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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 12– Closing Scenes
the prophet this? the solemn answer would

be, Of the present time, and of the generation

now before us. This language of the prophet is

now receiving a most striking fulfilment.

The phraseology of verse 10 seems at first

sight to be rather peculiar: “Many shall be

purified, and made white, and tried.” How, it

may be asked, can they be made white, and

then tried (as the language would seem to

imply), when it is by being tried that they are

purified and made white? Answer: The

language doubtless describes a process which

is many times repeated in the experience of

those, who, during this time, are being made

ready for the coming and kingdom of the Lord.

They are purified and made white to a certain

degree, as compared with their former

condition. Then they are again tried. Greater