1841 William Miller Evidence from Scripture & History - A2Z.org

Then comes the instruction of Gabriel, which we have
before iven.
111. !he time or length ofthe dsion-the 2,300 days.
What must we understand by days In the prophecy
of Daniel it is invariably to be reckoned years ; for God
hatlk so ordered the prophets to reckon days. Numb.
xiv. 34, 4' After the number of days in which ye searched
the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall you
bear your iniquities, even forty years." Ezek. iv. 5,6, "For
1 have laid upon thee the ears of their iniquity, according
to the number of the 1% three hundred and ninety
days ; so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again
on thy ri ht side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the
house of5udah forty days ; I have appointed thee each
day for a ear." In these passages we prove the command
of dod. We will also show that it was so called
in the days of Jacob, when he served for Rachel, Gen.
xxix. W: "Fulfil her week (seven da s) and we will give
thee this aleo, for the service which dou shalt serve with
me et other seven years."
dothing nor remain. to make it certain that our rision
is to be so understood, but to rove that Daniel has
followed this rule. This we wif do, if your patience
will hold out, an$ God permit
Now turn your attention to the ninth chapter of Daniel,
and you will there learn that fifteen years after Dnniel
had his last vision, and sixty-five years after Daniel
explained Nebuchadnezzar's dream, and 538 years B. C.,
Daniel eet his face unto the Lord God by supplication and
pra er ;'and by confession of his own sills, and the sins
of {he people of Israel, he sought God for mercy, for himself
and all Israel. And while he was speaking and
praying, aa he tells us, Daniel ix. 21, '' Yea, while I was
speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had
seen in the vision at the beginni Daniel viii. 16, 17,
being caused to fly swiftly, touch3 me about the time
of the evening oblation. And he informed me and talked
Kith me, and said, 0 Daniel, 1 am now come forth to give
thee skill and understanding. At the beginning of thy
rnpplicahon the commandment came forth, aad I am