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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
“When the transgressors are come to the
full.” All along, the connection between God’s
people and their oppressors is kept in view. It
was on account of the transgressions of his
people that they were sold into captivity. And
their continuance in sin brought more and
more severe punishment. At no time were the
Jews more corrupt, morally, as a nation, than
at the time they came under the jurisdiction of
the Romans.
“Mighty, but not by his own power.” The
success of the Romans was owing largely to
the aid of their allies, and divisions among
their enemies, of which they were ever ready
to take advantage.
“He shall destroy wonderfully.” The Lord told
the Jews by the prophet Ezekiel that he would
deliver them to men who were “skillful to
