Psalms 107:33-37 (KJV)
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
This appears to be a prophecy concerning the reversal that took place in the rejection of Jesus by the Jews.
Israel, who had been like rivers of abundance and a land of fruitfulness, became dry and barren at the rejection of Jesus.These people, who had been given so much: the great men of God, the prophets of His Word, the righteous Law and the promised Messiah, lost all of it when they crucified the Lord.
The Gentiles, on the other hand, had been like desert wildernesses and unfruitful fields.There was nothing about them that appealed to righteousness. They were idolaters, abusers of mankind, proud and self satisfied. But when Jesus was resurrected, they began to receive Him. The Word of God, which began in the Old Testament to the Jews, became increasingly in the New Testament to be believed by the Gentiles.
- It was in the Gentile nations that churches sprung up where the Word of God was preached effectively and souls turned to the Lord.
- It was among the Gentiles that men surrendered their lives for the preaching of the Gospel.
- It was the Gentile believers who then looked back to the Jews and became their friends, offering to them relief in their wilderness.
In the work of Christ God indeed made barren the fruitful land and made bountiful that which was once wilderness.
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Psalms 107:33-37 (KJV) A Reversal of Fortune
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