Why was this to be?

Answer

"And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to
the time of the end." Verse 35.

How complete was Christ's victory over death?
What did the Lord command Abraham to do?
In what way was Jonah a type of Christ?
What was to be the nature of the next kingdom after Babylon?
What song of triumph follows the overthrow of Babylon?
What did Christ say would he the result if the days of persecution were not shortened?
How early was this tendency manifested?

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