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Preface To The Third Edition

This prophetical treatise was first published in July, 1861, (by M. Shewan, at Toronto, and by Taylor & Wilson, at London, in Canada West,) and is now enlarged to nearly four times its original size: chap¬ ter II was published as an addition to it in August, 1862.

According to the views here presented, and which were briefly stated by the Author in 41 The Coming Battle,” printed in 1860, at C. Sher¬ man & Son’s Seventh and Cherry streets, Philadelphia,) it is consid¬ ered to be certain that Louis Napoleon is the Personal Antichrist, and that he will soon make a seven-years’ Covenant with the Jews, (Dan. ix. 27,) seven years and 2-J- months before his destruction by the descent of Christ at Armageddon at the End of this Dispensation ; also that the Translation of the Wise Virgins will occur two or three years after the date of the Covenant. At the same time we cannot be quite certain as to the exact period when this all-important Covenant will be confirmed. There is a strong probability that it will be made about the year 1863, because 1870 seems to be specified by the chronological dates as the End of the Christian Dispensation. But still it may be thought that there exists a possibility of the actual time proving to be a year or two later ; partly for the reason that the Christian Calendar differs slightly from the Jewish ; for instance, the Jewish ecclesiastical year for 1862 begins in April 1862 and ends in April 1863, and the Jewish civil or political year for 1862 begins in September 18G2 and ends in September 1863, and so on with every year.

Wherever the dates of future events are mentioned in these pages, they are usually inclosed in brackets, by which it is intimated that the time thus specified will be found to be about or very nearly the correct period, without asserting that it positively is so.

The author of this book desires to send as many copies, as possible, of his and other prophetical works, to ministers, theological students, etc., gratuitously, and will gladly apply to this object any pecuniary amounts that may be sent him for that purpose, ad¬ dressed to Rev M. Baxter , care of R. Brinkerhoff \ 112 William Street, New York.

Opportunity is here taken to mention that any one is at liberty to republish this or any other of the Author’s treatises ; and it is suggested to those who realize the momentous character of the crisis at which we have arrived, that they can cooperate in the diffusion of these views, and render an important service to ministers and others in their re¬ spective neighborhoods, by sending them a copy of this work.

May the Lord Jesus Christ prosper this publication to the advance ment of his glory and the good of his Church, and increasingly guide us into all truth by his Holy Spirit. The prayers of God’s people are requested for the bestowment of the Divine Biegsing upon the circula¬ tion of this work.

CHAPTER L

Ten Scripture Proofs that Louis Napoleon is the destined Monarch of the World and Personal Antichrist, fore¬ shown in Prophecy, to Institute an Exterminating Per¬ secution against Christians during the final 3J years,

AND TO BE ALMOST UNIVERSALLY WORSHIPPED AS GOD, AND THEN TO BE DESTROYED BY CHRIST AT THE BATTLE OF Ar- MAGEDDON.

Brief Sketch of his past Life . 11, 12

I. Because he represents the revived Napoleon dynasty — the

Seventh-restored, or Eighth ruling Head of the Beast or Roman Empire — and is thus comprehensively termed the Beast itself, and is foreshown to be the Personal Antichrist, who shall gain “ power over all kindreds and tongues and nations,” and fiercely persecute Christians, and be almost universally worshipped for 34 years, and then perish at Christ’s descent at Armageddon, (Rev. xiii. 3-8, xvii. 7-14, xix. 20.) . . . 13 to 20

II. Because he corresponds with the predicted character of the

Personal Antichrist in respect of his warlike prowess, his insa¬ tiable ambition, and his vast military power, (Rev. xii. 3, 4; Is. xiv. 16, 17.) . 20 to 22

III. Because he has obtained actual possession of the city of Rome,

IV. Because he apparently protects and supports the Pope, but

yet suffers him to be plundered, and gradually stripped of his temporal power, (Rev. xvii. 1-18.) . 24 to 28

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SYNOPSIS.

