Commencement of
3940. The birth of Jesus Christ.
3943. The first year of the era of Dionysius.
30. Jesus Christ suffers ; dies ; rises again : affords Apoca- lyptic strictures , John xxi. 22, 23; Acts i. 7 : and ascends into heaven.
96. The Apocalypse is given : the coming of the Lord is announced to the seven churches in Asia, and to their angels, Apoc. i. ii. and iii.
97, 98. The seven seals are opened, and under the fifth the Chronus [vi. 11, period or season; not as Engl, “little season”] is proclaimed, ch. iv.-vi. Seven trumpets are given to the seven angels, ch. vii. viii.
1 A Vulg. and Rec. Text support kui ; h omits it: also it and Vulg. read the plur. pseudoprophetse. — E.
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Century 2, 3, 4, 5. The trumpet of 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th angel, ch. viii.
The first woe, . . . . ix.
The interval after the first woe.
510-589. 589-634. 634-840. 800-1836. 840-947. 864-1521.
947-1836.
1058-1836.
The second woe, ....
The Non-Chronus : many kings,
The interval after the second woe,
The 1260 days of the woman, after she had brought forth the man-child,
The third woe, ....
The time, times, and half a time : and within that period, the beast, and his 42 months, and his number 666, xii. 14, xiii. 5.
ix. x. xi.
xi. 14.
xii. 6. xii. 12.
1209. War with the saints, end of the Chronus,
xiii. 7.
xiv. 6.
1614. The everlasting Gospel [published],
1810. End of the 42 months of the beast ; upon the completion of which, and the pour- ing out of the seven vials, he is not, and Babylon sits as a Queen, . xv. etc.
1832. The beast out of the bottomless pit, xvii. xviii. 1836. End of the Non-Chronus, and of the many kings : the fulfilling of the words of God, and of the mystery of God : re- pentance of those who are left in the great city. End of the short time (u space”), and of the 3J times. The destruction of the beast, the imprison- ment of Satan, . . . xix. xx.
Afterwards : The loosing of Satan for a little Chronus : commencement of the 1000 years’ reign of the saints : end of the little Chronus,
End of the world : all things new,
xx. xx.— xxii.
I declare throughout, by what condition I wish it to be thought that the years in this table are defined. Therefore I beg, that no one will suppose anything to he advanced hy me which is opposed to true sobriety , but that all will favourably receive that which is suit- ably offered. In the meantime, according to the guidance of the Apocalypse, you may not inappropriately distinguish the centuries from the time of John in Patmos to our own age by the following characteristics :
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