What special reason is given for this?

Answer

"For the hour of His judgment is come." Same verse.

By what is the Medo-Persian Empire represented in the great image?
What test case arose in the time of the apostles over this question?
Is there any danger of God's chosen people forgetting Him?
What will the righteous do upon rising from the grave?
When Elijah was about to take a forty days journey, how was he strengthened for it?
What role do his agents assume?
Does God delight to afflict any?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle