1841 William Miller Evidence from Scripture & History - A2Z.org

LECTURE VIII.
REV. vlii. 13.
And 1 beheld aod heard an angel fl 'ng through the midst of
heaven, sayin with a loud voice, Gee, woe, woe, to the in.
habitants of tl% earth by re=on of the other voices ofthe trum
pet of the three angels which are yet to sound.
In prophetical scripture, the sounding of trumpets ia
always used to 'denote the downfall of some elppire, nation,
or place, or some dreadful battle, which may decide
the fate of empires, nations, or places. At the fall of
Jericho, the trumpet was the instrument, in the hands
of the priest of the mighty God of Jacob, which cast
down her walls, destroyed the city, and a curse pronounced
against the man that should ever build lip her
walls again. Again, the trumpet was the instrument by
which Gideon put to flight the annies of the aliens.
And the prophet Amos says, "Shall a trumpet be blown
in the city, and the people not be afraid " Therefore
we may reasonably conclude that a trumpet is the
harbinger of destructive wars, and the dissolution of
empirea, states, or the earth, as the case may be. The
seven trumpeta mentioned in Revelation, the three
lust of which are mentioned in our text, indicate the
final overthrow of the powers s oken of in the prophecy,
The four first had their accornpLshment in the destruction
of the Jews and their dispersion, in the fall of imperial
Rome, in the overthrow of the Asiatic kingdom,
and in the taking away of Pagan rites and cere-
monies.
The laat three -pets
fl claim our attention in
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