1. The great whore is judged,
and the kingdom of God prevails, . * Ch. xviii. xix.
2. The beast and the false pro-
phet are cast into the lake of
fire, . . . xix.
3. The devil is bound, . xx.
d. The kingdom freed from all
hindrances. For that king- dom, after the former steps, in succession before the trumpet of the seventh angel, ch. vii. 9, and especially after those men- tioned under it, xiv. 1, 13, xv.
2, now altogether flourishes.
1. The nations are not led astray by Satan, but are
fed by Christ, . . xx. 3
2. Those who have a part in the first resurrection
reign together with Christ, 4
3. Gog and Magog are de- stroyed ; and the devil, having been loosed for a short time (chronus), is
cast into the lake of fire, 7
4. The dead are judged, . 11
5. The new heaven, and new
earth : the New Jeru-
salem, the kingdom which remaineth for ever and
ever, . . . xxi. xxii.
III. The Conclusion, exactly answering to the
The well-known D. Joachim Lange has also prefixed a Table to his Commentary on the Apocalypse. Whether that of his, or mine, sets forth the genuine connection of the prophecy, I wish those to declare who understand the matter.
7) He who shall take the trouble to fix in his mind my Table ,
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and to take the more palatable Notes, apart from the critical, although they sometimes coalesce, and, though they are few, thoroughly to weigh their force, will certainly, as I confidently trust, derive some advantage, and will not only avoid the vague in- ventions of many, but will also acknowledge the assistance which it furnishes towards a true interpretation. We resolve the prophetic times into those in ordinary use at their respective places : but the demonstration of this fact (and it ought to be sufficient to have mentioned this once for all) is given especially at ch. xiii. 18.