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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
be performed. All that it is to our purpose to

notice here, is one particular branch of the

service, which was performed as follows: The

person who had committed sin, brought his

victim to the door of the tabernacle. Upon the

head of this victim he placed his hand for a

moment, and, as we may reasonably infer,

confessed over him his sin. By this expressive

act he signified that he had sinned, and was

worthy of death, but that in his stead he

consecrated his victim, and transferred his

guilt to it. With his own hand (and what must

have been his emotions?) he then took the life

of his victim on account of that guilt. The law

demanded the life of the transgressor for his

disobedience; the life is in the blood (Leviticus

17:11, 14); hence without the shedding of

blood, there is no remission; with the

shedding of blood, remission is possible; for