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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 5 – The Heavenly Sanctuary (continued)
John looks to see the Lion of the tribe of

Judah, and beholds a Lamb in the midst of the

throne and of the four living beings and the

elders, as it had been slain.

In the Midst of the Throne. — Doddridge

translates thus: “And I beheld in the middle

space between the throne and the four living

creatures, and in the midst of the elders there

stood a Lamb,” etc. In the center of the scene

was the throne of the Father, and standing in

the open space which surrounded it was the

Son, set forth under the symbol of a slain lamb.

Around these there stood those saints who

had been redeemed: first, those represented

by the four living creatures, then the elders

forming the second circle, and the angels

(verse 11) forming a third circle. The

worthiness of Christ, as he thus stands forth