Page 26 - 11 The Two Witnesses

DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 11 – The Two Witnesses
trumpet, like the preceding six, covers a

period of time; and the transfer of the

kingdoms from earthly powers to Him whose

right it is to reign, is the principal event to

occur in the early years of its sounding; hence

this event, to the exclusion of all else, here

engages the mind of the prophet. (See remarks

on verse 19.) In the next verse John goes back

and takes up intervening events as follows: —

VERSE 18. And the nations were angry, and

thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead,

that they should be judged, and that thou

shouldest give reward unto thy servants the

prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear

thy name, small and great; and shouldest

destroy them which destroy the earth.

“The Nations Were Angry.” — Commencing

with the wonderful revolution in Europe in