Page 12 - 11 The Two Witnesses

DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 11 – The Two Witnesses
ended, or, as elsewhere expressed, the days

of persecution were shortened (Matthew

24:22), before the period itself expired. A

“beast” in prophecy, denotes a kingdom, or

power. (See Daniel 7:17, 23.) The question

now arises, When did the 1260-year period of

the witnesses close? and did such a kingdom

as described make war on them at the time

spoken of? If we are correct in fixing upon A.

D. 538 as the time of the commencement of the

papal supremacy, the forty-two months, being

1260 prophetic days, or years, would bring us

down to A. D. 1798. About this time, then, did

such a kingdom as described appear, and

make war on them, etc.? Mark! this beast, or

kingdom, is out of the bottomless pit; it has no

foundation, is anatheistical power, is

“spiritually Egypt.” (See Exodus 5:2: “And

Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should