Study 3: The Necessity and Justice of the Day of Vengeance

(1) What were Jesus’ words respecting the special responsibility of the generation living in the end of the Jewish Age? Page 47, par. 1

(2) At what time, and under what circumstances, was this terrible prophecy fulfilled? Page 47, par. 2; Page 48, par. 1

(3) Of what greater calamity was this trouble upon fleshly Israel a foreshadowing? Page 48, par. 2; Page 49, par. 1

The Great Tribulation a Legitimate Effect from Preceding Causes

(4) Explain how the Great Time of Trouble upon Christendom is a legitimate effect from preceding causes. Page 49, par. 2, to Page 50, par. 1

(5) What is God’s Law with respect to sowing and reaping, as applied to nations, as well as individuals? Page 51, par. 1

The Responsibilities of Christendom and Her Attitude Toward Them

(6) What have been the opportunities and attitude of Babylon, as respects the principles of truth and righteousness? Page 51, par. 2

(7) In what manner have the civil powers been warned? What is the last warning of God’s inspired Prophet? Page 52, par. 1

(8) How is the importance of the Lord’s counsel being forced upon the attention of even men of the world? Page 53 to Page 54, par. 3

(9) Notwithstanding these warnings, what is the attitude of those in authority, as illustrated by the utterances of the German Emperor and the Czar of Russia? Page 55, 1, to Page 58, par. 1

(10) What prophetic statement was made by Abraham Lincoln? Page 58, par. 2, 3

(11) What public utterances regarding financial and social matters have been made by statesmen and political leaders of these United States? Page 58, 4, to Page 60, par. 1

(12) What warnings have the ecclesiastical powers received? And with what results? Page 60, par. 2 to 5

(13) Are the “tares” in the Church confined to the pews? How does the Christian ministry differ from other professions? Page 61 to Page 62, par. 1

(14) What are the responsibilities and temptations of those who have undertaken the ministry of the Gospel? What course has been followed by the majority of the clergy, especially in the Church of Rome? Page 62, par. 2; Page 63, par. 1

(15) What course was subsequently followed by the Protestant clergy? What has been their attitude toward earnest students of Truth and what is comprehended in the term, “Systematic Theology”? Page 63, 2, to Page 64, par. 2

(16) Why need the common people, or laity, not be surprised that the clergy, as a class, are blind to the Harvest Truth now due? Page 65, par. 1

(17) Is it possible for individuals to shirk their personal responsibility in the matter of proving truth? Page 66, par. 1

(18) What course does wisdom, to say nothing of principle, dictate with respect to purely temporal affairs? Page 67, par. 1, 2

The Relation of Heathen Nations to Christendom and to the Great Time of Trouble

(19) What has been the responsibility of the heathen nations, as expressed in Romans 1:18-32? Page 68, 1, to Page 70, par. 2

(20) What, therefore, is the position of the whole world before the Great Judge? Page 70, par. 3

(21) Explain how the responsibility for the present condition of the heathen in large measure rests upon Christendom. Page 71, par. 1 to 3

(22) What criticism of Christianity, so-called, has been made by leading heathen representatives? Page 72, par. 1, 2

(23) Aside from the moral aspect of the question, why must heathen nations necessarily suffer in the fall of “Babylon”? Page 72, par. 3; Page 73