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

WTered martyrdom. Thie waa fakilled ia the death of
. the apostles and *era.
Verse 12, Therefore rejoice p heavens, and ye that
dwell in them" It waa a matter of great joy among the
primitive Christians, to be counted worthy to suffer per- ,
secutioa for Christ's sake. a Woe to the inhabitants of
the earth," -those who live under the Roman
anent,- md d the sehm - memi the princip$~~~
dom among the ten kingdoms Xce ia neral y
meant by sea in thu prophecy. For the d s m come
down uato you, having at wra because he knoweth
that he hath bat a sc* a The dud meana
destroyer, and the three woee, and seven la& plagues,
were all to be sent n n the earth and sea, which denote
wan, revolutions, an~hanghg of governments Thew
things woilld prevail in the close of this Roman kin
dom, and war rald be the dosing up of the euthfi
scene of this fourth kingdom whch Daniel saw and
John has been describing under the figure of the great
red dragort"
Verne 13, And when the dragon saw that he was
cast unto the earth," - when the Roman government
saw they could have no control in the things of Christ's
kingdom, they hated the church and the doctrine that
taught that Christ's kingdom was not of this world, and
the "persecuted the woman that bmght forth the man
third," which is the church that had a Savior born unto
her, Chriit Jesus, the Lord of life and glory.
Verse 14, "And to the woman was ven two wi
of a great eagle,',- by which klunderrtand %
means God used between the Arian and Papal controversy,
at the time of the division of the Greek or eastern
church from the west or Roman church, which happened
in the reign of Justinian, emperor of the east, about A.
D. 538, when the controveray a m coaoernin~ .t+e
worshipping of departed saints, images, and the inf libllity
of the church at Rome. In' tbs controversy, many
privately withdrew themselves, and settled in the northwest
part of Asia and in the north-east part of Europe,
and after a number of yeara colonieo were sent by them