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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
elliptical expressions, and passes rapidly

from one idea or object to another. First, the

inheritance engages his attention, and he

speaks of it; then the fact that the Lord was to

dwell there; then the place he was to provide

for his dwelling there; namely, the sanctuary

which he would cause to be built. David thus

associates Mount Zion and Judah together in

Psalms 78:68, because Zion was located in

Judah.

The three texts, Ex. 15:17; Psalms 78:54, 69,

are the ones chiefly relied on to prove that the

land of Canaan is the sanctuary; but, singularly

enough, the two latter, in plain language, clear

away the ambiguity of the first, and utterly

disprove the claim that is based thereon.

Having disposed of the main proof on this

point, it would hardly seem worthwhile to