1. What reservation of time did God make in the beginning? "On the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it [set it apart]." Gen. 2: 2, 3, first clause. 2. For what reason did God sanctify the seventh day? "Because that in it He had rested from all His work which God had created and made." Verse 3, last clause. "For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it." Ex. 20: 11. 3. Then whose day is the seventh-day Sabbath? "Hallow My Sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God." Eze. 20: 20. "The Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath day." Matt. 12: 8. 4. For whose use was the Sabbath instituted? "Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord." Ex. 31: 15. 5. How long will the Sabbath endure? It is a "perpetual covenant," a "sign" between God and His people "forever." Verses 16, 17. 6. What reservation of means has the Lord made to Himself? "All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's; it is holy unto the Lord." Lev. 27: 30; also verse 32. 7. What is to be done with the Lord's tithe, or tenth? "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in Mine house [support for the Lord's ministers]." Mal. 3: 10. 8. What does the Lord say of those who withhold His tithe? "Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed Me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed Thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse; for ye have robbed Me, even this whole nation." Verses 8, 9. 9. What blessing is promised for faithfulness in bringing in the tithe? "Prove Me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts. And all nations shall call you blessed; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts." Verse 10-12. 10. What does Jesus say of the duty of paying tithes? "Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith; these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone." Matt. 23: 23.