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.

By whom was this fulfilled?
What is the means through which this justifying grace is made available to the sinner?
How futile was all this?
What is the strength of sin?
Why did God give His only begotten Son to the world?
While suffering in the garden of Gethsemane, how was Christ strengthened?
Why was this to be?

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