Daniel T. Bourdeau - The Eternal Gospel Church

From certain texts of Scripture we see that the time of
trouble and the wrath of God will last one year. p. 104,
Para. 1, [HOLINESS].
The first text which we will notice refers to Babylon and
reads, "Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death,
mourning, and famine." Rev. xviii, 8. Famine could not come
on Babylon in one literal day; therefore the day spoken of
in this text is symbolic or prophetic. According to the
year-day principle, which is established by the Scriptures
of truth, Eze. iv, 5, 6; Num. xiv, 34, and which is the
correct principle by which to interpret prophetic time, one
day means one year. The way having been previously
prepared, famine could be experienced in one year. p. 104,
Para. 2, [HOLINESS].
It may be objected to this interpretation that the word
hour is also applied to Babylon's judgment in verses 10,
17, and 19, and that if we are to apply our plan of
interpretation throughout the whole subject, there will be
a palpable contradiction. To which we answer, that if it
was the Lord that spoke in both instances, there might be
some force to this objection. But the plausibility of this
objection disappears when we take into consideration the
idea that in our proof text a "voice from Heaven" speaks,
and foretells that Babylon's plagues shall come in one day,
while in verses 10, 17, and 19, it is the men of earth that
speak while Babylon is receiving her plagues, using the
word hour not in a prophetic light, -- but as a matter of
fact, to denote how suddenly her plagues have come upon
her, her riches have come to nought, -- and she is made
desolate. p. 105, Para. 1, [HOLINESS].
Isaiah while dwelling on the time when the indignation of
the Lord will be upon all nations, and his fury upon all
their armies; when he shall utterly destroy them, and their
slain shall be cast out, -- and their stink shall come out
of their carcasses, and the mountains shall be melted with
their blood, says, "for it is the day of the Lord's
vengeance, and the year of recompenses for the controversy
of Zion." Isa. xxiv, 8. p. 105, Para. 2, [HOLINESS].
Here the nouns day and year are put in by apposition, the
noun year being explanatory of the noun day, and
establishing our proposition beyond the possibility of
successful contradiction. Isa. lxiii, 4 is also explicit: