Lesson 9 · May 27, 1893
The Past and the Present
- 1.Review questions:—
Notes
(a) What signs were to appear in the heavens?
(b) Give the fulfillment of three signs.
(c) Why select the meteoric shower of 1833 as the fulfillment of the Saviour's words?
(d) Can we begin to look for the day of redemption?
(e) What is said of the nearness of Christ's coming when all the signs are seen?
- 2.To what time of the past are the days immediately preceding the second coming of the Lord compared? .
- 3.What is said of the time of Noah? .
- 4.What instruction is given in regard to eating and drinking? .
- 5.What is the real danger in the last days in regard to eating and drinking? . See note 1.
- 6.To what time did the antediluvians keep up this excessive debauchery? .
- 7.What warning was being given at that time? ; .
- 8.How long was the warning given? .
- 9.What effect did the message have on the great mass of the world? .
- 10.What is said of the condition of the world at that time? .
- 11.What brought them to this low state? See note 2.
- 12.Do we see any of these excesses at the present time?
- 13.What did the Saviour say in regard to the days of Lot? .
- 14.What were the sins of Sodom? .
- 15.What righteous man was living in this city? .
- 16.How did the people of this wicked city employ their time? See note 3.
- 17.Had they been informed in regard to the true faith? See note 4.
- 18.What effect did the lives of this people have on Lot? .
- 19.Is there any similarity between the times of Noah and Lot and the present?
- 20.Did God find faith on the earth in those days? ; .
- 21.Will he find faith when he comes the second time? .
Notes
1. "Surfeit, first, fullness and oppression occasioned by excessive eating and drinking; second, to overfeed, and produce sickness or uneasiness."—Webster.
2. "God bestowed upon these antediluvians many rich gifts, but they used his bounties to glorify themselves, and turned them into a curse by fixing their affections upon the gifts instead of the Giver. They employed the gold and silver, the precious stones, and the choice wood, in the construction of habitations for themselves, and endeavored to excel one another in beautifying their dwellings with the most skillful workmanship. They sought only to gratify the desires of their own proud hearts, and reveled in scenes of pleasure and wickedness."—.
3. "In Sodom there was mirth and revelry, feasting and drunkenness. The vilest and most brutal passions were unrestrained. The people openly defied God and his law, and delighted in deeds of violence."—Ibid, p. 157.
4. "At the time of Lot's removal to Sodom, corruption had not become universal, and God, in his mercy, permitted rays of light to shine amid the moral darkness. When Abraham rescued the captives from the Elamites, the attention of the people was called to the true faith."—
Bible texts in this lesson
Luke 17:26 · Luke 17:28 · Luke 17:27 · 1 Corinthians 10:31 · Luke 21:34 · 1 Peter 3:18-20 · 2 Peter 2:5 · Genesis 6:3 · Hebrews 11:7 · Genesis 6:5 · Genesis 6:6 · Ezekiel 16:49 · Ezekiel 16:50 · Genesis 19:1 · 2 Peter 2:7 · 2 Peter 2:8 · Luke 18:8
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