Page 6 - 07 The Sealing

DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 7 – The Sealing
of the compass, and signifying that these

angels, in their particular sphere, had charge

of the whole earth.

The Four Winds. — Winds, in the Bible,

symbolize political commotion, strife, and

war. Daniel 7:2; Jeremiah 25:32. The four

winds, held by four angels standing in the four

quarters of the earth, must denote all the

elements of strife and commotion that exist in

the world; and when they are all loosed, and

all blow together, it will constitute the great

whirlwind just referred to in the prophecy of

Jeremiah.

The Angel Ascending from the East. —

Another literal angel, having charge of

another specific work, is here introduced.

Instead of the words, “ascending from the

east,” some translations read, “Ascending