This prophetic period ends at the same time as the 1260 years of papal supremacy. : "40 Following this we read: "Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. But go thou thy way till the end be for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.' One thousand three hundred and thirty-five years from the year 508 reach to 1843, and this agrees with the period of 2300 years. The Holy Scriptures speak of no prophetic period reckoned in years which reaches beyond the year 1844. We are now living in the last days, and the prophet speaks of them as a blessed time, perhaps because the word of God then should shine with great power, and the children of God prepare to meet their Saviour and King. Then Daniel should stand in his lot. He should have a place with those whose names are written in the book of life, and to whom a part in the first resurrection thus is made sure. 40 Dan. 12: 12, 13. THE INTRODUCTION. 'HE Revelation is not, as many think, a dangerous book to read, and still more dangerous to study and try to understand, for the Lord himself says: "Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein for. the time is at hand."1 This book is not the revelation of St. John, as the translators have indicated in the heading, but it is, as the Lord says by his servant, "The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John.' The evangelists wrote of the humiliation of Christ, his great sufferings, and ignominious death. The last book of the Bible speaks of his ministration as a high priest in the heavenly sanctuary and his glorious revelation. It presents Christ in glory at the right hand of the Father, reigning with him on the throne of the universe until he shall reign on the throne of his father David. Then Jesus comes the second time to this earth. He comes in glory with all his holy angels to judge and to take his people home to the marriage supper of the Lamb. Then they shall all dwell in the "city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God." 3 In this book the persecuting powers are presented on one side, and the warfare and victory of the church of God on the other. The kings of the earth, and every bondfree man try to hide themselves from the man, and every 1 Rev. I: 3. 2 Rev. I I. 3 Heb II: 10. |