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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

                                 ~The Response of History to the Revelation~

                                         Chapter 14 – The Three Messages
                   claims  can  be  disproved;  unless  it  can  be


               shown  that  the  first  and  second  messages


               have not been heard; that the positions taken


               in  reference  to  the  beast,  image,  mark,  and


               worship  are  not  correct;  and  that  all  the


               prophecies,  and  signs,  and  evidences  which



               show  that  the  coming  of  Christ  is  near,  and


               consequently that this message is due, can be


               wholly set aside. But this the intelligent Bible


               student will hardly undertake.



               The result of the proclamation, as declared in


               verse 12, still further proves the correctness


               of  the  positions  here  taken.  It  brings  out  a


               company  of  whom  it  can  be  said,  “Here  are


               they that keep the commandments of God and


               the  faith  of  Jesus.”  In  the  very  heart  of


               Christendom this work is done; and those who


               receive the message are rendered peculiar by
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