power
represented
by
the
little
horn.
This
power,
whatever
it
may
be,
is
to
be
“destroyed
and
given
to
the
burning
flame.”
Its
dominion
is
to
be
*
taken
away,
to
consume
and
destroy
it
unto
the
end.”
And
then
the
kingdom
and
dominion
and
the
greatness
of
the
kingdom
under
the
whole
heaven
are
to
be
given
to
the
people
of
the
saints
of
the
Most
High.”
In
this
view,
the
passage
in
Daniel
is
parallel
to
that
in
Rev.
xix.
11
—21;
where
the
final
enemies
of
the
Church
are
represented
as
destroyed,
immediately
previous
to
the
Millenium.
In
neither
of
these
pas-
sages,
is
any
thing
said
about
the
second
coming
of
Christ,
or
the
day
of
final,
general
judgment,
The
same
remark
may
be
made
respecting
the
pas-
sage
referred
to
in
2
Thess.
ii.
8.
Paul's
“
Man
of
Sin,”
or
*
Wicked
One”
is
to
be
consumed
by
the
Spirit
of
Christ’s
mouth,
and
destroyed
by
the
bright-
ness
of
his
coming.
But
the
coming
of
Christ
here
spoken
of
is
not
his
final
coming
to
judgment.
The
phrase
coming
of
Christ,
as
used
in
the
Scriptures,
does
not
uniformly
refer
to
this
great
event.
Christ
is
said
to
have
come,
when
he
appeared
in
the
flesh.
“But
who
may
abide
the
day
of
his
coming,”
&e.
Mal.
iii.
2.
He
is
said
to
have
come,
at
the
setting
up
of
his
kingdom,
after
his
resurrection.
“
There
be
some
standing
here
that
shall
not
taste
of
death,
till
they
see
the
Son
of
Man
coming
in
his
kingdom.”
Matth.
xvi.
28.
Christ
is
also
said
to
have
come
at
the
destruction
of
Jerusalem.
See
Matth.
xxiv.
3.
Luke
xxi.
27.
In
the
passage
from
Paul;
it
is
repre-
sented
that
Christ
will
in
some
sense
come,
when
the
“
Man
of
Sin”
is
destroyed,
previous
to
the
Mil-
67
lenium.
“
Whom
the
Lord
shall
consume
with
the
Spirit
of
his
mouth,
and
destroy
with
the
brightness
of
his
coming.”
But
this
is
not
the
coming
of
Christ
to
final
judgment
;
nor
does
the
passage
prove
at
all
that
he
will
come
to
judgment
previous
to
the
Mil-
lenium.
It
is
further
objected,
that
when
Christ
does
come
and
set
up
his
kingdom,
he
is
to
reign
here
Jorever,
even
forever
and
ever;
which
shows
that
his
king-
dom
is
not
to
be
set
up
in
the
present
world.
But
his
kingdom
is
set
up
in
the
present
world.
“
In
the
days
of
these
kings”
—not
after
their
destruction
—
“
shall
the
God
of
heaven
set
up
a
kingdom.”
Dan.
il.
44.
John
Baptist
proclaimed,
almost
two
thousand
years
ago,
that
Christ's
kingdom
was
at
hand,
and
exhorted
the
people
to
prepare
for
it
by
repentance
and
baptism.
And
our
Savior
said
expressly,
“
There
be
some
standing
here
that
shall
not
taste
of
death,
till
they
see
the
Son
of
Man
coming
in
his
kingdom.”
Matth.
xvi.
28.
And
this
kingdom
of
Christ
is
to
endure
forever.
It
is
to
survive
all
other
kingdoms.
It
is
never
to
be
destroyed.
But
is
Christ
to
reign
forever
on
the
earth
—
either
before
the
general
con-
flagration,
or
after
it?
This
is
what
the
objection
supposes
;
and
this
the
Scriptures
nowhere
assert.
Against
the
notion
of
a
Millenium
in
the
present
world
some
of
the
parables
of
our
Savior
have
been
alleged
—
particularly
those
of
the
ten
virgins,
and
of
the
tares
and
the
wheat.
But
we
see
not
how
any
argument
can
be
drawn
from
these
passages.
Because
there
are
to
be
hypocrites
in
the
Church
at
the
final
coming
of
Christ
—
persons
holding
the