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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 5:24

Impotence 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 104:8

Promised 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 5:18

Withheld 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 37:6

The 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 10:9,13

Often 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
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