Divine Decree, and Free Will; Or, More Notes on Prophecy [An Interpretation of the Book of Revelation] by the Author of 'The Spiritual and - Softcover
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Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ...Pentecost, when in one day "three thousand souls" were added to the Church. But here the number swells: the time prophesied of by Isaiah is come: nations are born in a day. (lxvi. 8, 9.) "We saw the representatives of the Word standing on the four corners of the earth, in possession of the territory won." (vii. 1.) And now the universal Church is ministering before the throne of God and of the Lamb, worshipping and praising there. The Spirit and the life of that Word have given life to the world. This page of history passes on to the end of the sixth vial, where the empire of the false prophet, or the Turkish empire, is dried up: and thus do we understand this anthem of victory in this outline of history. It is rooted in the ancient Jewish festivals, but Christianized, sung, and the Christian festival celebrated in the Christian temple. Palm was the known emblem of victory. (Cant. vii. 7; Ps. xcii. 12.) And they cried with a loud voice, "Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb." The Lamb is the emblem of Christianity: now all are Christians, and they worship God, not only for deliverance and victory over those temporal powers, but also from Satan, for redemption and salvation. The Lamb of God is believed in, received, and worshipped. "And all the angels stood round about the throne, and the elders, and the four representatives of the Word, and fell down before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying, Amen: blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen." Oh, what a scene, what victory,--the victory of the angels, of the elders, and of the Word; and what joy: and so near at hand,...
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