New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Rain

• Occasioned by the condensing of the clouds Job 36:27, 28; Ps. 77:17; Eccl. 11:3
• God
  • Made a decree for Job 28:26
  • Prepares Ps. 147:8
  • Gives Job 5:10
  • Causes, to come down Joel 2:23
  • Exhibits goodness in giving Acts 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 Gen. 2:5
• Rarely falls in Egypt Dt. 11:10; Zech. 14:18
• Canaan abundantly supplied with Dt. 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 Lev. 26:4; Dt. 11:14; Ezek. 34:26, 27
• Frequently withheld on account of iniquity Dt. 11:17; Jer. 3:3, 5:25; Amos 4:7
• The want of
  • Causes the earth to open Job 29:23; Jer. 14:4
  • Dries up springs and fountains 1 Ki. 17:7
  • Occasions famine 1 Ki. 18:1, 2
  • Removed by prayer 1 Ki. 8:35, 36; Jas. 5:18
• Withheld for three years and six months in the days of Elijah 1 Ki. 17:1; Jas. 5:17
• Divided into
  • Great Ezra 10:9
  • Plentiful Ps. 68:9
  • Overflowing Ezek. 38:22
  • Sweeping Pr. 28:3
  • Small Job 37:6
• The former, after harvest, to prepare for sowing Dt. 11:14; Jer. 5:24
• The latter, before harvest Joel 2:23; Zech. 10:1
• The rainbow often appears during Gen. 9:14; Ezek. 1:28
• Often succeeded by heat and sunshine 2 Sam. 23:4; Isa. 18:4
• The appearance of a cloud from the west indicated 1 Ki. 18:44; Lk. 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 Gen. 7:4, 12
  • Plague of, upon Egypt Ex. 9:18, 23
  • During wheat harvest in the days of Samuel 1 Sam. 12:17, 18
  • After long drought in Ahab's reign 1 Ki. 18:45
  • After the captivity Ezra 10:9, 13
• Often impeded travelling in the east 1 Ki. 18:44; Isa. 4:6
• Often destroyed houses Ezek. 13:13-15; Mt. 7:27
• Illustrative
  • Of the word of God Isa. 55:10, 11
  • Of the doctrine of faithful ministers Dt. 32:2
  • Of Christ in the communication of his graces Ps. 72:6; Hos. 6:3
  • Of spiritual blessings Ps. 68:9, 84:6; Ezek. 34:26
  • Of righteousness Hos. 10:12
  • (Destructive,) of God's judgments Job 20:23; Ps. 11:6; Ezek. 38:22
  • (Destructive,) of a poor man oppressing the poor Pr. 28:3