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

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IL Show what we may nndemtzd by the nea song,
and the oceagion of it
The propbet John had been led by the angel thm
eeren di~Emnt stap of tbe church, by the mion of te
rnnwrv of the seen stars and seven lden eamllesticks,
&der ihe name of tbe sewn ehmcres of Asia, which
ought to be noderstood symbolically down to the time
when the jndae stands at the door ready to enter in to
tbe supper of be great God, when all wicked flesh wiIl be
dm~ed, and till the marriage wpper of the Lamb
arrk&, whcn all'the righteous wilI be raised, enter into
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the glorified state, and lire and with him on earth.
Then it is rfectly nahnal d y e r we had read the
bktory of church through d ber trials, pmntiom,
md imperfectionm, re ehoold be led to see her delnerawe
on the other side of the banha of Jordan, or beyond
the power of deatb, and to hear a part, at le&, of that
ww mng which no man can eing unl- he ia redeemed
from the earth.
In the second and third chapters of Revelation, we
bave the history of the church, ae I have endeavored to
low in my lectaRs on the chnrches. In the fourth and
fiffh chapters we have a view of the glorided state, and
the charactem given of those who will en'oy the privilege
of that sta@ the mug which rill employ &e Iden haqm,
and the place where. The charactera I cve already
'ven. The gong is represented aa a new
Lawe it ia su30nly in that state wberye igg6:
made new. See Pet iii 13, u Nevertheless we, according
to his promise, Inok for new heavens and a new earth,
wherein dwelleth righteouenm." Rev. xxi 5, And he
that sat u n the throne said, Behold, I make all think
new." $w John aw, in Rev. iv. !2, the ame throne,
and him that sat upon i and in the veme above quoted
be speztk~ u though$b.d mentioned belore him that
sat opn the throne. And as he has not mentioned him
in tale lao$age in any other place, we may hare strong
rewn to eLeve that the time and eubjact matter in the
same in the 4th chapter of Bevelntion aa in the 2ld