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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Revelation~
Chapter 22 – The Tree and the River of Life
of this book: for the time is at hand. 11. He
that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he
which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he
that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and
he that is holy, let him be holy still. 12. And
behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with
me, to give every man according as his work
shall be.
(For remarks on verse 9, see on chapter
19:10.) In verse 10 John is told not to seal the
sayings of the prophecy of this book. The
popular theology of our day says that the book
is sealed. One of two things follows from this:
either John disobeyed his instructions, or the
theology above referred to is fulfilling Isaiah
29:10-14. Verse 11 proves that probation
closes, and the cases of all are unalterably
fixed, before the coming of Christ; for in the