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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 9 – The Seventy Weeks
said of him that he was the “friend of God;”

and Enoch another, when it could be said of

him that he “walked with God.” Can we arrive

at any such attainments? God is no respecter

of person; but he is a respecter of character. If

in virtue and godliness we could equal these

eminent men, we could move the divine love

to equal depths. We, too, could be greatly

beloved, — could be friends of God, and could

walk with him. And we must be in our

generation what they were in theirs. There is

a figure used in reference to the last church

which denotes the closest union with God: “If

any man hear my voice, and open the door, I

will come in to him, and will sup with him, and

he with me.” Revelation 3:20. To sup with the

Lord denotes an intimacy equal to being

greatly beloved by him, walking with him, or

being his friend. How desirable a position!