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LESSONS FOR BIBLE CLASSES

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 1, 1878

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 52, No. 6.

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LESSONS FOR BIBLE CLASSES.

By G. H. Bell

LESSON VIII.—RECAPITULATION.

QUESTIONS.

  1. What does the book of Daniel contain?
  2. What do these lines of prophecy cover?
  3. What have we learned from these in regard to the general outlines of the world's history?
  4. Name these five universal kingdoms.
  5. What was to be the character of the fourth kingdom?
  6. How was it to be divided?
  7. How was this division symbolized?
  8. How long was it to continue in a divided state?
  9. When was the God of Heaven to set up his kingdom?
  10. When did this division commence?
  11. When was it completed?
  12. Could the kingdom of God have been set up in the days of Christ and the apostles?
  13. Why not?
  14. Where is this kingdom to be established?
  15. What proof can you give?
  16. What was to arise in the fourth kingdom?
  17. What was this body to do?
  18. What was it to think to do?
  19. What was this blasphemous power?
  20. When was it established?
  21. How long was it to have power to persecute the saints?
  22. To what date would that reach?
  23. What happened at that time?
  24. What is the present condition of the papacy?
  25. How will it be destroyed?

SYNOPSIS.

We have seen that the book of Daniel contains lines of prophecy that cover the entire history of the world, from Daniel's time onward. From these lines of prophecy we have learned:—
  1. That there were to be five successive universal monarchies; the first, Babylon; the second, Medo-Persia; the third, Grecia; the fourth, Rome; and the fifth, the everlasting kingdom of God.
  2. That the fourth kingdom was to be stronger than any that had preceded it, and was to be remarkably fierce and warlike.
  3. That the fourth kingdom was to be divided into ten kingdoms, as symbolized by the ten toes of the image, and the ten horns of the fourth beast; and that it was to continue in this divided state till destroyed to make way for the fifth kingdom.
  4. That in the days of these kings [the divided state of the Roman kingdom] the God of Heaven was to set up his kingdom.
  5. That the division of the fourth kingdom commenced about A. D. 356, and was completed not far from A. D. 483; and, consequently, that the kingdom of God could not have been set up in the days of Christ or the apostles, more than four hundred years previous to the time when the division of the kingdom was completed.
  6. That the kingdom of God is to be established on this earth; for the kingdom is to be, not in Heaven, but under the heaven. Dan. 7: 27.
  7. That in the fourth kingdom there was to arise a religious body that would blaspheme the name of God, persecute his people, and think to change the law of God. Dan. 7: 8, 25.
  8. That this blasphemous power was the church of Rome, that ecclesiastical body commonly called the Papacy.
  9. That the papacy was established in A. D. 538, and had power to persecute the saints 1260 years, till 1798; when the pope was imprisoned, and the papacy received such a blow that it has not since that time had the power to persecute God's people.
  10. That the papacy has gradually lost all temporal power, and is now waiting to be destroyed by the brightness of Christ's coming, when his body [subjects] will be given to the burning flame. Read 2 Thess. 2: 3-9; Dan. 7: 11.
G. H. BELL.