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THE STORY OF DANIEL THE PROPHET

Stephen N. Haskell

“But go thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest and stand in thy
lot at the end of the days.” Daniel 12:13.

The Roman army, with Pompey as leader,

swept through Asia Minor and Syria, and the

entire kingdom of the Seleucidæ fell at his feet.

Antioch and every fortified station of the

Eastern empire crumbled as he advanced.

Pompey, called upon to decide between rulers

of the Jews, entered Jerusalem, and, as in times

past, the knowledge of the God of Israel was

made known to the nation which was leading

the world. Pompey, however, acted very

differently from Alexander. He entered the

city by force after a siege of three months; the

walls were demolished and the Jews put

under tribute to the Roman government.

Rome now stood “in the glorious land which

by his hand shall be consumed.” This was in B.

C. 63.