Our Bible Reading

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Apr 4, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 14.

Our Bible Reading

The New Earth

1. To whom was the earth given in the beginning?

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: 28.

2. How did man lose it?

And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast harkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Gen. 3: 17-19.

3. Through whom is it restored?

For the Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. Luke 19: 10.

4. What is predicted concerning it?

And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. Dan. 2: 44.

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. Who shall then inherit the earth?

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Matt. 5: 5.

6. By what power and at what time will it be renewed?

Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 2 Peter 3: 12, 13.

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. Isa. 65: 17.

7. What is said of that blessed new earth?

And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and His servants shall serve Him. Rev. 22: 3.