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    THE TWO MEASURING RODS—THE DAILY TAKEN AWAY—THE ABOMINATION THAT MAKETH DESOLATE SET UP

    Verse 11. “And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.”PREX2 127.2

    “From the time the daily shall be taken away.” The nature of the daily and abomination that maketh desolate has already been discussed. [See chap 11:31.] Some have supposed that, in order to find the date of the 1290 days of this verse we must show that the one was taken away and the other set up at one and the same time. But it is not so: they are two distinct acts; and it is sufficient to show that the one had been taken away prior to the setting up of the other. Thus Paul: “The mystery of iniquity doth already work, only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way; and then shall that wicked be revealed.” The power of paganism was broken, and the place of his sanctuary cast down and desecrated, by the barbarian warriors and conquerors of Rome, especially Genseric.PREX2 128.1

    If it can now he shown when the last of the two events took place, viz., the abomination that maketh desolate was set up, we shall have the requisite date. The testimony has been produced from Gibbon, that the first outbreak of the Catholic church against the civil power of the empire on a question of faith-which outbreak resulted in a war, by which the emperor was subdued and yielded the point-was in A. D. 508. That conquest of the church was achieved, too, by an army of idolaters in behalf of popery. Then the abomination that maketh desolate was set up. From that point, 1290 years end in 1798, the time of the end; when the saints were taken out of the hands of popery. This fulfilment of the first period demonstrates the correctness of the starting point, as the fulfilment of the 70 weeks does the date of the 2300days. There is no uncertainty left on the point in the case of either date.PREX2 128.2

    Verse 12: “Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.PREX2 129.1

    Blessed is he that waiteth and cometh.” It has been argued, from this expression, that all who come to that time are to be blessed; and, hence, it cannot be the destruction, but the conversion of the world and commencement of the millennium. To this it is replied, that it cannot be said of the ungodly that they are waiting. They are not waiting-there is nothing they dread more-they are all swallowed up in the cares of life, and have little thought of that event, or time to attend to it. If it comes, so far from finding them in a waiting position, it would take them by surprise, and find them intoxicated with worldly cares or pleasures. If I were expecting a stage-coach to call for me, to take me on my journey, at a given hour in the morning, could I be said to be waiting for it, if I were in bed and asleep when it arrived, or if I were hurrying with all speed to pack my, trunk or eat my breakfast? Would it not rather be Under the necessity of waiting for me, or of going without me? But if I were up, had packed my trunk, eaten my breakfast, made all my arrangements, and stood at the door looking and listening for it, expecting each instant to see or hear its approach; would not that be “waiting” for it? “Blessed is he that thus waiteth and cometh to the 1335 days. Such are wise virgins, and will go in when the Bridegroom comes.PREX2 129.2

    But what, it is asked, will became of those saints who have died in the Lord? How can they be said to wait for that day? And if it is essential to wait thus and expect the Savior, how can they be saved? I answer, unless they have lost their anxious desire since John saw them under the altar, (Revelation 6:9-11,) they are waiting with intense desire and anxiety. They will undoubtedly wait with the same desire until the appointed time comes. “But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My Lord delayeth his coming, and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and eat and drink with the drunken-the Lord of that servant shall come in an hour when he looketh not for him, and cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites.” Awful doom!PREX2 129.3

    “To the 1335 days.” These days must begin at the same time with the 1290, A. D. 508. They will extend to 1843.PREX2 130.1

    Thus, A. D. 508PREX2 130.2

    1290PREX2 130.3

    1798, the beginning of the time of the end.PREX2 130.4

    Again, 508PREX2 130.5

    1335PREX2 130.6

    1843, the termination of the time of the end, when Daniel shall stand in his lot.PREX2 130.7

    Verse 13: “But go them thy way till the end be: for thou shall rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.”PREX2 130.8

    “Thou shall rest.” What else could Daniel understand by this, but his own death? “They rest from their labors.” Revelation 14. There is no other sense which can be attached to it. To give it any other interpretation is nonsense.Till the end be.” What end? I reply, the end of the wonders concerning which inquiry was made in verse 6, and which was answered in verse 7. The end spoken of Daniel 8:19, when the sanctuary shall be justified. The end spoken of Daniel 7:26, 27, when the kingdom and dominion and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, and Daniel with them.PREX2 130.9

    Shall stand in [his] lot at the end of the days.” If his rest is his death, his standing is the opposite, the resurrection of the dead, at the resurrection of the just. The end of the days can only mean the end of the days just named, the 1335 days, which end in 1843.PREX2 131.1

    “But what if it does not come in 1843? Will it not make a great many infidels-shall you not throw away your Bible?” I reply, I shall not be an infidel now, and throw away my Bible this year, and refuse to believe it, for fear I shall be so next year. I now believe God’s word teaches it, and hence I believe it; to do otherwise would, be infidelity in earnest. And believing it, I should, be most criminal if I refused to give the alarm, long and loud. By the grace of God, I will do my duty now, and leave him to take care of the future.PREX2 131.2

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