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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
It will be safe for us to put ourselves in
imagination in the place of Daniel, and view
the subject from his standpoint. What would
he understand by the term sanctuary as
addressed to him? If we can ascertain this, it
will not be difficult to arrive at correct
conclusions on this subject. His mind would
inevitably turn, on the mention of that word,
to the sanctuary of that dispensation; and
certainly he well knew what that was. His
mind did turn to Jerusalem, the city of his
fathers, which was then in ruins, and to their
“beautiful house,” which, as Isaiah laments,
was burned with fire. And so, as was his wont,
with his face turned toward the place of their
once venerated temple, he prayed God to
cause his face to shine upon his sanctuary,
which was desolate. By the word sanctuary
