BEREAN LIBRARY STUDY

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 30, 1900

BEREAN LIBRARY STUDY.

(February 4-10.)

A MEMBER of the Circle writes: “It would be much easier for me to get my lessons if the page and paragraph answering each question were given in connection with the questions.” Of what value is a question that points out the answer so clearly that the one studying may read the answer, or tell the answer, without thinking? The value of any question is measured by the stimulus it gives to thought. First study carefully the pages assigned for the lesson, without reference to the questions. Then take each question, and review all that pertains to the answer. Next boil down the knowledge you have gained concerning that point into a clear, definite statement that will be an answer to the question in your own words. In order to increase your ability to express intelligently what you have learned, tell it to some one, or repeat it to yourself several times. If it be a particularly hard point, write it out, just for your own benefit. Keep thinking of it, and talking of it, until you have mastered it. In this way these studies may be made of far more benefit than if the questions were so arranged that certain sentences or paragraphs could be cited as the direct answers.

Lesson 10.

(Dan. 8: 1-14; “Thoughts on Daniel,” pages 145-159.)

1. Why were different portions of the book of Daniel originally written in different languages?

2. When, where, and under what circumstances was the vision of Daniel 8 given?

3. Study the symbol of the ram, and describe the special features of the Medo-Persian kingdom that are revealed by it.

4. Describe the appearance and movements of the goat, and cite the corresponding history of Grecia.

5. What tradition caused the Grecian people to be called “the goat’s people”?

6. Give a concise account of the overthrow of the Persian Empire by Alexander, connecting each point with the prophecy of Dan. 8: 6, 7.

7. Describe the remarkable fulfillment of Dan. 8: 8, fixing in mind particularly the divisions of the empire represented by the four horns.

8. What two applications of the symbol of the little horn are given consideration in the text-book?

9. Try to become so familiar with each of the ten points which denote that the little horn is a symbol of Rome, that you can show the proper application of each expression in Dan. 8: 9-12.

10. How does the vision close? What is meant by the “daily sacrifice” and the “transgression of desolation”? What is the literal rendering of the sentence? What powers are included under each of these heads?

11. Whom does the Lord consider the objects of greatest importance upon earth?

Review Topics.

1. Describe the symbols representing Medo-Persia, in the second, seventh, and eighth chapters of Daniel, and review the corresponding characteristics of that kingdom.

2. Review the various symbols used to represent Grecia, in Daniel’s prophecies, pointing out the fitness of each one in portraying that kingdom.

3. What have been the prominent characteristics of Rome, as set forth in the prophecies previously studied?

4. Present in a connected way the history of Rome as foretold in Dan. 8: 9-12.

5. What is meant by the question asked in Dan. 8: 13?

6. Recount the marvelous care of God for his people during the contest between the Persian and Grecian armies. See notes on these studies in the Youth’s Instructor of February 1.