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Inc EARTH" And, says Daniel. 9TH;
Judgment was set, and The hook,
were opened Query. Does Dan
rel $ VISION include the l~udsmen,?-
DANIEL 6eheld still fm ther. tIll he saw
u'e 'easl siam, and his body given tc
The burning @flaiuc, The Son of mar
coming VITA The clouds of heaven
ana receiving hls 'domIuion and ulo.
~ and kind-d M Now what saw,
Dtniei III The I6ih verse! so he
fofa me, and make me kaou the inter.
Plelaiiods pt the things and IN lhe
lHh and 18th verses are comprised
the Whole vision of the five kin ;.
doms; and If eternity is MOI Stamped
On The tii;h. then no words can ex.
press II. Again, says Daniel in III,
2lst and 92I verses, Il beheld. and
the same horn made war with the
SAINTS, and prevailed against them:
until the Ancient OF Days came, and
judgment was given to The saints Of
tie MuSt High; aad the tine came
tiIat lie saints possessed the king
DOM" Query. Where is any room
Tor Il millennium before the judgment?
And in the further explanations in
this cllapter, the whole Is gone over
again, VITA Il mlnu!eness cqualled on
" by The grandeur of tll- subject.
AID winds up with that glorious, s,nl
Cheering promise, "aud the kingdom.
and dominion, AMI the greatness of
The kingdom VHier Tie whole heaven,
shall BE- given to the people Of tie
saints OF The Most II'gh.'
Now let US look III The eight Gimp
ter. We see ia liIe fl st verse that
this vision is after, OF like the n we
have been considering IN the proceed
ing chapter. With The exception OF
the BabyIonish empire, and begins
with the Persian. Then follows the
Grecran; AMI ia The 8th verse he no.
tees the changes ia that empire. In
the 9th verse lie introduces Inc little
h"rn, PqperN, again, and deIlneates
his character ard works SO Clearly,
that it is mol easily evaded; auc III
the angels further description OF this
wonderful lite hurn,i Ia The 23I, 24in,
aud 25th verses, We see the iieutrcal
same ~perSonoge as was brought To
u vew in the seventh chapter, and
his end, by being broken without
hand. That this will not be Till the
stone strikes the image, is certain
from The whole tenor Of the seventh
chapter, as well a. the account Paul
gives rs of his end ia ? Thess. II, 81:
Whom the Lord shall destroy with
the Glightnes, of his coming" Now
is il not reasonable that Daniel would
wish 10 know how long tins vision.
which lie had at three diierent times.
and all bring him down TO The day OF
would be! Now look nj
the question ia the 18th verse
How Ling shall be he riSi0a?'-
The anSweri, IN The next verse, sun
TO 1900 days; then shl!l the Sauctul.
rs he cleansed." This must be tie
lhat Malachi speaks Of. when it
Shall Lufn as an oven; when all the
V ickrI shall be burned 20 ashes;
when lie Shall send forth lis angels.
md gather out OF hIs kingdom nii That
,fcnd. AMI wLea he gathers The tares
n bundles t. burn. Bat now, when
? mel sought Tor The meaning. as Is
aid IN the 18Th verse, he heard Il
ran : voice, which called and SAID.
Gabriel. make this nan 10 understand
ne riSioR. And lie came. and stood,
md said unto re. Understand. o son
IF man. :or the rision shall be at the
inc of the end. And then further,
Il the I9ti versc,-"i will make thee
;a0r what shl!I BE- in the las! end OF
ne indi.nati, n, for ut the time APP Z
FLO vii. 300 days] The end {
hall he.n Now in tie Goth verse
Gabriel SAYS, "he riSion OF the even
no and the morning which was told |
S true; wherefore shut thou up me {
'iisiyn ; for it shall be for many days"
Ind in the last verse, Daniel says he
vas astonished at the %rision, but none
understood it. But it had all been |
Explained TO him. except two things; I
hese we're, when to begin il, and
VIA; he was to understand by the
800 DAYS. For these two impor- !
ant points we must look 10 the next t
haptcr. c
Iere Daniel says, 'whlle he was Il
onfessing his sins, and the SINS OF S
is people Israel, the mar Gabriel, '
phom he had seen in the vision at y
he beginning, informed him, and talk Fl
d with him, and said, o Daniel, ! am Il
ow come forth to give thee skill and r.
understanding. At the beginning OF Il