What is the great purpose of Christ in His work of reconciliation?

Answer

"And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath He
reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and unblamable and unreprovable in
His sight." Col. 1: 21, 22.
"I will arise and go to my father." Luke 15: 18.

What prophecy foretold Christ's triumph over death?
For what reason is worship justly due to God?
What means will be employed to lead the people back into this false worship?
What does He indicate as one of its purposes?
What was to follow the great earthquake?
Out of what will they be judged?
Before he was afflicted, what did he do?

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