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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~
Chapter 10 – Daniel’s Last Vision
angel. The answer to Daniel’s prayer
involved some action on the part of that king.
This action he must be influenced to perform.
It doubtless pertained to the work which he
was to do, and had already begun to do, in
behalf of the temple at Jerusalem and the Jews,
his decree for the building of that temple
being the first of the series which finally
constituted that notable commandment to
restore and build Jerusalem, at the going forth
of which the great prophetic period of 2300
days was to begin. And the angel is dispatched
to influence him to go forward in accordance
with the divine will.
Ah, how little do we realize what is going on in
the unseen world in relation to human affairs!
Here, as it were, the curtain is for a moment
lifted, and we catch a glimpse of the
