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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 2-The Great Image
his first advent. Look at it! When the stone

smites the image upon its feet, the image is

dashed in pieces. Violence is used. The effect

is immediate. The image becomes as chaff.

And then what? Is it absorbed by the stone,

and gradually incorporated with it? —

Nothing of the kind. It is blown off, removed

away, as incompatible and unavailable

material; and no place is found for it. The

territory is entirely cleared; and then the

stone becomes a mountain, and fills the whole

earth. Now what idea shall we attach to this

work of smiting and breaking in pieces? Is it a

gentle, peaceful, and quiet work? or is it a

manifestation of vengeance and violence?

How did the kingdoms of the prophecy

succeed the one to the other? — It was

through the violence and din of war, the shock

of armies and the roar of battle. “Confused