Lu. 12, 32. He. 10, 36. Even him whose coming is after Satan, with all all deceivable that perish; be love of the truth be saved. 2 Th. 2, 9, 10. v Gr., breath. them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. 8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear, let him hear. 10e that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints." 11 And I beheld another beast" coming up out of the earth; and he had the working of two horns like a lamb, and he spake power, & signs, as a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth and lying wonders, and with all the power of the first beast before ness of unright- him, and causeth the earth and them eousness in them which dwell therein to worship the cause they re-first beast, whose deadly wound was ceived not the healed. 13 And he doeth great wonthat they might ders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14 and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. x Re-unite the old 15 And he had power to give "life" unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 16 And he caused all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, of Mohammedan or the name of the beast, or the numism and the Pa- ber of his name * Here is wisdom. Latter, probably, 18 Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. Roman empire. Gr., to give them. y The name of the first beast, xiii. 1. z This is true both pacy, but it is the that is meant. a Lateinos (Irenaus), but there are many others. of Christ persecuted and suffering. and with him an hundred forty and The true church four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. 2And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: and they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which followd the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits a Take up their unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the xGr., were bought. throne of God. 5 Four proclamations intended to encourage Christians to preserve their allegiance to their Lord. 7 c...... Having escaped the corruption that is in the world.... 2 Pe. 1, 4. cross and follow him. See Mat. 10, 38. e...Bought with a price...1 Co. 6, 20. ƒ Ja. 1, 18. h Zep. 3, 12, 13. i These angels are to be considered as the divine agents employed in presenting to the view of the entranced apostle the various symbolical scenes. 6 And I saw another angel fly in Phi. 2, 15. the midst of heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, "Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." 8 And there followed another angel, saying, “Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication." And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in hism For in the hand forehead, or in his hand, 10 the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of wicked of the the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 11and the smoke of of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth | out of the same; but the dregs. thereof all the earth shall wring them out, and drink them. Ps. 75, 8. 19, 3. n Is. 34, 10. Ch. and ever :" and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. 12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." A voice from heaven confirms of the angels, and adds this consolution. 8 The song taught by Moses as the prophet of the Ancient Church, and that taught by Christ as the prophet of the New, and which are essentially one" Glory to God in the highest." their torment ascendeth up for ever | last plagues; for in them is filled up 13 And I heard a voice from heaven the denunciations saying unto me, "Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them." Or, from henceforth saith the Spirit, Yea. p For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, ᎦᏅ even Sus will 1 Thes. 4, 14. God 14 And I looked, and behold a white them cloud, and upon the cloud one sat that sleep in Je-like unto the Son of man, having on bring with Him. his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. 15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, "Thrust in thy sickle, and reap for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the The harvest denotes the safe in-earth is "ripe." 16 And he that sat gathering of on the cloud thrust in his sickle on God's own people; the vintage his the earth; and the earth was reaped. fearful judicial execution of ven geance on His en emies. See Joel 3. w Or, dried. 17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. 18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, "Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe."r 19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress them in mine an- of the wrath of God. 20 And the ger, and trample them in my fury, winepress was trodden without the shall be sprink-city, and blood came out of the wineled upon my gar- press, even unto the horse bridles, by stain all my rai- the space of a thousand and six hunment, for the dred furlongs. r I have trodden lone, and of the people there was for I will tread the winepress a none with me; and their blood ments, and I will day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my re deemed is come. Is. 63, 3, 4. Preparatory Vision. 5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened : and the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. 7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels quenched; and seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. 8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. of the temple saying to the seven angels, "Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous...Ex. 9, 9. sore" upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. 3 And 15 AND I saw another sign in the second angel poured out his vial heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven upon the sea; and it became as the blains upon man and upon beast x Moses lifted up the rod & smote the waters that were in the river ...and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. Ex. 7, 20. y Time alone can Furnish a part cular explanation of each of these judgments. B Or, burned. a All obstacles to tions removed. bThis know, that known what would come, he would have suffered h Some great political change. i Thus saith the Lord God of Israel... Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee to drink it and they shall drink and be ing soul died in the sea. 4 And the there came a great voice out of the say, 10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of dark Political disap-ness; and they gnawed their tongues pointment of for pain, and blasphemed the God 11 Rome. of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. 12 And the sixth angel the conversion of poured out his vial upon the great the eastern na-river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried ‚a that the way of the up,a if the goodman kings of the east might be prepared. of the house had 13 And I saw three unclean spirits hour the thief like frogs come out of the mouth of have the dragon, and out of the mouth of watched, and not the beast, and out of the mouth of his house to be the false prophet. 14 For they are broken through the spirits of devils, working miraready also, for cles, which go forth unto the kings cometh atan of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 15"BeeNot he, but they, hold, I come as a thief. Blessed is spirits. Ve. 13. he that watcheth, and keepeth his The Syriac has garments, lest he walk naked, and lar to this, which they see his shame." 