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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 1 – The Opening Vision
enemies, we are not only made friends, but

raised to positions of honor and dignity. This

cleansing, and this kingly and priestly

exaltation — to what state do they pertain? to

the present or the future? — Chiefly to the

future; for it is then only that we shall enjoy

these blessings in the highest degree. Then,

after the atonement has been accomplished,

we are absolutely free from our sins; before

that time they are pardoned only on condition,

and blotted out only by anticipation. But when

the saints are permitted to sit with Christ on

his throne, according to the promise to the

victorious Laodiceans, when they take the

kingdom under the whole heaven and reign

forever and ever, they will be kings in a sense

that they never can be in this present state. Yet

enough is true of our present condition to

make this cheering language appropriate in