1. In what terms do we have the nation of Russia mentioned in divine prophecy? “Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,” Ezekiel 38:2. 2. Where did the names of Magog, Meshech and Tubal originate? “Now these are the [...]
1. What does God say concerning the dispersion of the Jewish people among the nations of the world? “I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth,” Jeremiah 29:18. “For, lo, I will command, and I [...]
NOTE: In the preceding lesson we have learned of the scattering and regathering of the Jews, and also that at the appearing of Christ, this people will say “Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord,” There certainly are some reasons why this condition will exist at this time. One reason is, [...]
NOTE: In the preceding lesson we have learned that the Jewish people were scattered among the nations of the earth as God said they would be. This chastisement commenced in the year 606 B.C., under Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and the prophet said it would last for a period of twenty-five hundred and twenty (2520) [...]
1. What great calamity befell the Jewish people? “For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve,” Amos 9:9. 2. During this time would there be a colony or government established by them? “Yet shall not the least grain fall [...]
1. In what way did Christ suffer for the unjust? “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit,” I Peter 3:18. 2. By what was He quickened, or made alive? “Quickened [...]
1. Will Christ's people be in darkness regarding His coming, so that He will come upon them at an unexpected time as a thief in the night? “But ye brethren are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light and the children of the [...]
1. What conditions will be in the world near the second coming of Christ? “But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be,” Matthew 24:37. 2. What were the conditions in the days of Noah? “For as in the days that were before the flood they [...]
1. What signs are given, of a social nature, indicating the soon coming of Christ? “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affections, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of [...]
1. Is it possible for one to know the day and hour of Christ's coming? “But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but My Father only,” Matthew 24:36. 2. What words of admonition are given by Christ regarding His coming? “Watch therefore: for ye know not what [...]