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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
things themselves, the sanctuary of this

dispensation, the true tabernacle, which the

Lord pitched, and not man, must be cleansed

with better sacrifices, even with the blood of

Christ.”

We now inquire, What is the nature of this

cleansing, and how is it to be accomplished?

According to the language of Paul, just quoted,

it is performed by means of blood. The

cleansing is not, therefore, a cleansing from

physical uncleanness or impurity; for blood is

not the agent used in such a work. And this

consideration should satisfy the objector’s

mind in regard to the cleansing of the

heavenly things. The fact that Paul speaks of

heavenly things to be cleansed, does not prove

that there is any physical impurity in heaven;

for that is not the kind of cleansing to which he