Latter Rain

Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rearward. (Isaiah 58:8)

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. (Hosea 6:3)

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. (Malachi 4:2)

What an amazing set of passages! Yet again we have this idea of the light rising in the morning, and added to it are the ideas of rain, healing and growth.
If we persist in being disciples of Jehovah he will work powerfully in and through us like the morning: small at first but ever increasing. He will come to us through his Holy Spirit like the early and latter rain: the early rain is early of course and has already begun long since; the latter rain is for the latter days and may not yet have begun. The early (autumn/winter) rain causes the seed to sprout and the plant to grow tall, even continuing to grow well after the rain has subsided. The latter (spring) rain ripens the grain for the harvest. The harvest is in the heat of summer when there is no rain. So the Holy Spirit will come like the rains of agriculture and prepare Christ's people for his coming. But we need to be doing his fast of kindness to others.
When Jesus takes to to his kingdom he will heal all our ailments. We will grow in many ways, perhaps even physically, to gain the stature humanity was meant to have at the beginning. We will certainly grow in our understanding and appreciation of God and we will have all that we need like a stall-fed calf.