Bible Readings for the Home Circle Part 7

NOTE.-In her translation of the Old Testament Scriptures, Helen Spurrell expressed the following wish for all who should read her translation: "May very many exclaim, as the translator has often done when studying numerous pa.s.sages in the original, _I have found the Messiah_!"

3. From whose words did Christ say the disciples ought to have learned of His death and resurrection?

"O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that _the prophets_ have spoken: ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into His glory?" Luke 24:25, 26.

4. How did Christ make it clear to them that the Scriptures testify of Him?

"And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, _He expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself_." Verse 27

5. What did He say a little later to the eleven?

"These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that _all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning Me_." Verse 44.

6. Where in the Bible do we find the first promise of a Redeemer?

"And the Lord G.o.d said unto the serpent, ... I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and _her seed_; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise His heel." Gen. 3:14, 15.

7. In what words was this promise renewed to Abraham?

"_In thy seed_ shall all the nations of the earth be blessed." Gen. 22:18.

See also Gen. 26:4; 28:14.

8. To whom did this promised seed refer?

"Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, _which is Christ_."

Gal. 3:16.

9. Whom did G.o.d promise to send with Israel to guide them into the promised land?

"Behold, I send _an Angel_ before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared." Ex. 23:20.

10. Who was the Rock that went with them?

"And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed [went with, margin] them: and _that Rock was Christ_." 1 Cor. 10:4.

11. In what prophecy are Christ's life, suffering, and death touchingly foretold?

In the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah.

12. Where is the price of Christ's betrayal foretold?

"So they weighed for My price _thirty pieces of silver_." Zech. 11:12. See Matt. 26:15.

13. Where in the Psalms are Christ's dying words recorded?

"My G.o.d, My G.o.d, why hast thou forsaken Me?" Ps. 22:1. See Matt. 27:46.

"Into Thine hand I commit My spirit." Ps. 31:5. See Luke 23:46.

14. How is Christ's resurrection foretold in the Psalms?

[Ill.u.s.tration.]

Made Known In The Breaking Of Bread. "Did not our heart burn within us, while He talked with us by the way, and while He opened to us the scriptures?" Luke 24:32.

"I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto Me, Thou art My Son; _this day have I begotten Thee_." Ps. 2:7. See Acts 13:33.

15. Where again in the Psalms is His resurrection foretold?

"For _Thou wilt not leave My soul in h.e.l.l_; neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see _corruption_." Ps. 16:10. See Acts 2:25-31.

16. In what words does Daniel foretell Christ's receiving His kingdom?

"I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, one like the _Son of man_ came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought Him near before Him. And _there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom_, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve Him: His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pa.s.s away, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed." Dan. 7:13, 14.

See also Luke 1:32, 33; 19:11, 12; Rev. 11:15.

17. How is Christ's second coming described in the Psalms?

"Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together before the Lord; _for He cometh to judge the earth_: with righteousness shall He judge the world, and the people with equity." Ps. 98:8, 9. "_Our G.o.d shall come, and shall not keep silence_: a fire shall devour before Him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about Him. He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people. Gather My saints together unto Me; those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice." Ps. 50:3-5.

18. What is Christ to one renewed after G.o.d's image? "Christ is _all_, and _in all_." Col. 3:11.

A glory in the Word we find When grace restores our sight; But sin has darkened all the mind, And veiled the heavenly light.

When G.o.d's own Spirit clears our view, How bright the doctrines shine!

Their holy fruits and sweetness show Their Author is divine.

How blest we are, with open face To view Thy glory, Lord, And all Thy image here to trace, Reflected in Thy Word!

CAMPBELL'S COLLECTION.

t.i.tles Of Christ

In the Old Testament

Seed of the woman. Gen. 3:15.

Mine Angel. Ex. 23:23.