By what was the second kingdom symbolized?
Answer
"And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs
in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh!' Verse 5.
NOTE-"This was the Medo-Persian Empire, represented here under the symbol. the bear. . . .
The Medes and Persians are compared to a bear on account of their cruelty and thirst after blood, a bear
being a most voracious and cruel animal." Adam Clarke, on Dan. 7: 5.
What are fitting inquiries for those convicted of sin?
What statement testifies to Abraham's faith in God ?
How diligently should parents teach children God's Word?
When did he say he saw the majesty of Christ, and heard the voice from heaven?
3. What urgent petition of the prophet connects this prayer with the vision of the taking away of the continual mediation and the desolation of the sanctuary recorded in Daniel 8?
What immediately followed this complete apostasy?
7. Seeing, then, that the Sabbath is holy, is to be kept holy, and is a day for holy convocations, what must be its character?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle