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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 1 – The Opening Vision
which went by the names mentioned, but

seven periods of the Christian church, from

the days of the apostles to the close of

probation. (See on chapter 2, verse 1.)

The Source of Blessing. — “From him which is,

and which was, and which is to come,” or is to

be, — an expression which signifies complete

eternity, past and future, and can be

applicable to God the Father only. This

language, we believe, is never applied to

Christ. He is spoken of as another person, in

distinction from the being thus described.

The Seven Spirits. — This expression

probably has no reference to angels, but to the

Spirit of God. It is one of the sources from

which grace and peace are invoked for the

church. On the interesting subject of the seven

spirits, Thompson remarks: “That is, from the