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... period literally named , but 1260 years . In other words , the general principle , in respect to this third head , is , that the times , named in the two books before us , are designed to be understood as meaning , that each day is the ...
... period literally named , but 1260 years . In other words , the general principle , in respect to this third head , is , that the times , named in the two books before us , are designed to be understood as meaning , that each day is the ...
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... period antecedent , as well as now ? It seems im- possible to vindicate with success any such method of rea- soning - such a complete vστegov лgóτegov as this . A pro- phecy which is unintelligible by the laws of language , can never be ...
... period antecedent , as well as now ? It seems im- possible to vindicate with success any such method of rea- soning - such a complete vστegov лgóτegov as this . A pro- phecy which is unintelligible by the laws of language , can never be ...
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... period of development . In all this there is nothing which declares or even intimates , that the prophets did not understand what they had uttered . The passage only shows , that they were anxious to know the time and manner of the new ...
... period of development . In all this there is nothing which declares or even intimates , that the prophets did not understand what they had uttered . The passage only shows , that they were anxious to know the time and manner of the new ...
Page 56
... period ? In one case , Dan . 12 : 8 , the prophet declares that “ he heard and understood not . " But to what does this relate ? Evidently to what was suggested to his mind by the decla- rations in v . 7 , where it is said , that the ...
... period ? In one case , Dan . 12 : 8 , the prophet declares that “ he heard and understood not . " But to what does this relate ? Evidently to what was suggested to his mind by the decla- rations in v . 7 , where it is said , that the ...
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... period mentioned in v . 7 ; in the first clause of v . 13 it designates the end of Daniel's life ; and in the last clause of the same verse , it signifies the end of time , i . e . of the world - period . To an attentive and intelligent ...
... period mentioned in v . 7 ; in the first clause of v . 13 it designates the end of Daniel's life ; and in the last clause of the same verse , it signifies the end of time , i . e . of the world - period . To an attentive and intelligent ...
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