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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

                                 ~The Response of History to the Revelation~

                                       Chapter 16 – The Plagues Poured Out
                   all, power is given unto the sun, and he pours


               upon them a flood of liquid fire, and they are


               scorched with great heat. Here, as the record


               runs, their woe first seeks utterance in fearful


               blasphemy.




               VERSE 10. And the fifth angel poured out his


               vial  upon  the  seat  of  the  beast;  and  his


               kingdom  was  full  of  darkness;  and  they


               gnawed  their  tongues  for  pain.  11.  And


               blasphemed  the  God  of  heaven  because  of


               their pains and their sores, and repented not


               of their deeds.



               The  Fifth  Plague.  —  An  important  fact  is


               established  by  this  testimony;  namely,  that


               the  plagues  do  not  at  once  destroy  all  their


               victims;  for  some  who  were  at  first  smitten


               with sores, we find still living under the fifth


               vial, and gnawing their tongues for pain. An
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