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