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


history informs US, A. d. 20, when not Il single
christian, or one whose name was written in the
hook OF life, persisted in the ruins This is the
second death. The first resurrection according 10
lhls view OF our subject was The calling OF those
who were dead in lespasses and SINS from this
condition by the Gospel Of the Son, before the des-
ruc'ion Of jerusalem, us we read John s: 20. On
these the second death or destruction of Jerusalem
would nave no power because they would observe
The Signs pointed out by the Saviour, and fee 10
the mountains 'Bui the rest Of the dead, ~ Chose
dead in SIM lived not until the thousand years
were finished" 1t is The opinion of some emf
men, Biblical critics, that this PERIOD called n
thousand years, is TO be understood fignra,iyely,
and confined 10 the rest which the christians had
with Chris, for more Imn four years before Jcru-
salem was destroyed. When the war began be-
tween the Jews and Romans their whole time
was devoted To their own safety; aud they had
no leisure li'lhey had disposition 10 prosecute or
trouble the christians. And The war commenced
when The Jews rcIoIlet i0m the Romans, which
was, according 10 Jescphus, in May, A., u, &C.
And us Jerusalem WIS not destroyed till Sept A.
d. 10, ii afforded them period Of lmnqnil walk
with Christ, more than four years in length. Or,
II the thousand Years understood literally, it
must be, as some have suggested, that they are 10
follow the events described Rev. 20: Ills, in
stead of preceding them, us you suppose. Aud
this would make the "great white throne" which
the itevea'or snw, TO be one of those mentioned
yer. i, ci-; "And saw thrones" Sc. So that
It we give the Thousand years literal rendering,
we must say with an eminent Biblical critic of the
Prcsen, day, " suppose the Rcyeator intended
to represent all these things us heIug present in his
vision AT the same Time, so that we are not TO put
the events mentioned verse after the thousand
years" according TO this view of the subj
lOu are one thousand years out Of the way, at the
least calculation.
But, shall he told perhaps, tha, this cannot re-
Ter 10 the destruction Of Jerusalem, rs the book Of
Revelation was 10, written until after that event.
This however. IN my opinion, is not correct. For
Rev. II; (see Sih verse in particularly is enough
To convince me that the city was in existence
when the hook was written. And this is the opin-
ion of Andreas, Arcthus, Ilentenlus, lIarduin,
Grous, Lishluot Hammond, Sir Isaac Newton,
Bishop Newton, WelStcin, Kuinoe Lucke, Il
late German critic by the name of Hug, aud our
own justly celebrated scholar Professor Stuart
In all fourteen competent WITNESSES Enough
to decide the question that the Book Of Rcvcla-
ton WAS written before the destruction Of Jrrusa-
lem.
Eut. IN order that assurance may be dUubv sure,
we read Rev. /: l-"Thc Revelation of Jesus
Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto
his servants Nt9gs Tbich must shortly come 10
PaSS.' Yer. 3d-"iur the time is al haaI."-
Nhap' -: Sand the Lord God OF the holy
prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servant
things which must shoHIytc DONE" Yer lie.
hofa come QWcHW' Yer. lO-"TOr thc HMc
as al hphd Yer IL -".7m tehO'd ! come
Qyichiy," Yer. 2O--"ilc which tesli.ie,h these
'h'nsS sam, surely leone Qulckiy; Amen. Even
50, come LORD lesus
again. Sl,al' be ioId mat these scenes were
to be enacted in the end Of the morH, and as the
w1',d yel a'naS 1t connol be that they have
'u"r" P"cc' bnt 10 'hlt answer, we nave al
r'ad{ seen that the only world OF the end of
"hlHh we ever read, was To have Ia end about
ltOO years n9o, or IN the Apostles days, when
me gospel had been preached IN all the world
!o' men MotId Me cRN tc, ~ commenting upon
MAN. l." iO-"s" shall 1t he IN the end OF this
world, Pearco says, "ralher end of This age,
~ mat oi the jewish dkpenSa'lon DR.
I'alno Informs US lhat Inc phrase "MIS 'rorI6,'
BON III Hebrew and Greek, Is constantly used to
point out The Jewish age IN distinction from the
C"S'@h age or days OF the Nessiat, which are
Us constantly termed The "~ordfo comc.' And
w liN"lhDnd, ON leh o. D, advances the same
opinion. Accordingly we read, Heb o: 26-"hnt
now once IN the end The ~orii hath he (Christ)
oppraTed' 10 ut away sin by tho sacrifice Of him.
se,L' see also Cor 10: ii. This must be sui,
lIr'ent TO satisfy Us that the end Of the world in
winch The Judgment was to come, was the Jewish
ase,
Tins, Hr. Hutchinson, have cndca,orcd to
ccnNIrcc ion and Your readers, that You misap-
p'Ird much oTlhc Scripture which YOU quoted
And attribute our errors 10 the fact that your
Theological eye sight is not SO clear MS ii would |
have been if you Ind devoted none Of Your time
to the sgdy on "ihe GOYcE" aud less Of it TO that
of "lhe Lur."
With these remarks am p,eplred briefly to
set forth my own views of the second adyen, Of
Christ, and leave the subject for YOUR con.idcra-
ton and tina, Of our readers. Ia relation to the
time Of the first advent, we mos, certainly shall
not differ in opinion. All are nsrccd 10 take the
testimony Of the Gospel upon tins subject. The
first advent OF coming Of our Saviour was when,
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