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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Revelation~
Chapter 1 – The Opening Vision
of his approach, and will not believe the
declarations of his word that he is at the door.
To represent two comings, a private and a
public one, in connection with the second
advent, as some do, is wholly unwarranted in
the Scriptures.
And They also which Pierced Him. — They
also (in addition to the “every eye,” before
mentioned) who were chiefly concerned in
the tragedy of his death; they shall behold him
returning to earth in triumph and glory. But
how is this? They are not now living, and how,
then, shall they behold him when he comes?
Answer: By a resurrection from the dead; for
this is the only possible avenue to life to those
who have once been laid in the grave. But how
is it that these wicked persons come up at this
time? for the general resurrection of the