Why, then, does God permit the chastening rod to fall?

Answer

"For they [parents] verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but He for our profit, that
we might be partakers of His holiness." Heb. 12: 10.

What, therefore, did God say He would make?
Why should children obey their parents?
How faithfully should parents teach their children the Word of God?
In what literal language is this persecution of the people of God further described?
Why are we admonished to fear God and keep His commandments?
Will the Sabbath be observed as a day of worship in the new earth?
How completely will the pains and sorrows of the former world pass away?

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