What is to take place in the days of these kingdoms?
Answer
"And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed:
. . . but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever." Verse 44.
NOTE-This verse foretells the establishment of another universal kingdom, the kingdom of God.
This kingdom is to overthrow and supplant all existing earthly kingdoms, and is to stand forever. The time
for the setting up of this kingdom is to be "in the days of these kings." This cannot refer to the four
preceding empires, or kingdoms; for they were not contemporaneous, but successive; neither can it refer to
an establishment of the kingdom at Christ's first advent, for the ten kingdoms which arose out of the ruins
of the Roman Empire were not yet in existence. It must therefore still be in the future.
What are fitting inquiries for those convicted of sin?
How does the Spirit witness to our acceptance with God?
Why must justifying faith lay hold upon both the death and the resurrection of Christ?
By what was the third universal empire symbolized?
Notwithstanding the lamb like appearance of this power, what is it ultimately to do?
Who will be permitted to enter it?
What will it mean to dwell in God's presence?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle