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The Harp of God

CHAPTER VI
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213.
Had any perfect man lived on the earth from Adam to Jesus?
213.
Suppose Jesus had been greater than a man when he consecrated at the Jordan, could he have met the divine requirements and become the redeemer of mankind?
213.
Did Jesus have power to produce a perfect race?
and if so, did he in this way correspond to the perfect Adam?
214.
State what occurred before Pilate.

Paraphrase the substance of Pilate's statement to Jesus.

214.
Under the Jewish law, what must be the age of a man in order to be qualified as priest?
214.
What was the age of Jesus when he presented himself to John for baptism?
215.
Why was it necessary for Jesus to wait until he was thirty years of age to begin his ministry?
215.
What was the difference between Jesus and prominent men of the earth with reference to receiving attention from others?
216.
Of what does true greatness consist?
216.
Why did Jesus say he came to the earth?
Give Scriptural proof.

216.
How did Jesus become the servant of all?
217.
Why was it a sacrifice on the part of Jehovah to send Jesus to earth to redeem man?
217.
What prompted God to make this sacrifice for man?
217.
Why did the Pharisees and doctors of the law misrepresent and persecute Jesus?
218.
Why was Satan so anxious to destroy Jesus?
219.
Why did the scribes and Pharisees occupy a responsible position toward the Jewish people?
219.
What were some of the crimes Jesus properly charged against the Pharisees?
and why did he so charge them?
219.
Did Jesus know that he was to be crucified?
and how did he spend his last night with the disciples?
220.
What were his enemies doing at the same hour?
220.
What is meant by the Sanhedrin?
and who composed it?
220.
What was the duty of this high court toward the people, including Jesus?
220.
When this court secretly met, state what was said by it concerning Jesus.

221.
Who were the parties to the conspiracy to destroy Jesus?
and whose was the master mind directing them?
222.
How was Judas brought into the conspiracy?
and under what consideration?
222.
Who was sent out to arrest the Master?
222.
Did the court have any right to try him at night?
222.
Did it have a right to cause him to testify against himself?
223.
Was there any evidence against him?
223.
What crime did the Sanhedrin commit in getting witnesses against Jesus?
223.
Did that court violate the Jewish law in voting for his conviction?
223.
Why did the court reconvene the morning following to ratify the sentence?
and was this proper?
223.
Why did not the Jews put Jesus to death and not take him before Pilate?
224.
Why did Pilate wish to release Jesus?
225.
When Pilate attempted to release Jesus, what did the accusers do?
225.
Who were the responsible men that incited the mob to cry against the Master?
225.
To what did the civil power yield in sentencing Jesus to death?
225.
Which was more reprehensible, the civil or the ecclesiastical power, in this case?
225.
Who were put to death with Jesus?
226.
In the eyes of the world, did Jesus die as a righteous man?
226.
In the death of Jesus upon the cross, what particular prophecy was fulfilled?
227.
Why must Jesus die?
228.
What was God's will concerning Jesus with reference to his becoming a man and being put to death?
229.
What did Jesus mean by saying that he was the bread which came down from heaven, and those eating that bread should live?
230.
Did Jesus die only for those who become members of some church denomination?
or for whom did he die?
230.
Define sin; and what is the penalty for sin?
231.
How was the life of Jesus made an offering for sin, or a sin-offering?
231.
Would it have been possible for any of the human race to get life everlasting, except for the ransom-sacrifice?
232.
Of what value are the pictures made in the Old Testament to us in studying the New?
and what did the bullock slain on the atonement day picture relative to Jesus?
233.
What did the court surrounding the tabernacle picture or typify?
233.
What was foreshadowed by the slaying of the bullock in the court?
233.
How was the ransom-price provided?
233.
What pictured the beginning of the sin-offering?
234.
What was done with the blood of the bullock after it was slain?
234.
What was pictured by the high priest in the Holy?
and what by his entering the Most Holy?
234.
For whom did Jesus give himself as a sin-offering?
235.
What was the purpose of the giving of the law covenant?
and could it operate to deliver man from death?
236.
Was the shedding of Jesus' blood necessary for the remission of sin?
237.
How was the entrance of Jesus into heaven foreshadowed in the tabernacle service?
Give Scriptural proof.


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