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Daniel 7:1

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The Prophet is here in this Chapter introduced into strong visions of God. He is blessed by one that stood by with an interpretation of what he saw.

Daniel 7:1

In the early ages of the Church, and before the open display and manifestation of God in our nature, in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ; this method of revealing the mind and will of God by dream and vision, concerning the Church, was very common among holy men of old. And even now, it is not wholly done away, for the private comfort of God's people. The Lord doth not unfrequently give songs in the night. Job 35:10. The former part of the Book of Daniel was chiefly historical. In this Chapter, and to the end of his prophecy, it is wholly prophetical.

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