RAIN
RAIN
- Occasioned by the condensing of the clouds # Job 36:27,28 Ps 77:17 Ec 11:3
- GOD 2a) Made a decree for
# Job 28:26
2b) Prepares # Ps 147:8 2c) Gives # Job 5:10 2d) Causes, to come down # Joe 2:23 2e) Exhibits goodness in giving # Ac 14:17 2f) Exhibits greatness in giving # Job 36:26,27 2g) Sends upon the evil and good # Mt 5:45 2h) Should be praised for # Ps 147:7,8 2i) Should be feared on account of # Jer 5:24 3) Impotence of idols exhibited in not being able to give # Jer 14:22 4) Not sent upon the earth immediately after creation # Ge 2:5 5) Rarely falls in Egypt # De 11:10 Zec 14:18 6) Canaan abundantly supplied with # De 11:11 7) DESIGNED FOR 7a) Refreshing the earth # Ps 68:9 72:6 7b) Making fruitful the earth # Heb 6:7 7c) Replenishing the springs and fountains of the earth # Ps 104:8 8) Promised in due season to the obedient # Le 26:4 De 11:14 Eze 34:26,27 9) Frequently withheld on account of iniquity # De 11:17 Jer 3:3 5:25 Am 4:7 10) THE WANT OF 10a) Causes the earth to open # Job 29:23 Jer 14:4 10b) Dries up springs and fountains # 1Ki 17:7 10c) Occasions famine # 1Ki 18:1,2 10d) Removed by prayer # 1Ki 8:35,36 Jas 5:18 11) Withheld for three years and six months in the days of Elijah # 1Ki 17:1 Jas 5:17 12) DIVIDED INTO 12a) Great # Ezr 10:9 12b) Plentiful # Ps 68:9 12c) Overflowing # Eze 38:22 12d) Sweeping # Pr 28:3 12e) Small # Job 37:6 13) The former, after harvest, to prepare for sowing # De 11:14 Jer 5:24 14) The latter, before harvest # Joe 2:23 Zec 10:1 15) The rainbow often appears during # Ge 9:14 Eze 1:28 16) Often succeeded by heat and sunshine # 2Sa 23:4 Isa 18:4 17) The appearance of a cloud from the west indicated # 1Ki 18:44 Lu 12:54 18) The north wind drives away # Pr 25:23 19) Unusual in harvest time # Pr 26:1 20) Thunder and lightning often with # Ps 135:7 21) Storm and tempest often with # Mt 7:25,27 22) INSTANCES OF EXTRAORDINARY 22a) Time of the flood # Ge 7:4,12 22b) Plague of, upon Egypt # Ex 9:18,23 22c) During wheat harvest in the days of Samuel # 1Sa 12:17,18 22d) After long drought in Ahab’s reign # 1Ki 18:45 22e) After the captivity # Ezr 10:9,13 23) Often impeded travelling in the east # 1Ki 18:44 Isa 4:6 24) Often destroyed houses # Eze 13:13-15 Mt 7:27 25) ILLUSTRATIVE 25a) Of the word of God # Isa 55:10,11 25b) Of the doctrine of faithful ministers # De 32:2 25c) Of Christ in the communication of his graces # Ps 72:6 Ho 6:3 25d) Of spiritual blessings # Ps 68:9 84:6 Eze 34:26 25e) Of righteousness # Ho 10:12 25f) (Destructive,) of God’s judgments # Job 20:23 Ps 11:6 Eze 38:22 25g) (Destructive,) of a poor man oppressing the poor # Pr 28:3