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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

                                 ~The Response of History to the Revelation~

                                         Chapter 14 – The Three Messages
                   This movement is at least a phenomenon to


               be  explained.  We  have  found  movements


               which fulfill most strikingly and accurately the


               first  and  second  messages.  Here  is  another


               which  now  challenges  the  attention  of  the


               world as a fulfillment of the third. It claims to



               be a fulfilment, and asks the world to examine


               the credentials on which it bases its right to


               such a claim. Let us look at them.



               1.  “The  third  angel  followed  them.”  So  this


               movement  follows  the  two  previously


               mentioned.  It  takes  up  and  continues  the


               promulgation of the truths they uttered, and


               adds to them what the third message involves


               besides.



               2.  The  third  message  is  characterized  as  a


               warning against the beast. So this movement


               holds  prominent  among  its  themes  an
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