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Revelation 12, a symbol referring so evidently to Rome that<br />

there is no ground to dispute the application. p. 158,<br />

Para. 4, [<strong>LOOK<strong>IN</strong>G</strong>].<br />

Antiochus answers not one specification of the prophecy;<br />

and here we may therefore dismiss him. But, for a more full<br />

elucidation of the prophecy, we may further say of its application<br />

to Rome:-- p. 159, Para. 1, [<strong>LOOK<strong>IN</strong>G</strong>].<br />

5. This horn was "little" at first. So was Rome, but it<br />

"waxed," or grew, "exceeding great" in three several directions.<br />

What better terms could be used to describe the<br />

course of that power which from a small beginning rose to<br />

be the mistress of the world? p. 159, Para. 2, [<strong>LOOK<strong>IN</strong>G</strong>].<br />

6. It gathered dominion toward the south. Egypt was made a<br />

province of the Roman Empire B.C. 30, and continued such<br />

for over six centuries. p. 159, Para. 3, [<strong>LOOK<strong>IN</strong>G</strong>].<br />

7. It marched its conquering legions toward the east. Rome<br />

subjugated Syria B.C. 65, and made it a province of the empire.<br />

p. 159, Para. 4, [<strong>LOOK<strong>IN</strong>G</strong>].<br />

8. It set its face toward the pleasant land. Judea is so<br />

called in many scriptures. Ps. 106:24; Zech. 7:14; etc.<br />

First by a league of assistance and friendship, the Romans<br />

took under their influence the holy land and people. They<br />

subsequently made Judea a Roman province B.C. 63, and finally<br />

destroyed the city of Jerusalem, A.D. 70, burned<br />

their beautiful temple with fire, and scattered the Jews<br />

over the face of the whole earth to be gathered no more<br />

till time shall end. p. 159, Para. 5, [<strong>LOOK<strong>IN</strong>G</strong>].<br />

9. It waxed great even to the host of heaven. The "host of<br />

heaven," used in a symbolic sense in reference to earthly<br />

scenes, must denote persons of illustrious character or exalted<br />

position. The great red dragon (Rev. 12:4), pagan<br />

Rome, is said to have cast down a third part of the stars<br />

of heaven to the ground. This is the same power as the little<br />

horn under consideration, and that passage in Revelation<br />

refers to the same work; namely, the acts of the Romans<br />

in oppressing the Jews and depriving them of their<br />

rulers. p. 159, Para. 6, [<strong>LOOK<strong>IN</strong>G</strong>].<br />

10. By him the daily (not daily "sacrifice," as our translators<br />

have supplied, for it has no reference to the Jewish<br />

sacrifices, but daily "desolation," which is paganism) was

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