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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Revelation~
Chapter 12 – The Gospel Church
etc., as though we were now in actual
possession of these blessings; whereas we
only have them by faith, and the language is
simply an assurance that they are forever sure
to the final overcomers.
The prophet then glances rapidly over the
working of Satan from that time to the end
(verses 11, 12), during which time the faithful
“brethren” overcome him by the blood of the
Lamb and the word of their testimony, while
his wrath increases as his time grows short.
Though working through earthly powers,
Satan, personally, is the chief agent from verse
9 to 17.
VERSE 13. And when the dragon saw that he
was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the
woman which brought forth the man child. 14.
And to the woman were given two wings of a