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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

                            ~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

                                             Chapter 12– Closing Scenes
                   tests are brought to bear upon them. If they


               endure these, the work of purification is thus


               carried  on  to  a  still  greater  extent,  —  the


               process of being made white is made to reach


               a still higher stage. And having reached this


               state, they are  tried  again,  resulting  in  their



               being  still  further  purified  and  made  white;


               and  thus  the  process  goes  on  till  characters


               are developed which will stand the test of the


               great day, and a spiritual condition is reached


               which needs no further trial.



               VERSE  11.  And  from  the  time  that  the  daily


               sacrifice  shall  be  taken  away,  and  the


               abomination  that  maketh  desolate  set  up,


               there  shall  be  a  thousand  two  hundred  and


               ninety days.



               We  have  here  a  new  prophetic  period


               introduced;  namely,  1290  prophetic  days,
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