, 1873-08-03

:ll'iiciatnonto.... They proclaimed dnlba as
MSsSr o,} o NGs9 s y w IT. . avo @ noa he
to prolong % nsoli as poHabo tho drama, tho
iss11o OF which ho know beforehand, aud to Hayo
Ills liuad and hin body from tho outragcs of tho
oxooutionor. Whom ho Ind received the fatal
ago to strike himself tho blow, tho
centurion nrrivoa and Moro, dying, told
him. You como too late !" hS added, % :" T1ia IL
could ho pronounce tho word who Ind conscious
" boon ,lnfaithf.l to tho most radical instincts
Of humRn natlre, who had killed. lia motler, hia
wifo. hiH tutor his frlondB, who Ind outraged all
Tho Apocalypse, which aooma ut first tho work
of wild pl.RntnHy, IL bottor understood when
you place itB origin in tho i'torrognu1n between
Moro mud Yoapasian. whon tho whole world
seemed eonvulaea, whom not only tho Nomnn
moteorB earthquakes, volcanic oruptionB, aston
ishod and frightened tho nationB. falso Nero
Ind appeared. Tho true Moro Ind died too
easily to satiHfy tho atrod Of tho Asiatio church-
again and dio sublime doath in tho eyoB Of uod
aiid tho angels This dosro was father to tho
apocalypse. Tho nuthor addrossos, hinaaolf to
tho aovon churches OF Aain. He writes III Pat
moa, which was a naval station botwcen 1aomo
and Ephosus. Tho sombro enthusiast, thrown
on itB shoros, hna no eye for tho calm ma1ebty
lis oye III 1illctt with awful ViBiola.
Join must be- be read % in lis - book COX and and cannot
follow all its "details. The follr-and-twcnt old
ora represent humanity, Tho lamb slain is
JesuR, the paschal victim tho four boaBts,, full
Of eyes, represent, as in Ezekiol, divine nttrib-
force. Tho Limb opens tho book with tho
aovon BoalB tho prophetic drama bogins. AS
tho first seal opens, We Bco tho triumph OF tho
Roman Empire, it's apothcosis undor, tho form
nf nSw1t trE u4Atx 1rou 1fof1 1ff113
with bow. Tho rod horse means war, tho ro-
volt OF Vindc1, tho rovolt Of Ju1ea. Tho black
horse with rider who holds q balance means
tho famine Under ClaudiuB in tho year G8 Of our
tho palo horse, death. Then como tho martyrs,
who woro alain for tho testimony Of God, whon
tue Lamb had opened the fifth seal, and tho sig
nal for tho earthquake aud moteora is giyeu by
the opening OF tho sixth soal.
All seems ready now for tho contamination
but the Fundamental idea of tho Revelation is
tho constant adjournment Of tho final Judgment.
An angel imprints his Beal on the a, QUO persons
who bolong to tho tribos Of Israel. The prophet
shows us also tho innurnorable multitude OF all
mon Of all racoH who have boon prosecuted. Tho
seventh seal Ia opened, but tho contamination
does not talse place. Thcro is q long silence !; h
now act Of tho drama begins. Tho seyen arch
angels como forward with thoir trumpots. Every
blast Of tho trumpet is signal for Borno now
phenomenon; earthqunkeB, ahooting-Htars, tho
invasion of tho Parshians, which was thought
imminent We expect tho end with tho blowing
Of tho seventh trumpet; but at that very mo-
ment begins new drama. John lootzs on Joru-
salem, and shows us tho only teu1p1o preserved
after long strugglea. Two prophets will appear.
At The sound Of tho eovonth trumpet, tho doors
OF tho celestial touplo open, and new aorioa Of
celestial visions begin at onco.
The Church Of Israel appears aa q woman bo-
fore her is Q rod dragon; its acvon crowned
heads mean Cnsar, Augustus, Tiborius, Calgula,
Claudus, Moro, aalba; tho woman ID delivered
Of child, which is tho Mesaianio faith. which
tho lamb p1aces next to God. All tho following
details apply to tho dispersion Of the first
churches and to tho .pereocutions Tho first
beast is the Roman Empire, which has con-
quored Israol for o while, but will DO conquered
III its turn. Tho second boast is Moro hiinsolf.
BY adding tho lotters Of Nero's name in Hebrew
according to their numerical yaluo, one finds tho
apocalyptio number of GGG Moron Kaisar).
Tho scarlet woman, tho new Babylon, III clearly
Romo, which has corrupted the whole world, and
prosecuted tie saints. Tho world, delivered
from hor, Is roady for tho AteBsiah. Nero, who
has como to life again AZ tho Ant.christ, fights
the last bastlos Of idolatry.. Satan, tho old
dragon, is seized md bound for thousand
years. The Millennium bogina.