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V. Because the whole extent of the original Roman Empire is becoming subordinated to his control, and is evidently approach¬ ing its final division into ten kingdoms, which, according to Rev. xvii. 12 — 14, are to give their power and strength to the Eighth Head during the closing 3J years. (The ten toes, Dan. ii. 40 — 44, and ten horns, Dan. vii. 23 — 25; Rev. xvii. 12 — 14) 28 to 34

VI. Because, in respect to his name, he fulfils the prophecy, that the name of the Eighth Head, or Antichrist, should be in the Greek tongue, Apollyon, (or Apoleon,) and should, numerically, be equal to the number 666, (Rev. ix. 11, xiii. 18.) .... 34 to 38

VII. Because his Grecian extraction, his sphinx-like impenetra¬

bility of countenance, his addiction to the practice of Spiritual¬ ism, and his deceptive professions of a pacific policy, identify him with the description given of the Personal Antichrist in Dan. viii. 9 — 25 . . 38 to 45

VII. Because his sudden elevation from obscurity to great power, his obvious determination to sieze Palestine, and also his acqui¬ sition of extensive dominions, and of valuable gold fields in the north of Africa, are in accordance with the prophecies in Dan. xi. 21 — 45, regarding the Personal Antichrist . 45 to 50

IX. Because the rise of a French Emperor a few years before 1864

— 68, who should revive the wounded extinct Seventh Head, or Napoleon dynasty, and become the Personal Antichrist, or Eighth Head was foreshown from Rev. xiii. 3, and xvii. 10, 11, by prophetic writers, such as Faber, Frere, Gauntlett, etc., as early as thirty years before Louis Napoleon’s accession to the throne of France . 50 to 56

X. Because the End of this Dispensation is shown by ten dates and four septenaries, to be about A. D. 1870; and as the Per¬ sonal Antichrist is to be revealed seven years previously by mak¬ ing a Covenant with the Jews, therefore, at the present time, (1861 — 62,) he must be approaching the time of his manifesta¬ tion, and no living person corresponds with his predicted cha¬ racter except Louis Napoleon . 56 to 59

Practical exhortation to those who are unready for the impending Advent of Christ, (from McCheyne’s Sermons.) . . . , 60 to 66

Map of Europe . . . . . . 67 yi

SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER II. Twenty coming Events, arranged in the consecutive order

IN WHICH THEY ARE FORESHOWN IN PROPHECY TO OCCUR DURING THE FINAL SEVEN YEARS AND 2^ MONTHS OF THIS

Dispensation, and which commence with the date of the seven-years’ Covenant, and end with Antichrist’s de¬ struction AT THE DESCENT OF CHRIST AT ARMAGEDDON.

The relative positions of these twenty events are ascertained, in many cases, by deducing the future literal-day fulfilment of the prophecies from their past year-day fulfilment, as shown in dia¬ gram 4. These positions are here shown by giving their distance from the date of the Covenant, as a common standard of reference.

Diagram 2 — Chronological Map of these twenty events . 68

I. The Confirmation of a seven years’ Covenant between Napoleon

and the Jews, seven years and 2J months before the End, (Dan. ix. 27, — the 2^- months, or 75 days, being the excess of the 1335 over the 1260 days, or latter half of the seven years, Dan. xii. 7 — 12.) . 70 to 72

II. Renewal of the Jewish sacrifices and temple-worship at Jeru¬

salem 2300 days before the cleansing of the Sanctuary, (Dan. viii. 13, 14, Is. lxvi. 3,) that is, about 9 months, or 9 months and 25 days after the Covenant . 72 to 74

III. The complete drying up of the Turkish Empire, consisting

partly of the separation of Syria from Turkey, within about two years after the Covenant, (year-day, Rev. xvi. 12.) . 74, 75

IV. The successful invasion of Egypt by Napoleon within about a year or two after the Covenant, (Dan. xi. 25 — 28.) .... 75 to 77

V. The coming of Christ in the air, the Resurrection of the de¬

ceased saints, and Translation or Ascension of the 144,000 Wise Virgins, or Man-child, (Rev. xii. 5, Rev. xiv. 1 — 5, 1 Thess. iv. 16, 17, Matt. xxv. 10,) two years and from four to six weeks after the Covenant . . . 77 to 81

VI. An unprecedented Revival of Religion, and of Missionary effort among the Foolish Virgins, and the Unconverted that are left on the earth after the Translation of the Wise Virgins, (lite¬ ral-day Rev. vi. 2, xiv. 6 — 11; the latter passage seems to im-

SYNOPSIS.

