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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 8 – Vision of the Ram, He-Goat & Little Horn
ground: but he touched me, and set me

upright. 19. And he said, Behold, I will make

thee know what shall be in the last end of the

indignation: for at the time appointed the end

shall be.

Under similar circumstances to those here

narrated, John fell down before the feet of an

angel, but it was for the purpose of worship.

Revelation 19:10; 22:8. Daniel seems to have

been completely overcome by the majesty of

the heavenly messenger. He prostrated

himself with his face to the ground, probably

as though in a deep sleep, but not really so.

Sorrow, it is true, caused the disciples to sleep;

but fear, as in this case, would hardly have that

effect. The angel gently laid his hand upon him

to give him assurance (how many times have

mortals been told by heavenly beings to “fear