10. What definite period of time was allotted to this great persecution of God's people under papal
Rome?
Answer
"And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her
place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent." Verse 14.
NOTE-This is the same period as that mentioned in Dan. 7: 25, and, like the ten horns, identifies
the dragon with the fourth beast of Daniel 7, and its later work with the work of the little horn of that same
beast. In Rev. 13: 5 this period is referred to as forty-two months, and in Rev. 12: 6 as 1260 days, each
representing 1260 literal years, the period allotted to the supremacy of papal Rome. Beginning in A.D. 538,
it ended in 1798, when the Pope was taken prisoner by the French. See notes on page 27. The woman
fleeing into the wilderness fittingly describes the condition of the church during those times of bitter
persecution.
What is the great purpose of Christ in His work of reconciliation?
What great exchange has been wrought for us in Christ?
What change did Daniel see take place in these horns?
Does faith render the law void?
After the law had been proclaimed from Sinai, what did the people again say?
What did the bishops determine to do?
What did Christ tell the rich young man to do?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle