What title was given to the fourth state of the church?
Answer
"Unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write." Verse 18.
NOTE - Thyatira means song of labor, or sacrifice of contrition, and points out the condition of
God's people during the long, dark period of 126o years, beginning with the establishment of papal
supremacy in AD. 538, and closing with the downfall of that power in 1798. See notes on page 27, Vol. IL
During that time, millions of the saints of God were put to death in the most cruel manner that wicked men
and demons could invent. Christ referred to this time in His wonderful prophecy recorded in Matthew 24,
in these words: "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this
time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should he shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but
for the elect's sake those days shall he shortened." The tribulation of the 1260 years was cut short through
the influence of the Reformation.
What are the Scriptures able to do for one who believes them?
12. What prohibition did God give His chosen people against intermarrying with the heathen nations about them, and why?
What high ideal should he placed before the young?
How was the destruction of Jerusalem and the sanctuary by the Romans then foretold?
To whom does Paul say a crown of righteousness is promised?
What is said of charity in the Scriptures?
What is our duty toward the outcast and wandering?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle