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.
To what place did Christ carry these sins?
How much was included in the gift of Christ for the salvation of man?
What does this angel say?
Why did God confide in Abraham, and commit sacred trusts to him?
What came out of one of the four horns of the goat?
What false idea of this gathering were some to hold?
Who will be permitted to enter it?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle