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

etandard and Dan brought up the rear in the march of
the Jews through the wlldemeae. What their several
standards'were, I cannot tell, except that of Judah,
which marched in front, immediately after the ark, whick
in all probability was a lion. Ana our &'first beast
under consideration wa8 "like a lion, and the second
beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face os n man,
and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle." These
re resent the four grand divisions of the gospel church.
~ g int e represent^ the church in the apo&lic age,
when the church went forth, bold as a lion,, preaching
and proclaiming the gwpel among all natlons. The
second state or division of the church warr the times of
persecution and slaughter by the Roman emperors,
represented by the calf. The third state of the church
was in Constantine's day, when the church enjo ed
privileges ru a man, and became independent, and &te
a natural man, proud, avaricious, and worldly. The
fourth and last state of trial was when the anti-Christian
beast arose ; and, under the acowge ofthis abominetion,
the church havin two wine given her, like the wings
of an eagle, she !ew into the mldemea, where, a place
being prepared for her, she is nouriihed from the face of
the serpent a thousand two hundred and threescore
da s, Rev. xii 614.
!hie of course would include the whole Christian
church until Christ's second coming, when ad-Chriat
will be destroyed, and the church delivered fiom all
her foes, and brought into her New Jemaalem etabe,
where John now sees in his vision the whole family of
the redeemed, singing the grand chorus aa in the verses
our text. &'And I beheld, and I heard the
%:many an eis round about the throne, and the
beasts, and the elfera ; and the number of them waa ten
thousand times ten thousands and thousands of thou-
@an&." In thii vision John has the same view which
Daniel had in his vision. See Daniel vii. 10. Daniel
eaw the same throne, and the same numbers stood before
it; which proves, almost beyond a doubt that Daniel's
virjion carries us into the eternal, immortal, and glorified