How is the church at the first advent described?

Answer

"And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. Verse 2.

What was Christ made, to release men from sin?
How was the overthrow of ancient Babylon foretold?
Can man of himself, unaided by Christ, keep the law?
For what did Christ reprove the Pharisees?
What else has He promised to do?
In his dream at Bethel, what did Jacob see?
What does God's Word then become to the believer?

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