9. What expressions in the prophecy of Joel seem to imply a double fulfilment of this outpouring of
the Spirit?
Answer
"Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for He hath given you the former rain
moderately, and He will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first
month." Joel 2 : 23. See also Hosea 6: 3.
NOTE - In Palestine the early rains prepare the soil for the seed sowing, and the latter rains ripen
the grain for the harvest. So the early outpouring of the Spirit prepared the world for the extensive sowing
of the gospel seed, and the final outpouring will come to ripen the golden grain for the harvest of the earth,
which Christ says is "the end of the world." Matt. 13: 37-39; Rev. 14: 14, 15.
What is the result of godly sorrow?
Did God's chosen people receive Christ when He came?
What reply did Christ make?
3. After the wise men had thus confessed their inability to do what the king required, who offered to interpret the dream?
What did some of the people do on the seventh day?
What will be the experience of those who say in their hearts that the Lord is not soon coming?
What incentive have Christians for doing prison work?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle