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74 aacroan iv.Inor end." Then the angel Gabriel was not obedient tothe heavenly command; for he was commanded to makeDaniel "undemtand the vision," and the vision and endare connected by the angel himself! He says, "At thetime of the end shall be the vision."Again : if Daniel did not understand, the angel musthave been disappointed; for the angel says, "Behold, Iwill make thee know what shall be in the last end ot' theindignation; for at the time appointed, (2300 days,) theend shall be."Again: if Daniel did not understand the vision andtime, then his own words cannot be taken as evidence."A thing was revealed, unto Daniel, and the wastrue, but the time ap inted (2300 days)wasong."This shows that Danielwunderstood the time; for he saysit waslang. For no manwould have called 2300 commondays (not quite sevenyears) a long time for somany great and important events, as are noticed in thevision, to transpire in. "And he understood thething;gint is, the time,) and had understanding ofthe vision.aniel x. 1.N ow, let the objector quarrel with Gabriel and Danielif he pleases. I have theirtestimonay, and shall givethem the Some ",px-eference. say, Go has not revealedthe time. I ask, then, Who revealed this vision toDaniel? By whose command was the answer given,2300 days ? Who revealed the weeks, the"time, times, and a'ha1f" ? How came seventis; 'el by his1290 and 1335 da ? Who said to Daniel, "But gothou thy way till til: md be, for thou shalt rest and standin thy lot at the end of the days"? Read Daniel ii. 20,23, and 28th verses, and let the objecwr lay his handsupon his mouth and be silent.Has man become so boldin sin that he will contradict angels, defame the prophets,deny the word of God, that we may cry peaceand safety, when sudden destruction cometh ? "Butif ye will not hear Moses and the neitherwould you thoughprophets,one rose from the dead. Peter says,'"There shall be scoifers in the last day, saying, Whereis the promise of his coming?" God has not revealed1-he timeofthe end, say you;therefme it will beno