119:105+] to guide us safely through this world to our heavenly home. It
contains all that we need to know and all that we ever shall know in
this world concerning God and His will. [Luke: 6:31] It is the final and
absolute authority in all matters of religion. We should, therefore, pay
most earnest heed to its teachings, believe them with all our heart, and
apply them in our lives.

ITS CONTENTS. It consists of sixty-six "books," written between the
years 1500 B.C. and 100 A.D., and contains the History and the Doctrines
of the Kingdom of God.

OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. The Bible consists of two parts: The Old
Testament and the New Testament, The Old Testament reaches from Creation
to about 400 B.C., and shows how God prepared the world for Christ's
kingdom. The New Testament reaches from the birth of Christ to the end
of the world, and shows how Christ came and established His kingdom.

LAW AND GOSPEL. The Bible contains Law, [Micah 6:8+] telling us what we
must do, and Gospel, [John 3:16+] telling us how we are to be saved. The
Old Testament contains principally Law, and the New Testament contains
principally Gospel. But there are Law and Gospel in both. The Gospel in
the Old Testament is prophetical. The Old Testament prepared the way for
the New; the New Testament is the fulfilment of the Old. With the New
Testament, God's revelation to men was completed; [Heb. 1:1, 2+, Heb.
2:1-3] no further revelation will be given.


THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.

_Historical._