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.

At what cost did even He learn the lesson of obedience?
What were sinners desiring pardon instructed to do?
How strongly will this false worship and the enforcement of this mark be urged?
What may be said of the developments in the line of scientific inventions since 1798?
How does Isaiah speak of the wicked at this time?
What is written on these gates?
Who will be permitted to enter it?

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