10 Days of darkness? Q?
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This was spoken to the Christians in Smyrna, which is referred to as the ¨persecuted church.¨ The tribulation and suffering that would last for ten days was most likely the times of persecution under the ten Roman Caesars since the birth of the new covenant Church. They were: Nero, Domitian, Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, Severus, Maximinus, Decius, Valerian, Aurelian and Diocletian. The last of them, Diocletian, had the most believers slaughtered.
Correction: a "day" in biblical prophecy equates to a literal year (Numbers 14:34; Ezekiel 4:4-6), meaning ten years of persecution were prophesied.
Indeed, and the Diocletian Persecution lasted for ten years, from AD 303 to 313.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocletianic_Persecution
It's hard for me to believe Marcus Aurelius was evil, I study his writings & this does not correlate with it what so ever. I strongly disagree fren, no disrespect. thank you for your input :)
Appreciate the comment. We need to define what you mean by ¨evil.¨ While he is popularly regarded as an enlightened ruler and ¨philosopher-king," it is well-documented that he brutally persecuted Christians in AD 177. Look up the martyrs of Lyon and see what you find.
A Lot of Philosophers get into Christian bashing. Voltaire and his ilk come to mind.