The first letter of each of the following responses will form the word chosen to certify that God placed a definite measure of water on the earth at the time of creation. [1] The number in brackets indicates the number of words in each answer.
1. Something Paul said he had done in his pre-conversion days to the church of God that was beyond measure in his hatred of the early Christians. [2]
2. The number of goats’ hair curtains, all of equal measure, that covered the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness. [1]
3. That which an apostle did not want the Corinthian saints to be when he wrote them of being pressed out of measure. [1]
4. The place where a prophet foretold that a measure of fine flour would be sold for a shekel: astounding news for a country in the midst of a great famine. [3]
5. What many said when they were astonished beyond measure that Jesus had healed both the deaf and the dumb. [6]
6. That which a gifted apostle might have become, above measure, except for a thorny restraint. [1]
7. A precise distance, by measure, that was to separate the people from the priests at a watery crossing. [3]
8. That which Solomon was building when he was instructed as to the measure of its length and breadth. [3]
Answers to these questions will be found in the next issue of Christian Shepherd.
R. Erisman