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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 12– Closing Scenes
righteous, it must be deliverance to them;

for then they are placed beyond all reach of

danger or fear of evil. But the Lord has not at

that time made his appearance; for he

immediately adds, “And, behold, I come

quickly.” The utterance of this solemn fiat

which seals the righteous to everlasting life,

and the wicked to eternal death, is supposed

to be synchronous with the great voice which

is heard from the throne in the temple of

heaven, saying, It is done! Revelation 16:17.

And this is evidently the voice of God, so often

alluded to in descriptions of the scenes

connected with the last day. Joel speaks of it,

and says (chapter 3:16): “The Lord also shall

roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from

Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall

shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his

people, and the strength of the children of