Page 36 - 06 The Seven Seals

DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 6 - The Seven Seals
therefore accept the change, even though we

should be unable to explain it. There is a great

fact, however, to which we would here call

attention. It was to be in the period covered by

this seal that the prophetic portions of God’s

word were to be unsealed, and many run to

and fro, or “give their sedulous attention to the

understanding of these things,” and thereby

knowledge on this part of God’s word was to

be greatly increased. And we suggest that it

may be for this reason that the change in the

language here occurs, and that the events of

this seal, transpiring at a time when these

things were to be fully understood, are

couched in no figures, but are laid before us in

plain and unmistakable language.

The Great Earthquake. — The first event

under this seal, perhaps the one which marks