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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

                                 ~The Response of History to the Revelation~

                                  Chapter 3 – The Seven Churches (continued)
                   men  confessed  or  denied,  despised  or


               honored him here, they would be confessed or


               denied by him before his Father in heaven and


               the  holy  angels.  Matthew  10:32,  33;  Mark


               8:38; Luke 12:8, 9. And who can fathom the


               honor of being approved before the heavenly



               hosts!  Who  can  conceive  the  bliss  of  that


               moment when we shall be owned by the Lord


               of  life  before  his  Father  as  those  who  have


               done his will, fought the good fight,  run the


               race, honored him before men, overcome, and


               whose names are worthy, through his merits,


               of standing upon the imperishable record of


               the book of life forever and ever!



               VERSE  7.  And  to  the  angel  of  the  church  in


               Philadelphia write; These things saith he that


               is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of


               David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth;
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