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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 11 – A Literal Prophecy
more easily flattered, and finally consented

to nominate, as his colleague and successor,

that “vile” young man. But the citizens never

gave him the love, respect, and “honor of the

kingdom,” due to an upright and faithful

sovereign.

How clear a fulfillment is this of the prediction

that they should not give him the honor of the

kingdom. But he was to come in peaceably,

and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. A

paragraph from the Encyclopedia Americana

shows how this was fulfilled: —

“During the remainder of the life of Augustus,

he [Tiberius] behaved with great prudence

and ability, concluding a war with the

Germans in such a manner as to merit a

triumph. After the defeat of Varus and his

legions, he was sent to check the progress of