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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 5 – The Heavenly Sanctuary (continued)
Hath Prevailed. — These words indicate that

the right to open the book was acquired by a

victory gained in some previous conflict; and

so we find it set forth in subsequent portions

of this chapter. The very next scene introduces

us to the great work of Christ as the Redeemer

of the world, and the shedding of his blood for

the remission of sin and the salvation of man.

In this work he was subjected to the fiercest

assaults of Satan. But he endured his

temptations, bore the agonies of the cross,

rose a victor over death and the grave, made

the way of redemption sure — triumphed!

Hence the four living beings and the four and

twenty elders sing, “Thou art worthy to take

the book and to open the seals thereof; for

thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God

by thy blood.”