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 the very life of the Spirit?
What did Jesus present to the people as a basis of confidence in Him?
Who does the apostle say saw Christ after He was risen?
How was the destruction of Jerusalem and the sanctuary by the Romans then foretold?
Has the exact time of Christ's coming been revealed?
Will even this terrible judgment lead men to repent?
What above all else shows God's willingness to do this?

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