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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 9 – The Seventy Weeks
termination of each one of these divisions. If,

now, we can find a date which will harmonize

with all these events, we have, beyond a doubt,

the true application; for none but that which is

correct could meet and fulfill so many

conditions. Let the reader take in at one view

the points of harmony to be made, that he may

be the better prepared to guard against a false

application. First, we are to find, at the

commencement of the period, a

commandment going forth to restore and

build Jerusalem. To this work of restoration

seven weeks are allotted. As we reach the end

of this first division, seven weeks from the

commencement, we are to find, secondly,

Jerusalem, in its material aspect, restored, the

work of building the street and the wall fully

accomplished. From this point sixty-two

weeks are measured off; and as we reach the