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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 1 – The Opening Vision
the Scriptures, to accomplish important

purposes in human affairs.”

And from Jesus Christ. — Then Christ is not

the person who, in the verse before, is

designated as “him which is, and which was,

and which is to come.” Some of the chief

characteristics which pertain to Christ are

here mentioned. He is, —

The Faithful Witness. — Whatever he bears

witness to is true. Whatever he promises, he

will surely fulfil.

The First Begotten of the Dead. — This

expression is parallel to 1 Corinthians 15:20,

23; Hebrews 1:6; Romans 8:29; and

Colossians 1:15, 18, where we find such

expressions applied to Christ as “the first-

fruits of them that slept,” “the first-born

among many brethren,” “the first-born of