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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 2 – The Seven Churches
helped the woman,” says John. Revelation

12:16.

Hold Fast till I Come. — These are the words

of the “Son of God,” and bring to our view an

unconditional coming. To the churches of

Ephesus and Pergamos, certain comings were

threatened on conditions: “Repent, or else I

will come unto thee,” etc., implying visitations

of judgment. But here a coming of a different

nature altogether is brought to view. It is not

a threatening of punishment. It is suspended

upon no conditions. It is set before the

believer as a matter of hope, and can refer to

no other event but the future second advent of

the Lord in glory, when the Christian’s trials

will cease, and his efforts in the race for life,

and his warfare for a crown of righteousness,

will be rewarded with everlasting success.