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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~
Chapter 2-The Great Image
of this once mighty empire? It ruled with
unlimited power. It was the throned mistress
of the world. Its scepter was broken; its throne
pulled down; its power taken away. Ten
kingdoms were formed out of it; and ‘broken’
as then it was, it still continues; i.e., ‘partly
broken;’ for its dimensions still continue as
when the kingdom of iron stood upright upon
its feet. And then it is ‘partly strong;’ i.e., it
retains, even in its broken state, enough of its
iron strength to resist all attempts to mold its
parts together. ‘This shall not be,’ says the
word of God. ‘This has not been,’ replies the
book of history.
“‘But then,’ men may say, ‘another plan
remains. If force cannot avail, diplomacy and
reasons of state may; we will try them.’ And so
the prophecy foreshadows this when it says,
