Does anyone else have a sudden hankering or a Biblical appreciation at the least for some Mountain Dew right now?
The dew mentioned here is a dew that fell on vegetation, securing its growth and fruitfulness during relatively dry seasons in the area. Zion if the mount of worship and praise of God. Of Christ as Lord. This idea of unity is very interesting.
Unity isn't having one purpose in this passage. It goes beyond that. Unity is "when brothers dwell." And that dwelling together has an impact like "the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion!" This dwelling together, again, isn't just a bunch of people with a similar purpose. This dwelling together is a form of heavenly praise we offer to God when we cause each other to be fruitful. And when is it hardest to be fruitful? In the dry seasons.
Maybe unity is easy when all is peachy keen. (Where does "peachy keen" come from?) But i think heaven hears our worship of God when we act it out in such a way that our unity doesn't necessarily come in the form of a shared vision, but in a communal help of one another in their personal and corporate fruitfulness. The morning dew doesn't pick and choose the more correct fruit to soak. The morning dew falls and covers all. In verse 2 of the Psalm unity is depicted this way, covering all of Aaron's head, soaking his beard (which for analogy's sake means he probably had a monstrously awesome beard), and staining his clothes. It got him good!
When you think about unity, what do you think about? Where is the blessing of "life forevermore?" It is there, there being where this fruit enabling dew of Hermon falls.
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