Latter Rain

Egypt and Palestine compared, Deuteronomy 11:10-12. Condition, Deuteronomy 11:13, 14. Purpose, Deuteronomy 11:14, 15. Why withheld, Deuteronomy 11:16, 17. Compared to, Deuteronomy 32:2. A blessing, Psalm 72:6, 7. Showers of blessing, Ezekiel 34:26. Showers of righteousness, Isaiah 45:8. Floods, Isaiah 44:3. Result, Isaiah 44:4, 5. When sent, Isaiah 44:3; Psalm 68:9. When a special outpouring, Acts 2:17, 18. How compared with former rain, Joel 2:23. Why latter rain is withheld, Jeremiah 5:23-27. Sins that withhold the blessing, Jeremiah 3:1-3; Malachi 3:8-11; Ezekiel 22:24-26. Judgments sent, Amos 4:6-11. Prepare to meet God, Amos 4:12. Response, Hosea 6:1-3. Repent, Acts 3:19-21. How literal rain is received, Job 29:23. Same desire for spiritual, Psalm 42:1, 2; 119:131. Promise, Psalm 81:10. After conditions are met, pray, Zechariah 10:1. Pray till we receive, Hosea 10:12. Model prayer, Jeremiah 14:20-22. Elijah’s experience repeated, Malachi 4:5, 6. Why rain withheld, 1 Kings 18:18. Elijah’s work, 1 Kings 18:21. Test, 1 Kings 18:24; Matthew 3:11. Result of prayer, 1 Kings 18:38, 39. Preparatory work, 1 Kings 18:40. This preparation sign of rain, 1 Kings 18:41. Then he prayed, 1 Kings 18:42-44. Result, 1 Kings 18:45, 46. Reward for waiting, Isaiah 40:31. What will the remnant be, Micah 5:7. Effect of the latter rain upon the life, Joel 2:23-27. The Lord waiting, James 5:7; Early Writings, 71, 86, 271, 279; The Great Controversy, 611-613.BHB 111.3