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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 11 – A Literal Prophecy
“To establish the vision.” The Romans being

more prominently than any other people the

subject of Daniel’s prophecy, their first

interference in the affairs of these kingdoms is

here referred to as being the establishment, or

demonstration, of the truth of the vision which

predicted the existence of such a power.

“But they shall fall.” Some refer this to those

mentioned in the first part of the verse, who

should stand up against the king of the south;

others, to the robbers of Daniel’s people, the

Romans. It is true in either case. If those who

combined against Ptolemy are referred to, all

that need be said is that they did speedily fall;

and if it applies to the Romans, the prophecy

simply looked forward to the period of their

overthrow.