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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 3 – The Seven Churches (continued)
hearts, and behold the dawn of a glorious

morning for the church of God.

The Final Promise. — The promise of supping

with his disciples is made by the Lord before

the final promise to the overcomer is given.

This shows that the blessings included in that

promise are to be enjoyed in this probationary

state. And now, superadded to all these, is the

promise to the overcomer: “To him that

overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my

throne, even as I also overcame, and am set

down with my Father in his throne.” Here the

promises of the Lord culminate. From being at

first rebellious, and then fallen, degraded, and

polluted, man is brought by the work of the

Redeemer back into reconciliation with God,

cleansed from his pollutions, redeemed from

the fall, made immortal, and finally raised to a