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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 14 – The Three Messages
the bitterness of the little book to the church.

Revelation 10:10. Here was the coming of one

like the Son of man, not to this earth, but to the

Ancient of days. Daniel 7:13, 14. Here was the

coming of the Bridegroom to the marriage, as

set forth in the parable of the ten virgins in

Matthew 25. We have spoken of the midnight

cry of that parable in the summer of 1844. The

foolish virgins then said to the wise, “Give us

of your oil; for our lamps are gone [margin,

going] out.” The wise answered, “Go and buy

for yourselves.” And while they went to buy,

the Bridegroom came. This is not the coming

of Christ to this earth; for it is a coming which

precedes the marriage; but the marriage, that

is, the reception of the kingdom (see on

chapter 21), must precede his coming to this

earth to receive to himself his people, who are

to be the guests at the marriage supper. Luke