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

UGngn, and ffncs, Pa lei 16, Hoeea dv. f3, I understand
the true church, or people of God. By &we ar*
hmng not the 6UJ o God, &c, I understand the anti-
Christian church, or $ apal Rome. Then this would be
the sense: And it waa commanded them that they
should not hurt the true church, or people of God, but
only the anti-Christian beast, or powers subject to her.
5th veme, And to them it was ven that they should
not kill them, but that they shsd be tormented five
months; and their torment was aa the torment of a
scorpion, when he Btriketh a man" To kill ia to destroy.
fi wwnthu is in pmphec 150 ears To tornMl
an a m+m, dlD, i. to m5e miden incursio~l~l
and irruptions into the country, &e. Then this ia the
sentiment to me conveyed in the text: And the Turkish
armies would not have power to destroy the Papal powers
for 150 years, but would make sudden and quick
incursions into their territories, and harase and perplex
the nations under the Papal control
6th verse, And in those days shall men aeek death,
and shall not find it ; and shall desire to die, and death
shall flee from them." About this time the Greek
church, in Constantinople, was so harassed by the Papal
authority, that it gave rise to a saying among them,
that they had rather see the Turhh turbnn on the
throne of the Eastern Empire, than the Pope's han
And any one who haa read the histo of the 14th celltury,
will see that this text waa litera71 y accomplished.
7th verse, And the shapes of the locuets were like
unto horses prepared unto battle ; and on their heada
were, as it were, crowns like gold, and their faces were
as the faces of men" In this verse we have a descrip
tion of the Turkish armies. In the firat place they are
represented as being all horsemen This was true with
the Turks, and no other ki~~gdorn since Christ's time,
that we have any knowledge of, whose armies were all
horsemen They wore on their heads yellow turbans,
which can only apply to the Turks, looking like crornv
of gold.
8th verse, And they had hnir as the hair of women,
and tbeir teeth were aa the teeth of lionen They wors