Post by Lee on Jun 11, 2014 3:59:53 GMT
James 5:7 "Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain"
“The grace” designed for the saints, purposed to come through Jesus Christ, was not intended to be revealed all at one time. The grace, or gift of Holy Spirit, was to be rained upon the saints at two different periods. The Spirit in Joel shows this. “Be glad,” saith He, ”ye children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh your Elohim, for He hath given you the former rain moderately, and He will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain the first month.” The original of this text is quite remarkable. The Hebrew reads, “For he hath given to you the Teacher of Righteousness, and he shall cause of descend for you a rain; a teacher and a latter rain in the first month.”—(Chap. 2:23.) This Teacher hath been given in the person of Jesus, and the Father who gave him caused to descend upon the children of Zion, the saints, “a rain,” when on Pentecost He poured out His Spirit upon the apostles and their brethren. This, as the substitute for Jesus, guided them into all the truth and showed them things to come. Christ is “the Lord the Spirit,” “a quickening Spirit;” and from him Holy Spirit-rain came in the third month, or fifty days after the passover and crucifixion. But there is to be “a teacher and a latter rain in the first month.” That is in the month Nisan, or when the passover shall be fulfilled in the kingdom of God—(Ezek. 45:21; Luke 22:15–18.) The result of the appearing of this teacher in the time of the latter rain will be that the sons of Zion will “eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of Yahweh, and hear Elohim that hath dealt wondrously with them; and His people shall never be ashamed.
1876 Christadelphian: Volume 13. 2001 (electronic ed.) (6). Birmingham: Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association.
“The grace” designed for the saints, purposed to come through Jesus Christ, was not intended to be revealed all at one time. The grace, or gift of Holy Spirit, was to be rained upon the saints at two different periods. The Spirit in Joel shows this. “Be glad,” saith He, ”ye children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh your Elohim, for He hath given you the former rain moderately, and He will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain the first month.” The original of this text is quite remarkable. The Hebrew reads, “For he hath given to you the Teacher of Righteousness, and he shall cause of descend for you a rain; a teacher and a latter rain in the first month.”—(Chap. 2:23.) This Teacher hath been given in the person of Jesus, and the Father who gave him caused to descend upon the children of Zion, the saints, “a rain,” when on Pentecost He poured out His Spirit upon the apostles and their brethren. This, as the substitute for Jesus, guided them into all the truth and showed them things to come. Christ is “the Lord the Spirit,” “a quickening Spirit;” and from him Holy Spirit-rain came in the third month, or fifty days after the passover and crucifixion. But there is to be “a teacher and a latter rain in the first month.” That is in the month Nisan, or when the passover shall be fulfilled in the kingdom of God—(Ezek. 45:21; Luke 22:15–18.) The result of the appearing of this teacher in the time of the latter rain will be that the sons of Zion will “eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of Yahweh, and hear Elohim that hath dealt wondrously with them; and His people shall never be ashamed.
1876 Christadelphian: Volume 13. 2001 (electronic ed.) (6). Birmingham: Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association.