16 And he signify "destruction of the gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Arma9(Satan is) prince geddon. 17 And the seventh angel the air... Ep. 2, 2. poured out his vial into the air; and Be ye therefore the Son of man hour when ye think not. Lu. 12, 39, 40. the three unclean two words simi troops." of the power of The history and state of the Papacy before its final 17 A 3 How is the faithan hariot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. Is. 1, 21. Je. 2, 20. ful city become I Je. 51, 13. n See 12, 6. The o The union of the civil and ecclesiastical power as consummated & exemplified in the Romish or Papal system. ND there came one of the ernment-kings, consuls, decemvirs, dictators, blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. And the angel said unto me, "Wherefore didst thou marvel? I the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the Babylon is fallkings of the earth." The downfall of the Papacy and of irreligion. ND after these things I saw will tell thee the mystery of the wo- 18 A another angel come down One was in being, space. the imperial go seventh was that 539. Then the man, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. 9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. 10 And there are seven kings: s Forms of gov-fives are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he military tribunes. cometh, he must continue a short 11 And the beast that was, vernment, which and is not, even he is the eighth, and lasted to 475; the is of the seven,s * and goeth into perof the Goths, dition. 12 And the ten horns which which ended in thou sawest are ten kings,' which beast became an have received no kingdom as yet; eighth power when the Popes but receive power as kings one hour established their with the beast. 13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. 14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings:" and they that are with him Ten kingdoms are called, and chosen, and faithful." 15 And he saith unto me, "The empire was di-waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues." 16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. 17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. 18 And t secular dominion. Derived its be ing from the seven, i.c., is the seven der another form. headed beast un into which the western Roman vided. u... Which in his times he shall shew, who is the Potentate, the blessed and only King of kings, & Lord of lords. 1 Ti. 6, 15. v Is. 8, 7. en, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. Is. 21, 9 Wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of shall and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs dance there. Is. 13, 21. 8 Or, power. from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his doleful creatures, glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, 266 Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the 'HOLD OF EVERY FOUL SPIRIT, AND A CAGE OF EVERY UNCLEAN AND HATEFUL BIRD. 1x 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of ty; for this is the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies." 4 And I heard another voice from y Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniqui that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children. Is. 47, 8. heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers vengeance of the of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Reward a Hear now this, her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow." 8Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. 9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, standing afar off for the fear of her torment, 10 saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.d 11 And the merchants of the citron. Or, bodies. The traffic of the Romish Church has been truly both in the bodies and souls of men. g Ch. 17, 4. earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more the merchandise of gold, and silver, 12 and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, e Or, sweet. The and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, 13 and cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep; and horses, and chariots, and Sslaves, and souls of men. 14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.-15' 15 The merchants of these things which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, and saying, 16 Alas! alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! 17 for in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, 18 and cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, 19 What all the pilots of city is like unto this great city! And shall they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas! alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and Then the heaven ye holy apostles and prophets; for and the earth, God hath avenged you on her." sing for Baby- 21 And a mighty angel took up a lon...Je. 51, 48. stone like a great millstone, and cast k As Babylon it into the sea, saying, "Thus with slain of Israel Violence shall that great city Babylon to fall, so at Ba-be thrown down, and shall be found the slain of all no more at all.' 22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no h And all that handle the oar, the mariners, & the sea, come down from their ships, they shall stand up on the land...... they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. Ez. 27, 29, 31. and all that is therein, shall hath caused the bylon shall fall the earth. 51, 49. Je. 51, 64. Je. 20 7, 34; and 16, 9: and 25, 10. Ez. 26, 13. more at all in thee;" and no crafts- Is. 24, 8. Je. man, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; 23 and the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived." 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth." A n The Lord of Hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all honourable the earth. 23, 9. the of Is. nations, with his people; for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render venge ance to his adversaries, and will be merciful to his land and to his people. De. 32, 43. 19 ND after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven," saying, "Alleluia! Sal- Ch. 12, 10. vation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: 2 for true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand." p Rejoice, O ye 3 And again they said, "Alleluia!” And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. 4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, "Amen, Alleluia !" 5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, "Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great." And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, "Alleluia! for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be Ch. 11, 15, 17; glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and "white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints." 9 And he saith unto me, "Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb." And he saith unto me, q It shall not be quenched night nor day: the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste......Is. 34, 10. and 12, 10. 8 (She had) washed her garments, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Ch. 7, 13. n Or, bright. t...... Who make their calling and election sure.... 2 Pe. 1, 10. |