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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

                            ~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

                                             Chapter 12– Closing Scenes
                   1290 and the 1260 days, terminate together


               in  1798,  the  one  beginning  in  538,  and  the


               other in 508, thirty years previous.




               VERSE  12.  Blessed  is  he  that  waiteth,  and


               cometh  to  the  thousand  three  hundred  and


               five and thirty days. 13. But go thou thy way


               till the end he; for thou shalt rest, and stand in


               thy lot at the end of the days.



               Still  another  prophetic  period  is  here


               introduced,  denoting  1335  years.  The


               testimony  concerning  this  period,  like  that


               which  pertains  to  the  1290  years,  is  very


               meager. Can we tell when this period begins


               and  ends?  The  only  clue  we  have  to  the


               solution of this question, is the fact that it is


               spoken of in immediate connection with the


               1290  years,  which  commenced,  as  shown


               above, in 508. From that point there shall be,
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