A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse
BRIEF COMMENTARY
ON THE
APOCALYPSE
By SYLVESTER BLISS,
AUTHOR OF “ANALYSIS OF SACRED CHRONOLOGY,” ETC.
SECOND EDITION
BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY J. V. HIMES,
No. 8 CHARDON STREET.
1853.
The Apocalypse should be regarded as a peculiarly interesting portion of scripture: a blessing being promised those who read, hear, and keep the things which are written therein. It has been subjected to so many contradictory interpretations, that any attempt to comprehend its meaning is often regarded with distrust; and the impression has become very prevalent, that it is a “sealed book,”—that its meaning is so hidden in unintelligible symbols, that very little can be known respecting it; and that to attempt to unfold its meaning, is to tread presumptuously on forbidden ground.
Sylvester Bliss
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Contents
PREFACE.
ELEMENTS OF PROPHETIC INTERPRETATION.
EXPOSITION OF THE APOCALYPSE.
The Title of the Book.
The Benediction.
John's Salutation to the Churches.
Christ's Annunciation.
Vision of Christ.
Epistles to the Seven Churches.
Vision of the Deity.
The Sealed Book.
The First Seal.
The Second Seal.
The Third Seal.
The Fourth Seal.
The Fifth Seal.
The Sixth Seal.
The Sealing of the Servants of God.
The Palm-bearing Multitude.
The Seventh Seal.
The Seven Trumpets.
The Woman and Dragon.
The War in Heaven.
Rejoicings of the Victors.
The Flight of the Woman.
The Ten-Horned Beast.
The Mouth of the Beast.
The Two-Horned Beast.
The Image of the Beast.
The Redeemed on Mount Zion.
The Angel of the Everlasting Gospel.
The Angel announcing the Fall of Babylon.
The Wrath-denouncing Angel.
The Harvest of the Earth.
The Reaping of the Vine.
The Victors on the Sea of Glass.
The Angels with the Seven Vials.
The First Vial.
The Second Vial.
The Third Vial.
The Fourth Vial.
The Fifth Vial.
The Sixth Vial.
The Unclean Spirits.
The Admonition.
The Success of the Spirits.
The Seventh Vial.
The Judgment of the Harlot.
A Woman on a Scarlet-Colored Beast.
The Fall of Babylon.
The Voice From Heaven.
The Destruction of Babylon.
Rejoicing Over Babylon's Destruction.
The Marriage of the Lamb.
The King and his Armies.
The Final Conflict.
The Binding of Satan.
The Cleansing of the Earth.
The Kingdom given to the Saints at the resurrection of the just.
The Wicked Raised, and Satan Loosed
The New Creation.
The Tabernacle of God with Men.
The New Jerusalem.
Final Admonitions.
THE OLD EARTH.
Footnotes