approaches nearer to the moment when it will stand forth revealed in all its anti-christian

BLASPHEMY.--II Thess. 2: reveals the fact that when the moment arrives for the

manifestation of the man of sin, he will be found seated in the temple of God claiming

divine worship. So also in Rev. 13: Satan, in the temptation in the wilderness, offered

the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them to Christ for one act of worship, and

what was refused by the Christ of God will be rendered by the man of sin. So again in

Dan. 8:, "He waxed great, even to the host of heaven". He causes the daily sacrifice to

cease, and casts down the place of the sanctuary, which tells us that we are in that period

covered by the seventh week of Dan. 9:--which, though now known to us, was not,

then, to Daniel--a period when Israel shall be back in their land, their temple built, and

their worship re-established. Note, further, the character of this king. He is "little", but

waxes great. "He magnifies himself", he "destroys wonderfully". "Policy", "craft" and

"peace" are his weapons and instruments.

THE SAINTS.--The prophecy shows that this king shall "wear out the saints of the

Most High", and they are given into his hands for "a time, times, and dividing of times".

These saints are the object of the little horn's hatred in Dan. 8: "The host of the stars"

is interpreted as of the "mighty and holy people" (8: 24). These passages give us the

first glimpse of the great tribulation and time of Jacob's trouble, and it was the

contemplation of these awful times that staggered Daniel and left him prostrate. But in

Dan. 7: it is revealed that at the time of the end the horn shall forfeit his dominion, and

that "the saints of the Most High take the kingdom", the end of this awful king being

swift and complete, for "he shall be broken without hand". Just as the image of Dan. 2:

was smashed to pieces by a stone cut out without hands, so is it here. Human agencies

can never bring in the millennium, neither can they destroy the evil that is here. That is

the work of the Lord.

THE  2,300  DAYS.--The time periods of the book of Daniel are of extreme

importance, and rather than spoil the subject by a brief note here, we would ask the reader

to wait for an article specially dealing with the subject and which will be more

appropriate later.

THE EASTERN QUESTION.--Enough has been said to show the supreme

importance of what is called "The Eastern Question". Public opinion is divided as to the

wisdom of Britain holding the mandate in Palestine, but there is something greater even

than the voice of the people, it is the Will of God. No one would have thought in 1914

that the great European War could not end until Jerusalem had been transferred from

Turkish authority to the League of Nations, but the hour had come, and the wrath of man

can be bent to praise Him Who ruleth in the heavens.

Out of one of the four divisions of Alexander's kingdom, the final great apostate will

spring. We who have received such wondrous grace as to be numbered among those who

are the members of the body of Christ, will never see those days that troubled Daniel,

nevertheless we cannot be unconcerned in regard to any part of the great purpose of the