For what purpose were the Scriptures written?

Answer

"For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and
comfort of the Scriptures might have hope." Rom. 15: 4.

For what did Christ, just before His ascension, tell His disciples to wait?
Why did God confide in Abraham, and commit sacred trusts to him?
What change did Daniel see take place in these horns?
What is the essential teaching of the new covenant?
After the law had been proclaimed from Sinai, what did the people again say?
When John the Baptist was asked if he were Elijah, what did he say?
What shows that the angels sent to Abraham and Lot were real beings?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle