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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jul 18, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 28.

3513 — Shall Pass Away

By Editor

Will you kindly advise me what is your interpretation of the following passage in Scripture? "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away." Matt. 24:35. Is the first half of this verse to be taken literally, meaning that heaven and earth shall pass away — disappear? B.

Simply this, that it is easier for heaven and earth to pass than one word of God to fail. Compare with Luke 16:17. As a matter of fact this earthly, sin-marred atmospheric heaven and the world in its present form will pass away before the presence of God. Rev. 6:14. But in the shaking and removing and consuming God's word will abide. Isa. 51:6-8. The words of Jesus are the strongest kind of affirmation that His words will not fail.