Ques. 90. Are rewards given at the judgment seat of Christ, or at the beginning of His reign? J. W. B.
Ans. Rewards are given to the heavenly saints at the judgment seat of Christ, where they are manifested. Approval or disapproval is there expressed, so that when they come forth with the Lord to claim the kingdom they are clothed with the righteousness of the saints, and their places in the kingdom are taken by them. (Rev. 19:8; Matt. 19:28.) We also find that rewards are given to others when He comes with His saints. (Dan. 12:3; Rev. 22:12; see also Rev. 11:15-18.)
Ques. 91. Does the "Day of the Lord" take in also His coming for the church? J. W. B.
Ans. "The Day of Christ" (Phil. 1:6, 10; 2:16) is when Christ sees His work perfected in His church. It is when He has His joy in them, and Paul has his joy in his labors among them also. (1 Thess. 2:19; 3:13.)
“The Day of the Lord" (1 Thess. 5:2) is when the Lord comes to the world as a thief in the night to claim His rights and to put down all evil. (Isa. 2:12; Joel 2:31; 3:16; Obad. 1:15.)
`The Day of God" (2 Peter 3:12, 13) is when
"All taint of sin shall be removed,
“All evil done away;
“And we shall dwell with God's beloved,
“Through God's eternal day.”
Ques. 92. Where did Cain get his wife?
Were Adam and Eve the only man and woman created? A. B.
Ans. The theory that others besides Adam and Eve were created is against Scripture. Adam was the head of the race; his sin brought ruin on all his progeny-that is, everybody. Christ is the second man out of heaven, head of the redeemed race. (Rom. 5:19; 1 Cor. 15:45-47.)
The genealogies of Scripture give only the names of those needed to fill up the Word of God. It is not consecutive history. Cain's generations (Gen. 4:16-22) were contemporaneous with Seth's line (Gen. 5), the line of grace.
Adam was 130 years old before Seth was born and he lived 800 years more. "He begat sons and daughters;" we know nothing about their number.
There was nothing wrong in brothers and sisters marrying at this time. There was no law against it, and no other way. God arranged it for the settlement of man upon the earth.