In what condition are all before they are quickened with Christ?

Answer

"God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, even when we were dead in sins,
hath quickened us together with Christ." Eph. 2: 4, 5.
 


What was God's design in thus giving the Scriptures?
Whose sovereignty is thus challenged?
What does the prophet Isaiah, speaking for God through this Spirit of Christ, call the seventhday Sabbath?
As soon as the wicked are raised, what does Satan at once proceed to do?
What will he one of the last great signs performed by this means, to fasten men in deception?
For whom did Christ teach us to pray?
What will then he the condition of all the earth?

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