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.

3. From whose words did Christ say the disciples ought to have learned of His death and resurrection?
How was Esther brought up?
What immediately followed this complete apostasy?
Who made the Sabbath?
13. The righteous dead are raised at Christ's second coming. When will the rest of the dead, the wicked, be raised?
With what do these trumpets deal?
Do they take any part in earthly things?

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