GENERAL NOTE ON THE PROPHECIES OF DANIEL.—The second chapter of Daniel presents in brief outline the divine program of history leading up to the establishment of the everlasting kingdom of God. The seventh chapter of Daniel presents somewhat more in detail the history of those earthly kingdoms which were to precede the establishment of the kingdom of God, the objective point of the prophecy being the little horn and its effort to change the laws and ordinances of God, and to destroy the subjects of the heavenly kingdom. The period allotted to the supremacy of this power, the Papacy (the 1260 years), is also indicated. The prophecy of the eighth chapter of Daniel covers the period from the restoration era in the time of the Persian kings and the establishment of the people of God in their own land, to the restoration era just preceding the second advent of Christ and the setting up of His everlasting kingdom. In this chapter the leading theme is the effort of the Papacy to substitute its own mediatorial system for the mediatorial work of Christ, and the announcement of a prophetic period (the 2300 years), at the end of which the counterfeit system introduced by the Papacy was to be fully exposed. The remaining chapters of Daniel supplement the prophecies of the second, seventh, and eighth chapters, and show that at the end of the first portion of the 2300-year period (the 70 weeks, or 490 years) Messiah was to appear and be cut off, following which would come the destruction of Jerusalem. In the closing chapter two new periods are introduced (the 1290 years and the 1335 years), at the end of which, as with the 2300 years, was to come the movement preparatory to the setting up of God’s everlasting kingdom in the earth, in harmony with the prophecies of the second and seventh chapters. The Atonement In Type And Antitype [Illustration.] The Tabernacle In The Wilderness. "Which was a figure for the time then present." Heb. 9:9. 1. What did God, through Moses, command Israel to make? “And let them make Me _a sanctuary_; that I may dwell among them.” Ex. 25:8. 2. What was offered in this sanctuary? “In which were offered _both gifts and sacrifices_.” Heb. 9:9. 3. Besides the court, how many parts had this sanctuary? “And the veil shall divide unto you between the _holy place_ and the _most holy_.” Ex. 26:33. 4. What was in the first apartment, or holy place? “For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the _candlestick_, and the _table_, and the _showbread_; which is called the sanctuary.” Heb. 9:2. “And he put _the golden altar_ in the tent of the congregation before the veil.” Ex. 40:26. See also Ex. 30:1-6. 5. What was contained in the second apartment?