I personally see "latter rains" as both symbolic and literal. Zechariah 10:1, "Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field."
However, some still thought idols were helpful. Zechariah 10:2, "For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd."
Not exactly on point, nevertheless, a fitting theme, Proverbs 25:14, “Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.”
God promises a restoration to Israel in the later days. Joel 2:25, “And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.”
“Joel 2:21-27, Then the LORD will be zealous for His land and pity His people. He will send them grain, new wine, and oil to their satisfaction, in addition to removing their reproach from among the nations. The land will be restored to fertility and productiveness. Abundant rain will result in vats overflowing and threshing floors . . . full of wheat. The people will be restored and will never again be put to shame. All the years that the swarming locust had eaten would be restored as well.”
[Believers Bible Commentary]
Not only a restoration, a rebirth of the Nation of Israel on May 14 1948. Isaiah 66:8, “Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.”
Israel is primarily a desert and water is of utmost important. Israel has used desalination for some time as well as is developing other leading-edge technologies.
Desalination Nation: How Israel Is Helping The World Fight Water Shortage
By Kirk D'Souza, NoCamels May 24, 2017
"In the hot and arid Middle East, clean water is liquid gold. Faced with limited rainfall and a grueling climate, Israel has increasingly relied on seawater since it built its first desalination plant in Eilat in the 1960s. Today, about 60 percent of Israel’s domestic water demand is met through desalination – the process by which salt and other impurities are removed from seawater to produce potable water."
[http://nocamels.com/2017/05/desalination-israel-drought-water-shortage/]
Extracting water from air, Israeli firm looks to quench global thirst
"After the biblical exodus from Egypt, Moses made water for the people of Israel in the desert by striking a stone. Now Water-Gen is striking water from air.
The technology, developed by Kohavi with the help of engineers, uses a series of filters to purify the air. After the air is sucked in and chilled to extract its humidity, the water that forms is treated and transformed into clean drinking water. The technology uses a plastic heat exchanger rather than an aluminum one, which helps reduce costs; it also includes a proprietary software that operates the devices"
[http://www.timesofisrael.com/extracting-water-from-air-israeli-firm-looks-to-quench-global-thirst/]
Closer to home is the WaterSeer project that I'm following.
[https://www.facebook.com/WaterSeer/]
Unfortunately, the claim made of 11 gallons a day from dry desert air was not fulfilled. Still, an interesting concept to follow. It is my belief that God provides everything we really need, if only we know how to access it.
As an aside, there is The Latter Rain, also known as the New Order or New Order of the Latter Rain. It was a post–World War II movement within Pentecostal Christianity which remains controversial to this day. Our winter Bible study was often attended by an evangelical speaker and author who was a proponent of the latter rain movement.
There is an interesting article concerning the Latter Rain at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latter_Rain_(post%E2%80%93World_War_II_movement)
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