The Bible Bear

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 30, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 64.

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Jan. 1. Genesis 1 to 3: Creation; the Sabbath; Eden; sin; salvation.

Jan. 2. Genesis 4 to 7: Cain and Abel; the ark; the flood; Enoch, the first Adventist. (See Jude 14, 15.)

Jan. 3. Genesis 8 to 11: God's covenant with Noah; beginning of nations; Babel.

Jan. 4. Job 1 to 3: Character of; trial; despair and rebellion.

Jan. 5. Job 4 to 7: Speech of Eliphaz — despise not God's chastening; answer of Job — justifies his complaints.

Jan. 6. Job 8 to 10: First speech of Bildad—exhorts to humility; answer of Job—afflictions no proof of sin.

Jan. 7. Job 11 to 14: First speech of Zophar—urges repentance; Job answers the whole argument—appeals to God.

Jan. 8. Job 15 to 17: Second speech of Eliphaz — fresh accusations; Job replies — protests innocence, desires death.

GENERAL BIBLICAL SYNOPSIS

THE ENTIRE BIBLE—The Lord Jesus Christ. Sin, forgiveness, redemption, justification, sanctification, glory.

THE OLD TESTAMENT—Law and grace. Obedience and life, disobedience and death.

THE NEW TESTAMENT—Grace and law. Faith and salvation, eternal life and peace.

INTRODUCTION

“The Bible is the chosen literature of the chosen writers of the chosen nation. It is the great religious classic of the world. It is the inspired record of God's dealings with men.”

“I use the Scriptures, not as an arsenal to be resorted to only for arms and weapons to defend this party, or defeat its enemies, but as a matchless temple, where I delight to be, to contemplate the beauty, the symmetry, and the magnificence of the structure, and to increase my awe, and excite my devotion to the Deity there preached and adored.”—Robert Boyle.

“A world of varied thought and culture is reflected in the Biblical material. In one place we are face to face with the primitive simplicity of the Semitic nomad; in another we are in touch with the rich culture of the ancient Babylonian civilization; again, we share the experiences incident to the predominantly agricultural type of life of the ancient Hebrew commonwealth; at first we witness the crude and petty warfare between clans or tribes, then the larger struggles of Israel with her near neighbors; next we hear the measured tread of Assyria's victorious armies, creators of the first world monarchy; then, in succession, it is the Babylonian, the Persian, the Greek, and finally the Roman Empire that form the background of the Biblical history.”—“A Standard Bible Dictionary,” article “Bible.”

“Are you habitual students of Holy Writ? Readers of it I believe you are, but are you searchers? The blessing is not for those who merely read, but for those who delight in the law of the Lord, and meditate therein both day and night. Are you sitting at the feet of Jesus, with his Word as your schoolbook? If not, you lack very much of the blessing you might enjoy.”—C. H. Spurgeon.

“All athletic Christians—all those that carry heavy loads, do thorough work, and stand a long pull—are hungry feeders on God's Book. Nothing will impart muscle and sinew to your piety like a thorough study and digestion of the Bible. . . . One strong Bible text lodged in the memory, and turned over and over, and well digested, will be a breakfast for your soul, and in the strength of it you will go through the whole day.”—T. L. Cuyler.