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The Pulpit Commentary — Daniel
John Ebenezer Honeyman Thomson [1841-1923] · 367,027 words · 376 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — Daniel — Section 361
thRt time : in that time sh"ll thy people be be true. Never in the history of Israel AArnd, ew,ry one who is writt.en in tne book." had there been suoh a persecution, because The Peshitta rendering is, "At thl\t time the o.ttc·mpt to force the people to worship ~hall et.and up Michael, the great angel who Jupiter wa…
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noted tho.t the BeptlJRgint mo.koe this refe,r !e.s~n_g contempt." This rcRUrrection is not to individuals, but to nntions whoee m,hv1dua.l, not na.tiona.l, a.s shown by the nnmoe sho.11 be found written in the book. contro.sted fates. The doctrine of the resur- Tho~e eeeme nothing to justify such a rection is thus cle…
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e,er and ever." The Peehitta rendering is till the time of the end, and .many shall somewhat pRraphraetio," Thoee the.t do good inquire, e.nd knowledge shall be inoreaeed." nnd e.re wise ehe.11 ehine e.e the brightneee of The Vulga.to agrees on the whole with the the firme.ment, and thoee who oonquer mnny Ma.ssoretio…
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e. moll\phorice.1 mee.nlng-a book sealed, Professor Beve.n thinkP, as wilnPsses to though il "ne visible to the eye, and was the oath of the i,ngel. But e.n oath, to be not hi,Jclcn nwe.r-could not bo ree.d. Jf binding, did not need witnesses; e.g. when the koy by which to Interpret it is not David ewe.re to Jone.than,…
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thing. Professor Bevan, who holds tbo.t the whole spiritual ~o~mery of the Book of mari-cle referred to o.re the events foretold, Daniel; the nngcls of tho nntions are the quotes lso.. xxix. 14 o.e n. po.re.lie] insto.nce, n.gents uuder God for carrying out the but. though mnrvels nro there mentioned, deorees of prov…
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but If tho word here mee.ne a definite e.nd I se.id, Lord, what is the solution ol poriod of time, it ie the only oo.se in which this word, and what are those pare.hies?" It dooe so, o.nd it is e. word tho.t l\ppee.re These ve.rie.tions seem due to glo,ses iind sovoro.l lmndreds or times in the Boripturee. paraphrase. …
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ste.nd, e.nd the wise she.11 e.ttend." The but lhe "'ise s11all understand. This ngal.n 'l'cl'!!ion of Theodotion is longer tbe.n tbe repcBts the doctrine the.t effort after holiness Me.ssoretio, "Me.ny ehe.11 be chosen e.nd is neoeBBe.rr to understanding God's ways. me.de white, e.nd tested, and sanctified ; The hi…
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'riew 1uo forcible. Although 7.,. p;>, "from" yea.re, we have A.D. 1927. The Molrnm- and " to," are eometimee used for ,11 ... Jr,,, mcdan power may ha.vo fa.lien by tbat tim'l; anything may have happened thP,n. All "from ... unUI," it is rare, e.nd the intmsion these various solutions, a.II more or less un- of ,, "an…
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HOMILETICS. Ver. 2.-The resurrection. L THERE WILL BB .a. BESUBBEOTION, For ue the Jewish notion of a r<'surrection is equivalent to the idea of a future life. 1. The yearniua for a future life is involuntary and apparently instinctive; the belief in a future m: is nlruost universal amongst people in all degrees of…
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Ver. 8.-Btars of lhe Church. Though all godly men will be called to 6ternal life at the resurrection, a special honour is reserved for those who evince practical wisdom in spiritual fruitfulnes9, I. TRUE WISDOM IS BEEN IN SUCCESS DJ "TURNING MANY TO RIGHTEOUS):ES9." The wise and those who are th118 successful are plai…
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we 5hould degrade i£ we bad not the spiritual capacity for the right use of them, 'l'his may apply to some questions concerning the u1timate destiuy of man. 3. Some truths may be concealed for the present, because the special use of them ie for some .future time. Now they might only amuse our idle curiosity, and dist…
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Ver. 13.-In view of the end. Daniel is the apocalyptic prophet of the Old Testament. To him, more than to any other man, were given visions of the vast future and the destined end of the preseut world. Such revelations must have made a deep impression on the man himself. The right use of that impression is here indicat…
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12). 2. The eye is c7ear. 8. The atmosphere is clea1·. (Eph. v, 8.) 4-. ~ objects of choiot Me clear. In time; in eternity. 5. The clioice of means i.s clear. All the pre~ent ie subjected to the future. Herein lies ever true wisdom. II. 'l'HEIR SHTh"ING. Perbe.ps t-he text refers mainly to the shining of immortality…
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Vere. 4-18.-Precept and promise. "Dut go thou thy way," etc. (vcr. 13). From eh. xii. 4 to the end we have the epilogue to the last vision of the book. Jn the epilogue nre many interesting matters, which will no doubt be develop(ld in the Exposition. Wo here lay hold of the closing words of all, suggest them for homile…
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Vers. 5-13.-0ertainty among many uncertainties. Among many shifting factors in the great problem of human life, one factor at least is fix:ed, viz. that the interests of the righteous a.re secure. Their fate is linked to God's. All events shall have but one effect on them. This is the granite rock that retains its s…
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One of the proofs br,,ught forward by Moreover, there were many elements of die- Kneucker for the Flavian date of Baruch turb:mce present in Jerusalem st the time. is the reference to the kiTJg's son in Bar. The Ji;,ws thought themselves treacherously i. 12, "We shall live under the shadow of treated by Soter (Jos.,• .…
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