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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 2-The Great Image
every country in the world was not

absolutely under the dominion of any one of

them. Thus Babylon never conquered Grecia

or Rome; but Rome was founded before

Babylon had risen to the zenith of its power.

Rome’s position and influence, however, were

then altogether prospective; and it is nothing

against the prophecy, that God begins to

prepare his agents long years before they

enter upon the prominent part they are to

perform in the fulfillment of prophecy. We

must place ourselves with the prophet, and

view these kingdoms from the same

standpoint. We shall then, as is right, consider

his statements in the light of the location he

occupied, the time in which he wrote, and the

circumstances by which he was surrounded. It

is a manifest rule of interpretation that we

may look for nations to be noticed in prophecy