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THE STORY OF DANIEL THE PROPHET

Stephen N. Haskell

“But go thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest and stand in thy
lot at the end of the days.” Daniel 12:13.

The continual burning of that which typified

sin pointed forward to the time when sin and

sinners would be consumed in the fire of the

last day. As the ashes accumulated upon the

altar of burnt offering, they were carefully

collected by the side of the altar; and at a

certain time the priest laid aside his priestly

robes, carried the ashes without the court, and

deposited them in a “clean place.” They were

not thrown carelessly to one side, but put in a

clean place. These ashes represented all that

will be left of sin and sinners after the fires of

the last days. “For behold, the day cometh that

shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea,

and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and

the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith

the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them

neither root nor branch. But to you that fear