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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

                                 ~The Response of History to the Revelation~

                                          Chapter 1 – The Opening Vision
                   wicked does not take place till a thousand


               years after the second advent. Chapter 20:1-6.


               On  this  point  Daniel  informs  us.  He  says


               (chapter 12:1, 2): —




               “And at that time shall Michael stand up, the


               great prince which standeth for the children of


               thy  people:  and  there  shall  be  a  time  of


               trouble, such as never was since there was a


               nation even to that same time: and at that time


               thy people shall be delivered, every one that


               shall be found written in the book. And many


               of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall


               awake, some to everlasting life, and some to


               shame and everlasting contempt.”



               Here a partial resurrection is brought to view,


               or  a  resurrection  of  a  certain  class  of  each,


               righteous  and  wicked,  before  the  general


               resurrection of either class. Many, not all, that
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