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The Third Angel's Message (1893) - Alonzo T. Jones

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efore Cyrus came in. Darius succeeded<br />

Belshazzar. We read in Daniel 6:26, 27 what<br />

Darius did: "I make a decree, That in every<br />

dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear<br />

before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God,<br />

and steadfast forever, and his kingdom that which<br />

shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be<br />

even unto the end. He delivereth and rescueth, and<br />

he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in<br />

earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of<br />

the lions."<br />

That is a splendid proclamation of God and his<br />

glory and his power. It sounds like the words of the<br />

prophet Daniel himself. Well, the Medes and<br />

Persians sought the Lord and found Him. But turn<br />

now to the 11th chapter of Daniel and there we<br />

read: "Also I [that is, the angel Gabriel] in the first<br />

year of Darius the Mede, even I stood to confirm<br />

and to strengthen him. And now will I shew thee<br />

the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three<br />

kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer<br />

than they all: and by his strength through his riches<br />

he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. And<br />

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