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THE STORY OF DANIEL THE PROPHET
Stephen N. Haskell
“But go thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest and stand in thy
lot at the end of the days.” Daniel 12:13.
which they live, and know what is about to
come on the earth.
To the student of prophecy, the seventh
chapter of Daniel is a most important record.
By a continuous chain of events, the prophet
gives the history from the days of Babylon to
the great investigative judgment, which is the
central theme of the chapter.
The fact that God could open the future to a
heathen king was remarkable. To
Nebuchadnezzar the future of earthly
governments only was shown, because he
himself was earthly, and was incapable of
grasping higher things; but to Daniel God
opened scenes in heaven. Although the
prophet was shown the history of nations,
the angel of revelation touched briefly on
