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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.
Medo-Persia was a daughter of Babylon, and
she played the harlot also; that is, she partook
of the sins of Babylon, and departed from the
living God. The principles of the religion of
Babylon were carried out by the daughter,
though the wickedness was in a measure
checked by the constant presence of angels in
the court, who labored in behalf of the chosen
people of God; but the constant tendency
toward tyranny and oppression in the
government are revealed in the decree of
Ahasuerus in the days of Esther.
As Medo-Persia had an important part to play
in connection with God’s people, and while
her part differed from the dealings of Babylon
with that same people, so the Greek nation
was called of God to do a work-a specific work.
