Page 3 - 12 The Gospel Church

DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 12 – The Gospel Church
in this instance, would represent the true

church.

“The sun,” the light and glory of the gospel

dispensation.

“The moon,” the Mosaic dispensation. As the

moon shines with a borrowed light derived

from the sun, so the former dispensation

shone with a light borrowed from the present.

There they had the type and shadow; here we

have the antitype and substance.

“A crown of twelve stars,” the twelve apostles.

“A great red dragon,” pagan Rome. (See under

verses 4 and 5.)

“Heaven,” the space in which this

representation was seen by the apostle. We

are not to suppose that the scenes here

represented to John took place in heaven