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

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On the opening of this seal there is a t eartbqnabe
Thu earthquake ia -ken of in 0th pE in thb book
and alludes to the French reuoluticm ; and .of cuwoe thir
seal opened about A. D. 1790. And the sun beeam
black ae ~ackcloth of bair, and the moon bearme am
bloodP Sun sometimes d e m rulere or kings, as in
the case of Joseph's dream, when the wq mam and
&am made obeisance to him, meaning hir, fither, head
over all Isael, his mother, and his bretbmm ; foz where
the k' ie called the sun, the queen m on,
and Xrior rulere are called dms, as Chnst ia called
nur of rig- because he ia king of Zion The
church is called the moon, became she icl the bride of
Christ. Ministers are called sium becawe tbe are inferior
mlem in Cbri.1'8 kingdom. Therefore < understand
this to mean in that revolution when the king lod
his authority, and tried to diegnise himself, and snd ~IWKI
his own subjects, &erwda aaa beheaded. The queen,
toq became blood, and all the nobili of h e fell to
the earth. One decree levelled all tiaw and distinetionr
with the commonalty, like a %-tree casting ber untims
ly fip And the stare of heaven fill anto the eartl~
even as a fig-tree casteth her untimely figa wben she ir
shaken of s mighty wind. And the heaven departed as
a scroll when it is rolled
The heavens mast
mean that circle in which tho p l m move ; and if that
is to be understood figuratively, BO must thia tkamu
most then mean the lam and government of hnce.
These were all awept away, or rolled up ad hid aaqp
like an old parchment out of date or om. And eren
mountain and island were moved out of their
Mountsine and islands are figurea of large and dl
governments, and in the French revolution every government.-
removed from their lepbate eorereiffy