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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 7 – The Four Beasts
chapter 2. Daniel was still living under the

same kingdom which he had declared, in his

interpretation of the king’s dream, about

sixty-five years before, to be the head of gold.

The first beast of this vision must therefore

denote the same as the head of gold of the

great image, namely, the kingdom of Babylon,

and the other beasts the succeeding kingdoms

shown by that image. But if this vision covers

essentially the same ground as the image of

chapter 2, the query may arise why it is given;

why was not the vision of chapter 2 sufficient?

We answer, The ground is passed over again

and again that additional characteristics may

be brought out, and additional facts and

features may be presented. It is thus that we

have “line upon line.” Here earthly

governments are viewed as represented in the