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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 7 – The Sealing
pressure of the terrible strife, that the nation

broke forth into a song of jubilee, and these

words were conspicuously displayed at the

national capitol: “This is the Lord’s doing; it is

marvelous in our eyes.” There are those who

believe there was a definite cause for this

sudden cessation of the strife, of which, of

course, the world is but little aware. The

sudden conclusion of the Franco-German war

of 1870 and the recent war between Turkey

and Russia, may be cited as still later

examples. Perhaps further events of this kind

are yet to be witnessed to fulfill more

completely this feature of the prophecy.

VERSE 4. And I heard the number of them

which were sealed: and there were sealed an

hundred and forty and four thousand of all the

tribes of the children of Israel. 5. Of the tribe