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ply that some angels, or glorified saints will then preach to man¬ kind.) . 81 to 83

The next six events will take place almost entirely within the concluding seven months of the first 3J years of the 7 years of the Covenant-week. ^

VII. Commencement of Astounding Physical Phenomena, such as hail and fire falling on the earth, a third part of salt and fresh water becoming blood, and a third part of the luminaries being eclipsed during the first four literal-day trumpets, (Rev. viii.) between the 33d and 42nd month after the Covenant. . . 83 to 86

VIII. War in Heaven, and Expulsion of Satan and his legions

from the air on to the earth about two years and eleven months after the Covenant, (Rev. xii. 7—13.) . 86, 87

IX. Flight of many of the saints into the wilderness, where they

will be fed and preserved during the subsequent 3J years’ per¬ secution, (Rev. xii. 6, 14;) the wilderness, very possibly, being some remote region of the United States. This hegira will be during part of the 3d year, and first half of the 4th year after the Covenant . 87 to 89

X. The Fall of Babylon, or transformation of Popery into what

may be termed Napoleonism, for the Pope will institute and establish the worship of Napoleon and his image throughout all the earth, principally during the last half of the seven years following the Covenant, (Rev. xiii., xviii. 2.) . 89 to 97

XI. Complete acquirement by Napoleon of supreme power over

Great Britain, and in a less degree over a considerable part of America, within 3J years after the Covenant, (Rev. xiii. 7, xvii. 12, 13.) . 97 to 107

XII. Division of the entire territory of the old Roman Empire into ten kingdoms, Great Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Greece, Egypt, Syria, the rest of Turkey, and most probably Tripoli with Tunis, and th^ union of their ten kings in a confede¬ ration, under Napoleon’s^ protectorship, within 3J years after the Covenant, (Rev. xvii. 12, 13, xiii. 1, Dan. vii. 24.) 107 to 116

The next eight events occur almost entirely within the latter half of the Covenant-week of 7 years, that is, the 3J years of Great Tribulation, or Antichristian persecution, and also the supplemen¬ tary 2\ months.

SYNOPSIS.

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XIII. Assault upon Jerusalem by Napoleon, the Antichrist, be¬

tween 3 years and 3£ years after the Covenant, and substitution of the worship of his image in the place of the Jewish sacrifices, after which, during the latter 3J years of the 7 years, all the ungodly, or non-elect, who dwell upon the prophetic earth, (at least the above-mentioned ten kingdoms, and probably all Chris¬ tendom,) will worship him, (Rev. xiii. 5 — 8,) and nearly all within the prophetic earth who refuse to worship him will be killed. (Rev. xiii., xi. 2, 3, xii. 6, 14, vi. 3 — 11; Dan. vii. 25, xii. 1 — 7, viii. 24, xi. 31 — 45, ix. 27; Ezek. xxxviii. ; Zech. xiv. 1, 2; Matt. xxiv. 15 — 28; Mark xiii. 14 — 23 ) . 116 to 124

XIV. The prophesying of the two witnesses, (Elijah and another.)

during the whole of Napoleon, the Antichrist’s, 3J years’ uni¬ versal reign and persecution, upon the expiration of which they are slain, but after 3J days raised to life and caught up to hea¬ ven. (Rev. xi. 3 — 12, Mai. iv. 5.) . . . 124 to 127

XV. The First Woe during the fifth literal-day trumpet, or the tor¬

menting of the ungodly by supernatural locusts for five months, (Rev. ix. 1-10,) and the hurting of them apparently for five months more, (Rev. ix. 10-12.) This Woe begins three years and 9J months after the Covenant . 127 to 131

XVI. The Second Woe during the sixth literal-day trumpet, or the

conflicts between countless invading forces from beyond the Euphrates and the armies of Napoleon’s ten kingdoms, princi¬ pally constituting the Armageddon War, and causing the slaughter of the third part of men within the first year and month, (Rev. ix. 13-21, xi. 14.) This Woe continues altogether twice a year and month, as a period of both rise and fall, and begins five years after the Covenant . 131 to 134

XVII. Conversion of upward of from 15 to 50 million persons, chiefly among the heathen, during the five years between the two translations, and especially during the final year. (Literal-day, Rev. vii., x., xiv. 4, 15; Joel ii. 28-32; Is. xxvi. 9.) . 134 to 139

XVIII. Darkening of the constellations and a great earthquake, (Rev. vi. 12, xi. 13,) simultaneously with the commencement of the seven successive literal-day Vials, which during the final 2\ months (1) afflict the Napoleonists with sores, (2) turn all fresh and (3) all salt water into blood, (4) produce intolerable heat, (5) cover Europe with darkness, (C) dry up the literal Euphrates,

SYNOPSIS.

ix and (7) cause an unparalleled earthquake and hail- storm, and the Battle of Armageddon. (Rev. xvi.) These final 2J months commence seven years after the Covenant . 140 to 144

XIX. Visible manifestation of Christ coming in the clouds of hea¬ ven, and Second Translation of living saints about five days, before this Dispensation ends, and the Millennium begins. (Matt, xxiv. 31 ; Mark xiii. 26, 27 ; Luke xxi. 27 ; Dan. vii. 13 ; literal- j day, Rev. vii. 9-17, xi. 15-19, xvi. 15, xiv. 16.) This occurs seven years, two months, and ten days after the Covenant. . 144 to 150

XX. The Third Woe during the seventh literal day trumpet, and within the final 3 \ days, consisting principally in the transforma¬ tion of the territory adjoining Rome into a perpetual lake of fire, (Rev. xix. 3,) and the destruction of Napoleon and the Pope and five-sixths of their vast armies at the Battle of Armageddon, when Christ will descend on the earth and slay all incorrigible rejectors of the Gospel. (Isaiah xxxiv., lxvi. ; Ezek. xxxix. ; Zech. xiv. ; Rev. xi. 15, xvi. 17, xix.) This Woe terminates seven years and 2J months from the date of the Covenant.. 150 to 154

The ensuing Millennial dispensation, or Day of the Lord, or Day of Judgment, lasting for a thousand years, (2 Peter iii. 8, 10, Rev. xx.,) with the burning of the earth partially at its com¬ mencement, but chiefly at its close, (Rev. xxi. 1;) Blessedness of the Millennial earth, (1.) Physically; (Amos ix. 13, Joel iii. 18,) its population probably being 150 times greater than 1300 million, as at present. (2.) Politically and socially: Jesus Christ, (Dan. vii. 14, Zech. xiv. 4, 9,) with his glorified, raised, and translated saints dwelling in the Heavenly Jerusalem, (Rev. xxi.,) and reigning over the earth’s unglorified mortal inhabit¬ ants who will be the descendants of the ungodly that will be spared and converted at his Second Advent, (Is. lxvi. 19, Zech. xiv. 16, Rev. xx.) (3.) Spiritually: Christianity universally prevalent, (Is. xi. 9, Hab. ii. 14, Rev. xi. 15, xx.) (4 ) As regards the Jews: their spiritual and earthly prosperity, (see also Is., iv., xi., xii., xxxv., liv., lx., lxi., lxv., lxvi.; Ezek. xl. to xlviii., Jer. xxxiii., xxxi., xxxiii., etc.) . 154 to 161

Purdon’s description of the Millennium; Practical remarks: neces¬ sity of becoming born again, or converted, (John iii. 3,) and of constantly praying to Jesus, and studying the Scriptures ; Im¬ portance of open air preaching . 161 to 172

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SYNOPSIS.

Chapter III

Evidence from more than thirty Expositors showing that Daniel’s seventieth week of seven years will be ful¬ filled within almost exactly the final seven years of this Gentile dispensation, and will commence with a seven years’ covenant being confirmed between the Personal Antichrist and the Jews. Therefore Louis Napoleon, if he is the Personal Antichrist, will confirm a seven years’ covenant with the Jews about seven years before the End.

Diagram 3, showing the fulfilment of the 70 weeks . 174

Preliminary Observations — Fulfilment of the Seventy Weeks ex¬ plained — Distinction between the Year- day and Literal-day sys¬ tems of Interpretation. . . 175 to 183

All the following thirty-four expositors distinctly state or imply Daniel’s 70th week, (Dan. ix. 27,) to be the last seven years of this dispensation, closing with the almost immediate destruction of Antichrist by Christ’s descent upon the earth; and more than twenty of them expressly specify the Personal Antichrist to be the confirmer of the covenant with the Jews for seven years. They also mostly state that its latter half is the 3J years of the Great Tribulation, or Antichrist’s persecuting reign, as described in Dan. vii. 25, xii. 7 ; Rev. xi. 2, 3, xii. 6, 14, xiii. 5, and that the Per¬ sonal or Infidel Antichrist is a single individual, an avowed infi¬ del, (1 John ii. 22,) and the same person as the Little Horn of Dan. vii., and Dan. viii , the Wilful King of Dan. xi., the Eighth Head of the Beast, which is also called the Beast itself, in Rev. xiii., and xvii., and the Man of Sin, (2 Thess. ii.,) who will be wor¬ shipped in the Jewish Temple, and whose image, the abomination of desolation, will be set up there, as described in Matt, xxiv., and ' Mark xiii.; they generally state the Two Witnesses, (Rev. xi.,) to be two literal persons who will prophesy on earth during Anti¬ christ’s 3J years’ tyranny. The extracts here quoted from these writers give their statements to this effect at some length.

(1.) Irenaeus, Bishop in the Primitive Church, (A. D. 180;) Anti¬ christ to lay waste all the world during his half-week, or 3J years’ tyranny, then to perish at Christ’s appearing . 184

SYNOPSIS.

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(2.) Hippolytus, Bishop of Ostia, (A. D. 220;) Antichrist to per-

' secute Christians, and desolate the world during the last half¬ week, and to be opposed by the Witnesses, Elias and Enoch, 185

(5.) Yictorinus, Bishop of Pettau, (A. D. 290;) 70th week future; Antichrist’s image to be set up like Nebuchadnezzar’s, and to speak ; His mark to be branded upon men . 187

(6) and (7.) Apollinarius, Bishop of Laodicea, (380,) and Primasius, Bishop of the Carthagenian Province, (500,) . 188

(8.) Bev. Dr. Burgh, of the Church of England, author of “Se¬ cond Advent Lectures,” (1832,) “Exposition of Revelation,” etc. ; The Seventy Weeks Expounded; Bishop Horsley’s statement that Antichrist and his image would be worshipped . 189 to 191

(9) and (10.) Rev. E. Bickersteth, and R-ev. T. Birks, of the Church of England: their united statement in Bickersteth’s “Guide to the Prophecies,” (1839,) as to the futurity of the 70th week, and the Infidel Antichrist’s 3J years’ persecution during its last half, before which the Wise Virgins would be re¬ moved . 191 to 195

(11.) J. Darby, author of “The Hopes of the Church,” (1842,) 194

(12.) Sir Edward Denny, Baronet, author of “Companion to the Chart of Seventy Weeks,” (1845;) The Seventy Weeks fully ex¬ plained; The coming of Elias future . 195 to 202

(13.) Dr. S. P. Tregelles, LL.D., author of “Remarks on Daniel;” Complete exposition of the 70 weeks; Jewish sacrifices to re¬ commence 2300 days before the End, (Dan. viii. 14;) Antichrist’s literal image to speak and breathe, and fire to be brought down on the earth; his appalling persecution of Christians, 202 to 208

(14.) Henry Kelsall, M. D., author of “The Antichrist,” (1846;) 70th week future; Animal magnetism, or Mesmerism, the re¬ vival of sorcery and witchcraft which is to co-exist with Anti¬ christ’s speaking image; Those killed who will not worship the image; Antichrist to subdue England . 208 to 211

(15.) Rev. C. Maitland, of the Church of England, author of the “Apostles’ School of Prophetic Interpretation,” (1849;) 70th week; Graphic description of Antichrist’s delusive miracles, sanguinary persecution, and final overthrow; The tormenting locusts; Slaughter of the Two Witnesses; Battle of Arma¬ geddon . . 211 to 219

(16.) B. W. Newton, author of “Prospects of the Ten Kingdoms, ” (1849;) Detailed exposition of the 70 weeks; Antichrist to abolish the restored Jewish sacrifices; His 3J years’ persecution of those who will not worship him; Five of his ten horn or toe kingdoms to be formed out of the Eastern Roman Empire, and five out of the Western; England, France, Spain, Greece, Egypt, Syria, the rest of Turkey, and Tunis with Tripoli, to be eight of his ten kingdoms; all the ten to have clay-iron, or demo¬ cratic-monarchic governments, (already verified in Italy;) Im¬ pending separation of Ireland from England . 219 to 228

(17.) R. A. Purdon, the eminent author of “The Last Vials,” (published monthly, since 1845.) His remarkable forestatement in May, 1852, that Louis Napoleon, as the Eighth Head of the Beast, must necessarily become Emperor, and regain supremacy over the Empire of Napoleon, revived in its full territorial ex¬ tent, and over the countries that formed the Babylonian, Medo- Persian, Grecian, and Roman Empires; also, that he would make a seven years’ Covenant with the Jews, and in the midst of the seven years, set up his image, the Abomination, in the Jewish Temple, and after fiercely persecuting Christians for 3J years, would fall and perish; England to be subject to him, (see also page 184) . 228 to 232

(18.) Pvev. James Kelly, of the Church of England, author of “The Apocalypse Interpreted,” “Lectures on Prophecy,” (1850;) The 70th week; The majority of mankind literally to worship Anti¬ christ’s image, and to receive his mark, (Rev. xiii.).. 232 to 234

(19.) Editor of “The Prospect,” (1849;) 70th week future. .. 234

(20.) Judge T. Lumisden Strange, author of “The Light of Pro¬ phecy,” (1852;) The 70 weeks expounded . 235 to 237

(21.) Pvev. Capel Molyneux, of the Church of England, author of “Israel’s Future,” “The World to come,” (1852;) 70th week future; Antichrist’s 3£ years’ murderous persecution of those who refuse to worship him or his image; Simultaneous counter¬ testimony of the Two Witnesses, Elias and another. . 237 to 239

(22.) An English work, “Armageddon, or a Warning Voice from the Last Battle-field of Nations,” by a Cambridge Master of Arts,

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3 vola. octavo, (1857-8.) An exposition of unsurpassed ability and correctness; Napoleon III. shown to be the Personal Anti¬ christ, who will make a Covenant with the Jews for 7 years, and during the latter 3J years will slaughter those who will not wor¬ ship him, or his image, or receive his mark: the Two Witnesses, meanwhile, testifying on earth against him, but at last being killed ; The Wise Virgins taken to heaven before this 3 years ; The surviving Foolish Virgins caught up at Christ’s appearing after the same 3 J years ; England, with all the territory of the Four Empires, to be subject to Napoleon III . 239 to 245

(23) Alexander Porter, author of “The First-Fruits,” (1856 ;) Louis Napoleon, the Antichrist, to make a seven years’ Cove¬ nant with the Jews, (Dan. ix. 27,) seven years before Christ’s descent on the earth; Plis persecution and the Great Tribulation during the latter 3J years, before which the Wise Virgins will be caught up . 245 to 247

(24.) E. W. P. Taunton, author of “The Days in which we Live,”

(1857 ;) Dan. ix. 27 unfulfilled; Louis Napoleon shown to be the

Eighth Head, and future Antichrist; Massacre of Christians by

the Romish Church, or two-horned Beast, (Rev. xiii. 11-18,)

directed by Napoleon, during the last half of the final seven

years following his Covenant with the Jews; Ascension of the

Wise Virgins before this 3J years . . 247 to 252

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(25.) Major Scott Phillips, author of “Interpretations,” (1859;) The earthquake at Christ’s descent, (Zech. xiv. 4,) to open a channel from the Mediterranean to the Dead Sea, flowing from thence to the Red Sea; The Pope the year-day Antichrist of 1260 years; Louis Napoleon the literal-day Antichrist of 1260 days, the latter half of his future seven years’ Covenant-week with the Jews; Wise Virgins caught up before this 1260 days . .... 252 to 254

(26.) Rev. H. G. Guinness, author of “The Second Coming of Christ,” (1861 ;) The Personal Antichrist to make the seven years’ Covenant with the Jews; Its latter 3J years the time of Great Tribulation and persecution before Christ’s descent; Counsel to sinners to come to Jesus . . . 254 to 258

(27.) Dominick McCausland, LL.D., author of “The Latter Days of Jerusalem and Rome,” (1859;) The 70th week the final seven

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years of this Dispensation ; Its latter part the period of the wor¬ ship of the Antichrist’s image in conjunction with the universal triumph of Romanism ; England cannot escape this ; Extract from Birk’s work . % . 258 to 262

(28.) Rev. W. Marrable, Prebendary of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Dublin, author of “What the Lord saith concerning Israel and Jerusalem,” (1858;) The Man of Sin, or Antichiist, identical with “the Prince that shall come,” (Dan. ix. 26, 27,) who shall confirm a seven years’ Covenant with the Jews, seven years before Christ’s descent on the earth ; the same also as “Gog,” in Ezek. xxxviii . 262

(29.) An Israelite writer of some articles in the “Quarterly Jour¬ nal of Prophecy,” for 1861; “Gog,” of Ezek. xxxviii., the per¬ son who is to confirm a seven years’ Covenant with the Jews, seven years before the glorious appearing of Messiah . 263

(30.) Rev. Dr. Seiss, Pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Phila¬ delphia, author of “The Day of the Lord,” “Last Times,” etc.; Antichrist to be a French Emperor, who will make a seven years’ Covenant with the Jews, seven years before Christ’s descent ; Wise Virgins caught up before the last 3J years ; Surviving re¬ pentant Foolish Virgins caught up after that 3J years’ Great

Tribulation . . . 263, 264

(31.) E. Guers, author of “Israel aux derniers jours de l’economie actuelle,” (Paris, Grassart,) also published in German, as “Is¬ rael’s Zukunft,” (Leipsic, Ernst Bredt,) 1856 . 264

(32.) “ Temoignage,” a French literal-day exposition.. . 265

(33.) “ Difference between the Parousia and Epiphaneia,” (1859 ;) Wise Virgins caught up before Antichrist’s 3J years . 265

(34 ) “The Coming Battle,” (I860:) Dissolution of the American Union, and consequent cotton-famine in England predicted; Louis Napoleon the Antichrist’s Jewish Covenant seven years before Christ’s descent ; Wise Virgins caught tip before his 3£ years’ persecution . 265 to 267

Exhortation; Future glory of the saints; “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved;” “ Pray without ceasing,” (Aets :|vi. 31, 2 Thess. v. 17) . 267 to 273

SYNOPSIS.

Chapter IV

Ten Reasons, proving that the Advent of Christ ‘‘in the air” to Raise the Deceased Saints, and to Translate the Wise Virgins, will precede the final 3J years’ Great Tribulation, or Napoleonic Persecution, and will be about Five Years before the End of this Dispensa¬ tion, and two years and from four to six weeks after

THE DATE OF THE COVENANT; THE SECOND TRANSLATION OF

living Saints being five days before the End.

Diagram 4, showing, in two parallel columns, the double fulfil¬ ment of Daniel and Revelation within 2525 years, and also within 2595 days, (explained on page 288) . 274

Preliminary remarks : Time of Christ’s Advent not unrevealed ; Six proofs of its being premillennial, Rev. xx. 4-6, Zech. xiv. 4, 2 Thess. ii. 8, Matt. xxiv. 29-31, Mark xiii. 24-27 ; Luke xxi. 27, Dan. xii., Rev. xi. 15-19, etc . 275 to 287

I. Two distinct Translations or removals of living saints from the

earth at Christ’s coming, are plainly described in literal-day, Rev. xiv., the first being an earlier and smaller ingathering than the second, and consisting of 144,000 persons, called the First- Fruits, (ver. 4,) who are caught up before the fall of Babylon, and Antichrist’s subsequent 3 j- years’ persecution ; the second being composed of all the saints found on the earth after Anti¬ christ’s 3J years’ persecution, and who are called the Harvest, (Rev. xiv. 15, vii. 9) . 289 to 292

II. The general descriptions of Christ’s Second Advent intimate

that he comes to remove the Wise Virgins at a time of compara¬ tive peace and prosperity, (Luke xvii. 28, Matt. xxiv. 37, 1 Thess. v. 2, 3,) and then comes, after a short interval of awful tribula¬ tion, to gather up the remnant of saints, and to destroy Anti¬ christ and the unrepentant, (Rev. xvi. 18, Matt. xxiv. 29, Dan. xii., Zech. xiv. 1-4) . . 292 to 296