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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 7 – The Sealing
answer to the prophecy. For in order to

make it manifest that the winds are being held,

there must be disturbance, agitation, anger,

and jealousy among the nations, with an

occasional outburst of strife, like a fitful gust

breaking away from the imprisoned and

struggling tempest; and these outbursts must

be suddenly and unexpectedly checked. Then,

but not otherwise, would it be evident to him

who looked at events in the light of the

prophecy, that for some good purpose the

restraining hand of Omnipotence was laid

upon the surging elements of strife and war.

And such has been the aspect of our times for

nearly half a century. Commencing with the

great revolution of 1848, when so many

European thrones toppled into the dust, what

a state of anger and political unrest has

existed among all the nations of the earth!