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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Revelation~
Chapter 1 – The Opening Vision
VERSE 7. Behold, he cometh with clouds;
and every eye shall see him, and they also
which pierced him: and all kindreds of the
earth shall wail because of him. Even so,
Amen.
He Cometh with Clouds. — Here John carries
us forward to the second advent of Christ in
glory, the climax and crowning event of his
intervention in behalf of this fallen world.
Once he came in weakness, now he comes in
power; Once in humility, now in glory. He
comes in clouds, in like manner as he
ascended. Acts 1:9, 11.
His Coming Visible. — “Every eye shall see
him;” that is, all who are alive at the time of his
coming. We know of no personal coming of
Christ that shall be as the stillness of midnight,
or take place only in the desert or the secret
