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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

                                 ~The Response of History to the Revelation~

                                         Chapter 14 – The Three Messages
                   labors; and their works do follow them. 14.


               And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and


               upon  the  cloud  one  sat  like  unto  the  Son  of


               man, having on his head a golden crown, and


               in  his  hand  a  sharp  sickle.  15.  And  another


               angel  came  out  of  the  temple,  crying  with  a



               loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust


               in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for


               thee  to  reap;  for  the  harvest  of  the  earth  is


               ripe. 16. And he that sat on the cloud thrust in


               his  sickle  on  the  earth;  and  the  earth  was


               reaped.



               A Solemn Crisis. — Events grow solemn as we


               near the end. It is this fact which gives to the


               third  angel’s  message,  now  going  forth,  its


               unusual degree of solemnity and importance.


               It is the last warning to go forth prior to the


               coming of the Son of man, here represented as
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