By his own efforts man could never gain the true and desired riches.

Life everlasting in a state of happiness is the greatest desire of all men.

The book of Revelation is written largely in symbols.

By his own efforts man could never gain the true and desired riches.

By his disobedience of God's law, before man had exercised his power to bring children into the earth, not only Adam lost everything for himself, but his children were born as sinners, imperfect, and without the right to live.

The Bible shows the clear statement of God's purposes concerning the earth, and man once made its prince. Its opening chapters show that it was intended for man's instruction.

Man is more than merely an animal to exist and propagate his species. His mind gives him capacity to search out the great truths in God's arrangement and this lifts him far above the other animal creation.