We will not go further in Chapter Twelve of the Book of Revelation and discuss the persecution of the Church and the war in Heaven because our object is to describe the two purposes of the latter-rain outpouring.

In order to bring Christ to maturity in the saints we must have more of the Glory of God.

The Divine Glory, which always is Christ, will come to us as the latter rain, if we follow on to know the Lord.

Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. (Hosea 6:3)

"He (Christ) shall come unto us."

We shall have the double portion, the rain of the Book of Acts and the harvest rain—all in the first month, that is, at the time of the dawning of the Day of the Lord. The Blowing of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the feast of Tabernacles all took place in the first month of the Jewish calendar, the calendar that is observed today.

Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: 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 in the first month. (Joel 2:23)

Now will the Lord Jesus be great. Now will the Lord crush His enemies and bring in everlasting righteousness. Now will righteousness, peace, and joy come to the whole earth.

Therefore will he give them up, until the time she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. (Micah 5:3,4)

To be continued.