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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.

from the mind of him who carried Israel on his

heart, he said, “Understand, O son of man: for

at the time of the end shall be the vision.... I

will make thee know what shall be in the last

end of the indignation; for at the time

appointed shall the end be.”

Gabriel took up the history of the kingdoms

one by one, and when he came to the two

thousand three hundred days, he said, “The

vision of the morning and the evening [see

margin, vs. 14, same as the two thousand

three hundred days] which was told is true.

Wherefore, shut thou up the vision; for it shall

be for many days.” Daniel fainted, for the

crucifixion of the Saviour had just been

revealed to him, and the view was more than

he could endure. Further explanation was