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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Feb 26, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 9.

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The Sabbath-School.

By Ellet Joseph Waggoner

LESSON FOR THE PACIFIC COAST—MARCH 28.

Inheritance of the Saints.—Continued.

THE FIRST DOMINION FORFEITED.

1. WHEN the earth was created, to whom was given the dominion over it?
"And God said, Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth." Gen. 1: 26-28.
2. What was its condition at that time?
"And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day." Gen. 1: 31.
3. Did man also share in this perfection?
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." Gen. 1: 27.
"Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions." Eccl. 7: 29.
4. What further shows that the dominion which God intrusts to man must be preserved spotless?
"Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven." Matt. 6: 10.
"And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him." Dan. 7: 27.
5. Then until what time only, could Adam hope to retain the dominion given to him?
6. When the dominion was given to Adam, what prohibition was put upon him?
"But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." Gen. 2: 17.
7. Did he heed this prohibition?
"And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat." Gen. 3: 6.
8. Since the dominion given to Adam was a perfect one, what was the necessary result of his sin?
9. By what agency was Adam's fall accomplished?
"And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat." Gen. 3: 12, 13.
10. Who is the serpent?
"And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years." Rev. 20: 2.
11. If a man is overcome by another, what is the result?
"While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage." 2 Peter 2: 19.
12. By whom was Adam overcome?
13. Then to whom did he become subject?
14. What becomes of a man's possessions, if he himself is overcome by another?
"How can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house." Matt. 12: 29.
15. Then when Adam was overcome by Satan, what must have become of the dominion which he held?
16. What title does Paul apply to the one who blinds men concerning the gospel?
"But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost; in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them." 2 Cor. 4: 3, 4.
17. What is the name of the one who performs this work of deception?
"Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." 2 Thess. 2: 9, 10.
18. Then who is "god of the world"?
19. What other title does Paul apply to the one who works in the children of disobedience?
"Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience." Eph. 2: 2.
20. Although Satan usurped the dominion from Adam, did he become absolute ruler?
"That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will." Dan. 4: 25.
E. J. W.