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

tions and errors from the church The Psalmist sa
FxIY. 5-7, let the saints be joyful in glory;
them sing aloud upon theu beds. Let the high praises
of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in
thcir hand, to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and
punishments upon the rple." Paul sap, Heb. iv. 12,
&'For the word of Go is quick and powerful, eharper
than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing
asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow,
and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of
the hen* And John saw, Rev. i. 1% UAnd he had in
his right hand seven stars; and out of his mouth went
a sharp two-edged sword." Then this is the mea
of the passage under consideration, 66 These things 3
he," which hath the word of God, and showing LIE the
importance of attending to the subject following, by the
importance of the speaker, LC He that is Christ." And
how, while we read or hear, let us keep in memory that
it is no less a personage speakin than Him of whom
the propllets did write; who hoydeth the atam in his
right hand, md crested and preserves all things by the
word of his power. Hear him.
6'1 know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even
where Satan's seat is. Here, awailq we lurvr an evidence
that this church is mystical, li Bwelling in Satan's seat,"
the fourth kingdom, the great red dragon, imperial
Rome, whereon the great mystical whore of Babylon
sittetlr. The church, in this age, became irnmed~atrly
connected wit11 tlris power calletl Satan, which is thr
devil, Pugan Hoine. (&And thou holdest fast my naule.
and hnet not tlenied my faitl~" 111 tlris time of popul~r
religion, and wlren many, from political and worldly
motives, united their numes to tlrc people of God, rtdl
thvrc were sonic wlio held to tho doctrine of Clrriet, and
did not deny tl~c faith.
u Even in those days, nl~ercin hntipaa was my faithful
martvr, wlio waj slain anlong you where Satan daelletl~."'
It is supposed tt~at Antipas wua not an indiridual,
but a cluss of men \vl~o oplnsed tho power of the
bishop or I'olwn in thnt day, I)eing a ccorntri~~ation of
two rotcle, flnli, O~POBWI,
and Pqw, fithw or Popq