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 does godly sorrow for sin manifest itself?
What relation does the Church of Rome sustain to other apostate churches?
How enduring are His commandments?
What awaits those who despise the means of grace?
Where did Moses command the Levites to put the book of the law which he had written?
When, according to the Bible, does the Sabbath begin?
3. Through what experience was the church to pass, and what was to develop in the church, before Christ's second coming?

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