Question Corner

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 9, 1901

1105. N. B. The “four living creatures” (it never ought to be “beasts”) represent the church, the people, the nations, the kingdoms of earth, all of which God is guiding to His own glory. Study Ezekiel 1 and 10. We have not space in this department to develop such a subject.

1106. Moses and Elijah.—Evidently both Moses and Elijah were on the mount of transfiguration, Moses as a type of those who will be raised from the dead to everlasting life, Elijah, a type of those who will be translated without seeing death. The whole scene was a miniature representation of Christ’s second coming. A vision simply means “a seeing.” It may be real.

1107. Eph. 5:26.—The Christian will oftentimes be indignant against sin. Wickedness and oppression will stir his soul; but do not sin. Remember vengeance belongs unto God. Do not confound the sinner with his sin.

1108. Adventists—Their Number.—We do not know. It is not for us to number Israel. Of those who profess to be Seventh-day Adventists there are all the way from 50,000 to 75,000. Other Adventist bodies number probably 30,000. The exact number is known only to God.

1109. When the Bible says that God repents, it is considering the thing from what at present appears. Looking at the condition of the earth at the time of the flood, seeing human wickedness, knowing how few were righteous, the whole plan of human salvation was a failure. God’s great heart grieved at man’s sins and self-destruction. But God’s plan takes in eternity, and when it is finished it will be a glorious success.

1110. Children in the New Earth.—A part of the new earth—its capital city—is the New Jerusalem. In that the redeemed host will enter at the beginning of the thousand years, when Christ comes. Some of these will be little children. They will be in that part of the new earth until grown up.

1111. Around the World.—“Does a man in traveling around the world lose a day?” This depends upon the man and the way he is traveling. Many men have traveled around the world but are in perfect harmony with their fellows. If one goes with the sun, westward across the Pacific Ocean, he adds a day to his reckoning. If he goes eastward, he drops a day. But he has had as much time as any one else, after all.