Page 13 - 11 The Two Witnesses

DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 11 – The Two Witnesses
obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the

Lord, neither will I let Israel go.”) Here is

atheism. Did any kingdom, about 1798,

manifest the same spirit? — Yes, France; in

her national capacity she denied the being of

God, and made war on the “Monarchy of

heaven.”

“Spiritually,” this power “is called Sodom.”

What was the characteristic sin of Sodom? —

Licentiousness. Did France have this

character? — She did; fornication was

established by law during the period spoken

of. “Spiritually,” the place was “where our

Lord was crucified.” Was this true in France?

— It was, in more senses than one. A plot was

laid in France to destroy all the pious

Huguenots; and in one night (Aug. 24, 25,

1572) fifty thousand of them were murdered