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 final disposition was made of the sins of the people?
By what may we know that we have passed from death unto life?
Were the Ten Commandments a distinct and complete law by themselves?
What will then take place?
Where did John, in vision, see the saints?
How will the righteous ever afterward appear?
How does the Apostle Peter close his second epistle?

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