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 was the result of this great miracle?
What did He thus abolish?
Was the Sabbath intended as a day for public worship?
What did the prophet see coming up at this time?
To whom, then, should its observance be rendered?
With what statement does the fifth trumpet close?
What is God called in the Scriptures?

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