Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered

Unity and Happiness

With what promise do the Old Testament Scriptures close? BR-ASI9 468.7

“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.” Malachi 4:5, 6. BR-ASI9 468.8

Note.—From this we learn that while disobedience to parents and the breaking up of home ties will characterize the last days (2 Timothy 3:1-3; Matthew 24:37-39; Genesis 6:1, 2), God’s message for the last days will strengthen the cords of love and affection, and bind the hearts of parents and children together. BR-ASI9 468.9

What peaceful, happy conditions will prevail in the next world as compared with those of this life? BR-ASI9 468.10

“They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.” “The sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.” Isaiah 65:23; 11:8, 9. BR-ASI9 468.11