A Commentary on the Revelation of St. John, the DivineUniversalist Publishing House, 1848 - 388 pages |
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... Matt . iv . 21. He was moved power- fully by the appeal of Jesus , when he called him at first , and immediately left the ship and followed him . His companion , for the most part , in his early labors as an apostle , was Peter ; see ...
... Matt . iv . 21. He was moved power- fully by the appeal of Jesus , when he called him at first , and immediately left the ship and followed him . His companion , for the most part , in his early labors as an apostle , was Peter ; see ...
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... Matt . xxiii . 34-37 . If , then , the blood of the Jewish - Christian martyrs was unavenged when the Apocalypse was written , must it not have been written before the lamented city fell ? We might mention other signs which were pointed ...
... Matt . xxiii . 34-37 . If , then , the blood of the Jewish - Christian martyrs was unavenged when the Apocalypse was written , must it not have been written before the lamented city fell ? We might mention other signs which were pointed ...
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... Matt . xvi . 27 , 28. It seems difficult to entertain a doubt that the Lord refers to the same coming in the Apocalypse , ( for the words are represented as coming from the mouth of Jesus , ) which Matthew here describes . The event was ...
... Matt . xvi . 27 , 28. It seems difficult to entertain a doubt that the Lord refers to the same coming in the Apocalypse , ( for the words are represented as coming from the mouth of Jesus , ) which Matthew here describes . The event was ...
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... Matt . xix . 28. This meta- phor of reigning with Christ is of frequent occurrence in the New Testament . " It is a faithful saying , For if we be dead with him , we shall also live with him ; if we suffer , we shall also reign with him ...
... Matt . xix . 28. This meta- phor of reigning with Christ is of frequent occurrence in the New Testament . " It is a faithful saying , For if we be dead with him , we shall also live with him ; if we suffer , we shall also reign with him ...
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... Matt . 24 , 34 , of all these visions , and of St. John's have demonstrated infallibly to what Epistle to the seven churches , which coming of Christ that whole chapter contained them , ' t is there again add- did belong , ) that I ...
... Matt . 24 , 34 , of all these visions , and of St. John's have demonstrated infallibly to what Epistle to the seven churches , which coming of Christ that whole chapter contained them , ' t is there again add- did belong , ) that I ...
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Page 211 - And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Page 209 - Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea ! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Page 154 - But Jesus, turning unto them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us ; and to the hills, Cover us.
Page 366 - Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God ; and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone ; in whom all the building, fitly framed together, groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord : in whom ye also are builded together, for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Page 280 - And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
Page 150 - Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes ; and some of them ye shall kill and crucify, and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city. That upon you may come all the righteous blood, shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, all these things shall come upon this generation.
Page 310 - And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
Page 299 - Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? and what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Page 54 - And I saw another Angel ascending from the East, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four Angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, saying, "Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
Page 171 - And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.