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.

In receiving the Son what do we have in Him?
In what condition are all before they are quickened with Christ?
What did they have in the law?
How much honor is due to Christ?
Why, under these plagues, does the Lord give men blood to drink?
What reason did Paul give for glorying in tribulations?
What encouragement does Jesus give us to meet cheerfully the troubles and trials of life?

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