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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~
Chapter 2-The Great Image
blown away where no place could be found
for it, after which something durable and of
heavenly worth occupies its place? So would
God show to the children of men that earthly
kingdoms were to pass away, and earthly
greatness and glory, like a gaudy bubble,
would break and vanish; and the kingdom of
God, in the place so long usurped by these,
should be set up, to have no end, and all who
had an interest therein should rest under the
shadow of its peaceful wings forever and ever.
But this is anticipating.
VERSE 36. This is the dream; and we will tell
the interpretation thereof before the king. 37.
Thou, O king, art a king of kings; for the God of
heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and
strength, and glory. 38. And wheresoever the
children of men dwell, the beasts of the field