3. Dan. 7: 9, 10. “ I beheld till the thrones were cast down and the Ancient of days [Christ] did sit [“ in judgment”] &c. His throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him [at his coming,] thousand thousands ministered unto him, ten thousand times ten thousands stood before him, the judgment was set and the books were opened.”

Surely the “fiery,” general and final “judgment” could not be more vividly described than in this passage, and yet it is at Christ’s coming to “sit” on “ his throne,” and not at any later time, seeming to foretel the end of the world at Christ’s second advent, and not a thousand years afterward

4. Dan. 7: 21, 22. “1 beheld, and the same horn [antichristian power] made war with the saints generally] and prevailed against them [keeping] them under] until the Ancient of days came, and judgment [final] was given to the saints, and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.” According to this, the saints are to have their promised “ judgment” and “ kingdom,” at Christ’s second coming, and only at that “time.” And surely, they can enjoy no millennium at any time while a wicked power is warring and prevailing against them,” as we here see, it will, till the final “judgment.”

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REPLY BY THE EDITOR. . . .

3. “Daniel 7: 9, 10.” If the “ Ancient of Days” here is “ Christ,” as Bro. J. assumes, who is the “ one like the Son of man” that “ came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before Him?” “Surely,” here is a clear distinction between “ Christ” and “the Ancient of days.” As to this scene being the “final judgment,” that may be doubted. It is the judgment on the “fourth beast.” But that beast, like all others, represents a dynasty, or body of Rulers, and not the people who have been “ stamped with the feet” of those wicked and oppressive dynasties. Besides all this, it is at that time the Ancient of days gives to the “ one like the Son of man, dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him:” v. 14. Surely here are strong evidences that there are “left of the nations” after the judgment of the fourth beast by the Ancient of days. ’

4. “Dan. 7: 21, 22.” We agree with all Bro. J. says on this text, with the exception of the word “ final.” Leave out that word, or add, after judgment, “ on the fourth beast,” and we are agreed.