What title was given to the fourth state of the church?
Answer
"Unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write." Verse 18.
NOTE - Thyatira means song of labor, or sacrifice of contrition, and points out the condition of
God's people during the long, dark period of 126o years, beginning with the establishment of papal
supremacy in AD. 538, and closing with the downfall of that power in 1798. See notes on page 27, Vol. IL
During that time, millions of the saints of God were put to death in the most cruel manner that wicked men
and demons could invent. Christ referred to this time in His wonderful prophecy recorded in Matthew 24,
in these words: "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this
time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should he shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but
for the elect's sake those days shall he shortened." The tribulation of the 1260 years was cut short through
the influence of the Reformation.
15. When God sent the Ninevites a warning message, how did they show their repentance, and what was the result?
How was Moses taught during the days of his early childhood?
At the end of this time, what was to be done to Messiah?
What was in the first apartment, or holy place?
What did some of the people do on the seventh day?
When is the resurrection of the righteous to take place?
What courage and strength, therefore, should come to us even in the hour of affliction?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle