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.
To another whose sight He had restored, what did Christ say?
19. What testimony does Eusebius (AD. 270-338), a noted bishop of the church, a flatterer of Constantine, and the reputed father of ecclesiastical history, bear upon this subject?
When was the papal head of the first beast of Revelation 13 wounded?
When were the sun and moon darkened?
How does James say the rich have lived?
With what announcement does the sixth trumpet close?
Does He afflict to leave the one chastened in despair?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle