Thus with this sublime vision closes this marvelous book. There is no truth revealed elsewhere in the sacred Scriptures that may not be found in its pages. So complete is it, indeed, that “if any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book.” Nor is there any truth revealed in this book which may not be found elsewhere in the Scriptures, so perfectly does it harmonize with all divinely inspired truth. Therefore, “if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”
The Apocalypse of St. John fitly closes the sacred canon; for, drawing so much, as it does, from all the rest of God’s wonderful book, it holds the truths derived therefrom in a coherent union never to be dissolved or broken.
Index
Albigenses, [137]. Apocalypse. See [Revelation]. Apostolic and present age, resemblance between, [198]. Asceticism and worldliness contrasted, [148]–150. Asceticism, prevalence and danger of, [138], [139]. Atonement, all-sufficiency of, [164], [165]. Babylon, destruction of, [199]; relation of Church and State in, [179]–181. Balaam, [147], [148]. Barbarism, characteristics of, [244]–247; possibility of reversion to, [74], [75], [243]. Beast, scarlet colored, [186]–188. Bible, reticence of, [263]. Christ crucified, the central figure of Revelation, [270], [♦][271].
[♦] “171” replaced with “271”
[♦] “Nicolaitanes” replaced with “Nicolaitans”