The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-12-23


his Cog and Nlagog are has always been II per-
plrsing question ampng divines. We read Or Ma
cog, Gen, 10: 2, und Chronicles |: 8, that he
was the son of Japhelh. And of Cog and Nlasog,
Ezekiel SSH and 39lh chapters, where they APP
pear 10 be set forth the enemies Of the lsraelnes
or Jews, And This think is all the history
which the Bible Affords Of these powers Leaving US
reasonably 10 conclude that they we've The enemies
! of the Jews. And the lake Of ire and birthstone
into which the devil was cast, is probably, in the
spirit of This prophet, To he understood as IL place
Of punishment or destruction Swallowed forth by
that very expressive figure.
/ The Thousand years Of Chlist's reign with his
saints upon earth being finished, you say that he
ascends the throne of Judgment, and then 'cOnicS
what, in Scripture, is repeatedly called The day Of
The LOrd" At this lime you think that the cuilh
is TO be burnt up, A we read = etcr 3: -
But the heavens and earth which are now, hy the
same wo,d IRE kept in sore, reserved urla lre
against the day Of Judgment and penl,i"n Of un-
aody men" Also, verse lOh "l!ui the day Of
The Lord will come as thief in the night; in the
which the heaveGs, (you the material heavens,
the sun, moon aud STARS, but NY Bible does rot
read So,) in the which The heavens shall pass away
with great noise, and the elements shall nell
with ier,cnt heat; the earth also, and The works
heavens and earth TO he DESTROYED must be- under
stood 10 audc to Judaism. Aud the elements 70
melt with r,r,cnt heat, those "brggarly elements
Of the world" See Gal. i; 0, and Col .: 20
where the Jew i,h ordinances urC 50 called. And
the Apostle says 2 Peter 3; Observation-Disclosures
We according To his promise, look for ncw heav-
cts aud new clrlh wherein dwe.lclh righteous.
ness" This is the Gospel dispenSution. And
this day Of the Lord which was 10 sweep away
The ruhhish of Judaism, and introduce the rel gn or
kingdom of the hCdcemGr, as we have already
seen, cane about $500 years ago.
For tho scenes If that day Of The Lord you re-
fer us 10 Rev. 20: Ills verses. "AGd ! saw Il
great While throne, and him that sai on il, from
whose face the earth and heaven tlod away
This could not be The material earth and heavens,
for took place before the sea gave up The dead.
&c. Sand saw the dead, snail and gfca, stand
before God and the hooks were openCd and an
other book was opened, which is The book Of life;
aud the dead were judged out of those things writ
Ten in the books, according 10 their wurks,' &c
Here we have At least three circumstances named
witch lis or disclose the period when these guHd
and awful scenes were to be enacted.
lst-Al this time the books were TO be opened.
prohbly the books Of the Law and the Gospel
And the Dead the Jews, who were dead in sin,
were luNSin ny lIc Inv, VI ubl VI lIu'F lh''i-N
written IN the books thereof The book ct life
probably meals the roll uf christian believers, And
those Only whose names were written here, " who
were christians, were TO observe the signs pointed
out by our Saviour. ard escape when Jerusalem
should he destroyed. Dan Z, 10, II, informs US
thai the Son Of man was TO come In the c,oGdS of
heaven at he time when his kingdom should he
sci upor riycR to hia. And this, Dan .; 4O--il
informs US was 10 be in The tags Of Tie Roman
bi0gS, or, as we learn by The New Testament, n
boat 1900 yeats ago, when the Kingdom of the
Redeemcr actually came into the world. And
Dan y: = 3, informs US thu, his Judgment
,hou,d take place 1T period when there should
be "a N&c u houbie, such as never was since
there WAS a nation, even TO that sanG imc' And
our Saviour, Matt. 81: -, and Mark 49, 49, and
Luxe q: -, %, confines that time Of trouble 10
JrIpaG'em'a destruction. BY the dead here un-
dcrSland the same rs those mentioned John 3; %;
."Vprily. verify, say unto YOU, The hour is cont
ina, q nj now is, when The dcod shall hear the
voice Of the Son Of God: and they that hear shall
live" Bu, those who did no, give ear to our $a-
Slour's voice in the Gospel, were To perish ut lr-
rusaem'S destruction.
2d--Al This lime every man was 10 be rewarded
according 10 his works. lrihrn we cnn determine
when 0ur SayIOni was to rGwald every man 0rrOr-
diug TO his works, we may be certain when th,
Scripture WAS to be fulfilled. And when was that
time 10 come. Cur SaNious himself may answer,
ci:! Matt lG: -, 2S--"ior the Son Of Man shall
come in the gory Of his Father, with his angels;
and lien he MaR rerari crcrp nun cCcodiDg
10 h,s wo}hs." And now for the tine. "Nerily
~ unto yor, there he some siodiHg lcrc rhich
sioN Hoi fi5'c q death, tW Gty see The Soa If
.raa coming IN hi, hiEglo@." Sec also MARK 6:
20, aud 3: J, and Luke 0; &c, II. with this
Jain declaration Of our Saviour before Us hat he
would come in his kingdom to judgment, during
the lie tine Of some who heard him speak, who
vii presume 10 say that he has not YET made hi,
appearance; and that the da, Of The Lord Is yet 10
COM, cannot.
3d-lf by the heavens and earth fleeing awa,
We understand the material universe, and BY the
New leavcn and earth new universe, then | see
no, why the holy city, rev Jerusalem does not
rcpreser, the immortal kingdom of God, or the
state in which We are to exist beyond the grave
Bu, il 50, Aha, will yon do with the fact that's we
learn, Rev. 81: 2i-26, the gates of that city are
Herer 10 BE- shut, in order that Kings may bring
NE honor q their aGi'oHs into ii? If this refers
10 the fu or resurrection state, then whit will
YOU do with the homemade scripture" AS death
leaves US so Judgment finds us--lhere is no change
after dcaIh?' And what will YOU do with helrc
Of life, revealed in tie y chap and I'd verse Of
Revelation, the iedrcs d which were for the hcoi-
ing cf NE aoiiOas! These things show concu-
sivcly lhll the new city, which came down from
heaven is the dspensaitn of the Gospel.
From all ofthI it i, quite certain that what you
call The day Of The Lord ior which all other DAYS
were made, The scenes m which are described
Rev 20: li-l5, c0me al The destruction Of Je-
rus0lem, a. d. 10, inscid, rs YOU suppose, Of
hcjng yet future more Nan Il thousand gcars.--
So that you are, III Ills instance. Mt least 1000
years out Of the way. which is farther liom the
truth than Nh Miller his Yet veniured TO 60.
That by the sra giving up the dead, &c, we
arc 10 understand that God was 10 bring the Jews
from their strong holds to Judgment, Is evident
from what we read isidh IS: HIS, and Amcs
.: l-lo, which pass scs you will please duly 10
consider.
The Lake Of Ere lcrc is the same rs is mentions
ed Mat. 49, 42d-tallcd there "a furnace Of fire;
;hprc shall no vnilj,r and gnusLinu nj trn,h -