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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 2-The Great Image
astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers,

show unto the king; 28. But there is a God in

heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh

known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall

be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the

visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these.

Art thou able to make known the dream? was

the king’s doubtful salutation to Daniel, as he

came into his presence. Notwithstanding his

previous acquaintance with Daniel, the king

seems to have questioned his ability, so young

and inexperienced, to make known a matter in

which the aged and venerable magicians and

soothsayers had utterly failed. Daniel declared

plainly that the wise men, the astrologers, the

soothsayers, and the magicians could not

make known this secret. It was beyond their

power. Therefore the king should not be angry