into his hands for a time, and times, and half a time. And the judgment sat, and they shall
take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. And the kingdom, and
the power, and the great places of the kingdoms under the heavens, were given to the holy
people of the Most High, to reign in an everlasting kingdom: and all powers shall be subject
to Him, and shall obey Him. Hitherto is the end of the matter. I, Daniel, was possessed with
a very great astonishment, and my speech was changed in me; yet I kept the matter in my
heart.’ ”264
264 Dan. vii. 9–28.
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