The Revelation of Jesus Christ - The Herald

further suggestions and earnest inquiries that were received, the purpose of attempting a
full exposition was gradually developed.
It should be further stated that the decision to publish these expositions in book form was
arrived at only when it became apparent through the many requests coming in from all
over the world that there was a very manifest desire for their publication. Indeed, it was
not until these many requests were accompanied with substantial contributions and
promises of assistance that the final decision was made.
It may be appropriately added that two other items that have influenced in the publication
of the expositions in book form are:
1. That what are generally considered the most able and reasonable expositions of the
Apocalypse are now out of print, and consequently difficult to obtain. These are found
mostly in the libraries of private individuals, many of whom have no interest in prophetic
writings, and indeed some of whom have none in religious matters.
2. These expositions written, some of them nearly a century ago, while very valuable on
account of their explanations and applications of the fulfillment of the prophetic visions
up to the beginning of the nineteenth century, and to a considerable extent in their
forecasting fulfillments subsequently, they could not be supposed to contain the additional
light that is now due on some of the closing visions, inasmuch as there have been
remarkable events since, which, like those of past centuries, are the subject matter of
several of the visions.
After many of the Revelation expositors of the nineteenth century had finished their labors
in behalf of the Lord's people, a most remarkable manifestation of the Lord's providence
on behalf of His people was in evidence, demonstrating as others in the history of the
Church had, the interest and care that Christ has for His tried and tempted followers. This
exhibition of the Lord's providence was represented in the issuing of several most unusual
and luminous expositions of the Bible. Two of these, The Divine Plan of the Ages, and The
Atonement Between God and Man, contain the most remarkable and convincing unfoldings
of the Scriptures concerning the Divine plans and purposes for the human family that
have ever been given to the Church by uninspired man. It was very apparent to many
students of the Bible that the writer of these books, particularly in the two above
mentioned, had obtained the key that unlocked many of the treasures connected with
God's great Plan of salvation for the human family. That key was concerning the nature,
philosophy, and far-reaching effects of the great ransom sacrifice of Jesus Christ as they
relate to both the Church and the world. These clear views concerning the great
Redeemer's sacrifice caused many utterances of Christ, as well as many of those of the
Apostles and Prophets, hitherto misunderstood or wrongly interpreted, to be made plain.
These related to the great doctrines of Election and Free Grace. A true knowledge of these
doctrines had also the effect of disclosing more fully the visions of the Apocalypse,
particularly those that relate to the events connected with the closing scenes of this Gospel
Age, as well as those that relate to the coming Age. Those who have carefully and