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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 9 – The Seventy Weeks
1:14. “Understand the matter,” he says to

Daniel. What matter? — That, evidently,

which he did not before understand, as stated

in the last verse of chapter 8. “Consider the

vision.” What vision? Not the interpretation of

Nebuchadnezzar’s image, nor the vision of

chapter 7, for there was no difficulty with

either of these; but the vision of chapter 8, in

reference to which his mind was filled with

doubt and astonishment. “I am come to show

thee,” also said the angel. Show thee in

reference to what? — Certainly in reference to

something wherein he was entertaining

wrong ideas, and something, at the same time,

pertaining to his prayer, as it was this which

had called forth Gabriel on his mission at this

time.