The Former Rain, And The Latter Rain In The First Month  Joel 2
Channel: Looking for that blessed hope,
Date: 2022-05-27

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The former rain—the fall rain—is required to soften the land and prepare it for the grain. 
Because these husbandmen and vine-dressers counted from seed time to spring and harvest, the latter rain, which was needed to bring the fruits forward and ripen them, was accounted for as the latter rain because the rain had been withheld during the Tribulation Period.
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