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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.
in contact with the divisions of the third
kingdom, Greece. This fourth kingdom is thus
introduced: “The violent opposers of thy
people shall exalt themselves that the vision
may stand.” (Spurrell.)
Since every word is divinely given, there is a
significance in the very introduction of what is
about to become the mightiest kingdom of the
earth, and at the same time the greatest
enemy which the people of God ever had to
meet. Daniel had seen this kingdom before. In
the vision of the seventh chapter, Rome was
represented as a beast too terrible to name. Its
characteristics were to devour, to stamp in
pieces, and to break. During a part of its
history it should speak great words against
the Most High; it should wear out the saints of
