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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
covenant. And we wish the reader carefully

to mark the logical value of this declaration.

By telling us what did positively for a time

constitute the sanctuary, Paul sets us on the

right track of inquiry. He gives us a basis on

which to work. For a time, the field is cleared

of all doubt and all obstacles. During the time

covered by the first covenant, which reached

from Sinai to Christ, we have before us a

distinct and plainly defined object, minutely

described by Moses, and declared by Paul to

be the sanctuary during that time.

But Paul’s language has greater significance

even than this. It forever annihilates the

claims which are put forth in behalf of the

earth, the land of Canaan, or the church, as the

sanctuary; for the arguments which would

prove them to be the sanctuary at any time,