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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 12– Closing Scenes
says the prophet, 1290 days. And the very

next sentence reads, “Blessed is he that

waiteth and cometh to the 1335 days.” From

what point? — From the same point,

undoubtedly, as that from which the 1290

date; namely, 508. Unless they are to be

reckoned from this point, it is impossible to

locate them, and they must be excepted from

the prophecy of Daniel when we apply to it the

words of Christ, “Whoso readeth, let him

understand.” Matthew 24:15. From this point

they would extend to 1843; for 1335 added to

508 make 1843. Commencing in the spring of

the former year, they ended in the spring of

the latter.

But how can it be that they have ended, it may

be asked, since at the end of these days Daniel

stands in his lot, which is by some supposed to