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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 19 – The Triumph of the Saints
him. The person employed in giving the

Revelation to John is called an angel, and

angels are not the departed spirits of the dead.

Whoever takes the position that they are, is to

all intents a Spiritualist; for this is the very

foundation-stone of their theory. But the angel

says no such thing. He simply says that he is

the fellow servant of John, as he had been the

fellow servant of his brethren the prophets.

The term fellow servant implies that they

were all on a common footing as servants of

the great God; hence he was not a proper

object for John to worship. (See on chapter

1:1, “His Angel.”)

VERSE 11. And I saw heaven opened, and

behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him

was called Faithful and True, and in

righteousness he doth judge and make war.