Joel 3:18 And it will come to pass in that day
that the mountains shall drip with new wine,
the hills shall flow with milk,
And all the brooks of Judah shall be flooded with water;
a fountain shall flow from the house of the LORD
and water the Valley of Shittim (Acacias).
Background:
Shittim – Hebrew for Acacia, also known as Wattle in Australia.
In Exodus 25 the Ark of the Covenant and its poles, the table of showbread and its poles are described in detail and states that they are to be made of Shittim Wood from the Shittah Tree. Many of the structural features of the tabernacle were constructed of Shittim Wood. The brazen altar and its poles, and the incense altar and its poles, all the poles for the hanging of the curtains as well as the supports were made of Shittim Wood.
There are roughly 1,300 species of Acacia worldwide, about 950 of them native to Australia, with the remainder spread around the dry tropical to warm-temperate regions of both hemispheres, including Africa, southern Asia, and the Americas.
Wattle is the national floral emblem of Australia from where we get the Green and Gold worn by our Australian sports teams.
Word:
A fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of the Wattle,
and shall water the valley of La Australia del Espíritu Santo
and shall water the valley of The Great South Land of the Holy Spirit
and shall water the valley of that is Australia
The Lord will pour out His Spirit as a fountain through His Body, the Church, and from this outpouring the valley of the Wattle will be watered.
Even as Australia needs water in time of drought, her people need the person of the Holy Spirit flowing out from the Church – the Body of Christ.
We the Church – the Body of Christ – need to be continually filled with the Holy Spirit so we are able to minister to the lost and preach the good news of Jesus.
The fountain will spring forth from the Church who will lift up the Name of The Lord Jesus. As He is lifted up, Australia (our land) will be healed. Those that are lost and don’t yet know the Lord will be saved.
Multitudes will cry out for mercy as they repent of their sin. The Lord will hear them, heal them, save them and refresh them. They will cry out to the Lord with a heart of worship as the Holy Spirit comes to them.
The people will say “Surely this is the Lord”.