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.
How futile is it to attempt to hide sin from God?
What is the only unpardonable sin?
How are the judgments upon Jerusalem again foretold?
Who opens the judgment and presides over it?
What petition was made to the emperor by a church convention of bishops in AD 401?
What pitiful appeal did He make to the impenitent city?
What is God's final warning against false worship?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle