THE TRUMPETS SOUND,

AND THEIR ACCOMPANYING EVENTS RECUR IN LITERAL ACCOMPLISHMENT: DURING THE LAST HALF- WEEK OF TIME.

sounded, and as it were a
great mountain burning
with fire was cast into
the sea and the Third
part of the sea became
blood; and the Third
part of the creatures

which were in the sea,
and had life, died; and
the Third part of the
ships were destroyed.

The third Angel sound-
ed, and there fell a great
star from heaven, burn-
ing as it were a lamp, and
it fell upon the Third part
of the rivers, and upon
the fountains of waters;
and the name of the star
is called Wormwood: and
the Third part of the
waters became worm-
wood; and many men
died of the waters, because
they were made bitter.

and the two lamp-
stands [Zech. iv. 3,
11, 14] standing be-
fore The God of the

earth. And if any
man will hurt them,
fire proceedeth out of
their mouth, and de-
voureth their enemies:
and if any man will
hurt them, he must
in this manner be
killed. These have
power to shut heaven,
that it rain not in the
days of their prophecy:
and have power over
waters to turn them
to blood, and to smite
the earth with all
plagues, as often as
they will. And when
they shall have finish-
ed their testimony,
the "Beast" that as-

chael and his Angels fought
against the Dragon; and the
Dragon fought and his Angels,
and prevailed not; neither was
their place found any more in
heaven. And the great Dragon
was cast out, that old Serpent
called the Devil and Satan, who
deceiveth the whole world: he
was cast out into the earth [out
of the air, Eph. ii. 2; 1 Thes.
iv. 17], and his Angels were cast
out with him.

And I heard a loud voice
saying in heaven, "Now" [at the
Seventh Year-day Trumpet] "is
come salvation, and strength, and
The Kingdom of our God, and
the power of His Christ: for the
accuser of our brethren is cast
down, who accused them before
our God day and night. And
they overcame him by the Blood
of The Lamb, and by the word
of their Testimony; and they

them them that dwell
[sit,-to sit on the
earth is something
more innocent than to
dwell on the earth:
the latter is the part
of citizens, the former
of persons less closely
connected with it.

They whom the three
Woes strike are spok-
en of as dwelling upon
the earth they to
whom the Everlasting
Gospel is preached, as
sitting on the earth]
-on the earth, and to
every nation, and kin-
dred, and tongue, and
people, saying with a
loud voice,"Fear God,
and give glory to Him!
for the Hour of His
Judgment is come:
and worship Him Who

The fourth Angel sounded, and the Third

part of the sun was smit

ten, and the Third part
of the moon, and the Third
part of the stars; so as the
Third part of them was dar-
kened, and the day shone
not for a Third part of
it, and the night likewise.

And I beheld and heard
an Angel [eagle, xiv. 6:
illustrious human herald?]
flying through the midst
of heaven [from a verb
used respecting a star
which has risen 3 signs
of the zodiac before the
sun, and thus possesses
the meridian], saying,
"Woe! woe! woe! to the
inhabiters of the earth by
reason of the other voices
of the Trumpets of the
Three Angels, which are
yet to sound,"

cendeth out of the
bottomless pit shall
make war against
them, and shall over-
come them, and kill
them. And their dead

bodies [shall lie? or,
be suspended?] in the
street of the great
city [in the valley of
Hinnom before the
city? 2 Sam. xxi. 12;
1 Sam. xxxi. 10; Neh.
viii. 1,3], which spiri-
tually is called Sodom
and Egypt, where also
our Lord was cruci-
fied.

And they of the
people and kindreds
[tribes, the Iniqui-
tous one, 2 Thes. ii.
8, may be a concealed
Jew, according to an
ancient tradition:
some of the tribes

loved not their lives unto the
death. Therefore, rejoice ye
heavens, and ye that dwell in
them! [Dan. ii. 44; Obad. 21.]
Woe to the inhabiters of the
earth, and of the sea! [xi. 14,
the third Woe now predicted
finally; xiii., xiv., it actually
follows,] for the Devil is come
down unto you, having great
wrath, because he knoweth that
he hath but a short time."

And when the Dragon saw
that he was cast unto the earth,
he persecuted the Woman which
brought forth the man-child [the
Church of God] And to the
Woman were given two wings of
a great Eagle, that she might
fly into the wilderness, into her
place, where she is nourished
[during famines, xi. 6; vi. 5-8;
Amos viii. 11] for a time, and
times, and half a time, from the
face of the Serpent. And the
Serpent cast out of his mouth

made heaven and
earth, and the sea, and
fountains of waters."
And there followed
another Angel, saying,
"Babylon is fallen, is
fallen! [gradually ap-
proaching destruction,
Dan. vii. 26; Rev.
xviii. 4: suddenly
consummated,
xviii. 2, 21] that great
city, because she made
all

Rev.

nations drink of
the wine of the wrath
of her fornication.
And the Third An-
gel followed them, say-
ing with a loud voice,
"If any man worship
the Beast and his im-
age[Matt. xxiv. 15-30;
1 John v. 20, 21,
Rev. ii. 14, 20], and
receive his mark in

his forehead, or in his

The fifth Angel sound-
ed, and I saw a star fall
from heaven unto the
earth [Seventh Year-day
Vial, xvi. 17-21, xii. 7-12,
17; Dan xii. 1; Isa. xiv.

