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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
Several objects have been claimed by

different ones as the sanctuary here

mentioned: (1) The earth; (2) The land of

Canaan; (3) The church; (4) The sanctuary, the

“true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and

not man,” which is “in the heavens,” and of

which the Jewish tabernacle was a type,

pattern, or figure. Hebrews 8:1, 2; 9:23, 24.

These conflicting claims must be decided by

the Scriptures; and fortunately the testimony

is neither meager nor ambiguous.

1. Is the earth the sanctuary? The word

sanctuary occurs in the Old and New

Testaments one hundred and forty-four times,

and from the definitions of lexicographers,

and its use in the Bible, we learn that it is used

to signify a holy or sacred place, a dwelling-

place for the Most High. If, therefore, the earth