The document is a collection of Bible verses that answer questions about the home of the saved. It discusses how God created the Earth to be inhabited, gave it to mankind, and intended for humans to have dominion over it. However, mankind lost this dominion through sin and yielded to Satan. The document notes promises that the meek will inherit the Earth and that God will create new heavens and a new Earth where righteousness dwells, as described in passages from Isaiah and Revelation. It concludes by describing the ransomed of the Lord returning to Zion with everlasting joy on the new Earth.
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1.For what purpose was
the earth created?
3. Answer #1:
“For thus saith the Lord that
created the heavens; God
himself that formed the earth
and made it; he hath
established it, he created it not
in vain, he formed it to be
inhabited.” Isaiah 45:18
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2. To whom has God given
the earth?
5. Answer #2:
“The heaven, even the
heavens, are the Lord’s: but
the earth hath he given to
the children of men.”
Psalm 115:16.
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3. For what purpose was
man made?
7. Answer #3:
“Thou madest him to
have dominion over the
works of thy hands; thou
hast put all things under
his feet.” Psalm 8:6
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4. How did man lose his
dominion?
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5. When man lost his
dominion to whom did he
yield it?
11. Answer #5:
“For of whom a man is
overcome, of the same is he
sought in bondage.” 2 Peter
2:19.
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6. In tempting Christ, what
ownership did Satan claim?
13. Answer #6:
“And the devil, taking him up into an
high mountain, shewed unto him all
the kingdoms of the world in a
moment of time. And the devil said
unto him, All this power will I give
thee, and the glory of them: for that is
delivered unto me; and to whomsoever
I will I give it.” Luke 4:5, 6.
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7. What promise of
restoration did the Lord
make through Micah?
15. Answer #7:
“And thou, O tower of the flock, the
strong hold of the daughter of
Zion, unto thee shall it come, even
the first dominion; the kingdom
shall come to the daughter of
Jerusalem.” Micah 4:8.
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8. Why did Christ say the
meek are blessed?
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9. Who does the psalmist say
have most now?
19. Answer #9:
“For I was envious at the foolish,
when I saw the prosperity of the
wicked…. Their eyes stand out with
fatness: they have move than heart
could wish.” Psalm 73:3 – 7.
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10. What promise was made
to Abraham concerning the
land?
21. Answer #10:
“And the Lord said unto Abram, after that
Lot was separated from him, Lift up now
thine eyes, and look from the place
where thou are northward, and
southward, eastward, and westward: for
all the land which thou seest, to thee will
I give it, and to thy SEED for ever.”
Genesis 13:14, 15.
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11. How much did this
promise comprehend?
23. Answer #11:
“For the promise, that he should be
the heir of the world, was not to
Abraham, or to this seed, through
the law, but through the
righteousness of faith.” Romans
4:13.
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12. How much of the land
of Canaan did Abraham
own in his lifetime?
25. Answer #12:
“And he gave him none inheritance in it,
no, not so much as to set his foot on:
yet he promised that he would give it to
him for a possession, and to his seed
after him, when as yet he had no child.”
Acts 7:5 (See Hebrews 11:13.)
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13. In a special sense, who
is the seed to whom this
promise was made?
27. Answer #13:
“Now to Abraham and his seed
were the promises made. He
saith not, And to seeds, as of
many; but as of one, And to
thy seed, which is Christ.”
Galatians 3:16.
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14. Who are heirs of the
promise?
29. Answer #14:
“And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye
Abraham’s seed, and heirs
according to the promise.” Verse
29.
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15. Why did not these
ancient worthies receive the
promise?
31. Answer #15:
“And these all, having obtained a
good report through faith, received
not the promised: God having
provided some better thing for us,
that they without us should not be
made perfect.” Hebrews 11:39, 40.
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16. What is the become of
our earth in the day of the
Lord?
33. Answer #16:
“But the day of the Lord will come
as a thief in the night; in the
which the heavens shall pass away
with great noise, and the elements
shall melt with fervent heat, the
earth also and the works that are
therein shall be burned up.” 2
Peter 3:10.
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17. What will follow this
great conflagration?
35. Answer #17:
“Nevertheless we according to
his promise, look for new
heavens and a new earth,
wherein dwelleth
righteousness.” Verse 13.
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18. To what Old Testament promise did Peter evidently
refer?
37. Answer #18:
“For, behold, I create new heavens
and a new earth: and the former
shall not be remembered, nor come
into mind.” Isaiah 65:17.
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19. What was shown the
apostle John in vision?
39. Answer #19:
“And I saw a new heaven and a
new earth: for the first heaven
and the first earth were passed
away; and there was no more
sea.” Revelation 21:1.
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20. How did Isaiah describe
conditions on the “new
earth”?
41. Answer #20:
“And they shall build houses and inhabit them; and they
shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They
shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant,
and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of
my people, and mine elect shall long the work of their
hands. They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for
trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the
Lord, and their offspring with them.” Isaiah 65:21 – 23.
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21. How readily will their
wants be supplied?
43. Answer 21:
“And it shall come to pass, that
before they call, I will answer;
and while are yet speaking, I will
hear.” Verse 24.
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22. What peaceful condition
will reign throughout the
earth then?
45. Answer #22:
“The wolf and the lamb shall feed
together, and the lion shall eat
straw like the bullock: and dust
shall be the serpents meat. They
shall not hurt nor destroy in all my
holy mountain, saith the Lord.”
Verse 25.
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23. What seasons of
worship will be observed
in the new earth?
47. Answer #23:
“For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall
remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your
name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new
moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh
come to worship before me, saith the Lord.” Isaiah 66: 22, 23.
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24. What will the ransomed
of the Lord then do?
49. Answer #24:
“And the ransomed of the Lord shall
return, and come to Zion with songs
and everlasting joy upon their heads:
they shall obtain joy and gladness, and
sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”
Isaiah 35:10.
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Title: “The Home of the Saved”
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