This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ..."little book" to the uttermost parts of the earth. The reason why it is said that he should prophesy "again" was because for twelve centuries the Bible had been withdrawn from the people and they were in ignorance of its teaching. During the first three centuries the primitive preachers had proclaimed the gospel with ...
Read More
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ..."little book" to the uttermost parts of the earth. The reason why it is said that he should prophesy "again" was because for twelve centuries the Bible had been withdrawn from the people and they were in ignorance of its teaching. During the first three centuries the primitive preachers had proclaimed the gospel with comparative fidelity. During the time of the development and establishment of the apostasy it had been superseded by counterfeit oracles of the Papacy, but as the Reformation developed and men were freed from the entrammeling superstitions of Rome, it would again be proclaimed in the simplicity of the former times. The time limit of this chapter is indicated by the spread of the gospel among the nations, or about the beginning of the nineteenth century. CHAPTER X. TEMPLE MEASURED THE time limit of the last chapter gives the date for the beginning of the events symbolized in the present chapter, or about the beginning of the nineteenth century. The period described in the eleventh chapter will embrace all of the events between that date and the sounding of the seventh angel and the dawning of Zion's glad morning, as recorded in verses 15 and 18, inclusive. The first event of this period is the measurement of the temple: "And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and one said, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. And the court which is without the temple leave without, and measure it not; for it hath been given unto the nations: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months" (Rev. 11:1, 2). _. _, The standard of measure is i tic rceeu a "reed like unto a rod." A rod is an instrument of correction and punishment, and as such it is used i...
Read Less