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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.

prophets at Jerusalem, and scholars of the

world should have sought wisdom from those

who knew the God of wisdom. But it was not

so. Israel then was as the church of to-day.

Instead of leading by virtue of the spiritual life,

she sought the wisdom of Egypt and Greece.

Such things bring sadness to the angels of God.

Peace was finally concluded between

Philopater and Antiochus Magnus, which

lasted fourteen years, until the death of

Ptolemy. Ptolemy Philopater was succeeded

by his son Ptolemy Epiphanes, who was in his

minority. Antiochus Magnus took advantage

of this seeming weakness in Egyptian affairs,

and made extensive preparations to invade

Egypt with the design of swallowing the entire

dominion of the Ptolemies, But the Most High