was ended. It came to him when he was about 95 or 96 years old, as nearly as we can tell from the Scrip tures. He had a wonderful career. He saw Nebuchadnezzar come and go; he saw Cyrus come and go; he saw many prophecies fulfilled and many still unfulfilled. Daniel, as far as his body is concerned, has been sleeping in the dust of the earth for over two thousand years and there are still parts of that prophecy yet to be fulfilled. Talbot declares: “Thank God, that one day the Lord Jesus Christ Him self is going to come, and the dead in Christ shall arise, and among them will be Daniel, in his resurrection body (I Thess. 4:13-18). In that day, Daniel shall see with his own eyes the final fulfillment of the great prophecy which came to him in a vision. He shall see with his own eyes the Roman Empire revived; the antichrist, the last ruler and dicta tor of Europe, come to his disastrous end; and the Son of God take the reins of government in his own hands.” What a marvellous book, the book of Daniel the prophet, is ! What light it sheds upon the stirring and disturbing movements of the world today. The Word of God tells us in unmistakable terms what is going to happen to those who know Him not. My friend, I beg of you, if you have not been “washed in the blood of the Lamb,” if you have not made your peace with God, if you have not renounced the world, and the flesh and the devil, delay no longer, “for in an hour ye think not, the Son of Man cometh.” I f you have not accepted Him, and received the light of salvation, all the knowledge that you gain of the things that have been and are to be will but increase your condemnation. Draw near to God, put your faith in Him, let His blood wash you whiter than snow. Then you will be among that blessed company to arise in the clouds to be forever with the Lord! 34
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another, “as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats” (Matt. 25: 31-33). He will root out everything that will offend. His kingdom will be pure. That cleansing process will evidently take thirty days. This ex piring time limit must conclude the judgment of the living nations. Then in verse 12 we read, “Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hun dred and five and thirty days” (v. 12). Why? Because at that time the earth will be purified, and the mil lennial reign will have begun. The Lord Jesus will have started to reign, and the man who sees that date, 1335 days from the time antichrist sets up his kingdom, will be in the milleniiial reign of Christ. There fore, “Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hun dred and five and thirty days.” Then the heavenly messenger gave Daniel a last word of comfort, pre cious in its import: “But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days” (v. 13). I do not know how long Daniel lived after this marvelous revelation
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