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General Note: Under the symbols of a great red dragon, a leopard beast, and a beast with lamb-like horns, are represented the powers especially engaged in warfare against God’s people. Their war is carried forward till the close of time, till only a remnant are left. That we live in the time when the final […]
Events of the Seventh Trumpet. Note: In Revelation chapter 10 and 11:1-13, the scene is slightly changed to give the prophet a view of special events associated with the times under review in the series of the seven trumpets. Revelation 11:14 again resumes the series of trumpets and the fate of nations. Questions. 1. To […]
The Early Advent Movement 1. To what event and time does the close of the sixth trumpet bring us? Answer: The passing of the independence of the Ottoman Empire into the hands of the powers, August II, 1840. 2. What indicates a short interval thereafter before the beginning of the seventh trumpet? Revelation 11:14 The […]
The Measuring of the Temple and the Two Witnesses Questions 1. After the bitter disappointment in 1844, what commission was given the church? Revelation 10:11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. 2. From that time what solemn work has been going forward in […]
Seven Trumpets (Continued) The Fall of the Eastern Empire of Rome. Questions 1. To what point did the close of the fourth trumpet bring us? Answer: To the extinction of Western Rome. Henceforward the empire was perpetuated only in the eastern division, to which our attention is now turned. 2. Calamitous as were the times […]
The Seven Churches. Sardis and Philadelphia. Questions. 1. What special period was covered by the church of Thyatira? Answer: The days of papal supremacy. 2. What great event prepared the way for a new era in the church? Answer: The Reformation. Note: The full prophetic period in which the Papacy was to wear out the […]
The Seven Churches – Ephesus and Smyrna. Questions 1. What are the names of the seven churches to whom this book of Revelation is given? Revelation 1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are […]
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