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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 3 – The Seven Churches (continued)
From this it will be seen that the kingdom

which Christ delivers up to the Father is that

which he holds at the present time upon his

Father’s throne, where he tells us he is now

seated. He delivers up this kingdom at the end

of this dispensation, when the time comes for

him to take his own throne. After this, he

reigns on the throne of his father David, and is

subject only to God, who still retains his

position upon the throne of universal

dominion. In this reign of Christ the saints

participate. “To him that overcometh will I

grant to sit with me in my throne.” “And they

lived,” says John, dating from the first

resurrection (chapter 20:4), “and reigned

with Christ a thousand years.” This we

understand to be a special reign, or for a

special purpose, as will be noticed in that

chapter; for the actual reign of the saints is to