08. The Dew Of Heaven

The Dew Of Heaven

"Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity... as the dew of Hermon and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore" (Psalms 133:1; Psalms 133:3).

Dew, when promised in Scripture, is an assurance of God’s blessing to man on earth. When withheld, it is a form of judgment. If we wish to understand the conditions of the blessings of brethren dwelling together in unity, it will be helpful to appreciate the characteristics of dew.

Jehovah asked Job many hard questions in Job 38:1-41; Job 39:1-30; Job 40:1-24; Job 41:1-34. Among them were questions about the rain and the dew, the hoary (white) frost and the ice. See Job 38:25-30. Some of those questions were:

Hath the rain a father? Who hath begotten the drops of the dew?

Out of whose womb came the ice? The hoary frost of heaven, Who hath gendered it?

These are not normal questions for us. But they are questions well worth considering since Jehovah asked them. They can be answered as we understand how the dew is formed.