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Chapter XXXI.—If Christ’s power be
now so great, how much greater at the second advent!
“But if so great a power is shown
to have followed and to be still following the dispensation of His
suffering, how great shall that be which shall follow His glorious
advent! For He shall come on the clouds as the Son of man, so Daniel
foretold, and His angels shall come with Him. These are the words:
‘I beheld till the thrones were set; and the Ancient of days did
sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of His head like the
pure wool. His throne was like a fiery flame, His wheels as burning fire.
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before Him. Thousand thousands
ministered unto Him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before
Him. The books were opened, and the judgment was set. I beheld then the
voice of the great words which the horn speaks: and the beast was beat
down, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. And the
rest of the beasts were taken away from their dominion, and a period of
life was given to the beasts until a season and time. I saw in the vision
of the night, and, behold, one like the Son of man coming with the clouds
of heaven; and He came to the Ancient of days, and stood before Him. And
they who stood by brought Him near; and there were given Him power and
kingly honour, and all nations of the earth by their families, and all
glory, serve Him. And His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which
shall not be taken away; and His kingdom shall not be destroyed. And my
spirit was chilled within my frame, and the visions of my head troubled
me. I came near unto one of them that stood by, and inquired the precise
meaning of all these things. In answer he speaks to me, and showed me the
judgment of the matters: These great beasts are four kingdoms, which
shall perish from the earth, and shall not receive dominion for ever,
even for ever and ever. Then I wished to know exactly about the fourth
beast, which destroyed all [the others] and was very terrible, its teeth
of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, made waste, and stamped
the residue with its feet: also about the ten horns upon its head, and of
the one which came up, by means of which three of the former fell. And
that horn had eyes, and a mouth speaking great things; and its
countenance excelled the
rest. And I beheld that horn waging
war against the saints, and prevailing against them, until the Ancient of
days came; and He gave judgment for the saints of the Most High. And the
time came, and the saints of the Most High possessed the kingdom. And it
was told me concerning the fourth beast: There shall be a fourth kingdom
upon earth, which shall prevail over all these kingdoms, and shall devour
the whole earth, and shall destroy and make it thoroughly waste. And the
ten horns are ten kings that shall arise; and one shall arise after
them;2027
2027 Literally,
“And the ten horns, ten kings shall arise after them.”
| and he shall surpass the first in evil deeds, and he shall subdue
three kings, and he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall
overthrow the rest of the saints of the Most High, and shall expect to
change the seasons and the times. And it shall be delivered into his
hands for a time, and times, and half a time. And the judgment sat, and
they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the
end. And the kingdom, and the power, and the great places of the kingdoms
under the heavens, were given to the holy people of the Most High, to
reign in an everlasting kingdom: and all powers shall be subject to Him,
and shall obey Him. Hitherto is the end of the matter. I, Daniel, was
possessed with a very great astonishment, and my speech was changed in
me; yet I kept the matter in my heart.’ ”2028
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