The Promise to Israel
In the Lord all the descendants of Israel shall be justified, and shall glory. Isaiah 45:25. Abraham was called out from an idolatrous family and was appointed of God to preserve His truth amid the prevailing and increasing corruptions of that idolatrous age. The Lord appeared to Abraham and said, “I am the Almighty God; […]
Modern-day Enochs
And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. Genesis 5:24. After Adam’s fall from a state of perfect happiness to a condition of sin and misery, there was danger that men and women would become discouraged…. But the instructions which God gave to Adam, and which were repeated by Seth […]
Enoch and the Spirit of Prophecy
Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints.” Jude 14. The Lord opened … to Enoch the plan of salvation and by the Spirit of prophecy carried him down through the generations which should live after the Flood, and showed him […]
Enoch
After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years. Genesis 5:22. Enoch learned from the lips of Adam the painful story of the fall and the precious story of God’s condescending grace in the gift of His Son as the world’s Redeemer. He believed and relied upon the promise given. Enoch was a […]
The First Promise of the Gospel
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. 1 Corinthians 15:22. “I will put enmity … between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” This was the first gospel sermon ever preached to sinners; this promise was the star […]
A More Excellent Sacrifice
By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous. Hebrews 11:4. These two brothers, Cain and Abel, represent the whole human family. They were both tested on the point of obedience, and all will be tested as they were. Abel bore the proving […]
