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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
spend time with those texts from which only

inferences can be drawn. As there is, however,

only one even of this class, we will refer to it,

that no point may be left unnoticed. Isaiah

63:18: “The people of thy holiness have

possessed it but a little while: our adversaries

have trodden down thy sanctuary.” This

language is as applicable to the temple as to

the land; for when the land was overrun with

the enemies of Israel, their temple was laid in

ruins. This is plainly stated in verse 11 of the

next chapter: “Our holy and our beautiful

house, where our fathers praised thee, is

burned up with fire.” The text therefore

proves nothing for this view.

Respecting the earth or the land of Canaan as

the sanctuary, we offer one thought more. If

either constitutes the sanctuary, it should not