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 terrible judgment came in consequence of continued sin and transgression against God?
When man first transgressed, what was done to prevent him from living for ever in sin?
What does the fifth commandment require of children?
By what was the third universal empire symbolized?
What did the Apostle Paul say the \"man of sin\" would do?
Have the worthies of old gone to their reward?
Who is the seed to whom this promise was made?

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