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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 7 – The Sealing
we cannot tell from these who is meant, for

there are multitudes of objects to which this

name is applied. There are “gods many and

lords many,” as the apostle says. 1 Corinthians

8:5. Passing over the fourth commandment

for the time being, the fifth contains the words

Lord and God, but does not define them; and

the remaining five precepts do not contain the

name of God at all. Now what shall be done?

With that portion of the law which we have

examined, it would be impossible to convict

the grossest idolater of sin. The worshiper of

images could say, This idol before me is my

god; his name is god, and these are his

precepts. The worshiper of the heavenly

bodies could also say, The sun is my god, and I

worship him according to this law. Thus,

without the fourth commandment, the

decalogue is null and void, so far as it pertains