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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 9 – The Seventy Weeks
instruction he had before received from the

angel. He was failing into a misunderstanding,

and was acting upon it; hence he must not be

suffered longer to remain ignorant of the true

import of the former vision. “I am come to

show thee;” “understand the matter;”

“consider the vision.” Such were the words

used by the very person Daniel had seen in the

former vision, and to whom he had heard the

command given, “Make this man to

understand the vision,” and who, he knew, had

never carried out that instruction. But now he

appears, and says, “I am now come forth to

give thee skill and understanding.” How could

Daniel’s mind be more emphatically carried

back to the vision of chapter 8, and how could

the connection between that visit of the angel

and this be more distinctly shown, than by

such words at such a time from such a person?