Study in Daniel.

by Howard B. Rand

When the prophet Daniel received the visions he recorded the angel of the book of Revelation informed him that the book was to be kept shut and secret until the end of the age. The author believes we are in that critical period now. Many books have been written in an endeavor to clarify the meaning of Daniel's visions and solve the chronological factors hidden in the numbers given to him by the Angel of Revelation. In spite of the attempts to master these problems however the Book of Daniel has persisted in remaining an enigma. Until now no writer has been able to penetrate its intricate mysteries. When Daniel received the revelations the Angel informed him that the book was to be kept "shut as a secret" until the crisis at the end of the age. Now for the first time the key that unlocks the secrets sealed in Daniel's records is known. Readers of this book will understand the method by which the Angel revealed and at the same time concealed the full knowledge of the future in the statements made to the prophet. Part I is devoted to the history of World Empires as was given to Daniel before any of those world empires had come into being. The accuracy of prophecy is demonstrated as nation after nation marched onto the stage of world activity in fulfillment of the Prophet's recorded accounts. Part II is devoted to the remarkable visions seen by Daniel describing in symbol the great political, economic, and religious systems of the nations and the order of world warfare. Concealed in these visions is the minutely detailed account of the order of events leading to the climax of the ages and by the marvelous chronological measuring rods used to define the time period we are given an exact time table of their occurrence. These are the facts which were to be revealed just at the crisis period.

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Published January 1, 1948

About the author

Howard Benjamin Rand (June 13, 1889 - October 17, 1991) was an attorney, inventor, author/theologian, publisher and the founder of the Anglo-Saxon Federation of America, a British-Israelite religious organization. In 1937 he established Destiny Publishers in his home town of Haverhill, Massachusetts and until 1968 was the editor of their publication The Message of The Covenant, later renamed Destiny Magazine.[1]

Mr. Rand graduated from the University of Maine in 1912, where he received the LL.B degree and was a member of Phi Alpha Delta. He passed the bar in Maine and Massachusetts, and served in the Maine National Guard during the great Bangor fire. An inventor, he held many patents, including the electric incandescent lamp in 1916, and the automobile headlamp socket. He held patents in the United States, Great Britain, Australia and France. His book 'Digest of Divine Law' (ISBN-10:10-9101) 1943, was a comprehensive overview of the application of the Divine Law in national life.

He married Hazel Gertrude Smith in 1913.
Mr. Rand even made a modest foray into politics, becoming a three-time candidate for Massachusetts state office on the Prohibition Party ticket.
Not very much is known about his religious background except that he was raised a Baptist but later became “non-denominational” -- doubtlessly a development stemming from his growing acceptance of and knowledge in traditional Christian thought and teaching.

Rand was assisted by William J. Cameron, the public relations executive to Henry Ford. Cameron interpreted the Bible as a racial book and was one of the earlier active proponents of the proposition that "The Jews are not God’s chosen people."[2] This began the transition of the doctrine of British Israelism into Anglo Israel theology. Also known as the Covenant People Message, True Israel theology, Euro Israelism, and Anglo Israelism. Another outgrowth of these ideas is known as Christian Identity. It should be noted however, that the term “CI” has been become exceedingly ambiguous in the postmodern age and is claimed by a wide variety of people subscribing to everything from ancient aliens theories to the most hardline tenets of Christian Identity; which have accumulated criticisms from a growing number of Christian Nationalists that it has strayed dramatically from Orthodox Christian dogma.

Due to this confusion the aforementioned terms have come into use amongst serious Christian scholars who believe in the veracity of Anglo Israel theology and embrace it as part and parcel of orthodoxy yet wish to distance themselves from the more extreme factions under the Covenant theology umbrella.

Mr. Rand shook of his mortal coil and joined the ranks of the Church Triumphant being full of years at the age of 101.
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This article is predominantly sourced from Metapedia, with minor revisions made to information dealing with Mr. Rand’s theology.

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