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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

                                 ~The Response of History to the Revelation~

                             Chapter 4 – A New Vision: The Heavenly Sanctuary
                   mediatorial work in the sanctuary on high;


               and  when  the  judgment  scene  described  in


               Daniel 7:9 commenced in the most holy place,


               their seats, or thrones, would be set, or placed,


               there,  according  to  the  testimony  of  that


               passage.




               The Seven Lamps of Fire. — In these lamps of


               fire  we  have  an  appropriate  antitype  of  the


               golden  candlestick  of  the  typical  sanctuary,


               with  its  seven  ever-burning  lamps.  This


               candlestick was placed, by divine direction, in


               the first apartment of the earthly sanctuary.


               Exodus 25:31, 32, 37; 26:35; 27:20; etc. And


               now  when  John  tells  us  that  a  door  was


               opened in heaven, and in the apartment thus


               disclosed to view he sees the antitype of the


               candlestick of the earthly sanctuary, it is good
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