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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.

The prophet Habakkuk gives the reason for

this sudden weakening of the mighty power of

Babylon. He says, “Then shall his mind change,

and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing

this his power unto his god.” The history of the

kingdom as given in previous chapters shows

how and when this was done. Babylon

committed the unpardonable sin, imputing

the power and Spirit of God to the gods of the

heathen, and by this act the lion was shorn of

its strength, the wings were plucked, and a

man’s heart was given to it. Two years after

the vision, in the year 538 B. C., Daniel was a

witness to the complete overthrow of the

kingdom.

The Medo-Persian kingdom was bloodthirsty

and cruel in its nature, and is represented by a