To persecute the church? Seems to me it has been going on ever since the "time of reformation."Do they even recognize there was a refomation ?The vail is rent that must mean something?
The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: Which was a figure (parable) for the "time then" present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them "until the time of reformation".Heb 9:10