BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION, NOTING THE CHAPTERS, VERSES, AND CHRONOLOGY. THE introduction to the book.... The appearance of Jesus Christ to the writer of the book The epistles of Jesus Christ to the seven churches of Asia, sent to them probably soon after the book was written.. The vision of the heavenly glory, introductory to the prophecies of the book with seven seals, &c..... The book with seven seals, containing the whole of the prophecies, or, at least, till the millennium; the seven trumpets being only a subdivision of the seventh seal.. The opening of the first seal predicts the glorious successes of the Gospel of Christ from the year in which the Apostle had the vision. The time of its duration is not ascertained The opening of the second seal predicts destructive wars from A. D. 100 to A. D. 138 The visions of the Apocalypse are supposed to have taken place A. D. 95, and the Book to have been written A. D. 97. Other dates refer to the period of the events predicted. The opening of the third seal; predicting calamity, affliction, and mourning. The events foretold by this seal commenced A. D. 138, and lasted to A. D. 193 .. The opening of the fourth seal, foretelling great mortality. The period of this seal is said to reach from A. D. 193 to A. D. 270 ... ..... The opening of the fifth seal discloses, under the altar, the souls of them that were slain for the word of God. It predicts the persecutions of the Christians from A. D. 270 to A. D. 323... The opening of the sixth seal predicts, under The sealing of the 144,000. This predicts the The opening of the seventh seal, containing far The sounding of the first trumpet predicts the invasion of Italy by the Goths, and the tremendous wars which succeeded, from A. D. 331 through the remainder of the century, or a longer space. .... The sounding of the second trumpet denotes ... pire by the Vandals and Moors from A. D. 455 to A. D. 476 The sounding of the fourth trumpet predicts the extinction of the imperial and other subsequent forms of government in the western empire between the years 476 and 568 .... The sounding of the fifth, or first woe trumpet, predicts the Mahomedan imposture, and its destructive success from A. D. 606 ..... The sixth, or second woe trumpet, foretels the farther successes of Mahomedism by the conquests of the Turks and Othmans from A. D. 1281 to A. D. 1672.... THE PROPHECIES OF THE LITTLE open The subject of the prophecy now turns upon The measuring of the temple, or a prediction of the extremely corrupt state of the nominal Christian church for 1260 years, supposed to commence A. D. 606, and to terminate A. D. 1866.. The two witnesses who bare testimony against the false church during the preceding period The death and resurrection of the two witnesses predicted to take place when they shall have finished their testimony, probably a short time before A. D. 1866 The earthquake previously to the sounding of the seventh trumpet... .... The sounding of the seventh trumpet predicting the final and universal triumph of the Redeemer's cause, which will probably take * The retrospective character of the little opened book is especially to be noticed by the reader. It carries us back in the chronology, to predict events prior in the order of time to others which had been previously predicted. The nature and intention of this book are fully explained in the body of the work. place at the termination of the 1260 years, about the time before mentioned, namely A. D. 1866. The temple of God opened in heaven as introductory to a new series of prophecies [A description of the true Church and of her persecutions by the Roman empire, together with other events previously to the rise of the antichristian power, when the Church flies into the wilderness, A. D. 95 to A. D. 606 The war between Michael and the dragon, predicting the opposition of pagan idolaters against the establishment of Christianity, and the destruction of idolatrous worship, from A. D. 95 to A. D. 325 .. ..... The dragon persecuting the woman, in consequence of which she flies into the wilderness, where she is nourished for 1260 years. The prediction is supposed to include the period of time from A. D. 606 to A. D. 1866 The seven-headed and ten-horned beast of the sea, denoting the papal persecuting Roman empire, by which the antichristian church has all along been supported. This beast, at the time the Apostle had the vision, as well as at the period to which it refers, was existing under its sixth head. Power is given unto this beast for the space of 1260 years, during which period one of his heads is wounded unto death. A. D. 606 to A. D. 1866.. The two-horned beast of the earth, denoting xiv. 1-5. 606. What follows between the brackets is a second series of prophecies disclosed by the little opened book, from the period when the Apostle had the visions till we are brought again through a parallel line of chronology, to the time of the sounding of the seventh trumpet. Had the page been sufficiently large, the two series of predictions would have been printed in parallel columns. |