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.

Was it God's design that all should possess the same gifts?
What admonition is therefore given?
Who alone went into the second apartment, how often, and for what purpose?
What is said of the stability of God's character?
Why did God make His promise to the seed of Abraham?
With what do these trumpets deal?
In what one promise are all these promises summed up?

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