What was to occur under the fourth trumpet?
Answer
"And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and a third part of the moon, and
the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not f or a third part
of it, and the night likewise." Verse 12.
NOTE - This trumpet brings us to the fall of Western Rome, in AD. 476, when the Herulian
barbarians, under the leadership of Odoacer, took possession of the city and sceptre of Rome; and the great
empire which had hitherto been the empress of the world was reduced to a poor dukedom, tributary to the
exarch of Ravenna. Its luminaries, or civil rulers, were smitten, and ceased to shine. "Italy now became in
effect a province of the empire of the East. The Roman Empire in the West had come to an end, after an
existence from the founding of Rome Of 1,229 years."- "General History" (Myers) ' page 348.
To whom are those who suffer exhorted to commit their souls?
Wherever Abraham went, what was his practice?
17. What assurance was given by the angel that these prophecies would he understood in the last days?
How universal is the worship of this power to become?
Have the worthies of old gone to their reward?
To whose authority are the angels subject?
22. When surrounded by the Syrian host, what did Elisha say, and for what did he pray, to encourage his frightened servant?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle