Ques. 6.-In Matthew 25 :46, we read, "These shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life eternal." Is this their final judgment, or must they appear before the Great White Throne also ?

Ans.-Note that Matt. 25 :46 speaks of a class who in the Lord's absence have shown by their conduct they were no friends of those whom He calls "these my brethren "-the godly Jewish remnant, who will be hated and fearfully persecuted by the apostates of their own nation and of the world at large. When the King returns to establish His kingdom, the workers of iniquity are gathered out of His kingdom (Matt. 13:41); they are (by death we may suppose) cast out of His Kingdom, and their judgment as a class pronounced. But there remains the Great White Throne judgment, where the wicked dead, raised, are individually judged according to their works (Rev. 20 :12), and apportionment is made to each according to divine, perfect knowledge (Luke 12:47, 48).

Ques. 7.-Do the "quick " in Acts 10 :42 refer exclusively to the ungodly who will be living upon the earth when Christ come as in Rev. 19?

Ans.-This judgment of "the quick" (the living) is described by our Lord in Matt. 25 :31-46. The ungodly,"the goats," are cast out of the kingdom. "The sheep," the redeemed, have their part in the earthly kingdom of the Son of Man. (See previous answer, No. 6.)

Ques. 8.-Does God elect those who are to be saved, and also elects those who are to be lost? Also, did God hate Esau before he was born, or because of his life or conduct ? Please answer in Help and Food?

Ans.-Unless God exercised sovereign grace none would be saved, for, as it is written of man at large, ""When they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations . . . and as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind," etc. (Rom. 1:21, 28). So Rom. 3 :11 says, "There is none that seeketh after God." And when the Son of God came in divine grace seeking sinful man, the Holy Spirit's record is, "He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not"-so sunken in darkness it was; and as to the Jews, "His own," who somewhat perceived who He was, they said, "Come, let us kill Him," etc. etc. "What hope then of any being saved? Just this:"All that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me, and him that cometh to Me, I will in no wise cast out" (John 6:37). Let this sink into our hearts, not as a doctrine merely, but as the solemn truth of our natural condition ; then God's election will be realized as a necessity.

But God elects none to perdition. Not only is it against His nature, but it is proved by numerous and strong statements of Scripture. See Ezek. 33 :11; Hosea 11:8; John 3 :16; 1 Tim. 2:3, 4; 2 Pet. 3:9, etc.

As to Esau, Scripture never says he was hated before his birth. Neither does Malachi 1:2, 3 speak of Esau personally, but of the nation-antagonistic as it was to Israel. "God is angry with the wicked every day," yet seeks their salvation.
We advise all concerned to read carefully the pamphlet "Free Grace and Election" (Treasury of Truth No. 125, 10 cents.) in which this whole subject is fully considered with Scripture.