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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 1 – The Opening Vision
a revelation of himself by the great God as a

being of an eternity of existence, past and

future, and of almighty power, and hence able

to perform all his threatenings and his

promises, which he has given us in this book.

VERSE 9. I John, who also am your brother,

and companion in tribulation, and in the

kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in

the isle, that is called Patmos, for the word of

God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

The subject here changes, John introducing

the place and the circumstances under which

the Revelation was given. He first sets himself

forth as a brother of the universal church, and

their companion in the tribulations incident to

the Christian profession in this life.

And in the Kingdom. — These words have

been the occasion of no little controversy.