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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

                                 ~The Response of History to the Revelation~

                                          Chapter 11 – The Two Witnesses
                   them; that is, judgment of fire is denounced


               in that word against such. It declares that they


               will have their portion at last in the lake that


               burneth with fire and brimstone. Malachi 4:1;


               Revelation 20:15; 22:18, 19; etc.




               VERSE 6. These have power to shut heaven,


               that it rain not in the days of their prophecy:


               and have power over waters to turn them to


               blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues,


               as often as they will.



               In what sense have these witnesses power to


               shut heaven, turn waters to blood, and bring


               plagues on the earth? Elijah shut heaven that


               it rained not for three years and a half; but he


               did it by the word of the Lord. Moses, by the


               word of the Lord, turned the waters of Egypt


               to  blood.  And  just  as  these  judgments,


               recorded  in  their  testimony,  have  been
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