The Revelation Explained: An Exposition, Text by Text, of the Apocalypse of St. John

Showing the Marvelous Development of the Prophecies from the Time of their Delivery on the Isle of Patmos-The Establishment and Growth of Christianity-Rise of Mohammedanism in the Eastern Empire-Of the Papacy in the Western Division-Of Protestantism-The Civil History of the Territory Comprising the Ancient Roman Empire until the End of Time-Together with the Conflicts and Triumphs of the Redeemed until the Final Judgment, and their Eternal Reward and Home in the "New Heavens and New Earth.""This book of the Revelation is frequently styled the Apocalypse, derived from the word by which it is designated in Greek. Jesus Christ having received it from God, its author, designed it for the future benefit of his church, and communicated it to his servants by the hand of the beloved apostle John.... It is said of the things herein revealed that they "must shortly come to pass," by which is meant not that they were all to be completely fulfilled within a short time, but that the series of special events predicted were soon to begin. Thus, we speak of a century or eternity as near at hand, by which we mean that the events of the period spoken of are about to commence, although the end of the series may be very far off."

CONTENTS: Nature of Symbolic Language Vision of Christ, verses 12-20 Message to Ephesus, verses 1-7 Message to Smyrna, verses 8-11 Message to Pergamus, verses 12-17 Message to Thyatira, verses 18-29 Message to Sardis, verses 1-6 Message to Philadelphia, verses 7-13 Message to Laodicea, verses 14-22 Vision of God's Throne The Book with Seven Seals First Seal Opened, verses 1, 2 Second Seal Opened, verses 3, 4 Third Seal Opened, verses 5, 6 Fourth Seal Opened, verses 7, 8 Fifth Seal Opened, verses 9-11 Sixth Seal Opened, verses 12-17 God's Servants Sealed, verses 1-8 The White-Robed Company, verses 9-17 Seventh Seal Opened, verses 1-5 First Trumpet Sounded, verses 6, 7 Second Trumpet Sounded, verses 8, 9 Third Trumpet Sounded, verses 10, 11 Fourth Trumpet Sounded, verses 12, 13 Fifth Trumpet Sounded, verses 1-12 Sixth Trumpet Sounded, verses 13-21 The Rainbow Angel Temple and Holy City, verses 1, 2 The Two Witnesses, verses 3-6 The Witnesses Slain, verses 7-10 The Witnesses Resurrected, verses 11-14 Seventh Trumpet Sounded, verses 15-19 Woman and Man-Child, verses 1-6 Michael and the Dragon, verses 7-12 The Woman's Flight, verses 13-17 The Leopard Beast, verses 1-9 "The Faith of the Saints," verse 10 The Two-Horned Beast, verses 11-18 The 144,000 on Mount Sion, verses 1-5 The Three Angels, verses 6-11 "The Patience of the Saints," verses 12, 13 Harvest of the World, verses 14-20 Seven Last Plagues The First Vial, verses 1, 2 The Second Vial, verse 3 The Third Vial, verses 4-7 The Fourth Vial, verses 8, 9 The Fifth Vial, verses 10, 11 The Sixth Vial, verses 12-16 The Seventh Vial, verses 17-21 "Babylon the Great," verses 1-6 Beast and Ten Kingdoms, verses 7-18 Fall of Babylon Marriage of the Lamb, verses 1-10 Coming of Christ, verses 11-21 The Dragon Bound, verses 1-6 The Dragon Released, verses 7-10 The Judgment Scene, verses 11-15 New Heaven and Earth, verses 1-8 The Heavenly Jerusalem, verses 9-27 River and Tree of Life, verses 1-5 Christ's Coming and Eternity, verses 6-21