A Commentary on the Apocalypse, Volume 1Van Nostrand & Terrett, 1861 |
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Alogi ancient angels Apoc Apoca apostolic origin appears Asia beast belongs book of Enoch Caius canonical century Cerinthus chap Chiliasm Christ Christian Commentary comp composition critical diction Dionysius Domitian doubt earth employed enemies Eusebius evidence exegesis exhibited Ezra favour glory Gog and Magog Gosp Gospel and Epistle Gospel of John Greek heathen heaven Hebrew holy idiom interpretation Irenaeus Isaiah Jerome Jerusalem Jewish Jews John the apostle John's judgment kings Lord of spirits Lücke lypse manner matter merely Messianic mind Montanists nature Nero object Old Testament opinion Papias passage Patmos Paul peculiar period persecution plainly present probably prophecy prophets question reader reference regard reign respect Revelation Roman Rome says Scriptures seems sequel seven churches Sibylline Oracles speaks style suppose symbols Tertullian testimony things throne tion trichotomy verb vision whole words writer wrote ἐν καὶ τοῦ
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Page 477 - Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples : and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
Page 25 - God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but have life everlasting.
Page 24 - I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven...
Page 501 - Yea, before the sun and the signs were created, Before the stars of the heaven were made, His name was named before the Lord of Spirits.
Page 483 - He that overcometh shall inherit these things ; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
Page 501 - Before the sun and the signs were created, before the stars of heaven were formed, his name was invoked in the presence of the Lord of spirits. A support shall he be for the righteous and the holy to lean upon, without falling; and he shall be the light of nations.
Page 25 - God is no respecter of persons, but in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of Him.
Page 14 - LORD of hosts, yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, and the Desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts, the silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
Page 148 - Thou art worthy, O Lord, to take the Book, and to open the seals thereof : because thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God, in Thy Blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation. — And hast made us to our God a kingdom and priests and we shall reign on the earth.
Page 290 - If it happened that any one came who had followed the Presbyters, I inquired minutely after the words of the Presbyters, what Andrew or what Peter said, or what Philip or what Thomas or James, or what John or Matthew, or what any other of the disciples of the Lord, and what Aristion and the Presbyter John, the disciples of the Lord say...