 
Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and


showers "sprinkling", or "autumnal

showers of righteousness on you.

Joel 2:28: "I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh…"

For Joel's prophecy to reach completion, a second outpouring of the Spirit of God-the rain of


righteousness, in the form of these latter spring rains which bring the crop to maturity-must take

place just prior to the return of Jesus Christ.
 
God never gives of His Spirit purposelessly; rather, He


pours it out powerfully to fulfill His great Plan.
 
Lately I have been hearing people out there who are expecting something big on the horizon...
 
DavidGet The Glory Lord