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according acts agency Alonzo Potter analogous angels Apocalypse Babylon blessed and holy bolic bolized bols chapter Characteristics and Laws churches civil rulers clay corresponding dead death dominion dragon dream dynasty earth Edward Hitchcock empire epoch denoted Essay Euphrates evident exert exhibited foreshows four fourth beast glorified saints glory goat Grecian he-goat heaven horns hundred and sixty inspired interpretation iron John Forsyth kingdom Lamb language LAWS OF PROPHETIC laws of symbolization literal resurrection living agents Lord Medo-Persian millennium ministers Nathan Lord nations natural body Nebuchadnezzar period persons principle prophecy PROPHETIC SYMBOLS rection repre representative agents Satan Scriptures second coming seven candlesticks seven heads seven kings sitteth spirits spoken stone symbolic prophecies symbolize agents ten-horned ten-horned beast thou sawest thousand three hundred throne tion twelve hundred unto verse viii vision Western Roman Empire wild beast witnesses word worship xvii Zech
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Page 71 - And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Page 7 - After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful, and terrible, and strong exceedingly, and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it; and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
Page 158 - 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.
Page v - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Page 130 - JESUS answered, My kingdom is not of this world : if My kingdom were of this world, then would My servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews : but now is My kingdom not from hence.
Page 7 - Thus he said, the fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
Page 51 - The ram which thou sawest having two horns, are the kings of Media and Persia. And the rough goat is the king of Grecia : and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Page 126 - They shall not labour in vain. Nor bring forth for trouble ; For they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, And their offspring with them.
Page 68 - And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come ; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
Page 41 - For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.