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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 12 – The Gospel Church
are very appropriate as applied to pagan

Rome.

When it is desired to set forth Satan by a

symbol, no more appropriate one can be

chosen than a great dragon, or serpent,

unqualified. And why a similar symbol is also

employed to represent Rome with some of its

peculiar features is evident. It was because

Rome, as a universal empire, was then the

only possible general agent to carry out

Satan’s will in the earth. But there is no

occasion to confound the two symbols.

In reference to the war mentioned, Satan had

looked forward to Christ’s mission to this

earth as his last chance of success in

overthrowing the plan of salvation. He came

to Christ with specious temptations, in hope of

overcoming him; he tried in various ways to