12; Rev. xiii. 2]: and to
him was given the key of
the orifice of the abyss:
and he opened the bot-
tomless pit; and there
arose a smoke out of the
pit, as the smoke of a
great furnace [Matt. xiii.
42; Zech. xiii. 9; Dan.
xii. 10]; and the sun and
the air were darkened by
reason of the smoke of

the pit. And there came
out of the smoke locusts
upon the earth and unto
them was given power,
as the scorpions of the
earth have power. And
it was commanded them
that they should not hurt

stand by him], and
tongues and nations
shall see their dead
bodies three days and
an half, and shall not
suffer their dead bo-

dies to be put in
graves.

And they

that dwell upon the
earth shall rejoice
over them, and make
merry, and shall send
gifts one to another;

because these Two
Prophets tormented
them that dwelt on
the earth.

And after three days
and an half the Spi-
rit of life from God
entered into them,
and they stood upon
their feet; and great
fear fell upon them
who saw them.

And they heard a

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drink of the wine of the
wrath of God, which
is poured out with-
out mixture [naught
of grace
or hope
blended, Ps. lxxv. 8;
Luke xii. 4, 5] into
the cup of His Indig-
nation; and he shall

water as a flood after the Wo- | hand, the same shall
man, and the earth opened her
mouth, and swallowed up the
flood which the Dragon cast out
of his mouth. And the Dragon
was wroth with the Woman, and
went to make war with the rem-
nant of her seed ["the faithfül
scattered in the lands of the un-
faithful."-Bengel. The Laodi-
cean Christians, whose luke-
warm belief has been quickened
to vital faith, by the startling
Event of The Secret Advent, the
removal of 144,000 of the living
saints, and the sudden proclama-
tions of an Idolatrous and all
but universal Government], who
keep the Commandments of God,
and have the Testimony of Jesus
Christ [that He is The Son of
God, and The Saviour and King
of the world].

[The Dragon, cast upon the
earth, exerts his usurped claim,
and bestows the power and glory

be tormented with fire
and brimstone in the
presence of the holy
Angels, and in the Pre-
sence of The Lamb:
and the smoke of their
torment ascendeth up
for ever and ever: and

they have no rest day
nor night, who wor-
ship the Beast and his
image, and whosoever
receiveth the mark of
his name.

Here is the patience
of the saints who keep

the grass of the earth, nei-
ther any green thing, nei-
ther any tree; but only
those men who have not
the Seal of God in their
foreheads. And to them
it was given that they
should not kill them, but
that they should be tor-
mented five months: and
their torment was as the
torment of a scorpion,
when he striketh a man.
And in those days shall
men seek death, and shall
not find it; and shall de-

sire to die, and death shall
flee from them. And the
shapes of the locusts were
like unto horses prepared
unto battle; and on their
heads were as it were
L crowns [Eph. vi. 12] like
gold, and their faces were
as the faces of men. And
they had hair as the hair

great Voice from hea-
ven saying unto them,
"Come up hither!"

And they ascended
up to heaven in a

cloud; and their ene-
mies beheld them.
And the same hour

was

there a great
earthquake, and the
tenth part of the city
fell, and in the earth-
quake were slain of
names of men [chiefs,
or heads of families?]
7,000 and the rem-
nant were affrighted,
and gave glory to The
God of heaven.

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of all the kingdoms of the world
upon one who will fall down before
him and worship him (Luke iv.
5-7); making him the last Head
of the Beast, the last king of the
World-kingdom (Rev. xiii. 2, 3).]

Rev. xiii. I stood upon the
sand of the sea, and saw a Beast
rise up out of the sea, having 7
heads and 10 horns [Rev. xvii.
11-13], and upon his horns 10
crowns, and upon his heads the
names of blasphemy. And the
wild-Beast which I saw was like
unto a leopard, and his feet were
as the feet of a bear, and his
mouth as the mouth of a lion
[Dan. vii. 3-6, 7]; and the Dragon
gave him his power, and his seat,
and great authority [Dan. viii. 23,
24]. And I saw one of his heads
as it were wounded to death, and
quickly. [15; xix. his deadly wound was healed: and
11-21.]

The second Woe is
past; behold! the
third Woe cometh

all the world wondered after the Beast. And they worshipped the Dragon who gave power unto the

the commandments of
God, and the Faith of
Jesus [xiii. 10, xii.
17].

And I heard a voice
from heaven [of one
who calls Jesus
"Lord:"] saying unto
me, "Write! Blessed
are the dead who die
in The Lord from now!"
[when to "call upon
The Name of The
Lord is to be His
witness and martyr,
xiii. 15; Joel ii. 30-32;
Acts ii. 17-21, ix. 14;
contrast Matt. vii. 21].
"Yea!" saith
Spirit [The Spirit as-
severates as in xix.
9, xxii. 17, ii. 7], "that
they may rest from
their labours [comp.
verse 11, they who
have no rest day nor

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