35. to try them —the design of affliction. Image from metals tried with fire. to purge —Even in the elect there are dregs which need to be purged out ( :- ). Hence they are allowed to fall for a time; not finally ( 2 Chronicles 32:31 ; Luke 22:31 ). Image from wheat cleared of its chaff by the wind. make . . . white —image from cloth ( Revelation 7:9 ). to . . . time of . . . end —God will not suffer His people to be persecuted without limitation ( 1 Corinthians 10:13 ). The godly are to wait patiently for "the end" of "the time" of trial; "for it is (to last) yet for a time appointed" by God. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-36" class="com-number"
Pericope (part_of)
- part_of
pericope/per-dan-11-007
절 (explains)
Source
source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological