Thus Esau despised his birthright. Genesis 25:34. Esau had no love for devotion, no inclination to a religious life. The requirements that accompanied the spiritual birthright were an unwelcome and even hateful restraint to him. The law of God, which
Confused and Scattered
So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Genesis 11:8. The dwellers on the plain of Shinar established their kingdom for self-exaltation, not for the
Cain Went Out
And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord. Genesis 4:16. God had given Cain an opportunity to confess his sin…. He knew the enormity of the deed he had done, and of the falsehood he had uttered to
Heaven on My Side
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. Matthew 6:22. Satan’s work today is that of a deceiver and an accuser. The Lord declares him to
What Eternity Holds for the Redeemed
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. Psalm 91:16. All the treasures of the universe will be open to the study of God’s redeemed. Unfettered by mortality, they wing their tireless flight to worlds afar—worlds
Christ’s Kingdom of Love
The kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High. Daniel 7:27. The government of the kingdom of Christ is like no earthly
The School of the Hereafter
Behold, the dwelling of God is with men. He will dwell with them. Revelation 21:3, R.S.V. Between the school established in Eden at the beginning and the school of the hereafter there lies the whole compass of this world’s history—the