BIBLE READINGS WITH FAMILIES by Mrs. S. N. Haskell

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 10, 1900

BIBLE READINGS WITH FAMILIES.

By Mrs. S. N. Haskell

New Earth.

MRS. S. N. HASKELL.

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Do NOT give your readers more at one time than they can digest. Remember that you yourself did not receive all the truth in one hour. A few points made very plain will give the best results. If you tell them all you know about the subject in one reading, they will become confused.

Isa. 45 : 18: Earth made to be inhabited. Gen. 13 : 14–18: Promise to Abraham. Rom. 4 : 13: Promise included the earth. Acts 7 : 1–5: Abraham possessed none of the earth. Heb. 11 : 8–13: His children were strangers. Eze. 37 : 12–14: They will possess the earth after the resurrection. Gal. 3 : 16, 29; All Christians are heirs. Heb. 11 : 10, 16; Promised a city. Rev. 21 : 1, 2; City on the new earth. Rev. 21 : 3; God will dwell with men. Rev. 21 : 9, 10; City is called the bride. Rev. 21 : 12: Names over the gates. Rev. 21 : 13: Twelve gates. Rev. 21 : 14: Names on foundations. Rev. 21 : 15, 16: Size of the city. Rev. 21 : 18, 21: City was pure gold. Rev. 21 : 19, 20: Beautiful foundations. Rev. 21 : 23: No need of sun. Isa. 30 : 26: Sun seven times brighter than now, yet Christ’s glory is far greater. Isa. 65 : 21–25: Employment. The earth will yield fruit. Isa. 36 : 22, 23: Sabbath and monthly meetings throughout eternity. Rev. 22 : 1, 2: Fruit of the tree of life ripens each month. Rev. 22 : 14: Who can share all this?