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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 11 – A Literal Prophecy
“And he shall overflow and pass over.” We

have found events which furnish a very

striking fulfillment of the pushing of the king

of the south, and the whirlwind onset of the

king of the north against the French power.

Thus far there is quite a general agreement in

the application of the prophecy. We now reach

a point where the views of expositors begin to

diverge. To whom do the words, he “shall

overflow and pass over,” refer? — to France or

to the king of the north? The application of the

remainder of this chapter depends upon the

answer to this question. From this point two

lines of interpretation are maintained. Some

apply the words to France, and endeavor to

find a fulfillment in the career of Napoleon.

Others apply them to the king of the north, and

accordingly point for a fulfillment to events in

the history of Turkey. We speak of these two