How is the church at the first advent described?

Answer

"And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. Verse 2.

What is necessary in order that the preaching of the gospel may be profitable?
What gracious promise does God make to His people?
What peaceful, happy conditions will prevail in the next world as compared with those of this life?
What was done with the blood of the offering?
What is the meaning of the word \"Sabbath\"?
Under what condition does the Lord not hear prayer?
To whom did Jesus first send the twelve disciples?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle