Lesson 11 · June 13, 1896

The Purpose Holds

1.How long does the Lord say the earth shall remain? .
2.For what purpose was the earth created? .
3.What characters will those have who inherit the earth? ; .
4.What more does the Lord say of them? ; .
5.Then what was the original design of God in creation?
6.In view of this give some of the promises of God relating to it. ; . See how many times this promise is repeated in different ways in .
7.What gives thoughts of joy in the song of the saints in heaven? .
8.What does Paul say that God preached to Abraham? .
9.In preaching the gospel to Abraham what promise did God make? .
10.How did God confirm this promise? . Note.
11.Why was all this done? . See margin.
12.Who was the seed referred to in the promise? .
13.How do we become partakers in the promise? .
14.What does Paul say has been done that we might have a part in this promise? .
15.Through whom, then, are the promises to Abraham fulfilled? , first part.
16.How much territory do they include? .
17.What promise did God make to Mary respecting Christ? .
18.For what purpose does Christ say He came into the world? .
19.What throne did David and his successors occupy? .
20.What does God say shall come to Christ? .
21.What was the first dominion? ; .
22.What promise does God make through David? .
23.What other promise did David receive? .
24.How does another prophet express the same hope? .
25.And when the dominion under the whole heaven is given to Christ, the Seed of Abraham, the royal successor of David, over whom will he reign? .

Notes

"The ritual of the covenant itself is that which was frequently applied among most of the ancient nations, the Greeks and Romans, the Chaldeans and Macedonians. The sacrificial animal was divided into two halves, between which the contracting parties passed, thereby intimating that they would deserve to be so killed if they ventured to violate the agreement. But as, in fact, the act here described was not strictly a covenant, but a sign or promise on the part of God, only given under the form of a covenant, God only passed through the dissected parts in the shape of clouds, smoke, and fire; Abraham was a passive spectator, and the very beginning of the ceremony points to this feature; for God commanded Abraham, 'Take for Me a heifer,' etc. Wherever a real covenant was intended, it was customary among the Hebrews also that both parties should go between the divided animal. . And on one particularly solemn occasion, when a perpetual alliance between God and Israel was ratified, the blood of the sacrifices was partly sprinkled on the altar, which represents God, and partly upon the people. ."—Kalisch.

"A young heifer, a she goat, and a ram, each of three years old, were wont to be divided in the ceremony of human engagements between contracting parties, and the pieces set far enough apart to let these pass between them, as if to call down on themselves the fate of the victims, if they broke the covenant thus ratified."—Geikie's Hours with the Bible, vol. 1, p. 341.

Bible texts in this lesson

Ecclesiastes 1:4 · Isaiah 45:18 · 2 Peter 3:13 · Isaiah 60:21 · Luke 20:36 · 2 Corinthians 5:4 · 2 Corinthians 5:5 · Matthew 5:5 · Proverbs 11:31 · Psalms 37 · Revelation 5:10 · Galatians 3:8 · Genesis 13:14-17 · Genesis 15:17 · Genesis 15:18 · Genesis 22:16-18 · Hebrews 6:16-20 · Galatians 3:16 · Galatians 3:29 · Galatians 3:13 · Galatians 3:14 · Galatians 3:17 · Romans 4:13 · Luke 1:32 · Luke 1:33 · John 18:37 · 1 Chronicles 29:23 · Micah 4:8 · Genesis 1:26 · Psalms 8:6 · Psalms 72:4-8 · Psalms 72:17-19 · Psalms 89:35-37 · Zechariah 9:9 · Zechariah 9:10 · Zechariah 14:9 · Daniel 7:27 · Jeremiah 34:18 · Jeremiah 34:19 · Exodus 24:4-8

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