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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
All these facts are plainly stated by Paul in a
few verses to the Hebrews 8:4, 5: “For if he
[Christ] were on earth, he should not be a
priest, seeing that there are priests that offer
gifts according to the law: who serve unto the
example and shadow of heavenly things, as
Moses was admonished of God when he was
about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith
he, that thou make all things according to the
pattern showed to thee in the mount.” This
testimony shows that the ministry of the
earthly priests was a shadow of Christ’s
priesthood; and the evidence Paul brings
forward to prove it, is the direction which God
gave to Moses to make the tabernacle,
according to the pattern showed him in the
mount. This clearly identifies the pattern
showed to Moses in the mount with the
sanctuary, or true tabernacle, in heaven,