ab. Up
to the present we have only mentioned rational proofs; now we shall speak
of traditional proofs.

In the eighth chapter of the Book of Daniel, verse thirteen, it is said:
"Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain
saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily
sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary
and the host to be trodden under foot?" Then he answered (v. 14): "Unto
two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be
cleansed"; (v. 17) "But he said unto me ... at the time of the end shall
be the vision." That is to say, how long will this misfortune, this ruin,
this abasement and degradation last? meaning, when will be the dawn of the
Manifestation? Then he answered, "Two thousand and three hundred days;
then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." Briefly, the purport of this
passage is that he appoints two thousand three hundred years, for in the
text of the Bible each day is a year. Then from the date of the issuing of
the edict of Artaxerxes to rebuild Jerusalem until the day of the birth of
Christ there are 456 years, and from the birth of Christ until the day of
the manifestation of the Bab there are 1844 years. When you add 456 years
to this number it makes 2300 years. That is to say, the fulfillment of the
vision of Daniel took place in the year A.D. 1844, and this is the year of
the Bab's manifestation according to the actual text of the Book of
Daniel. Consider how clearly he determines the year of manifestation;
there could be no clearer prophecy for a manifestation than this.

In Matthew, chapter 24, verse 3, Christ clearly says that what Daniel
meant by this prophecy was the date of the manifestation, and this is the
verse: "As He sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto Him
privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be
the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the world?" One of the
explanations He gave them in reply was this (v. 15): "When ye therefore
shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand)." In this
answer He referred them to the eighth chapter of the Book of Daniel,
saying that everyone who reads it will understand that it is this time
that is spoken of. Consider how clearly the manifestation of the Bab is
spoken of in the Old Testament and in the Gospel.

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