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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 2 – The Seven Churches
take the matter into his own hands, and

come unto them (in judgment), and fight

against them (those who held these evil

doctrines); and the whole church would be

held responsible for the wrongs of those

heretical ones whom they harbored in their

midst.

The Promise. — To the overcomer it is

promised that he shall eat of the hidden

manna, and receive from his approving Lord a

white stone, with a new and precious name

engraved thereon. Concerning manna that is

“hidden,” and a new name that no one is to

know but he that receives it, not much in the

way of exposition should be required. But

there has been much conjecture upon these

points, and an allusion to them may be

expected. Most commentators apply the